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In the next 5 Minutes, You'll Discover The EASY Way To Master Blues Improvisations. YOU Too Can Learn How Play "Killer" Blues Licks & Riffs Effortlessly ... Guaranteed
An Open Letter To All Musicians:
re you a blues musician? It is no secret that Blues guitar is one of the most intriguing and interesting genres that is out there. If you are looking to take your blues guitar playing to the next level, you're in for a pleasant surprise...
In just a moment, I'll tell you exactly how you can quickly and easily summon the best acoustic and electric blues bands to jam with you and almost instantly skyrocket your desire for blues playing and practicing WITHOUT paying for expensive lessons..
Before I continue, let me ask you some questions. Are you the kind of person who:
If you've answered yes to any of the above, then I know this page is the page you've been waiting for. Finally, the curtain will be parted and you'll truly see the secrets of progressive musical playing improvements.
That's a bold claim, I know. But here's some unsolicited testimonials that back up these claims clear as crystal.
Why Should You Listen to Me ?
My name is Zack and I've been playing and teaching guitar full time for more than 20 years. I also own a professional recording studio in Jersey City, NJ. I have written many guitar improvisation tips and guitar playing related articles which have been published on sites across the internet. (Search my name "Zack Roberts").
was once a regular contributor to Guitar Player, Guitar World and Acoustic
Guitar Magazines. I have also competed in numerous competitions, including
"King Of The Blues" in 2006 and 2007.
Degree from Berklee College of Music
The Story of 2 Students "
But it wasn't always that way. Once upon a time I was just another struggling bedroom guitar aspiring to play with a real band..
When I started looking for decent freestyle backing tracks on the Internet, I found out that most tracks are complete garbage. They are either computer "midi" tracks, completely cheesy sounding or do not live up to the claims. I settled for what I can find and made the best of it.
just imagine how I felt when I came across an audition for a gig in my local
pub. Armed with my 1970 Fender Strato, I signed up for the audition. The rest,
as they say, is history. Back then I had no idea. Absolutely no idea how
fulfilling and enriching
it was to play with a professional band. But
thats not all...
Video Sample of a "Live" Improvisation Solo Over 50 Blues Jam Tracks
Please press "Play" and listen how you can play like you have an entire live professional blues band backing you up ...(if the video is sluggish, pause it and wait 10 secs before playing again)
I promptly swore never to use any cheesy midi tracks ever again. With the help of my lads, we embarked on a project to create an entire album of blues backing tracks for guitar, harmonica and harp. We spend hours and hours recording and re-recording every melody line and every note to perfection.
It has become my secret weapon for practicing improvisions, creating new guitar riffs and licks, improving my blues guitar solos and funneling my creativity when I am not with my band. I still use the same backing tracks today as I did years ago. And here's why...
What makes a blues lick remarkable? It is not the riff, nor is it the tone. Experienced blues players like you, know that one of the secrets of great tone isn't just the sound of an amp, but the feel.
Guitar Player Magazine explores Chuck Berrys licks in Blues Headlines and gives away a secret that all good blues players know. Here is the exact quote :
" Heres that famous T-Bone lick. Notice how well it sits in this laid-back context, but imagine it between a set of furious doublestops and its straight out of Johnny B Goode. You see, often its the context of a lick that makes it work - and its surprising how you can disguise some old chestnuts with a bit of judicious placement. "
Simply said, its all about having a great backing to bring out the best in a blues lick. And as such, we have the missing ingredient for all blues musicians below..
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Don't believe what the "gurus" tell you. Any seasoned blues musician will tell you that the simplest and most effective way to improve is by create the perfect practice environment and practice, practice and practice some more.
Maybe your band members are turning up drunk more than usual or they can hardly find time to come together for a jamming sessions.
Whatever your reasons are, I've designed and recorded this product with YOU in mind, so that you will get immensely satisfying results playing the blues, with or without a real band!
Dont really like the blues? It doesnt matter. Just about every player speaks the blues and you need to be comfortable and have some facility with it. Its one of the easiest forms to play and improvise over. The structure of the blues is a big part of other musical forms, so learning it will prepare you to play every other musical style.
With 50 Blues, you get yourself covered..
|No matter whether you are in a band or not. . .
|No matter whether you are a beginner or a professional. .
|No matter whether you like the blues or not....
|No matter how bad or horrible your guitar playing is. . .
What does this mean to you? Here is where 50 Blues fits in...
If blues is your passion, then you'll appreciate the value this amazing package gives you. 50Blues presents over 50 Rock / Jazz / Classic / Funk Blues Styles Jamming Tracks + Blues Guitar Essential Course for the guitarist and it also works great for harmonica, harp or any blues instruments. All your tracks comes with the keys, scales and improvisation tips and can be used for either electric or acoustic blues guitar.
These are professional jamming tracks recorded "LIVE" with a group of session musicians with real instruments made to give you the impression that you're surrounded by the band.
Hear the samples provided to judge for yourself! All the tracks have proper endings no fadeouts. These are NOT midi files. DO NOT CONFUSE them with cheaply synthesized tracks or compilations of tracks that claims to be "professionally recorded" offered by others.
Practice your improvisions and composition skills over a selection of 50 different blues based jamming tracks in different keys and tempo.
Watch This Video Testimonial From Pat:
"High Quality Tracks, Got Everything You Need..."
Watch This Video Testimonial From Jeff:
"Blown Away! Real easy to improvise riffs..."
It doesn't matter if you're a beginner or an experienced blues musician, you will find this entire package invaluable. And even if you're just starting out, it can't get any easier than this. And here's why:
You'll receive step by step video improvisation lessons, a full chord chart for every track, all the guitar scales and notes as well as playing tips for each individual track. You WILL start learning how to improvise blues licks and riffs the EASIER way. But thats not all...
Lets face it. What is the use of great backing tracks if you don't know how to fully maximize it . Its like handing the keys of a Ferrari to a kid. So, you'll be glad to know that we've included the all the keys, scales and improvisation tips for your tracks...
You'll Also Get The "Blues Guitar Essential" Course Materials FREE with your order today.
Whats more, you'll also be glad to know that we've included the "Blues Guitar Essential Course" which is a great addition when you buy 50Blues backing tracks.
You will not only get 50 sensational backing tracks, I will throw in the "Blues Guitar Essential Course" materials + 20 audio MP3 examples to accompany your 50 Blues purchase. It contains materials and content spanning over 30 pages covering key aspects of blues playing. You'll learn jamming and improvisation over 12 bar blues, blues shuffle, minor blues and more....
Imagine how your playing would change if you learned just one new lick a week. That would give you 52 new ideas to combine and use to create solo ideas. Then take what you learn and find a place to apply right now. Thats the way I look at it.
Free Blues Jam Tracks Audio Sample 2
These blues jam tracks will allow you the freedom to improvise your personal arrangements instead of being restricted to backing tracks of specific songs. Using jamming tracks will be a very important part of your lead/rhythm guitar improvisions and growth as a musician...
improvising and creating new riffs with our blues backing tracks. Be creative.
I think you'll even impress yourself!
Each track is specialized for practicing different techniques such as :
|Tempo and timing
|Finger-picking styles
|Turnarounds and many more..
Now wouldn't you like to have a great and fun way to learn and improve your guitar playing? You've just found the answer here. The secret is in practicing with a band. We've recreated the entire experience for you.
jamming to the likes of BB King, Chuck Berry and other great blues guitarists.
Picture the fun you'll have. These tracks are made for you to enjoy for years
to come. Revive your enthusiasm in guitar practicing!
If you're tired of struggling with your rhythm, lead or improvisation techniques, you owe it to yourself to make full use of our jamming tracks. If you don't, how else are you going to improve?
I realize that for some, all of this might sound too good to be true. For those that automatically think this is too good to be true, I know I can't just say, "trust me... it is true". While it's sad that the internet has become a place like that, I don't blame you one bit.
In fact, I'm exactly the same. I need proof. I need to see and hear from real people that are currently doing what I want to be able to do.
So, for the skeptics out there, here's more proof straight from the "horses mouth". All 100% unsolicitated. :-)
It's like driving a Mercedes for the first time after driving a Ford all your life
at the quality of 50 Blues
Zack! I just wanted you to know that I am already floored by your product!
Totally blistering blues jam! Had tons of fun creating variations of blues riffs
over your tracks.
I've mentioned before, I've created backing tracks on my own. Using drum beats,
computing loops, vst plugins, etc. I can't even tell you how many tracks I started
to create (and ultimately stopped) last year because the task of doing them
was just too dauting.
Imagine playing awesome blues music and have a lot of fun in the process! I am not offering some secret pill that will automatically turn you into Eric Clapton. I've given you the key. You've got to find the star within yourself.
Now picture this: It's a year from today (or a lot sooner), and you've become a well-rounded blues guitarists you'd always dreamed of being -- improvising and creating new riffs with a lot less effort than you expected. Even better, you know for a fact that you have the skills, resources, and you know exactly what to do with them to become an even better guitarist.
To be honest, a complete recording like this (as if anything can even come close by a long-shot) can cost anywhere from a conservative $997 to as much as $20,500
To record a 4 min track properly, it takes anywhere between 3 hours to 6 hours. Lets take the average conservative value of 4 hours. A fully loaded professional recording studio costs an average of US$80 per hour. (some studios charge more than $200 per hour depending on the location and type of equipment provided)
So let's break it down...
50 tracks would take a total of 200 hours. At the rate of estimated US$80 per hour for a studio rental, the grand total comes up to $16,000!
We have not even included the cost of mixing, producing and remastering yet!
No, I am not charging that price. It does not create sensible value for anyone. My band has painstakingly devoted hours and hours recording in studios, perfecting every note before placing the tracks in actual production.
You can count on the 50 Blues backing tracks to deliver the best blues you'll ever hear. With over 100 hours of recording and quality backing you up, you'll finally have at least one piece of music equipment working for you that is as reliable as God's sunrise.
But before I tell you how to buy and answer your burning question of "how much?", let me first highlight what's in store for you when you buy your copy of 50 Blues + Blues Essential Course. I've saved the best for the last.
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after much deliberation and considering all of the effort costs to create this
50 Blues masterpiece and making sure it blows every other backing tracks available
out of the water, I decided that the rock-bottom investment including ALL THE
FREE BONUSES will only be
(Special bonus
price if purchased before in 2 days. See details
PROMOTIONAL LAUNCH PRICE: I am offering a special new package launch celebration offer. Until in 2 days , I'm offering you the opportunity to puchase 50 Blues for only $37.00. This is a limited time offer AND includes all the super bonuses.
The only catch is that you need to take action now. Because this download offers such an immense value, it is only going to be offered at this low introductory price for a limited time period. Normally this guitar course sells for $97.00, but you can get it for $37.00 until in 2 days. Given the sheer quantity of valuable material that I've packed into 50 Blues, I expect to raise the price very soon.
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I cannot offer this at such a discounted price for long. And, the only way I can guarantee you the free bonuses at this price is if you order right now.
Once my launch celebration is complete the price will return to $97. So if you come back and the special launch price and bonus package is gone, there's nothing I can do.
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My search for backing tracks end here...
"This is a wonderful collection of blues backing tracks. I have been playing blues guitar for over 35 years and I've struggled for a long time trying to find decent tracks to improvise over. Since purchasing 50 Blues, my search for blues guitar jam tracks ends here. I also use these tracks for harmonica work and this is perfect even for that.
you are serious about bringing creativity into your playing style, I mean really
serious, do yourself a favor and purchase 50 Blues. You won't regret it. Thank
you Zack"
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After purchasing online, it only takes about five minutes to get the downloads you need, and it won't be long before you have the perfect blues backing track to practice with
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What You Get:
"50 Professional Blues Jam Backing Tracks"
|With over hundreds of hours of recording of professional blues jam tracks for the blues player. Works with guitar or any other music instrument. Start jamming with a full professional band anytime, anywhere.
" All Keys, Scales, Chord Charts & Improvisation Tips"
|You'll get all the keys, scales, the complete chord chart and improvisation tips for every single backing track so you don't need to have perfect pitch to know what you are playing over.
" Blues Guitar Essential Course with 20 Audio MP3 Tracks "
|A comprehensive blues guitar course with materials and content spanning over 30 pages covering key aspects of blues playing. It comes with 20 audio mp3 track examples
"Train Your Ear Music Education Software"
|This great music education software can be used to train your rhythm, interval, scale and chord skills. Smarten your ears! Valued at $29.00
"Multi-Track Home Studio Recording Software"
A powerful multi-track recorder, audio sequencer and mixer - ideal for anyone wanting to get started with a home studio. Record your music professionally right at the comfort of your home without any prior recording experience! Valued at $14.95
"Digital Guitar Tuner Software"
Digital Guitar Tuner is a Windows software, which let's you accurately tune your guitar using direct input or microphone. It features 27 tuning types. Tune your instrument with either an input into your computer or using a microphone. Valued at $9.95
"The Unique Digital Metronome"
A flexible and unique metronome for use on your PC. It acts as a metronome, displaying a blinker and using your computer's speakers to play its beat. Choose from a straight metronome beat or custom effects. Valued at $14.00
"Guitar Tab Editor"
|Guitar Power Tab Editor is a tablature authoring tool. A useful piece of software for people who want to learn how to play guitar, and for experienced guitarists who want to transcribe their own music and/or guitar lessons. Valued at $9.95
"800 Guitar Chords Chart Sheet"
If you just want to have a reference to figure out any guitar chord that you need to play or if you want to impress everyone in your band, you will find this reference source essential. Valued at $7.00
"Electronic Piano Software"
Electronic Piano is a program that allows the user to play Musical Notes, Chords and Drums using the computer keyboard! Create piano and drum effects on your computer even if you do not have any prior instrument knowledge! Valued at $17.00
" Learn To Play Guitar eBook "
Learn to Play Classical Guitar, a 68-page ebook. Learn from the ground up, or expand your ability to play real classical style guitar.It is a pretty thorough e-course. And you'll be learning from an experienced guitarist who put this ebook together to teach his techniques to anyone interested in learning. Valued at $15.00
" Learn To Read Sheet Music Report "
Learn to Read Music, a 9-page ebook. No more staring blankly at the sheet musicthis is a very straightforward, easy to understand primer on reading sheet music. You'll get an overview of the essential elements you'll need to get you on your way to reading written sheet music. Valued at $8.95
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" That AFTER you get your 50 Blues backing tracks and you see for yourself how beneficial and fun it is for your blues playing, then you can just look back at it all, smile that smile of satisfaction, and think to yourself: that was one of the best purchase you have ever made!
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50 Blues Studios
Professional Guitarist & Instructor
P.S. - If you are serious about playing the blues, you owe it to yourself to use 50 Blues guitar backing tracks. Playing and jamming with a live band is not only fun but it will improve your playing tremendously. Play like you have the whole band backing you up and witness the difference today.
P.P.S - Remember...you
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I am so glad to have the tracks, Its like having a backup band at my command. Look Zack I am 39 years old and played guitar as a hobby for many years and I dont know any other musicians but after playing with your tracks I am seriously considering starting a band. I will never be able to thank you enough for the confidence I have quickly achieved with these tracks.
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Senior right hander Harry Glynne and sophomore outfielder J.P. Sportman were named the Northeast Conference baseball Pitcher and Player of the Week, it was announced on Monday by the league office. The Blue Devils swept Mount St. Mary's in a weekend NEC series, and claimed the #3 seed in this week's NEC Baseball Tournament.
Sportman spearheaded an offensive attack that plated 48 runs in four games and helped the Blue Devils secure a NEC Tournament berth for the seventh straight season. The sophomore outfielder produced multiple hits and batted in at least one run in each of Central Connecticut's four NEC games against Mount St. Mary's. He batted .667 (12-for-18) with nine runs scored and seven RBI during the four-game sweep that moved Central into a tie for third place in the final NEC regular season standings.
Sportman's 12 hits were four more than any other NEC player had during the last weekend of league play. Sportman wasted no time in staking the Blue Devils' to an early lead in the series opener. He blasted his seventh home run of the season, a two-run shot, three batters into Game 1 and finished the eventual 9-0 win by going 3-for-5 with two runs and three RBI. Sportman connected on two base-knocks, including a fifth-inning, run-scoring single, in Game 2, an eventual 6-5 triumph for CCSU.
He reached base safely in all five of his plate appearances in Game 3, going 4-for-4 with a walk, four runs, and four RBI. The 5-foot-9 outfielder produced a 3-for-5 showing with three runs scored and two RBI in the series finale.
Glynne picked the perfect time for his first complete-game shutout of the season. With Central Connecticut needing a victory to improve its standing in the race for the NEC Tournament, Glynne took the ball for Game 1 of a four-game series at the Mount.
The senior right-hander scattered four hits and worked around three bases on balls over 9.0 innings of work in Central's 9-0 series-opening road win. Glynne faced 35 batters in the game and fanned seven of them to bring his season strikeout total to 44 over a 63.0-inning sample size. In throwing the second 9-inning shutout by a CCSU hurler this spring, Glynne lowered his ERA to 3.48 and pushed his record up to 3-3.

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Incorporated Hate
- going out... with a BANG!
- jay gould ectoplasm
- demonic duplicates (3)
- demonic duplicates (2)
demonic duplicates
- half-breed souls on the open market
- CEO in waiting
- yes, sir
- you said this wasn't about sex!
- won't take advantage of you like that
- hostile takeover of your body
- are you pissy?
- prepare the girl
- i barely know you
- the six trillion dollar corporate tool
- you have been chosen to be that voice
- who lent the capitalist aliens their startup capital?
- everything that happened in 'they live' was factually accurate
- kind of sounds like 'they live'
- more of a steve martini guy
- shadow board of directors
not everything's under your control
- playing devil's advocate
- company is a conjoined organism?
- business made flesh
- perfect fusion of demon and business
- corporate personhood trumps person personhood
- demons don't sweat
- the only things i reign destruction down upon are deep-dish pizzas
maggie coaxley in saginaw
- new year's resolution is to kill less, and live more
- you don't want to put the company in a position where its goals and the government's are the same
- eat and go to graduate school simultaneously
- you want the company to make less money?
- emotional pain putting a damper on bloodlust
- instead of killing, we should be thinking about how to live
- feral cats
- the company likes a challenge
- area of study isn't very corporate
- cut-throat
- the supply of disaffected workers must be replenished!
eighty thousand in loans vs a soul-crushing job
- the warrior capitalist
- any time you're in the building, you're getting paid
- survival hardly seems worth the effort sometimes
- not until one of them loses a head
- axe to the face
- how... generically inspiring
- why throw your lot in with those who would overturn the status quo?
- artifical human/demon hybrids
- cursing was once thought to be impolite
- repairing a gunshot to the head
- gunshot to the head
- killing a demon with his own horns
- it's best to argue in a secure location
- miscommunications in large companies
the brigade returns
- 24 is probably just demon propaganda
- demon behavior vs human behavior
- piss and vinegar of the holy spirit
- the good of the one outweighs the good of the many
- corporate logic
- comedic references vs serious references
- there is no smithee only zuul
- post-bailout memory
- switching horsemen mid-apocalypse
- brainwashed AND soulless
- have your pick of cubicles
- the hell pharmacy
- there aren't many fields for english majors
- you and what demon army?
smithee returns
- interns don't get training
- jobs not turning into careers
- kobayashi maru
- demon slugs
- nelson confronts wilkinson
- how demons see humans
- the machine
- the last emotional act
- soul extraction and storage
- hyperbole doesn't do anybody any good
how painful is it when your soul is sucked out of your body?
- saying goodbye
- a big decision
- the lightning round
- not what it looks like
- what might it be like to live without a soul?
- escape, or lose your soul
- a different sort of stock
- no bullshitting
meet carl, the DR rep
- success means a bonus
- two dudes hugging
- rickroll (4)
- rickroll (3)
- rickroll (2)
rickroll (1)
- death of a hero
- bad ideas
- for the workers
- sweet, sweet eye juices
- the enemy of your friend can sometimes be your friend
- still falling
- fastball special
- karsus v. nelson
- human to demon transformation
here comes nelson...
- open rebellion seems like a lot of work
- risking the future
- jumping without a net
- revolution branding issues
- back inside the building
- escape elevator
- need one army to raise another
- inspired, then depressed
- excitedly quoting the simpsons
- war against big money? i don't think so
karsus joyat-fra
- sewer adventures
- heading underground
- he needs to talk to somebody
- i hate capitalism
- a promised savior?
- just like that one star trek!
where there was once one, now there are two
- the collider
- disappearing eyes
- terrance the psychic midget (3): transformation
- terrance the psychic midget (1): the only legitimate libertarian
terrance the psychic midget (1)
- dick cheney: motivational speaker
- job security
- the brigade
danger: fire pit ahead
- closing the hell door (the end of that chapter)
- the last time randy came to the office...
- the journal of money laundering control (and a giant washing machine)
- ...randy?
- opening the hell door
wenders' "hell project"
- employer mandated drugging (8) - metaphors
- employer mandated drugging (7) - frequency of being right
- employer mandated drugging (6) - magic words
- employer mandated drugging (5) - the hell door and salsa
- employer mandated drugging (4) - helmet's on fire
- employer mandated drugging (3) - making friends with doctors
- the plot to destroy social security
- employer mandated drugging (2) - it evens everything out
employer mandated drugging (1) - the email
- getting the axe (metaphorically and literally) (5) - the funeral
- getting the axe (metaphorically and literally) (4) - transforming demons
- getting the axe (metaphorically and literally) (3)
- getting the axe (metaphorically and literally) (2)
- company mandated physicals
getting the axe (metaphorically and literally) (1)
- selling your soul vs forfeiting it
- what kind of frosting is on the birthday cake?
- a coda to the response to the public service message
- a response to the public service message
public service message
- heart attack, or panic attack?
- employer/employee health care relationship
- losers ahead
- new system administrator
lying vs telling the truth
- facing down the rock on saturday
- free from the rock's clutches
- smithee and the rock: day four: almost there!
- the rock: day three
- second day hitched to the rock
first day of dragging the rock around
- the apocalypse has been pushed back
- planning the apocalypse for next week
- (continued from previous two days)
- (continued from previous day)
- today's generation compared to previous generations
ranting to someone listening to their ipod
- pay cuts
- lava demons were transferred to nebraska
involuntary business trip on saturday
- chained to a wall on a friday
- sacrifice in the men's bathroom
- biowarfare's mistakes might lead to working on saturday
- in-house death panels
back to work on monday
back to work on monday
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I organize and program a few large conferences, including Web 2.0 Expo, for which we require prospective speakers to submit video of themselves speaking. Now, nobody but Donald Trump likes the way they look on camera, and video is a little bit of a pain to capture. Why do we require it? And when you come across a conference organizer that asks for it, what should you do?
We require video because we care about presentation style--will this person connect with our audience?--and nothing else gives us even a sliver of a hint of how the proposed speaker will appear to audiences. Sometimes, a good writer turns out to be a lousy presenter. More often, a PR person writes and submits a proposal on behalf of a speaker--who may not even know about the submission--and then we really get no representative info. Video helps overcome all of that.
In seeking good communicators, we're not necessarily looking for classic presentation skills. Indeed, some of the most compelling videos we've seen were shorts that people made for us and that included title cards or walking-through-busy-NY-streets or funny interstitials. Without the usual tools, they did a good job of connecting and telling us that the presenters were thoughtful communicators. Of course, we've seen lots of good videos that simply put the speaker in front of a camera and let 'em rip for 120 seconds.
So what to do if video is required of you? A few tips:
- If you have an existing, strong video of yourself presenting at another conference, use it! Make sure the link is live and there isn't ten minutes of intro material before you appear (if there is, edit it down and repost). Also, if the video shows you as part of a panel, and you speak only occasionally or don't appear until minute 18, that won't help your cause. Similarly, if the video is a TV interview you did where you appear stiff or say very little, start fresh.
- If you have an upcoming presentation, and the conference is going to capture video, ask how quickly you can get a copy (or a link to it). If they're not filming, consider having an associate sit in front and make a video of you using a Flipcam or camera phone.
- No upcoming engagements? No problem. In fact, the ability to make a video is a real democratizer because it means you don't need previous speaking experience. Simply use your Flipcam or phone to make a video of yourself pitching your idea in two to three minutes (or whatever the conference requires).
- Practice a few times first so that you can give the pitch with a tone that's both relaxed and energetic. Depending on the conference, you probably don't need to go crazy with hair/makeup/wardrobe or appearing before an impressively well-ordered bookcase. But don't draw the wrong kind of attention with stained sweatpants and a background of dirty laundry (both of which we've seen); those sorts of careless touches, like typos in a written proposal, suggest you won't give our attendees the sort of careful consideration they deserve.
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Facebook could be in talks with Apple about creating an iPhone version of its new 'Home' software, according to reports today. But will it really happen? Not likely.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg showed off the company's new Home launcher for Android on 4 April, which replaces the usual home and lock screens with a slow-moving slideshow of your Facebook friends' status updates and check-ins, which you can Like and comment on through the use of gestures.
For now, Facebook Home is only available for Android from the Google Play store, but according to Bloomberg, Facebook is working to build version of Home for the iPhone too.
Adam Mosseri, Facebook's product director, apparently told Bloomberg in an interview on Monday that the company is speaking with both Apple and Microsoft about the possibility of expanding Home to iOS and Windows Phone, but that no plans have been finalised.
"We've shown them [Apple and Microsoft] what we've built and we're just in an ongoing conversation," Mosseri reportedly told Bloomberg.
Not so fast
Since Bloomberg published its report, however, The Next Web has claimed that a source from inside Facebook has quashed the speculation, stating that, while Facebook has a good relationship with Apple and Microsoft, there are no discussions about bringing Home to those platforms right now.
During the unveiling of Facebook Home earlier this month, Zuckerberg highlighted that his company already has a "great relationship" with Apple. "We are integrated into the operating system with them," he said. "We have an active dialogue to do more with them."
Apple won't lose control
We think its unlikely that Apple CEO Tim Cook will allow Facebook to take over the iPhone's home screen or lock screen, given the strict control Apple has traditionally maintained over iOS and the apps that make their way into the App Store
In Bloomberg's report Mosseri seemed to agree, but suggests that the version of Home that Facebook creates for iPhone could be significantly different to the Android version, and could be "tailored to what Apple prefers."
"It may or may not be Home," he said. "We could also bring some of the design values to the iOS app. That might be how it ends up. Or we could just build the lock screen. Maybe then it's not called Home, it's called something else."
When Facebook launched Home, Zuckerberg told Fortune: "We'd love to offer this on iPhone, and we just can't today, and we will work with Apple to do the best experience that we can within what they want."
Bloomberg claimed that Facebook hopes to create an iPhone version of Home in order to boost revenue from Facebook users who access the social network on smaller screens. This suggests that the company wants to serve ads on the iPhone version. Zuckerberg has already said that he's "sure" ads will arrive on Home "at some point," but Apple is highly unlikely to allow Facebook to post ads that will appear on the home screen or lock screen of its devices.
We're not alone in our belief that Facebook Home isn't likely to be arriving on iPhone any time soon, especially if it wants to take over Apple's home or lock screens. CNet's Roger Cheng says Apple "would never willingly give up control of its home screen."
"Even if Facebook was talking, it seems very unlikely that Apple and Microsoft are listening," adds The Verge. "Unless both companies were to radically change course and open up their operating systems for Facebook, it would be a one-sided conversation."
Apple is rumoured to be working on a significant overhaul for iOS 7 under the leadership of design guru Jony Ive, and some hope that the changes may see Apple relax its closed operating system, which could make the possibility of an iPhone version of Facebook Home a possibility. However, Apple has not officially revealed any details about its plans for iOS 7, and isn't expected to show of the update until its Worldwide Developers Conference in June.
Would you like to see a version of Facebook Home on iPhone? Let us know your thoughts in our comments section below, or on Twitter.
See also:
Companies should ban Facebook Home, experts say
Microsoft disses Facebook Home as so 'two years ago'
Diversifying Facebook Home could broaden its appeal, analyst say
Will Android users feel welcome in Facebook's Home?
Facebook weighs in on Home's privacy implications
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Speech act - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For example, are you using Searle's or Austin's definition of "illocution"? So, it depend on what you're being taught. If this is an assignment, you'd probably need to justify your classification.
Mary: "You owe me an apology"
My understanding is that all speech acts are locutionary. You can then decide if there is any illocutionary or perlocutionary force to the speech act. That is, it's not a decision of labelling a sentence as "locutionary" or "illocutionary".
In accordance with the categorisation on the Wikipedia page, the above Mary sentence has the illocutionary force of a directive - "speech acts that are to cause the hearer to take a particular action, e.g. requests, commands and advice". She is requesting an apology. If John did apologise, then Mary's sentence had the perlocutionary effect of gaining John's apology.
PS: This looks like homework, and you need to make all these judgements yourself.


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Story highlights
- New York Attorney General says alleged operation in Manhattan is broken up
- Official says ring "made millions of dollars by profiting off the exploitation of women"
- The agency is called Somad Enterprises; the firm could not be reached for comment
- Fifteen suspects arrested; authorities are searching for four more
Police on Tuesday busted a $7 million drug and prostitution ring that spanned three states, arresting 15 suspects and freeing two trafficking victims in Manhattan, according to the New York Attorney General.
After a 16-month investigation, authorities say they broke up the alleged operation at a midtown Manhattan advertising agency called Somad Enterprises Inc., which maintains offices in Queens, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and the Philippines.
Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman said the enterprise "made millions of dollars by profiting off the exploitation of women."
The charges range from money laundering and falsifying business records to narcotics sales and prostitution.
Authorities say they are still searching for four other suspects. A total of 19 suspects could each face up to 25 years in prison.
"All anyone has to do is open a copy of the Village Voice to get a good sense of how classified advertising and prostitution go hand in hand, particularly in the prostituting of Asian women," said Police Commissioner Ray Kelly, referring to a Manhattan newspaper.
Somad Enterprises allegedly put forth print and television advertisements to "knowingly and systematically promote prostitution." From January 2010 to October 2012, it is accused of shelling out more than $3 million in advertising to promote the illicit business, while closely managing everything from the bookers to the drivers.
Somad could not be immediately reach for comment.


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Gasoline prices slid again on Wednesday throughout the Bay Area and California, offering further relief for drivers in the San Jose, Oakland and San Francisco regions, according to the Gas Buddy website.
The average price for gasoline Wednesday was $4.65 in the East Bay, down 1 cent from Tuesday; $4.65 in the South Bay, down 1 cent; and $4.73 in the San Francisco area, unchanged from Tuesday.
California gasoline prices averaged $4.65, down less than a 1 cent.
The cheapest price for gasoline in the Bay Area was $4.37 a gallon, recorded at two stations on McKee Road near U.S. 101. The most expensive gasoline was $5.39, at a Cupertino station on Stevens Creek Boulevard near Stern Avenue.


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Police say three naked men broke into an eatery in southwest Florida and made off with 60 hamburgers.
The Associated Press reports that waitress Nancy Sansevieri had a sense of humor about the incident, and was still laughing after police released surveillance video showing the men - two naked and one clad in underwear - stealing the burgers from Doc's Beach House in Bonita Beach.
Police said the men broke in early Sunday, but instead of taking cash from the register, the men only took the hamburgers and a case of red peppers, which were later discovered on the beach.


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Good news for you folk in the UK that use EE as your network of choice. Today see's the countries largest carrier announce their 4G service in 15 new towns - including - Gateshead, Birkenhead, East Grinstead, Leighton Buzzard, Wallasey, South Shields, Wakefield, Coatbridge, Lisburn, Bangor (NI), Newtownards, Omagh, Port Talbot and Neath. This follows the recent announcement that EE is expanding its double-speed 4G network to 20 more towns and cities before the end of 2014.
EE have come up with a rather interesting gimmick for this launch which sees them giving away free donkey rides at West Kirby. Initially I thought this was kind of odd until I continued reading and it turns out that each donkey saddle has 4G built in - allowing parents to upload photos of their kids on the donkeys at super fast speeds - clever, although bizarre.
Pippa Dunn, Chief Marketing Officer at EE, said: "4G is changing the way we behave and there is an increased appetite for sharing those magic moments on-the-go. EE is bringing 4G to more regions across the UK than ever before and with summer just around the corner, we wanted to make the 'best of British' even better. It's great for everyone to be able to stay connected all the time, even in more remote spots like on the beach."
The free 4G donkey rides will be available on Saturday 7th June at West Kirby beach, Merseyside, CH48 0QG from 12 noon. Donkey rides will be available on a first come, first served basis for a limited time only.
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The was originally the round-up post of a 31-post series on literature names for National Book Month. I've since condensed all of those individual posts into this one post.
I picked many of these names because they were either popularized by literature or first used as given names in literature:
Amanda is based on the Latin gerundive amanda, which means "she who must be loved." It was used as a name in Europe starting in the mid-17th century. In literature, Amanda perhaps first appeared in the comedy Love's Last Shift (1696) by English playwright and actor Colley Cibber (1671-1757).
Before Amaryllis was a plant, it was a name: Amaryllis was created by the Latin poet Virgil (70-19 BC) for a shepherdess in his pastoral Eclogues. Amaryllis is based on the Latin word amarysso, which means "to sparkle."
Take ashes, Amaryllis, fetch them forth,
And o'er your head into the running brook
Fling them, nor look behind: with these will
Upon the heart of Daphnis make essay.
(Eclogue VIII)
Amory Blaine is the main character in This Side of Paradise (1920), the successful debut novel of American writer Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (1896-1940). Many believe that Fitzgerald modeled the wealthy, handsome protagonist after himself (at least in part).
Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel To Kill a Mockingbird (1960) features Atticus Finch, respected lawyer and father of the book's protagonist, Scout. Lee named Atticus after Roman eques Titus Pomponius Atticus.
Belinda was a character in The Provok'd Wife (1697), a comedic play written by English architect and dramatist Sir John Vanbrugh (c.1664-1726). Belinda may have been based on the Italian word bella, which means beautiful. It was later used by Alexander Pope in The Rape of the Lock (1712).
The romance between Beren and Lúthien was first told in prose in The Silmarillion, by writer and Oxford professor John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892-1973).
Therefore at the last he yielded his will, and Beren took the hand of Lúthien before the throne of her father.
(The Silmarillion, Chapter 19)
A romantic sidenote: The name Beren is engraved on Tolkien's gravestone, while Lúthien is on the gravestone belonging to Tolkien's wife, Edith.
John Binkerson "Binx" Bolling is the film-obsessed main character of The Moviegoer (1961), a National Book Award-winning novel by American author Walker Percy (1916-1990).
Cedric was created by Scottish writer Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832) for his novel Ivanhoe, which was written in 1819 but set in the 12th century. The name was probably inspired by that of Cerdic, the legendary founder of the Kingdom of Wessex.
Clarinda was coined by English poet Edmund Spenser (c.1552-1599) in The Faerie Queene.
Goe now, Clarinda, well thy wits aduise,
And all thy forces gather vnto thee;
(The Faerie Queene, Book V, Canto V)
Two centuries later, Robert Burns (1759-1796) addressed several poems to 'Clarinda.'
Fair Empress of the Poet's soul,
And Queen of Poetesses;
Clarinda, take this little boon,
This humble pair of glasses:
(Verses To Clarinda)
French author Victor Hugo (1802-1885) created the orphan Cosette for his novel Les Misérables (1862).
Les Misérables the musical, which debuted in London in October of 1985, has become one of the most successful musicals in history.
UPDATE: The latest Les Miserables movie comes out Dec. 25, 2012.
Dorian Gray, whose portrait ages while Dorian himself does not, was invented by Anglo-Irish writer Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) for the gothic horror novel The Picture of Dorian Gray. Wilde may have borrowed the name from the ancient Hellenic tribe the Dorians.
Dulcinea del Toboso is a fictional character who's referred to (but does not appear) in Don Quixote de la Mancha, written by Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616).
Eglantine is another name for sweetbrier, a pink-flowered plant native to Britain and northern Europe. Geoffrey Chaucer (1343-1400) first employed Eglantine as a given name, using it for Madame Eglantine in his Canterbury Tales:
Ther was also a nonne, a prioresse,
That of hir smylyng was ful symple and coy;
Hire gretteste ooth was but by Seinte Loy;
And she was cleped Madame Eglentyne.
(Prologue, lines 118-121)
Geraldine was originally an adjective that referred to Ireland's FitzGerald dynasty. It was first used as a name by English aristocrat Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey (1517-1547).
Honsdon did first present her to mine yien:
Bright is her hewe, and Geraldine she hight.
(Description and praise of his loue Geraldine.)
Geraldine was later popularized by Samuel Taylor Coleridge's poem Christabel.
Yet he who saw this Geraldine,
Had deemed her sure a thing divine.
(Christabel, Part II, Stanza 11)
Holden Caulfield is the cynical, sensitive teenage protagonist of The Catcher in the Rye (1951), written by reclusive American author J. D. Salinger. Holden also appears in several of Salinger's short stories. Holden was the second-best fictional character of the 20th century, according to Book magazine.
Imogen is the name of the king's daughter in Shakespeare's play The Tragedy of Cymbeline, King of Britain (c.1609). The prevailing theory is that Imogen was actually meant to be Innogen — a name based on the Gaelic word inghean, meaning "girl, maiden" or "daughter" — but it was misspelled and the mistake was never corrected.
The character of Jancis Beguildy was created by English romantic novelist Mary Webb (1881-1927) for her book Precious Bane (1924). Jancis is a modern blend of the names Jan and Francis.
Kilgore Trout regularly appears in books by Kurt Vonnegut. (And in other books, like phone books.) The character of Kilgore may be based on Theodore Sturgeon, or may be a parody of Vonnegut himself.
Lesley is a variant of the name Leslie, which is derived from a Scottish place name. Lesley-with-a-y is interesting because it was first used by Scottish poet Robert Burns (1759-1796) in his poem/song Saw Ye Bonie Lesley (1792).
Thou art a queen, fair Lesley,
Thy subjects, we before thee;
Thou art divine, fair Lesley,
The hearts o' men adore thee.
(Saw Ye Bonie Lesley, Stanza 3)
Lestat de Lioncourt is a character in The Vampire Chronicles, a series of novels by Anne Rice. Rice "thought Lestat was an old Louisiana name." She learned later that the name she was thinking of was actually Lestan.
Lucasta was first used by English poet Richard Lovelace (1618-1658). It's a contraction of Lux Casta (Chaste Lucy), Lovalace's nickname for a woman he'd been courting.
If to be absent were to be
Away from thee;
Or that when I am gone,
You or I were alone;
Then, my Lucasta, might I crave
Pity from blustering wind or swallowing wave.
(To Lucasta, going beyond the Seas)
The name Miranda was invented by William Shakespeare (1564-1616) for a character in The Tempest. Miranda is based on the Latin word mirandus, which means "admirable."
Twelve year since, Miranda, twelve year since,
Thy father was the Duke of Milan and
A prince of power.
(The Tempest, Act 1, Scene II)
Uranus's small moon Miranda, discovered in 1948, was named after the Shakespearean character.
Mireille is the French title of Provençal poem Mirèio (1859). The poem was written by French writer Frédéric Mistral (1830-1914), who shared the 1904 Nobel Prize for Literature with José Echegaray y Eizaguirre. Mistral probably derived 'Mirèio' from the Provençal verb mirar, which means "to admire."
Orinthia was used by Nobel Prize-winning Irish-British playwright George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) in his play The Apple Cart (1929). In the play, King Magnus refers to his mistress as "Orinthia." When the mistress discovers that Magnus did not invent the name especially for her, she becomes angry. He responds:
Well, one poet may consecrate a name for another. Orinthia is a name full of magic for me. It could not be that if I had invented it myself. I heard it at a concert of ancient music when I was a child; and I have treasured it ever since.
(The Apple Cart, Interlude)
At that "concert of ancient music," Magnus must have heard the old English ballad The Pilgrim of Love, which–according to the Catalogue of Ballads at Oxford's Bodleian Library–begins "Orinthia my béloved, I call in vain…"
Pamela was created by English writer Sir Philip Sidney (1554-1586) for The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia. The name was probably derived from the Greek words pan (all) and meli (honey). A century and a half later, Samuel Richardson's first novel–named Pamela in honor of Sidney's heroine–was published.
Quoyle is the main character in E. Annie Proulx's The Shipping News (1993), which won the National Book Award, the Pulitzer Prize, and happens to be one of my favorite books. The novel was inspired by The Ashley Book of Knots, and, aptly, "quoyle" is an Old English spelling of coil.
The name Selima was first used in literature by English writer and scholar Thomas Gray (1716-1771). He used it as the name of a cat. Neither the name nor the cat were Gray's inventions, though. Selima the cat had belonged to fellow Englishman and writer Horace Walpole (1717-1797).
The male name Shirley became feminized with the 1849 publication of Charlotte Bronte's novel Shirley. Previously, Shirley had been a surname and, before that, a place name.
She had no Christian name but Shirley: her parents, who had wished to have a son…bestowed on her the same masculine family cognomen they would have bestowed on a boy, if with a boy they had been blessed.
(Shirley, Part 2, Chapter XI)
The rebellious Sula Peace, who becomes a pariah in her socially conservative Ohio town, is the main character of Toni Morrison's novel Sula (1973). Sula may be short for Ursula, a Latin name meaning "little bear."
Vanessa was invented by Irish author Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) as a pseudonym for his friend (and perhaps lover) Esther Vanhomrigh: "van" comes from Vanhomrigh, and "essa" is based on a pet form of Esther.
While thus Cadenus entertains
Vanessa in exalted strains,
The nymph in sober words intreats
A truce with all sublime conceits.
(Cadenus and Vanessa)
Vanessa was later used as the name of a genus of butterfly.
Though Scottish writer J. M. Barrie (1860-1937) didn't invent the name Wendy, he did popularize it with his character Wendy Darling. For Barrie, the name was inspired by a young acquaintance (the daughter of poet William Henley, 1849-1903), who mispronounced the word friend as "fwendy."
"What's your name?" he asked.
"Wendy Moira Angela Darling," she replied with some satisfaction. "What is your name?"
"Peter Pan."
(Peter Pan, Chapter 3)
There are many other interesting literature names out there. Did I miss any particularly good ones?


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I had a hard time narrowing it down to three -- but here are the three I voted for, in chronological order:
Romanza (I loved her attitude, the music, the dress, the choreo, everything)
Rachmaninoff '98 (classic Kwan SP with great build to finish)
Spartacus (such beautiful music, such a courageous warrior woman)
If I could have chosen 5, I would have added EOE and TFB -- but I also loved Dream of Desdemona, although I think I've only seen two performances of that program. I'm with missmary in that Rush was really the only SP of Michelle's that I didn't care for and I'm a bit surprised that it garnered a few more votes than A Day in the Life, which I like a whole lot more. I guess everybody has slightly different tastes -- although it would be hard to find someone who couldn't find a MK program that they enjoyed.


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The Compromise of 1850: Effective Political Action or Forecast of Disaster?
Thanks to everyone that has participated in the Compromise of 1850 Poll going on here. If you haven't voted, please do!
To expand the discussion, let me share my perspective on the question I raised, whether The Compromise of 1850 was an effective political action or a forecast of disaster.
Michael F. Holt makes an excellent case in his classic, The Political Crisis of the 1850's , that the Compromise of 1850 was more a forecast of disaster than effective political action. His argument is founded on the premise that the Compromise was effectively a deathblow to the Second American Party System and the notion that the health of America's political parties in the mid-19th century was crucial to containment of sectional strife. As long as "men had placed their loyalty to their own party and defeat of the opposing party within their own section ahead of sectional loyalty, neither the North nor the South could be united into a phalanx against the other." (1)
This conclusion is, of course, more easily arrived at when looking back at the period through the lens of generations with the full knowledge that the country would be ripped apart within fifteen years in a tumultuous Civil War. The perspectives of the politicians who negotiated the Compromise of 1850 would have, at the time, been much different. Indeed, they might have seen it as artful politics. The agreements made in the Compromise appeared to solve, at least temporarily, the country's major ills which – on the surface – revolved around slavery and the country's expansion.
But the effect was the displacement of the country's trust in "party" as voice and defender of political views. The void caused men to affiliate more with their section, North and South. The scene was set for the country's festering issues to rise again to a boil, this time without the benefit of cross-sectional parties that had so successfully contained discord in the past.
Thus my conclusion is that the Compromise of 1850 was BOTH an effective political action AND a forecast of disaster. It was effective for a time in that it allowed the country to continue forward with at least a fragile agreement on monumental issues. But its destruction of the Second American Party System led the country toward potential destruction.
And so…. what do you think? Comments welcome.
See images of the original document – The Compromise of 1850 here.
(1) Michael F. Holt, The Political Crisis of the 1850's, (New York: W. W. Norton and Company, 1983), 139.


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Z3A.09 is a billable code used to specify a medical diagnosis of 9 weeks gestation of pregnancy. The code is valid for the year 2020 for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions. The ICD-10-CM code Z3A.09 might also be used to specify conditions or terms like gestation 9- 13 weeks or gestation less than 20 weeks or gestation period, 9 weeks. The code is exempt from present on admission (POA) reporting for inpatient admissions to general acute care hospitals.
The code Z3A.09 is applicable to female patients aged 12 through 55 years inclusive. It is clinically and virtually impossible to use this code on a non-female patient outside the stated age range.
|Short Description:
|9 weeks gestation of pregnancy
|Long Description:
|9 weeks gestation of pregnancy
Index to Diseases and Injuries
The Index to Diseases and Injuries is an alphabetical listing of medical terms, with each term mapped to one or more ICD-10 code(s). The following references for the code Z3A.09 are found in the index:
- - Pregnancy (single) (uterine) - See Also: Delivery and Puerperal;
- - weeks of gestation
- - 9 weeks - Z3A.09
- - weeks of gestation
Code Edits
The Medicare Code Editor (MCE) detects and reports errors in the coding of claims data. The following ICD-10 Code Edits are applicable to this code:
- Maternity diagnoses - Maternity. Age range is 12–55 years inclusive (e.g., diabetes in pregnancy, antepartum pulmonary complication).
- Diagnoses for females only - Medicare Code Editor detects inconsistencies between a patient's sex and any diagnosis on the patient's record, this code applies to FEMALES only .
- Unacceptable principal diagnosis - There are selected codes that describe a circumstance which influences an individual's health status but not a current illness or injury, or codes that are not specific manifestations but may be due to an underlying cause. These codes are considered unacceptable as a principal diagnosis.
The following clinical terms are approximate synonyms or lay terms that might be used to identify the correct diagnosis code:
- Gestation 9- 13 weeks
- Gestation less than 20 weeks
- Gestation period, 9 weeks
Present on Admission (POA)
Z3A.09 is exempt from POA reporting - The Present on Admission (POA) indicator is used for diagnosis codes included in claims involving inpatient admissions to general acute care hospitals. POA indicators must be reported to CMS on each claim to facilitate the grouping of diagnoses codes into the proper Diagnostic Related Groups (DRG). CMS publishes a listing of specific diagnosis codes that are exempt from the POA reporting requirement. Review other POA exempt codes here .
CMS POA Indicator Options and Definitions
|POA Indicator Code
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|CMS will pay the CC/MCC DRG?
|Diagnosis was present at time of inpatient admission.
|Diagnosis was not present at time of inpatient admission.
|Documentation insufficient to determine if the condition was present at the time of inpatient admission.
|Clinically undetermined - unable to clinically determine whether the condition was present at the time of inpatient admission.
|Unreported/Not used - Exempt from POA reporting.
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Welcome to the Department of Orthopedics at Heidelberg University Hospital
For over 20 years, we have been providing the highest level of care for patients with tumors of the bone and soft tissue in the Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology. Our highly experienced, specialized team is almost exclusively engaged in the comprehensive diagnosis and effective treatment of benign and malignant tumors of the bone and soft tissues.
Our areas of concentration within the field of orthopedic oncology are based on procedures and management concepts that preserve extremities as well as posture and mobility, for example, with the help of special bone and soft tissue transplants. In collaboration with other departments we employ the most modern therapeutic measures: neo-adjuvant chemotherapy, intraoperative radiation therapy, and extracorporeal irradiation of bone tumors with the goal of preserving the extremity.
Also reconstruction of bone defects in the region of joints with a modular tumor endoprosthesis system is a common procedure in our department.
Our department is a referral center for the surgical treatment of osteosarcoma. Our four specialized surgeons provide care for 250 patients with bone tumors annually.
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Delicious day
This illustration is made with love and will be printed on the most special paper.
The paper is recycled with tiny pieces of banknotes, flower petals or glitter.
It has a soft and artisanal look and feel.
You can choose between different sizes, so you can decide if you want to keep it in a frame on your wall or make someone else happy and give it away.
Or maybe both! It's up to you.
If you choose for this design to be printed on a greeting card or postcard, you get a luxury envelope included.
The greeting card is a double card (folded) and the postcard is just an A6 card (single card).
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GoodDay evolved as a logical next step in modern team management when typical online task management systems and applications fail to help individuals and teams be productive, self-regulating, and self-improving. GoodDay combines the fundamentals of management science with modern technology to increase productivity, effectiveness, motivation, sense of fulfillment, and enable effective change management in today's postindustrial, information age organizations.
GoodDay is a web based software that lays out a set of team management principles and best practices and then uses modern technology to implement these principles and best practices for the organization, team and the individual within one online application. Technology automates the principles behind GoodDay, team management and self-regulation, and helps build new culture within the modern intellectual work offices. It is also scalable and adaptable to unforeseen changes within the team or organization and can be used by anyone. GoodDay is not a set of instructions or disparate tools, it is a system that starts working from day one and provides insight into the good, the bad and the ugly of everyday work from day one.
With the shift from the industrial to information economy in 1970s, the economies have become more centered around networks and information flows, utilizing technology to enable the new way of how markets function. This same phenomenon can be observed within individual organizations where the functional roles of individuals can no longer be fulfilled without information technology and networks.
Now, in 2015, we see a lot of evidence that organizations have advanced from the industrial model to the online, information age model when it comes to their manufacturing, operational, and engineering processes. However, the most important area for organizations that rely heavily on non-engineering, non-manufacturing, intellectual workers' performance is lagging behind, still operating on the principles of the industrial age: command and control. This area is team management and, when it comes to intellectual workforce, it still relies on individual team leaders to organize, measure, and inspire team member performance. GoodDay is the first application that describes how intellectual and typical office work teams can make a critical shift from the "command and control", industrial age management model to the modern information age model where the principles of collaboration and productivity tools are enabled by technology and networks.
In short, we need GoodDay's task management software and planning tools because our offices are not as organized, productive, transparent and motivated as our engineering or manufacturing floors are. The reason for this gap is clear – we have learned how to organize, measure, and improve every step of the manufacturing or engineering process, but have not done this for the intellectual or office workers. A typical office manager's daily performance is a black box and the best case scenario results in a monthly or quarterly KPI dashboard report. We need GoodDay to open up the black box and help intellectual workers be continuously aware of their progress and provide teams with tools for self-regulation, planning, transparency, and ongoing productivity improvement.
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The mission of GoodDay is to address the challenges of the modern Information age management and enable the transition from industrial to information/service economy business management practices and approach.
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Day 2 pictures here.
Somehow the day ended with hanging out in a hotel room with four artists and a red tail hawk named Dakota. Everything else is an art infused blur.
Start time was mercifully late, given the party the night before. Intros and keynote were at 1:00. It took a while to get through the introductions since there are With 60 instructors here it took a while to get thrpugh introductions. I was happy for it, though -- it's amazing what kind of talent we were standing next to witout realizing it, not knowing what everyon elooks like.
The keynote was given by Lorne Lanning who talked about many cool things but stressed the idea of world building and ownership -- creating your own worlds that can be explore across many platforms: paintings to books to comics to toys to movies...Lorne was followed by Frank Beddor, whose Looking Glass Wars has been doing just that.
However, whatever is happening on the main stage is only part of the action at these things. At any one time there two dozen demos going on. If you are an artist, the thing to do is just sit yourself down next to these guys and start drawing and painting and bombarding them with as many questions as possible. Me, I walk around peering over shoulders a lot, taking to students and instructors and trying to catalog every promising lead I can. I saw lots of great portfolios and work doing done on the. (Any workshopers out there: I know we have the business day on Tuesday but feel free to grab me whenever you see me.)
I got to meet two artists I just hired before coming down here: Vance Kovacs, who will be painting covers and interiors for Michael Moorcock's Hawkmoon series for Tor. In fact, I was able to hand deliver the manuscript on Saturday night. After watching him paint for a few hours, I got even more excited about the project. And I met recent Spectrum award winner Kekai Kotaki who had emailed me some kick-ass sketches late last week.
I met a Marvel talent scout, C.B. Cebulski. Talk about an awesome job, he travels the world looking at artists and bringing them to Marvel. We'll have to compare notes back in NY. I only just got a moment to check out his blog, but it seems very envy inducing.
We had to have lunch with a couple of great animation artists, Dustin d'Arault and Yashar Kassi.
Scott Brundage has been our meal buddy most of the days. He's a great watercolorist whose trying out digital for the first time here.
Ringling alumni are all over the place and looking good. Ringling will take over the art world.
A few Master Class alumni are here...making me both nostalgic for last year and excited about the upcoming summer.
And....somehow by the end of the night I was in a hotel room with Greg, David Levy, and Dakota, Manny Carrosco's beautiful red tail hawk.
Monday, March 30, 2009
Reverie Day 2
Labels: ConceptArt.org, Conventions, Reverie
4 comments:
- Frame Theory said...
Ringling!! haha We takin' ovaaahhh, one city at a time.
A lot of great talent at that show. The paintings look amazing!
- Eric Braddock said...
Looks like such an awesome show, I am most jealous. Great flickr set of Day2... I stole the hawk photos, I've been comprising an animal photo reference folder on my computer lately and those hawk shots are just too good to pass up!
- Zelda Devon said...
Grrr. Jealous. I'll join you next year!
- Erin McGuire said...
It was a pleasure talking with you and attending the workshop. Glad Dallas and Ringling alums treated you well.
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Lee appears to have posted environmental and population-control demands online, saying humans are ruining the planet and that Discovery should develop programs to sound the alarm.
"I want Discovery Communications to broadcast on their channels to the world their new program lineup and I want proof they are doing so. I want the new shows started by asking the public for inventive solution ideas to save the planet and the remaining wildlife on it," the alleged manifesto reads, adding:
"Nothing is more important than saving … the Lions, Tigers, Giraffes, Elephants, Froggies, Turtles, Apes, Raccoons, Beetles, Ants, Sharks, Bears, and, of course, the Squirrels. The humans? The planet does not need humans."
Court records show that Lee was arrested Feb. 21, 2008, on the sixth day of a protest at the Discovery building. At the time of his conviction in March 2008, he was identified as being from San Diego.
Lee said at the time that he experienced an ''awakening" when he watched former Vice President Al Gore's environmental documentary ''An Inconvenient Truth."
James E Lee did not fly into IRS building or attempt to blow up Time Square..Unfortunately Lee is an Al Gore clone and not a tea party member… Nothing to see here, move along. Press determined story dead on arrival.


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The original article can be found on Narutopedia at Sharingan.
The Sharingan (写輪眼; Literally meaning "Copy Wheel Eye", Meaning (Viz) "Mirror Wheel Eye") is a dōjutsu kekkei genkai, which appears in some members of the Uchiha clan. It is one of the Great Three Dōjutsu (大三瞳術, Daisan Dōjutsu; Literally meaning "Great Three Eye Techniques"), along with the Byakugan and the Rinnegan. The Sharingan is also called "Heaven's Eye" (天眼, Tengan), because of the many abilities it grants the user.[1]
The Sharingan is not automatically activated in the user by birth. It is only first unlocked under some stressful or emotional condition after which the Sharingan may be used freely. When the Sharingan is first activated by a user, it has a different number of tomoe (巴) around the central pupil, varying between users.[2][3] The wielder of the Sharingan, through continued use and training, changes its form further, which involves gaining more tomoe up to a maximum of three per eye. As the Sharingan develops, the user gains heightened abilities.
The Sharingan's abilities consist of two parts: the "Eye of Insight" (洞察眼, Dōsatsugan) and the "Eye of Hypnotism" (催眠眼, Saimingan).[4] The first of the Sharingan's powers is being able to see the flow of chakra. The Sharingan can tell if a person is under a genjutsu because the person's chakra flow would be irregular. The Sharingan's second-most prominent ability grants the user an incredible clarity of perception, allowing them to easily recognise genjutsu and different forms of chakra, though not to the same extent as the Byakugan. This also allows the user to pick up on subtle details, enabling them to read lip movements[5] or mimic something like pencil movements.[6] As the Sharingan evolves, gaining more tomoe seals, this ability extends to being able to track fast-moving objects before finally giving some amount of predictive capabilities to the user, allowing them to see the image of an attacker's next move from the slightest muscle tension in their body and counterattack or dodge without any wasted movement.[7] However, even though the user may be able to see an attack or know it is coming, their body may not always have time to react.
The Sharingan's third and most well-known ability is that it grants the user the ability to memorise any technique that he or she witnesses, apart from other kekkei genkai techniques. The user can memorise ninjutsu, genjutsu, and taijutsu with near perfect accuracy, allowing the user to use the techniques as their own, or even modify them to create their own new techniques, much like Sasuke Uchiha's Lion Combo. In order to reproduce a copied technique, however, one must have the necessary skill or ability to perform them. A prime example is Rock Lee's brand of taijutsu. While Sasuke was able to copy some of Lee's moves, they put a much more significant strain on him since he hasn't trained nearly as much as Lee has. In addition to physical skill and kekkei genkai techniques, the Sharingan cannot reproduce techniques dependent on other factors, such as summons that the user has not signed a contract with.
The Sharingan's final commonly-used ability is capable of inducing a unique brand of hypnosis that involves suggesting actions and thoughts to the opponent through genjutsu cast by simple eye contact between both parties.[8][9] More advanced Sharingan users can take the hypnosis ability even further to the point where a powerful summon like Manda or even the Nine-Tailed Fox may be controlled. When this was used against Manda and the Nine-Tailed Fox their eyes took on the tomoe pattern of the users' Sharingan while under hypnotic influence.
The hypnotic ability coupled with the other aspects of the Sharingan, can make the user appear as if they can "see the future". First, the user must perfectly mimic every move their opponent makes and possibly their thoughts and words through careful observation. Then, they suggest an action to the opponent such as hand seals for a technique that the opponent and Sharingan user already know and copy that. With these things done, the user can complete the action even before the opponent does, possibly using the Sharingan's genjutsu to confuse or delay them. As with other genjutsu, genjutsu cast by the Sharingan are capable of putting an opponent to sleep, inducing paralysis, replaying memories to someone else, or creating various illusions to deceive someone. The potency of the Sharingan's illusion is dependent on the user's knowledge and skill with implementing genjutsu.
In addition to these commonly used techniques, the Sharingan allows the user to perform the genjutsu Izanagi. Using Izanagi, the user can warp reality for a short amount of time, changing reality into illusion and illusion into reality. However, this technique has been dubbed kinjutsu, because use of it causes the user to go blind in the eye that performed Izanagi. To make full use of Izanagi, the DNA of both the Uchiha and Senju clans are required.
Although the Sharingan consumes the user's chakra while active, the chakra levels that the user must exert is so insignificant that they can keep it active constantly. In fact, Itachi Uchiha was so masterful of it, he was able to keep it active for most of the time, only once deactivating it after using Tsukuyomi on Sasuke and Amaterasu to escape Jiraiya. However, when a Sharingan is transplanted to a non-Uchiha, the chakra drain is significant, leading them to cover it up when not in use, to stop the drain.
Receiving the Sharingan
As already mentioned, the Sharingan needs to be activated by the user when they are faced with a difficult circumstance[10] or placed under emotional stress.[11] After its first appearance, the user can use the Sharingan any time he or she pleases. It is also possible to transplant Sharingan from one person to another, as occurred with Kakashi Hatake, who received his left eye's Sharingan from his dying comrade, Obito Uchiha. Because of this, Kakashi's Sharingan cannot be deactivated, and as using the Sharingan requires much more chakra from him than it does from an Uchiha clan member, he usually covers it with his headband to conserve chakra. Also, Kakashi needs to rest for a longer period of time after using his Sharingan extensively in battle. In a similar way, Danzō Shimura had a Sharingan instead of his normal right eye, that he gained from Shisui Uchiha, which he kept hidden under his bandages. Danzō also possessed ten Sharingan in his right arm, which is kept sealed until he needs them. It is also possible to transplant it to animals, as Itachi did with Shisui's Sharingan with one of his |crows.
Mangekyō Sharingan
The Mangekyō Sharingan gives the user access to several powerful techniques, including the powerful fire technique Amaterasu and the almost unbreakable genjutsu Tsukuyomi. The Mangekyō Sharingan erodes the eyesight of its users, eventually causing blindness, which can be prevented by obtaining another pair of Mangekyō Sharingan from a sibling. The new Sharingan is dubbed the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan (永遠の万華鏡写輪眼, Eien no Mangekyō Sharingan).
- The Sharingan is evolved from the Uchiha Clan Ancestor's dōjutsu, which is evolved from the Rinnegan. It is unknown where or even if the Byakugan fits into this lineage.
- Some characters believe that the Sharingan was somehow derived from the Hyūga clan's Byakugan.[12]
- In the anime, two of Sasori's Hundred Puppets are seen with what appears to be Sharingan eyes.
- ↑ First Databook, page 193
- ↑ Naruto chapter 242, page 18
- ↑ Naruto chapter 403, page 11
- ↑ Naruto chapter 26, page 13
- ↑ Naruto chapter 246, page 19
- ↑ Naruto chapter 41, pages 16-17
- ↑ Naruto chapter 230, pages 8-10
- ↑ Naruto chapter 26, pages 14-16
- ↑ Naruto chapter 363, page 11
- ↑ Naruto chapter 242, pages 16-18
- ↑ Naruto chapter 403, pages 10-11
- ↑ Naruto chapter 78, page 13


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Colorado State University Extension conducts an annual survey of agricultural producers, land owners and managers, lenders, agricultural consultants, machine operators, and extension agents.
The results of this survey are a report of "custom rates" charged for various crop and livestock operations in Colorado.
The 2011 survey is now available on the CSU Ag and Business Management Web site at http://coopext.colostate.edu/ABM/.
The survey results are reported by region: Northern, Southern, and Western. The Northern region generally includes those counties north of I-70 and east of the Rocky Mountains. It includes the Front Range. The Southern region includes the southeastern Colorado and the San Luis Valley. The Western region generally includes those counties in and west of the mountains.
The rates reported in this report are not recommended rates, but simply indicate rates currently being charged throughout Colorado, as reported in the survey. The information in this report should be used only as a guide.
Reported rates represent a variety of working conditions, machine and equipment sizes, and farm and ranch operations. They do not necessarily measure the full economic cost of performing the work specified. Some custom operators may charge only for the costs of fuel and labor. Others may charge for all costs including depreciation on equipment and allowance for risk. Field conditions such as size, terrain and location may also account for variations in rates charged.
Custom rates most commonly reported for 2011 were generally higher than those charged in 2010. Such increases were especially noted for those activities associated with tillage, chemical application, and harvesting operations. Reported costs for labor did not change from the previous year.
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While most wheat fields have good yield prospects this year, I've seen a few fields that have had herbicide injury. Growth regulator herbicides such as 2,4-D, dicamba (Banvel[reg]), or clopyralid (Stinger[reg]), have a greater chance for injuring wheat when they are applied at or after the plants reach the jointing growth stage. This year in most of eastern Colorado, wheat began to joint in late March. Cold morning temperatures and drought stress also contributed to herbicide injury on wheat in some fields.
The chemistry of a postemergent herbicide determines how it interacts with the biological and physical systems of crop and weed plants. This interaction often determines the rate and amount of the herbicide uptake. Factors such as plant size and age, water stress, air temperature, relative humidity, and herbicide additives also influence the rate and amount of herbicide uptake. Additives such as crop oil concentrates, surfactants or liquid fertilizer solutions can enhance the performance of the herbicide.
These same factors can also increase the risk of crop injury. Herbicide uptake may decrease under hot dry conditions or when applied to older, larger weeds under water stress. Environmental conditions at application can affect the rate and amount of uptake. These differences in herbicide uptake help to explain how weed control effectiveness and potential for crop injury can fluctuate.
Wheat producers can learn how best to select and use crop herbicides to minimize crop injury. Learning is especially likely following a crop injury in one of their fields.
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HCLA 2013: Special Achievement
Cancer Treatment Centers of America — Western Regional Medical Center
Looking to improve the quality of produce available to CTCA's kitchen, CTCA Executive Chef Caputo helped develop an on-site organic farm. After extensive research, Caputo forged a relationship with McClendon's Select Organic Farms to convert an existing cotton field on the property to a certified organic farm. CTCA is the first cancer center in the nation to have an onsite organic farm to grow the produce so that it can be served directly to patients and employees at its peak nutritional value.
Ben and Catherine Ivy Foundation
Ivy founded the Ben and Catherine Ivy Foundation after her husband, Ben Ivy, lost his battle with glioblastoma (the most aggressive and common form of brain cancer) in 2005. Since then, the foundation has provided more than $50-million to brain cancer research. In 2012, the Ivy Foundation awarded $10 million in grants for two groundbreaking brain cancer research projects at TGen. "The tireless and dedicated support of programs like the Ivy Foundation is helping transform ideas into medical reality," said TGen President and Research Director Dr. Jeffrey Trent.
The CORE Institute
Jacofsky, along with other CORE surgeons and researchers, are currently working with at least a half-dozen companies — both large and small — to help them create and improve products for patient care. The CORE Institute has developed and patented products of its own to either license or sell to industry. This effort to cultivate local, regional and international partnerships with private orthopedic companies and research institutions shows CORE's dedication to bringing economic opportunities to the healthcare industry in Arizona.
HCLA 2013 Winners & Finalists
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Goodness! These images have popped up online in China, with people speculating that this gentleman is slicing open a real dragon. He's not. Know how I know? There's no such thing as real dragons. I think.
Note: This post might contain imagery that dragon lovers find disturbing.
Commenters online in China are quick to point out that the photos are either digitally manipulated or feature a dragon toy. Even so, they cut a rather freaky image, no? (No pun intended!)
According to one Chinese net user, "Even if this was a Photoshop, I'm scared just looking at it."
【MOP搜图令】你这是作死啊神兽也敢杀,跪了 [TT.Mop via まとめにゅーぶろ]
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The Northwest Passage, a much-sought shipping route, opened to sea traffic this summer, as arctic sea ice fell to the lowest levels observed since we started keeping track almost 30 years ago.
Pictures of the open sea were captured by European Space Agency satellites.
Satellite image showing the clear seas of the Northwest Passage. Credit: ESA
The passage has been traversed by armoured ice-breaking vessels, but until now has not been sufficiently clear of ice to permit commercial traffic.
The sea ice cover is naturally greater in the winter, falling back in the summer. Since 1978, when researchers stared monitoring the ebb and flow of the ice in the region, it has broken up more and more quickly each summer, although enough ice remained to leave the passage impassable.
The previous minimum was in 2005/2006, when the sea ice coverage dropped to four million square kilometres, although the Northwest Passage remained closed. This year, scientists say there was just three million square kms of ice through the summer months.
It is the suddenness of the drop – a million square kilometres in a year – that has sparked comment. "There has been a reduction of the ice cover over the last 10 years of about 100,000 square km per year on average, so a drop of one million square km in just one year is extreme," explains Leif Toudal Pedersen from the Danish National Space Centre.
The long-sought shortcut between the major land masses of the North, linking the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, has already sparked rows. Canada has claimed rights to the passage, but the US and the UK (unsurprisingly) say the route should be open to international shipping.
The image above is a mosaic of over 200 individual snaps taken by the Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar instrument aboard ESA's Envisat satellite. The dark grey represents clear water, while sea ice is colour-coded green. ®


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