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Washington: Describing it as a personal victory for prime minister Manmohan Singh before the visit of US president Barack Obama to India, American media today said the passage of the Nuclear Liability bill would pave the way for much needed foreign investment in the crucial atomic energy sector of the country, reports PTI.
"With the passage of the bill, prime minister Manmohan Singh emerges politically stronger, demonstrating a resolve to push the deal through ahead of US president Barack Obama's visit this year," The Wall Street Journal said.
"The bill will enable US companies to compete with state-run European rivals as India is expected to invest more than $100 billion in nuclear power," the newspaper said.
The Lok Sabha yesterday passed the Civil Liability for the Nuclear Damages Bill after government dropped the contentious provision of "intent" in case of accidents, ending months of wrangling between treasury benches and the opposition.
"If the bill is passed by the Upper House of parliament as expected, it will start to open the door for overseas companies," The Journal said.
"Passage of the nuclear bill was a personal victory for prime minister Manmohan Singh, who forged a deal in 2008 giving India access to international nuclear technology, ending isolation imposed after it tested a nuclear weapon in the late 1990s," reported the Los Angeles Times.
"The Obama administration, having convinced many US allies that India was a reliable nuclear power that would not contribute to the proliferation of weapons, reportedly sought passage of the bill in advance of the president's trip," the daily said.
"The passage by the Lok Sabha - House of the People - ahead of a scheduled November visit by president Obama is seen as a personal victory for prime minister Manmohan Singh, who signed the landmark civilian agreement with president (George W) Bush in 2008," said The Washington Times.
America's General Electric Co and Westinghouse Electric Corp are among the foreign energy suppliers that stand to gain a share of India's civilian nuclear business, estimated as possibly reaching $150 billion a year, it said.
"American companies consider a liability cap particularly important because, unlike the state-subsidized French and Russian nuclear suppliers, they are not underwritten by their government," it added.
Here are a few remedial steps that can be taken by a bank customer to address the menace of counterfeit money
Yesterday (http://www.moneylife.in/article/78/8523.html) we dwelt on how customers are being short-changed when it comes to the issue of fake currency notes. One thing is clear from all these anecdotes and correspondence - everybody is aware of the problem of fake currency, but nobody wants to bring out a solution with accountability. It does also appear that one reason for this is that where 100% checking is done at the time of dispensing currency, an accountability trail will be established, and the banks don't seem to want that.
Fair enough, if banks wish to be of the opinion that it is not their responsibility to ensure that counterfeit currency notes are not brought into the system, then at least the concerned regulator should start implementing strict rules on the subject.
But since nobody seems to want to go in for cheap and immediate solutions, here are a few things that you can do.
1) If receiving currency from tellers, then insist that the currency notes are checked on a fake-currency detecting machine, in front of you. If your bank branch does not have one, then put it down in writing, demanding one, and send the note to the branch manager. If even a few of us do this at various bank branches every day, the message will get across.
Issue a 'self' cheque for a small amount, Rs1,000 will be enough, and put it through the encashment process. Take the token, or let the teller 'pass' the self cheque, and then do not accept the cash unless it is checked. Leave the cheque behind or take the token home, and see what happens next. The bank manager will come to your house and will have to file a report on why he had to do so.
2) If receiving currency from ATMs, then please be aware that some, very few, new ATMs have a facility for detecting fake currency. You may have to use your own resources to find out which ones. But here too, make a small withdrawal, as usual, and then write a letter demanding that the said ATM should be provided with the facility to check for fake currency notes. Quote the transaction, and start a correspondence, and then wait for a response. The bank will have to respond.
It is amply clear that in the attempt to resolve this contentious issue, there are many parameters - but the most important one is that truth and accountability should not be the first victims. Please start insisting on your rights - unless all of us do not ask our banks to provide for currency-checking machines, we will not see the truth or accountability.
It starts with us. And we owe this effort to those people who are stuck fighting legal cases for being in possession of one fake note because some bank somewhere did not accept its responsibility. Do write in with your experiences on this issue.


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watercolor poppies complement elegant type in a clean, modern composition
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This is stunning - I can't stop looking at it ... love the third stem with no bloom on it :)
thank you so much Melanie! Your comments make me feel better about submitting it--I was worried it was too simple
Kelli- Crazy woman, it's perfect! :)
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Kelli, you make simple design look SOOO easy when, in reality, i think it is the hardest thing EVER!!! Amazing!!!
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LOVE this, Kelli! :)
Oh, how unique. Very pretty and different take on flowers. For some reason the "and" in red sort of bothers me. It seems more important than the names of the couple... Maybe just make it green or change the couple's name to a different color, maybe a different green, brighter one?
Absolutely gorgeous. I love the clean composition and watercolor poppies.
Love the simplicity..beautiful!
Sooo pretty!
So beautiful, Kelli! I am crazy about this!
love this. it's so different from everything else. so fresh!
clean and lovely as always!
Still one of my absolute favorites! :)
Beautiful!! Love it Kelli!
really beautiful--subtle and so elegant!
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Biological ActivityCalmodulin antagonist; inhibits calmodulin-stimulated cAMP phosphodiesterase activity with an IC50 of 3.3 nM. Also prevents estrogen-induced transcription activation by ER, reversibly blocks voltage-activated Na+, Ca2+ and K+ currents in PC12 cells and inhibits nAChR.
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- In the pilot for The Muppet Spotlight, Fozzie Bear reports on the latest Academy Award winners, including Jamie Foxx for his portrayal of Ray Charles in the film Ray. Fozzie complains that he should've won for a comedic role instead, mentioning Foxx's character Wanda (referred to as "Ugly Wanda") from the show (using a brief snippet from episode 318).
- A recurring character in the show's fourth season was a thug named "Snuff A. Luffagus."
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Kofta Curry
Recipe by MellowMel
An African recipe with fantastic spices, occasional crunches of cardamon, the fresh taste of the coriander, totally delicious. I was looking for something different to do with the standard beef or lamb mince recipes, and this was a winner at home. Even my friend's fussy kids had a go and pronounced it excellent! My suggestion- double the recipe and freeze it for another night.
Top Review by adopt a greyhound
Great curry. I made half a recipe and served it with Puppodoms and Recipe #27224. Great meal for 2.
Ingredients Nutrition
For the Meatballs
- 450 g minced beef or 450 g lamb
- 3 tablespoons finely chopped onions
- 1 tablespoon fresh coriander
- 1 tablespoon natural yoghurt
- 4 tablespoons plain flour
- 2 teaspoons ground cumin
- 1 teaspoon garam masala
- 1 teaspoon ground turmeric
- 1 teaspoon ground coriander
- 1 green chili, seeded and finely chopped
- 2 garlic cloves, crushed
- 1⁄4 teaspoon black mustard seeds
- 1 egg (optional)
- salt & freshly ground black pepper
For the Curry Sauce
- 2 tablespoons ghee or 2 tablespoons butter
- 1 onion, finely chopped
- 2 garlic cloves, crushed
- 3 tablespoons curry powder
- 4 green cardamom pods (or 1 teaspoon coriander seeds)
- 600 ml chicken stock
- 1 tablespoon tomato puree
- 2 tablespoons natural yoghurt
- 1 tablespoon fresh coriander
- cooked rice, to serve
- coriander, to serve
Directions See How It's Made
- Put the minced beef or lamb into a large bowl, add all the remaining meatball ingredients and mix well with your hands. Roll the mixture into small balls and put aside on a floured plate until required.
- To make the curry sauce, heat the ghee or butter in a saucepan over a moderate heat and fry the chopped onion and garlic for about 10 minutes, or until the onion is soft and buttery.
- Reduce the heat, then add the curry powder and cardamom pods (or seeds) and cook for a few minutes, stirring well.
- Slowly stir in the stock, then add the tomato puree, yoghurt and coriander and stir well. Simmer for 10 minutes.
- Add the koftas a few at a time, cook briefly and then add a few more, until all are in the pan. Simmer, uncovered, for about 20 minutes, or until the koftas are cooked. Avoid stirring, but gently shake the pan occasionally to move the koftas around.
- The curry should thicken slightly, but if it is too dry add more stock or water. Serve hot on rice, garnish with coriander.


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A difficult challenge for Sarah to take on Natalie in this pins-only match. Natalie has a big height and weight advantage and quickly shows her opponent her superior strength.....
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Gioia's first real mixed pins and submission wrestling match is against Alessandro. Being similar in size and skills, the match is 100% competitive. The beginning is fast paced and he takes her by surprise pinning her and counting to 5, 1-0! Gioia is pissed off and fights back like a lioness, look at her straddling him and almost bumping his head into the wall in the attempt to pin him! Their style is not the most technical you have seen here, but the intensity and effort they put into the match is outstanding. Gioia is almost violent, she tries whatever comes to her mind to pin him somehow, she is simply not accepting to lose to him!
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Victory pose and congratulations for the winner of this fantastic match, which will be appreciated also by those who don't usually enjoy mixed wrestling!
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Robi vs Mountain. Ruggero's deep voice, dark beard and huge muscles don't seem to be enough to intimidate Robi: "The loser will mop the floor!".
Ruggero lifts her with no effort, makes her spin around, and almost fly across the mats: it looks like she stands no chance!
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when you get that message that a a fighter wants to return to fighting it can be a dream but not as big as this dream. accompanied with some home taken photos we got an inbox from sienna stating her intention to make a comeback to the catfight scene and in style soon this petite brunettes body could be clashing with the queen sahara in an attempt to take her title away from her yes shes openly challenged sahara to a fight to see who the better woman is naturallywe want this and hope to get both ladies together and set it up. will sienna beat her rival and take her place at the top of the table ?? ime sure were in for a lingerie clad scrap to find out . these photos sent are going up in siennas folder at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/the girlsofbitchfightuk and her current fights are in the Bitchfight store at http://clips4sale.com/store/18113 stay tuned for developments xx


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Running Time: 89 minutes
Released: 09/2001
Studio Name: Anabolic Digital
Series: The Gangbang Girl
Director: Christopher Alexander
Categories: GangBang Anal All Sex Double Penetration
Description: Alana Evans and her stepdaughter, Molly Rome, are grieving at the funeral of their dear departed. Well, you can imagine how Anabolic funerals go -- they end up fucking all the guests. After the memorial (and cum consuming) is completed, our stud soldiers return to their posts in the Middle East where they find young fresh-faced nymph, Kristina Black. This hot little whore has been stranded in the desert, and she is so thirsty!
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I have been working at Einstein Bros. Bagels full-time (More than 3 years)
Free bagels if the management allows it
Flexible with hours
Ok, where do I start?
- The company does not care about their employee's at all and all they do care about is profit. They put so much pressure on managers and even non-managment members to sell sell sell sell. My store is about a $16,000 dollar store a week and out of that, they allow for about 350 labor hours where most of their employee's are making minimum wage. Once a week, the general manager will have to do inventory and they allow for no more than $350 dollars in waste which is less than 5% of profits. This in turn causes managers to teach the staff to save food items that they realistically shouldn't save. Items such as expired food products that really shouldn't be used, sweets are only good for one day but we will save them for 2-3 days in order to ensure that the store does not go over that food cost numbers.
-Due to the lack of employee's and the volume of customers that come in at times, people are generally very upset and take it out on us. Complain to us about how long they wait or how there is no coffee, or how unclean it is.
-Upper management wants you to constantly ask customers to add items to their orders which aggravates most people because if they wanted it, they would have ordered it.
-The employees are so overworked and are very under paid and under appreciated. Most employee's make close to minimum wage, shift leaders make about $9.00 an hour and generals/assistant managers make about $11.00 an hour. General managers have to work 50 hours a week and assistance work 48. Assistance will get paid for any over time but general managers do not. Due to the fact that the store is consistently understaffed with only 350 allowed labor hours a week, the GM's are responsible to make up for the lost people. Due to this, other things suffer like store cleanliness and over all staff enthusiasm.
-They offer benefits to staff that has been there for over 6 months but they are absolutely crap.
-They do not offer any tuition reimbursement.
-Do not offer holiday bonus pay for ANY holiday.
-Everything in the store is constantly broken. The oven in my store is heading toward its 25th birthday and is barely running. The company refused to buy us a bagel slicer to replace our old broken one so we had to get parts from 4 other slicers and build our own, which is obviously dangerous since most of the parts don't fit together correctly. We can't get the freezer door open in the morning because it freezes itself shut. We called in to get it fixed but it was to expensive, so we were basically told to live with it.
-There is no communication between upper management and lower management so there are policies that are implemented that
-District managers are constantly nagging stores, calling them 3 times a day and watching them on cameras to see what we do wrong. They will then call to let us know how much we are doing wrong then when we change it, next week we are doing it wrong again.
This is just a few of the problems, but basically, you really don't want to work here.
Advice to Management
Offer at least time and a half for holidays.
Have better communication between corporate and stores.
Pay your employee's above poverty at least.
Fix things that are broke instead of making employee's risk getting hurt or sick to save money
Flexible with Scheduling
Above average pay for entry level in industry
Good employee discounts; delicious food
Easy training program to complete
The location I worked at was only open from 6 am - 6 pm so getting hours sometimes difficult
Very early morning if needed for opening (5 am)
Advice to Management
Hire outside management talent and/or be a little more selective in decision process
Work on operational efficiency (We were always throwing away 50+ bagels at the end of the day)
I have been working at Einstein Bros. Bagels part-time (More than 5 years)
The best part about this company is they close at a reasonable hour.
Downside is pay. Lack of advertisement. Area managers and district managers are grossly
Misinformed about employee knowledge of ever changing company preference / policy. Took away tips even though we are often expected to deliver food to tables even at peek times. Store overhaul for kds system which is ineffective and slower. No real flow of direction in stores customers even regulars are sometimes confused. Ever changing menu. Ever changing prices. Quality of food is bad No oppertunity for growth. No benefits. Facilities don't fix anything but area mangers will chastise employees for this infraction. Uniforms. Corprate attitude. Revolving gm door. Assistant managers don't exist in some instances harshly forced out. Lack of hours menu boards are inefficient and sloppy
Advice to Management
The very thought that you think your doing well by your employees and customers is laughable. Every six months to a year there's a price increase for terrible food and coffee. KDS system overhaul was pointless and causes us to face away from already rude customers who get even worse with the attitudes as they travel down our confusing sandwich line. In my six years of working here I've gone through five gm 's and four dm's. Most of which were unresponsive towards anything we say but will gladly come out of the glass house they live in to chastise us on ever revolving company preference not policy as these things are never in a policy book distributed to all employees. No room for error if your not upper management. Realize location is everything my location is in a neighborhood so we rely solely on our regulars as any general person driving by may not know we sell anything beyond bagels. if you take time to advertise more outside of your exclusive bagel e-club more people would know we exsist and hopefully boost the sales in this company. Growth should not be placed in a gm's hands or regular employee. Our jobs are stressful enough without having to worry if I've promoted your new ten second idea to the extent that a radio ad or commercial would Business is not a cookie cutter affair so what works in Colorado won't Nessecarlly work in California Wisconsin and so forth. If you want perfect bagels fix broken equipment. As a baker I frequently must work around my proofer because it doesn't work properly. As a manger I found the pay wasn't worth the stress of dealing with whatever you guys come up with this week.
I understand your jobs are tough but ours are as well and when you heap obvious corprate issues onto underpaid and under appreciated employees you get the result you often do here in Wisconsin where our regional sales don't come close to adding anything of significance to this company as a whole.
Your business is being cheated as are your customers because of your steadfast refusal to simply listen to the people who work for you everyday. I know I've had to take a step back myself new she this job has singlehandedly made me a bitter person towards corparations


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Today even in films tackling the most "non-sexist" of topics have to have atleast a sexual scene. Sex or anything that sounds like it or even implies it. It rather shows how populist the industry can get. They know sizzlers is what is expected of them and that is what they make to offer. It takes no daring step to "produce" a film that will glue a veiwers atention towards the screen. Baring all is the only step that is taken in this direction and that is the rule that the industry has accepted much to the shame of its artistic standards. A recent survey was conducted by a radio station as to who is the most hottest woman between two leading ladies in Bollywood. The two options were Aishwarya Rai and Mallika Sherawat. Well, Aishwarya Rai in spite of being very beautiful had to concede defeat bagging scarce number of votes and the sex goddess Mallika Sherawat was the winner giving Ms. Rai no competition.
Has beauty taken the back seat ? Is beauty no longer existent ? Has beauty met it's death? Is beauty redefined ? Then what's the whole deal about plastic surgeries when people just want to look good. A pretty face no longer sells. Sex is not about just a beautiful face, it has more to do with attitude. Although the word 'attitude' may be over used, this phrase has been caught by choreographers in the modeling industry. No wonder, you may get to see super ugly women walk the ramp but have super hot toned up bodies.
Most female actors today have stressful competition from their counterparts. Indian actresses are showing more skin than ever. Love scenes are present in almost every move and actresses are getting bolder by the second just to out beat the actress who replaced them in their movie . The female actor who performs the most love scenes is the most successful actor today.
Raunchiness is the key word for the sleaze present today. Items numbers are the best example to convey the idea of sex. Item girls are the most successful and viewed stars on the silver screen. Every movie today has an item girl and every actress wants to do an item number by wearing extremely sleazy clothes and moving their love handles in every direction possible. The pressure to perform is so overwhelming that actress who made tall claims that they would never do a love scene or perform an item number are the first girls to shake their leg for these beat panting numbers. Bipasha Basu, Koena Mitra, Yana Gupta, Ishaa Kopikkar are the most famous item girls today.
As Indian society has become highly globalized and westernized , watching sleaze with your parents is not a big deal. Everyone enjoys sleaze and it's the nation's craze after football or cricket . Sex is the most novel form of expression to make any film a super hit. Ingredients for a successful film would include sex, shedding of clothes, raunchy dance numbers and an actor kissing every female actor with a story line based on sex. Well, your Bollywood hit is ready , served piping hot for your senses.


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[ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HARMONY-3462?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel#action_12482747 ] Aleksey Ignatenko commented on HARMONY-3462: -------------------------------------------- Checked with GCv4.1 and GCv5. Importent! - GCv5 specifics: GCv5 does not implement gc_add_weak_root_set_entry function (used in vm_enumerate_weak_root_reference). Therefore enumeration as weak reference is not available. For the first sight it is not to be able to work with GCv5, But drlvm redirects gc_add_weak_root_set_entry fucntion to default one which is gc_add_root_set_entry (as a result j.l.Classes are always reachable - added to rootset as strong references + traced by GC via j.l.Classloader), therefore GCv5 works fine with the patch, but class unloading is not implementable on it untill it supports gc_add_weak_root_set_entry function. > [dlrvm] new j.l.Class tracing model > ----------------------------------- > > Key: HARMONY-3462 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HARMONY-3462 > Project: Harmony > Issue Type: Improvement > Components: DRLVM > Reporter: Aleksey Ignatenko > Attachments: new_class_registry_v7.patch > > > The jira introduces new model of j.l.Class referencing into drlvm. > The current model is: > all j.l.Classes (JLC) and j.l.Classloaders (JLCL) are enumerated as strong references inside drlvm. It means that all JLC and JLCL are always reachable and we can not track any referencing between classes and classloaders automatically by GC. > The new model is required by clas unloading (independent of class unloading design). Lets name term "class registry" as - JLCL refers to its JLC and JLC refer to their defining JLCL (phisically via valid references). This requirement comes from the statement that classloader and all classes loaded by it are to be unloaded at once. e.g. Robin-Salikh approach requires that only JLCL are enumerated then JLC are to be traced automatically by GC (via references in appropriate JLCL - right now there is no direct reference to JLC in JLCL and vice versa). > The patch new_class_registry_v7.patch introduces the direct references described above. Also, it changes enumeration model: from now all JLC are traced via JLCL. JLC references are enumerated as weak references now (to be updated by GC). > Also destination of m_loadedClasses and m_reportedClasses has changed. For now m_loadedClasses is responsible for weak enumeration of all loaded UserDefined j.l.Classes and m_reportedClasses is responsible for enumeration of all bootstrap classes and userdefined classes (untill they are added to class registry) -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - You can reply to this email to add a comment to the issue online.
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|Sep 26, 1989
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|May 10, 1988
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|Aug 15, 1986
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|Bobby W. Knouse
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This is a Division of application Ser. No. 897,125, filed Aug. 15, 1986, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,747,170.
The present invention relates to a device for moving a patient from one surface to another surface and, more particularly, the present invention relates to a device for transferring a patient from a hospital bed to another hospital bed or to a gurney.
Medical care has become very expensive. One of the major expenses in the cost of personnel, especially in hospitals. Patients are transferred many times during their stay in hospitals for reasons such as moving to a new room, to an analytical laboratory, blood testing or X-Ray facility, or for surgery. Non-ambulatory patients require use of a wheel chair or a gurney. Presently, in order to transfer a patient from a bed to a gurney, several personnel are required to either physically lift the patient onto a gurney or to move the patient laterally by pulling his or her sheet onto a gurney. This procedure, especially for a heavy patient weighing 200 to 400 pounds, is time consuming, difficult, and ties up several personnel for several minutes. These personnel must leave other duties unattended at the time. This also increases the staffing requirements of a hospital. Furthermore, many times it is difficult to move an injured patient by these procedures without causing discomfort, pain or injury.
Prior devices are not capable of simply transferring a patient to a gurney, utilizing the efforts of only a single hospital employee. U.S. Pat. No. 1,334,901 (Highdon), U.S. Pat. No. 2,812,524 to Pruett, U.S. Pat. No. 3,330,219 to Harris, and U.S. Pat. No. 4,536,903 to Parker all disclose patient-turning devices, not a device for transferring a patient from a bed to a gurney. Such devices use a roller which grips an edge of a bed sheet to turn the patient. U.S. Pat. No. 3,403,411 to Stineman et al and U.S. Pat. No. 4,012,799 to Rutherford disclose patient transfer devices which effect the transfer of a patient from one bed to another by use of a movable but solid member which contacts the patient and moves the patient onto the second bed. These devices require substantial strength to operate and place rigid members in contact with the patient's body which are capable of bruising or hurting a patient, especially a patient who has been non-ambulatory for a substantial period.
A safe and effective patient transfer system is provided in accordance with the invention. The patient mover of the invention is a compact, stable unit that is readily movable into position by a single person, even a small and frail person, and can be quickly and efficiently operated to move the patient from one surface to another, such as from a bed to a gurney or vice versa. The patient transfer operation is effected in complete comfort and safety to the patient. The compact, low profile patient mover is readily moved into position with the stand or feet of the device under a bed or gurney with the upright frame adjacent the side of a bed or a gurney. The patient mover is so configured to cooperate with the bed to form a stable assembly during a patient transfer operation. Single personnel can operate the device and transfer the patient without the aid of any other person. The patient mover can then be simply rolled out of position away from the bed, and the personnel can proceed with moving the patient to the desired location on a gurney or securing the patient in the bed, or dress the bed for the patient (whichever is required).
In the invention, a load carried on a sheet of material is moved laterally by continuously engaging a substantial portion of an edge of the sheet with a rigid clamping means and then applying a lateral pulling force to the clamping means. The clamping means could be pulled by a screw drive, pneumatic drive, or any other motor device. A simple clamp is provided by a motor drive roller connected to a web.
A specific embodiment of the patient mover includes, in combination, a bottom stand member and an upstanding support frame carrying an elongated roller. Means for rotating the roller is attached to one end of the roller. The rotating means can be a mechanical member, such as a handle or an electric motor with suitable gearing and control devices for the motor, such as a speed controller and on/off switch. A first edge of a web-like sheet material such as canvas is attached to the roller. The outer edge of the web material contains means for gripping or attaching the web to a sheet. The preferred form of the attaching means extends along the length of the sheet so that it provides sufficient gripping surface without tearing the sheet at specific locations. The gripping means is an elongated rigid member. This provides even movement of the patient from head to toe rather than dragging the feet or the head of the patient first at an angle. This is very important in the movement of patients with injuries such as spinal, neck or limb fractures. In the preferred embodiment of the invention, the sheet gripping means comprises a slotted tube having a central bore and a rod insertable into the bore. The edge of the sheet adjacent to the gripping means is placed within the slot. The rod is then inserted into the central bore in the tube to form a very strong, efficient clamp along an extended portion of the edge of the sheet. When the patient has been moved onto the second bed, the rod is pulled out of the tube, and the edge of the sheet disengaged.
The patient mover of the invention may have other features such as wheels attached to the bottom stand member for moving the device readily into and out of position under a bed. The height of the upstanding frame member can be adjustable so that the web and roller assembly are or can be positioned at or near the same height as the mattress on the bed and gurney during the transfer operation. Bumpers may be provided on the inner surfaces of the horizontal braces of the stand at a height and position to engage bumpers or beam members on a gurney or a bed. The bumpers can be positioned against opposed bumpers or against the frame or the spring of the gurney or the bed during transfer. The patient mover device may tend to tilt during transfer due to the load placed on it during lateral pulling of a heavy patient. To prevent the device from tipping, adjustable arms may be mounted on the upstanding frame members which can be deployed over or under horizontal structural members facing it on the gurney or bed to minimize tilting and to stabilize the patient mover during transfer.
The patient mover is operated by rolling the bottom stand of the device underneath a gurney. The gurney is placed adjacent to a bed containing a patient. The motor is actuated or the handle rotated or unfurl the web member and position the outer edge of the web containing the gripping tube next to the edge of the sheet of the bed containing the patient. The edge of the sheet is removed from under the mattress and the rod is removed from the bore of the tube. The edge of the sheet is inserted into the slot in the tube, and then the rod is pushed into one end of the bore in the tube. The rod carries the sheet edge down the bore and seats the sheet along the length of the tube to form a reliable, safe and effective clamping connection between the web and the sheet. The direction of rotation of the motor or the handle is then reversed and operated at slow speed, suitably below 50 r.p.m. The sheet is slowly retracted onto the roller and as the web pulls across the gurney, the trailing, connected sheet containing the patient is slowly pulled onto the gurney in an even and parallel disposition. When the patient is centered onto the gurney, the motor is stopped and the rod is pulled out of the tube to release the sheet. The patient mover is then moved out of position away from the gurney.
These and many other features and attendant advantages of the invention will become apparent as the invention becomes better understood by reference to the following detailed description when considered in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.
FIG. 1 is a front view in elevation of the patient mover of this invention;
FIG. 2 is a side view in elevation of the patient mover of the invention;
FIG. 3 is a rear view in elevation of the patient mover of the invention;
FIG. 4 is a top view in elevation of the patient mover;
FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view taken along line 5--5 of FIG. 4;
FIG. 6 is a partial view in perspective showing insertion of a sheet into the sheet gripping means;
FIGS. 7a to 7g are plan views showing operation of the patient mover to move a patient from a bed onto an adjacent gurney.
Referring now to FIGS. 1-4, the patient mover 10 of the invention comprises in combination a horizontal stand 12 which acts as a base for an upstanding frame 14 which carries the roller assembly 16. The horizontal stand 12 may be comprised of two metal tubular members 18 which can be of circular or square or other cross-section. In order to facilitate movement of the patient mover readily from place to place, a set of four wheels, casters or rollers may be attached to the bottom of the horizontal tubular members 18. Preferably standard rollers 20 comprising a wheel 22 carried between a set of shafts 24 on an axle 26 depend from a mounting assembly carrying a pin. Frame 14 can be braced by two horizontal cross members 32, 34 which are attached to the vertical side legs 28. A set of vertical padded bumpers 36 may be attached to the cross members 32 and 34. The cross members 32 and 34 and the bumpers are so located so as to be opposite a bracing member on a bed or gurney such as the spring or cross brace of the gurney to bed. To further stabilize and support the patient mover 10 during use, a pair of bracing members 38 can be provided. The bracing member 38 are positioned underneath a cross brace of the opposed bed or gurney and contain an arm 40 which can be locked into position in that location. The outer end of each arm 40 can be bent to provide a set of opposed hooks 39 which can be utilized to carry the power cord 41 and the remote controller cord 43. Suitably the braces 38 have a collar 42 attached to the arm 40 and can ride up and down the vertical legs 28 of the frame 14. A locking screw 44 such as a thumb screw is utilized to lock the arms 40 underneath the opposed spring or structural member, and also after release of the thumb screw 44 to rotate the arms back under the bottom brace 34 so that they are safely out of position when the patient mover is not in use and do not impale or harm somebody accidentally. Curving the end of the arms with the hook also reduces risk of injury to personnel. The controller cord 43 and the power cord may be wound on rectractable reels, not shown.
The dimensions of the patient mover are not critical. However, it is important that the web have a minimum width in order to apply an even pulling force across a long length of the sheet edge. While pulling tension is localized by a series of clamps, the sheet tends to rip and tear. Therefore, the roller and belt width should be at least 2 and 1/2 feet, preferably at least 4 feet. Further tests have shown that for large loads, such as persons exceeding 200 pounds, the device works better if the gripping surface is further increased up to at least 5 feet, preferably 6 to 7 feet. This can be accomplished by using a longer rod on a smaller web, such as a 4 foot web containing a 6 foot rod.
Referring again to FIGS. 1-4 of the drawings, the roller assembly 16 comprises an axle 48 having a slot, not shown, in which is inserted the rearward edge of the web 54. The axle is rotatably received in bearings 56, 58 which are mounted in the upstanding legs 28 of the frame 14. One end of the axle is received in the gear reduction box 60 which in turn is connected to the electric motor 62. The motor 62 contains an on-off switch 67, a forward-reverse switch 64 and a speed controller knob 71. The forward-reverse switch 64 and the on-off switch 67 may be mounted on the motor or frame. It is preferred to mount the switches 64, 67 on a remote, handheld controller 73 connected to the motor 62 by a flexible cable 43 as shown in FIG. 7a.
As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the web 54 is at least 2 and 1/2 feet wide, suitably 4 feet wide, and typically is at least 4 feet in length so that it can travel across the bed or gurney to the bed or gurney containing the patient. The gripping means 70 attached to the outer edge 72 of the web can take many configurations such as a set of clips riveted to the edge 72 of the web or can take the form of a strip hoop and loop type fastener, such as the ones sold under the trademark of Velcro connected to a mating strip on the edge of the sheet 106. Various other snaps or like connectors may also be utilized. However, most of these connectors cause the sheet to tear or require adaptation of the sheets to special requirements of the fastener. The novel gripping assembly of the invention is simple to use, does not tear sheets and effectively grips sheets without modification of the sheet. The gripping assembly 70 of the invention can comprise two slotted hollow tubes having central cylindrical bores welded together. The edge 72 of the web 54 is stitched over to form a sleeve 76. A rod 78 having a circular or polygonal cross-section is inserted into the sleeve 76. The sleeve 76 is then inserted into the central bore 80 in the tube 82 to connect the sheet-gripping tube 82 to the web 54. Threaded bolts 79 are threaded through the web to lock the web securely in the central bore 80. The other tube 87 contains a removable rod 88 which again can have a circular or polygonal cross-section. To grip the sheet 106, the rod 88 is removed and the edge 90 of the sheet is inserted into the slot 86. The rod 88 is replaced to form a stable, reliable attachment to the edge of the sheet.
The use of patient mover 10 of the invention is illustrated in FIGS. 7a to 7g. A gurney 100 is rolled adjacent a bed 102 carrying a patient 104 resting on a sheet 106. The cords 41, 43 are removed from the hooks 39 on the arms 40 and set screws 44 are released to adjust the height and forward direction of the arms 40. The screws 44 are then retightened. The edge 90 of the sheet is released from under the mattress 110. The patient mover 10 is then rolled to place the stand 12 under the gurney 100 with the roller assembly 16 facing the patient 104. The on switch 67 on the controller 73 is actuated and the web 54 is unfurled until the gripping assembly 70 is adjacent the edge 90 of the sheet. The rod 88 is removed from the tube 87 and the edge 90 of the sheet is inserted at the beginning of the slot 86. The rod 88 is then pushed into the opening in the tube until it carries the sheet edge with it down the central bore and seats and locks the sheet into the slot. The direction of rotation of the web is then reversed by pressing the reverse switch 64 on the controller and reactuating the motor by means of the switch 67. The web retracts and slowly and evenly pulls the sheet 106 carrying the patient 104 from the bed 102 onto the gurney 100. When the patient 104 is centered on the gurney 100, the off switch 67 is pulsed to turn the motor 62 off. The rod 88 is then pulled out of the gripping means 70 to release the sheet. The patient mover 10 is then rolled away and the gurney 100 containing the patient is ready to be moved to its new location.
Many other variations are possible such as different types of configurations of frame members and stand members. The gripping means can be any device that will evenly attach to a sheet and pull a heavy weight without gripping the edge of the sheet. The motor can be replaced by a handle or any other device capable of rotating the axle of the roller to wind the web.
It is to be realized that only preferred embodiments of the invention have been described, and that numerous substitutions, alterations and modifications are permissible without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined in the following claims.
|Cited Patent
|Filing date
|Publication date
|Nov 7, 1947
|Feb 28, 1950
|Victor C Hassold
|Invalid lifting apparatus
|Feb 5, 1949
|Jan 12, 1954
|Florence A Raymond
|Patient transferring device
|Dec 27, 1954
|Feb 7, 1956
|Mar 25, 1955
|Nov 12, 1957
|Lawrence C Pruitt
|Patient turner
|Feb 16, 1955
|Mar 18, 1958
|Stoner Arthur M
|Bed clothes holder
|Oct 6, 1955
|Mar 25, 1958
|Catherine A Huff
|Device for moving a patient on a bed
|Aug 27, 1956
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Tropical Storm Don pelted the southeast Caribbean with heavy rain on Tuesday before dissipating, the National Hurricane Center said.
Tropical Storm Don formed east of the Windward Islands late Monday, but is expected to weaken again as it continues churning westward, National Hurricane Center forecasters said.
The tropical system that formed in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Africa early this week has strengthened into a tropical depression, but isn't expected to get much stronger.
An Atlantic weather system's development into a cyclone stalled Tuesday, according to the National Hurricane Center. But researchers still believe the area of low pressure, called Invest 94L, has a high probability of organizing in the next few days. The likelihood of cyclone activity within the next 48 hours is …
A tropical system churning way out in the Atlantic Ocean has a 70 percent chance of strengthening into Tropical Storm Don over the next five days, according to the National Weather Service.
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Tropical Storm Bret may have fizzled into a tropical wave, but all eyes shifted to Tropical Storm Cindy, which formed Tuesday and threatens the coasts of Louisiana and Texas with downpours that could cause flash flooding.
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Ashley Greene: Stylish in Santa Monica
Making the most of a beautiful SoCal afternoon, Ashley Greene was spotted grabbing lunch with a friend at the Ivy restaurant yesterday (July 28).
The "Twilight" hottie looked lovely as she arrived at the Santa Monica eatery, sporting an orange sundress with sandals and a massive white handbag.
In related news, it sounds like Miss Greene narrowly escaped being reunited with her ex-boyfriend, "Desperate Housewives" stud Josh Henderson, in the upcoming "Eclipse" film.
Henderson was being considered for the role of college-student-turned-bloodsucker Riley, a nemesis of the Cullen clan, but the role eventually went to Xavier Samuel.
Josh told press, "I talked to Ashley about potentially being the new, college, all-American character that's a vampire in the third one. I went for a few auditions, but they went with an Australian kid."
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Although Pitney Bowes (NYSE:PBI) is struggling to hold on to its sales, we were considering it as an investment based on its (at the time) 10% dividend yield (before its recent dividend cut of 50%) and its free cash flow yield of 16%. Although it is a potential good value, it is struggling due to its streak of revenue declines. In hindsight, we think maybe Pitney Bowes' former CEO Michael Critelli's deal-crazed acquisition spree was not the best thing for the company's health. From 2000-2007, Pitney Bowes spent $2.5B on 83 acquisitions. PB's stock was dead money from 2000-2007 and has deteriorated since then. The good news for us is that it gives us a potential investment opportunity to analyze and evaluate. In addition to hiring Marc Lautenbach away from International Business Machines (NYSE:IBM) to serve as its new CEO, PBI also recently hired Mark Wright as its new Software Division President and Mark Shearer as its EVP and president of the SMB mailing solutions business.
Corporate Highlights or Lowlights (Depends on your view)
PBI announced recently that its sales have sagged by 1.4% in Q4 2012 versus Q4 2011 levels, and by 4.3% year-over-year in the FY 2012 period versus the FY 2011 period. Unlike in Q3 2012, in which all of its revenue streams saw year-over-year sales declines ranging from 2.07% for its support services to 17.4% for its software revenues, three of its revenue streams generated a slight uptick in Q4 2012 versus the prior year period. Although its Q4 2012 and FY 2012 net income was up by about ~$120M in each period versus Q4 2011 and FY 2011 levels, this was due to reduced non-recurring charges taken in the applicable periods.
PBI's EBIT declined by 9% in Q4 2012 and 8% in FY 2012 compared to Q4 2011 and FY 2011 primarily due to steadily declining sales performance. Although the company was able to reduce its operating expenses during the year, these operating cost reductions only offset about 75% of PBI's year-over-year sales reductions. PBI's stock sold off by 13% the day after its Q3 2012 results were released, but shot up 20% the day it released its Q4 2012 earnings. We think investors were starting to see a potential bottom in PBI's performance and that it was maintaining its previously lofty $1.50/share dividend (before it cut it down to $.75/share). Also we think that investors were pleased that the company only took $22M in restructuring charges for Q4 2012.
Source: Pitney Bowes' Q4 2012 Report
Business Line Summary
PBI has two business divisions, one focused on large business customers (Enterprise Business Solutions) and the other focused on smaller customers (Small & Medium Business Solutions). Both of these divisions saw sagging revenue results throughout the business units (with the exception of Mail Services) in each division. The only business unit that saw a revenue increase during the year was the Mail Services business, which saw 8% year-over-year revenue growth. Q4 2012 year-over-year results were better as the SMB division's revenue decline was only 3% and the Enterprise Business Solutions division actually eked out 58bp of revenue growth. However, both divisions endured EBIT declines of 9% year-over-year in Q4 2012. For FY 2012 versus FY 2011, the only business unit that enjoyed EBIT growth was PBI's Marketing Services business. PBI Marketing Services generated 7% year-over-year EBIT growth, but this was not enough to offset EBIT declines of 1% to 28% in the rest of PBI's business units.
Source: Pitney Bowes' Q4 2012 Report
Corporate Asset Management
The company paid down $550M in maturing debt in its first 9 months of FY 2012 by utilizing free cash flows as well as existing cash balances. PBI bolstered its liquidity by raising $340M from the sale of new debt in Q4 2012. $230M was raised from the sale of term loans due in 2015 and 2016 and carrying a variable interest rate of LIBOR plus 2.25%, and $110M was raised from a 10 year callable fixed rate note with a 5.25% coupon. The company has $375M in maturing debt due in the first half of 2013. The company refrained from raising its dividend earlier in the year for the first time in 30 years, and recently cut it. PBI generated $660M in operating cash flows in 2012, which was a decline from $949M in 2011. This decline was due was due to $207M in higher tax payments in 2012, as a result of tax payments related to the sale of leveraged lease assets, the loss of bonus depreciation and higher income tax refunds received in 2011, as well as lower collections of finance and accounts receivables in 2012.
Despite the decline in its operating and free cash flows in 2012 versus 2011 levels, the company still generated $589M in free cash flows during 2012. The company has between $300M-$600M in maturing debt due each year from 2013-2019, and we believe that it should continue its efforts to pay off its maturing debt in part from the sale of new debt (refinancing) as well as through its free cash flows. This way, it keeps the credit rating agencies from reducing the credit rating further and makes it so investors don't perceive PBI as part of the extend and pretend game. We don't expect PBI to need to resort to issuing stock to bolster its financial position (other than employee stock compensation programs).
Source: Morningstar Direct
Will PBI's New Executives Make Their Mark?
Pitney Bowes has recently engaged in reshuffling its executive suite. We previously discussed how Pitney Bowes had hired Marc Lautenbach away from IBM back in December to replace Murray Martin. We believe that Murray Martin retired due to ill health, as PBI's investors and Board of Directors were sick and tired of seeing PBI's share price sag under Martin's regime. Murray Martin's predecessor, Michael Critelli, spent $2.5B to acquire 83 companies as part of a deal-crazed acquisition spree in order to try to grow Pitney Bowes. Lautenbach earned a reputation for expertise in business transformation through his executive roles at IBM, and he will need it to stabilize Pitney Bowes' performance and to reverse PBI's sliding share price.
Pitney Bowes recently announced that John O'Hara (Pitney Bowes' Software Division President) would be leaving the company. O'Hara joined Pitney Bowes in the middle of 2006 when his employer was acquired by PBI. We believe that PBI's new CEO Marc Lautenbach probably decided to ask O'Hara to leave because he was unimpressed with the performance of PBI's Software Business Line while O'Hara was running it. PBI hired Mark Wright to succeed him. Wright previously served as Executive Vice President of Infor Global Solutions. Although Infor is a private company, it files financial reports with the SEC. Let's hope that Mark Wright's performance running Pitney Bowes Software is better than Infor Global Solutions' performance. We say this because Infor's growth and cash flow performance were pedestrian at best. Plus, the bulk of the company's $556.5M of adjusted EBITDA in YTD 2013 was allocated to Depreciation ($209.5M), Acquisition and restructuring costs ($23.4M) and Interest Expense ($315M). We can see that PBI's long-suffering shareholders are hoping that its new executives make a positive mark on this once great company.
Source: Pitney Bowes' 2007 to 2012 Annual Reports
Pitney Bowes also announced that Leslie Abi-Karam (President of Pitney Bowes' communications unit) left the company. PBI also recently added Mark Shearer as EVP and President of PBI's Small and Medium Size Business mailing solutions business unit. We believe that Marc Lautenbach may have had a hand in Mr. Shearer's hiring, as Shearer was a fellow IBMer as well. Shearer worked for IBM in various roles, including as vice president of marketing and strategy for its $20 billion hardware businesses.
In conclusion, while we see things in Pitney Bowes that we like, we believe that investors should remain cautious with regard to entering a position in the stock (whether they go short or long). Considering that PBI's stock was dead-money (except for dividends) from 2000-2007 and has been deteriorating thanks to the company's sagging revenue results since 2007, we believe that investors need to be careful before trying to get PBI's dividend. We weren't the only investors attracted to PBI, though we needed more than a 10% yield (now 5.55% after its dividend cut) or even a 16% free cash flow yield to jump on in. Because of its yield, we believe investors can do no wrong by following it and using the published research about the company to augment any research done on their part in order to buy in when the time is right and to avoid trying to catch a falling knife or buying after a dead-cat bounce.
Disclosure: I have no positions in any stocks mentioned, and no plans to initiate any positions within the next 72 hours. I wrote this article myself, and it expresses my own opinions. I am not receiving compensation for it (other than from Seeking Alpha). I have no business relationship with any company whose stock is mentioned in this article.
Additional disclosure: This article was written by an analyst at Saibus Research. Saibus Research has not received compensation directly or indirectly for expressing the recommendation in this article. We have no business relationship with any company whose stock is mentioned in this article. Under no circumstances must this report be considered an offer to buy, sell, subscribe for or trade securities or other instruments.


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In France in 1915, the 59th Squadron of the Royal Flying Corps led by Major Brand are complaining about their missions, which have enormous casualty rates. Chief among the complainants is Captain Courtney, but he finds leadership is harder than it seems when his is promoted to command the squadron.
In this remake, Edmund Goulding improves on Howard Hawks' 1930 original, largely by lifting its impressive aerial sequences and adding Errol Flynn. The film focuses on the numbered days of the 59th squadron stationed in France in 1915. Flynn heads up the flying boys, who spend their evenings drinking and singing in the bar, with the grim reality that the next morning's flight may well be their last, with a suitably strong and commanding performance. David Niven offers suitably dashing support, and Basil Rathbone is fine as the commander bearing the weight of sending these men to their almost certain death.
The film mixes heroism and the horror or war successfully, surprisingly so for its day.


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I've only been playing this game for 3 days and yet I can safely say I'm loving FFXIV. Given that it is still a beta, this is a promising sign of what to come as SE continues to work on the game up to and after release Sept. 22. Here's a list of things that have me impressed:
- Mining, Logging, Fishing, etc. are all well thought out and actually fun! Location nodes can be shared fairly. You don't have to buy hatchets and pickaxes for each use on a point that disappear upon use, just as a main weapon/tool that stays with you. There seems to be a good variety of items you can find, including +1, +2 and so on items. The minigame is a hot and cold game of figuring out the correct spot to stop a moving arrow, circle, whatever on the screen and gives you hints as you go that are easy to decipher.
- Crafting is just fun to do. Your character uses a tool for a particular class and upon synthesizing something a workstation appears relative to that class. When you want to make something, you pick the items you want to use and it tells you what you can make from those items. I was given a list of a few choices based on the material I had selected. You don't even have to think about crystals until you get this far.
- Guildleves are fun and you get experience, class skill points, gil, and items from them. The idea SE made to "tag" your monsters with a little icon is brilliant. Nobody else can kill them so you aren't fighting over monsters while doing leves. You can do 8 of these every 48 hours and I think that's plenty because of my next point.
- Monsters are easy to find for your normal experience fighting. I've heard people say that they are hard to find but they most likely aren't leaving the immediate area of just outside the city. If you wander around you can find plenty of areas with monsters just hanging out waiting for you to kill them.
- Leveling your character has many, many options. You can select certain abilities from all other classes you have leveled. I can be any class and have the spell Cure provided I obtained it already. You gain both class and physical experience so you are really only leveling your physical level once ever in the game. No going back to the "dunes" ever again! When you craft, gather, or fight you gain physical level experience. 2000 experience for making an axe handle on a local leve? **** yes! You can level your character however you **** well please, even only crafting, logging, fishing, anything.
- Soloing is not a horrible endeavor. Since you have so many options for leveling and character customization you aren't spending a long time getting a measly 50 xp. I've been having a blast soloing which I can't say I had during my FFXI years.
- Everybody gets to teleport around. Want to go to this area? Select it and you're there. All you have to do is manage to get there once and you're set for later teleports.
- The initial city quest gives you a decent amount of gil to go and buy all the starter weapons and tools to level whatever classes you want and go from there. I did "The Color of Sin" and got about 30,000 gil as a reward. This was plenty to go out and buy all the weapons and tools for all classes along with some other gear.
- The music is done by Nobuo and it's great. It's not the same old stuff and yet doesn't go so far from the mold he's created that you think you're playing something outside of the Final Fantasy franchise.
- The graphics. The graphics! It's an understatement to say that this game looks stunning. There are so many little touches to things giving minute detail. Environments are immense and beautiful. Monster and player models are crisp and just a pleasure to look at. You can spend hours just walking around observing the game without actually doing anything constructive.
There's more to say I'm sure, but that's what I can think of off the top of my head. Any other optimistic, positive reviewers out there?