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A new national survey of more than 1,000 RNs suggests that resistance from nursing leaders and other barriers prevent nurses from implementing evidence-based practices that improve patient outcomes.
When survey respondents ranked these barriers, the most frequently mentioned also included politics and organizational cultures that avoid change.
When asked what would help them implement evidence-based practice, respondents reported education, access to information and organizational support among their top needs.
Evidence-based practice refers to making decisions about patient care that are based on the best evidence produced by well-designed clinical research. Numerous studies have suggested evidence-based care of patients can reduce patient complications and decrease healthcare costs by as much as 30%.
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Overall, a little more than half of respondents reported that evidence-based practice was consistently used in their organization, but only about a third said their colleagues consistently used these practices.
The respondents with more education tended to have more confidence in implementing evidence-based practice. However, the longer nurses had been working in healthcare, the less interested they were in learning more about evidence-based practice.
This was a distressing finding, Bernadette Melnyk, RN, PhD, CPNP/PMHNP, FNAP, FANN, the studys lead author and dean of the College of Nursing and chief wellness officer at Ohio State University, said in a news release. And it's a huge problem. The average age of nurses is 47, and they were educated at a time when evidence-based practice was not well integrated into educational programs.
As a result, many nurses are practicing the way they were taught or steeped in tradition of the healthcare system in which they work. When new graduates who have learned to take an evidence-based approach to care are meeting these nurses in real-world settings, they encounter this prevalence of a this is the way we do it here culture.
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Melnyk said the findings indicate the need for widespread cultural change in healthcare settings and a new direction in nursing education, where many current faculty tend to emphasize teaching rigorous research methods and critique of existing research rather than how to put research findings to use in clinical practice settings. She also said consumers should feel empowered to ask whether they are receiving evidence-based care.
Examples of care that are not based on evidence are relatively easy to find, noted Melnyk, a longtime consultant with health systems on implementation of evidence-based practice and a former member of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force.
Many children suffering asthma attacks receive a drug to open their airways with a nebulizer in an ED, for example, when research has shown that using a metered-dose inhaler with a spacer leads to fewer side effects, less time in the ED and lower likelihood of hospitalization. Patients with depression typically receive an antidepressant prescription and nothing else despite research-based evidence that cognitive behavior therapy is more effective than medicine for mild to moderate depression.
The Institute of Medicine issued a report in 2003 calling for health professional education programs to include evidence-based care among five core competencies. As a goal, the IOM has said 90% of all patient-care decisions should be based on evidence by 2020.
A survey of nurses in 2005 conducted by a different research group suggested the profession wasn't ready then to adopt evidence-based care, said Melnyk, who also is vice president for health promotion at Ohio State. Now, in 2012, they believe in it and they're ready for it. But there are so many barriers that continue to exist in our healthcare system and our educational system.
Another disconcerting finding in our survey was that a substantive number of nurses said their leader or manager is resistant to evidence-based practice, Melnyk added. What I've seen as a consultant is a lot of leaders and managers will say they want their clinicians to deliver evidence-based care, but they don't walk the talk. If leaders do not role model evidence-based decision-making and they are not providing tools, education and resources for their clinicians to get the knowledge and skills they need to consistently implement this, it's probably not going to happen nor will it be sustained.
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Melnyk and colleagues solicited potential participants via emails sent to 20,000 randomly selected members of the American Nurses Association. Of those, 1,015 members completed the survey.
The survey contained questions about the state of evidence-based practice from each respondents perspective as well as two open-ended questions:
- What one thing prevents respondents from implementing evidence-based practice in daily clinical care?
- What one thing would help them the most to implement this care?
Respondent ages ranged from 21 to 79, and 93% were female. Nearly 56% held master's degrees or higher, while 44% had earned a bachelors degree, associate degree or diploma. The average number of years in nursing practice was 24, representing a range of zero to 52 years. Almost 47% worked in community hospitals, and 23% practiced in academic medical centers. A quarter of respondents described themselves as nurse educators.
Although 46.4% of respondents agreed that findings from research studies are routinely implemented to improve patient outcomes at their institution, 76.2%, indicated it was important for them to receive more education and skills building in evidence-based practice. Fewer than a third of respondents reported that mentors were available in their healthcare settings to help them learn more about how to adopt these practices.
Nurses working in hospitals with Magnet designation, awarded by the American Nurses Credentialing Center for excellence in nursing, were more likely to report the adoption of evidence-based care at their institutions, plenty of educational opportunities to gain skills in this care and organizational cultures that supported the use of evidence in delivering care.
The study appeared in the September issue of the Journal of Nursing Administration.


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1. This weekend is the last chance to grab some Christmas spirit Celtic-style at the Playhouse Downtown. Flat Rock Playhouse musicians will present "A Celtic Christmas" at 8 p.m. today and Saturday and 2 p.m. Saturday in the downtown venue at 125 S. Main St. Admission is $35. Call 828-693-0731 or visit www.flatrockplayhouse.org for more information.
2. Time is running out to see choreographer Chase Brock's interpretation of "The Nutcracker" at the Flat Rock Playhouse Mainstage. Guest dancers from New York join members of the Playhouse YouTheatre for an updated version of the classic tale set in a mountain town very much like Hendersonville. Performances are set for 8 p.m. today and Saturday and 2 p.m. Saturday. Admission is $40 for adults. Call 828-693-0731 or visit www.flatrockplayhouse.org to reserve tickets.
3. If a bluegrass Christmas is your style, head over to the Feed & Seed in Fletcher on Saturday night. The bands are set to play at 7:30, but you'll need to get there early if you want a seat. For details, call 828-216-3492.
4. Take a break from day-after-Christmas shopping on Wednesday and visit the Historic Hendersonville Train Depot. The Apple Valley Model Railroad Club will host an open house from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Detailed model railroad layouts that depict Western North Carolina are on display, and admission is free. For more information, call 828-890-8246 or visit www.avmrc.com.
5. If you'd like to reminisce to the sounds of Ol' Blue Eyes crooning Christmas classics, the Peace Center in Greenville, S.C., is hosting the Greenville Symphony's Pops! orchestra and guest artist Steve Lippia performing "A Simply Sinatra Christmas." Performances are scheduled for 7:30 p.m. today and Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $15-$35. Call 800.888.7768 or visit www.peacecenter.org.
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BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) -- Colombia extradited 14 top paramilitary warlords - many of them wanted on drug-trafficking charges - to the United States on Tuesday, saying they failed to comply with the peace pact under which they demobilized.
Those extradited in the surprise pre-dawn operation were among the illegal militias' top leadership - including Salvatore Mancuso, commander of their umbrella group, Interior Minister Carlos Holguin said.
The warlords, who prosecutors blame for some of modern Colombia's worst atrocities, were extradited because "they were committing crimes and reorganizing criminal structures" from prison, Holguin told Caracol radio.
Under the 2003 pact, the far-right Colombian militia leaders were supposed to confess to all their crimes, surrender their ill-gotten riches and promise to stop committing crimes in exchange for reduced jail terms and protection from extradition.
Relatives of their victims complained however that shipping them to the United States will make it more difficult to obtain justice and secure reparations for thousands of families. A tenth of Colombia's congress, including many close allies of President Alvaro Uribe, have been jailed for allegedly colluding with the warlords.
Holguin did not provide details on the charges the 14 face in the United States.
At least four are known to be wanted on drug-trafficking charges, including Diego Murillo, a longtime reputed drug lord known as "Don Berna," and Rodrigo Tovar, a military officer's son who went by the nom de guerre of Jorge 40.
Ivan Cepeda, head of Colombia's main victims' rights group, said it's very possible the extradited warlords will negotiate reduced jail terms in the United States and evade responsibility for massacres and other crimes.
The militias grew out of self-defense forces formed by wealthy ranchers in the 1980s to counter leftist rebel extortion and kidnapping. They seized much of the Caribbean coast in the late 1990s, killing thousands and stealing millions of acres of land while wresting control of lucrative drug-trafficking routes.
The U.S. government declared the United Defense Forces of Colombia, the paramilitary umbrella organization, a terrorist group in 2001. Uribe was elected to his first term the following year.
Colombia last week extradited jailed paramilitary boss Carlos Mario Jimenez, known as Macaco, accusing him of continuing to run his drug gangs from behind bars.
Jimenez had been among the least cooperative in confessing to his crimes, and his extradition followed a court challenge by victims who argued it would help him evade justice.
Several of the warlords, anticipating their extradition, have already obtained defense lawyers in the United States.
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Is there a tree that once grown (from sapling to tree) it has always a X height and remain that amount forever?
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Two young people are dead including her own daughter, she flees the scene and she's "negotiating" her surrender? And already has an attorney? Give me break.
she doesn't deserve to be standing anywhere except a jail cell. Do the right thing. Turn yourself in, You belong behind bars. You don't deserve freedom, You child deserved a life as did your niece/daughters friend. You should be already rotting in the guilt that you put on yourself. They deserved to have a life. you took it , you need to pay.
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I call bs. If you are ready to turn yourself in then go to the nearest police station and do it.
Just not Cool. Should have just stayed there, and turned herself in then...She is just making it worse for herself!!! The Girls Deserve JUSTICE NO MATTER WHO DID IT...MAY THE TRUTH BE KNOWN, SO MAYBE THE FAMILIES AND FRIENDS CAN HAVE PEACE! CAUSE THEY NEVER REALLY BE OKAY AGAIN........
She wants to just be arrested without talking.
Well, she should make a statement then. Even through a lawyer. But make a damn statement.
Good work, again, Thadeus.
No one can call it "camping" when people have no alternatives. They are homeless, living on the Palco Marsh.
Who in their rightful mind would go "camping" on cold, damp, toxic soil under threat of arrest?
They will find them. It's just a matter of time. The police are not going to comment on an investigation. I am sure they are doing a thorough investigation to get the facts so the case is a solid one before arresting anyone. All this supposition is just that supposition. Pointless. If you know something anything contact the police.
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So this tragedy happened last week and still nothing??? No arrests?? What on earth is going on? Something strange. The CHP are saying thry don't know the suspect's whereabouts...the lawyer says "she" was going to turn herself in...but didnt and now there are no updates and nothing on the news??? What...is this all going to get swept under the rug?? Does anyone else think this is pretty strange??
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Is this being Botched? Why are they letting the Lawyer call the shots? Why arent they putting out a warrant for the owner of the car? All they keep saying is that they want to make sure they are thorough. Holy crap just arrest the person who owns the vehicle for starters. Why are they letting the suspects call the shots? Seriously?
Whoever was driving that Jeep needs life in prison, under no circumstances should they have left those girls on the side of the road to die...own up!!
absolutely NO OFFICIAL report has been made that specifically names the mother as the hit and run driver.....people are reading what they want into this and are making UNCALLED FOR statements....IF ANYONE has any FACTS it is better to make contact with the CHP or Fortuna Police and give THEM a statement as to what they KNOW happened.....PLEASE Do NOT hinder the investigation, trial and sentencing of the person responsible for this hideous crime..NO MATTER WHO IT TURNS OUT TO BE.. by speculations and assumptions....and rumors....let JUSTICE be served for these precious girls....DO NOT POST THESE ASSUMPTIONS AND SPECULATIONS ON A MEDIA SITE..it will only make thing worse for all concerned
Why has the quote been changed? It originally had the lawyer referring to his client as "she" and "her". And also when you try to "like" a comment on here it automatically shows as "dislike"....
How dare a mother go into hiding period knowing her child is dead. Are you kidding me! And how would you cover up for your son if it was truly his accident? For those of you making excuses for the reasons she is in hiding, shame on you. There is absolutely know reason under God for that mother to be hiding out. These girls are dead and by God somebody better come forth and own up to it. They are the victims not the son and damn sure not the mother. How dare any of you make excuses for any of those family members conduct that are not coming forth. If that was my child and her friend that were hit and were killed God almighty couldn't stop me from getting to the hospital. And only the guilty would be looking for ways to cover it up. If you were drunk driving, I'm sorry, but that's on you! That's too damn bad! Personally, My heart goes out to the victims and their family, for this truly is a horrible accident and it saddens this community greatly!!
Michael Campbell I admire your idea of taking the fall for your child but what good does that do? Now when he buys a rifle and shoots up a school are you going to take the fall or are you going to let him take the fall and maybe get the help he would need if that was the situation...as far as what's going on its terrible downright evil but let's wait for facts before we fight and do all this bullshit this isn't what these dead girls would want they'd want justice and not people fighting over who's the better parent or who is right and who is wrong!


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Skip to comments.Scott Peterson Gets Marriage Proposals
Posted on 03/27/2005 5:10:46 PM PST by wagglebee
Is there a shortage of eligible bachelors, or an overabundance of insecure women or both? That's a legitimate question, especially in lieu of the fact that convicted murderer Scott Peterson was on death row less than an hour before he got his first marriage proposal, the San Francisco Chronicle reports.
Any murder is bad enough, to be sure. But perhaps the oddest thing about Peterson's marriage proposal is that the ex-California fertilizer salesman was convicted of murdering his pregnant wife. "Three dozen phone calls came in to the warden's office on Peterson's first day at his new home in San Quentin State Prison -- women were pleading for his mailing address, and one smitten 18-year-old said she wanted to marry him," the paper said.
"Smitten?" Yes, say experts, even though as far as anyone knows, none of the women have yet to meet Peterson or spend any time with him.
Besides the thrill of marrying a "notorious" man, the paper reported, there is this fact: A death row inmate likely won't be coming home ever so if things don't work out, oh well.
"They love the celebrity status," Jack Levin, a criminologist who is director of the Brudnick Center on Violence at Northeastern University in Boston, told the Chronicle. Co-author of the book "Extreme Killing: Understanding Serial and Mass Murder," Levin said it examines "killer groupies," among other bizarre behavior surrounding the condemned.
Other notable notorious killers who garner much attention include:
* Twelve-year-old Polly Klaas' killer, Richard Allen Davis, who "probably gets more mail than most," San Quentin spokesman Eric Messick told the paper.
* Richard Ramirez, a Satan worshipper nicknamed "the Night Stalker" who killed 13 people, "has women virtually throwing themselves at him despite the fact he is already married," the Chronicle reported.
"You take our five highest-profile killers here, and you've got your answer about who the most popular inmates are," Messick said.
No, they are just plain stupid!
Likely Dems.
Just Damn!
There are too many SICK people in this country.
And they say Terri Schiavo is brain damaged.
Quit calling me stupid. Until Michael Schiavo comes on the market, Scott Peterson is the best I can do.
LMAO! There's always Charles Manson.
If the Night Stalker can get marriage proposals, I guess Scottie can, too.
Sick, sick, sick.
What? When I'm available???
Are you in jail? Duh.
Not yet...
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A little old lady is sitting on a park bench in Miami Beach. A man walks over and sits down on the other end of the bench.
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He replies, "I used to live here years ago."
"So, where were you all these years?"
"In prison," he says.
"For what did they put you in prison?"
He looks at her, and very quietly says,"I killed my wife."
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That joke is supposed to take place in the Catskills. You left out all the good parts.
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What are the Menendez brothers? Chopped liver?
How funny..
Although come to think of it, anywhere along the borscht circuit would work...
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I doubt it. Even if he were to write a book or sell movie rights, Laci's family could easily win a wrongful death suit that would take everything.
The overwhelming allure of the unobtainable...
No, not desperate. Just stupid. I've done some very minor research (consisting mainly of watching the Biography channel) on cults.
I'm now convinced that a small percentage of people will believe and do anything for attention or acceptance.
I intend to cash in on that by starting my very own cult, and bilking these people out of everything they own. I may demand sex from my female followers, if I can convince my wife that I owe it to my public.
Now thats funny!!!
My Fiance' said that the only reason to start a cult is to meet women. (he's also convinced he's next inline for the Popes seat!!!)
"You !@#$@!%@ women are all alike, just cruising for another pretty face in orange coveralls! You're breaking my heart, Xenalyte, breaking my heart!"
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"Why can't I find another girl ready for commitment, like SQUEAKY!?!?!"
Well, Peterson is on death row in California. His odds of actually being executed are not real high. Had he done the murder in say, Texas, maybe he'd have a chance of getting whacked by the State.
No wonder I can't find a wife... guess I'm too "goody-goody". Sigh
XL - Take heart...Schindler's mistress will soon be promoted to wife and there will be a new opening for her current position. The vacancy announcement will be posted on Monster.com.
I remember during the oj trial..some goofball spokeslady for the killer said that he is getting a lot of letters of support for his "innocence"..and the former da of LA..whose name escapes me..said brilliantly..this is a large country with lots of loony people in it..they do not represent society or normal people..sadly..later..I might add..they represented the racist jury that sat in judment of the killer..but that is another post..killer greer in florida must be glad that oj killer lives in his state..maybe the two killers can play golf together and compare notes...
I hear ya. Women are off the wall these days. If you are a decent man, they don't want you.
Maybe these are women who wish to die. We should let them marry Peterson, then let him out so he can kill them. After all, these women have a "right to death", don't they? I mean, haven't we learned ANYTHING over the past 10 days?
Some women ... for reasons unknown to anyone ... like the "bad boys," even the ones who would beat them and make their lives miserable. The same women will ignore the good kid who would treat them like royalty. These women usually wake up around age 30, but by then it's too late.
Yeah, but a great proportion of women are attracted to sociopaths who aren't convicted murderers too. The attraction to the "bad guy" scenario is an observed phenomenon often speculated on--and the lame excuse often used is that the women want to mother them and rehabilitate them. More plausibly it is "like attracts its like".
My mind reels at how many times I've been in discussion with other guys lamenting and decrying the choice in men that many women seem to have an affinity for. A typical situation is a woman attracted to a guy that is psychologically abusive, indifferent, exploitive and controlling without having good looks, charm or money that would make sense of the situation. This almost seems like the norm--or at least out here in L.A.
And then the women so often complain that all men are loutish "abusers". Some of these gals figure things out when they are a lot older, but by then who cares?
You beat me to posting the same line of thought...
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The good news for online retailers is that e-commerce bounced back more rapidly from the recession. Online retail's growth rates have been at least three times the growth rate of bricks-and-mortar stores for the past year. The bad news for all retailers is that we're starting from a higher level of unemployment this time: 9.2% today versus 6.2% in September 2008.
However, online retailers are better positioned to withstand any double-dip recession that might unfold, suggests Eric Best, CEO of Mercent, which helps retailers sell on online marketplaces like Amazon and eBay, Google Product Search and comparison shopping engines. "The more price-sensitive consumers become, the more they'll rely on online research for any considered purchase," Best says.
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Here is the latest in our year-long look at one cool comic (whether it be a self-contained work, an ongoing comic or a run on a long-running title that featured multiple creative teams on it over the years) a day (in no particular order whatsoever)! Here's the archive of the moments posted so far!
Today we look at the classic Doctor Doom spotlight issue from John Byrne's Fantastic Four run (#258, to be specific)..
First off, an issue entirely spotlighting Doctor Doom was a great idea. It's been done plenty of times since, but at the time it was a novel idea.
Byrne opens up with a strong splash page of Doom surveying his kingdom (which he had just recently taken control of after losing his title)…
but the REALLY cool part is the double page splash on the following two pages…
Nice enough page on its own merits, but the REALLY cool aspect of it is that it is an homage to Fantastic Four #247, when the FF had to help Doom get his title back. Check out THAT double-page splash…
Pretty nifty, huh?
Other cool things in this issue is showing Doom keeping up with events in other Marvel titles, a nice little continuity nod without going overboard…
The major plot point in the issue is a doctor trying to trick Doom into using a device that would give the user the Power Cosmic. Doom figured that it would not work on humans. This leads into a tirade about how much better Doom is than, say, Magneto.
Meanwhile, Doom thinks about the device and figures out who the device WOULD work on…
Cool, eh?
The artwork is great and the story is strong and it also sets up the next issue quite nicely (while fitting into the current narrative of Byrne's FF run, including references to past issues).
Great stuff by Byrne.
Hey! I got a letter printed in that issue! (Well OK it was a blurb from a postcard I sent in buit still…) Also, poor Kristoff! If you think that was bad, kid, what'll ya see what's coming …
What a great issue! Byrne really did an outstanding job with Doom. He gave readers a view into the man's psyche without getting too sentimental, that is, he made Doom interesting and compelling without making him appear even a bit sympathetic.
Although, Edo, plenty of Doom fetishists use this exact issue to argue that Doom is, in fact, a sympathetic character. They apparently skipped over the part where he nearly kills his prepubescent ward.
A great pick, Brian. some comments:
Doom assaulting Kristoff: A noteworthy aspect of this scene is how it neatly parallels the scene in FANTASTIC FOUR # 85, page 7. Hauptmann (the brother of the character that we see in this issue), remarks that Doom's " brilliance rivals that of the Red Skull himself!" (page 7, panel 1). Doom explodes in the next panel, ramming Hauptmann against the wall. Obviously, Byrne was intrigued by this scene, and decided that it would be far more shocking if it showed Doom lashing out at a child, and not at an ex- lackey of the Red Skull's.
Delayed payoff: Readers had to wait years before the suggested confrontation between Doom and Strange took place, but it was worth the wait. DOCTOR STRANGE AND DOCTOR DOOM: TRIUMPH AND TORMENT, by the team of Roger Stern and Mike Mignola, was a masterpiece.
Getting your money's worth: Look at the richness of this issue: Doom putting Latveria back on course, Doom receiving news on potential foes, Doom dispensing justice in his Kingdom, Doom ouwitting Hauptmann's scheme, Doom playing the role of surrogate father to Kristoff, Doom setting in motion his plan against the FF, etc. Nowadays,what with writing for the trade, you would be lucky to get an issue that contained even 25% of the content of this issue. Back then, an individual issue was supposed to be a complete experience in itself, not just a part of a larger whole.
Thanks for giving the spotlight to this issue, Brian. Definitely one of the best Byrne issues in the FF. Michael P, I think you are exaggerating a bit with the "Doom fetishists" pronouncement. What I like about the way that Byrne handles the character is that he does harken back to the Doom origin in FF annual #2. Doom was shown to be an extremely capable as a ruler yet still has his dark side. I wouldn't for a minute want that part of him to go away. What Byrne does is let him keep both aspects of the character, the fascinating contradiction of someone who has the potential for both good and evil. What we don't like is when a writer forgets that part, as Waid does to a great extent in "Unthinkable".
BTW, I got to briefly chat with Jonathan Hickman at C2E2 and prodded him on getting Kristoff to return. If that does happen, you can perhaps blame it on me !. And another point on Kristoff. Byrne has said on his MB that he wanted to make it clear that when the Doombots grab Kristoff and subject him to the device that overwrites his memories with Doom that it was never Doom's intention for that to happen. We know from this story in FF#258 that Doom is prepping Kristoff for some kind of role perhaps in the governance of Latveria but Doombots acted on their own in regards their actions with Kristoff. Byrne had planned a larger arc after Doom returns in FF #287- 288. According to Byrne, Doom would be horrified upon finding out what had happened to Kristoff in his absence and that the FF were keeping him locked up in Avengers mansion. This would then turn into a huge 12 issue conflict that would give Doom a renewed hatred of the FF for what happens to Kristoff. I think he probably would have been killed at some point if I remember Byrne's summary correctly.
This is one of my favourite issues. (also thought the cover was very clever).
I loved how Byrne emphasized Doom's competence as a leader and the importance of his citizens (granted, they were more like property than individuals, but still important) so that we could better understand how Doom was a hero in his own mind.
When I finally read the Lee/Kirby Doom/Surfer/Power Cosmic story I was very disappointed that they didn't deal with this leader aspect (instead, upon getting the power cosmic, Doom flies around terrorizing his citizens like a rampaging monster). It was very cartoonish.
Obviously I love that Lee and Kirby created this great villain, but I didn't really enjoy him until Byrne fleshed out the character with stories like this.
John Byrne is so awesome he homages John Byrne.
*pays homage to
Darn…. I just noticed my previous post came up as "Anonymous"
dhole, I know what you mean about the Lee/Kirby treatment of Doom. We have him fleshed out in FF annual #2 and then when playing off against the Silver Surfer he becomes more flat out manical. Note that prior to this, the Silver Surfer is a servant to Galactus who didn't seem to have any qualms about playing a role in the destruction of entire worlds full of sentient beings. But against Doom he comes across as a bit naive along with this newly emerging nobility that Stan uses later on. Naturally Doom has to be full out evil for contrast.
Later, when we get to an extended visit by the FF in Latveria, we see a fear of their ruler creep into the citizens of Latveria. There was a group of us on the old usenet groups that used to kick around ideas about the tangled state of Doom's continuity in Marvel. and one poster came up with the idea that when Doom absorbs the Power Cosmic, it evenually drives him mad over the long term, like exposure to radiat ion. This is why he is shown to be increasingly unstable up until he has a complete mental collapse in FF #200. When you think about what happens to Terrax after Doom exposes him to the power cosmic a second time as he does here in FF#258, it kind of makes sense. Doom also loses his grip on reality when he gets the power of the Beyonder later on so maybe he's just wasn't mentally stable enough at that point in time to handle such godlike powers.
Iron Maiden:
That's a cute idea, Doom going bonkers after exposure to the power cosmic. It would certainly explain the labile state of his emotions in FF # 84-87. It kind of reminds me of a pet theory of mine regarding Frank Miller's retcon of the Kingpin's strength levels. For the benefit of the uninitiated, the Kingpin quite clearly possessed superhuman strength prior to his first encounter with Daredevil. Once Miller got ahold of him, however, the Kingpin's strength levels were reduced to peak human.This power reduction engendered a great deal of obfuscatory ink regarding how the depowered Kingpin managed to go toe to toe with the superhumanly strong Spider-Man (E.g., the Kingpin's great fighting skill and surprising agility compensate for the strength disparity, Spider-Man holds back during the fights, etc.).
My answer to this conundrum involved the Kingpin using a stength enhancing drug during his tenure as a Spidey villian. The drug, unfortunately, had severe mental side effects. These side effects became truly deleterious in AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 85, when the Kingpin became catatonic. The kingpin's revival in CAPTAIN AMERICA 147 would have due to a combination of Richard Fisk's treatments and to the drug wearing off. The Kingpin, now aware of the drug's dangers, would only use it when he was certain that he would need superhuman strength, as in his planned battle with Spidey in AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 163-164.
As for where the Kingpin obtained his formula, I theorized that he stole it from Norman Osborn. In AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 59-61, the Kingpin used a brainwashing machine developed by Prof. Winkler, an employee of Norman Osborn's. The Kingpin even used Osborn's facilities as a base for his brainwashing schemes. Since Roger Stern has established in his HOBGOBLIN LIVES! mini that the brainwashing device was originally developed by the Green Goblin, it stands to reason that Winkler was working for the Goblin before he was submerged into the Osborn persona in AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 40. With his employer gone (Winkler, obviously, did not know that Osborn and the Goblin were one and the same), Winkler offered his services to the Kingpin, bringing with him both the "Winkler machine" and samples of the Goblin serum that he had managed to steal from the Goblin.Ah, fanboy fun.
Fanboy or no….that's a pretty impressive. One of these days I am going to have to start getting the Spider-Man Masterworks. I'm current with the FF ones and I don't have my ASM originals anymore since my brother is the bigger Spider-Man fan. The Lee/Ditko/Romita Sr years were a lot of fun.
Miller portrayed the Kingpin as impossibly strong in the only Miller story where he fights Daredevil physically; he even has the guy walk off a bullet wound and shows him using the ultra-heavy stone door from an old Spider-Man story as a vault. Matt nearly breaks his legs kicking Fisk in Miller's DD #171, and comments that he'
s "battering himself to death" taking on Fisk.
The Handbooks did a lot of dancing around to dial back the character's strength, but Miller really didn't. D.G. Chichester, on the other hand….
Keep the flames burning, True Believers.
I've had this issue ever since it was new. It was the first Fantastic Four I'd read since the Wolfman period, and it just blew me away.
Ever since, my mental image of Doom's character has remained exactly the way he is in this story, and I judge all other Doom portrayals by how well they match up with this one.
Since I began reading Comics Should Be Good a bit more than a year ago, I've seen this story mentioned several times, but it's always been in regard to one single scene, which you didn't even show here. Thank you for that.
Omar Karindu:
Looking back on it, you seem to be right in terms of Miller's depiction of the Kingpin's strength in DD # 171. The Kingpin does seem to be operating at superhuman levels in that issue. Of course, Miller often has rather strange ideas as to what constitutes normal human range strength, as the depiction of Marv's abilities in SIN CITY indicates.
I think that the reason why I assign the blame for the depowering of the Kingpin to Miller is because he was "in charge" of the character during the time when the first MARVEL HANDBOOK came out. As you rightly pointed out, it was the HANDBOOK that stated that the Kingpin had peak human level strength. To be precise, the K-M issue of the HANDBOOK (vOLUME 1) explicitly states that the Kingpin can lift 650 pounds. As this figure is blatantly at odds with how the Kingpin was depicted in every previous appearance, someone must have decided to retcon the Kingpin's strength levels. Given Miller's authority over the character at the time, I have always thought that the decision to depower the Kingpin was his.
Miller also had DD fight Kingpin in issue 228, during Born Again. We don't get the benefit of thought balloons to show DD's frustration, but the fight similarly results in Kingpin trouncing him (although DD draws blood with a billy club across the nose).
I distinctly remembering that 650-pound strength level in Marvel Universe, which was 200 pounds more than Daredevil. It had me speculating what Spider-Man might be (1000 pounds? 2000?) such that I was not ready for Spidey's 10-ton (!) level. How did Spidey even break a sweat with this guy?
For me the worst depiction of Kingpin's strength was when Bendis had DD mop the floor with him at the end of "Hardcore" which pretty much made me fed up with Bendis's run by then.
Miller probably didn't have much interest in giving stats to the Handbook writers; if you read their Elektra entry int he same edition, it's pretty clear they were desperately trying to make heads or tails of his other work on their own.
Omar Karindu:
"giving stats to the HANDBOOK writers" : I certainly don't think that Miller told them the 650 figure. However, I do think that Miller probably told them that he did not want the Kingpin to have superhuman strength. I find it hard to imagine editor/head writer Mark Gruenwald deciding on his own to go against years of continuity.
Just thought that I would post the results of reading through DD 170-172 in search of data on Miller's treatment of the Kingpin's strength.
DD 170: pages 7 and 8 (all pagination will be from the DAREDEVIL VISIONARIES: FRANK MILLER edition), the Kingpin mops up the floor with 8 guys, gathered from "the finest martial arts schools in the world" (page 8, panel 5). In the real world, this would certainly count as superhuman prowess, but, in the MARVEL UNIVERSE, this is within human norms (Shang-Chi, Daredevil, and Nick Fury have all emerged victorious in similar encounters). As an aside, this scene is directly based on a similar Kingpin workout in AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 68 (pages 3 and 4).
DD 172: pages 12-14. This is a tricky sequence. In AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 69, the kingpin has a vault door that lacks a lock. The door's only defense is its massive weight. The Kingpin remarks that "only the Kingpin's naked strength can accomplish such a feat [opening the door] (page 4, panel 3). On page 18, Spider-man opens the door. It seems quite clear that opening the door takes superhuman strength.
Given this information, what are we to make of the fact that DD pulls open the door in DD 172? Granted, in contrast to the relative ease with which both the Kingpin and Spider-Man performed the feat, DD's opening of the door is presented as a monumental accompishment,the culmination of a supreme effort. However,the fact remains that DD did open the door, which indicates that the feat is within the bounds of human level strength.
DD 172, pages 15-16: The fight between DD and the Kingpin. This is probably the strongest evidence for the Miller Kingpin having superhuman strength, as the Kingpin weathers an onslaught that would have killed a normal man. E.g., after kicking the Kingpin, DD thinks "That last shot to his side would have crippled a normal man" (page 15, panel 4). On panel 5 of the same page,DD remarks that he is "not even sure he's [the Kingpin's] human." Furthermore, on page 16, panel 3, DD thinks that he is "beating myself to death against this monster!"
DD 172, pages 19-21: The Kingpin survives the collapse of a partially constructed building. In terms of establishing the Miller DD's level of strength, on page 20, panels 1 and 7, the Kingpin moves steel girders with his bare hands. again, on page 21, panels 1-3, the Kingpin is again seen moving steel girders.
DD 173,pages 12-13: the confrontation with Lynch. On page 12, panel 9, the Kingpin survives 1 to 2 bullet wounds from Lynch's handgun. Athough Lynch fires his gun twice, we do not know if both shots actually hit the Kingpin.
Omar, I'm not quite sure if this scene indicates superhuman prowess or not. The Kingpin was wounded by Lynch's handgun, and he tells Bullseye to "get me a doctor" (page 13, panel 11). The Kingpin's response to the wound is commensurate to the possible response of an enraged athlete who has been shot in a non-vital spot.
The verdict: Is the Miller Kingpin superhumanly strong? Frankly, after going through these issues, I'm not really sure. The chief problem arises from the fact that Comic Books are rather hazy about the boundaries between the human and the superhuman. For example, apart from his senses, DD is supposed to be within human limits, yet in DD 179, pages 8-9, we see DD "hefting four hundred [pounds] like it was fifty!" As with the Kingpin easily besting 8 top martial artists,
DD throwing around 450 pounds as though it were 50 would seem to qualify as superhuman in our world. In the MARVEl Universe, however both feats seem to be within human norms. Anyone have any thoughts?
I don't know, I never got the feeling that Stan intented Kinpin to be superhuman either. He never gives any background to his physical prowess except the old "it's not fat! it's pure muscle!" thing, implying that he simply trained himself that way.
Stan referred to the Kingpin as having super-strength. And Miller referred to the Kingpin as having "inhuman" strength.
Here's the weird thing about the Kingpin's Handbook entry- it appeared in June 1983. O'Neil had just started writing DD a month earlier- Miller had left a few months before that. Both O'Neil and Miller seemed to think the Kingpin had super-strength. I get the feeling that when the Handbook entry was written, it was in between Miller leaving and O'Neil coming on, and somehow someone decided the Kingpin didn't have super-strength. Unfortunately, that stuck.
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So my doc tried to scare me away from ever using the shots with clomid.. said the risk of multiples is much higher than even IVF because your body basically can't think for itself and ends up ovulating most or all follicles... Anyone else hear this?�
Trigger shots = multiples??
Just because you have multiple follicles does not mean that you have mature follicles. For example, on my successful injectable IUI cycle, I had over 10 follicles measuring 10mm or more, but only had 3 mature ones. I triggered, then had an IUI, and I still only have 1 baby in there. My RE watches my follicle size AND my estrogen levels quite closely and would cancel a cycle if too many follies were mature (I was allowed 3-4 mature follicles and was told there would be a 20% chance of twins if there were that many). Triggering is very good for timing intercourse or an IUI and I highly recommend it if you're having difficulty conceiving.
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My Doc told me that with clomid you have a 10% chance of twins and a normal chance (like anyone else) of having more (so very very low). He also said the trigger will not increase your chances it's just the clomid.
BalletofAngels Congrats on the BFP! Good luck! I will be crossing my fingers for you...
I just went to the RE today for my mid-cycle ultrasound. My RE wanted the follicles to be between 18mm - 20mm. I had three at or above that range. They made me sign a waiver indicating that I understood that there was a chance of having multiples. I gladly signed it.
I was advised to self inject HCG tonight at 9pm. I go back for IUI on Saturday morning.
I did clomid, with gonal-f injections, and a trigger shot when ready. When I triggered I had 3 mature follies. I only have 1 DD, though. Just because you have a chance at multiples, doesn't mean you will get multiples.
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My question is how many cycles did it take for you who are pregnant to get your BFP? What all did you do and how long? Oh and any of you my age?
Thanks in advance for helping me...as always I am going crazy with questions that cant be answered til RE appt....
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This last cycle I had 4 mature follicles at the time I triggered...BFN for me again this month.
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