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AUBURN -- Jermaine Whitehead still is not practicing on defense.
The senior safety, who was reinstated last week following a monthlong suspension for a reported verbal altercation with an assistant coach, has remained on scout team and special teams.
Whitehead, who has not been available for interviews since the incident, appeared on kickoff returns against South Carolina. Not usually a position he plays, Whitehead found himself in a difficult spot during an onside kick.
Auburn coach Gus Malzahn would not say if Whitehead's position on kickoff return has changed.
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The flip side of course is that we have learned to not get burned as easily but we have been left with some cynicism that we would do well to rid ourselves of. The way to walk back from this is to realize that everyone has it less than perfect and our lives were never meant to be clean cut.
Life is naturally messy, and we realize this more as we get older. The promise of a future that we had planned didn’t work out for many of us and perhaps careers or marriages didn’t pan out. But in the wake of that imperfection is where we find our salvation because that removes the pressure from our shoulders. There are often so many variables conspiring to upset our plans working out that we should be more amazed when they do.
It’s perhaps more realistic to not count on a firm strategy and see life as a flowing river we are immersed in. We will be carried along in its flow and have only a certain amount of impact on what shore we land on. The more that knowledge sinks in, the more we will be satisfied with an outcome that wasn’t supposed to be part of the original script we had envisioned.

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The same question is asked at nearly every public health conference: Why is public health so poorly funded? Normally a government representative stammers through a prepared answer: “We are investing where the money is needed.” I’ve learned this actually means “public health is not a priority. No one knows what it does. And besides, what’s the worst that can happen?”
Ontario’s public health budget in 2019 did not even top $1.3 billion — a sliver of the overall $63 billion health-care budget. Each year, public health units make a strong case for increased funding to improve infectious disease surveillance, complement community-based health promotion programming, and alter health systems to better produce impactful outcomes.
But the requests are waved away. Besides, what’s the worst that can happen?
In spring 2019, Premier Doug Ford initiated foundational changes to the structure and operation of public health. The plan was to reduce the number of public health units from 35 to 10 and slash funding by $200 million per year. Public health-related agencies would either be forced to merge or work within reduced budgets.
Public health leaders were livid. Several associations appealed the decision. And many warned bad things would happen.
Well, in the end, something worked.
It should be said that in recent weeks, Ford has been admirable. His daily press briefings are transparent and empathetic. And to be fair, COVID-19 was a slow burn coming out of Wuhan. Even our top experts didn’t recognize it for what it was until the screams from Italy became deafening. And when they did, our provincial government acted decisively to enact unprecedented health and safety measures. Ford, for his part, has recently reinvested funds back into public health to help mitigate and minimize this crisis.
But there is a niggling feeling that a portion of the panic and chaos could have been avoided if adequate, sustained, public health funding had been invested decades ago and with a long-term view. Months from now, when the worst of COVID-19 is behind us, will this infusion of funding dry up?
Public health typically manoeuvres behind-the-scenes. It advocates for healthy policies, promotes the social determinants of health, and works with partners to reduce social and health inequities. But just because it operates outside the spotlight, doesn’t mean public health ought to be first in line for budget cuts.
COVID-19 is horrible. The mortality and morbidity this virus causes is heartbreaking. The stress, upheaval and foundational shifts to our social fabric will reverberate for years, if not decades. But if any good is to come from COVID-19 it is this: no one again will dismiss the value of public health or question what’s the worst that can happen?
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When I felt I should get married, my daughter, mother, relatives and friends sat together and we came up with this decision. My 'koottukaari' (friend) is someone who's been gossiped about a lot, because of me. So I thought if I got married to somebody else, it just wouldn't be right (laughs). Hence, this decision...'
If anyone missed the latent, and appalling sexism in what Dileep
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, then this statement he made at the media interaction post the thaalikettu, made it loud and clear:Ente peril baliyadaya orale thanne njan kalyanam kazhikkan theerumanichu
Clearly, this wedding was all about Dileep, the larger-than- life hero, playing saviour to a poor scapegoat, who'd otherwise not have a chance in life! That wasn't all. The docile-looking Kavya, seemed to nod meekly to everything Dileep ettan said, and even looked at him for approval whenever questions were posed to her. Ironically, this is the same woman who had essayed some strong female characters in Malayalam cinema in the last decade, in Perumazhakkalam and Gaddama. When Kavya did open her mouth to speak, all she managed to say was: 'Both of us need your blessings for a good life ahead...' But Dileep cut her short, and corrected her, saying, 'not just the two of us, but four of us...' The other two being his daughter and his mother. Wondering why Kavya's parents don't feature in this equation? Well, we too are! But considering he never even took her name ' choosing to refer to her as 'koottukaari' and 'baliyadu' ' it's not such a surprise after all. Kavya became like a stereotypical movie heroine
It's sad that a man has the privilege to accept or reject a woman. The choice is never with her. That is why evils like triple talaq still prevail even in the 21st century. I am not against divorce or the freedom of the individuals to separate. I felt Dileep could have taken a better stand. When he tried to justify himself in front of the public, he indirectly proved that his intentions were never right and it was too obvious. And here the individual, Kavya has no role but be like a stereotypical movie heroine with no importance in the movie. Dileep describing Kavya a scapegoat reflects his lack of conviction. But our society tends to glorify such justifications and the men behind these fake masks will keep dominating the women.
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Artist & human right activist Dileep is just a prototype of misogyny present in Kerala society
What more should we expect from Dileep? He has shown his patriarchal attitude in his films and it is the male-dominated society that made those films successful and hailed him as the 'people's hero'. So post-marriage he gave his justification to that society just like in his films. But I am more disturbed by Kavya who accepted his marriage proposal. She is not a village belle but an actress who has been in the mainstream since childhood. I wonder how she could agree with such beliefs. I have no opinion about Dileep but I expected more from a woman like Kavya. Dileep is just a prototype of misogyny which is always celebrated in Kerala society.
' Gargi, writer Gossips shouldn't be a reason to get married to someone
People growing apart, deciding to part ways and also finding another partner aren't a crime, and I don't think anybody should be apologetic about it. Gossips too are a part of the society we live in. But I don't think it should be a reason 'to get married to someone.'
What I saw on Friday was the helplessness of a man who had to convince society about his deeds.
I believe that Dileep and Kavya decided to marry because they love each other but I pity a society which put him in a situation where he could not openly admit it.
' Kani Kusruti, Model-actress Meanwhile...No, these rumours are wrong
All kinds of rumours have been doing the rounds, made by imaginative minds, one of them being that Manju Warrier
has attempted to take her life. We spoke to a source close to the actress and she pooh-poohs all such rumours, while clarifying that Manju doesn't want to give a statement as yet.
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Notre Dame beats eighth-ranked Kentucky 64-50
Eric Atkins scored 16 points and Notre Dame beat No. 8 Kentucky 64-50 on Thursday night for its 41st victory in the past 42 home games.
Jack Cooley and Jerian Grant each had 13 points for the Fighting Irish (7-1), who opened an 11-point lead by halftime and were never threatened the rest of the way.
Notre Dame outplayed Kentucky (4-2) inside during the first half and held the Wildcats to a season-low 40 percent shooting for the game. Students rushed the floor after the Irish wrapped up their second win over the Wildcats in the past 13 meetings.
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He succeeds Mike McClennan, who resigned last week. But for the most demanding game of a troubled season, the club captain, Shane Cooper, will be in charge while Hughes, promoted from Academy coach, makes a first trip with the first team in order to get to know them.
Hughes, who takes over officially on Monday morning, will find that the match provides an early sight of the standard to which Saints must aspire. 'My work here starts next week, but I'll be as nervous as anyone on Sunday,' he said. 'Every club in the game has lived in the shadow of Wigan, but I haven't come into this job to be second best to them.'
Hughes, who coached at Widnes and Rochdale during the Eighties, will be a full-time coach for the first time. 'The job has changed beyond recognition and doing it full-time is the only way to do it,' he said.
Some of Saints' current problems are evident in the side named by Cooper. Tea Ropati is out with a recurrence of his Achilles tendon injury and, although David Lyon will have a late test on his back, Steve Prescott - one of the young players to whom Hughes may look increasingly - is named at full-back.
Despite his enthusiasm for the quality of young players making their way through the ranks at St Helens, Hughes admitted that he would want money to strengthen his squad. 'It is a bit thin,' he said.
Wigan are set to make significant changes from the side who beat Warrington so convincingly in the Regal Trophy last Saturday.
Martin Offiah will return on the left wing, although Paul Stevens stands by as a precaution, and Shaun Edwards will start at scrum-half, with Frano Botica moving to stand-off and Sam Panapa dropping to the bench. Alongside him will be Martin Dermott, because Martin Hall hangs on to the hooking role.
Warrington have had a dreadful week, crashing out of the Regal Trophy to Wigan and losing in the league at Wakefield. Injuries mean that the only meaningful change their coach, Brian Johnson, can make is to bring Mike Gregory into the squad.
'It wasn't just our young players who let us down at Wakefield,' Johnson said. 'But Mike's experience can certainly help to get us back into the groove.'
The Bradford coach, Peter Fox, has shown seasonal goodwill by allowing Gerald Cordle, his first-choice wing, to spend Christmas with his family in Wales. Steve McGowan will play against Halifax in his place.
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The ‘Araldite’ boat has crossed the finishing line in the Transat 6.50 Charente-Maritime in 15th place, demonstrating the possibilities of constructing a racing boat reinforced with flax fibres.
According to Huntsman this is the first flax fibre built boat to take part in and finish the legendary race. “The going was relentless and many competitors were forced to abandon because of the extremely harsh weather conditions, but in spite of the many challenges that were thrown our way, including an energy problem that forced us to turn back to Cape Verde for essential repairs, this race has given me one of the greatest challenges of my life,” said Thibault Reinhart, Skipper of the ‘Araldite’.
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Huntsman explains that having left La Rochelle on 25th September, Thibault Reinhart arrived in Salvador de Bahia on 2nd November after 28 days, 20 hours and 8 seconds at sea on board the ‘Araldite’. Huntsman sponsors the boat that takes its name from the company’s award winning range of Araldite products. Huntsman also provided technical support for the project.
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Lots of Clarity stencils and stamps can be used for this month's challenge, Love, so if you haven't made those Valentine cards yet or maybe there is a family wedding coming up this is the perfect opportunity to get all loved up.
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- Make masks for the Birds. Don't worry about the very intricate bits.
- To help you align the stamps draw a central vertical line lightly in pencil.
- With black archival ink stamp the Birds and then cover with the masks.
- Under the Birds, stamp the Corner twice using some copier paper to mask the very ends of the top corners to shorten them.
- Stamp Love underneath and then the Corners again below this to complete the perch.
- Rub out the pencil line but leaving the Bird masks on brush Old Paper over the card.
- Using Adirondack Red Pepper brush ink around the edges, leaving a vague oval shape around the birds. Go back over with these two colours until you are happy with the depth of colour. I chose these colours to go with the Gelli print I had already chosen to use as a backing paper.
- Cut to size and then go around the edges with a black Sharpie pen.
- Mount on a Gelli print and then a blank card. My print was made using the Leafy swirl stencil.
- Remove the masks from the Birds and colour in with Spectrum Noir pencils.
- At this point I realised I had stamped my Birds too high so I extended the corner stamp using a black pen to make a perch.
- Finally couldn't resist a doodled heart above the Birds.
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Italian Kitchen: Eggplant, Mozzarella, and Dried Tomato Rolls
The Italian name of these savory bites “Antipasto Estivo” translates literally as ‘summer antipasto”, but I think it is more helpful — and tempting — to know what goes into them. The reason for the simple name is that in Italy they use mostly seasonal ingredients, and certain summer combinations are classic.
The components for this little antipasto can be prepared in advance and assembled at the last moment. It is served at room temperature, or the little rolls can be placed seam down in a lightly oiled ovenproof dish and baked in a moderate oven until they are heated through and the mozzarella is melted.
675 g of eggplants, preferably the long narrow kind, thinly sliced (The best eggplants to choose for this dish are firm, and no wider than 5 inches across. Choose eggplants without blemishes or bruising).
Salt (for preparing the eggplants)
Extra virgin olive oil
500 g yellow and red bell peppers
170 g fresh mozzarella cheese, cut into thin strips
Basil leaves or fresh oregano
Pitted black olives, Gaeta or oil-packed
150 g Dried tomatoes
Freshly ground black pepper
First of all we should remove any bitter juices from the eggplants. Cut the eggplant into thin slices (approx. ½ cm). Layer the eggplant slices in a colander, salting each layer, and let stand for 1 hour. Rinse the eggplant thoroughly in cold water and pat dry on paper towels. If grilling, paint them sparingly with extra virgin olive oil. Salt lightly and set aside on paper towels after grilling or frying.
Roast the peppers in a 400°F oven until the skins are blackened, turning once, about 40 minutes in all. Remove the peppers from the oven and wrap them in foil until they are cool enough to handle. Seed and skin the peppers and cut them into thin strips.
Lay the eggplant strips out on a work surface and set a strip of pepper on each. Then layer on a strip of mozzarella, dried tomato strip, a leaf of basil or a pinch of oregano, and an olive half. Salt lightly and season with pepper to taste. Roll up carefully and fasten each roll with a toothpick.
Serve with a mixed green salad and crusty Italian bread.
Be careful and do not put too much salt, as the eggplants tend to absorb it fast, and the dish may appear to be oversalted. The less the better is the rule here.
If you don’t have mozzarella cheese around, you can use ricotta cheese, parmesan, or Pecorino Romano. All the variations are delicious!

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Germany's Elephants Finish their Christmas Tree Dinners
Elephants in zoos across Germany have spent January devouring Christmas trees and supplies are now drying up. Many traders hand their unsold stock to zoos. The trees provide roughage that helps keep the animals regular.
For anyone who wondered what happens to Christmas trees that don't get sold in Germany, here's the answer: Elephants eat them.
It's become a tradition at many zoos to supplement the diet of their elephants with pine trees supplied by market traders who would otherwise simply throw them away.
"Elephants like to eat wood, it's important for their digestion because it gives them roughage, especially in winter when there aren't many leaves on the trees," Thomas Kauffels, director of the Opel Zoo near Frankfurt, told SPIEGEL ONLINE.
The zoo received 300 trees from traders this year for its three fully grown African elephants, and they have finished devouring them.
"We fed them one or two trees each per day," said Kauffels. "If we gave them 10 at a time they'd get picky and would only eat the tips."
The elephants only get trees that weren't sold -- used trees are too dried up to be tasty or nutritious, and there's a danger that the elephants could choke on a forgotten bauble or get an itchy throat from tinsel.
"Our elephants like the trees," said Kauffels. "I certainly haven't had any complaints."


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Bachrach, a menswear retailer that has operated since 1877, is closing its remaining 14 stores in eight states.
The Los Angeles-based chain had briefly emerged from its second bankruptcy in August 2017 after an earlier round of store closures, but filed for Chapter 11 for the third time on February 16, 2018.
Great American Group and Tiger Group are conducting the liquidations on behalf of the retailer’s creditors. For the next four to six weeks, online shoppers also will find discounts of up to 50% off at Bachrach.com.
The company hasn’t been owned by the Bachrach family since 2005, when it was purchased by private equity firm Sun Capital Partners. At that time Bachrach had 79 stores throughout the U.S.
The inventory being sold includes double-breasted, slim-fit, modern-fit and three-piece suits; dress shirts, sport shirts and sweaters; dress and casual pants; denim and jeans; coats, blazers and vests; and accessories such as ties, label pins, cufflinks and pocket squares, most of which are from the Bachrach brand.

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Women to be included in leading role for technological advancement
June 26, 2019 12:20 pm
The Fiji National University is pushing to enroll more female students to help drive technological development.
FNU’s Vice-Chancellor Nigel Healey says they want to ensure that women are part of the driving force in the engineering and science fields.
“Some of the innovations in science and technology that are taking place at the university and it’s part of the wider drive. We are trying to support and really raising the profile of the so-called stem subjects science, technology, engineering, mathematics in Fiji and particularly to attract more girls and women into these subjects.”
He adds they’re also encouraging women to help raise the profile of certain male-dominated subjects and make their mark known in various fields.


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Shraddha Kapoor is busy shooting for her Telugu debut film Saaho in Europe. Recently, the actor shared pictures and videos from her Europe schedule and seems like she is enjoying her stay in the snow-clad mountains.
The Half Girlfriend took to her Instagram stories to share pictures featuring the entire crew enjoying the view while heading to the top of snow-clad mountains for their shoot. “Heading on top of the mountain to shoot,” she captioned one picture. In another photo, she can be seen getting ready while she enjoys a beautiful view from her window. She captioned it, “p above the world so high 🏔 #SAAHO#EuropeSched 📸”.
The makers recently dropped the teaser of the film, giving a visual treat to the fans with some nail-biting action-packed sequences, amazing stunts, and witty dialogues.
The film offers a variety of spine-chilling action sequences, starting from Baahubali actor Prabhas standing at the edge of a tall building and firing bullets to performing stunts on the road on a speeding bike, which will surely keep the audiences glued to their seats.
Actors like Mahesh Manjrekar, Jackie Shroff, Neil Nitin Mukesh, Murli Sharma, and Chunky Panday will be seen in never-before-seen avatars.
Shraddha and Prabhas will be seen sharing screen space for the first time in Saaho.
The film is being shot in Telugu, Tamil, and Hindi simultaneously at a number of stunning locations in and out of the country and is slated to hit the theatres on Independence Day(Aug 15) this year.
(With inputs from ANI)

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This updated item appears in Sunday's print column For nearly 60 years, a large baseball with the name "Thillens" on it stood on a pole marking the entrance to Chicago's own field of dreams. Thillens meant the big time for......
| Jul 30, 2013
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There's a popcorn shop in downtown Chicago that generates long tourist lines, and most locals, like me, don't get it. I don't think the popcorn is better than at any other place that puts a little effort into its popcorn, and if your time in Chicago is...
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For more than four weeks, a 5-foot fire hydrant stood in 12-year-old Bela Quintas' living room in Chicago's Noble Square neighborhood.
Bela, a self-taught artist, transformed what was once a white fiberglass hydrant into an eye-catching representation...
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For nearly 60 years, a large baseball with the name "Thillens" on it stood on a pole marking the entrance to Chicago's own field of dreams.
Thillens meant the big time for generations of young baseball players — a stadium with lights, a public...
| Jun 12, 2013
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About five hours before the puck dropped Wednesday for Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final, Blackhawks forward Andrew Shaw posted this on his Twitter feed: "The moment we all dreamed about as kids! Game 1 Stanley Cup Finals!''
At midnight at the United...
| Jun 13, 2013
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Overhead trains, river-touring boats, legendary dinosaurs and American Girls: Chicago's best attractions appeal to all ages. And though it's a big city, Chicago extends a warm Midwestern welcome to visitors while keeping it real with an ample dose of...
| Jun 14, 2013
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When the Norton Museum of Art tasked Lego man Dan Parker with re-creating the world's best skyscrapers for its new exhibit, the artist made 1 World Trade Center the tallest of them all.
Standing 9 feet 2 inches tall from base to antenna, Parker's Lego-...
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Strolling along the Lake Michigan beachfront. Gazing into each other’s eyes while coasting aboard the Ferris wheel at Navy Pier. Holding hands and tiptoeing to the glass edge of the Willis Tower’s Skydeck.
Is there a more romantic city...
| May 27, 2013
Divvy, the new rental bicycle that Chicago's transportation chief predicts will become a popular "bike taxi" option for short trips, made its debut for test rides at Bike the Drive on Sunday.
The Divvy show-and-tell during the once-a-year morning...
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At the kickoff of the International Gay & Lesbian Travel Association's annual convention this month, that organization's strides — not to mention the entire nation's — were no more clear than on a simple United Airlines banner beside the...
| Apr 29, 2013
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Mysterious protagonist Aiden Pearce might be the star of the upcoming video game "Watch Dogs," but downtown Chicago lights up the box art.
Comissioned by Ubisoft to paint a scene that contained both the iconic visage of the Willis Tower and an "L"...


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Former NFL star warns type 2 diabetics of dangers of low blood sugar
Most individuals with type 2 diabetes are primarily concerned with high blood sugar levels, and for good reasons. Excess glucose in the arteries can lead to a number of health complications like heart disease, blindness and kidney failure. However, exceptionally low levels of blood sugar can also be dangerous.
Retired NFL star and current radio talk show host Mike Golic recently partnered with the American College of Endocrinology to try to educate individuals about the problem of low blood sugar.
Golic said that in the past he would simply ignore the problem. However, after dealing with the consequences of low blood sugar, he has begun managing his levels more tightly.
"As a former professional athlete, I'm used to hiding pain and injuries, so when I started to feel increasingly dizzy and shaky during a tough workout, I pushed through it until I realized I needed to stop and eat something to get my blood sugar up," Golic said. "Now that I've learned more about the causes and symptoms of low blood sugar, I can take steps to help avoid it."
Low glucose levels most commonly cause individuals to feel dizzy, weak, anxious or tired. However, drops in blood sugar can also result in loss of consciousness. If this happens in the middle of certain activities like an intense workout or driving, it can cause serious harm.
Golic said this is why it is important for individuals to manage their glucose. While allowing levels to climb too high can be a serious issue, letting blood sugar drop too far can also be a problem. Regular testing is one of the most important parts of managing glucose.

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by Dorcas Hand
Ok – quick one today, the first day of Banned Books Week. It is always time to celebrate our freedom to read what we choose and choose what we read. But this week we especially pay attention to the vast variety of books challenged for just as wide a set of reasons, some more obvious than others. Libraries, including school libraries, serve the needs of our students – students with interests and needs that cover the range of possible reasons to challenge.
At ALA in Orlando in June, I did what I have meant to do every year. I stood in line to read from a banned book on video. Here I am.
Hundreds of other librarians did the same. Here’s the ALA Banned Books YouTube channel.
And here is an overview video you could use with students Middle School and above -
it’s by the Independent Student News.
So, find a way to honor this weeklong celebration in your library with your students. Support intellectual freedom.
Banned Websites Awareness Day is September 28 - see Judi Moreillon's blog post for details.


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Bruce gives Newcastle injury updates and looks forward to clash with Liverpool at Anfield on Saturday
By Charlie Skinner
Last Updated: 13/09/19 10:54am
Sean Longstaff has suffered an ankle injury in training, while Andy Carroll is close to a return for Newcastle, says head coach Steve Bruce.
Longstaff has played in all four Premier League games so far this season after recovering from a knee injury which kept him out of the final stages of the last campaign.
The 21-year-old attracted interest from Manchester United in the summer following his impressive performances in his breakthrough season, but Bruce confirmed he has been sidelined due to an injury in training.
Bruce said: “Unfortunately, Sean Longstaff turned an ankle yesterday in training. He won’t make tomorrow.
“He tried to block a cross and unfortunately twisted his ankle and we won’t know how severe that is until the next couple of days. That’s a bit of a blow to us.
“It’s one of those freak ones which unfortunately happens. We were disappointed for him that we’ve lost a player to a freak accident. That’s what happens in football unfortunately.”
Newcastle started the season poorly with defeats against Arsenal and Norwich, but rallied to pick up a shock win at Tottenham thanks to record-signing Joelinton’s goal.
The Brazilian striker has not faced much competition for his place in the side yet, however, he could be challenged by Andy Carroll, who is nearing a return after he was re-signed on Deadline Day.
Bruce said: “[Carroll has] made big progress this week. He’s delighted with how it has gone so far. It’s good news for us.
“I think for everybody to see him joining in with training was good for him, good for the group of course and we need now some positive news from his specialist.
“It’s always very difficult to put timescale on someone like Andy, he’s fit when he’s fit. He’s joined in, he’s worked extremely hard, there’s a smile across his face this morning where he’s comfortable which is good.
“When you’ve got an ankle like he’s got, it’s always the reaction to the work he’s put in. At the moment it’s all very good.”
Newcastle face a trip to Premier League leaders Liverpool on Saturday as they look to be the first team to collect points from Jurgen Klopp’s side this season, and Bruce admits it will be a very tough challenge.
He added: “We’re going to European champions who haven’t lost a game at home for two and a half years.
“They are as good a team as you’re ever going to play against so we’ll have to defend well that’s for sure. But we need to take part in the game and show that resilience like we did against Spurs.
“When we’ve got it, can we cause a threat and that’s got to be the game plan straight away again.
“It’s a great stadium with a great support, a big club, big history, big tradition. To go there and play against them is for me always going to be one of the highlights because they are quite unique in what they’ve done over the years in their history.
“I’ve always just enjoyed it. In the big games it’s important that you just enjoy it, that’s what were in it for. It couldn’t be anymore difficult because they’re a very, very good team now.”


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Reasons to adopt a senior pet: Life beyond the cage
Adopting ANY pet is great option; every animal deserves a beautiful life and a loving home. But today, I want to talk about the forgotten ones, the older pets who will spend the last days of their lives in a shelter unless you hear me when I say: please consider adopting a senior pet.
It's easy to pass by a senior pet in the shelter without a second thought. "No, too old, past it's time, can't play or run...too broken."
But a majority of these pets had a home once, and for some reason, have ended up in a shelter. Whether their owner passed away, or their family simply decided they were no longer worth caring for and dumped them, they've felt warmth and they had a happy place to rest their head. Now, just because their eyes may be failing and their fur graying, they are deemed as unadoptable, unwanted or useless.
But if you can see through the gray and open your heart to one of these seniors, here are some reasons you will never regret that decision.
- Seniors have life beyond the cage! It may be a week, it may be years, but the most important part of adopting a senior is knowing that you will make their last days memorable and happy.
- Seniors are already trained, so you will have more time for yourself plus a companion who will love you forever!
- What you see? It's what you get. Seniors are established, their personalities are not going to change, and they are not going to grow any bigger.
- Senior pets are house trained, they know how to live in a home environment, and you will not have to spend time teaching them basic tasks.
- A senior says "YES PLEASE!" to relaxing. They are very easy-going and will have no objection to a spontaneous mid-day nap.
- They will appreciate what you did for them. They know you saved them, and they will love you unconditionally for it.
- Senior pets are extremely hard to find homes for, so when you adopt them, you are truly saving a life.
With an older pet, it's not about when they are going to pass away. It's about making sure that until they do, their days are happy, their hearts are full of love and they have someone to make them feel safe.
A pet should never have to live out its last days lonely, scared and in a shelter where no one gives it special attention. If you give these pets a chance, when the day comes for them to leave this earth, it will be hard, tears will obviously be shed, but that pet will be thinking of you and their heart will be with you.
That's all a senior pet wants; someone to make their last days worth living. Be that person for them, open your home to a pet whose muzzle may be gray from age but whose heart will stand unwavering with love and appreciation for the simple fact that you gave them a chance.
Kimberly Flanders: (215) 345-3119; email@example.com, Twitter: @kimmyflanders; To subscribe, go to phillyburbs.com/orderIntell

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With squidlike tentacles extending from their distinctive multichambered shells, the extinct marine predators known as ammonites were once among the most successful and diverse animals on Earth. Scientists have identified more than 10,000 species from fossils found nearly everywhere on the planet where oceans once existed, from the Great Plains of North America to the foothills of the Himalaya and the glaciers of Antarctica.
Ammonite is actually the colloquial term for ammonoids, a large and diverse group of creatures that arose during the Devonian period, which began about 416 million years ago. Ammonoids are related to other cephalopods—such as squid, octopuses, and cuttlefish—and they were early relatives of the modern nautilus. Meanwhile, true ammonites are a suborder of ammonoids that didn’t appear until about 200 million years ago, in the Jurassic period.
During their long history, ammonites survived three mass extinctions—most notably the Permian extinction, a global warming that was brought on by volcanic activity about 252 million years ago, and that killed 96 percent of the planet’s marine species. While many species of ammonites died out in that extinction event, scientists believe the survivors diversified explosively in the million years that followed. Ammonites hunted the planet’s seas until they were entirely wiped out by the same cataclysm that claimed the non-avian dinosaurs about 66 million years ago.
Appearance and behavior
Based on the fossil record, ammonites came in a wide range of sizes and shapes, from smaller than an inch to as large as nine feet wide. Some ammonites had long, straight shells, while others had helix-shaped shells. Most species, however, had coiled shells lined with progressively larger chambers separated by thin walls called septa.
The animals constantly grew new shell material as they aged, but the their bodies always remained in the outer chamber. The walls that separated each chamber helped protect the shell from being crushed. They were connected to the shell by intricate lines known as sutures—the complexity of which varied tremendously throughout this animal’s evolution.
The many chambers of their shells likely helped these cephalopods glide through the planet’s warm, shallow seas. A thin, tubelike structure called a siphuncle pumped air through the interior chambers of the shell, which scientists believe helped provide buoyancy and move ammonites through the water. It’s unclear whether ammonites were very efficient swimmers, though.
Scientists believed that ammonites, like modern cephalopods, had soft body tissue with tentacles attached to their heads for catching prey. Fossil evidence indicates they had sharp, beaklike jaws to snare prey such as plankton, crustaceans, and other ammonites. They were also preyed on by larger reptiles and fish.
Evolution and extinction
As ammonites evolved throughout the Mesozoic era, between 252 and 66 million years ago, their shell structures grew smaller, more tightly coiled, and more complex. Early ammonites had simple suture lines traced across their shells, while the sutures on species from the Cretaceous period (145 to 66 million years ago) formed intricate patterns that may have given later ammonites greater buoyancy control.
The ammonites came to an end 66 million years ago, during the planet’s most recent mass extinction event. In the final days of the Cretaceous, a 7.5-mile-wide asteroid slammed into Earth and killed off more than three-quarters of all species on the planet. Some scientists hypothesize that the ammonites couldn’t survive the aftermath because of the sudden decline of their main food source: marine plankton.
Ammonite shells are used today as index fossils, meaning they can help date other fossils that are found in the same layer of marine rock. These cephalopods make for ideal index fossils because they are abundant, widespread, and their various species lived during distinct time periods that can be easily identified by their suture patterns. Ammonite fossils also reveal information about ancient climates, as the sites where they are unearthed must have once been covered by ancient seas.

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You might not think to use the word “rigid” to describe most 3D-printer filaments, but most plastic filaments are actually pretty stiff over a short length, stiff enough to be pushed into an extruder. Try the same thing with a softer plastic like TPE, though, and you might find yourself looking at this modified Bowden drive for elastomeric filaments.
The idea behind the Bowden drive favored by some 3D-printer designers is simple: clamp the filament between a motor-driven wheel and an idler to push it up a pipe into the hot end of the extruder. But with TPE and similar elastomeric filaments, [Tech2C] found that the Bowden drive on his Hypercube printer was causing jams and under-extrusion artifacts in finished prints. A careful analysis of the stock drive showed a few weaknesses, such as how much of the filament is not supported on the output side of the wheel. [Tech2C] reworked the drive to close that gap and also to move the output tube opening closer to the drive. The stock drive wheel was also replaced with a smaller diameter wheel with more aggressive knurling. Bolted to the stepper, the new drive gave remarkably improved results – a TPE vase was almost flawless with the new drive, while the old drive had blobs and artifacts galore. And a retraction test print showed no stringing at all with PLA, meaning the new drive isn’t just good for the soft stuff.
All in all, a great upgrade for this versatile and hackable little printer. We’ve seen the Hypercube before, of course – this bed height probe using SMD resistors as strain gauges connects to the other end of the Bowden drive.
Continue reading “A Better Bowden Drive For Floppy Filaments”
Shoes may seem simple at face value, but are actually rather complex. To create a comfortable shoe that can handle a full day of wear without causing blisters, as well as deal with the stresses of running and jumping and so on, is quite difficult. Is it possible to create a shoe that can handle all that, using a 3D printer?
[RCLifeOn] discovered these sneakers by [Recreus] on Thingiverse, and decided to have a go printing them at home. While [Recreus] recommend printing the shoes in their Filaflex material, for this build, one shoe was printed in thermoplastic polyurethane, the other in Ninjaflex. As two filaments that are both commonly known to be pliable and flexible, the difference in the final parts is actually quite significant. The Ninjaflex shoe is significantly more flexible and cushions the foot better, while the rigidity of the TPU shoe is better for ankle support.
Our host then takes the shoes on a long run through the woods, battling dirt, mud, and other undesirables. Both shoes hold up against the abuse, although [RCLifeOn] notes that the Ninjaflex shoe is much more comfortable and forgiving for longer duration wear.
We’ve seen other 3D printed shoe hacks before, too – like these nifty shoelace locks.
A group at the Hasso-Plattner Institute in Germany explored a curious idea: using 3D printed material not just as a material – but as a machine in itself. What does this mean? The clearest example is the one-piece door handle and latch, 3D printed on an Ultimaker 2 with pink Ninjaflex. It is fully functional but has no moving parts (besides itself) and has no assemblies. In other words, the material itself is also the mechanism.
The video (embedded below) showcases some similar concept pieces: door hinges, a pair of pliers, a pair of walker legs, and a pantograph round out the bunch. Clearly the objects aren’t designed with durability or practicality in mind – the “pliers” in particular seem a little absurd – but they do demonstrate different takes on the idea of using a one-piece item’s material properties as a functional machine in itself.
Continue reading “3D Printed Door Latch Has One Moving Part – Itself!”


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A collective of bibliophiles talking about books. Book Fox (vulpes libris): small bibliovorous mammal of overactive imagination and uncommonly large bookshop expenses. Habitat: anywhere the rustle of pages can be heard.
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Half of a Yellow Sun takes the 1967-1970 war in Biafra as its backdrop, the book’s title coming from the new country’s flag and symbol of hope. We see the action through the eyes of three characters: Ugwu, a teenaged village boy brought to the university city of Nsukka to be houseboy to radical mathematics academic Odenigbo; Olanna, Odenigbo’s lover who has rejected her hugely privileged “nouveau riche” background to be with him; and Richard, the white English lover of Olanna’s twin sister Kainene who has come to the “fragile clasp” of Nigeria out of a genuine interest in the country and its art, and who loathes the typical 1960s British ex-pat experience.
The novel opens in the “early 1960s”, when Odenigbo and his friends live a comfortable life. Ironically for a story that will deal with a conflict that used starvation to horrifically successful ends, much of the early part of the book shows Ugwu learning to cook wonderful meals for the boisterous dinner parties that the professor regularly holds. We learn that Odenigbo is a idealist with a strong social conscience: he immediately gives his new houseboy access to books and sends him to the school for university staff members’ children. When Olanna arrives, back from studying and living in London, Ugwu is initally wary of her and the idea of sharing his Master’s attentions, but is quickly fiercely loyal to her thanks to her kindness and generally fascinating demeanour. Meanwhile, we learn that Olanna’s relationship with her twin sister Kainene is somewhat strained, a childhood closeness given way to an adult divergence of life courses and a lost understanding between them. Still, for the early part of the novel, they get along OK and Kainene and Richard are regular attendees at Odenigbo’s evening gatherings.
Richard is a fascinating character: more aware of Nigeria and its culture than any of his fellow white ex-pats, he is regularly appalled by some of the sweeping generalisations his compatriots come out with. He breaks away to explore the “real” Nigeria, meeting and falling in love with Kainene along the way, yet still occasionally slips into inadvertent colonial “possession” despite himself. It’s not a malicious possession, but an unthinking one: come the declaration of Biafran independence from Nigeria, he declares himself a Biafran. It is his country. He also refers to Kainene as his fiancee, and later as his wife, despite never having proposed to her. She is his woman. Of course, he is not really a Biafran in the sense that he could leave the war-zone whenever he wanted, and he is spared some of the worst violence against the Igbos because no one sees him as one. This is explicitly shown by a harrowing scene when the airport lounge he is in is attacked by non-Igbo soldiers and Richard witnesses many people – his “fellow Igbos” – slaughtered in cold blood. He might be fluent in the Igbo language and regard himself as one of them, but it is obvious no one else does.
As the novel moves into the late sixties and the war itself, each of the characters have to face the horror of the conflict. Olanna is in Kano when the Igbos are attacked, and loses her aunt, uncle, and heavily pregnant cousin in the slaughter. She escapes on a heavily packed train back to Nsukka, where one of the novel’s most heartbreaking scenes takes place. The woman she is squashed next to is holding a calabash. When eventually she shows Olanna what is inside, we see her murdered child’s head:
“The woman closed the calabash. ‘Do you know,’ she said, ‘it took me so long to plait this hair? She had such thick hair.'”
As the country is torn apart by war, so the personal landscape is also rocked. Events take place to rock relationships; Olanna and Kainene become estranged. Every character undergoes transformation, both as a result of home events and the war.
Half of a Yellow Sun is a remarkable novel. It is heartbreaking, funny, hopeful despite the horror, and written with the most extraordinary skill. Even in the torrent of violence and suffering, Adichie’s narrative voice retains a calmness and a matter-of-factness that serves to heighten the reader’s reaction to the events. It is also an education, especially to someone like me who didn’t really have an understanding of Biafra and the civil war. It is something personal for Adichie, both because Nigeria is her home country (and Igbo her people), which she clearly holds a deep love for, and because her relatives were caught up in the war. She lost both her grandfathers to the war. That she has a personal connection to events yet retains her smoothness of voice is testament to her skill as a writer.
The novel will be a classic, if it’s not already. The only question left is: why did I wait so long to read it?
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: Half of a Yellow Sun (London: HarperCollins, 2009 Kindle Edn) ISBN 9780007279289, RRP £2.99 on Kindle.


An application-layer approach to seamless mobile multimedia communication
2006 (English)In: IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management, ISSN 1932-4537, E-ISSN 1932-4537, Vol. 3, no 1, 33-42 p.Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Providing seamless IP mobility support is one of the most challenging problems towards a world of mobile and ubiquitous multimedia communication. This paper proposes an application-layer framework based on the Session Initiation Protocol and the Resilient Mobile Socket to provide mobility support for distributed multimedia applications. As a part of the framework the paper describes a new handover strategy called Competition-based Soft-Handover Management that uses simulcast to improve quality of service and to seamlessly hand over multimedia traffic to the network interface that currently offers better network characteristics. In short, during a handover packets are simulcasted through all available network interfaces, and when the packets are received by the remote end-point, they are merged back into one stream. As each network connection competes with other connections in contributing to the merged stream at the remote end-point, the handover process can be viewed as a competition where the connection that contributes most is selected after the handover. As a proof of concept, the framework has been integrated into Marratech, which is a commercially available audio/video group communication application. By using network emulators, the paper demonstrates how the framework can be used to improve QoS, compare end-to-end performance, and perform lossless handovers while reducing redundant packets.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2006. Vol. 3, no 1, 33-42 p.
Research subject Mobile and Pervasive Computing
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Ampicillin and gentamicin are a useful first-line combination for the management of sepsis in under-five children at an urban hospital in Bangladesh.
The study evaluated the commonly-used drugs for the management of
sepsis and their outcome among under-five children. We evaluated the
hospital-records of all paediatric sepsis patients (n=183) in the
intensive care unit (ICU) and longer-stay unit (LSU) of the Dhaka
Hospital of icddr,b. These records were collected from the hospital
management system (SHEBA) during November 2009 to October 2010. A total
of 183 under-five children with clinical sepsis were found during the
study period, and 14 (8%) of them were neonates. One hundred and
eighty-one patients had received a combination of injection ampicilin
and injection gentamicin, and two patients had received the combination
of injection ceftriaxone and injection gentamicin. Only 46 (25%)
patients required a change of antibiotics to the combination of
intravenous ceftriaxone plus gentamicin after non-response of injection
ampicilin and injection gentamicin combination; 7/181 (4%) patients died
who received injection ampicilin and injection gentamicin whereas none
died among the other two patients who received injection ceftriaxone and
injection gentamicin (p=1.00). The combination of injection ampicilin
and injection gentamicin as the first-line antibiotics for the
management of sepsis in children even beyond the neonatal age is very
effective, resulting in lower mortality.
Key words: Antibiotics; Children; Diarrhoea; Infant; Sepsis; Bangladesh
Chisti, Mohammod Jobayer
Pietroni, Mark A.C.
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Sepsis remains a significant cause of morbidity as well as mortality in the paediatric population (1-6). Most of these deaths occur in developing countries (6-8). Death rate is even higher when children with sepsis also have diarrhoea (9). Appropriate antibiotic therapy has been shown to be an important predictor of outcome in sepsis, decreasing morbidity and mortality rates among patients in the intensive care unit (10,11). In 2000, Ibrahim et al. conducted a prospective cohort study where they found that the inpatient mortality rate reduced from 61.9% for patients with inadequate treatment to 28.4% for patients receiving appropriate therapy (12). In 2004, MacArthur and colleagues found that adequate and early empirical antibiotic treatment was associated with a 10% decrease in the overall crude mortality rate from 43% for patients receiving inadequate antibiotic treatment to 33% in patients receiving adequate antibiotic support (13). Combination of injection ampicilin and injection gentamicin is the first choice in the neonatal age-group for the management of sepsis (14-19). However, data on the use of the combination of injection ampicilin and injection gentamicin in under-five children, beyond the neonatal age, with sepsis and diarrhoea are very limited. Dhaka Hospital of icddr,b treats a good number of children with sepsis (20). The aim of this study was to evaluate the commonly-used drugs for the management of sepsis among the paediatric patients and also to reveal the outcome of the patients receiving antibiotics.
MATERIALS AND METHODS
This study involves a prospective analysis of retrospective data on paediatric sepsis patients, collected from SHEBA, an online database of the Dhaka Hospital of icddr,b.
Study population and site
We reviewed the retrospective data on the hospitalized children with sepsis. For this study, we prepared a questionnaire based on our topic and then extracted relevant data on all ICU and LSU paediatric sepsis patients (n=183) from November 2009 to October 2010 with the help of the analyst programmer of SHEBA at icddr,b. We have evaluated the common antibiotics used for the management of sepsis within this period. Every year, the Dhaka Hospital of icddr,b deals with 110,000 patients, and most of the patients have diarrhoea, with or without other complications (20). The Hospital also conducts research on various infectious diseases but mostly on diarrhoeal patients. After arrival, nurses record the medical history of patients and make quick assessment, focusing on the severity of disease as well as other complications. The targeted population for our study was the paediatric sepsis patients, and majority of the patients came from the poor socioeconomic background. Patients were discharged with oral antibiotics after complete recovery from the clinical signs of sepsis.
Inclusion criteria of the cases
The study included under-five diarrhoeal children of both sexes with diagnosed sepsis.
Definition of sepsis
Sepsis is defined as presence of any two of the following: tachypnoea, tachycardia, thermo-instability (hypo or hyperthermia), and abnormal WBC count (>11000/cc or, <4000/cc or, band and neutrophil ration >0.1) plus hypotension in the absence of clinical dehydration or after correction of dehydration (21).
Our research did not involve any interview of the patient or caregiver, and it was solely a chart analysis. The data were anonymized before being received by the researchers.
The relevant data were entered into personal computer, using SPSS for Windows (version 17.0, SPSS Inc.) and then analyzed for parameters, including neonatal age, antibiotics, and outcome of the patients.
There were 183 children with clinical sepsis during the study period, and 14 (8%) of them were neonates, 121 (66%) infants (1 month to <12 months), and the rest 48 (26%) were older (12 months to 59 months); 70 (38%) had received oral medication at home prior to injectable antibiotics on admission in the hospital; 181 patients had received combination of injection ampicilin and injection gentamicin; and two patients had received the combination of injection ceftriaxone and injection gentamicin as the first-line antibiotics. The median (interquartile range) duration of hospital stay for the patients was 6.7 (4.7-11.2) days; 7 patients died who received injection ampicilin and injection gentamicin whereas none died among the other two patients who received injection ceftriaxone and injection gentamicin combination (p=1.00) as the first-line antibiotics. Overall, 46 (25%) patients received second-line therapy (intravenous ceftriaxone plus gentamicin) after deterioration in the first-line therapy (combination of injection ampicilin and injection gentamicin). All patients who died received second-line therapy due to clinical deterioration. Among the patients who died, 2 had the growth of coagulase-negative staphylococcus (CNS) in blood and were sensitive to ongoing second-line antibiotics; 5/7 (71%) had septic shock (including inotrope-resistant septic shock and multi-organ dysfunction syndrome in 2 cases and severe pneumonia in 2 cases) and 1 each had acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and severe acute malnutrition (SAM). Among the survivors, 11/174 (6%) had invasive bacteraemia due to Streptococcus species (three), Streptococcus pneumonae (one), Staphylococcus aureus (one), Pseudomonas species (two), Klebsieilla species (one), Salmonella Typhi (one), Acinetobacter species (one), and Moraxella species (one).
Our analysis demonstrated the efficacy of commonly-used antibiotic therapy for the treatment of paediatric sepsis. We observed that 99% of under-five children with clinical sepsis received injection ampicilin and injection gentamicin as the first-line antibiotics, with an excellent survival rate of 96% (case-fatality rate 4%). Ampicillin and gentamicin are usually effective against all the bacterial agents causing community-acquired sepsis in neonates as this combination has traditionally been considered to have activity against both Gram-positive and Gram-negative organisms in the neonatal period (22). However, our data suggest that this combination may also be used in the initial therapy for clinical sepsis in under-five children. This is a notable finding of this study. The icddr,b hospital has a scrupulous adherence to a standard treatment protocol for fluid therapy, oxygen, and other supportive care with continuous monitoring and excellent follow-up. This might have an additional impact on the excellent survival with the first-line antibiotics.
The combination of ceftriaxone and gentamicin was used only for 2 patients as the first-line therapy among 183 clinically-diagnosed sepsis patients. In some centres, third-generation cephalosporins, in combination with gentamicin, have been used in the initial therapy for neonatal sepsis (23). Third-generation cephalosporins, such as ceftriaxone, have a broad-spectrum activity and further-increased activity against Gram-negative organisms (24-26). These may be particularly useful in treating Gram-negative bacteria causing severe forms of sepsis where a combination of injection ampicilin and injection gentamicin is ineffective. A combination of intravenous ceftriaxone and gentamicin should be preserved as the second-line therapy, if the first-line therapy (injection ampicilin and injection gentamicin) fails (on the basis of no clinical improvement 48 hours after initiation of therapy or clinical deterioration within 24 hours after initiation). We had to do this in only 25% of our study children. This indicates that 75% of the patients responded to the combination of injection ampicilin and injection gentamicin, which is a great achievement. WHO has also recommended this combination therapy as the treatment of choice for children with clinical sepsis at inpatient facilities (27). Although the recommended first-line treatment is the combination of injection ampicilin and injection gentamicin for all government medical college hospitals and district hospitals in Bangladesh, the physicians are often dubious of the effectiveness of this combination therapy and often rely on third-generation cephalosporins due to their unsubstantiated worry. The observed fatality among the patients who received the first-line combination therapy of injection ampicilin and injection gentamicin was not significant, and all of them had received injectable third-generation cephalosporin immediately after non-response of the first-line antibiotics. However, all the patients who deteriorated and died had serious consequences and co-morbidity, such as irreversible septic shock or ARDS or severe pneumonia or severe malnutrition. Case-fatality rate in such children is very high even in developed countries (20,28). Isolation of CNS from the blood might be due to contamination of the blood sample. On the other hand, 6% of the surviving patients who received injection ampicilin and injection gentamicin as the first-line antibiotics had invasive bacteraemia. This underscores the importance of the use of injection ampicilin and injection gentamicin combination as the first-line antibiotics in under-five children, beyond neonatal period, with sepsis with a scrupulous adherence to appropriate monitoring and follow-up. This combination therapy is very cheap and can be used at resource-limited settings, especially at district-level hospitals and upazila health complexes in Bangladesh.
Our data suggest that the use of a combination of injection ampicilin and injection gentamicin for the management of clinical sepsis in children even beyond the neonatal age is very effective, and the mortality is low. Thus, this cheap therapy may be used as the first-line treatment of under-five children with clinical sepsis even beyond the neonatal age in all government medical college hospitals and public hospitals, including upazila health complexes. However, further research with a larger sample should be conducted to consolidate our observation.
We gratefully acknowledge SHEBA personnel at icddr,b for their relentless support and help.
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Samira Bibi (1), Mohammod Jobayer Chisti (2,3), Farhana Akram (1), Mark A.C. Pietroni (2)
(1) Pharmacy Department, East West University, Dhaka, Bangladesh; (2) Dhaka Hospital and (3) Centre for Nutrition and Food Security (CNFS), icddr,b, GPO Box 128, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh
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