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7 critical success factors for ACOs
June 4, 2012 in Medical Technology
To date, 32 organizations across the country are participating in the Pioneer ACO initiative, hoping to inspire others in their regions to follow suit. As the benefits of adopting this model become clear, more organizations are looking to explore the possibility of becoming an ACO.
Ron Parton, MD, chief medial officer at health IT firm Symphony Corporation, outlines seven critical success factors for ACOs.
1. Align the payment model with value. The key for organizations to be successful in these types of new payment arrangements, said Parton, is to make sure they have the payment arrangements in place as they change their care delivery models. "There are organizations and integrated systems around the country that have introduced their quality improvement programs before entering into a shared risk arrangements, and [they] have improved quality significantly but have lost revenue because they reduced fee for service business," he said. "So one of the keys is to try to make sure you're matching your payment model with your quality improvement efforts so you don't get ahead of yourself." And once you've created that type of payment model, Parton added – whether it's participating in a Medicare shared risk arrangement, or a local or national insurance company that's creating a pay-for-performance or a shared risk opportunity – it becomes a question of investing in the right type of infrastructure.
2. Pay attention to leadership and cultural change. According to Parton, one of the most pressing things to understand when changing payment models is that specialty physicians, in particular, may struggle with understand the importance of these new arrangements, since most have depended on fee-for-service to be successful through their careers. "So, it's important to pick leaders who are forward-thinking and who will support the new care payment arrangements," said Parton. These selected individuals can help lead initiatives across the medical staff. "Once you get some of the medical staff bought in, it's important to invest in infrastructure that helps them be successful in the new model," he said.
[See also: ACOs dominate early discussion at MGMA conference.]
3. Hire experienced health professionals, especially nurses and health coaches. Part of driving cultural change, said Parton, is to hire staff to help make these new initiatives successful. "One of the key factors of all this work is to identify complex patients who have difficulty navigating the system, managing their own illness, taking medications, etc.," he said. "The professionals who have skill sets to change that behavior may be different than what current integrated systems have hired." Identifying nurses who understand how to implement specific techniques and help patient manage their illness can drive the transition more quickly, said Parton, therefore making it essential to have these types of staff members on board.
4. Take the time to gain buy in from the primary care practitioners and their staff. Naturally, there will be practices that are resistant to change, said Parton, so make sure you touch base with every practice and have a contact and leader in each to help educate and lead their group. "This is extremely important, otherwise, people will give lip service but they won't change their workflow of how they're managing their practice day to day," he said. He added that a lot of the work doesn't need to be done by physicians, but by associated in their offices, like nurses, medical assistants, nutritionists, etc. "Getting that buy-in across the entire staff of a practice is important," he said. "It's not just the practitioners." Keep in mind the role EHRs will play in the transition, Patron added, especially when it comes to adding more work to learning the new IT system. "Doing this work for an ACO is additional stress," he said. "So helping them understand some techniques, some new tools they can use to improve their work is part of the issue."
[See also: ACO program is asking too much, says expert.]
5. Develop the data model, IT infrastructure, and tools to support reporting and analytics. One key piece for larger organizations, said Parton, is getting all organizations involved in the transition on the same page. "There are multiple organizations involved, and they come together to do the shares risk arrangement," he said. "So they may be on multiple systems and multiple data sources, and one of the challenges upfront is integrating and taking data from all those sources into one common data warehouse." The first step, he added, is to identify who's participating in the ACO and what the differences are in their data infrastructures. The next step is to create interfaces with each separate data source to do mapping. "That's where the data model comes in," he said. "You need to make sure you understand the differences in data from one entity to the next … all that detail is extremely important." The last step, said Parton, is pulling the data and integrating it into a common platform, "so if you invest in that, you have the data to do any of the programs, projects, or measurements, and it makes your life so much easier if you do all that upfront."
6. Invest in a population health and care management system, and integrate with the EHR. A population care management system allows you to take data from all your sources and use it specifically to track and manage subpopulations, said Parton. "You want to target and allow care teams to do follow-up work with care plans, " he said. "The population care management system can be the common care plan platform that allows professionals to track and manage patients across the system… care is coordinated in a way that helps people stay out of the ER and out of the hospital." In turn, the system takes nightly feed of EHR data and makes it available to care teams, allowing them to determine gaps in care by seeing the care across an entire population. "Whether they're following evidence-based guidelines and are looking for patterns of someone not taking medication, or they have multiple doctors managing care and it's uncoordinated, they can look for that pattern," said Parton. "They can target the right patient and give them the care they need."
7. Match the organizational readiness for change. "All the things an ACO needs to do simultaneously, it's a lot of work and a lot of change for an organization," said Parton. "It's important for the organization to continuously monitor how well these initiatives are going on a daily or weekly basis and make sure you're not getting ahead of yourself." Constant communication and listening, Parton continued, in terms of feedback from physicians is key. "At some point, you may find you have to step on the brakes for a bit because you have to wait for your IT team to catch up," he said. "Or, from a payment model perspective, you have the model in place and need to accelerate those results-oriented projects because you need results from the bottom line sooner. It's about stepping on the brake or the gas to make sure things are moving."
Article source: http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/7-critical-success-factors-acos

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Electronic alerts may do more harm than good for kidney patients5 03 2015
The use of electronic alerts by hospitals treating patients with acute kidney injury may increase interventions without improving care, a study by Yale researchers found.
The study was published Feb. 25 in The Lancet.
Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a serious condition that can lead to dialysis and even death in hospitalized patients. To prevent these adverse outcomes, some hospital systems have proposed using electronic alerts to detect the condition at an early stage. To test the effectiveness of an alert system, first author Dr. F. Perry Wilson, assistant professor of medicine at Yale, and his co-authors conducted a randomized trial with 2,400 patients at the Hospital at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.
The researchers randomized patients into one of two study groups: an AKI alert group and a "usual care" group with no alert. When a patient tested positive for AKI — determined by serum creatinine values — the provider and a pharmacist received an alert in the form of a text page informing them of the diagnosis and encouraging them to take appropriate steps. The message also included a link to a website with guidelines for managing AKI.
The researchers reviewed outcomes of the alert system at 7, 14, and 30 days after hospital admission. At the end of the eight-month study period, they were surprised by their findings.
"Our hypothesis was that it would improve outcomes," said Wilson. "But we found that, overall, there was no effect. Informing the doctors did not change behavior, and it did not change outcomes in terms of dialysis or death."
One reason may be because AKI is a condition with no clear-cut treatments, Wilson suggested. "I think we put this tool into the clinicians hands and didn't teach them how to use it."
While the alert system did not improve outcomes, in a subset of patients it did increase interventions, including more renal consultations and dialysis. These interventions, however, did not correlate with higher-quality care. "For acute kidney injury, more treatment is not necessarily better," Wilson noted.
The study findings are notable because hospital systems, including the National Health Service in the United Kingdom, are moving toward increased use of electronic alerts. "We concluded that for AKI the alerts are ineffective," Wilson said.
Other Yale authors Dr. Jeffrey Testani, Dr. Chirag R Parikh; additional authors are Dr. Michael Shashaty, Dr. Iram Aqeel, Yuliya Borovskiy, Susan Ellenberg, Dr. Harold I. Feldman, Dr. Hilda Fernandez, Dr. Yevgeniy Gitelman, Dr. Jennie Lin, Dr. Dan Negoianu, Dr. Peter P. Reese , Richard Urbani, and Dr. Barry Fuchs.
This work was funded in part by K23DK097201 and a Penn Center for Healthcare Improvement and Patient Safety Pilot Grant to FPW, K23HL114868 and L30HL115790 to JT, T32DK007006 to JL.
Citation: The Lancet
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Forty-two high-school juniors and seniors thanked the School Board for sending them to summer school at a Tuesday, Nov. 14, meeting.
The students participated in a Governor's School for either one of six foreign languages including German, Japanese and Spanish, or a number of subjects, like Agriculture, Arts, Humanities, Science and Medicine, and Math, Science and Technology.
Governor's School is an intensive four-week program for gifted students across Virginia. Seven Loudoun County Public Schools were represented there.
THE PARTICIPANTS each got a few minutes at the podium to thank School Board members for the educational, and unforgettable, experience.
Kyle O'Donnell said his four weeks at Virginia Commonwealth University were the best four weeks of his life.
The Dominion High School student said he was nervous to attend the Governor's School for German.
"I never spoke German outside of the classroom," he said.
O'Donnell wasn't allowed to speak English while he attended school, there. The high-school student spoke German inside and outside of the classroom.
"The first two days were a struggle," he said, "but everybody was in the same boat. By the middle of the week, I got the hang of it. I wanted to speak in German."
O'Donnell said the four weeks at the school went by fast, but he won't forget his experience or the friends he made there.
"I made some friends for life," he said.
Governor's School was Tasia Paaraskevopoulos' first chance to speak German outside of the classroom.
The Park View High School student said she felt insecure to speak in German at first, but soon realized she had no choice. She asked questions and carried on daily conversations with counselors, her roommate and new friends, in German, everyday.
"The immersion environment is the best way to learn," she said. "It helped me become more comfortable with the language."
She said she now shares a bond with other Governor's School students.
"We all made it through together," she said. "It was such an amazing experience. I learned so much in a short amount of time."
GOVERNOR'S SCHOOL is held during the summer at several colleges and universities throughout Virginia, including the University of Virginia, Virginia Tech and Virginia Commonwealth University.
Phillip Roberts went to the Governor's School for Arts to study piano, but he said he learned so much more about himself.
"It opened my eyes to college life and social life," he said.
The Dominion High School student shared a small room with another student for four weeks.
"I really got a taste of what college life is going to be like," he said.
Fellow classmate Michael Boyer said he enjoyed talking to students from different schools around the state.
Boyer attended the Governor's School for Arts to fine tune his guitar skills, but he got a lesson in so much more.
"I participated in many discussions about race, religion and different ways of life," he said. "Governor's School changed my viewpoint on the world."
School Board member Thomas Reed (At Large) was impressed by the students' enthusiasm, hard work and dedication.
"They sacrificed their summers," Reed said. "They did a lot of work."
TENTH- AND 11th-grade students are eligible to apply for the program through the school system. For more information, contact Loudoun County Public Schools spokesperson, Wayde Byard at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Dreed*Tea just got back from our favorite past time, shoe shopping! Here's the scoop on what we found there.
First things first, here are the even details:
The ShooFuni Facebook event page and website
Location: Elifelet 26, Florentine, Tel Aviv
Time: Friday, May 6 | 10am-7pm Saturday, May 7th | 10am-8pm
Entrance fee: 10nis
Don't miss the special offer from "Shoemaker"
– when you buy a pair of shoes at "Shoofuni" Shoe Festival you get a 100nis in store credit- how sweet?! This deal is only for the shoe festival this Fri, Sat & Sun. Tell them Dreed*Tea sent you.
Here's what we bought there:
Tea got these:
Dreed got these:
Couple of
You can find past collections are at super low prices, so snag a pair of beauties like these:
We featured them in the past, but regrettably these lovely clogs are no longer around.
Visit their website
Eskopah (אסקופה)
All of these shoes fit us like a glove and were really soft. Even the flats had a lot of cushion comfort. We will be back!
We love the handiwork on these hot red heels (they come in several colors too):
These delicate sandals have a Art Deco feeling to us and we love that:
This British newcomer invests in every detail that even Dreed didn't notice the fun detailing on the back of the heels until after she bought them (for only 300nis!):
don't forget to check the cute booties with bows in the back too!
Aht Aht (אחת אחת)
These designs are so chic yet so earthy at the same time with a touch of Indian inspired elements.
Imuma (אימומה)
This is a great store on Dizzengof 114 that stocks Israeli designers (like our fav, Michal Miller) and the plus is the owner is a designer herself that you can find in her store as well.
Here's the darling of Michal Miller's Summer 2011 collection (Tea couldn't resist these, I'm trying to rip her away from petting them right now and help me on this post):
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Well nothing goes better with shoes then a good stylish bag, here are some of the hottest designers that we liked:
For the finest leather bags visit Morveyos. We featured them in the past here.
Visit their website
Medusa released some brand new additions. New 'Manta Ray' and 'Whale' with fresh color combos. Also a new laptop case that's unisex, so now the guys can get in on the fun too! These are so fresh and limited we couldn't even find photos of them- so go investigate!
View our "Designer Spotlight' on them here.
This is the unique stylish half moon shaped bag, 'Manta Ray'
Go to their website to see all their collections
You can influence this post too, If we missed a shoe that's worth mentioning- don't be shy, tell us in the comments below!


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From Louisville, Kentucky, USA:
My son was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes on Jan 3, 2004. Is there a general guideline for the amount of carbs a two and a half year old needs for each meal and snacks? I think they have him eating too much. They are telling me to make him eat at least 45-50 carbs at breakfast, lunch and dinner, plus 15 for afternoon snack and 30 for bedtime snack. I try to force him, which I know is wrong, and his lunch until morning level are most always at least 250 or higher, usually higher. Any suggestions would be very helpful. He is on 2 units of NPH at breakfast and 1/2 unit of NPH and 1/2 unit of NovoLog insulin at dinner.
I would communicate these concerns with your diabetes doctor or diabetes team about the increased calories and the elevated blood sugars. There is no rule of thumb for calorie needs as much as the RD individualizing meal plans based on current health status. Usually, the diabetes RD will increase calories upon diagnosis to allow for "catch-up" growth because of the usual weight loss that accompanies Type 1 diabetes. Once the blood sugars normalize and the weight normalizes, calories can be decreased. Speak to your RD to see if a change in meal planning is warranted at this time. There is nothing worse for a newly diagnosed child with diabetes than to begin setting "food battles" between them and the parent. Hopefully, there is a compromise with which everyone involved can live.
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Tackling plastic pollution with worms
ReutersPublished: November 4, 20153,286 views
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Scientists report that mealworms can biodegrade Styrofoam and other types of plastic in their gut. The findings could potentially lead to new methods to tackle the growing problem of plastic pollution, according to researchers. Ben Gruber reports. Credit to Reuters.


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Deshaun Thomas said he changed his mind five times over entering the NBA draft last spring before deciding to return for his junior season at Ohio State. He said he might have been a late first-round pick, but there was no guarantee.
Deshaun Thomas said he changed his mind five times over entering the NBA draft last spring before deciding to return for his junior season at Ohio State. He said he might have been a late first-round pick, but there was no guarantee.
�I just sat back one day and realized, �I�m going to stay and get better, and I think I can (go) higher (next) year,� he said. �I think I made a great decision.�
Thomas attended two camps this summer that were scouted by NBA talent evaluators � he skipped a third because of a shoulder injury � and said he received mostly good feedback. The biggest question is whether he can transition in the pros to a shooting guard or small forward position, where he would have to guard quicker opponents while also being quick enough with the ball to go by them off the dribble.
�They said my body was great, and they liked that I could score in different ways,� said Thomas, who said he is down to 214 pounds with 7.1 percent body fat. That�s at least 10 pounds lighter than his first two seasons. �I can move better,� he said.
Ohio State�s football uniforms were tweaked slightly for the new season, but coach Urban Meyer made it clear that he had little to do with it. Meyer said Nike designers met with various school groups.�I knew I would be the one blasted, so I just said, �Make sure this is all right with Archie Griffin and the former players, because I don�t want to start breaking traditions around here,�?� Meyer said. �I said, �I don�t care what we wear, just look really good and don�t break a tradition.� So I don�t think it�s going to be that much different.�
A hint might have been given during the ESPN All-Access series on Ohio State�s practices. While Meyer was being interviewed in his office, a small colored drawing to the side showed a player who appeared to be wearing a uniform with a larger number on his jersey front and big numbers on the shoulders. The pants appeared to be a darker shade of gray.
It�s not surprising that defender Carlos Mendes reinjured his right hamstring on Saturday during the Crew�s win over New England. What�s surprising is that he was on the field in the first place.
During a difficult stretch of games in which coach Robert Warzycha said he would closely monitor players to make sure they weren�t overextended, the Revolution game represented Mendes� sixth consecutive start. It was the fourth time this year he has injured the hamstring.
�I was debating whether I should put Carlos on the field or not,� Warycha said. �Probably I should have put him on the bench for this game, but hopefully he�s going to be available soon.�
The estimate is four to six weeks, which could be critical � the Crew has three games in October that conclude the regular season. The Crew went 4-2-1 in Mendes� past seven games.
Former Ohio State quarterbacks coach Nick Siciliano received a lot of criticism for the job he did with Terrelle Pryor, so it�s not surprising that his hiring as a coaching assistant with the Cincinnati Bengals drew some scorn on OSU message boards.
A coaching assistant is a notch below assistant coach, but the past two coaches who held Siciliano�s position � Brayden Coombs (son of Ohio State assistant Kerry Coombs) and David Lippincott (son of former Bengals director of player personnel Jim Lippincott) � used it as a springboard to a full-time assistant-coaching position on the staff.
Siciliano�s duties involve work with the quarterbacks.
Former Notre Dame quarterback Joe Montana criticized current coach Brian Kelly for changing his mind on the starting quarterback. Montana obviously isn�t enamored of current choice Everett Golson.
�Kelly can�t figure out what he wants,� Montana wrote in a chat with ESPN.com. �Every one of his QBs that he has, he claims is his next star, but he doesn�t last long with him. (Golson) is probably the least talented thrower that they have, so maybe they�re looking to run the ball with him.�
Joey Votto�s rehabilitation appearances with class-A Dayton kept the debate raging about how the Cincinnati Reds are going to keep hot rookie Todd Frazier in the lineup. Manager Dusty Baker has been consistent in saying that he will try to plug Frazier in at first base, third base and left field when days off are needed for Votto, Scott Rolen and Ryan Ludwick, but he won�t put anyone on the bench just to get Frazer playing time.
�You just can�t put a guy anywhere, because defense costs you,� Baker said. �You�ve got to put him in the places that are right for him and where he�s most likely to succeed. Sometimes, you�ve got to wait your turn. I�m not pushing (Rolen) out the door at all. The world is in front of Frazier. Without the Fraziers and these guys, you can�t win.�
Ohio State defensive end John Simon was one of only four Big Ten players to make ESPN.com�s preseason All-America team and the only one on defense. The others were Wisconsin running back Monte Ball and offensive tackle Ricky Wagner and Nebraska kicker Brett Maher. The Southeastern Conference led all leagues with nine players on the team.
As the majors� first 17-game winner, Reds starter Johnny Cueto might be the leading candidate for the National League Cy Young Award. But closer Aroldis Chapman, who broke the franchise record for consecutive saves with 25 and has 33 for the season, is also a contender.
Chapman told MLB.com through an interpreter: �I know what it is, but I haven�t thought about it. Honestly, it�s hard to be a reliever and win a Cy Young. Of course, I would love to. � If somebody has to win it, I think it should be Cueto.�
Bob Hunter is a sports columnist for The Dispatch.


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Grover Norquist, the right's premier political organizer, once told me that the most significant difference between liberal journalists and conservative journalists is that the former are journalists first while the latter are conservatives first (if journalists at all). Right-winger Bill O'Reilly plays the role of a journalist on TV, radio and print. His grasp of the profession's fundamental tenets, however, seems hardly more secure than that of an actor hired to play a journalist in a phony White House Medicare video.
Recently O'Reilly complained on television, radio and in his syndicated column about a December 2003 group interview conducted by about a dozen and a half writers and scholars with John Kerry in Al Franken's apartment. Those present at the two-hour, on-the-record event–myself included–grilled Kerry about his record, his plans and what looked to be his failing campaign. Because few believed Kerry was still in the running–Slate's Mickey Kaus was holding a contest to name the excuse he would use to drop out of the race–the encounter generated little mainstream coverage. I posted a long description of it on my "Altercation" weblog (www.altercation.msnbc.com), including the "spirited exchange" between Kerry and me over his misguided vote to authorize the Iraq war, and William Rivers Pitt wrote about it on the Truthout.com website.
Months later, O'Reilly became exercised upon reading a short paragraph about the meeting in a New York Times Magazine profile of his nemesis, Franken, in which Time managing editor Jim Kelly was quoted observing, "By the third go-round, the answer [regarding Iraq] was getting shorter and more relevant." In his column, O'Reilly complained, "The 'third go-round'? That sounds like coaching to me, but I could be wrong. Maybe the Massachusetts senator simply wasn't making himself clear…. Can you imagine if executives from the Fox News Channel, The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Times had gathered at Camp David for a little slap and tickle with President Bush? And nobody was told about it? And The New York Times found out about it? Can you say PAGE ONE BOLD FACE HEADLINE?"
Alas, the talk-show host is confused on several counts simultaneously. The meeting included no executives and was clearly no "slap and tickle" session. Here's Pitt's description: "Kerry's decision to open himself to the slings and arrows of this group was bold and impressive. He…had his game face on. He needed it, because Eric Alterman lit into him immediately on the all-important issue of his vote for the Iraq War Resolution. The prosecution had begun." (And O'Reilly cannot credibly plead ignorance on this point, because, at the request of a Fox producer, I forwarded him my MSNBC.com report on the meeting.)


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Is it possible to recommend, in good conscience, a game that only really becomes enjoyable after around 10 hours? It'd be like forcing a first-time Star Wars viewer to sit through all six films, reassuring them as they squirmed miserably through the prequels that honestly, good stuff is coming, if they can only survive another few hours of Hayden Christiansen's single facial expression.
After nine years in development -- it was originally planned for PS1 -- it's genuinely startling that Too Human has such a fractured understanding of what is and isn't enjoyable. An action-RPG in the kill-to-loot-to kill-to-loot-to-kill (and so on) vein of Diablo, but with combat a little more akin to something like God of War, it's a game clearly built for instant gratification. You're up against hordes of robots (and, later, zombies): killing them in their droves is what you've signed up for. Yet Too Human does everything it can think of to keep you from doing this. But you will have a good time, because underneath the bewildering slew of cheerless obstacles there's a game that does fundamentally achieve its major goal, especially in co-op play.
First though, a little context, as while superficially yet another game about power-armoured future-soldiers with big guns, Too Human actually picks itself a fascinating setting. It's not, it must be noted, anything whatsoever with being too human or not human enough, as the name's a hangover from the game's original plot, about a bloke tussling with whether or not to cybernetically upgrade himself. For Too Human 2008, you're playing as Norse god Baldur, reimagined as a sci-fi warrior and with the traditional RPG foes of goblins, dark elves and trolls now towering machine-monsters. It's a great concept to play around with, and some of the game's almost comically massive architecture reflects this. The plot strives gamely to tell a number of Norse legends within this tech-fantasy context, to the point that its major twist is eminently guessable if you're relatively familiar with the tales of Thor, Loki et al.
For all the inherent silliness, it plays it perfectly straight -- which would be entirely the right decision if only it was a little more brief about it. Instead, it's exposition-heavy cutscene after poorly-characterised cutscene, so droning that it often lapses into incoherency. Some are skippable, others aren't, even when you're seeing them second or third time around. The idea is playful, but the execution depressingly clumsy. There's something of Halo 2/3 to it -- all macho posturing and oh-so-serious, but worst of all the presumption that this is the first part of a trilogy. It even says as much on the back of the box, and a result of this arrogance you don't even get to battle the game's main antagonist, instead getting fobbed off with a particularly grindy boss fight against one of his minions. All that talking, all that teasing and yet it all goes so unresolved.
Which is why what happens after the end of the 10 hour or so campaign works so much better. You can replay any section of the game in any order you wish, with a slightly different selection of baddies than before and with most of the tiresome cutscenes ripped out. With the story, such as it is, out of the way, there's so much less standing in between your giant hammer and a 20-foot robot's face. With your character at around level 30 and a ton of powerful kit equipped, by this point you'll also understand the game's (very poorly-explained) combat mechanics an awful lot better, transforming it from flustered button-mashing and routine death into an artful ballet of carnage.
Your melee attacks are activated with the right-stick, which takes some getting used to as your natural impulse will likely be to manoeuvre the camera with it. The camera's actually auto-managed, and is comically awful, often wheeling around to face you or forcing an extreme zoom-out without warning. The right-stick, meanwhile, activates slide and launch attacks depending on how you push it, and with a relatively tiny degree of mastery you can be pinballing between a dozen Goblins without taking a hit. Which, as well as feeling cool as all hell, helps you build up powerful combo powers -- specifically, the devastating area-of-effect Ruiners and a Spider ability that differs depending on your class and skill point allocation, from a meaty attack or a heal power.
The different player classes don't offer a huge amount of difference, as in any case your combat options amount to stab or shoot. The Spider powers offer group-focused bonuses, but as the co-op play was dropped a while back from four to just two players, these don't make much practical difference in terms of forming an effective party. So really the character choice is about whether you'd rather kill with strong, slow weapons or weaker, faster weapons. Some characters are, however, better with guns than at melee, and that's where the co-op system does work well -- you'll have one guy at the front thumping everything into pieces and the other hanging back and softening 'em up with his pistols, rifle or cannon. The guns work fine in that sort of situation, but less so when you're playing solo, as aiming them at a specific target is, while possible, supremely fiddly. A minute twitch of the thumbstick can suddenly have you pointing 180 degrees in the wrong direction, and while you struggle to right yourself you'll doubtless be swamped by enemies, rendering long-range combat academic.


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Dallas, Texas We made it to Dallas via Interstate 20, arriving in time to see the sunset over downtown. We'll spend today exploring, beginning with the Book Depository whose sixth floor is now a museum focusing on John F. Kennedy.
Carrollton, Texas Yesterday was the 33rd anniversary of the assassination of John F. Kennedy, which made our visit to Dealey Plaza in Dallas an especially interesting one. We also toured Texas Stadium, home of the Dallas Cowboys, and the Infomart, the hi-tech supermall known as the 'Crystal Palace.'
Carrollton, Texas A genuine winter storm struck Dallas yesterday, complete with impressive lightning displays and booming thunder. We decided to stay put after the Weather Service announced that it was wise to keep off highways if possible. Freezing rain is not much fun to drive in, especially when accompanied by wind!
Dallas, Texas Yesterday we visited Karen and Randy Brack in Garland, Texas. Today we're headed west again, even though the weather is less than perfect for driving: windy, cold and wet. Marvin is appreciating his winter coat!
Gordon, Texas The storm moved east, and we're moving west. We stopped in a truck stop on Interstate 20 last night between Fort Worth and Abilene. Today our destination is El Paso.
Pecos, Texas We enjoyed lunch in Midland yesterday with Bob and Lucille Boykin, and then hit the road again with a view to making El Paso by nightfall. We didn't even come close, because we were lured off the highway in Monahans by a sign that read "One Million Barrel Museum." This morning we were interviewed by Fred Fishkin of CBS Radio New York, and now we're headed west again!
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Las Cruces, Texas We visited the El Paso Chile Company in El Paso, Texas, as we passed through. It's the home of the best black bean dip in the universe, which we'd discovered while visiting Sara & Chuck Ijadi on Long Island, New York. We stopped in Las Cruces, where we'll be celebrating Thanksgiving with tamales before heading on to Arizona.
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Imam Hussain (AS): This world is a temporary abode
SHAFAQNA – In a part of his Ashoura Sermon, Imam Hussain (AS) addressed the Yazidi forces by saying: Servants of God, fear Allah (SWT) and beware of this world which if it (this world) was supposed to be given to a person, or a person to be alive in it for ever, then the prophets would have been more deserving to be living (in this world). But never, because God has created this world to be mortal with all the new things will become old and all its blessings will disappear, and its joy and happiness will be transformed into sorrow and sadness. This world is an inferior and temporary abode. Therefore, prepare provisions for your hereafter, and the best of provisions is piety. Fear God, in order to be saved [1].
[1] Reyhana Rasool Allah (PBUH) Al-Imam Al-Hussain (AS) min Tarikh Madinato Demeshq


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Young Liars #10
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- David Lapham
- Art by
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- Colors by
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- DC Comics
Ever wanted to read a comic book about a young woman who keeps the tiny arm of her miscarried fetus in a small box in her purse? Has David Lapham got good news for you with this "flashback" issue of "Young Liars"! Yes, yes, yes, Lapham has once again zagged when you expected him to zig and delivers a wonderfully depressing and messed up story about the gang, particularly Cee Cee, back in spring/summer of 2007. To make things even better, he titled this issue "Get Happy!"
There's actually not much in "Young Liars" #10 to be happy about, except for the sheer brilliance of Lapham's writing and art. Almost everything that occurs in this comic book is bad, depressing, and just flat-out awful. The characters that make up this book are not just flawed, they're downright awful in many cases. With each issue, the conflicting desires to root for them and wish them horribly painful deaths war with one another-and isn't that fantastic? Isn't that just utterly wonderful?
The story of these characters is constantly evolving, constantly revealing new things, new lies, new betrayals, new reasons to pity them, new reasons to hate them, and new reasons to turn the page. Stories conflict, some are made up, but they're all heavy on emotion and told from a specific perspective. This issue is bookended by narration by Danny, who continually reveals new depths of selfishness and ends the issue with the words "You never know with us liars."
That Lapham ends this issue with words suggesting that everything we read is unreliable demonstrates a crazy sort of confidence in his reader. It's clear that he's creating a challenging book that requires thought and intelligence to follow along and make sense of it-and to put up such unreliability.
If that weren't enough, Lapham doesn't just surprise on strictly plot and character levels, he alters his techniques issue-to-issue. This issue is told at a brisk pace with short scenes and covers a lot of territory, even providing elements of subplots that don't revolve around Cee Cee but don't feel like tangents. Each piece of plot seems carefully considered and places to reflect or contribute to the story taking place in the present. That the issue begins with Cee Cee pregnant will no doubt cause some to think it's taking place in the present, but it isn't, so the question becomes "What is Lapham trying to tell us about Cee Cee's current pregnancy here?"
His art also evolves and grows with each issue. The emotions found on characters' faces are always just as revealing as the words they speak, often more so. To match the quick pace of the writing, he draws a lot of stuff on each page, but does so with great skill, characters looking realistic one panel and appalling caricatures the next. If the words can lie, why can't the art?
Harsh, brutal, uncompromising, and, of course, unpredictable, "Young Liars" #10 continues in the grand tradition of previous issues. While the contents may be depressing, the fact that such a comic comes out every month is reason enough to get happy.


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|Queen Maxima of The Netherlands arrived at the Carre Theatre in Amsterdam, on December 9, 2016, to attend the television recordings of the christmas gala of the BZT Show. The gala is co-organized by the Foundation for More Music in the Classroom (Meer Muziek in de Klas), of which the Queen is Honorary President. Queen Maxima wears Mary Katrantzou Printed Crepe de Chine Maxi Dress
Queen Maxima attends BZT show at Carre Theatre, Amsterdam
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No. Patchwork gone crazy. And don´t know what bothers me more - the overload of strips or the clashing blue and green.ReplyDelete
My eyes can't believe that dress!!!ReplyDelete
A summer dress next to Santa seems somehow not quite right to me. I love the young fellow with his checkered shirt and red bow tie. I hope he gets the photo with him next to his queen.ReplyDelete
That dress makes me dizzy! LOLReplyDeleteReplies
Me too - on top of being utterly ugly, it is not even seasonable, and not appropriate for daytimeDelete
Wow, it hurts the eyes.ReplyDelete
The skirt looks like a bunch of men's neckties sewn together. Ugh.ReplyDelete
Why that dress ever went further than a concept is beyond me!ReplyDeleteReplies
Wonder why it was even a concept!Delete
Oh no! I hope she didnt pay for it 😰ReplyDelete
I think she pulled it off. Looks great on her.ReplyDelete
It sure beats that Gucci mess on Charlotte!ReplyDeleteReplies
I have to agree, despite not liking this dress.Delete
It's a bit better, but that isn't saying much!ReplyDelete
Rule #1: Never clash with Santa Claus . Poor choice of dress.ReplyDelete
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Oscar-winning producer Saul Zaentz dead
Los Angeles, Jan 5 (IANS) Legendary Hollywood producer Saul Zaentz died at his home in San Francisco after suffering from Alzheimer's disease. He was 92.
Saul died Friday, reports hollywoodreporter.com.
His nephew Paul Zaentz confirmed the news. He said: "He was an extraordinary man. He had a lot of guts, a lot of integrity."
Saul began his career as a music producer, before turning to filmmaking at the age of 50.
He won three Academy awards for his films, "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" (1975), "Amadeus" (1984) and "The English Patient" (1996).


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LONDON--Associated British Foods PLC (ABF.LN), the ingredients company that also owns the clothing retailer Primark, on Monday said its adjusted operating profit for the first half is expected to be in line with last year after a strong performance at Primark.
"A much lower profit from Sugar will be offset by another excellent performance from Primark and encouraging results from Grocery and Ingredients," the company said.
AB Foods said it continues to expect adjusted earnings per share for the financial year to be similar to 2013.
Shares closed Friday at 2,993 pence, valuing the company at GBP23.7 billion.
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31 July 2007
IKEA - 2008 catalogue
6 comments:
- Heather Moore said...
In an odd way, I'm relieved we don't have Ikea here. Firstly, I'd spend way too much money, and secondly, I can look forward to one day setting foot in one of their marvellous stores. Can't wait!
(And thanks so much for the Skinny laMinx post. Much appreciated)
- 1:17 pm
- de vliegende koe said...
We have to wait another month for the IKEA Catalogue. The bold prints look great!
- 5:03 pm
- jessica. said...
hey there, just wanted to say your blog is great. i've been shopping around for inspiration (i'm an apparel designer) for prints-- i've found some great links from your site.
- 6:52 pm
- Funky Finds said...
you were deleted out of my bloglines. are you no longer publishing an rss feed?
- 10:24 pm
- Maria E. said...
I got my catalogue yesterday and I already flicked through it. Great new stuff! :)
- 10:54 am
- //FINE LITTLE DAY// said...
Love those Cilla Ramnek and Nina Jobs Ikea textiles.
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equivalent of the dream. But all this is accompanied by arbitrary procedure and over-ingenious exploitation of coincidence. Anyone who will go to this useless trouble can in this way work out any desired interpretation for any dream whatever.
If such objections are really advanced against us, we may refer in our defence to the agreement of our dream interpretations, to the surprising connections with other dream elements which appear in following out the different particular presentations, and to the improbability that anything which so perfectly covers and explains the dream as our dream interpretations do could be gained otherwise than by following psychic connections previously established. We can also justify ourselves by the fact that the method of dream analysis is identical with the method used in the solution of hysterical symptoms, where the correctness of the method is attested through the emergence and fading away of the symptoms—that is, where the elucidation of the text by the interposed illustrations finds corroboration. But we have no object in avoiding this problem—how one can reach to a pre-established aim by following a chain of thoughts spun out thus arbitrarily and aimlessly—for, though we are unable to solve the problem, we can get rid of it entirely.
It is in fact demonstrably incorrect to state that we abandon ourselves to an aimless course of thought when, as in the interpretation of dreams, we relinquish our reflection and allow the unwished-for idea to come to the surface. It can be shown that we can reject only those end-presentations that are familiar to us, and that as soon as these stop the unknown, or, as we say more precisely, the unconscious end-presentations, immediately come into play, which now determined the course of the unwished-for presentations. A mode of thinking without end-idea can surely not be brought about through any influence we can exert on our own mental life; nor do I know either of any state of psychic derangement in which such mode of thought establishes itself. The psychiatrists have in this field much too early rejected the solidity of the psychic structure. I have ascertained that an unregulated stream of thoughts, devoid of the end-presentation, occurs as little in the realm of hysteria and paranoia as in the formation


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xoxoxoBruce Friday Sep 24 12:20 AM
Sept 24, 2010: Tree Kangaroos
Yes Kangaroos living in the trees of New Guinea, part of Queensland, and the surrounding islands.
Cloud Friday Sep 24 12:34 AM
so: like 'possums.
zippyt Friday Sep 24 12:34 AM
Roo on a Stick ??
ZenGum Friday Sep 24 03:54 AM
Tree? I can see four!
spudcon Friday Sep 24 07:41 AM
Comes with an appetiser in a pouch.
classicman Friday Sep 24 09:30 AM
Kanga- kebob
Trilby Friday Sep 24 10:22 AM
I want the one in the upper right hand corner!
dmg1969 Friday Sep 24 12:24 PM
Mmmmmmmmm. Hot Pocket.
spudcon Friday Sep 24 12:31 PM
casimendocina Saturday Sep 25 05:25 AM
Is the mother in the first picture patting or de-lousing the joey?
xoxoxoBruce Saturday Sep 25 08:20 AM
casimendocina Saturday Sep 25 08:48 PM
wolf Saturday Sep 25 08:55 PM
I'm amazed. They didn't just make these things up to create a Webkinz out of them.
Gravdigr Sunday Sep 26 02:45 AM
Looks like three different animals...Kinda.
Wombat Sunday Sep 26 08:46 AM
Oi, stop being nasty about my cousins, you horrible humans you.
xoxoxoBruce Sunday Sep 26 09:35 AM
Hey, it's humans that are gonna save your lazy ass.


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Producer: Valerie Trimble
Potter Rudy Medlock
The Art of Faith
Rudy Medlock uses clay, stained glass and stone for his creations, which are inspired by his personal spiritual journey and religious beliefs.
Now retired, Rudy was a beloved Asbury University professor for more than 30 years, where he taught 3-D design, ceramics, sculpture, and stained glass. As you might expect from a man of faith, examples of his work can be found in places that inspire quiet reflection, both on and off campus. The Francis Asbury Society Ministry Center just north of Wilmore features a large, triangular stained glass piece. Visitors to Asbury's Kinlaw Library will also find more beautiful stained glass windows in vibrant blues.
Rudy is no ivory-tower academic, however. He and his wife, Pat, run the Potter's Inn, a bed and breakfast in a restored 1888 home. Rudy, a long-time member of the Wilmore Community Development Board, and his wife are old hands at restoration, having restored many historic buildings in this small Jessamine County town.
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Producer/Videographer/Editor: Brandon Wickey
Today's Special—Ferrell's Hamburgers
This tiny burger joint boasts about 10 seats, three menu items, and a rabid fan base. The Hopkinsville location is open 24 hours a day, six days a week, to serve its local clientele and the many out-of-state fans who pass through to pick up a bag of burgers.
Ferrell's is a classic slice of Americana, from the old neon sign and green awnings on the outside to diner counter and green vinyl bar stools on the inside. Dating back to the 1930s, Ferrell's has outlasted many a local diner and even has a fan page on Facebook, where nostalgia and a love of grilled burgers unites its devotees.
Step inside with us for some good eatin'—and don't be surprised if you feel compelled to drive to Hoptown for a burger yourself.
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Producer: Dave Shuffett
The Oldest Living Kentuckian
Miss Lera
In 1900, the United States had 45 states and four territories. Women did not have the right to vote. The average American had no indoor plumbing, lived in a rural area, and probably would not finish high school. The average man lived to be 46; the average woman, 48.
Lera Williams of Campbellsville has far surpassed that age. At 111 years old, she is Kentucky's oldest citizen.
Born Feb. 9, 1900, Miss Lera is in the elite class known as supercentenarians, folks who have reached the age of 110. What accounts for such longevity? Miss Lera has her own answers, but researchers say supercentenarians share some common characteristics: They remain active and healthy until the very, very end of their lives, often not experiencing disability or vascular disease until they're past 100.
Miss Lera will tell you that faith in God and a worry-free attitude certainly help as well. She stays busy making crocheted bookmarks and enjoys her large extended family. Dave Shuffett visits with her and listens as she shares her philosophy for living to a ripe and productive old age.
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West Kentucky African American Heritage Center
Logan County Blues
A walk through the buildings that make up the West Kentucky African American Heritage Center is a walk back in time. Located in Russellville, the museum traces history from slavery and the Civil War to segregation, mob lynchings, and the civil rights movement.
The museum includes the 1810 Morton-Kimbrough House, the oldest brick house in town; the 1880s Cooksey House, built by freed slave Solomon Cooksey; and the 1920s Knights of Pythias Hall, which hosted Cab Calloway and Jelly Roll Morton in its heyday as a nightspot and is now used as a community center.
Among the locals honored by the museum are Mary Ann Fisher (1923-2004), the first female background singer with Ray Charles, and Alice Dunnigan (1906-1983), the first African-American member of the White House press corps and a civil rights leader. Fisher, who toured with Charles in the 1950s and '60s, is remembered with free summer concerts held in her honor by the Russellville Blues. The Payne-Dunnigan House is now a media center and the site of rotating historical exhibits.
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Find out below, which side of the NBA odds that we are on for both of these games.
Two Key Games For Saturday Action
Denver Nuggets at Cleveland Cavaliers
The red-hot Denver Nuggets (32-18 SU, 13-12 ATS away) are -5 ½ point favorites on the road this evening, as they will attempt to extend their current winning streak to nine games when they meet up with the Cleveland Cavaliers (16-34 SU, 9-13 ATS away) at the Quicken Loans Arena.
The Nuggets have covered the point spread in four of their last five meetings versus the Cavaliers when the game is being played in Cleveland. Furthermore, Denver is 16-5 ATS in their last 21 games versus the Central Division.
Meanwhile, Cleveland has been pretty good lately covering the point spread on their home floor. In fact, the Cavaliers are 6-1 ATS in their last seven games played at the Quicken Loans Arena. Also, Cleveland is 6-2 ATS in their last 8 games overall and 5-2 ATS in their last seven games played on a Saturday.
The Pick
Denver is just 10-15 SU on the road this year, but Cleveland is only 9-13 in 22 games played at home. My point is, while Denver is vulnerable when playing away from the Pepsi Center, it won't matter tonight, because the Cavaliers are one of the worst teams in the NBA.
The Nuggets will crush the Cavaliers in this contest to earn the win and point spread cover, while also pushing their wining streak to nine games.
NBA Picks: Nuggets -5 ½
Utah Jazz at Sacramento Kings
The Utah Jazz (28-23 SU, 9-16-1 ATS away) are +1 ½ point road underdogs tonight against the Sacramento Kings (17-33 SU, 8-15-1 ATS home), which doesn't make a whole of sense from the way I'm viewing this game.
Yes, the Jazz are 0-5 ATS in their last five matchups when facing a team with a losing record and yes, they are just 1-5 in their last six versus Western Conference opponents, but Utah is a much better team than Sacramento regardless of where this game is being played.
The Kings, besides owning a poor SU record, have also been awful against the spread as of late. They are 0-6-1 ATS in their last seven games played at home and 3-13-1 ATS in their last 17 games overall.
However, Sacramento is a perfect 4-0 ATS in their last four matchups against the Jazz.
The Pick
I understand that Utah is a better team when playing at home opposed to the road, but Sacramento is a bad team regardless of the location.
Take Utah and the +1 1/2 points for your NBA picks, as they will easily win this game outright.
Free NBA Picks: Jazz +1 1/2


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Stairway to Heaven
Set between episodes four and five, Yuri comes up with 'Operation High Tension Syndrome', encouraging the other members to behave as wildly as possible, so they would appear to be enjoying school without disappearing. Yuri hopes this will make Angel wonder what is happening and lead them straight to God, threatening the others with no food for a week if they fail. They attempt this by acting excited in class, snacking heavily and culminating with a huge sports meet. However, when Angel comes to inspect them, everyone is too tired, leaving only Shiina who expresses how cute her doll is. They later follow Angel down to an underground base where they assume they will find God, but instead only find an underground greenhouse belonging to the defunct gardening club, which Angel decided to check after hearing Shiina's cute comment. Annoyed with the results, Yuri forces everyone to starve for a week. Continue reading "Angel Beats! – OVA"
Three days after the shadows incident, only Otonashi, Yuri, Kanade, Hinata and Naoi remain, the others having already passed on. Per Kanade's idea, they hold a graduation ceremony, where they thank each other for their support. After the ceremony ends, Naoi takes his leave. Yuri makes her peace with Kanade before she leaves, followed shortly by Hinata. With Otonashi and Kanade left, Otonashi suggests that they could stay together to help others who come into the afterlife world, revealing in the process that he is in love with her. Kanade is hesitant to respond, as her one regret was never saying thanks to Otonashi, whose heart kept her alive in the real world due to the donor card he left behind when he died. Kanade thanks him and disappears in his arms, as Otonashi cries over the disappearance of his newfound love. Otonashi passes on shortly after. In an epilogue, in the world of the living, a girl resembling Kanade is humming "My Song" when a boy resembling Otonashi happens to pass by and recognizes the melody. When the girl turns to walk away, the boy chases after her to tap on her shoulder. In the BD/DVD-exclusive short "Another Epilogue", Otonashi remains in the school and becomes the new student council president, helping out other students to pass on. Continue reading "Angel Beats! – Episode 13"
Knockin` on Heaven`s Door
As the girls of Girls Dead Monster and many other SSS members decide to pass on, Otonashi and the others continue to fight off the other shadows, which are increasing in number. Meanwhile, Yuri explores the Guild and comes up against many shadows. She gets ensnared by one and becomes an NPC, but she manages to fight it and returns thanks to Otonashi, Kanade, Hinata and Naoi, who have come to aid her. While they fend off the shadows, Yuri comes across a computer room where all the stolen computers are, and she meets a strange boy who talks about the programmer of the Angel Player software, which manipulates the world. The boy tempts her with the prospect of being God of the world herself, but Yuri declines for the sake of her friends and destroys all the computers. As she rests from destroying them all, she has a vision of being forgiven by her siblings before waking up in the infirmary where Otonashi, Kanade, Hinata and Naoi are waiting. Continue reading "Angel Beats! – Episode 12"
Change the World
Hinata and Naoi argue about who should help Otonashi when a shadow monster suddenly attacks Naoi, but Otonashi and Hinata are able to destroy it in time. Yuri calls Kanade to a meeting to figure out if she is involved with the shadows, but the meeting is cut short when a group of shadows attack Noda, TK and Shiina. Yuri and the others jump in and everyone is safe, but Yuri notices during the battle that one of the NPCs transformed into a shadow. Fujimaki appears to relay that Takamatsu got devoured by one of the shadows as ?yama helplessly looked on as Takamatsu was absorbed into the ground. Takamatsu later reappears, but is now an NPC whose soul has been eaten. Yuri calls an emergency meeting with all of the other SSS members, Yuri reveals she knew about Otonashi's plan of helping members pass on, and she tells everyone to think about passing on, lest they be eaten by the shadows. Yuri later reveals that Kanade is a human to Otonashi, Hinata and Naoi before going off by herself to discover the source of the shadows. Yuri deduces that someone must be turning NPCs into shadows and she heads to the computer room in the library, as it is the only viable place to do such an operation. She finds a man programming a computer who tells her someone keeps stealing computers and he was programming a new one. After the man leaves, Yuri searches for the method the thief used to take the computers and discovers a hidden passage that leads back into the Guild. Continue reading "Angel Beats! – Episode 11"
Goodbye Days
Otonashi tells Kanade that the first person they should try to get to pass on is Yui because he believes her to have little left to fulfill, only to discover she has many things left she wants to do. This is because Yui was paralyzed in life from the neck down at a young age due to being hit by a car, leaving her unable to have a happy life. Otonashi manages to fulfill her wish of performing a German suplex after some practice, and another wish of scoring a goal single-handedly against five opponents (the so-called Goal of the Century"), though with some extra help from Kanade. Otonashi next tries to fulfill her wish of hitting a home run, but is unable to accomplish this after several days of trying. Yui's last wish is to get married, which prompts Hinata who overheard the conversation to say he will marry her. Despite Yui giving excuses about her being handicapped in life, Hinata promises that they would have been happy together had they met before they died. With her last wish fulfilled, Yui passes on. Hinata agrees to help Otonashi in allowing their friends to finally be happy and pass on. In the school hallway, ?yama is attacked by a mysterious creature and Noda is able to fend it off. Yuri hears the report from Yusa who calls it a "shadow". Continue reading "Angel Beats! – Episode 10"
In Your Memory
Otonashi stays by Kanade's side while she is unconscious after absorbing the many ruthless Angels. The SSS decide to rewrite some of her programs as a temporary measure and wait to see what happens after she wakes up. Otonashi remembers everything about how he died. After the train accident, he and a handful of others were trapped in a tunnel with short supplies of food and water. Otonashi helped the injured with the assistance of a man named Igarashi. After a week trapped in the tunnel, Otonashi, feeling his life slipping away, registered as an organ donor on his ID card, which prompted the others to do the same. Otonashi died shortly after, moments before rescue workers managed to finally break through into the tunnel. After Kanade wakes up, she remarks that it is a miracle that her original self managed to overcome the other ruthless Angel personalities. Otonashi comes to realize Kanade's sole reason for existence is to help people move on by fulfilling any regret they had in life by giving them a chance to experience a normal youth. Otonashi decides to cooperate with Kanade so everyone can move on, but first he must learn more about their pasts. To this end, he requests that Kanade must fight once again against the SSS. Meanwhile, Angel is reinstated as the student council president, while Naoi returns to being the vice president. The rest of the SSS believe Kanade lost her memories of her time with them and has returned to how she was before. This, however, is the secret pact made between Otonashi and Kanade. Continue reading "Angel Beats! – Episode 9"
Dancer in the Dark
The SSS try to defend themselves against the red-eyed Kanade, but it takes the original Kanade to stop her by stabbing her, only to get stabbed herself in the process. The SSS realize Kanade used her "harmonics" program to create a battle-oriented copy of herself when she sliced the huge fish from earlier, but the clone did not disappear. While Yuri uses Kanade's computer to find something to defeat the clone, the others spend time in class pretending to be good students while actually concentrating on other things. Yuri ends up rewriting "harmonics" so the next time the original Kanade uses it, the clones will be absorbed after ten seconds. After the original Kanade is kidnapped and taken deep underground to the Guild's old location, the SSS pursue. One by one, SSS members sacrifice themselves as they encounter more Angel clones on the way until only Yuri and Otonashi remain. At the bottom, Yuri fights the last clone and Otonashi goes to save the original. After she manages to activate "harmonics", the clone tells Otonashi that the ruthless clones that attacked the SSS all have their own consciousness. She questions with a smirk on what will happen if they were all to be absorbed at once. As the "absorb" program activates, the Angel clones return to the original and Kanade writhes and cries out pain as Otonashi embraces her. Continue reading "Angel Beats! – Episode 8"
Yuri gets Naoi, who has joined the SSS, to use hypnosis on Otonashi so he can regain his memories. In life, Otonashi visited his bedridden younger sister Hatsune in the hospital frequently, which he felt was his sole reason for living. On Christmas night, Otonashi sneaked Hatsune out of the hospital so she could see the trees covered in lights in town, but she died in his arms that night. Otonashi later regained purpose in life with the goal of going to medical school, but died in a train accident before entering college. Otonashi deals with his regained memories and agrees to continue fighting in the SSS. One day, due to the lack of food and meal tickets, the SSS carry out "Operation Monster Stream", which entails fishing out of a nearby stream. Otonashi invites Kanade too who snags a humongous fish (Monster Stream) with the help of the SSS; Kanade manages to slice the fish before it can eat everyone. The SSS decide to serve it to the NPCs too so it does not go to waste. While preparing the food, Otonashi tells Kanade that he does not wish to fight anymore and that he wants her to join them and, more specifically, to stay by his side. Kanade and Otonashi make a promise that Kanade will join the SSS so they will always be together. From that moment on, they start calling each other by their given names. That night, Yuri appears covered in wounds after being absent from the food serving. She says she was attacked by "Angel," and the other SSS members notice another Kanade with red eyes glaring down at them from the school roof. Continue reading "Angel Beats! – Episode 7"
Family Affair
After the SSS members are removed from the reflection room, Yuri suggests everyone try to create disturbances in class to see how far they can go without Naoi interfering, but Naoi comes after them anyway. Otonashi convinces Kanade to accompany him to the cafeteria to eat the spicy mapo doufu, but Naoi arrives and throws them in a more secure reflection room for eating when it was not lunch. It is there that Otonashi discovers that whoever befriends Kanade disappears. Shortly after, the SSS begin a battle between Naoi, who uses the NPCs as shields to prevent the SSS from attacking him or the NPCs, whom Naoi had hypnotized to make them cooperative. Yuri tells Otonashi via a walkie-talkie that she saw Naoi beating up NPCs and that he is actually human, thus enabling him to become a model school president while negating his disappearance. Kanade agrees to break out of the room, but by the time she and Otonashi arrive at the battlefield, the SSS members have been massacred. After attempting to hypnotize Yuri, Otonashi attacks Naoi who has a flashback about his unfair life. Naoi had to take his older twin brother's place after his death and became his father's apprentice in pottery, but eventually his father also died. Otonashi embraces Naoi and tells him that he has acknowledged him. Continue reading "Angel Beats! – Episode 6"