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Well, this certainly seems like a mean thing to do.
Someone has found a way to cripple a user's iPhone by sending a text message with a series of Arabic characters:
effective. Power لُلُصّبُلُلصّبُررً ॣ ॣh ॣ ॣ 冗 Copy and paste ^^ Text that to somebody with a iPhone it makes it turn off and on
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The quirk in the phone was first revealed by a Reddit user on Tuesday (May 26). According to The Verge:
Users who receive the string with Messages open won't be able to go back to other conversations without crashing the app, while users who get the string on their lock screen won't be able to open the Messages app entirely.
Gizmodo, meanwhile, reports you can undo the damage when a new message comes within the same thread, which means the person who crashes your phone has the power to start it up again.
Apple says it is working on repairing the problem. While we wait, here's hoping none of your prankster friends tries this on you.


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Last time we ran into ID editor-in-chief Julie Lasky, we mostly talked about the upcoming Design + Religion issue which everyone should be totally hella the most psyched about. But before we look to the future, we have to look a little bit at the now: the ID Forty, which, this year, looks at the most overlooked and undersung. Including people like our bff-once-removed Martin Perrin, art director of the Architect's Newspaper, de.Mo publisher Giorgio Baravalle, Design is Kinky, and the excellently named Ze Frank.
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COOKEVILLE, Tenn. — Jacksonville State rolled up 566 yards of offense, its defense had one of its better efforts, and the Gamecocks defeated Tennessee Tech 37-28 for an Ohio Valley Conference road win Saturday night.
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. — Jacksonville State rolled up 566 yards of offense, its defense had one of its better efforts, and the Gamecocks defeated Tennessee Tech 37-28 for an Ohio Valley Conference road win Saturday night.
JSU (3-2, 2-1 OVC) had to rally for the win, overcoming a 12-point deficit late in the third quarter to send Tennessee Tech (2-4, 0-3) to its fourth straight loss.
Senior quarterback Marques Ivory completed 15 of 25 passes for 268 yards and a touchdown to lead the Gamecocks. DaMarcus James continued his strong start to his sophomore season with 130 yards rushing and a score. It was his third 100-yard rushing performance of the season.
While the offense built momentum throughout the game, the defense equally was as impressive. Despite giving up three touchdowns — the other score came on an interception return — the Gamecock defense allowed just 266 yards of offense and ran only 57 plays. JSU's offense took 90 snaps, and the 566 yards of offense is the most on the road for the Gamecocks since 585 at Murray State in 2009.
Jacksonville State held TTU quarterback Tre Lamb to 12 of 33 passing for 171 yards and an interception. He found University of Tennessee transfer Da'Rick Rogers five times for 78 yards, but Rogers sat out for much of the second half with an apparent injury. JSU held the Tennessee Tech running game to 95 yards.
But Tennessee Tech was able to jump ahead early and led 14-0 by the end of the first quarter. Lamb capped the Golden Eagles' opening drive with a 1-yard plunge, and late in the opening quarter Caleb Mitchell returned a Coty Blanchard interception 49 yards for another score.
But JSU responded, getting two field goals from Griffin Thomas and a 4-yard touchdown run by James to cut the Tennessee Tech advantage to 14-13 by halftime.
The first of two Doug Page 1-yard touchdown runs gave the Golden Eagles a 21-13 lead before another Thomas field goal. Page's second touchdown run came at the 4:07 mark of the third quarter, but it was all Gamecocks from there.
Telvin Brown returned the ensuing kickoff 72 yards, and Blanchard atoned for his earlier mistake with a 27-yard touchdown run to pull the Gameocks within 28-23 with 3:48 remaining in the third. Ivory's 86-yard scoring strike to Brown gave JSU its first lead of the ballgame less than three minutes later. The scoring connection was the longest in coach Jack Crowe's tenure at JSU and tied for third-longest in school history. The record was set in 1997 when Montressa Kirby found Joey Hamilton for a 93-yard touchdown.
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Working Out What We've Saved
Matt Tombs / Monday 8th April 2013 / 14:15
The Grand National was saved on Saturday. That sounds melodramatic – and probably is. Even if the race had again been marred be equine fatalities, it was still extremely likely it'd have been run next year. However, it's not certain. The angle taken by the non-racing media would've been crucial and every bulletin on television I saw in the run up to the race focused on the possibility of more horses being killed.
There was a small, but not negligible, possibility that opponents of racing would have whipped up a sufficient firestorm to persuade the establishment to ban the race. Whilst the vast majority of the public is in favour of the Grand National - given how tough times are for many, it's hardly going to be high on the person on the street's list of priorities.
Given that, the right approach had to be to do what was needed to ensure the race continues. What follows therefore isn't a criticism of racing's authorities – I think they chose the right course for the 2013 National.
Firstly, the good news - getting rid of the parade, moving the start away from the stands and the actual starting procedure all worked really well. It's hard as a spectator on television to gauge how much difference it made but not having the horses milling around on the track for 15-20 minutes in front of a huge, noisy crowd must help in keeping them calm.
That in itself should help achieve a good start and horses being calmer should mean less falls due to horses being buzzed up in the early part of the race. Equally, fewer should get very tired having used up energy in the preliminaries, which should mean less tired falls later on. Importantly, it made our sport look slick and professionally run, in stark contrast to the shambles of false starts in the past. The fact that racing's authorities were prepared to abolish the parade, which was part of the traditional pomp of the race, implies that they aren't stuck in the past – and it's a nice change to be able to say that.
The other big change was to the fences. There have been lots of gradual changes to them and the course (leveling the drops etc) over the last 20 years or so. That continual evolution has changed the race hugely without it ever seeming like the race was materially different from the previous year. This year it looked like a revolution with the fences much, much softer.
All the horses were still going at the Canal Turn, (apparently for the first time in the race's history,) and there were only 2 fallers, (6 unseated). That's an astonishing figure for a 40 runner steeplechase over 30 fences. To put it in context, in the first 13 renewals of the century, the average number of fallers was just over 10, (and average number of unseats 6.)
It's too early to draw any firm conclusions from one renewal but having just watched the last two runnings again, the fences looked completely different this year. There was little substance to them by comparison – the tops just looked to be loose spruce and horses hitting them 6 inches from the top just brushed it out of the way.
A non-racing friend watching his first National for several years described it as 'a long distance hurdle', (before thanking me for tipping him virtually the only horse who couldn't jump the obstacles.) That's obviously an exaggeration, but it made me think what a better description might be.
I've never been to Auteuil but I understand that the chase course has fences of different sizes (one big ditch in particular) and that the tops of the fences are soft. We've seen stacks of French chasers come over here and jump through the top of park fences. In the days when those were stiffer, that used to cause a real problem and ex-French horses were, and still are, re-trained to jump over rather than through our fences. I've heard Auteuil described as a semi cross-country chase course and perhaps that's what the National has become.
It's understandable that everyone prominent in racing has been coerced into saying how good the new format is. The reality though is that it's not slightly less of a challenge, it's much less of a challenge. If you ran the National over the Mildmay fences there wouldn't be that much difference now.
What captured the wider public's imagination was that uniquely difficult challenge – I doubt the public are interested in an ordinary steeplechase. Wisely, nobody says so, but many members of the wider public actually liked the fact that lots of horses fell (provided they weren't hurt) as that was part of the spectacle. Will they want to watch a race where virtually every horse jumps round, (other than those that pull up)?
The National has such a high profile that its huge following won't be decimated next year by the changes, nor the year after. But as it gradually dawns on the wider public that it's now just another horse race, I wonder whether interest will ebb away. Alastair Down wrote in Sunday's Racing Post "the old race has been reformed to reflect modern values and expectations." That's true – but it's the values and expectations of the racing world, (as influenced by various stakeholders including racegoers and the RSPCA.) I'm not sure it reflects the values and expectations of the once a year punter who has no other interest in racing. It may be that in a decade or two's time, we'll look back and see the 2013 running as the beginning of the end of the National as an iconic sporting event.
The winner, Auroras Encore (66/1) may have been just about the least backed horse in the race. Since finishing 2nd in the Scottish National off a 6lb higher mark, he'd run 7 times, tipping up twice, pulling up once and beaten 68l, 24l, 46l & 53l. If I'd been given 30 picks I doubt he'd have been one of them.
With future Nationals in mind, the question is whether the major changes to the fences mean a different sort of horse will be winning the revised race. The previous 5 winners included an open Grade 1 winner (Neptune Collonges), an RSA 2nd (Comply Or Die,) an Arkle runner (Don't Push It,) and also a Kim Muir winner (Ballabriggs). The emphasis had seemed to be on classier horses winning. The revised National presents a totally different challenge and might need a different type.
The fact that virtually any horse that meets the race qualifications can get a run now (because there are fewer horses and owners) allows less classy types to get a chance of winning - Aurora's Encore wouldn't have got a run off 137 in many recent Nationals. Because they go so fast over the smaller obstacles, so much stamina will be needed that the dour stayers, not the classier types, might keep winning. The other marathon handicaps during the season might become the key trials.
The fact that two horses with stamina seemingly proven, (last year's winner of the 4 miler, Teaforthree, and 2011 National runner up Oscar Time), faded badly on the run in might support that theory. Cappa Bleu again got outpaced at a crucial time but stayed on to grab 2nd at the post.
National Day kicked off with the Grade 2 Mersey Novices' Hurdle (2m4f) in which 22/1 outsider Ubak bolted up. Ignoring Dodging Bullets who broke a blood vessel, the top rated was on 142 so it was an ordinary event, but the 5 year old is clearly progressing fast having kept good company in all his 3 previous runs in this country, (25l 7th in the Neptune.) He's a nice prospect for novice chases next season.
If there's a Cheltenham prospect amongst the beaten horses it may be Seefood who was much better suited by decent ground and travelled well for a long way. He didn't find much but is another who'll be going chasing next season and was perhaps looked after here with that in mind.
The Grade 1 Maghull Novices' Chase (2m) has, like most leading 2m races, been very predictable with the biggest SP this century 4/1 – and I'd thought there was a zero missing from Special Tiara's SP of 28/1 as the tapes went up. Even allowing for my fancy Baily Green pulling a shoe off early on and Overturn running below form, (like many of the McCain horses), it took some believing that Special Tiara could win this. He deserves a chance at Punchestown to show it wasn't a fluke, but it may just be a classic end of season result.
The other Grade 1, the 3m Liverpool Hurdle, brought a semblance of rationality back to proceedings with World Hurdle winner Solwhit following up in great style. I'd been sceptical about his staying in a truly run race but he clearly does and having apparently come on for the run at the Festival, he deserves to be rated a bit better here. He'll hopefully head for Punchestown and a clash with Quevega. He'll be 10 next year and so 7/1 to retain the World Hurdle doesn't look tempting, with only Moscow Flyer having won a Championship event at a double figured age this century.
Battle Group had been an impressive winner of the staying handicap hurdle on Thursday and, shrewdly turned out again on Saturday by Kevin Bishop, he bolted up off the same mark (131) in the 3m1f handicap chase. Much is made of how horses can improve hugely for a switch from a small trainer to a big yard – this showed that it can work the other way round. Sometimes it's simply a change of scenery and training method that works the oracle.
Cockney Sparrow's 2nd to L'Unqiue here in December had been well advertised on the opening day and, bar a blip at 1/6, she'd been unbeaten since. With all the allowances she got in here off 124 in the conditionals and amateurs handicap hurdle (extended 2m) even before the rider's claim was factored in. She looks the right type for the Scottish Champion Hurdle or the Swinton, but might be kept for the flat.
The Aintree Champion Bumper (2m1f) tends to throw up good sorts (The New One beat My Tent Or Yours last year) but it's often the sort of race where it's hard to know which are the ones to take out of it. Emma Lavelle's yard had been horribly out of form when Killyglass was only 5th in what is often one of the strongest bumpers of the season at Newbury in February. He turned round the form with Vago Collonges and Caledonia who finished 2nd and 3rd in both races. Caledonia had only been 10th to Briar Hill at Cheltenham (beaten 21l there and 3¾l here) so we shouldn't get carried away with the form yet. The placed horses here certainly paid a compliment to the easy winner of that Newbury race Oscar Rock.


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For 40 years, the Center for Basque Studies has built an impressive academic reputation as the premiere program for research and teaching about the Basque country and people. The Nevada Legislature commemorated the milestone anniversary, May 7, with Assembly Concurrent Resolution 28, introduced by Assemblyman David Bobzien [D], Reno. The measure passed unanimously.
In the Senate, Majority Leader William J. Raggio [R] sponsored the resolution, also supported in debate by Minority Leader Dina Titus-D. Sen. Raggio described the importance of Basque people in the history of the state. Sen. Titus praised the University Studies Abroad Consortium (USAC). Sen. Titus, a University of Nevada, Las Vegas professor, lived in Donostia for one semester as a USAC instructor.
"This recognition is especially meaningful because the State of Nevada has funded the Center's research and teaching mission," said Gloria Totoricaguena, director. "It honors the importance of the Basque people to Nevada. The Basques have influenced ranching, teaching, the legal profession and small business throughout the state."
Five members of the Nevada assembly addressed the floor, describing fondly the Basques voters in their districts, former classmates and business partners. They spoke fondly of the Basque people's frugality, honor and integrity.
"The Basque people have contributed to Nevada values including the Western lifestyle, family, literature, traditions and commitment to public service," Assemblyman Bobzien said. "The Center for Basque Studies promotes academic scholarship, instruction, and preservation of the unique Basque experience. The resolution recognizes the quality and impact of their work."
The landmark center has conducted and published Basque-related research, developed an academic minor and doctoral program, and established an extensive Basque library collection that houses 50,000 volumes and 1,500 journal titles.
Approximately 40 scholars from the Basque country travel to the University each year to perform research and to use the library, which is reputed to have a more extensive collection than any library in the Basque country.
"The library houses many publications, documents, and maps that would have been destroyed in the Basque country under autocratic rule," Totoricaguena said. "Immigrants and their families have donated private collections to the center's library so we have originals in our outstanding collection that are not available anywhere else."
The Center for Basque Studies promotes research and teaching in political science, sociology, migration studies, literature, anthropology, urban studies and a myriad of disciplines that compare the Basque experience to other human experiences.
The center's five faculty members have produced or edited seven different book series and publish a semi-annual newsletter disseminated to academic institutions, scholars, Basque people, and others interested in the culture.
"The center faculty has quietly and consistently promoted Basque studies to an English-speaking world," Totoricaguena said. "Just as we as a global society protect endangered flora and fauna, the Center for Basque Studies protects endangered culture, language, and traditions."


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By: Adrienne Credo, Regular Contributor
We all have those days when we don't feel out greatest. But guess what? That's okay. We have to go with the ebbs and flows of our emotions in order to stay balanced. The important thing to remember is to always see the best parts of the worst days, because our resilience will be met with more good days than bad. Realizing that a bad day will not last is probably one of the most comforting things we could ever ask for. This realization allows us to change the way our day is going or to make a change for the next day.
But don't you fret! There will also be days when we will feel on top of the world! Embrace them! These are the days you will remember: the ones where you scored an interview for a job, got straight A's, helped a friend out in their time of need, or were recognized for your talents. Whatever it may be, remember that feeling and know that even on the worst of days, we're capable of reaching a high and taking in the beautiful view that is life. We're at our greatest when we're challenged, because these are the times that we're able to show off our perseverance. Roll with the punches. Take every challenge. Inspire others; because overcoming a challenge doesn't just build our character, it also brings us closer to becoming the best version of ourselves.
If we ever doubt ourselves, we must remember that what we're doing is valid. If we have the passion and the means to accomplish our heart's desire, then it's important that we do everything we can to achieve them. Understand that no one can tell us that what we are doing is not valid so long as we believe that we're doing something great with our lives and contributing to the betterment of ourselves, our friends, and our community. We're doing great things with our lives right now, and it's pretty amazing how far we've come in the past two, three, or five years. We may get dissatisfied in the present, but it's always beneficial to look back and see how far we've come.
So dear me, you're doing a great job, and I'm proud of you. It's important to take time out of your day to realize how blessed you are, how far you've come, and how far you'll go. What you do is enough, what you feel is enough, you are enough. And, don't you ever forget it.
Let's Chat! How do you turn your bad days around? What challenges have you overcome? Tell us about it here!
About Adrienne
Adrienne is an undergraduate at University of California, Irvine studying Criminology, Law and Society with a minor in International Studies. She is also a passionate photographer (you can check out her work below!). She loves watching TV shows like Chicago PD (shout out to Sophia Bush!) and Law & Order: SVU with her roommates and creates funny videos with her friends. Check out some of her photographs on Flickr. http://www.flickr.com/photos/123906482@N03/ Follow Adrienne on Twitter: http://twitter.com/ayjaycee and on Instagram: http://instagram.com/a.credo
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New York (AFP) July 9, 2008
Oil prices held steady Wednesday after two days of sharp declines, as news that Iran tested a long-range missile capable of hitting Israel pushed up prices temporarily.
The market shook off news of another slump in US oil inventories and also digested a pledge by the Group of Eight leaders to make the oil market more transparent to help stabilize supplies and investment.
New York's main oil contract, light sweet crude for August delivery, rose a penny to settle at 136.05 dollars per barrel.
London's Brent North Sea oil for August gained 15 cents to settle at 135.58 dollars.
Prices have tumbled some 10 dollars from record highs a week ago, and analysts say the market remains sensitive to any news with a potential effect on supply or demand.
"The familiar divide remains: sellers are mainly focused on contracting demand as a consequence of faltering economic activity and buyers who are chiefly concerned with rising inflation and future threats to supply," said Mike Fitzpatrick at MF Global.
Prices got a brief boost after the US Department of Energy (DoE) said that American crude reserves fell 5.9 million barrels in the week to July 4. That beat market expectations for a drop of 2.1 million barrels.
Oil producer Iran meanwhile test-fired a missile it said is capable of reaching Israel, angering the United States amid growing fears that the standoff over the contested Iranian nuclear drive could lead to war.
The Shahab-3 was among a broadside of nine missiles fired off simultaneously at 8:00 am (0330 GMT) from an undisclosed location in the Iranian desert, state television pictures showed.
Oil prices had nosedived Tuesday as falling global equities and resurgent concerns about an economic slowdown stoked fears about future energy demand.
Also Wednesday, Group of Eight leaders pledged in Japan to improve transparency and the supply and demand balance in the oil market by boosting dialogue between producing and consuming nations.
"In response to the sharp rise in oil prices, we agreed to improve balance in supply and demand through efforts and dialogue by both producing and consuming countries to improve transparency," they said in a final statement following their summit in Japan.
A week ago, oil prices jumped to record highs of almost 147 dollars, further igniting worries about inflation and a global economic slowdown.
Meanwhile, Anglo-Dutch oil giant Shell said Wednesday that it has lifted its force majeure provision on production of 225,000 barrels per day from its offshore Bonga oilfield in Nigeria.
Force majeure is a legal clause allowing producers to miss contracted deliveries because of circumstances beyond their control.
Shell declared force majeure at Bonga last month, for exports in June and July, after militants attacked the facility.
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BioWare alley-oops its recent announcement of free Mass Effect 3 downloadable content by revealing even more free DLC. Rolling out on April 10, the Resurgence Pack furnishes your multiplayer character stable with new combinations such as the Asari Justicar Adept, Krogan Battlemaster Vanguard, Geth Infiltrator, Geth Engineer, and Batarian Soldier and Sentinel. Two new maps (Firebase Condor and Firebase Hydra) and three new weapons (Striker Assault Rifle, Kishock Harpoon Gun, and Geth Plasma SMG) round out the gratis gear. A harpoon gun? What's next, a Firebase Ahab map?
Ubisoft justifies its use of digital rights management systems as a surefire way to pass along due compensation to content creators. "For us, the whole question of DRM is one of how we get compensated as a creator of content when someone is enjoying that content." Ubisoft Vice President of Digital Publishing Chris Early said in an interview with VG247. "The goal is to find the balancing point so as to do that in a way that doesn't negatively impact the paying customer. That's something that, as an industry, we sometimes succeed in and sometimes fail at." Early elaborated on his last point by mentioning Driver: San Francisco's past DRM troubles, saying, "We had a good system in place, but there was an error in the codes, and so I'd say that yes, we made a mistake." I'm glad humanity already invented an appropriate sound to accompany "unfortunate" events such as this.
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The 44-year-old patient has Hunter syndrome, which doctors hope to treat using zinc finger nucleases.
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Ed Policy was the Deputy Commissioner of the Arena Football League,[1] and took over on an interim basis when Commissioner C. David Baker stepped down two days before the 2008 ArenaBowl.[2] Because the league subsequently shut down in 2009, Policy was only commissioner during one actual game during any AFL season.
Home town Poland, Ohio (suburb of Youngstown). Ed attended the Holy Family grade school and played youth football for the Poland Bulldogs. He attended and graduated from Cardinal Mooney High School in Youngstown, Ohio. He played from 1985–1988 seasons as an offensive guard and linebacker. In the 1987 football season Edward was among the few to call himself a champion as the team captured the state title. Eddy, as his friends know him, went on to undergrad study at Notre Dame and law school at Stanford.
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Just thought one of you might be able to give me some advise on coding a good real-time camera logger (i.e. save images with timestamps). FYI I'm using OpenCV to grab frames and save images.
I've coded up a few versions:
1) uses a fork, where the child process does a cvSaveImage() and then _exit(). NOTE I'm doing signal(SIGCLD, SIG_IGN) so the parent doesn't have to wait for the child.
2) uses a pthread, where the thread does the cvSaveImage() and then pthread_exit()
3) saves the images in an array and after getting X images, goes though each and does a cvSaveImage().
4) one which does the cvGrabFrame() and the cvSaveImage() all in one loop.
With these methods I get the following fps:
1) Since the main loop parent process takes up most of the CPU, the child process doing cvSaveImage() takes a while, so the fps drop over time (starts at 20fps and drops to 5fps over time). I tried slowing up the main loop with a usleep(10000) but that didn't help.
2) Same as (1)
3) As you can guess, this just ramps up the memory over time, so the fps drops over time too. However its the fastest method, getting 20fps for a long period of time (well for 2min's or so - depending on how much memory the machine I'm using at the time has).
4) I only get 2fps doing that, as one would expect.


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Man controlled robot hand with thoughts, scientists say
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ROME - An Italian who lost his left forearm in a car crash was successfully linked to a robotic hand, allowing him to feel sensations in the artificial limb and control it with his thoughts, scientists said yesterday.
During a one-month experiment conducted last year, Pierpaolo Petruzziello, 26, said he felt like his lost arm had grown back, although he was only controlling a robotic hand that was not even attached to his body.
"It's a matter of mind, of concentration,'' Petruzziello said. "When you think of it as your hand and forearm, it all becomes easier.''
Though similar experiments have been successful before, the European scientists who led the project say this was the first time a patient has been able to make such complex movements using his mind to control a biomechanic hand connected to his nervous system.
The challenge for scientists now will be to create a system that can connect a patient's nervous system and a prosthetic limb for years, not just a month.
The team, based in Italy, said at a news conference in Rome yesterday that in 2008 it implanted electrodes into the nerves located in what remained of Petruzziello's left arm, which was cut off in a crash three years ago.
The prosthetic was not implanted on the patient, only connected through the electrodes. During the news conference, video was shown of Petruzziello as he concentrated to give orders to the hand placed next to him.
During the month he had the electrodes connected, he learned to wiggle the robotic fingers independently, make a fist, grab objects, and make other movements.
The $3 million project, funded by the European Union, took five years to complete and produced several scientific papers that have been submitted to top journals, including Science Translational Medicine and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, said Paolo Maria Rossini, a neurologist who led the team working at Rome's Campus Bio-Medico, a university and hospital that specializes in health sciences.
It only took Petruzziello a few days to master use of the robotic hand, Rossini said.
By the time the experiment was over, the hand obeyed the commands it received from the man's brain in 95 percent of cases.
Petruzziello, an Italian who lives in Brazil, said the feedback he got from the hand was amazingly accurate.
"It felt almost the same as a real hand,'' he said.
Similar, shorter-term experiments in 2004-2005 hooked up amputees to a less-advanced robotic arm with a pliers-shaped end, and patients were only able to make basic movements, a team member said.
Specialists not involved in the study said the challenge now is ensuring that such a system can remain in the patient for years and not just a month.


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These Funny Easter poems are examples of Funny poems about Easter. These are the best examples of Funny Easter poems written by international PoetrySoup poets
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Pweeze wet me expwain, officer -
I taught it was dat wascally wabbit agin...
buwwowing under my ewectric fence,
eating up my cawwots. wettece, my bwoccoli
and-and...even my woot-a-beggers!
He's a weal pest...constantwee hawassing me,
destwoying, wandom wooting, wuining my cwop...
din waughing at me! (Dere outta be a waw)
Wha...awwest me?...Dis is an outwage!
I am a waw-abiding citizen!...Wead me my wights!
I demand pwoper mis-wepwesentation!
I am going diwectly to your superwior office, pwivate!
Bewieve it my fwiend, you will wive to wegwet this...
Ow! Must you be so fweekin WUFF?...Dat hoits!
I have woomatism you know! Powice bwutality! Po...
Aw scwew it...Wes! Wes! I moidered da widdle bum!
(Wunning awound dwessed wike dat
distwibuting doze siwwie cowoured eggs
Embawassing widdle cweature...
It's a downwight disgwace I tell you)
Copyright © Tim Ryerson | Year Posted 2013
I'll give you my best diagnosis
Your bunny has caught a psychosis.
His drum bangs so loud
It disperses the crowd
But at least it's not myxomatosis*.
See Jan Allison's hilarious original Limerick Bunny Can Bang All Night.
* Myxomatosis: A viral infection of rabbits.
Copyright © Ray Gridley | Year Posted 2017
Easter bunny race
Fell as he could not keep pace
Muddy bunny face
Copyright © Carol Sunshine Brown | Year Posted 2012
I have a ridiculously large head,
I think I'd opt for a smaller one instead.
Oh, sure, you say that it suits me fine,
That's because yours isn't near as big as mine.
I bet that it weights at least thirty pounds,
It looks even bigger than it sounds.
When I lay it down on my waterbed,
A tsunami rises so my wife has said.
When I go to try on winter hats,
The clerk gives me ones with ventilation slats,
That way when it's not on sitting my dome,
It can be used as a guest room for my home.
My giant head is entirely too big,
Someday archeologists will venture on dig,
They'll think that I came from the highland,
On the west end of Easter Island.
Little kids stare up at my noggin,
They think it could be used for a toboggan.
Or a shed to hold random hodgepodge,
That clutters things up in their dad's garage.
Don't tell me that it's due to my intellect,
It makes your judgment sound suspect.
It's because my brain is fashioned like a brick,
And my skull is so very, very thick.
Copyright © Tony Lane | Year Posted 2011
Do the Easter Hop
Basket filled with Sweet Joy
Candy and A Toy
Copyright © Patricia Sawyer | Year Posted 2008
Today I am going to hop my way to my brother.
To tell him how I feel about not being together.
I thought I could be so kind.
I saw him by the road side and I was blind.
I could just end it all by now.
Today I tried a cow.
It really was hard to do.
Then I hired a semi crew.
I watched carefully, darn he is fast!
My name is Happy ?, I'm Easter's brother who is sad.
He painted eggs that made me jealous and bad.
I hopped one day and he threw an egg at me.
My heart became really cold that memory was key.
I finally thought of it an accident really is going to happen.
Happy Easter is going to be laugh-en.
Good to see you, I said to a mystery man.
I was told not to associate with any human.
It was my last resort.
The man had a sports car a beautiful sort.
I was desperate, now, I'm in a bunny court.
Copyright © Reynaldo Mast | Year Posted 2013
Ever wonder, the sort of things that Dragon and Hubby do when together?
Well never fear, I'm here to explain a Spring Day routine in good weather.
Easter was upon us, as they worked out in the sun, getting the yard, so ready.
Yes, for the Easter Bunny to come, and to make the wee ones, oh, so happy.
First they had to make the area, so perfect, for the Grand Easter Egg Hunt.
That means those pesky little moles will simply, have to get out of Dodge.
Working together, Hubby opened up a mole hole and hollered, fire in the hole.
Dragon puffed hot air into the hole, as moles popped out from… everywhere.
Oh, bye the bye, they weren't singed, for Dragon blew only hot air, my friend.
Then Hubby collected them quickly in a basket to take them to a better home.
Somewhere else, far… far… away, where scampering children will not roam.
Here, everyone stomped the molehills down, so none, could fall over or within.
Then, Hubby let Dear sweet Dragon, use the leaf blower to pile the gumballs.
You know, those spikey, golf ball size things, with sharp edges all around.
Perhaps, a tad better, directions on where to blow them could've been found.
For Daddy was heard going Ouch! OW! OW! Before he got out, from in front.
Finally, those little nasty spikes were piled, and ashed, and placed in the can.
This deserved a big reward, as Dragon proudly, heated a pot of hot chocolate.
Yes, Dragon added his own dear warming touch, before the coco passed around.
But never let it ever be said, that a new lesson can't be learned, and theirs was…
Never! Bring a smoking Dragon to a hayride, as Hubby & Dragon finished off…
The Night… In a blaze of glory… or rather… with a little touch of fright!
The Easter Egg Hunt was to start early, so the Easter Bunny joined us at sunrise.
We all went to work, except Dragon, cause with him, nothing stands a chance.
Puddle-ie goods of yummies tend to take the fun out of the Easter Egg Hunt.
Suddenly, Dragon tried to trip the Bunz, with his tail, but the hopper, prevailed!
But by then, Dragon was totally flustered and trying to whomp him with his tail!
Then, Hubby arrived, to save the day, and find Dragon with a Cheshire cat grin.
Not to mention the bedazzled cape that said 'The Easter Bunny', in all out bling!
If that didn't give up his plot: Those great big Bunny Ears tied upon his head did.
When Dragon couldn't stop the Bunz, his penguins with their first aid box… did.
The Bunz was becoming a mummy when Hubby hurriedly rushed to intervene.
Tho, where they might have taken him, might have been priceless to be seen.
In the end, a truce was formed, and the Bunz got Dragons cape. And Dragon?
He got to give the Bunz a ride, smack dab, in the middle of the Easter Parade!
The penguins learned Bunz's nose isn't broke, just because it's short and wiggles.
Thank goodness Hubby got there in time, or a Bunz with a Gorilla Glued-in beak
Might have been hard to explain! … The End
Copyright © Carol Eastman | Year Posted 2015
He knows if you are sleeping,
He knows when you're awake,
He knows if you've been bad or good.
Zombie Jesus must be staked!
So eat your crackers and wine,
And think that you'll be saved,
But that's not why he's here because
Your brains are what he craves!
He'll never stop his rampage.
Not until he's fully fed,
But nothing satisfies his hunger
Like what rattles in your head.
He's coming down the chimney.
He's underneath your bed.
You think you can outrun him,
But soon you will be dead.
So you better not whisper,
You better not cry
Cuz even a shot between his eyes
Won't stop Zombie Jesus, tonight..
Copyright © Tomas Vazquez | Year Posted 2016
Eight elephants ate eight eggs on Easter in England with eighty eight elves.
Copyright © cory long | Year Posted 2011
The Easter Rabbit had a spat with his wife
She said the dumb eggs were ruining her life
Laying eggs is so boring
Then there's your snoring
He met his demise with her carving knife...
NOTE:..apparently she borrowed the knife from
the farmer's wife ,who had been having trouble
with some blind mice.
For the "Clue" contest
Copyright © Barbara Gorelick | Year Posted 2013
April Aroma...
Beckons Beauty.
Come Children!!!....
Daisies Daffodil.........
Fun Filled Freedom.......
Giddy Giggly Games...
How ya' Hangin'???
Just Jolly Joey!
Copyright © JSLambert Mister ROBOTO | Year Posted 2011
What happened to poor Easter Bunny, was it murder, misfortune or fate?
What to tell the children when the treats are unforgivably late.......
It could have been the tooth fairy, accidently raining teeth as she flew by
Poor Bunny pierced by sharp teeth, extremely deadly from way up high
It could have been Cupid, letting his haphazardly arrows fly
Poor Bunny punctured by a miscalculated arrow gone awry
It could have been Jack Frost, getting in his last frost before the end of the year
Poor Bunny frozen solid, all that is left sticking out from the snow... a lone ear
It could have been St. Patrick, preaching Christianity in Bunny's ear
Poor Bunny died of an aneurysm hearing bible stories so severe.
It could have been Jack-o-lantern with numerous carvings meant to scare
Poor Bunny had a heart attack, frightened to death, and he without healthcare.
It could have been Santa, driving reckless with mounds of gifts to deliver everywhere
Poor Bunny trampled by reindeer, that he was unable to hop any faster, is so unfair
Which story will you tell your child....why the Easter Bunny comes no more?
Will you confess, that you led your child astray with fabled stories of folklore.
Contest name ~ Clue: Who Murdered the Easter Bunny?
Sponsor ~ Lisa Cooper Poetessdarkly
Copyright © Cecilia Macfarlane | Year Posted 2013
A crowded table, all suspended in shock
The sound of the shot dimming to a 'knock'
Only silence, except for the marching clock
The weapon still smoking; an anonymous glock
Loud cries arise from the elongated table,
Jack Frost is shocked, the Tooth Fairy unable
To speak whilst Santa is checking the stable
For clues on the erstwhile maidservant Mable
They searched for hours, called in C.S.I,
Panic set in, would the children all cry?
Sandman confirmed the bunny had died
Batman suspected somebody had lied
Guests were quizzed, interrogations began
The mystery unfolded when Santa Claus ran,
Grabbing the pies, he tried escaping in a van
But was stopped in his tracks by superman
Copyright © Dan Keir | Year Posted 2013
Oh No! Oh No! What has my son done? I hope it's, not already to late!
He lives at a fraternity house, and surely, you know THAT intense mental state.
March has St. Patrick's Day, Spring Break, and has, of course, Easter in it, too.
So they decided to have some great fun, yes, a fun filled month to happily ensue.
They invited a Leprechaun, the Easter Bunny, and the king of bongos, a gnome.
Apparently they convinced everyone it'd be more fun, to Simply… Stay… Home.
The whole campus flooded thru that fraternity house, in the party's that ensued.
And they convinced the Easter Bunny to do jello shots in every color and hue.
He became known as THE BUN, yes, The One who finally, truly could fly…
And the Leprechaun danced till he dropped… to a great bongo serenade, aye.
There was no SIMPLY about this! As the music rocked the frat house, next door.
And girls were seen coming and going, at all hours, even passed out on the floor.
This was the party no one missed… even the frat house with the snobs, were there.
It's said even some of the President's security attended, partying there, somewhere.
Before they were done, a plan was sown, as the gnome found it's yearly, new home.
Yes, it got there, in Washington somehow, on the top of the Real 'White House' Dome.
But along the way THE BUN was lost… some where along the never-ending roads.
The Leprechaun called me, our Dragons and Trolls, to help, to search the highroads.
The poor little guy was so pie eyed, when we found him along that crazy way, so…
We fixed him up, we didn't give up, until we could send him, into that Easter Frey.
Copyright © Carol Eastman | Year Posted 2013
Here comes Santa Claus
The Easter Bunny's with him
Great! Tooth Fairy too!
Copyright © Joseph Spence Sr | Year Posted 2006
It's been ten days, the Easter Bunny is gone with hardly a trace,
The Missus is inconsolable- an Easter basket-case,
Evidence in plastic bags, some fibers and some fur,
The family suspects foul play, the police, they do concur,
This once pristine meadow has senselessly been fouled,
Safety and security has now been disemboweled,
"Mark my woids!" Bugs cried out "Sample that bastids' blood!"
"No one hates rabbits more than that twisted Elmer Fudd!"
"You're paranoid" Rodger snorted "the one who murders for kicks...
is that obvious cereal killer, the rabbit from the box of Trix,
"Wrong again" sniffed Uncle Wiggly, "you're no kind of private-eye"
"But speaking of tricks, when you see her next, tell Jessica that I said hi"
"You can't just point your finger and tell the police to slap on the cuffs",
You're so afraid of your own shadow; you've filled your pants with cocoa puffs,
Peter leapt up "A demented rabbit killer, it's McGregor that's plain to see!"
"He's got my clothes on a pole in his garden, hanging in effigy!"
Wiggly shot back "…or is it gang related? Their alibis are somewhat frail",
"Exactly where were those thugs, Flopsie, Mopsie and Cottontail?
"Hanging around Thumper and Br'er Rabbit; I tell you they're all the same!"
"Do I really have to remind you all how Thumper got his name?"
Borrowing their hole deeper and deeper, down into that rabbit hole
Theories and explanations, none of which could console,
It will make little difference, because now there will be no Easter
The debate will go on and on, as scared rabbits talk out their keisters,
In a squalid little burrow on the wrong side of the rabbit tracks
Amid the empty red bull cans, lies a bloody axe,
On the handle of the door a "do not disturb' sign is hanging
And in the bedroom is the Energizer; but it's not his drum he's banging,
There the recent widow is doing what bunnies do best,
Meanwhile across the field they are laying her hubby to rest.
March 5 1012
Copyright © Luke Irwin | Year Posted 2013
What a sad day
No more Easter bunny
I don't mean to laugh
But some tales are funny
I think in the end
It's really his fault
you would never guess
Who was locked in his vault
The bunny was Jealous
Of jolly old Saint Nick
He felt like second fiddle
To a jolly white haired prick
So when the vault door opened
He pushed old Nick inside
He thought to himself
I'll take his sleigh for a ride
Before he got going
He loaded eggs in the back
Each one carefully packed
In poor Santa's red sack
On Donner on Blitzen
They flew up in the sky
An inexperienced flyer
Is now a very dead guy
His tiny bunny body
Was bounced out from the sled
Rudolph tossed him out
So now the Bunny's dead
March 9th, 2013
Clue contest
Copyright © Richard Lamoureux | Year Posted 2013
"The Kitty and the Bunny" is a children's song, sung to the tune of "Pop! Goes the
'Round and 'round the dogwood tree
Kitty chased the Easter Bunny,
'Til Bunny tossed an egg
That broke Kitty's leg;
And Kitty cried, "This game ain't fun-ny!".
Bonus activity: Give children some crayons and paper and have them turn this poem into a comic strip. Tell them you would use four boxes for your comic strip: one showing Kitty chasing the bunny, the next one showing the bunny tossing an egg, the next showing kitty holding his paw, and the last one showing tears streaming down Kitty's face. But, tell children they can use as few or as many boxes as they like for their comic strips and even change the storyline. The dogwood tree becomes an apple tree and bunny is seen pelting Kitty with apples. Perhaps squirrels join in the fight and start throwing acorns at Kitty.
Copyright © Cherie Durbin | Year Posted 2011
A hit and run of epic proportion The Easter conspiracy in motion The CIA FBI Interpol perplexed Who done it who will be next Scotland yard the challenge not met the Reg. The goose no longer lays the golden egg Public supply and demands satisfaction Who will it be it is up to you investigation Slow to the game the cards are on the the table The only glue you get a fable - for Lisa Cooper Poetessdarkly contest -Who murdered the Easter bunny? 3/5/2013
Copyright © John Beam | Year Posted 2013
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Weighing scale breaks for a gal too plump
Nibbling chocolates instead of carrot sticks,
"I want to be a model, why is life such a dump?"
So off to the gym she heads for a quick fix, fix!
Her waist still a round 31- inches after months
Of high fatty food she can't scratch on her note,
Auditions call, she's craving to fit into slim pants
With more Easter honey making her bloat, bloat
She meets a retired, old magician who can nail it
At last, curved figure she'll have without big tummy,
Swoosh! He pulls her from wrapped cage like a rabbit
And swirls, turning poor gal into a fake Playboy bunny!
For Carol Brown's Bunny Rabbit by nette onclaud
Copyright © nette onclaud | Year Posted 2012
Marsh mellow peeps
a wonderful treat.
Yellow pink or blue
all of them stick like glue
on easter , christmas or even halloween
I like peeps and pass on jelly beans .
Some have said they can cure the common cold
others say it reminds them of yellow slime mold
what can I say ?
it doesnt matter to me either way
but personally my favorite type is
the ones you put in the microwave oven
and watch as they bubble, pop and fizz
Copyright © rebecca travis | Year Posted 2008
They say the Easter bunnies comes the same time every year,
escaping from a Lab somewhere, they holes up around here.
They smells of smoke and iodine, wear lipstick and eye drops,
They's lost her lucky feet somewhere and that is why they hops.
Their Coney furs desirable, and their quarters good for food,
although not free of chemicals, it really tastes quite good.
Their wracking coughs and bloodshot eyes, puts hunters off the match,
tobacco drugs and alcohol, makes them an easy catch.
Their chocolate eggs they lays in fields, each wrapped in silver foil,
are excellent when eaten fresh, but awful when they're boiled.
Copyright © DAVID WALLACE | Year Posted 2012
It all started when Sleeping Beauty slapped Cinderella
Then Snow White retaliated and hit her with an umbrella
as Ariel the little Mermaid's tail turned into legs
Prince Erick and Prince Charming stole the Easter bunny's eggs.
As Alice from wonderland grew five times her size
Hansel and Gretel attacked her by surprise
While Puss in Boots fought Peter pan
Captain Hook and Ursula produced an evil master plan.
Rapunzel chatted with Red Riding hood
and the three little pigs were up to no good
Thumbelina still aspired to grow
and Rumpelstiltskin has a name he thought no one would know
Jack climbed the beanstalk which was later cut down
by the woman in the shoe who stole Cinderellas wedding gown.
The wicked witch of the west set the woman's shoe ablaze
and Dorothy clicked her heels but didn't return home for thirty days.
When fairy tales get messy this is what well never see
but this is what fairy tales would be like if it were up to me...
Copyright © Ella Marley | Year Posted 2008
easter is coming
filled eggs,jelly beans, and more
chocolate bunnies
Copyright © karen croft | Year Posted 2012
Easter is a time where we construe
The beauty of renewal blooming through
Little birds that chirp above the vales
While sweeter ladies peep at passing males
Charming is the humour passing round
Faint scent of Tulips, Daffodils abound
Strolling couples giggle by a stream
Planning the delights they like to dream
Gazebos filled with bands that blow their brass
Shiny belts and buckles, best in class
'Le déjeuner sur l'herbe' a luncheons treat
A very Manet way in which to meet
Ah Easter is a time for daring stuff
Two clothed men that dine with naked fluff
At last the joys of springtime are revealed
Milk white flesh and precious else concealed
©david byrne Easter 2012
Copyright © David Byrne | Year Posted 2012
Off Season Santa
Cajun Santa won't ever be seen
Buying Christmas candy in New Orleans
He has a whole group of Elves back in the swamp
Making Cajun candy for the kids to chomp
Summer time Santa in his cutoff jeans
Stirring a big ol pot of rice and beans
Here comes Mrs. Clause with her fishing pole
She wants to head down to the Crawfish hole
Christmas Cajun Santa has toys on his back
Summer Cajun Santa totes a crawfish sack
The mud bugs have been cooked the Elves have been fed
Time for Cajun Santa to slip off to bed
He took his ball cap off of his head
He looked at Mrs. Clause, This is what he said
We can rest now, I love you honey
But I think this year I'll help the Easter Bunny
Mack Toler
Copyright © mack toler | Year Posted 2015
'Mommy who killed the Easter Bunny?'
'Oh my! Nobody honey.
You see Saint Nick and the Tooth Fairy,
they had something for him to carry;
With his energy from sugary sweets,
He has some very quick feet;
But he did not realize
How quick the time does fly;
With all that helping
He did not realize his day was coming;
So you see he's not dead,
He is running late instead.'
'Oh Mommy that's ok.
He can bring my candy today!'
'Great.' Mom says to herself
'There goes my mental health.'
Copyright © Melani Udaeta | Year Posted 2013
Checking the lights on the dashboard when they flash and stay red:
it's the oil that needs to be changed or the engine that requires
maintenance, and in frigid temperatures who would venture outside and get frostbites?
A car is a necessity, a commodity and besides daily pleasure, it may cost a lot indeed.
Running to the grocery store through the backdoor when milk is low,
and guests wait for a fresh coffee pot and you put on a face not so mellow,
and much worse when you forget the roast in the oven...the bird you admire,
and smoke fills your kitchen...you just dial 911 and scream, " My house in on fire! "
But the worst one that can send you into havoc...
when the mean kid down the block throws a rock
and your window shatters and the cat flees with the swiftest animal beat,
but the dog gets vicious and runs after him by exposing his sharp teeth.
Ever forgot to send your mom a Christmas or Easter card?
She'll call you the same day knowing that the Post office won't deliver,
and what her voice will sound like? Soft or harsh, or angry as a bard?
I can imagine the words she will say, " Have you forgotten something, dear? "
These are just few of them that can drive you crazy like wild kids who love to fight
and make you head spin and ache until you sit down and take a break by a lamplight,
" Ouch!" You got burned from the splashing water while draining your steamy pasta...
you complain,"It's overcooked and not al dente!" And like mother you exclaim,"Basta!"
* The word "Basta" in Italian means " It's enough "
Copyright © Andrew Crisci | Year Posted 2011
There's this little fuzzy wuzzy bunny,
Who all year round eats loads of honey.
Now you'd expect his tummy to be runny
This fuzzy wuzzy little bunny
However, the honey has an adverse effect
And when I tell you, you will not like it I expect
The poor sod suffers from severe constipation
Until he feels a bowel movement sensation
He seeks a discrete place to release
The load that make him look obese
His baked in for a year in his tummy
The poor fuzzy wuzzy little bunny
With his hind legs astride, bunny squats just a bit
Knowing the pain he has to suffer when it's time to have a sh-t
First, come out as little pebbles then follow the great big boulders
The kind that gives him the feeling his been split from his a-se to his shoulders
He chews grass as a medicinal lozenge
To numb his a-se that now looks like a blood orange
Fuzzy wuzzy little bunny knows it all over when he lets out a great big fart
Then picks up his mess discretely and hides it in isle 14 at Kwik Mart.
Copyright © Sidney Hall Mad Poet | Year Posted 2011
Saw Humpty Dumpty roll down the street
Seemed to be escaping from a color tweak
Into the gutter he fell,
I checked,
Shell seemed to be well
I then heard the heroes in a half shell
Turtle Power!
They picked up Mr. Dumpty and had a pow wow.
I heard something about Ms. Bunny needing a lesson
Apparently egg die is too big a sensation.
Many eggs dipped in liquid,
Feels like a interrogation
They have no beans to spill
Only option they have is faking a thrill
Turtles feel bad and they strike a deal
Wish I'd followed after hearing the news next day
Ms. Bunny, the Turtles, and Mr. Dumpty were to convene
Sadly, Ms. Bunny never made another basket
I believe the heroes in the half shell completed a bad deed
And Mr. Dumpty paid them off with pizza
Copyright © Sharon Morken | Year Posted 2013


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Census tracts with very low population density are geographically very large. Inclusion of those tracts makes some of the service area polygons in our analysis highly irregular in shape. This irregularity represents an artifact of variation in census tracts and not misclassification in our analysis. See interactive maps.
Matthew B. Klein, C. Bradley Kramer, Jason Nelson, Frederick P. Rivara, Nicole S. Gibran, Thomas Concannon. Geographic Access to Burn Center Hospitals. JAMA. 2009;302(16):1774–1781. doi:10.1001/jama.2009.1548
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Author Affiliations: Burn Center (Drs Klein and Gibran and Mr Kramer), Division of Plastic Surgery (Dr Klein), Department of Pediatrics and Harborview Injury Research and Prevention Center (Dr Rivara), University of Washington, Seattle; and Institute for Clinical Research and Health Policy Studies, Tufts University School of Medicine and Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts (Mr Nelson and Dr Concannon).
Context The delivery of burn care is a resource-intensive endeavor that requires specialized personnel and equipment. The optimal geographic distribution of burn centers has long been debated; however, the current distribution of centers relative to geographic area and population is unknown.
Objective To estimate the proportion of the US population living within 1 and 2 hours by rotary air transport (helicopter) or ground transport of a burn care facility.
Design and Setting A cross-sectional analysis of geographic access to US burn centers utilizing the 2000 US census, road and speed limit data, the Atlas and Database of Air Medical Services database, and the 2008 American Burn Association Directory.
Main Outcome Measure The proportion of state, regional, and national population living within 1 and 2 hours by air transport or ground transport of a burn care facility.
Results In 2008, there were 128 self-reported burn centers in the United States including 51 American Burn Association–verified centers. An estimated 25.1% and 46.3% of the US population live within 1 and 2 hours by ground transport, respectively, of a verified burn center. By air, 53.9% and 79.0% of the population live within 1 and 2 hours, respectively, of a verified center. There was significant regional variation in access to verified burn centers by both ground and rotary air transport. The greatest proportion of the population with access was highest in the northeast region and lowest in the southern United States.
Conclusion Nearly 80% of the US population lives within 2 hours by ground or rotary air transport of a verified burn center; however, there is both state and regional variation in geographic access to these centers.
According to the American Burn Association, more than 500 000 burn injuries occur in the United States each year, causing approximately 4000 burn-related deaths.1 Death most commonly results from residential fires with smaller numbers from motor vehicle collisions, electrical injuries, or other burn etiologies. More than 40 000 patients are admitted to hospitals each year for treatment of burn injury.1 The delivery of optimal burn care to these patients is a resource-intensive endeavor requiring specialized equipment and experienced personnel. These resources are typically available only at dedicated burn centers.
In 2008, there were 128 self-identified burn centers in the United States, of which only 51 were verified by the American Burn Association.2 A recent analysis reported that only 22% of patients admitted to a hospital for burn care are admitted to verified burn centers.3 The verification process is the only recognized mechanism by which the quality of burn care provided at a center can be assessed and confirmed. Verified centers are located in 25 states and the District of Columbia and proximity to a verified burn center varies greatly around the country. Therefore, long-range transport of an individual who sustains a burn injury may be necessary to obtain definitive specialized care.
The optimal distribution of burn centers has long been debated.4 Several aspects of early postinjury burn care including airway assessment, estimation of burn extent and depth, and initiation of fluid administration are important to initial survival. Errors by physicians in estimating burn size and depth occur commonly and may lead to complications associated with either overresuscitation or underresuscitation.5- 9 Therefore, timely access to a burn center may benefit burn patients. In addition, with an anticipated shortage of qualified burn surgeons and the increasing complexity of medical and surgical aspects of burn care,10 there is a need to determine how best to ensure that all US residents have access to quality definitive care.
As a first and necessary step in this process, we sought to evaluate state, regional, and national access to burn centers in the United States. We assessed access to both verified and nonverified centers by ground and rotary air transport using national census, air medical transport, and street network databases.
We performed a cross-sectional analysis of access to burn centers, using US census tract-level data from 2000. We used approaches from previous resource allocation models to conduct our analyses.11,12 We estimated the percentage of the population living within 1 or 2 hours by ground transport and 1 or 2 hours by ground or rotary air transport of a burn care facility. We also assessed whether extended transport of 4 hours by ground transport could reach significantly more of the population than in the rotary air analyses. We assumed all transport occurred from an individual's home to the nearest burn center, measured by travel time. Our analysis included all US residents (N=281 421 906), excluding those living in US territories.
We examined access to burn centers that were verified by the American Burn Association as of 2008.2 We separately examined access to self-reported burn centers (ie, all centers listed in the American Burn Association directory), whether verified or not. Hospitals' latitude and longitude coordinates were obtained from the 2008 American Hospital Association annual survey. Each center was entered into a geographic information system (GIS) (Environmental Systems Research Institute ArcMap 9.2, Redlands, California) for subsequent analyses.
We summarized population data at the census tract level and entered it into the GIS. The population of each census tract was assigned to the tract's centroid (the geographic location that represents the "mean center" of a polygon). Tract-level data were aggregated at the state, regional, and national levels in separate analyses. For regional analyses, we used the 4 census regions: Midwest, Northeast, South, and West. Tracts were divided into 3 groups: urban, suburban, and rural, corresponding to tertiles of population density measured in people per square mile. We used these groups to adjust prehospital elapsed time estimates by urban density.
We also examined the number of burn care beds in each state relative to population. Bed numbers are self-reported in the American Burn Association directory and may represent either total number of dedicated beds for burn patients or potentially available burn beds given an unexpected surge in patients.
To determine the shortest driving times between census tract centroids and burn centers, we analyzed road network and speed limit data from the ArcGIS StreetMap data set using the ArcEditor (Environmental Systems Research Institute ArcMap 9.2) network analyst extension. For each estimated trip, we added extra time to account for dispatch of the emergency medical service (EMS) vehicle (1.4 minutes for urban and suburban tracts and 2.9 minutes for rural tracts), time from EMS depot to scene (total time was multiplied by a constant of 1.6, 1.5, or 1.4 for urban, suburban, or rural tracts, respectively), and time spent on scene (13.5 minutes for urban and suburban tracts and 15.1 minutes for rural tracts). These constants were derived in a meta-analysis of empirically determined prehospital care times for trauma.13
We used Atlas and Database of Air Medical Services (ADAMS) 2007 address and coordinate data to identify helipad locations and to estimate straight-line distances between 3 points: (1) base helipad, (2) tract centroid, and (3) burn center. Air Medical Services typically serve multiple hospitals with different aircraft.14 The ADAMS database allowed us to match burn centers, air medical service providers, base helipads, and available helicopters. Helicopter speed was estimated by taking the average speed of the service provider's fleet as recorded by ADAMS. Burn centers that were not matched with specific air medical service providers in the ADAMS database were matched with all base helipads located within the 1- or 2-hour travel time limit. We added a set of constants to account for dispatch time (3.5 minutes) and time spent preparing a landing zone (21.6 minutes).13 We assumed that ground transport could be dispatched concurrently with rotary transport, allowing air and ground vehicles to meet at the scene.15 Maps of the ground and rotary air coverage areas for verified and nonverified centers were generated using ArcMap version 9.2 software.
In 2008, there were 51 verified and 128 self-reported burn centers in the United States. A total of 782 helipads and 804 rotary wing helicopters served these centers. Nationally, 25.1%, 46.3%, and 67.7% of the US population lived within 1, 2 and 4 hours by ground transport, respectively, of a verified center and 41.1%, 68.4%, and 90.9% lived within 4 hours of any center, whether verified or not (Table 1). By air transport, 53.9% and 79.0% of the population lived within 1 and 2 hours, respectively, of a verified center, and 75.3% lived within 1 hour and more than 96.4% lived within 2 hours of any self-reported center (Table 1).
Access by ground transport to verified and self-reported burn centers varied by region (Table 1). Coverage was highest in the Northeast, with 40.2%, 72.7%, and 94.1% of the population living within 1, 2, and 4 hours by ground transport to a verified center. Coverage was lowest in the South, with 10.7%, 23.5%, and 46.2% living within 1, 2, and 4 hours, respectively, of a verified center. Access by ground transport to any self-reported burn center was highest in the Northeast (52.7%, 83.1%, and 98.0%) and lowest in the South (27.4%, 54.8%, and 87.6%).
Access by air transport followed the same regional pattern (Table 1). Coverage was highest in the Northeast, with 82.8% and 99.2% of the population living with 1 and 2 hours of a verified center. In the South, 30.2% and 62.0% lived within 1 and 2 hours of a verified center. Access by air transport to any self-reported burn center was also highest in the Northeast (89.9% and 99.9%) and lowest in the South (63.5% and 96.2%).
Geographic access to burn centers also varied by state (Table1). None of the population in 18 states lived within 2 hours by ground transport of a verified burn center, whereas more than 80% of the population in 5 other states and the District of Columbia lived within 2 hours by ground transport of a verified center. More than 90% of the population of Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Rhode Island, and the District of Columbia lived within 2 hours by ground transport of any self-reported center, whereas none of the population of Montana and North Dakota lived within 2 hours of any self-reported center by ground or air transport.
None of the population in 6 states had 2-hour access by air transport to a verified center while 80% or more of the population in 29 states and the District of Columbia had 2-hour access by air transport. The entire population of 20 states and the District of Columbia lived within 2 hours by air transport of any self-reported center. Less than 20% of the population in 3 states had 2-hour access by air transport to any self-reported center.
Overall, the number of burn care beds was 0.65 beds per 100 000 US population. The number of beds varied by region, from 0.54 in the South to 0.81 in the Midwest. There was also variability in the number of beds by state, from 1.64 beds/100 000 population in Nebraska to no beds in the states Delaware, Idaho, Mississippi, Montana, New Hampshire, North Dakota, and Wyoming (Table 2).
Geographic access to verified burn centers and to self-designated burn facilities varies greatly across states and regions in the United States. A minority of the US population lives within 2 hours by ground transport of an American Burn Association–verified burn center or within 1 hour by ground transport of both verified and nonverified burn centers. To reach a verified burn care center within 2 hours, one-third of the US population must be transported by air. Extended transport of up to 4 hours by ground offers poorer coverage than 2-hour air transport. Population coverage is highest in the Northeast and lowest in the South, and there is substantial variation within regions. When including nonverified centers in the analysis, the proportion of population living near a burn facility increased by both ground transport and air transport, with more than 68% of the population living within 2 hours by ground transport of any center and more than 96% living within 2 hours by rotary air transport.
The ideal geographic distribution of burn centers has long been debated. The Figure illustrates that some regions are well served by verified centers, whereas others are relatively underserved (see also interactive maps). In fact, Zonies et al recently reported that more than half of the US population with burn injuries in 2001 and 2004 received definitive care at either nonverified burn centers or other hospitals not listed in the American Burn Association directory.3 This finding is likely attributable in part to geographic access to centers.
While this study did not address quality of care, MacKenzie, et al16 have previously demonstrated that trauma care provided at nondesignated centers was associated with worse outcomes than care at level I trauma centers. To our knowledge, there are no studies comparing long-term outcomes of burn injury based on verification status of treatment facility. However, the verification process is currently the only recognized mechanism by which quality of burn care can be assessed and ensured. Verification criteria include a number of specific requirements, including minimum number of acute burn admissions (≥50 annually); dedicated staff of physical and occupational therapists, psychologists, dietitians and social workers; prehospital triage and transfer guidelines; processes for quality of care review; and a director who has sufficient training or experience in burn care. In addition, verification must be renewed every 3 years.17 Although any hospital can designate itself a burn care facility, quality of care according to American Burn Association standards can be ensured only at centers that have successfully undergone the verification process. During the past decade, the number of verified centers has increased from 34 in 2000 to 51 in 2008; however, there are still more self-designated facilities than verified centers.
To address the need for better access to verified centers in some regions of the country and the apparent excess of centers in other regions, Warden and Heimbach4 have advocated that a system of regionalized burn care be developed to ensure a rational distribution of verified centers relative to population density. Regionalization may be reasonable from a resource distribution standpoint including both personnel and equipment; however, defining the optimum number of centers per population or per geographic area will prove challenging.
The variation in baseline geographic access rates found in this study may be an influential predictor of optimal regionalization strategy. For states and regions with a relatively high baseline rate of access, the best strategy for improving access and reducing time to definitive care may involve optimization of air and ground EMS systems. For states and regions with a relatively low baseline rate of access, the best strategy may involve construction or verification of new regional burn care facilities. Although we did not find burn centers that had no rotary air transport coverage, this strategy would be one way to increase coverage in the future if that were the case. To understand the best strategies for specific regions, one approach would be to model the predicted effect of system change on patient access rates, quality of care, and outcomes.
In addition to issues related to geographic distribution of centers, the optimum period in which burn patients require access to burn centers also remains to be defined. Burn care differs from other types of trauma in that there is no "golden hour," but several aspects of early care can be critical to good outcomes. Failure to secure an airway adequately or diagnose related trauma can lead to adverse outcomes, including death. Inadequate burn size estimates occur commonly by health care professionals who are relatively inexperienced in the care of burn patients. These incorrect estimates can lead to underresuscitation and overresuscitation. Underresuscitation can lead to hypovolemic shock and renal failure, whereas overresuscitation can lead to abdominal and extremity compartment syndromes, as well as pulmonary edema and acute respiratory distress syndrome.18- 21
Based on the findings of this study, several hours of transport may be required for a burn patient to reach a verified or nonverified burn center. In addition, several centers provide coverage for large geographic regions—particularly in the western part of the United States. General trauma patients with delays in receipt of definitive care at trauma centers experience longer intensive care unit or hospital lengths of stay, increased number of complications, hospital changes, and mortality.22- 26 In one study, pediatric burn patients with delayed transfer to a verified burn center had longer lengths of stay and higher rates of infectious outcomes.27 However, in previous studies, we reported that a regional transfer and out-of-hospital transport protocol could be implemented safely for burn patients requiring long transport times to a verified center so that the critical aspects of acute postinjury care could be guided by clinicians who are experienced in caring for patients with burn injuries.28,29 As a result of these well-established protocols, patients with burns who were transferred to our verified burn center several hours after initial assessment at preliminary care facilities had outcomes similar to patients who were admitted directly to our center.29
There are several limitations to this study. First, fixed-wing transport data were not available nationally. Fixed-wing aircraft are typically used for patients requiring transport over longer distances and also tend to travel at higher speeds. Therefore, a larger geographic area could be covered within 2 hours by fixed-wing aircraft rather than by rotary aircraft. Additional factors that need to be considered in calculating access by fixed-wing aircraft include warm-up time prior to takeoff and need for appropriate landing zones. Nonetheless, larger geographic areas could be covered in shorter time. Second, listings of verified centers in the American Burn Association directory change from year to year, and our results would change if a substantial number of nonverified centers were to become verified. Finally, the data on burn bed availability are self-reported and have not been verified. It is possible that these reported numbers may not accurately reflect available staff to care for patients if all beds were filled.
In conclusion, this study demonstrates that nearly 80% of the population lives within 2 hours by ground transport or rotary air transport of a verified burn center. However, there exists substantial state and regional variation in geographic access to these centers. While the optimal distribution of burn centers relative to population and area remains to be determined, these data provide important information about population access that may be used to guide resource allocation in burn care.
Corresponding Author: Matthew B. Klein, MD, MS, UW Burn Center, Harborview Medical Center, 325 Ninth Ave, PO Box 359796, Seattle, WA 98104 (email@example.com).
Author Contributions: Dr Klein had full access to all of the data in the study and takes responsibility for the integrity of the data and the accuracy of the data analysis.
Study concept and design: Klein, Kramer, Rivara, Gibran, Concannon.
Acquisition of data: Klein, Kramer, Nelson, Concannon.
Analysis and interpretation of data: Klein, Kramer, Nelson, Concannon.
Drafting of the manuscript: Klein.
Critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content: Klein, Kramer, Nelson, Rivara, Gibran, Concannon.
Statistical analysis: Klein, Kramer, Nelson, Concannon.
Obtained funding: Klein.
Administrative, technical, or material support: Klein, Kramer, Nelson, Concannon.
Study supervision: Klein, Concannon.
Financial Disclosures: None reported.
Funding/Support: This work was supported by the National Center for Research Resources grant 1KL2RR025015-01, Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center (HIPRC) grant R49/CE000197 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and by the David and Nancy Auth-Washington Research Foundation Endowment.
Role of the Sponsor: The study sponsors had no role in the design and conduct of the study; in the collection, analysis, management, and interpretation of the data; or in the preparation, review, or approval of the manuscript.
Disclaimer: Dr Rivara, an editorial board member for JAMA, was not involved in the editorial review of or decision to publish this article.


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Ben watches and waits, not because he is an expert strategist, but because he doesn't believe that he has anything that Merry wants or needs. In fact ,he seems to irritate her more than charm her:
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Merry knew herself well enough to know that she could not pick'em. But Ben was supposed to be different. He was supposed to be the smart choice. Rational. Safe.
But how safe could he be when Merry's stupid, stupid body went up in flames whenever he was nearby?
But what about Jo, Merry's mother? It seems that she has quite a history. She is planning to turn her regular boarding and training stable into a therapeutic riding center. Merry is there to help her. Not because they are close; they are just getting to know each other. Jo abandoned her children when they were small:
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