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Should we keep my pregnancy a secret until after the wedding?
I'm seven weeks pregnant and am getting married in a month. My fiance and I are considering not telling my highly religious family until after the wedding, to keep the stress to a minimum. I'm very concerned about how my relatives will react. But we've always been a close family, and I don't want that to change. What should I do?
Posted: 08/17/2001 by a BabyCenter Member
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Don't get all stressed out about this. It's not good for you or your baby. Tell them the truth. They may be dissapointed for a while, but they will see that you are getting married because you love your future husband and not just because you have to for the baby. When your baby is born, they will forget the whole thing and be blessed with a new member of your family. I almost got married for the sake of my son 12 years ago and my family wanted me to marry a man I didn't love. So I was in your situation just the other way around. Congrats on your upcoming wedding and bless your new little family to be.posted 12/27/2004 by Jennyg32
i'd wait til after the wedding and then acknowledge you were pregnant all along. as a previous poster mentioned, people will figure out the real 'age' of the baby anyway, but i don't see any reason for heartache to take the place of the joy of the wedding when its not necessary. there is not much people can complain about re: premarital sex, when you're already married...the point will be moot by then, and any complaints made will be redundant. it sounds to me like you were already planning to be married with or without a pregnancy. good luck and have a beautiful wedding!posted 12/27/2004 by ElodiesMom2B
I think what others have said rings true. Sometimes the symptoms can be very hard to hide and eventually they are going to figure out the math. You could always wait until your out of your first trimester and then tell them. This is usually adviseable anyhow, just in case something should happen. Then when you do tell them, just be sure that you explain you waited to tell because you wanted to make sure that everything was okay with the pregnancy before getting their hopes up. All in all, I'm sure that at least one person will see reason in this situation and be on your side. You might even do some calculating on ma and pa or your grandparents - you might be surprised. LOL.posted 12/27/2004 by a BabyCenter Member
Yeah, this can be a sticky situation. Physically, it may not be possible to hide the pregnancy for another month, especially if you are plagued by first-trimester discomforts or if you begin to show early (I had daily morning sickness and was in a maternity uniform at work at 9 weeks despite actually losing weight). So nature may take this decision out of your hands for you. However, if you can physically hide it, then you have to decide what you plan on telling them after the wedding. Will you "fudge" your due date to make it seem that you conceived on your wedding night? Or will you go ahead and tell them your real due date? It's been my experience that the emotions of a wedding, especially in a close family, added to the excitement of learning of a baby on the way will often lessen any disappointment or disapproval of when the baby was conceived. After all, it's a done deal, so what's the point in getting upset about it? Especially if you and your husband-to-be announce the news with great excitement, not with any sense of guilt or regret. You'll set the example for the rest of your family and hopefully they'll join in your excitement. I want to say congratulations to you both, I know it might be more convenient to have conceived next month, but this baby was conceived now for a reason, you just don't know what that reason is yet. Good luck, and take care of your little miracle!posted 12/27/2004 by Ian'smommy31705
Do you (and your fiance) feel you have done anything wrong? Sounds to me, like the pregnancy came after the wedding plans... I say do what's in your hearts. Good luck on your marriage and babyposted 12/26/2004 by a BabyCenter Member
that is a tough call, especially when you consider then later on you would have to lie to them as well when you have the baby almost 2 months early with no signs of prematurity... so there is a good chance even if you got away with not telling them now to keep the peace that it would be evident later on... and then they will feel left out too... i would suggest telling them ahead of time and preparing yourself for the worst... best advice i have... sorry... it will change things in your family either way really... if you do tell them they might be upset at your premarital sex, but if you dont tell them and lie about when the baby is due later, they will feel like you betrayed them... so tough call either wayposted 12/26/2004 by MaryGaige
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AdrienneSmith.net was born in June of 2009. At that time I was heavily into affiliate marketing and I was promoting different products that eventually started bringing me in steady income.
I decided to start blogging about how to do affiliate marketing here on this blog but I openly admit not really putting the time or effort into it that I should have. My posts were more generic, they didn't get a lot of traffic and they certainly didn't get any comments.
I changed direction around the middle of 2010 and started sharing with my readers what I was actually learning online. As you have probably noticed, it's just a variety of different skills and lessons I've picked up along the way.
As 2011 was upon us I got more into blog commenting and that's when the real fun began. I now have 340 posts published as of today.
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The Challenge
I love a good challenge so image my surprise when Steve Scott sent me a message on Twitter to check out his latest post. He had recently participated in the 7 links challenge and nominated me to be one of the five people to follow in his foot steps.
After reading more about it I thought heck, this just might be fun. What a great way to resurrect some of my older posts and even introduce some you've never seen before. I won't bore you with all the rules to this so you can read them at The 7 Links Challenge.
So here are the posts I came up with:
Most Beautiful Post
This is an easy one for me. It has to be In Loving Memory of Remi
I'm sure that most of you know what a huge dog lover I am. Kayla is my third dog and we always had a stray when we were growing up. They were just never allowed in the house.
My older sister never had one she could call her own until the year 2007. Remi made her heart turn to mush. It's the first time in her life that she actually understood what it's like to have unconditional love. Unfortunately, she wasn't meant to have him very long I guess because she lost him in May of 2010 to cancer.
This post was a tribute to Remi and I truly believe it's my most beautiful post. Get out the hankies…
Most Popular Post
For my most popular post I'm going to have to go with My New Commenting Rules
I based this on the amount of traffic it received and comments as well. I think it was just a topic most people ended up relating to and some decided that after reading mine, it was time to start adapting some of their own rules.
Most Controversial Post
This one is a little more difficult to pick but I would have to say it's How FireFox Almost Made Me Lose My Religion
I wouldn't necessarily say it's a "controversial" topic but it would have to be close enough. I was a huge FireFox lover until I continued having some major issues. I even received a comment from one of the guys that works for Mozilla which I was happy about. I guess this is going to have to be the closest one since I really just don't write about controversial topics.
Most Helpful Post
I like to think that the majority of my posts are helpful but since I can only pick one, I'd have to go with A List Of 165 CommentLuv Enabled Blogs
I'm a huge CommentLuv supporter so when Ana Hoffman shared her list of 165 blogs that support this powerful plug-in, I couldn't help but share it with my readers. When it comes to commenting and locating blogs that are more then willing to share the love, I think this post was by far extremely helpful.
Post Whose Success Surprised Me
I would have to say that this one surprised me the most was Only 26 Days Left, I Would Appreciate Your Support
I wrote this post to help my friend, Christian Hollingsworth, because he had been nominated for a Small Business Influencer Award. This is the first time I did anything like that and reached out to my readers for support. I was holding my breath on this one and just kept my fingers crossed that we could conjure up at least a few votes for Christian.
I was not only blown away by all the outpouring of love and support but by all the comments as well. I had specifically stated in the post that if I had a choice between comments or votes that I would chose votes hands down. I was just so touched at how generous everyone was. That helped seal my faith in the blogging community hands down.
Post You Feel Didn't Get The Attention It Deserved
I have a few in mind but I'm going to go with How to Use Swipe Files for Creating Headlines
I probably sound like a broken record sometimes but I believe I'll always be a work in progress. I continue to learn new things all the time so in this post I shared with everyone how to use swipe files for creating headlines. Headlines had always been a weak point for me so when I locate some really cool things that I believe will help of course I share it with my readers. I just thought this one would have been a more popular topic.
Post That You Are Most Proud Of
Now this took a little bit of thinking. Heck, I'm proud of all my posts actually but this one stands out for me over all the others, Attention All Baby Boomers…It Is Never Too Late
This subject is near and dear to my heart because you guys know how much I enjoy helping others. Since I'm no spring chicken myself I started my online journey with over half of my life already behind me. I can't help but have a soft spot for those my age or older that would like to do the same thing. This post just reiterated the fact that you can start anything at any age.
Are You Up For The Challenge?
So now comes the time that I have to hand this prestigious title over to five lucky blogging friends hoping that they will want to also participate in this challenge. The way I see this is that it might take a little time to go through your posts but think of the attention you can bring back to those you thought didn't receive their just reward. (Did that little jab help?) 🙂
Back in September I was awarded the ever so gracious "Versatile Bloggers" award. Because I had to bestow that same honor on 15 of my blogging friends I decided to nominate some people who I have not yet acknowledged and give them a chance to participate. Here are the five I decided to pick on, I mean nominate… 🙂
- Ilka Flood of The Enlightened Networker
- Jimmy Tong of My Life Architects
- Bob and Rosemary of Bob and Rosemary
- Barry Wells of Barry Wells
- Sonia of LogAllot
So there you have it, my posts and my nominees.
I actually think this is a great way to introduce you to some blogs you might not have on your radar and to help those bloggers resurrect some posts that they would like to see get a little more attention. Either way, I see only good things coming from this challenge.
Did You Enjoy This One?
So did you enjoy this post? Had you already read these? How about the ones from last year? Don't you enjoy being introduced to bloggers you may not have been aware of? I mean, wouldn't you want people to do this for you? Just think of the attention that can come from this or the older posts that you can share that may have gotten lost in the shuffle!
Either way, I sure hope you enjoyed it as much as I enjoyed going back through my posts. One thing's for sure, writing this post took a whole heck of a lot longer than most of mine! Oh well, it was fun.
Look forward to hearing your comments on this one so don't be shy! It's always a pleasure.


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Rain fails to slow Billie football in win Friday
By Matt Ward —
Heavy rainfall may have ruined Parents' Night, but neither the weather nor the Lampasas Badgers could keep the Fredericksburg High School varsity football team from building momentum as the Billies won their third straight in a 24-7 home victory Friday evening.
"It was a good, fun night to play football. The kids were excited about getting muddy and mixing it up a little bit," FHS head coach Lance Moffett said.
"We shortened the amount of time we were going to be out there (for pregame) because we didn't want them to sit out there for 45-50 minutes getting waterlogged," Moffett added. "They normally get wet from sweat, but if you're standing there getting wet, that's not a good thing. Your shoes don't feel good and your uniform is soaking wet."
Though the pre-game festivities were rained out, Moffett said Monday that Parents' Night has been rescheduled for Friday, Oct. 18, when the Billies host Boerne.
Momentum boost
From the outset, any time Lampasas began to build momentum, the Fredericksburg defense countered with one of their six forced turnovers on the evening.
After the Billies fumbled the ball away on their first play from scrimmage, cornerback Mason Clark intercepted a Lampasas pass deep in FHS territory to end the Badger drive.
"It was an overthrow by the quarterback," Clark said. "I was covering my man deep, he overthrew the out and I caught it."
FHS converted the turnover into points as the Billies finished off the seven-play, 90-yard drive with a two-yard rushing touchdown by Paco Martinez to take a 6-0 lead with 6:25 left in the first quarter.
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Sober tall tale
Theater | Man of the Year works because it takes politics seriously
The story in Man of the Year, at first glance, seems familiar: Some ridiculous outsider-funny, authentic, the antithesis of homo politicus-is thrust into the presidency. The man this time around is Tom Dobbs (Robin Williams), a comedian-cum-TV-host who gets so fed up with government that he runs for president.
But Man of the Year (PG-13 for sexual references) is no goofball comedy. Dobbs is a comedian, for sure, but he's not ridiculous. Despite the film's poster, which puts Williams-as-Dobbs in a powdered wig, the Dobbs of the film-except for his potty humor-is less juvenile. In fact, the film is at times unusually sober.
It begins as a tall tale, then flips into gritty satire, then flops into political thriller, then flips one last time into romantic comedy-and has lots of red herrings.
The biggest one is a subplot that turns into the main plot: Eleanor Green (Laura Linney) is a programmer for Delacroy, the corporation that holds the national franchise rights for voting machines. She finds a glitch in the voting program, and when Dobbs is elected president, she fears it's an error. Fired and discredited, she goes on a quest to find the one man she's sure will believe her: the new president-elect himself.
Two-thirds through the film, you forget about the political satire and simply watch the film for the sake of the story, and that's a good thing. You might expect Man of the Year to make some progressive commentary-as Hollywood political films are wont to do-but thankfully, thankfully, oh so thankfully, it doesn't happen. The film maintains its integrity as a piece of art that doesn't capitulate to politics but has politics capitulate to it.
That's because, unlike so many political comedies, Man of the Year takes politics seriously. At one point, Dobbs says, "I'm a jester. A jester doesn't rule the kingdom. He makes fun of the king." Wise fool indeed.


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I am sharing my contacts with a colleague who has been granted to all functions (since this person is maintaining my contact). When I (the owner of the contacts) start a seach, there is no problem, but when my colleague does the same (all Items types: selected) this only work for his contacts etc., but NOT for the contacts I shared.
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Memorable things they said
"He began to have nightmares."
A Spanish newspaper account of the pro-life conversion of Stojan Adasevic, who as Serbia's most renowned abortion doctor performed over 48,000 abortions, he said. That changed after he began having recurring dreams of a field full of children, 4-24 years old, and "a man dressed in a black and white habit" who said he was Thomas Aquinas and the children "are the ones you killed with your abortions." Adasevic is now a pro-life activist and returned to the Orthodox faith of his childhood, despite being ostracized from medical practice in the former Yugoslavia.
"They're seeking treatment for wounds that, I believe, are largely self-inflicted."
Senate Banking chairman Christopher Dodd, as a hearing featuring CEOs of the Big Three automakers Nov. 18 stretched into its fourth hour and a bailout for the industry looked uncertain. Dodd supports aid to the automakers but told the executives they had failed to adapt "and we're all paying a price for it."
"...anything but conservative until he changed the light bulbs in his chandelier in time to run for president."
Former Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee, describing GOP rival Mitt Romney in his just-released book, Do the Right Thing (2008, Sentinel HC). Huckabee also criticizes religious right groups for moving "from being prophetic voices . . . to being voices of patronage."
"Well, I've been sleeping like a baby. Sleep two hours, wake up and cry. Sleep two hours, wake up and cry."
Republican presidential candidate John McCain, telling The Tonight Show's Jay Leno how he's slept since his defeat by president-elect Barack Obama.
"He just ran without telling anyone."
Chinese shoe factory worker Wang Denggui, after the factory owner climbed over a wall and fled, leaving 2,000 workers without jobs and U.S. shoe companies with unfilled orders. China unveiled its $580 billion stimulus package Nov. 9, admitting for the first time that an export slowdown has led at least 67,000 factories to close in the first half of 2008.


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Beginning his ninth season as head coach of the UMass women?s gymnastics team, David Kuzara has brought a new meaning of success to the program. During his eight seasons as head coach of the Minutewomen, Kuzara has compiled a school-record 93 victories, while breaking the school record for team scoring on every event and raising the overall team mark by over five points from 189.650 to the current school record of 194.915.
Kuzara led UMass to back-to-back Atlantic 10 Championships in 1996 and 1997 and has taken the Minutewomen to the NCAA Northeast Regional in seven of the last eight years. Last season, Kuzara surpassed Virginia Evans to become the winningest coach in UMass history.
Last year, Kuzara guided UMass to an 11-7 record and a second-place finish at the Atlantic 10 Championships. The Minutewomen earned their seventh NCAA berth after a one- year absence.
Kuzara won his first league title in 1996 and earned Atlantic 10 Coach of the Year honors. UMass posted a 9-4 record and finished third at the NCAA Northeast Regional after entering the competition as the fifth seed.
Kuzara led the Minutewomen to their second Atlantic 10 title in 1997, when UMass registered a 11-4 record and a fourth-place finish at NCAA regional competition. In 1998, the Minutewomen fell short at the Atlantic 10 Championship to George Washington, finishing the season at 11-6 and ranking fourth at NCAA regionals.
In his first two seasons, Kuzara led the Minutewomen to two third-place finishes at the Atlantic 10 Championship, qualifying for the NCAA Northeast Regional both years. The Minutewomen recorded the second most wins in UMass history with their 17-6 record in 1994 and posted upset victories against Penn State and West Virginia in 1995. Prior to Kuzara?s arrival, only one UMass gymnast had qualified for the NCAA Championship, but in the last eight seasons under his direction, three gymnasts have qualified for the NCAAs (J.J. Tolhurst, Jill Fisher and Mandy Mosby).
Kuzara came to UMass after serving a three-year stint (1990, 1992 and 1993) as an assistant coach at the University of Michigan on Beverly Plocki?s staff. A 1980 graduate of Michigan, Kuzara helped establish the Wolverine women?s gymnastics program among the nation?s elite. During his short stint in Ann Arbor, Kuzara helped guide Michigan to two Big Ten titles in 1992 and 1993 and a ninth-place finish at the 1993 NCAA Championship, the best ever national finish in Wolverine women?s gymnastics history at the time. He also helped in the development of Michigan?s first ever NCAA individual champion in 1993, when Beth Wymer won the uneven bars competition.
In 1992, he was named the NCAA Central Region Co-Assistant Coach of the Year after leading Michigan to a second-place finish at the NCAA Central Region Championship.
A former All-America gymnast, Kuzara coached 13 years in private gymnastics clubs before joining the Michigan staff. During that time, he trained gymnasts for competition at the United States Gymnastics Federation National Championship.
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Former Democratic state Sen. Dave Aronberg has released the first TV ad of the Palm Beach County state attorney's race. The 30-second spot will air on broadcast stations in a "significant" buy, consultant Christian Ulvert said.
The extent to which either of Aronberg's rivals will be able to compete on the airwaves is unclear.
Republican Dina Keever said this week she hopes to buy TV time as well. Through Aug. 9, her campaign had collected $113,468 (including $50,500 from Keever herself) while Aronberg had raised $484,339.
No-party candidate Robert Gershman had raised $65,136 through Aug. 9, including $43,005 of his own money.


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Maryland has adopted a renewable portfolio standard that requires the state's electricity suppliers to generate increasing percentages of their electricity from renewable sources beginning in 2006. The legislation, which passed by a veto-proof margin in April by the House and the Senate, was signed by Governor Robert Ehrlich on May 26, 2004. The law requires that electricity suppliers produce 1 percent of their electricity from "Tier 1" renewable resources in 2006; the portion of renewables required rises by 1 percent every two years, reaching 7 percent in 2017. Tier 1 renewable resources include solar, wind, ocean, qualifying biomass, geothermal, landfill or wastewater methane, renewably-fueled fuel cells, and small hydroelectric plants. The law also requires that 2.5% of the portfolio each year be produced through either Tier 1 or "Tier 2" resources, until 2017, when all renewable generation must be from Tier 1. Tier 2 includes hydroelectric power, incineration of poultry litter, and waste-to-energy.
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Pierpaola Volpones
Pierpaola Volpones is a member of the Rolf Institute since 1986.
In her former University studies in Italy, she graduated as Physical Educator (1976) and in Sociology (1982). She taught physical education in public schools and applied kinesis therapy in private centers for more than ten years.
After havin attended a Rolfing Movement Workshop, she startet the Rolfing education. She certified first as Rolfing Movement Practitioner (1986) and then as Rolfer (1988). Since then she runs her practice in Italy. In 1996 she became Advanced Rolfer.
Her continuing education, was build attending Rolfing workshops with Jeff Maitland, Jan Sultan, Michael Salveson, Peter Schwind and also the visceral manipulation workshop with Jean Pierre Barral, Didier Pratt, Alain Croibier. Her Rolfing Movement background had been enriched by the teachings of Hubert Godard. She attended the first workshop with Godard in 1994.
After several years of practice, the started to assist various Instructors during Rolfing and Rolfing Movement trainings.
In 2006, the Rolf Insitute certified Pierpaola as International Rolfing and Rolfing Movement Instructor. She is a member of the International and the European Rolfing and Rolfing Movement Faculty. Since then she teaches the Basic Rolfing Trainings.
She had been very active in setting, supporting and teaching the Rolfing Modular trainings in Italy.


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Blessing of the Fleet held in Lewes
The Blessing of the Fleet was held at Fisherman's Wharf in Lewes May 5. At this annual event, local pastors bless the fleet and say prayers for safe passages and a bountiful harvest and also hold a remembrance of sailors who have passed in the last year.
The ceremony started with a prayer by Chris Miller of Groome United Methodist Church. Following the prayer, the Sailors Psalm, Psalm 107:23-32 was read by Jane Smith of Groome United Methodist Church, and the reading of Matthew 8:23-27 was done by Retta Rose Frampton. The Laying of the Wreath, remembering Capt. Joe Corkran, who passed in the last year, followed the readings.
Shown is the wreath being laid by John Webber with assistance from Sean Thorton on board the Adventurer II piloted by Capt. Mike Cerchio.


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Chosing a villa is hard, the first time we weren't involved in the decision making but Gavin's dad picked a perfect location which is the same location we chose for this year.
The location is Hampton Lakes which is on the US27, the location was perfect for us as we spend almost equal time at Disney and Non-Disney parks and this is around halfway between Disney and Universal.
After the location is decided you need to make a wish list of what you want from your villa as there are so many to choose from you need some way of eliminating them.
Our list was .....
4 Bedrooms - two of which needed to be ensuite
Games room
Lots of space around the pool for chairs and tables, Plenty of room to relax outside
It could take a long time to find the right one for you but keep at it 'cos it will be there, somewhere!


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June 1, 2013
Volume 77, Number 6
Anesthesia and Surgery in the Elderly: 15 Years of Progress on Postoperative Central Nervous System Dysfunction
Christopher J. Jankowski, M.D. Committee on Geriatric Anesthesia Deborah J. Culley, M.D. Committee on Geriatric Anesthesia
"A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step."
– Chinese Proverb
Surgery before the advent of anesthetics was harrowing. In 1843, Professor George Wilson underwent an ankle disarticulation. Four years later, he described his experience:
"The horror of great darkness, and the sense of desertion by God and man, bordering close on despair, which swept through my mind and overwhelmed my heart, I can never forget, however gladly I would do so … I still recall with unwelcome vividness the spreading out of the instruments: the twisting of the tourniquet: the first incision: the fingering of the sawed bone: the sponge pressed on the flap: the tying of the blood-vessels: the stitching of the skin: the bloody dismembered limb lying on the floor."1
Professor Wilson's experience – three years before the first public demonstration of anesthesia – drives home the
significance of anesthesia from an individual patient's perspective. Given the important role of anesthesia in modern medical practice, it is ironic that, until recently, there was a paucity of research about its impact on the brain, the target organ of the drugs we administer every day.
This year marks the 15th anniversary of the publication of the original report from the International Study of Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction (ISPOCD) group describing the risk factors for postoperative cognitive dysfunction (POCD) in elderly surgical patients.2 The paper was groundbreaking in several respects: it marked the first systematic study of the medium-term cognitive sequelae of anesthesia and surgery in non-cardiac surgical patients, established a definition of
POCD that accounted for preoperative cognitive status and took into account cognitive changes over time of non-operative controls. More importantly, it established age as the primary risk factor for POCD. Though postoperative cognitive changes have been reported since 1955,3 the ISPOCD group's work (published 152 years after the first public demonstration of anesthesia) marks the beginning of serious inquiry into the effects of anesthesia and surgery on the elderly brain. Since the number of elderly patients presenting for surgery and anesthesia continues to increase, an interest in this area could not be timelier. Improved understanding of the risks, mechanisms and potential ways to prevent or mitigate postoperative cognitive changes has important public health implications since postoperative cognitive changes occur in up to 50 percent of older surgical patients and are associated with increased mortality, morbidity and costs, and decreased functional status.4
Before reviewing progress over the last decade and a half, however, some definitions are in order, since there tends to be confusion over the various forms of postoperative central nervous system dysfunction (PCNSD). PCNSD is divided into two broad categories: delirium and POCD. In addition to differences in symptoms (see above), delirium and POCD have varying time courses.
Acutely altered levels of consciousness, cognition and attention deficiencies, and perceptual disturbances characterize delirium. Its onset occurs over the course of hours to days and fluctuates over time. By definition, it cannot be accounted for by a preexisting or evolving dementia. Delirium may be categorized as hyperactive, hypoactive or mixed.
Unlike delirium, POCD is a research construct without a universally agreed-upon definition. Broadly, it consists of cognitive changes after surgery. Many studies of POCD involve tests of a variety of cognitive functions and use statistical methods to arrive at the research classification of POCD. For example, a patient may have POCD if postoperative testing demonstrates minor declines in a number of cognitive domains or a significant decline in just one. Unlike patients with delirium, those with POCD tend to be alert and oriented. A more detailed discussion of PCNSD can be found in an excellent review by Silverstein and Deiner.4
What have we learned about these entities over the past 15 years? Plenty. First, the risk factors for PCNSD have been defined. For POD they include age, neurocognitive reserve, type of operation, visual and hearing impairment, dehydration and metabolic derangements. Risk factors for POCD outside the immediate perioperative period include age and major surgery. POD does not appear to be a risk factor for subsequent POCD.5 Further, as suggested above, there appears to be growing consensus that POD and POCD are distinct entities.
Extensive laboratory work has been done to investigate possible contributions of anesthetics to PCNSD. In aged rodents, clinically relevant concentrations of volatile anesthetics cause persistent impairment of learning and the ability to perform previously learned tasks.6,7 They also induce structural brain changes similar to those seen in degenerative neurologic disease.8 In cell culture models, volatile anesthetics cause increases in the production, oligomerization and cytotoxicity of beta-amyloid, a protein associated with Alzheimer's disease.9 They also induce capsase activation leading to programmed cell death in a manner similar to Alzheimer's disease.10
These laboratory findings led to investigations into whether anesthesia and surgery increase the risk of dementia. It is reassuring that the limited literature has not found an association.11,12 However, there is a need for long-term prospective studies in this area.
Despite a tremendous increase in our understanding of PCNSD, a number of important questions remain. First, there is a need for a consensus definition of POCD. Ideally, it should correlate with patient and caregiver reports of postoperative changes in cognition. We also need to identify the mechanisms by which POCD develops and whether genetics play a role. Both are important for the development of targeted strategies to prevent and treat PCNSD. Although a recent article suggests that the apolipoprotein ε4 allele, a marker for increased risk for Alzheimer's disease, is associated with a greater degree of cognitive decline after surgery and general anesthesia using a volatile anesthetic when compared to propofol,13 this is an area in need of further investigation.
Interestingly, we have no data on the CNS effects of anesthesia and surgery on patients with preexisting mild cognitive impairment, nor whether they alter the trajectory of cognitive aging or the pathology-related cognitive decline, as all published studies of POCD have excluded patients with
cognitive deficits. Since the number of patients with preexisting cognitive impairment presenting for surgery will undoubtedly increase, an understanding of this issue is imperative. Fortunately, an ongoing multicenter prospective study is addressing this question.14
Similarly, while in vitro and in vivo models suggest that exposure to clinically relevant concentrations of volatile anesthetics have long-term effects on CNS function and induce neuronal changes associated with Alzheimer's disease, it is not known whether exposure to anesthesia without surgery causes cognitive decline in humans since the choice of regional versus general anesthesia does not appear to influence the incidence of POCD.15 This is a key question for anesthesiologists as the results may lead to alterations in anesthetic management of elders. However, if anesthetics are not involved it would suggest that further investigations should include an evaluation of whether minimizing the degree of surgical insult or mitigating the physiological response to surgery are beneficial.
While the thousand-mile journey of fully comprehending how anesthesia and surgery affect the elderly brain is far from complete, our specialty has travelled far in the 15 years since the first step was taken. Members of SAGA, the ASA Committee on Geriatric Anesthesia, other groups such as the American Delirium Society, and the research community at large are committed to improving understanding of PCNSD and the care of elderly surgical patients.
Christopher J. Jankowski, M.D. is
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, and Consultant in Anesthesiology,
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine,
Rochester, Minnesota.
Deborah J. Culley, M.D. is Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology,
Department of Anesthesiology,
Perioperative and Pain Medicine,
Harvard Medical School, Boston.
1. Robertson HR. Without benefit of anesthesia: George Wilson's amputation and Fanny Burney's mastectomy. Ann R Coll Physicians Surg Can. 1989;22:28-28.
2. Moller JT, Cluitmans P, Rasmussen LS, et al. Long-term postoperative cognitive dysfunction in the elderly ISPOCD1 study. Lancet. 1998;351(9106):857-861.
3. Bedford PD. Adverse cerebral effects of anaesthesia on old people. Lancet. 1955; 269(6884):259-263.
4. Deiner S, Silverstein JH. Postoperative delirium and cognitive dysfunction. Br J Anaesth. 2009;103(suppl 1):i41-i46.
5. Jankowski CJ, Trenerry MR, Cook DJ, et al. Cognitive and functional predictors and sequelae of postoperative delirium in elderly patients undergoing elective joint arthroplasty. Anesth Analg. 2011;112(5):1186-1193.
6. Culley DJ, Baxter M, Yukhananov R, Crosby G. The memory effects of general anesthesia persist for weeks in young and aged rats. Anesth Analg. 2003;96(4):1004–1009.
7. Culley DJ, Baxter MG, Yukhananov R, Crosby G. Long-term impairment of acquisition of a spatial memory task following isoflurane-nitrous oxide anesthesia in rats. Anesthesiology. 2004;100(2):309–314.
8. Bianchi SL, Tran T, Liu C, et al. Brain and behavior changes in 12-month-old Tg2576 and nontransgenic mice exposed to anesthetics. Neurobiol Aging. 2008;29(7):1002–1010.
9. Eckenhoff RG, Johansson JS, Wei H, et al. Inhaled anesthetic enhancement of amyloid-beta oligomerization and cytotoxicity. Anesthesiology. 2004;101(3):703–709.
10. Xie Z, Dong Y, Maeda U, et al. The inhalation anesthetic isoflurane induces a vicious cycle of apoptosis and amyloid beta-protein accumulation. J Neurosci. 2007;27(6):1247-1254.
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Guru, 12 Definition(s)
12 Definition(s) from various sources:
The Lakṣmī Tantra (13.34) asserts that a guru, irrespective of his sect or creed, is a manifestation of Śakti's aspect as savior. He is like a doctor who knows the exact treatment for his disciple's ailment, the bondage of saṃsāra. He holds the key to the mysteries of the scriptures; he is the repository of the secret lore of the mantras and their applications in ritual and meditation.
Guru (गुरु):—One of the two sons of Saṅkṛti (son of Nara, who was one of the five sons of Manyu). (see Bhāgavata Purāṇa 9.21.2)
Syllables in a pada are also classified as metrically short (laghu "light") or long (guru "heavy"): a syllable is metrically short only if it contains a short vowel and is not followed by consecutive consonants in the same pada. All other syllables are long, by quality (having a long vowel or diphthong) or by position (being followed by a consonant cluster).
Guru is Brahma, Vishnu and Siva all rolled into one. Guru is Gu and Ru; Gu is darkness and Ru is remover. Guru dispels darkness, sin, and ignorance. Once Guru purifies himself both externally and internally and assumes the body of the deity he worships and propitiates, the body of the Guru is the same as the deity; his disciple receives a bit of the effulgence from the grace of the Guru. Initiation by mind (manasi Diksa is the best of all Diksas. I will give you an idea of external purification of the body that the disciple should undergo at the beginning. He awakens in the morning; clears his mind of all impure thoughts; scrapes the coated tongue, cleans the mouth and face, and takes a bath.
In Kashmir Saivism Guru is not necessary for initiation. Abhi says that by acquiring Pratyabhijna, one can bypass Guru initiation. When all the Malas are removed, Spiritual knowledge descends into the soul of the individual and that is called SaktipAta, also called Sattinipatam (ºò¾¢¿¢À¡¾õ) in Saiva Siddhanta of Tamil Nadu.
Guru,(adj.-n.) (a younger form of garu (q.v.); Sk.guru) venerable,reverend,a teacher VvA.229,230 (°dakkhiṇā a teacher's fee); PvA.3 (°janā venerable persons); Sdhp.227 (°ûpadesa),417.(Page 253)
guru : (m.) a teacher. (adj.), heavy; venerable.
Guru (गुरु): Revered preceptor, A spiritual teacher. In contemporary India, the title and term "Guru" is widely used within the general meaning of "wise man".
A holy teacher. Occasionally, a Brahmin who teaches.
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AEJMC: Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. http://www.aejmc.org/ (accessed April 9, 2008). See also: Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications. ACEJMC Accrediting Standards (Effective Sept., 2004). http://www2.ku.edu/~acejmc/PROGRAM/STANDARDS.SHTML (accessed April 9, 2008).
Action Coalition for Media Education. ACME Curriculum Standards. (2003, April). http://acmecoalition.org/acme_curriculum_standards (accessed April 9, 2008). See also: Questioning Media: 10 Basic Media Education Principles http://acmecoalition.org/questioning_media_10_basic_media_education_principles(accessed April 9, 2008).
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Niala Boodhoo · Bad News For Decatur, IL, As ADM Plans Cuts
January 11th, 2012
The CEO of one of Decatur, Illinois' largest private employers, Archer Daniels Midland, said Wednesday the agribusiness giant would be cutting 1,000 jobs, about three percent of its overall workforce.
The company employs about 4,500 people in Decatur. The job cuts mean that about 15 percent of the company's global corporate staff will be laid off, the AP reported.
Many of the job cuts will come from salaried, rather than hourly workers, ADM said in a statement, adding it plans to offer voluntary early retirement incentives to help achieve the cuts.
"To ensure that we can continue to compete effectively in our global markets, we are taking actions to streamline our organization and achieve significant, sustained cost reductions," ADM"s Chairman and CEO, Patricia Woertz, said in the statement. "These actions will help us enhance our productivity and earnings power."
Bloomberg reports ADM's cuts come on the heels of Cargill announcing an 88 percent drop in profit for its fiscal second quarter.
When I was last in Decatur this summer, I reported on ADM's optimism about the agribusiness and how much it means to Decatur, including plans to take over some downtown office development. I've reached out to both ADM and some Decatur officials for some more information – will update if I hear back.
UPDATE: ADM's David Weintraub tells me that the company doesn't yet have specific numbers for how many layoffs will occur in Decatur. Employees have until Jan. 31 to submit voluntary retirement packages, and that will then determine how many Decatur employees will be let go.
He also says ADM will decide at that point whether to go ahead with the move into the Reynolds building downtown.
"Right now, our plans haven't changed," he said. Once we're done with this and we see what the organization looks like we'll determine how best we can use our facilities in Decatur."
Weintraub added the cuts come in an "increasingly competitive global environment", adding: "This is about improving our long-term productivity. It's a tough but necessary decision we have to make."
Decatur City Manager Ryan McGrady said while the city is obviously not happy to hear any news about jobs cuts, they still feel that ADM remains "committed" to Decatur.
"We're going to do whatever we can to help them," he said, adding that the company's production side – ADM has one of its largest processing facilities in Decatur – isn't been affected.
McGrady added that other large employers in Decatur – especially Caterpillar – are up above pre-recession employment levels. Caterpillar, in particular, he noted, has committed to a $500 million investment in its Decatur operations.
And one of Decatur's oldest agribusinesses – the former Staley Company, now Tate & Lyle, had planned to move some of its operations north of Chicago to Hoffman Estates. That number is now only about 80 jobs, McGrady said.
"Economic development is a game of wins and losses," McGrady said.
Micki Maynard · Right to Work: One Governor Gives Thumbs Down, Another Thumbs Up
January 11th, 2012
The Right to Work law debate is in the national news — Republican presidential frontrunner Mitt Romney insists it would be good for the country — and it's a big topic right here in the Great Lakes, too.
Right to Work laws mean employees can't be required to pay union dues, even if a union is formed in their workplace. There are 22 states around the country with Right to Work laws, many in the South, but there are none in the Great Lakes states, which have long been union strong holds.
On Tuesday, the governors in Michigan and Indiana, who've faced off in the past, weighed in on the subject with sharply differing views. Michigan's Republican governor, Rick Snyder, said passing a Right to Work law is not a priority for him this year, even though some lawmakers say they plan to push for it.
Rick Pluta, at our partner station Michigan Radio, reports Snyder says a Right to Work debate would distract the state from the repair work it needs to do on the economy.
"…to get into a very divisive debate like that, you create an environment where not much gets done and I would point to Wisconsin, I'd point to Ohio. If you look at Indiana, that's kind of consuming all the dialogue in that state," Snyder said at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit.
In Indiana, Democratic lawmakers have refused to let the legislature consider the Right to Work law that Republican Gov. Mitch Daniels proposed last month.
Daniels previously had resisted the same efforts Snyder faces. But in his state of the state address, Daniels said,
"Everyone knows that, among the minority favoring the status quo, passion on this issue is strong, and I respect that. I did not come lightly, or quickly, to the stance I take now. If this proposal limited in any way the right to organize, I would not support it. But we just cannot go on missing out on the middle class jobs our state needs, just because of this one issue."
Daniels faced protestors during his speech, who shouted, "kill the bill" and marched outside the state capitol rotunda.
Where do you stand on Right to Work? Do our Great Lakes states need it to be competitive?
Niala Boodhoo · Who Are Manufacturers Hiring? Answer: People With Skills
January 11th, 2012
The numbers from manufacturing are looking good, I reported last week. Bill Strauss from the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago told me that of the 2.3 million manufacturing jobs lost in the recession, at least 300,000 of those jobs have come back. That's about 13 percent – and where we left off last week. Today, we look at why employers say it's hard to find those skilled workers. I started in Greenville, Michigan.
In 2008, Dan Spohn was laid off from his West Michigan manufacturing job. It took him six months of effort: going online every day, knocking on doors, passing out resumes, before he found new work. He said at that point, trying to even land an interview was "almost non existent".
"I think people were in a mode of wait and see," said Spohn, who has had 22 years of experience, including management, in the quality control side of manufacturing. Spohn ended up leaving the automotive sector where he had worked and moved into medical parts manufacturing. He figured that was a safer bet. But in November, that company downsized, and he was out of work again. But this time, it was a lot easier – within a week of being laid off, he's had two interviews and two offers.
"Within two weeks of that, I was starting a new job," said Spohn.
From Spohn's perspective, the labor market has really loosened up. He's not alone.
"It seems like everybody we talk to, they are starving for skilled workers, they need people with good skills," said Tom Crampton, an executive dean at Mott Community College in Flint, Michigan. Crampton focuses on manufacturing training – and he said expectations for today's manufacturing worker are higher than they used to be.
"They want them to be good communicators, good problem solvers as well as having high end technical skills," he said, especially in machining, welding, design and what he called "mechatronics" – people who can work with both mechanical and electrical components.
State and federal governments devote millions of dollars to helping unemployed workers get retrained – in Michigan, for example, the overall retraining budget is about $640 million this year.
Some of that goes to paying tuition at local community colleges. Across the Midwest, colleges say they are seeing vocational course fill up as the hiring need deepens.
Inside a welding lab at Richland Community College in Decatur, Illinois, Instructor Leo Suhre is keeping a careful eye on students learning to cut and weld metal.
Last year, the school only had enough shop space for 12 students in each welding class. When those slots were taken, the college began offering an additional section at midnight.
"We ran that first the spring, and it started filling up, we ran it again in the summer – there's a demand there," said Douglas Brauer, a vice-president at Richland.
Enrollment for this course has increased 20 percent, and the midnight classes are now a regular fixture. Brauer said they're especially popular with workers coming off second and third shifts at Caterpillar, one of Decatur's largest employers. Now, the college is thinking about offering not just welding certification, but degree completion courses at midnight.
It's also just authorized the building of a new workplace training center that will more allow it to more than double the size of its vocational classes.
Nationally, the jobless rate within manufacturing has dropped from a high of 13 percent in January 2010 to just under 8 percent.
One of the greatest needs is for machinists – specially, computerized numerical control – or CNC – operators.
"CNC machinists are red hot right now," Daley College's Ray Prendergast. Daley College has had a 137 percent enrollment increase between the fall of 2010 and 2011. Often, Prendergast said, his students are getting employment offers even before they graduate. At Humboldt College, the placement rate for jobs is 100 percent, he said.
In Skokie, Illinois, Symbol Job Training is a for-profit school that focuses solely on training machinists in CNC machinery, the standard on factory floors these days.
Student John Zawojski is a few months into the program. He had worked in warehousing for years, but got laid off, and hasn't been able to find the same pay rates he used to get. He's hoping that a CNC certification will change that.
Zawojski hadn't heard of machining until the employment office told him it could be a good career – and said it would pay his tuition.
"I had no idea how to do any of this," he told me as he punched codes into the control pad. "Now, I'm pretty good at it. I can actually make parts."
Back in Flint, Crampton, from Mott Community College, says the conventional wisdom is that there aren't any manufacturing jobs. The real problem, according to Crampton, is that there are pipeline issues: not just meeting today's demand, but tomorrow's, too.
Micki Maynard · All Eyes In Detroit Are On The Auto Show
January 10th, 2012
Media previews for the North American International Auto Show kicked off this week, with plenty of panache and swagger.
Carmakers are rolling out dozens of new models at the show, ranging from Cadillac and Chevrolet, to Ford and Lincoln, and German automaker BMW.
Japan's two struggling giants, Honda and Toyota, hope to make a comeback in 2012 after dismal results in 2011.
The auto show always features splashy introductions. Here's a look at the new Ford Fusion from our friends at Michigan Radio.
Are you visiting the show? Do you some favorites?
Micki Maynard · Honda Revives NS-X Sportscar, Will Build It In Ohio
January 9th, 2012
Honda made history in 1990 when it introduced the high powered Acura NS-X sports car. But it discontinued it in 2005 to focus on more fuel efficient models.
Now, NS-X is coming back. And instead of Japan, where it built the original car, it will build it in Ohio.
Honda made the announcement this afternoon at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. It showed a concept version of the NS-X unveiled by its CEO, Takanobu Ito.
The next version of NS-X will be introduced in about three years, said Ito, who was part of its original development team. This version will be available as a hybrid, he said.
Honda will engineer it in Marysville, Ohio, at its sprawling North American technical center. It also plans to build it in central Ohio at a new manufacturing facility for the car, said a Honda spokesman, Ed Miller.
He would not say where the facility would be or how many jobs it would create, but said the car won't be made on an existing assembly line.
Honda has car plants in Marysville and East Liberty, Ohio, and an engine plant in Anna.
Niala Boodhoo · Changing Gears Special: A Retrospective on 2011
January 5th, 2012
Our mission at Changing Gears is to report the economic transformation of the industrial Midwest, through the stories of people driving and experiencing this change.
Recently, our stations aired an hour-long encore presentation of our favorite series from the fall, as well as other stories from throughout 2011.
Have you ever wondered if small business really plays an important role in job creation? Or why our region seems to focus so much on one magic thing that will save the entire economy? And, have you wondered what will become of all the thousands of the empty houses and factories that litter our region?
We also went to a few factory floors to see what manufacturing is like these days – including one place where the machines continue to work at night, unattended, long after the human workers punch out.
We hope that these stories – about the Magic Bullets that are supposed to save our economy, innovative ways people are filling Empty Places, and what the modern factory looks like, help fulfill our mission.
Our partners at WBEZ are featuring our special on their site. You can check it out here.
Changing Gears · Changing Gears Special: "Getting By" Looks At How The Recession Is Affecting Us
January 5th, 2012
Depending on the analyst and the statistic, the Midwest economy is on the mend or still in trouble or somewhere in between.
Getting By, a year-end special from Changing Gears, went beyond the experts and numbers.
Senior editor Micki Maynard and WBEZ's Steve Edwards gathered at a dining room table with eight Illinois residents from different places and different points of view to discuss the economy's real world impact on their lives.
We talked about how the recession is affecting everyone, from veterans to business owners, single mothers to people struggling to find work.
Listen to Getting By here and see more photos of the people who took part.
Many of our participants came to us through our PIN network, and we're always looking for people who can lend their insight. If you'd like to become a source for us, click here.
Niala Boodhoo · What Lies Ahead For Midwestern Manufacturing
January 4th, 2012
CHICAGO – The Midwest may have just 13 percent of the country's population, but we still produces more than a third of the nation's cars, steel and the lion's share of heavy machinery. And, the rise in manufacturing meant good news for the Midwest economy last year. Here, a perspective on why things went so well for manufacturers last year – and what challenges lie ahead.
Just before you get to the factory floor of Chicago White Metal Casting, there's a grainy, mural-sized picture of what the floor used to look like in the 1930s, when the business started by CEO Eric Treiber's grandfather.
Back then, it was on the second floor of Chicago's Fulton Street Fish Market. Today, the family-owned company operates further north of the city, just west of O'Hare International Airport. Chicago White Metal makes aluminum, zinc and magnesium die casting for a variety of industries, from automotive sector to health care. Die casting involves creating small metal parts – in this case, everything from the rearview mirror mount for cars to components for inside a MRI machine or a tractor.
Treiber said he's happy that 2011 was brought much more stability for the company. With revenue growth of about four percent, it's an improvement over 2010.
"Output according to the Chicago Fed Midwest Manufacturing Index was actually quite strong," said Bill Strauss, a senior economist with the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.
As measured by the Chicago Fed, Midwest manufacturing output has had 28 months of growth – at an annualized rate of six percent. That's much better than the rest of the economy.
But there are a few caveats about these good manufacturing numbers. Strauss likes to use a tennis ball as an analogy, helping to explain that the growth numbers look so good because things were so bad before. In other words, the ball bounced pretty low before it went back up.
Now, Strauss said we're seeing "great demand" at manufacturers, especially for machinery made right here in the Midwest – and not just automobiles.
"Whether it's from Caterpillar, Deere, or Case New Holland, they are doing extremely well, especially for Caterpillar with those heavy mining equipment that they sell," Strauss said, adding that demand especially from Canada and Russia is very strong.
Heavy mining equipment – some of which weigh more than 1 million pounds – in turn requires a lot of steel. That helps that industry, too, Strauss said.
In all, Strauss says about 60 percent of the manufacturing output lost during the downturn has come back.
So why don't the job numbers add up?
One out of every four jobs lost during the recession was in manufacturing – that's 2.3 million jobs. As of last November, we've added back just 308,000 of those jobs.
Remember the mantra "produce more with less?". Many manufacturers practically perfected that during this recession.
Take Chicago White Metal Casting. Trieber says it had to be focused on productivity in order to stay competitive with business that was moving out of the country. By focusing on training workers, improving machine efficiency and updating equipment, he estimates they've had a 29 percent productivity increase between 2008 and 2010. And Treiber is actually hiring. But he's looking for a few people, such as die cast machinists, especially repair men.
And that, in a crux, is the labor market problem right now with manufacturing – the need is for workers who are much more skilled. So why can't you hire back those 2 million people out of work?
Strauss said it seems that many of those 2 million people who worked in manufacturing lack the skills that employers now want. He's also quite optimistic about the future of manufacturing this coming year – as long as there are workers.
I'll be reporting more on the skills gap later. In the meantime, if you were one of those 2 million people who were laid off, what are you doing now? Feel free to weigh in the comments section.
Pete Bigelow · Midwest Memo: Detroit's Financial Troubles Examined, Chicago's Unemployment Rate Worsens
December 23rd, 2011
Three stories making news across the Midwest today:
1. Detroit's finances a long-term problem. In the past 45 years, the city of Detroit has recorded 19 budget surpluses and 26 budget deficits, according to the Detroit Free Press. Experts tell the newspaper the city's debt is now so high that the city could default on unpaid bonds soon, a prelude to bankruptcy. State officials will begin a formal review of Detroit's finances in January, which could lead to the appointment of an emergency manager. Gov. Rick Snyder said the city faces both a short-term cash-flow shortage and a longer-term structural deficit. "We can't continue this process because Detroit has been in a financial crisis of some fashion for decades," he tells the newspaper. "We need a long-term solution."
2. 2011′s dubious housing distinction. The year 2011 will likely be the worst in history for new home sales. The Commerce Department said it expects the adjusted annual number to reach 315,000 by the close of this month, fewer than the 323,000 sold last year, the worst year on record dating to 1963. That's less than half the 700,000 new homes economists tell the Associated Press are necessary to sustain a healthy market. The projection comes even as new-home sales rose 1.6 percent in November. December would need to mark its best monthly sales total in four years to avert the dubious finish.
3. Unemployment up in Chicago area. Chicago's unemployment rate rose in November to 9.8 percent, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. The rate ticked upward one-tenth of a percentage point from 9.7 percent in October, and was up 0.9 percent year over year. The unemployment rate dropped in nine of Illinois' 12 metro areas in November compared to 2010. Chicago's rate remains slightly lower than the state's overall 10.0 percent unemployment rate, which has remained nearly flat for three consecutive months. The state's lowest unemployment rate was found in the Bloomington/Normal area, at 6.8 percent, according to the newspaper.
Pete Bigelow · U.S. Workers Rank 14th On List That Measures Hourly Compensation For Manufacturing Employees
December 22nd, 2011
How much do employees in the U.S. manufacturing industry make compared to their counterparts in other countries?
A new study released by the U.S. Labor Department says Americans receive an average of $34.74 per hour, the 14th highest hourly compensation among countries measured. Norway topped the chart at $57.53 per hour, followed by Switzerland and Belgium.
Canada ranked one spot ahead of the United States, averaging $35.67 per hour. Mexico ranked 33rd among the 34 countries measured at $6.23.
China and India were notably absent from the list. The Bureau of Labor Statistics said there were data gaps and deviations from international standards that made it difficult to forge accurate measures of manufacturing wages and overall compensation.
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