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Mass, spin, and ultralight boson constraints from the intermediate-mass black hole in the tidal disruption event 3XMM J215022.4–055108
Sixiang Wen, Peter G. Jonker, Nicholas C. Stone, Ann I. Zabludoff
We simultaneously and successfully fit the multiepoch X-ray spectra of the tidal disruption event (TDE) 3XMM J215022.4-055108 using a modified version of our relativistic slim disk model that now accounts for angular momentum losses from radiation. We explore the effects of different disk properties and of uncertainties in the spectral hardening factor fc and redshift z on the estimation of the black hole mass M• and spin a•. Across all choices of theoretical priors, we constrain M• to less than 2.2 × 104 Me at 1σ confidence. Assuming that the TDE host is a star cluster associated with the adjacent, brighter, barred lenticular galaxy at z = 0.055, we constrain M• and a• to be 1.75-+0.050.45 ´ 104 Me and 0.8-+0.020.12, respectively, at 1σ confidence. The high, but sub-extremal, spin suggests that, if this intermediate-mass black hole (IMBH) has grown significantly since formation, it has acquired its last e-fold in mass in a way incompatible with both the "standard" and "chaotic" limits of gas accretion. Ours is the first clear IMBH with a spin measurement. As such, this object represents a novel laboratory for astroparticle physics; its M• and a• place tight limits on the existence of ultralight bosons, ruling out those with masses from ∼10-15 to 10-16 eV.
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Wen, S., Jonker, P. G., Stone, N. C., & Zabludoff, A. I. (2021). Mass, spin, and ultralight boson constraints from the intermediate-mass black hole in the tidal disruption event 3XMM J215022.4–055108. Astrophysical Journal, 918(2), [46]. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ac00b5
Mass, spin, and ultralight boson constraints from the intermediate-mass black hole in the tidal disruption event 3XMM J215022.4–055108. / Wen, Sixiang; Jonker, Peter G.; Stone, Nicholas C.; Zabludoff, Ann I.
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Wen, S, Jonker, PG, Stone, NC & Zabludoff, AI 2021, 'Mass, spin, and ultralight boson constraints from the intermediate-mass black hole in the tidal disruption event 3XMM J215022.4–055108', Astrophysical Journal, vol. 918, no. 2, 46. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ac00b5
Wen S, Jonker PG, Stone NC, Zabludoff AI. Mass, spin, and ultralight boson constraints from the intermediate-mass black hole in the tidal disruption event 3XMM J215022.4–055108. Astrophysical Journal. 2021 Sep 10;918(2). 46. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ac00b5
Wen, Sixiang ; Jonker, Peter G. ; Stone, Nicholas C. ; Zabludoff, Ann I. / Mass, spin, and ultralight boson constraints from the intermediate-mass black hole in the tidal disruption event 3XMM J215022.4–055108. In: Astrophysical Journal. 2021 ; Vol. 918, No. 2.
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Attract more talent to public health
Newly minted MBA's head for enticing jobs in business. It is very difficult to get people to take on rural service. The problem can be resolved only if it is made mandatory
India's polio programme's success was in the coming together of business, social and medical skills. There was active engagement with the community, involving religious leaders. There was creative use of media(AFP)
Published on Apr 18, 2019 01:38 AM IST
ByAshok Alexander
I am sometimes asked, "What really is public health?" The term refers to the health of populations, in contrast to clinical health, which considers one patient's well-being. Public health also has a larger prevention component — for example mass immunisation programmes. It has multiple components: disease surveillance, epidemiology (transmission routes of diseases), designing programmes for scale (supply, demand, advocacy components), monitoring and evaluation, effective management, financing and more.
India's polio programme is one of the world's great public health successes. Surveillance was precise, household by household, reaching even the remotest areas. There was active engagement with the community, involving religious leaders. There was creative use of media. Remember Amitabh Bachchan's catchy "sirf do boond (just two drops)" appeal delivered in his trademark baritone? Logistics for safe distribution of vaccines were carefully worked out. The polio programme was much more than a techno-medical campaign. Indeed, its success was in the seamless coming together of business, social and medical skills.
Seen from this perspective, India's public health system has a problem of too little and too many. It is well known that there are too few doctors in rural areas: One for over 11,000 citizens against the global norm of one for 1000. Our focus this week is on the added problem that even within those meagre numbers, there are too many doctors, and not enough specialist managers and social scientists, especially at the sub-district level. Clinical doctors valiantly manage everything from disease surveillance to data reporting and accounting, and they are often ill-equipped.
Doctors flock to more lucrative private practice in cities. Newly minted MBAs head for enticing jobs in business. It is very difficult to get people to take on rural service. The problem can be resolved only if it is made mandatory. Public health service should be required, without option, from anyone who has had the benefit of an education in medicine, social sciences, business management and engineering. In 2009, the Union health minister revealed that medical students pay annual fees of Rs 15,000 as against Rs 3.5 lakh spent on them. The Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) charge a fee of Rs 2 lakh against a cost of over Rs 6 lakh. This is tax payers' money. It's time students paid back at least a part of their debt to the nation. Their degrees should be given only after such mandatory service.
Vice-President Venkaiah Naidu recently made a stirring call for three years of mandatory rural service for doctors. Tamil Nadu and Odisha have had some form of required rural service for medical students; various other states are taking steps in that direction. Thailand has had such a system since 1972. The ambit of a medicine course goes beyond medical skills.
Working at the village level, I ask myself: "What if frontline data was being collected thoughtfully, by workers trained in the elements of data sharing and usage? Can we not have supervisors with management training, who are more effective with such data in their hands? Why not simple hand-held technologies used to share data between health workers, developed with inputs from the community? And what if adolescent girls worked as change agents at the village level, guided by those familiar with the dynamics of social change?" All this and more are possible, from my experience.
Over the last 15 years, I have led the setting up of large public health programmes in fields as diverse as HIV and maternal and child health, with an unusual recruiting strategy. I offer positions to just as many people with no background in medical health to speak of, but who have superb business and data analytical skills. I do this, convinced that the best marriage is between medical and business skills. I know it works. After all, I started off in public health with a similar profile.
In election season, political parties are talking about devoting more funds to public health. Perhaps, a chunk of this could be kept for attracting talent. Fellowship programs such as Teach for India, the Gandhi Fellowship and others run by governments have shown that quality talent is willing to stay in the social sector, on acquiring initial exposure.
Over time, mandatory rural service could be extended to other important causes such as education, agriculture, livelihoods and skill development as well.
Ashok Alexander is founder-director of the Antara Foundation
The views expressed are personal
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About the past
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Korea: deConstructed
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'Let there be light' for Joseon Court
The palace in the winter of 1883/84 Robert Neff Collection
By Robert Neff
In late November 1886, William McKay, a 23-year-old Scottish-American, his wife Anna and their infant son Willie arrived in Jemulpo to help "enlighten" Joseon ― at least the palace ― with electricity. McKay was brought to the peninsula as an "electric light teacher" and his primary responsibility was to set up the power plant purchased by the Korean government from the Edison Company.
McKay and his family made their way to Seoul and stayed with Horace N. Allen, an American missionary and physician, and his family until the Korean government could provide them with their own home. While waiting for the power plant and a second (unnamed) engineer to arrive, McKay examined the palace grounds and decided the best spot for the plant would be next to a lotus pond so that it could provide water for the boiler.
On Jan. 3, 1887, a resident in Jemulpo wrote:
"The Higo Maru brought an Electric Light plant here for the King's palace, in Seoul. It is said to be the best plant that has ever been sent from the U.S. Two first-class engineers have come with it. The plant has been supplied at a little more than the actual price, and the enterprising Edison Electric Co. have guaranteed to make a success of it, even if they lose money on it. It is understood that the light will be in working order in about three months' time, and it is calculated that the Corean Government can save money by using the Electric light instead of oil."
The "two first-class engineers" were undoubtedly McKay and his unnamed assistant but it is not clear how the power plant was transported from Jemulpo to Seoul. Heavy equipment and goods were often transported by boat up the Han River but considering it was winter and the Han River had a tendency to freeze ― making river travel impossible ― the power plant may have been transported overland.
Construction of the plant was begun immediately and progressed very quickly, in fact, much faster than anticipated, but not without some problems.
The audience hall in the winter of 1883/84 Robert Neff Collection
One of the Americans ― I am guessing it was McKay but am not sure ― despite his recent arrival, had managed to learn some basic commands in Korean. They say knowledge is power ― this power almost cost him his life.
While trying to set the plant's boiler on its foundation of masonry, the engineer (McKay?) climbed under it to get a better look. The boiler was supported by a number of ropes held by Korean coolies. The engineer, desiring them to pull on the ropes and hoist the boiler higher, called upon them to "come on," or pull on the ropes. Apparently he had been using Korean with them earlier and they misunderstood his English for a Korean word meaning stop ― the command they were expecting, and so they let go of the ropes. Fortunately for the engineer, he was able to avoid the falling boiler and learn a valuable lesson that a little knowledge is sometimes dangerous.
By February (possibly Jan. 26) most of the work had been completed and the palace, at least parts of it, was supplied with electricity. It was celebrated as a success, but some members of the Korean government viewed it as a bad omen, especially after all the carp in the lotus pond were discovered dead. Perhaps, as mentioned in last week's article, they believed the dragon was responsible.
The Korean monarch (or someone in his court) had a fascination with lights ― not only for lighting the palace up but also as decorations. One of the early purchases from New York by the Korean government was 14 glass vases to decorate the royal dining table. These vases, each costing $75, contained bouquets of artificial flowers mingled with flowers of colored glass, and a small incandescent four-candle-lamp which served as the center for each of the glass flowers.
Tragedy struck on March 8, 1887 when McKay was accidently shot by a young Korean soldier. Apparently, while setting up lights in the palace, the soldier accompanying McKay, intrigued by the American's revolver, asked to examine it. As he examined it, the soldier accidently shot McKay. The wounded man was rushed to Dr. Allen for treatment, but there was nothing to be done, and the following morning, at 6 a.m., McKay succumbed to his wounds. Prior to his death, he pleaded for the soldier to be spared any punishment as he was convinced it had been an accident. McKay was presumably buried in Jemulpo but his tombstone has long been lost and forgotten.
Several witnesses, including McKay's assistant, agreed it was an accident. However, the Korean government, perhaps afraid of offending the foreign powers, decided to make an example out of the soldier and had him arrested immediately.
The palace circa 1900s Robert Neff Collection
In prison, the soldier was beaten severely and then condemned to execution. Regardless of the circumstances, a death had to be answered by death or at least banishment.
The American representative to Korea and McKay's widow both urged the Korean government to show mercy. Perhaps it was Anna's plea that finally won the soldier's reprieve and he was soon released.
King Gojong was so impressed with the woman that he offered her and her son $500.00 in compensation and a house for life if they would agree to remain in Korea ― he also pledged to pay for Willie's future tuition.
In his report to the State Department, the American representative wrote:
"One reason why so much concern has been shown is undoubtedly on account of the idea [Koreans] have, in common with many other Asiatic nations, that all foreigners residing in their country are guests, and that any mishap befalling them is to the shame of the host."
Anna did not accept King Gojong's offer. She returned to the United States and within a few years was remarried. As for baby Willie, by 1892, he disappeared completely from the pages of history ― presumably a victim of one of the many childhood diseases of that era. Like his father, his gravestone has seemingly been lost.
My appreciation to Diane Nars for her invaluable assistance.
Robert Neff has authored and co-authored several books, including Letters from Joseon, Korea Through Western Eyes and Brief Encounters.
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I was checking on my facebook account and having a small chat with May, the kind receptionist at the hotel when somebody came to pick me up. Before I left May handed me two pieces of banana and a roll of tissue which she said I would need during the 27-hour journey to Luang Prabang. Mounted on a motorcycle we maneuvered the alleys of Hanoi, then the driver asked me to wait on a corner along a major road. Soon I found myself transferring to a minivan and after surviving the city traffic we arrived at the international bus terminal.
When the bus door opened everyone scrambled to find a pleasant bed with some wanting to be on the upper deck while others preferred the ones below. I chose a bed located beside the window so I may easily watch the scenery outside. A middle-aged man occupied the bed adjacent to mine. He doesn't speak English so a couple smiles gave me the impression that he's a nice person. Meanwhile, some western travelers congregated at the back, occasionally having tiny chats until the growing night dragged everyone to sleep.
It was around 6:00 am when I opened my eyes, looked out the window and realized that we were still in Vietnam. From my last mental image of wide toll roads the bus now winds through the mountains of northern Vietnam, passing by small villages until we arrived at Namcan Border around 8:30 am. Being a member of ASEAN Philippine passport holders need not a visa to enter Laos and so I, together with two Malaysian travelers left Vietnam and entered Laos in a breeze. Then as soon as all the other foreigners in the bus completed their immigration must-dos our bus continued its drive to Luang Prabang.
Since we did not have a stop for breakfast, a quick lunch gave everyone a sigh of relief. After enjoying a plateful of rice, tofu and vegetables costing $3, we were invited back to the bus to continue the trip to Luang Prabang. In the afternoon I watched the sun rest behind the gentle mountains of northern Laos and after a couple more hours on a dark highway, we finally arrived in Luang Prabang around 10:30 pm.
Waking up to a sunny day, I left my room at Sopha House and walked along the riverbanks without a concrete plan. All I knew was that Luang Prabang is a small loosely populated town that one can practically visit all its major attractions by foot.
After exchanging some dollars to Laotian Kip and purchasing a van ticket to Vang Vieng in a local travel agency, I paused in a local cafe to have breakfast. Fronted with a clear view of the Mekong River I savored a cup of hot Lao coffee and a heavenly bowl of spicy Lao noodle soup -- perhaps the most delicious noodle soup I found in all of Indochina.
Still on the same road where Sopha House, the travel agency and the cafe are located, I came across Wat Xieng Thong, one of the oldest Buddhist temple in Luang Prabang. Paying an entrance fee of 20,000 Lao Kip (approximately $2.5) granted me access to the 450-year-old historical monument. A couple of other shrines and pavilions surround the main temple; all of them depicting original Lao architecture and design. Traditionally a temple dedicated to the royal family, it has been converted into a monastery after communist movements in Laos overthrew the kingdom.
The whole town of Luang Prabang was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site owing to the great number of historical temples and monasteries as well as the town's immense contribution in shaping Lao culture and religion. Resting at the confluence of Nam Khan and Mekong rivers, I easily agreed it was truly a simple and charming place -- far from noise which is perfect for meditation. Moving to the interior of the neighborhood I chanced upon Wat Mai, considered as the largest and most heavily decorated temple in Luang Prabang. Its walls illustrate some classic rituals and festivities practiced by the once existent kingdom.
Just across the other side of the street is the government-maintained Royal Palace Museum. Paying a small amount used for the upkeep of the wonderfully landscaped compound permits entry to yet another slice of Luang Prabang's glorious past. More commonly known by locals as Haw Kham, the palace was built with the help of the French in 1904; dedicating the site to King Sisavangvong and his royal family. On the same ground located beside the entrance, an elegant temple named Haw Pha Bang was purposely built to house Laos' most sacred Buddha sculpture.
Opposite to the Royal Palace Museum is an obviously old temple standing on aged tree trunk columns. Beside it are numerous concrete steps which lead to the peak of Chomsy Hill, also known as Phousi Hill. Pegged on top is a rather unattractive temple yet the rewarding scenery of the town and the surrounding mountains from above makes the short hike worth the effort. On this spot a commanding panorama of Luang Prabang unfolds, ushering a wide view of the centuries-old neighborhood and the vast mountains of northern Laos.
It was around noontime when rain started to pour so I decided to return to my room at Sopha House. After a nap I walked back to the Royal Palace Museum to check on some interesting royal exhibits. I was exploring the old cars section when I realized I was the only one left in the museum complex. I rushed to the exit but to my surprise the gate has been locked! Luckily two museum staffs came back as they seem to forgot something. I gave both of them a huge smile of relief.
Being a conventional religious town there are barely any nightlife you can do in Luang Prabang. However if you really want to go out in the evening, bargaining at the night market along Sisavangvong Road can be fun. A street streaming with red tents of uniform sizes here you would find a wide assortment of local merchandise including souvenir shirts, ref magnets, paintings and home decors. It's also a great hangout for dinner and snack hopping given the good number of restaurants and food carts offering versatile food selections.
At the base of Phousi Hill I spent some time appreciating the magnificent lights that glow out of the night market. Amid all the shopping and dining taking place I encountered a piece of calm as I sat on a bench under the cloudy evening sky. And while I tirelessly admire the bewitching appeal of the surrounding, I came to realize how deeply in love I am with that town -- to its remarkable peace and laid-back atmosphere -- precious elements that are definitely worth coming back.


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Running this returns, java.lang.NoSuchMethodException: io.debezium.embedded.spi.OffsetCommitPolicy$AlwaysCommitOffsetPolicy.<init>(io.debezium.config.Configuration)
However, When I start the embedded engine with,
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How to get the debezium embedded engine to use its AlwaysCommitOffsetPolicy?

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Gardasil and seizures: is VAERS now taking a connection seriously?
Theresa E was floored when she got a phone call from VAERS, the FDA's vaccine adverse event reporting system. Yes, the caller said, investigators did indeed feel that Theresa's daughter's seizures could be a serious reaction to Merck's anti-HPV vaccine, Gardasil.
Although Theresa had had a hunch that her daughter's intermittent seizures could have been triggered by the Gardasil vaccine, doctors completely pooh-poohed the idea.
But eventually, encouraged by information from Nina Kenney, whose daughter had also begun suffering seizures post-vaccine, she insisted on filing a VAERS report. Her doctor had for months been "too busy" to get around to the paperwork, she said, "and when I took the almost-completed form to him to finish he was a little shocked that I was serious."
So when someone from VAERS called shortly afterwards to verify the information she'd provided and made the comment about a serious reaction, Theresa was so stunned that she asked her caller to repeat it. She's relieved to see that taking the time to report to VAERS was worthwhile; her information will add to what investigators know.
Yes, report post-vaccine seizures—even if your doctor discourages you
"If I can prevent one more person from getting hurt, it's all worth it. Please encourage people to send as much concrete information to VAERS as possible, because I think that's why they listened. I didn't just send the form. There isn't enough space on the form to give much info, so they got a two-page letter, copies of the school report about where they found my daughter and letters stating that the (Gardasil) vaccines were stored improperly. I felt I was sending too much info, but I am glad I did. Whether it is an active ingredient or an inactive ingredient, they need to find out for sure."
None of this is to say that there is now a proven connection between Gardasil and seizures: there isn't, or at least, not at this point. Teenagers do develop epilepsy and seizure disorders with or without Gardasil. But when seizures follow vaccination in multiple cases, medical investigators need to—well, investigate. That's what the FDA is supposed to do. And, thank God, they're now doing it.
Do neurologists ask about pre-seizure vaccinations yet?
In February 2009, Gardasil vaccinations were briefly suspended in Spain after three unrelated incidents in which girls began suffering repeated convulsions hours after being vaccinated with the HPV vaccine. Eventually, authorities determined that the vaccine might have triggered, but not caused, the convulsions—a distinction that still eludes me in practical terms—largely because there were few similar cases on the books. (See here). With the best will in the world, investigators can't reconcile correlation and causation without enough data. So just make the reports, already.
After a young girl, Jenny Tetlock, died post-Gardasil vaccination from a highly unusual ALS/autoimmune-type disease mediated by immune response, her neurologist, knowing of at least one similar case, announced to fellow neurologists that she planned to make a study of girls with ALS-type diseases (see here). Finding any such cases requires that neurologists make a habit of asking patients whether they got the vaccine.
There are so many cases of post-Gardasil seizures that surely it would be smart to call on neurologists seeing new seizure patients to ask them that question, too. Just ask the question—did you get Gardasil? Menactra? Adacel? Together or separately?—and file any appropriates reports with VAERS. Then, if there's a connection, we'll know.
Theresa's daughter got her first Gardasil shot, along with Menactra, in July 2009. She suffered a commotion-causing 'sleepwalking' episode in her dorm in August and a second episode after the second shot. Theresa believes that both episodes were really seizures as her daughter was disoriented and appeared to observers to be on drugs; the second time the teenager recalls feeling twitchy and exhausted (common post-seizure symptoms) afterwards. Then her parents actually witnessed her seizing while they were all on vacation. The experience was devastating, but at least they finally knew was wrong. Now in her second year of college, she's been diagnosed with a nocturnal seizure disorder and is taking Keppra twice daily.
Drugged, drunk—or seizing?
The drugged appearance is all too familiar to Nina. "I've never seen Nora seize, but a few weeks ago I saw her right after a seizure. She was extremely disoriented, and in fact I thought she was drunk. She was very perturbed as well. Flat out mean. She tells me this behavior is a common factor with her seizures. She has yelled at paramedics and anyone who's nearby right afterward. Furthermore, she has no memory of the seizure and often, the entire day leading up to the seizure. Post seizure, she's exhausted and has a terrible headache for a day or two afterward."
When Theresa witnessed her daughter's seizure on vacation, "our daughter did appear to be drunk or really out of it; she could not correctly answer the questions for paramedics after the seizure. After a bit, she did."
Which makes one wonder whether some seizures go undiagnosed because the usual reaction to a young adult who appears to be drunk or drugged is an eye-rolling "kids will be kids."
"As far as the MRI and EEG," says Nina, "Nora's MRI and CT scan have been normal. She's only had one EEG and, according to the first neurologist she saw, it showed a 'slight abnormality'. I think he used the term compact partial seizure."
The ER doctor's diagnosis after Nora's first seizure was syncope/dehydration because he attributed the episode to alcohol consumption the day before—even though the episode included severe tongue-biting, "a classic seizure symptom," according to the neurologist Nora later saw. When she seized again after her second Gardasil shot, however, the final diagnosis was Epileptic Seizures, and her VAERS report now shows it as a "positive vaccine re-challenge"—which basically means that the same symptoms, or worse symptoms, presented themselves with the second shot, making a connection highly plausible. Nora did not get the third shot.
Two girls, two different VAERS responses, two years apart
Nina had a very different experience with reporting Nora's seizures to VAERS two years ago.
When she made the connection between Gardasil and Nora's seizures, she faxed a letter to Nora's neurologist, sent another to the pediatrician, filed an online VAERS report, called Merck, filed an online report with Sanofli-Pasteur (because Nora had also received a Menactra shot with her first Gardasil shot), and filed an online report with the NVIC. Only the NVIC and the pediatrician responded.
A few months later, Emily Tarsell, whose daughter Chris died of still-unknown causes after receiving the Gardasil vaccination, suggested that Nina contact the FDA for the Gardasil lot numbers and reports. When the reports arrived, Nina discovered that Nora's VAERS report seemed to include Nora among the girls who fainted upon getting the shot, probably because of the ER report after the first episode. She immediately faxed VAERS a letter; they contacted her only to get her neurologist's contact information and left the report essentially unchanged.
Only after Nina sent a strongly-worded letter to the Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee, prior to their meeting to decide whether to approve Gardasil for boys, did VAERS actually contact her for a timeline of events and further information. Nina's letter had commented that a year after she'd made all those reports, no-one had bothered to contact her. Two weeks later, she heard from VAERS. After an entire year.
It bears repeating: Gardasil is not proven to cause seizures in susceptible individuals. If you're considering Gardasil for yourself of your child, you and your doctor need to honestly discuss its pros and cons given your individual circumstances and family health history.
But, "I subscribe to the Epilepsy Foundation site's parent community," says Nina, "and there are MANY members whose seizures started after Gardasil. So in spite of what most in the medical community say, I believe there's a connection."
And it appears that if there is one, the FDA's finally started seriously looking for it. So do your part. If your child's seizures began only after an adolescent vaccination of any kind, file the report. With or without the help and/or encouragement of your doctor.
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Labels: convulsions, drugged appearance, drunk, epilepsy, Gardasil, Gardasil vaccine, Menactra, Merck, neurologist, seizures, Spain, VAERS
Great article with excellent information. For more information on the HPV vaccines please check out http://sanevax.org.
Lots of information - thank you. I read every word. My daughter started having seizures the day after her vaccine.
I was just about to make an appointment for my granddaughter to get her first Gardasil vaccine, when a friend called. I told him what I was doing and he said don't do it. He said his daughter had her first shot about a month ago, and within days could hardley walk. Doctors tried to brush it off, but with their persistance a spinal tap was done and she was diagnosed with Guillian Barre. Needless to say, we won't be getting the vaccine. We'll go with condoms and regular PAPs till more is known.
My daughter absolutely was affected by the Gardasil vaccination. We were not warned of any side affects at all. Our Doctor insisted that she do the injections. She now has seizures, her personality has changed, she has had damage to her frontal lobe in that she is not mentally retarted but she has suffed damage. She is bipolar. She is totally a different, unpleasant person than she was 3 years ago. She was totally healthy prior to that injection. I absolutely will not allow my granddaughter to take the injection and I encourage all parents to do some major research. With our technology these days, I would much rather deal with the illness than have my duaghter permanetly damaged, which is what happened. I am so glad people are starting to take this more seriously.
Debbie, I'm so sorry about your daughter--and you did file reports, right? With VAERS, Merck, and, preferably, RateADrug.com? With VAERS and Merck, it's absolutely essential to give them good contact info. If your doctor doesn't want to file, you can do it yourself.
I'm concern about this situation with Gardisil.
I have been waiting result for almost two years after I decided to make an appointment for my teen ager daugther. We went to the public hospital and my daugther received Gardasil vaccine on March, by July my dauther had two big seizures, after that she continue having many clonic seizure every days she had been hospitalized, after several test (lumbar included) the lab test didn't show the reason of these seizures not brain herpes, not bacteria or virus she had encephalitis but they don't know the cause,knoe she's in recuperation, I noticed thart everytime she is around her period she started having partial seizures and headache.I told doctor about this vaccine but they omit the possibility of the cause.
Brenda--I'm so sorry about your daughter. Regardless of what your doctor says, you should file a VAERS report. If you need help, let me know. The purpose of VAERS is to find out things that doctors don't know yet. The seizures may or may not be related to the vaccine, but we'll only know when we have sufficient case histories to research.
I have a young teenager (just turned 13) who has not received the vaccine - yet. Every year for the past 3 the pediatrician has recommended it and asks us why not. There is no discussion of pros and cons or individual health history, other than the most generic. I mention some of what I have read, most of which is not confirmed by medical community, and none of which is specifically present or absent in my daughter. How do I decide if/when she should have this vaccine?
Now I read that she needs to have a meningitis vaccine and a dtap booster, so I am also concerned about interactions and cumulative affects on immune system.
And to make matters worse, she absolutely is terrified of needles and flinches when given a vaccine, which also makes the pain afterward worse.
There's no perfect choice. I've talked to my kids extensively about the risks and rewards of vaccines and the best way to ensure that their bodies shrug off the HPV virus when, almost inevitably, they encounter it.
I am more undecided about the meningitis vaccine as meningitis is not really that common, but if they did get it, the danger is immediate--unlike with HPV.
I'm pretty sure my eldest daughter, about to go to college, will get the recommended shots EXCEPT for Gardasil, which I don't see as necessary. However, I'll take her to an alternative doc for recommendations to counteract negative effects. Can't hurt, might help--worth it IMO as long as you have someone decent and non-exploitative to go to.
Good luck with your decision. Parenting isn't easy, and doctors are not always happy to encounter questions they probably can't answer. In my exprerience they are busy and usually just go by what the AMA recommends and do very little independent study.
Lyndee said...
My daughter received her 2nd shot today. With the first shot there were not adverse side effects at all. However, 30 seconds after receiving the shot today she passed out and had a seizure right there in the Dr's office. They shrugged it off like it was no big deal. I INSISTED that they order an MRI. Seizures are not normal. And then I start reading all of this information online about how many girls are experiencing this same thing. Id like to know why the medical community is not taking this seriously. Why hasnt anyone sued to get them to stop giving this to our young? Now they are pushing it for boys too! I am terrified that my 16 years old daughter may suffer another seizure. I am angry and wish I had read all of this yesterday! What ca we do to get the word out there besides file reports?
My daughter also started having seizures after her gardasil shot. She had been a perfectly normal 15 year old teenage girl, into sports and other school activities. She was having seizures, on average 3 times a week lasting any where from 15 to 45 mins. This started in June of 2008 and stopped in June of 2010. It has been four years, she had her first one again two days ago, apparently this nightmare is still not over. I was told time and time again that there was no connection, and these episodes were phsyc issues. This shot took her high school years away from her!!!
Dose 2 of the Gardasil vaccine gave my daughter a seizure immediately following administration. Fortunately, she has not had subsequent episodes (it has been about 5 years since that occurrence). You can bet she did NOT get the 3rd dose, nor did my younger daughters get dosed after that. It is a particularly dangerous vaccine that you need to RUN, not walk, away from.
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Has there been any other seizures since 2009 or since you posted this in 2014? Just wondering if seizure continued since vaccine
so, a friend of a friend of a friends daughter is hospitalized since she suffered a seizure, now trashed and coma induced due to what is being called, NORSE new onset refractory status epileptics. doctors are not able to determine why this healthy young adult girl has suffered this devastating seizure. The first thing I thought of was this HPV vaccine. does this sound familiar? Well I know it does. Just want to get the family some information.
I would like to know how many of the girls who suffer seizures after the HPV vaccine had one of the vaccines with the lot #849AA in 2011? My daugher and another girl both had the shots and suffer unexplained seizures and this is one of the lot numbers on one of their vaccines.
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I've not really had a chance to dig into it. From a brief-glance, it seems that the text pre-HTML transformation is a bit more natural-looking, particularly for headings, which isn't suprising, since the creator, John Gruber, says that the formatting conventions used in plain-text e-mail is a big inspiration for the syntax. On the other hand, the link syntax for Textile reads more naturally to me.
I'm not sure whether I'm going to bother with Markdown given that 1) Textile's been more widely adopted 2)I'm planning on setting up a wiki, and both formats are similar to but different from many of the native Wiki markups — learning 3 and keeping them straight is going to be too much for my little smooth brain to handle.
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Yeah, headings are the only thing Markdown has over Textile as far as I'm concerned.
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Is there a Russian expression used when both sides know they are lying?
I just heard someone talking about Putin propaganda techniques on BBC Radio 4 this morning...
And he mentioned an expression in a situation where "both sides know they are lying"... but they persist with the thing anyway, and neither side smiles or laughs... presumably this dates from Soviet times.
He applied it specifically to the MH17 tragedy: saying that Putin, RT and all the rest know full well that this plane was shot down by Eastern Ukrainian rebels, but persist with the fiction that this explanation has "not been proven".
It was something, possibly, to do with "cow shit" (maybe?)
slang idioms
mike rodentmike rodent
"both sides know they are lying": do you mean that both sides tell a lie, or one side tells a lie (and knows it) and second side also knows that it is a lie (but does not tells a lie in return)?
– Artemix
It's unclear what exactly are you asking. Could you please provide a usage example, say, an English sentence where you could have put this expression? Thanks.
– Quassnoi ♦
The Russian expression used when both sides _know_ they are lying, and neither side smiling nor laughing is
делать хорошую мину при плохой игре
derived from card games.
AvtokodAvtokod
Thanks. This sounds great. Is it commonly used in connection with politics, either now or in the past during or before the Soviet era?
– mike rodent
@mikerodent Being theatrical enough, you shouldn't expect to see it in conversation between relatives and buddies. Nor at a card-table, I'm sure.
– Avtokod
@mikerodent: the phrase is a calque from French faire bonne mine à mauvais jeu, literally "to make good appearance during a bad game". It means "to put a brave face on". This is not necessarily lies, this is more like bluffing, keeping your facade pretty during hard times, and of course it does not imply the other side knows about this, quite the opposite. This phrase and its likes in other languages are of course used widely when discussing politics since about Neolithic age, because that's what politicians do.
The question clearly stipulates that there are two parties to the conversation, the fact the renders the accepted answer as not appropriate. In fact I don't believe there is an idiom for such situation
this is a valid answer that would be nice to have as an additional one, but not the accepted one.
– shabunc ♦
The BBC did this a while ago, after which it can officially be considered the Russian language's mythmaker-in-chief. They took a colourless and generic Russian term for camouflage, маскировка, and simply made up some clandestine cultural significance around it. Failing to even translate the word correctly in the process (it does not mean "a little masquerade", just "masking").
I certainly can't think of any expression that would match the description. "Cow shit" being a gender flip away from an English, and very specifically English, expression for lying, are you even sure Russian was the language in question? But then again, I won't be surprised if the Beeb have let their linguistic imagination run wild again. Now I'm curious to know the details myself, but nothing turns up on the BBC4 website.
I realise "never heard of it, don't trust the BBC" isn't much of an answer, but I'm fairly confident I'm not missing any Russian idiomatics here, and if you provide more details I might at least be able to clear up what they got wrong this time.
EDIT: Tsumiman's вешать лапшу на уши is a good candidate, and the phonetic similarity to "cow shit" is an interesting theory I didn't think of. Perhaps I should've given the BBC greater benefit of the doubt despite their prior record. That said, the expression (literally "hanging noodles on one's ears") does not necessarily imply a situation where "both sides know they are lying". The speaker does know, but they don't have to be the person being lied to.
Nikolay ErshovNikolay Ershov
Ah, it wasn't BBC4 (TV)... it was BBC Radio 4... but you should be able to get it on the BBC website (I don't know how this works outside the UK... can anyone get it?) try bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08cbp1z. It may well be the item in the "running order" at 7.50 am this morning. I have to point sthg out, however: the BBC does not endorse every opinion voiced by those on its programmes. Unlike in Russia the UK government actually has very little control over the media.
It's at 1 h 09 minutes into the programme... the person interviewed is someone called Edward Lucas, an ex-editor of The Economist. The expression he used sounded something like "Vranyo"... which he translated as "bovine excrement"... the concept being, as I say, that you have a discussion where both sides know they are talking nonsense but carry on anyway... Mind you, according to Google Translate this merely translates as "lies"... a bit boring!
@mikerodent Google Translate is completely right. Враньё is just that, "lies". No special tinge of meaning here. Boring? Yes, and there's no reason to expect it to be anything else. Russia and its language are not, contrary to (pesky, at times infuriating) stereotypes, your go-to source of cultural colourfulness. "Bovine excrement" is just Lucas making "bullshit" radio-friendly; frankly I'm surprised it didn't occur to you at once. Lucas is wrong (as he always is, but let's keep this non-political) about vranyo being untranslatable. And he even brought up the maskirovka rubbish again!
– Nikolay Ershov
@mikerodent P.S. "Unlike in Russia the UK government actually has very little control over the media." — Lax professional standards aren't a function of government control or lack thereof. They don't even require having an agenda. The Western tendency to sensationalise, exotify, or just randomly reinvent Russia is older than our current political tensions; in fact, it's much older than the USSR. There were never any "Potemkin villages"; there was never any "Russian roulette". What the BBC has shown here is simply more of that anything-goes attitude.
@mikerodent: it's not an uncommon trope to reason about other nations' traits giving them names borrowed from the nation's language, which makes them sound as somehow unique. Your average Joe Sixpack may be insolent or ill-fated, but an Etai of Haifa would have "chutzpah" or be a "schlimazel", supposedly implying some kind of new level of arrogance and misfortune specific to Jews or Israel. Well, they are not, and neither are Russian враньё and маскировка warp and woof of the Russian culture any more than English "lies" and "camouflage" are those of the British one.
In the mentioned radio segment, BBC 4 beginning at 1:09. The following words are mentioned:
компромат (kompromat) - a short form for discrediting materials
маскировка (maskirovka) - a fairly innocuous word as mentioned by Nikolay, which means masking
враньё (vranyo) - which means lies, contrary to what Edward Lucas says the word has no connection to either "bovine", or to "excrement." Also contrary to Edward Lucas, the word враньё does not imply that "both sides" either know about it, or both lie to each other. It simply means "lies", nothing more, nothing less.
I'll avoid commenting on the rest of Mr. Lucas' speech about how "враньё/lies" is a lubricant of life in Soviet Union and Russia.
VitalyVitaly
This situation might be described with idiom "вешать лапшу на уши". It's used to talk about outright and blatant lie or deliberately confusing statements. Also, "на уши" might sound somewhat similar to "cow shit".
There is also slang word "брехня", which might be translated as "bullshit".
TsumimanTsumiman
Thanks... not being a Russian speaker I'd feel silly to award this as the "right answer"... but assuming this keeps the highest votes I shall...
Both sides lying to each other, knowing it, yet keep lying with straight faces? The word for that is "дипломатия" (diplomacy).
There's also an idiomatic expression "врёт и не краснеет" ("to tell a lie without blushing").
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Actually there are plenty idioms meaning "to tell a lie". I suggest:
(Говорить) на голубом глазу
Which means "To tell a lie with innocent look".
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A CUMBRIAN accountancy firm will host a charity ball to celebrate 20 years in business. David Allen Accountancy which began with David working out of his garage, now has has offices in Dalston, Penrith, Workington and Dumfries, and to celebrate, the business will hold a "Platinum Ball" to raise funds for the Great North Air Ambulance Service (GNAAS). The event will be held at the Garden at Eden, Carlisle, on June 23, with all proceeds going to their charity of the year. David Allen, managing partner at the firm said: "As a well-known, reputable employer across Cumbria, David Allen recognises the importance of giving something back to the communities in which we live and work. "GNAAS are saving lives across our County and as such I am proud to be hosting our Platinum Ball where we will hopefully raise lots of money for a fantastic cause, while celebrating 20 years in business. "I would like to thank local businesses and professionals for their support so far in organising what is set to be an amazing event". Mandy Drake, head of fundraising at GNAAS, said: "We are thrilled with the support we have received from all the staff at David Allen.
A CUMBRIAN accountancy firm will host a charity ball to celebrate 20 years in business.
David Allen Accountancy which began with David working out of his garage, now has has offices in Dalston, Penrith, Workington and Dumfries, and to celebrate, the business will hold a "Platinum Ball" to raise funds for the Great North Air Ambulance Service (GNAAS).
The event will be held at the Garden at Eden, Carlisle, on June 23, with all proceeds going to their charity of the year.
David Allen, managing partner at the firm said: "As a well-known, reputable employer across Cumbria, David Allen recognises the importance of giving something back to the communities in which we live and work.
"GNAAS are saving lives across our County and as such I am proud to be hosting our Platinum Ball where we will hopefully raise lots of money for a fantastic cause, while celebrating 20 years in business.
"I would like to thank local businesses and professionals for their support so far in organising what is set to be an amazing event".
Mandy Drake, head of fundraising at GNAAS, said: "We are thrilled with the support we have received from all the staff at David Allen. They have worked tirelessly arranging fundraisers and events, coming up with lots of different ways to raise more cash for GNAAS.


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Hey y'all! My name is Jessica Fediw and welcome to my blog. Here is a little bit about myself. I have two daughters, miss J and miss E, who make cameos here and there. My husband and I met in college and were college sweethearts. For the first few years of our marriage, he was in the Coast Guard, so we have lived in quite a few places (Jacksonville, FL; Pensacola, FL; Sulphur, LA) and had lots of adventures. We both grew up in the Hampton Roads area of Virginia surrounded by family and friends and are excited to once again be back in this area.
I am in my thirties and am still trying to figure out what to do with myself most of the time. I love God and love being a part of the local church community. I love to craft and am a diy enthusiast. My grandmother and mom taught me the basics of sewing/crocheting/crafting when I was little, but I didn't really get into it until I was about to graduate from college (GO ODU!!!!). At that point, I basically began to reteach myself and I am still learning how to do things better all the time. I even began learning how to use power tools and have gotten into wood working over the past few years.
I started this blog to be my creative outlet and have enjoyed all the different paths it has taken me. I love sharing what I am doing with hopes of inspiring others. Thank you for taking the time to stop by and check out my blog. I am really glad to have joined the crafting blog community many many years ago and look forward to continuing in it.
I'm looking forward to see more blogs from you =) You're so creative! More power, Jessica!
I just found your blog, via wardrobe refashion (i think). I had no idea you were from Hampton roads! That's where i'm from….also an ODU graduate!!
I'll be checking back, love your refashions!
🙂 Hi!! your blog made me really happy! its gorgeous and full of inspiring ideas!!
I have a 7month old baby and the way you create beautiful things for your daughter makes me want to do that too!
I just found your blog and I have to say that I love it! Thanks for sharing all your wonderful ideas 🙂 I will be staying tuned for more!!
Hi! I just found your blog through Ruffles and Stuff. How cool that you are from VA – my little bro is at ODU right now!
Good luck with your venture in the military – my husband is in the Army! Thank you for taking the time to blog. I love the ideas you share!
I did just find your blog. Brilliand tutorials. Thank you!
Happy to have found your blog through another…and I like to take a peek on the "About posts" of a blogger.
(My hubby is a retired Army Aviator, but still connected doing Airfield safety for Hunter and Ft Stewart. ..so we live not that far from Jacksonville.
I would love if you have time to pop over to my blog and take a look around. If you do, please leave a comment so that I know that you were there.
Have a blessed and wonderful July 4th!
Hi, my husband found your blog and I am now following! I love to sew, my older daughter is also 3. Isn't it a fun age?? Here is a pic on my blog of the princess dresses I make: http://lasvegasmama.blogspot.com/2010/06/princess-dress.html I am really looking forward to exploring your blog further, this all looks amazing!!
I love your blog! I am trying to get my own up and running and yours is an inspiration. Thanks!
Success. I'm inspired. Though i don't craft much, its becoming more and more difficult to resist every time i visit your blog.
Hi! Just wanted to stop by and let you know that I am following your blog. I found you via no big dill. It is always so exciting to find other local bloggers!
I just checked out your blog after reading the NO BIG DILL post and saw that you are from VA. I am also from Hampton Roads (Virginia Beach) and am now living in Jacksonville with my family. Small world!
I've just started my own craft blog and check out other crafters daily. I just found yours today and I have to say it is my FAVORITE! I love everything I've seen so far and can't wait to try a lot of your projects. I've already featured your blog on mine! Would you be interested in collaborating on something?
I was just checking out some of your creative ideas and noticed a few pictures that reminded me of the Ed Austin Park playground…when I went to your "about me" section, I noticed you live in Jax! What a small world. We just moved away from Jax after living there for 2 years and moved to Utah. Hope you enjoy the winters…that was always my favorite time of year – building sand snowmen on the beach.
Love your blog and your wonderful ideas!
Thank you sooo much for your blog it has been an inspiration to me! I too am a military mom of two in my mid twenties trying to figure out what God has for us. We currently moved from FL to GA and have followed God's calling to be pastors here near ft. Benning. Keep up the amazing work and thanks again!
I just found your blog from the 30 free patterns website. I love it! I am originally from Molino, FL. Love your Blog!
I'm so happy I found your blog! Its spooky how much we have in common 🙂 I'm a Virginia-raised-Jesus-loving-military-wife who likes to make things too.
I absolutely ADORE your blog! Your creations are totally awesome girl.
I just found your blog yesterday–and I promptly tried the no heat curls last night!!
It's a delight to find another Christian FL blogger.
My blog is a collection of daily adventures, photos, stories of family, friends, and the little ones I babysit. Deep down I'm a crafter at heart, I just don't devote much time to it. Here's hoping I can work more on that!
Hi Jessica! I just found your blog a last week, and thought I would say hi! My husband is a pilot in the Navy, so I completely understand about venturing outside your comfort zone with moving around. So far, we've been to two places in TX, VA Beach, and now we live in Japan. I love to blog and will be following your's from now on. We hope to move back to VA Beach after our three years are up here, so maybe some day we'll be able to meet in person. 🙂 God Bless!!
when I imagine "blog of creative person" I think of you. You've been in my bookmarks for more than a year already. I come read you all the time. You finally inspired me to start my blog.
THIS IS WHAT I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR!!!
I just finished a rag quilt, and wanted to incorporate letters for the baby's name. This is perfect!!!
Just stumbled across your blog. I'll definitely be following from right here in Virginia Beach!
I just entered your giveaway. God bless you. I am so glad you found Christ early in your life. We found him later so the first years of marriage were hard. But now we have three beautiful children 8, 10 and 12 and my husband works at a church!
Be sure to read Love Life for Every Married Couple. It will bless your marriage beyond anything you can imagine.
God bless you too! I will look into that book 🙂 Thank you!
You aren't too far from me, I am in a small town close to Beaumont, Texas. You should check out Gator Country if you are interested in alligators, my kids love it.
We are close to you then 🙂 I will look into it. Sounds like we would enjoy it 🙂 Thanks for sharing!
Your stuff is so cute! I too am a wife to a coastie and we are stationed in Elizabeth City, NC. If you happened to transfer here in the next 3 years I would love to meet you and exchange ideas! I love, love, love sewing and crafting and love finding new people to share that with! Thanks for sharing your ideas on your blog!
So glad you are here in Louisiana and hope you and your family enjoy your stay. I'll continue to enjoy Happy Together wherever it resides. Thanks for all the great tutorials and happy endings.
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Q: lxml xhtml parsing producing characters instead of whitespaces I have been trying to parse what i believe is a xml page (Page's doctype header):
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">

... by using lxml's fromstring method. I end up getting the value I want, just with a bunch of '\r\n\t\t\t\t' characters surrounding it. Via self research, it seems this is due to the white space that is then parsed as these characters. However, i am also getting other characters as well as shown in the code below.
Some SO questions i've looked at that might make things faster:
Get data between two tags in Python
Removing spaces and non-printable character in Python
upper case html tags encoded in lxml
I have used the split() function which, when no argument is included, splits the string into substrings that were separated by one or more whitespace characters (i.e. effectively removing whitespace), but this only removes the '\r\n\t\t\t\t' characters. I have also tried lxml's text_content() method to the same end. I am wondering if there was a way to change the way the xml page is encoded when parsed with fromstring that will ignore white spaces (and anything else) and just return the text between the  tags. Anyway, find below my code and result (Requests code shortened for brevity):

from requests import session
from lxml import html

payload = {'Dictionary':'value'}
reqheaders = {'Dictionary':'value'}

c = session()
loginurl = 'URL'

response = c.post(loginurl, data = payload, headers = reqheaders)
a = response.content
b = html.fromstring(a)
value = b.xpath('//*[@id="content"]/table[4]/tr[1]/td[1]/text()')    # list containing ['30,000\r\n\t\t\t\t Â\xa0\r\n\t\t\t\t  ']
k = value[0].split()  # Another list equal to ['30,000', 'Â']

>>>k[0]
'30,000'  #The value I need

This is the  element I am targeting from the xml page using the xpath (Sourced from response.content):
30,000\r\n\t\t\t\t \xc2\xa0\r\n\t\t\t\t

and this is the raw source (from chrome) of the  element i am targeting (Spaces included):
30,000

It seems '\xc2\xa0' are the offending characters which pushes my thinking towards an encoding issue. Any advice on an efficient way to obtain this value directly without dealing with these anomalous characters would be great, preferably with as little processing time as possible.
Cheers,
p.s.: this is my current locale used in python 3.4.1:
('English_Australia', '1252')
any requests on question clarification, let me know. I'll answer with additional information ASAP.


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Proba feminină de tir cu arcul de la Jocurile Olimpice de vară din 2020 a avut loc în perioada 23-30 iulie 2021 la Yumenoshima Park din Tokyo, Japonia.

Rezultate

Etapa clasificării

Etapa eliminatorie

Secțiunea 1

Secțiunea 2

Secțiunea 3

Secțiunea 4

Finale

Referințe

Tir cu arcul la Jocurile Olimpice de vară din 2020

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Cardiac arrest accounts for substantial morbidity and mortality. It is characterized by unexpected circulatory collapse related to a cardiac cause, most commonly cardiac arrhythmias. Despite advances in the care of patients with cardiovascular disease, survival rates for patients who experience cardiac arrest are dismal; for those who do survive, neurological sequelae are common and often devastating. In the United States alone, >300,000 deaths each year are attributable to out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.In many cases, patients with cardiac arrest have underlying/preexisting coronary artery disease. A large number of patients will have underlying structural heart disease, including ischemic and non-ischemic cardiomyopathy, infiltrative disorders, and valvular heart disease. A smaller percentage of patients will have genetic or acquired abnormalities in cardiac conduction, increasing their risk for arrhythmias and sudden death; these include the Brugada syndrome, long and short QT syndromes, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, and medication-induced torsades.
The key to early management is prompt resuscitation. For patients with ventricular arrhythmias, early defibrillation is paramount. Other resuscitative efforts, including cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the application of advanced cardiac life support (ACLS), are necessary to achieve a perfusing cardiac rhythm.
Following resuscitation and recovery of a normal/perfusing cardiac rhythm, persistent hemodynamic perturbations might necessitate volume resuscitation, mechanical ventilation, vasoactive medications (e.g., inotropes and vasopressors), and coronary revascularization strategies, to name a few.
Consideration of mild therapeutic hypothermia for neurological protection in the cardiac arrest patient.
There are no specific criteria for diagnosis of cardiac arrest. In most cases, death is unexpected and occurs within a short time (usually within 1 hour of symptom onset). In the absence of a palpable/perfusing pulse, resuscitative efforts should begin. An external automated defibrillator should be applied to all cardiac arrest patients to confirm underlying cardiac rhythm. For patients with a "shockable rhythm" (e.g., VT or VF), defibrillation should be employed.
Following effective resuscitation, a series of diagnostic studies are usually obtained. This includes a 12-lead ECG to assess for evidence of ACS, in particular looking for ST-segment elevation, which should prompt consideration of emergent coronary revascularization. It should be noted, however, that many patients will have ST-segment and T-wave changes following cardiac arrest in the presence or absence of significant epicardial coronary disease.
Other diagnostic studies often include a screening/non-contrast head CT to evaluate for intracranial hemorrhage or cerebrovascular accident and serum chemistries to rule out electrolyte disturbances that may have triggered arrhythmia. Other laboratory studies, imaging tests, and diagnostic procedures may be necessary depending upon the presentation and examination findings.
The accompanying electrocardiograms show ventricular tachycardia (Figure 1) and ventricular fibrillation (Figure 2) in patients with cardiac arrest.
Electrocardiogram from a patient with ventricular tachycardia.
Electrocardiogram from a patient with ventricular fibrillation.
How do I know this is what the patient had?
If the patient had sudden loss of consciousness and no palpable pulse, it can be assumed that he or she had a cardiac arrest.
While in its classical sense cardiac arrest is due to unexpected death from a cardiac cause, other disease states can result in rather sudden circulatory collapse. Consideration must be given to other etiologies, including acute pulmonary embolism, vasodilatory shock, hypoglycemia, severe neurological insult (i.e. hemorrhage, stroke), etc.
Once hemodynamic stabilization has been achieved, a number of diagnostic studies could be considered depending upon the characteristics of the patient and the presentation.
– Mild therapeutic hypothermia as indicated – based upon institutional protocol; the application of hypothermia deserves special attention here. This therapeutic modality results in a decrease in metabolic demands of all organ systems, particularly the brain. In addition, hypothermia decreases toxic reperfusion pathways, activates adaptive protective mechanisms, and decreases intracranial pressure. In two pivotal trials in which patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest were randomized to hypothermia versus standard care, there was a demonstrable improvement in neurological recovery and, in one trial, a significant improvement in mortality. As a result, the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR) recommends that therapeutic hypothermia be used in all unconscious adult patients with spontaneous circulation after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest when the initial rhythm is VT or VF. In addition, ILCOR notes that cooling may be beneficial for other rhythm disturbances and for in-hospital arrest victims.
Despite improvement in our therapies for patients with cardiovascular disease, survival and favorable neurological outcomes in patients with cardiac arrest remain poor. There is a growing body of evidence supporting the early application of mild therapeutic hypothermia for survivors of cardiac arrest, resulting in demonstrable improvements in neurological function and, in some cases, survival. Nonetheless, many survivors of cardiac arrest will require long-term care and will have prolonged convalescence.
Patients will often require substantial long-term care in the form of skilled nursing, physical and occupational therapy. If a primary arrhythmia was the cause of arrest, many patients will require implantation of an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) and will need outpatient cardiology follow-up. For those with neurological sequelae of their arrest, particularly in the form of seizure activity, neurology follow-up is recommended.
The pathogenesis of cardiac arrest is often poorly understood, and cardiac arrest is commonly multifactorial in etiology. It has been postulated that often multiple dynamic factors interact to produce a substrate susceptible to arrhythmia development.
In many cases, obstructive coronary disease with resulting ischemia/infarction can precipitate cardiac arrest; in other cases, disorganized/dysregulated myocardial tissue and scar formation can precipitate life-threatening arrhythmias – these include nonischemic cardiomyopathies and hypertrophic cardiomyopathies, to name a few. In still other instances, genetic and acquired conduction disturbances can result in arrhythmogenesis.
The majority of patients with cardiac arrest have underlying structural coronary arterial abnormalities; while this most commonly refers to obstructive coronary artery disease, congenital abnormalities in coronary blood flow can result in cardiac arrest. Dilated and hypertrophic cardiomyopathies account for another high-risk patient population, due to the underlying risk of re-entrant ventricular arrhythmias. Finally, other cardiac disorders, including valvular heart disease, congenital heart diseases, infiltrative disorders, and both primary and acquired electrophysiological disorders can all result in fatal arrhythmias and cardiac arrest.
Of all the patients who suffer out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, the majority do not survive. In fact, most patients fail to make it to the hospital. For those who do reach the hospital, less than 1 in 10 survive to hospital discharge, and the majority of those do so with significant neurological deficits. With the application of novel therapies, including induced hypothermia, however, epidemiologic trends suggest that survival is improving and functional recovery parallels these mortality gains.
"Hypothermia after cardiac arrest". NEJM. vol. 346. 2002. pp. 556RRCT evaluating therapeutic hypothermia in cardiac arrest; showed statistically significant improvement in survival and neurological recovery.
Nolan, JP. "ILCOR Advisory Statement. Therapeutic hypothermia after cardiac arrest. An advisory statement by the Advanced Life Support Task Force of the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation". Circulation. vol. 108. 2003. pp. 118-121. Guideline recommendations for the use of induced hypothermia in patient survivors of cardiac arrest.


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Following on from the earlier Panorama posts, it's fascinating - and not a little disturbing - to read the differing accounts of the opening day of the court martial of Maj. Nidal Hasan, the suspect in the Foot Hood massacre of 2009 which saw 13 U.S. soldiers killed and many others injured.
I read the Daily Telegraph's take first:
Fort Hood trial: US soldier Nidal Hasan says 'evidence will show I was the shooter'
Nidal Hassan, a US army major and self-styled "soldier of Allah", has spoken publicly for the first time since shooting dead 13 of his comrades in a gun rampage at a military base four years ago.
The paper's account included several direct quotes, including the following, first from Hasan himself...
"The evidence presented here will only be one side of the story. I was on the wrong side. I then switched sides. The evidence will show we Mujahideen are imperfect soldiers trying to form a perfect religion. I apologise for any mistakes in this endeavour."
...and then from the prosecutor in the case:
"He yells Allahu Akbar and opens fire on unsuspecting and defenceless soldiers in the surrounding area. He uses the laser sights to kill the uniformed soldiers, and only the uniformed soldiers. Laser sights flashed through the now gun smoke-filled building."
Then I moved onto the BBC's account. Note the missing word in the direct quotation here, as compared to what appeared in the Daily Telegraph:
"The evidence will clearly show that I am the shooter," Maj Hasan told the jury of 13, including nine colonels, three lieutenant colonels and one major.
He added: "We are imperfect Muslims trying to establish the perfect religion."
What happened to the word "Mujahideen"? The use of "Mujahideen" would mean that Hasan is explicitly identifying himself as an Islamist jihadist. Who is quoting Hasan correctly here? And why is someone misquoting him?
Similarly, compare the second paragraph from the Daily Telegraph with this one from the BBC's account:
During the prosecution's opening statements, Col Steve Henricks said Maj Hasan deliberately targeted "unarmed, unsuspecting and defenceless soldiers" when he opened fire, and planned to "kill as many soldiers as he could".
What became of "He yells Allahu Akbar" in the BBC's account?
The Telegraph, incidentally, reminds its readers that Maj. Hasan is "a Muslim born to Palestinian immigrants in Virginia" - a detail missing from the BBC account but which Sky News's report doesn't fail to include either. ("Hasan, a US-born Muslim of Palestinian descent...")
I was curious as to how the BBC One's News at Six and ITV News (at 6.30) would report the story. Oddly, only ITV News did report the story. The BBC's News at Six ignored it.
Checking different versions of stories for yourselves, thanks to the internet, can result in added confusion in the reader's mind - given the differences between various takes - but at least it teaches you not to believe everything you read and to wonder what you're missing from the particular account you're reading.
Well, yes. I was about to post this well over an hour ago, but severe confusion really did begin to creep in.
Digging a little further shows that both the Washington Post and Jihad Watch (among others) use exactly the same quotation as the BBC - "We are imperfect Muslims trying to establish the perfect religion" - and both of them cite the Associated Press as their source. So presumably the BBC is also quoting the Associated Press. If Hasan did use the word "Mujahideen" then it appears that it's the Associated Press whose reporting isn't up to scratch.
But when you look further you find all manner of variations on Hasan's statement across the media:
"We are imperfect Muslims trying to establish the perfect religion." (BBC)
"we Mujahideen are imperfect soldiers trying to form a perfect religion." (Daily Telegraph)
"We the Mujahideen are imperfect Muslims trying to establish the perfect religion in the land of the supreme god." (Atlas Shrugged)
"We in the mujahideen are imperfect beings trying to establish a perfect religion" (CS Monitor)
I'm puzzled. Is there no official court transcript? Why can't professional journalists transcribe what this man said, exactly, word for word? (You would think that would be one of the first requirements of a professional journalist). Whose version is the correct one?
Frankly, who knows!
Labels: BBC 'News at Six', BBC News website, Islamism, ITV News, Telegraph
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