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...little modern monitoring equipment at his Curitiba hospital. Instead, his technicians are instructed to look for three things: the patient's feet should be pink, to demonstrate adequate blood pressure; there should be urine output, to indicate that the patient has not lost kidney function; and the surgical drain should be clear, to show no internal bleeding. Surgeons depend on large windows in the operating room to provide adequate light for operations...
Apple was able to manage to squeeze so much functionality into such a small package because, if anything, the eMate is a perfect example of addition by subtraction. The eMate is a purely solid computer, with no motors like hard drives or CD-ROMs to drain its power. Instead, data (like that Ec problem set or Core term paper) are stored in non-volatile flash memory that doesn't get erased when the power gets turned...
Fastnet's property suffers from problems including sewage backing up in the drain, rat-infestation in the walls and also contains a structurally unsound fire wall and storage loft, charges the suit. The complaint alleges that repeated requests for Beal, the property managers, to fix the violations and to secure proper permits for the space have gone unanswered...
...BRAIN DRAIN Loss of brain tissue--something that occurs naturally with aging--seems to be greater in older people who have high blood pressure than in those elderly with normal readings...
Ocon said she hopes that his presence on the East coast "doesn't become an emotional drain." However, she said she looks forward to having Maggiore "as a resource" to help care for Bailey...