23 Dead in Meningitis Outbreak

Two more people have died from fungal meningitis linked to tainted steroid injections, raising the death toll for the outbreak to 23.

Over the weekend, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention increased the tally of cases to 285 -- 282 cases of fungal meningitis and three cases of joint infections. The growing outbreak, which spans 16 states, has been linked to contaminated vials of methylprednisolone acetate, an injectable steroid used to treat back and joint pain.

For a map of cases by state, click here.

Sealed vials of the steroid, made by the New England Compounding Center in Framingham, Mass., contained Exserohilum rostratum, a fungus found in soil and plants. It's unclear how the fungus landed in the sealed vials.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed 26 cases of Exserohilum meningitis, as well as one case each of Aspergillus and Cladosporium meningitis.

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Meningitis Outbreak Spreads, Full Recall Announced Watch Video

The New England Compounding Center has recalled all its products and shut down operations. Calls to the owners were not immediately returned.

As many as 14,000 patients are thought to have received injections of the suspect steroid.

Seventy-six clinics in 23 states that received methylprednisolone acetate from the recalled lots have been instructed to notify all affected patients. The "potentially contaminated injections were given starting May 21, 2012," according to the CDC.

For a full list of clinics receiving the recalled lots of spinal steroid injections, click here.

Meningitis affects the membranous lining of the brain and spinal cord. Early symptoms of fungal meningitis -- including headache, fever, dizziness, nausea, sensitivity to light, stiff neck, weakness or numbness, slurred speech and pain, and redness or swelling at the injection site -- can take more than a month to appear.

The longest duration from the time of injection to the onset of symptoms in the current outbreak is 42 days, according to the CDC's Dr. Benjamin Park.

"But we want to emphasize that we don't know what the longest will be," he added, stressing that patients who received injections of the recalled drug should stay attuned to the subtle symptoms "for months."

Fungal meningitis is diagnosed through a spinal tap, which draws cerebrospinal fluid from the spine that can be inspected for signs of the disease. Once detected, it can be treated with high doses of intravenous antifungal medications.

Unlike bacterial meningitis, fungal meningitis is not transmitted from person to person and only people who received the steroid injections are thought to be at risk.

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5 Talented Filmmakers | Dirty Clean

I?m honored to share the amazing work of these five filmmakers. ?The efforts of these individuals has affected me in very positive and insightful ways and has helped shape the way I view and work with moving images.? I?ve noticed something great in each one of their videos and feel like they should be recognized for their outstanding commitment to the art and craft of filmmaking. ?What?s interesting about these guys is that they all shoot and edit their own work too. ?Each one of the five filmmakers specializes in certain aspects of video art that help define their own signature style. ?Without further adieu, let me introduce the stunning works of George Salisbury, Danny Perez, Rob Chiu, Trevor Fife and Vincent Moon. ?Get lost in their amazing films and pass them on to anyone who loves outstanding filmmaking.

1. ?George Salisbury

George is the visual generalist ?for the Flaming Lips. ?Whether its album covers, ?music videos, or super tripped out visuals at their live shows, we can thank him for the stunning Lips visuals. ?The music videos he?s done are spot on. ?He seems to excel with coming up with simple ideas that create a rewarding emotional effect. ?His choppy editing is filled with zooms, colorful transitions and shaky camera effects. ?All of which can be overwhelming but if done right, help create fluidity between the picture and the music, thus maximizing the effect from simply shot footage. ?He recently started Delo Creative a couple years back with some other talented people in Oklahoma City and they?re been cranking out some fun music videos for local punk bands, as well as indie bands like Dr. Dog. ?His work has inspired me to have fun making videos with the resources I have right in front of me. ?I?ll never forget when I first saw his work at a Flaming Lips concert in Las Vegas, NV. ?If you?ve seen them live then you know what I?m talking about. ?Cut to close up of Wayne?s mouth, then flash in a animal head, cut to man brushing his teeth, then cut to guy running with wires attached to his body. ?Fun images with positive music has a profound impact on people. ?Thanks George.

2. ?Danny Perez

Super strange sets and costumes is what Danny is all about. ?His editing is especially incredible and worth mentioning. ?He directed, shot and edited ODDSAC, a feature length?psychedelic?visual album with Animal Collective all on his home computer using Final Cut Pro and After Effects. ?Sure, it took them a couple years to pull off their complete vision but in the end stands out as a masterpiece of music and film collaboration. ?His weirder and darker style fits the music of Animal Collective and Black Dice really well and makes sense why they would work together and be friends. ?His live visual work is unlike anything I?ve ever seen. ?He?s got a special technique where he?ll layer multiple clips on top of each other and add effects to blend everything together. ?I?ve messed around with this technique before and it?s an easy thing to go overboard with and turn out looking super cheesy and amateur. ?From the well designed compositions he storyboards out before each shoot, I can tell he?s got a clear idea of how to get his vision across and its refreshing to see the beautiful chaotic images he creates. ?Visit Danny?s site to see some of his incredible video art.

3. ?Rob Chiu

I first head about Chiu when I saw the main titles he did with Christoper Hewitt for OFFF New York 2010. ?I?ve always been impressed with his cutting edge shots and edits. ?He squeezes in a bunch of mila second frames of different clips to create his transitions and it helps add movement that?s very action packed. He often works with master sound composer Ben Lukas Boysen?to add the driving sound element behind his work. ?His films deal a lot with human connection and adds narrative elements in the form of poetic voice overs and wide cinematic landscape shots. ?He?s often invited ?to speak and show work in creative festivals held around the world and is represented by London?s Stink?. ?He hasn?t posted anything new to his site in awhile but check out some of his great pieces at The Ronin?and a short film titled The Division of Gravity he released 8 months ago on his vimeo.

4. ?Trevor Fife

Trevor lives right here in Portland and works with local Stumptown Coffee Roasters to make all their video content. ?He also creates well crafted pieces for notable clients like BMW, New Balance, and the Air Force. ?You?ve probably seen his work if you saw the opening title sequence for True Blood. ?His cinematography is elegant, vintage and fits the mood extremely well. ?He uses a lot of shallow depth of field and sun light bursts to fill in his frames. ?His editing is also very very good. ?He?s a master of proper pacing and colors his work beautifully. ?What I enjoy most about his videos is the way that all decision making happens for the upmost concern of the main character. ?It?s how we relate to the content that makes it enjoyable and memorable and this is what ?makes him a great storyteller. ? I?m pretty sure he?s still being represented by Digital Kitchen. ?Which is a superb digital agency and production company. ?Enjoy some of Trevor?s work here.

5. ?Vincent Moon

Vincent Moon is the eccentric French filmmaker responsible for the popular Take Away Shows on La Blogotheque. ?When it comes to shooting live band performances, he?s the best there is. ?You can tell that his ear is just as responsible as his eye for creating jaw dropping videos. He?s able to?predicate?what?s going to happen next musically and prepares his camera moves to fit precisely with the hits of the music he is filming. ?Patiently executed. ?This masterful skill he has accomplished is how each video is able to take advantage of long one take performances that make you feel like its being filmed from your perspective. ?If they?re a somewhat popular indie band then they?ve probably filmed an acoustic performance with Vincent Moon. ?He?s that guy and he?s damn good at it. ?Make sure you have enough time before watching some Take Away Shows he?s created. ?You?ll want to look up all your favorite bands and spend most of the day watching great videos. ?His website is filled with tons of visual goodies. ?Also his Vimeo is updated?regularly.

Below:??Music Video by George Salisbury

Below:?Clip from ODDSAC by Danny Perez

Below: Title Sequence by Rob Chiu

Below: Title Sequence by Trevor Fife

Below: Fleet Foxes performing Blue Ridge Mountain by Vincent Moon

Photo Credits: ?George (http://delocreative.com/author/george/page/2/) , Danny (http://www.artistadvocacy.com/filmtv/interviews-filmtv/danny-perez-interview/) , Rob (http://bettertastethansorry.com/2010/01/rob-chiu-the-ronin/), Trevor ( Kenneth Fine, www.newsargus.com) & Vincent (http://vimeo.com/vincentmoon).

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Zuck?s Advice To Startups: Listen To What Your Users Want, Both Qualitatively And Quantitatively

Facebook didn't guess that users wanted to share photos. It learned it, Mark Zuckerberg explained in his talk at Y Combinator Startup School. "We really listened to what our users wanted, both qualitatively listening to the words they say, and quantitatively looking at behavior that they take." Users didn't necessarily say they wanted photos, but were uploading new profile pics every day.

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Understanding That You'll Never Be Perfect | World of Psychology

I?ve been gradually learning something about myself:

I want to be perfect.

And the fact that I?m not causes me suffering.

All of the major world religions teach this lesson upfront: you?re not perfect, and the sooner you accept that fact, the less agony you?ll put yourself through trying to prove otherwise.

In his book, Living Wabi Sabi, Taro Gold writes:

Those who inspire us most do not achieve perfection through greatness: They achieve greatness through imperfection. All of the world?s best-loved truth-seekers and religious figures, including Jesus and Buddha, led obviously less-than-perfect lives and were the first to let us know that they, too, were not perfect people?

Did you know that numerous imperfections, failures, and mistakes led to the discovery of DNA, penicillin, aspirin, X-rays, Teflon, Velcro, nylon, cornflakes, Coca-Cola, and chocolate-chip cookies? In our own lives, it?s not the parties and vacations but the mind-opening trials of heart and soul that lead us to our greatest personal discoveries.

This is good news for people who are depressed. Because rarely do we get a vacation from the hard work of preserving sanity, and, well, I?m thinking the parties at therapy and within the hospital psych units are a tad different than the ones Taro had in mind. Most days involve trudging, ever so diligently, up the hill of recovery that usually feels like a mountain.

I guess that?s what I?ve been doing the last few weeks: trudging.

I want to be perfect.

I want to erect boundaries one time, and have them stay there, like boulders, for the rest of my life ? uncompromised in times of stress and uncertainty. But that?s not life. Which presents one dilemma after another, just to make sure you don?t stop using all the problem-solving techniques you learned in therapy.

I want to be perfect.

I don?t want to have to discern between a ?conviction? ? like being a more attentive mom, and dealing with tantrums better than overpowering the screaming by blasting Mozart in my ears ? and a ?condemnation? ? telling myself I am a bad, bad mom who isn?t capable of keeping good boundaries. I don?t want to have to learn the same damn lesson over and over and over again.

And yet, ironically, that?s where the wonder and amazement are. Mornings like today, when my imperfections are as obvious as the rain outside, is when I discover what I?m made of. Anna Quindlen writes in Being Perfect:

What?s really hard and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of becoming yourself. More difficult because there is no zeitgeist to read, no template to follow, no mask to wear. Terrifying, actually, because it requires you to set aside what your friends expect, what your family and your co-workers demand, what your acquaintances require, to set aide the messages this culture sends, through its advertising, its entertainment, its disdain, and its disapproval, about how you should behave?

Begin with the most frightening of all things, a clean slate. And then look, every day, at the choices you are making, and when you ask yourself why you are making them, find this answer: Because they are what I want, or wish for. Because they reflect who I am.

This is the hard work of life in the world, to acknowledge within yourself the introvert, the clown, the artist, the homebody, the goofball, the thinker. Look inside. That way lies dancing to the melodies spun by your own heart.

I am not perfect.

I?m as close to perfection as Antarctica is to Brazil.

But that means I get to start over each day, to figure out a new system that can function with new rules, another game plan that will assist me in getting my boundaries right again. And if that configuration doesn?t work, I?ll wake up and try yet again.

Therese J. Borchard is the author of Beyond Blue: Surviving Depression & Anxiety and Making the Most of Bad Genes and The Pocket Therapist: An Emotional Survival Kit. Write to her at comment@thereseborchard.com or follow her on Twitter @thereseborchard.

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Off Radar Cruise News: 'I kicked sleazy Jimmy Savile off cruise ship ...

Two passengers on the P&O fleet flagship told an officer Savile had behaved inappropriately with their daughter

Tommy Pittifor of Mirror News reported more information concerning the behavior of the late Jimmy Savile.

"TV star Jimmy Savile was locked in his cabin then booted off the ship over claims he assaulted a 14-year-old.

This picture was taken in 1978 while Savile was a VIP guest on the luxury liner SS Canberra.

Two passengers on the P&O fleet flagship told an officer Savile had behaved inappropriately with their daughter.

After listening to the distraught couple, the captain summoned the DJ and grilled him.

The skipper, who has asked not to be named, said: ?The more I quizzed him, the more convinced I became that he was lying.

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Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 now on sale in Canada for $499

After landing on American store shelves just a few short weeks ago, the Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 has officially gone on sale in the Great White North. Priced at $499, the Galaxy Note 10.1 features a 10.1-inch display, a 1.4GHz quad-core Exynos 4 quad processor, 2GB of RAM, 16GB of internal storage, a 5-megapixel rear-facing camera and a 1.9-megapixel front shooter for placing video calls. Sadly, the Galaxy Note 10.1 ships with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, but Sammy has promised that it'll be blessed with Jelly Bean "very soon." In addition to its snazzy innards, the Galaxy Note 10.1 includes its signature S-Pen and offers 50GB of free storage from Dropbox for two years. If you think this sounds like all that and a bag of chips plate of poutine, you can purchase the Galaxy Note 10.1 at Staples and other major Canadian retailers.

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