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Students derive the formulas for the area and perimeter of squares and rectangles, and practice using these formulas.
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Recall that the perimeter of a region is the length of the path that surrounds a region (or the sum of the lengths of the sides of the region), and that the area of this region is the number of square units covered by the region.
Consider a rectangle of length 5 units and width 3 units. We can divide this rectangle into unit squares:
To find the sum of the lengths of all of the sides, we would have 3 units + 5 units + 3 units + 5 units = 16 units. Furthermore, by counting all of the unit squares in the rectangle of length 5 units and width 3 units, we find that the area of the rectangle is 15 square units. Clearly, the rectangle contains 3 rows of 5 squares each. The sum of all of these squares is 5 + 5 + 5 or 3(5).
In general, the perimeter of a rectangle, in this case ABCD, is the sum of all of the side lengths:
Since this is a rectangle, the lengths of the opposite sides are equal, so |AB| = |CD| and |BC| = |DA|. If we let l denote the length of DA and w denote the length of CD, the perimeter is:
In general, to find the area of rectangle ABCD, we would first note that if we let l denote the length of CD and w denote the length of DA, and if the lengths of the sides are integers, we can fill the rectangle with w columns, where each column has l unit squares. In this case, the area of rectangle ABCD is A = w . l .
If the lengths of the sides are not integers, the unit squares would not fit properly inside the rectangle. If this is the case, the area is still defined to be the product of w and l.
Deriving the formulae for the perimeter and area of a square is straightforward. First, we note that the sides of a square have equal length. We can denote the length of a side as a. Then, since a square is a rectangle, we see that the perimeter of the square is equal to a + a + a + a = 4a. Similarly, both the length and the width of the square is equal to a, so the area of the square is
Notice that in order to discuss the area and perimeter of squares and rectangles, we needed the side lengths. At times, these will not be provided, but we can use other tools, such as the Pythagorean theorem or the distance formula to find the side lengths. For example, consider a rectangle given on the coordinate plane with vertex coordinates A(2,4), B(4,2), c(8,6) and D(6,8)
We can plot the points in the coordinate plane, and then draw the line segments connecting them, as shown above.
We can then calculate the distance between two consecutive points that mark the endpoints of the segment that represents the length of the rectangle. Next, we can calculate the distance between two consecutive points that mark the endpoints of the segment that represents the width of the rectangle, as follows:
Since this is a rectangle, |AB| = |DC| and |AD| = |BC|.
The perimeter of rectangle ABCD is units. The area of the rectangle is
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Can we please just take a moment to call shenanigans on these "Whopper Virgins" commercials that Burger King insists on playing every 5 minutes? The premise itself is ridiculous: Burger King travels to remote areas of the world, basically "rounds up" people who have never eaten Whoppers before, and then films them as they taste a Whopper for the first time. "The Whopper is America's favorite," a voiceover claims, "but what will these people choose?" Perhaps the most offensive part of the ads is, as Marilyn Borchardt of Food First points out, the fact that "the ad's not even acknowledging that there's even hunger in any of these places." Brian Morrissey of AdFreak.com calls the ads "embarrassing and emblematic of how ignorant Americans still seem to the rest of the world." What do you think of the "Whopper Virgins?" Offensive? Hilarious? Or just plain stupid? For those of you who haven't seen the ad yet, a clip is after the jump.
Burger King Under Fire For Whopper Virgins Taste Test Challenge [Telegraph]

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Bruce Abernethy, PhD, is professor of human movement science in the School of Human Movement Studies and deputy executive dean and associate dean (research) in the faculty of health sciences at the University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia. He also holds a visiting professor appointment at the University of Hong Kong, where he was previously the inaugural chair professor and director of the Institute of Human Performance. He is also coeditor of Creative Side of Experimentation.
Abernethy earned his PhD from the University of Otago. He is an international fellow of the National Academy of Kinesiology (USA), a fellow of Sports Medicine Australia, and a fellow of Exercise and Sports Science Australia.
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Bradycardia is an abnormally slow heart rate. In adults, it is defined as a heart rate of less than 60 beats per minute. Different types of bradycardia are collectively referred to as bradyarrhythmias. They include:
- Sinus bradycardia—an unusually slow heartbeat due to heart disease, a reaction to medication, or harmless causes, such as excellent fitness or deep relaxation
- Sick sinus syndrome—an unusually slow heartbeat due to a malfunction of the sinoatrial node, which is the heart's natural pacemaker
- Heart block (atrioventricular block or AV block)—an unusually slow heartbeat due to a slowing or blocking of electrical impulses in the heart's conduction system
Heartbeat: Anatomy of the Heart
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Bradycardia may be caused by:
Normal responses to:
- Deep relaxation
- Being in excellent physical shape
- The heart's natural pacemaker developing an abnormal rate or rhythm
- The normal electrical conduction pathway being interrupted
- Another part of the heart taking over as pacemaker
Risk Factors
Risk Factors
Factors that may increase your chance of bradycardia include:
- Increased age
- Hypothyroidism
Taking certain medications used to treat:
- High blood pressure
- Alzheimer's disease
- Heart disease
- Heart failure and arrhythmias
- Exposure to certain toxins
Cardiac disease, such as:
- Heart attack
- Wearing out of the heart's conduction system
- Heart failure
- Heart valve failure
- Heart conditions that are inherited or present at birth
- Electrolyte imbalances
- Sleep apnea
- Systemic lupus erythematosus or other collagen vascular diseases (rare)
- Head injuries
- Hypothermia
- Hypoglycemia
Infectious diseases, such as:
- Diphtheria
- Rheumatic fever
- Viral myocarditis
- Lyme disease
- Chagas disease
Some types of bradycardia produce no symptoms. Others may cause noticeable symptoms, such as:
- Fainting or loss of consciousness
- Lightheadedness
- Weakness
- Mild fatigue
- Irregular heart beat
- Shortness of breath
- Chest pain
Serious forms of bradycardia, such as complete heart block, are medical emergencies. They can lead to loss of consciousness or sudden cardiac arrest.
The doctor will ask about your symptoms and medical history. A physical exam will be done. Your heart will be examined with a stethoscope.
- Your doctor may need you to have blood tests. These tests will look for problems that may explain the bradycardia.
Your doctor may need to test your heart function. This can be done with:
- Electrocardiogram (EKG)
- Echocardiogram
- A portable, continuous heart rhythm monitor that you wear as you perform normal daily activities
- Exercise stress test
- Nuclear scanning
- Coronary angiography
Treatment may not be required if you do not have cardiac symptoms and conditions. Your doctor may choose to monitor your heart rate and rhythm instead.
Treatment may include:
- Stopping any medications that slow the heart rate
- Diagnosing and treating any underlying conditions
- Medication to temporarily increase your heart rate
- An artificial pacemaker to establish and maintain a normal heart rhythm
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- Treat any health conditions that might lead to bradycardia.
- Carefully follow your doctor's directions when using medications, especially those that can cause bradycardia.
- Check with your physician or pharmacist before using any over-the-counter medication or natural supplement. Make sure it does not interact with your other medications.
Follow general advice for preventing heart disease, including:
- Maintain a healthy weight.
- Consult with your doctor about a safe exercise program.
- Avoid smoking.
- Eat a healthy diet that is low in saturated fat and rich in whole grains, fruits, and vegetables.
- Treat your high blood pressure and/or diabetes.
- Treat your high cholesterol or triglycerides.
Heart Rhythm Society http://www.hrsonline.org/
Heart and Stroke Foundation http://www.heartandstroke.com
Updated October 25, 2012. Accessed January 18, 2013.
Fleg J. Arrhythmias and conduction disturbances. In: Beers MH, Berkow R, eds. The Merck Manual of Geriatrics (online). Merck & Co.;2000:486.
Hurst's The Heart. 11th ed; 2004.
Explore arrhythmia. National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health website. Available at:
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I would like to create a Calendar in SharePoint (I think is SP 2007) for my team where I can see the member workloads by specifying in the "People Selector" field the name of the person.
The problem is that in my current company we have limited access rights to manage SharePoint, therefore every time I try to synchronise Outlook with our Team Site it fails.
What kind of permission would I require to grant me the ability to synchronise Outlook?
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Making dragon Halloween costume for your kids this Halloween is a great idea. You can make it by using basic green clothing items and cutting dragon features from fabric, cardboard and felt easily. By using green tennis ball halves for eyes and creating a large nose with sculpting clay, make a whimsical dragon face. To make him fire-breathing creature, orange chiffon in the dragon's mouth.
Let's have a look at great ideas about production Dragon Halloween Costume. To make Baby Costumes, paint two ping-pong balls and two small pill bottles green. After that, use black paint to make eyes on the balls and figure the open edges of the bottles for nostrils of dragon. Then glue them at the top of a child's green hooded sweatshirt firmly. Now cut teeth shapes on a piece of white cardboard and paste it nearby the top edge of the hood that's under the nostrils. With saw-tooth cut a curved tail edges from brown cardboard and glue it to the back of the shirt. Then, cut a smaller saw-toothed piece and glue it to the center of the hood by beginning it right behind the eyes. Next, cut sixteen small V shapes from brown cardboard and glue four each to the ends of a pair of green mittens and to the ends of the feet of green footed pajamas carefully.
Halloween Costumes
To make Dragon Halloween Costume for Children result these guidelines. Firstly use a green sweat suit in the child's size. Then with a paint marker, draw scallops all over the sweat suit to look Dragon skin. Afterwards cut a piece of yellow cotton for a belly of the Dragon. Sew or fuse it to the front of the sweat shirt carefully.
Secondly cut one leg off a pair of girl size large opaque green tights carefully. This is going to be the tail. Then, make a pointed cone shape from cardboard and slip it into the toe. Stuff the leg with fiberfill and sew the end terminated tightly. After cutting upside-down V shapes from tan felt and paste them to the top of the tail firmly.
Now cut the feet off a pair of boys' socks for horns of the Dragon. Then, make two small pointed cone shapes from cardboard. Slip them into the toes of the socks and stuff the socks with fiberfill to the full. Now fold the heels over and sew the ends terminated firmly. After doing this make a Dragon-face mask from your cardboard and paste the horns to the top. Don't forget to cut a rubber band apart and staple it to the sides. It's going to be a great Dragon Halloween Costume.
Now it's turn of a special Lady Dragon. You have to buy or make a long black sheath dress. For this a straightforward jersey knit will work fine. Find a Dragon silhouette on the internet or in one of pattern books. Improve it to fit the front of the dress fluctuating from just above the waist to below the knees. Now cut the Dragon from gold lame fabric and fuse it to the front of your dress.
Make small horns from sculpting clay and glue them to a black headband. Cover the rest of the headband with fake red jewels carefully. Now it's time to apply long claw-like nail tips to your nails and paint them exciting red color. Just wear black shoes and carry a long black cigarette owner with you. You are going to rock the party with this Dragon Halloween Costume.How to Make a Dragon Halloween Costume For Kids


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Product description Estée Lauder Pure Color Envy MatteCharacteristics
The Estée Lauder Pure Color Envy Matte lipstick emphasises your lips beautifully and highlights day and evening makeup perfectly.
- lips look full and healthy
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Estée Lauder fragrances | Estée Lauder beauty products - This world-renowned brand bears the name of its founder, American Estée Lauder (née Josephine Esther Mentzer) who started out with only four basic products which she sold in New York hotels and beauty salons.
The brand's philosophy is really quite simple - any woman can look amazing. However, for Estée it was equally important to show women how to maintain their beauty despite ageing. That's why she employed beauty consultants to teach customers how to take care of their skin. Before long, her company became an international enterprise with products available in more than a hundred countries.
Fragrances, mascaras, foundations and other Estée Lauder products contain luxury ingredients, such as microscopic particles of precious stones. Estée was also the first in the world to discover the beneficial effects of glucosamine on dead skin cells, and many of the brand's technologies have been patented.
Estée Lauder is a very popular brand among celebrities like Jennifer Lopez, Gwyneth Paltrow or Karen Graham. Customers love especially the Advanced Repair Night treatment, a product that received the Allure Best of Beauty award in 2007 and is to this day the bestselling product of the brand.
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Some shameless self marketing here, but it's my blog, so I'll cry or sing if I want to...anyway, the City Legal Information Group (CLIG) have very kindly asked me to speak at an event they have organised in March.
Called "Why Web 2.0 : The opportunities and challenges for the Legal Sector" I'll be looking at some of the pratcial uses for Web 2.0 technologies within Law Firm Libraries. So if you want to come along and hear me talk, you know what you need to do!
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THE tax deduction for mortgage interest may not quite be the "third rail" of politics that Social Security is, but politicians on both sides have long been afraid to touch it. So when Mitt Romney recently floated the idea of capping this deduction, Democrats pounced.
Here, after all, was Mr. Romney arguing to cut a long-favored tax benefit for middle-class homeowners — in the midst of a soft housing market, no less — so as to make up lost revenue from his proposed tax cuts that, critics say, disproportionately benefit the wealthy.
But while Mr. Romney's tax proposal over all may not be fair or sensible — or even mathematically logical — Democrats shouldn't be so quick to attack any change to the mortgage interest deduction. In doing that, they're depriving themselves of a potentially powerful tool for progressive governance, one that could greatly increase funding for affordable housing. In truth, the mortgage interest tax deduction benefits the rich far more than middle-income families. A 2012 study by the nonpartisan Center on Budget and Policy Priorities shows that of federal tax expenditures for homeowners, more than half goes to households with annual incomes above $100,000, about twice the United States median.
Upper-income Americans take advantage of these policies to help them buy million-dollar homes, but there are relatively few federal housing dollars for extremely low-income families — and even fewer for those in the next tier up, who earn between $20,000 and $50,000 a year. Rather than preserve the mortgage-interest deduction as it is now, progressive politicians would do better to redirect the benefits we currently provide to America's wealthiest homeowners to supporting housing for struggling and moderate-income families.
Indeed, Mr. Romney's father, George W. Romney, adopted just such a position. As Richard Nixon's secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (H.U.D.), the elder Romney was an ardent advocate of aid to the poor.
In December 1972, he wrote Nixon to suggest a "staged reduction" in mortgage interest and property tax deductions. He thought savings should be shifted toward affordable housing. "At a minimum," he argued, "this would offset the impression that this budget is taking away from the poor to benefit the middle income and rich." Mitt Romney has a different view. The primary justification for his own willingness to consider capping mortgage deductions is to replace lost revenue from his proposed 20 percent across-the-board federal tax cut, a policy whose prime beneficiary would be upper-income households.
Fundamentally, the younger Mr. Romney has demonstrated no interest in promoting the cause of affordable housing once championed by his father. At a private fund-raiser this spring, Mr. Romney said H.U.D. "might not be around later" if he were elected president.
Though certain of the department's programs could be transferred elsewhere in the government, continued support requires presidential backing. Slashing H.U.D.'s programs would pull the plug on an essential lifeline for millions of Americans who are unable to afford the cost of market-rate housing. Today, that need is greater than it has been in years.
Since 2000, federal assistance to the poor through long-term subsidies of public housing and Housing Choice Vouchers (Section 8) has stagnated. A third program, the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit, encourages the development of housing for working-class families, but the affordability of the apartments it covers is guaranteed only for a limited time.
Together, public housing and voucher programs serve roughly the same number of households as in 2000, even though the nation's population has grown by 33 million, or 12 percent, and the number of impoverished people has ballooned by 14 million, or 45 percent.
Today, the federal government spends about $40 billion annually on housing programs designed specifically for low-income households. Yet the mortgage interest deduction alone costs the Treasury some $80 billion a year. Almost $35 billion in housing aid goes to families with incomes above $200,000.
The National Low Income Housing Coalition (N.L.I.H.C.), working with Representative Keith Ellison, Democrat of Minnesota, and more than 350 organizations nationwide, suggests reforming the deduction by converting it to a credit, capping eligible mortgages at $500,000 and using the proceeds to finance the National Housing Trust Fund.
This is a good idea: it would increase the number of middle-income families qualified for homeowners' aid but reduce expenditures over all by cutting spending for the wealthy. Were about $30 billion in saved funds redirected to the poor, as the coalition proposes, federal funding for affordable housing could be almost doubled with no change in the deficit.
A governor named Romney once supported expanding access to affordable housing. The N.L.I.H.C.'s straightforward plan would do just that — without depriving most moderate- and middle-income families of a much-cherished tax break.
It's time to touch that third rail.


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Google has just announced the availability of a developer phone that can be purchased by registered Android Developers. Costing $399 (roughly the same price as a contract-free G1 phone from T-Mobile), the phone offers an unlocked bootloader and allows easy flashing for the installation of custom Android builds. It is available for purchase in 18 international markets. You must join the $25 Android Marketplace program in order to purchase a device. Regular users interested in an unlocked phone are being warned that these units are intended for developers only and are to be used at your own risk.
Although developers can always purchase standard retail units, the new hardware allows you to test on a real device without contract and with any SIM you want. This latter point can be especially valuable for anyone who lives outside a normal T-Mobile service zone. G1 developer nyquildotorg told me that he wishes Google and T-Mobile had announced they were going to offer a dev unit before launching the G1, saying "I would totally have gotten one of those instead. Maybe that's why they didn't tell us."
For some overseas developers, these units can represent a significant savings over retail prices. $425 (handset plus marketplace membership) equates to just £290. The G1 in the UK goes for £40 per month under contract, although that contract offers minutes and data. In most cases though, taxes, duties and shipping are extremely expensive. I'm told that shipping to Canada may run as high as $264.49.
In contrast to the Google, Apple has yet to introduce a developer iPhone—devs must sign a contract and pay full going rates. The first generation iPhone offered contract-free prepay units; the 3G does not. Some iPhone developers have ended up signing contracts and then pay the early termination fee to limit their cash outlay. Here, Google and T-Mobile have set an example that Apple really should follow. There's no price break on the hardware for developers but at least they can acquire their unlocked units with a simple cash purchase.
G1 developers dream_kill, cmonex, and JesusFreke have already managed to install a developer-style bootloader onto retail units, making them effectively the same as the dev version. This only works, we're told, if you already modified your firmware prior to RC30, the firmware update that Google released, which broke existing jailbreaks. G1 hacker Jashsu writes, "The unlocked bootloader (at the current time) is mainly for those who wish to modify the Android framework itself, recompile the entire OS, and test their patches on hardware. Theoretically however, it opens the doors for things like custom xda-dev builds of Android or possibly other operating systems like winmo, symbian, access linux, etc."
Doing this kind of mod is not for the weak of heart and will appeal to a very limited audience of developers. Over at GotOnTheInter.net, the JesusFreke mod has the following warning: "If this goes wrong, you WILL DESTROY YOUR PHONE. Seriously. It will go PTHHTHTH. So don't interrupt it, don't let the battery die, etc." Clearly bad things can and will happen to retail phones that do not perform the update properly, which should make the new hardware more appealing for those interested in doing so.
The Android Dev Phone 1 costs $399 with free shipping available in the US only. Participating markets include US, UK, Germany, Japan, India, Canada, France, Taiwan, Spain, Australia, Singapore, Switzerland, Netherlands, Austria, Sweden, Finland, Poland, and Hungary.


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Physical science and Earth observation
This experiment studies zeolites. Zeolites are microporous crystalline solids with well-defined structures or containing pores. Many occur naturally as minerals, and are extensively mined in many parts of the world. Others are synthetic, and are made commercially since they have a full variety of applications --as catalysts, for example, depending on the size of their pores.
The goal of NANOSLAB is to analyse the process of formation of a zeolite structure from two separate materials: an ammonium hydroxide and an aluminium silicate. Principal Investigator: J. Martens (Belgium).
PROMISS will investigate the growth processes of proteins during weightless conditions. The experiment will use special techniques, which produce efficient protein growth during weightlessness. The primary objective of the experiment is to see how growth conditions influence the quality of the crystals. Advanced imaging methods such as digital holography will be used. Principal Investigator: I. Zegers (Belgium).
Lightning and Sprite Observation (LSO)
Sprites are a meteorological phenomenon discovered in 1989, which have the appearance of a luminous glow above lightning storms between 50and 90 kilometres above the Earth's surface. Sprites have a duration of only a few milliseconds and are caused by powerful lightning strikes, which affect the electrical field in the ionosphere (part of the upper atmosphere). The aim of this experiment is to observe sprites during storms, determine the energy emitted by them (and of so-called elves, which are similar to sprites), and compare this to nightly emissions of lightning. Scientists also plan to compile statistical data to determine the frequency of sprites and their origin. Principal Investigator: E. Blanc (France).


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Position Paper:
The Adoption of SBIRT in Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing Practice
The American Psychiatric Nurses Association (APNA) was founded in 1986. It is the largest professional membership organization committed to the specialty practice of psychiatric-mental health nursing (PMHN). Initiatives include wellness promotion, prevention of mental health problems and the care and treatment of persons with psychiatric disorders across the lifespan. APNA is the only PMH nursing organization whose membership is inclusive of all PMHN at basic (RN), advanced practice (NP and CNS), academic faculty and research scientist levels. APNA's more than 8,800 members come from every state and include international members.
Research findings of the last twenty years support the efficacy of early interventions by health professionals using Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral and Treatment (SBIRT) to reduce negative health outcomes of excess alcohol consumption. APNA fully endorses the adoption of this evidence-based early intervention into all clinical settings.
Prevention of disease and reduction of harm related to psychiatric disorders, including substance use disorders, is integral to the practice of psychiatric-mental health nursing. Screening for health risk behaviors, including alcohol use, with appropriate assessment and referral are within the scope and standards of practice for psychiatric-mental health RNs as set forth by the ANA (2010) and APNA (2007).
The adoption of SBIRT will standardize screening and intervention practices in psychiatric-mental health nursing to reduce population risk for medical and psychiatric illnesses subsequent to excess alcohol consumption. While only 4-7% of Americans meet diagnostic criteria for alcohol abuse or dependence, approximately 25% of drinkers consume alcohol at levels which research findings suggest increase their risks for health and social problems (Dawson, Grant, Li, 2005). Risky/harmful drinking and binge drinking significantly contribute to disease burden, injury, and disability (Rehm, 2011). Using screening to detect risky drinking, (more than 14 drinks per week for men under 65 and more than 7 drinks per week for women of all ages and men over 65), can facilitate brief counseling and referral to treatment as necessary. Both brief counseling and referral to treatment effectively influence reductions in excess alcohol consumption at rates ranging from 18% to as high as 34% (Whitlock, Polen, Green, Orleans &Klein, 2004; Maciosek, Coffield, Flottemesch, Edwards, & Solberg, 2010). Ample evidence, including randomized controlled trials, systematic reviews and numerous field studies, shows the efficacy of alcohol screening and brief intervention, referral to treatment (SBIRT) and supports the promotion of adopting SBIRT in all clinical settings by the National Institute of Drug Abuse, National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, and the Center for Disease Control. Nurse-delivered SBIRT has been found to be efficacious, cost effective and acceptable in the work of Broyles (2012), Gentillello, et.al, (2005), Kaner, et. al,(2010), and others.
The Future of Nursing Consensus Report (Institute of Medicine,2010) advocates that nurses practice within a scope reflective of their educational preparation. The use of SBIRT will expand nurses' current contributions to risk reduction for the public's health. In addition, implementation of SBIRT is an opportunity for psychiatric-mental health nurses at generalist and advanced practice levels to strengthen a prevention agenda through direct practice, role modeling, and the education of non-psychiatric-mental health nursing colleagues in the techniques and effectiveness of SBIRT. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMMS) have already identified reimbursement codes for use by advanced practice nurses in cooperating states, and the Joint Commission of Hospitals has delineated metrics for prospective payment for SBIRT provision in their member institutions.
APNA is a proponent of the adoption of SBIRT into all clinical settings. Ample evidence exists to support the efficacy of this intervention and its implementation can only serve to benefit consumers. The competencies and scope of practice of psychiatric-mental health nurses make them well positioned to use and teach others about this intervention for maximum benefit to patients, families and communities.
Approved by the APNA Board of Directors September 11, 2012.
American Psychiatric Nurses Association (APNA), International Society of Psychiatric Nurses (ISPN), American Nurses Association (ANA).(2007). Psychiatric-mental health nursing: Scope and standards of practice. Silver Springs, Maryland: American Nurses Association.
American Nurses Association (ANA).(2010). Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice.2nd edition. Silver Springs, Maryland: American Nurses Association.
Broyles, L. Rosenberger, E., Hanusa, B.H., Kraemer, K.L., & Gordon, A. (2012).Hospitalized patients" acceptability of nurse-delivered screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment. Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research, 36, (4),725-731.
Dawson, D.A., Grant, B.F., Li, T.K. (2005).Quantifying the risks association with exceeding recommended drinking limits. Alcohol Clinical and Experimental Research,29(5),902-908.
Finnell, D. (2012). Clarion call for Nurse-led SBIRT. Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research, 36, (7), 1134–1138A
Gentilello, L. M., Ebel, B.E., Wickizer, T.M., Salkever, D. S., & Rivara, F.P.( 2005). Alcohol Interventions for Trauma Patients Treated in Emergency Departments and Hospitals A Cost Benefit Analysis. Annals of Surgery,241(4), 541–550.
Institute of Medicine (2010). The future of nursing: Leadership, change and advancing health: A consensus report. Washington, D.C.: National Academy of Sciences.
Joint Commission of Hospitals (http:/www.jointcommission.org/specifications_manual_for_natio- nal_hospital_inpatient_quality_measures.aspx)
Kaner, E.F.S, et al, (2010). Brief alcohol intervention: Time for translational research. Addiction, 105, 960-961.
Kaner, E.F.S, Dickinson, H.O., Beyer, F., Pienaar, E., Schlesinger, C., Campbell, F., Saunders, J.B., Burnand, B. & Heather, N. (2009). The effectiveness of brief alcohol interventions in primary care settings: A systematic review. Drug and Alcohol Review, 28, 301-323.
Maciosek, M.V., Coffield, A.B., Flottemesch,, T.J., Edwards, N.M.& Solberg,L.I.(2010). Greater use of preventive services in U.S. health care could save lives at little or no cost. Health Affairs,29(9),1656-1660.
Murray, M.M. & Li, T.K.(2007). Expanding the role of the generalist nurse in the prevention and treatment of alcohol use disorders. Journal of Addictions Nursing, 18(4),163-165.
Rehm, J. ( 2011). The risks association with alcohol use and alcoholism. Alcohol Health and Research World, 32(20), 135-143
Whitlock, E.P., Polen, M.P., Green, C.A., Orleans, T. & Klein, J.(2004). Behavioral counseling interventions in primary care to reduce risky/harmful alcohol use by adults: A summary of the evidence for the U.S. Preventive Task Force. Annals of Internal Medicine, 140, 557-568.


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Ohio man gets life sentence over license plate slaying
Man shot to death in dispute over traffic citation
A judge has sentenced a central Ohio man to life in prison for fatally shooting another man in 2012 during an argument over license plates.
Twenty-three-year-old Brandon Hobbs won't be eligible for parole for at least 18 years. He was sentenced Wednesday in Columbus in the slaying of 26-year-old Jaron Kirkling in November 2012.
The shooting resulted from an argument over a car Hobbs sold to him. Kirkling didn't change the license plates, and Hobbs became angry when he got a speed-camera citation because the plates were still registered to him.
A Franklin County jury had rejected a self-defense claim in finding Hobbs guilty last month of murder with a gun specification, carrying a concealed weapon and illegally possessing a firearm.
In court, Hobbs offered "deepest condolences" to Kirkling's family.


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Last spring, VH1 News accompanied four women — Tammy, Wendy, Robbyn and Linda — and their husbands to the Hedonism III resort in Jamaica to film Women Seeking Women: A Bi-curious Journey, which originally aired on Oct. 5. According to the show's description on VH1.com, "While there, [the women] made a bold step in transforming their bi-curious fantasies into bi-sexual reality."
Bi-sexual reality? Uh, that's pushing it.
On the show's website, Women Seeking Women is described as a "cinema vérité-style documentary." I call it thinly veiled sensationalism.
Instead of providing an intelligent, sober view of the many types of bisexual experiences that people have in our culture, VH1 News provides one vapid view of wife-on-wife action, resulting in little more than a how-to for sexually bored, heterosexual couples.
While I'm all for consenting adults fulfilling their sexual fantasies in any ways they wish, it's hardly "a dirty little secret" that straight women have bisexual fantasies and act on them, and it's certainly not "news" that their husbands or boyfriends are eager to watch those fantasies play out.
Attempting to pass off Women Seeking Women: A Bi-curious Journey as a legitimate documentary by producing it out of VH1's News division is not only insulting to anyone who can easily distinguish news from sensationalism, but also to those of us who work hard to make sure that the viewing public understands the distinction.
The one-hour program focuses primarily on Tammy, a 37-year-old mother from the small town of Necedah, Wis., who makes the trip to Hedonism because, as reported on VH1.com, she has " always fantasized about women, but never acted out her fantasy."
Eager to " spice up" her 15-year marriage, Tammy, along with her husband Mike, planned their getaway with the help of another couple, Beth and Robert. Beth and Robert own Wild Women Vacations. On their website, wildwomenvacations.com, they tell prospective clients that they specialize in delivering "erotic vacation experiences" to "STRAIGHT women with BISEXUAL fantasies," "BI-CURIOUS women seeking their first beautiful experience," and "BISEXUAL women whose motto is … 'SO MANY WOMEN, SO LITTLE TIME.'"
Those caps clearly indicate that Beth and Robert have their fingers somewhere other than on the pulse of the bisexual community. Where? You can't make me write it.


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