�With Tropical Storm Gustav projected to hit the Gulf Coast as a hurricane succeeding week, Fresenius Medical Care North America, operator of the nation's leading electronic network of dialysis facilities, encourages all dialysis patients in the area to begin preparing immediately for the storm.
Also, with trey months left hand in the hurricane season, Fresenius reminds anyone on dialysis world Health Organization lives in hurricane-prone areas to be prepared for a rage.
About 26 million people in the United States have kidney disease, according to the National Kidney Foundation, and more than 360,000 of them are on dialysis. These patients represent one of the most vulnerable segments of the population during a born disaster. They typically indigence dialysis every two days; when storms disrupt electrical power or make routine travel to treatments impractical, any substantial delay in dialysis care can be life-threatening.
Fresenius Medical Care offers Five Disaster Preparedness Tips for Dialysis Patients:
1. Keep your emergency phone numbers pool handy.
-- Patient Disaster Hotline: 1 (800) 626-1297. During a magnanimous disaster, the hotline is activated and staffed by Fresenius Medical Care dialysis service specialists who lavatory answer questions and direct all dialysis patients and their families to the nearest loose clinic during an exigency.
2. Carry your up-to-date personal information with you at all times (ID, medication and allergy lists, insurance, emergency contact information, type of dialysis treatment).
3. Talk to your doctor and family about your evacuation plan - what you should do and where you should go if a disaster strikes. Keep track of local brave forecasts.
4. Create a disaster kit with hand brake supplies and at least one extra three-day issue of medicines. Many patients find it convenient to keep medicines and medical supplies in an easy-to-carry fanny pack or backpack.
5. Store a three-day supply of food based on your emergency meal plan. Begin this special diet plan as presently as a disaster is predicted or occurs and remain on it until you receive dialysis handling. Limit fluid intake to two cups per 24 hours and avoid smart fruit or vegetables.
About Fresenius Medical Care North America
Fresenius Medical Care North America is a subsidiary of Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA, the world's largest integrated provider of products and services for individuals undergoing dialysis because of chronic kidney failure, a shape that affects more than 1,600,000 individuals worldwide. Through its mesh of 2,297 dialysis clinics in North America, Europe, Latin America, Asia-Pacific and Africa, Fresenius Medical Care provides dialysis treatment to some 177,059 patients about the globe. Fresenius Medical Care is also the world's star provider of dialysis products such as hemodialysis machines, dialyzers and related disposable products. Fresenius Medical Care is listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (FME, FME3) and the New York Stock Exchange (FMS, FMS-p).
For more information about Fresenius Medical Care's U.S. electronic network of more than 1,650 dialysis facilities, see the Company's website at www.ultracare-dialysis.com. For more information about Fresenius Medical Care, visit the Company's websites: www.fmcna.com or www.fmc-ag.com.
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Monday 25 August 2008
Music highlights in and around New Orleans for August 22-28
FRIDAY, Aug. 22
Saints fans know him as the Whistle Monster , the vocal uber-fan who wears a helmet shaped like a referee's whistle.
But around the Maple Leaf Bar he's Leroy Mitchell, a "rear admiral" in the godless Krewe of Oak.
A few weeks ago, Mitchell severed the tendons attached to his both knee caps spell playing kickball. Surgery followed, and he has been unable to work (though he sat in the handicapped section at last weekend's preseason game). Tonight the Maple Leaf hosts a benefit for the Whistle Monster featuring such performers as Ivan Neville, Russell Batiste, members of the Rebirth Brass Band and Johnny Sketch & the Dirty Notes.
Also tonight, acclaimed Athens, Ga., major power trio The Whigs, touring in support of their ATO Records debut "Mission Control, " rocks Republic New Orleans. Veteran hard rock candy quintet Tesla hits Tipitina's for a Tipitina's Foundation benefit. Southwest Louisiana roots rock and Cajun band The Bluerunners does the late set at d.b.a. Hear guitarist Anders Osborne, saxophonist Tim Green and drummer Simon Lott at Le Bon Temps Roule. Gutbucket blues mouth organ man J. Monque'D and rockabilly combo Johnny J & the Hitmen share a beak at the Mid-City Lanes. The Irene Sage Band is at the Banks Street Bar. The Soul Rebels kick at the Blue Nile. Reggae/R&B band The Revealers jam at Cafe Negril. Reggae triplet Zion Trinity is at Club Caribbean on Bayou Road. Drummer, singer and songwriter Jason Schell's band is at Carrollton Station with Robin Kinchen.
SATURDAY, Aug. 23
Will Gilbert, drummer for local instrumental avant-rock band Metronome the City, is a major fan of 720 Degrees, the arcade skateboard game issued by Atari in 1986. Gilbert even dropped $720 on eBay for a 720 Degrees unit, then hauled it home from North Carolina wedged into his Honda CRV. He and band mates Patrick Condon, Brad Theard and Marc Laporte "have loved that game since we were kids, " Gilbert said. "We're obsessed."
So a lot so that Metronome the City has recreated 11 of the game's sound cues with full-on rock arrangements on a 10-minute, red vinyl 45 revolutions per minute record. "This music has taught us a peck, " Gilbert aforesaid. "To play blips and bleeps on guitar, synthesizer, bass and drums has forced us to find new shipway to create sounds. It's only 10 minutes, just it took us a long time to get it depressed." Hear the results -- as advantageously as material from the band's uncut "Electric Elements Exposed" CD and new compositions -- on Saturday when Metronome the City headlines a four-band express at the Howlin' Wolf. Copies of the new 45, "The Music of 720 Degrees, " will be given away.
Also Saturday, guitar collective Twangorama is at Carrollton Station. Fredy Omar con su Banda does a free point at Tipitina's. Jason Marsalis logs two sets at Snug Harbor, followed by a free Mario Abney Quintet establish at midnight. Paul Sanchez plays early at d.b.a., followed by the Lost Bayou Ramblers. Eccentric pianist Bobby Lounge celebrates his new "Somethin's Wrong" CD with a rare show at the House of Blues. Kermit Ruffins & the Barbecue Swingers are downstairs at the Blue Nile spell the Honey Island Swamp Band is upstairs. Johnny Sketch & the Dirty Notes are at the Maple Leaf. Rockin' Dopsie Jr. & the Zydeco Twisters see the Mid-City Lanes.
SUNDAY, Aug. 24
Acoustic blues singer Owen "Big Daddy O" Tufts is at Palmettos in Slidell for an afternoon show. Linnzi Zaorski sings early at d.b.a., followed by harmonica man Andy J. Forest.
MONDAY, Aug. 25
The Washboard Chaz Blues Trio is at d.b.a.
TUESDAY, Aug. 26
The Joe Krown Organ Combo grooves at d.b.a.
THURSDAY, Aug. 28
Tipitina's hosts a hip-hop-heavy benefit with Mos Def, Sunni Patterson, Truth Universal, Sess forty-five, Gabrilla Ballard and Elegguae. See guitarist Jonathan Freilich's avant-jazz Naked on the Floor at Snug Harbor. L.C. Ulmer is featured at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art. Otra visits d.b.a. Go "Round and Round" with '80s pop-metal band Ratt at the House of Blues. It's Zydeco Night with Keith Frank at the Mid-City Lanes.
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Thursday 7 August 2008
Status Quo
Artist: Status Quo
Genre(s):
Rock
Rock: Hard-Rock
Trance: Psychedelic
Discography:
In Search Of The Fourth Chord
Year: 2007
Tracks: 14
Under the Influence
Year: 2006
Tracks: 12
Hello!
Year: 2005
Tracks: 8
Picturesque Matchstickable Messages From The Status Quo (CD 2)
Year: 2003
Tracks: 24
Picturesque Matchstickable Messages From The Status Quo (CD 1)
Year: 2003
Tracks: 22
Rocking All Over The Years
Year: 2001
Tracks: 22
Famous In The Last Century
Year: 2000
Tracks: 17
The Very Best Of (CD 2)
Year: 1997
Tracks: 11
Don't Stop
Year: 1996
Tracks: 15
Thirsty Work
Year: 1994
Tracks: 16
Live Alive Quo
Year: 1993
Tracks: 9
Ice In The Sun
Year: 1991
Tracks: 12
B-Sides and Rarities
Year: 1990
Tracks: 24
Perfect Remedy
Year: 1989
Tracks: 12
Ain't Complaining
Year: 1988
Tracks: 12
In The Army Now
Year: 1986
Tracks: 11
12 Gold Bars: Volume II
Year: 1984
Tracks: 12
Back To Back
Year: 1983
Tracks: 10
1982
Year: 1982
Tracks: 11
1+9+8+2
Year: 1982
Tracks: 11
Never Too Late
Year: 1981
Tracks: 10
Just Supposin'
Year: 1980
Tracks: 9
If You Can't Stand The Heat
Year: 1978
Tracks: 10
Rockin' All Over The World
Year: 1977
Tracks: 12
Blue For You
Year: 1976
Tracks: 10
On the Level
Year: 1975
Tracks: 10
Quo
Year: 1974
Tracks: 8
Dog Of Two Head
Year: 1971
Tracks: 9
Ma Kelly's Greasy Spoon
Year: 1970
Tracks: 10
Spare Parts
Year: 1969
Tracks: 12
Picturesque Matchstickable Messages From The Status Quo
Year: 1968
Tracks: 15
Heavy Traffic
Year:
Tracks: 14
Friday 27 June 2008
Robert Downey Jr - Robert Downey Jr To Swap Comics For Cowboys And Aliens
Robert Downey Jr is reportedly in talks to star in Cowboys and Aliens, a self-explanatory popcorn movie planned for a 2010 release.
According to Variety, the Iron Man actor is in negotiations with Dreamworks and Universal Studios to star in the adventure flick, with Brian Grazer and Ron Howard set to produce.
Based on a graphic novel by Fred Van Lente and Andrew Foley, Cowboys and Aliens tells of an Old West battle between Apache Indians and western settlers, including former sharpshooter Zeke Jackson (Downey Jr), which is interrupted by the crash landing of an alien spaceship near Silver City, Arizona.
As well as Grazer and Howard, Dreamworks' Steven Spielberg, Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci will all serve in a production capacity, while the current draft of the script should provide some familiar territory for Downey Jr, having been written by Hawk Ostby and Mark Fergus, contributors to the Iron Man script.
Their draft follows efforts by X2 writer David Hayter, Sahara scribes Thomas Dean Donnelly and Joshua Oppenheimer, and a rendition from Jeffrey Boam, writer of The Lost Boys, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade and the second and third Lethal Weapon films.
Starring in the graphic novel adaptation would see Downey Jr celebrating his career resurrection, having rebounded from substance abuse issues and infamous brushes with the law to personal rehabilitation and taking the lead role in Iron Man, a $500 million (£250 million) box office smash.
Downey Jr will next be seen alongside Ben Stiller and Jack Black in comedy Tropic Thunder, before starring with Jamie Foxx and Catherine Keener in The Soloist, a new drama from Atonement director Joe Wright.
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Monday 23 June 2008
Steve Lacy with Don Cherry
Artist: Steve Lacy with Don Cherry
Genre(s):
Jazz
Discography:
Evidence
Year: 1961
Tracks: 6
Mariah Carey - Carey Engaged
Monday 16 June 2008
Denise Richards plans return to Playboy
Reality television star Denise Richards is considering shedding her clothes for Playboy magazine once again.
The former Bond girl, who posed for Hugh Hefner's magazine in 2004, is thinking about a return to the men's mag.
"It's still a possibility," Richards told AOL.com. "It's so iconic and fun."
Richards, who is embroiled in a bitter divorce battle with ex Charlie Sheen, said she liked the attention she received after the first photo spread was published.
"I think that my niche is as a sex symbol. I'm never going to be the girl next door, so why not play up my niche?"
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