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The Oblivion Room: Stories of Violation
Christopher Conlon
Evil Jester Press, June 2013
Trade paperback, $14.95
Reviewed by Michael R. Collings
I discovered the short stories of Edgar Allan Poe quite early in my teens and read them voraciously. I've re-read most many times over the course of the intervening fifty years or so, but I still vividly remember my essentially visceral reaction to my first encounter with several of them: the fantastic gorgeousness of "The Masque of the Red Death," which I recently cribbed from (only slightly) for a Lovecraftian novella; the calm, rational madness of "The Black Cat" and "The Cask of Amontillado";and—perhaps most dramatically of all—the smothering darkness and ultimate meaninglessness, as it seemed to me, of "The Pit and the Pendulum." Over the years I have not encountered a story that touched me, that horrified me, in quite the same way as that one did.
Until I was asked to review Christopher Conlon's impressive collection, The Oblivion Room: Stories of Violation.
As is my wont with a new book, I took it with me to a nearby fast-food restaurant, where I could enjoy it in the relative silence (mostly silence from my internal noises). And, as is completely understandable, I began with the first story, the eponymous "The Oblivion Room."
And suddenly, it seemed as if I were in the world of "The Pit and the Pendulum" again…for the first time. Even though the stories are, on the surface, different.
Conlon's character—and indeed, one could almost say that there is only one character in the story—is a woman, a wife and a mother. She is an average person in all respects, except that she is imprisoned in an utterly lightless cell, circular, with no perceivable openings. She receives food, of a sort, but only when she is asleep. She is naked. She has no matrix by which to judge time. All she can do is remember…and structure her memories into a mental journal—the story—so that whatever happens, she will never forget who she is and what is happening to her.
Then, incredibly, she discovers a single flaw in her cell: a barely discernible crack, only inches long and scarcely deeper than her smallest fingernail.
Not much, but it gives her life and hope.
To tell more would be to lessen the shock and surprise that Conlon so adroitly builds over the twenty-plus pages of the story. He so orchestrates her memories and her struggles to maintain them that the simple act of recall becomes both heroic and manic…rather as it would be with one of Poe's characters.
The second story, "On Tuesday the Stars All Fell From the Sky," is in its own way entirely unlike the first…and identical to it.
Another bit of reminiscence.
As a graduate student, I worked with Ernest Hemingway's In Our Time. Most of the stories I have (unfortunately) forgotten, but one remains, vivid in atmosphere, tone, and extraordinary control. The main character of "Big Two-Hearted River," Nick Adams, embarks on a fishing trip. That is the entire plot. The story is composed of Adam's meticulous attention to every detail around him, with several paragraphs devoted to the mundane act of making coffee over a campfire. Toward the end, he stands on a bridge of the Big Two-Heart River and watches several fish swimming against the current, making no progress but not getting swept backward either.
Shell-shocked, returning from the horrors of World War I, Adams is himself struggling to maintain. His ritualized descriptions and painstakingly controlled actions are the only recourse he has to a world that is insane…and deadly. Like the fish, he makes no headway, but neither does he dissolve into madness.
Conlon's story gave me the same sense of overt restraint over underlying madness, but here, we know precisely how mad Terrence Stillwater actually is (ah! If I were still in graduate school, I would make much of the symbolism of his last name!). When he awakens one morning, he knows, without knowing how or why, that there is a thing to so.
He does it.
And goes through the day alternatively half-remembering it and half-denying, even in the face of incontrovertible evidence, that it happened.
As with Hemingway's story, Conlon's draws its strength—and its horror—from juxtaposing two sides of Stillwater's personality and his attempts to create a "normal" life, even though he ultimately knows that any pretense at normality is merely that…a pretense.
The next three stories each deserve full discussion, but for the sake of conciseness, I can only suggest their power and effectiveness. In "Skating the Shattered Glass Sea," a twin visits his sister for the first time in half a century…in her cramped, dark room in a mental institution; only there can the old man he has become truly comprehend the tragedy of what her instability and their separation has cost them both. "The Long Light of Sunday Afternoon" (a bit of a Hemingwayesque title) is a gentle ghost story, in which an old man—a recurring theme in several of the stories—is given a choice…or perhaps only a vision. "Grace" is an eerie tale of an empty house, about to be torn down in the wake of new construction, that contains a terrible secret for Abby Winter, as well as the possibility of restoration if she has the courage to open the closet door.
Each is memorable in its own right, told with clarity and directness that nonetheless combine to create a moment of horror.
The capstone and highlight of the collection, however, is the novella, "Welcome Jeanne Krupa, World's Greatest Girl Drummer!" Set in the midst of World War II, it tells of a jazz ensemble, the Skye High Five, through the eyes of a young man fresh from the plains of Nebraska (and from a town perfectly named 'Lonestone'). The first pages concentrate on background, particularly his, and depicting a world in which the only young men are "4-Fers" rejected by the military, and the old men—including three of the ensemble—are decades older. Into the closed world of the Five comes something new and fresh: Jeanette Crupiti, a phenomenal autodidact on the drums, lying about her age and secretive about her backgrounds but capable of playing at the level of the great Gene Krupa himself.
The story unwinds at what seems a leisurely pace as the band works, improves, and steadily moves toward greatness.
Then, enter the villain, Jeanette's cousin, Boone Branson. There is no secret about his villainy; Conlon makes that clear on the first page. But there are other secrets that gradually, inexorably emerge, and in doing so threaten Jeanette, the narrator, and the band.
Underlying the story, however, are two consistent themes. The first is spoken by Jeanette when she asks "Who do you think people love each other?" Once asked, the question reverberates through what we know of her life, and what we learn of the narrator's. The second comes from the narrator, Lester:
"I took a walk down to the ocean—we were playing a club on the beach, our hotel was attached to it—and I breathed the heady salt air for a while, trying to clear my head. Understand, no one used words like stalker or dysfunctional or codependent back them. I'd never heard of such things. "
But it doesn't require words for a thing to exist—look at the terrors faced by the nameless woman in "The Oblivion Room", or the dreadful sense of things unnamable and unforgivable going out of control in "On Tuesday the Stars All Fell From the Sky"; or the soul-killing loss in "Skating the Shattered Glass Sea." And even without the words, even intuiting what is to come, readers are invited into Lester's world to understand the irrevocable mark one person can make…for good or for evil.
The Oblivion Room: Stories of Violation is a perfect title for the collection. Throughout there is violation: physical, mental, emotional, spiritual. The stories provide little ground for hope; at best, perhaps, there is only endurance and remembrance. They might seem rather cold, impersonal, dispassionate, almost dissociated, as if the horror implicit in the story-telling were too much for the narrators. Readers eager for "slash-and-burn" horror might be disappointed in them—not for their lack of blood and violence, which occur, but for Conlon's detachment and refusal to glory in them for their own sake. Suffering happens; and we must struggle to endure. But those seeking the deeper realms of fear and terror, found primarily in suggestion and indirection and obliqueness, The Oblivion Room is a must.
Highly recommended.


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If you want to be successful in network marketing for the long haul, you have to become a LEADER. Study the top earners in our industry and they are ALL leaders. Yes, they have different personalities, backgrounds and leadership styles, but their leadership qualities are pretty much the same.
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People become leaders because they CHOOSE to be leaders. It never happens by accident. You can't make anyone be a leader. A duty position or job position does not make you a leader. Neither does your title or pin level in your MLM Company. You are a leader because of your actions, your daily habits, your attitude, your mindset and your decisions.
# 1 Your Actions – Actions speak louder than words. I've met countless people who talk a big game, but if you were to look at their calendar, you would see that they are only "talking a big game" but they aren't doing anything to support their talking. A MLM Leader makes sure their actions speak louder than their words. They are more busy DOING things than they are SAYING things. They're constantly talking to people, showing the plan, following up, sponsoring people, getting customers and building a team. They're in the trenches day in and day out building their business. They're setting an example for their group by what they do, not what they say.
# 2 Your Habits – Our habits will ultimately determine whether or not we become successful in life and in business. Show me someone's habits and I can tell you whether or not they will be successful in this industry. In network marketing, habits like personal growth, reading daily, filling up the calendar with money producing activities, setting goals, and being consistent will ultimately determine your success. MLM Leaders have good habits. They do all of the things I just mentioned. People who quit do the exact opposite. They have bad habits.
# 3 Your Attitude – Your attitude will determine your altitude. I read that somewhere many years ago and it is so true. MLM Leaders have a Positive Mental Attitude. They do not let temporary failure and temporary setbacks defeat them. They get no shows and people quit their team, but they don't let these things get them down or keep them down. They look for the positive in things and they are a pleasure to be around, because they are so positive. This attracts others into their business and causes others to want to be around them. The bottom line is that leaders have a good attitude. And they guard their attitude like their life depends upon it.
# 4 Your Mindset – MLM Leaders have a BUSINESS mindset. They look at their business as an asset that has EQUITY. They know that Rome wasn't built in a day. They treat their business like they have ONE MILLION dollars invested in it. They also have realistic expectations about how long it takes to build a successful business.
# 5 Your Decisions – MLM Leaders base ALL of their decisions on the LONG-TERM. They are not trying to get instant gratification or instant results. They have a vision for their business and everything they do or don't do is based upon that vision. They make business decisions that are logical, not emotional. They don't let hype affect them, nor do they let temporary defeat set them back. Simply put, they make business decisions.
Final Thoughts
In summary, if you want to become a MLM Leader, you have to think differently about your business than most network marketers do. You have to make sure your actions match your words. You have to develop good habits. You have to develop a Positive Mental Attitude. You have to develop a business mindset. And you have to make business decisions that are logical, not emotional.
The beauty of this is that anyone can do it. All it takes is a decision and TIME. It won't happen overnight. But within a few years, anyone can really develop their leadership skills and mind-set and become a person worth following.
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Objective: To document the characteristics of acute care patient transfers from rural West Virginia hospitals.
Data Sources/Study Setting: Hospital patient charts in rural West Virginia hospitals
Design: We examined 40 acute care patient transfers from rural West Virginia hospitals for patients' age, gender, race and primary health insurance, the diagnosis and desired specialty service. We compared patients who were not transferred. For each transfer we collected data on the reason for transfer, the availability of beds of the appropriate acuity level as well as the availability of the relevant specialty at the time of transfer.
Principal Findings: Transferred patients were more likely than non-transferred patients to be younger, severely ill and diagnosed with acute coronary syndrome. The relevant specialist was available at the transferring hospital in 6 out of 30 transfers. Beds were available in all cases.
Conclusions: This pilot study provides an agenda for future research into the decision to transfer patients for acute care from rural hospitals.
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3. Casey M, McCullough J, Krieger R. University of Minnesota Rural Health Research Center. Which Medicare Patients Are Transferred from Rural Emergency Departments? Policy Brief June 2014. Available at: http://rhrc.umn.edu/2014/06/which-medicare-patients-are-transferred-from-rural-emergencydepartments/ [accessed on July 29, 2016].
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6. Westfall JM, Kiefe CI, Weissman NW et al. Does interhospital transfer improve outcome of acute myocardial infarction? A propensity score analysis from the Cardiovascular Cooperative Project. BMC Cardiovascular Disorders. 2008;8:22. doi: 10.1186/1471-2261-8-22. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2261-8-22
7. Muus,KJ, Knudson AD, Klug MG, Wynee J. In-hospital mortality among rural medicare patients with acute myocardial infarction: the influence of demographics, transfer, and health factors. Journal of Rural Health.2011; 27(4):394-400. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-0361.2010.00351.x
8. Kudlow P, Burns KEA, Adhikari NKJ, et al. Inter-hospital transfers and outcomes of critically ill patients with severe acute kidney injury: a multicenter cohort study. Critical Care. 2014;18:513.https://doi.org/10.1186/s13054-014-0513-1
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Nair, Dilip; Vaughan, Freddie; and Bennett, Katherine
"A Chart Review of Acute Care Inter-Hospital Transfers from Rural WV Hospitals,"
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Engineered wood flooring is also all wood, but it's put together in cross-banded layers for enhanced dimensional stability. This makes it suitable for below-grade installation.
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I've been living in Paris now for more than 6 months. The reasons that made me leave my country were multiple: lack of intellectual stimulus, feeling of getting stuck in a career path too soon, uninteresting professional landscape and way too much memories everywhere. After six months, my mind is a bit clogged and need some relief to structure things a bit.
Professional Life
On this part I must say that I got everything that I expected. My career evolved in the most interesting way and at an incredible pace those last months, and the coming months promise interesting challenges I couldn't expect to find in Belgium. It seems that in order to evolve you have to break things and dare to jump. While it has been a bit frightening, I'm really happy with the results.
Concerning the French professional world, things are quite different. I think the main part is how much the personal side affects work and how everything is tied to human relationships (and no clear division between work and its producer). From time to time I have the feeling of being stuck in a Game of Thrones episode, which isn't quite pleasant as I'm usually the kind of person that tend to avoid conflict when it's unnecessary and who try to be honest. Politics and powerplay makes navigating into the French professional landscape quite strange.
Colleagues & friends
While I always thought myself as more of an introvert, I discovered that I needed people around me way more than I thought. And on this side I've been quite lucky, the people have met until here, mainly thanks to my work and social networks have been both intellectually challenging and profoundly humans. I discovered tremendous people and some of them already play a big part in my life and in the span of 6 months became really important for me, some of them I can really call close friends. I've also discovered friends with whom I can be totally myself, without any needs for barriers or anything, which felt quite as a relief when I lived most of my life using a fake self persona to go through social life.
However, there's a dark side to this. While work helped me to connect easily with people in an interesting way, I found the way people behave here in Paris quite strange. I tried to connect outside my circle but always felt that you somehow need to gain the right to talk to some people. After some time trying to engage into unilateral conversations, I decided to dedicate my time to my friends here and colleague and avoid some areas (I'll develop).
Gay places, apps and lgbt life in general
I've always had troubles getting into the LGBT life, and wrote quite a lot about it. But after some years of trying, I've decided to take some radical decisions and cut the ties with anything related to it. I've deleted both the dating apps (which helped me rebuild my self esteem and personal energy) and quit the LGBT associations I was part of.
The main reasons were both the fact that I didn't felt I needed to keep on trying to have conversations where I had to gain some divine right to talk to the person. In fact, I was exhausted to always be the one leading the discussion without any feedback. This hit me after meeting a friend's friend for the 4th time and when he realized he didn't knew a single thing about me… because he never returned any answer.
The second reason was the perpetual drama. As I said I hate conflict, especially unnecessary conflict. I couldn't take anymore the relationships drama going all around, keeping in mind who wanted to talk to who, who was deadly enemy and things like that.
This also lead me to leave my main Twitter account and focus on my professional one. Since then I feel like I'm able to breath and feel generally better about myself.
Rebuilding a social circle
With all this I've rebuilt a social circle of what I consider to be people both intellectually challenging but also benevolent people. Being with them makes me grow, evolve and learn. And I'm assured that any drama coming my way won't be unnecessary but something that requires time, dedication and help to grow.
I've taken steps to remove all the toxic people from my life, but also the people who hurt me even not willingly. I have enough good and close friends to keep on hurting myself.
I've deleted the apps to give myself a bit of breath but also because I realized several things. The first one is that the reason that make me synchronize with a human being are quite blurry, and hard to define. This lead to a lot of search on the dating apps to find those special people I could connect to. But spending a lot of time on those apps takes a deadly toll: self esteem destruction, constant comparison toward society ideals, rejection, … The fact was that I was investing a lot of time on those for maybe 1% return of investment. Not a great idea.
The second reason was that I realized I needed time for myself. The previous years haven't been kind on the sentimental level and I was barely able to stand up again. While I think I have a lot to offer, it's time also for me to meet someone who's ready to invest into a relationship as much as I am. I realized that those things would come in time, but that now, I didn't have any energy left, nor the capacity to handle another failure. I can accept to welcome things as they come, but can't invest in this area of my life all by myself at the moment.
In contradiction, I've realized that I was ready for someone to enter my life. While it's still healing, my heart finally stopped aching. I'm still in defensive mode, so the next one will have some battles to fight, but still, I'm ready to accept someone for who he's and not because I'm in pain. And that's quite an evolution. The thing I expect from a soulmate became also quite precise which helped me quite a lot.
The next steps
I thought I'd stay 5 years here, but reconsidering some parts (mainly how the society works and things I've expressed here), I think I'd switch to 3 years then see another place. I realized there was much to discover still and places to go, and I'm too eager to stay in some place I don't really love.
I wanted to tackle a master in management, but I realized that this was important only for the French society. The competences I've gained and will gain in the coming months will be more valuable than any paper I could gain, and the financial and time costs would be way too heavy for what I could gain. There are other ways to evolve that will suit me better, so I'm still giving me sometime to think about.
And that's aaaall for the moment.
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Yeah i agree with the wuhan. Like Naigewron said though make sure you try a few out first though. SNSRus what is the difference between a regular Wuhan China and a Lion china?X2 on the Wuhan. 18" Lion China. Crazy-trashy. Don't buy it for it's high reputation to cracking though. You gotta take it easy on the Wuhans.
O alright so it is the same thingI believe they're all officially called Wuhan Lion chinas, but since they only have the one series, people generally just refer to them as Wuhan chinas
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She worked with us to implement contemporary marketing tactics including social media, blogging, and email marketing and, overall, helped nurture a culture of marketing and business development for our attorneys."
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She helped us achieve a superior result and gave us tremendous value for our time and money. We have already received accolades from people who have seen our site."
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What a day! Look what I happened upon:Whoever you are out there that donated this to D.I., I thank you!!!Yay!!! I couldn't pass it up. Believe me, I tried. I stared at this thing for about 20 minutes. I had a few older gentlemen shoppers approach me and tell me what a good deal that was and that it had come down in price. I bought it not even thinking that it would be completely impossible for me to get it into my van. It's pretty gigantic. Luckily my dad is the kind of guy who will help anyone on a moments notice. He came and loaded it up in his truck and drove it out to my house. So nice. A mantle has been on my dream home checklist for awhile now! Lucky me! I'm just trying to decide on a color and then I'll get started!
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KIND Healthy Grains…Simply sweeet
I received complimentary Kind bars for review purposes. All opinions are my own.
It has been a long, cold winter, and my go-to coco and cookies was not making the cut for this fit mama. I needed something a little sweet, but was still healthy and gave me the pick-me-up that I needed when the kids were napping, and I still have a million things to get done before dinner.
I switched out the coco for green tea, and then I found KIND Healthy Grains needed a reviewer. It was another cold rainy day when my samples arrived, and I was ready to dig in and sample the products. I received 5 flavorful types of their healthy grain bars- Dark Chocolate Chunk, Oats & Honey, Maple Pumpkin Seeds with Sea Salt, Vanilla Blueberry and Peanut Butter Dark Chocolate. Toted as being chewy with a crunch these gluten free 100% whole grains (oats, millet, quinoa, amaranth and buckwheat) have 150 calories and 3 grams of protein.
I especially enjoyed the Vanilla Blueberry with the little blueberries in between the grains. It was more than flavoring, but actual blueberries. The Peanut Butter Dark Chocolate and Dark Chocolate Chunk hit the spot during those chocolate craving days. No need to feel guilty about eating this chocolate with the low calories and healthy grain goodness.
The Oats & Honey almost reminded me of eating a Rice Krispy Treat with it's chewy sticky honey. It makes a great healthy substitute. The Maple Pumpkin Seeds was my least favorite. It had an overall good taste, but it was too seedy and crumbly for my taste. All-in-all the KIND Healthy Grain bars were excellent substitutions for cookies.
Not only were these bars kinder to my body, but I was happy to learn that KIND Healthy Snacks is really kind company. Each month they give $10,000 to a project that you can submit on their website. From Save a Warrior to Helping families with babies in the NICU, these projects help many people.
It's nice to know that when I sip my green tea and munch on a KIND Healthy Grain bar that I'm helping someone in the process. It's the little things like grains, a small snack and a smile that makes kindness grow.


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Invicta Move to PPV for Cyborg vs. Coenen
June 21, 2013 | News | No Comments|
Invicta FC will present its next show on July 13th on PPV. The main event features Cris Cyborg facing Marloes Coenen in a battle of the top two women not signed to UFC as they square off for the featherweight title.
The show will be broadcast at 9 PM ET on iN Demand, Dish Network and Avail-TV in the US and Bell in Canada for an economical price of $14.95. Whether you'll pay $15 to see Cyborg is another story.
Tags: Cris Cyborg, Cyborg, Marloes Coenen, Mixed Martial Arts
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Product Supply Operations - Bothell, Washington
The Validation Leader is part of a team of highly skilled Scientists and Engineers responsible for technical and scientific support to the manufacturing of all Seattle Genetics products, whether manufactured internally or at contract manufacturing organizations (CMO's). The incumbent is an expert and has extensive knowledge of Validation and plays a pivotal leadership and coordinating role for the end to end validation process. This role leads and oversees Product Supply's facility, equipment and process validation programs and partners with IT in the Computer Systems Validation (CSV) for manufacturing processes, equipment & facilities. The Validation Leader develops global strategies and standards to ensure manufacturing facilities and processes are validated and maintained in a state of compliance with applicable cGMPs, global health authority regulations and industry standards. The Validation Leader partners with Manufacturing, MSAT, Development/Process Sciences, Quality, IT and Regulatory and EHS to manage the development of the master validation plans, their execution and lifecycle management.
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As the leading employer in our industry in the Pacific Northwest, Seattle Genetics is proud to offer a competitive total compensation package as well as a comprehensive benefits program designed to support the whole lives of our employees and their families. Benefits include medical, vision and dental coverage, group and supplemental life insurance, 401(k) with company match, tuition reimbursement, relocation assistance and much more. To learn more about Seattle Genetics, please visit www.seattlegenetics.com.
Seattle Genetics is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applications will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, age, gender identity, sexual orientation, color, religion, sex, marital status, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law.
Seagen is an Equal Opportunity Employer
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A settlement, which resolves the action in its entirety, has been approved by the Alberta Court in the class action relating to the fall 2012 recall of beef products processed by XL Foods.
You could be eligible for settlement benefits if you purchased or consumed recalled beef or if you purchased beef that could not be positively identified as not being recalled beef.
A class action lawsuit has been commenced against XL Foods Inc. ("XL Foods") in connection with the fall 2012 recall of beef products processed at the XL Foods facility in Brooks, Alberta. The recall was issued as a result of a possible E. coli contamination.
The class action alleges that XL Foods negligently produced certain beef products processed at the Brooks facility. Specifically, the claim alleges that XL Foods was negligent in the design and implementation of control, sampling and testing procedures and that, upon discovering the possible E. coli contamination, XL Foods was negligent in managing the resulting product recall.
You can apply for monies under the settlement if:
(a) you consumed Recalled XL Beef and experienced a personal injury as a result. You can claim both for your personal injury and a refund of the purchase price (if you haven't already received a refund); or
(b) you purchased Recalled XL Beef or Unidentifiable Beef and disposed of the beef without receiving a refund.
Symptoms associated with E. coli exposure typically appear one to ten days after exposure and include: severe stomach cramps; watery or bloody diarrhea; vomiting; nausea; headache; and little or no fever. Some people can develop more serious consequences, such as kidney failure, seizures and stroke. E. coli exposure can also exacerbate pre-existing medical conditions.
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Justin Verlander wins AL Most Valuable Player
With a no-hitter, an AL pitching Triple Crown and a Tigers division title on his resume, Tigers right-hander Justin Verlander became the first starting pitcher in a quarter-century — and the first Tigers player since 1984 — to win AL MVP, beating out Boston's Jacoby Ellsbury and Toronto's Jose Bautista for the league's highest individual honor.
Verlander received 13 of 28 first-place votes from members of the Baseball Writers' Association of America. Just as important, Verlander received three votes for second place and three votes for third, bolstering his point total to 280. Last week, Verlander was a unanimous selection as the AL Cy Young award.


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According to a recent YoungMoney.com poll, 65% of respondents believe that all Americans deserve health care. 13% think we all should have health care but are queasy about the price of Obama's overhaul plan. 52% are flat our in favor no matter what it costs. Think about that for a second, young adults. More than half of your fellow citizens (and obviously some of you also) believe that a giant leap toward socialism will cure all the system's ills.
And now comes news that doctors are prepared to leave medicine altogether if Obama's health plan is actually put into action.
The issue here is one that might make your noggin hurt a little bit. You might have to think, darn it. Here it is: What exactly does a human being deserve? The only thing our Declaration of Independence guarantees is the life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. By what chain of logic does a group of people come to the conclusion that health care is their right?
Just because you want it doesn't mean you deserve it. The word deserve, in this instance, indicates there is some innate quality inside each and every one of us that causes us to claim ownership of the fruits of another person's labor. Where we come from that's called communism, socialism, or flat out thievery, none of which are tenets our country was based on.
And where does it stop? Do you also deserve a high-paying job, a new car in your garage, and a six-figure salary for doing nothing but picking your nose?
Just wondering where the 52% draw the line at what they deserve.
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The House that Jack Built - The History of Mrs. Williams - The Story of Little Red Riding Hood
Williamsburg VA: Colonial Williamsburg Printing Office, 1956. 1st Edition. Leather bound. #57 of 200 copies signed by the printer (A.R. Klapper), the bookbinder (Clement Samford) and the illustrator Carl A. Roseberg). Small work, measuring 2 1/2 x 4 inches, bound in full red morocco, gilt decorated spine with 4 raised..... More


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|Assessing head-injury survivors of motor vehicle crashes at discharge from trauma care.
|Publication Type
|Journal Article
|Year of Publication
|Kleppel JB, Lincoln AE, Winston FK
|Am J Phys Med Rehabil
|114-22; quiz 123-5, 142
|Date Published
|2002 Feb
|Accidents, Traffic, Activities of Daily Living, Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Analysis of Variance, Brain Injuries, Disabled Persons, Education, Medical, Continuing, Female, Humans, Injury Severity Score, Long-Term Care, Male, Middle Aged, Outcome Assessment (Health Care), Patient Discharge, Registries, Retrospective Studies, Survivors, Trauma Centers
OBJECTIVES: This study examines the needs at discharge from acute care to home of trauma patients with head injuries resulting from motor vehicle crashes.
DESIGN: A retrospective case series was conducted by using the 1997 trauma registry to identify eligible adults. Selected variables were abstracted from medical records and hospital databases.
RESULTS: Thirty-four cases were reviewed. At discharge, rehabilitative needs associated with musculoskeletal injury, brain injury, skin integrity, and pain management were identified, with 55% of patients having needs in two or more domains. Although all patients were referred for follow-up appointments, only 62% of patients returned for trauma-related follow-up within this institution. After initial hospitalization, twenty-four percent of patients were seen in the emergency department, and 6% had trauma-related readmissions.
CONCLUSIONS: This study documents the multidimensional needs of this group of survivors of motor vehicle trauma with head injury who were discharged to home. Findings suggest that mobility skills were formally assessed more often than either self-care skills or cognition, possibly resulting in an underestimate of the amount of disability experienced by this group. There seems to be a gap in continuity of care from hospital to the outpatient setting as evidenced by missed follow-up appointments. Models for continuity-focused trauma care with rehabilitative components are needed.
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The Wismec Predator 228W Vape Mod is a high wattage vape mod that has a clean, ergonomic design by Sinuous Designs. This Wismec Temp Control Mod is powered by 2 18650 batteries, includes a hidden side button for squeeze fire activation, and can hit up to 228 Watts. The Predator Box Mod by Wismec also features a high grade chipset from Wismec as well as the ability to upgrade firmware through it's charging cable.
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The smoking policy, which includes the use of electronic smoking devices, will take effect 30 days after approval by the city council. All parks in Pomona will officially be smoke-free as of April 2nd, 2015.
The policy was adopted as a result of numerous local complaints from residents regarding smoking at city hall, city facilities, and local parks.
Members of a local smoke-free coalition – Clean Air Pomona (CAP) – were on hand to educate the community about the harmful effects of secondhand smoke and the many benefits of smoke-free public places.
Consisting of local students, parents, and community partners, CAP collected data on local smoking rates and solicited resident input on the issue. The group's survey of over 200 residents found that 74% felt smoking at local parks was a big problem.
Like the City of Pomona, the West Covina policy also includes the use of electronic tobacco products.
In adopting the policy, the cities of Pomona and West Covina have joined 39 others across Los Angeles County, and 328 jurisdictions across California, who have already created smoke-free parks.
For additional information about smoke-free policies in the SGV and beyond, please contact Adriana Pinedo or Alisha Lopez of Day One.


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EA-97-490 - Robinson 2 (Carolina Power & Light Co.)
December 12, 1997
Carolina Power & Light Company
ATTN: Mr. J. S. Keenan
Vice President
H. B. Robinson Steam Electric Plant
Unit 2 3581 West Entrance Road
Hartsville, South Carolina 29550
Dear Mr. Keenan:
This refers to the inspection conducted on August 31 - October 11, 1997, at H. B. Robinson Unit 2. The purpose of the inspection was to review an August 1997 event during which the "B" emergency diesel generator (EDG) output breaker control switch was identified by the NRC resident inspector to be in the partial "pull-out" position rather than the "neutral" position. An exit interview was conducted on October 24, 1997, and the results of the inspection were sent to you by letter dated November 7, 1997. An open, predecisional enforcement conference was conducted in the Region II office on November 25, 1997, with you and members of your staff, to discuss the violations, the root causes, and your corrective actions to preclude recurrence. A list of conference attendees and copies of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRC) and Carolina Power & Light Company's (CP&L) presentation materials are enclosed. A videotape which CP&L used during its presentation is available for viewing at NRC's Region II office.
Based on the information developed during the inspection and the information that was provided during the conference, the NRC has determined that violations of NRC requirements occurred. Two violations are cited in the enclosed Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty (Notice), and the circumstances surrounding them are described in detail in the subject inspection report.
Violation A involved the failure to promptly identify and correct a mispositioned EDG output breaker control switch. The mispositioned switch caused the "B" EDG to be inoperable for an indeterminate period. Although auxiliary operator tours included local verification of portions of the EDG panels housing the switch, the tour procedure did not specifically require verification of the switch position. The violation appears to have been caused by the lack of effective physical and/or administrative configuration control measures to prevent the switch mispositioning or alert personnel earlier to the mispositioning.
Violation B involved the failure to take adequate corrective action to preclude repetition of configuration control errors affecting the EDG local control panels. In November 1993, an event similar to the August 1997 EDG switch mispositioning event occurred. A Severity Level III problem (Enforcement Action (EA) 93-298) was issued on March 14, 1994, identifying two violations. One of these violations was cited against 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix B, Criterion II, for the failure to provide controls over activities affecting the EDGs to an extent consistent with their importance to safety. Specifically, the violation cited a failure to assure control of the position of the automatic voltage regulator adjustment potentiometers for the "A" and "B" EDGs. Violation B cited in the enclosed Notice, was originally proposed in our letter of November 7, 1997, as an apparent violation of 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix B, Criterion II. The violation has been recharacterized as a failure to take adequate corrective action to preclude repetition of the previous 1994 Criterion II violation.
Although the mispositioning event had no actual safety consequences, the potential safety consequences of the event were high. With the switch mispositioned, an undervoltage condition on the E-2 Emergency Bus concurrent with an EDG start would have caused the EDG output breaker to close and immediately reopen. As a result, the "B" EDG would have been incapable of automatically energizing the E-2 Emergency Bus for a significant period of time. The regulatory significance is also high because the 1993 event should have alerted you to the need to place more comprehensive configuration controls on components that are not alarmed when they are out of the safeguards position. Moreover, the importance of these controls should have been recognized given the absence of automatic alarms to alert operators to situations which could remain undetected until the EDG was called on to mitigate an accident. CP&L's April 13, 1994 response to EA 93-298, stated that other equipment with no automatic indication of equipment misalignment had been added to Operator logs for routine checks. However, this critical switch was not included in the operators' periodic logs and no other positive administrative controls, such as those afforded by specific operator status checks or physical barriers to switch movement were provided. Therefore, the violations have been categorized in the aggregate in accordance with the "General Statement of Policy and Procedures for NRC Enforcement Actions" (Enforcement Policy), NUREG-1600, as a Severity Level III problem.
In accordance with the Enforcement Policy, a base civil penalty in the amount of $55,000 is considered for a Severity Level III problem. Because your facility has been the subject of escalated enforcement actions within the last two years,(1) the NRC considered whether credit was warranted for Identification and Corrective Action in accordance with the civil penalty assessment process described in Section VI.B.2 of the Enforcement Policy. The NRC determined that credit was not warranted for Identification because, as discussed above, the mispositioned switch was identified by the NRC and prior opportunities to identify the violations existed. Your corrective actions included: (1) the placement of temporary caution tags on both switches; (2) the installation of protective covers on both EDG generator control panels; (3) revision of operating lineup, operator rounds, and testing procedures to include verifications of proper equipment positions, both periodically and after manipulation during the quarterly EDG test; and (4) verification of the positions of other switches and evaluation of the need for protective covers and/or similar configuration controls for other switches. Based on the above, the NRC determined that credit was warranted for the factor of Corrective Action.
Therefore, to emphasize the importance of prompt identification of conditions adverse to quality and the need for configuration control of equipment important to safety, and in recognition of your previous escalated enforcement actions, I have been authorized, after consultation with the Office of Enforcement, to issue the enclosed Notice in the base amount of $55,000 for the Severity Level III problem.
You are required to respond to this letter and should follow the instructions specified in the enclosed Notice when preparing your response. In your response, you should document the specific actions taken and any additional actions you plan to prevent recurrence of the violations. After reviewing your response to this Notice, including your proposed corrective actions and the results of future inspections, the NRC will determine whether further NRC enforcement action is necessary to ensure compliance with NRC regulatory requirements.
In accordance with 10 CFR 2.790 of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter and its enclosures will be placed in the NRC Public Document Room.
Sincerely, Original Signed by L. R. Plisco Luis A. Reyes Regional Administrator
Docket Nos. 50-261
License Nos. DPR-23
1. Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty
2. NRC Presentation Materials
3. CP&L Presentation Materials
4. List of Attendees
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Dale E. Young
Director, Site Operations
Carolina Power & Light Company
H. B. Robinson Steam Electric Plant
3581 West Entrance Road
Hartsville, SC 29550
J. W. Moyer
Plant General Manager
Carolina Power & Light Company
H. B. Robinson Steam Electric Plant
3581 West Entrance Road
Hartsville, SC 29550
D. B. Alexander, Manager
Performance Evaluation and
Regulatory Affairs OHS7
Carolina Power & Light Company
412 S. Wilmington Street
Raleigh, NC 27601
H. K. Chernoff, Supervisor
Licensing/Regulatory Programs
Carolina Power & Light Company
H. B. Robinson Steam Electric Plant
3581 West Entrance Road
Hartsville, SC 29550
T. M. Wilkerson, Manager
Regulatory Affairs
Carolina Power & Light Company
H. B. Robinson Steam Electric Plant
3581 West Entrance Road
Hartsville, SC 29550
Bureau of Radiological Health
Dept. of Health and Environmental
2600 Bull Street
Columbia, SC 29201
Division of Radiation Protection
N. C. Department of Environment,
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3825 Barrett Drive
Raleigh, NC 27609-7721
W. D. Johnson, Vice President
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Carolina Power & Light Co.
P. O. Box 1551
Raleigh, NC 27602
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State of North Carolina
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Raleigh, NC 27602
Executive Director
Public Staff - NCUC
P. O. Box 29520
Raleigh, NC 27626-0520
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State of South Carolina
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Columbia, SC 29211
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Carolina Power & Light Company Docket Nos.50-261 Robinson Unit 2 License Nos.DPR-23 EA 97-490
During an NRC inspection conducted from August 31 through October 11, 1997, violations of NRC requirements were identified. In accordance with the "General Statement of Policy and Procedures for NRC Enforcement Actions," NUREG-1600, the NRC proposes to impose a civil penalty pursuant to Section 234 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (Act), 42 U.S.C. 2282, and 10 CFR 2.205. The particular violations and associated civil penalty are set forth below:
10 CFR 50, Appendix B, Criterion XVI, "Corrective Action," requires, in part, that measures shall be established to assure that conditions adverse to quality, such as failures, malfunctions, deficiencies, deviations, defective material and equipment, and nonconformances are promptly identified and corrected. In the case of significant conditions adverse to quality, the measures shall assure that the cause of the condition is determined and corrective action taken to preclude repetition.
A. Contrary to the above, as of August 20, 1997, the licensee failed to establish measures to assure that conditions adverse to quality were promptly identified and corrected. Specifically, the licensee failed to identify that the "B" Emergency Diesel Generator (EDG) output breaker control switch was mispositioned; and, therefore, failed to correct the switch position error resulting in the inoperability of the EDG. (01013)
B. Contrary to the above, as of August 20, 1997, the licensee failed to take adequate corrective action to preclude repetition of a Severity Level III violation issued in March 14, 1994 (EA 93-298) involving position control errors affecting the EDG local control panels. Specifically, the licensee did not take comprehensive corrective action in that they failed to include the EDG output breaker control switches in Auxiliary Operator logs to be checked on rounds or take other measures to control activities affecting the EDG local control panels. (01023)
These violations represent a Severity Level III problem (Supplement I). Civil Penalty - $55,000.
Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, Carolina Power & Light Company (Licensee) is hereby required to submit a written statement or explanation to the Director, Office of Enforcement, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, within 30 days of the date of this Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty (Notice). This reply should be clearly marked as a "Reply to a Notice of Violation" and should include for each alleged violation: (1) admission or denial of the alleged violation, (2) the reasons for the violation if admitted, and if denied, the reasons why, (3) the corrective steps that have been taken and the results achieved, (4) the corrective steps that will be taken to avoid further violations, and (5) the date when full compliance will be achieved. If an adequate reply is not received within the time specified in this Notice, an order or a Demand for Information may be issued as to why the license should not be modified, suspended, or revoked or why such other action as may be proper should not be taken. Consideration may be given to extending the response time for good cause shown. Under the authority of Section 182 of the Act, 42 U.S.C. 2232, this response shall be submitted under oath or affirmation.
Within the same time as provided for the response required above under 10 CFR 2.201, the Licensee may pay the civil penalty by letter addressed to the Director, Office of Enforcement, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, with a check, draft, money order, or electronic transfer payable to the Treasurer of the United States in the amount of the civil penalty proposed above, or may protest imposition of the civil penalty in whole or in part, by a written answer addressed to the Director, Office of Enforcement, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Should the Licensee fail to answer within the time specified, an order imposing the civil penalty will be issued. Should the Licensee elect to file an answer in accordance with 10 CFR 2.205 protesting the civil penalty, in whole or in part, such answer should be clearly marked as an "Answer to a Notice of Violation" and may: (1) deny the violations listed in this Notice, in whole or in part, (2) demonstrate extenuating circumstances, (3) show error in this Notice, or (4) show other reasons why the penalty should not be imposed. In addition to protesting the civil penalty in whole or in part, such answer may request remission or mitigation of the penalty.
Any written answer in accordance with 10 CFR 2.205 should be set forth separately from the statement or explanation in reply pursuant to 10 CFR 2.201, but may incorporate parts of the 10 CFR 2.201 reply by specific reference (e.g., citing page and paragraph numbers) to avoid repetition. The attention of the Licensee is directed to the other provisions of 10 CFR 2.205, regarding the procedure for imposing a civil penalty.
Upon failure to pay any civil penalty due which subsequently has been determined in accordance with the applicable provisions of 10 CFR 2.205, this matter may be referred to the Attorney General, and the penalty, unless compromised, remitted, or mitigated, may be collected by civil action pursuant to Section 234c of the Act, 42 U.S.C. 2282c.
The response noted above (Reply to Notice of Violation, letter with payment of civil penalty, and Answer to a Notice of Violation) should be addressed to: Mr. James Lieberman, Director, Office of Enforcement, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852-2738, with a copy to the Regional Administrator, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Region II and a copy to the NRC Resident Inspector at the Robinson facility.
Because your response will be placed in the NRC Public Document Room (PDR), to the extent possible, it should not include any personal privacy, proprietary, or safeguards information so that it can be placed in the PDR without redaction. If personal privacy or proprietary information is necessary to provide an acceptable response, then please provide a bracketed copy of your response that identifies the information that should be protected and a redacted copy of your response that deletes such information. If you request withholding of such material, you must specifically identify the portions of your response that you seek to have withheld and provide in detail the bases for your claim of withholding (e.g., explain why the disclosure of information will create an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy or provide the information required by 10 CFR 2.790(b) to support a request for withholding confidential commercial or financial information). If safeguards information is necessary to provide an acceptable response, please provide the level of protection described in 10 CFR 73.21.
Dated at Atlanta, Georgia
this 12th day of December 1997
1 A Severity Level III violation was issued on May 16, 1996, for failure to control safeguards information properly (EA 96-120).


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Part of the Methods in Molecular Biology book series (MIMB, volume 585)
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United Kingdom Prime Minister David Cameron announced his resignation on Friday morning, just hours after the results of a dramatic referendum showed that the British people had voted to leave the European Union.
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Allied Irish Bank wants you to know you can bank on the move with their new mobile app.
The director does, too. But they didn't have a huge budget. So instead, the spot was entirely filmed on an iPhone 5.
Which also makes it a nice ad for the iPhone 5.
And considering how dreadfully boring Apple's work has been as of late, I'd say it's the best Apple commercial done in a while, too.
Nice job, gents.
Agency: Rothco
CD: Damian Hanely
Client: Allied Irish Bank
Music: Delorentos "Petardu"
I agree, it's an industry that requires such a rethinking of their interaction with the public. Good concept, but I think the concept wasn't sold enough... the idea of shooting on an iphone is great and democratic and inclusive for sure, but they don't sell that as a way to say "you could do this too... your bank" blah blah.


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Is This Trend a Killer for Oil and Gas?
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Very interesting research released last week by the U.S. Energy Information Administration shows that the domestic E&P sector may be headed for some difficult times.
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E&P firms could, for example, make up the spending shortfall by selling assets and using the profits to shore up their bank accounts.
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Families keen for a holiday to recharge body and soul should head for the lush area of Val Gardena in the Dolomites of northern Italy.
The three villages of Ortisei, Selva and St Cristina which make up this very special area of the iconic Dolomite mountain range offer action, invigoration, culture, luxury and relaxation.
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