Michelle Duggar Pregnant: Duggars 19th Child

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Is mother of eighteen Michelle Duggar pregnant? Yes, my friends, those are the rumors circulating and yes, the rumors are true. Michelle and Bob Duggar are expecting their 19th child together! Read more about the Duggars 19th child news, see photos and video here.

Michelle Duggar is pregnant. It seems so hard to believe that Duggar is pregnant again, considering the mother-of-eighteen just had their youngest child eight months ago. Ok wait, maybe it isn’t so surprising, but rather a sense of shock with the number nineteen. Nineteen children! Duggar is used to being pregnant year after year after year. Talk about one fertile and patient woman!

The Duggars announced their baby news on the Today Show saying, “We are so thrilled. We just couldn’t believe it is happening.” Is she seriously surprised?

One would think that at the age Michelle is at that she would be a tad worried about the risks that can occur with pregnancies at her age. However, Duggar has opted out of receiving any prenatal testing.

She tells a source, “We know what could happen. We read through the information. If the Lord chooses to give us challenges along the way, we know His Grace will be there, so we don’t opt to do the testing.”

In even more interesting Duggar news, their son Josh and his wife Anna are expecting a baby in October. What does Michelle have to say about that?

“My sister and my mother were having babies at the same time, so I have nieces and nephews older than me. It was a great time because we really have close relationships with my nieces and nephews.”

The assumed to be “J”-named Duggar 19th child will join Joshua, Jana, John-David, Jill, Jessa, Jinger, Joseph, Josiah, Joy-Anna, Jedidiah, Jeremiah, Jason, James, Justin, Jackson, Johannah, Jennifer, and Jordyn.

When it comes to the Duggars, apparently the more, the merrier!

Flu symptoms send many students home

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Thomasville, GA (WALB) - With school back in session, hundreds of students and staff in Southwest Georgia are forced leave school in the middle of the day with flu-like symptoms.

Public heath departments are treating the cases as pandemic H1N1 flu clusters. Even though every person who goes home sick has not received positive test results for H1N1, they are being treated that way.

In Thomas County schools, more than 100 kids were sent home Friday. School officials were warned by health officials to expect a wave of swine flu among students, likely during the third week of classes.

In Thomas County, dozens of students starting coming down with symptoms Wednesday, a little over a week after school began.

On the elementary school level, more than 30 kids were sent home Friday. At the county middle school, 57, and several more at the high school went home sick. The numbers were about the same the past couple of days.

But it isn't just students going home with high fevers, several teachers have gone home too. We spoke with a 1st grade teacher today who is doing everything she can to keep her kids in the classroom, and at home, swine-flu free.

"With two babies at home I go home and change my clothes before I get my babies because my youngest I don't want to take any risks of her catching anything," said Jenny Holt.

"We've been very aggressive with sending kids home," said Head Nurse Terri Matthews. "We've identified any and all kids who are complaining of headache stomach ache, sore throat, anything that may give us some indication they may have the flu, as well as fever."

Kids are sent home with even the slightest fever. When they come to the nurse they have to stay there until a parent can pick them up. Under no circumstances are sick children allowed to ride the bus home. It's important to remember Pandemic H1N1 flu is more contagious than regular seasonal flu and has a high attack rate in children and teens.

So teachers everywhere are stressing hand-washing over anything else. If you are a parent and your child is sent home, remember to keep your child home until 24 hours after their fever is gone without using fever reducing medicine. If you send them back sick, they're only going to get sent home again.

Health officials advise flu patients to get plenty of rest, drink plenty of water, and wear a mask around others in your home if possible. Also, don't give aspirin to children with the flu, use a fever reducer like Tylenol.

And if symptoms include trouble breathing or vomiting, seek emergency treatment.

Could A Four-Day Work Week Be Coming?

It seems there is a movement out there to cut the standard work week from the familiar five days of 8-hours each to four days of 10-hours each.

According to a recent article from Scientific American, numerous studies have been conducted about the economic and environmental benefits of eliminating one day from the standard five-day work week. Instead of working a 40-hour schedule over five days of eight hours each, you would instead do it over four days of ten hours each. This would give everyone a three day weekend each weekend.

Before you start whooping it up about how wonderful that is, remember this means you would be in your office ten hours a day for four days a week. Imagine an 8 AM – 6 PM or 9 AM – 7 PM schedule. Imagine trying to still cook at home… going to the gym… running errands… anything else you might try to do on a work day. Still excited about the concept?

Before you start making up your minds, there are some actual benefits from the scheme. In August 2008, Utah impletmented the plan with 17,000 of its state employees. Here are the pros according to the state:

Local governments in particular have had their eyes on Utah over the last year; the state redefined the workday for more than 17,000 of its employees last August. For those workplaces, there’s no longer a need to turn on the lights, elevators or computers on Fridays—nor do janitors need to clean vacant buildings. Electric bills have dropped even further during the summer, thanks to less air-conditioning: Friday’s midday hours have been replaced by cooler mornings and evenings on Monday through Thursday. As of May, the state had saved $1.8 million.

There is no arguing that not only is the state saving money, but all of those things they listed should have a definite impact on the environment, and it also impacts your wallet as you are spending one day less a week on the road commuting to work, no money spent on an expensive lunch out and so on.

While everything everyone is listing sounds like it lands on the size of positive, I have to be my usual nay saying self and bring up the fact that unless you get the rest of the world on board, this will be a disaster if it should ever get wide spread in the USA only. We already lag behind the majority of the world in many ways, and if we give them a leg up of working five calendar days a week as opposed to four, and mind you this has nothing to do with hours, they will have a distinct tactical advantage in reaction time to market movements, world developments and more. Again I stress that this is only if by some wild-eyed chance this schedule would gain wide spread acceptance in this country.

If it remains in the realm of some state employees and a company here or there, more power to them, but as a national plan, I would have a problem with it.

Adam Yauch of Beastie Boys Has Cancer

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Adam Yauch of the Beastie Boys announced Monday, by way of a homemade video placed without fanfare on the band’s Web site, that he would be receiving treatment for cancer and that as a result the group would cancel some future shows and push back the release of a new album.

He did not give specifics of the veteran hip-hop group’s plans in the 3 minute 23 second video. Its next scheduled appearance is at the All Points West Festival in Jersey City on July 31.

Mr. Yauch said in the video, which appeared to be shot in a small recording studio where he sat next to his bandmate Adam Horovitz, that he began to feel a small lump in his throat about two months ago and that doctors had recently found cancer in his parotid gland and in a lymph node. “This is something that’s very treatable and in most cases it’s, um, they’re able to completely get rid of it,” he said.

The video announcement was remarkable for its informality and immediacy. As it begins Mr. Yauch says “This is crazy” and the two men laugh. Mr. Horovitz quickly says, “It’s not funny,” and Mr. Yauch agrees: “It’s not funny. It’s dead serious.” He then says “I have some pretty heavy news” and begins a rambling description of his symptoms, delivering the news of the cancer diagnosis a minute into the video.

While the mood is serious, the friends and bandmates find themselves laughing several more times. Mr. Yauch says, “It’s not in a place that affects my voice, so that’s nice,” and Mr. Horovitz adds, “Which is a plus.” Mr. Horovitz later apologizes for his scruffy look, saying, “Adam didn’t say why I was coming down here, so I just, I was on my couch watching TV.” Mr. Yauch says the look is appropriate for Mr. Horovitz’s country music side project, adding, “This will be a great opportunity, you’ll have some time now.”

Eventually, after Mr. Yauch has apologized at length to fans for the canceled shows, Mr. Horovitz looks into the camera and says, “And we’ll see you.”

Swine Flu Symptoms and Precautions

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Swine flu influenza, also known as pig flu, finds its source in a host animal and it occurs through a virus known as the "swine influenza virus"(SIV). This SIV can be any one of the numerous viruses that is usually found in pigs. In 2009, the viruses that are discovered are the influenza C virus and sub categories of Influenza A virus- H1N1, H1N2, H3N1, H3N2, and H2N3.

Pigs in the Mid-western parts of the United States, Mexico, Canada, and some European countries among many others are said to host the swine flu influenza virus.

Swine flu does not come from eating the meat of the animal, especially when it is properly cooked. However constant exposure to these animals is highly risky. People whose work involves spending significant time with pigs are at huge risk.

Swine flu symptoms are similar to those of the influenza virus- fever sensation, chill in the body, pain in the muscles, sore throat, etc.

The swine flu influenza of 2009 is an Influenza A virus that is a subtype of H1N1. It is yet to be found how this virus came to humans. The first case of this virus was found in the United States. However the virus seems to have also come from a farmer who came from Mexico. Research is still underway on the origins of this swine flu influenza virus.

Here are some precautionary measures to follow:

Stay indoors if you are suffering from sickness

Avoid getting close to people who are sick

Regularly wash your hands, particularly when you come from outside

Don't put your hands on your nose, eyes and mouth

Always cover your mouth or nose with a clean tissue when you are about to sneeze or cough

If it makes you feel safe, get a mask and wear it

In case you have a high fever, immediately call your doctor and get a test done to see if you have the swine flu virus. If you are diagnosed with swine flu, complete all the medication prescribed to you.

Other precautionary measures include wiping the doorknobs of your house with a disinfectant. If you have regular visitors to your house, request them to wipe their hands before coming in.

Staying clean and keeping your surroundings hygienic will keep you and your family safe. Whenever you go out, take care not to stand close to people who are coughing and sneezing. Always carry a tissue or scarf with which you can cover your mouth and nose.

Swine flu - Symptoms

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The symptoms of swine flu are broadly the same as those of ordinary flu, but may be more severe and cause more serious complications.

The typical symptoms are:

- sudden fever (a high body temperature of over 38C or 100.4F), and
- sudden cough.

Other symptoms may include:

- headache,
- tiredness,
- chills,
- aching muscles,
- limb or joint pain,
- diarrhoea or stomach upset,
- sore throat,
- runny nose,
- sneezing, and
- loss of appetite.

Most people who have contracted swine flu recover within a week and do not suffer complications, even without being given antiviral medication.

However, experts point out that as this is a new virus, its behaviour cannot be predicted with certainty.

Swine flu is different from seasonal flu in that most serious illnesses have been in younger age groups.

A doctor faced with a symptomatic patient cannot yet predict with certainty the course of their illness and whether or not they will be in the small proportion who may become more seriously ill.

This is why antiviral medication is still being given to all those with swine flu in the UK, subject to their doctor’s discretion.
High-risk groups

Some groups of people are more at risk of serious illness if they catch swine flu, and will need to start taking antiviral medication as soon as they are confirmed with the illness.

Scientists are still learning more about the risk profile of the virus, but it is already known that the following people are particularly susceptible:

- people with:
- chronic lung disease,
- chronic heart disease,
- chronic kidney disease,
- chronic liver disease,
- chronic neurological disease (neurological disorders include motor neurone disease, multiple sclerosis and Parkinson's disease),
- immunosuppression (whether caused by
disease or treatment) and
- diabetes mellitus,
- patients who have had drug treatment for
asthma within the past three years,
- pregnant women,
- people aged 65 years and older, and
- young children under five years old.

It is vital that people in these higher-risk groups who catch swine flu get antivirals and start taking them as soon as possible.
Complications

For most people, the illness appears to be mild and self-limiting. Cases have been confirmed in all age groups, but children and younger people seem much more likely to be affected, whereas fewer cases have been confirmed to date in older adults.

For a minority of people, the virus has caused severe illness. In many, but not all, of these cases underlying risk factors have been identified that are likely to have contributed to the severity of the condition.

Worldwide, just over 0.4% of the laboratory-confirmed cases reported to the World Health Organization (WHO) have died, which would be a rate consistent with that normally observed with seasonal influenza. However, the true number of swine flu cases is likely to be significantly higher than that reported to WHO and therefore the figure of 0.4% is likely to be an overestimate of the death rate.

Where complications do occur, they tend to be caused by the virus affecting the lungs. Infections such as pneumonia can develop.
Checking symtoms

If you have flu-like symptoms and are concerned that you may have swine flu:

- Read up on swine flu symptoms then use the NHS Direct swine flu symptom checker.
- If you are then still concerned, stay at home and call your GP.
- If the GP confirms swine flu by telephone, they will give you a voucher reference number entitling you to antiviral medication.
- Give this number to a healthy friend or relative and ask them to pick up the antivirals for you from a designated local collection centre.

Go to the Treatment page for information on the treatment of swine flu.