Probably not. Influenza was previously thought to only infect vertebrates, although there is some recent evidence that insects (mosquitos, blowflies) can be infected. In order to infect an animal, the influenza virus needs to infect a cell with a sialic acid receptor. These cells are found mainly in the respiratory tract in mammals, but in the gastrointestinal tract in birds. I don't know if jellyfish have sialic acid receptors, but they don't have specialized respiratory or digestive systems, so I think it would be unlikely. But I doubt if anyone has ever looked, so I wouldn't want to say a definite no. Since the natural reservoir for all influenza viruses is wild waterfowl (ducks, shorebirds) it would be interesting to know whether marine animals inhabiting those ecosystems are infected.

:confused: Did this come from a homeschool math curriculum?

Seasonal flu means strains that have been recurring year after year, with small variations. Seasonal flu starts out as a pandemic strain, becomes established in humans, and then keeps coming back. The novel H1N1 will likely become the seasonal flu, replacing the other strains. But since it's so new, we won't call it that until we're absolutely sure it's here to stay.

That's true, but then wouldn't it show up in the exceptions list?

Thanks for all the great suggestions. I've read some of these but there are plenty here to keep me busy for awhile.

Fiction, nonfiction- it's all good.

Is there a line there that says "Remember passwords for sites"? That box has to be checked. I thought that was the default setting but maybe it isn't. (You have to click on "saved passwords" then "show passwords", but I'm sure you figured that out.)

If you have Firefox, you can look at Tools->Options ->saved passwords. Every facebook account accessed from that computer will be there. If they're doing it on a different computer, you can't know.

But if you have symptoms, it's not screening. Anyone with symptoms should ALWAYS have it pursued. The guidelines are only for *screening* asymptomatic women.

There was an excellent article about it at Respectful Insolence today. The author is a breast surgeon so he has a unique perspective on the issue. I think the new guidelines are very reasonable.

Unfortunately you can't copy and paste to store them in another file, but you can download an exporter that will allow you to do it.

I'm mostly looking for fiction, but memoirs and autobiographies would be good too. Here's a list of personality disorders: Antisocial personality disorder Avoidant personality disorder Borderline personality disorder Dependent personality disorder Histrionic personality disorder Narcissistic personality disorder Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder Paranoid personality disorder Schizoid personality disorder Schizotypal personality disorder There are plenty of books about schizophrenia, multiple personalities, depression, substance abuse, etc. But I'm having trouble finding things specifically about PD.

As an aside, Firefox users- did you know you can go to Tools-> Options and find all the saved passwords there? Very handy if you have someone who thinks they can outsmart you by changing their password.;)

I have access to all my kids' passwords and accounts. But I don't know anyone IRL who does this, so my kids think I'm a super control freak. So do my IRL friends. Oh well.

Avery Ellery Piper Madeline Bryn Cecelia Eliza Natalie William Mitchell Graham Jackson Boys are harder.

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I would, but only in a crate. My dog once got her head and neck tangled up in the shoulder seat belt while walking around in the back of the car. I had to pull over to get her untangled. It was quite scary and it could have been disastrous if I hadn't been in the car.

We have always had a household rule that you don't borrow, take, or wear something that isn't yours unless you have asked and been granted permission. Dh and I both find this behavior really, really irritating. Despite the "rule" it keeps happening. We've discussed it many times and it usually gets better for awhile, but then creeps back up. The current problem is the girls wearing each other's clothes. They are great friends and usually get along well, but are at furious at each other over this right now. Have you been able to solve this problem? TIA.

Achy legs, exhaustion. Sore throat, cough, fever within 12 hours. (Assumed H1N1, not tested)

This is the best I've found. I make it for the holidays every year. Read the reviews for some ideas for variations. I only use about 1/2 cup of sugar.

Cowboy caviar with chips.

Quesadillas?

Viral infections are a common cause of hives, so it wouldn't be unusual for hives to occur with the flu.

Here's what I'm doing. I'm going to use onions and potatoes in place of the foil.

Surprisingly, there isn't much known about it. Since the virus mutates so quickly, achieving long term immunity has never been a goal of the vaccine. There hasn't been much interest in studying how long immunity lasts since the virus likely changes before immunity wears off. It probably wouldn't be easy to get funding for such a study, because it doesn't have much clinical importance, although it would be interesting information to have. We only looked at it as a small part of a larger study, because it was important to know whether the 1976 shot was confounding our results. There is quite a bit of individual variation, depending on age, health, presence of immunocompromising conditions, history of previous vaccines, etc. It's possible that in some people immunity wears off in months, and sometimes it's advised that you don't want to get the flu shot too early, because immunity might wane if influenza doesn't show up in your community for 6 months. Bottom line is, we don't know how long it lasts. Months in some people, many years in others.