March, 2007
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As In War, So In Love: Sucks To Be Swine
Posted on March 17th, 2007 by gail helen.
Categories: Relationships, Personal, Omnia Vanitas, Meta-Fors.
Drainage V. Excision on the Modern Battlefield
Authors: M. L. Fackler; J. P. Breteau; L. J. Courbil; R. Taxit; J. Glas; LETTERMAN ARMY INST OF RESEARCH PRESIDIO OF SAN FRANCISCO
Abstract: Military dogma preaches that excision of all injured tissue around the path of a penetrating projectile is essential in wound treatment. To find out whether excising injured muscle surrounding a bullet path benefits healing over and above the benefit provided by a simple release of tension by incision, two groups of 90 kg swine were shot in the hind leg by a replica of the AK-74 Assault Rifle projectile. One group was treated by excision of injured tissue around the projectile path; in the other group no tissue was excised. Both groups were given parenteral penicillin for five days, and simple gauze dressings were used to cover the wounds. No difference in healing time occurred; the wounds in both groups had closed and no epithelial defect remained by 20 to 22 days. These results indicate that the simple extremity wound caused by the modern generation assault rifle, provided with adequate open drainage and systematic penicillin, heals as rapidly when the body defense mechanisms handle the disrupted tissue as when an attempt is made to excise it surgically.
Austin in the Rain
Posted on March 11th, 2007 by gail helen.
Categories: Travel.
I hate cities. They’re dirty (even the clean ones), noisy, and even just stepping out to the curb for a smoke can send me in to spasms of social anxiety. But Austin is different. So . . . congenial, without being falsely intimate. You almost forget that you’re in Texas. I could live here quite happily, which is more than I can say for the other cities I’ve visited — New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and of course Chicago and Milwaukee. Austin: The Perfect City for Suburban Girls. 
8 Rules For Engagement
Posted on March 10th, 2007 by gail helen.
Categories: Education, Technology.
To successfully use technology to engage learners, you should try to:
- Capture their attention
- Convince them to care
- Motivate them to change
- Give them choices
- Connect them with community
- Induce them to participate
- Enable opportunities to contribute
- Make it an experience to remember
From Ellen Wagner of Adobe Systems, speaking on the “Outta Control: Does Education Matter Anymore?” panel at SXSW 2007.
Airport Engagement
Posted on March 2nd, 2007 by gail helen.
Categories: Relationships, Personal, Omnia Vanitas.
It’s finally official! Thomas proposed to Jill this morning as they boarded a plane for the UK. I believe this makes me the de facto spinster for the family, a fact which in no way diminishes my joy for these jetsetting lovebirds. The wedding will probably be this summer, and yes, there will be kilts . . .
