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My Son Died After Swallowing a Button Battery
A mom of three lost her precious baby ... now she wants to warn other moms about this hidden danger.
Michelle Truett: My 1-year-old baby boy Aidan recently passed away on November 22, 2009. Unbeknownst to us, he had swallowed a button battery.
Aidan had just turned 1 in October, and had always been a very healthy child. (I have two other kids -- ages 9 and 4.) In mid-November, he showed signs of having the flu -- he was not holding any food down.
I took him to the doctor, and he said he had a viral infection and sent us home.
But he was not getting better -- he was getting worse. We took him back the next day and said we thought he had swallowed something. They did an X-ray of his stomach, but didn't find anything.
The next day, he had increased saliva and was so congested, so we took him for a second opinion. They didn't find anything.
We just knew something was wrong. We went to five or six doctor's appointments in a week and a half. We kept saying, 'We think he has swallowed something." Exactly one week after the first X-ray, they did another one, and found a button battery in his stomach.
We have no idea where Aidan got the battery. We checked all the toys and remotes in our house and in his babysitter's house, and none were found missing. I guess we'll never know where he got it from.
Surgery to remove the battery was done on the 19th. They removed it successfully and said everything would be okay. They didn't see any signs of irritation or anything.
Aidan came home that evening without any complications, but still had the congestion. They said that was from his viral respiratory infection.
Two days later, on Saturday night around 9:45 PM, I heard Aidan coughing in his crib. I ran up to find him sitting up in his crib completely covered in blood.
I'm a nurse, so I took him downstairs and swiped his mouth. It was full of blood clots. My baby boy was hemorrhaging.
Aidan had gone into cardiac arrest. I started CPR. He was then transported to the ER and airlifted to the local children's hospital. Nobody was ever able to revive him, despite several hours of advanced cardiac life support.
After four hours of trying, there was nothing more that could be done. My son was pronounced dead at 2:30 AM on Sunday, November 22nd.
We had an autopsy, because we had a feeling his death had to do with the battery. I was told after the autopsy that an erosion was found in his esophagus leading to the aorta. We are assuming this is from the battery ingestion. A final report has not yet been given to us.
I feel if they could have found the battery sooner, when we first brought him to the doctor, this could have had a different outcome. A full week passed between our first and second X-rays. The button probably sat inside his esophagus for quite some time in order for it to erode like it did. You would have thought they would have seen something when they went in to remove the button battery from his stomach.
Now, I am trying to get the word out to other mothers about the dangers of button batteries. I hope I can even spare one parent this pain. We had a perfect child one minute, and the next minute he was gone.
Keep button batteries out of reach of children. Treat them as if they are dangerous medications. Don't leave them lying around for any reason. You never know if your kids or if your kids' friends will get ahold of them. They're tiny disks, and they're shiny, so they're appealing to babies and toddlers. They come in singing greeting cards, watches, and handheld games. A lot of toys for kids have them. You have to be so careful.
My message for medical professionals is to listen to the parents. I'm a mom who doesn't take her kids to the doctor for every little thing. But I was at the doctor six times in a week and a half because I knew something was wrong. I feel like they kind of brushed me off a bit. I'm not the kind of person who wants to blame, but I hope they can take this as a learning experience.
I really feel it is necessary to get my story out there to prevent any more tragedies like this. Hospitals, doctors, and parents need to understand the life-threatening danger of these batteries.
If we can help save another life, it's like Aidan will live on in some way.
I am so, so sorry. I have often found those batteries laying around my house and have no idea where they came from. I will certainly treat them as as far more dangerous from now on. Thank you.
I am so sorry that this happened to your son. Hugs hugs.
I am sorry beyond words for your tragedy, Michelle. I think you are very, very brave for speaking up about what happened to protect other children out there. I know from my own experience how cathartic that can be. I hope it is reassuring for you during this time in your life that this post will surely save other children.
i am so very sorry for your loss. Thank you for your bravery in sharing the warning of those tiny batteries. I will check my floors even more closely now. Never know what toys or other things that might have that battery. This story is heartbreaking…you and your family are in my thoughts and prayers. Thank you again for helping other mothers and children.
Thank you for speaking out on this matter and warning all parents of the dangers of these batteries. I am truly sorry for your loss and wish you and your family the best in your time of tragedy.
I can't even imagine how much pain you and your family must be in. Your baby was beautiful and I'm so sorry this happened. Thank you so much for sharing your story. I have an infant and it had never even occurred to me to think about this sort of thing. I will definitely be on the look out and I'll share your story with other parents and parents-to-be that I know.
I can't even imaging how much pain you and your family are going through. Thank you so much for posting your story. I have an infant and it never even occurred to me to think about button batteries. I'll definitely share your story with other parents and parents-to-be that I know. I'm so sorry that this happened to your beautiful baby.
We should be careful about regular Alkaline batteries too. You know, stuff commonly used on remote controls and toys.
Many leak over time, a chemical called potassium hydroxide, that can cause respiratory, eyes and skin irritation.
I am so sorry for your loss, Michelle. Thank you for sharing your story.
I am so sorry. Thank you so much for speaking out. There is no telling how many lives you will save.
My heart just hurts for you and your husband and your children. I am so sorry for the heartache you are experiencing. Moms just know things sometimes don't we. I wish they had listened to you. May God bless you.
I can't imagine what you have been through. No matter how careful we are as parents, things happen. I have always been so careful with my kids, but they have STILL managed to get ahold of something that could harm them.
this made me cry. So sorry for your loss. You are in my thoughts.
I'm so sorry for your loss. Thank you for sharing your story. Hugs and blessings to you and your family.
That is the saddest thing. I'm so very sorry for your loss. I'm crying for the loss of your precious boy and am so sorry you felt dismissed by the medical staff. Thank you for the warning about this danger to help other families.
I'm so sorry for your loss. What a great thing you are doing in sharing your story to help other families. Thank you and God bless you.
My heart is breaking as I read your story. Thank you for sharing this, despite this being a hard time for you. i am so sorry for your loss. I am also sorry the doctors didn't find the battery sooner.
Thank you for sharing your story and perhaps sparing the life of other babies out there. I have two toddlers myself, and have never thought about the button batteries as such a serious threat. My heart aches for you over the tremendous loss you have experienced. no words can truly convey how deep my sympathy runs. May peace be in your hearts.
So sorry for your loss. Thank you for sharing such a valuable tip. In such a terrible time, your kindness in sharing the information to potentially spare another's loss is touching. Bless you and your family.
I'm so sorry for your loss. I'll have your family in my prayers. Thank you for sharing your story. I have never thought about those things.
You are so strong for letting us all know about this. I just can't imagine the pain you feel! You are in our prayers.


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Did anyone see what happened to tomato season?
Its usually right here, exploding in the hottest part of summer, giving us the chance to eat our fill of the big red beauties before they disappear for the winter.
Not this year: Between heavy rains and cooler temperatures, it seemed like the lost summer for tomatoes.
Did anyone get enough tomato sandwiches? Enough tomato salads, enough diced tomatoes tossed with hot pasta? Did you cover a whole counter with tomatoes in various shades of ripeness, or fill your freezer with enough marinara to last until July?
Theres still a little time left to catch up. Labor Day may mark the official end of summer Monday, but in this part of the world, tomato season can hang on until almost October, when the first heavy frost usually puts an end to it.
Before it goes, we came up with five dishes to make before tomatoes finish for the year. We threw in handling tips, too, so you can work quickly.
Before the tomatoes go, try to eat at least one sandwich so drippy you have to lean over the sink, and ponder the words of Chilean poet Pablo Neruda wrote in Ode to Tomatoes:
The tomato invades the kitchen, it enters at lunchtime, takes its ease on countertops, among glasses, butter dishes, blue saltcellars. It sheds its own light, benign majesty.
Open-Face Tomato Pie
From Tomatoes: A Savor the South Cookbook, by Miriam Rubin (UNC Press)
Pastry for a single-crust pie
4 to 5 medium tomatoes (1 1/2 pounds)
3/4 teaspoon kosher salt, divided
1 1/4 cups shredded sharp white cheddar, divided
1/2 cup plain panko crumbs
1/4 cup thinly sliced red onion
3/4 cup mayonnaise
1/3 cup chopped basil
2 tablespoons sliced chives
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
PREHEAT oven to 375 degrees. Fit the pastry into a 9-inch pie plate and form a high, fluted edged. Prick all over with a fork. Put a sheet of foil inside and fill with dried beans or pie weights. Bake until the pastry is set and white at the edges, 10-12 minutes. Remove foil and weights, return to the oven and bake until brown in spots, 8-10 minutes. Cool on a wire rack.
CORE and halve the tomatoes and cut them crosswise into 1/4-inch-thick half-moon slices, discarding the ends. (You should have about 3 cups). Place on a double layer of paper towels and sprinkle with 1/2 teaspoon salt. Let stand about 5 minutes.
TOSS 1/2 cup of the cheddar with the panko crumbs in a small bowl. Sprinkle half of this evenly over the bottom of the crust. Arrange half of the tomatoes in an overlapping circle on top of the crumbs. Sprinkle with half the red onion and 1/4 cup of the cheddar. Arrange the remaining tomato slices on top; sprinkle with the remaining red onion.
MIX the mayonnaise, basil, chives, remaining 1/2 cup cheddar, pepper and remaining 1/4 teaspoon salt in a small bowl. Spread over the tomatoes with a rubber spatula, covering them completely. Sprinkle with remaining panko-cheddar mixture.
BAKE until browned and bubbling around the edges, 45 to 50 minutes. Let stand at least 30 minutes before cutting.
YIELD: 8 servings.
Marinated Tomatoes and Cucumbers
1 large or 2 medium tomatoes
1 white or yellow onion
1 to 2 cucumbers
Several sprigs of fresh thyme
1 cup white vinegar
2 teaspoons salt
1 tablespoon honey
1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
CORE and dice the tomatoes. Peel and dice the onion and the cucumber. Youre aiming to have roughly equal amounts of each.
PLACE about a third of the diced tomato in the bottom of a wide jar or a bowl with a tight-fitting lid. Top with a third of the onions and cucumber. Top with a sprig of thyme. Continue with two more layers of tomato, onion, cucumber and thyme.
WHISK together the vinegar, salt, honey and olive oil. Pour over the vegetables. Cover and refrigerate at least two hours. Serve cold.
YIELD: About 6 servings.
Famous Tomato Sandwiches
From The Blue Willow Inn Bible Of Southern Cooking, by Louis and Billie Van Dyke (Rutledge Hill Press, 2005). Shooting matches break out over the topic of tomato sandwiches. The classic version is nothing more than white bread, mayonnaise and tomato. But there also is a tradition of dressed-up versions served in tea rooms and church receptions.
2 medium ripe tomatoes, preferably peeled and cored
1 large white onion
16 slices white sandwich bread
1/4 cup mayonnaise
1 tablespoon yellow mustard
Salt and pepper
CUT each tomato in 4 round slices. Cut the onion into slices. Layer the tomato and onion in a bowl or plastic container. Cover and refrigerate 8 hours.
CUT the bread into 2 1/2- to 3-inch-wide circles. (If you dont have a round cutter that wide, you can use a pineapple can as a guide. Youre aiming for circles that are about the size of your tomato slices.)
MIX the mayonnaise and mustard. Spread each slice of bread with the mayonnaise mixture. Drain the tomato slices and set aside the onion for another dish. Place one tomato slice on a bread round. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Top with another bread round.
PLACE the sandwiches on a tray and cover with paper towel sprinkled with a little bit of water, then wrap the tray with plastic wrap. Refrigerate 1 to 2 hours.
YIELD: 8 sandwiches, or about 4 servings.
Fresh Tomato Paste in Olive Oil
From Root to Stalk Cooking, by Tara Duggan (Ten Speed Press, 2013). This yields a dense paste that will keep several weeks in the refrigerator. Stir the rich paste into pasta sauces or salad dressing, use it as a bruschetta topping, or add it to mayonnaise to make a flavorful sandwich spread.
1 pound Roma tomatoes, halved crosswise and seeded
Kosher or sea salt
1/2 cup extra-virgin olive oil, plus more for the pan and topping the paste
PREHEAT the oven to 250 degrees. Brush a 1 1/2-quart or 11-by-7-inch baking dish with olive oil. Place tomatoes in the dish, cut side up, in a tightly packed single layer. Sprinkle with salt. Bake until shrunken and mostly dry, about 3 1/2 hours (or longer). Cool.
PUREE with the olive oil in a food processor or blender until completely smooth. Pour into a jar with a lid, smoothing down to eliminate any air pockets, and top with a thin layer of extra olive oil. Tightly cover and refrigerate. Whenever you use it, add a little oil to make sure the surface is covered.
YIELD: Makes 3/4 cup.
Roasted Tomato Sauce With Garlic and Butter
3 to 4 pounds of tomatoes, any kind from Romas to round garden tomatoes
1/4 cup olive oil
4 cloves garlic, unpeeled
2 tablespoons butter
1 teaspoon sugar
1 to 2 teaspoons salt
HEAT oven to 350 degrees. Core the tomatoes, then cut in half and place in a roasting pan, cut-size up. Add the garlic cloves. Drizzle with olive oil, making sure to coat the garlic cloves as well. Sprinkle with salt. Roast 2 to 3 hours, until the tomatoes are breaking down and browned in spots.
SQUEEZE the garlic from the cloves.
TRANSFER the tomatoes to a blender or food processor. Squeeze the garlic from the cloves and add to the tomatoes, with the butter, sugar and salt to taste. Puree until smooth. Taste and adjust seasoning if needed. Package in freezer bags or boxes and freeze.
YIELD: About 2 cups.
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If the universe is infinite, does that mean that everything exists somewhere?
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Thats true, but why then was the early universe so hot?
It appears to be a result of the end of inflation. Basically, whatever it was that drove inflation had to have a whole lot of energy. When it decayed, it reheated our universe to a tremendous temperature.
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Also an unrelated question maybe you can answer for me, if most of the universe is hydrogen, why didnt all the hydrogen undergo nuclear fusion when the universe was as big as a baseball? Was it because the particles were different at the time?
Right, if the expansion rate would have been slower then, it would have. It would have progressed all the way to producing iron and that'd be the most common element.
But this takes time. First the protons and neutrons condense out of the quark-gluon plasma, so you have hydrogen right away. Then you start to make helium from the hydrogen. Then you start to make heavier and heavier elements.
As it turns out, the expansion rate was such that the universe cooled to where the nuclear fusion basically stopped by the time there was only around 25% helium sitting around, and long before more than trace amounts of anything else formed. Incidentally, this is even faster than it sounds, because much of the helium stemmed from the neutrons that were around early-on (when you have nothing but protons around, fusion takes a heck of a lot of energy, as you have to convert protons to neutrons, and because they repel one another, but when you have lots of neutrons sitting around it's much easier).


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Panel: Don't Wait to Warn continued...
Panelist Steven Nissen, MD, said even if the risks are small, the consequences of severe cardiovascular side effect are so dire that the public should be warned now. Potentially elevated heart risk was most profound for adults, who are already at a higher risk than children for heart attacks and strokes.
"I think we need to tell people because the message isn't out there, given the enormous increase in the use of the drugs particularly among adults," said Nissen, a cardiologist at The Cleveland Clinic. "I want to cause people's hands to tremble a little bit before they write that [prescription]. The only way I know how to do that is to put it in a black box."
The vote met with resistance from several experts, who said they were nervous about placing the FDA's strongest warning on drugs before clear evidence of danger was available. Several said the warning could scare parents away from the drugs, which have shown benefits in improving school performance and social skills in children with ADHD.
"I do think we want to be careful not to stunt the tremendous benefit that can occur in the pediatric population with these drugs," said John W.M. Moore, MD, director of pediatric cardiology at UCLA.
Panelist Arthur A. Levin, director of the Center for Medical Consumers, said a drastic recommendation from the committee was needed, given the potential risks.
"Unfortunately I think we may have to act in this sort of heavy-handed way to get people to pay attention," he said.


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As a beginning film student my first year in college, I would stay up late in a dimly-lit, chemically-scented room, manually cutting and splicing tiny pieces of film together in an attempt to create an experimental masterpiece. The end results were admittedly pretty awful, but even with my meager skills, one thing was clear––this 8mm film stuff looked sweet. Grainy, ethereal, nostalgic––even the most mundane of shots looked purposeful. I remember thinking: Who would ever want to go digital?
"The Power of Super 8 Film," a panel moderated by Phil Vigeant (Pro 8mm) and featuring Austin's Adam Gardner of Trigger Studios, documentary filmmaker Ashley Maynor, and wedding shooter Brandon Lawer, discussed the history of the medium and the advantages of using film in an increasingly technology-fueled world.
Super 8 was developed in 1965, when Kodak modified standard 8mm film into a cartridge format. The cartridges, which hold a 50 foot reel, or a little over 3 minutes of film at 18 frames per second, reduced loading time to mere seconds, and Super 8 cameras became the weapon of choice for amateur filmmakers and home movie enthusiasts. Super 8 has since become a professional production medium, and is still used throughout the film community as an inexpensive alternative to high-definition video.
Vigeant, whose career has spanned over 30 years, first began merging the aesthetic quality of 8mm film with high-end production and editing in the early 80s. Super 8 film, he explained, is the original high-definition medium, and it has a warm, organic feel that can't be replicated by even the most advanced digital cameras. Plus, at about $30 a roll for the film and processing, it's an affordable medium. Gardner went a bit further, explaining that although up-front costs are a bit high (a nice 8mm camera will cost you about 1K on eBay), Super 8 film isn't subjected to the hardcore tech-refresh that feeds filmmakers' constant need to upgrade to the latest and greatest in digital technology. If it looked great in the 70s, and looks great today, Gardner poses, it will probably look just as great 30 years from now. Super 8 film is archival, classic, and lasts forever.
Lawer, who is the 8mm guru for a wedding photographer in Alabama who shoots solely on film, noted the human element to Super 8––qualities of immediacy that make the person behind the camera feel connected with the actions in front of it. Maynor takes a more DIY approach to filmmaking, and makes use of archival footage and old home movie reels in her work. Both approaches show the benefits of the analog medium, and with a handful of shops in the US that scan 8mm film to video via telecine, 8mm is as relevant today as it was in the 60s.
Later in the day, there was a screening of Michel Gondry's new documentary A Thorn in the Heart. The film is a lovely, intimate portrait of Gondry's aunt, her history of teaching in various schoolhouses in rural France, and, more poignantly, her relationship with her son, Jean-Yves. Central to the story is Gondry's use of Super 8 clips from old family films, as a way to retrace his family roots. The 8mm clips connect the past and the present, memory and reality. As a kid, Gondry would use this same camera, his father's Super 8, to shoot animated short films––a precursor to the offbeat animations for which he's so well known today.
While there may not be a lot of cutting and splicing these days, Super 8 film still has a place in the film community. Kodak is still making the cartridges, old cameras are still in great working order, and there are numerous resources for filmmakers to get 8mm film into their digital projects. Check out some examples below and see why Super 8 is here to stay.
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See also: Super 8 Channel on Vimeo, a collection of Super 8, Standard 8mm, and 16mm films.
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Kara Walker's first large-scale work is the last that will stand in the Domino Sugar Factory, scheduled for demolition.
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The Minneapolis FBI is investigating after a suspicious powdery substance was found at the St. Paul Federal Court building Monday afternoon. A female clerk in the building opened an envelope that contained a strange powdery substance.
The St. Paul Fire Department and hazardous materials personnel responded to the court building around 2:15 p.m. Monday, and WCCO of Minneapolis reports the building was then evacuated as a precaution.
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I came across this particular confession on True Mom Confessions while doing my usual search for a mention of adoption. It is a must-read for all birth parents who relinquished their child(ren) into a closed adoption situation and have, at some point, considered search and reunion. In fact, I believe this is a must-read for all attached to adoption but it affects that group in a significant way. Read on:
Yesterday was such an emotional day. Not only did Obama win, my mother called and said she wanted to find my half-brother who she gave up for adoption. She's been so kind to me lately, I don't know what to make of it. I'm thrilled if she's turning over a new leaf, I just won't know what to do with a caring mother! I feel I've been alone since 16… What is happening??
Politics aside, you can't help but feel for this woman. So many issues slammed into one little confession. A previously unfeeling mother. A child who felt uncared for or unloved. A possible reunion. And confusion.
My questions: I wonder, of course, if the mother was detached because of the relinquishment of that other child. While placement sometimes turns mothers into hyper-viligant, over-attached mothers of parented children, it can, of course, have the opposite effect and create a mother who is too afraid to attach for fear (acknowledged or not) of losing another child. Not knowing this particular family, I can't tell you if that's the case but, from the complete outside looking in, it would be easy to assume. A sudden change to loving and caring right around the same time as she is announcing a desire to search for the child she relinquished? Perhaps she's finally dealing with the issues.
I wonder, too, how this reunion is going to affect this parented child. I hope that it will be a positive experience. The wording of the confession leaves me with some fears that birth parents need to consider. As this mother was previously a rather detached one (or so it was felt by the parented child), I hope she is careful as to how she is acting toward each child, parented and relinquished, when and if reunion becomes a reality. If she is overly loving to the relinquished child, it is quite possible that her parented one will feel some sort of resentment that this new "kid" just walked in and soaked up all the love she had been craving for years. Finding that balance will be the hard thing for this particular birth mother.
In fact, finding that balance is a tricky thing for all birth mothers, even ones who are attached to parented children and even those who have open adoptions over their kids' lives. We want our parented children to feel special, as they are, but we want our placed children to feel as though they are loved, too. Balance, it seems, is the trick we all need to learn.
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Whether it's recycling, turning off the lights or choosing to walk instead of drive, we all need to do our bit to help protect the environment. And, at the Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games, athletes will get the opportunity to give something back by planting in a tree in the newly opened YOG Forest Park.
Officially unveiled last month, the park covers about 6,700 square metres and includes five ecological parks which are designed in the style of Asia, Europe, Africa, America and Oceania. Some 1,000 volunteers planted trees as part of the park opening ceremony, and the space will provide an idyllic green sanctuary for Nanjing locals and visitors before, during and after the Games.
Check out this video on how the athletes at the Singapore Youth Olympic Games learnt to do their bit to protect the environment as part of the Culture and Education Programme.
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Note: The episode became somewhat controversial because of an allegedly implied relationship from the past between Marceline and Princess Bubblegum. The accompanying "Mathematical" video recap caused more controversy about these implied lesbian relations between Princess Bubblegum and Marceline by making it seem as if the writing staff actively seeks input from fans. This incident was addressed by the show's producer, Fred Seibert, and the video was pulled. Soon after the video was pulled, the entire channel was pulled off Youtube.
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It's shocking to me. I guess attitudes ARE really different outside of the bay area haha. It's just… I've seen this episode like 3-4 times and I have never once thought anything of the friendship between Marceline and PB. Mathematical made a video pushing a joke about them being lesbians and everyone flips the F out.
Producer gets involved, Mathematical's video gets pulled, Mathematical's channel gets taken down. Censorship anyone?
The only moment they really interact is basically when PB admits that she wears the shirt that Marceline got her, and they blush… because they thought they hated each other I had assumed? Whatevers!
People overreact to everything I swear, and just because of this whole thing I HOPE they ARE lesbians. They're my favorite characters anyway :x HAHA (It's okay, Finn can have Flame Princess)
I love those moments that you know young kids do not understand. Sometimes I question whether or not half of the cartoons nowadays are made for kids or not. Personally, I am amused. xD
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Opened in 2008, the Jinjiang Inn Shanghai Henglong Plaza is situated in the bustling downtown area of Shanghai, adjacent to the Jingan Temple and Henglong Plaza, within walking distance to the Metro Station Line 7. It is 3km away from the city center, 4km away from Shanghai Railway Station, 9km to the Hongqiao Airport and 62km to the Pudong Airport.
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Researchers have identified a gene that may make a person nearly nine times more likely to develop colorectal cancer. Publishing online in the journal Science, researchers compared patients with colon cancer to those without the disease. They found a gene mutation was present in up to 20% the mutation appears to lower the body's ability to stop cancer cell growth.
Experts say people with this mutation have a 50% chance of developing colon cancer during their lifetime, compared to 6% for the general population. Researchers hope to develop a blood test that will detect the gene, helping doctors track patients at risk for the disease.
According to experts from Rutgers University, common moisturizers may increase the risk for skin cancer. Researchers were actually studying the effects of caffeine on skin cancer. In searching for ways to deliver caffeine to the skin, they discovered that several common moisturizers increased exposure to UV rays.
While the researchers were surprised with the results, they are not saying that people should stop using moisturizer. They say lotion has a medical benefit by preventing breaks in dry skin. They say just to wear sunscreen under your moisturizer, since the products tested in this study did not contain sunscreen.
For many women, there is no greater experience than giving birth to a child. However, up to 80% of new mothers end up with some sort of postpartum blues. New research may explain why. Scientists at the Medical College of Georgia believe the "Baby Blues" are linked to the blood flow between a mother's blood and her fetus.
While in the womb, the placenta controls the exchange of nutrients and oxygen from mother to child. After birth, blood continues to flow from the mother's uterine artery causing serotonin, a hormone linked to depression, levels to rise. This in turn triggers production of another chemical that creates even more unneeded serotonin. Researchers say until these levels normalize, this may increase the risk of mom battling the blues.
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7 Health Benefits of Coffee
Finally some good news for those of us who prefer this savory beverage over any drug. Here comes the science:
1.) coffee (or the caffeine) can help you proof-read better–
The caffeine in coffee could actually help you to spot grammar errors, mainly due to subject-verb agreement and verb tense, according to a new study in the Journal of Experimental Psychology.
2.) coffee could lower depression risks in women–
That research, published in the Archives of Internal Medicine, shows that women who drink two to three cups of coffee a day have a 15 percent lower risk, while women who drink four or more cups of coffee a day have a 20 percent lower risk.
3.) coffee could save your brain–
Researchers said GCSF likely has this effect because it causes stem cells in the bone marrow to come into the brain and remove the beta-amyloid plaques associated with Alzheimer's disease. It also has a role in forming brain cell connections and creating new brain neurons, researchers said.
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4.) coffee could lower men's prostate risk–
A Harvard School of Public Health study shows that men who drink six cups of coffee a day have a 60 percent decreased chance of developing a dangerous form of prostate cancer, as well as a 20 percent decreased chance of developing any other kinds of prostate cancer.
Too much for you? The study, published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, also shows that just drinking just some coffee a day — just one to three cups — could still cut prostate cancer risk by 30 percent.
5.) coffee could ward off most common form of cancer–
New research presented at the American Association for Cancer Research conference shows that coffee could help to ward off basal cell carcinoma, the most common cancer in the world.
Researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School found that women who drink three or more cups of caffeinated coffee a day have a 20 percent lower risk of the skin cancer, while men had a 9 percent lower risk.
6.) coffee could protect you from type 2 diabetes–
Drinking coffee is associated with a lower Type 2 diabetes risk, with more coffee consumption linked to a greater decrease in risk, according to an Archives of Internal Medicine review of studies from 2009.
In that review, researchers looked at data from more than 450,000 people in 18 studies, and found that for every extra cup of coffee drank a day, a person's risk of Type 2 diabetes decreased by 7 percent.
7.) coffee could decrease parkinson's risk–
Drinking a few cups of coffee a day could lower the risk of developing Parkinson's disease by as much as 25 percent, according to a study published last year in the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease.
In that review of studies, which was published in the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, researchers examined 26 studies that involved 125,000 British people, to find that two or three cups of coffee seemed to have the optimal effect.
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Again, Target is my favorite place to shop for socks. They have such an excellent selection and often, you can find multi-packs on sale. Here's vintage newbie me last year in some of my Target socks...
5.) An Ice Scraper- Not vintage or fashion-related but hey, a girl has to be practical sometimes! When I'm shopping for winter moisturizer and socks, I always buy a new, awesome ice scraper for the car. It saves my hands from getting cold, dry and cracked and saves by butt from freezing! Do yourself a favor and buy one to keep in the car and one to keep by the door, for those mornings when the door freezes shut and the car is covered in snow.
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Perfect ending to a great birthday night for my girl. Sauce held us down, wouldn't expect anything else. Go check them out on Rivington and Allen. NYC 2013
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But, here I am, walking back to my apartment. At least the moon is out.
A strong gust blew through me, making me shiver. I pulled my coat closer to myself and quickened my pace.
I took a different street and cut down an alley. What I saw on the other side of the street froze me to the very core.
Her raven hair blew around her shoulders in the cold night wind as I caught the blood on her hands in the moonlight. She smiled at me, her blue eyes icy.
I bit my lip as she stepped away from the body at her feet. "Hi." Her rose colored dress blew around her knees, her feet bare to the leaf dotter street.
"H-hi." I stuttered. Her hand cupped my cheek, the blood cold on her warm skin.
Oh God, I'm going to die. This girl is going to kill me.
I flinched as she fell against me, her body limp. My arms caught her quickly. Almost reflexively.
Her hair blew around us as I picked her up. I'm insane. I've lost my mind!
But she was too sweet in her passed out state. Her ivory skin flawless, her thick eyelashes brushing the tops of her cheeks, her lips an even darker red than her dress.
My cheeks burned as she sighed. I moved her to my back and started up the stairs to my door.
I opened the door and flicked the light on. She stirred slightly as I lowered her into the couch.
Okay, what now? I paced back and forth in front of her sleeping figure.
I have a murderer on my couch. My knees gave out.
The carpet cushioned me as I collapsed. Oh my God!
I really am crazy! What sane person brings a murderer to their apartment willingly?
My eyes fell to her beautiful face again. They traveled down her slight body to her strained hands.
I looked at myself in the reflective glass of the table. My short brown hair was a mess, my face paler than usual.
On my ashen cheek sat a layer of blood, thin and dry. It was smeared along the front of my light blue dress shirt and spotted the shoulders of my navy coat.
It looked like I had killed someone.
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How Best Buy is handling e-commerce foreshadows the future of other chain retailers.
There's an old saying first coined during the Civil War: "So goes Maine, so goes the nation." To update that phrase for e-commerce: "So goes Best Buy online, so goes chain retailing."
Best Buy, No. 11 in the Internet Retailer Top 500 Guide, reported its third quarter earnings yesterday and the results mirrored what's happening with lots of chains these days: web sales are rising sharply, total revenue is up modestly, and, as more consumers shift their shopping to online from stores, bricks-and-mortar locations are being closed.
What's happening with Best Buy and the e-commerce update CEO Brian Dunn gave to Wall Street analysts on the company's third quarter earnings call, is a harbinger of what's to come in 2012 for a lot of other chains—big and otherwise.
Yesterday Dunn told analysts that in order to remain competitive Best Buy in the third quarter took a $150 million pre-tax restructuring charge to close 11 full-scale stores in the United Kingdom. That's on top of a previously announced 10% reduction in floor space for its network of 1,425 U.S. stores, a move that will eventually save Best Buy up to $80 million annually.
But at the same time Best Buy is reducing its physical space, online sales in the third quarter were up by 20%, and 30% for November, although Dunn didn't break out sales in dollars. "We have a target to double our online business in the next three to five years, and our third quarter online sales were a significant driver of the quarter's total comp growth," Dunn told analysts.
Dunn's comments reflect the fact the web is now the most important channel going forward for chain retailers. Best Buy is a prime example of how retail chains run by corporate managers that rose through the ranks based on their ability to successfully manage stores are coming to grips with the reality that more of their future sales are beginning—and ending—online. What that means as the New Year approaches is this: There are going to be a lot more chains closing stores and looking to grow their e-commerce channel.
I single out Best Buy because they are moving faster than many other chains to build their web sales. They also are being very prudent in what they are doing to grow their online channel—and use the web to drive better store sales.
Consider these facts Dunn disclosed yesterday:
Best Buy sees the future and it's clearly online—the company has an aggressive goal of becoming a $4 billion web merchant within five years from about $2.5 billion in 2010. So if Best Buy is successful in closing underperforming stores, prudent in how it runs and manages Best Buy Mobile—a network of 263 smaller specialty stores that sell only mobile phones or other devices, plans and accessories—and growing e-commerce, it will successfully make the leap from a store-driven to an Internet-driven organization.
If a big chain like Best Buy can make the transition other chains will follow. If they don't, look for more bankruptcy filings among the ranks of chain retailers and a lot more "space available" signs coming to malls and strip centers near you.
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Must Eternity Be Lost?
- Monday, February 03, 2003
Organizing the Chaplaincy - At their great victory at First Manassas, many in the South believed the war was virtually over. They expected England and France to soon recognize the Confederacy, clearly establishing Southern independence. During this period, profanity, gambling, drunkenness, and other vices were rampant throughout the Army of Northern Virginia. There were few chaplains to minister to the spiritual needs of the soldiers.
On October 26, 1862, hospital steward John Samuel wrote in his diary: "I have not heard a sermon for a long time. Preaching is so seldom and irregular in camp that I greatly fear all of us will lose all the taste we ever had for serious solemn discourse. The truth is very obvious that we are all becoming depraved. The character of our fallen nature is such that the life we are leading meets no rebuffs as we go down, down in the mire of sin and folly. And there is scarcely a soldier in our ranks who will not admit [that] of all classes of men a soldier in this struggle should strive harder to gain the aid and approbation of Divine control."
The Confederate defeats at Roanoke Island and Forts Henry and Donelson began to work a change in the Southern people. They became more humble and began to increasingly realize their need to depend upon God for their success. In the summer and fall of 1872, the Army of Northern Virginia faced intense fighting around Richmond, at Second Manassas, and at Sharpsburg.
Seeing the dead bodies of their comrades on the field deeply affected many of the soldiers, and they began to more seriously consider the uncertainty of their own lives. As the army went into its winter camp, there was more time for reflection, and many of the soldiers underwent a spiritual awakening.
General Jackson was most concerned about the spiritual condition of the men in his Second Corps, and he made plans to organize the chaplains in the army. Jackson believed the chaplains should be as systematically organized as any of the other departments of the army. He wrote his pastor, Rev. White of Lexington, some of his thoughts on the matter:
Each denomination of the Christian Churches throughout the South should send into the army some of its most prominent ministers who are distinguished for their piety, talents, and zeal; and such ministers should labor to produce concert of action among chaplains and Christians in the army. These ministers should give special attention to preaching to regiments which are without chaplains . ... Denominational distinctions should be kept out of view and not touched on; and as a general rule, I do not think that a chaplain, who would preach denominational sermons, should be in the army. His congregation is his regiment, and it is composed of persons of various denominations. I would like to see no question asked in the army as to what denomination a chaplain belongs, but let the question be, Does he preach the Gospel?
Jackson believed a lack of spirituality and morality was hampering the success of the Confederate army and nation. If he could lead a Christian, converted army, then victory seemed much more assured for the struggling Confederate nation.
An organized chaplaincy would be an important step to that end. Jackson asked Beverly Tucker Lacy, pastor of the Presbyterian church in Fredericksburg, Virginia, if he would join the Second Corps and organize the chaplains in the army. Jackson personally offered to pay two hundred dollars toward Lacy's salary, as well as three hundred dollars for tracts for the soldiers.
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San Diego, CA 92123
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Roebuck, SC 29376
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Elk Grove Village, IL 60007
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Dec 03, 2012
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Munich D-80333 Germany
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Waterford, MI 48327
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Palatine, IL 60067-7399
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Alliance Plastics
Erie, PA 16510
Aug 05, 2010
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Milwaukee, WI 53223
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