Elizabeth O'Connor 9-14-09

http://www.stumbleupon.com/s/#2bezic/pass-forward.blogspot.com/2009/09/stroke-signs.html/

I stumbled across this article called “recognizing a stroke.” It was kind of sad to read that Ingrid had passed away because she had tripped over a brick because of her new shoes. Now they didn’t recognize that she had had a stroke but whom really would of other than a paramedic? I surely wouldn’t have thought anything of it. But from now on I know that if I just remember S.T.R. I will be able to predict whether she had a stroke. S standing for SMILE, T stands for asking the individual to TALK and SPEAK A SIMPLE SENTENCE, and R stands for ask him or her to RAISE BOTH ARMS. If we all just remember S.T.R. than we can save a life! I would recommend this site to anyone because I believe it is very important to know! Joelet Reyes forwarded this article so we don’t really know who came up with this, however it is copyrighted. This was a very simple and to the point article that could save a life.

http://www.stumbleupon.com/s/#2Xj3D9/www.npr.org/blogs/health/2009/09/swine_flu_vaccine_coming_soon.html?ft=1&f=103537970/

I stumbled across this article about “Swine Flu Vaccine: Coming Soon To An Arm Near You.” This article is by: Richard Knox. Instead of the sine flu vaccinations not being until mid October they should now be in “Americans arms in the first week of October!” That is good news!!!! However, they have not decided who will be the first to receive the vaccinations so all this talk about the infants, pregnant women, and elderly getting the shots first is NOT true. It states in this article “the early release of vaccine will presumably not be available for children because the pediatric studies of vaccine safety and effectiveness are still underway.” “One spokesman at the Center for Disease Control and Prevention says they’re likely to be the nation’s 13.5 million health care workers and 2.6 million first responders to be the first to receive this vaccine. Which makes sense because if there not here to help the elderly and victims in accidents that who will be there to help them if the ones that do this are diagnosed with the swine flu? They are not sure how many doses will be released in October but some will be vaccinated for the swine flu, so that is good news! I just wonder how long it takes the scientists to make the vaccine? Because if they have already made “20 million” doses than why can’t they still make them and be able to have more vaccines ready by October? I would recommend this to anyone because I know that everyone is curious about the swine flu and they all want to know more.

http://www.stumbleupon.com/s/#4PAccd/www.foodchannel.com//

I stumbled upon this last article and it caught my eye because I love mac and cheese the only thing that turns me off about this is the lobster. I like regular mac and cheese and with it having lobster in it just turns my noise. However, I would try it! It says that this dish is served in “chic restaurants” over the U.S., but I don’t know what a chic restaurant is so I would have to just make it at home. It does not seem hard to make it calls for 16 different ingredients but it only has 7 steps for preparation. This article is sited and copyrighted by The Food Channel, and if you have any further question you can comment them, “they would love to hear from you.” I would recommend this recipe to anyone that likes to try new dishes and anyone interested in cooking. I wouldn’t mind trying this myself.