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Rev. Latino-Am. Enfermagem vol.16 no.5 Ribeirão Preto Sept./Oct. 2008
Typical occupational accidents with employees of a university hospital in the south of Brazil: epidemiology and prevention
Iara Aparecida de Oliveira SêccoI; Maria Lúcia do Carmo Cruz RobazziII; Denise Sayuri ShimizuIII; Márcia Maria da Silva RúbioIII
IRN, Ph.D. in Nursing, Faculty, University of Northern Paraná, Brazil, e-mail: email@example.com
IIPh.D. in Nursing, Full Professor, University of Sao Paulo at Ribeirao Preto College of Nursing, WHO Collaborating Center for Nursing Research Development, Brazil, e-mail: email@example.com
Descriptive epidemiologic study that aimed to analyze the typical occupational accidents notified by employees of a university hospital in the South of Brazil from 1997 to 2002, and to estimate their risk indicators. A total of 717 accidents were registered; 86% of them (616) were typical and presented an annual average risk coefficient of 6.0 per 100 employees. The groups that presented more risks for accidents were cooks, woodworkers and nursing auxiliaries, while hands were the most affected area. Regarding the accidents nature, the greatest risks involved biological material. Hence, it is necessary to orient personnel about the legal aspects of occupational accidents and review work processes, especially those related to employees who perform activities at greater risk of transmissible diseases like AIDS and hepatitis B and C.
Descriptors: hospitals; accidents, occupational; occupational risks
Research on occupational accidents (OAs) that affect health workers represents an important epidemiological surveillance tool and aims to base the planning and management of health services in order to provide decent work conditions to those who deliver care to society.
According to the Brazilian legislation, OA is the accident that occurs during the performance of work and, as a consequence, causes body lesion or functional disturbance, with permanent or temporary loss or reduced capacity to work, or even death. Accidents that occur during the work per se are considered typical occupational accidents (TOA), those that occur during transportation from home to work are considered commuting accidents, and professional disease is produced or triggered by the exercise inherent to the activity itself, and finally, occupational disease is acquired or triggered by special conditions the work is performed in and which it is related with. All OAs should be registered in the social security authorities through the Information on Occupational Accidents (CAT)(1).
OAs are hazards to workers' health due to laboral activity, environmental conditions where the work is performed, the worker's physical and mental characteristics, social, economic and political contexts. They are caused by an abrupt or insidious rupture in the relation health-work and interfere in the worker's health-disease process, with substantial personal and social repercussions.
Although apparently contradictory, hospitals themselves present several risks to their own workers, both in care delivery to patients and in support to health care services(2), despite hospitals' social obligation to deliver care to workers severely injured in accidents.
Hospital institutions are inserted in the tertiary economic sector, directly or indirectly complying with the logic of the capitalist process. While many private hospitals are focused on the search for production and profit, whose model reflects on inadequate remuneration and work conditions, problems of management, financial, and personnel are also frequently verified in public hospitals, which eventually reflect on their personnel's work process.
Even if in an unspecific manner, the Brazilian labor legislation has presented advancements in the last decades on issues related to the safety and health of workers in the health area. On the positive side, standards of adequate conditions hospital work should be performed in, were regulated through Regulatory Standard 32, of Safety and Health at Work in Health Care Institutions (NR-32)(3).
Occupational hazards are classified in biological, physical, chemical, mechanic, physiological and mental, and exposure to these risks can lead to OAs. Hospital workers, especially those who deliver direct care, are exposed to these risks because of their close contact with patients with infectious diseases, the need to move patients and heavy equipments, physical stress due to the rhythm, organization and division of work, in addition to experiences of pain and death they share, among others, which lead to different kinds of stress. However, there is a considerable number of other workers, equally exposed to risks, who should be taken into account. They work in technical and logistic support to hospital care, like laundry, building maintenance and equipment, storing, material and equipment dispensing and janitorial service.
The risk of being infected by Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) and Hepatitis B is among the most feared by hospital workers, especially in consequence of accidents with contaminated needles, whose indices of infection have been estimated at between 0.25 and 0.4% for the Human Immuno-deficiency Virus (HIV), between 6 and 30% for hepatitis B virus (HBV), and between 0.4 and 1.8% hepatitis C virus (HCV)(4-5). The Ministry of Health (MS) stresses that permanent preventive measures, through the adoption of Universal Precautions, are the best alternative to preserve the health of workers exposed to these occupational risks(6).
Aiming to know and work on this issue, in 1998, the State of Paraná, in the South of Brazil, implemented the program of Notification of Occupational Accidents involving Biological Material (NATMB), through the use of a specific notification form, elaborated not only in accordance to the CAT (Information on occupational accidents) but also according to the MS recommendations. The MS determined the use of two notifications (NATMB and CAT) when this type of accidents occurs, and free distribution of anti-retroviral drugs for HIV, as well as others to prevent hepatitis B(6).
As from the 1990's, several authors have focused on this issue, especially in studies on OAs due to the handling of piercing-cutting material and potentially contaminated biological material. Nevertheless, few studies focusing on the totality of OAs in hospitals have been carried out in Brazil, possibly because of the diversity of work processes developed in hospitals.
Analyze the notified TOAs that affected workers at a Teaching Hospital (TH) in the South of Brazil between 1997 and 2002, according to the variables: type of accident, injured worker's function, nature of the accident, part of the body injured, time and number of hours worked until the moment of the accident; and estimate risk indicators of these occurrences.
This is a descriptive epidemiological and cross-sectional study, based on Classical Epidemiological theory. The TH under study is a facility with hospitalization capactity of 333 beds, fully available through the SUS (Brazilian Single Health System), and a staff of 1,742 collaborators(7). The study was approved by the Research Ethics Committee at the university the hospital is linked to.
Data collection was carried out through the official notifications of OAs (CATs and NATMBs) obtained from the institution's offices responsible for this information. For statistical tabulation and analysis, Epi-Info version 6.04 and Excel electronic spreadsheet were used. The Coefficient of Risk (CR) of the study variables was estimated, considering the ratio between the number of OAs that occurred at a certain moment and the population exposed to the risk at the same time and place.
Between 1997 and 2002, the study period, 717 OAs were notified at the TH, according to the classification presented in Table 1.
Results show a higher Coefficient of Annual Average Risk (CAAR) of typical occupational accidents (TOAs), of 6.0 accidents for each 100 workers, followed by the coefficient of commuting accidents (CAAR equal to 0.8) and the coefficient of professional diseases, with much lower levels (CAAR equal to 0.2). The latter presented a considerable increase in 2002 due to a patient hospitalized with scabies mite (Sarcoptes scabiei) in the emergency care. He infected workers whom he had had contact with and those who had handled contaminated material used in direct care (Table 1).
In the year-by-year analysis of CR, an expressive reduction in the TOA indicator was verified in the last two years (Figure 1). It can be due to preventive measures implemented in the hospital, under-notification of cases, or yet, the strike that occurred between September 2001 and February 2002. The strike affected only the outpatient services, while hospitalization, emergency care and other services of high complexity were not interrupted.
Functions in which there were higher risks of typical accidents at the TH were: cook, woodworker, nursing auxiliary, laboratory auxiliary and janitor. It evidences the need for special attention to these workers and to the way work is organized and performed. Many times, cooks were injured when using knives, handling machines to cut vegetables and by electrical shocks due to little room in the work area or falls on wet floors. Woodworkers suffered accidents, especially when using the electrical saw, which caused cuts on their hands. The nursing personnel were mainly injured in the handling of piercing-cutting material, in the performance of venous puncture and medication administration. In addition to accidents caused by needles in venous puncture procedures, laboratory auxiliaries suffered accidents during the exams themselves, handling materials under examination, and during the cleaning process of glass containers, especially containing blood. The janitorial personnel were injured by piercing-cutting materials inadequately disposed in the trash and in inappropriate places, whose source of contamination was invariably unknown.
The relevance of accidents that involved exposure to biological material in the hospital context was confirmed when analyzing the nature of accidents. These accidents were the most frequent in all years and totalized 314 cases, presenting a CAAR of 3.1, followed by accidents with medical-hospital material (102 cases and CAAR equal to 1.0), especially needles, which presented risks to a great number of workers at the hospital. Cases of falls, impacts and lesions due to excessive effort exerted at work were responsible for 163 OAs, presenting CAAR equal to 1.6 accidents for each 100 workers.
Hands are the most affected body part (CAAR of 3.9). Contaminated hypodermic needles presented the highest occupational risk and were responsible for 41.9% (258) of the 616 cases de TOAs, totaling a CAAR of 2.5 (Figure 2).
It is highlighted that, in 3.4% (21) of the cases, accidents occurred with HIV seropositive patients with the following characteristics: one of them was also seropositive for Hepatitis C; 57.1% (12) of accidents occurred due to piercing-cutting materials, and in 4.8% (1) the injured person cut herself. There were no notifications, through CAT, of accidents involving cuts, and of seven of the 12 accidents caused by piercing-cutting materials. Failing to register accidents leaves workers legally unprotected in case of contamination. In one case, the patient was simultaneously infected by HCV and HIV, and another patient was infected by HCB.
Regarding the time the OAs occurred and the number of hours worked until the moment of the accident, the events mostly occurred in the morning, possibly because of the higher intensity of tasks in this period, with a great volume of surgical procedures, exams, transportation of patients and different kinds of forwarding. The third hour seems to indicate a peak of activity for professionals working six-hour shifts. The same can be said of the night period, during the organization of work in which more complex procedures are performed in order to allow patients to rest further ahead.
Attention to health in the hospital environment is a collective activity that involves professionals with specific knowledge and practice in health sciences and related areas, because many of the interdependent work processes require this kind of joint work. There are few studies reporting on the whole range of OAs, possibly because of the diversity of activities and work processes developed at these institutions.
Additional difficulties are found when the study focuses on THs. The peculiarities of these institutions need to be accounted for because, in addition to the services offered to the population, they are also committed to research on new health technologies and to technical-scientific education, besides humanistic and ethical aspects of future professionals.
In the analysis of all accidents registered by workers at the study hospital, a higher ratio of TOAs was found when compared to cases of commuting accidents and professional disease. This leads to the conclusion that the events mostly occurred in the work environment and are related to the work process. The same is observed in other studies focused on this issue in hospitals, reproducing what also occurs in the remaining sectors of society. Only in 2006, 503.890 OAs were registered in the Brazilian Institute of Social Security, with 80.0% (403,264) of TOA cases, 14.7% (73,981) commuting accidents and 5.3% (26,645) informed as occupational diseases. A fact worth mentioning is that these accidents resulted in 2,717 deaths(8).
It was verified in this study that the hospital workers who exert predominantly manual activities and those in the smaller income range are the ones most affected by accidents, which is in accordance with the investigations of other Latin-American authors(9-12). Higher exposure does not seem to be linked to lower professional qualification, but to the type of activities these workers perform.
In fact, exposure to workloads characterizes social division and work technique, by the way activities are divided and organized, by the great volume of tasks and repetitiveness of procedures, which can make the team feel the burden of activities and physical and emotional exhaustion in their own body(13).
Several Latin-American authors have discussed the specific exposure of nursing workers to such occurrences. In fact, these professionals, especially technicians and auxiliaries, are the ones most involved in severe accidents, due to their increased occupational exposure to potentially infectious body fluids like blood, due to their physical proximity to the patient, typical of the nursing care activity, and interrupted tasks of higienization, medication administration, handling and preparation of surgical instruments after use, handling of contaminated excretions and fomites, hectic rhythm required to perform tasks in time, the way the work is divided and organized, making them more vulnerable to occupational risks and OAs, as well as hazards due to exposure(2,9,11-12,14-18).
The high level of TOA notifications caused by biological material found in studies on OAs with hospital workers reveals renewed attention in relation to AIDS, especially from nursing personnel. This is possibly due to the discrimination stigma this disease carries, which makes health professionals apprehensive. Although the hepatitis B virus has been known much longer and represents a higher risk of infection than HIV, with repercussions to health as significant as those from HIV, it does not provoke so great concern among professionals and society itself as AIDS does.
An occupational case of AIDS was notified in São Paulo in 1996. Since the beginning of the epidemic, from 1981 to 1999, 100 proved cases and 213 probable cases of contamination of health professionals by HIV were identified worldwide due to OAs, and the United States is responsible for the largest number of investigated cases(15).
Regarding the body part affected in the TOAs, hands were, as expected, injured in 64.9% (400) of TOAs, with a CAAR of 3.9 accidents for each 100 workers at the TH. Eyes were another source of concern, mainly because of the exposure to biological material. This study showed ocular exposure to these elements in 85.4% (35) of cases; in 42.9% (15) of cases, the source patient was seropositive for HIV and/or hepatitis B. This is relevant because these accidents are avoidable through simple procedures like the use of goggles during secretion aspiration, surgical instrumentation, in birth care, collection of contaminated excretions and fluids, among others.
The findings of this study regarding the most affected body part in OAs are even higher than the general data presented by the Ministry of Social Security, which found that hands were affected in 32.6% (407,359) of all cases between 2002 and 2005(8).
Musculoskeletal problems caused by TOAs presented in the notifications were: 28 contusions, one fracture, seven torsions, four luxations, and four muscular distensions, totaling 12.6% (44) of OA cases, whose CR was estimated at 1.1.
Many are the occupational risks, present in several activities performed in hospitals, exposing workers to musculoskeletal problems. They are particularly present in kitchens, laundries, janitorial services, laboratories, transportation of equipments, and especially in direct care delivery to the patient, due to the need to exert physical effort, the production of services in series, performance of repetitive tasks, hectic rhythm, among others(10-11).
Worth mentioning is the fact that, as opposed to piercing-cutting injuries, which are often considered less important, back pains are very significant. They are caused by abrupt movements, physical effort or even by supporting a patient so as not to fall, by falls, impacts and movements required to lift a bin of dirty clothes. The higher relevance of accidents makes professionals register the fact because, oftentimes, accidents prevent them from continuing to perform their work.
As expected, in the evaluation of the OAs that occurred at the hospital, it was observed that the largest number of occurrences happened during the day, especially in the morning. It seems to be related to the time when there is an intense level of work, especially care procedures. In terms of the number of hours worked until the moment of the accident, the majority of cases occurred between the third and fifth hour worked, which is possibly related to the higher volume and rhythm of work in this period and intense work in six-hour shifts, which is the system employed by the study institution. (Figure 3).
The evaluation of variables that compose the daily work processes hospital workers are involved in, and especially the search for preventive measures that can be implemented to improve this reality, aiming to reach the human dimension in the work activity, are shown as alternatives for health promotion of this professional group, as recommended by the SUS.
The highest risk indicators were verified in this study for typical accidents, which affect mainly cooks, woodworkers and nursing auxiliaries. Hands were the most affected part of the body, exposed to biological material in the handling of piercing-cutting materials. The highest frequency of events happens in the morning and at the third hour. In this perspective, all potential preventive measures able to contribute to OA prevention and health promotion of workers in hospital units should be searched for and institutionalized with the support of the Service of Engineering, Medicine and Safety at work, the hospitals' internal comissions on accident prevention, as well as all other organizational structures responsible for health education and surveillance in the institutions.
Preventive and educative actions aimingd to avoid new occurrences should be a concern of all those involved, and require intense effort to inform and educate professionals and students in the area, especially to prevent OAs, which always culminate in professionals' emotional exhaustion, health risks, economic and social problems, financial investments and ethical and legal problems that involve professionals, patients and institutions, among others. It is necessary to reorient all workers regarding the current legislation, with a view to preventing undernotification cases, for their own safety, with adequate provision of legal support.
Meticulous evaluation of work processes developed in hospitals, the way the work is divided and organized, is essential in this task, especially for workers who develop functions subject to higher professional risks. It is necessary to know how the worker is inserted in the social group and the history of work processes that cause exhaustion, due to the specificities of the worker's - way of living and working(13).
The range of variables that compose the hospital work requires more detailed studies, to allow for the development of sound actions of health preservation and promotion to those who dedicate themselves to care for others' health.
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One of the most difficult things about being in a diet program is managing food craving and hunger pangs. These two things alone can cause individuals to quit their diet program and gain back lost weight. Because of this, most conventional weight reduction techniques possess a terrible rate of success. Only very few people succeed over time.
If you're having problems making your diet program successfully work, it might be time to use Garcinia Cambogia (or how Italians refer to them as garcinia cambogia veda ). There are many health professionals who it may reduce appetite that, in turn, will help you slim down virtually with ease. But that's not all there is to it.
What's Garcinia Cambogia?
Garcinia Cambogia is the scientific name of the Malabar tamarind, a popular tropical fruit that looks like a mini pumpkin, and it is utilized in many traditional Asian dishes because of its sour flavor. Within the skin from the fruit, there's a lot of an all-natural substance known as Hydroxycitric Acid (HCA).
This is the active component in Garcinia Cambogia, and it's the substance that induces weight loss. Does it really work? Based on some studies in rats, it may hinder a body fat-creating enzyme known as Citrate Lyase, which makes it harder for your system to create body fat from carbohydrates. Another rat research proves that it can increase the quantity of a natural chemical called serotonin. This might theoretically result in reduced appetite and urges to binge on food.
However, what you need to remember is that what work in rats will not necessarily work in humans. Fortunately, there are several published studies on testing people with Garcinia Cambogia. Many of these studies are known as randomized controlled tests, which is the defacto standard for scientific experiments in humans.
In one study, one group took one gram of Garcinia Cambogia Extract, three times each day, taken half an hour before meals. A placebo group, meanwhile, took placebo pills. Both groups went on a higher-fiber, low-calorie diet. While both groups dropped a few pounds, the test group lost more pounds than the placebo group.
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End of the year Brochures! I didn't get all my End of Year Memory Brochures finished so we can work on those. The Memory Brochures were a big hit! I didn't think I was going to have time to use them with my students, but I did get a few minutes to have them work on them.
I made sure all students had crayons and pencils. We did the graphic organizer first, then I let them finish up. The activity took about an hour and they enjoyed doing this because they felt like they were really helping out the 4th graders who would be in their place next year.
I didn't realize so many of my students
5th Grade didn't get to go on a Field Trip because of budget concerns. The only place we went was to the Middle School. They all loved this! Well, we did go to First Tee every Monday for 5 weeks, but to a lot of my students this wasn't something 'fun.'
This one was cute.... NO chitchat! Good advice!
As they were making these I thought how bittersweet the end of each year is, then I got the news that we had one more day! I guess we will have to do all those good-byes and hugs and crying times again Monday!
Hope you enjoyed your End of Year or if you are still teaching (Year Rounders or homeschoolers) enjoy your days! They go by so fast!
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- 1/2 Cup Hoisin Sauce
- 1/2 Cup Creamy Peanut Butter
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In another bowl, place half of the bag of broccoli slaw and add about 3 tablespoons of peanut sauce to the bowl. Mix so the slaw is lightly covered in the peanut sauce. Working with a few wrappers at a time. Place about 2 tablespoons of the broccoli mixture in the center of the wrapper. Sprinkle about a teaspoon of peanuts over the broccoli. Do not over fill.
Dip your finger in water and run it along the edge of each side of the wrapper, then fold the sides in towards the middle. Press down lightly on the sides to seal. Bring the bottom edge of the wrapper over the filling, so it is tight, and roll until the top edge is reached. Dip your finger in water again and run it along the top edge, pressing down to seal. Repeat with remaining won tons.
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text: 'Fergie' a hit for Weight Watchers Published on October 07, 1997. Weight Watchers International, praising the ad work of Sarah, Duchess of York, said new U.S. memberships have jumped more than 50% from last year. The debut of the TV and radio commercials for the new 1 2 3 Success Plan, featuring the Duchess of York, was delayed after the death last month of Diana, Princess of Wales. Since the commercials featuring the Duchess began airing on Sept. 21, enrollments have surged between 50% and 100%, the company said. Copyright October 1997, Crain Communications Inc. Most Popular In this article: News


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jackthekeeper | 24
I'd say it's more like she deserves it for smoking... but OP, don't feel bad, you were just trying to help
By icy_snake_91 | 0
Same with #3.. she was gonna smoke it anyways.. with or without your help once she got it lit.. Not your fault at all.. So don't worry about it, it was her choice anyways.
By jaclynkathleen | 0
Don't feel bad ... she wanted a cigarette. It would be different if you were somehow forcing her or something.
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wait, hold on! you can get lung cancer from smoking cigarettes?! when did that start?!!! moron why the fuck do you feel bad, you lit her up
By scarlett_fml | 0
Meh, she's probably gonna cdie from the lung cancer, so I say let the woman have a cigarette....
By popoman | 0
People like that deserve to die of lung cancer, not those innocent people who breathe in second hand smoke or have a genetic predisposition to cancer. To live in this age and not know that smoking causes cancer, and to continue smoking after you get cancer, is basically spitting on life.
IndigoFuckYou | 9
It's an old woman-she could have started smoking before anyone realized how damaging it was, back when it was 'cool', and then, once she was old with lung cancer, didn't have the determination to quit.
lectricpharaoh | 9
They deserve to die because they are doing everything possible to give themselves a fatal disease. Smoking is a choice, and for those thinking of saying that it's 'hard to quit', put on your grown-up pants, quit whining, and use a little willpower.
stonedfly3 | 15
You do realise it's harder to give up smoking cigarettes than it is giving up heroin, right? On top of that, the government will offer rehab for addictions to almost anything other than tobacco. Why don't you pull the stick out of your ass and be a grown up like the rest of us and live and let live?
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Allen, the father on "Boy Meets World," bought his wife, Amy, a trash compactor for their anniversary. She, predictably, was unimpressed.
Of course, Allen was confused. Amy had been mentioning how she wanted a trash compactor for months. Allen saw a need, a problem, and set out to be a hero and fix it. He bought her the best trash compactor on the market and came home so proud of himself.
I paused the DVD and turned to the Mister. His prompt response was, "I would never do that. I'm not stupid. If I ever get you an appliance, it'll have something attached to it or inside it."
And actually the Mister has been really good about that. He's good about remembering when I mention things that I like and about coming up with cute ways to surprise me with them. His parents and I are in complete confusion about where these romantic impulses come from. They certainly don't come from either of his parents, and they would tell you that themselves.
The father in law let the mother in law pick out her engagement ring, after being prompted by his own mother, and then handed it to her and said, "Here, do you want this?" Neither of them know where the Mister ever got a romantic bone in his body.
So I just want to preserve in writing, for posterity's sake, the fact that the Mister has promised never to buy me a gift simply for the purpose of solving a problem. This would include kitchen appliances, cleaning products and generally anything with a power cord.
Unless of course I have specifically asked for such a thing with the intent that it should be given on a holiday or special occasion. For example, this past Christmas I had several things on my list that were appliance-like, or at least had power cords, like a candle warmer. I intended for those to be Christmas presents. Thankfully the Mister is smarter than my Christmas list and knew that there needed to be something else along with the power cords, and he came through admirably with jewelry hanging on our tree.
His family is still reeling from that one.
Being the academic dork that I am, I relate this to something akin to the "nature versus nurture" argument. Nurture tells the Mister, "Power cords are acceptable Christmas presents." But something in his nature, something from a generation or two back, says, "Buy her something shiny. Surprise her. Make her smile."
I guess God knew to put backup reserves in place, even if only to save some men from themselves. (Now if only we could find a way to transfer some of those reserves to the many poor, helpless, untrained young men out there in the world. But that's a problem for another column.)
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Allen, the father on "Boy Meets World," bought his wife, Amy, a trash compactor for their anniversary. She, predictably, was unimpressed.


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Mesquite Cacao-Butter Cookies
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I'm just so pleased with the way these turned out. These are as beautiful as they sound! The mesquite powder has a sweet, chocolatey caramel flavor to it and the cacao butter adds that characteristic richness. Nothing but excessive niceness; you might think about having a light lunch.
I say if you are going to indulge, a no-stops, homemade confection is the way to go. You just cannot control the ingredients or intentions of those that make store bought items. Even seemingly healthful things, like almond milks, are no more than processed foods. Forgo them for the real thing. For some, that might mean soaking almonds and blending them into a delicious almond milk, and for others, it might mean finding a local dairy that sells their raw milk "for pet consumption only" (this is the only lawful way of selling raw milk to consumers in the state of Florida…. which is complete balderdash… but that is another post entirely).
I love the robin's blue shells~ pure novelty!
In addition to raw milk, I also used some eggs from Navera Farms. They are unpasteurized and as true to pasture raised as I will get here in Jacksonville short of getting a few from a friend. The deep, rich yellow of the yolk usually will give away clues as to what the chickens' diet was and their stress levels, but these days even factory farmers have suspect ways of adding things to their feed to keep their yolk a satisfying gold. I can only hope that these yolks came by their impressive color naturally. Look at those beauties!
Happy girl!
My niece, Carys, was lots of help in the kitchen, keeping good spirits and adding to the baking cheer. SHe had started off in the Maya wrap, but before I could even melt the butters, she had had enough. I propped her up in her little seat so she could watch.
1 cup of Einkhorn flour (this particular strain of wheat has never been hybridized or modified)
1 cup oat flour
1 cup mesquite powder/flour
1 teas baking soda
1 teas baking powder
2 cups sugar (I prefer the Repunzel brand as it is unrefined and unbleached)
1/2 stick of butter, melted
4 oz cacao butter, melted
1/2 c raw cacao
2 capfuls of vanilla, approximation is fine
3 farm fresh eggs
1/4 cup of milk
Here you can see the three flours side by side in a little color wheel.
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
Begin by mixing the dry ingredients together in a bowl. That includes all three flours, the baking soda and powder, and the salt. Mixing well with a whisk to ensure they are evenly combined. Set aside. Next, crack the three eggs into a large mixing bowl. Add the melted butters, the vanilla, and the sugar and stir with a spoon. Once well mixed, add the cacao. Incorporate the dry ingredients a cup or so at a time. No need to be totally accurate with your measurements. Lastly, if the dough is still dry, as mine was, add the milk a tablespoon at a time until it is wet and comes together.
Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper. Spoon the dough onto the parchment in about two to two and a half tablespoon amounts. Bake for 9 minutes, no more! They will come out looking puffy and wet looking. You will think you've failed and they've come out wrong. But you haven't! Let them cool on the parchment for at least 30 minutes before trying your first bite. They will begin to fall and only get better as they cool. The results have a slight tooth to them on the outside, but are rich and chewy on the inside.
By the end of it all, Carys and I shared milk and cookies… well, she had her mommy's milk, and I had a cookie. It sent her into a milk-coma and she fell fast asleep. I washed up, and she dreamt on.


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Washington D.C: A team of scientists has discovered a common diabetes drug that could prevent hemorrhage and fatal blood loss.
Scientists from Royal Holloway, University of London, St George's, University of London and University of Surrey have identified that a drug related to commonly used diabetes treatments provides protection against terminal blood loss.
This latest research has uncovered the way the diabetes drug can protect against changes occurring at a cellular level during severe blood loss.
Robin Williams from the School of Biological Sciences at Royal Holloway explained that the study provides strong evidence that compounds related to the treatment of diabetes could be used to protect against death induced by massive blood loss and save many lives.
He added that they began looking at a widely used treatment for epilepsy and bipolar disorder, valproic acid, which has been shown to protect against terminal blood loss, and by identifying how valproic acid works, they have been able to find more potent drugs, including compounds of the thiazolidinedione class of drugs that are used as hypoglycaemic treatments for diabetes.
The study is published in the British Journal of Pharmacology.


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About Me and My Role
I am originally from a rugged but beautiful northern county of England known as Yorkshire. It is the home of Cricket-Football and Stainless Steel, music hero's Joe Cocker, Human League, and Deaf Leopard and the "Game of Thrones" star Sean Bean to mention only a few.
I have 3 children that still live in England and between them they manage to keep me very grounded and very much aware of family values, as well as out of pocket expenses.
Back in England I moved into management at an early age and I developed a service training organization that was liked to the British manpower services commission for over 10 years, we were supplying training to many sectors of the service industries with over 250 students per year, with a 93% employment record when they completed the courses. I was also a joint owner of a group of stores in the beauty market operating in South Yorkshire and North Nottinghamshire.
I moved to Dubai in 2007 as the real estate market was about to peak and quickly realized that this area has far more to offer than first meets the eye, with History, Culture and a thirst to be a financial hub for the world. Dubai really does have it all.
Although most of my working career has been within the service industry of one sort or another, and the skills I acquired has transferred perfectly into the world of Real Estate. Mentoring and training of team members has now become part of my every day tasks, and this ensures continued success and development within the areas of Dubai under my control. During my time in Dubai my negotiation and communication skills have allowed me to broker some of the prestigious transaction in and around the Dubai market.
I have always been attached to a branded product, such as L'Oreal and Clynol where I was giving demonstrations and product presentation to large audience's throughout Europe, many others followed and now onto large Real Estate brands in the Middle East, this has now lead to me being involved in the evolvement of Engel & Völkers/Dubai. Exciting times all the way.
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Source: Alex Perez / ABC News
The family of a medical resident now missing for two weeks holds out hope that police will find her in time for Christmas.
Dr. Teleka Patrick, 30, a first-year medical resident at Borgess Medical Center in Kalamazoo, Mich., received a suspicious call the day before she vanished, her loved ones told ABC News. Family members said Patrick's demeanor changed after she received the call, but they didn't know who it was from.
Patrick was last seen Dec. 5 around 8 p.m. on surveillance footage as she returned from an evening out and tried to get a room at a Kalamazoo Radisson hotel. Her parents, who say they do not know why she was at the hotel, said she was turned away because she didn't have enough money for the room.
Patrick took a hotel shuttle to her car, a gold Lexus, which was found two hours and 20 minutes later in a ditch more than 100 miles away in Portage, Ind. Patrick was reported missing when she didn't show up for work the next day.
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BUILD-UP: Pakistan look to go 2-0 ahead
On a high after their historic win against South Africa, Pakistan just about scraped through in the 1st match by a margin of 11 runs. They will now look for a much better show in the second game at Dubai.
2nd ODI, as it happened
BUILD-UP: Pakistan look to go 2-0 ahead
Toss and Team News: Sri Lanka field - make a couple of changes
Lahiru Thirimanne injured himself during the warm-ups and has been replaced by Dimuth Karunaratne. Nuwan Kulasekara, who was a surprise omission from the first match is back, he replaces Suranga Lakmal. On the other hand, Pakistan were happy to play an unchanged side.
Pitch/ Weather conditions: Dry surface, few cracks
Dew would be a factor later in the match. A dry surface with a few cracks. The maximum temperature would be around 25 degrees with the minimum hovering around 20.
1.4: Malinga provides breakthrough
Lasith Malinga gave Sri Lanka the early breakthrough getting rid of the dangerous Sharjeel Khan for 7.
Mandatory powerplay: Hafeez, Shehzad cautious
Mohammad Hafeez and Ahmed Shehzad were circumspect in their approach. They did not take too many risks. Just four boundaries were scored in the mandatory powerplay. Pakistan had moved to 42/1.
20th Over Update: Hafeez run-out
Mohammad Hafeez and Ahmed Shehzad had built a solid platform without taking too many risks. The run-rate hovered around 4 per over even though there were just two boundaries scored in the period between the 10th and the 20th over - both in the 19th over shared by Thisara Perera andKarunaratne.
The former left the field three deliveries into his over after taking a tumble in the field. The incumbent Pakistan pair had added 76 before an unnecessary run-out saw Hafeez walk back to the pavilion for 32. Pakistan had moved to 84/2 after 20 overs.
30th Over Update: 57 for 1
Shehzad up the ante and registered his fifth ODI fifty. He swept Prasanna for a boundary behind square before Maqsood deposited the spinner into the stands over long-on for a towering six.
However, the bowler had the last laugh asMaqsood soon perished caught at cow-corner for 18. Pakistan had showed some urgency and scored 57 runs in the previous ten overs. The hosts had moved to 141/3 after 30 overs.
Batting powerplay: 31/0
Shehzad and Misbah managed just one boundary in the batting powerplay. The idea was to preserve wickets and launch in the last ten. Pakistan scored 31/0 off the second set of the fielding restrictions. The home team had moved to 192/3 after 40 overs.
40.1: Shehzad's 4th ODI ton
Ahmed Shehzad pulled a short delivery from Malinga to fine leg to register his 4th ODI ton. His hundred came off 121 deliveries and included six boundaries.
46.5: Misbah overtakes Kohli
Misbah-ul-Haq overtook Virat Kohli as the highest run-scorer in ODI cricket in2013 when he whipped Malinga to the deep backward square-leg boundary.
46.6: Misbah's 34th fifty
Misbah-ul-Haq played a captain's innings and the Mr Consistent for Pakistan notched up his 34th ODI careerfifty and14th of the year.
The Final 10: A Big Finish
Misbah-ul-Haq, Ahmed Shehzadand Shahid Afridi got stuck into the Sri Lankan bowlers and picked up 92 from the final 10 overs.
Shehzad was finally dismissed for 124 off 140 balls in the 46th over. Shahid Afridi and Misbah-ul-Haq tore into the Lankan bowling. Malinga was taken for 16 in the 47th over before Kulasekara was hammered for 15 in the last.
Pakistan ended with 284/4. Misbah was unbeaten on 59 off 62 balls while Afridi smashed a cameo 15-ball 30. The pair added 51 off just 29 deliveries.The last 10 overs yielded 92 runs.
Senanayake and Prasanna were economical but the faster bowlers were impressive with Malinga conceding 78 off his 10 overs.
Mandatory powerplay: Run-out ends promising stand
Tillakaratne Dilshan assumed the role of the aggressor while Kusal Perera was happy to play second fiddle. The latter got going off a couple of boundaries of Sohail Tanvir in the 6th over of the innings.
Dilshan swept and used his feet to Hafeez in the next to pick up a couple of fours. It was almost an action replay when Dilshan picked up two boundaries off Ajmal in the 9th. Bilawal Bhatti, against the run of play effected a run-out through a direct hit and ended an opening 49-run stand. Sri Lanka had moved to 50/1 after the mandatory powerplay.
14.3: Another run-out
Pakistan had managed to stifle the runs after the mandatory powerplay. Dilshan had batted well for his 48-ball 40 before a direct hit from Hafeez saw the back of the dashing opener, who was short of his crease trying to complete a run.
Sri Lanka had lost their second wicket - again to a run-out! They had moved to 65/2 after 15 overs.
20th Over Update: Junaid, Bhatti stifle Lanka
Junaid Khan and Bilawal Bhatti bowled a tight line and length and stifled the Sri Lankan batsmen. 4-2-7-0 were the bowling figures for Bhatti whereas Junaid had also conceded just 16 off his 4. Pakistan had moved to 81/0 after 20 overs.
23.2: Sanga joins exclusive club
Kumar Sangakkara became the 4th batsman in ODI history to cross the landmark of 12,000 runs. Sachin Tendulkar, Ricky Ponting and Sanath Jayasuriya have achieved the feat before him.
30th Over Update: A Threatening Stand
Kumar Sangakkara and Dinesh Chandimal gradually up the ante. The southpaw notched up his 82nd ODI fifty. The boundaries were now coming more frequently and both the batsmen had also cleared the ropes on an occasion each. Sri Lanka had moved to 153/2 after 30 overs.
31.5, 33.4, 35.4: Triple blow derailed Lanka chase
Saeed Ajmal got rid of Sangakkara for 58 before Junaid Khan cleaned up Chandimal and Thisara Perera to reduce Sri Lanka to 173/5 in the 36th.
Batting Powerplay: 28/1
Nuwan Kulasekara hit a couple of lusty blows as Sri Lanka scored 28/1 in the batting powerplay. Two boundaries and a six were hit. Sri Lanka, at 200/5 after 40 overs, needed 85 off the last 10.
42nd over: 19 runs
Nuwan Kulasekara launched into Sohail Tanvir slicing a low full tossbetween short third man and backward point for a boundary before heaving him over deep mid-wicket for a giant maximum! 19 runs came of the 42nd over - the most expensive of the innings thus far. Sri Lanka needed 58 off the last eight overs.
Final Update: Mathews' cameo seals SL victory
Skipper, Angelo Mathews held his nerve and notched up 47 off 44 deliveries. He was well supported by Karunaratne as the pair added 44 in 5.4 overs for the eighth wicket.
The lower order held its nerve as Lanka managed to scrape through by 2 wickets with just 2 balls to spare. The five-matchseries was levelled at 1-1.
Summary: SL level series at 1-1
Ahmed Shehzad's brilliant 124 coupled with Misbah-ul-Haq's fifty and Shahid Afridi's cameo had helped Pakistan amass 284/4.
Dilshan, Sangakkara and Chandimal gave Sri Lanka a solid platform and kept the chase alive. Cameos from Kulasekara and skipper Mathews helped the visitors clinch a thriller by two wickets with just two balls to spare.
MOM: Angelo Mathews
The Sri Lankan skipper, Angelo Mathews was adjudged the man of the match for his match-winning 47 off 44 deliveries.
He held his nerve at the death and batted brilliantly with the Lankan tail.
Reactions: Mathews hails Sanga and Chandimal
The amount of talent we've got is unbelievable. Sangakkara and Chandimal set the chase up for us. Malinga and Kulasekara bowled well but we couldn't quite stop the runs. I am glad that we pulled it off in the end.
Looking at the wicket, I think we got a really good score. At one stage we were in control of the game but one or two bad overs cost us dearly. Before the series I said that they are a good team and it's game on!


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Fun with telemarketersWish I'd thought of this.
(Not entirely safe for work.)
Bastards! Arse-fiddling bum-monkeys! Vile Meter-Nazi Scum!
In retrospect, I guess those home-made diplomatic plates were not such a good idea. But $450 to get the damn boot off? That's highway robbery!
After all, I can buy a plasma cutter for less.
Sadly, the manufacturers of the car immobilizer have thought of this too and I couldn't very well go home with a $450 ticket and a brand new plasma cutter.
Hmmm. I took a good look at the car boot rod that went through the tyre. Turns out it wasn't a rod that went through at all...just a hook that grabbed the inside of the rim. By prying the top plate back and holding it open with my big toe, I was just able to get the cutting torch inside the car. I could cut off the lug bolts! I'ld pop the booted wheel off, borrow one lug bolt from each other wheel, pop on the spare, then drive off, leaving the booted wheel for the perplexed and none-too-bright Meter-Nazi.
Egad, I'm brilliant!
Now, you'ld think that the sight of a fat man alternately cackling and cursing (when the sparks burned my toe) whilst cutting off a car boot with a plasma torch would garner some attention, and normally you'ld be right. But this is central Pennsyltucky and we are used to such sights.
I completed the rest of the tasks and hopped into the car only to find to my horror that the Meter-Nazis had disabled the ignition!
And changed the colour of my upholstery!
And left a bunch of tacky beanie babies in the rear window!
Erm, that's right, I drove the truck today.
Sorry, Judith Wheaton, whomever you are.
You all know the look, gents. It is a steely, expressionless stare that just oozes menace.
"I am going to point out that it would have been more ironic had he died of dropsy!"
The look is adjusted to include a rapid blink. I am losing her.
"Um, you see, he fell without a parachute… and erm, 'dropsy'?"
I return to bed, my bon mot lost to humanity. I could weep.
But tomorrow is a new day, and the rising sun shall herald a tailgate. I shall be surrounded by people that appreciate my genius and free booze.
Now, for you Brits out there, a tailgate is the ultimate opportunity for male one-upmanship. The grille, menu and beverage selection must be more impressive than the next male's. This must be some sort of mating display left over from Australopithicine times, but it doesn't seem to work for modern humans. At least not for this one.
No matter. I have been trapped in a place where good Scotch and bacon are hard to come by. Yes, they do have other extremely tasty foods. Hummus, for example, is a quite lovely paste of olive oil and minerals that I am told are mined in the Dead Sea region. It's grand, but after a few weeks, one misses one's comfort foods. My menu shall revolve around bacon and 15 year old Dalwhinny.
I acquire the services of a graduate student (they are the only group that can legally be paid less than an illegal alien) and put him to work wrapping quail breasts and attaching a skewer. Then it's off to meet Flash and his fiancé at the tailgate.
"What do you have?" I ask nonchalantly.
"Oh, a chateaubriand, and some passable clarets." Flash responds blandly. "You?"
"I've got quail breasts!" I announce proudly.
"Well, then." He replies, feigning professional interest while examining my chest. "Did you come by these genetically, or is this due to a procedure?"
I hate medical doctors.
"Well played, Sir." I reply through clenched teeth and a very taut grin. I vow revenge, but neither the opportunity, nor adequate sobriety present themselves.
He doesn't think I am funny either.
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Title: 위대한 유산 / Widaehan Yusan / Great Inheritance
Chinese title : 伟大的遗产
Also known as: Kindergarten Love / Great Expectations
Broadcast network: KBS2
Broadcast period: 2006-May-03 to 2006-Jun-29
Episodes: 17
Air time: Wednesday & Thursday 21:55
Kang Hyun Se (Kim Jae Won) grew up without knowing his father. Due to the lack of fatherly love, he was recruited by a gang and became a third rate mobster. After his mother's death, he inherits a kindergarden, but he must go through a hundred days of training in order to get it, so he becomes an assistant teacher under a kindergarden teacher Yoo Mi Rae (Han Ji Min) and they develop romantic feelings for one another. However, the kindergarden property sits in the middle of an proposed amusement park development, called "Rainbow Park". Hyun Se's boss (Son Byung Ho) needs the money from the construction company so he is manipulating Hyun Se's hatred towards his father and threatens Hyun Se's father with the kindergarden Hyun Se has. Little does Hyun Se know that Choi Shi Wan (one of the managers who work for Hyunseh's father), who is the ex-boyfriend of Yoo Mi Rae, struck a dirty deal with Hyun Se's boss and is trying to outscore everyone.
Produced by the same production team as My Girl and Delightful Girl Choon Hyang.
Kindergarden staff
Han Ji Min as Yoo Mi Rae (teacher)
Lee Mi Sook as Go Ah Ra (kindergarden director)
Jang Hyun Sung as Jang Man Ho (Nutritionist/handyman)
Park Joo Ah as Ms Kang (Hyun Se's mother, kindergarden owner)
Choi In Kyung as a teacher
Choi Han Wool as a teacher
Kim Jae Won as Kang Hyun Se
Son Byung Ho as So Dong Pa (Gang boss)
Jung Tae Woo as Nal Chi/Su Bong (Hyun Se's sidekick)
Hwang Suk Gyu (황석규) as Chun Sang Sik (gang member)
Other people
Kim Ji Hoon as Choi Shi Wan
Byun Hee Bong as Jung Il Do (land developer)
Kindergarden students
Shin Dong Woo as Jin Kyung Ho (student)
Ha Joo Hee as Jin Yoo Jeong (Kyung Ho's mother)
Jin Ji Hee as Goo Dong Joo (student)
Kim Jin Soo as Goo Joon Ik (Dong Joo's father, policeman)
Kim Min Ki as Hwang Seung Hyun (student)
No Hyun Hee as Seung Hyun's mother
Yoo Yeon Mi as Han Ye Seo (student)
Park Jae Rom as Ye Seo's mother
Production Credits
Screenwriter: Lee Sook Jin, Kim Tae Hee
Producer: Kim Jung Gyu
Director: Kim Pyung Joong
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I don't know if i've mentioned it before but i love to read and although i don't get to do it as much these days i grab the chance whenever i can. As football has been a nightly fixture in our house over the last couple of weeks, Phil ordered me this book to read after i'd mentioned it to him.
Now being pregnant the title grabbed me right away and when i read the description on Amazon it made me want it more.
Meet Louise, 38, Toni, 26 and Gemma, 18. They are all expecting babies in September. One of them conceived in a hurry because she was running out of time. One of them fell pregnant to keep a man and one got knocked up by mistake after a one-night-stand. But none of them realized what they would come up against as they face nine long months of pregnancy, and the reactions of friends, family and colleagues. Meeting through an online forum, they form an unlikely but powerful bond. When it seems that all they have is each other, their lives will be thrown into turmoil, as a blast from the past threatens to destroy everything. Babies in Waiting is a heart-warming novel about motherhood, friendship and finding love at the most surprising time in your life. It is also very funny, sexy and utterly compelling.(taken from Amazon)
When i was pregnant with Seb i joined an online forum on a baby site and a on there a group of mums who had babies due in November 2010. Then we moved onto a facebook group and its amazing to have a little community who are all very different but very supportive of each other. A big group of us went on a night out in December and it was fab meeting them. So the idea of this book appealed.
Now i won't lie, this book isn't the best book i've ever read but its a nice easy read for those who like chick lit, well it beats watching the football!


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James Fox stars as real-life British turncoat Anthony Blunt in A Question of Attribution. A highly respected art expert (he was Queen Elizabeth's personal art advisor), Blunt was also intimately involved in the Burgess-Maclean-Philby spy scandal of the 1950s. According to this 1992 adaptation of Alan Bennett's play, Blunt tipped his hand while restoring one of his precious Titians. John Schlesinger (more
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In Blessed Experiences, Clyburn tells in his own inspirational words how an African-American boy from the Jim Crow South was able to beat the odds to achieve great success and become, as President Barack Obama describes him, "one of a handful of people who, when they speak, the entire Congress listens." Clyburn will greet attendees and sign copies of his book, which will be available on site for $34.95.
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