Holes In The Canvas
Oncce again, we have that reminder that H5N1 is lurking around every corner.
A 19-year-old woman has died of the H5N1 bird flu virus in Beijing after coming into contact with poultry, health authorities in Beijing and Hong Kong said on Tuesday.
This human H5N1 case would be China’s first in almost a year. Experts said while the case was not unexpected as the virus is more active during the cooler months between October and March, it points to holes in surveillance of the virus in poultry.
Of course the article goes on to remind us that China, with hundreds of millions of farmers raising chickens in their backyard, is a real threat.
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City police Sgt. Brad Hill says there were no signs of foul play, and the death appeared to be of natural causes.
Hill says officers discovered Asheton early Tuesday after they were called to his home around midnight by an associate who hadn’t heard from him in several days.
Griffin Bell Dies
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Bell died at 9:40 a.m., said Les Zucke, a spokesman for Atlanta law firm King & Spalding where Bell worked as a senior counsel. Piedmont Hospital spokeswoman Diana Lewis said he died of kidney failure.
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Bird Flu Comes Back Like Bad Chicken
Eek! It’s the bird flu again!!!
Just when you thought you could scratch bird flu off your list of things to worry about in 2009, the deadly H5N1 virus has resurfaced in poultry in Hong Kong for the first time in six years, reinforcing warnings that the threat of a human pandemic isn’t over.
India, Bangladesh, Vietnam and mainland China also experienced new outbreaks in December. During the same period, four new human cases — in Egypt, Cambodia and Indonesia — were reported to the World Health Organization. A 16-year-old girl in Egypt and a 2-year-old girl in Indonesia have died.
If I didn’t know better, I might think the media is getting ready to shift our focus to the threat of an avian flu human pandemic to get our minds off other important things.
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Family friend Michele Seidman says Hingle died at his home in Carolina Beach shortly after 10 p.m. Saturday.
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Edward D. Cartier Dies
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Cartier died Dec. 25 at his home in Ramsey, according to his son, Dean Cartier. The elder Cartier had suffered from Parkinson’s disease in recent years, his son said.
A Little Slow On The Uptake
Years ago, and I mean many years ago, when I had my own business, I spent a lot of time working on marketing and advertising displays inside the shop. I spent countless hours learning new computer applications to print signs for specials, banners, and other items pertinent to what was on sale that day (or week).
In the beginning I would simply secure the banners and displays any way I could, but having a couple banner stands would have solved most of my issues, especially with the larger, heavier signs. I never had the chance to use any canvas printing in my business, but I bet I could have increased some sales if I had.
The biggest issue I have had in the past with any business endeavors was advertising/marketing. For some reason my brain just doesn’t grasp what needs to be done BEFORE it needs to be done. It’s real easy after the fact to think about what I would have done, but it’s usually too late when that happens.
Take floor graphics for instance. There was one time of the year when I could have used those to upsell some of our other items, but I never thought about that, until the last week of the summer when someone asked why I didn’t use something like that. Oy. When it comes to business marketing, I am the epitome of slow.
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