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Initiatives by Local Health District / Specialty Network
Initiatives have been piloted, implemented or key activities/milestones have taken place or are planned in sites relating to this Local Health District / Specialty Network.
Mid North Coast Local Health District
SEPSIS KILLS Program
Aim: To improve the recognition and treatment of sepsis and septic shock in NSW healthcare facilities and to reduce their impact, mortality and financial costs.
Benefits: Successful implementation of the SEPSIS KILLS program is providing significant benefits at both clinical and system levels, including: more timely, standardised and effective detection and management of sepsis; reduced mortality, morbidity and bed-stays from sepsis-related conditions; enhanced clinician skills in sepsis recognition and management; enhanced networking opportunities across the system for clinicians and service teams; improved quality and safety of care; a better and safer patient experience.
Ready to Implement Added: 6 November 2013|Last updated: 5 February 2015
Endoscopy Information System (EIS)
Aim: To develop a high-quality endoscopy reporting system to ensure that an accurate assessment of NSW endoscopy services can be undertaken against accepted patient safety, quality and utility benchmarks.
Benefits: The implementation of a standard EIS across NSW Health will:Provide accurate statewide information on endoscopic procedures carried out in NSW public hospitals; Inform on issues of productivity, activity, costs, and access to services; Facilitate the comparison of services against critical safety and quality benchmarks; Facilitate electronic reporting to the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program's Register; Enhance the efficiency and accuracy of clinician procedure-reporting through electronic image capture and customisable reporting templates; Allow endoscopic reports to be electronically stored and accessed...
Ready to Implement Added: 5 November 2013|Last updated: 23 September 2014
Stroke Clinical Variation Statewide Strategy (SCVSS) & Stroke Clinical Audit Process (SCAP) V2
Aim: The SCVSS will ensure the delivery of best quality care through a process which regularly assesses clinical variation , determining and correcting its causes through a quality improvement process on a site by site basis.The SCAP V2 will provide data analysis and support to LHDs to improve service delivery through the development of quality improvement action plans and forums for shared improvement strategies and learning across NSW.
Benefits: Reduction in mortality and functional outcomes for stroke (ischaemic and haemorrhagic) patients admitted to NSW public hospitals.
Ready to Implement Added: 30 June 2015|Last updated: 14 July 2015
The Musculoskeletal Primary Health Care Initiative
Aim: The Musculoskeletal Primary Health Care Initiative aims to plan, implement and evaluate a 'one-stop' program of care within primary care settings for people who meet the criteria for the need of either the model of care for osteoporotic refracture prevention, osteoarthritis chronic care program, or the draft model of care for acute low back pain.
Benefits: The Musculoskeletal Primary Health Care Initiative proposes the benefits will be that validated musculoskeletal models of care can be provided in primary health care settings with equal or superior outcomes compared to current methods of providing coordinated musculoskeletal health care in hospital based settings.
Ready to Implement Added: 15 July 2014|Last updated: 9 February 2015
In Safe Hands Program
Aim: The In Safe Hands program aims to build and sustain effective health care teams. It is intended to give these teams the structure and tools to redesign their units into strong, interdisciplinary teams, working together to deliver highly reliable, planned care to all patients.
Benefits: Teams that have implemented In Safe Hands have identified the following benefits: Reduced patient length of stay; Reduced unexpected deaths; Reduced adverse events; More satisfied staff; Improved patient experience; Improved safety culture.
Ready to Implement Added: 6 November 2013|Last updated: 12 January 2015
NSW Pain Clinic Referral Form and Process
Aim: To provide a consistent method when making a referral from primary care to a tertiary pain service, irrespective of where the service is located.
Benefits: All services will have the same triage criteria and process for accepting patients from primary care.
Ready to Implement Added: 7 November 2013|Last updated: 17 November 2014
State Cardiac Reperfusion Strategy (SCRS)
Aim: To improve care for all patients in NSW with a suspected Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) and reduce the time from symptom onset to reperfusion for patients with ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI).
Benefits: Care is tailored to specific settings so that all patients, regardless of their geographical location or presentation pathway can benefit from early access to specialist medical advice and appropriate treatment. Timely reperfusion rapidly restores blood flow to the heart, which means patients with STEMI may have better outcomes and fewer days in hospital.
Ready to Implement Added: 11 July 2013|Last updated: 21 May 2015
Surgery Redesign School
Aim: The School is aimed at project leaders who are responsible for implementation of surgical models of care, or improving operating theatre efficiency.
Benefits: Increased awareness and skills in project management, change management and Accelerated Implementation Methodology (AIM).
Ready to Implement Added: 6 November 2013|Last updated: 30 May 2014
Nutrition Standards for Paediatric Inpatients in NSW Hospitals
Aim: To define the types and amounts of foods that must be offered to paediatric patients on standard hospital menus.
Benefits: An evidence-based guide on food and nutrition for paediatric patients in hospital.
Ready to Implement Added: 7 November 2013|Last updated: 20 June 2014
Care of Confused Hospitalised Persons (CHOPs) program
Aim: Provide simple strategies to improve the care outcomes of older patients with confusion in NSW hospitals, through:increased staff knowledge and skills to identify, treat and care for older people presenting to their hospitals with confusioninvolvement of carers and families.Achievements, innovation and knowledge will be shared and systems embedded into practice to sustain and spread improvements in care.
Benefits: Increased screening, improved risk assessment and more appropriate treatment and management of confusion.Increased awareness, knowledge and skills of staff to better care for older patients with dementia/delirium.Minimisation of harm during care and safer and more supportive hospital environments.Improved patient outcomes, including:prevention of functional declinereduced morbidity and adverse eventsreduced length of stayreduced readmissionsreduced rate of admission to a residential aged care facility upon discharge.Greater accuracy of coding for delirium DRGs.Reduced per capita cost.
Ready to Implement Added: 13 August 2015|Last updated: 14 August 2015
NSW Chronic Pain Clinics Information Flyer
Aim: To provide information to consumers and primary care clinicians on the purpose and approach of various pain management services, alongside relevant contact details.
Benefits: Benefits include improved information for consumers on available pain-management services in NSW. The flyer outlines each of the publicly-funded pain management services in NSW and supplies contact details.
Ready to Implement Added: 7 November 2013|Last updated: 22 January 2014
Nutrition Standards for Adult Inpatients in NSW Hospitals
Aim: To define the types and amounts of foods that must be offered to patients on standard hospital menus in NSW.
Benefits: To provide an evidence-based guide on food and nutrition in hospitals.
Ready to Implement Added: 23 October 2013|Last updated: 13 April 2015
NSW Standardised Pain Charts (adult)
Aim: Development and implementation of statewide charts to be used at the bedside when delivering Patient Controlled Analgesia (PCA), ketamine infusions and neuraxial opioid administration. To standardise practice and reduce error relating to documentation, monitoring and prescription across NSW.
Benefits: Benefits include improved safety and quality of care for patients.
Ready to Implement Added: 7 November 2013|Last updated: 15 December 2014
Accelerating Implementation Methodology (AIM)
Aim: To increase Implementation capability across NSW Health; To embed AIM principles in large-scale program and model of care implementation; To apply AIM principles in Local Health District project implementation.
Benefits: Given the scale and pace of change-initiatives there is an ongoing demand for increased capability in applying AIM principles across the NSW Health system. The AIM strategy moves beyond training, to build capability through application of the principles in practice.
Ready to Implement Added: 8 November 2013|Last updated: 17 January 2014
Aim: The TOP 5 program acknowledges the value of carer information for people living with dementia and other types of cognitive impairment to improve patient outcomes and carer and staff experience.
Benefits: Benefits to individuals with dementia and carers include increased compliance, more effective treatment, less distress and shorter lengths of stay.
Ready to Implement Added: 6 November 2013|Last updated: 7 April 2015
Collaborating Hospitals' Audit of Surgical Mortality (CHASM)
Aim: To improve the quality and safety of surgical care in NSW hospitals. To reduce the number of preventable surgical deaths in NSW hospitals.
Benefits: All surgeons who are in operative practice are required to report the clinical management of their patients who die while under their care to CHASM for peer review. CHASM provides feedback on the peer review findings to surgeons to facilitate reflective learning and improvement in surgical care.
Ready to Implement Added: 30 October 2013|Last updated: 30 May 2014
Rural Innovations Changing Healthcare (RICH) Forum
Aim: To offer a conference without the travel where projects can be presented from the nearest participating venue. RICH is an annual 'virtual' forum, linking 17 sites around NSW by Videoconference, for a day of showcasing innovative projects which demonstrate: An innovative approach to an existing local issue That change had been embedded and is sustainable The ability to be taken up by other health sectors
Benefits: Using a combination of face to face, videoconference and social media, the one day forum links 17 satellite hubs across rural NSW bringing together a mix of cross sector disciplines at each site for a day of interdisciplinary networking between Local Health Districts (LHDs), NSW Ambulance, Residential Aged Care Facilities, Medicare Locals, General Practice and Consumers.
Ready to Implement Added: 23 September 2014|Last updated: 10 October 2014
Nurse Delegated Emergency Care (NDEC) Project
Aim: To provide timely, quality care for patients presenting to EDs in rural and remote areas with low risk, low acuity conditions, and to empower Registered Nurses to manage entire episodes of care through a delegated care model which promotes a more sustainable clinical workload for rural doctors.
Benefits: For patients - access to timely and quality care for less-urgent conditionsFor nurses - a validated and authorised framework to work within their scope of practice to manage entire episodes of careFor doctors - a robust model under which care can be delegated, leading to more sustainable clinical workload and work-life balanceFor rural health services - a collaborative framework for delivering quality patient care in small rural EDsFor rural communities – mitigation of some of the barriers to recruitment and...
Ready to Implement Added: 7 November 2013|Last updated: 17 August 2016
NSW Stroke Reperfusion Project (SRPP)
Aim: To improve early access to thrombolysis for ischaemic stroke patients.To improve pre-hospital assessment by paramedics for identification of stroke through a validated standardised assessment tool. To improve in-hospital reception, assessment and management of stroke patients to achieve early access to safe reperfusion. To improve mechanisms across the whole patient journey to deliver effective rehabilitation.
Benefits: There are multiple benefits involved in this project:To train paramedics in the application of the 'FAST' (Face, Arm, Speech and Time) stroke assessment tool, which is both internationally recognised and validatedTo define, locate and govern permanently operating stroke-unit hospitals that offer thrombolytic therapyTo provide road-based transport for stroke patients to arrive at stroke-unit hospitals within 4.5 hours of symptom onsetTo maintain strong networks between facilities, so patients are returned appropriately for ongoing acute and rehabilitative care, close to their point...
Ready to Implement Added: 8 November 2013|Last updated: 25 June 2015
Osteoarthritis Chronic Care Program (OACCP) Model of Care
Aim: The OACCP aims to provide interventions that support people with osteoarthritis of the hip and/or knee to: Self-manage their condition and co-morbidities; Reduce pain, increase function, and improve their quality of life; The OACCP considers and supports management of physical and psychosocial health care needs.
Benefits: The OACCP model of care has been implemented and evaluated in eight LHDs in NSW. Most of the participants have been on the NSW public hospital wait list for elective hip or knee joint replacement surgery. There have been a number of clinical gains, including: 11% of participants with knee arthritis who have been waiting for knee joint replacement surgery have agreed they do not need surgery at this time About 4% of those with hip arthritis have been supported...
Ready to Implement Added: 7 November 2013|Last updated: 9 February 2015
Electronic Persistent Pain Outcome Collaboration - routine patient outcomes reporting of pain management intervention
Aim: The NSW pain plan provided funding and an outline of a system of collecting and analyzing data from NSW pain clinics which quantified patient outcomes.
Benefits: The routine collection and analysis of data regarding patient outcomes is an important aspect of service delivery and improvement. The data enables benchmarking across NSW services as well as nationally enabling us to build on the service aspects that deliver the best outcomes.
Ready to Implement Added: 25 February 2015|Last updated: 25 February 2015
Osteoporosis Refracture Prevention Model of Care
Aim: To ensure people who sustain a minimal trauma fracture have access to early identification, diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up for osteoporosis.
Benefits: Benefits include improved patient outcomes, better utilisation of hospital services, and reductions in health system costs for at risk people.
Ready to Implement Added: 7 November 2013|Last updated: 9 February 2015
Training in Patient Based Care
Aim: The Directorate of Patient Based Care facilitates training and education in Patient Based Care to: Board, Executive, Leaders, Senior Managers and Clinicians; Junior Clinicians; and the workforce (through Train-the-Trainer).
Benefits: Through training the Directorate assists services to provide patient based care and meet new performance goals and the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards (Standard 2.6 Implementing training for clinical leaders, senior management and the workforce on the value of and ways to facilitate consumer engagement and how to create and sustain partnerships).
Ready to Implement Added: 7 November 2013|Last updated: 5 March 2015


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Production and Editing Internship Cover Letter Advice
I am currently a college senior struggling to create an attention grabbing cover letter. This is my first time creating one and every where I look online says something different.
I am majoring in television production and concentrating on the producing/post production aspects of it. I am applying to an internship at NFL films for the spring. The online info about the position says not to emphasize on sports knowledge and to focus on what skills we have and how we can help
Im wondering if anyone has any advice on one or the following:
1) what goes into each paragraph?
2) what to emphasize
3) how to reference your resume but not repeat it
4) any other tips in relation to cover letters/resume
I think I've written about this before on the COW, but I'll repeat myself. I've had great luck helping others write winning cover letters. My style is a little old, but solid.
A good cover letter is an ad for taking the time to look deeper at the candidate and their resume. It's the first taste they get of any "personality" that comes thru in your written "voice". You need to make a flash impression that's unique, attractive, but not obnoxious, you emphasize that you meet their qualifications, and then you close the sale by emphasizing the resume for details and arranging to meet for the interview. Always ask for the interview, and always demonstrate good manners. If you say you will call, be specific as to the time and date, and make the call as promised, no matter what. After the interview, ALWAYS send a short, polite thank-you note, thanking them for the time and opportunity to meet (mentioning the specific opening you met to discuss), and again offering additional information if they need it.
These days, at any large business, the first level of filters your correspondence and application go thru is typically a robot or computer program designed to scan for keywords and score you for how many of those keywords you had, and deducting from that score for obvious errors in spelling or grammar or even sometimes grade level of the language you used. Only then does a passing grade get forwarded to a human. But in smaller outfits, the human touch is still in vogue, so you're aiming to please both human reader and machine readers. No cutesy fonts or oddball stationary or paper colors. Overly weird formatting on the page may translate thru the machine into a jumble. Next stop, trash can. I can't over-stress how VITAL it is that you spell and grammar-check everything, and have a human look it over before you send it. As far as keywords, you want to up your "SEO" in the resume and cover letter by making sure that if they ask for a specific brand name in their ads, you mention it on your response. If they are asking for an Avid editor, for example, By Golly, you had better specifically mention Avid, by name, and more than once. Follow any instructions you were given, TO THE LETTER. I immediately reject anybody who can't follow instructions from the beginning.
In case people still file hard copies or scans, format your cover letter like a regular business letter; Your name and address/contact info, top flush right. The intended recipient's name, title, and address, flush left and lower than your name and address. Use plenty of white space for margins and top and bottom. The four paragraphs should sit right about the center of the page, single-spaced or 1.5 spaces max. Indenting the first sentence of the paragraphs is up to you, but be consistent.
A heading/topic slug goes either under your address or after theirs, or best, across the very top, left-hand side, first thing a scanning eye or old fashioned file-drawer user will read, small type:
"Re: June 14th Sports Camera Operator opening"
I keep it to a greeting line, and four paragraphs, and a closing. The paragraphs should not really go longer than 5 sentences, unless the info is really important, and everything in the paragraph needs to relate somehow to the opening sentence of that paragraph... or you are making another paragraph! A paragraph needs a premise sentence, a couple of lines to back that up and detail it, and a conclusion sentence, and it should cover one organized thought.
Paragraph one briefly restates which specific job you're looking to apply for. I urge you to customize EVERY resume and cover letter you send to be as job-specific as possible. Paragraph one goes on to state that you think you're a good fit because you meet or exceed so many of the specific stated requirements. And/or, if you lack obvious qualifications, you begin here to make a case that you have something special to offer, that they may not have considered until now.
You should write in an "active voice", not passive. Google those and know the difference.
(you use the actual name, because you show you bothered to research that in this day and age, instead of making it an anonymous "to whom it may concern" or "Dear Sir or Madam". On the off chance you just can't get a specific name, flatter the reader by giving them a promotion to "Dear Human Resources Executive". (Or something like that)
Dear (whatever);
"As a qualified sports videographer, I think you'll be happy to see my enclosed resume for the camera operator opening advertised in (place and date). In it, you'll see I am a close match to your stated requirements, having operated the same cameras you use, but I also offer additional, complimentary skills to that job."
Paragraph two details just a few of your best highlights from the resume.
"In particular, my work for the (school name) sports department, not only covered football: I have equal skill in covering soccer, baseball, basketball, and doing detailed, biomedical video photography for sports medicine and training applications in those same sports (see resume).
Paragraph three expands a bit on your best skills and again calls attention to the resume for more detail. If you've done research on the target, here is where you might add a reference as to how hiring you can help their goals. Let's say you know this is an expansion team building up their in-house Av staff, and they probably need a lot of "jack of all trades" types to cover a variety of needs. You tailor paragraph three to sell that idea back to them.
"Besides my extensive experience in live sports photography for TV and the web, my resume shows I am also well-versed in several different video editing systems and sports post-production, with an emphasis on building attractive and complex graphics and stats screens for broadcast as well as stadium audience presentation. That makes me what they call a "triple-threat": I have the skill sets of three staffers in one, ready to accommodate a variety of your athletic video needs.
Paragraph four wraps up and ASKS FOR THE MEETING.
I would like to arrange to meet with you at your convenience, to have a chance to learn more about your needs, and to see how I might best fit into your team. Since your ad asked that people not call, my contact information is instead attached on this letter and the resume. I'm available to meet any time you'd like this week. References and links to an online portfolio of my work are available upon request. I can bring them to you whenever you'd like to meet.
Best Wishes:
Joe/Jane Applicant
(phone number again, why not, capitalize on their impulse)
(attached: Resume)
That is how I would still do it, if I were doing one for myself.
My advice...make sure it is Waaaaayyyyyy shorter than Mark's reply.
In this business I look at a reel and not so much the letter. So it depends on who you are reaching out to. I like less formal, well laid out and abbreviated cover letters....especially if they add that they looked at most of our work and liked what they saw! : )
Sound like you are familiar with who you are writing to, which means no boiler plate copy!
Rich Rubasch
Tilt Media Inc.
Video Production, Post, Studio Sound Stage
[Rich Rubasch] "...make sure it is Waaaaayyyyyy shorter than Mark's reply."
Well that's just good advice all 'round... for almost anything.
Todd Terry
Creative Director
Fantastic Plastic Entertainment, Inc.
Go ahead and roast me: I can take it.
I speed read cover letters/emails looking for bullet points of skills that I would find useable for my productions. If I see a lot of copy then I have to search for your benefits, so definitely get to the point with bullets. Such as:
• Detailed note taker.
• Download and manage media on location.
• Strong editor with Premier and FCPX.
• Basic make up & hair skills.
• Own large SUV for prop transport.
• Experienced with craft services that keep the crew happy.
• Can operate teleprompter.
etc., etc.
Remember this cruel fact of after college adulthood: No one cares about you. The recipient only cares what you can do for them, their operation, in terms of saving them money, making them look good, impressing the client, being efficient, etc. So in sum, keep all the details about you such as GPA, charity work, etc. to a minimum and laden the cover letter and resume with benefits to them.
Everything else is filler. Keep the paragraphs short. This is not your average industry, it's creative, so be creative with your pitching materials.
I personally use only freelancers so if a cover letter implies that the person is looking for a staff job I immediately throw it out. Shot themselves in the foot.
If you have a friendly phone persona I would suggest using it to your advantage. Often people like yourself will be hired to do a lot of phone work so if the recipient realizes you have a great business phone persona that is a feather in your cap that a paper resume can't get across. Tailor your cover letter specifically to the industry it is addressed to, so if it's sports related the recipient should learn that you live and breathe SPORTS, even if it's an exaggeration. Be extremely careful with grammar, spelling and punctuation in your follow up emails. I look at young people's incoming emails to me and ask myself if I want to have them communicating with my clients.
Lastly, now that you are about to leave academia create a more professional email address with your name in it, separate from your personal/friends email address. Have a real signature in your emails with your cell phone listed so it's easier to call you. Make a very professional, mature sounding OGM. Definitely enclose a business card, even if it's just your name and phone and says Video Production because most people will pitch your paper work yet keep your bc in a pile on their desk. I know that's what I do.
Good luck,
Ned Miller
Chicago Videographer
thank you SO much for all of the advice!! Ill let you know if I receive an interview!


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I thought it would be fun to write a series of posts in which I expand on questions I am commonly asked by the gentlemen who call to book. It's only natural to have plenty of questions when you're about to drop a significant amount of money on a booking with an escort. I have a basic FAQ page here, and in a series of blog posts I am going to expand upon some of them.
Q) Is There Anything You Don't Do?
A) Well, yes, obviously.
This is a question I am asked with surprising frequency. As I've said before, it's always best to ask direct question when booking an escort. Questions with a "yes" or "no" answer are better than vague, open-ended questions. And I don't know if there's a vaguer, more open-ended question than, "What don't you do?"
Taken literally, the answer to that question is an infinite list of things I don't do, including levitate, raise the dead, time travel, exceed the speed of light, photosynthesize…
Obviously, the caller means things of a sexual nature, but even that is a large list and someone will always surprise me by suggesting something that I have never even considered before. It would take a while to catalog the things that I do not do. Have a look at an escorts description of what she does do and then ask if there is something not covered to your satisfaction there. What I do is enumerated pretty thoroughly on my Services page. You will see that I offer a pretty comprehensive "GFE experience" – so you can expect me to enthusiastically kiss, cuddle, perform oral with or without a condom (OWO), receive oral sex on myself, indulge in some hot protected intercourse, engage in anal play, and share a titillating collection of toys. (Anal sex is available at discretion, so I don't advertise it as a given.)
I will dabble in some things like role play if the scenario sounds interesting and doesn't involve something I find off-putting. It's not really part of my spontaneous, genuine GFE thing so I don't advertise it. I will also do some mild domination, involving a bit of tie-and-tease, light spanking, or good-humoured humiliation but I also don't advertise that as I am not a professional dominatrix and I wouldn't want to disappoint anyone.
I don't like to take the tack of saying, "I don't do this and I won't do that" because it sounds sort of negative. But I will go ahead and list a few of the more common things that others escorts may do but I do not.
Probably the major no-no is bareback/unprotected sex. No, I won't do that. I used to think it went without saying that if I didn't advertise it as available, then it was not available, but I was naive. Apparently, there are girls who do it on the quiet – perhaps only with regulars or they'll hint in a booking that it's an option for extra money. So, I will make it very clear that I will never offer bareback sex no matter how many times you visit me or how much extra money is offered.
Another thing I have tried and not enjoyed was strap-on or "pegging." I think toys are fun and I enjoy anal play but the three times I've tried using a strap-on I found it very awkward and uncomfortable. Also, it can get a bit too messy. I always prepare myself with an anal douche before every booking, but I don't expect a businessman on his lunch break to have done the same. However, a small vibrator or finger covered in a condom is much easier to deal with and I'm always happy to do that.
Finally, I am not interested in anything that involves receiving pain or humiliation, or being tied up. It's just not my scene at all.
That's not an exhaustive list but I think it covers the basics in terms of things that other escorts may do but I do not. There are probably things I haven't thought of. If you are booking any escort (not just me) and you have a very specific request, check to see what services they offer. If it's not mentioned in her advertised services, the odds are that she won't do it, so you should ask when you call to book.
I have noticed that some of the escorts who market themselves as very "high class" don't really spell out what they do. I'm not sure if they worry they will look cheap for doing so or if they're simply very flexible and decide on a case-by-case basis what they will do. Since escorting is legal in the UK and we're adults, I prefer to be as up-front as possible about my services.


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Its hard for me to breath my nose is clogged up all the time and post nasal drip is bad its like I cant take a deep breath . And I gag on mucus its like the bottom passage way from my nose to my throat is always clogged up and it scares me cause I cant breath and it gives me extreme anxiety and anxiety makes it even harder to breath its like there is pressure in my chest and in my throat I donât cough much its just there is mucus stuck in my nose and my throat all the time and its effecting my daily life big-time like I cant eat that good cause I cant breath through my nose and when im eating I cant breath through my nose so I gasp for air even when im drinking water its like I gasp for air cause of my nose being blocked all the time I just donât know what to do its really scaring me iv taken antihistamines 24 hour non drowsy tabs and still nothing has helped and its very hard for me to do anything like go to the doc cause im agoraphobic and have extreme chronic anxiety and panic attacks and all that makes this soooooo much more extreme than it really has to be does anybody know of any home remedies or things I can do about this? â¦â¦
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I am sorry to hear about your sickness. I was wondering if you live in a high pollen count area or if your home has had any mold or mildew issues? In my own experience with friends and family, I have seen that since their homes are closed up so tightly to keep "everything" out, they end up having "polluted homes" which can cause tremendous health problems. I read your post and felt bad that you are going through all of this. If any of these things are true let me know. Hope you start to feel better soon.
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I am not a Dr. I realize that you might have a fear of dr's but sometimes they are out to help you, if you explain to the dr that you might need something like claritin do you think he might call some in for you without being seen and let him know that you have post-nasal drip and that you have anxiety attacks and nothing over the counter is helping. Have you talked to a pharmacist, sometimes they can help too! It would be better if you would get in to see a dr though, much better then choking or ending up with pneumonia, or just making yourself sicker!
All the best!
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nasal drip
what is this exactly and what is the cause?
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Post nasal drip is basically, a runny nose that goes down the back of your throat.
Glands in your nose and throat produce mucus which normally moistens and cleans the nasal membranes, humidifies air, traps and clears inhaled foreign matter, and fights infection. A buildup of mucus in the throat or dripping from the back of your nose is called post-nasal drip.
Post nasal drip can be caused by excessively thick secretions or by throat muscle and swallowing disorders. It is diagnosed by an ENT specialist.
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can post nasal drip cause difficulty in swallowing and the feeling of lump in the throat?
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Join us Sunday, September 25th at 2 p.m. when Dr. Eunhae Grace Lee and Dr. Joo Hye Kim will perform the music of Gershwin and Milhaud in a piano four-hands concert, The Colorful Americas: A Collaboration. This free event is open to the community so invite a friend.
Joo Hye Kim is a native of South Korea, Joo Hye Kim, received her Bachelors of Music in piano performance from Ewha Womans University in South Korea, and a Masters of Music and a Doctorate of Musical Arts in piano performance from the Conservatory of Music and Dance at the University of Missouri in Kansas City. At age sixteen, she was the featured soloist of the New Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra. During her studies, she won the MMTA Honors Audition and the Concerto Competition of the Philharmonia of Greater Kansas City, performing with the orchestra. While at the UMKC Conservatory, she also studied organ and harpsichord, and received a Graduate Teaching Assistantship in Opera Accompanying. Dr. Kim has taught Applied Piano as an Adjunct Professor at Rockhurst University in Kansas City, Missouri and at Metropolitan Community College in Blue River, Missouri. A sought-after chamber musician and collaborative pianist, she actively performs in recitals and concerts with instrumentalists and vocalists. She recently finished a Master of Divinity degree at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary and is currently the music coordinator, organist, and director of education at Tremont Temple Baptist Church in Boston, Massachusetts.
Eunhae Grace Lee has garnered acknowledgement as an accomplished performer nationwide and abroad, recognized with the First Prize in the Los Angeles International Liszt Competition, Level I Award in youngARTS of the National Foundation for the Advancement in the Arts, Korean Honor Scholarship from the Korean Embassy, Jack Kent Cooke Young Artist Award, and First Prizes in the Glendale Piano Competition, Benno Rubinyi Piano Competition, and William Grant Still Competition, among others.
Dr. Lee has represented the Grammy Foundation for two years, performed at such venues as the Walt Disney Concert Hall, Sanders Theater at Harvard University, Consulate General of Finland, Strathmore Center of Performing Arts, Cerritos Center of Performing Arts, Schoenberg Hall, Miriam A. Friedberg Hall, Maurice Gusman Concert Hall, Kilbourn Hall, and Hatch Recital Hall, and has been broadcast on NPR of the US and KBS, CBS, and MBC of Korea.
Dr. Lee has dedicated her musical talents to God's service since age eight, playing the piano, synthesizer, and organ in church services. Rev. Hyukjae Lee, her father and a worship pastor/musician active in South Korea, they have not only served in ministry together but also have jointly given many performances and conducted clinics and seminars in worship music throughout the United States and South Korea.
While pursuing DMA in Piano Performance and Literature with a minor in Music Theory at Eastman, Dr. Lee received fellowships to serve its Piano Department as an instructor and accompanist. During her Masters studies in Piano Performance on a full scholarship at the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University, her work as a school accompanist won her the Yale Gordon Prize in Accompanying. Miss Lee is a summa cum laude graduate of the University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA), completing her undergraduate studies of piano performance and composition in three years at the top of her class on full financial support from the institution, which also awarded her the Emil Danenberg Piano Award and other honors. Her principal teachers include Dr. Douglas Humpherys, Boris Slutsky, and Dr. Walter Ponce in piano, Steven Doane, Seth Knopp, Antonio Lysy, and Guillaume Sutre in chamber music, and Dr. David Lefkowitz in composition.
At Gordon College, Dr. Lee teaches applied piano and music in worship and serves as a collaborative pianist.


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March Madness: Previewing Friday's Sweet 16 Matchups
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Hello again! I'm popping in to show you what I created for this week's Just Add Ink challenge. Challenge #373 was 'Just Add Stencils'.
I decided to use the brick wall mask template from the Pattern Party masks pack, and some untinted Embossing Paste on Whisper White card. I did add something a little extra to the embossing paste though…..Dazzling Diamonds! It's so sparkly and I love how it turned out.
On a circle of Basic Black card, I stamped a sentiment from Hang Your Stocking, using Whisper White Craft Ink. Once dry, I used an Embossing Buddy to add a chalk effect. Around the edge, I used a Chalk Marker to add faux stitching. I stamped the holly and berry images on Whisper White, using Tranquil Tide and Cherry Cobbler, then fussy cut them out. On the card front, I layered a strip of Burlap Trim, then a few loops of Silver Metallic Thread, then the chalkboard circle. A few holly sprigs were adhered onto with Mini Stampin' Dimensionals.
The inside of the card and envelope were stamped with the holly images, and the card inner was stamped with a sentiment in Memento Black.
Thanks for popping in to check out my creation for this week's challenge. Pop over to Just Add Ink to take part as well. 'Til next time x
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Oooooh now that's a great idea to add dazzling diamonds to the paste – the shimmer must be amazing! This is a fabulous Christmas card.
Love the chalked effect you've created, Rachael. x
Oh what a delightful card. It has an understated beauty which would be amazing with the Dazzling Diamond in the embossing paste., WOW. How cleaver of you using the Embossing Buddy for the chalk effect. I love this card. Thank you so much for showing this and giving inspiration. Take care.
What a gorgeous classic Christmas card Rachael! Adding the dazzling diamonds really takes that background up a notch to something stunning! x
Such a beautiful card for Christmas Rachael! Your glittery embossing paste background I am sure is stunning in real life and the contrast with the soft chalked effect of your sentiment is gorgeous!xx
So many lovely details in your card, Rachael! Love the faux stitching, the clever use of the embossing buddy to create a chalky effect and your addition of the dazzling diamonds to the Embossing Paste. Such a beautiful Christmas card!
Beautiful card! The brick wall stencil creates a background with subtle yet dimensional interest – just gorgeous!
Stunning Rachael. Love the chalkboard effect on the sentiment panel. It works perfectly with your stunning background.
Loving that sparkly brick work Rachael and the blackboard effect is such a great idea! Lovely Christmas card! xx
This is a gorgeous Christmas card! I love the simple chalkboard greeting, so pretty!
Gorgeous! I love the glitter mixed with the Embossing Paste – it looks great.
This is gorgeous Rachael. It looks so glittery in the photos and I know how tough that is so it must be stunning in real life. Gorgeous Christmas card xx


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Avoiding medical malpractice lawsuits is an inherent concern for all physicians and healthcare facilities. With more than 20,000 medical malpractice claims filed annually, and more than 120,000 cases of medical negligence reported, preventing such liability is a top priority for all healthcare personnel. Malpractice claims account for roughly 15% of the wrongful death and personal injury lawsuits filed in the US each year. Healthcare providers can train staff to prevent lawsuits by reviewing the top 5 reasons why doctors face medical malpractice lawsuits.
1. Injuring a Patient During Treatment
Almost one third of physicians have faced lawsuits for causing patient injury during the course of treatment. Such cases are typically filed when the injury results in disability or death, although they can result from minor injuries as well. Common hospital and clinic acquired injuries include bedsores, falls and other impact-related injuries (i.e. – strains and fractures), and secondary infections caused by negligence or improper patient hygiene practices. Patient injuries are some of the most common issues dealt with by specialist medical malpractice lawyers.
2. Failure to Properly Diagnose
More than 30% of doctors have faced a malpractice lawsuit due to the improper diagnosis of a patient's condition. Thus, it's imperative for doctors to become familiar with the guidelines for diagnostic screening and testing, especially those that call for the confirmation of the initial diagnoses. Misdiagnosing a patient can lead to serious complications due to the postponed treatment of their actual condition. Furthermore, there's also the risk of adverse reactions to wrongly prescribed medications and procedures. Doctors need to be confident in their diagnosis or refer the case to a specialist as soon possible to avoid the possibility of a lawsuit.
3. Improper Treatment of a Patient's Condition
Properly diagnosing a patient is only the first half of the equation. Improperly treating a patient's condition can lead to complications that give rise to medical lawsuits. Doctors should be careful to closely follow treatment protocols and ensure that all nursing staff are knowledgeable about such issues as well. Healthcare-acquired infections(HAIs)– illnesses acquired during the process of treatment – have become a more widespread problem than the flu, tuberculosis, and HIV. Delaying treatment or failing to inform the patient about critical details could also lead to a lawsuit related to improper treatment.
4. Medication Prescription Errors
Prescribing the wrong medications or doses is another highly common cause for medical malpractice lawsuits against doctors. Medication related errors result in the accidental death of almost 100,000 patients each year. Additionally, millions more are injured or driven further into poor health through improper medication prescriptions or administration practices.
5. Inadequate or Inaccurate Medical Documentation
Poor documentation is the 5th most common cause of medical malpractice lawsuits faced by physicians in the US. Failing to record and store critical information in the patent's electronic health record (EHR) can lead to mistakes made by future care providers. Doctors are advised to utilize the assistance of medical scribes to ensure full and accurate documentation.
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Apakah Itu (Black Hole) StarGate? ~ Alam Dunia 066
Black holes are a few of the strangest and most fascinating objects found in outer area. Matter falling in the direction of a black gap may also be seen emitting brilliant light and if the pace of this falling matter might be measured , it's attainable to determine the mass of the black hole itself. Dugaan semacam itu sungguh sangat dekat dengan kenyataan," kata Frederick Baganoff yang memimpin penelitian, September 2001, kepada Reuters di Washington. What's more, because of their robust gravity, black holes are usually surrounded by other shiny matter that makes it exhausting to see the thing itself. Rapidly expanding house could have squeezed some regions into tiny, dense black holes much less massive than the sun.
Prior to the launch of Hubble a handful of black hole candidates had been studied however the limitations of floor based astronomy were such that irrefutable evidence for his or her existence couldn't be obtained. Black holes themselves, by definition, can't be observed, since no light can escape from them. These jets shoot out at nearly the pace of light, demonstrating the superior harmful power of black holes.
At this level radio telescopes all over the world will give attention to Sgr A, and it is hoped that by synchronizing them to type a planet-dimension observatory known as the Event Horizon Telescope, we'll produce an image of a black hole in action. Other galaxies are thought to contain billion-sun black holes, and a few even ten-billion-solar monsters. Black holes can't be seen, however their location will be plotted by measuring their effect on the orbits of surrounding stars. Black holes have been long thought of a mathematical curiosity; it was in the course of the 1960s that theoretical work showed they were a generic prediction of normal relativity.
Black holes additionally spin—they're mainly deep whirlpools in house—and the mixture of friction and spin results in a significant quantity of the matter falling toward a black hole, generally more than 90 percent, not passing through the event horizon but rather being flung off, like sparks from a sharpening wheel. This heated matter is channeled into jet streams that hurtle by space, away from the outlet at phenomenal velocities, normally only a tick below the velocity of sunshine. The fascinating relationship between string theory and black holes provides rise to more forms of massive giants than discovered under standard classical mechanics.
To a distant observer, clocks close to a black gap seem to tick extra slowly than those additional away from the black gap. And on account of some very odd effects of maximum gravity, it is impossible to look in. A black gap is a spot exiled from the rest of the universe. Di bumi, elemen yang paling rapat dengan black gap ialah vortice (vortex) yang mempunyai persamaan dengan sifat puting beliung (tenaga angin). This black hole solar would exert the identical gravitational tug on our planet as the complete-dimension one. Because as large black holes are, they're truly incredibly hard to see up shut.


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Gynaecology and Obstetrics conference make you learn new ideas, what the problems in the field of gynaecology and how to face that problem in an innovative way. This conference integrates with presentations, exhibitions, panel discussions in the field of gynaecology by the renowned doctorates, professors, eminent scientists. This is the best platform to learn and exchange your thoughts with the experts .


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Corporate financial communication in Poland
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Companies listed in stock exchanges need to actively engage with investors but little research has been done into corporate communication practices in emerging markets. The goal of this book is to describe the textual communication between companies listed at the Warsaw Stock Exchange, equity analysts and investors.We present the results of three empirical studies of financial texts written in the Polish language: financial reports, letters to shareholders and sell-side analyst reports. The studies combine the methods of finance and language pragmatics to develop a rich picture of the causes and effects of financial communication.
We contribute this study of communication in the Polish language to the growing literature on the role of language and communication in the functioning of financial markets. The first chapter contains the theory and concepts of corporate disclosure. The second chapter presents the country setting and the information environment in Poland. The third chapter discusses the characteristics of language used in financial texts. The final chapter presents empirical research that we carried out using content analysis methods, experiments and market-based research methods.
The methodological workshop presented in this book can be used by students and researchers who study financial communication. The description of communication strategies can be useful for business people who work with companies in Poland.
Spis treści
Chapter 1. Financial communication
1.1. Corporate disclosure
1.2. Credibillity.
1.3. Truthfulness
Chapter 2. The information environment in Poland
2.1. The Polish stock market
2.2. Equity Analysts
2.3. Reporting requirements and practice.
2.4. Culture and communication
Chapter 3. Communication strategies
3.1. Linguistic tone
3.2. Evaluation strategies
3.3. Mitigation strategies
3.4. Readability.
Chapter 4. Financial communication in the Polish market
4.1. Explanations of goodwill impairment tests
4.1.1. Research method.
4.1.2. Results
4.1.3. Discussion and conclusion
4.2. Management communications and investor decision-making
4.2.1. Research method
4.2.2. Results
4.2.3. Conclusions and summary
4.3. Analyst reports and market price response to recommendations
4.3.1. Research method
4.3.2. Results
4.3.3. Discussion and conclusion
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Lawless America…The Movie is all about exposing the fact that we now live in Lawless America. We no longer have laws that are enforced because judges do whatever they want to do. America has also become lawless because government officials are dishonest and/or corrupt.
The movie will expose corruption in every state. The Movie will focus on victims.
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Agilisium Consulting is a Los Angeles AWS Advanced Consulting Partner with Big Data, EMR and Redshift competency.
Agilisium's goal is to help organizations accelerate their "Data-to-Insights-Leap". To this end, Agilisium has invested in all stages of the customer's data journey: Data Architecture Consulting, Data Integration, Data Storage, Data Governance and Data Analytics. With advanced Design Thinking capabilities, a thriving partner eco-system, and top-notch industry certifications, Agilisium has the expertise needed to help customers get more value from their data.
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AWS services such as Amazon EMR are integral to the business plan and growth strategy of Apps Associates and their Cloud Services practice as a foundation to support the Business Transformation initiatives.
We have designed and deployed numerous solutions with Amazon EMR to process vast amount of data. These solutions were supporting both workload migrations to AWS as well as net new workloads. We also have a lot of experience working with Apache Spark. An AWS Premier Consulting Partner with 5 competencies (Migration, Big Data, DevOps, Marketing & Commerce and Mobile) and multiple certifications and accreditations, ClearScale has the proven capability to build, deploy, automate, and manage complex cloud architectures on AWS.
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NorthBay often encounters the need for variable-compute processing of data and Amazon EMR fits very well with their consulting practice. Amazon EMR provides the solution for the processing, manipulation, aggregation, querying and analysis of data.
NorthBay's consulting practice positions Amazon EMR as a flexible, capable, and scalable option for the processing stage of the data lifecycle and for the analytics whether it be Hive, Pig or Presto. Amazon EMR also provides NorthBay with basis for in-memory processing with Spark and near real-time processing with Spark Streaming and even ML workloads with Spark MLLib. It is often involved on both the write side and the read side of a data lake on Amazon S3.
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BEEVA's architectures often includes Data RESTful APIs to generate new means of revenue from data, or to integrate back with operational applications. Every Big Data platform deployment is tailored for our customers and used to complement or substitute legacy Business Intelligence platforms.
AWS EMR allows us to easily design and deploy in a matter of minutes a cost-effective solution to enable the Big Data projects of our clients allowing the processing of large scale data quantities. All achieved with a simplified management framework using Apache Spark or Presto, for example.
AWS perfectly interacts with S3 and DynamoDB data stores, so it seamlessly combines and works with the existing AWS architectures of our clients. EMR is the service of choice for us to reliably and securely handle some of the usual big data use cases: data warehousing, machine learning, financial analysis or scientific simulation.
Delivery of high quality, bespoke Big Data solutions, providing skills and services across the breadth of AWS Big Data technologies. KCOM's Big Data platforms are born in the Cloud, built upon years of AWS expertise, best practice and a track record of delivering secure and robust Cloud solutions.
As an active and experienced AWS Premier Consulting Partner, tecRacer consults on and implements AWS based projects with Elastic MapReduce (EMR). As authorized AWS Training partner, tecRacer also delivers the AWS "Big Data" Course which has a focus on EMR.
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The Big Data and Analytics on AWS practice aims at delivering solutions that leverage AWS offering. Solutions range from Traditional Data Warehousing, BI and Anlytics to Big Data and Data Stream Analytics.
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AWS Big Data CoE. Making computing, analytics and visualization possible on cloud.
We have the expertise in big data tools and processes to derive actionable insights from mountains of disparate data that enterprises collect each day. Mindtree's experts captured millions of records, including structured, unstructured and biometric data.
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SoftServe Big Data Team has extensive expertise in design, implementation and modernization of Big Data & Analytics solutions including Hadoop-based systems, NoSQL, MPP Data Warehousing, BI Visualization and Advanced Analytics.
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That Jets/Cowboys game last night was craaaaaaazy. And not just because of what went down on the field. In section 324 of MetLife Stadium in the Meadowlands—which is just miles from Ground Zero, by the way—a fan managed to attack several other fans with a stun gun. Yes, during a game that featured a pretty incredible tribute to the September 11, 2001 attacks, someone managed to sneak a stun gun into the stadium...and attack people with it.
Sigh. Something tells us there's a security job that just opened up at MetLife Stadium, if anyone's looking for one... [via Deadspin]


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Based on true events that took place in California in the 1920s, the movie delves into what happens when a police department goes corrupt and how it affects the regular people in the town. Angelina Jolie stars as Christine Collins, mother of nine-year old Walter. Jolie was perfect as this working, single mother who obviously loved her child and did everythign she could to take care of him. Their bond is demonstrated through her actions as well as through her honesty in answering his questions about what happened to his father. Collins works as a supervisor at a telephone switch, and comes home from work one day to find that her son is missing.
What could be worse for the parent of a missing child than wondering what's happened to their child? If they find the child dead, it's a nightmare but there is closure. If the find the child alive and well, it's a dream come true. What happened to Christine Collins is decidedly a nightmare, not only lacking closure, but presenting more questions than it seems possible to answers.
Months later, she's notified that her son has been found, but when she goes to the train station to meet him, the boy they present her with is NOT her son. Watching Jolie bullied into taking the boy home and struggling with her disappointment and confusion is heartwrenching. She plays the scenes of frightened desperation with such heart and pain that it's impossible not to feel for her character.
As time goes on, the nightmare keeps getting worse, and Collins is forced by a corrupt police captain into a mental institution where no one believes a word she says. Despite everything, Collins stuck to her guns, and with the help of a local Reverend who takes her side and publicizes her situation, manages to expose the police department's horrifying activites.
The movie isn't incredibly fast paced, and that's one thing I loved about it. I liked watching a period movie from a more recent time, but not involving war or politics or tons of action. I liked watching this normal, everyday woman faced with a horrifying situation, watching her struggle and eventually help change the world she lived in for the better. For the most part, it was pleasant to watch, and easy to follow. It was just a great story turned into a great movie.
Jason Butler Harner, who I recognized from various appearances on TV shows like Law & Order and The Closer, was incredible as Gordon Northcott, a serial murderer whose storyline parallels and intertwines with Collins' story. Northcott lived in the nearby town of Wineville (renamed afterwards to Mira Loma, CA) and was convicted of murdering several young boys. As one reviewer put it, the scene in which Northcott is eventually executed by hanging is so real that it's almost unbearable to watch.
Changeling is proof that Clint Eastwood is progressing quite nicely as a director, and a refreshing piece of cinema.


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Video killed the radio star and internet streaming and cheap DVDs killed the video store. The long foretold death of the video rental store has been slow but steady. iTunes, Walmart, Netflix and the like have come out on top.
VOCM is reporting that the city's last video store is closing up shop. January will be the final month of operation for Jumbo Video on Highland Drive joining Allens Video, Blockbuster, Rogers and all of the small local video stores of the 80's and 90's.
Consumer demand has clearly moved to the digital distribution of video entertainment. The economics vanished a while ago although there was a nostalgic group of customers who hung on to the tradition of renting a few videos to watch over the weekend. Store owners diversified into video game rentals, coffee shops, pizza joints and laundry mats in the hopes of keeping the nostalgic video store alive.
The home video market is huge, valued at $20 Billion a year. Growth in pay-TV video on demand, and strong increases in Internet
sales, rentals and subscriptions has come at the cost of physical DVD/Blue-ray sales.
I remember the early days of video. Introduced in 1976 the Video Home System competed with Betamax for dominance. VHS vanquished the superior Beta tapes and the laser-disc but lost out to the shiner DVD in the late 1990s.
Out in St. Bernard's we had VHS before cable. We used to rent a machine and three video's on a Friday night for the weekend from Power's Shop or Wallace Pardys. (rent two get one free and be kind and rewind)
The selection was modest. We never owned a VHS player while I lived at home. However, I recall the tingling excitement of having friends over to watch a few videos and hoping to see a boob here and there. (Anyone remember Porky's?)
The VHS machines and the VHS tapes were not made to last. The tapes wore after constant usage and the magnetic video heads of the machines led to damaged tapes. Remember rewinding the tapes so you could get the tape back into the plastic case or adjusting the track to get the heads to provide a clear picture.
The tapes may be history, the video store rental store may be all-but gone but they changed the economics of the
film industry and shaped the viewing patterns that we take for granted
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The comedy actress passed away by suicide on July 1st.
She rose to fame after she started making YouTube videos in 2006 and they started going viral. When Stevie was 19 she moved to LA from Victorville an began building a huge fan base. Her videos started reaching over a million viewers.
She created YouTube series with characters like Little Loca and Sceney Sceneable where she wrote edited and acted in them herself. She also became known for her impressions of Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga and Amy Winehouse.
She landed her own comedy sketch show on CH1 called Stevie TV.
The day before her death she had posted on social media about her grief at the loss of her grandfather.
"The man of my dreams will now only be in my dreams. I'll miss you everyday, forever. I love you my Pa," she tweeted.
The man of my dreams will now only be in my dreams. I'll miss you everyday, forever. I love you my Pa. pic.twitter.com/nQ6hPPD3cC
— Stevie Ryan (@StevieRyan) June 30, 2017
In an interview with Culture Brats, she spoke of how she was shocked by the level of hate she encountered when she posted her videos.
She said: "I put it on YouTube and before I knew it, there were people leaving me comments like, 'You're ugly and stupid and dumb!'
"I didn't realise what the Internet was yet, that it was just full of hate."
She died at her home in Los Angeles and the cause of death deemed as suicide by hanging.


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text: Houston— Nov. 1, 2016— In 2016, 77 percent of fifth graders in San Elizario Indpendent School District (ISD) successfully passed the STAAR® science test, up from 57 percent in 2015. What changed? During the 2015-16 school year, teachers began using STEMscopes™ Texas as their primary science curriculum. Developed by Accelerate Learning™and Rice University, STEMscopes is the most widely used science curriculum in Texas.


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Sanyo Bets on HD in Vegas
In the past, storing video clips on SD cards would be absurd, since 512MB cards would severely limit the amount of video time you could store on that sized card. But according to Sanyo, the HD1 can record more than 21 minutes of 720p HD video on a 1 gigabyte SD card, or about 42 minutes on a 2GB card. SD card manufacturers, of course, have plans on making larger sized cards. Although it will be interesting to see if larger cards (4GB or larger) have compatibility problems with the camcorder.
Another feature that will be sure to get consumer's attention is the 2.2-inch (Organic Light-Emitting Diode) display with 210,000 total pixels, which gave the pre-production model we saw quite a vivid image. According to the company, the OLED display allows viewers to have greater angles and up to 5,000 times faster response speed when compared with conventional display technologies, enabling smooth playback of rapid movements.
Other features of note on the Xacti HD1 include a pop-up flash, an anti-shake digital image stabilizer, an audio guide for first-time users, super macro shooting, a high-capacity rechargeable lithium-ion battery and a remote control.
Marketed as the world's smallest and lightest high-definition digital media camera, the HD1 will be available in the U.S. in late March for a street price of $800. Keep checking PCMag.com for our First Looks review of this product.
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EJOSA (Enterprise Java Open Source Architecture) is a project supporting the effective development of J2EE-based web application. The project should be a "starter kit" and "best practices kit" which can be used as a good starting point. It should offer a solution how to overcome the complexity of J2EE application development by using Open Source products Enhydra (http://www.enhydra.org) and JOnAS (http://www.objectweb.org). So EJOSA can also mean Enhydra and JOnAS Application, because we use Enhydra and JOnAS as our main components. The target audience of our project are developers with basic knowledge of J2EE, Enhydra and JOnAS developers or developers interesting in component-based software engineering.
EJOSA Template combines Model Driven Architecture (MDA) and Sourcecode Centric Development (SCD) model. It allows you to integrate both models in one environment to get the best of both worlds. It is very important to integrate the modelling part of the components directly into the developer's compile, run and test cycle.
The EJOSA project uses a template model for developing a multi-tier architecture. EJOSA template provide a collection of Open Source components which are bundled together and already pre-configured, so there is no need to write all the components once more. It also defines an easy to understand structure to be followed by the development of J2EE applications. EJOSA does not use IDE, wizards or assistants. This means the users need to understand the whole process before they can develop their own J2EE application. EJOSA can be used to make a prototype fast and easily without having to throw the prototype result for continuing the project. So we keep EJOSA Template simple.URL: http://ejosa.sourceforge.net
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How do I refer a child to Creative Alternatives for placement consideration?
Placements are initiated in two ways, either through a phone call to the intake worker or a faxed referral to the intake worker. Faxed referrals should include the client's history, current behavioral issues, and a psychological report or IEP if available/relevant. After acceptance, a formal intake is arranged, although Creative Alternatives does accept emergency placements.
What is the company's policy regarding family contact and visitation?
Creative Alternatives encourages and reinforces ongoing contact and visitation with biological family members. Because our contract is with the adoptive parent or placing agency, these individuals set the boundaries regarding contact, including whom the child may contact, how often, and what type of contact may occur.
Does Creative Alternatives provide transportation for visits, court, or related appointments?
Yes, Creative Alternatives does provide transportation for those appointments mentioned above. Generally, prior to placement the intake worker will verbally commit to a reasonable amount of transportation per month. Biological family members are also encouraged to visit the children on site if this has been approved by the placing agency. On site supervision of visits can also be arranged. The child may contact family members by phone and may also receive phone calls.
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HOW TO MARRY AN ALIENMy Alien Romance #3
by Magan Vernon
Publication Date: January 2, 2013
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Genre: Young Adult, Science Fiction, Romance
Alex's interstellar relationship has finally been sealed in the eyes of the human world, so now she can move on to her next step: college.
With Ace by her side and a new piece of jewelry on her finger, she thinks she is ready for anything. Well, almost anything.
Her new roommate holds a dangerous link to her past that Alex isn't sure if she can handle. Then there is the whole alien fiancé thing. Every time she tries to get closer to Ace, he seems to pull further away. Top that off with a full summer class load and a few more alien attacks and it's just another day for Alex.
Except this time she isn't sure if marrying an alien will be the happy ending she's hoping for.
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For a couple of years now, people have been wondering when the Dallas Cowboys and owner/GM Jerry Jones are going to bring in a young quarterback to groom to eventually replace Tony Romo.
Never was that thought more prevalent than heading into the 2014 season with Romo coming off multiple back surgeries while being clouded with uncertainty in terms of his health and preparation.
All Romo did was have the best year of his career and lead the Cowboys to the brink of playing in the NFC Championship with more than 3,700 passing yards, 34 touchdowns and just nine interceptions. He led the NFL in completion percentage and quarterback rating in the regular season, edging out Aaron Rodgers. It was Romo at his finest, and now Jones says he expects to have that for a bit longer than you might expect from Romo, who's 34 years old.
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Speaking at the NFL combine, Jones told reporters he is operating with the idea of a five-year window for Romo playing effectively. The general thought around here is that Romo is operating on about a three-year window, and while five years isn't out of the realm of possibility, it seems a bit extreme to be operating under that premise.
"I'm not going to look into the crystal ball with you and tell you he's not going to have down days over the next five years — I can't do that," Jones told reporters. "But I can tell you I'm comfortable, and I'm going to make decisions based on him being here."
The Cowboys need Romo to continue to produce at such a high level, as he's scheduled to make $17 million in 2015 and count an eye-popping $27.8 million against the Cowboys' 2015 salary cap.


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eidos just launched its website for swingerz golf. the site features screenshots, character profiles, course descriptions, and lots more. the gamecube-only game, which is slated to ship on october 8, allows up to four players to compete on 14 courses. and no, despite its name, the game doesn't revolve around couples looking for a whole lot of love and a little bit of birdie.
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|really (1:13pm est thu aug 22 2002)
"…descriptions and lost more." what was lost? the descriptions? the…? – by warplex
|oh yea (12:37pm est sat aug 24 2002)
can anyone who knows a lot about this game tell me what's the difference between this and outlaw golf, as far a gameplay goes? – by warplex
|codes (11:27am est sun nov 03 2002)
are there any codes for this??????? – by esperante02
|codey modey (10:58pm est fri dec 27 2002)
how you do get characters all? – by yano
|trevor l. (8:11pm est fri apr 29 2005)
loves aspen lee – by trevor
|nicholas kloke (8:14pm est fri apr 29 2005)
loves marissa hopes – by nicholas
|woowe codes (8:20pm est fri apr 29 2005)
we found codes 4 swingerz golf enter buff swing to swing harder – by t dawg 07