Plastic heart beats for three days and nights, begins trend

The Smithsonian Institution has an incredible number of items in its vaults that many never see. The Smithsonian Institution releases photos of several of their warehoused items. On Valentine’s Day, the Smithsonian released a photo of the first plastic heart. That first synthetic heart beat for three full days. This kind of medical technology no doubt took a huge personal loan to produce.

Start of plastic heart

The first plastic heart ever to be implanted in a human being was installed in 1969. The plastic heart was developed by Dr. Domingo Liotta and implanted by Dr. Denton A. Cooley. Dr. Cooley commandeered the plastic heart from Dr. Liotta’s lab and implanted it without approval. The patient’s plastic heart beat for 3 days and nights before a human transplant heart was found. A trend started with the plastic heart. This was after the patient perished, even with the human heart. Pictures of the plastic heart were unveiled on St. Valentine’s Day by the Smithsonian Institution which is where it now resides.

Transplants of plastic hearts being evolved

In 1969, the first “plastic” heart got implanted. The Food and Drug Administration did not approve it until 2004 though. The first viable plastic heart transplant that beat for a long time was evolved in 1982. It was called the Jarvick-7. In 2004, the plastic heart was approved to be a temporary replacement. Another transplant is done once a human heart is found. In 2006, the FDA approved a permanent plastic heart transplant, the AbioCor Implantable Replacement Heart. A 13-pound device in a backpack is needed in order to keep a plastic heart going. Annually, it is maintained on $18,000.

Can a self-contained heart happen?

There is still a dream for a plastic heart. The dream started in 1969 though. Plastic hearts are accessible to keep someone alive. Still, heavy equipment and maintenance is needed for it. Between the 3-day plastic heart and the 13 pound backpack heart, there were 30 years. That means that it may be decades before a self-contained heart is created even though researchers are working on it.

Articles cited

News Desk

newsdesk.si.edu/snapshot/liotta-cooley-artificial-heart

New York Times

nytimes.com/2007/11/27/health/27docs.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=denton%20cooley&st=cse

American Heart Association

americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=4444

Disney carousel death one of three major injuries in 4th quarter

As a part of their quarterly injury report, Disney has reported a carousel death. During the last three months of the year, Disney parks reported three significant injuries. There are very few accidents to the average park visitor. All three park guests were over seventy one years of age. This kind of coverage may cause Disney the need to obtain a personal loan to spin this press. Source of article – Disney carousel death one of three major injuries in 4th quarter by MoneyBlogNewz.

Death from heart condition occurred on Disney carousel

The Prince Charming carousel was something a 76-year old woman rode in December 2010. She reportedly exited the ride, collapsed and died. The grandmother apparently had a pre-existing heart condition which was exacerbated by the carousel. There are signs on the Prince Charming Regal Carousel that state nobody ought to ride it with a heart condition. This is considering that it is a very tame ride still.

Fourth quarter injuries

There were three major accidents in the last quarter of 2010 that happened at Disney World Theme Park. The 76-year old death was one of them. After writing the Prince Charming Carousel, a 71 year old woman broke her hip and shoulder while another 76 year old woman hurt her leg as she fell off of a moving platform. There aren’t any age needs in the park for rides when it comes to being too old. Elderly individuals can still ride all of the rides.

Reports of the Disney carousel death for safety purposes

Florida does not do any inspections of the major theme parks around Orlando. The rides are not regulated either. Instead, the theme parks each submit quarterly reports to the state outlining the injuries that take place at their parks. In the same time period the Disney carousel death occurred, the other major theme parks reported no injuries to guests. Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom, where the Prince Charming Regal Carousel is, averages about 5 million visitors per three-month period. Walt Disney World has hardly any injuries them. There is a .000059 percent injury rate with these accidents reported.

Citations

theme Park Insider

themeparkinsider.com/flume/201004/1895/

Washington Post

washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/07/AR2011020702235.html

Newsweek Daily Beast – Marrying to go two different directions

Earlier today, "The Daily Beast" and "Newsweek" announced that they would be combining. This had been announced by the new mixed editor Tina Brown. These 2 advertising companies will continue operations, with changes. The relationship is full 50 percent. There will be one editor for the two news operations. Tina Brown intends on running them very differently.

Seeing ‘The Daily Beast’ and ‘Newsweek’ as one

"The Daily Beast" is a news and editorial website that has been running for about 2 yrs. Stephen Colvin, founder of "The Week" and "Maxim," and Tina Brown, former editor of "Vanity Fair", run it together. "The Washington Post" sold "Newsweek" last year. Sidney Harmon bought it for $1. "Newsweek" plans to continue operations. It has been going for 77 years already.

Different media for different partners

The Newsweek Daily Beast Company is something Tina Brown sounded really looking forward to in an NPR interview. A 24/7 news cycle is what the web is great for which can be "beast-like" hopefully. She then said that "Newsweek" could be doing something else entirely. Magazines, she claims, are the perfect medium for long-form, investigative, "meaningful" journalism the web simply cannot very easily support.

…having done so much Web news now, I can really see what a magazine can offer, which is unique in the marketplace … is a different kind of narrative rhythm. … In a magazine you can be more reflective…

 

This means that Newsweek could be the "arm" of the newest media company when "The Daily Beast" can have the "animal-like" energy that has been what it is known for.

What the Newsweek Daily Beast Company would do

There is an interesting 50 percent divided of power in the company. This is how the Newsweek Daily Beast Company is planning on going. So far, the InterActive Corp and Barry Diller have been financing. This is how "The Daily Beast" has gotten by. USA Broadcasting and Fox Broadcasting Company are what Barry Diller is known for creating. Diller is also the Chairman of Expedia. Between 2007 and 2009, there was a 38 percent drop in revenue for "Newsweek" which is why $1 had been all Sidney Harmon had to pay for it. The two companies will share profits and revenues, and also the hope is that the partnership will shore up "Newsweek’s" cuts, which for just the first quarter for 2010 clocked in at $11 million.

Info from

New York Times

mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/11/11/newsweek-and-daily-beast-partnership-to-be-announced/

NPR

npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2010/11/12/131265004/tina-brown-merger-of-newsweek-and-daily-beast-amplifies-both

Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newsweek

The Daily Beast

thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-11-11/the-daily-beast-and-newsweek-to-wed/