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-Surprise, surprise: NCLB has, in fact, left most behind.
-Considering weight loss surgery? You're 4.6% likely to die. Better options: eating right, vigorous exercise, or picking up a cocaine habit.
-Yet another reason why we wish we were twelve: Star Wars Transformers!
-As a rule, when you throw a house party, uninvited guests will invariably show up.
-These 2006 SXSW wristbands are going for a great cause.
-They're actually arguing that intelligent design is a valid scientific theory. Under biochemistry teacher Michael Behe's definition, so would astrology.
-eBay auctions for the new Xbox 360 gaming console are already upwards of $1,500.
-The World Stem Cell Foundation was formed in Seoul, Korea.
-Now it turns out that while running for the Dallas City Council in '89, Miers was staunchly anti-abortion.
-A small Fedex plane crashed into a house in Georgetown after losing power. Amazingly, no one was hurt.
-Bartlett mayor Bobby "Not Hank" Hill, already forced to resign earlier this week, was named in a search warrant.
-Former UT student Jackson Ngai, accused of murdering his piano teacher, plead insanity yesterday.
-Are the Beckhams "cynically and hypocritically trying - for financial reasons - to convince the public that they continue to enjoy a happy marriage"? Of course they are - they're a celebrity couple, for fuck's sake!
-Saddam's trial went underway yesterday, with the deposed tyrant declaring himself not-guilty of all charges presented before the court.
-Hurricane Wilma's been upgraded to a Cat-5, and it's headed for Florida! Parts of the coast are being evacuated in advance of what's already "confirmed as [the] strongest Atlantic storm ever recorded". End times? Yes, very much so.
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These News Bits have been particularly good of late. Lots of varied, interesting stuff in here. Thanks Allen!
Your stat for death from liposuction is incorrect. It is 4.6 people out of 10,000 that result in death from complications of the surgery. That equals 0.046%.
Here is a link to the results. Not as juicy a read as the Chicago Times article - it's from a professional abstract - but more correct.
http://www.sambahq.org/professional-info/20-AM-abstracts/24.html
Trust me, if 4.6% of patients died from a cosmetic procedure, that procedure would be outlawed.
Frankly, 0.046% is still too high. I recommend putting that money in some self-esteem courses...
Whoops!
Sorry, the link for the Chicago Times article wasn't working when I originally posted, so I assumed that you were talking about lyposuction - which amazingly enough has exactly the same factor as this surgery 4.6, but off a few decimals.
Maybe that's some mystical number when it comes to weight surgery mortality...
here's another article