You've brought down the mightiest of empires, possibly.
While that's probably not true, grammatical errors in your law school personal statement certainly cast you in a negative light. It's important to avoid them at all costs, but most people don't have a firm enough grasp of grammar to properly edit their own essays.
Homonyms are words that sound the same but have different meanings and spellings. They're also notoriously difficult to pick up on because most people edit by reading to themselves and correcting what sounds wrong. Homonyms don't sound wrong. Autocorrect also misses them since they're spelled correctly, just used incorrectly.
Effect/affect – this one's tricky. If it's a noun, then effect means what you think it means, and affect means an emotional state displayed through action. If it's a verb, then affect means to have an effect on (yeah, I know…), and effect means to cause something to happen.
"I could of made that shot," should make every one of you out there cringe. But it didn't, which is why this article is necessary.
That sentence makes no sense. Most people, however, will write it that way because it's (again) a homonym of the correct phrasing. So look through your writing to see if you say you 'should of' done something, and change it to the correct 'should have'.
A lot of you think 'whom' is just a fancy way of saying 'who'. A lot of you are incorrect.
When you use 'who', you're referring to the subject of the clause. When you use 'whom', you're referring to the object of the clause.
Now that I feel smart for saying that, here's a quick way to figure it out. Rephrase your sentence as a question. If the answer is 'him' or 'her', 'whom' is correct. If it's 'he' or 'she', then go with 'who'.
I don't believe I've ever edited a personal statement that didn't have an errant comma, or a comma that was needed but missing.
There are a ton of rules for commas, so the best advice I can give you is to read your personal statement out loud. If you pause in the sentence, put a comma in there. If you take a breath, put a comma in there. Commas serve to put breaks between ideas and clarify. Use them as such.
The strippers, FDR and JFK showed up to my party.
The strippers, FDR, and JFK showed up to my party.
Here, I had a rip-roaring good time with two of our best presidents and some ladies of ill repute.
This list is far from complete, but there are far too many rules of grammar abused to get into a short article. It's a good start, however, and there are always services out there more than willing to edit your law school admissions essays for you.


What is BPD / EUPD?
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In it's most basic definition, it's when we have emotional responses that are disproportionate to the situation. Although, that is probably far to simplistic and explanation.
Often BPD/EUPD is mistaken for Bipolar, due to the erratic moods. The difference is that with BPD/EUPD is the moods can fluctuate so much more frequently. It can be on an hourly basis, and the moods can last for a few days, possibly even a couple of weeks, but for someone with Bipolar, the moods will last much longer.
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That's due in part to constraints on the world's biggest producers of farmed Atlantic salmon — Norway and Chile. While farmed production continues to tick upwards, growth in both countries is limited as to the maximum amount of fish regulations permit them to have in the water.
Chile also is still recovering from a deadly virus that wiped out millions of fish in 2016, and Norway is battling pervasive sea lice issues. All told, the days appear to be over when both countries could count on double-digit increases in production to meet setbacks in supply.
"Now it appears the salmon farmers don't have any rabbits left in the hat. They are still increasing production but not to the extent in percentage terms that it used to be," said Andy Wink, a fisheries economist and director of the Bristol Bay Regional Seafood Development Association.
Couple that with expanding salmon demand, and current market conditions create a larger niche for wild salmon, Wink said, not only in the U.S. but also in China.
Market watchers are awaiting the last four months of sales data, but all salmon species have been selling well and holdover inventories are not expected heading into the coming season.
Another good sign is that the value of the dollar has held steady.
Demand continues to increase in the U.S. where Wink said more appreciation has grown for wild salmon in general. He pointed to Costco as a new market channel, which rolled out a national sockeye salmon program last year.
That really gave sockeyes a boost, and Wink said it was clearly shown in Bristol Bay's branding promotion that has grown from a small pilot program in a handful of stores in Boulder, Colo., in 2016 to 1,000 stores across the country and growing.
Wink said the decades of hard work by Alaska's salmon industry is really starting to pay off.
A lack of knowledge about seafood is the biggest hurdle to increasing sales and U.S. consumption. That's the main take away from one of the industry's most popular events: the Global Seafood Market Conference held this month in California.
Results of a first ever Power of Seafood Survey of more than 2,000 Americans by the Food Marketing Institute yielded some surprises about why Americans aren't buying more seafood and revealed hurdles that prevent them from buying more.
A recap of the FMI survey by SeafoodSource found that only 56 percent of Americans eat seafood twice a month, a far cry from the twice a week recommendation by the U.S. government. Just one in five adults said they meet that weekly threshold.
Freshness and flavor have a major impact on seafood purchases, the survey revealed, but most shoppers said they feel "turned off" by their lack of knowledge.
Nearly half of consumers said there is not enough information about how to judge quality and freshness, and 42 percent said they wanted more information about different species of fish and shellfish.
Just 29 percent of the respondents said they feel very knowledgeable about how to buy seafood; only 28 percent said they felt confident in how to prepare or season it.
Buyers from major grocery chains said they can't focus on the appeal of raw seafood; instead, they must stimulate consumers to believe they can easily cook it at home.
Pizzuti added that for decades the industry has been talking about teaching consumers how to prepare seafood and it still hasn't been figured out.
The survey found that the average seafood eater spends more on food in weekly shopping than non-eaters, and frequent seafood eaters spend even more - showing it to be a small but lucrative demographic group.
Saving lives and reducing injuries is the goal of fishing safety grants available to non-profit groups, municipalities, academics and businesses involved in the fishing and maritime industries.
The Fishing Safety Research Grant Program was funded in 2010 as part of the Coast Guard Reauthorization Act, and the money is finally available.
"These are moneys that came to the Coast Guard first and we are partnering with them to administer these important safety training and research grants. This is the first time that these funds have been available," saidJennifer Lincoln, co-director of the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health Maritime Center for Safety and Health Studies.
The grants will provide up to 75 percent of the costs and range from $250,000-$650,000 per grant over two years.
Academics and nonprofits already involved in research and training are likely applicants, but communities and businesses also are encouraged.
Different fishing fleets have different hazards and proposals can be targeted to what works best for a particular fishery, gear group or region.
Lincoln said ideas continue to evolve on improving safety equipment such as life jackets and she expects some grants will target vessel stability training. Another potential opportunity, she said is exploring hearing protections for fishermen.
February 21 is the deadline to apply in two categories: safety research and training. The "opportunity numbers" are RFA-OH-19-004 and RFA-OH-19-005.


Los Altos, California, January 5, 2015: Glowlink today announced they have successfully fielded their latest version of Single Satellite Geolocation System (SSG™) in a geographical region of the world that is prone to both accidental and deliberate interferences.
Based on Glowlink's proprietary and patented technologies, SSG™ does not require a second satellite for locating ground based satellite interferences. Instead, it can locate the interference transmitter—both intentional and unintentional—using just the affected satellite. SSG™ performs geolocation operation directly on the interference signal itself to extract the emitter location, thus avoiding dependency on any a priori information about the carrier or the interferer, such as the carrier's identity or prior incidents of offences by the interferer.
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In South Africa, stadium noise is vastly different to the sounds in more established footballing nations – mainly because of the vuvuzela, a long plastic horn.
The origins of the vuvuzela are a mystery bur it has taken just a short time for it to become an integtal part of the South African football scene. The long plas-ic horn probably came to the country just a few years ago along with other cheap trinkets from the East but it is certainly now a firm part of the culture. It may be a relatively new phenomenon but the blaring of the vuvuzela and the cacophony of noise it produces has become synonymous with football in South Africa.
FIFA, taking a break from some of the more serious decision-making around the hosting of the 2010 FIFA World Cup™ in South Africa, recently announced that it would allow this "musical instrument" into stadiums for the tournament, putting to rest the allegedly serious concern of some South African officials who had apparently been repeatedly asking world football's governing bodv for assurances that the vuvuzela would be okayed for FIFA World Cup action.
That this colourful plastic tube would command such prominence among other priorities is amusing but FIFA's go-ahead will draw a mixed reaction from fans, particularly those on the receiving end of its high-tone barrage. It is fun to blow, particularly for kids whose stamina is tested by the puffing of their cheeks and the gusto with which they exhale to create a volume that would only be permitted in the confines of a noisy football stadium. It is no fun, however, to be on the receiving end with eardrums assailed by the tuneless noise.
The vuvuzela produces a sound that those sympathetic to the instrument romantically claim is like the blast of an elephant. To be honest, it is much closer to a foghorn.
In South Africa, stadium noise is vastly different to the sounds in more established footballing cultures. Fans rarely sing, so the din of a stadium rises in line with the action on the pitch, the shrieking of fans reaching a crescendo when their team come close to goal or find the back of the net. The vuvuzela has added to the atmosphere of the domestic league and proven to be a noisy way of supporting the national side, Bafana Bafana, particularly in the absence of singing from the fans or even the drumbeat so prevalent elsewhere on the continent.
That is why, perhaps, officials were so keen to get FIFA's blessing to allow them into the stadium. Given recent form, maybe the belief is that Bafana Bafana will need all the help they can possibly get when they go into action at the 2010 FIFA World Cup™ finals.
generally just short of one metre long. They are blown like one would a trumpet, but they take time to master as the lungs and lips find common coordination.
The Zulu word for "making noise" is vuvuzela but there are those who claim that the instrument's name comes from slang from the black townships for the word "shower" because it "showers people with music" or looks like a shower head.
Communication by means of a horn is part of Africa's culture, however, as villages used to blow on a kudu horn to summon people together. The kudu is a magnificent antelope common in southern Africa, with horns that bend and twist into a distinctive form. There was one fan, a supporter of Mamelodi Sundowns, who used to blow a kudu horn at South African Premier Soccer League matches – it made a dull, deep almost earthy noise – but even he has since been blasted away by the vuvuzelas.
FIFA has wanted that it will take away permission for the vuvuzela if the instrument is used as a weapon by errant spectators. Certainly, South African manufacturers have already been asked to make them to a maximum of 100 grams to tender them ineffective for those who may want to use them with the wrong intent.
It will be interesting to sec what the world mates of it all in 2010. It is true that a stadium full of horn-blowing supporters produces skin-tingling excitement. It can be an incredible sound. But blown repeatedly solo, out of tune and devoid of rhythm, it can be a curse, too.
Just like the 1986 FIFA World Cup™ spread La ola, the "Mexican wave", all around the world (even though it originated at baseball games in the USA), so the vuvuzela is on the brink of colonising the globe. Could it be that South Africa's legacy will be the foghorn blare of this tuneless tube of plastic? We wait with bated breath … and, of course, earplugs!


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Cheap and Easy Wild Game Recipes and cooking tips.
I threw this together, sort of "off the cuff" last night for my hubby. He had requested Elk Steak for dinner, and I felt my regular recipes were getting tired. I wanted to use the grill, as it's just too hot to turn the oven on right now. I didn't want the elk to dry out on the grill, so the obvious solution to me was wrap it in juicy bacon! Of course! As I was looking for motivation online I saw a recipe that included jalapeños, and I knew that would be something my hubby would like. Thus, the Bacon and Jalapeño Backstrap was born. OK, I'm sure I wasn't the first to wrap bacon and jalapeño around a piece of meat, but it was a new and novel idea for me!
As I stated earlier, I just threw this together, so the measurements are approximate.
Whisk together marinade in shallow dish. Rub steaks with Creole seasoning and black pepper. Place in marinade. Cover and refrigerate 2 hours, turning to coat half way through.
When ready to cook. Preheat grill. Halve the jalapeños and remove seeds and ribs. Grill jalapeños until they begin to soften. Remove from grill. (Leave grill on.) Place half a jalapeño on a slice of steak, wrap with bacon. Repeat with all the backstrap. Don't be afraid to use all the bacon if there is extra! Grill over low heat, jalapeño side down until bacon is crisp and jalapeño is fully cooked. Flip, crisp bacon on other side. Remove and enjoy!
If you like gravy, reserve the marinade and make a gravy with it. Bring marinade to a low boil, add a couple tablespoons of flour and whisk, whisk, whisk. I had an extra half of a jalapeño left and some white wine, so added them too. I sliced the the jalapeño thin and added them before bringing it to a boil. Then added about 1/2 cup white wine after the flour was whisked in.
Serve backstrap and gravy with potatoes or rice, and greens or grilled veggies.


A survival story, a history of North American climbing, and an ice-climbing instruction manual were among the prize winners announced Nov. 4 at the 11th annual . But the grand-prize winner, selected from 137 entries, was a kayaking tale: Southern Exposure, by Chris Duff. Southern Exposure chronicles the author's sea-kayak journey around the South Pacific and Tasman Sea near New Zealand. Life and Limb by Jamie Andrew took the Jon Whyte Award for Mountain Literature at Banff. Andrew's book tells the story of his survival and rescue during a five-day storm on Mont Blanc. Ways to the Sky by Andy Selters, the latest installment in the American Alpine Club's Historical Guidebook series, won the James Monroe Thorington Award for Best Work of Mountaineering History. Will Gadd's Ice & Mixed Climbing: Modern Technique was named Best Book – Mountain Exposition. Rounding out the Banff award winners were Wade Davis' The Lost Amazon, a book on explorer and botanist Richard Evans Schultes, John B. Weller's Great Sand Dunes National Park: Between Light and Shadow, a photo book on the new national park in Colorado, and Jonathan Rollins' Caves of the Canadian Rockies and Columbia Mountains.


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Book Notes: "Martin Eden" by Jack London
Martin Eden by Jack London
If Martin Eden is indeed autobiographical, it demonstrates the extraordinarily perceptive intellect and much-tortured soul of Jack London. The book is riveting. At first, somewhat banal in its celebration of the typical hard man, then academic in its treatment of the philosophers of its time, then ending in a way that Hemingway would have been proud. London's own story of intellect and physical rigour are captured in the work. While White Fang and Call of the Wild may have been his more popular works, and I found The Assassination Bureau fascinating, here London is at his best. Much like George Bernard Shaw's Back to Methuselah, which Shaw considered to be his masterpiece, I cannot help but think that this was London's masterpiece, although the purchasing public may not have agreed.
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Q: NSLayoutManager/NSTextContainer Ignores Scale Factor I am attempting to measure an NSAttributedString's height given a constant width using the following method:
-(CGFloat)calculateHeightForAttributedString:(NSAttributedString*)attributedNotes {
    CGFloat scrollerWidth = [NSScroller scrollerWidthForControlSize:NSRegularControlSize scrollerStyle:NSScrollerStyleLegacy];
    CGFloat width = self.tableView.frame.size.width - self.cellNotesWidthConstraint - scrollerWidth;
    // http://www.cocoabuilder.com/archive/cocoa/54083-height-of-string-with-fixed-width-and-given-font.html
    NSTextView *tv = [[NSTextView alloc] initWithFrame:NSMakeRect(0, 0, width - 20, 1e7)];
    tv.font = [NSFont userFontOfSize:32];
    [tv.textStorage setAttributedString:attributedNotes];
    [self setScaleFactor:[self convertSliderValueToFontScale:self.fontScaleSlider] forTextView:tv];

    [tv.layoutManager glyphRangeForTextContainer:tv.textContainer];
    [tv.layoutManager ensureLayoutForTextContainer:tv.textContainer];

    return [tv.layoutManager usedRectForTextContainer:tv.textContainer].size.height + 10.0f; // add a little bit of a buffer
}

Basically, the width is the table view's size minus the scroller and a little bit of each cell that is used to display other information. This method works really well as long as the text scale (via convertSliderValueToFontScale:) is 1.0. The result from usedRectForTextContainer is incorrect if I change the scale factor, however -- as if the scale factor was not being accounted for.
The scale is set in setScaleFactor:forTextView: on the NSTextView as follows (scalar is the actual scale amount):
[textView scaleUnitSquareToSize:NSMakeSize(scaler, scaler)];

Any ideas on how to fix this?
Edit: I've got a sample project to try here: Github. Strangely enough, things work if the scale is < 0, and they randomly seem to work in the 4.XXX range on occasion...

A: The answer turns out to be simple: add the NSTextView as a subview of an NSClipView with the same frame as the NSTextView.
The final height function is as follows:
-(CGFloat)calculateHeightForAttributedString:(NSAttributedString*)attributedNotes {
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    NSTextView *tv = [[NSTextView alloc] initWithFrame:NSMakeRect(0, 0, width, 1e7)];
    tv.horizontallyResizable = NO;
    tv.font = [NSFont userFontOfSize:32];
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    [tv.textStorage setAttributedString:attributedNotes];
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    [clipView addSubview:tv];

    [tv.layoutManager glyphRangeForTextContainer:tv.textContainer];
    [tv.layoutManager ensureLayoutForTextContainer:tv.textContainer];
    return [tv.layoutManager usedRectForTextContainer:tv.textContainer].size.height;
}

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Substituent effect of 3,3,3-trifluoropropyl group on organic silanols. Palladium-mediated Mizoroki-Heck type and cross-coupling reactions
Kazunori Hirabayashi, Tatsuhiro Kondo, Fumihiko Toriyama, Yasushi Nishihara, Atsunori Mori
The Mizoroki-Heck type reaction of methyl(phenyl)(3,3,3- trifluoropropyl)silanol (1a) with ethyl acrylate in the presence of Pd(OAc)2 (10 mol%) and Cu(OAc)2/LiOAc gave ethyl cinnamate in 70% yield. The palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling of 1a with 4-iodomethoxybenzene in the presence of Ag2O also afforded 4-methoxybiphenyl in 51% yield.
https://doi.org/10.1246/bcsj.73.749
10.1246/bcsj.73.749
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Silanols Chemical Compounds 100%
Substituent Effect Chemical Compounds 78%
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Ethyl Cinnamate Chemical Compounds 63%
Ethyl Acrylate Chemical Compounds 48%
Silanol Chemical Compounds 42%
Reaction Yield Chemical Compounds 31%
Hirabayashi, K., Kondo, T., Toriyama, F., Nishihara, Y., & Mori, A. (2000). Substituent effect of 3,3,3-trifluoropropyl group on organic silanols. Palladium-mediated Mizoroki-Heck type and cross-coupling reactions. Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, 73(3), 749-750. https://doi.org/10.1246/bcsj.73.749
Substituent effect of 3,3,3-trifluoropropyl group on organic silanols. Palladium-mediated Mizoroki-Heck type and cross-coupling reactions. / Hirabayashi, Kazunori; Kondo, Tatsuhiro; Toriyama, Fumihiko et al.
In: Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, Vol. 73, No. 3, 03.2000, p. 749-750.
Hirabayashi, K, Kondo, T, Toriyama, F, Nishihara, Y & Mori, A 2000, 'Substituent effect of 3,3,3-trifluoropropyl group on organic silanols. Palladium-mediated Mizoroki-Heck type and cross-coupling reactions', Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, vol. 73, no. 3, pp. 749-750. https://doi.org/10.1246/bcsj.73.749
Hirabayashi K, Kondo T, Toriyama F, Nishihara Y, Mori A. Substituent effect of 3,3,3-trifluoropropyl group on organic silanols. Palladium-mediated Mizoroki-Heck type and cross-coupling reactions. Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan. 2000 Mar;73(3):749-750. doi: 10.1246/bcsj.73.749
Hirabayashi, Kazunori ; Kondo, Tatsuhiro ; Toriyama, Fumihiko et al. / Substituent effect of 3,3,3-trifluoropropyl group on organic silanols. Palladium-mediated Mizoroki-Heck type and cross-coupling reactions. In: Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan. 2000 ; Vol. 73, No. 3. pp. 749-750.
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Japan vs Poland [0:1] Goals, Lucky Japan qualify for knockout stages through Fifa's fair play rules despite losing 1-0 to Poland
Jun 29, 2018admin2018 FIFA World Cup Russia, Featured, FIFA World Cup, Sports0Like
Japan vs Poland 0-1 All Goals & Highlights – 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™
kira Nishino is a lucky man indeed. Unconvincing, barmy and lucky. Maybe the stifling heat in Volgograd had got to the Japan coach? How else to explain his thought process?
Nishino rolled the dice not once, but twice here in a fog of muddled thinking and, in the end, was only spared total humiliation back home courtesy of the fair play rule. No one, least of all his players, could quite fathom his decision to make a raft of bewildering changes with everything still to play for against Poland. And no less bemusing was his insistence that Japan run down the clock for the final 10 minutes of the match amid a cacophony of boos inside the Volgograd Arena, despite the knowledge that a second Poland goal or a Senegal equaliser against Colombia would have sent his team crashing out.
Mexico 4 2 0 2 3 6 6
Korea Republic 3 1 0 2 3 3 3
Germany 3 1 0 2 2 4 3
Germany 0 - 1 Mexico
Moscow – June 17, 2018 18:00
Sweden 1 - 0 Korea Republic
Nizhny Novgorod – June 18, 2018 15:00
Korea Republic 1 - 2 Mexico
Rostov-On-Don – June 23, 2018 18:00
Germany 2 - 1 Sweden
Sochi – June 23, 2018 21:00
Korea Republic 2 - 0 Germany
Kazan – June 27, 2018 17:00
Mexico 0 - 3 Sweden
Ekaterinburg – June 27, 2018 19:00
"It was a very tough decision, of course," Nishino said as he embarked on a rambling defence of his perverse masterplan. "'What if?' was always there. There was 'What if?' on our pitch. There was another 'What if?' on the other pitch, and what I chose was to stay put and keep the status quo. I wanted to make sure that 'What if?' was not going to take place on our pitch, so I decided that I was going to rely on the other match's result."
Get the logic? No, nor do I. Japan were heading out after falling behind to Jan Bednarek's volley shortly before the hour mark and, at that point, Nishino looked like a ghost. It was possible to tell just by looking at that deeply worried expression on his face that he knew he was heading for an almighty fall if something did not give. And then Colombia came to the rescue, or rather the towering figure of Yerry Mina did.
The 6ft 5in defender's winning goal against Senegal may just have earned him a place on Nishino's Christmas card list. It also helped that the lamentable Robert Lewandowski missed a glorious chance to double Poland's lead right before Mina spared Nishino's blushes. The Bayern Munich striker might be on the Christmas card list, too.
Jan Bednarek scored the only goal of the game Credit: Getty images
With the same points, goal difference and goals scored as Senegal, Japan went through by virtue of having two fewer yellow cards than their opponents. It was the footballing equivalent of heading straight past Go in Monopoly and avoiding being sent directly to jail. Japan's prize is not £200 in this instance but a place in the last 16.
Japan have their weaknesses, and a madcap coach, but their next opponents should, at the very least, know that their next opponents have lived a charmed life so far in Russia. They played against ten men for 87 minutes in their opening 2-1 win against Colombia after Carlos Sanchez's red card for handball and got away with an awful goalkeeping error from Eiji Kawashima in their 2-2 draw against Senegal. Now this.
Japan needed a point before the game to guarantee their progress but Nishino elected to rest six players who started against Senegal, including his four scorers in the tournament, star players Takashi Inui and Shinji Kagawa and captain Makoto Hasebe.
Although indebted to a fine save from Kawashima to keep out a header from Kamil Grosicki in the first half, Japan were in control and had spurned chances of their own to score. Then Poland exposed Japan's weakness at defending set-pieces, Bednarek volleying home Rafal Kurzawa's free-kick from inside the six-yard box and Nishino really would have been sweating in Volgograd's 100 degree heat had Lewandowski not ballooned Grosicki's pinpoint cross over from close range.
But no sooner had Lewandowski blazed over, Colombia scored and Japan had a foot back in the last 16. And Nishino's reaction? To send on Hasebe with the instruction to settle for what they had, even though there were no guarantees it would be enough.
"When I put on Hasebe I told him what was in my mind: 'Do not go for any high risks.' I told him not to concede any yellow cards, go 4-1-4-1, defensive, and then I told him to tell the team to 'stay put'. And we went through. Therefore it was perhaps the right decision by me and for the team." Talk about gambling with a country's fortunes.
Source: telegraph.co.uk
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On one hand, it's exciting to know that the leadership of your company understands the value of branding and brand management, and also that they don't have the "this is the way that we've always done it" mindset that prevents businesses from evolving and progressing.
On the other hand, rebranding can be a massive undertaking, even for small companies, and without approaching your rebrand strategically, your business runs a significant risk of losing a lot of time, money, and market share.
Thankfully, you're not the first company to go through a rebrand, and with the rise of technology, we have plenty of examples of both successful and lackluster campaigns from newer and long-standing companies alike to guide us through the dos and don'ts of rebranding.
Before we start digging into the more in-depth strategies, let's start off with the most important step in getting your rebrand off on the right foot: understanding the true definition of branding.
Since the process of rebranding will most likely involve more than the brand manager, it's paramount that everyone participating in the project, from the UX designers to the copywriters to the director of sales, has a thorough understanding of the definition of a brand.
Well, there's no cut-and-dry answer as a brand is a fluid and ever-evolving entity, but it most certainly is not your logo. The design is only a small piece of the puzzle.
We all know that going through the process of rebranding, which can be highly expensive, needs to ultimately boost the bottom line for it to be a worthwhile effort.
However, if your rebrand is approached primarily from the angle of, "how will this increase our sales?" chances are your leadership team will not see a return on their investment.
That's because rebranding is a strategic move that can be executed to accomplish many things such as repositioning your brand in the marketplace or incorporating your brand into a new architecture after an acquisition or merger, for example.
Both of these goals are going to vary widely in the tactics used, which is why having a blanket statement of increasing profit isn't enough to drive a rebranding effort.
When Old Spice rebranded their line of men's body wash, they aimed to revitalize the connection with their target audience. However, based on their research, they found that it would be more strategic to appeal to women because they account for 50% of body wash purchases. After rebranding and crafting a campaign that spoke to women rather than men, their witty and clever campaign went viral and quickly repositioned them back in the spotlight of the marketplace for men's personal care items.
Old Spice's rebrand proves that when you embark on a rebrand strategically by focusing on what you hope to accomplish, the sales will follow soon after.
"They" being your target audience and dream clients and customers.
Audience research in the form of surveys, focus groups, and conducting interviews with your key stakeholders, or most loyal customers will provide some of the best insights as to what specific elements of your brand need to be changed. You'll also find out why something's not working for your customers and what can be improved, as well as the best ways you can communicate those changes by learning the specific language your customers use to describe your brand.
Although this element of a rebrand can take up significant time and resources, the benefits far outweigh the costs in what you find out by actually talking to your audience rather than assuming what you think they'll like, want, and buy.
Based on the definition of branding above, you know that identifying and communicating the differentiation point of your brand is critical for mobilizing a consumer to choose your brand over a competitor's.
Without clear differentiation for the consumer, there's nothing that leads them to believe that being a customer of your brand should be their preferred choice.
Can you spot the distinction? Target wants you to expect more from your shopping experience despite the fact that their prices are low.
This messaging strategy positions their brand in a unique space where consumers equate Target's low prices with quality rather than cheapness. Furthermore, they carry out their differentiation point of "expect more" through their overall customer experience with superior customer service and their store design, which is brighter, cleaner and more pleasant than their rival brand, Walmart.
Find the crux of what makes your brand different and amplify it to gain leverage on the reason why your audience should choose you over your competitors.
Shifting away from looking at how you can differentiate yourself from competitors, it's equally important to avoid tunnel vision on your competition, and turn your focus on other industries instead.
Examine what strategies they're using to connect with their audience in a meaningful way, decipher how they're differentiating themselves from their competition in the marketplace, find out what it is about their brand that gets their clients and customers excited.
Is it the product or service they're offering? Is it their method of delivering their product or service? Their business model? Or intelligent brand messaging and advertising campaigns?
When we take our eyes off of our competitors and turn them to other successful brands that have a large following and stake in their industry, we're able to look through the lens of research rather than comparison.
This practice allows us to glean insight and successfully apply strategies to the rebrand of our companies without risking copying our competitors or pigeon-holing ourselves in useless ideas and methodologies within our familiar industries.
Arguably the most important strategy in rebranding behind understanding the definition of branding is communicating your rebrand clearly and effectively to your audience.
Fail to do this and you can create a lot of confusion or anger for your audience, which could end up in losing them for good.
For example, when Gap revamped their logo in 2010, the change didn't last long as their audience was less than pleased (i.e. enraged) with their unimpressive new design. It's also worth mentioning that this result could have been avoided had Gap's brand management team talked to their audience before the re-design.
In a case study for one Aeolidia's client rebranding projects, they emphasize the importance of planting the seeds and communicating change with your current customers.
This means cluing in your email subscribers, social media followers, customers that changes are coming and explaining how these changes will make their life or experience with you better, and when they can expect to see them.
Done effectively, clear communication surrounding your rebrand defuses confusion and creates excitement, two things you want to have on our side as you navigate the ongoing change that comes after a rebranding reveal.
Rebranding any aspect of your business, whether it's your name or logo, or an entire product or service line, requires strategy, careful planning and sharp execution for a favorable reception from your audience.
To help in these efforts, we developed Frontify Style Guide to be the one-stop collaborative tool that makes the process of rebranding and creating brand guidelines a heck of a lot easier. Learn more about it here.
Regardless of how long your company has been established or how big your team is, a strong strategy is the ultimate tool for ensuring that your rebrand results in the emotional connection and stories that build the bridge for life-long relationships with your customers.


The interests of the American people no longer have significant meaning in the U.S. Senate. The continued use of the archaic Senate filibuster rule has now reached such heights that this legislative body of our government can no longer function as our founders intended. The business of governing our nation has been placed on an indefinite hold as the threat of a filibuster dominates and corrupts the entire process.
The directive to which I refer is none other than the current legislation on health care reform before the Senate which the majority of Americans fully support. This critical issue of our time is in danger of collapsing because the Democrats cannot come up with the 60 votes that it takes to invoke cloture and prevent a filibuster. Democrats and their entire agenda are completely paralyzed by their fear of a filibuster.
It is true that the Democrats won the congressional elections in 2006 and in 2008, together with the presidential election. So now they have total control of the House, the Senate and the White House, right? Wrong, they have a majority in both houses and a president in power but the combination of the Congress and the president has been unable to overcome the threat of the dreaded filibuster.
Briefly, here's how the filibuster and cloture process works. The Republicans have made it crystal clear that they intend to defeat the upcoming Senate legislation on health care reform. They can initiate the filibuster and stop the legislation if there are at least 41 senators who vote for it. To prevent a filibuster, there must be 3/5, or 60, of senators who vote for cloture.
That's the situation currently in the Senate whereby Harry Reid and other Democratic leaders are frantically trying to figure out a way to get those 60 votes. But so far they cannot find the votes even though they have a majority of 60 senators, which includes two independents who caucus with them. There is a small group of conservative Democrats, five or six, who are opposing the public option that Harry Reid wants to include and they are threatening the chances for reform to be enacted.
The easy way out of this dilemma is for that majority of 60 senators to vote for cloture even if some are not for it. That would prevent the filibuster. Then when it comes to a floor vote, they can vote against it for their particular reasons. While it seems almost incomprehensible, it appears nearly certain that one or more of this small group of dissenting senators will go against the wishes of their Democratic Party and the majority of Americans and support a filibuster.


ProMed is a cross-platform enterprise application package for clinical data management and analysis. The tool's application suite is designed to support the rapidly growing needs of a business when it comes to health care data management.
ProMed Application Suite is a powerful tool that you can easily customize and match with your unique needs to run your health organization more efficiently. It's designed to work with any volume of data smartly and with tight security protocols in place to guard the privacy of patient information.
ProMed is a result of continuous hard work and an unflinching goal to have a software application suite that can be easily deployed and integrated to any hospital facility that could efficiently meet the needs of the end user.
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Reining in hospital paper trails and complex operations is one of the most complex real-world needs for software designers to address, no wonder that it commands such stratospheric cost for health institutions anywhere.
ProMed's suite of HMS tools are designed to address this situation, matching any health organization needs with just the code strings that they require to run their operations efficiently without compromising crucial functionalities.
Since each organization has specific business requirements, it is prudent for them to abstain from seeking a one-size-fits-all perfect software application. Needless to say, it would be useless to try to find such a platform even among widely used software platforms. The clever thing to do would be to jot down the various essential aspects that need consideration such as required features, budget, skill levels of workers, company size etc. Then, you should do your homework thoroughly. Read some ProMed reviews and check out each of the other apps in your shortlist in detail. Such in-depth homework can make sure you weed out ill-fitting systems and choose the solution that presents all the aspects you require for business success.
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Australiassa punkkien välittämiä tauteja luultua enemmän
Australiassa on huomattavasti enemmän punkkien välityksellä leviäviä sairauksia, kuten Borrelioosi, babesia, ehrlichia ja bartonella, kuin aiemmin on esitetty. Tauteja on esiintynyt nimenomaan sellaisilla henkilöillä jotka eivät ole koskaan matkustaneet ulkomailla.
"This article has been sent to Dove Medical Press for publication. When accepted for publication this version may be removed."
Emerging Incidence of Lyme borreliosis, babesiosis, bartonellosis and granulocytic ehrlichiosis in Australia
Peter J Mayne MBBS DPD IDD
Dr Peter J Mayne
89 Bold St Laurieton NSW 2443
Email Laurietonmedical@gmail.com
The author is a member of the International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society (ILADS)
Running title: Emerging tick born diseases in Australia
Keywords: Borrelia, Lyme disease, Babesia, Bartonella, Ehrlichiosis, Australia, humans
Background: Borrelia burgdorferi, the causative agent of Lyme disease (LD), and Babesia, Bartonella, and Ehrlichia species (spp.) are recognized tick-borne pathogens in humans worldwide. Using serology and molecular testing the incidence of these pathogens was investigated in symptomatic patients from Australia.
Methods: Sera were analyzed by an immunofluorescent antibody assay (IFA) followed by IgG and IgM Western Blot (WB) assays. Both whole blood and sera were analyzed for detection of specific Borrelia spp. DNA using multiplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing. Simultaneously patients were tested for Babesia microti, Babesia duncani, Anaplasma phagocytophilum, Ehrlichia chaffeensis and Bartonella henselae infection by IgG and IgM IFA serology, PCR and fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH).
Results: Most patients reported symptom onset in Australia without recent overseas travel. 28 of 51 (55%) tested positive for LD. Of 41 patients tested for tick-borne coinfections, 13 (32%) were positive for Babesia spp. and 9 (22%) were positive for Bartonella spp. 25 patients were tested for Ehrlichia spp,, 4 (16%) were positive for Anaplasma phagocytophilum while none were positive for Ehrlichia chaffeensis. Among the 51 patients tested for LD, 21 (41%) had evidence of more than one tick-borne infection. Positive tests for LD, Babesia duncani, Babesia microti and Bartonella henselae were demonstrated in an individual who had never left the state of Queensland. Positive testing for these pathogens was found in three others whose movements were restricted to the East Coast of Australia.
Conclusions: The study identified a much larger TBD burden within the Australian community than hitherto reported. In particular the first cases of endemic human Babesia and Bartonella disease in Australia with coexisting Borrelia infection are described. It thus defines current hidden and unrecognized components of TBD and demonstrates local acquisition in patients who have never been abroad.
Human tick-borne disease (TBD) is an increasing health burden on the Australian community requiring wider diagnostic recognition. It comprises multiple specific zoonoses, some of which are well recognized and documented, including tick paralysis and rickettsial disease as reported at a Sydney University Website (Entomology).1 The present study addresses recent evidence for emerging Borrelia, Babesia, Bartonella, Anaplasma and Ehrlichia infections in Australia. The study confirms previously published work regarding the existence of human Borrelia infection in Australia.2,3 There are no further publications of human LD in the interval. It also examines the incidence of tick-borne coinfections, some of which occur in patients who have never left Australia.
The country has 75 tick species1 with general acceptance of Ixodes spp. and Ixodes holocyclus (Ih) in particular, as the main contenders in inducing human TBD in the country.4,5 The entire Eastern coastline is habitat to Ih and it is known to vector human disease including rickettsial infection and tick paralysis.1,4,6,7 The Ih tick is colloquially named paralysis tick, grass tick, shell back tick and several others.1 It thrives in humid conditions along the coast, mainly in flatlands, from the north of the continent just above Cooktown in Queensland to Lakes Entrance in Victoria at the very south of the continent. The region has a very high proportion of Australia?s human population.
The Ih tick has a larval, nymph and adult form all of which require a blood meal.1 Larvae typically feed upon small animal hosts whilst nymph and adult will include larger animals. Humans are incidental hosts to the latter two forms. The tick may stay attached for up to 5-6 days before detaching if not found. Many tick bites are not observed or reported. Probably many of the nymph type, about the size of a poppyseed, are simply scratched off particularly if attached to the scalp. In Australia a majority of bites will come to nothing more than a non-elevated erythematous patch on the skin of up to 2 cm diameter resolving completely over a few days providing the tick is removed promptly. Some lesions grow over 1 to 2 days to 2-3 cm by the second day and show a central hillock with a punctum appearing as a dell. These present the typical appearance of Queensland Tick Typhus, a rickettsia.6,7 A tick attachment may also cause rickettsial spotted fever, a febrile illness whose erythematous macules are typically 4 to 5 mm in diameter.6
Erythema migrans (EM) is a local skin reaction to a tick bite caused by Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato (Bb s.l.) infection.8 After an initial 1 cm erythematous lesion, at day 2 to 5 or even later, the lesion will commence to grow in diameter and thicken for anywhere up to 14 days if left untreated. It quickly becomes itchy and painful. Rarely there will be central induration and paling of color which gives the bull?s eye classically referred to in Lyme disease (LD) literature. This has been the author?s observation over 20 years in his current practice in Australia. A single primary lesion must reach more than 5cm in size to be classified as an EM and then it is considered to be pathognomonic.9 When documented in a known tick area it is also considered sufficient for a clinical diagnosis of LD.
LD is a protean illness that develops 6 months to 8 years after a tick bite.10 In North America a principal symptom of the disease is a migratory arthritic illness that may be crippling and associated with marked general fatigue and other somatic features. The CDC website states that in the musculoskeletal system LD produces recurrent attacks of arthritis with objective joint swelling in one or a few joints, sometimes followed by chronic arthritis.11 LD in North America may also be principally a neurological disease. In the case load presented here it is entirely a neurological disease with symptoms of meningism, cranial neuropathy and sometimes encephalopathy. Of importance is the large number of cranial nerves involved including sensory. Such a factor precludes diagnoses of multiple sclerosis, motor neuron disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia and several others, leaving only sarcoid, bartonellosis, borreliosis and the autoimmune neurological diseases (one of which commonly known to every medical graduate is Guillain Barre syndrome) as differential diagnoses.
Treatment of established LD is very complex, can be protracted, and revolves around killing 3 forms of the bacterium that all coexist. Specifically these are cell wall, intracellular and cystic forms. To add to the complexity there can be immune suppression known to be directly induced by the Lyme bacterium. Stricker and Winger first identified immune dysfunction demonstrated by lowered CD57 natural killer cell counts associated with LD.12
Babesia spp. are piroplasms that invade red blood cells.13 In the developing world babesiosis is frequently mistaken for malaria which it symptomatically mimics in the acute phase. Most healthy individuals recover completely from infection with this piroplasm over 4 or more weeks. A very few go on to chronic infection. The disease can be fatal in the acute stage with multiorgan failure due to intravascular hemolysis and stasis, particularly in splenectomised individuals. There is a large emerging incidence of low-grade babesiosis in association with LD in North America. Treatment for babesiosis in the presence of Lyme borreliosis is very difficult. Drug therapy is similar to that for malaria. Clinical symptoms and signs as a TBD are intermingled with those of LD, are complex, and beyond the scope of this work.
Bartonella henselae is a gram-negative intracellular bacterium.14 Alone it has been known to be the cause of cat scratch fever particularly in Pediatric Medicine where it is defined by its hallmark of pink striae that are quite unmistakable. It causes an acute febrile illness in solitary infection. However it can also be tick-borne, and whilst attention is given to EM and LD, it can be overlooked, just as Babesia is in the acute phase. It may go on to cause chronic symptoms identical to or confounding those of neuroborreliosis. It is extremely important in all documented cases to consider thorough cardiac assessment for both endocardial and myocardial damage. The Centre for Disease Control (CDC) gives a good overview.15
Human Granulocytic Ehrlichosis (HGE) is an infection of the neutrophil line of white blood cells.14 The agent is a rickettsia. Onset of symptoms can be as bland as a febrile illness following exposure by typically 4 weeks. It can present much more seriously and can be fatal. The only significant routine laboratory finding is a low white blood cell count. The infection will only be confirmed by suspicion and further serological testing. Treatment should commence whilst waiting for serology.
Human Monocytic Ehrlichosis (HME) like HGE, is an infection caused by a rickettsial sp. but of the monocyte rather than of the neutrophil cell line.16 Though reported in North America HME was not found in this study.
The author is a General Practitioner with specific interest and training in Dermatology and LD. Most of the patients in the series were self-referred having found the author?s interest in LD. Some were referred from The University of Newcastle, and some from other doctors. Patients presented with a broad range of clinical symptoms. Investigation was recommended for all cases where LD was considered possible from a clinical perspective. All cases of potential tick-borne disease that were referred in the period November 2009 to August 2011 for serological and PCR testing of any description for the above diseases at IGeneX in Palo Alto, California, USA, were included in this survey. 3 patients presented with these tests already done and are included. 2 patients attended from New Zealand. At the same time others were tested by Australian laboratories. However only IGeneX was able to offer testing for Babesia, Bartonella, and Ehrlichia spp.. A total of 51 patients had testing at IGeneX over the 18 month period of the survey. In the same period a smaller number had other testing in Australia for Bb enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay ELISA, all of which were negative, and a number underwent polymerase chain reaction (PCR) analysis for borrelia DNA, some of whom were positive. A further subset of those positives had confirmation by sequencing. This group is the subject of future research. Many had no testing of this type because of patient cost.
IGeneX is a major laboratory specializing in TBDs. It is a reference laboratory recognized by the American College of Pathologists and is Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA), Medicare and Medicaid approved thus satisfying licensing requirements for most of the US states to perform high complexity clinical testing. It has also met licensing requirements in the states requiring additional licensing: California, Florida, Maryland, New York, and Pennsylvania. Statements concerning laboratory performance and validation in the area of quality assurance in LD testing are available on the IGeneX website.17
Blood was collected in EDTA tubes and serum separator tubes, stood for 30 minutes, and then centrifuged prior to dispatch. A hemolyzed specimen was discarded. Sera were analyzed by an immunofluorescent antibody assay (IFA) followed by IgG and IgM Western Blot (WB) assays. Both whole blood and sera were analyzed for detection of specific Borrelia spp. DNA using multiplex PCR testing. IGeneX multiplex B burgdorferi PCR detects specific DNA sequences from Osp A plasmid and flagellin genomic genes. The test is not B. burgdorferi specific and also detects B. afzelii, B. andersoni, and B. garinii. Simultaneously patients were tested for Babesia microti, Babesia duncani, Anaplasma phagocytophilum, Ehrlichia chaffeensis and Bartonella henselae infection by IgG and IgM IFA serology, PCR and fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH).
51 patients were tested for Lyme Borreliosis and 28 showed positive test results (Table 1). IFA (IgG/M/A) serologic reactivity to Bb antigens was demonstrated in 13 patients; 1 with a titer of 1:160, 3 with titers of 1:80 and 9 patients with titers of 1:40. Western Blot (WB) banding patterns are provided on reports and are interpreted both by IgeneX standards and US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) sureveillance standards, as discussed below. Patterns for IgM WB revealed 3 patients seroreactive to the 23-25 kDa protein, 7 to the 31 kDa protein, 4 to the 34 kDa protein, 4 to the 39 kDa protein, 28 to the 41 kDa protein and 3 to the 83-93 kDa protein. Patterns for IgG WBs revealed 3 patients seroreactive to the 23-25 kDa protein, 2 at the 30 kDa protein, 7to the 31 kDa protein, 3 to the 34 kDa protein, 5 to the 39 kDa protein, 16 to the 41 kDa protein and 0 to the 83-93 kDa protein (Table 1). PCR assays detected plasmid DNA in serum samples from 8 patients and in whole blood samples from 2 patients (Table 1). 28 patients had positive WB by IGeneX standards (table 1). 20 patients had WBs that were positive to the strict CDC WB surveillance criteria (discussed below). 6 lacked sufficient IgG reactivity to be CDC-positive and a further 2 lacked IgM reactivity. Reactivity to the flagellin band 41 kDa was universal on all WB results. A high incidence of reactivity to the 31 and 58 kDa proteins merits further evaluation. In a report from China in 2010, Jiang et al. studied 127 Lyme borreliosis-positive patients (B garinii strain PD91) and 504 negative controls and proposed that band 58 is important diagnostically in that country for their major strain of Borrelia infection.18 In this Australian study 14 out of 28 positives showed band 58 on either IgG or IgM. Band 58 may signify B. garinii in Australia.
IFA, WB, and PCR test results vary from patient to patient with no clear pattern emerging as to which technique is more likely to show evidence of LD. Isolated WB positivity (no IFA or PCR positivity) was found in 12 of the 28 cases. Only one case of isolated PCR positivity (IFA and WB negative) was found. Of most importance is the fact that 13 patients with diagnostically positive WB and negative IFA would have been undiagnosed if IFA had been used as an obligatory screening test prior to WB testing. See tabulation of results in Table 1.
Borrelia burgdorferi positive laboratory test results
Patient Lyme IFA titer IgM WB IgG WB PCR serum PCR Blood
1 pos 31,41,83-93 pos 18,31,39,41,45,58,66
2 plasmid
3 40 23-25,30 Pos 18,34,41,58
4 40 Pos/CDC 39,41,58 41,45,58
5 80 66 pos 31,41,58
6 pos 31,41
7 pos 18,23-25,41,58
8 40 Pos/CDC 23-25,31,34,39,41,58,66,83-93 41
9 30,41 pos 31,41,58
10 Pos 18,23-25,28,30,31,34,41,58
11 40 41,58 plasmid
12 Pos 31,34,41,58,66 41,58
13 >80 Pos 31,41
14 80 Pos 31 34 41 plasmid
15 41,58 pos 18,34,41,58
16 40 pos 39,41
17 Pos 31,41 Pos 39,41
18 plasmid
19 80 pos 18,34,41,58,66 41
20 40 Pos/CDC 23-25,41,83-93 41,58
21 Pos 23-25,41
22 40 Pos 31, 41, 83-93 plasmid
23 18,83-93 pos 39,41,58
24 40 pos 31,41 41,56 plasmid
25 Pos 23-25,30,41,66 plasmid
26 40 Pos/CDC 39,41 Pos 39,41 plasmid
27 Pos/CDC 23-25,39,41 Pos 30,31,41
28 Pos 31, 41
n 9 at 1:40 13 Pos 15 Pos 6 2
4 at 1:80 5 CDC Nil CDC
Notes to the table
Pos - positive Western Blot bands by Igenex standards
CDC - positive Western Blot bands by CDC surveillance criteria
Combined count showing kDa 58 protein is 14
41 patients were tested for babesiosis (both B duncani and B microti) and 13 tested positive (table 2). 2 of these patients had positive Babesia Fluorescent in situ Hybridization (FISH) results. 2 patients demonstrated positive IgM reactivity for B. duncani, 1 with a 1:160 titer and 1 with a 1:80 titer. 6 patients demonstrated IgG reactivity, 3 with titers of 1:80 and 3 with titers of 1:40. B. duncani DNA was detected by PCR in 1 patient. IgM seroreactivity was demonstrated in 2 patients a titer of 1:20 and IgG seroreactivity was demonstrated in 4 patients with a titer of 1:40. Immunofluorescent Antibody assays (IFA) was used to detect antibody/antigen reactivity. In no instance was serology done at acute onset.
41 patients were tested for bartonellosis 9 of whom tested positive (table 2). IFA was used to detect antibody/antigen reactivity. 2 demonstrated positive IgM reactivity at a titer of 1:40 and 2 at a titer of 1:20. Four patients demonstrated IgG reactivity: 1 at titer of 1:80 and 3 at a titer of 1:40. Bartonella PCR and FISH assays were performed but were negative in all cases. In no instance was serology done at acute onset. For these and also the babesiosis findings above many months of symptoms had passed before all specimen collections. Positive results from any of the tests triggered clinical suspicion of disease and consideration of treatment for those identifiable clinical features that had triggered the investigation.
Table 2 Babesia and Bartonella positive laboratory test results
IFA IgM IFA IgM IFA IgM IFA IgM IFA IgG IFA IgG
Titer 1:160 Titer 1: 80 Titer 1:40 Titer 1:20 Titer 1:80 Titer 1:40 PCR FISH
B. duncani 1 1 2 3 3 1
B. microti 1 2 4
Babesia FISH 2
B. henselae 2 2 1 3
Bartonella FISH nil
41 patients tested for both Babesia and Bartonella
Discrete patient positives were Babesia 13 and Bartonella 9
Human Granulocytic Ehrlichiosis (HGE) and Human Monocytic Ehrlichiosis (HME)
25 patients were tested for HGE and HME. Of these 4 were serologically positive. All these patients had travelled outside Australia, but one reported travel only to Fiji for 2 weeks and had documented multiple tick bites on one day in Australia. HME is an emerging TBD in North America but will not be discussed further in this document as the presence of Ehrlichia chaffenesis was not detected in laboratory tests of any of the 25 patients.
HGE positive IFA serological results were as follows: IgM, 2 patients at a titer 1:20, IgG, 1 patient at 1:80 and 1 patient at 1:40. In no instance was serology done at acute onset. Many months of symptoms had passed before all specimen collections. Of note is the fact that all these patients had negative Australian Rickettsial studies.
Finally the 21 patients that demonstrated evidence of the studied coinfections formed a discrete subset of the 28 Bb-positive laboratory test patients.
Patients who had never travelled outside Australia
A group of 4 patients reported having never travelled outside of Australia. Their geographic movements within Australia portray a lifelong picture. See table 3 for results summary. Patient A is a child (number 27 in table 1) who travelled from Byron Bay NSW to Eastlakes Victoria by caravan but resided on the mid North Coast of NSW. This patient had Lyme IgM WB positive at bands 23-25, 39 and 41 KDa, while B. henselae serology for IgM was positive at a titer of 1:40. Patient B is an adult (number 24 in table 1) who has always lived in Queensland but has travelled to Northern NSW, Sydney, Melbourne and Hobart. Yepoon Queensland is the furthest north he has been. Lyme IFA was 1:40, Lyme WB IgM was positive at bands 31 and 41 kDa, Borrelia PCR was positive for plasmid. B. duncani, IgG serology was positive at 1:40, B. microti IgG serology was positive at 1:40 and B. henselae IgM serology was positive at 1:40. Patient C is an adult (number 19 in table 1) who has lived in Queensland, except Karratha Western Australia from age 2-7 and used to holiday repeatedly at Armstrong Beach Queensland which is the site of a cluster of LD already identified by the author. Lyme IFA was 1:80, WB IgM was positive at 34 and 41kDa and Bartonella IgG serology was positive at 1:40. Patient D is an adult (number 6 in table 1) who was born in Victoria and then moved to NSW, from where he had travelled to Queensland as far north as Airlie Beach. He travelled into South Australia for 1 day once. Lyme WB was positive at 31 and 41 kDa and B. duncani was IgG positive 1:40 titer.
Table 3 Positive Laboratory Test Results of Patients Who Have Not Left Australia
Patient Lyme IFA Lyme Lyme Lyme B. duncani B Microti Bartonella
WB IgM bands WB IgG bands PCR serum
A 23-25,39,41 30, 31, 41 IgM titer 1: 40
B titer 1:40 31,41 to plasmid IgG titer 1: 40 IgG titer 1:40 IgM titer 1: 40
C titer 1:80 31,41 IgM titer 1: 40
D 31,41 IgG titer 1: 40
There has been considerable debate about the existence of LD in Australia. There are limited published reports of both EM and locally acquired and proven human Borrelia burgdorferi infection in Australia.2,3 At the time of the McCrossin study2 in 1986 only serological diagnostic tests were available. For the Hudson study3 in 1998 Borrelia were cultured and identified with PCR in one patient with the results suggesting the bacteria were similar to European B. garinii in derivation rather than Asiatic spp. That person had previously been overseas. In the current setting we need to first examine the reporting of WB. By IGeneX standards the IgM or IgG WB is positive if two or more of the bands 23-25, 31, 34, 39, 41, 83-93 are present. For CDC surveillance criteria for IgM 2 or more of the bands 23-25, 39 and 41 must be positive, while the CDC IgG surveillance criteria for WB is positive if 5 of the following bands are present: 18, 23-25, 28, 30, 39, 41, 45, 58, 66, 83-93. It is important to note that the CDC has just amended its statement of criteria to include clinical impression. According to the website revised January 2011.19 ?Surveillance case definitions establish uniform criteria for disease reporting and should not be used as the sole criteria for establishing clinical diagnoses, determining the standard of care necessary for a particular patient, setting guidelines for quality assurance, or providing standards for reimbursement?. These criteria were developed for reporting purposes (case definition).20 They were never meant to encompass the entire possible spectrum of LD. It is a serious scientific error to exclude a diagnosis of LD when there are less than 5 bands on IgG WB as has been occurring at Australian laboratories.
Lyme serological testing methods ( ELISA, IFA, and WBs) although specific, lack sensitivity. Differences in WB performance and interpretation account for some of the variation in specificity and sensitivity reported among laboratories. PCR has become a gold standard of proof of infection, not just for LD, but all infections. A positive culture remains the absolute proof of infection, but a negative culture does not rule it out.
In this series 51 patients were tested for the presence of Bb DNA with 8 patients demonstrating positive results for Borrelia multiplex PCR assays for plasmid DNA. Of these one person, patient B above, demonstrated positive PCR test results from a serum sample, yet had never left Australia. Patient B?s Lyme IFA was titered at 1:40, while the IgM WB showed positive bands at 31 and 41 kDa. In the author?s opinion this is the first published evidence of Bb infection verified by PCR where the infection was acquired within Australia. To be noted is the fact that the infection progressed over a period of 3 years and the patient manifested the full classic triad of associated tick-borne diseases as discussed further below.
There have been no documented cases of human babesiosis, either from B. duncani or B. microti in Australia. This study provides serological and DNA evidence that babesiosis exists in Australia, as demonstrated by the positive findings for IgG and IgM reactivity, FISH and PCR in 14 individuals tested out of 41 in table 2. Amongst those who had never left Australia, 2 patients, B and D, manifested weak serological evidence of babesiosis with negative PCR and FISH indicating local acquisition of both B. microti and B. duncani coexisting with LD and possible transmission by ticks.
B. henselae infection has been considered rare in Australia. This study provides evidence that it should be considered as a TBD co-infection at any age as indicated by 9 of the 41 patients (7 adults and 2 children) manifesting positive serology, though to date PCR and FISH have been negative (See table 1). Furthermore patients A and C, who have never left Australia, provide evidence of local acquisition of B henselae coexisting with LD and possible transmission by ticks.
Although there is currently no evidence of locally acquired ehrlichiosis it is evident from the study that in travellers and immigrants it could be brought into the country from overseas, and that the two tick-borne forms of the disease HGE and HME need to be considered in diagnostic evaluation.
All the above diseases are reported as emerging infectious diseases worldwide, particularly in North America. This study shows Australia is no exception to the pattern. The broader topic warrants wider research than is presented within.
These results show a burden of TBD in Australia that requires not only further research and evaluation but also a management response from the medical profession and Public Health entities of the Eastern States. The long running discussion about the existence of LD in Australia needs to be put in a new perspective. It can obviously be acquired here as demonstrated in this study, so it is endemic as is babesiosis. Regardless of whether LD is acquired locally in Australia or acquired from abroad, the fact remains that Australian citizens are living in this country afflicted with this disease and are in need of treatment.
LD is protean in its manifestation and difficult to treat if protracted. The medical profession of Australia needs to now be alert to the possibility of detecting this disease early and in anyone with protracted illness who has neurologic symptoms particularly of the cranial nerves. The possibility of LD coinfection also needs to be examined in all cases given the findings here of 21 patients with a coinfection out of the 51 tested. Some patients were not tested for coinfection (cost consideration), and the incidence of these coinfecting pathogens could be higher. Australia currently lacks facilities to investigate all aspects of LD. This needs to be redressed and testing funded appropriately for Australians as a health priority. State Public Health Authorities in all states of the Commonwealth need to develop an adequate program for detection, monitoring and treatment of the TBDs discussed within as a matter of urgency. Public health education programs need to be put into place in an effort to reduce the current disease burden regardless of whether its acquisition is local or foreign.
The author thanks Drs. Marianne Middelveen and Raphael Stricker for helpful discussion.
Conflict of interest: none to declare
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Last update 6th September 2011


This has been a week of Review for us in several areas.
Bible- We reviewed our verse from last week.
Reading- Tera finished reading The Trumpet of the Swan by E.B. White and will start making her lapbook next week. Daniel started reading regular books this week- Inside, Outside Upside Down, Pizza Pat, Mr. Brown Can Moo, Green Eggs and Ham, Here is A Box, Run For It, The Ear Book, Goose-Goose and Pig-Pig and Are You My Mother?
Math- Tera worked on Two digit multiplication this week. She got the simple version as well as the regrouping concept. Daniel worked on the concept of full and empty. He also worked with counting money with dimes and pennies.
Science- We finished up Weather this week. The kids are still putting some finishing touches on their lapbooks. They made a matching game for different kinds of clouds, finished their seasons collage with spring and summer, watched an IMAX video on the changing of seasons, read the book Snow is Falling. We also read weather sayings and wrote several of those in our lapbooks.
Social Studies- We did a review on safety rules. We discussed how there are countries with a longer history than the U.S., how weather affects our daily lives, how shelters vary from different cultures and environments as well as recognizing jobs are similar between different communities.
We introduced our new composers and artists. We are going to be studying American artists this term. Our composers are Sousa and Copland. Our artist is Mary Cassett. We reviewed the ones we have already been studying-Rimsky-Korsakov, Mussorgsky, Handel, Da Vinci and Rembrandt.
The kids have been working on Cinquain Poems. Since JP's birthday is this weekend, they both wrote a poem about their Daddy.
We brainstormed ideas together and these are what they decided to include in their individual poems.


The tweet of the hour, Sinn Fein Senator Maire Devine.
Has Sinn Fein President Mary Lou McDonald not learned after the the Barry McElduff Kingsmill Twitter debacle? Now Senator Maire Devine's Brian Stack tweet!
You would think that new Sinn Fein President Mary Lou McDonald would have learned something from the mistake she made dealing with the Barry McElduff Kingsmill tweet two months ago. But it seems not. Last week she repeated the mistake when dealing with an equally disgusting tweet from another Sinn Fein politician, this time in the south.
For someone who is supposed to be so smart and strong it's disappointing and disturbing. Nice, respectable Mary Lou, the middle-class Dubliner with no connection to the IRA's bloody campaign, is the new leader of Sinn Fein chosen specifically to widen the party's appeal in the south.
But it's dirty business as usual, it seems, rather than a new beginning.
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar summed it up well last week. "It does create a real concern that despite a change at the top in Sinn Fein, there hasn't really been a change in attitudes and they still glorify violence," he said.
Before we get to last week's revealing blunder, it's worth remembering what happened just weeks ago. McElduff, a Northern Sinn Fein Member of Parliament in Westminster, caused widespread outrage when he posted a video of himself with a loaf of Kingsmill bread on his head on the anniversary of the Kingsmill massacre in 1976, a sectarian shooting in which the IRA slaughtered 10 Protestants near Kingsmill in South Armagh.
Making a joke of this mass shooting was not only unbelievably insensitive, but it was also indicative of how little the mindset of some republicans in the North has changed in the decades since the atrocity. It also gave a very hollow ring to Sinn Fein's pious appeals for talks to restore power-sharing in the North.
The Sinn Fein response was half-baked, with McElduff suspended by the party for three months. McDonald, still deputy party leader at the time, supported this decision saying that it was the "appropriate and proportionate" action to take following what she described as "a very crass and stupid tweet."
A short suspension was never going to be enough, however. The outrage at McElduff grew in the days that followed, with demands that Sinn Fein throw him out. With the party under severe pressure he resigned, probably having got advice from above that he could not ignore.
McElduff was widely seen as a bit of an idiot, but the whole episode was seriously embarrassing for Sinn Fein. It was also very uncomfortable for McDonald since her "appropriate and proportionate" comment on the initial suspension made her look foolish. Which makes what happened last week even more disturbing because it indicates that she has learned nothing from the McElduff mistake.
This new embarrassment was another tweet, this time by a minor Sinn Fein politician in the south, a Dublin woman called Maire Devine who is a senator. She retweeted an online comment about Brian Stack, the chief officer in Portlaoise prison in the south who was shot by the IRA on the streets of Dublin in 1983.
Stack had been unpopular with IRA prisoners in the jail because he insisted on maintaining control and refused to give in to their demands to run things themselves. By all accounts he was tough, but fair. He was paralyzed and brain damaged in the attack but lived for a year at home being cared for by his family. His sons, young teenagers at the time, used to shave him.
Now adults, they have been demanding in recent years that his killer be brought to justice and have confronted former Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams on a number of occasions. (For my report on this search Brian Stack on IrishCentral).
For many years, both the IRA and Sinn Fein denied any involvement in or knowledge of Stack's murder, just as they did in the case of Detective Jerry McCabe. More recently Sinn Fein -- following the admission by Adams that the IRA were involved -- have been trying to rewrite the history of what happened. So the usual Sinn Fein/IRA trolls have been active online, blackening Stack's name and painting him as a cruel monster who deserved what he got.
For a member of the Dail to retweet such scurrilous stuff aimed at justifying the murder of a prison officer was not only insensitive but incredibly stupid. The vast majority of people in the south have zero tolerance for anyone attacking those who defend us, like the police and prison officers, and for someone like Devine who tries to undermine them.
The leader of the Labour Party Brendan Howlin put it like this, "It is completely unacceptable and improper for that insulting and hurtful phrase to be used about a servant of our state who was murdered in the line of duty."
As Howlin said, it would be unacceptable from anyone, but it was doubly unacceptable from a member of the Dail. And it was made even more disgusting because of the way Stack -- and his family -- had suffered in the wake of the attack.
Following what had happened after the McElduff case in the North, it should have been immediately apparent to McDonald that Devine had to be expelled from Sinn Fein. But instead of doing so the party suspended her for three months, exactly what was done initially to McElduff. There were calls for her to resign from the Senate but so far she is holding on and the Sinn Fein strategy seems to be to tough it out.
In one way, the Devine case was even worse than that of McElduff because initially she refused to withdraw the "sadist" comment. Not only that, but when Stack's son complained she engaged in a Twitter row with him and accused him of being overly sensitive. Instead of withdrawing and apologizing, she doubled down and tried to justify what she had done.
When the controversy erupted and Sinn Fein suspended her, Devine eventually apologized. But the language she used was classic Sinn Fein doubly talk.
"I want to offer my most sincere apologies to the family of the late Brian Stack," she said. "It was never my intention to cause any distress or hurt, particularly to victims of the conflict."
The Fianna Fail leader Michael Martin was quick to unpick this. "Brian Stack wasn't part of any conflict. He was an Irish public servant going about the work that we as a country asked him to do and was killed for doing so," he said.
"Mary Lou McDonald's attempt to glide over his murder using the well worn 'we were all in a conflict' theme doesn't wash either."
McDonald said that Devine's behavior had shown the "poorest of poor judgment" and was "entirely unacceptable." She had been "severely and definitively punished."
But of course this was nonsense. Devine had been suspended for three months (on full pay), after which presumably she will be back in Sinn Fein. And she had not been instructed by Sinn Fein to resign from her seat in the Senate, despite calls from all sides for her to do so.
None of this has been good for the image of Sinn Fein's new leader. McDonald's shtick is to play the severe school mistress talking down to a classroom of students who are not the brightest. She speaks slowly and forcefully so that us dullards can understand.
It's a trick that has given her a certain aura. But it's one that is already wearing thin.
If she has not already done so by the time you read this, she needs to expel Devine from the party and advise her to resign her Senate seat. Anything less won't be enough. McDonald should know that from the McElduff experience.


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Bernie Ecclestone to Buy the Nurburgring?
Could the F1 chief be the Nurburgring's saving grace?
With the future of the Nurburgring still very much in doubt, we reported just a couple of days ago that an unlikely savior may be coming to the track's rescue. Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone, normally not a person known for charitable causes, recently announced that he'd do "what he can" in order to save the 'Ring. At the time, that meant he was willing to waive the F1 race sanctioning fee that will allow the sport to compete at the German track next year (he will keep all event revenues though).
However, a new report coming from Bloomberg Businessweek is now stating that Ecclestone is reportedly interested in buying the track entirely. In addition, Ecclestone has no intention of organizing an F1 race at the Nurburgring at his own expense. He's declined to comment any further regarding pricing or the possible deal's conditions. Hopefully we'll know more in the coming weeks because an arragement will need to be completed soon because of the track's mounting debts.