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Dodgers name Zach Lee and Scott Schebler as the Branch Rickey Minor League Pitcher and Player of the Year
LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles Dodgers today named right-handed pitcher Zach Lee and outfielder Scott Schebler as the Branch Rickey Minor League Pitcher and Player of the Year, respectively.
Lee, who turned 22 on Sept. 13, went 10-10 with a 3.22 ERA in 28 games (25 starts) this season for Double-A Chattanooga, earning a selection as a Southern League mid-season All-Star. The Texas native ranked among the league leaders in wins (T-9th), ERA (9th), innings pitched (142.2, 9th) and strikeouts (131, 3rd).
LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles Dodgers today named right-handed pitcher Zach Lee and outfielder Scott Schebler as the Branch Rickey Minor League Pitcher and Player of the Year, respectively.
Lee, who turned 22 on Sept. 13, went 10-10 with a 3.22 ERA in 28 games (25 starts) this season for Double-A Chattanooga, earning a selection as a Southern League mid-season All-Star. The Texas native ranked among the league leaders in wins (T-9th), ERA (9th), innings pitched (142.2, 9th) and strikeouts (131, 3rd).
Lee limited opponents to a .247 batting average and finished the season with a 1.17 WHIP, tying for the third-lowest mark in the Southern League. He walked only 35 in 142.2 innings and posted a 3.74 strikeout-to-walk ratio, the third best among league starters with at least 120.0 innings pitched. He proved to be extra stingy with runners in scoring position, when opponents managed only a .197 batting average (24-for-122), while striking out 40 times.
Lee opened the season on a roll, posting an ERA under 3.00 in each of the season's first two months with a 2.42 ERA (7 ER/26.0 IP) in five April starts (2-1 record) and a 2.87 mark (10 ER/31.1 IP) in six May starts (2-2). He followed that up by earning Southern League Pitcher of the Week honors for the period of May 27-June 2, striking out eight and allowing just two hits in 7.0 scoreless innings in two games (one start).
This was Lee's third professional season after he was selected with the 28th overall pick in the 2010 First-Year Player Draft out of McKinney (Texas) High School and signed by Dodger scout Calvin Jones.
Schebler led Single-A Rancho Cucamonga with a .296 batting average and ranked among the California League leaders with 27 homers (2nd), 95 runs scored (4th), 13 triples (T-3rd), 91 RBI (7th) and a .581 slugging percentage (2nd) in 125 games. He also stole 16 bases and was one of only two California League hitters to finish the campaign with at least 20 home runs and 15 stolen bases. The left-handed hitter was the only Dodger minor leaguer to hit 20 or more doubles, 10 or more triples and 20 or more home runs in 2013.
Schebler, who turns 23 on Oct. 6, caught fire on June 12, when he started a season-high 18-game hitting streak (ended July 2), and batted .322 (94-for-292) with a league-best 44 extra-base hits, 186 total bases, 21 home runs and 67 RBI in 74 games through the conclusion of the season to earn a selection to the California League's Postseason All-Star Team. Schebler was honored as the league's Offensive Player of the Week for the period July 1-7, batting 13-for-29 with eight extra-base hits, including three home runs, and 10 RBI in seven games.
The Iowa native just completed his fourth professional season after being selected in the 26th round of the 2010 First-Year Player Draft out of Des Moines Area Community College and signed by scout Scott Little.
Both Lee and Schebler will be honored in an on-field pregame ceremony prior to Sunday's 1:10 p.m. Dodger regular-season finale against the Colorado Rockies.
Branch Rickey Minor League Player and Pitcher of the Year: 1989-2013
Year Player of the Year Pitcher of the Year
1989 Mike Huff, Albuquerque (OF) Jim Poole, Vero Beach (LHP)
1990 Henry Rodriguez, San Antonio (OF) Jamie McAndrew, Bakersfield/San Antonio (RHP)
1991 Eric Karros, Albuquerque (IB) Pedro Martinez, San Antonio/Albuquerque (RHP)
1992 Mike Piazza, San Antonio/Albuquerque (C) Todd Williams, Bakersfield/San Antonio (RHP)
1993 Billy Ashley, Albuquerque (OF) Kip Gross, Albuquerque (RHP)
1994 Billy Ashley, Albuquerque (OF) Greg Hansell, Albuquerque (RHP)
1995 Adam Riggs, San Bernardino (IF) Gary Rath, San Antonio/Albuquerque (LHP)
1996 Paul Konerko, San Antonio/Albuquerque (IF) Billy Neal, Vero Beach (RHP)
1997 Paul Konerko, Albuquerque (IF) Dennys Reyes, San Antonio/Albuquerque (LHP)
1998 Angel Peña, San Antonio (C) Luke Prokopec, San Bernardino/San Antonio (RHP)
1999 Chin-Feng Chen, San Bernardino (OF) Eric Gagné , San Antonio (RHP)
2000 Joe Thurston, San Bernardino (IF) Carlos Garcia, San Bernardino (RHP)
2001 Phil Hiatt, Las Vegas (IF) Ricardo Rodriguez, Vero Beach (LHP)
2002 Joe Thurston, Las Vegas (IF) Edwin Jackson, South Georgia (RHP)
2003 Franklin Gutierrez, VB/Jacksonville (OF) Greg Miller, Vero Beach/Jacksonville (LHP)
2004 Joel Guzman, Vero Beach/Jacksonville (OF) Chad Billingsley, Vero Beach/Jacksonville (RHP)
2005 Andy LaRoche, Vero Beach/Jacksonville (IF) Chad Billingsley, Jacksonville (RHP)
2006 James Loney, Las Vegas (1B) Mark Alexander, Jacksonville/Las Vegas (RHP)
2007 Chin-lung Hu, Jacksonville/Las Vegas (IF) James McDonald, Inland Empire/Jacksonville (RHP)
2008 Ivan De Jesus, Jr., Jacksonville (IF) James McDonald, Jacksonville/Los Angeles (RHP)
2009 Dee Gordon, Great Lakes (IF) Scott Elbert, Chattanooga/Albuquerque/Los Angeles (LHP)
2010 Jerry Sands, Great Lakes/Chattanooga (IF/OF) Rubby De La Rosa, Great Lakes/Chattanooga (RHP)
2011 Scott Van Slyke, Chattanooga (IF/OF) Shawn Tolleson, Great Lakes/Rancho/Chattanooga (RHP)
2012 Joc Pederson, Rancho Cucamonga (OF) John Ely, Albuquerque (RHP)
2013 Scott Schebler, Rancho Cucamonga (OF) Zach Lee, Chattanooga (RHP)


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Well, anybody can draw up frightening equations like I did in the acceleration signal analysis report in my previous post and claim that they work just because of some diagrams made by a mathematical analysis program. You'd better not believe this sort of bullshit before you experience it yourself. To help you along that path, I implemented a simple application that let you try out, how these methods work in real life.
Click here to download the example program.
If you open this simple application, you can enable the sampling with a checkbox. Once the sampling is switched on, the service behind the app constantly samples the acceleration sensor and tries to detect motion patterns. It is able to distinguish 3 patterns now: shake, walk and run. Not only it distinguishes these patterns, it also tries to extract shake, step and run count. Unfortunately I tested it only on myself so the rule base probably needs some fine tuning but it works for me. The walk detector uses the w3 wavelet (read the report if you are curious, what w3 wavelet can be) and is therefore a bit slow, it takes about 2-3 seconds before it detects walking and starts counting the steps but that delay is consistent - if you stop walking, it continues counting the steps it has not counted yet.
The moral for this application is that the tough part in detecting motion patterns is the rule base behind the signal processing algorithms. It is OK that wavelets separate frequency bands and signal power calculation allows to produce "gate" signals that enable/disable counting for certain motion patterns. But where are the signal power limits for e.g. shaking and how to synchronize "gate" signals with the signals to be counted? This example program is a good exercise as you can observe, how it uses delayers and peak counters synchronized with signal power calculators to achieve the desired functionality.
Some notes on the implementation. The machinery behind the background service that sends events to an activity is described in this and this blog posts. Also, observe the debug flags in SamplingService, if you set one of these, the service spits out signal data that you can analyse with Sage later. I did not include the keep-awake hack into this implementation because it was not necessary on my Nexus One with the leaked Android 2.2. I put a public domain license on the download page because somebody was interested in the license of the example programs.
I have to think a bit, where I want to go from here. The most attractive target for me is to formalize all these results into a context framework for Android applications but I may fiddle a bit more on signal processing.
Sunday, June 6, 2010
Posted by Gabor Paller at 10:02 PM
Labels: acceleration sensor, wavelet
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This does not work in my HTC hero with Android 1.5. Do you think Android 1.5 is the main reason for that?
- November 23, 2010 at 6:23 PM
- Gabor Paller said...
Anonymous, SamplingService.java uses the new Service interface, available from 2.0. The changes to backport it to pre-2.0 would be minimal, see onStartCommand documentation.
- November 23, 2010 at 10:02 PM
this doesnt work as expected.
if you move you phone only in 1 direction, it also counts as walking steps.
any chance you'll fix this problem or help me on fixing it?
- May 13, 2014 at 3:05 PM
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|2012-12-09, 03:40
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That one guy
Join Date: Nov 2011
Urataros like character is very easy to integrate into cecilia's story. Though it involves a lot of sexual harassment and justified violence.
This prince you speak of reminds me of sieg. Whom if I base upon would also be an equally fit and funny character to push up against ceci.
...love triangle? Conniving sleaze versus baka-ouji for ther heart of the red sonia(did I get that right?). Gahahaha
|2012-12-09, 04:54
|Link #38602
I am no one
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Inside your head
If anything, he's very playful, DRAMATIC, and rebellious....which he did because he's feeling insecure, he's always compared to other, more successful and well known princes. Him meeting Cecilia changed it all.
"I felt like crying to see two beautiful maiden duke it out in a brutal, unfriendly match. But I do realize, we have a mission to restore the balance of power. I've always envied my outstanding relatives, but always forgot that great power comes with great responsibility. Since the first time I stepped inside this armor, I've decided not to surrender... till I rendered inop"
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|2012-12-09, 08:37
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Titans Test Team Pilot
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: The Elysium
In fact, I'm going to steer the story into a space-race of some sort; while the other IS are busy shooting the crap out of each other in the name of sport, a lone unit is secretly developed for its initial, prime purpose which is space exploration.
And no, it's not just fly into space. It's flying into space, doing independent research on other planets and, given the time, other galaxies.
|2012-12-09, 20:38
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Just another Idiot
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Delusion world
.........I am really disturbed by that statement (I will reveal why later)
You see, Vigilante is actually against the law. Which is why you don't see people carrying shotgun, hunting down criminals.
Taking law into your own hand is a straight no-no. There have been cases like that but nothing is as serious as......(read below)
Now for reason why I felt disturbing:
Dude! Killing another human being is against the law. Just because that guy steal your stuff doesn't give you the right to kill him.
The only exception:
Not if you kill in self-defense.... which means your or others life is in danger and not you actively seek out criminals to kill.
|2012-12-09, 21:29
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That one guy
Join Date: Nov 2011
My obsession with integrating Alfred into a fanfic has just devolved into a sadistic love triangle.
Chelsea likes Alfred who used to have a crush on Chelsea but now likes Cecilia who isn't really interested in him but is willing to give him her time of day.
Brain... wat r u doin? Brain! STAHP!
|2012-12-10, 06:49
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Titans Test Team Pilot
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: The Elysium
When I look back at the replica drones, there still questions remain unaswered and others unsurfaced which brings me to include this scene:
Spoiler for Source...?:
What do you guys think? I might as well give you three guesses on who's the one providing them the data.
|2012-12-10, 07:09
|Link #38613
Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2011
@ Treme - I meant only hardcore criminals. I'm pretty sure you wouldn't get a single slap for killing the Joker, because no one in their right mind would charge you anything for it.
@ Senpai - Looks like the Fallout Holorrifle. Take a look"
|2012-12-10, 07:36
|Link #38614
I am no one
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Inside your head
|2012-12-10, 09:45
|Link #38617
I am no one
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Inside your head
Well, it's quite important when people in-story (fangirls) began to scribble stuff in the Internet when they really shouldn't...
Fangirl A: But Ichika is obviously in love with Charles!
Fangirl A: What kind of messed up fanfic you have been reading! He and Len is secretly doing each other!
Len: I'm hetero. (serious)
Charles: And I'm not an uke. (trolling)
Fangirls: *GASP* (they began to ship these two)
Then Yuri (especially with Chifuyu and/or Tatenashi) and self insert thrown into mix....
|2012-12-10, 11:11
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Just another Idiot
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Delusion world
Instead, I will go straight to what it entails in a story:
The concept of somebody going around killing hardcore Criminal (like Joker) is a little over-dosing with machoism....
If that is your intention, go ahead.
As for me, while waiting for technical help for To-aru Fanfic. I think I might restart my attempt at Cracking IS fic again.
This time, 5% more crack and a Villain Protagonist instead (After considering awhile, it is more fitting for a Noble Demon type of Villain Protagonist to have a foil in White Knight Type Heroic Antagonist.
As "evil":
He will straight up admit, as a creator of Advance technology, the only justification for monopolizing the technology not sharing with the world:
He like feeling superior to others.
The grunt units (Dornes) used by the enemies are actually his creation....
Reason for being in ISA:
Obviously trying to hide from his enemies. Kind of hard not to make enemies when you ran away with Research prototypes worth billion of dollars, and the Said Prototypes are actually advanced super-weapon (the latter make lots of people nervous).
He is also planning is to turn IS pilots into his maid/slave harem/army.
As for how he is going to do that: He didn't plan that far (He is capable of tactics but not long term strategy.....)
|2012-12-10, 11:36
|Link #38620
Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2011
@ Treme - Yeah, it's meant to be macho campy BS. The main side of the story is that killing criminals just because you're morally superior doesn't give you good karma (unlike fallout), it just damages your psyche and makes you question how much better you are really.
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Fashion, philanthropy, inspiration and funny seamlessly blended together March 6 at Hotel Arts at Love Her — a fundraiser and friend-raiser in support of Ovarian Cancer Canada. There is nothing funny about ovarian cancer, however, as late detection results in five-year survival rates of less than 30 per cent. Further, there is no effective screening test for ovarian cancer and every year 1,750 Canadian women die from the disease.
This Mother's Day, as I eagerly await the annual bounty of crafts made with love by stubby, glue-stained fingers, I find myself wondering, What about the children who don't have a mother?
The court decision being heralded as a triumph of aboriginal rights and culture in the case of a little girl ill with leukemia, is nothing of the kind.
Whether they go on to win the Tim Hortons Brier or not it doesn't matter because the 2014-15 curling season is the year of John Morris and Team Canada.
Persistence paid off for the Calgary Inferno on Sunday.
Top brass at the Calgary Fire Department have issued a challenge to all the province's emergency responders to take part in a cancer research study.
More than a decade after his first bout with the disease, Brett Wilson's cancer has returned. The Calgary philanthropist, who was diagnosed in 2001 with prostate cancer and underwent treatment, announced Monday on Twitter that he is fighting cancer for a second time.
Wanda St. Hilaire had a successful sales job, a great apartment and a fine life. She was planning a trip to Italy with one of her dearest friends, and she was celebrating 20 years of being cancer-free. Then she found a lump in her breast. The cancer had returned.
At a large northwest Calgary house, people living with cancer partake in a wide range of programs intended to support healing of the body, mind and spirit. The warm and welcoming Montgomery home has a jam-packed schedule of programs ranging from yoga to creative journaling, drumming and courses on money, returning to work and nutrition.
It was a typically spectacular day in paradise — Kaanapali Beach, Maui, to be exact — when Heather Williams was slathering on the sunscreen. For the first time in years, the smart, active 38-year-old felt strong — physically and mentally — after battling nearly 15 years of depression. Facing the blue Pacific, she worked in the lotion, making sure not to miss a spot.
A chilly day on Aug. 20 didn't dampen the enthusiasm, attendance, nor dollars raised at the 7th Annual Remington Charity Golf Classic at Stewart Creek Golf & Country Club.
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Nearly 1,800 cyclists rode 112 kilometres in support of cancer research on Saturday — and then they did it again on Sunday. The participants in the 2014 Ride to Conquer Cancer left Canada Olympic Park Saturday morning and made their way southwest towards Bragg Creek, through Priddis, south to Turner Valley, and east to Okotoks. On Sunday, they rode the same route home.
When Bob Conconi discovered he had throat cancer, the very cancer that his father had died from three decades earlier, he and his wife, Diane, were in the midst of building a beautiful custom home overlooking the ocean on Pender Island, B.C. Advances in treatment meant that Conconi made a full recovery, and in gratitude to the research done by the B.C. Cancer Agency supported by the B.C. Cancer Foundation, the couple decided to donate the home and property to the foundation to auction.
Faceoff Against Cancer fundraiser raised more than $285,000 last year, and features professional hockey alumni
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It's impossible to write about the season 2 premiere of "The Killing" (7 p.m. April 1, AMC; 3 stars) without addressing what happened to the show at the end of its first season.
The moody mystery series opened to mostly critical raves as Seattle detective Sarah Linden (Mireille Enos) and her new partner Stephen Holder (Joel Kinnaman) tried to answer the question, "Who killed Rosie Larsen?" The series' tag line would haunt it when the 13-episode season concluded.
The finale ended with the duo arresting mayoral candidate Darren Richmond (Billy Campbell) for the murder, followed by Linden realizing that Holder had framed Richmond. We did not learn who killed Rosie, leading some viewers to freak out and some critics to make silly, over-the-top "I will never watch this show again!" pronouncements.
What a load of crap. Sure, viewers are free to share rants and raves—and it is the critics' jobs—but since when does either get a say in the dramatic arc of a show? Fans have a right to be upset with a show's direction, but I have problems when fans think they are owed something other than what the creators and writers envisioned.*
Besides, the show's tag line was "Who killed Rosie Larsen?" and not, "We will tell you who killed Rosie Larsen at the end of Season 1." Show creator Veena Sud said "The Killing"—her adaptation of the Danish series "Forbrydelsen"—would hew closely to the original's timeline. It took that series 22 episodes to reveal the killer, not 13.
Mind you, I had issues with the first season, too. The way the show is set up, each episode is a day in the investigation, and the episodes sometimes move as slowly as a dreary Seattle drizzle. And while some characters were complex and fascinating, some weren't explored as deeply as I would have liked.
Had those issues been enough to turn me away from the show, I would have done just that: turned it off—long before the finale aired. Overall, though, the season 1 storytelling and the acting transfixed me, as it already has done with the season 2 premiere.
"The Killing" remains much more than a standard police procedural not because it doesn't use some of the same tropes of those series, but through their use it does a better job of putting viewers in the investigators' shoes. Last season I felt the same frustration Linden did when a clue led to yet another disappointment, not because I was bored or impatient with all the red herrings, but because I was fully invested in the trip Sud and her actors were taking us on.
That trip included a heartbreaking yet riveting examination of the grief that washes over victims' families. (Michelle Forbes, as Rosie's shattered mother, Mitch, and Brent Sexton III as her explosive father, Stan, were hypnotic.)
So I harbor no ill will toward Sud or AMC going into Season 2, except that I'm disappointed they felt they had to tell viewers Rosie's killer will be caught at the end of the season. Doesn't that kind of ruin the mystery? We'll simply be able to discard any early suspects, no?
Despite the quibble, I am excited for the new season. The two-episode premiere, "Reflections" and "My Lucky Day," doesn't stray from the show's mournful mood or its deliberate pace. But the acting remains impeccable, and the writing adds depth to characters that seemed one-dimensional the first season.
Season 2 begins moments after last year's finale, with Linden and her son, Jack (Liam James), at the airport after their aborted trip. She knows Holder framed Richmond, and she needs to solve both that issue and her case. Meanwhile, Richmond's aides Gwen (Kristin Lehman) and Jamie (Eric Ladin) are chasing after the paramedics tending to their boss.
Lehman and Ladin do wonderful, emotional work later in the premiere in well-written scenes in which their characters wait at the hospital for news about Richmond.
Enos and Kinnaman remain outstanding. Enos plays Linden as a buttoned-up investigator who never gives away too much of what she's thinking. Yet with a simple stare Enos reveals just enough of Linden's rage, fear, frustration, guilt or irritation toward Holder.
In Holder, Kinnaman has created a complicated character that I came to love by season's end. One of the most surprising moments of the finale was when Linden learned that Holder had set up Richmond. With his cocky attitude and past drug problems, he always seemed a bit shady. But Holder a criminal? I was shocked but delighted, just as I was to learn in the season 2 premiere that his motivations are much thornier and plausible than we may have thought.
"The Killing" is as much about the characters' past mistakes as it is about who killed Rosie Larsen. Watching Linden and Holder discover another crime drama cliché—a conspiracy—didn't trouble me in the least. I have faith "The Killing" will deliver another intricate, secret-filled season that will continue to entertain and enthrall me, and I hope many other viewers.
(* And while I'm on the subject, when did TV critics start to believe that producers or show runners must read and agree with their criticisms, then follow their dictates for "fixing" a show? I thought we wrote to tell audiences whether a show was worth their time, not to tell show runners how to do their jobs. What arrogance!)


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Daniel12 needed a new web page design and created a contest on 99designs.
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People are clearly in love with the game Portal. Why not? It's a great way to spend a weekend and once you've contorted your brain through its mountain of puzzles, you too will likely develop an affection for its various artifacts. Just this summer we told you about Portal Turret replica. And today we're bringing news of a smaller version of the Portal Gun that came out a while ago. It's only 1 ft. long and weighs about 1 lb. It's got orange and blue LEDs and emits a unique sound that corresponds to each color and it works pretty much like the gun in the game, minus the portal creating abilities. Purchase-o-mania (aka Christmas) is coming, so this could make a pretty cool gift, especially considering the "handsome, full-color gift box" it comes in. $60 will tick one box from that list of yours. It's designed and sold by ThinkGeek, so you know it'll be great!
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Lenovo ThinkPad S440
This article was written to assist you with getting archlinux run on the Lenovo ThinkPad S440. It is meant to be help you with some tricky points aside to the Beginners' Guide: A guide through the whole process of installing and configuring Arch Linux; written for new or inexperienced users.
Creating an installation medium
To create a bootable USB-Stick with the archlinux*.iso you downloaded, simply:
dd bs=4M if=archlinux*.iso of=/dev/sdX && sync
which will/should behave like a regular bootable CD-Rom in addition to a capable BIOS and the correct bootsequence! In doubt or in case of problems see Install from a USB flash drive for more detailed instructions.
Enable Legacy Boot
On boot press F12 to enter the BIOS menu and choose your USB-Stick to boot from. If you like, you can disable UEFI boot completely in the BIOS settings too.
After that it is recommended to follow the usual installation procedure described in the Beginners' Guide.
Works out of the box with module
If you use Lenovo's Thinkpad OneLink Dock you need asix-ax88179-dkmsAUR for it's ThinkPad OneLink GigaLAN adapter. The module
ax88179_178a delivered with the stock kernel doesn't work.
Works out of the box with module
Works out of the box with module
The S440 comes with ati intel hybrid graphics.
Currently the best implementation for
fglrx hybrids is found in the unofficial catalyst repository.
pacman -S catalyst-hook catalyst-utils-pxp xf86-video-intel intel-dri
You can switch between the two drivers with on of the following commands:
# intel aticonfig --px-igpu
# ati aticonfig --px-dgpu
If you encounter tearing in video playback when using Intel graphics (some S440 variants come without dedicated ATI chip), try enabling the Intel drivers' "TearFree" option.
A synaptics touchpad with two-finger scrolling. Install xf86-input-synaptics to get it running with multi-touch gestures.
Frequency scaling
Work well with cpupower as described in CPU Frequency Scaling. Be aware, that the
ondemand governer doesn't work with i7 4500M atm. I choose
powersave as default.
Works out of the box with
Keyboard backlight
Currently the
thinkpad_acpi module does not support to turn the keyboard backlight on. But you can turn it off with:
echo 0 > /sys/devices/platform/thinkpad_acpi/leds/tpacpi::thinklight/brightness
Fingerprint scanner
To get that working you need fprintd and libfprint-vfs5011-gitAUR. Follow the Fprint guide for the rest.
Works flawlessly with with pm-utils or any DE integration.
Power consumption
With cpupower, laptop-mode-utils and acpid installed and graphics switched to intel gpu, I get over 9 hours battery life.
Automatic brightness control
If you want to change the brightness on ac-adaper plug-on/off, add the following in /etc/acpi/handler.sh:
ac_adapter) case "$2" in AC|ACAD|ADP0|ACPI0003:00) case "$4" in 00000000) logger 'AC unpluged' echo "20" > /sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0/brightness ;; 00000001) logger 'AC pluged' echo "50" > /sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0/brightness ;; esac ;;


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Mark99 necesitaba un nuevo diseño de página web y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 16 diseños de 8 diseñadores freelance.
We are an established group of websites based in the UK and are launching a new site. Consumer orientated, we are always looking to find new ways to save people money.
We aim to target the general consumer, there are no specifics. The website will later be copied into the international market.
We require a design for a Group Buying Deals website similar to Groupon.com and buywithme.com. The website will feature a different deal every day customized to the users location e.g city. We want to have a theme of family, friends and work colleagues as the basis of the website is getting people involved to spread the word about the daily deals, referring friends and family to the website using online social sites, email and twitter etc. The more people that buy, the cheaper the deal. We want to have characters featured on the website – friendly, warm and smooth edged. We were also thinking about utilizing a bug theme (groups) – for instance ants (like letsbuyit.com) or aliens etc. We are totally open to any ideas you may have. We essentially want to portray happy users saving money and being social through using our service. We also need to capture the image of friends bringing on friends – spreading the word! We would also like to be able to show that its welcoming to a diverse group of people, possibly doing this by having young children characters and/or grandparent characters.
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Talk:Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars
| This talk page is for discussing the Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars article.
This includes commenting on the article, questioning whether it is correct, or adding suggestions for improvements
Questions about GTA games, not about the wiki page itself, should be asked at Community:Questions.Remember to always add your signature to the end of your comments/replies using four tildes:
Liberty City
Do we know which version of Liberty City will be used for the game? A-Dust 20:27, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
- We don't know much more than the press release. It will be set in modern-day Liberty City, which could mean the GTA IV rendition, or it could be a completely new rendition. It is unlikely to be the GTA III era rendition, since that saga has been laid to rest now. We can't really assume yet. Gboyers talk 20:43, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
What era/generation would this be in??Andrew22k 13:06, 19 July 2008 (UTC)
- As said above and in the press release, modern day Liberty City. We only know so much. The only official information we have is from the press release. The press release only mentioned the basics of the game (game title, system, etc). Check out the press release yourself. --NotYouHaha! 14:29, 19 July 2008 (UTC)
- "Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars is an entirely original entry into the critically acclaimed Grand Theft Auto series" MoNK 15:27, 19 July 2008 (UTC)
By reading what we have, I say it's in the chinatown of a new Liberty City, the triads are used in GTA III so it wouldn't be that of IV. I don't think it will be part of any era, (III or IV) and no storylines involving the main games, I think it will be like its own era. just my ideas. Biggest gta fan ever 08:19, 20 July 2008 (UTC)
Yes but those are opinions and not fact and Triads are in GTA IV. CW uses GTA IV locations and Characters from the police databases. Olivercooke
Release date
The release date will be 17th March and 20th March for USA and Europe respectively. Can't find a way to edit the infobox though >_<. Could someone add that in? Source is the GTA RSS feed...C-d-rom 17:50, 15 December 2008 (UTC)
- The infobox isn't actually on the page, it's trancluded. The editible version is at Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars/infobox. I will edit it for you this time though. Biggest GTA Fan EverTalk 09:38, 17 December 2008 (UTC)
Age ratings
Do we know what the situation is regarding age ratings for this game? It's been released that in the UK it'll be an 18 with no censorship. Also, should this go in the article proper of the infobox?... C-d-rom 17:30, 9 January 2009 (UTC)
This article states that the game is non-canon to the GTA IV era. There's nothing to support this other than the slight differences in the city. Unless Rockstar stated this, it should be removed. Tornmuscle 19:39, May 12, 2010 (UTC)
- I agree, there is no evidence so support that this game is non-canon.
- The game is very shit, the city is too different, it is unrealistic, shit story. Lets face it, Rockstar are not going to include CW in the era if GTA V follows GTA IV and those events. Basically, the sheer fact that it will be ignored in future games and didnt involve Rockstar North makes it non-canon. Why do people want this to be canon, it's crap!! User:NT92
- So, you say it's non-canon just because you don't like it? Real mature. Firstly, changes in city design were down to hardware limitations. Secondly, Rockstar Leeds, who were mostly responsible for GTA CW (although with a lot of help from Rockstar North; why do you think their name appears in the credit for things like writing?) also made GTA Liberty City Stories and Vice City Stories, which would appear to be recognised as canon (eCola, a company seen advertised a lot in GTA IV, first originated in VCS). Thirdly, how do you know it won't be mentioned in later games? It was already foreshadowed in GTA IV, as all of the main characters appear on the LCPD Database. And finally, I'll have you know I f*cking love this game, as do most people who have played it and who don't get a boner over third-person view. Bluesboyjr 21:58, July 28, 2010 (UTC)
The game was not foreshadowed in GTA IV. Huang Lee was just a name on the database thing that Rockstar Leeds took and created a shit story around. It was never intended to become another game. Rockstar North are only credited to recieve profits for it, they actually wrote the stories of LCS and VCS. It is really shit anyway, i cannot believe Rockstar made GTA IV then...this shit. It brings shame on GTA IV and Rockstar.
But that is you're BELIEF. You're BELIEF does not make Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars non-canonical. Please stop editing those pages.
But it is non-canon. How can something like that be canon. Think about it.
It is a good game though. I believe it is a good game and it is FACT that is is canon. Just cause you donn't like it, doesn't mean it is not canon. Are you even old enough to understand what canon means? Olivercooke 22:36, July 28 2010 (UTC)
- I was thinking that. Once again, NT, all your opinion. Why do you think writing is under the North section of the credits? Why do characters who don't tie in to GTA IV, like Lester Leroc and Rudy D'Avanzo appear in the database as well? If it's so shit, how come it's the highest rated DS game of all time? Bluesboyjr 22:15, July 28, 2010 (UTC)
- Of course i know what it means. Chinatown Wars is in everyway non-canon, so it never happened in the GTA IV era. - NT92
- :You're not answering our points, you're just repeating the same thing. Bluesboyjr 22:22, July 28, 2010 (UTC)
- When Rockstar North put those names in GTA IV, they never planned for Chinatown Wars, they just looked at those names to make a shit game involving those names and the history it had written for it.
- Then why put them in in the first place? Rudy and Lester weren't mentioned anywhere else in the game. Bluesboyjr 22:25, July 28, 2010 (UTC)
Why put any of the names there? They were put on there for effect, to make it as though those criminals existed. There was never a story planned for them. If that in-game internet was never put on there, Chinatown Wars would not have included a guy called Huang Lee, infact it probably wouldn't even be called Chinatown Wars. Huang Lee is just a name Rockstar thought of just for the database. Rockstar Leeds just took the name.
- Then why are the GTA Chinatown Wars characters pretty much the only ones on the database who don't appear in GTA IV? Why do they all lock together so well? Why haven't you answered my points about it being the highest rating DS game of all time (contrary to your accusations of shittyness), and how Rockstar North is credited for writing, and how it is down to Rockstar to decide what is canon, not your misguided opinion? I'm off to bed - hopefully Mr Oliver or another kind soul will talk you to your senses, or I'll have a lot of mess to clean up in the morning... Bluesboyjr 22:37, July 28, 2010 (UTC)
- Thanks B, Listen Mr NT92, just accept that CW is canon and leave the page alone. do you understand? Olivercooke
- No, Chinatown Wars is non-canon face it, Do you understand?
- I understand you are an immature piece of shit who likes to shove his beliefs on a factual wiki. just please leave GTA CW page alone.
- Lol im shaking. U are a peice of shit, I will continue to write tat CW is non-canon case its true.
- How old are you, 5. Now I know i'm not an admin or anything but I know my GTA Facts and I know GTA CW is part of the GTA Canon. Listen mate, I just want to be able to go on a wiki with correct information and you are vandalising it.
- U know ur facts? yeah so do i 10x more than u probably. I am not vandalising the wiki, infact i have made some proper contributions to certain pages.BTW I am 18 and we are not mates.
- I'm 12 believe it or not and I just wan't to be alble to read a Wiki page that has no false information. I will mention this to an admin if you carry on
Who Thinks This game is Better than GTA IV
I do becasue it reintroduced the Rhino tank and weapons such as the Minigun, Flame Thrower and Chainsaw (My all-time faviroute). It also reinroduced the ability to buy houses.
- Please do not chat in the "Discussion" tab, chat in the Forum instead. The "Discussion" is primarily used to discuss the contents of this article, not your opinion on the subject.--Spaceeinstein 03:24, July 5, 2010 (UTC)


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On a bitter cold winter day like today, it may be plausible to offer excuses for not visiting Chicago. However if there are very important gubernatorial and senate races going on, especially a race in which the best supporters during your presidential campaign are candidates.
One would think that President Barack Obama could at least make an appearance in the Windy City rather than cast absentee ballots for his 2008 presidential campaign vote whores. Quinn, Blago, Giannoulias…these guys worked the streets hard for pimp daddy Barry O.
When he became president, many Chicagoans believed it was highly probable that Obama would follow in the steps of his predecessor George W. Bush by visiting his hometown often. No such luck.
A year into his presidency, there is little presence of Obama in Chicago beyond faded HOPE posters and his empty home in the Hyde Park neighborhood guarded by several police cars.
From this article in the Chicago Tribune
It hasn't exactly been sweet home Chicago in Obama's first year
By Bob Secter
January 18, 2010
…Chicagoans may fancy themselves an unsentimental, nose-to-the-grindstone lot, but folks in Obama's adoptive hometown indulged in a wave of parochial euphoria with his election. The huge, election night rally in Grant Park was electric with possibilities, not the least of which was the notion that Chicago would be transformed into the nation's unofficial second capital and reap a big payoff in both stature and dollars.
Even the typically measured Obama appeared to get carried away when he told the Tribune that he hoped to return home every couple of months and considered the South Side his "Kennebunkport," an allusion to the Maine family compound of President George H.W. Bush.
In hindsight, there was wishful thinking all around. As the nation marks the anniversary of the first Chicago president's
- Obama's political magic hasn't kept the state from suffering through a recession like everybody else, and the state and city governments are drowning in red ink.
- Chicago's high-profile bid for the 2016 Olympics went down in flames despite Obama's personal intervention.
- To some, the scandal-marred transfer of Obama's U.S. Senate seat to Roland Burris may be the most lopsided Chicago trade since Lou Brock for Ernie Broglio.
- It's not that presidents can't have a palpable impact on their home bases.
Springfield has built a thriving tourist industry around Abraham Lincoln. Tiny Crawford, Texas, got a huge economic shot in the arm whenever President George W. Bush showed up at his Prairie Chapel Ranch for a lengthy stay with an entourage of aides, security personnel, media and onlookers.
But Chicago is a far cry from Crawford; Plains, Ga., ( Jimmy Carter); or even Little Rock, Ark., ( Bill Clinton). Sizing up what it means for a modern president to hail from an already bustling commercial and cultural center is a more challenging task.
"At the very least, it will become part of the keepsake box of the city, like having Oprah in town or being home to the 1893 World's Fair," said Chris Mooney, a political scientist at the University of Illinois' Springfield campus. "Every big city needs to be noticed now and then. Even if you're already the prom queen, it's nice to be complimented."
Chris Mooney has it wrong. Chicago is not a prom queen at Obama's ball. It is a bottom bitch- nothing more, nothing less.
Others are beginning to see that this great city, which brought forth our nation's first African American president is nothing more than one of Barack Obama's "bottom bitches". Pimped out and left behind.
What is a " bottom bitch" you may ask? Why does Afrocity continue to use this seemingly derogatory term?
I can just feel the feminist blogosphere (no pun intended) tense up.
What is wrong with Afrocity? She knows that we never say "bitch". But this is reality and I did say the "B-word", particularly the "double B-term" –bottom bitch.
Several years ago I first heard of a bottom bitch while watching the 2005 movie Hustle and Flow featuring actor Terrence Howard as "Djay". Djay was a pimp desperately striving to make something of himself by laughing a successful hit wrap song while keeping his hoes in line. In one memorable scene Djay refers to one of his best hoes as a bottom bitch after she comes through for him during a frustrating moment when she presents him with a lava lamp to brighten his recording space.
Although the Youtube clip leaves out the bottom bitch term, I wanted you to actually see the scene to in order to create context and mood. Here is Djay's exact quote:
"That's a bottom bitch for you. I mean, we got everything we need right here. And all this stuff in this… this little-bitty space, man, it just looks so much bigger now. I'm here trying to squeeze a dollar out of a dime, and I ain't even got a cent, man."
I was actually embarrassed at my reaction to the term. I was almost touched when Djay uttered those words. A bottom bitch is someone you can count on the most. Your main bitch. He or she brings home the goods no matter what you do or say to her. This is your main hoe who works the streets for you day and night.
For another take on bottom bitches, I also will let the nice kids of South Park explain that for you. In one episode Butters decides to become a pimp and takes a bottom bitch:
Again, here we see as with the Hustle and Flow definition, that a bottom bitch is the Rock of Gibraltar when it comes to your hoes.
However, that does not necessarily translate into a mutually beneficial relationship for the bottom bitch. Chicago more than any other piece of politically expedient ass in Barack Obama's life is learning the downside when it comes to being bestowed the coveted presidential bottom bitch title.
Continuing from the Tribune article:
If anything qualifies as Obama-inspired local pork, it could be the administration's decision to buy the empty Thomson prison in northwestern Illinois as a holding tank for terror suspects now detained at Guantanamo Bay. Obama was likely aware of the prison's availability because he was a member of the Illinois Senate in 2002 when state officials, in a cost-cutting move, decided not to open the just completed facility.
Wow Obama!!! Thanks for those Gitmo detainees Barry! You sure know how to show the folks back in your home state some love.
In short, Chicago and the State Of Illinois, is still in the state of pre-hope and post-change.
Black on black crime is still a general trend in the city since Obama's election. Scandalous cell phone videos of youths beating each other to death and failure to secure the 2016 Olympics, did nothing for the image of Chicago. Images of Michelle Obama in he red and black Narcisso Rodriguez election night dress are eclipsed by the blood of Derrion Albert's beating last September. The premise of Obama's hope and change message has somehow escaped the boundaries of Chicago. The process has somehow been retarded by a collective feeling of hopelessness and despair.
Obama has forgotten about his Windy City bottom bitch as he is circling the globe making the rounds of with his lesser geographic hoes. Feeling up the electoral vote abundant tits and ass of Ohio and Pennsylvania. Dining in France. Ipod trading in Great Britain. Bowing to and fro and golfing under the Hawaiian sun.
Chicago got the shaft.
The second President Bush was famous for his long, extended trips to Crawford, but Obama in his first year has been to Scandinavia (two trips to Copenhagen, one to Oslo) as often as Chicago.
Shortly after the inauguration last January, the Obama family returned to their Kenwood home for a long Valentine's weekend. The family hasn't been back since, though the president returned to Chicago in June to speak at a medical conference and in July for a political fundraiser. On neither occasion did he stay the night.
To be sure, there is an upside in Chicago to having Obama stay away. Presidential motorcades often create monumental traffic tie-ups. The security cordon around the Obama home for that Valentine's weekend visit extended for a three-block radius.
Jack Cella, general manager of the Seminary Co-op Bookstores around the University of Chicago campus where Obama once taught law, said that for much of last year, the neighborhood was crawling with reporters from around the world, as well as tourists and curiosity seekers. That activity has slowed in the winter months, and it's not clear if it will resume with warmer weather.
Not long ago, it was common to see the Obamas wandering the neighborhood, but residents are by no means put out about them now staying away, Cella said.
"We've still got as much enthusiasm as ever," he said. "There is still real admiration and affection for the first family. It would be nice to see him, but people realize he's got an awful lot to [do]."
Of course he won't stay the night silly Chicago. You are a bottom bitch. Was he ever home when he was the senator from Illinois? No, he played you. Obama will see you again in 2011, when he needs you and you will still be there waiting for him with open arms and legs raising the dead so they can re-elect him. Stop checking. There is no text message for you today. May as well go back to dusting those Barry bobble heads and using those CHICAGO 2016 poster to keep the fireplace going until your pager blows up.
Congratulations Chicago. You are now an etymological inspirator of bottom bitches to come.
Autographed Letter Signed,


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Friday, April 9, 2010
The Witness
His wife was with him. Less than fifteen short minutes before their arrival, her life had been altered forever when her husband had woken her, from a deep sleep, to complain that he had intense chest pain. Seconds after, she witnessed him become unresponsive.
On arrival to our ER, we found this patient to be in pulseless ventricular tachycardia, a malignant, life-threatening electrical rhythm of the heart. Following ACLS protocol, we shocked this patient several times while performing CPR and administering multiple doses of medications to combat this rhythm.
After several very intense minutes, we were able to regain a sinus rhythm and a pulse on this patient. Despite this, he remained unresponsive and his blood pressure was minimal. We continued our efforts to stabilize this patient as we awaited cardiology's arrival.
Despite our aggressive medications and interventions, this patient returned to a pulseless ventricular tachycardia. More shocks followed. More medications were given. And, once again, we were able to break the bad rhythm. But, not for long.
Cardiology arrived and together, we continued to fight for this man's life. His rhythms were very fragile, and it seemed that he alternated between a normal rhythm and these continued life-threatening ones, now including asystole (a flat-line, so to speak). Asystole is bad, very bad, and is rarely survivable.
We were running out of options. If we were going to be able to intervene any further, we needed this patient to remain in a more stable rhythm. Getting him into a sinus rhythm had been hard enough, but nothing we seemed to do would keep him there. His heart, from previous infarctions and damage, was resistant and stubborn to our best efforts.
As the cardiologist and our ER team continued with resuscitation efforts, I went to the family room to speak to his wife. She was obviously upset, and I explained her husband's dire situation. Our reality was that time was not our friend, that the longer he continued in asystole and ventricular tachycardia, the less chance of his survival. She understood my words. "I always knew it would end this way," she said, her honest words reflecting her inherent sense of the situation.
I invited her back to be with her husband, to witness the momentous efforts we were all giving him. She wholeheartedly agreed, embracing my invitation.
Returning to the oversized room, filled with people and shiny medical equipment, I looked at the resuscitation through her eyes. Three nurses, each scurrying with a focused determination, documenting our efforts and pushing IV medications. Two techs, one actively performing CPR while the other was readjusting the patient's blood pressure cuff. Two respiratory therapists, standing at the head of the bed, one using an oxygenated bag to ventilate this patient via his airway tube while the other prepared a mechanical ventilator, ready to be used in the event of our resuscitation succeeding. The cardiologist, standing at the patient's open side, dictating the next course of medications. The pharmacist, standing with the crash cart outside of the patient's door, repeatedly handing in the next dose of ordered medication. The patient's wife. Me.
And the patient. Lying on the hospital cot. Unresponsive. In asystole. Again.
I guided her to his side, where she grabbed his hand.
Despite this many people in our big resuscitation room, the air seemed open, the frantic energy palpable. The team moved purposefully and in sync. Their caring, their vigor, their sadness, their intensity was obvious, witnessed by the patient's wife.
Unfortunately, the patient's heart became refractory to all of our best efforts and our medications no longer had any effect. I had the tech hold CPR and we confirmed asystole on several cardiac monitor leads. The portable ultrasound was brought to this patient's bedside. It confirmed our worst fears, that his heart had no squeeze, no motion, no life. His wife saw the stillness of his heart on our black-and-white screen.
Forty or so minutes had passed since the patient arrived and, as I had explained to the wife in the family room, time was not our friend. We had no other options of treatment to save this patient.
"Please, stop," the wife said. "Please, just let him go in peace."
A powerful moment.
With no objections, we ceased resuscitation efforts. Time of death was proclaimed. I thanked my team. I crossed myself. I conveyed my sympathies to the wife. The crowd of people slowly withdrew from the room. The lights were dimmed. The patient was covered in nice, clean blankets. The patient's wife was brought a chair, along bedside, where she sat, continuing to hold her husband's lifeless hand within her trembling own. A box of Kleenex somehow found her lap.
The family doctor was called. The coroner was notified. I dictated my note.
All methodical parts of my job. When I was done dictating, I went back into the room. As I expected, his wife was still there.
"I'm so sorry for your loss," I repeated.
She nodded. "I know you tried your best." She paused, taking a deep breath, before continuing. "Thank you for letting me be with him in the end. I needed to be here."
I walked back out of the room, thinking about how much medicine has changed. Not only with newer drugs and newer procedures, but newer thinking. A few short years prior to this patient's arrest, it would have been unthinkable to invite a family member to bear witness to resuscitation efforts. Some literature has evolved since, strongly in favor of presenting this as an option. Clearly, this wife was empowered, her view clarified, by being with her husband at the end. It was necessary for her closure, to witness our heroic attempts.
What would you do?
Me? I'm not so sure. I don't know if I would want to bear witness to such an event of a loved one. I probably would. I have to wonder, though, if my indecision or hesitation is, in part, from doing this job for a living or just my inherent spiritual make-up. Obviously, witnessing such a dreadful event may not be for everyone.
Let's just hope that we never have to make this decision.
As always, big thanks for reading. Next post will be Monday, April 12. I hope your weekend is a good one...
28 comments:
- Marie said...
Both the patient and his wife were fortunate to have ended up in your ER.
The patient because you all fought so hard for him and his wife because you were so respectful in giving her the option of being with her husband at the end.
My husband died of a massive MI when he was 40. He had been playing pool with friends, he didn't feel well, he went outside for some air and collapsed.
He was transported with CPR in progress, but was never revived. He died all alone. I have always regretted that.
Maybe it's not for everyone, but I believe it can be an important life passage to be with a loved one when they die. My husband was surrounded by strangers. No one said farewell, I love you, you are going home.
No one knew how funny he could be or what a good father he was, how he read to the kids every night and was never too busy or too tired to shoot hoops or play a board game.
Although I find I have to have tissues handy every time I read your blog, lol, thank you once again for a moving and thought provoking piece. :)
- April 9, 2010 at 7:43 AM
- Sharp Incisions said...
As someone who's waited in the 'family room' in a similar situation, thank you for giving your patient's wife this option. Although some may not have chosen it, I would have. It can be very comforting to know that 'you did everything you could', even though as a family member, often all that can be is to be there for those last few moments holding your loved one's hand. It is something I will try to keep in mind for my own patients someday.
- April 9, 2010 at 8:10 AM
- coulrophobic agnostic said...
She's a brave woman. I couldn't bring myself to see my father in that state - I also refused to enter the room during the open casket portion of the wake - and I don't regret those things. I've always felt strongly that I didn't want the last images I have of people to be like that.
Hey, wait a minute, they only worked on him for 12 minutes...why did this guy get 40?! ;) I kid, I kid.
- April 9, 2010 at 8:39 AM
- rlbates said...
So sorry for her loss, but glad she could hold his hand one last time.
- April 9, 2010 at 9:36 AM
- Heather said...
Please, hire me. ;)
I have often been the one in the room alone with a patient who's been DNR while they take their last breath. Alone. Because the family can't take it. And that breaks my heart. Death is not ugly. It's not scary. It's actually quite peaceful.
I am so sorry for the woman who lost her husband so tragically. But I am thankful that she got to make the decision and rest in that peace.
Happy weekend, friend!
- April 9, 2010 at 9:39 AM
- Winking Doll said...
I am impressed.
The patient's wife's courage and love.
The large team of specialists giving their best to the ER patient. I don't think we get that number of specialists attending to 1 patient for 40 minutes in Singapore. In fact, once brain-death is pronounced in "government" hospitals and the patient is eligible for organ harvesting by law, a team of organ harvesters would swoop in. Sadly, that's how things work by law in Singapore... I suspect it is traumatising even to the staff.
- April 9, 2010 at 9:39 AM
- Tanya said...
I would want to be there in the room with my husband. It would be hard and scary, but I would want to be there, to have one last chance to hold his hand. I'm glad that you allowed this unfortunate woman that last moment with her husband.
- April 9, 2010 at 10:05 AM
- Katie said...
Awhile back (some undetermined amount of time but since I've been in college) my dad found himself in the ER in the middle of the night with chest pain. Eventually not ruled to be a heart attack, he was released and the family went home. Months (years?) later it came up at dinner. Kind of a "remember that time?" note. No, I didn't remember that time. I was away at school and on one bothered to tell me about their mid-night adventure. Naturally, I was irked. They tried to justify themselves saying he was fine there was no reason to worry me. The fact that they felt the need to hide it actually worried me more. I fear the "come home NOW" phone call that seemed feasible with my four living grandparents, but recently it's dawned on me that my frantic 15-hour drive home might not be because of my grandparents. Please keep fighting for lives! But thank you for letting the family be there to witness the organized chaos.
I hope things are well with you and your family,
<>< Katie
- April 9, 2010 at 10:33 AM
Knowing that Doctors have to do their best job to save lives, if I was in her shoes, I would also want to see it for myself, to feel like I was there helping as well.
- April 9, 2010 at 10:58 AM
- Leslie said...
I definately would have wanted to be there. I'm glad you gave her the opportunity. ---Gotta run, if the kids see me crying at the computer they are going to worry...
- April 9, 2010 at 12:33 PM
- AtYourCervix said...
I would have wanted to be present while a loved one was resuscitated. Just being there when they pass is comforting. I was present when my own mother passed on, but she was at home (hospice).
- April 9, 2010 at 12:56 PM
- terri c said...
While of course each person's needs are different I think many would choose to be present if invited. When I work hospital shifts as chaplain and get called to the ED, I aways feel the pressure to get the family away; I keep them "out of the way," but not an inch farther away from their family member than they want to be. My fave ED docs are the ones who do what you did, allow the family to be present and involved. One doc had to secure consent from the family to stop the resuscitation and then invited all of them in, encouraged them to take places touching the patient, and then directed the team to cease. If there was any sensation even on an unseen level, that patient died with loving hands all over and around him, and the family gave him the sendoff they wanted.
- April 9, 2010 at 4:58 PM
- Amy said...
Great story! (Though sad.) I think if I had been the wife, I would want to be there.
- April 9, 2010 at 5:28 PM
This was a fantastic post. Well written, brisk, and as stark as the situation it describes was.
I believe it's important to give the surviving family member or spouse the option of being with their loved one at the end. As harrowing as such a thing would be, I can see how this might help some people move on, as they need to be able to.
I was in the hospital room when my father died. I'm grateful that I was able to be there.
You're very kind, Dr. Jim. If I ever need emergency medical care, I hope it's from a doctor as expert and compassionate as you. Have a lovely weekend.
- April 9, 2010 at 8:54 PM
- Ms2Mrs said...
Dr. Jim --
beautifully written and told. Words truly can not express what the patient's wife had/is going to experience. I applaud you in your innovative method of allowing the patient's wife back.
I working on a PhD in biomedical ethics with my focus on end-of-life ethics, palliative medicine and death with dignity. I state this because what you did for this family was just that. You allowed this man to pass with dignity (In my opinion). You allowed his wife to be present to see what the situation was. To make the best, most informed decisions she could. Both you and she should be applauded for that.
While the outcome was not what your team, and the patients wife was hoping for, I truly am impressed with the sensitive way you addressed this very difficult situation.
- April 9, 2010 at 9:26 PM
- Kelly said...
When my father had a sudden, massive MI, I had the option of being there when they stopped compressions. I chose to be there because I couldn't stand the thought of him being alone at that moment. I can't say how glad I am that this is becoming more common in medicine, because knowing that he wasn't alone was one of the few comforting things I was left with, at that time.
Also, nearly 8 years later, I've gone to nursing school and am now a cardiac nurse. That is, in no small part, thanks to the compassion and generosity of spirit of the nurses, MDs, RTs and techs that were around when my father died. I still hate seeing asystole on the monitor, though. Awful, awful feeling even if it's someone's time.
Bravo to the entire staff in your ED. Codes can be so chaotic that it's easy to forget the human factor in our hurry to preserve physiology. All of you managed to preserve both dignity and compassion.
- April 9, 2010 at 10:32 PM
- Empress Bee (of the High Sea) said...
no matter what she did thank you for allowing her to choose. that's what i would want for sure.
smiles, bee
- April 9, 2010 at 10:33 PM
Thank you very much for your moving story.
One question, please: Forgive my ignorance, but why a pharmacist handing drugs from the crash cart as opposed to say, a pharm tech or a CC nurse?
Thanks again,
Hopalong Ginsberg
- April 10, 2010 at 1:27 AM
I was thankful to be with my dad as he took his last breath. My mom died alone and it haunts me still.
- April 10, 2010 at 11:32 AM
- Hip, hip hop, hip hop Anonymous. said...
Thank you for all the stories. I found your blog a couple of weeks ago and have read from the beginning up to somewhere around mid-March. They're so well-written and really show what a great person you are. If I ever get the chance to become a doctor, I hope I'm half as compassionate as you are (wouldn't mind if I could write half as well, too). Thanks again! :)
- April 10, 2010 at 12:54 PM
I was with my mother as she passed away, and it was not frightening at all, rather, a privilege.
My daughter had no one with her when she died, and was crawling to the front door for help.
That is what gives me nightmares still.
- April 10, 2010 at 4:00 PM
- Stephany said...
The gift of choice, let them have it, always.
- April 11, 2010 at 12:08 AM
How does organ donation play a role in the ER? Thanks for going well beyond your duty as a physician.
- April 11, 2010 at 3:10 AM
- Rositta said...
Poignant post... I was with my Mom when she breathed her last. I was holding her in my arms. My father died alone, I had just left the hospital because I was assured he wouldn't die this night but they were wrong. As another commenter said, it too haunts me. I suffered from tachycardia for years not realizing it could be life threatening. Lucky for me, two years ago I had ablation and so far I'm okay. It never occurred to me that I should go to hospital when my heart was beating 200 bpm. I would want to be with my husband if something happened as I'm certain he'd want to be with me. With luck we won't have to worry about it for a while...ciao
- April 12, 2010 at 8:39 PM
Wow, what amazing and respectful writing. What a story. This really moved me. I've been following your blog for a few months, and admire your ability to be a caring, compassionate physician in the face of some wrenching facts. I would totally want to be with my husband at the end, and I know he'd want to be with me.
- April 13, 2010 at 4:56 PM
- Louise said...
Powerful. These stories can't be easy to write. Thank you for finding the strength to do so.
- April 20, 2010 at 5:29 PM
It is so wonderful to see a compassionate ER doc. I'm sad to say, so many seem so jaded. Please stay just like you are.
My friend, an older lady like a mother to me died not too long ago (but not in the ER). They called the rapid response team to her regular room initially - and I was so grateful they did not try to get me to leave. When she was conscious, I held her hand. When she wasn't, I stepped back and just let them work.
When she really crashed, and they took her up to the unit, we were separated briefly. I told the nurse (in charge of the unit) that I don't care what I see, I want to be with her. And very quickly, when it got bad, they brought me in.
I was the one to tell them they could stop the code. I was so grateful, it was the last thing I could do for her - which I had promised I would do, if the time came.
Being separated from critically ill loved ones is the worst thing - I am so glad that medical personnel are becoming more aware of this.
- June 6, 2010 at 9:10 AM
It ?is healthy!
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One of the mainstays of a Mets' summer will be returning this year, the 50th anniversary of the franchise.
Banner Day will return May 27 to give you an opportunity to express your affection to your favorite players and memories, and yes, also a chance to editorialize on the direction of the team. Undoubtedly, there will be some censorship involved.
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However, I like the premise. Beginning at the Polo Grounds in 1963, and from 1964-96 at Shea Stadium, Banner Day was a Mets' staple. So too, was Old Timers' Day,
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Valley City has been hearing from increasing numbers of potential buyers of an architecturally significant house on Fifth Ave. SW that some people call the Pink Flamingo.
The house was originally built as a single family home, and was turned into rental property 10 to 15 years ago.
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The Royal Horticultural Society's (RHS) Chelsea Flower Show in London - UK, has been called the greatest flower show in the world. Attracting gardening enthusiasts from around the world, the show is also one of the highlights on the British social calendar. In 2011, RBC took part, sponsoring one of the 20 "show gardens."
Created by award-winning landscape designer Nigel Dunnett, the "RBC New Wild Garden" was RHS Chelsea's first full-scale "rain garden," designed to capture and use every single drop of rain that falls on it. Supported by the RBC Blue Water Project, together with RBC Wealth Management and RBC Capital Markets, the garden aimed to promote water stewardship and environmental sustainability.
"The materials in the garden were all made of reused, recycled and found objects as the garden combines ecological awareness with artistic materials and naturalistic planting," said Nigel. A key feature of the garden was a studio, a building made from a shipping container, previously used to transport goods from port to port all over the world.
The RBC New Wild Garden bought together two major themes in British gardening in the last 100 years: the Arts and Crafts ideal - celebrating the artistic and painterly use of plants, combined with high quality and traditional craftsmanship, local materials and strong sense of place - and the wild garden - celebrating the beauty of nature, and the naturalistic use of garden plants.
"Much of the inspiration behind the garden came from the ideas and philosophy of William Robinson, the pioneering Victorian horticulturist and gardener," continued Nigel. "Robinson wrote The Wild Garden, introduced the Herbaceous Border to British Gardens and popularised the use of perennials. The RBC New Wild Garden updated all these ideas and puts them into a contemporary urban setting."
The garden is part of the RBC Blue Water Project, our innovative, multi-year, global commitment to help protect the world's most valuable natural resource - fresh water. RBC has committed C$50 million in charitable grants to a network of organisations that foster a culture of water stewardship.
Commenting on the RBC New Wild Garden, Lynn Patterson, Director of Corporate Responsibility at RBC, said: "Nigel Dunnett's team at the Landscape Agency has conceived a design that is hugely innovative and immensely relevant to 21st-century city living. The sustainability message, which is at the heart of the RBC New Wild Garden's design, aligns perfectly with our ongoing commitment to water preservation through our RBC Blue Water Project. This is an exciting initiative and we look forward to working together with the Landscape Agency to help both raise awareness of the importance of water management and promote the use of recycled materials."
On the first day of the show, the garden, which received a prestigious silver gilt medal from RHS judges, was honoured with a visit from the Queen. The RBC New Wild Garden was just one of six gardens chosen to form part of the Queen's annual visit to Chelsea.
After Chelsea, the RBC New Wild Garden moved to the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT) Slimbridge Wetland Centre in Gloucestershire in the South West of England, where it was rebuilt as a permanent attraction for WWT Slimbridge's 250,000 annual visitors. The garden now provides inspiration to visitors in methods of harvesting and conserving water and ways of encouraging wildlife and biodiversity in their own gardens. WWT experts are on hand to provide tips and advice on planting and water systems, suggesting practical conservation techniques and ideas that can be taken home and carried out in visitors' own back yards.
This is the second rain garden that RBC has donated to the WWT following the opening of the RBC Rain Garden at the London Wetland Centre in 2010. Both gardens were conceived by the same design team under Nigel Dunnett with the Landscape Agency and were supported with grants from the RBC Blue Water Project.
Martin Spray, Chief Executive of WWT, said: "Rain gardens give us a way to encourage wildlife whilst providing achievable solutions to some of the big environmental problems that affect us all. We hope that the RBC garden at Slimbridge will inspire our visitors to create their own habitats when they return home. The RBC Rain Garden in our London Wetland Centre is already an immensely popular attraction, and I look forward to replicating that success in Slimbridge."


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Mayor Coleen J. Seng today said that despite the Lincoln Public Schools' (LPS) cancellation of a contract to share the cost with the City, the 15 school resource officers are back in Lincoln schools for this year.
The cancellation of the contract by the public schools added an unexpected $381,124 to City spending this year, the amount schools would have paid under the contract arrangement. The approximate total cost of the officers being assigned to the schools is $658,000. LPS cancelled the contract due to its budget constraints. Mayor Seng said she believes the schools should restore funding for the resource officers after this year.
The Lincoln Police Department (LPD) has assigned one officer to each of the City's six public high schools, four officers to serve the 10 public middle schools, and five officers to serve the 51 public and parochial elementary schools.
"More than 31,000 children attend Lincoln Public Schools, more than the entire population of Kearney," said Mayor Seng. "Our schools are vital community institutions with diverse policing needs. Because these officers perform very important duties, we have included full funding for the assignments in the recently approved City budget for fiscal year 2003-2004."
Police Chief Tom Casady said LPD handled 3,135 dispatches at schools last year and thousands more in the vicinity of schools.
"Our school resource officers not only provide police services that any community of 31,000 needs, they also serve as mentors, counselors, teachers and role models to students," said Chief Casady. "We did not want to let this program lapse due to temporary fiscal problems. It is just too important. I am pleased that we can continue to serve the schools."
Under the previous contract, LPS shared the cost of school resource officers in all the middle and high schools and contributed $55,000 for school resource officers in the elementary schools. School resource officers are reassigned to other patrol duties during school vacation periods and the summer months when school is not in session.
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