There is a total number of 23 cases in the county since December. The school district sent a warning letter home with students about the disease.
Kevin Silberberg, Standard School District"s Superintendent said, " There is no way to know 100 percent that it didn't happen at school but the letter from the Health Department given to the parents said it was every indication that it didn't happen at school ".
Meningococcal disease is a bacterial infection that can cause meningitis. The disease can be spread by close contact like sharing lipsticks, and food, and can result in brain damage, hearing loss and even death. Many people can carry the infection and never get sick.
Doctors have been warned not to mistake meningitis with swine flu. A friend of mine called from Arizona Friday. She has been in the hospital for a week with meningitis
A good teaching tool for children is: www.germywormy.com
Sunday, August 16, 2009
HAVING FUN WITH MY TEAPOT AND STARBUCKS MUG COLLECTION
I just love to keep my collectibles in good condition. I just dust and wash them often. But the costs are a bit too high. With the recession going on, I have had to cut down on my purchases.
But I am addicted to them, and just can't help buying them. I have to keep an eye on them though, because I am missing a few, and can't keep checking my inventory after everyone visits.
But I am addicted to them, and just can't help buying them. I have to keep an eye on them though, because I am missing a few, and can't keep checking my inventory after everyone visits.
Saturday, August 15, 2009
PRESIDENT OBAMA : PUT THE HEALTH PLAN ONLINE !!!
I think the president should put the health plan online for everyone in the U S that wants to know if this plan follows the constitution. People out there are showing their ignorance by not knowing that social security and medicare are some form of socialized medicine.
One lady looked so foolish when she was questioned by the Hardball show about these topics and she didn't know. She didn't think that medi cal and social security should be abolished. She said her parents were nearing the age when they would be eligible for these programs.
If the president wants transparancy on the health plan, everyone should have a copy of it available to them so they do not have to depend on their represenative, who is probably looking at the same sound bites for cable shows.
One lady looked so foolish when she was questioned by the Hardball show about these topics and she didn't know. She didn't think that medi cal and social security should be abolished. She said her parents were nearing the age when they would be eligible for these programs.
If the president wants transparancy on the health plan, everyone should have a copy of it available to them so they do not have to depend on their represenative, who is probably looking at the same sound bites for cable shows.
Friday, August 14, 2009
WILL THE G20 KICK THE G8 TO THE CURB ?
The group of eight industrialized powers are now ineffectual in the worldwide financial crises, according to researchers and international affairs experts.
The G8 consiste of Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan ,Russia and the United States. But the G8 depends on the G20 which includes Argentina, Brazil, China, India and South Africa.
Richard Portes, a researcher at the London School of Economics said "no substantive results have come out of the G8 for years. Portes said the G8 has become irrelevant. Barry Echengreen at UC Berkely said reform of the IMF could not be done without China, the largest reserve holder.
Kumor of the Indian Research Council said there should be a G4 , Japan, China, The United States, and the European Union.
The G8 consiste of Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan ,Russia and the United States. But the G8 depends on the G20 which includes Argentina, Brazil, China, India and South Africa.
Richard Portes, a researcher at the London School of Economics said "no substantive results have come out of the G8 for years. Portes said the G8 has become irrelevant. Barry Echengreen at UC Berkely said reform of the IMF could not be done without China, the largest reserve holder.
Kumor of the Indian Research Council said there should be a G4 , Japan, China, The United States, and the European Union.
Friday, August 7, 2009
WHY THE RIGHT DOESN'T WANT SOTOMAYOR TO BE A JUSTICE
The right didn't want Sotomayor confirmed because she is going to cause a lot of work. She is not going to sit like a knot on a log for thirty or forty years and just say "I agree with Justice ---.
She has written thousands of papers and will likely write thousands more. It is not likely that she will pass on anything that crosses her desk without interpreting it according to law.
Now she has someone to spar with. Justice Alito. I was disappointed with Justice Alito when he made a ruling on the William Osborne case vs Alaska.
The court ruled that prisoners have no constitutional right to DNA testing that might prove their innocence. The case before the court concerned Alaska which has no DNA testing laws.
Justice John Paul Stevens said the constitution's due process clause required Mr. William G. Osborne to have access to DNA evidence in his case. He was convicted in 1994 of kidnapping and sexually assaulting a prostitute in Anchorage.
Only 4 states- Alabama, Alaska, Massachusetts and Oklahoma do not have the DNA testing law. Prosecutors often fight hard to deny prisoners access to DNA evidence. No prisoner has ever obtained DNA evidence for testing in Alaska.
Justice Alito, Kennedy and Thomas agreed with the appeals court that the testing be denied. Alito said "prisoners would be given a right to rummage through the state's genetic-evidence locker", and DNA "often fails to provide absolute proof of anything" .
The legal community is eagerly awaiting for the sparks to fly between those two. The innocence Project is working with Mr. Osborne to try to obtain his DNA testing.
She has written thousands of papers and will likely write thousands more. It is not likely that she will pass on anything that crosses her desk without interpreting it according to law.
Now she has someone to spar with. Justice Alito. I was disappointed with Justice Alito when he made a ruling on the William Osborne case vs Alaska.
The court ruled that prisoners have no constitutional right to DNA testing that might prove their innocence. The case before the court concerned Alaska which has no DNA testing laws.
Justice John Paul Stevens said the constitution's due process clause required Mr. William G. Osborne to have access to DNA evidence in his case. He was convicted in 1994 of kidnapping and sexually assaulting a prostitute in Anchorage.
Only 4 states- Alabama, Alaska, Massachusetts and Oklahoma do not have the DNA testing law. Prosecutors often fight hard to deny prisoners access to DNA evidence. No prisoner has ever obtained DNA evidence for testing in Alaska.
Justice Alito, Kennedy and Thomas agreed with the appeals court that the testing be denied. Alito said "prisoners would be given a right to rummage through the state's genetic-evidence locker", and DNA "often fails to provide absolute proof of anything" .
The legal community is eagerly awaiting for the sparks to fly between those two. The innocence Project is working with Mr. Osborne to try to obtain his DNA testing.
Sunday, August 2, 2009
A CHINESE TOWN IS QUARANTINED AFTER A DEADLY PLAGUE OUTBREAK
The town is in a Tibetan area in north-west China. It was sealed off after two of its residents died from pneumonic plague, according to reports from the local government and state media.
Ziketan town in Qinghai province was put under quarantine when lab tests showed it had been struck by the highly virulent disease, as reported by the Qinghai health bureau.
A 32-year-old herdsman had died from the plaque, while 11 others had been diagnosed with it. Ziketan, which is located in the Hainan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, had enough supplies to get by on its own for the time being, the health bureau stated, giving no indication of when the quarantine would be lifted.
The health bureau urged people who had visited Ziketan on or after July 16Th to seek immediate help if they developed coughing or fever. Pneumonic plague spreads through the air, making it easier to contract than bubonic plague, which requires that a person is bitten by an infected flea.
It is also more lethal, with a fatality rate of up to 100 percent if left untreated, compared with 60 per cent for bubonic plaque.
Ziketan town in Qinghai province was put under quarantine when lab tests showed it had been struck by the highly virulent disease, as reported by the Qinghai health bureau.
A 32-year-old herdsman had died from the plaque, while 11 others had been diagnosed with it. Ziketan, which is located in the Hainan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, had enough supplies to get by on its own for the time being, the health bureau stated, giving no indication of when the quarantine would be lifted.
The health bureau urged people who had visited Ziketan on or after July 16Th to seek immediate help if they developed coughing or fever. Pneumonic plague spreads through the air, making it easier to contract than bubonic plague, which requires that a person is bitten by an infected flea.
It is also more lethal, with a fatality rate of up to 100 percent if left untreated, compared with 60 per cent for bubonic plaque.
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