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No quarantine. Here's from another article: After the plane landed in Bangkok, it took 2 hours before anyone from Lufthansa showed up to assist. Passengers were allowed to leave the plane. No discussion about isolation was overheard, raising the question about what the cause was for this passenger to have been spitting up so much blood. Passengers received a $10 meal voucher, and some passengers were booked to Hong Kong to connect on another Lufthansa flight to Frankfurt. No one at Lufthansa assisted the grief-stricken wife. The deceased grief-stricken wife was left unattended by the airline and airport staff. She had to clear customs and immigration on her own, looking heartbroken, confused, and lost. More than 30 passengers witnessed the event on board and were equally traumatized and were also left alone after this 2-hour wait. A Swiss passenger told the Swiss news outlet Blick that he was expecting an apology or more from Lufthansa on how this emergency which should never have gotten to this stage was handled. In a detailed statement, Lufthansa said: “We confirm that on 8 February 2024, on flight LH773 (Airbus A380) from Bangkok to Munich, a medical emergency of a passenger occurred on board. “Although immediate and comprehensive first aid measures were taken by the crew and a doctor on board, the passenger died during the flight. After 1.5 hours of flight time, the crew decided to return to Bangkok, where the aircraft landed normally and safely. “There, the instructions of the medical emergency services and the Thai authorities were followed. The passengers on this flight have since been rebooked on other alternative flights, as it has been canceled. “Our thoughts are with the relatives of the deceased passenger. We also regret the inconvenience caused to the passengers of this flight.” Airlines have different policies in place on how to proceed after a passengers dies on a flight.

Man dies mid-flight after breaking out in 'cold sweats' and losing 'liters of blood,' scaring his fellow passengers Lauren Edmonds Feb 10, 2024, 2:19 PM GMT-5 A 63-year-old man died during a Lufthansa flight this week after losing "liters of blood' in a scene that terrified passengers. The unidentified man boarded a Lufthansa flight from Bangkok to Munich with his wife on Thursday, according to Swiss-German outlet Blick. Witnesses Martin and Karin Missfelder told Blick that they sat in the row diagonally behind the male passenger and his wife. Karin Missfelder said the man looked unwell when he boarded the plane. Airline cabin Airline cabin. iStock/Getty Images "He had cold sweats" and "was breathing much too quickly," Karin Missfelder said in a translated quote. The man's wife said his breathing and appearance looked off because they rushed to catch the flight, but the symptoms worried the crew. Despite their initial hesitations, the crew allowed the man to remain on the flight. Karin Missfelder, a nursing specialist at the University Hospital in Switzerland, told Blick that her concerns for the man persisted, prompting her to tell a flight attendant that a doctor should examine the man. At this point, the plane's captain arrived and briefly spoke to the man. "He then called for a doctor over the loudspeaker and a young, around 30-year-old man from Poland with poor English looked at the German," Karin Missfelder said. Martin Missfelder said the doctor however did little to treat the man beyond checking his pulse and asking how he felt. Soon, the man's health drastically deteriorated. "They then gave him a little chamomile tea, but he already spit blood into the bag that his wife held out to him," Martin Missfelder said. At one point, Martin Missfelder said blood gushed out of the man's nose and mouth. He said the man lost "liters of blood," some of which splattered onto the aircraft's walls. "It was absolute horror. Everyone was screaming," Martin Missfelder told Blick. Flight attendants immediately jumped in and attempted to resuscitate the man, Blick reported. "It was dead quiet on board," Karin Missfelder said. Data from flightradar24, an online air traffic tracker, showed that the flight departed from the Bangkok International Airport at 12:07 a.m. before diverting back amid the chaos. Karin Missfelder told Blick the man, now dead, was carried into the galley as the plane returned to the airport. A Lufthansa representative confirmed the death to Blick.

A blueray/DVD/CD player is on my list of things to look at in Loja today. They were $130 at the local store in Florida, are $45-$75 on Amazon. Some of the things I want are already only available on blueray, as I missed my chance to get them on DVD.

Who identifies? From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Cottagecore (sometimes referred to as Countrycore or Farmcore)[1][2] is an internet aesthetic idealising rural life. Originally based on a rural European life,[3] it was developed throughout the 2010s and was first named cottagecore on Tumblr in 2018.[4] The aesthetic centres on traditional rural clothing, interior design, and crafts such as drawing, baking, and pottery, and is related to similar aesthetic movements such as grandmacore, goblincore, gnomecore and fairycore. Some sources describe cottagecore as a subculture of Millennials and Generation Z. Economic forces and other challenges facing these young people may be a significant driver of this trend, along with these generations' emphasis on sustainability, and the trend to work from home (initially during the COVID-19 pandemic). Aesthetic and lifestyle elements The tenets of cottagecore can help its proponents satisfy a desire for "an aspirational form of nostalgia" as well as an escape from many forms of stress and trauma.[5] The New York Times described it as a reaction to hustle culture and the advent of personal branding.[5] The Guardian called it a "visual and lifestyle movement designed to fetishize the wholesome purity of the outdoors."[6] Cottagecore emphasizes simplicity and the soft peacefulness of the pastoral life as an escape from the dangers of the modern world.[7] It became highly popular on social media during the COVID-19 pandemic.[8][6][9] *** Food and gardening Self-sufficiency, such as baking one's own bread, is integral to cottagecore. Growing one's own food in one's own garden and baking one's own bread all reflect the philosophy of self-sufficiency of cottagecore, though the aesthetic does not demand living in the countryside.[9][18] Cottagecore gardening is intended to be environmentally friendly, often including permacultural farming practices.[19][20] For example, the cultivation of a variety of perennial and annual native plants (i.e. plants endemic to the areas near one's home) helps attract insects, including bees, and as such promotes biodiversity and increases pollination of food-producing crops.[20] Other aspects The aesthetic encourages taking care of oneself physically and mentally.[9] Followers of cottagecore typically purchase secondhand or vintage furniture.[18][21] They may take up hobbies including knitting, crochet, painting, and reading.[22] These are bits from the Wikipedia article. Go there if you want more. I had been hearing about Cottagecore and got curious...now I know.

Happy birthday! Those yard-long zukes are prized here, cut in cubes like potatoes for soup.

There was a signup to ride here, but I was not on line that day and it filled up before I did get back. Do what you can. What else can you do?

Ambergris makes a good point and it is a subject that should be explored further. So as not to steal MT3B’s great thread I have started a new thread in the Edge for this topic and copied Ambergris’s post there. Please make your replies to her there! Mother Here's a hard fact: You asked for the high grocery prices. Remember a few years back, when the farmers had ripe crops rotting in the fields because no one would come pick them? You've seen the same farmers not planting or planting machine-harvestable crops since? That's the price of the get-tough immigration policies y'all have been talking about in other posts. Hard-bodied illegals with super-low pay expectations put groceries on your table at a reasonable cost. You close borders and make the price of getting caught too high, it cuts off the tap of super-cheap labor. Here's another hard fact: American farmers deserve to make a decent living. When you squeeze their margins until they can't make any living, you invite Chinese investors to buy them out. And when you regulate the price of food to less than the price of producing the food, farmers stop producing. That's Venezuela.

Different cocoa powders have different chemical reactions.

I checked the ingredients online. I can't eat it without consequences, but it looks like a thing to store for normal people. A reasonably good source of fats, quality proteins, and flavor. Keep an eye on the dates, of course. Wal-Mart is not always good at rotating stock. Nutrition Facts Serving Size: cup (62ggrams) Amount Per Serving Calories50 % Daily Value* Total Fat 3.5ggrams4%Daily Value Saturated Fat 1ggrams5%Daily Value Trans Fat 0ggrams Cholesterol 15mgmilligrams5%Daily Value Sodium 340mgmilligrams15%Daily Value Total Carbohydrates 4ggrams1%Daily Value Dietary Fiber 0ggrams0%Daily Value Sugars 1ggrams Includes 0ggrams Added Sugars0%Daily Value Protein 1ggrams Vitamin D 0mcgmicrograms0%Daily Value Calcium 30mgmilligrams2%Daily Value Iron 0.2mgmilligrams1%Daily Value Potassium 40mgmilligrams1%Daily Value The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet. 2000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice. INGREDIENTS: WATER, CREAM, MODIFIED CORNSTARCH, SUNFLOWER OIL, PARMESAN CHEESE (MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES), DAIRY PRODUCT SOLIDS, MODIFIED EGG YOLK (EGG YOLKS, SALT, PHOSPHOLIPASE), SALT, CONTAINS 0.5% OR LESS OF THE FOLLOWING: ROMANO CHEESE (MILK, CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES), NATURAL FLAVORS, ROASTED GARLIC POWDER, AUTOLYZED YEAST EXTRACT, XANTHAN GUM, BLUE CHEESE (MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES, CALCIUM CHLORIDE), SPICES, LACTIC ACID, ONION POWDER.

I'm better, but I definitely need to pick up stronger antihistamines, possibly to combine. Need to consult a pharmacist about this. My throat swelled, although not enough to endanger my breathing.

Went to a one-year-old's birthday party. Wow. I don't know what that clown got paid, but I bet she's underpaid. Then got home and got stabbed in the throat by a wasp. Am now on three Benadryl and not noticeably swelling. Going to bed.

Niacin tablets too. Make sure the label says "nicotinic acid," although B3 or tryptophan might work in a pinch.

I used to stock mostly angel food cake mix. However, the boys were always asking for spice or carrot, which took a lot of mixing in, or for brownies, so when I saw Covid coming, I ordered a case each of those (and chocolate cake). Not money wasted--although the third (fourth?) case of brownies took a looooong time to finish.

I used to have an old torn army blanket for this--my thinking was that wool would not scorch, and I was afraid of melting a polyester or nylon-filled quilt/blanket. Now a days, the army blankets are "woobies" and you have to go vintage or foreign to get better than a 30 percent wool. Sigh.

Dog is a lot like goat.

Went to Publix the other night and gagged when I saw $28 a pound for regular (not prime or anything special) boneless rib eyes. They were running half that a year ago. Greenwise was cheaper. I asked DS1 how he's been handling that. He said, "not eating steak." I'm not the only one exploring a different world, I guess. (DS2, on the other hand, never was into steak, which is to his advantage in times like this.) DS1 spent a few months living out of the freezers and pantry. There's still a ton of stuff to throw away because he didn't and won't touch it.

No, the kids almost all got sick, but for the babies, and adults stayed well except us. One kid who got sick shared a huge plate of fried rice with her mom, who did not. Luckily, it was a short-lived bug.

I spread them out.

Yeah, someone at the Little Cousins' dinner on...23rd? must have been sick. Yesterday H was in Loja taking care of godbaby's mother in the hospital (getting stabilized and rehydrated) while H's husband took care of godbaby while I spent my second straight day shuffling between bed and toilet.

Garlic is a vegetable. Eat your vegetables, dear.

Send him a copy labeled "X in front of somebody else's presents."

Copied from a progressives' page, btw.

Completed Spanish lessons online. Making new cuy cage. Planting plants bought yesterday, mostly in pots using compost bought in one of the trips to the Amazon mostly for that purpose.

On a related subject, here's part of an article I thought people might find interesting: Opinion: Same hospital, same injury, same child, same day: Why did one ER visit cost thousands more? Renee Y. Hsia Mon, December 11, 2023 at 6:30 AM GMT-5·5 min read Two emergency room visits on the same day provided a dramatic example of the arbitrariness of medical billing in the United States. The Kaiser Family Foundation recently reported that the annual cost of family health insurance jumped to nearly $24,000 this year, the greatest increase in a decade. While insurance executives and employers may cite a plethora of reasons, one of the chief culprits is lack of oversight over the Wild West of healthcare prices. My friend encountered a dramatic example of this last year after her 4-year-old daughter had the misfortune of suffering the same injury twice in the same day. The girl’s parents were getting her ready for school one morning when, as her hand was pulled through a shirt sleeve, she experienced severe pain. They took her to the children’s emergency department down the road from their home in the Bay Area, where she was diagnosed with “nursemaid’s elbow” or, more technically, a “radial head subluxation.” Common in young children, whose ligaments are looser than adults’, the partial dislocation is straightforward to diagnose and treat. A simple maneuver of the elbow put it back in place in seconds. After coming home from school that afternoon, my friend’s daughter was playing with her babysitter when her elbow got out of place again. They went back to the same emergency department and went through the same steps with another doctor. My friend, who is fortunate enough to have good insurance and the means to pay her share, knew the bills wouldn’t be cheap. What she wasn’t expecting was such a stark illustration of the arbitrary nature of medical billing. While the bill for the first visit was $3,561, the second was $6,056. Same child, same hospital, same insurance, same diagnosis, same procedure, same day — and yet the price was different by not just a few dollars or even a few hundred dollars, but nearly double. How do we make sense of this? How can a patient be charged such wildly different prices for the same treatment on the same day? Emergency room billing consists of hospital fees and professional services fees. The hospital fees include a “facility fee” that is part of every emergency room visit and coded at one of five levels. Level 1 is the simplest — someone needing a prescription, for example — while Level 5 is the most complicated, for problems such as heart attacks and strokes that require significant hospital resources. And of course there can be additional hospital fees for X-rays, medications and the like, which weren’t necessary in the case of my friend’s daughter. The professional services fees are for the emergency physician and other providers such as radiologists. In this case, there were no fees for professionals other than the emergency room doctor. But the itemized charges showed the two visits were billed completely differently. The first was charged a Level 1 facility fee and a Level 3 professional fee. And the bill tacked on additional fees, including hospital and professional charges for taking care of the patient’s injured joint. The second visit, meanwhile, was charged a Level 2 facility fee and a Level 4 professional fee, both higher than that morning. But in contrast to the earlier visit, no other charges appeared. Why was the same injury coded as more complex and expensive to treat the second time than the first? Why did the coding and billing company decide to charge for additional services for the first visit but not the second? I know both of the physicians who treated my daughter’s friend; they work in the same group, use the same billing and coding company, and charge the same rates. So the different doctors don’t explain the discrepancy. In my practice, even treating physicians have no access to information about how billing for our services is determined. My friend and I contacted the hospital’s billing department repeatedly, but they proved unable to provide any rational explanation. Unfortunately, this isn’t new. About a decade ago, I published a series of studies showing how arbitrary medical billing can be. Hospitals charged fees ranging from $10 to $10,169 for a cholesterol test; $1,529 to $182,995 for an appendicitis hospitalization without complications; and $3,296 to $37,227 for a normal vaginal birth. It goes on with more opinions...