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Quia ibi est
"For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand. I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:"
II Timothy 4:6-7
Without the dedication and expertise of our systems analyst, Theodore J. Seward, there would be no Adelphi Calendar. His selfless hours of brilliant labor have produced the computer programs that make it possible to generate calendars of any major nineteenth-century theatre in short order.
The completion of the task was made possible by a dedicated team of theatre historians. Franklin Case and Frank McHugh worked tirelessly as co-general editors, assisting the general editors with the hundreds of problems that arise in a project of this size and complexity. Alfrida Lee, our editor "across the water" assisted us on those innumerable occasions when we needed someone to look after our interests in England. Equally dedicated were Paul Buczkowski and Ambrose Wilbanks, Jr., associate general editors who assisted us on their own time. We express our thanks to Joseph Donohue and James Ellis of The London Stage 1800-1900 project. It was they who began the initial labors ultimately leading to this calendar and who wrote the invaluable "Handbook for Compilers."
The following libraries and museums have assisted us most generously: The Folger, New York Public, Lilly, Westminster Public, British, and, of course, Victoria and Albert--now the Theatre Museum in Covent Garden. Our especial gratitude goes to the late George Nash who was particularly helpful in his role as Curator of the Enthoven Collection.
Four of our colleagues at Eastern Michigan University have supported us morally and financially throughout the years. To Ira Wheatley and the late Donald Drummond, Deans of the College of Arts and Sciences, Ronald Collins, Provost of the University, and Gary Keller, former Dean of the Graduate School, our sincerest thanks.
We have been helped by many staff members of University Computing at Eastern Michigan University, especially its past director, E. Leon Daniel, Manuel J. Norman, senior systems programmer, and Bethann L. Welch, senior user consultant.
The American Philosophical Society and the American Council of Learned Societies gave us much-needed financial support in the lean years and made it possible to hire typists and purchase microfilms and other vital supplies.
We express our heartfelt thanks to senior editor Peggy Russo of the Pennsylvania State University at Mont Alto for making an annual pilgrimage to Ypsilanti to assist the general editors with the endless task of checking incoming data. She was assisted in her own research on the 1880s decade by two Penn State students: Ronald L. DeLauter and Jason Weller.
We are indebted to special consultants, Joan Reilly and Patricia Tatspaugh, for extensive assistance in checking details and compiling data.
Throughout the years numerous students, undergraduate and graduate, have worked with us. We are most grateful to those geniuses of the keyboard, Mary Fettes, Sharon Gleason, Jerry Montague, and Melissa Watkins, as we are to: Mary Beth Kukucka, Pietra Abbulone, Nina Bernier, John Grose, Dale Detroit, Francene Harris, Keri Krick, Sandy Mathews, Andrea Shaw, and last, but certainly not least, Scott Harrison, who supplied a final push. To these and all who supported this project, we offer our heartfelt thanks.
The data entry and checking for the period 1806-1900 and the seasonal
chronologies were divided among a team of editors (see next page). These
scholars worked tirelessly to produce close to one hundred daily calendars.
The results speak for themselves.
|General Editors:
Alfred L. Nelson
Gilbert B. Cross
|System Analyst:
|Theodore Seward, Jr.
|Co-General Editors:
Franklin Case
Frank McHugh
|Associate General Editors:
Paul Buczkowski
Ambrose Wilbanks, Jr.
|Senior Editor:
|Peggy Russo
|Contributing Editors:
John Brokaw
Gayle Harris
Thirza Cady
Mary Case
Meredith Klaus
Alicia K. Koger
Alfrida Lee
|Special Consultants:
Joan Reilly
Patricia Tatspaugh
|John Brokaw
|University of Texas, Austin
|Frank McHugh
|Eastern Michigan University
|Franklin Case
|Eastern Michigan University
|Alfred Nelson
Gilbert Cross
|Eastern Michigan University
|Alfrida Lee
|King Edward's Camp Hill School for Girls, England
|Alicia Kae Koger
|University of Oklahoma
|Mary Case
Franklin Case
|Eastern Michigan University
|Gayle Harris
|Library of Congress, Washington DC
|Alicia Kae Koger
|University of Oklahoma
|Alfrida Lee
|King Edward's Camp Hill School for Girls, England
|Frank McHugh
Gilbert Cross
|Eastern Michigan University
|Peggy Russo
|Pennsylvania State University, Mont Alto
|Meredith Klaus
|Eastern Michigan University
|Thirza Cady
|University of Michigan
The London Stage 1800-1900, under the direction of Joseph Donohue, seeks to collect detailed information about theatre activity in the Nineteenth Century and to make the material available to scholars. A primary goal is to complete daily calendars of major theatres.
Precise knowledge of nineteenth-century drama and the music, dance, and entertainment attendant upon it can best be derived from dramatic calendars, which are the basic building blocks of all theatre research. Without such tools, scholars must depend on scattered, incomplete collections of ephemera, biographies and diaries of differing merit and honesty, as well as upon speculation and guesswork. Worse, inaccuracies are repeated and compounded. Before anything else, there must be objective, quantifiable data on performances and performers.
It is not necessary to rehearse the problems of completing a project of this kind. There is always
one more resource to be examined, one more rare journal to be studied, one more individual or
title that might be identified more exactly. However, the time comes when someone has to say
"enough." That is the general editors' responsibility. They are aware that the calendar is not
perfect, and they are anxious to hear from any user who can supply any corrections or new facts.
The computerized nature of the Adelphi Calendar makes it possible to enter corrections at any
time. The computer database is always current and, in the future, it will be interactive.
The Adelphi Calendar exists in two formats: the printed record and a computer database. The printed record is in three parts:
The microfiche daily calendar begins with the seasonal chronology which gives an overall view of the season with representative plot summaries, reviews, and biographical information. Next comes a daily record of pieces performed, with all the information related to an evening's activities. The date of performances and the sources of information are supplied in the margins. In certain instances, when it proved difficult to choose between variant sources, the editor had to rely on his or her experience and common sense. Commentary sections note these variations.
In the early years of the theatre's history, sources are very thin, and it has been necessary to assume performances took place even though no record has been found. Benefit nights present a related problem. Bills for such performances are generally rare, since the theatre printed very few, leaving the beneficiary to print and distribute additional bills privately. Also pieces not performed on other nights in the season were often presented. Where a bill for a benefit has not been discovered, previous or subsequent bills usually offer little help in determining what was presented. Again, editors have had to rely on experience and judgment.
The titles of dramas, operas, and ballets are entered in the calendar. The entertainments produced in the 1806-1807 season, which consisted entirely of Jane Scott's songs and recitations and her father's shadow shows have been treated as if they were dramatic pieces. (Our selectivity has been less rigorous in the first decade because so little information has survived.) In many seasons during Lent, conjurers, popular scientists, lecturers and equilibrists took the theatre. In these instances, a brief summary of the entertainment appears in the calendar, but no titles or exhaustive descriptions are included.
On the first night of a new piece, two cast lists are given. The "first night
cast" is taken from the source. It contains the full cast (with character
descriptions) as it appeared at the premiere of a piece.
The "reference cast" is a computer-generated
version containing the role-actor pairs found most often throughout the season.
(It may or may not be identical to the first night cast but should not be
confused with it.) The sole purpose of the reference cast is to indicate cast
changes. If no changes are indicated, the cast for that evening's
performance is identical with the reference cast. Thus, it is never
necessary to search the calendar for previous cast changes.
Three kinds of changes are made to casts.
|Indicates a role is being played by a new actor or actress.
|Means a new role-actor pair has appeared in the source.
|Indicates a role-actor pair has been dropped.
Cast changes may not show up on the daily calendar because on that night the cast and the reference cast are identical. Users are again cautioned to apply cast changes to the reference cast, not the first night cast.
The entry "Cast truncated in the source," is employed when editors believe no change in the cast took place but the bill had been shortened to devote more space to new pieces, puffs, and advertising.
The daily calendar usually gives titles of pieces as they appear on the bill, but titles have been standardized where necessary. Occasionally, for example, a main title was changed either by the author or by mistake, or a different subtitle was printed. If such a change has been made, it will always be noted in a comment following the standardized title.
After the title or title comment comes a genre description. There was an explosion of such descriptions during the first half of the century, and before long, some were being treated as humorous playthings. The hit, Tom and Jerry; or, Life in London, is described as an "entirely new classic, comic, operatic, didactic, moralistic, Aristophanic, localic, analytic, terpsichoric, panoramic, camera-obscura-ic extravaganza burletta of fun, frolic, fashion and flash." In short, many terms were largely meaningless. Burletta was by far the most overworked genre description. The term, never defined by the Lord Chamberlain's Office, was employed to circumvent the monopoly of the patent houses to produce "legitimate" drama. Burlettas were deemed to be musical pieces and thus exempt from the monopoly's purview. Wherever possible, editors have attempted to give an accurate genre assessment, but it is sometimes impossible to be sure.
All music, song, dance and entertainment are noted on the opening night of a piece and not thereafter. Very infrequently music or songs mentioned for the first time are deemed so important they are included, even if there is no new play on the bill. In addition, interludes are given on their first appearance. No attempt has been made to list all the changes in these items throughout a season. Users should find in the calendar an accurate and quite broad sample of the music, dance, and entertainment performed, not an exhaustive record.
The seasonal summary which follows the calendar always begins with the same information: name of the theatre as it appears on the bills, curtain and half-price times, and ticket prices.
After this comes a series of totals: nights of performance, benefits (with dates and recipients), number of dark nights, Lenten performances and performers (if any), and other relevant matters such as productions at the Adelphi by a visiting company, educational lectures, juvenile nights, charity performances, etc.
The theatre's management and its functionaries are then given; most of these are found on the playbills, but a few names have been discovered in other sources.
The computer also keeps a running total of the number of times a piece was played in a season and records the date of its first performance. After the premiere, the calendar records the date of the previous performance and the next one. Such information makes it easy to follow a piece through the season, particularly if the run is interrupted.
In the seasonal summary are found all authors and titles of pieces performed during the season together with the date of first performance. Following these entries is a section listing actors and actresses with the titles of the pieces in which they appeared, the roles they played, and the number of times they performed each role. A window date gives the first and last time they appeared in a role. Actors and actresses are listed separately.
Next comes a complete listing of singers with the dates on which they performed. Similar lists of dancers, entertainers and spectacle performers follow.
The major part of the summary is devoted to cast lists. Each piece is given in alphabetical order with its genre, number of acts, author, composer, the number of times played, and a window date. Every actor and actress appearing in the piece is included; the performers appearing on opening night have asterisks after their names. Where editors have expanded or supplied part of a performer's name, brackets surround the addition. If a piece is being played for the "first time ever" an asterisk precedes the title. A separate listing gives the different genres of pieces played and the total number of each genre. From this the user can deduce changing tastes in dramatic fare from season to season.
The seasonal summary ends with chronological lists of music, songs, dances, and the performers associated with them. If the composer or choreographer is known, his or her name, in brackets, follows the title or genre description. Singers, dancers, and entertainers' names follow a slash mark. The date of first performance, in parentheses, ends each entry. If a song or a dance is taken from another piece, this fact is also indicated.
The printed section of the calendar starts with the seasonal chronologies gathered together to form a history of the theatre.
After the chronologies come seven general indexes all referring to one or more seasons. (Within each season every individual and play can be located precisely.)
The Theatre Management index includes names of all those who played a major role in the daily operation of the theatre. There is a hierarchical structure beginning with the proprietors. Minor figures are excluded. The index is by decade, so the reader can get a feel for a period when certain individuals set their stamp on the theatre.
The Theatre Functionaries index lists all non-acting personnel by position and also by decade. The positions are alphabetized from acting managers to wig makers.
The Index of Theatre Management and Functionaries lists all non-acting people alphabetically. Each name is followed by a function and date.
In the Authors, Composers, and Titles index, the basic entry is the author's name. Titles are cross-referenced to author, composer, adapter, translator, or choreographer. In the case of pieces whose author has not been found, the listing is by title and date of performance. However, the pieces are also listed alphabetically under the heading "Unknown." All dates given are dates of performance.
The Actors and Actresses index contains the names of all actors and actresses appearing in the bills. An attempt has been made to regularize names and amplify them. It is not possible to individualize all the Smiths and Joneses who played at the Adelphi, but in the case of less common names initials and first names can occasionally be supplied.
An index is supplied for Musicians, Singers, Dancers, and Entertainers. Music and dancing were very popular at the Adelphi, and a representative sample has been included in the daily calendar.
The Composers, Music, and Songs index lists typical examples of the music and songs performed at the Adelphi. No attempt was made to record all songs and music.
The printed section of the calendar ends with a listing of the Major Works Consulted. This is not an exhaustive bibliography, but it contains those works which the editors found helpful in their researches.
|British Library
|British Stage and Literary Cabinet
|Cornell University Library
|Yale University Library
|Folger Shakespeare Library
|Harvard Theatre Collection
|Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News
|Illustrated Sporting News
|Lilly Library, Indiana University
|London Theatre Museum
|Princeton University
|New York Public Library
|Oxberry's Dramatic Biography
|Stage Directory
|Winston scrapbooks (LTM)
|Th Ob
|Theatrical Observer
|The London Times
|Texas University Library
|J. Peter Wearing, London Stage 1890-1900 et seq.
|Westminster Public Library
Thank you for visiting this site. If you wish to contact the various Editors, please visit the Editor's Home Pages.


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When I first was told I was going to Baltimore, the first question that came to mind was, What do I do in Baltimore? Well, what I found out was there is a TON to do in the city and I barely got to scratch the surface on this two day visit. Here are all the things that I didn't get to do, but are on the top of my list for when I return (in no particular order):
- Come back during crab season and have a true Crab Feast!
- Go to the American Visionary Art Museum when it is open
- Check out Canton
- See the manuscript of the Star Spangled Banner at the Maryland Historical Society
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- Lunch at the Lexington Market
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- Check out the National Aquarium
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- See an Orioles game at Camden Yards and a Ravens game too!
I'm sure even this doesn't cover it all either.
Baltimore is a really interesting city and I really dug getting to know it better. It's a town with little frills


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Bryan Butcher, commissioner for the state department of revenue, told a gathering of business leaders that while Alaska was debating the tax incentives for the oil companies, many Alaskan jobs were leaving for the lower forty-eight.
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What is remembered about Lyndon Johnson is the "Johnson Treatment". As Senate Majority Leader and then President, LBJ would use all powers of persuasion to get people to go along with what he was attempting to accomplish. LBJ's arsenal included gentle prodding, begging, ass-kissing, logical arguments, stern warnings, threats, bullying, apologetic needling, and outright intimidation.
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LBJ's "Johnson Treatment" is many things. In the photo at the top, Senator Theodore Green looks terrified by it. It was also rude, bullying, improper, and annoying. Above all else, though, it was effective.
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Cath Lab Expense/Cost Process Improvements
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Drug-eluting stent procedure payment, total impact decreased by up to -3% (the original proposed was -33%) (DRG, 558)
Cardiac Defibrillator implant W/O cardiac cath, total impact decreased by 9.6% (DRG515)
Chest Pain, total impact decreased by 5.1% (DRG 143)
On the flip side, other changes show an increase, emphasizing the need to verify procedures in the cath lab. These include:
A new DRG specific to Carotid Stenting (DRG 577), with an increase of 39%.
Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders W CC, (DRG 138) with an increase of 3.6%.
It is important to note that reimbursement can be different depending on the region of use.
Some of the steps in determining a Prospective Payment System (PPS) payment are as follows:
1. The base payment rate is comprised of a standardized amount, which is divided into a labor-related and no-labor share. The labor-related share is adjusted by the wage index applicable to the area where the hospital is located. If the hospital is located in Alaska or Hawaii, the non-labor share is adjusted by a cost-of-living adjustment factor. This base payment rate is multiplied by the DRG relative weight.
2. If the hospital is recognized as serving a disproportionate share of low-income patients, it receives a percentage add-on for each case paid through the PPS. This percentage varies depending on several factors, including the percentage of low-income patients served. It is applied to the DRG-adjusted base payment rate, plus any outlier payments received.
3. If the hospital is an approved teaching hospital, it receives a percentage add-on payment for each case paid through the PPS. This percentage varies depending on the ratio of residents-to-beds.
4. Next, the costs incurred by the hospital for the case are evaluated to determine whether it is eligible for additional payments as an outlier case. This additional payment is designed to protect the hospital from large financial losses due to unusually expensive cases. Any outlier payment due is added onto the DRG-adjusted base payment rate.
As the manager and/or director, it is your job to make it all happen. The process may start with a strategic and well-planned budget, but the process itself is really how well we manage our departments throughout the fiscal year.
The Proof is in the Results
Back in October of 2005, our cath lab department began an aggressive approach to cost reductions. A committee was formed, utilizing cath lab staff (nurses and technologists), and management. Initial meetings were conducted twice a month. At these meetings, a product, several products or programs were identified as targets for cost reduction. Over a span of the next 10 months, significant expense and price reductions were clearly evident. (This committee later became what is known today as the Value Analysis Team (VAT), aided by consultants from VHA Southeast.) The list of products/processes and their related cost savings consisted of:
1. Cath packs
2. Pacer packs
3. Sterile patient skin preps
4. Eliminate forms management on charge sheets
5. EP catheters: pricing reduction
6. Drug-eluting stents (DES)
7. Coronary and peripheral diagnostic and interventional core products
8. Vendor consolidation (allows for reduced inventory and offers better ability for pricing negotiations. This consolidation resulted in credit returns of over $84,000)
9. Catheter reprocessing
10. Inventory control
11. Credit & rebate for contrast
12. Negotiated pricing for closure patch
13. Elimination of Renografin
(Only used in the balloon prep bowl, where contrast can be drawn from the table when needed. This is also dependant on the type of contrast used. If Visipaque is hung, a small bottle of Optiray can be used instead. We found the elimination of Renografin resulted in a significant cost savings of a little over $9,800)
14. Eliminate 50 cc contrast
The total savings for this process has been $1,355,756. The VAT Committee currently meets once a month. The effort for cost reduction is an ongoing, work-in-process program. The committee's results have become a model for other departments to follow. VAT committees have now become a successful cost-savings system in many modality areas.
The Process
How is this done? Hard work, dedication to the cause and a lot of staff and physician involvement. An important factor in achieving such excellent results comes from staff and physician commitment to essentially operating the cath lab as an independent business. Everyone is a partner with a common goal. Each person takes ownership and a personal responsibility in the success, of all aspects, within the department.
By reviewing some of the items listed in this project, it will be possible to understand further what was accomplished:
1. Cath Packs and Pacer Packs: Specialty or custom packs are very useful because they provide one package, housing many consumable items. Typically there is a packing fee associated with most of the items included in the packaging; therefore, the determination of whether it is more cost beneficial to take an item off the shelf and drop it on the table, versus having it in the pack, needs to be made. For instance, an 18-gauge, 7-cm percutaneous needle may cost $2 (sample cost only). To have this needle available in a custom pack, a packing fee of about $5 would be applied, which is then added to the cost of the pack. By not having the needle in the pack, a cost saving of $3 (per pack) could be accomplished. Depending on the number of procedures a facility performs, this cost savings can be quite significant. For example: 7000 procedures (annually) x $3 = $21,000 in expense reduction. Decisions relating to other items can be made in the same way, potentially adding to the total cost savings.
2. Reprocessing has become a very good cost reduction system. This facility utilizes Ascent Healthcare Solutions for reprocessing and collection services. There are a limited number of FDA-approved products which can be reprocessed. The list can be obtained by any authorized reprocessing company. Authorization was obtained by the hospital Infection Control Team, Material Services, physicians and administration. Certain EP catheters, inflation devices and pulse oximeters can be resterilized and purchased at half price or less than that of the original product price.
3. DES pricing is probably one of the most difficult elements. With only two companies (at this time) involved in the market, Boston Scientific and Johnson & Johnson, being creative is a must. Physician collaboration is essential in negotiating pricing with any company, but with stent pricing, it's imperative. There are many ways in which a facility can work with one of these companies (or both) to get the best pricing possible. With reimbursement at approximately 1.8 stents per patient, multiple stent procedures can be quite costly and in some cases, decrease the contribution margin so much that it is beyond break-even.
Line item pricing is one way to start. Negotiating for a set price per stent can be obtained in particular for those facilities who utilize a large volume.
Bulk pricing has been beneficial in some instances. This usually requires a large inventory of stents. The difficulty that can be experienced with bulk pricing is in separating stents that are on consignment versus purchased stents. In most of today's cath labs, stents are consigned. If not watched closely, a facility can be double-charged. An example would be a purchased stent pulled off the shelf and submitted as if it were consigned. The stent could end up being paid for twice, once when it was purchased and a second time when it is used.
Another method would be to package core product pricing in association with stent pricing to give an overall cost savings. If a company is well-diversified in its products, this is particularly helpful.
Some departments have been known to offer 100% market share for a good discount. Utilizing a company at 100%, however useful and easy to maintain, lacks the market sense of competitiveness that leads to increased bargaining power.
Rebates have been used on occasion. This method can vary, but is usually done by signing yearly contracts with a specified company. In order to receive the annual rebate, the department must meet the prior year's usage, plus a 10% (or some percentage increase agreed on by both parties). When that is achieved, the department/hospital could receive up to 5% of total expensed money as a rebate. Rebates are not a bad option, with the exception that it can take up to three or four months following the year's end to receive the rebate funds.
Competition is a good thing, and with DES, it may be even more crucial. Once Medtronic receives FDA approval of their Endeavor drug-eluting stent, the current price for drug-eluting stents will most likely begin to drop.
4. Inventory control, although not a specific product or device, is a system that when improved upon, can result in a dramatic savings process. Here again, cooperation with staff and physicians is imperative. Vendor reductions need to occur in conjunction with inventory control and inventory reductions. How many times has a physician asked for a product or device only to receive the answer, We don't have any! This is not a situation staff appreciates, since they are the ones who are usually on the receiving end of an upset response. It's not their fault the item is unavailable; it's the system or process in use. By decreasing inventory and vendor size, inventory availability will increase. For example, if a department has been allowing four coronary and four peripheral companies' products to be used, the inventory room(s) will need to be enormous to accommodate all the different sizes, lengths, types, and ancillary pieces. How many facilities have that luxury? I would venture to say, not many. Choosing only two companies in each category would be ideal.
Which to choose? That depends on the individual department's use of market share per company. Choose the top two; these would be the primary vendors. This works in our lab, but in other hospitals I have been at or visited, a multitude of vendors are present. The choice of vendors or companies is a collaborative effort made by physicians, staff and management. This is where being part of the total process and/or operating a department as a unified business venture can be beneficial. There still may be a need to use other companies' products at a very minimal amount, but there would be no need for their representatives to be present, unless indicated for a specific procedure at the request of a physician. Once the decision is made as to which companies to maintain, eliminate the duplicate products of other companies. For instance, if one of the primary companies makes a JL4 Guide and a non-primary company makes the same or equivalent guide, eliminate it, thus reducing inventory. This also allows room, if needed, for additional products from primary companies. As a result, the chance of not having a needed product or device in stock is substantially reduced, if not eliminated. Working with two primary companies is much easier to manage in regards to price negotiations and inventory control. It results in fewer vendor representatives in the lab and increased collaborative working relationships.
References1. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. CMS proposes changes to policies and payment for outpatient services: New steps to increase value in hospital outpatient care, with major revision of ambulatory surgical centers payments. August 8, 2006. Accessed October 11, 2006 at http://www. cms.hhs.gov/apps/media/press/release.asp? Counter=19382. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. 42 CFR Parts 409, 410, 412, 413, 485, and 489; Medicare Program; Proposed Changes to the Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems and Fiscal 2007 Rates; Proposed Rule. Accessed October 11, 2006 at http://www.cms.hhs.gov/AcuteInpatient PPS/downloads/cms1488f.pdf
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The Holy Cross Service Program is a graduation requirement that encourages the development of our student's social conscience by placing them in direct contact with various populations of people in need. Empowering students to bring hope to others, they will work with people who are developmentally disabled, small children, elderly and economically poor. This broad exposure helps clarify our students' unique gifts, talents and interests. All service must be completed away from the Saint Francis Campus.
The goals of the Holy Cross Christian Service Project Graduation Requirement are based on the philosophy of Saint Francis High School: "The school is committed to building a just society within the world community in which service to others is practiced by all." Service is not an option it is an obligation we have as Christians and as members of the human family. The Holy Cross Christian Service requirement is designed to encourage our students to be active participants of the Family of Holy Cross.
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More Than a Pretty Face
Yesterday I finished an absolutely wonderful book: Lean In by Sheryl Sandberg. In it, Sheryl addresses the fact that, even in 2014, we don't have true equality of men and women in the workplace or in the home. She thoughtfully unpacks the reasons, and then discusses how we can change things. She suggests that our world would be a better place for all (not just for women) if half of our countries and corporations were led by women and half of our homes were led by men. This book gave me a lot to think about; one of those being how much we value women's various accomplishments. (Note: for more info about Sheryl and this book, check out www.leanin.org .)
I realized that we tend to place greater value on accomplishments that really don't mean much, rather than actual meaningful accomplishments. The amount of media attention given to weight loss is a perfect example. Just about every single women's magazine in your grocery store as at least part of it devoted to tips and tricks of how to lose weight, as if having a "perfect" body is the most important thing women should strive to achieve. (Disclaimer: Don't get me wrong – as a dietitian I have worked with many individuals, both men and women, whose weight was impeding their health and quality of life. So I absolutely see the value in weight management to manage and prevent chronic diseases, like diabetes, high blood pressure, obstructive sleep apnea, heart disease, etc.) But the ironic thing is, even though we are constantly bombarded with experts (and self-proclaimed "experts") telling us how we can lose that last 10 lbs, as a nation, we are more overweight than ever before. Really, I think this massive focus on weight and looking a certain way has done more harm than good, perpetuating the stereotype of what "beauty" is, causing women (and men, as well) to look at their bodies critically, and placing a ridiculous amount of importance on achieving that beauty ideal.
Or how about the countless hours we put into trying to have the perfect house, perfectly dressed kids, and instagram-worthy gorgeous meals? I am just as much of a clean freak as the next person (if not more), but I have to regularly remind myself that having a spotless home is not the be all and end all. And I love to cook aesthetically-pleasing meals, but I don't see that as a really important accomplishment.
Something is wrong when we place more importance on a woman losing 50 lbs than on the promotion she just received. Or profiling a woman on a talk show or in a magazine because of her beautiful home, rather than because of the ways she regularly serves in her community. Or (and I know I will likely step on some toes with this next one, but I think it needs to be said) the huge celebration we make out of a woman getting engaged or having a baby. Now, I was thrilled when Stephen and I got engaged and when we got married (and I still absolutely LOVE being married to him and doing life with him), but I don't see that as the biggest accomplishment of my life. As well, I'm excited to one day have kids and get to raise them with Stephen, but, again, I don't see me having a baby as the purpose of my life. Again, if I offended you, I'm sorry, but I hope you can see the point I'm trying to make here. We tend put more weight on certain accomplishments than others, and I think it's more harmful than helpful.
How wonderful would it be to live in a world where we threw a huge celebration for a woman who just received a grant to be able to start her research that may save countless lives ten years from now? Or for a woman who spent her lifetime positively reshaping the school system in her city. Or who was asked to present at an influential conference in her industry. What if we placed more value on a woman's contribution to bettering the lives of the people living in her city, than on the fact that she lost 30 lbs?
I think that when we focus more on the superficial accomplishments (looking perfect, losing weight, having the perfect home, etc), we send the message to our girls that how they look is more important than who they are and what they can do. I know that is not the message I want to send to my daughter. I want her to grow up knowing that she is more than a pretty face. I want her to know that she is smart, creative, capable of great things, and that her worth comes from who God says she is, not from what people say or how she looks. I want her to choose whether or not she wants to get married – and for her to know that either choice is okay. I want her to know that if she chooses to not have kids or is unable to conceive, that she is not less of a woman. I want her to know that making a difference in her world, whether through paid or unpaid work, is more important than having the perfect house with the perfect kids and the perfect partner. I want her to feel celebrated for her real accomplishments, and that that celebration will motivate her to work harder and strive to truly make a difference in our world. I want her to look after her body, not so that she can try to achieve the unrealistic standards of beauty set out for her by society, but so that she can be healthy and strong. And I want her to know that she truly can be whatever she chooses to be: a teacher, an architect, a full-time stay-at-home mom, a nurse, a politician, etc. And I want her to know that she can strive to be a leader in her chosen field and in her community.
There's no simple answer to this challenge we find ourselves in. And it's often overwhelming to look at massive issue like this and feel overwhelmed. But I truly do think that this can change. It may be gradual, but it will change when we EACH address our own thoughts about this matter, as we engage in conversation about this, as we talk about this with our daughters, our friends, and those we mentor, and as we, by our words and our actions, truly begin to place more value on the accomplishments that really matter. I believe that we as women have been distracted for far too long by the unimportant.
Hilary Rodham Clinton said "Women are the world's most underused resource." I think she's right. As we stop allowing ourselves to be distracted by maintaining the external things and really join together with other women – AND with men, if we celebrate our accomplishments and the accomplishments of our daughters/sisters/mothers/friends/colleagues, I believe we would see incredible positive changes in our world.
xoxo Kristy
Note: I focused on girls and women, but I believe that we also need to look at how we're raising our boys and the message we send to men. Boys should also be raised to know that the difference they make in our world is more important than how much money they make, that they are not less of a man if their wife makes more money than them, and that they can choose to do whatever they want to do – whether they choose to work in a male-dominated field or in a female-dominated field or if they choose to be at home full-time. That's all I'll say for now – this could be a whole other post :)


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Strictly favourite Ann Widdecombe is taking her performance to new heights this weekend – literally.
In a show first, the 63-year-old and her partner Anton du Beke will become the first couple to 'fly'.
The gravity defying moves will be achieved during the pair's tango with the help of a harness.
Anton came up with the gimmick because he wanted to try something "outrageous" to impress the judges.
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Imagine Dragons, a pop-rock group that formed in Utah and will perform at In The Venue on May 1, has been tapped by MTV as its PUSH artist of the week for April 16.
Throughout the week, MTV will feature exclusive content including premiering the Las Vegas band's video for their single, "It's Time," on MTV, AMTV, mtvU, MTV Hits and MTV.com.
The track is the first single off Imagine Dragons latest EP "Continued Silence."
"Any time I hear music, I also see visuals in my mind," said Imagine Dragons' lead singer Dan Reynolds in a press release about the video, which was shot on a dry lake bed in Barstow, Calif. "'It's Time' is an emotional song that was written at a very transitional period of my life. I've always loved conceptual videos that leave room for the viewer room to interpret it in a way that is most personal to them. That is what we tried to do with this video. The director had a great vision for representing the song's meaning in a subtle way. We wanted the video to be cinematic and true to the song."
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Pewaukee entrepreneur reinvents the haircut
A Pewaukee-based businessman has updated the classic Flowbee haircutting system, allowing users to get a mistake-proof cut even while on the go.
Norman Yerke has been thinking about reinventing the Flowbee for the past 17 years, a system he's personally used for the past 18 years, but it wasn't until 2008 that he started to design a new haircutter.
Yerke hired an engineer and worked on the design and prototypes for over a year before launching the Aircut vacuum haircutter a little over a year ago with the intent to save users time and money while offering a convenient, no-mess way to trim hair. Unlike its predecessor, the Flowbee, the Aircut does not require a vacuum attachment, and can be used anywhere there's an electrical outlet.
"There's nothing like it on the market," Yerke said.
Serial entrepreneur
Yerke, 68, started managing companies when he was 26 years old, shortly after he served in the United States Army. With an investment banker, he purchased a small division from a multibillion dollar company in 1985, which he and his managers grew from $8 million in sales to $100 million in sales in less than eight years, Yerke said. Since then, he has started, purchased or sold 15 companies, including two construction companies, four Internet companies in the merger and acquisition field, business brokerage, a music site for videos and a chair company. He's also invented a golf tee, developed two office buildings, started two retail businesses and an investment firm, he said. Yerke sold his last four businesses in late 2007 just before the recession began, he said.
In the 1980s, Yerke was chairman of a $2 billion trade association, and in the last 10 years he has been chairman of three nonprofit associations, two of which worked with inner city at risk children, he said.
"I'm never going to retire," said Yerke. "I'm having a ball."
The vacuum was the biggest problem in creating the Aircut, said Yerke, who lives in Elm Grove but has an office in Pewaukee. They worked out the kinks, though, and designed a vacuum that works at 41 mph. They're now working on a model that runs at 51 mph, he said.
The Aircut, available exclusively on the Internet for $99.95, includes a tapered styler and eight straight stylers ranging from 4 inches to ½ inch, and according to Yerke is error-proof.
"You can't make a mistake with the Aircut," he said.
The stylers pull the hair straight out and cut only to the desired length, he said. The device is perfect for men, women with short hair and children, said Yerke.
"You never have to go to a barber again," said Yerke. "Most importantly, you can save thousands of dollars."
Yerke's Aircut is family-approved. One of Yerke's daughters has 13 children, seven of who are boys, and she uses the Aircut for quick, no-mess cuts. He said his other daughter's 2-year-old son does not like going to get his hair cut, but with the Aircut, the process is over in three minutes.
The Aircut has been selling well, Yerke said. He's had a number of orders overseas and is in talks with a distributor in Spain.
Yerke said he has not received any complaints about the Aircut, a feat for a new product.
"People are buying them not only for themselves but also as gifts," Yerke said.
A Maryland woman loved the product so much, she's ordered four from him, he said.
The Aircut is available exclusively on the Internet at www.aircut.com.
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I keep my settings fairly high and I've noticed that PoS is completely borked. Sometimes you see where ice is going to fall in the tunnels and sometimes you don't. It's like playing pinball when you don't. Same thing with the guys that are dragging around body parts before you get to Ick. I used to see green puddles, now i just see little bubbles on occasion the green puddles decide to come out of hiding.


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Focusing Inquiry
This focusing inquiry establishes a baseline and a direction. The teacher uses all available information to determine what their students have already learned and what they need to learn next.
The New Zealand Curriculum, p 35.
Key questions in a focusing inquiry
- What is important (and therefore worth spending time on), given where my students are at?
- What do I need to find out about my students' literacy and e-learning needs and strengths? What are my own needs and strengths in an e-learning context?
Focusing the inquiry
In the following conversation, the facilitator clarified the purpose of the session – increasing the teachers' knowledge about how digital content, software, and other e-learning tools can be used as a resource to support planning and teaching persuasive writing.
The session began with an initial needs analysis of students. The teachers brought along an overview of their students' writing needs, based primarily on asTTle data.
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Focus questions
Facilitator: Your focus is persuasive writing. What are the specific areas that you want to target? What does your asTTle writing data show?
Teacher K: A weakness in structure and content, pretty much. I have been working on grammar, language resources, and punctuation with various groups but, with the latest asTTle results, I'll need to shift the emphasis.
Facilitator: Have you thought about what the learning context will be?
Teacher K: Last week, they were writing about.. For this task, students wrote about their mum – why she's the best mum and deserves a box of chocolates for Mother's Day. The writing topic changes, but basically the focus is persuasive writing. We've focused on initial paragraphs, giving reasons, and supporting those reasons, and we've done a concluding paragraph.
Facilitator: So can you identify your more able writers from the asTTle data and from their draft books?
Teacher K: Yes.
Facilitator: And are their needs for structure and content the same as for the other kids? Or not?
Teacher K: They can all improve in aspects of either structure or content.
Facilitator: So what we're looking for in a DLO are the sorts of examples that will support the teaching of structure and content. We know that you will also want to be building on your previous learning focus, particularly language resources, because we know how important language is in persuasive writing. You're not worried about topic so long as writing contexts are authentic for your students.
Teacher K: And that's what I've tried to do – to find something meaningful. For example, the Mother's Day topic worked because she [mum] gives them a reason.
Facilitator: OK, so we'll have to make sure that the DLO we choose is not just a good idea that seems to be fun.
While the teachers have drawn on rich information about their students' literacy development, they have not mentioned anything about the students' ICT knowledge or expertise.
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Born in west London, Imrie was raised in Musselburgh, East Lothian, Scotland from the age of three. After leaving school at the age of 16, she worked in various blue-collar jobs in the Edinburgh area. Aged 18, she married a local man from Haddington, East Lothian but the marriage soon dissolved.
Imrie then moved to London and began a glamour modelling career. She started appearing as a Page Three girl in The Sun in November 1988, shortly after her 21st birthday, and continued to appear regularly on Page Three until August 1993. She also posed nude for a wide range of men's magazines, including the US edition of Penthouse, which featured her as its cover girl and Penthouse Pet for December 1989 (modelling under the pseudonym Kirsten Stewart. She continued to pose for glamour photographs through her late thirties, appearing in the April 2007 edition of Mayfair magazine at the age of 39.
Imrie also worked as a television presenter. In 1995, she appeared on the newly launched adult television channel Television X.[6] In 1996, L!VE TV recruited Imrie as a television sports presenter. She replaced another former Page Three girl, Gail McKenna, who had moved to the channel Five.[7]
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Thanks for the kind words, garfunkel.
I am serious. Rather than QQ a bunch, I just stopped playing the game. The fact that I could no longer compete with mages and warlocks in Naxx 25, Sarth 3D and Maly 25, players who were now beating all our guild's top-geared and expertly-played huntards by a handsome margin of 20-30% on most fights, was just too sickening to behold. I have no idea what Blizzard was smoking when they introduced 3.0.8. Plus, I was getting burned out on raiding almost every night of the week.
However, as often happens, I wanted to do *something* in WoW so a month later I picked up with a DK I created on another realm and have enjoyed it since. Being able to solo ZG, some of the AQ20 bosses and most of the Outlands 5-mans is a hoot. And that's with nothing but crafted and quest gear!
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Bang and Olufsen, long known for their illustrious line of visual/audio equipment, introduced the Beovision 4 plasma TV today. They've laid claim to having the best looking plasma on the market, but 'how so' you ask? Included in what is a probably an uber expensive set, is a small camera that emerges from the TV's inner workings every 100 hours to measure picture quality and adjust accordingly. Engineers and marketers must work in the same department because they've inserted a dedicated center channel at the base of the TV insuring that you'll purchase the matching BeoLab 10 home theater system. Comes in a 50 inch and 65 inch setup.
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