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I grew up in a European household with 3 brothers into motor sports. Needless to say that on Sundays, when the TV was on, Formula 1 was on.
However, I don't remember ever watching a full grand prix, let alone following a season or cheering for drivers, even though the most epic rivalries of the time between Alain Prost, Ayrton Senna and Michael Schumacher were in full swing.
Yet, last week, something unbelievable happened to me : I BINGE WATCHED F1!
The F1 drive to Survive ten-part documentary series premiered on March 8 2019 a few weeks short of the 2019 season kick off.
The brilliant executive producers James Gay-Rees, Paul Martin and Sophie Todd give the audience an all access look at the 2018 Formula 1 World Championship. Its unparalleled footage to the world's fastest drivers, team principals and owners, as well as Formula 1's own management team immerse viewers inside the cockpits, the paddock and the lives of the key players in Formula 1.
This show packs everything an avid fan would want in a season of their favorite sport: the action and the thrill, the victories and defeats, the clashes and crashes, duels, gossip, behind the scenes, etc… the difference with a regular season coverage is that it is all available to you on demand and you can (attempt to) fully control your viewing experience.
So, this anecdotal experience made me wonder: Is binge watching catching up with live sports?


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Deep Vein Thrombosis or DVT is caused by a deep leg vein becoming partially or completely blocked, forming a blood clot in the vein. These clots can become dangerous: when they are released, they can travel through the body and cause harm to organs and body tissue.
Individuals suffering from DVT can either have:
Chronic DVT must be closely monitored as blood clots can form at any point in the individual's life. Acute DVT can be treated by vein specialists in West Palm Beach. In most cases, it will not return, however, should still be monitored to ensure that blood clots do not form again.
People suffering from DVT can experience symptoms such as:
When visiting a vein specialist in West Palm Beach to get a diagnosis for your DVT, you will be asked a series of questions that includes what medication you have been taking in the past. You will also be required to undergo tests that include ultrasounds to determine the severity of your DVT case.
Deep Vein Thrombosis has several risks attached to it. Depending on your health and medical history, you may have a higher risk of developing DVT if:
Treating DVT is easy and can be done at the Goldman Vein Institute. A procedure is used which involves injecting or taking Anti-coagulants. This solution causes the thinning of the blood enabling it to effectively pump through the body. You can also make use of compression stockings which will reduce leg pain and leg swelling.
The Deep Vein Thrombosis specialists at Goldman Vein Institute in West Palm Beach uses several procedures to treat your varicose veins, DVT and any other vein problems you have. With state-of-the-art equipment and experienced hands, your life can resume without having to worry about painful or swollen legs.
Deep Vein Thrombosis is the forming of a blood clot in the deep leg vein, causing a restriction of blood flow to the rest of the body.
Yes, Deep Vein Thrombosis can be treated but in some cases, it can return, especially in chronic DVT.
Deep Vein Thrombosis can be caused by a blood clot forming in the leg.
Deep Vein Thrombosis specialists or vein specialists can treat DVT.
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The following articles are featured in the Fall 2017 issue of Accounting Instructor's Report. Enjoy! Trends
Engaging Today's Milential (And Other) Students: Part II: Belverd E. Needles, Jr., Ph.D., CPA, DePaul University
Assessing Outcomes in Cost Accounting: Ronald R. Rubenfield, Robert Morris University
Financial Reporting Fraud: Grabbing Student Attention with Headlines: Douglas K. Barney, Indiana University SE
Lee Edwards, CPA: A Story of Three Clients: Mitchell Franklin, Le Moyne College and Kenneth Ernst, Le Moyne College
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Teller County is located just within the city limits of Colorado Springs, and is a fantastic place to go explore some trails and do a little off-roading. Before embarking on any 4×4 adventure, just make sure you receive the proper 4×4 service first, and go to a reputable 4×4 mechanic to make sure your vehicle is in the appropriate shape.
1) Bull Park
Skill Level: Medium
Trail Length: 6 Miles
Nearby Towns: Colorado Springs
Elevation: 9,500 to 11,400 feet
Bull Park is a medium-level trail that offers some challenges to the offroad enthusiast looking to step up their game. This is a very well-rounded trail that has some steep climbs, rocky paths, boulders to climb and water crossings to participate in. In addition, the scenery is fantastic so make sure you bring a camera.
To get there, start at Gold Camp Road which heads along the Middle Beaver Creek. The trailhead starts at an old ghost town known as Clyde. To stay on the Bull Park Trail, turn left at the wide area when you can see the trail heading up the mountain to towards the west. You'll then come to a creek crossing which will take you to the hill climb portion. After the climb you will cross Middle Beaver Creek , which will offer some rock climbs which can be challenging for vehicles with a stock suspension and tires. Continue along the trail and you'll see Sheep Mountain to the northwest. The trail climbs to the top of the ridge and then heads down to Bull Park.
2) Eagle Rock
Skill Level: Difficult
Trail Length: 6 Miles
Nearby Towns: Colorado Springs
Elevation: 10,100 to 11,300 feet
This is a great spot in the Colorado Springs area to really put your offroad rig to the test. There are quite a few challenges and obstacles to climb all while enjoying the scenery of the forest. The entrance to Eagle Rock is past a clearing about 15 miles down a dirt road. When you pass the reservoir watch for a small pond at the right side of the road, which will indicate that you need to turn off to get to the Eagle Rock trailhead. The road is marked as "307C."
Eagle Rock starts out pretty rocky and doesn't take long to approach the first obstacle, which is a sandy hill ending in some rocks at the top. Take your time if you decide to take the more challenging ascent. After this obstacle you'll come up to a steep, rocky hill with switchbacks. Continue past this and the trail isn't particularly any more challenging, The last obstacle has steep rocks to climb. Eventually you'll find yourself intersecting with road 376 which will take you to the shortest way off the trail.
3) Hackett Gulch
Skill Level: Medium-Difficult
Trail Length: 3.8 Miles
Nearby Towns: Deckers
Elevation: 7,640 to 9,030 feet
A very fun trail that follows a valley with some challenging climbs and amazing scenery, this is a great trail for those looking to get a challenge. There was a big fire in this area back in 2002, so be careful as there's always the possibility of boulders or trees falling without notice. The trail starts at a parking area with a gate. The first section is fairly easy but becomes more challenging at Hackett Rock. There is a steep climb here up a dirt ridge, but make sure you take your time as it's very easy to potentially pop a tire or lose balance. Once you reach Hackett Rock, there are a few options to getting over it. The paths on the edges are the easiest, but if you are looking for a bigger challenge you can veer up the middle.
After the rock, the trail continues uphill on a dirt path. Continue along the trail until you get to the signs marking the end of the trail.
4) Metberry Gulch
Skill Level: Easy-Medium
Trail Length: 4.5 Miles
Nearby Towns: Deckers
Elevation: 7,200 to 8,670 feet
This is a pretty easy trail with the exception of a few medium-difficulty options to choose from. This is a great choice if you have a variety of people in your group with different skill levels and aftermarket parts on their vehicle. The trail starts at a parking area, and is fairly easy as you start your way through some burned trees. You may then at this point come to some fun and challenging areas of rocks which are enjoyable to climb. When you get to the fork in the road, take the left trail. The trail will become steeper as you descend, so take it slow. The most challenging part of this trail is the rock slab, a steep portion of rock that will require 4wd. You'll need a little speed and momentum to get up this portion.
As always, take your 4×4 in for a full service into our 4×4 mechanic to inspect all components and aftermarket parts. Use the buddy system and be safe, but have fun!
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The Dinner Party
When you're in between travels and want to keep the travel spirit alive, try hosting a dinner party, HI USA style. Invite 3 friends to dinner, then ask each of them to invite someone no one else in the group knows. What you end up with is a new group of friends, similar to what you might find in a hostel dining room!
Invite friends who are good conversationalists from a variety of backgrounds, and then cook up some food that lends itself to even more conversation. Our favorites include:
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- Potluck style, allowing each guest to present their dish
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The four small, secluded beaches of Clifton are separated by giant granite boulders. The trendy 4th beach is the most popular and hence the busiest, where the high society of Clifton likes to convene to play volleyball, throw Frisbees, take relaxing strolls or just soak up the sun. The beaches are wonderfully sheltered from the southeaster wind which blows in summer, however not many people brave the icy water. Yachts, speedboats and jet skis are abundant in the bay, and Clifton has the atmosphere, if not the warm water, of a very exclusive Mediterranean resort.
Bantry Bay
Bantry Bay is the site of the most exclusive real estate apartments in the Cape. Built on steep rocks as close as possible to the sea, facing a turbulent little bay, it is hard to tell which is more awesome - the breathtaking view or the amazing properties from which you can marvel at it. With many of the properties, each floor is a terraced step with a swimming pool that appears to extend right into the sea, and parking is on the roof at street level.


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A new mother's loving caress is more than simple comfort to an infant. Scientists have known for decades that touch is critically important for a
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I can say that one of the highlights of my life as a woman was seeing my babies for the first time. It is a
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Ever since I started teaching women about hypnobirthing, I get a lot of questions about natural birthing methods. Understandably, many parents today are not aware
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Breast cancer is a leading cause of premature mortality among women. Early detection has been shown to be associated with reduced breast cancer morbidity and mortality.
Evidence Synthesis
Screening mammography in women aged 40 to 69 years is associated with a reduction in breast cancer deaths across a range of study designs, and inferential evidence supports breast cancer screening for women 70 years and older who are in good health. Estimates of the cumulative lifetime risk of false-positive examination results are greater if screening begins at younger ages because of the greater number of mammograms, as well as the higher recall rate in younger women. The quality of the evidence for overdiagnosis is not sufficient to estimate a lifetime risk with confidence. Analysis examining the screening interval demonstrates more favorable tumor characteristics when premenopausal women are screened annually vs biennially. Evidence does not support routine clinical breast examination as a screening method for women at average risk.
Women with an average risk of breast cancer should undergo regular screening mammography starting at age 45 years (strong recommendation). Women aged 45 to 54 years should be screened annually (qualified recommendation). Women 55 years and older should transition to biennial screening or have the opportunity to continue screening annually (qualified recommendation). Women should have the opportunity to begin annual screening between the ages of 40 and 44 years (qualified recommendation). Women should continue screening mammography as long as their overall health is good and they have a life expectancy of 10 years or longer (qualified recommendation).
Conclusions and Relevance
These updated guidelines provide evidence-based recommendations for breast cancer screening for women at average risk of breast cancer. These recommendations should be considered by physicians and women in discussions about breast cancer screening.
All participants in the guideline development process were required to disclose all financial and nonfinancial (personal, intellectual, practice-related) relationships and activities that might be perceived as posing a conflict of interest in development of the breast cancer screening guidelines. The chairpersons of the ACS GDG had the responsibility to ensure balanced perspectives were considered in deliberations and decision making. In addition to the disclosures listed in the Article Information section, nonfinancial disclosures of the authors are reported in the eMethods in the supplement.
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Key Questions (KQs) Guiding the Evidence Review
Key Questions Addressed in This Guideline Update
- What are the relative benefits, limitations, and harms associated with mammography screening compared with no screening in average-risk women 40 years and older, and how do they vary by age, screening interval, and prior screening history?
- Among average-risk women who are screened with mammography, what are the relative benefits, limitations, and harms associated with annual, biennial, triennial, or other screening interval, and how do they vary by age?
- What are the benefits, limitations, and harms associated with clinical breast examination (CBE) among average-risk women 20 years and older compared with no CBE, and how do they vary by age, interval, and participation rates in mammography screening?
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The Holocaust
The Holocaust was one of the worst genocides in history, in which Adolph Hitler's Nazi Germany killed over six million Jews and five million others deemed undesirable to the Third Reich during World War II.
The Third Wave
CommonLit Staff
In 1967, a history teacher's social experiment based on the leadership tactics of the Third Reich got out of control.
First They Came…
Martin Niemöller
This famous quotation was written by a Lutheran pastor who was plagued by guilt for not speaking up during the Holocaust.
Oldest Known Holocaust Survivor Dies; Pianist Was 110
Mark Memmot
Alice Herz-Sommer survived a Nazi concentration camp and lived happily until she died at age 110.
A Holocaust Survivor, Spared from Gas Chamber by Twist of Fate
Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson
In 1942, a young Polish boy was torn from the rest of his family - who were sent to the gas chambers of Auschwitz - to work in a labor camp.
Danish Resistance During the Holocaust
Hans Holmskov Schlüter
During the Holocaust, some people in German-controlled Denmark fought against the violent actions and policies put in place by the Nazi party.
Introduction to the Holocaust
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
This informational text explains what the Holocaust was, who it affected, who carried it out, and how it ended.
Courage in Denmark: Resistance to the Nazis in WWII
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
This article explores Danish resistance during the Holocaust in the context of global efforts to thwart the Nazis during World War II.
Who Was Anne Frank?
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
This informational text explores the events of World War II as experienced by a young Jewish girl.
Woman Who Helped Anne Frank Dies at 100
Teri Schultz, National Public Radio
A radio show reflects on an interview with the amazing woman who helped hide Anne Frank's family and eventually discovered her diary.
Seven Decades On, Anne Frank's Words Still Comfort
Scott Simon
A young girl's wartime diary is so poignant it still resonates today amongst those who struggle.
It's For You to Know That You Forgive, Says Holocaust Survivor
NPR, "All Things Considered"
Holocaust survivor Eva Kor meets former Nazi on trial, and offers powerful words about forgiveness, taking back power, and how to move forward.
Nazi Germany's 'Euthanasia' Program
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
This short article details Nazi Germany's program for killing sick, disabled, and elderly institutionalized people.
Anti-Jewish Legislation in Prewar Germany
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
This article details the rise of anti-Semitic laws in Nazi Germany throughout the 1930s.
Liberation of Nazi Concentration Camps
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
This informational text discusses the treatment of prisoners in Nazi concentration camps and their eventual liberation.
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
This informational text discusses the three main concentration camps of Auschwitz.
Elie Wiesel's Remarks at the Dedication of Yad Vashem Holocaust History Museum
Elie Wiesel
Acclaimed author and Holocaust survivor, Elie Wiesel, speaks at the opening of Yad Vashem's new Holocaust History Museum.
Elie Wiesel
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Holocaust survivor and storyteller Elie Wiesel is recognized as a leader in the fight for peace and human dignity.
Elie Wiesel's "The Perils of Indifference" Speech
Elie Wiesel
A Holocaust survivor discusses the consequences of acting indifferently towards human suffering.
Death Marches in the Holocaust
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
This text discusses the evacuations and marches that concentration camp prisoners were subjected to during the end of World War II.


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Award Ceremony
The following laudatory speech was part of the presentation of the Ammodo KNAW Award to Thijn Brummelkamp in 2015.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
During his PhD research in Utrecht, about fifteen years ago, Thijn Brummelkamp had already laid strong foundations for the study of gene function in healthy and diseased mammalian cells, including those of human beings.
Previously other researchers had developed techniques to disable each gene individually in simple unicellular organisms, such as yeast cells. Through careful study of the effect of these shutdowns they could gradually determine the functions of each individual gene. However this had not yet been achieved in mammalian cells, including human cells.
While still a PhD student, Thijn Brummelkamp made the breakthrough. Whilst at the Netherlands Cancer Institute he developed an inexpensive method whereby each of the approximately 25 thousand human genes could be disabled individually. His method made use of so called "RNA interference". At last the functions of all the human genes could be studied.
Brummelkamp's method is now used in many laboratories around the world. He himself used it to discover how cancer cells become resistant to cancer drugs: through genetic changes they are able to circumvent the blockade of medicines.
At the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, USA Brummelkamp subsequently undertook an ambitious and risky project. He sought and found a way to shut down completely not one but several human genes at the same time.
Thijn Brummelkamp has also tested his fundamental research techniques on serious practical medical issues. In so doing he has identified the human proteins required by the Ebola virus to invade our cells. Such research enables new strategies to be developed in our fight against serious virus outbreaks.
Four years ago Brummelkamp returned to the Netherlands and the Dutch Cancer Institute. He is now looking for a key protein used by other viruses, bacteria and biological toxins to disrupt our human cells. And even more fundamental: he hopes to find out how few genes in a mammalian cell are actually necessary for it still to function.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Thijn Brummelkamp was recognised by the committee as extremely successful, energetic, innovative, smart, critical and enterprising, with an impressive list of publications in leading journals to his name. He is an inspiration to his fellow researchers.
I would like to invite your applause for Thijn Brummelkamp, winner of an Ammodo KNAW Award for Biomedical Sciences!


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Training Kids to Handle Money Decisions
by Shel Horowitz
At what age should children get an allowance-and how much? What happens when they hit college and have to walk past dozens of credit card vendors? How much should you tell them about your finances?
Jayne Pearl, author of Kids and Money: Giving Them the Savvy to Succeed Financially (Bloomberg Press) ommentator for Marketplace and a columnist for the Oxygen.com website, addressed these and many other issues at the Family Business Center's April 2000 program, held at the Inn at Northampton.
Pearl, who was a founding senior editor for Family Business magazine, offered many tips to train children about money: skills they will have the rest of their lives, and that will be put to good use as they eventually become managers and owners of family businesses.
Pearl called an allowance "learning capital-the main tool" to teach children responsible money habits.
How old should a child be to begin receiving an allowance? "When your child can differentiate between coins and understand that the things they see on the shelf have to be bought with money." She believes most children area ready between 6 and 8 years old.
How much to give? Pearl says the formula of a dollar per year of age per week is too arbitrary. "Five dollars may be too much for a five-year-old. And $15 may not be enough for a fifteen-year-old."
Allowances should not be tied to school grades or chore performance, Pearl believes-instead, tie it to the actual financial needs of the child. Make a list of every purchase you make for your child: every bar of candy, Beanie Baby, pair of shoes. Focus on goals, and help the child meet them with incentives such as partial matching grants or challenge grants.
Once you've started giving an allowance, let the child pick up some of the luxuries and necessities you've been paying for-and resist the temptation to bail the child out with loans. An exception: if a child has been diligently saving for a few months toward a specific goal (i.e., $100 for a bicycle) and the item goes on sale.
For major shopping, such as back-to-school, one powerful way to establish good money habits is to sit down with the child-before you go near a store-look at store fliers and catalogs, and determine a fair and reasonable budget-together. Once you've established that you'll buy, say, five t-shirts at up to $12 each, the child gets to keep any money saved while shopping. So if you're able to get the t-shirts for $8, your smart shopper gets to pocket (or spend) $32. "You're on the same side, working toward the same goal."
For teenagers, a major issue is "the cost of cool." If your teen just has to have a certain designer label, let the child pay the difference between a generic and the trendy item. And walk together through the teen's room, looking at how much was spent on things that are now totally out of fashion and gathering dust but still serviceable.
Kids as young as 12 have succeeded as investors. There are several kid-friendly mutual funds, but children can also learn to follow stock performance, especially if the companies they invest in match their passions in other areas of life-so an athlete might want to invest in Reebok or Spalding. In fact, a Holyoke High School student recently placed first in a stock tournament (in which teens make investments from an imaginary portfolio, at real prices, and compare their performance)-with a 77+ percent return in a week!
What do you do when your child asks how much money you make? Pearl's son was eight when he asked. She decided to tell the truth, but first make it clear that this wasn't public information-and second, she told him, "'let's figure out how much it costs to run our home.' So the sticker shock was on the expense side."
Finally, don't micromanage: let your kids make $20 and $100 mistakes now, so they know enough not to make $20,000 mistakes later.


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Luchador's lament
Lucha Libre has an interesting history and place in Mexican culture and luchadores can be viewed in the same light as Japanese sumo (unsurprisingly Lucha Libre has a strong following in Japan as well): real-life super-heroes. Like super heroes, most luchadores wear masks and go to great lengths to maintain an air of mystery about...
News Sonic Classic Collection Goes Collectible
Limited edition for Australia and Spain
Get ready to add yet another tin case to your growing collection, as SEGA have confirmed the existence of a limited edition release for Sonic Classic Collection for the Nintendo DS. The set comes in the aforementioned tin case, the contents of which are an exclusive Sonic figurine, five postcards featuring artwork from the Sonic series, an O-ring sleeve..
News New Pokémon Revealed in CoroCoro Magazine
New Dark-type 'mon on the way
The weekly Pokémon show in Japan, Pokémon Sunday, showed a silhouette of a brand-new monster due to be the first announced creature in the forthcoming fifth generation of the popular critter catching series. Pokémon fansite Serebii has since gotten its hands on scans of the latest issue of CoroCoro Magazine, which...
A near-perfect translation of the console classic
Bizarre Creation's Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved is something of a modern classic. The wireframe graphics and gameplay consisting of firing at enemies in every direction on a closed 2D playfield are like a marriage of arcade classics Tempest and Robotron, making for some addictive gameplay. Sierra...
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Risk explosions from Voltorbs instead!
Poké-fans in Europe may remember last year when during their Pokémon journey in Pokémon Platimum they discovered they couldn't play the slots like they could in Pokémon Diamond and Pearl. It seems this trend continues with Pokémon SoulSliver and HeartGold as well, though this time instead of simply picking up coins a new minigame called "Voltorb..
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Once you start, you'll need to call on the Ouendan to help you stop playing this game
In 2005, iNiS crafted Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan for DS. Rhythm games were hardly being made for the system, but they instantly proved that it could have amazing results when done right. People spoke so positively about it that it was popular both in and outside Japan,...
News Pikachu-Coloured Pichu Westward Bound
US and UK get a chance to nab rare 'mons
Way back when Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver was announced in Japan it also turned out a special Pichu was being released for Pokémon Diamond, Pearl and Platinum owners to download. The li'l fella is transferable to HeartGold and SoulSilver and will trigger an event to unlock another special Pichu in those remakes, due out in March. Now it's been..
News Nintendo of Japan Outlines What It's Up To This Year
Metroid: Other M, Xenoblade, Last Story and new Pokemon in the cards
At an investors meeting in Tokyo today, Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata was nice enough to outline what the company intended to do with all those funds this year. Included in the outline were Wii RPGs The Last Story from Mistwalker and Nintendo as well as Xenoblade, formerly known as Monado, from Monolith Soft (behind Disaster: Day of..
News Mega Man Zero Collection Aims Westward
Z-Busting North America in early summer
We knew it was happening at some point, but now Capcom has announced that the upcoming DS release Mega Man Zero Collection is officially on its way out of Japan. The compilation will bring together all four of the GameBoy Advance Mega Man Zero games for "a great price" early this summer in North America. Check out the new screenshots of old games in..
Herculean effort or Greek tragedy?
Role-playing game fans have to be excited to see the number of RPG releases appearing on the DS system continuing to grow. And while we've seen some very unique gameplay elements in many of the titles, we've seen almost as many titles take a much more traditional approach, choosing to stick to many of the familiar...
News Heart Gold/Soul Silver Aussie Release Date Announced
Later than America, sooner than Europe! Pokewalker included
Nintendo Australia have made the announcement that they will be releasing Pokemon Heart Gold and Soul Silver on March 25th - a whole day before Europe gets it! They've also given the Australians a reason to go out and walk as it's recently been confirmed that the Pokewalker peripheral will indeed come packaged with the game. For those not..
News BBC Interested In Games Again
Looking to develop Doctor Who, Top Gear, In The Night Garden titles
MCV has revealed that the BBC Worldwide is interested in making games based on key IPs after years of sitting back and watching. The BBC has said that it wants to see its biggest brands like Doctor Who, Top Gear, In The Night Garden and more expand into games for all audiences. The games would appear on a range of different mediums..
News Glory of Heracles Launch Trailer
More video of the game in action!
The kind folks over at Nintendo were nice enough to send over the official launch trailer for their brand new DS RPG Glory of Heracles. You can check out the video below along with the official press release information to go along with it. We'll also have a full review of the game up shortly. For centuries, the mighty heroes and wondrous tales of ancient Greek..
News US Pokémasters: Preorder Now, Get Ho-Oh or Lugia Figures
Legendary Pokémon spotted at US retailers
The hype machine for Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver is certainly kicking into action now, with the news that select US retailers are offering Ho-Oh and Lugia figurines to preorder customers. If you want Ho-Oh, put your name down for HeartGold. Lugia fan? SoulSilver is the one for you. Here's what Cammie Dunaway had to say about the figurines: These..
News British R4 Card Importer Shipping Off To Prison
Guilty plea nets 12-month sentence
Don't mess with Nintendo. British resident Yun Can Meng clearly didn't get the memo when he was busy importing approximately 26,500 R4 cards, as GamesPolitics reports that Meng has been sentenced to 12 months in prison for pleading guilty to the charge. Meng was sentenced in Hull Crown Court. R4 cards can be used to illegally download and play DS titles. They can..
Yet another engaging DS Japanese RPG.
There's no denying that Nintendo's DS system has seen quite a few Japanese RPG releases over the years and is quickly becoming the system of choice for fans of the genre. Imageepoch, comprised of former developers of such legendary RPG classics as Xenogears and Grandia, have once again combined their talents to...
News Analyst: Nintendo DS2 to be Launched Next Year
According to research firm EEDAR, we could have our hands on the next handheld by April 2011
With the Wii smashing sales last month, it is no surprise to hear that Nintendo is planning on revamping its handheld market. According to EEDAR, a new version of the DS could be available by April 2011. Jesse Divinch, who is the director of the analyst...
News Wii, DS Have Record-Breaking Year In US
Hojillions and hojillions served
According to the NPD sales numbers for December, Nintendo sold more than double the hardware as all of their competitors combined, totaling around 7 million Wii and DS units sold. That's a spicy meatball, but certainly not the only one on top of the company's pile of money-shaped spaghetti that was 2009. In fact, the DS and its various incarnations managed to sell..
News DSi XL Gets The Hands-on Video Treatment
Exclusive Nintendo Life moving images contained within
No doubt you've already cast your gaze over Corbie's excellent hands-on impressions of the shiny new Nintendo DSi XL, and as a companion to that feature we've cooked up a little video review of the console, purely because we're nice like that. Thanks go to the friendly people at Nintendo UK for supplying us with the review unit, as well as a..
News Nintendo Doubly Outsold Everything Else Combined In US Last Month
Wii alone stomped the might of Sony and Microsoft
We had already heard from Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata that the Japanese giant was looking at record December console sales figures this year in the US, but now we've got cold hard NPD sales numbers to see just how many Wiis and DS's were shifted. Turns out that Iwata's "approaching 3M sold" Wii estimate earlier this month was conservative..
News Mega Man Zero Collection Coming to DS
More Mega Man goodness for Nintendo fans
Capcom has just announced Mega Man Zero Collection for the DS, featuring the Zero character from the Mega Man X universe. The games were originally released on GBA from 2002 to 2005 and feature a story set a century after the X series (and 200 years before ZX) when Zero gets re-activated and becomes an...
News DSi XL to Hit Europe on March 5th
Big screens a-comin'
We've already told you what we reckon about the new DSi XL and its mammoth screens, but if you live in Europe then you'll get a chance to try it yourself when the console launches on March 5th, 2010. Nintendo's lovely press department has just sent over the announcement now, although there is no mention of price as yet. It's...
News New Glory of Heracles Gameplay Videos
More footage of the game in action!
Nintendo has just sent over two brand new gameplay videos of their upcoming DS RPG Glory of Heracles. The game is set to hit store shelves on January 18th and if you haven't seen the game in action yet, do yourself a favor and check out these two videos. We'll have a set of new screenshots tomorrow and of course...
News Ulala and Crazy Taxi Joining Sonic & Sega All-Star Racing
More characters to be revealed
Sega have released another trailer of the racer being developed by Sumo Digital, showing off Ulala from Dreamcast game Space Channel 5 and Crazy Taxi's BD Joe, which received a rather good GameCube conversion a few years back. It's been announced there will be 24 tracks in total, a healthy amount though just shy of Mario Kart Wii. Sumo Digital have also revealed some..
News Even More Nintendo Titles Get The Axe
Shaking stilled, Battalions blasted and walls Charged
Just last week, gaming blog Coffee With Games reported that Nintendo would be ceasing production and distribution of the Metroid Prime Trilogy compilation in the US. Now, several sites are reporting that the company is laying off even more games, some of which haven't even blown out their first...
News Pokemon HeartGold and SoulSilver UK Date Announced
Both UK and US getting Pokewalker
Nintendo Europe has announced this morning that the release date for Pokemon Heart Gold and Soul Silver in the UK is 26th March. In addition they have confirmed that the Pokewalker peripheral is also due for release in Europe (Americans should be getting it too, we would imagine) and they've even been kind enough to...
Review Freshly-Picked Tingle's Rosy Rupeeland
When it was announced Japan would be getting a game starring the Zelda series' strangest character, Tingle, everybody pretty much agreed on one thing - it would never leave Japan. But, in a very surprising move, Nintendo decided to take the gamble and localise the game. Tingle's Rosy Rupeeland takes place before every Zelda game he's...
News DSi Gets Motion Detection
Console tilt-sensitive without attachments
Satoru Iwata may say the DS's successor will be motion sensitive, but the team at Engine Software has beaten him to the punch, creating full motion sensitivity with no attachments needed. To demonstrate the technology in action, Engine Software has released a video of TILT, a prototype marble-rolling simulation. Check it out below. The developers are keen..
News Keep Rollin' Rollin' Rollin' with Sushi Go Round
Upcoming Wii and DS food-'em-ups get March release dates
Sushi rolling might not seem like the most obvious premise for a video game, but throw in some time-management gameplay and some frantic score-beating action and developers Asylum Entertainment might just have cooked up something rather tasty. We're only a few months away from finding out for sure, as Southpeak games have announced a North..
News Nintendo Life Game of the Year Results
Ten awards, hundreds of votes - the results are right here!
In this month's podcast we revealed the Nintendo Life Game of the Year Awards winners, showcasing the very best games that 2009 bestowed upon us. If you didn't get chance to listen to the show yet, be sure to check it out, but here for posterity are all the categories and winners from a...
News DS Follow-Up to Feature Motion Sensor?
Wii design ethos to influence future handheld
Japanese newspaper Asahi Shimbun recently carried an interview with Nintendo president Satoru Iwata, discussing the company's hopes for the year ahead, and he discussed a few very brief titbits about the possible DS successor and its features. It will have highly detailed graphics, and it will be necessary to have a sensor with the ability to read the..
News US Holiday Wii Sales Top 3 Million
Nintendo systems no slouches in Europe either
Official NPD numbers for December aren't revealed until January 14, but that hasn't stopped Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata from tooting the company's money-making horn. According to Iwata, Nintendo managed to sell over 3 million Wii's last month in the US, beating last year's 2.15 million and toppling the previous home console record held by the PlayStation..
News Look out Europe! Picross 3D Coming to Swallow Up Your Time
3D chiseling goodness due on February 5th
Picross 3D was released all the way back in March for our Japanese friends. Since then Nintendo announced it for more Western shores during E3 in June, and then things went a bit quiet on the block-chiseling front. However, now Nintendo of Europe have piped up saying Picross 3D is now due for Europe on February 5th. The puzzler will feature over 350 new 3D..
Sega's African adventure bagged and tagged.
Jambo! Safari: Animal Rescue is a bold attempt at converting the popular Arcade title to something more palatable for the home audience. Quite obviously aimed at younger gamers, this conversion basically boils down to a few veterinary minigames tacked on to the central animal-wrangling gameplay sections...
News Poketunes: Translated Interview with Heart Gold and Soul Silver Sound Team
Musical discussions and a few curious tidbits
In Japan on 28th October 2009, the soundtrack for the newest Pokémon titles, Heart Gold and Soul Silver, was released. The three CD set came with a booklet containing various details and a six page interview with the sound team. Pokémon fansite Dogasu's Backpack has translated the interview in full along with various members of the Pokémon community..
News In-Flight Electronic Blues: TSA Bans Electronics on Flights
Stricter rules in place in light of recent terror scare
Various reports have been filtering through the Internet since a failed terror attack in Detroit, MI on Christmas Day, that there has been some major clamping down on security. People have reported online there have been more pat-downs and some airlines are enforcing stricter restrictions on...
Review Hasbro Family Game Night
Family Game Delight?
Connect 4, Operation, Battleship and Bop It – games that have become household names with which we are all familiar. Translating Battleship and Connect 4 into digital versions for the Nintendo DS was always going to be an easy task; the challenge for EA was to digitize Operation and Bop It to try and emulate the success of...
News Final Zelda Flipnote Released
Last, but certainly not least...
Aardman Animation, the forces behind Wallace & Gromit, have just released the final video in their Zelda: Spirit Tracks series and we've got it for you. This final video has a little bit of a humorous spin to it, and once again is quite an impressive Flipnote feat. And for those of you who haven't yet read our Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks review, don't forget..
News Christmas UK Sales Charts - Surprisingly Unsurprising Edition
Wii dominates the charts despite being overshadowed by Modern Warfare 2
At the beginning of time (the 80s), man created video game consoles, and he rested partially content. After creating games, marketing, public outcry, double digits' worth of bits and CDs, man rested slightly more content. Then came sales tracking, and who knew when the first sales tracked and charted that in 2009 a game would..
Podcast NLFM Episode 2 - Holiday Spectacular Spectacular
Cheer or bust!
Welcome to another handsome episode of NLFM, the chip and game music podcast from Nintendo Life. This month we succumb to the holiday spirit and explore the seasonal chip music landscape in this holiday spectacular spectacular! NLFM will generally focus on music from games playable on Nintendo consoles and handhelds, which, thanks to...
Cryp-ticks all the right boxes.
It's very rare for Nintendo to be beaten to the punch by other developers, but some of their recent DS releases certainly seem to be playing catch-up to the wealth of third-party support on the machine. Style Boutique (known as Style Savvy in the US) resembles any number of other titles, and now with Nintendo...
Feature For Your Consideration - Henry Hatsworth in The Puzzling Adventure
Why you should vote for Hatsworth's jolly good show
As part of our Game of the Year Awards, Nintendo Life is inviting you to choose one game as your Reader's Game of the Year. You can vote for anything released on a Nintendo platform in 2009, be it WiiWare, DSiWare, Wii or DS, but you only get one vote, so use it wisely! To remind you of some of...
News Glory of Heracles Coming to DS in January
Here comes the Greek squad!
Nintendo's upcoming RPG Glory of Heracles has flown under the radar for the most part, but with the game's upcoming January 18th release in North America, we thought it might be time to get some information up on the unique title. You can check out the official press release below for a little more information on the game and we'll have more screenshots and some video of..
First Impressions Dementium II
Clean pants recommended
Renegade Kid are responsible for some of the more innovative and undeniably horrific first-person experiences on DS, having already given us Dementium: The Ward as well as the excellent Moon. Dementium II was recently announced for release in 2010, hitting North America on February 16th and reaching Europe a few weeks later...
News Second Zelda Flipnote Pulls Into View
The middle part of Aardman's Spirit Tracks trilogy has just arrived on our desk(top) here at Nintendo Life, and naturally we wanted to share it with you. Don't forget our review of The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks is already available if you're in any doubt of whether or not you need this latest lovely slice of handheld gaming. Don't forget to check out our YouTube channel for..
News Nintendo to Introduce New Touch Screen Kiosks in Japan
Ignorance no longer an excuse when buying games
Nintendo has revealed new kiosks for display in major retail outlets in Japan. They come in two flavours: flat screen devices for counters and retail kiosks for floor display. Both come with wonderfully hi-tech touch screens and cameras. Customers will be able to pick up any DS or Wii game and flash...
News See Aragorn's Quest In Motion
Tolkien fans upset: initial trailer well under four hours long
Even though the final Lord of the Rings film was well over five years ago, the movie trilogy obviously sparked a furious lusting for Middle Earth-related games, something EA did their best to capitalise on with mixed results. Now the licence is back with studio Warner Bros., who just...
Not quite out of this world...
Well, by now you'd have already seen our review for Planet 51 on the Wii, so it's time to see how the dual-screen version of the new extra-terrestrial flick fares. Did Sega manage to blast this out of the stratosphere of gaming delight or did its cargo jettison somewhere in the atmosphere of the mundane? Just like the...
News DS and Wii "Year's Worst Platforms"
According to review aggregator Metacritic, that is
For all the talk of fantastic games released on Nintendo formats this year - including, y'know, Little King's Story - keeper of the review scores crypt Metacritic claims that the DS and Wii had the worst all-around software of 2009. Collating review scores from hundreds of sources on countless games...
News Nintendo To Appeal French Flash Card Case
Company "extremely disappointed" with ruling
DS flash card manufacturer Divineo won big in France earlier this week, and Nintendo is not happy about it. A lawsuit filed by Nintendo against the company was thrown out in Paris' Criminal Court earlier this week, with the judge saying that Nintendo should adopt a more open development system to allow anyone to create applications – like a PC, where..
News Japanese Wii Sales Double in a Week
In translation: ker-ching!
Famitsu have reported the Wii's sales figures have risen from 46,674 units to 101,000 units over the week ending 6th December, boosted by the launch of Super Mario Bros. Wii in the homeland. The notion that the Japanese only like small devices continues to be thwarted however by the DSi LL, with sales of over 62,000 in the same week, making up over half of the total..
News DS is the UK's Best-Selling Console Ever
Handheld machine tops the 10 million mark in Britain
We all know that the DS is only rivalled in popularity by lollipops and puppies, but perhaps we underestimated its appeal until Nintendo announced it's sold over ten million units in the UK alone, making it the most-bought console these Sceptred Isles have ever seen. Considering the population of the UK is estimated at 61 million that's a..
News Children's Book Was Inspiration for Spirit Tracks
Secret influence revealed!
It's practically raining Spirit Tracks stories today, but this story actually pre-dates Link's latest - it's the children's book that inspired Nintendo to create Spirit Tracks. Called "The Tracks Go On", it's a story where cute kids build the tracks for a train as it explores the land, with cutesy animals and all...
News Aardman Create Zelda Flipnote
"Weatherman is last Aardman Flipnote" statement proves erroneous
Contrary to our earlier reports that The Weatherman was Aardman's final Flipnote creation, we've just had word about this rather cool Zelda animation from those talented Brits. Obviously a neat way to promote the new Zelda: Spirit Tracks game, it's just as cute as the title itself and...
News New Zelda Advert Takes Different Track
Not what you'd expect from a Spirit Tracks commercial
Nintendo has just been in touch with a video of the extended version of the Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks commercial being run in the US currently, and it's certainly not your average Zelda commercial. Staying away from the cutesy cartoon characters that typify the game itself, it takes place in...
News Rooms: The Main Building Coming to Wii and DS
Hudson announce their brand new point & click adventures.
Hudson has just announced a brand new point & click adventure for the Wii and DS systems called Rooms: The Main Building. Combining unique puzzle-solving elements with the point & click controls of the Wii and DS systems, the game offers gamers an immersive experience unlike any other. You can check out the full press release below..
Review The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks
On the right track or running out of steam?
Link's last outing, 2007's Phantom Hourglass, was a piece of portable paradise, showcasing all the DS's features with some wildly imaginative puzzles and unforgettable moments, and still remains one of the console's best titles. The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks takes all that was good about Phantom...
News Glory of Heracles Confirmed For Western DS Release
Massively popular JRPG series gets its first release outside Japan
You can't beat the Japanese when it comes to taking a classic myth and putting a entirely new spin on it, as the popular "Heracles" series - which kicked off in 1987 on the Famicom - proves. The good news is that the latest instalment has been confirmed for release in North American this coming January. If you need any..
News Yet Another Sonic Collection Inbound - This Time For DS
Is it possible to have too many Sonic the Hedgehog compendiums?
Sega has announced that it will be bringing the first four Sonic the Hedgehog games to the Nintendo DS in March 2010. The Sonic Classic Collection will feature Sonic the Hedgehog, Sonic the Hedgehog 2, Sonic the Hedgehog 3 and Sonic & Knuckles. All four games originally appeared on...
The DS has seen some fantastic RPGs released this year, with Valkyrie Profile, Nostalgia and of course Mario and Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story, and Luminous Arc II keeps the standard high with a quality Japanese RPG package that is sure to please anyone looking for a tactical fix. The game's story takes place in the kingdom of...
Review Agatha Christie's The ABC Murders
Belgian waffle?
Thank goodness for Nintendo consoles making it easy for gamers to pick a range of moustachioed characters from various spheres of the employment world. If you fancy something a bit more cerebral than plumbing in your portable plaything you might want to check out Agatha Christie's ABC Murders, in which you play the world's only...
News DSi LL Shifts 100K Units In Japan
Two-day launch sales beat the competition
No matter how much head-scratching came out of the arguably non-portable portable's announcement, we've now learned one thing: it sells. According to Famitsu and sales tracker Enterbrain, the giant handheld sold 103,524 units in two days. While an impressive number, it's still not too surprising given the...
Review Drawn to Life: The Next Chapter
Definitely not the life of the party.
Coming in the wake of its below average-rated predecessor, Drawn to Life: The Next Chapter is a game that not only has a lot of potential but also a lot to make up for. As a concept it's a good one: you get to draw your very own character as well as various in-game elements including platforms, falling blocks...
Hardware Review Nintendo DSi XL
Is bigger really better?
It would be accurate to say that more than a few heads were scratched when Nintendo announced that they were releasing yet another new model of their DS system called the DSi XL, especially considering that their DSi system had only been on the market for less than eight months. And to make things even more odd, instead of...
News Miyamoto Keeps Edging Toward Hardware Design
Role shifting since the DS
Shigeru Miyamoto is known for creating some of the best games ever made, some of which necessitated a few revolutionary hardware designs to even be able to play them properly. While his game-making style hasn't changed too much over the years (still mining those hobbies), Miyamoto explained to Edge that over the years his role on the hardware side of things has increased..
News Nintendo Preloading DSi's For Black Friday
Blue and white handhelds get Mario and Brain bonuses
Nintendo is making the DSi an even more attractive purchase this Friday to coincide with American Shopping Day by bundling in over $20 in downloadable software with certain models. The metallic blue DSi (a new color) will come loaded with five Mario-themed games and apps, namely Dr. Mario Express, Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Minis March Again,..
Cop a load of this.
With the DS now nearly five years old, you'd think there'd be no surprises left inside that flip-top wonder box, but here comes Ubisoft with something we probably didn't even realise was possible on DS, under the rather off-putting title of C.O.P. The Recruit. The very talented (if unfortunately named) V.D. Dev have...
News Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks Intro Video
A little insight into the Spirit Tracks.
The nice folks at Nintendo have just sent over the newest trailer for their upcoming DS release Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks. The game is set to hit North American store shelves on December 7th and Europe retail shelves on December 11th. You can check out the new gameplay video that shows off the game's...
News Watch Some More Little Red Riding Hood's Zombie BBQ Footage
View some of the game's boss fights.
If our very positive review didn't yet convince you that the vertical zombie shoot 'em up is worth your time and money, then maybe these recently released videos will. However, they feature the first three boss battles in the game, so if you don't want the strategies to beat them spoiled, it might actually be...
News Prime Yourself for More Metroid
Developer interview teases possible DS outing for Samus
We may still be recovering from the majesty of Metroid Prime Trilogy, but a recent interview with the UK's Official Nintendo Magazine has unearthed an even more exciting titbit: there may be more Metroid Prime games on the way. Speaking to the magazine, Kensuke Tanabe of Nintendo said: We are...
To arms! To arms! Lego Battles storms onto the DS in the very first Lego RTS, but is it a battling success?
Following the unquestionable success of the various Lego games of the past few years, Lego Battles is something of an oddity in the ever-growing stable of generally very good, solid adventure titles (and one rhythm game) from the Lego brand...
News Hotel Dusk Is Getting A Sequel
Goes by the name of Last Window
Hotel Dusk: Room 215 was a great little mystery game for the DS. Set in a hotel in 1979 Los Angeles, developer CING combined mystery text adventure with a graphic novel style while crafting a decidedly DS experience. And now it's getting a sequel. Quietly announced by Nintendo, Last Window: Midnight Promise takes place yet again in LA one year after the first game..
News DS XL Promo Footage Shows Off Generous Proportions, Family-friendly Nature
Fun for the entire family
The DS XL - known as the DS LL in Japan - is something of a monster. Want proof? Check out this official promotional video, which has been released by Nintendo to advertise the impending Japanese launch of the console. The footage shows an almost unbearably happy Japanese family fawning over their new DS LL, and gives a good impression of just how chunky the new console..
News Check Out the Final Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks Trailer
Can you believe the game is out in just one month?
The holiday season's coming up, so Nintendo is gearing up to release some of the biggest titles this year. New Super Mario Bros. Wii is out next week, and The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks is out in December. In anticipation of the latter, Nintendo has released one more trailer which should quell...
Too sexy for its shirt
When word leaked out that Sega's Sonic Team was working on a minigame collection for Nintendo's new DS system, many wondered why such a talented development group would be wasting their time creating something as trivial as a minigame compilation. Gamers got their answer with the release of Feel the Magic XX/YY (known as...
News Rare Pokémon Found at US Toys 'R' Us Stores
Get your Arceus down there!
Those of you Pokémon Platinum owners in the US who can haul off to a Toys 'R' Us before November 14th can snag themselves the ultimate Pokemon of all: Arceus. Those who receive this rare beast will discover it has already been levelled up to lvl.100, and has some pretty unique stats that can only be found on this version. This Arceus will come with a Classic Ribbon,..
Does the series' DS debut rock or roll over and die?
DS music game fans have a pretty good selection for a portable, with Nintendo's own stellar Rhythm Heaven and Activision's Guitar Hero and Band Hero outings eager to put your rhythm skills to work. Harmonix's Rock Band series has now taken the handheld's stage for the first time in the...
News Zelda Tin Switches Tracks to GAME
Limited preorder bonus still available
You may remember a few weeks ago we reported that Gamestation was stocking a limited edition figurine and tin set for Zelda: Spirit Tracks, but that they quickly sold out. Well, it seems they sold out because all the rest of the stock went to their parent company GAME. Yes, the pink-hued retailer are offering the figurines of Link and the Phantom as well as..
Competitions Do you feel lucky, punk?
Well, do ya? It's almost that time of year, the time of giving, we couldn't wait any longer so here's the winners from 4 of our recent fantastic competitions.
Okay, so let's get started... we've drawn the winners from the 100s of entries using our very faithful rand() function. Mario & Sonic at the Winter Olympic Games Giveaway: We
News Easy Piano DS With Keyboard Peripheral Announced
Pretend you're Beethoven on the bus next year
Publisher Valcon Games has announced that they'll be bringing Game Life's new music game Easy Piano to the DS, complete with a 13-key, full-octave keyboard peripheral. The game hopes to be an introductory teaching tool for playing the real piano, similar to how Art Academy wants to teach you how to draw fruit bowls. There's also a mode that prompts you..
News DSi XL Footage For Your Viewing Pleasure
See the monster handheld rolling
The Nintendo DSi XL (known as the Nintendo DSi LL in Japan) is the newest edition in the DS family and is slated for release in Japan on November 21st 2009. Europe and North America are to follow in the first quarter of 2010, with pricing still to be confirmed. The new console - which is essentially a bigger version of the DSi - hasn't had the best of receptions,..
News Nintendo To Bring 3G Connectivity To The DS?
Big N considering an "always on" connection for its popular handheld
While Nintendo has always maintained that it doesn't want to compete with mobile phone manufacturers, the company has revealed that it is considering the notion of adding some form of online data connection to its DS console. Chatting to the Financial Times, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata mentioned that he was attracted by the..
News Nintendo Announces DS Line-Up For THE WORLD
Release dates and windows for Europe, North America and Japan announced
Since the Wii release list was such a hit, Nintendo has followed up with a sequel in the form of a DS release list for the near future. There has been some fan backlash to this new list, with certain gamers upset that Nintendo has dared release a new list so shortly after the...
News Snag A Spooky Scribblenauts Level At The London Dungeon On Halloween
One day only!
Sure, you can conjure up vampires, werewolves, witches and pumpkins in developer 5TH Cell's DS write-em-up Scribblenauts, but you can't summon this freebie in-game. On Halloween, also known as this Saturday, publisher Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment will be giving away a macabre level to all those who dare enter London Dungeon and seek out "its scariest..
Talking Point How Does The DSi LL Compare To Rival Handhelds?
Nintendo's surprise confirmation of the DSi LL is proof that the company is willing to change the way it operates; normally, such a launch would be hyped to high heaven, but here's a machine that we knew little about yesterday - other than rumours - and it's going to be with Japanese gamers in less than a month. However, this isn't...
News DSi LL Coming To Europe First Quarter 2010
New console to be rebranded as the "DSi XL"?
Wondering if the recently confirmed DSi LL is coming to Europe? Wonder no longer. Website VG247 has pressed Nintendo Europe for an answer regarding this hot question and the company has confirmed that the new machine will be hitting The Old World in the first quarter of 2010. Nintendo Europe has also hinted that the console will be called DSi XL here..
News It's Official: Big-Screen DSi LL is Confirmed
The rumours were true after all - but is it a mistake to launch new hardware so soon after the DSi?
The DSi launch may seem like it was only yesterday but that hasn't stopped Nintendo from announcing a new version of its portable gaming system. As we reported recently, the large-screen DSi - known as the DSi LL - will feature bigger displays (4.2...
News Sega Invites You to Get Your PS0 On
Head to their San Francisco HQ for Phantasy Star multiplayer!
With Sega's epic multiplayer DS RPG Phantasy Star Zero hurtling towards its US release in a few weeks, the kind chaps and chapesses at SEGA have thrown open their doors to invite you - the great general public - the chance to visit their offices in San Francisco and enjoy the game in a multiplayer setting. If you're free on Wednesday..
Competitions Win a DSi and Nostalgia!
Yet another competition... this time we've got a shiny white DSi and a copy of Nostalgia up for grabs.
In celebration of the release of Ignition Entertainment's brand new DS RPG Nostalgia, we here at Nintendo Life are giving our North American readers a chance to win a brand new Nintendo DSi system and a copy of Nostalgia to play on it, lucky you!...
News ABC Murders Investigates DS Next Month
Work with Poirot to solve the mystery!
JoWood Entertainment AG, a European publisher and distributor with a global presence, has announced a new adventure game based upon a novel by renowned mystery scribe Agatha Christie for the Nintendo DS: Vienna, Austria, September 14, 2009; Agatha Christie's A.B.C Murders tells the story of Captain Hastings and Hercule Poirot as they attempt to solve a..
Competitions Mario & Sonic at the Winter Olympics (Update)
SEGA UK offer up some official Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games goodies for our European AND Australian readers.
We've once again teamed up with SEGA to celebrate the launch of Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games giving you lucky readers the chance to win some official Mario & Sonic goodies. We've got 5x Packs up for grabs...
One of the most unique and enjoyable DS RPGs to date.
The developers of Nostalgia have repeatedly stated that they've been putting the game together for the better part of a decade. While this might seem like an exaggeration at first, when you begin playing the finished product you'll quickly see the many different eras of RPG influences that make...
News Japan to Receive Widescreen DSi
Another variant of the console heading to Japan soon
Just as we were reporting on the possible development of an nVidia-powered DSi successor, Japanese website Nikkei has published a news story claiming Nintendo are ready to launch another variant of the console's current iteration, the DSi. According to the report, the console will boast screens...
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- Have a sexual partner who is diagnosed with hepatitis C
- Have or had a partner who had many sex partners
- Are a current drug user who injected drugs with needles
- Are a former drug user who has used a needle at least once in their life
- Have been on hemodialysis for a longer period of time due to kidney disease
- Received an organ transplant before 1992
- Received a blood transfusion before 1992
- Have HIV
- Are working in healthcare and is exposed to blood or bodily fluids
- Have symptoms and evidence of liver disease
- Are born between the ages of 1945 and 1965
People should be regularly tested for this condition, especially if they are in the group presented above, mostly because the beginning phase of this disease shows no symptoms at all in most cases. If one takes proper care and visits the doctor's office regularly for a hepatitis C test, the doctor can see the level of liver enzymes in the blood and evaluate if they are higher than usual. Additionally, there are many other tests that are performed in order to set a hepatitis C diagnosis.
Table of Contents
- 1 How is Hepatitis C Diagnosed?
- 2 When Should You Call the Doctor?
- 3 Who Can Diagnose Hepatitis C?
How is Hepatitis C Diagnosed?
There are a few ways to diagnose a patient with hepatitis C:
1. Antibody Test
If you are wondering if you have hepatitis C, an antibody test is one way to find out. The first way of checking whether a patient has the infection or not is by doing a blood test for the antibody. When you opt for an antibody test, the doctors will take your blood and send it for examination at the lab. The test used to determine whether the blood is infected with the hepatitis C virus is called OraQuick. It is called this way since it gives a result in as little as 20 minutes.
The accuracy of the test is pretty high, which means that if the test does not find anything that indicates the person is infected, they are probably not. However, if you are doubting that you have gotten the virus in the past 6 months, you may want to do the test again later, just to be sure.
The antibody test is good, but it is definitely not perfect. In some cases, this test shows that a person has an infection, even when they do not. There are cases where patients were treated from hepatitis C before and do not currently have the virus, but the test is still positive.
2. PCR Test
The next step after the positive antibody test is a PCR test. This test is used not only to confirm the diagnosis but to also look for the genetic material of the virus in the patient's body.
In cases where the antibody test is false and the person no longer has the hepatitis C virus, the PCR test will not find anything. In these cases, doctors usually do the test twice to make sure.
If both the antibody and PCR tests are positive, the patient is infected with the virus and needs to start with immediate treatment.
3. Liver Biopsy, Fibrosure Blood Test and Ultrasound
A liver biopsy is a test that is done prior to the start of the treatment. This test is used to show the severity of the virus i.e. the harm it has done to the patient's body.
The liver biopsy is done with the help of a special needle that the doctor inserts into the liver, through the patient's skin, with the goal of removing a sample of liver tissue.
This liver tissue is sent to the lab to check the damage the virus has done to the liver. Treatment is then set accordingly.
There are also other ways of measuring liver damage. These tests are a Fibrosure blood test and a test based on an ultrasound of the liver. The choice between damage tests depends on the patient's condition and the doctor's recommendation.
4. Liver Enzyme and Function Tests
This test was formerly called the liver function test or LFT. We are speaking of a few blood tests that are used to detect the liver's damage and inflammation. Such tests are performed after the hepatitis C diagnosis is set i.e. when the doctors are certain that the patient has the virus.
Aside from checking the damage, these tests are often used to check how well the liver is functioning. These include:
- Alkaline phosphatase
- Albumin
- Bilirubin
The doctors usually check the liver's condition and functioning in a hepatitis C patient during the physicals or in freshly diagnosed patients. In most cases, they order a routine lab test that includes a liver test panel.
Most commonly, a liver enzyme and function tests are recommended to people who:
- Drink alcohol often and excessively
- Have a bile system disease or symptoms of it such as nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain and yellow skin
- Are taking a medication that is bad for the liver
- Have a liver disease
The abovementioned liver tests can be done in combinations or tested separately.
ALT and AST
The job of the liver is to process the filtered blood throughout the human body. IN the process of filtering the blood, the liver detoxifies the substances that can harm the body, metabolize nutrients and make proteins for blood clotting. Additionally, there are many other important functions it performs.
When the liver cells that contain enzymes, which actually drive all these reactions, are destroyed or somehow damaged, these proteins or enzymes start leaking into the blood. This is why they can be measured with the use of blood tests.
When a liver blood test is performed, doctors check for two main enzymes of this organ: aspartate aminotransferase and alanine aminotransferase. The first is also called SGOT and is found in many tissues besides the liver, including the muscles. The latter is also called SGPT and it is only found in the liver.
When it comes to these two tests, liver damage is existent when they are elevated.
Alkaline Phosphatase, GGT, and 5′ Nucleotidase
The liver also produces bile. The bile's purpose is to digest the fat in the body. Bile is stored in the gallbladder, which is located underneath the liver but it actually flows through the liver in ducts (small tubes' system).
When the liver is damaged, the bile flow is often slower or even completely blocked. When this happens, the level of alkaline phosphatase, gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase, and 5′ nucleotidase are increased.
The condition of these enzymes in the blood is checked by liver tests. Out of the three, the most commonly tested enzyme is alkaline phosphatase. When this enzyme is elevated there is a certain problem with the bile flow. The same is the case of an increase in 5′ nucleotidase and GGT.
Bile flow issues show problems with the gallbladder, the liver or the tubes that connect the two.
PT and INR
As we said, the liver has many functions. Besides the ones we mentioned above, the liver also creates proteins, which aid the blood clotting. The tests that check the function of the liver check for its ability to make such proteins.
These tests are prothrombin time or PT and International normalized ratio or INR. The first is a test that examines the time that it takes for the blood to clot. This test is done in a lab, under specific conditions and with a blood sample from the patient. The prothrombin test takes longer time if there are some factors of decreased blood clotting.
The latter is a standardized way of reporting the PT that makes all labs share and compare results with each other.
When the liver starts failing the clotting process, the PT and the INR will rise.
Another function of the liver is to create a protein that will circulate in the blood, which is called albumin. When the patients have a severe chronic disease of the liver, such as hepatitis C virus, they have low albumin levels.
This test shows whether the body produces normal or reduced levels of albumin. However, even if the test shows abnormal amounts, this does not necessarily mean that the patient has hepatitis C. The test is not a very reliable one when it comes to diagnosing a particular liver disease.
The last one is a product that comes as a waste when the red blood cells break down. The liver uses this waste by processing it on its way to be excreted in the stool. When checking the bilirubin, tests can show elevated bilirubin blood levels in cases where the bile flow is impaired. The thing is, bilirubin also flows through the bile ducts and it is actually dissolved in the bile.
When the bile flow is impaired, the patient may be suffering from a liver, gallbladder or bile system disease. In cases where the bilirubin is high, the person may develop jaundice and have yellow skin.
When Should You Call the Doctor?
If you are diagnosed with hepatitis C, there are several cases where you should immediately get a medical consult. These cases are:
- When you are having hallucinations
- When you are extremely confused
- When you are vomiting blood
- When you have rectum bleeding
Who Can Diagnose Hepatitis C?
If you think you may have been infected with the virus, the first thing you need to do is consult a doctor. You can make a home test for hepatitis C, but the best way to make sure that you do not have the infection is by consulting a specialist. People who can diagnose you with hepatitis C are:
- Your family physician
- Pediatrician
- Physician assistant
- Specialist for infectious diseases
- Internist
- gastroenterologist
- Nurse practitioner
- hepatologist
- gynecologist
Not treating the hepatitis C infection is a dangerous thing and it is best to take things under control immediately. In some cases, people who are infected with the disease terminate it with treatment, while in others, this condition turns into a chronic one. Considering that there are often no symptoms at the beginning, it is best that you immediately check for infection if you suspect that you may have been infected with hepatitis C.


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The issue of housing and its relationship to health care services is a simple issue in practice, and a complex issue in policy. In my briefing yesterday, Are Medicaid Managed Care Plans Ready For The Justice-Involved Consumer?), housing looms large as a key to providing stable health services and preventing recidivism. And, with 600,000 homeless Americans (see The State of Homelessness In America 2014) – 30% of whom have mental health disorders and 50% have a co-occurring addictive disorder (see Current Statistics On The Prevalence And Characteristics Of People Experiencing Homelessness In The United States) – the issue is not insignificant in scale.
The statistics showing the relationship of housing status and health are pretty clear. For example, data show that mortality rates for the homeless are three time greater than the general population. And when a consumer who is high utilizer of health care services gains supportive housing, average hospital cost savings are $3,022 per person per month, or 86% of prior costs (see Crisis Indicator: Triage Tool for Identifying Homeless Adults in Crisis).
The case for housing as an integral part of health care was laid out very eloquently last year by then New York State Health Commissioner, Dr. Nirav Shah, in a The New England Journal of Medicine article, Housing As Health Care — New York's Boundary-Crossing Experiment):
Placing people who are homeless in supportive housing — affordable housing paired with supportive services such as on-site case management and referrals to community-based services — can lead to improved health, reduced hospital use, and decreased health care costs, especially when frequent users of health services are targeted….
Interestingly he makes the case that New York Medicaid already pays for housing in the form of nursing homes and that "New York Medicaid payments for nursing-facility stays are $217 per day, as compared with costs of $50 to $70 per day for supportive housing", meaning that preventing inpatient hospitalizations, at $2,219 per day, could lead to a lot of supportive housing.
Those arguments aside, Medicaid (or any other payer) does not pay for housing costs (see Medicaid Financing For Services In Supportive Housing For Chronically Homeless People: Current Practices and Opportunities), but rather pays for coordination and delivery of integrated health, mental health, and substance use services combined with housing for chronically homeless people. In an interview with NPR (see New York Debates Whether Housing Counts As Health Care), Bruce Vladeck, President Clinton's head of Medicaid and Medicare summed up the view succinctly. He said that federal Medicaid dollars can't and shouldn't be used to pay for housing. "It's not cost-effective….Medicaid is supposed to be health insurance, and not every problem somebody has is a health care problem."
He doesn't disagree, however, that housing support is needed – rather that housing programs should be paid by housing agencies. "As a society, both in the private sector and the public sector, we are really cheap and niggling and resentful about paying for social services, and we are much more generous when it comes to paying for health services…."
With more pressure for health plans and provider organizations to reduce spending, the policy debate about the many social determinants of health – including housing – will become more acute. For more on the housing issue and its effect on service delivery for consumers with complex chronic conditions, check out these resources in the OPEN MINDS Industry Library:
- Medicaid-Financed Services in Supportive Housing for High-Need Homeless Beneficiaries: The Business Case
- FrontLine Service & Cuyahoga County Launching $5 Million Family Homelessness & Child Welfare Pay-For-Success Project
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- The Applicability Of Housing First Models To Homeless Persons With Serious Mental Illness
- New York Awards $40 Million In Supportive Housing Funding
- New York Medicaid Partnership Plan Waiver Extension Application, May 15, 2014
- Medicaid & Permanent Supportive Housing For Chronically Homeless Individuals: Emerging Practices From The Field
- New York Medicaid Redesign Team Supportive Housing Allocation Plan 2014-15 & 2015-16
- VA Announces New Grants To Help End Veteran Homelessness
And for a cutting edge perspective on how health plans are addressing housing and social determinants of health in population health management, join me in at the 2015 OPEN MINDS Performance Management Institute for the opening keynote address, A New Future For Behavioral Health: Using Public Health Models To Manage Population Health, by Arthur C. Evans, Ph.D., Commissioner, Philadelphia Department of Behavioral Health & Intellectual disAbility Services.


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Magazine with everything about the soccer club FC Emmen. Looking back from the last game and get acquaintance with the players and staff of FC Emmen.
General director Wim Beekman wants the fans to get further connect with the club. "We find it very important that the supporters are informed in different ways about their club.
In recent months, we noticed that the items of FC Emmen TV are widely viewed and we also get a lot of positive reactions", says Beekman.
FC Emmen TV is the soccer magazine around FC Emmen, with a look behind the scenes at the club. There also will be a look back on the games of FC Emmen, interviews with the coach and the players, but also the viewers will learn more how a professional soccer team operates.
In addition, there is attention for friendly matches played by the club and will address a variety of activities of the club.
FC Emmen TV is made by René Posthuma.