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A "nursing shortage" is having an impact on the care of elderly people, and nurses are "too busy" to help elderly patients with basic care, according to TV, radio and print news sources today. This news is based on a Royal College of Nursing (RCN) report on safe levels of nursing staff for older people's wards.
The RCN report set out, for the first time, its recommended staffing levels; below which it said care becomes compromised on older people's wards. The RCN said that most hospitals do not meet this safe level of care. Older people's wards regularly have a shortage of nurses and healthcare assistants, and an inappropriate skill mix of these two types of staff, it found.
This report sheds light on discrepancies between the nursing care of older people and the care of children and younger adults and may set new expectations for hospital nursing care. As well as nursing staffing levels, other factors are also likely to contribute to influence the overall quality of the care of older people in hospital.
Where did the report come from?
These reports are based on guidance and recommendations issued today by the Royal College of Nursing (RCN). The guidance relates to the provision of good quality, compassionate and safe nursing care for older people in hospital. It was developed from different sources, including:
- the results of a survey of nurses who work on older people's wards
- nurse focus groups
- a panel of expert nurses from across the UK
- consultation with stakeholders
- a review of the literature.
The report identified the issues in caring for older people in hospital and sets out what is needed to meet the expectations of patients, nurses and the public.
What did the survey of nurses look at?
The RCN has not released details of the survey, but its press release said that the survey included almost 1,700 nurses, 240 of whom were working on wards for older people.
What staffing levels did the RCN find?
The RCN reported that their work has found that older people's wards have a different skills mix to other wards, with fewer registered nurses per patient:
- older people's wards have between 9.1 and 10.3 patients per registered nurse
- adult general, medical and surgical wards have 6.7 patients per registered nurse
- children's wards have 4.2 patients per registered nurse
Currently on older people's wards there are:
- a 50:50 mix of registered nurses to health care assistants
- one member of staff per 4.6 patients
- three registered nurses for a typical 28-bed ward
- six nursing staff on duty for a typical 28-bed ward
The RCN also said that older people's wards which have fewer registered nurses have more episodes of missed or compromised care reported.
What impact do these shortages have?
The RCN said that these findings means that caregiving may be being inappropriately delegated, with few registered nurses feeling that they have time to supervise health care assistants (HCAs) properly. It said that this means that there is not enough time and skill to provide activities such as comforting and talking with patients in a satisfactory way.
The RCN also asked nurses what effects lack of time had on patient care. The nurses reported a range of tasks not done or done inadequately in their last shift due to lack of time, including:
- comforting or talking to patients: 78%
- promoting mobility and self care: 59%
- oral hygiene: 48%
- falls prevention: 45%
- sufficient change of patient's position: 41%
- information giving to patients and families: 38%
- helping patients with food and/or drink: 34%
- helping patients use the toilet or manage incontinence: 33%
- preparing patients and families for discharge: 30%
- skin care: 30%
- pain management: 19%
- care for dying patients: 17%
What recommendations does the report make about staffing levels and skills mix?
The RCN report did not recommend a universal minimum staffing level; preferring senior nurses in each ward to have the final say. It also noted that evidence relating to older people's wards indicates that there is a threshold of staffing numbers, below which care is compromised. It went on to outline recommendations for the skills mix and staffing levels required for basic safe care, and also for ideal, good quality care in older people's ward.
For basic safe care, the RCN recommended:
- a 50:50 mix of registered nurses to health care assistants
- at least one registered nurse per seven patients
- at least one member of staff per 3.3 to 3.8 patients
- at least four registered nurses for a typical 28-bed ward
- at least eight nursing staff on duty for a typical 28-bed ward
The recommendations for ideal, good quality care are:
- a 65:35 mix of registered nurses to health care assistants
- at least one registered nurse for every five to seven patients
- at least one member of staff per 3.3 to 3.8 patients
- four to six registered nurses for a typical 28-bed ward
- at least eight nursing staff on duty for a typical 28-bed ward
These numbers exclude the ward sister or senior charge nurse, who is in a supervisory role. The RCN also said that the ward sister or senior charge nurse must be the final arbiter of whether the staffing for that day is appropriate for the specific needs and case mix of patients on the ward.
What other recommendations does the report make?
The RCN's report also recommended that:
- Safe day-to-day staffing levels for older people's wards should be determined locally, following principles that are set out in the 2010 RCN document, "Guidance on Safe Staffing Levels in the UK" but with specific considerations relating to the nature of care for older people with complex needs.
- Strong nursing leadership for older people's wards.
- Wards should have sufficient professional staffing and support at patient meal times to ensure that all patients who need assistance with food and drink receive it.
- Appropriate training in the knowledge and skills to care for older people must be available to all nurses at both pre- and post-registration levels, and to health care assistants and assistant practitioners, appropriate to role
- The ward sisters or senior charge nurses must have both a determining influence in selecting staff for their teams, and adequate administrative and human resources support for nurse recruitment.
- Healthcare measurements must recognise the "full nursing contribution", including compassionate care, communication and its impact on patient experience and outcomes.
How can I give feedback on my care or a relative's care?
You can rate and comment on hospital services on the NHS Choices website.
Nurses 'too busy' to help elderly patients with basic care. The Daily Telegraph, March 20 2012
Nursing numbers a third lower on elderly wards. The Independent, March 20 2012
How staffing levels 'harms elderly care'. BBC News, March 20 2012
Older patients let down by shortage of nurses, says Royal College of Nursing. Guardian, March 20 2012
Staff shortages on wards 'hits care of elderly'. Daily Express, March 20 2012
Nurses 'have no time to talk to older patients' because shortage of qualified staff is 'compromising care' on wards. Daily Mail, March 20 2012


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LEDs are in technology all around us, familiar and helpful for sure but you may wonder – Who invented them? How do I use one? Is it possible to make my own LED?!? Learn the answers to these baffling questions and more in – MAKE presents: The LED
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People are fascinated by light. I mean just glancing over at a display of flashing lights can grab my attention. Do you ever remember sitting around a campfire? Staring at the flames and just being totally transfixed, almost like if you're watching TV. It's comforting, and it can even by hypnotic. Recently, technology has made creating light a whole lot easier to do. For that, we have this little guy to thank. The light emitting diode, or LED for short.
LEDs have a lot of different uses, from a simple power on indicator to traffic signals. LEDs use about ten percent of the energy of a traditional light bulb, and they can last about thirty times longer. That makes them a pretty big hit with businesses looking to do large scale visual communication.
The first person to ever report the effects of a light emitting diode was researching another form of communication. In 1907, a man by the name of H. J. Round was researching radio waves for Marconi Labs. He was using a device called a cats whisker detector, which no, does not contain any cats or part of cats. Round was searching for a sweet spot on a crystal silicon carbide when he noticed something odd. Part of the crystal started to glow, it lit up a pale yellow, and that was an LED.
H. J. Round's crystal experiment was so cool and simple that I had to try it myself. So I got a piece of silicon carbide, then I hooked that up to the positive lead on my power supply. That's an alligator clip. I hooked a little sewing needle to the ground on my power supply. Then I began to search for light emitting zones.
I built my own sort of cats whisker detector in order to keep the needle in place on a particularly bright spot I found. Now I can sit back and enjoy the warm glow of a homemade LED anytime I choose, even though it's pretty dim, but it's still cool.
As far as we know, Round's research into light emitting crystals ended here, which is a shame because he was definitely on to something. But of course that's not the end of the story. Fifteen years later, in imperial Russia, a scientist and inventor named Oleg Vladmirovich Losev noticed that certain diodes in radios started to glow a bit when in use. Losev conducted a lot of heavy research and published his findings in several languages. But, sadly, they seem to have gone unnoticed. It wasn't until 1962, that a visible light emitting diode was made practical by Nick Holonyak working at General Electric. He's widely known as the father of the LED.
The technology that Holonyak brought to the public is remarkably similar to our crystal experiment. A thin metal wire connects one side of the circuit to a small piece of semi-conductive material on the other side. The LED's two leads are cut to different lengths to show you how it should be connected. The longer is called the anode, and that connects to positive. The shorter is the cathode, and that goes to negative. To power an LED, you can just use a simple coin cell. This is a CR2032. And just make sure the longer lead is on the positive side, which is wider and smoother, and negative is on the other. If you plan to use a battery, let's say a nine volt, you'll also need a resistor to limit the current so we don't burn out the LED. Connect negative to the cathode, the shorter lead, and we'll put a 470 ohm resistor between the positive battery and the anode. For more useful info, check out the LED Center, and there's a lot of great history at the LED Museum. For all types of project ideas, info, and inspiration head over to Makezine.com.


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Server load: 2390 visits
Visitors: 859 pages viewed
Robots: 1183 total visits
1183 + 859 = 2042 (why not 2390?)
And second problem, here is screenshot: http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/824/beznazwyujq.jpg/
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For your first question:
the server load is taking in account all hit received by your site, so you have in it:
-the visitors
-the robots (known by crawltrack)
+ the others (unknown robots, false visitors,...)
it's why the total is usually higher than just robots + visitors
For the screen shot, you are right there is a bug. It's link to the fact that "MSN Bot - Bingbot" is in fact the combination of two different robots. So if you had visits from MSN Bot and also from Bingbot, you have the bug shown in your screen shot (2 robots become only one in the table).
I take notice of it, it will be corrected in the next release.
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Hi, Jidébé
Thank you very much for your answers.
Hi, Jidébé!
I have for you a few questions.
1. Please look at the jpg database. 12 visits (3 IPs) today: www.mala-elektrownia.ovh.org/crawl_img/phpmyadmin.jpg
And on the home page of crawlrtrack is: www.mala-elektrownia.ovh.org/crawl_img/window.jpg
Server load is ok: 12 visits + 1 googlebot = 13
Visitors: 0. Why not 3? (Not always displays 0, yesterday I was 7 a unique IP and displays 4.)
2. I want to count the file downloaded from another (my) server: http://www.mala-elektrownia.ovh.org/crawltrack/php/countdownload.php?url=http://www.mat-hurtownia.com.pl/mala-elektrownia/film4.avi
Unfortunately I get hacking attempt !!!!.
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What version of CrawlTrack are you using?
Since the last one (3.3.2) the filters to remove bad entry in the human table are applied only after more than 50 visits.
This to avoid that type of issues with very low visit numbers.
The server load as explain before will always keep all entry even the ones removed by the filters.
To be able to count the download you show, you need to add www.mat-hurtownia.com.pl in the site followed by Crawltrack and you will get the download count on the www.mat-hurtownia.com.pl page.
Happy New Year,
This explains a lot. I used CrawlTrack 3.3.2.
I found little bug (chrome, i don't know others): www.mala-elektrownia.ovh.org/crawl_img/pointer_mouse.jpg
Same problem is in the Visitors/Page viewed.
best regards,
Happy new year!
Thanks for the bug report, it will be corrected in the next release.


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Busy, busy? The Practice: Rest. Why?This practice is definitely a case of teaching what you need to learn: I've been working through a big bucket of tasks lately with little chance to rest. (I console myself with knowing that the bucket is emptying a lot faster than it's filling with new tasks.)Sometimes you can really feel what you need to do by feeling what's happening for you when you don't. "Don't," that is: ease up, unwind, recharge, put your feet up, take a load off, just … [Read more...]
Relax, You've Arrived – Just One Thing
Are we there yet? The Practice Relax, you've arrived. Why?We spend so much of our time trying to get somewhere.Part of this comes from our biological nature. To survive, animals - including us - have to be goal-directed, leaning into the future.It's certainly healthy to pursue wholesome aims, like paying the rent on time, raising children well, healing old pain, or improving education.But it's also important to see how this focus on the future - on endless striving, on getting the … [Read more...]
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Are you basically OK? The Practice Notice you're alright right now. Why?To keep our ancestors alive, the brain evolved strong tendencies toward fear, including an ongoing internal trickle of unease. This little whisper of worry keeps you scanning your inner and outer worlds for signs of trouble.This background of unsettledness and watchfulness is so automatic that you can forget it's there. So see if you can tune into a tension, guarding or bracing in your body. Or a vigilance about your … [Read more...]


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Here's my roundup of legal machinations over the past week. No, I haven't listed everything, and yes, I may have missed something important. Please leave comments on other events involving the law and secularism that you consider noteworthy. Freedom From Religion Foundation Despite the IRS suspension of egregious political activity by 501(c)(3) tax-exempt religions organizations, [Read More…]
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Wiz Khalifa, Juicy J and Ty Dolla Sign are joining forces for their contribution to the upcoming Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film. Their collaboration song "Shell Shocked" hit airwaves this week.
According to Billboard, the track is set to close out the film during the closing credits, but its melody will be played throughout it. Paramount Pictures President of Music Randy Spendlove says filmmakers wanted to reach out to artists that "really love the franchise."
After learning that Wiz Khalifa has a tattoo of Ninja Turtle Donatello on his calf, Spendlove put him at the top of his list of artists to participate on the song. Wiz says creating the song "made sense" because both he and his followers are fans of the franchise.
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Country stars perform with troops for Tuesday's ACM concert special
Toby Keith, Tim McGraw, and Florida Georgia Line are just a few of the stars expressing their appreciation to the men and women in uniform -- and performing with them -- for the concert special "ACM Presents: An All-Star Salute To The Troops."
The show was taped last month in Las Vegas, and raised money for the Academy of Country Music's ACM Lifting Lives. Highlights include a song debut from Carrie Underwood. She co-wrote "Keep Us Safe" specifically for the event. And when she performs the song it'll be released as a digital single, with proceeds from sales going to Academy's charity.
Carrie says she's thrilled that she could do something special to honor the troops while supporting such a great organization.
George Strait, Merle Haggard, The Band Perry, and Kellie Pickler are among the many other performers taking part in the show.
LL Cool J and Chris O'Donnell serve as hosts for "ACM Presents: An All-Star Salute To The Troops," which will air on CBS Tuesday night at 9:00 p.m. Eastern.
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By Andrea Brown Herald Writer
He's the Everett chef who got fired on national TV.
Edward "Rocky" Trabue took a beating when celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay came to Prohibition Grille last December to shoot an episode of "Kitchen Nightmares."
There's no sugarcoating it: Trabue and his food looked pretty bad on the show that aired April 26 on Fox TV.
Waitresses complained of having to text him to come inside from frequent smoke breaks to place orders. Ramsay called him lazy and spit out his "overcooked tasteless mush."
"I feel like I've just gone 12 rounds with you," an exasperated Ramsay tells him in the episode.
Well, maybe so. But, like any Rocky worth his name, Trabue is not one to succumb to defeat.
Chef Rocky is back in the ring.
Trabue recently opened his own restaurant, Ole Soul Southern Creole, at 1105 Hewitt Ave.
It's just three blocks down Hewitt from Prohibition, where Trabue cooked for about four years until getting canned five months ago during the show's production. His wife, Sylvia, continued to work there as a server until a month ago.
Rocky doesn't blame Ramsay. He praises the brutal TV chef.
Trabue, 47, said he's always wanted to have his own restaurant. The flames in the logo of Ole Soul are a tribute to Ramsay. "Our thing is to thank Gordon for lighting a fire under me," he said.
The menu has grits, greens and other Southern fare that was the Prohibition's mainstay before Ramsay intervened and changed the menu and the name from Grille to Gastropub, in part because there was no grill.
"I have a grill. A big, brand-new grill," Trabue said. "When we first got this place it had two giant woks and I go, 'I can't make any Southern food off woks.'"
The restaurant, formerly a Thai restaurant, came equipped with bright red walls, a big front window and a small back patio. It's tucked in an industrial block at the west end of Hewitt.
Trabue said he has no ill will toward Prohibition owner Rishi Brown, adding that there's more to the story than shown on the "reality" TV show.
When contacted for this story, Brown said she was told by Fox TV not to comment on the matter.
Trabue is portrayed on the show as inept, uncaring and unlikable.
His explanation: "I'm not a big showboat. They wanted more drama. I wasn't going to feed into it. I believe fame is earned."
Still, you know what they say about any publicity being good publicity.
The bottom of the banner for Ole Soul's upcoming grand opening says "Just text him."
Andrea Brown; 425-339-3443; email@example.com.


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On an Earth that's a colony world belonging to mostly benevolent aliens, the Aya, Spider has been a top student at the Aya school - a school designed to teach students the aliens' language, culture, and ways. She's also been involved in the Fine Hunt, a sport that has evolved from the equine pursuits of Earth's past and the new technologies introduced by the Ayans. In Fine Prey, Spider's two worlds collide....
This novel is an alternate historical sci-fi where main characters Alek and Deryn prevent a mad scientist from using his invention to kill innocent people, in a bid to end World War I. Alek is the legitimate heir of the Austro-hungarian throne and he is on the run from the Germans. After his father's assassination in the first book of this series (Leviathan) the Germans try to kill him in order to take full control of the countries under his rule. He and...
Set in an alternate historical past based around World War I, Alek must team up with a crew of British Darwinists in order to escape German forces that want to kill him because he is a contender for the Austro-Hungarian throne. The world is on the brink of war and Alek, who is the son of an Austrian archduke, hopes to one day inherit his father's duties. At the moment, Alek's parents are away surveying military maneuvers in Sarajevo. One night, Alek is a...
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Eos, Mar 2004, 15.99, 304 pp. ISBN: 0060519517 Fifteen year old Jessica Day moves with her mom from Chicago to Bixby, Oklahoma where she attends the local high school. She looks like she belongs with the in-crowd, but the most isolated outsiders, the midnighters (Rex, Dess, Melissa, and Jonathan) are also fascinated by the newcomer as they sense she shares the Focus that only occurs for those born at midnight. Jessica awakens at midnight noti...
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BC led or was tied for the first 8:09 in the contest, but the Tornados struggled to match the depth of Lenoir-Rhyne down the stretch. The Bears poured in 45 points off the bench, compared to only 16 by the Tornados.
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Brevard next travels to Harrogate, Tennessee, to take on the Lincoln Memorial Railsplitters at 6:00 p.m on Wednesday night. Lenoir-Rhyne, meanwhile, returns home to host Catawba on Wednesday night.


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SAN BERNARDINO - After a search of two residences Tuesday, probation officers made 10 arrests that included five probationers, three of whom were released from prison early, authorities said.
Probation officers searched the residence of James Claiborne in the 7600 block of Del Rosa Avenue.
Claiborne, 34, was released from state prison to probation supervision, after a felony conviction for evading officers in a vehicle.
"We were notified that Claiborne was in possession of a firearm," said San Bernardino County probation spokesman Chris Condon. "During the search we discovered the gun had been reported stolen."
Probation officials said they are continuing the investigation to find out if the gun had been used in any crimes.
The firearm reportedly was loaded when Claiborne was arrested.
In a separate investigation, probation officers said they discovered two probationers and two Post Release Community Supervision, or PRCS, offenders, with unrelated cases, all reportedly living at the same residence in the 2300 block of Kern Street.
It's a violation of terms of release for PRCS offenders or probationers to associate with each other or any felon, Condon said.
Probation officers said they discovered 20 people living on the property, including the four they were looking for.
Of the 20, nine were arrested, including a fugitive parolee, a PRCS offender with a no-bail warrant, two persons on susicion of drug-related offenses, and five with outstanding warrants.
A study released on Jan. 22 by the Council of State Governments found that statewide, probationers and parolees represent 22 percent of all persons arrested.
Chief Probation Officer Michelle Scray Brown referenced this report when commenting about the arrests.
"The Council of State Governments report clearly indicates that probation supervision reduces re-offense," she said. "Most supervised offenders change their behavior. However, those that do not are subject to arrest by probation officers who will investigate alleged violations of the law or probation terms."
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Rangers prospect allows one hit, fans eight over 6 1/3 frames
By David Heck / Special to MLB.com | April 23, 2012 7:47 PM ET
The Rangers' No. 11 prospect allowed just one run on one hit over 6 1/3 innings in his fourth start of the year, helping the Class A Advanced Myrtle Beach Pelicans to a 7-1 drubbing of Frederick.
Buckel (2-0) fanned eight and walked two in the outing. The 19-year-old right-hander has struck out 29 and issued just eight free passes in 21 1/3 frames this season.
"I had probably half of the repertoire tonight," Buckel said. "The changeup wasn't really there, and the cutter was iffy. I had a good fastball in terms of locating it and a good slider and curveball to go with that. So I had three good pitches working tonight, and even though the other pitches weren't there, they were used effectively to make the other pitches look better."
After issuing a one-out walk to Jeremy Nowak in the first inning, Buckel retired the next 11 batters he faced -- six via the strikeout. His run ended in the top of the fifth, when Michael Flacco tripled to center field. The Keys' designated hitter then came around to score moments later on Kipp Shutz's groundout to shortstop.
"I left a cookie right over the plate and [Flacco] smacked in," Buckel said. "I've got to give credit to [center fielder] Jared Hoying, he almost made one of the best catches I've ever seen. I kept working and got the next guys out."
Buckel struck out Matthew Sweeney and induced a flyout by Joe Oliveira to get out of the frame, then worked a perfect sixth. He started off the seventh by getting Tyler Kelly to ground out, but was removed after issuing a walk to Aaron Baker.
"[Baker was] probably my last batter regardless," Buckel said. "I'm on a pitch count of 90 right now. That was my 93rd pitch. I think I went 3-2 on the batter before. There were a couple extra pitches I could've eliminated, but overall, I felt pretty good up to that 93rd pitch."
Chad Bell took over for Buckel and retired the only two batters he faced. Ben Henry then tossed a pair of scoreless frames to close the door on Frederick.
Christian Villanueva led the Pelicans offense with his first homer of the year and three RBIs. Six of Myrtle Beach's eight other starters recorded a hit in the game, while four others drove in one run apiece.
Selected in the second round of the 2010 Draft, Buckel posted a 2.61 ERA in 96 2/3 innings for Class A Hickory last year, striking out 120 and walking 27. So far this season, he has put together an 0.84 ERA that ranks third in the Carolina League.
The California native attributed part of that success to the work he put in during the offseason with good friend and MLB.com's No. 9 overall prospect Trevor Bauer. The two share a similar high-torque delivery and a long-toss routine that can reach up to 400 feet.
"Just going into an offseason workout program and working out with my buddy, Trevor Bauer," Buckel said of the reason for his success in the early season. "He taught me some things on how to keep a healthy arm throughout the offseason, so I'm coming in in midseason form."
Buckel said he has been friends with Bauer since his early teens, when he met the future first-rounder on a Junior Olympics team in Arizona. The two have kept in touch ever since.
"We ended up meeting one of the first days there and had a lot in common, so we just clicked," Buckel said. "We've been pretty good friends ever since. I talk to him just about every day, especially the days before I pitch or before he pitches. I pick his brain a little bit. He's always got a little bit of advice for me. We also talk about normal stuff, what movies are out and stuff like that -- he's a really good friend."
Buckel said the key to continuing to pitch well will be maintaining consistency in his program.
"I have my routine, my five-day routine," he said. "I've got to keep doing that regardless of what's happening. Hard work turns into luck and just keeps going. The results so far are pretty good, so I've just got to stay consistent with it."
David Heck is a contributor to MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues or its clubs.View More


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Every year Cornerstone Media releases a CD of the traditional Stations of the Cross complimented by a brief selection from a pop song that reflects the themes of prayer and life. Actually, it comes with a whole kit of resources.I listened to this year's CD on the way home from the Religious Education Congress last Sunday. What a way to make holy the task of driving for an hour in Los Angeles traffic.As I listened and prayed I reflected on how catechisms and youth ministers, indeed anyone … [Read more...]
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It certainly is the harshest action recorded of Toussaint L'Ouverture.
M. de Lamartine gets 25,000 francs for his "Toussaint L'Ouverture."
The moral character of Toussaint L'Ouverture is even more worthy of admiration than his intellectual acuteness.
The words just quoted come from Wordsworth's sonnet to Toussaint L'Ouverture.
They forthwith took the side of the rebels, who in Toussaint L'Ouverture found a leader of terrible force of will.


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...until the end of 2014.
...until the end of 2014.
Just as long as Cage Warriors stay on the Fight Network, I'll be happy.
Sherdog.com - The number one MMA site on the web today!
Hang on, when is CW ever on ESPN?? Have I been missing this?
Tea Drinker for Life, but preaching tolerance for the Children of Coffee.
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I got this game on PS2, it's multi format though I expect.
The graphics are a little flikcery and shaky at times and the camera gets slightly erratic but it's awesome fun. Lots of guns and fighting without having to sneak about too much.
It has an excellent targeting system that allows you to do all the usualy slow mo jumping, peeking round corners and even throwing petrol canisters which can be shot in mid air to dispense of many enemies at once.
Most levels also have little mini games/challenges and you can even use the cops sidekick "Storm" who is in fact a police dog. On the first level you have to pick locks then on the second make a girl lapdance to distract some bouncers.
The main let down is the wild camera swings and slightly shaky graphics but other than that it's pretty cool. Scenery isn't very interactive though and doesn't always look great, I'm sure if they spent more time on this smoothing out the slight problems here and there it would be a huge hit.


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HOORAY FOR BOSS' DAY: We've only got so many celebrations in us.
We've got our wife's and our kids' birthdays, the baby Jesus' birthday, New Year's Day, Super Bowl Sunday, the Fourth of July, Memorial Day, Labor Day, our wedding anniversary and a couple-three wild cards that might spring up during the course of the year. So that's maybe a dozen. Sounds about right: one a month. If you do any more celebrating than that you're just an alcoholic looking for excuses.
Tuesday, as you've probably already been informed through interdepartmental email from your immediate supervisor, is Boss' Day in the United States and Canada. Which, ordinarily, would be cause for giddy, Falstaffian celebration on our part, because we love our bosses. Each and every one a treasured jewel.
And they are legion, depending on what particular hierarchy we're working under and what, exactly, one means by "boss." There are probably about 32 people who could pick up a phone and have us fired for anything ranging from salacious remarks to substandard sartorial habits. But, bless them all, they don't.
We have had bosses who have lost thousands of dollars in management-by-objective bonuses by failing to get us to wear a tie or occasionally get our hair cut and still they've allowed us to keep our job. That alone merits a gift of, at minimum, a tie, ironically, for the men; women bosses are more problematic to buy for and would require more thought than we feel like putting into this, because on our pie chart of celebrations, Boss' Day - and we have to admire, with tears welling up in our eyes, our own valor and integrity in saying this - doesn't get a slice.
Heck, Boss' Day has trouble even holding its own with other days that claim Oct. 16 as their annual special day.
Today, for instance, is the feast day of St. Hedwig who, we're just now finding out, despite 10 years of Catholic education and living within a few miles of St. Hedwig's church and school, was a woman. We are guessing the kids at St. Hedwig's school get a long recess and free ice cream today, because that's what we got at St. Joseph's on his feast day (which we celebrated mightily because being unmarried and childless at the time freed up more pie for other fests). St. Hedwig's duties as a saint include looking after brides, difficult marriages and victims of jealousy.
Today is also Air Force Day in Bulgaria, which we're gonna go ahead and put in a lower position than Boss' Day just because Bulgaria rubs us the wrong way by siding with the wrong powers during the two world wars and the Cold War. Still, one heck of an Air Force even though we lost our fear of MiGs back in the '70s.
And today is Teacher's Day. In Chile. Huge. We like Chilean teachers more than 30 percent of our bosses. It's true Chile doesn't lead the league in the UN's Education Index, but, then, who does? New Zealand. (The U.S. does OK at No. 13; we'd have done a lot better if they disallowed socialist countries where they give away education like it's government cheese). Still, how about those Chilean teachers keeping their country in the Top 50, at No. 49, keeping the educators of Kyrgyzstan at bay?
All of that being said, we know that there are people who are terrified enough about keeping their bosses happy (tough economic times, etc. We blame Bush.) that they don't dare show up to work giftless today.
Our gift-giving advice? Don't overthink it. A bottle of wine, or, better, whiskey, makes a swell gift, especially if you present it with a couple of glasses and pour you and your boss a little something to cut through the road dust right there in the office.
Stress toys - the kind you squeeze - are nice, too. You can gauge your effectiveness as a problem employee by the kind of battering your boss gives the thing.
There's always the clacking Newton's cradle, too. Bosses never get tired of Newton's cradles. You can keep your boss out of your hair for hours at a time once he or she becomes fully engrossed with the clacking balls. Encourage your boss to try different combinations.
Similarly, plus even cheaper, try just giving your supervisor a ball of yarn. There are few things cuter than watching a boss bat a ball of yarn around the office floor.
If, as we hope might be the case, Boss' Day refers to Bruce Springsteen, well, that changes everything. We'll call in sick, put "Thunder Road" on endless replay on the hi-fi and grill us up some ribs.
Otherwise, yeah, go with the yarn.
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Danielle Bradbery to appear on 'Hart Of Dixie'
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Danielle Bradbery is taking her "Heart of Dixie" to The CW's "Hart of Dixie."
"The Hollywood Reporter" says the country newcomer will make a cameo appearance on the drama series, and perform her debut single, "The Heart of Dixie."
The most recent winner from "The Voice" will be featured on the eighth episode of "Hart of Dixie's" third season, which launches October 7th.
Bradbery will be the third country singer to visit the series. Scotty McCreery and Gloriana have previously been featured on the show.
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Posted on: 01 September, 2011While waiting at the Pontotoc County Health Department, Bennett and Bliss Henson look over some of the books Smart Start South Central donated for the waiting area. Smart Start has donated numerous books to area pediatricians so that young children may look at quality reading materials while they spend time in waiting rooms. Smart Start South Central, which is based at East Central University, focuses on family support, health, child care and school readiness.
Posted on: 01 September, 2011An Ada restaurant will sponsor a dinner Sept. 20 [TUESDAY] for the Guard Officer Leadership Development (GOLD) Program at East Central University. Santa Fe Cattle Company will provide a steak/chicken dinner with sides, salads, and drinks at 6:30 p.m. at the Pontotoc County Agriplex.The ECU GOLD Program is a military leadership training program co-sponsored by the ECU School of Business and the Oklahoma Army National Guard. Successful completion of the program leads to a commission in the Oklahoma Army National Guard.
Posted on: 01 September, 2011
A free, two-day training at East Central University on "Essentials of Healthy Housing" will identify home improvement and building techniques that can promote safe and sanitary housing as a way to prevent disease and injury.
Posted on: 01 September, 2011
Dr. Santa G. Velez of Norman, a nationally certified school psychologist, has joined the faculty of East Central University in Ada as an assistant professor of psychology.
She had been a certified school psychologist for Norman Public Schools since 1997. She also is a licensed professional counselor in Oklahoma and was a licensed psychologist in Missouri and Iowa.
Posted on: 31 August, 2011
September is Yoga Month, and East Central University participates by starting its fall beginning and gentle yoga classes this week. Sessions for beginners start on Wednesday [SEPT. 7] from 5:30 to 6:45 p.m. on the ECU campus. The hour-long gentle class starts at 7 p.m.
Instructor Rebecca Gatz teaches the beginner's class, but says that most people are beginners for years.
Posted on: 30 August, 2011
Soloists from East Central University's music faculty will perform a Faculty Showcase concert at 7:30 p.m. Thursday [SEPT. 1] at the Ada Arts and Heritage Center. The concert will feature works by Rossini, Stravinsky, Massenet, Ginastera, Schultz and Garcia. Admission is free.
Faculty members who will perform are Mark Hollingsworth, clarinet; Starla Hibler, piano; Alan Marshall, baritone; W.T. Skye Garcia, piano; Becky Morrison, soprano; Bart Morrison, piano; Melody Baggech, soprano; and Susanne Woolley, violin.
Posted on: 19 August, 2011
In an effort to reduce motor vehicle-related deaths and injury, the leading killer of children under 14, Safe Kids Oklahoma will sponsor a car seat checkup event from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Thursday [Aug. 25] during Family Fun Night at Wintersmith Park in Ada.
The car seat checkup will be held in collaboration with Smart Start South Central, the Chickasaw Nation, ECU Child Care Resource and Referral, East Central University and Ada Regional United Way.
Posted on: 17 August, 2011
Kevin Danel (center) of Hartshorne is named the Outstanding Student in Management Information Systems at East Central University. The presentation was made at the School of Business' annual awards banquet by Wendell Godwin (left), dean of ECU's School of Business, and Randy Harp, a 2004 ECU Distinguished Alumnus and the co-chief executive officer, chief operating officer and president of Pre-Paid Legal Services Inc. in Ada. Danel also received a scholarship for 2011-12, the Kenneth Rhynes Memorial Award, at the banquet last spring.


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Capping off a series of top rankings by independent analyst firms, including Forrester, Gartner and Ventana, SAP AG (NYSE: SAP) has had its market leader status confirmed in the 2013 edition of Analyst Howard Dresner's "Wisdom of Crowds® Mobile Computing / Mobile Business Intelligence Market Study"[PDF].
2013 was a milestone year for mobile business intelligence (BI) at SAP. Innovations and advancements included:
"Congratulations to SAP for being one of the top-ranked vendors in our 2013 Wisdom of Crowds Mobile Business Intelligence Survey," said Howard Dresner, chief research officer, Dresner Advisory Services. "Since 2010, when we initiated our first Mobile Business Intelligence market study, we have seen consistent growth in the importance of mobile BI to organizations. And what do they want? They are asking for pervasive access to information, better and faster decision-making, and better support for increasingly mobile and customer-facing workforce. The top-ranked vendors are offering the breadth of choices businesses are looking for."
Moving forward, SAP will continue to deliver on its mobile-first approach to BI with industry-leading solutions from applications to the platform.
Planned releases include:
To learn more, watch a video: "SAP BusinessObjects Mobile Called a 'Market Leader.'" For more information, visit the SAP Newsroom. Follow SAP on Twitter at @sapnews.
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The 10 Best Organic Bedding Sources
You spend about one-third of your life in bed, so it's an important place to invest in clean, healthy, and beautiful products! These 10 makers of certified organic bedding offer a range of designs to suit every taste and budget.
- Coyuchi: This Northern California company makes organic cotton bedding inspired by the natural world. Grown and processed in India, their cotton is certified organic by the Control Union Certifiers of the Netherlands, Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS), and ECOCERT of France; and Fair Trade certified by FLO-CERT of Germany and ECOCERT of France. They also use low-impact dyes.
- Plover Organic: Plover's colorful textiles are made from GOTS certified organic cotton and dyeing methods that conform to the Organic Trade Association's American Organic Fiber Processing Standards (AOFPS) and the Oeko-Tex Standard 100. The company also practices Fair Labor manufacturing in accordance with Social Accountability International's (SAI) SA8000 standard.
- LOOP: Sustainability is the core value at LOOP, which aims "to educate the public on the ill-effects of conventional cotton growing, to help encourage the organic-choice, and to deliver products that will be enjoyed and cherished everyday." The company's textiles are GOTS certified, made without harsh chemicals, and are sweatshop free.
- Pure Rest: Committed to "organic purity," Pure Rest displays the actual scans of all of its organic certifications on its website. The company's cotton sheets "exceed" GOTS standards, are SKAL certified organic (Netherlands), and made with fair trade certified labor. Its comforters are filled with certified organic wool.
- Amenity: Founded by two graphic designers, Amenity marries nature and modern design, taking "a thoughtful and minimal approach to our production, leaving the lightest possible footprint." The company's bedding is made with GOTS certified organic cotton and eco-friendly dyes.
- Boll and Branch: Their bedding is not only 100% certified organic, but their goods, made in India, are certified by Fair Trade to ensure the makers are paid and treated well. Additionally, a portion of every purchase is used to fight human trafficking.
- Anna Sova: Anna Sova's luxurious bedding designs are all organic. The cotton sheets and duvet covers are made from SKAL certified organic cotton. Natural silk duvet covers are produced using fair labor practices and SKAL approved dyes and are free from chemical bleaches, azo or heavy metal dyes, and formaldehyde or silicone sizing.
- Portico: Available at Bed Bath and Beyond stores and on Amazon, Portico's bedding is made from GOTS and Oeko-Tex Standard 100 certified organic cotton, inks, and dyes. It is also free of chlorine bleach, heavy metals, formaldehyde, aromatic solvents, and genetically modified organisms (GMO).
- CB2: CB2's sheets are made from GOTS certified organic cotton, inks, and dyes. Read our review here; we are happy to report that we remain as smitten as we were eight months ago.
- West Elm: Some, but not all, of West Elm's organic sheets, duvet covers, and blankets are labeled as GOTS certified. Certain bedding items are also non-dyed or made with environmentally-safe dyes that contain no harmful metals.
Related: The 10 Best All-Natural and Organic Mattress Sources


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We spotted a rare Costa Rican tree frog in the door way to our bedroom the other day. While sleeping it tightens it's body into a thin sliver so that you can barely see the lines of it's limbs, eyes, or feet.
With a little poke it awakens and red eyes expose themselves as well as an orange toe or two.
Another poke and it jumps showing off its incredible speed, flexibility and colors.
One more scare with the lens of my camera and the little fellow makes the daring decision to jump from the second floor onto a huge hanging leaf but he misses the leaf and splats onto the ground.
He survives the landing and hops back into the jungle.
I think he's done this before.
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Passive Houses come in all shapes, sizes, materials, and climate zones. Julie Torres Moskovitz showcases them beautifully in her new book, The Greenest Home: Superinsulated and Passive House Design (Princeton Architectural Press, $45), which includes 18 case studies of houses that meet the program's rigorous standards for heating and cooling demand, energy use, and an airtight envelope. The collection intersperses U.S. projects with a handful in Japan, Europe, and Canada.
Moskovitz is more than an observer; her firm, Fabrica718, retrofitted New York City's first certified Passive House. This project appears in the book, an example of the often complex process of turning old buildings into energy-sipping shells.
The Greenest Home is valuable, and not just because it documents the first wave of Passive Houses built in the States. Moskovitz quotes Architecture 2030 founder and CEO Edward Mazria, who says that "by the year 2035, approximately 75 percent of the built environment (in the United States) will be either new or renovated."
"It's an opportunity," she adds, "that should not be missed."


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Currently our company is testing two Cisco's cameras.
First one, CIVS-IPC-2500, is fine. Second, CIVS-IPC-4500, is not.
First of all, only IE and FF can get trough login page, but Chrome can't -- after click to Login button, Chrome goes to login page, again and again.
I don't believe that anything is wrong with Chrome.
Secondly, if click to View Video on the web client, error arise about wrong version of .NET SDK (http://j.mp/dDoDX9), however IE8 shows something else (http://j.mp/9Dez9W).
I do believe that issue is firmware. Current version of it is 1.0.1 (http://j.mp/9FGG7F). Attempt to download it from Support just failed.
Could anyone be so kind to help with it, please?


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Damien Memorial Rocketry Team Reaches High
The Damien Memorial School rocketry team finished 19th out of 101 teams in the prestigious Team American Rocketry Challenge in Plains, Virginia. The newly formed team, led by adviser Jacob Hudson, will meet with Governor Neil Abercrombie at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday. Damien Memorial was the first Hawaii team to qualify for the national competition in seven years. Qualifying is tough...the team had to launch a rocket as close to 825 feet as possible and bring down two payloads of eggs within 48 to 50 seconds.


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For best results, limit your search to books only: From the Google home page, click the more link in the top frame, then select Books.
Type a surname plus subject:genealogy in the search box to look for published family histories. Not that your results will also include books authored by people with that surname, even if that family isn't the primary focus. By searching for genealogy as the subject, you'll avoid lots of hits on books where the word genealogy just happens to appear in the text.
Search by county and local history books by typing the state, county or city name (use quotation marks around an exact phrase) and the word history in the search box. For example: ohio "wood county" history.
On the results page, look at the end of each listing for Full View, Limited Preview, Snippet View or No Preview Available. This tells you how much of the actual book you'll get to see.
If the book is too big or takes too long to download, an alternative is to save it to a personal Google library you create. You have sign up for a free Google account to use this feature.
For books with limited or no viewable pages, use the Find This Book in a Library link to go to WorldCat, where you can enter your ZIP code to locate it in a library near you or where you can get it on interlibrary loan.
It was seriously awesome to meet so many Family Tree Magazine readers (especially the one who said her favorite part of the mag is "Preserving Memories").
Although I spent most of the weekend helping out at our exhibitor table (see below), I also got to attend a few of the sessions. I sat in on "Pig Blood in the Snow: Court Records Can Solve Problems" mostly because of the name—but also because our upcoming September issue includes an article on court records. I also really enjoyed Jeffrey Alan Bockman's "Using Maps in Genealogical Research." I now know better than to believe Grandma's story about having to walk 4 miles to school each way.
Kenny Burck, first vice president of OGS and German research aficionado, was certainly the most decorated genealogist I met last weekend.
All his various badges, medals and pins denote memberships and lineages. (This would be a great picture to try out photo tagging on!) Can anyone top Kenny?
Later, I struck up a conversation with Hans-Friedrich Coordes, who was at the conference representing the KfTN, which tracks down relatives and ancestors in Europe. (I'm a fluent German speaker and like to practice every chance I get!) He was in Cincinnati only for the weekend, but he made an incredible genealogical discovery in the little time he had. Another exhibitor told him she had ancestors with his surname—from the same town in Ostfriesland Hans-Friedrich is from, even. After comparing some names, they determined they were not-so-distant cousins. He was blown away.
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We're hearing about 600 genealogists have gathered here in Cincinnati for the Ohio Genealogical Society annual conference, yesterday and today at the Sharonville Sheraton hotel.
Genealogical societies from Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky are here, as well as book vendors and exhibitors including RootsMagic, WorldVitalRecords and the Godfrey Memorial Library. Thursday night, the revamped genealogy department of the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County stayed open late for night-owl researchers.
One first-time conference attendee just told me he couldn't wait to get home—after learning in a class about FamilySearch Labs' Ohio death certificates collection, he spent hours finding new ancestral information. Now he's chomping at the bit to enter everything in his software.
We've been taking photos we'll post early next week in a little slideshow, including one showing the most-decorated genealogist we know. You'll see what we mean.
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When it comes to image editing, the gold standard is Photoshop. Even if you haven't used the full-blown version, you've likely come across its less expensive sibling, Photoshop Elements.
Now, a free version of the software is available online—with 2 GB of storage thrown in. Adobe Photoshop Express offers many of the features included with Elements, such as cropping, color correction and some fun filter and distortion options. (Be aware, though, that agreeing to the terms of service gives other users the rights to display, print and distribute your shared images. If you don't want your pictures to go public, don't opt to share them through the site.)
Photo sharing site Flickr also recently rolled out photo editing abilities in partnership with Picnik. All Flickr users can access the basic editing options, and becoming a premium member unlocks more features. Both Picnik and Photoshop Express have some integrated functionality with other websites, like Facebook and Picasa.
Although the sites don't offer a lot in the way of restoration and delicate touchups, both Photoshop Express and Flickr are good options for people who don't want to pay a lot for a program they'll use only to resize or crop their pictures.


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Ghost Story is a complex book with a complicated plot and is written in a style that is not conducive to easy reading. It is filled with drawn-out complex sentences that sometimes make the reading a chore. But Ghost Story is worth the effort and concentration. Filled with vampire-like creatures and were-wolf types as well as an astoundingly elusive creature which may or may not be a ghost, Peter Straubs tale of the Chowder Society and what befalls them i...
In the Night Room
Random House, Oct 2004, 21.95, 330 pp. ISBN: 1400062527 Willy Patrick should be ecstatic as she has found love again with wealthy businessman Michael Faber especially since he has moved her into his mini-mansion in Hendersonia, New Jersey. Still the young adult author has some issues for instance she has to fight herself from busting into a warehouse where she feels her dead daughter waits for her. Defeating the compulsion, Willy returns to her...
Lost Boy Lost Girl
Random House, Oct 2003, 24.95, 281 pp. ISBN 1400060923 Phillip Underhill doesn't have a clue what is going on in his own home. His wife Nancy, usually a cheerful person, is getting more withdrawn by the day and the only one who notices it is their son Mark. Phillip doesn't realize that she is remembering a time when her cousin by marriage asked for help for her and her daughter and she refused to give it. When Mark isn't worrying about his mot...
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MELROSE PARK, IL -- Stern Pinball Inc., in cooperation with the International Flipper Pinball Association, says it's offering the first player rewards program in pinball history. It will reward dedicated players by giving the opportunity to use their rewards to purchase new SPI premium games at IFPA prices, Stern said.
Officials said the promotion, known as the $tern Rewards Program, will leverage the IFPA's World Pinball Player Rankings system to enable players to qualify for the program. For the 2012 calendar, players who qualify will have the opportunity to redeem their rewards until Aug. 15, 2013.
Each month, the player who has earned the most World Pinball Player Ranking points in the previous 30 days will be designated as the IFPA "Player of the Month" and qualify for the rewards program. In addition, the three players who move up the most in the rankings each month will qualify for the rewards program. Finally, at the end of 2012, the top 250 ranked players will qualify for the rewards program.