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Directed by Scott Derrickson
Starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Rachel McAdams, Benedict Wong, Michael Stuhlbarg, Benjamin Bratt, Scott Adkins, Mads Mikkelsen, and Tilda Swinton.
Doctor Strange arrives on Blu-ray in a release that also includes the movie on DVD and a code for a digital copy. While the movie is a mixed bag, the Blu-ray offers some cool additional features.
I was first introduced to Doctor Strange when I was in my teenage years. A copy of Avengers introduced me to Doctor Strange. My fascination with magic and sorcery prompted me to read more of his adventures. Sadly, I was not able to follow more of his titles because there was no material available.
Doctor Steven Strange is a gifted and conceited neurosurgeon with the world at his fingertips. Shortly after his introduction in the film, his physical talent is taken from him. After traditional and experimental medicine fails him, he takes a step into the final option and enters a metaphysical and magical realm.
As part of his journey to regain his hands, he has to relearn everything he knows about nature, the world and science. It's amazing to see the changes that he goes through and one must really appreciate Benedict Cumberbatch's acting chops.
Doctor Strange is an amazing movie, one of the most visually appealing Marvel films ever made. The magic in the film looks and feels grounded in the natural universe, which sounds strange, even though it works very well. The filmmakers take full advantage of digital art to create a seamless and completely believable world through magic.
Doctor Strange Blu-Ray Extra Features
- A Strange Transformation – Open your eye to a new dimension of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and see how the filmmakers brought one of comic books' greatest characters to life.
- Strange Company – Find out what it's like for the cast to work on a Marvel film, and how Director Scott Derrickson engineered one of the most ambitious, imaginative films ever.
- The Fabric of Reality – Take a closer look at the movie's extraordinary sets, meticulously crafted costumes and amazingly detailed production elements.
- Across Time and Space – Explore the countless hours of dance and fight choreography the actors endured in preparation for their physically demanding roles.
- The Score-cerer Supreme – Join Composer Michael Giacchino and a full orchestra during live recording sessions, and experience the movie's mind-bending music.
- Marvel Studios Phase 3 Exclusive Look – Get an early peek at Marvel's spectacular upcoming films, including Marvel Studios' Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Thor: Ragnarok, Black Panther and Avengers: Infinity War.
- Team Thor: Part 2 – See more of the hilarious partnership between Thor and his roommate Darryl in this satirical short.
Marvel films pace at a very powerful level. None of the scene look force fed or dragging a scene way too much. Not only is it my favourite superhero origin story so far, it's also the most visually stunning film I've seen in recent years, many I'm sure will agree. Kudos to Derrickson who has conjured up this ambitious project. Doctor Stand is like watching 2001: A Space Odyssey on LSD, a visual trip that'll melt your eyeballs from your skull and leave your jaw firmly planted to floor, it's also worth noting another huge achievement, so many stories get lost in the visuals, this does not. The colors, and urgency that the VFX department have masterfully conjured up with Doctor Strange not only serve the story being told.
I am waiting for the sequel and see what great experiments the team can come up with to establish Doctor Strange as a full fledged Sorcerer Supreme.
Rating 4 out of 5
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Delhi or Bangalore location should be fine
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So great to get these requests, guys! India is high on my list of future class locations - we're trying to figure out how to make it happen. :) Stay tuned! Hope to have more details soon!
Oct 13, 2011 at 10:33 UTC
Thanks Nicole, I am waiting for that :)
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See Robin Gibb In ConcertPosted on: 11 June 2008 by Gareth Hargreaves
The Bee Gees star plays his first solo gig.
Gibb will take centre stage at Windsor Racecourse in support of the Bomber Command Memorial Campaign he spearheads, and as the culmination of The Windsor Golden Egg Festival, taking place over the weekend of July 12-13th.
His trademark ethereal voice was the defining sound of the Bee Gees, who, along with brothers Maurice and Barry, made an indelible mark on five decades of popular music, selling over 200 million records and over 60 hit singles.
Their phenomenal success in the late '70s is etched into musical history, with 17 continuous number one hits in America and the iconic 'Stayin' Alive' performed by John Travolta in the film, Saturday Night Fever.
Gates to Windsor Racecourse will open at 3pm to plenty of entertainment including live music and street theatre. Food and drink outlets will cater for every taste and there is plenty of space to bring your own picnic. At 6pm Gibb will treat the audience to all the famous Bee Gees hits including Massachusetts, Jive Talking, Juliet and many more.
VIP packages are also available, including champagne reception and pre-concert dining and reserved seating.
Update: Robin Gibb has postponed this concert, but it will still be taking place, as soon as a date is announced. Our competition winners have been chosen and remain the same.
Ticket Information
Tickets cost £45 and are available from www.seetickets.com/gibb or by telephoning 0871 220 0260. Groups of 10 or more should ask for a group booking. For corporate Hospitality including VIP packages, pre-concert dining and champagne reception, call 01753 626 917.
Gates: open at 3pm for afternoon entertainment and street theatre, with the concert starting at 6pm, finishing at 8pm.
Directions: Entrance to the race course is off the A308 Maidenhead Road. Postcode is SL4 5HT or see www.windsor-racecourse.co.uk. Nearest train station is Windsor & Eton Central, Windsor & Eton Riverside, and Slough.
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The days of the credit crunch can seem to be well and truly behind us. 2016 was the second successive year when bank lending to the economy was in positive territory – that is the total loans issued were greater than repayments. In total bank (net) lending in 2016 was £79bn, up from £39bn in 2015.


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I've been single for about 3 years now and at times I seem lonely. I've been talking to this guy that I've known for about 15 years, he's my friends older brother and he told his sister that he likes me, he's 35 and I'm 29, and he told me that me having kids doesn't bother him and he'll help support them, I told him he doesn't have to do that. He asked me to meet him tonight though at a bar where he's playing pool, I'm kind of nervous and don't know if I wanna go he told me he'll get there about 10:00 so I'm giving it a thought lol. I like the guy and he's really nice so I don't know why I'm so nervous.
I'll let you guys know. I think I'm going to go, no kids this weekend so I don't need to worry about who's going to watch them. I wonder how he'll act if I just show up there, I'm happy to know that someone likes me though.
When I met my friend I was 13 years old and this guy was 19, I kind of liked him back then but I knew he was too old for me, I think now that I'm 29 and he's 35 it don't seem as bad.
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Dr. Diana Kent MD Patient Reviews
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I visited Prosser Memorial Hospital for an eye injury, and she did an excellent job patiently diagnosing and treating the injury. I really think she was thorough and professional.
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I love Dr Kent! She takes time to talk to you, and actually listens. She is so intelligent and if she doesn't know about something she finds out. Does her best to figure out the problem and fix it. Answers all your questions and speaks to you as a human being and not just another patient to get through and go on to the next one.
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She is always late. Rushed. Dresses and smells like an old hippie. Always sends out for multiple specialists, bloodwork. Demands it be from the lab of HER choice. Ordered meds that are listed as allergies on chart!!!!! She gets confused as to whom she is talking to or about over the phone. She lied about timeframes of a conversation we had. I will not go back nor recommend her. EVER
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The office had to get her approval to accept me as a patient. Then another 2 weeks to get in. They sent me paperwork to fill out ahead of time and I was told to come in15 minutes early for the appointment. When I got there I had to refill out all forms again because they changed systems. Then I sat and waited and waited. After 45 minutes I left. If we are supposed to be courteous and come early then they should return the favor and let you know that they are running late.
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Dr.Kent is on an ego trip bigger than the state Texas. She insisted that I go for bloodwork over a holiday weekend.. I was in her office on a friday and back in in tuesday when i told her that I had not got the blood work she ORDERED done she began berated me, she yelled at me, and tried to make me feel her inferior for not getting the blood test she ordered. The only thing good about her is her front office help which may leave at any time. Dr. Kent has the bedside manner of the miltary policeand as an elderly women I object to being treated so discouteously. I wont be back.
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Dr. Kent is too rushed...almost as if she is still working in the emergency room still. She also likes to send you out for multiple specialists even on some of the most minor things...she's even said, "I don't do that." I've almost decided "What does she do?" She said she didn't have time to do a full physical on me that I had scheduled for that purpose...She was over 30 minutes late for my appt (I'd already been there 15 minutes early too)She said, "We don't have time for this." I said,"We would have if you'd been here at 10am." She hardly talked to me for the rest of the visit. I'm selecting a different doctor. I prefer Dr. Groskopp but she's usually very busy and booked and rumor is she's retiring soon. Too bad. She's good.
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If necessary, hose clamps should be checked and soft or cracked hoses replaced. Damp spots or accumulations of rust or dye near hoses, the water pump or other areas indicate areas of possible leakage. Check the radiator pressure cap for a worn or cracked gasket. If the cap doesn't seal properly, fluid will be lost and the engine will overheat. A worn cap should be replaced with a new one. The radiator should be free of rust and the coolant should be free from oil. If oil is found in the coolant, the engine thermostat may not function correctly, therefore the system must be flushed and filled with fresh coolant.
Periodically clean any debris such as leaves, paper, insects, etc. from the radiator fins. Pick the large pieces off by hand. The smaller pieces can be washed away with water pressure from a hose.
Carefully straighten any bent radiator fins with a pair of needle nose pliers. Be careful - the fins are very soft. Don't wiggle the fins back and forth too much. Straighten them once and try not to move them again.
The recommended fluid is a 50/50 mixture of a ethylene glycol antifreeze and water for year round use. Make sure the solution is never less than 50 percent or more than 70 percent antifreeze. Use a good quality antifreeze with rust and other corrosion inhibitors, along with acid neutralizers.
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To check the coolant level, simply raise the hood and locate the see-through radiator surge tank. The tank has a MAX fill line to which the coolant level should always be raised, whether the engine is hot or cold. If necessary, remove the surge tank cap (NOT THE RADIATOR CAP, especially if the engine is warm) and add coolant to raise the level up to the MAX line.
Under certain conditions, air trapped in the system may adversely affect the surge tank and radiator's ability to obtain a proper level. If this is suspected, allow the engine too cool, then follow the fill portion of the Drain and Refill procedure later in this section.
- Make sure the engine is cool and the vehicle is parked on a level surface, then remove the radiator pressure cap.
- Position a large drain pan under the radiator drain plug, then open the radiator drain and allow the coolant to drain from the system.
- Close the radiator plug, then fill the system through the radiator using a suitable solution of water and a glycol antifreeze.
- Once the coolant level reaches the base of the radiator filler neck, leave the pressure cap OFF and start the engine.
- When the engine reaches normal operating temperature, the thermostat will open allowing coolant to flow into the engine and trapped air to escape from the coolant passages. At this point, more coolant will be necessary to bring the system up to full capacity.
- Continue to add coolant until the level stabilizes just below the radiator filler neck, then install the pressure cap. Make sure the arrows on the pressure cap, if present, line up with the overflow tube on the radiator filler neck.
- After the engine has run for another 2 or 3 minutes, check to make sure the coolant has reached the MAX fill line in the surge tank. If necessary add coolant to the surge tank.
- Prepare 2 gallons of a flushing solution consisting of 4 ounces of Calgon®, or an equivalent automatic dishwasher detergent.
- Run the engine until normal operating temperature is reached and the thermostat opens; this will allow the cleaning solution to circulate through the entire cooling system.
- Carefully drain the engine cooling system.
- Fill the cooling system with the flushing solution.
- Run the engine for 5 minutes, then drain the flushing solution into a clean container.
- Repeat Steps 4 and 5 until the drained water is free of coolant and/or rust. If the cleaning solution becomes overly dirty, substitute clean water or a fresh cleaning solution.
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Beautiful clapping sound is produced by this cute Fish Castanet. Children can use these castanets to create body movements and dances. Children will learn to adjust their hand movement to create different sounds that help improve hand muscles through the rhythmic tapping and squeezing of the castanet.
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100 Self-Driving Volvos Will Hit Swedish Streets in 2017
Volvo has always been known for safety innovations and is on the forefront of autonomous technology, and the brand has announced a project that will see 100 customers driving fully autonomous vehicles on public roads in 2017.
Project "Drive Me" begins this year with evaluation and development of test vehicles, which will hit the streets of Gothenburg, Sweden in 2017. The 100 chosen customers will only be allowed to use the autonomous driving features on specific roads in and around the city.
The upcoming 2015 Volvo XC90 will introduce the latest in Volvo's self-driving technology with its "autonomous steering." This new technology consists of pedestrian detection, road edge and barrier detection, and adaptive cruise control with steering assistance.
SEE ALSO: 2015 Volvo XC90 Details
All of this is a push to achieve the automaker's goal of making sure that no one dies or is seriously injured in a Volvo by 2020.
"Hardly anyone thinks twice about being in an airplane that flies on autopilot, but being in a car that drives by itself while the driver reads a book is still quite a revolutionary thought for many people," said Håkan Samuelsson, President and CEO of Volvo Car Group. "Volvo Cars' long-standing human-centric approach and commitment to safety gives us a different starting point from other car manufacturers when we address the field of autonomous driving."
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I can multitask like that, aren't I clever!
When I came across this amazing image and just had to share it.
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Makes you feel kinda humble doesn't it.
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Asking his fans to stop sending disturbing messages to Chrissy Teigen, Breezy writes on Twitter, 'I know y'all bout that life but it's the wrong message! Ur turning haters into victims!'
Chris Brown makes it clear that he doesn't condone any verbal violence even though it's sent by his fans to defend him against critics. The R&B singer recently asked Team Breezy to put a stop on the verbal attack they launched at Chrissy Teigen following her mocking comment before his performance at Billboard Music Awards.
"Team Breezy! Lets stop sending death threats! I know y'all bout that life but it's the wrong message! Ur turning haters into victims! And that only furthers their pointless existence!" the chart-topping singer pleads in a series of his tweets. The "Look at Me Now" hitmaker additionally wrote, "Love y'all!"
Chrissy, who's engaged to John Legend, upset Breezy's devotees when she tweeted, "So excited to see Chris Brown! I love loud and surprising background fits of rage I can hear from the audience!" Receiving lots of angry replies from his loyal fans, she later posted, "Team breezy has to be diddling at a frantic rate right now."
Some of the people who sent the disturbing message got their accounts suspended. "Accounts deleted due to ohhhhh, i dunno. telling me i'm getting a bullet to my brain, asking for me to be raped and murdered...normal stuff," Chrissy wrote. "But oh, I have some screen caps. And I will do everything I can to make sure people know, internet or not, you CAN'T say this s**t."
"I've had comments ranging from 'kill yourself you stupid H**' to 'gold digging c**t', 'get a f**king job', etc. because I don't like him?" a miffed Chrissy continued to write. "I said things about EVERYONE who performed. negative and positive. interesting that only one 'team' is rabid."
"I am not picking on anyone or telling ANYONE to hate the dude... ...I like some of his music too. YOU can like it. you CAN. but WHY the insane hate and 'team'?? Why can't you just CHILL THE F**K OUT. this is less about chris and more about the insanity that spews out of the rabid mouthes of team breezy. done. there will be no more said."
John has also weighed on the Twitter war by posting, "Personally, I don't think @chrissyteigen's existence is pointless. Nor anyone else who dares criticize a performance." He continued, "Every artist has to be ok with the fact that some people won't like their work. All critics aren't 'haters'. And don't ever tell me to put my 'b***h on a leash'. She's a grown woman with her own mind and her own opinions and this is not 1950."


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FONTANA, Calif. — A few hours after putting his footprints and signature in drying concrete on Fontana's walk of fame, Tony Stewart hopped on his jet with Kyle Larson and flew 400 miles north to Stockton, Calif., where Larson beat him in a dirt-track race.
Just a typical Friday for Stewart — and just another indication he's not worried about Stewart-Haas Racing's slow start heading into today's fifth race of the NASCAR season.
Wrecks, bad tires and simply unfortunate breaks have combined to keep Stewart way down in 24th place in the overall points standings next to the three-time Sprint Cup series champion's similarly placed teammates, Ryan Newman (23rd) and rookie Danica Patrick (28th). Stewart isn't exactly worried about it just yet, but it's clear Smoke would love to figure out the new Gen-6 car in time to celebrate a third win in four years at Fontana heading into NASCAR's off week.
"Everybody wants an answer that nobody has an answer to right now," said Stewart, who starts eighth today. "Every track that we're going to is a learning deal right now. You're going to go through a lot of races before we all figure out what the car likes and dislikes."
Stewart-Haas could use a bit of the same good fortune that made Stewart the defending champion on this sunbaked, 2-mile course, where he won a rain-shortened race last year. There's no chance of rain in sunny Southern California this weekend, and Stewart sounds confident his team's forecast will improve soon.
"It's just early in the year," said Stewart, who lost tire pressure and spun early last week at Bristol. "If all of us had finished all the races and we're back there because we've been running bad, that would be one thing. We've all had races that we've crashed out of. Four races into a season, that's 25 percent of your points total. Just having one of those (crashes) is enough to mess up the point standings right now."
Stewart is among the busiest drivers, helping his goal to race 100 times this year with his trip to Stockton's new dirt track and its 10,000-plus fans. But the hottest driver is Kasey Kahne, who won at Bristol last week after finishing second in Las Vegas two weeks ago.
After arriving at this track in 2012 in the midst of a nasty slump during his debut season with Hendrick Motorsports, Kahne was comfortable enough this year to spend one night getting a tattoo of his grandfathers' initials on his forearm.
Hendrick teammate Jimmie Johnson is a five-time winner at NASCAR's closest track to his native El Cajon, Calif., and he's a fan favorite in San Bernardino County. Denny Hamlin won the pole Friday, and Brad Keselowski will chase his fifth straight top-five finish to start his series title defense from the back after engine trouble.
Today's Sprint Cup Lineup
After Friday qualifying; race today
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Lap length: 2 miles
(Car number in parentheses)
1. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 187.451.
2. (16) Greg Biffle, Ford, 187.217.
3. (2) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 187.149.
4. (18) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 187.13.
5. (20) Matt Kenseth, Toyota, 186.688.
6. (22) Joey Logano, Ford, 186.514.
7. (56) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota, 186.273.
8. (14) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 185.864.
9. (55) Mark Martin, Toyota, 185.792.
10. (78) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, 185.677.
11. (13) Casey Mears, Ford, 185.157.
12. (42) Juan Pablo Montoya, Chevrolet, 185.085.
13. (15) Clint Bowyer, Toyota, 184.876.
14. (29) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 184.715.
15. (88) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 184.625.
16. (5) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 184.374.
17. (1) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 184.233.
18. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 184.044.
19. (24) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 184.011.
20. (39) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 183.988.
21. (9) Marcos Ambrose, Ford, 183.852.
22. (31) Jeff Burton, Chevrolet, 183.702.
23. (43) Aric Almirola, Ford, 183.697.
24. (99) Carl Edwards, Ford, 183.57.
25. (47) Bobby Labonte, Toyota, 183.248.
26. (51) A J Allmendinger, Chevrolet, 183.113.
27. (27) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, 183.02.
28. (83) David Reutimann, Toyota, 182.825.
29. (7) Dave Blaney, Chevrolet, 182.658.
30. (35) Josh Wise, Ford, 182.639.
31. (17) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford, 182.519.
32. (30) David Stremme, Toyota, 182.473.
33. (93) Travis Kvapil, Toyota, 182.44.
34. (38) David Gilliland, Ford, 181.493.
35. (98) Michael McDowell, Ford, 181.087.
36. (33) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet, 181.087.
37. (36) J.J. Yeley, Chevrolet, Owner Points.
38. (44) Scott Riggs, Ford, Owner Points.
39. (32) Timmy Hill, Ford, Owner Points.
40. (10) Danica Patrick, Chevrolet, Owner Points.
41. (19) Mike Bliss, Toyota, Owner Points.
42. (34) David Ragan, Ford, Owner Points.
43. (87) Joe Nemechek, Toyota, Owner Points.


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Samsung Galaxy Ace was a big hit in India , when it got launched back in 2011, then came its dual SIM version, followed by Galaxy Ace 2 in 2012.
Now it's 2013, and the South Korean giant is prepping the successor of the successful series - Galaxy Ace 3. Yes! Its true! According to the latest report by SamMobile, the folks over there have outed the specs and color variants of the upcoming handset. At the same time, the report has also revealed that the dual SIM version of Galaxy Ace 3 will be unwrapped by Samsung between May 27 and June 9 - "coming around week 22 of 2013."
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Further, the tech experts are assuming that Galaxy Ace 3 will come packed with Android Jelly Bean, version 4.1. Meanwhile, there is no information on the pricing of the handset, however, analysts are assuming that Ace 3 will come in the market holding a price tag of approximately €300 (Rs 20,000).
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The Sentai Disbands (戦隊解散! Sentai Kaisan!) is the thirty-first episode of Choujin Sentai Jetman. It is the second of a three-part story involving the battle with the Majin, which likewise resolves the love triangle between Ryu, Gai and Kaori as well as reveals the connection between Vyram Commander Maria and former Skyforce soldier Rie Aoi. It also has the first appearance of assisting Jetman mecha Tetra Boy.
Gai quits the Jetman having won Kaori's heart; while the battle with the demons finally reveals to Ryu the truth regarding Rie's fate.
Radiguet cannot make the vampire gods obey him. Kaori and Gai take off together and spend the day ignoring their teammates. Meanwhile, the vampires rescue several people from death, but not for a kind reason. They change these people into pineapples and drink them! Ryu is angry with Kaori and Gai for not helping them. Kaori apologizes, but Gai leaves, taking her with. Maria attacks the Jetmen but the vampire gods interfere. They are after a person who should be dead. They attack Maria, disrupting her power and shutting her down. Suddenly instead of Maria, Ryu's beloved Rie lies unconscious. Ryu springs to protect her from the gods' attack. He calls in the robots to fight. Radiguet comes and restores Maria to herself. One of the gods is dying and the other intends to drain him. Radiguet and Grey spirit away the dying one and seed it with monster makers. They return the body and win control over the other vampire. Ryu has lost his mind.
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On the 17th March 2015 we held our annual Not-for-Profit Forum in Melbourne. The NFP Forum:15 was put together to meet the challenges and understand the critical issues for the NFP sector in 2015 and beyond. Topics covered at the forum included governance risk and innovation, mergers and collaborations, reputation management and the hunt for better performance measures.
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Marriott Plans Retreat From Fast-Food Wars
By ROBERT J. COLE
Published: December 19, 1989
Complaining of ''hamburger wars,'' carryout pizza places and McDonald's, in particular, the Marriott Corporation said yesterday that it was getting out of the highly competitive fast-food business in downtown areas and along the nation's byways.
To do so, it said it would sell its Roy Rogers, Howard Johnson's, Bob's Big Boy and other chains to concentrate instead on its exceptionally profitable fast-food operations catering to captive buyers at airports and along turnpikes, where it can charge much higher prices. The company also said it would reorganize its corporate staff, laying off an undetermined but small number of workers.
Marriott, the world's biggest hotel operator in terms of revenues, sells fast food in the United States on 14 turnpikes and at 51 airports, providing such popular brands as Burger King, Pizza Hut, Sbarro and Mrs. Field's Cookies. It also manages kitchens for schools, hospitals and corporations and runs 12 Hot Shoppes restaurants in Washington, D.C.
At a news conference at the Marriott Marquis in Manhattan, J. W. Marriott Jr., the company chairman, was asked why he would keep a few Hot Shoppes. ''Auld lang syne,'' he replied. Mr. Marriott's father started the company in 1927 with a nine-seat root-beer stand called the Hot Shoppe.
Mr. Marriott said that pricing in the fast-food market had become ''more aggressive'' in the last year and that it ''now is too difficult for a new brand to become No. 1.''
''We see 90-cent hamburgers advertised year-round by McDonald's,'' he said, adding that competition had become increasingly severe from convenience stores, delis, microwave products and takeout food.
The company said it was in ''serious discussions'' to sell its 600-restaurant Roy Rogers chicken and hamburger chain, and that it planned to sell 434 other national fast-food units: 235 Bob's Big Boys, 79 Wag's, 31 Bickford's, 57 Howard Johnson's and 32 Allie's restaurants. The Roy Rogers outlets being sold are concentrated in the Middle Atlantic States.
In addition, as part of a larger restructuring program to get out of ''slow growth'' businesses and to try to raise profits by 15 to 20 percent a year, Mr. Marriott said the company would make these moves:
* Sell its In-Flite Services operations to Caterair International, led by In-Flite's senior management, for $570 million, representing a gain to Marriott of more than $200 million.
* Buy back 10 million shares of its stock.
* Take fourth-quarter write-offs before taxes and tax write-offs of $275 million to $325 million, related to the restructuring and divestitures.
Marriott's share price responded strongly most of the day, reaching $36 late in the session, but fell by the close to $33.625, down $1, with 1.7 million shares traded.
James J. Murren of the Wall Street firm C. J. Lawrence, Morgan Grenfell Inc. noted the large drop in the stock market in general and said other hotel companies fell as well. He mentioned that after setting highs earlier in the day, Hilton Hotels fell $2.50, to $89.50; Holiday $2.50, to $72.50; Prime Motor Inns 50 cents, to $24.125, and Ramada 50 cents, to $8.875. Long-Term Strategy Cited
''In the last year,'' Mr. Marriott said, ''we have taken a hard look at how each of our businesses fits our long-term strategy. Our airline catering and stand-alone restaurant operations are sound, profitable businesses. But they do not offer the same scale of long-term market growth potential as our other major businesses.''
He stressed that unlike other companies that have revamped operations, Marriott was ''restructuring from a position of competitive strength, not from one of financial weakness.'' The sale of Roy Rogers and other chains, for example, is expected to produce at least $500 million, Marriott said, and reduce interest on Marriott's debt by at least $45 million a year.
Marriott said that its debt would total $3 billion by the end of the year but move down $1 billion after that. Some Hotels Being Sold
The company, based in Bethesda, Md., said it expected to collect $1.6 billion next year from hotels being sold - including some $700 million from a pending deal for three major hotels. The company also expects to gain the $500 million from restaurants, and more than $500 million in cash flow from operations. Offsetting the $2.6 billion in new money, it said, would be $1.5 billion to be spent on hotels and new operations involving living services for the elderly, leaving about $1 billion to reduce debt.
Mr. Marriott said, however, that this plan did not provide for buying back stock, which he estimated would cost about $350 million at current stock prices. He said that this amount, if spent, would be added to debt.
He told stock analysts earlier that Marriott would have 538 managed and franchised hotels with 135,000 rooms by the end of the year, compared with 65 hotels and 26,000 rooms a decade ago. Marriott is the world's largest hotel operator, he said, with $3.5 billion in sales, but he added that it plans to double its hotels to 1,000 within five years. A third of the new hotels, he said, are already in the works.
Besides its flagship Marriott hotels, the company owns or operates Courtyard, Residence Inn and Fairfield Inn hotels.
International growth potential, Marriott said, is substantial, particularly in Europe and Asia, and Marriott said it was entering both markets. Mr. Marriott noted that the company had just opened a Marriott hotel in Warsaw - after five years of work - and is ''actively seeking other opportunities'' in Eastern Europe.
He said that the lodging industry was ''oversupplied'' and that he did not expect significant improvements next year. He estimated that despite tax write-offs associated with restructuring, profits would range between $1.55 and $1.65 a share.
The Marriott Corporation said yesterday that it was shifting the focus of its efforts in the fast-food business. J. W. Marriott Jr., chairman of the company, was joined by William J. Shaw, executive vice president and chief financial officer, at a news conference in New York. (NYT/Ruby Washington)


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NPIRS staff members have been invited to make presentations at a variety of pesticide stakeholder meetings, the Association of American Pesticide Control Officials, EPA Office of Pesticide Programs, Chemical Producers and Distributors Association, American Chemical Society, American Chemistry Council, Crop Life America, Responsible Industry for a Sound Environment (RISE), Consumer Specialty Products Association (CSPA), and Purdue University's Entomology Department.
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Carnival Cruise Lines will roll out its first-ever "October Recharge" event featuring special offers throughout the month of October.
The month-long promotion will feature a variety of booking incentives, including free stateroom upgrades and special discounts on select "Fun Ship" cruises through 2009.
The special offers are available in conjunction with a variety of "Fun Ship" departures, including a wide range of three- to five-day getaways to the Caribbean or Mexico, seven-day voyages to the Caribbean or Mexican Riviera, or longer length sailings to Europe and Alaska.
"In addition to offering excellent value, October is the perfect time to book a 'Fun Ship' cruise for some much-needed R&R as it is positioned perfectly between the busy summer period and the often-hectic holiday season," said Ruben Rodriguez, Carnival's executive vice president of marketing and guest experience.
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T-Mobile Fined $48M for Pulling Wool Over Customers' Eyes
October 21, 2016
The United States Federal Communications Commission on Wednesday announced that T-Mobile has agreed to a penalty of $48 million for misleading customers about restrictions on its so-called unlimited data plans. The company failed to inform subscribers to unlimited plans on its wireless networks and those of MetroPCS, which it owns, that their data bandwidth would be throttled when they hit a preset ceiling.
AI and Customer Loyalty
October 19, 2016
AI and machine learning have taken the industry by storm. Some say they will usher in a new age of better business processes and customer orientation, while others fret that automation will kill jobs. There definitely will be jobs that no longer make sense for humans to do, thanks to automation. However, there are some neglected business processes where AI and ML could make real contributions.
Big Data and Analytics: Creating New Value
October 14, 2016
The massive amount of data available from connected devices creates an unprecedented opportunity for increased optimization of products and services -- and, consequently, revenue. The deep investment in big data gathering and analytics is fueled by an ability to create added value for companies based on actionable business insights, and for consumers by providing lifestyle benefits.
Bring Back the CIO
October 10, 2016
The cloud revolution has made an enormous contribution to the evolution of sales and marketing software, as well as to business software of all types. There's a long list of benefits it's conferred on users -- from the ability to outsource security and maintenance tasks to the avoidance of manual upgrade processes, to the switch in payment modes, to a model more affordable for more businesses.
Salesforce Commerce Cloud Hits the Streets
October 5, 2016
Salesforce last week unveiled the Salesforce Commerce Cloud, billing it as the fastest path to unified commerce. It's built on technology from Demandware; Salesforce completed its acquisition of the company this summer. Commerce Cloud enables brands to provide personalized experiences for shoppers across the Web, mobile devices, social networks and in stores.
The Growing Customer Trust Gap
September 28, 2016
Like most of you, I'm a bank customer -- and I expect that like me, most of you are getting sick and tired of all the stories about how banks abuse customers. Recent news about bad behavior in the banking industry, as well as my own personal experiences, shows that banks don't care about their customers. It's just the opposite: Banks seem to be trying to squeeze every dime out of every customer.
Bullhorn CMO Gordon Burnes: We're Going to Flip the CRM Paradigm
September 27, 2016
"I dare you to find a sales person or account manager who enjoys spending the last 45 minutes of the day inputting data into the CRM system," said Bullhorn CMO Gordon Burnes. "A lot of companies are facing the CRM adoption challenge. Why is it that this account record doesn't have much data in it? When was it that the account manager last visited? That information just doesn't get into CRM.
Abuse of Trust, Lack of Transparency: HP Shows How to Kill the IoT
September 26, 2016
There's been a lot of virtual ink spilled about the glorious future promised by the Internet of Things: just-in-time service, data-assisted performance optimization for devices, automatic software upgrades, and a host of other hands-off solutions that make life easier for customers and results better for businesses. Over the last 18 months, many have come to see the IoT as an inevitability.
Incentives-Driven Disaster: Wells Fargo's Ethical Implosion
September 21, 2016
Anyone who works with sales people knows that their ultimate incentive is their commission check. Since the first time that "sales" was identified as a profession, we've been paying the people who sell based primarily on their results. This has worked well -- but things are starting to change. The drive for results at the expense of all other considerations is running smack dab into new realities.
Harlequin Romances Customers
September 6, 2016
I recently read a user story about how Harlequin -- a publisher of romance novels -- keeps its customers loyal. It has embraced several ideas that work really well, including emphasizing a consciousness of customer loyalty, keeping things simple, and focusing on personalizing relationships and engagement. Consciousness is relatively easy, but someone high on the org chart has to promote it.
Pegasystems CTO Don Schuerman: Trust the Technology
August 23, 2016
Customers may not understand the processes that drive their experiences, and they're not eager to look under the hood, suggested Don Schuerman, CTO of Pegasystems. "The contemporary customer doesn't really care about CRM. They care about the experience they have, and in most cases they know little or nothing about the fact that there's a technology behind the scenes called CRM.
Cloud Platforms and the Connected-Device Value Chain
August 17, 2016
Internet of Things cloud platforms offer device makers and companies the opportunity to greatly expand the value of products and services. These devices are reshaping the value chain by altering product design and development, manufacturing, marketing, supply chain management and service after the sale. They also generate new support activities, such as product data analytics and security.
The 4 Fundamental Attributes of Customer Loyalty, Part 4
August 10, 2016
If you want to succeed at engaging customers, or anyone else for that matter, it helps to have a model of what success looks like. This idea isn't new. Elite athletes train themselves to see a perfect race in their mind's eye, or to imagine the arc of a ball to its flawless conclusion. Scientists model physical and chemical reactions that occur at a scale too small to view directly.
Time Warner Cable Really Doesn't Like Me
August 9, 2016
After surviving well over a year as a cord-cutter, I recently returned to the cable fold -- and after less than a month, I'm having major regrets. The problem isn't with the service itself or even with the pricing. The problem is with the lies. I wasn't entirely happy with my cord-cutting solution, but I wasn't eager to go back to a high-priced cable service either.
The 4 Fundamental Attributes of Customer Loyalty, Part 3
July 29, 2016
Dealing with customers in context can equate with personalization, as many define it. Or it can refer to enabling customers to jump out of a largely automated customer-facing process to deal with a company representative. Additionally, it can mean getting down in the weeds of some hyper-specific aspect of a customer's issue. A lot depends on what the vendor and customer are trying to accomplish.
The 4 Fundamental Attributes of Customer Loyalty, Part 2
July 14, 2016
Lots of CRM vendors talk about personalization, but their idea of how to do it leaves much to be desired. They address personalization very late, using a just-in-time approach to accessing customer data to support a sales or service encounter in the moment. This certainly is important, and it achieves the goal of personalizing the encounter by producing a catalog of data points.
Amazon's Big Day: All for Prime, Prime for All
July 12, 2016
Amazon on Tuesday launched its second annual Prime Day promotion, offering tens of thousands of deeply discounted lightning deals for top customers and ratcheting up the e-commerce competition. Walmart and others struck back in an aggressive effort to hold onto their key customers. Prime Day had a slightly bumpy start, with Some customers reported having problems checking out purchases.
Salesforce Wraps Up Demandware Acquisition
July 11, 2016
Salesforce on Monday announced it had completed its $2.8 billion acquisition of e-commerce cloud software platform Demandware. The deal "gives Salesforce the e-commerce piece to compete against Oracle, which already has e-commerce capabilities, as well as SAP," said Rebecca Wettemann, VP of research at Nucleus Research. "It also gives Salesforce a cloud transactional platform for B2C purchases."
The 4 Fundamental Attributes of Customer Loyalty, Part 1
June 29, 2016
As I see it, there are four basic capabilities, or attributes, needed to build better customer loyalty. I learned about them from two McKinsey researchers. Those attributes, according to David C. Edelman and Marc Singer -- and I agree -- are the following: automation, proactive personalization, contextual interaction and journey mapping.
Rethinking the Customer Journey Map
June 22, 2016
If you talk to marketers for any amount of time about what they do, you are bound to hear the term "customer journey" at some point. The go-to exercise for marketers looking to up their lead generation games today is "journey mapping," the exercise by which you try to understand how a potential buyer navigates through content and other offers on the way to a closed deal.
Oracle VP Des Cahill: Get in Tune With Your Customer
June 20, 2016
Oracle Vice President Des Cahill is the company's head CX evangelist. An expert in B2B software and marketing, Cahill has spent most of his career in Silicon Valley, helping companies develop, refine and tell their stories. One of the main CRM challenges businesses face today is adjusting to the era of the empowered consumer, suggested Cahill.
SugarCRM CTO Clint Oram: Make Every Customer Experience Extraordinary
June 8, 2016
SugarCRM cofounder Clint Oram is one of the original architects and developers of the Sugar application. As the company's CTO, he currently leads SugarCRM's corporate development strategy and alliances teams. The biggest CRM challenge right now is that "technology is changing the way customers work with companies," Oram said. "Technology has driven speed and relevancy expectations through the roof."
Creating the Right Business Culture for Success
June 6, 2016
In an era when technology is changing the ways people conduct every aspect of their lives, it's not a surprise that business leaders have come to depend on it as the lever that will elevate their sales and marketing performance to the next level. Productivity has increased because of technology, and the implementation of technological tools has had a direct effect on sales effectiveness.
Loyalty Failures
June 3, 2016
Software vendors and their business customers have tried many things to increase customer loyalty, but they have been disappointed more often than not. Rewards, delight, and daily deals were good ideas to help spur customer loyalty. Unfortunately, they weren't enough to move the loyalty needle in today's highly competitive markets. That's because rewards programs often reward the wrong thing.
Pay TV Firms Eke Out Tiny Gains in Customer Satisfaction
June 1, 2016
After two years of declining customer satisfaction, the telecommunications sector has halted the slide, according to the ACSI Telecommunications Report 2016, released Wednesday. There was a 1.9 percent gain -- to 70.1 on a 100-point scale -- in satisfaction with pay TV services, Internet service providers, fixed-line telephone services, wireless phone services and mobile phone makers.
New SF Store Showcases Apple's Trademark Creativity
May 24, 2016
Apple last week opened a San Francisco flagship store in the city's tony Union Square shopping district. The store has a 42-foot-tall sliding glass door and a 50-foot tall green wall and is powered by 100 percent renewable energy. "We have a deep commitment to the cities we work in and are aware of the importance that architecture plays in the community," Apple's Jonathan Ive said.
Selling Imagination in the IoT Era
May 19, 2016
If you love studying technology trends and imagining what they will do for your business, it's easy to lose sight of the fact that you have a vision of how things will be, while many of those you need to partner with to achieve that vision still are trying to master the reality of today. Congratulations -- you have a combination of curiosity, prescience and nerdiness that will serve you well.
Marketing and Loyalty
May 17, 2016
The CRM industry is shining a bright light on digital marketing, and it is a sign of how early we are in the digital marketing boom that few vendors are championing the idea of using marketing in any way other than for driving sales. Based on recent events by Oracle and Salesforce, it appears that the focus on driving more sales makes perfect sense for organizations just getting their feet wet.
The Why of Customers
May 13, 2016
SAS Institute introduced SAS Customer Intelligence 360 at its recent Global Forum meeting. Intelligence 360 has some good ideas baked in, though some of the messaging I heard wasn't up to the level of the product or at least its intention. I suspect that will come, and it's an easy fix. The product set is divided into two major components, Discover and Engage.
Warehouse Clubs Ignore Customer Relationships at Their Peril
May 13, 2016
Like many, I have a love-hate relationship with warehouse clubs like Costco, Sam's Club and BJ's. I've criticized them several times over the years, but it's worth noting that some of these clubs have been improving. Others not so much. I have some ideas about what these companies are doing right and wrong, and how they can fix things to improve customer relationships, sales and profits.


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SFES Celebrates Suffield on the Green
Save the Date for the 2017 Auction
Hall of Honor Awards Luncheon Tickets
The Suffield Foundation for Excellent Schools (SFES) is pleased to announce its selections for the fourth Hall of Honor class. The Hall of Honor was established in 2003 primarily to recognize and celebrate Suffield High School graduates who have achieved noteworthy success in their chosen fields, but also to inspire and motivate current students. In addition, an "Excellence in Education" award is simultaneously given to a retired educator who has taught for at least 10 years in the Suffield Public Schools and has had a profound impact on students. An assembly will be held at SHS on Friday, May 27, 2016 to present the awards and give the recipients an opportunity to address the student body. A luncheon, which is open to the public, will be held after the ceremony at the Sunset Tavern at Suffield Country Club at 12:30 p.m. Tickets for the luncheon are $23 and can be purchased using our online order form or by contacting Johanne Presser at 860-668-5521. Reservations and payment for the luncheon must be made by May 20.
An ad hoc committee of community members and SFES Board members made the selections from the nominations received. Since the award is given only once every four years, the decision making process is difficult given the number of successful graduates, but the committee felt that these awardees have indeed hit a high mark in their respective careers. Go to the Hall of Honor page to learn more about the 2016 selections.
New Members Join Board of SFES
SFES Funded Group Profiled in Newspaper
A student group SFES helped fund was recently profiled in the Journal Inquirer. Students Working to Advance Technology was awarded $2,035 by SFES in 2014 to promote student leadership, address technology competencies, provide outreach to the community through parent involvement, corporate support, and student community service. Read the complete article here.
Call For Grant Submissions: Due Feb. 20
Think you have a great idea for educational programming in Suffield Schools? Submit a Grant. You never know until you try.
During the past ten years, SFES has handed out thousands of dollars in funding to new and innovative educational initiatives.
Click here to find more information and access applications.
Grants should have clearly defined and realistic goals, as well as a specific and detailed method of implementation. When evaluating a grant proposal, the Foundation will consider whether a project meets the following criteria:
Is It Innovative?
Is Its Value Significant?
Is Its Impact Broad?
Is It Sustainable?
Auctions Winners Have a "Souper" Time
Saturday, October 19, 2013 – Smells of garlic and onion filled the Anne Kelly's Suffield Middle School kitchen during the Soup 101 Workshop. More than dozen lucky winners bid at the Spring auction for an opportunity to meet and learn new techniques and recipes for soup-making. Participants helped prepare, taste and finally brought home the warm and flavorful soups.
SFES is featured in the Reminder News!
SFES celebrates Grant awards at Suffield On The Green
By Wendy Pierman Mitzel
Many new and exciting plans for the upcoming Suffield Foundation for Excellent Schools season will be previewed at the organization's booth during Suffield on the Green this year.
Children can participate in the SFES candy mural creation which celebrates Suffield Schools and ties into a Mural Artist in Residence at McAlister Intermediate School funded by SFES. Parents can stop into see a technology inspired presentation on just how the organization supports innovative learning in Suffield.
Foundation president Christine Mercadante said the booth will showcase new ideas for fundraising and community participation. The SFES annual auction and dinner will be pushed back a year.
"Just as SFES celebrates an educator's ability to reinvent ideas, SFES will be shifting our focus from our traditional auction gala to pursue an exciting new opportunity to bring the community together in support of SFES and Suffield Public Schools," she said.
Visitors can check out updates on the recently awarded $27,167 in grants for school programs this Fall. In addition, monies raised during the Raise the Paddle event at the annual auction dinner held in March will fund $7,500 of upcoming mini grants.
The foundation's grant chair is excited to show off the programs granted funding.
"I am pleased by the wide variety of grants which included innovative projects to enrich the study of math, science and the arts," she said. "The teachers are committed to continuous improvement and I am proud to have the chance to be a part of enabling their visions. "
Andrade recently presented the grant awards to the Board of Education.
"Our annual 2013 auction, combined with United Way and other donations, and a donation by the Suffield Knights of Columbus (targeted to special education), allowed us to grant funds in the amount of $27,167. In addition, our Raise the Paddle will fund $7,500 of mini grants next school year," she explained.
The traditional grants awarded for this year include: storytelling and folklore, heart monitor and mural programs at McAlister and technology and programming for trigonometry and 3-D manufacturing at Suffield High School.
Superintendent Karen Baldwin said she and the Board of Education "are deeply appreciative of the work of the SFES and the impact that the financial resources donated have on our instructional program and teaching and learning across the district."
It also helps support the shift in teaching methods and standards related to the new Common Core Curriculum.
"The Grant process provides the opportunity to extend learning and acquire unique resources, tools, or even experts such as authors in residence to drive the learning for children and foster innovative classroom practices," she explained.
The Suffield Foundation for Excellent Schools is an educational foundation that provides support for innovative and exceptional educational programs and opportunities beyond the tax-supported School budget for the benefit of Suffield students. Each year, the SFES Board raises money awards grants designed to achieve this mission.


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Institute of Applied Science
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Werneke M.W.,CentraState Medical Center |
Deutscher D.,Maccabi Healthcare Services |
Hart D.L.,Maccabi Healthcare Services |
Hart D.L.,Focus on Therapeutic Outcomes Inc. |
And 6 more authors.
Spine | Year: 2014
STUDY DESIGN.: Inter-rater chance-corrected agreement study. OBJECTIVE.: The aim was to examine the association between therapistsÊ level of formal precredential McKenzie postgraduate training and agreement on the following McKenzie classification variables for patients with low back pain: main McKenzie syndromes, presence of lateral shift, derangement reducibility, directional preference, and centralization. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA.: Minimal level of McKenzie postgraduate training needed to achieve acceptable agreement of McKenzie classification system is unknown. METHODS.: Raters (N = 47) completed multiple sets of 2 independent successive examinations at 3 different stages of McKenzie postgraduate training (levels parts A and B, part C, and part D). Agreement was assessed with κ coefficients and associated 95% confidence intervals. A minimum κ threshold of 0.60 was used as a predetermined criterion for level of agreement acceptable for clinical use. RESULTS.: Raters examined 1662 patients (mean age = 51 ± 15; range, 18-91; females, 57%). Data distributions were not even and were highly skewed for all classification variables. No training level studied had acceptable agreement for any McKenzie classification variable. Agreements for all levels of McKenzie postgraduate training were higher than expected by chance for most of the classification variables except parts A and B training level for judging lateral shift and centralization and part D training level for judging reducibility. Agreement between training levels parts A and B, part C, and part D were similar with overlapping 95% confidence intervals. CONCLUSION.: Results indicate that level of inter-rater chance-corrected agreement of McKenzie classification system was not acceptable for therapists at any level of formal McKenzie postgraduate training. This finding raises concerns about the clinical utility of the McKenzie classification system at these training levels. Additional studies are needed to assess agreement levels for therapists who receive additional training or experience at the McKenzie credentialed or diploma levels. © 2014 Lippincott Williams and Wilkins.
Maalej S.,Institute of Applied science and Technology |
Zaghdoudi M.C.,Institute of Applied science
International Review of Mechanical Engineering | Year: 2011
Combined experimental and analytical studies are realized in order to determine the thermal performance of a Flat Mini Heat Pipe (FMHP) including a mixed capillary system, which is composed of screen meshes and mini-channels. In the analytical study, a model of FMHP with mixed capillary structure is developed, and it is capable to simulate the FMHP thermal performance for different operating conditions. The optimal geometrical characteristics of the meshes are also identified. In the experimental study, different FMHP prototypes are manufactured and tested. The number of screen meshes is kept the same for the different tested configurations; however different meshing sizes are used. The heat transfer improvement, obtained by comparing the heat pipe thermal resistance to the heat conduction thermal resistance of a copper plate having the same dimensions as the tested heat pipes, is demonstrated for the different prototypes. The heat transfer enhancement depends on the input heat flux rate, the screen mesh porosity, and the FMHP orientation in respect to gravity. The comparison between the analytical and experimental results shows a good agreement in predicting both the maximum capillary limit and the FMHP thermal resistance. © 2011 Praise Worthy Prize S.r.l. - All rights reserved.
PubMed | CHUV, Institute of Applied science and Urogynecology Unit
Type: | Journal: International urogynecology journal | Year: 2016
We correlated intrarectal pressure parameter recordings during the second phase of labour in primiparous women with postpartum pelvic floor (PF) complaints to try to define a critical pressure threshold for the occurrence of permanent PF injury.Using a microsystem device, the duration of bearing-down efforts, the area under the pressure curve and the peak pressure during bearing-down efforts were continuously recorded in 43 women with spontaneous delivery (group one) and in 17 women with forceps-assisted delivery (group two). PF complaints were assessed using ICS-validated questionnaires established before delivery and 146months after delivery.Postpartum PF complaints were not significantly different between the groups. The first and second phases of labour were longer in women of group two. The three parameters measured were not correlated with the babys weight or mode of delivery. The duration of bearing-down efforts was correlated with difficulty voiding and lower abdominal discomfort in women of group one only. The area under the pressure curve was correlated with feeling of urgency to void, urge incontinence, drops escape, decreased frequency of orgasm and difficulties in reaching orgasm in women of group two only. Peak pressure values were not correlated with any PF dysfunction.Intrarectal pressure parameters during second phase of labour show no significant correlations with obstetric parameters, but were significantly correlated with some urinary and sexual PF complaints 14months after spontaneous and forceps-assisted delivery with a higher incidence of significant correlations in women of group two with forceps-assisted delivery, probably because of the longer first and second phases of labour.
Stevens K.J.,University of North Texas |
Wellner M.R.,University of North Texas |
Acevedo M.F.,Institute of Applied science
Aquatic Botany | Year: 2010
Levels of arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) colonization and dark septate endophyte (DSE) colonization were assessed in the vegetation recolonizing a remnant bottomland hardwood forest in north central Texas following a 100 year flood. Thirty seven plant species representing 21 dicotyledonous and 2 montocotyledonous families established following floodwater recession. AM and/or DSE were found in all species. AM colonization was found in 31 out of the 37 species assessed including both monocotyledonous families (Poaceae and Cyperaceae) and 17 out of 21 dicotyledonous families (Acanthaceae, Asteraceae, Boraginaceae, Cucurbitaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Lamiaceae, Loganiaceae, Lythraceae, Malvaceae, Onagraceae, Pedaliaceae, Ranunculaceae, Sapindaceae, Scrophulariaceae, Solanaceae, Verbanaceae and Violaceae). DSE were found in 31 out of 37 species assessed including both monocotyledonous families and 15 out of 21 dicotyledonous families (Amaranthaceae, Asteraceae, Boraginaceae, Brassicaceae, Cucurbitaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Lamiaceae, Lythraceae, Malvaceae, Pedaliaceae, Phytolaccaceae, Polygonaceae, Ranunculaceae, Sapindaceae, Scrophulariaceae and Violaceae). There were no detectable differences in AM or DSE colonization levels among wetland indicator groups (p > 0.05). Levels of DSE colonization were negatively correlated with vesicular colonization and hyphal colonization for the obligate wetland species. There were no other significant relationships between AM and DSE colonization detected. Spearman rank order correlation coefficients did not differ significantly among wetland indicatory category for any level of AM or DSE colonization. © 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Pflanz D.,Friedrich - Schiller University of Jena |
Pflanz D.,Institute of Applied science |
Gaedicke C.,Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources |
Freitag R.,Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources |
And 3 more authors.
International Journal of Earth Sciences | Year: 2013
The tectonic position of the Kamchatka Cape Peninsula at the junction of the active Kuril-Kamchatka and Aleutian arcs exposes the coastline of the peninsula to strong neotectonic activities. Fracture zones have variable influence on uplift of the Kamchatka Cape Peninsula. Relevant morphologic indicators of neotectonic activity are multilevel, highly uplifted marine terraces and terraces displaced along active faults. Recent uplift rates of coastal sediments are determined by remote sensing via ASTER and SRTM DEM combined with optically stimulated luminescence dating (OSL). On the Kamchatka Cape Peninsula, terraces from the same generation are mapped at different elevations by remote sensing methods. After defining different areas of uplifted terraces, four neotectonic blocks are identified. According to apatite fission track data, the mean differential exhumation rates range from 0. 2 to 1. 2 mm year-1 across the blocks since Late Miocene. The OSL data presented point to significant higher uplift rates of up to 3 ± 0. 5 and 4. 3 ± 1 mm year-1, which indicates an acceleration of the vertical movement along the coast of Kamchatka Cape Peninsula in Upper Pleistocene and Holocene times. © 2012 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.
Lucking R.,Field Museum |
Lumbsch H.T.,Field Museum |
Von Konrat M.,Field Museum |
Naikatini A.,Institute of Applied Science
Bryologist | Year: 2010
The new species Graphis collinsiae Lücking & Lumbsch is described from the Fiji Islands. The species belongs to the G. insulana aggregate and is intermediate between G. insulana (Müll. Arg.) Lücking & Sipman and G. subhiascens (Müll. Arg.) Lücking. All three species have a similar thallus and lirellae morphology and anatomy and ascospore-type, but differ in hymenial and chemical characters: G. insulana has an inspersed hymenium and contains norstictic acid, whereas G. subhiascens lacks inspersions and secondary substances. The new species, G. collinsiae, agrees with G. insulana in having an inspersed hymenium, but it lacks secondary metabolites. © 2010 The American Bryological and Lichenological Society, Inc.
Rizvi A.F.,Institute of Applied science
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences India Section B - Biological Sciences | Year: 2010
Ribbonfishes are widely distributed in tropical and subtropical waters of the world. The Lepturachanthus savala Cuvier, 1829 were collected from different landing centres of Mumbai and Thane district around the Mumbai coast during 1997-99. Linear relationship was found between the different morphometric characters of their body which was highly correlated to each other. 'F' value was calculated as non significant between fishes of different landing centres except head length and inter orbital length. The asymptotic length (L∞) and growth coefficient (K) were estimated to be 690.0 mm, and 0.86 -year respectively from fishes of Mumbai district and 687.2mm and 0.88 -year from those of Thane district. It is assumed that the population of L savala from different water sources around Mumbai is homogeneous belonging to the same stock. The growth rate of this stock is observed to be faster as compared to other localities of the stock in India.
Rizvi A.F.,Institute of Applied science |
Singh K.P.,Allahabad University |
Kumar N.,National Academy of science
National Academy Science Letters | Year: 2011
The current catch pattern of fishery at Allahabad is showing decreasing catch of commercial fish viz. Indian major carps (IMCs) in comparison to non-commercial fishes. This is leading to lowering of Socio-economic status of local fisherman. This paper reports population dynamics studies (growth parameters, mortality rates and exploitation rate) of three non-commercial fishes namely Sciaena coitor, Gudusia chapra and Chela laubuca from the river Ganga and Yamuna of Allahabad region from January to December, 2010 Estimated L ∞, K, Z, M, F, E and U for S. coitor were 215, 1.514, 4.97, 2.56, 2.41, 0.484 and 0.4.81 per year; for G. chapra 180, 2.838, 9.609, 4.07, 5.54, 0.57 and 0.57 per year and 135, 2.703, 6.041, 4.27, 1.77, 0.293 and 0.292 per year for C. laubuca. The study revealed that these fishes were underexploited except G. chapra that has crossed the over-fishing level. Nutritional value of S. coitor was found higher among the selected fishes; and it was also found organoleptically acceptable. Therefore, it is suggested, that such unexploited non-commercial fishes be used to augment the income of fisherman. Fish products like Fish Papad, Fish Chakli and Fish save were prepared by amalgamation of some phytoproteins (Urad pulse and black gram flour) with fresh flesh of S. coitor, for human consumption and shelf value was found quite good (upto 200 days) for the above products.
Sango D.M.,University of Malta |
Abela D.,University of Malta |
Abela D.,Institute of Applied Science |
Mcelhatton A.,University of Malta |
Valdramidis V.P.,University of Malta
Journal of Applied Microbiology | Year: 2014
Ultrasound requires high power and longer treatment times to inactivate micro-organisms when compared to ultrasound combined with other technologies. Previous reports have shown that the effectiveness of ultrasound as a decontamination technology can be increased by combining it with another treatment such as pressure, heat and antimicrobial solutions. Assisted ultrasound, the combination of ultrasound with another technology, is more energy efficient, and it has less impact on the food properties. In this review paper, the power ultrasound antimicrobial mechanisms of action, the antimicrobial effects of ultrasound in combination with other physical processes and antimicrobial solutions are comprehensively discussed. Furthermore, the present interest on using these technologies as alternative processing and decontamination methods is presented. Research outputs on the application of ultrasound combined with physical processes are showcased including applications of thermosonication, manosonication, manothermosonication and osmosonication. Antimicrobial efficacy, energy requirements and optimal operation conditions of the different assisted ultrasound technologies are critically discussed, and their impact on the food industry for future applications is presented. Overall, this review paper highlights the importance and recent developments of assisted ultrasound for enhancing food safety. © 2014 The Society for Applied Microbiology.
Behbahani S.M.R.,University of Tehran |
Massah Bavani A.R.,University of Tehran |
Khodaei K.,Institute of applied science
Journal of Environmental Studies | Year: 2013
Introduction Groundwater is an important source of water because of having less potential of contamination and high storage capacity compared with surface water. Availability of point and non-point source pollutants resulting from the human activities on Earth's surface and their influences on groundwater reduce quality of aquifers. Therefore, prevention of ground water pollution is an imperative task. One the best methods for preventing pollution of groundwater is assessing vulnerability of aquifer and addressing management efforts for maintaining quality of groundwater. Evaluating vulnerability of groundwater to pollution has been the subject of many investigations in recent years, and different methods have been developed; such as statistical method, process-oriented and index methods. Process-oriented approach deals with flow movement models in saturated and non-saturated zones, and evaluates the effects of physical and hydraulic properties of soil, recharge and depth of infiltration in the transition of contamination. The method simulates physical process of water movement and route of pollution transportation, and determines the distribution of sensitive and vulnerable areas. Because of complexity and requirement of large input data, this method is not widely used for large scale studies. Statistical methods include descriptive statistics, multivariate regression analysis, and complex statistical analysis like logistic regression. The hypothesis test of this method is effective for the elimination of ineffective variables, and eliminates the need for personal judgments. The third category is index method which is among the most primary and simplest methods. In this method, each parameter that affects the potential of pollution is categorized on the same scale and parameters are provided with relative coefficients. In DRASTIC method, determining and classification of the coefficients of the parameters is to some extent based on personal judgment and cannot be accepted as an accurate method for predictions. Many suggestions for improving DRASTIC model have been developed by researchers. Most of the researchers suggested excluding less important parameters, adding effective parameters, modifying the model coefficients, and ranking parameters. Also, suggestions on integrating this method with other methods have been offered. In research of Antonakos, according to nonparametric statistics, non-significant parameters are removed and the rest of the parameters relatively achieve new weights. Problem of this method is application of relativity that has been modified in this study. For the purpose of this study, three methods: logistic regression, modified DRASTIC and AHP-DRASTIC which all are based on DRASTIC method are presented and their results are compared based on the association of vulnerability classes to the pollution (Nitrates). It should be mentioned that selecting Nitrate as the pollution index is not because of the production of this pollutant by human activities, but it is due to the fact that Nitrate is recognized as the index of quality deterioration of groundwater.


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Writer(s): Miguel Jontel Pimentel
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These lips
Can't wait to taste your skin
Baby, no, no
And these eyes, yeah
Can't wait to see your grin
ooh ooh baby
Just let my love
Just let my love adorn you
Please baby, yeah
You gotta know
You gotta know
You know that I adore you
Yeah baby
Baby these fists, uh
Will always protect ya, lady
And this mind
Oh, will never neglect you
Yeah, baby
Oh, oh, baby
And they stay trying to break us down
But don't let that affect us
No, baby
You just gotta let my love
Let my love
Let my love adorn you
Ah, le-le-le-let it just adorn you
You got to know
You gotta know
Know that I adore you
Just that babe
Oh oh oh
Let my love adorn you baby
Don't you ever
Don't you let nobody tell you different baby
I'll always adore you
You gotta know now
You got to know know know
Sippin' red wine, I roll another one up
But then it's bed time.
Take one look at my watch, yeah, that's real time
Got a lot on my plate, I'm down to share mine.
Keep it real with you,
Be honest, I'm tryna feel with you
A little life, you play your cards right
Then I can deal with you.
Say you don't like all this money
You peel soon as you see the sh*t you got me doin',
And you know that it's real
You've got your boy frontin' the bill, opening doors
Buying the chef, closing the store
You don't even got a question
You know what it's for
I can say I'll give you the world
But you know that it's yours, uh
Ooh yeah
The same way that the stars adorn the skies, yeah
Oh, and look up suga'
Now, hey, hey, hey
The same way that my whole world's in your, eyes
Ooh, and this time now
Just let
Let my love
Adorn you baby, hey
Le-le-le-let it dress you down
You gotta know baby
Oh, you gotta know
Know that I adorn you
Oh, love ain't never looked so good on ya
Ooh, put it on baby
Let my love
Adorn, you


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Being able to have a wonderful conversation with a complete stranger.
Travel Planning.
Movies: The list is too numerous to count, I consider myself a movie buff of both classic and modern cinema
Shows: BBC Sherlock, Law and Order SVU, Chopped, House Hunters, generally anything on the History channel.
Music: From Musicals to top 40 and everything in between with the exception of rap and country
Food: Mexican, Italian, Chinese
1. A sense of Humor
2. Books
3. A huge cup of coffee on days I need to be up early
4. News
5. Music
6. Live theatre
What more I can do to help others around me.


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