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The California Health eQuality (CHeQ) program, managed by the UC Davis Institute for Population Health Improvement (IPHI), has launched a new $1 million Rural Health Information Exchange Incentive Program to help physicians, clinics and hospitals in rural California implement technologies that enable the secure and reliable exchange of health information to improve health-care quality, lower costs and achieve federal meaningful use criteria.
In describing the new rural HIE incentive program in his keynote address to the recent 2013 California HIE Summit, IPHI's director and UC Davis distinguished professor Kenneth W. Kizer explained that the effective use of electronic health records (EHRs) and health information exchange (HIE) are prominent features of current efforts to overhaul the U.S. health-care system. As part of these efforts, doctors and hospitals must implement electronic information management systems that meet so-called meaningful use standards, which include various core clinical measures such as being able to check for harmful drug interactions.
Kizer, who is also CHeQ's director, explained that the new Rural HIE Incentive Program aims to address the many challenges that rural health-care providers face when trying to establish HIE systems. Because of the scarcity of providers in rural communities, especially specialist physicians, patients typically have to travel long distances to receive care, often from many different sources, increasing the likelihood that providers don't have access to all of a patient's health information. As a result, patients may undergo duplicative laboratory tests or imaging studies, receive prescriptions for incompatible medications and experience others problems resulting from such fragmented care.
"The Rural HIE Incentive Program leverages a new, more cost-effective model for enabling exchange in rural communities," Kizer said. "The program offers rural providers a choice of five designated HIE service providers who have been pre-screened and qualified for their ability to provide a menu of key health information exchange services, thereby allowing rural providers to procure the services that best meet their needs at a substantially subsidized rate."
He noted that CHeQ has allocated $1 million for the Rural HIE Incentive Program for the remainder of 2013. Continuation of the program after that time will depend on the availability of funds and the results of the current effort.
The new Rural HIE Incentive program was promoted during the 2013 California HIE Summit held May 8-9 in Sacramento. The event was jointly sponsored by CHeQ, the California Health and Human Services Agency and the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society.
"While a number of rural communities have begun to unite around the need for health information exchange and have established local HIE initiatives, many others are in need, and few have means to implement it," said Rayna Caplan, manager of CHeQ HIE funding programs. "The CHeQ Rural HIE Incentive Program addresses these challenges by providing an overall structure of support for rural HIE implementation, which includes offering a list of designated health information exchange service providers and subsidizing 65 percent of the cost of initial implementation."
"Partnering with an HIE service provider also allows rural communities to manage their local governance while outsourcing implementation," Caplan explained. "We are optimistic that the new incentive program will help accelerate health information exchange in rural communities."
The service providers offer many types of high-priority, standards-based services. These include exchange with Direct as an option, the Nationwide Health Information Network's secure, scalable and standards-based way for participants to send authenticated, encrypted health information directly to known, trusted recipients over the Internet, as well as query-based exchange, with both longitudinal patient record services and repository services
HIE service providers range from established technology vendors who provide software-as-a-service solutions to systems integrators or consultants integrating multiple vendor applications to existing health information organizations offering exchange services
outside their governance domain. They were selected using a competitive process to meet meaningful use Stage 1 and 2 objectives, emerging care delivery and payment models, as well as local needs.
CHeQ-designated rural HIE service providers include:
- Axesson, Santa Cruz, Calif., www.axesson.com
- Informatics Corporation of America (ICA), Nashville, Tenn.
- Inland Empire Health Information Exchange (IEHIE), Riverside, Calif.,www.iehie.org
- Orange County Partnership RHIO (OCPRHIO), Orange, Calif., www.ocprhio.org
- Redwood MedNet (RWMN), Ukiah, Calif., www.redwoodmednet.org
About CHeQ
California Health eQuality (CHeQ), a program of the UC Davis Institute for Population Health Improvement, administers statewide health information exchange (HIE) projects for California. Funded by the California Health and Human Services Agency and under the auspices of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) State HIE Cooperative Agreement, CHeQ is promoting coordinated and integrated care through health information exchange. Programs including a trusted exchange environment, improved public health capacity for electronic reporting, HIE acceleration funding opportunities, and the monitoring of HIE adoption lay a foundation for improved quality of care for all Californians.


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Bistro Union
Time Out says
This deservedly popular Clapham local, a self-styled 'quintessentially British bistro', excels at savoury snacks and Anglo-American-French comfort food.
This self-styled 'quintessentially British bistro' succeeds on so many levels. The staff are chummy and welcoming; the room looks rustic and quirky, with stripped floorboards, an appealing grey, white and yellow colour scheme and cutlery kept in drawers under the tables; and there's a very enticing selection of bar nibbles, own-made preserves and fruit gins on display that sets the tone for the slightly homespun approach of the kitchen. Snacks (available all day) include cheese and Marmite straws, anchovy toasts, pickled sardines, and smoked pig's cheek with cornichons – slightly bitter and umami flavours are a recurring theme through these. The main courses lean more towards Anglo-American-French comfort food: salt beef hash with fried egg and pickles (part of the Sunday brunch offering), Middlewhite pork faggots with 'bashed neeps', and a mac 'n' cheese that contained soft shards of leek and was crisply gratinated. The puds are more firmly on British soil: rhubarb trifle, say, or apple crumble. Note that the tall wooden stools at the bar can't be booked – and these offer the best spectator seats. Deservedly popular locally, Bistro Union is the second Clapham venture from Adam Byatt, who runs smart French restaurant Trinity in Clapham Old Town.
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That shortrib pie with the bone marrow in the middle though...
Great food and friendly service. A great addition to Abbeyville Road
Food is to an excellent standard at a very reasonable price and the Sunday Supper Club is top notch!
Love this place! Great food, fantastic ambience. Lovely for a relaxed group dinner.
Exquisite food, wine & service. Starter nibbles, mackerel pate, fried squid & pea, salmon pot, white bait. Followed by fish pie, chicken pie, poussin & trout
We recently celebrated my birthday with a large group of friends here at Bistro Union, We tried the the feasting menu and it was very successful, although it would have been nice to have had a couple of choices on the desert, but the pork belly was delicious. What killed the evening for me was the service, at the end of the night after spending a fortune, everyone wanted a digestif while waiting for their taxis and nothing was offered and the manager even went as far as saying we don't do free, it felt like he was accusing us of being free loaders, not a very nice manor at all! Anyway we paid for our digestifs and waited, but two more had obviously been ordered by friends who where in the loo (!) and there was about £10 or something outstanding on the bill. After spending over £1,400 you would have thought he might have said ok those last two are on us. But no, the manager Ian, was very abrupt about paying and we left feeling like we had stolen the silver. I'm not sure about the overall vibe, it's meant to be a village bistro and friendly, but it wasn't like that. It's changed since we were last year when the manger was very inviting and pleased to have you there. The staff looked tired and couldn't be bothered with us all.Ok we were one of the last to leave, but it was Saturday night and my birthday. Not sure i'll be back, after that experience. There are too many good restaurants in our area to have to put up with this. :( x
Over priced and not great food or service. To add insult to injury they not only add a service charge but also a cover charge! Certainly won't be returning.
Charming bar staff, just stopped by for a quick vino as is our way on a rainy London afternoon. Wine was Marlborough Kiwi Sauv Blanc and was "fine". What wasn't fine was being charged £18.00 for two glasses (small) This is ridiculous, this is SW4 not W1. Disappointing, what a shame.
my food was burnt too and no discount off the bill offered in compensation. had high hopes for this place as love trinity but unfortunately wont be returning.
My meal was burnt, my partner was served an undercooked foul, it must have been a very off night but I will never go there again.
Adam Byratt has done it again. Following the success of Trinity down in Clapham Old Town, which I hope will get a Michelin star very soon, he has opened up Bistro Union on Abbeville Rd. Went their for Sunday lunch yesterday and had an awesome Aubergine starter, followed by whole roasted Chicken which I shared with my friend. Food was accompanied with some great wine and we tried very tasty organic beer before we sat down. Dessert was the kids favourite - Knickerbocker Glory ;) Highly recommend both Bistro and Trinity, you will not be disappointed.
I love the fun way everything is presented at Bistro Union. A celebration of whats good about Great British cooking, unpretentious and tasty. Reasonably priced too.
All things considered, by far the best dining experience I've had in London. Exceptional service, delicious and varied food, wonderful format - and a welcomingly stylish atmosphere. Then to top it all off, fantastic value for money. I honestly can't think of a single complaint - superb restaurant and I hope it doesn't change.
What a great place! great food, great service, love the bar!
Week one seems to have gone well for this trendy new eaterie. I had the pork and apple soup liek chicken broth - great, subtle tastes and plenty of it. A huge portion of cottage pie with succulent lamb came next - the bone marrow a highlight. Very well cooked and generous portions. This place will inject new life into the rather fusty Abbeville Road 'village' - and is right opposite other newcomer Abbeville Kitchen which offers fussier fare at a slightly higher price.
Food, service, environment areunashamedly excellent EVERYTIME we go. The portions are well sized and priced well. A firm must for anyone visiting Clapham.
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PASADENA, Calif. — The Opportunity rover temporarily stowed its robotic arm and cleared a six-inch (15-centimeter) bump on its way to taking another bite out of the Martian surface, NASA said.
Sometime over the weekend, the six-wheeled robot was to grind into the upper part of a rocky outcrop dubbed "El Capitan," then take extensive measurements, NASA said late Friday in a recorded statement.
Last week, the rover drilled into a different section of the glossy formation that has intrigued scientists.
"El Capitan" has been the rover's primary interest for several days. The outcrop, about the height of a street curb, rings a portion of the crater in which the robot is maneuvering.
Previous microscopic images revealed fine layering in the rock and mysterious BB-sized granules that could be significant as the rover searches for signs that water has existed on the planet.
Scientists involved in the $820 million Mars mission are weighing several theories of how the rock formed, including volcanic eruptions, windblown dust and sediments settling out of a body of water.
Halfway around Mars, Opportunity's twin, Spirit, made its final approach to "Humphrey," an imposing rock that the rover will analyze.
Scientists expect Spirit to reach the rim of the so-called "Bonneville" crater by mid-March.
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Several of the saints in our "organic" church are sharing in a series titled "What I've Learned in Organic Church" and will be posting each Wednesday for the next several weeks starting today.
An introduction to the series is here.
The first post is here.
I'll be posting an article on January 18th (next Wednesday) here on the blog titled "What I've Learned in Organic Church: The Life of the Church Flows from Christ's Life in Us, Not From Our Activity".
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I've city names, like Newyork. Somebody may misspell it and write it as Newyoork. I want an algorithm or library which can match such patterns with some confidence level.
Any idea how to do it or if any pattern recognition library is present?
It is same as when we type something in Google with spelling mistake in it but instead it automatically corrects the mistake.


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A seven week break appears to have done South African Thomas Aiken no harm at all and he takes a one shot lead into the third round of the Open de España in Barcelona.
The 27 year old, who did not even touch a club during a month in the Bahamas, had his second successive 68 at El Prat to take over at the top from Scotland's Scott Jamieson.
"When I started (practising) again I thought 'what the hell have you done?' because everything felt so strange," said Aiken.
"I wasn't expecting much this week. I was using it to prepare for the rest of the season."
As in the first round Aiken - six times a winner in his home country, but yet to lift a European Tour title - made up for two bogeys with six birdies to stand eight under par.
Tour rookie Jamieson dropped to joint third by following his opening 66 with a 72, a much better score than looked likely when he bogeyed three of the first six holes.
In between them is Pablo Larrazábal, playing on his home course and seeking a victory that he will surely dedicate to Seve Ballesteros given the latest fears for the life of Spain's greatest-ever golfer.
"It's been a hard day," said Larrazábal. "I played a little bit better, but couldn't hole as many putts as yesterday.
"I hit the ball solid but missed a few putts. I stayed patient and only tried to keep playing solid to be up there in the weekend.
"Today the course was playing a little bit shorter, but the greens were not as good at the end of the day. If the north-west wind starts blowing, the greens will get firmer and the course will be really challenging.
"My brother gave me the sad news about Seve at the recording. I belong to another generation and never actually saw Seve play, but his fight these last years has been an inspiration for us all.
"Although I was too young to watch him perform when he was at the top, I have seen all his films, and he was really spectacular, never giving up, hitting his driver and chasing the ball into the hole from everywhere."
Jose Maria Olazábal and Miguel Angel Jimenez, who know the five-time Major Champion much better of course, were reportedly in tears and unable to speak after reaching halfway on level par and one under respectively, Olazábal showing Seve's fighting spirit with three birdies in the last four holes when he looked in danger of missing the cut.
Alongside 27 year old Challenge Tour graduate Jamieson are England's Anthony Wall, Frenchman Romain Wattel and another of the home contingent, last season's Challenge Tour Number One Alvaro Velasco. His 66 was the low round of the day.
Jamieson commented: "I was happy to claw it back. More wind made it a bit tricky, but if you hit it well there are plenty of opportunities for birdies.
"I struggled with my pace on the greens all day."
Defending champion Alvaro Quiros missed out by one on two over par when he three-putted the last from ten feet.
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It should. If it's not, it's likely because the max SP values and current SP are too low that the regeneration formula don't change the result very much. This was one of the two things I forgot to list in my changes post earlier:gorogorosama wrote:Just FYI it seems that the SP actors recover each turn pays no heed to their SP-fatigue.
1) The amount of SP regenerated per turn is equal to 10% * (max SP - SP fatigue). We could possibly change this to 10% * max SP (ie, don't factor in SP fatigue as part of the regeneration formula), but I decided on the spot that I'd rather factor in SP to the regeneration equation. It's another way to make sure the player knows that accumulated SP fatigue is not something to be ignored.
2) The cooldown period for skills and abilities has been completely removed from the game. There is still the warmup period, however, and this will most certainly remain a feature of skills.


text: 22 May 2013 09:00 Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), has appointed Mansour Al Marzouqi as its new General Manager in Belarus. Mr Al Marzouqi joined Etihad Airways' Graduate Management program in 2007, subsequently holding several key positions in sales and business development in the UAE before being appointed General Manager of the Maldives in 2011.Peter Baumgartner, Etihad Airways' Chief Commercial Officer, said: "Mansour has a proven record within the airline and has substantial knowledge and expertise of the travel industry and commercial airline operations. We are excited to have him on board and look forward to his assistance in further developing our presence in the Belarus market."Mr Al Marzouqi will replace former general manager for Belarus, Paolo Greco, who is moving to Rome to take up the position of Partnership Alliance Manager to Alitalia.This year Etihad Airways will mark five years of operations to Minsk and has carried 105,000 travellers between the Belarusian capital and Abu Dhabi to date. Get in touch with us. Contact us Let us know what you think Send feedback Join our community Etihad Facebook Watch our latest videos Etihad YouTube Follow us Etihad Airways


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We celebrate birthdays
When you register your pet's details, we can send them something special when the time comes*.
We have a record of your purchase
Vital if you ever need to use our Free Repair Service or Lifetime Guarantee.
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Initially, you may not think this a plus but please consider giving it a try. We'll only be in touch a few times a year to let you know about new products or our factory sale (invitation only!) but more importantly to give you an opportunity to get involved - calls for your input into product design, colour choice & even requests for models & product testers. We will not bombard you with pointless stuff & will never offer your details to another company.
*We're not Scrooge but we're small. As such, we're only able to send out birthday gifts to pet's who've purchased complete products (not Smart Parts). Plus, if you're buying a Smart Part we figure you already have a Snooza bed & would have been added to our list on your original registration.


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The memory of her knee buckling from underneath her the week before was still fresh in her mind. With surgery scheduled in two weeks, she needed a structured physical therapy program to get the swelling down, improve her muscle strength, and prepare for the operation to reconstruct her joint.
"Growing up, I played a lot of 'collision sports' and had my share of injuries," says Kevin Quinn. "I wanted to find out how bones and joints work, which drew me to physical therapy. Besides, my family is filled with healthcare practitioners, so it felt very familiar."
Today, as a licensed physical therapist, Quinn works with all kinds of patients in a process that may last days to months. "First, I'll evaluate the musculoskeletal system and the extent of the injury," he says. "Then, I develop a plan of care that includes both short-term and long-term goals. Once a patient comes out of a major surgery like knee reconstruction, a short-term goal may be to walk with crutches or teach their muscles to fire correctly again. A longer-term goal could be to walk on the treadmill or run outside. And, always, the overall goal is to return the patient to the same physical function — or better than — they had before the injury."
While Quinn continues to be involved in sports medicine and sees his share of injured athletes, he's quick to point out that the process physical therapists use to help people recover physical function is similar for anyone and any injury, from a sprained ankle to total joint reconstruction. Quinn brings all those daily clinical practice experiences to his teaching and mentoring at Midwestern University. And, as a Midwestern physical therapy alumnus, he knows the program from the inside out.
I played a lot of 'collision sports' and had my share of injuries. I wanted to find out how bones and joints work, which is what drew me to physical therapy."
— Kevin Quinn, PT, MPT, MS, ATC,
Downers Grove
"I chose Midwestern for my MPT degree because the school is completely dedicated to the health sciences," says Quinn. "The faculty's core belief is service to the patient and the profession, which I appreciated as a student. As a faculty member, I'm excited to carry on that dedication." Although he always had an interest in education, Quinn spent ten years gaining practical skill and providing direct care to patients of all kinds. He continues to work full time as Regional Manager for AthletiCo Rehabilitation in Oak Brook (IL), where he oversees four clinics throughout the northwest Chicago suburbs. In the MWU physical therapy program, Quinn is adjunct faculty for some of the classes in kinesiology, biomechanics, human anatomy, and patient evaluation.
"At MWU, both faculty and students interact inside and outside the classroom, which creates a great environment for collaboration. We share class time, intramurals, and other activities," says Quinn. "Midwestern's programs demonstrate the team approach to healthcare, which is the direction for current and future practice. The collaboration among faculty and students in all the healthcare professions creates a fantastic atmosphere on campus," says Quinn. "We're developing the next generation of leaders in the profession." Out of his MPT class, six of Quinn's fellow MWU alumni are employed with him at AthletiCo, and all are now in management positions.
In addition to seeing patients from all walks of life — industrial rehabilitation cases to everyday people with a variety of physical dysfunction — Quinn has worked with amateur and professional athletes from the NHL, NFL, MLS, Major League Baseball, U.S. National Soccer teams, and several Chicago-area rugby clubs. "That provides an outlet for my sports medicine interest," says Quinn. And those experiences provide real-world examples for his MWU students.
Kevin Quinn, PT, MPT, MS, ATC, is adjunct faculty in Physical Therapy at Midwestern University's Downers Grove (IL) Campus. He is active as a player and official with USA Hockey and is an Illinois-licensed athletic trainer, who completed his first marathon in 2008.


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Please Help me build 4 homes for families in need
Hello everyone!
This page was created to help me raise enough money to be a part of Transformation Trip 7.0 to Tijuana, Mexico.
We will be building 4 homes for families in dire need. We will also be installing a solar lighting/charging system and water purification filter in each of the 4 homes.
The trip is organized by The Change a Heart Foundation.
The Change a Heart Foundation is my friend's 501(c)(3) registered non-profit.
Our primary goal is to be able to improve the overall quality of life for the families who will be receiving the home. In most cases, the families are homeless or living in a makeshift home that they are paying rent for. These homes are rent free. As stated above, we will also be installing solar lighting/charging systems in each home. Most times, the families do not have enough money to afford clean drinking water, so they are forced to use water from local rivers or watering holes. Of course, these sources of water are unsafe at put the health of the family at risk. Because of this risk each home will also receive a water purification system.
Essentially, you take a family living on the streets, build them a home, and empower them with simple yet effective tools to build the foundation for their future.On top of that, they are saving money each month that they can apply towards meals, necessities, and education.
However, none of this is possible without YOUR help!
If you feel led to donate, please do so here on this page. Every little bit counts!
Also, for a better sense of what these trips are all about, please watch this video from their last trip:
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text: J-Pouch Support Group Testimonials Honesty, support, knowledge, frankness are what I hear/get from the J-Pouch Support Group. New/old members are important as they open the discussions. I feel this is one of the strengths of the group. All ages, new and old surgeries attend and we say what is on our minds. Nothing is sacred. You always walk away with new or supporting information. I like the J-Pouch Support Group because I can share my personal J-pouch issues with other people who share and understand what I'm experiencing. My surgeries were over 14 years ago. The support meetings have been great because it's a place where we can meet and talk about everything different our bodies are doing. We feel normal here! Always a great place to get questions answered, have a few laughs, make new friends, and know you're not alone. I like the group because I learn that a lot of problems I have are problems that others have. And we can share remedies. A website through this group would be very good. New problems can happen and group members can offer support from their experiences. The meetings are great to interface and discuss our various "issues." I like the J-Pouch Support Group because it allows me to realize many people have the same issues as me. It is nice to have an open forum to discuss everything that can result from having a J-pouch and to understand that a pouch doesn't have to limit your life. The J-Pouch Support Group offers an opportunity for camaraderie and gives one a sense that we are not alone. I enjoy hearing about common problems and solutions. I receive dietary advice to try myself. There is open discussion of signs, symptoms, potential concerns, travel tips, pouchitis signs/treatments. I like the J-Pouch Support Group because of the personal sharing of experiences/ solutions to issues because these experiences always answer questions I have or have had. After having my one-step J-pouch at St. Joseph Hospital in 2002 I started attending meetings of the hospital's J- Pouch Support Group. The information I have learned at these meetings has helped me to live a happy life. I am very active and I jog, surf, work full-time and do things that 10 years ago I could not imagine that I would be doing. I am grateful to St. Joseph Hospital and to the people who dedicate their lives to providing services such as this support group.


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Masterworks from the Beaverbrook Art Gallery
To buy tickets, learn about contests, and more, visit: dali.exhibits.wag.ca
Masterworks from the Beaverbrook Art Gallery was initiated to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Beaverbrook Art Gallery in 2009. The focus of the exhibition is the Gallery's founder William Maxwell Aitken (Lord Beaverbrook) and the artists he collected and cultivated, who in turn influenced the passion he had for collecting.
In the first North American touring exhibition of the Beaverbrook's most prestigious holdings, the exhibition highlights exquisite paintings by important old masters, as well as seminal artists in the history of Canadian art. Presented are paintings by world-renowned artists, such as Cranach, Copley, Delacroix, Gainsborough, Constable, Reynolds, Romney, Sargent, Sisley, Turner, and Freud; and by prominent historical Canadian artists, such as Krieghoff, Morrice, Carr, Milne, Gagnon, and members of the Group of Seven. A highlight of the exhibition is Salvador Dalí's monumental painting Santiago El Grande.
Santiago El Grande is widely considered one of Dalí's most accomplished paintings. Measuring more than four meters high, it depicts the patron saint of Spain, St. James, rising from the ocean on a white horse. At once majestic and unsettling, Santiago El Grande demonstrates Dalí's great technical mastery, his deep appreciation for the history of art, as well as the disorienting dream-like quality associated with his work.
Alongside Masterworks from the Beaverbrook Art Gallery, the WAG is mounting a parallel show Dalí Up Close to further celebrate Dalí's debut in Winnipeg. It includes a pair of canvases on loan from major North American institutions, each representing different periods in Dalí's career: an early Surrealist painting completed prior to 1950, and a later work indicative of his so-called "Classical" period. Also featured are photographs of the artist taken in collaboration with Philippe Halsman in the early 1950s. In addition to being iconic themselves, these photographs underscore Dali's savvy management of self-image, and anticipate both Pop and contemporary Performance art. Overall, this second exhibition will explore the artist's use of unexpected juxtapositions to achieve disarming results.
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Enjoy an enlightening tour of the impressive exhibition, Masterworks from the Beaverbrook Art Gallery with curator of Historical Canadian Art, Andrew Kear.
Wednesday October 8, 2014 at 12pm
Flavours of Art: Masterworks from the Beaverbrook Art Gallery & Dali Up Close
The Wag's signature dinner and tour program features a three-course exhibition-inspired fixed-menu at TABLE, our rooftop restaurant.
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Write to Art: Creative Writing Workshop
This day of integrating creative writing and visual art is offered by renowned writers and editors Marjorie Anderson and Deborah Schnitzer.
Saturday, November 15, 2014 from 9am to 5pm
Talk: The Great Late Salvador Dalí with Elliott H. King
This lecture will investigate the implications and repercussions of Dalí's admonishments of abstraction and use of 'classic' to describe his art after 1940. Challenging the stringent periodization of his oeuvre, Dr. King proposes re-framing Dali's later work as a development of earlier interests and artistic influences.
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In support of Movember and in honour of Dalí, the Winnipeg Art Gallery will donate $1 of your admission ticket from November 21-23 to Movember when you visit the WAG with your mustache.
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Remember when my blog was hacked and I lost everything? Yeah, that was a fun. I have STILL not got close to reinstating everything... So I've just reposted a bunch of Christmassy posts with ideas and projects for advent calendars, wrapping, decor and ornaments, seeing as Monday brings with it the official countdown to Christmas. I'm working on my advent calendar this weekend. I have all the gifts ready to wrap and I think I've finally worked out what I'm doing! I had the idea to papercut a village and use each window and door as the advent window with a little clue on the inside. But when I cut it out it looked so cute I decided to place it in our living room window instead with fairy lights behind it so at night it lit up sweetly - the kids can draw some snow and make some paper snowflakes as well to stick above. Should be cute. Anyway, here is a sneak peek of the village...
Going back through my posts kind of made me sad my blog has practically disappeared from my life. I always have plans for it but then the inspiration runs out, or the couldn't-be-botheredness sets in, or a child starts at me as soon as the laptop makes an appearance... But my little trip down memory lane and a good five years worth of Christmassy crafts also made me kind of proud of some of my projects. Anyway, I thought I'd share a few faves - maybe you're keen to get crafty in the next few weeks?
Treasure-hunt paper-chain advent calendar
Book page wreath - made from Stephen King's Salem's Lot (I wasn't a fan!)
Snow globe glass bauble
Doily star snowflake decorations
One clear glass bauble, five different ways
Gold leaf gift tags
Glittery lantern centrepiece made from... toilet rolls!!! I created this craft for Kidspot
My first homemade advent calendar (from 2009!) - little matchboxes filled with tiny ornaments for the tree and decorated with various red and white and black things!
Design and print your own gift wrap with your computer! This is another one I created for Kidspot.
See something you fancy trying? Good luck and happy crafting! And happy last-weekend-in-November. Are we really about to enter the last month of the year? The zooming years are freaking me out! x


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Selected internship grantees will be presenting their internship experiences at individual stations through a variety of different media formats. If you are thinking about doing an internship but are not sure what opportunities are available, please stop by the reception in the Student Dining Room in the Diana Center anytime between 4:30pm to 6:30pm on Tuesday, March 8th to learn and network with students, donors, and internship supervisors!
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"...a new study suggests that spoilers can actually increase our enjoyment of literature. Although we've long assumed that the suspense makes the story — we keep on reading because we don't know what happens next — this new research suggests that the tension actually detracts from our enjoyment.
The experiment itself was simple: Nicholas Christenfeld and Jonathan Leavitt of UC San Diego gave several dozen undergraduates 12 different short stories. The stories came in three different flavors: ironic twist stories (such as Chekhov's "The Bet"), straight up mysteries ("A Chess Problem" by Agatha Christie) and so-called "literary stories" by writers like Updike and Carver. Some subjects read the story as is, without a spoiler. Some read the story with a spoiler carefully embedded in the actual text, as if Chekhov himself had given away the end. And some read the story with a spoiler disclaimer in the preface."
So mysteries where you can deduce the ending with a practiced eye; or lets say, adaptations of famous tales where you can observe patterns of a recognizable myth or event are popular. Take ripped from the headlines procedurals like Law & Order and remakes of famous films; are enjoyable even though you know how they'll likely turn out.
I know Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, absolutely delighted me when it hearkened directly back to the Conan Doyle Canon, even though most of the movie diverges, creating its own Holmes and Watson in the process.
Two suggestions from this Wired Article offer interesting insight into this phenomenon
"Just because we know the end doesn't mean there aren't surprises. Even when I cheat and read the final pages first, a good thriller will still surprise me with how it gets there. Perhaps we've overvalued the pleasure of the shocking ending at the expense of those smaller astonishments along the way. It's about the narrative journey, not the final destination, etc. Christenfeld and Leavitt even speculate the knowing the ending might increase the narrative tension: 'Knowing the ending of Oedipus may heighten the pleasurable tension of the disparity in knowledge between the omniscient reader and the character marching to his doom.'"and,
"Surprises are much more fun to plan than experience. The human mind is a prediction machine, which means that it registers most surprises as a cognitive failure, a mental mistake. Our first reaction is almost never "How cool! I never saw that coming!" Instead, we feel embarrassed by our gullibility, the dismay of a prediction error. While authors and screenwriters might enjoy composing those clever twists, they should know that the audience will enjoy it far less. The psychologists end the paper (forthcoming in Psychological Science) by wondering if the pleasure of spoiled surprises might extend beyond fiction:
'Erroneous intuitions about the nature of spoilers may persist because individual readers are unable to compare between spoiled and unspoiled experiences of a novel story. Other intuitions about suspense may be similarly wrong, and perhaps birthday presents are better wrapped in transparent cellophane, and engagement rings not concealed in chocolate mousse. '"
"Plots are just excuses for great writing.
What the plot is is (almost) irrelevant. The pleasure is in the writing,"
"Monet's paintings aren't really about water lilies,"
Nicholas Christenfeld
UC San Diego professor of social psychology
Looking at this study, and the history of storytelling, there is definitely some truth there. We all know certain stories, and pull them into our own times and places and enjoy them again and again.
Doesn't mean we wouldn't enjoy this, or that our children would.
2011 saw a spate of Fairy Tale adaptations, Red Riding Hood, Beastly, Once Upon a Time and Grimm
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Facts are, a good story gets retold endlessly, how many times have parents cheated and abridged their way through a bedtime story? How many times have tales been retold through the years? What really makes an adaptation, retelling or reboot compelling is the artistry of the storyteller in this iteration, and the attention given to its execution.


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I was out to dinner the other night in Uptown Charlotte and saw the typical 21st century young, urban couple. They were dressed stylishly, moved with grace, were good-looking, and barely talked or looked at each other the entire time I saw them at the restaurant. Were they:
A. In a fight?
B. Shy mutes?
C. Engrossed with their mobile phones?
Of course, and sadly, the most probable answer in today's world is C. I have a difficult time with this! I want to say, "Buddy, wake up! You're with a good-looking woman; I can't believe I have to tell you to look up and talk to her, instead of texting your friend, Chuck! What's wrong with you?"
So, being a grown man, I had to decide whether to cry about this newer phenomenon or accept it. After some internal wrangling, I'm happy to report that my righteous indignation has passed and I've accepted this digitally-inspired apathy towards fellow humans as the "new normal". So what does this consumer love affair with mobile phones mean to property managers?
It means we better get in the game in the mobile realm. Regular websites have worked really well for a while, but change has come again. New renters are going to want to use their smart phones to search for rentals near them (aided by GPS), fill out rental applications, pay application fees, and put down deposits. They want the whole rental process available from their mobile phones.
What specifically does this mean? It means we better have mobile websites that allow them to do this; the mobile websites need to include only succinct information potential renters would want when on the go. It also means we need a mobile application (a custom company "app") that customers can put on their devices so we own some real estate on their phones. Trends show that home internet connections are on the way of landline phones; the new battleground is the mobile phone. We need to be on as many as possible.
A mobile website is critical when consumers search for property management companies from their smart phones. Will yours come up? If it does, can consumers easily find rental homes, contact you (even text you!), and do everything you want them to do (like they can when you see them in your office or when they are in front of their home computer?)
An app is critical to sealing the relationship with customers. How can they remember you when they are on their mobile phones? Your app (with your company logo) sitting with the rest of the apps they use everyday is a good start. This is a good way to build mindshare and also to make it easy for your customers to contact you and refer you to their friends. Not an apps believer? Apps are set to be a $36B business by 2015- a lot of people use them and will be using them!
Change is hard, but the mobile revolution is not going away. If making a property management company last long term is the goal, mobile websites and apps are now "must-haves"!


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Just as the rain began at the 24 Hours Of Le Mans, the #8 Toyota driven by Nicolas Lapierre caused a massive accident involving the #3 Audi driven by Marco Bonanomi and the #81 Ferrari driven by Sam Bird. It looks like it's race over for these drivers today.
It was tough to see what happened on the cameras, but it sounds like the #8 Toyota lost control and then later, perhaps as they were slowing down, the #3 Audi was reportedly struck by the Ferrari. The race has been under Safety Car since.
UPDATE (11:30 AM): According to the TV commentators, it seems as though the Toyota spun out, and the Ferrari hit the Audi in a separate incident, though it remains unclear. The Audi and Ferrari are out of the race, though the Toyota may be able to rejoin the race.
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A discussion on the homotopytypetheory mailing list prompted me to write this short note. Apparently a mistaken belief has gone viral among certain mathematicians that Univalent foundations is somehow limited to constructive mathematics. This is false. Let me be perfectly clear:
Univalent foundations subsume classical mathematics!
The next time you hear someone having doubts about this point, please refer them to this post. A more detailed explanation follows.
In standard mathematics we take classical logic and set theory as a foundation:
$\text{logic} + \text{sets}$
On top of this we build everything else. In Univalent foundations this picture is extended. Logic and sets are still basic, but they become part of a much larger universe of objects that we call types. The types are stratified into levels according to their homotopy-theoretic complexity. For a historical reason we start counting at $-2$:
$\text{$(-2)$-types} \subseteq \text{$(-1)$-types} \subseteq \text{$0$-types} \subseteq \text{$1$-types} \subseteq \cdots \subseteq \text{types}$
We have finite levels $-2, -1, 0, 1, 2, \ldots$, as well as types which lie outside finite levels. Levels $-1$ and $0$ correspond to logic and sets, respectively:
- $(-2)$-types are the contractible ones,
- $(-1)$-types are the truth values,
- $0$-types are the sets,
- $1$-types are the groupoids,
- etc.
For instance, $\mathbb{N}$ is a $0$-type, the circle $S^1$ is a $1$-type, while the sphere $S^2$ does not have a finite level. If you are familiar with homotopy theory it may be helpful to think of $n$-types as those homotopy types whose homotopy structure above dimension $n$ is trivial.
In Univalent foundations we may assume excluded middle for $(-1)$-types and we may assume the axiom of choice for $0$-types. This then precisely recovers classical mathematics, as sitting inside a larger foundation. Without excluded middle and choice we do indeed obtain a "constructive" version of Univalent foundations, which however is still compatible with classical mathematics. Thus every theorem in the HoTT book is compatible with classical math, even though the HoTT book does not assume excluded middle or choice (except in the sections on cardinals and ordinals).
Any mathematics that is formalized using Univalent foundations is compatible with classical mathematics. Moreover, in principle all classical mathematics could be so formalized.
As the univalent universe is larger than just sets, we have to get used to certain phenomena. For instance, there is the "the quotient set $\mathbb{R}/\mathbb{Z}$" at level 0, and then there is the circle as a $1$-type (groupoid with one object and a generating loop). This is no different from classical mathematics, where we are used to talking about the circle as a set vs. the circle as a topological space.
A classical mathematician and a constructive type theorist will both ask about "excluded middle and axiom of choice for all types", each for his own reasons. Such principles can indeed be formulated, and then shown to be inconsistent with the Axiom of Univalence. However, this is of little consequence because the "higher-level" versions of excluded middle and choice are simply the wrong statements to consider. Excluded middle is about logic and so it should only apply to $(-1)$-types, while choice is about sets and it should apply only to $0$-types. (To imagine a similar situation in classical mathematics, consider what the axiom of choice would say if we applied it to topological spaces: "every topological bundle whose fibers are non-empty has a continuous global section", which is obvious nonsense.)


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September 11: Bearing Witness to History
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This site provides broad access to this unusual national collection of September 11–related artifacts, and allows visitors to learn the behind-the-scenes collection process at the Smithsonian.
In the weeks following September 11, the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History was directed by Congress to collect and document the events of September 11 for the nation. An unprecedented task in the museum's history, this collection of recovered artifacts, images, posters, and personal items represents its efforts to collect "history as it is happening" for future generations. The museum shared part of its collection in a commemorative exhibition, September 11: Bearing Witness to History, and the entire collection is viewable on this Web site as it expands over time. The Web site posed a number of design challenges as the museum worked to simultaneously collect, document, and build an exhibition around such a recent, emotionally-charged tragedy. The site design is purposefully minimal and subdued to allow visitors to bring their own memories and interpretations to their experience of the site. The Collection section offers visitors access to more than 90 objects in the Smithsonian collection, which have been documented with additional supporting materials. Detailed captions, plus notes from curators and donors, provide rare insight into and context for objects that have become extraordinary symbols of this history. The process of collecting and interpreting the artifacts is revealed through narrated interviews with many of the curators. This section is built to dynamically publish via a custom-designed, Web-based administrative tool that allows museum staff to add new object records, upload images, and link related objects together. Tell Your Story, a collaborative digital archive between the Smithsonian and George Mason University, enables visitors to share their own stories of September 11 and to read the experiences of others.
Press & Awards"Visiting the Virtual Museum," Communication Arts, Sam McMillan, March 2004"14th Annual Muse Awards," AAM Museum News, Deborah Seid Howes, November 2003Museums and the Web Conference, Finalist, Best Online Exhibition, 2003American Association of Museums Muse Awards, Gold, History and Culture, 2003
If I were grading this project, I would give it an A...it serves many different purposes with out losing any of them, is ulitmately easy to approach and navigate, but leaves one richer when leaving than when one entered the site. A very powerful website that educates, memorializes and documents beautifully...A very ambitious, innovative and thoughtful online exhibit with compelling imagery, text and community components. An important permanent archive of objects and personal accounts. Visually pleasing, well designed and easy to use...A model website for national memory and healing.Macromedia, Site of the Day, September 11, 2002USA Today, Hot Sites, September 11, 2002
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Mourners at Seamus Heaney's funeral were told his final words to his beloved wife were 'don't be afraid', delivered in his beloved Latin.
Son Michael revealed the poet's last words following his funeral at the Sacred Heart Church in the Dublin suburb of Donnybrook.
Hundreds of mourners gathered to pay their final respects to the Nobel prize winner before the long journey north to his final resting place in his native Derry.
At his graveside in Derry , Fr Andy Dolan, parish priest of local church St Mary's, said: "Seamus Heaney chose to lay here. The name Seamus Heaney and this place will be forever intertwined.
"Today we proudly and warmly welcome him back, back home to Derry. We are privileged to be able to fulfil through this rite of burial Seamus' deepest wish, that he be buried here, in the place that he never really left, among the people who influenced him so much."
He was buried in a family plot beside his mother Margaret, his father Patrick and his brother Christopher, whose death as a 3-year old child deeply influenced his work.
The 74-year-old literary genius died unexpectedly in hospital on Friday after a short illness.
Mourners were led by his widow Marie and children Michael, Christopher and Catherine Ann.
The Irish Independent reports that son Michael thanked those who cared for his father and those who have offered support and praise since his death.
He said: "His last few words in a text message he wrote to my mother minutes before he passed away were in his beloved Latin and they read - 'nolle timere' ('don't be afraid')."
Irish president Michael D Higgins, Prime Minister Enda Kenny and former president Mary McAleese and her husband Martin were amongst the star studded crowd.
U2 frontman Bono and his wife Ali Hewson along with his fellow band members The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen heard Paul Muldoon, a teacher, poet and friend of Heaney, gave the eulogy following the service.
Muldoon said: "We remember the beauty of Seamus Heaney as a bard and today in particular in his being."
Former US president Bill Clinton has also paid tribute to Heaney and said: "He was our finest poet of the rhythms of ordinary lives and a powerful voice for peace."
Chief celebrant of the Mass, Monsignor Brendan Devlin remarked that Heaney might have liked to have his funeral celebrated by someone with a Northern accent.
"He could speak to the King of Sweden, an Oxford don or a south Derry neighbour with the directness of a common and shared humanity," he said.
The Mass was ended with a reading of one of Heaney's poems, The Given Note, from his second published collection.
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Extrapulmonary Small Cell Tumors
Yesterday, I heard from my male friend, who is 66 years old and who has been a smoker for at least 30 years. He has been diagnosed with a form of what is commonly called small cell cancer. It apparently started in his injured leg, not his lungs, and it has since metastasized through the bulk of his organs. He was told he has about six months to live. I suggested that he get seen for a second opinion, but in your professional opinion, is this situation possible? Wouldn't he have had some symptoms prior to the diagnosis? If he only has 6 months, wouldn't he be in a great deal of pain and on pain medication?
Barbara Campling, MD, Medical Oncologist, responds:
The story that your friend tells is a bit peculiar. "Small cell" cancer is one of the more common varieties of lung cancer and generally occurs in people who have smoked heavily over a number of years. Occasionally, the same type of cancer can originate in other organs, and this is called "extrapulmonary (outside of the lung) small cell cancer." For example, extrapulmonary small cell tumors can originate in such organs as the pancreas, bladder, prostate, cervix or esophagus. Many patients with extrapulmonary small cell cancers also have a significant smoking history. I have never heard of an extrapulmonary small cell cancer originating in the leg, but I suppose it is possible. I also wonder if his small cell cancer started elsewhere and then spread to the bones of the leg. This would be a common place for either a lung or extrapulmonary small cell cancer to spread. Another thought is that this could be a kind of a skin tumor called a "Merkel cell tumor" which looks like a small cell cancer under the microscope, and this cancer can spread in a similar fashion. It is hard to know exactly what is going on without more information.
Whether it is an extrapulmonary small cell cancer, Merkel cell cancer, or other cancer, it appears that your friend's tumor has spread to multiple sites. Thus, it would not be curable with any form of therapy. But it would certainly be treatable. Generally extrapulmonary small cell cancers, like small cell lung cancers, are quite responsive to chemotherapy. This treatment often will cause the tumors to shrink down, and when this happens, the symptoms caused by the tumor will improve, as will quality of life. Chemotherapy treatment for these tumors can also significantly improve survival. Doctors are generally not very accurate in predicting how long individual patients with cancer will live. Whoever told your friend that he had 6 months to live may be off base. Although this doctor may have said 6 months to indicate the average survival of someone with small cell cancer that has spread to distant parts of the body, your friend may live significantly longer than this, or he may unfortunately live shorter than this. It sounds like your friend does not have pain or other symptoms and has an excellent performance status. This is one of the most important things that predicts prognosis for patients with small cell cancer. Your friend would be well served to get a referral to another hospital. They will review all of his imaging and pathology slides and can come up with their own diagnosis and treatment plan for him.


text: Haffy and I as well as maybe the cache owner ( How about it Dave) are looking into going up to Gulf Hagas on Oct 1st. It should be a nice bug free, cool weekend day to go there. If anyone is interested we are planning on meeting at KI around 8AM and heading in to go to "Gorge"ous (http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=2a50f91a-b5da-4a19-9482-4b9717bc2bdf) the cache placed by Dave 1976 and Girlmate. It will be a most of the day trip so we would be coming back sometime after lunch. At this time I plan on it being the out and back hike and not the longer loop trail. Let me know if your interested.


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Despite continued enrollment growth, the pace of spending by the Barrow County School System is slower now than it was at the same time last year. Chris Griner, executive director of Finance and Business Services, told the BOE that the system's reserves as of Nov. 30 were about $7.4 million. That is about $1.4 million more than at the same point a year ago. A spreadsheet posted online with the meeting's agenda provided shows that as of Nov. 30, which marks the end of the first five months of the fiscal year, the school system had collected $648,000 more revenue than it did at the same point last year. And it had spent about $1.5 million less.
For the full story, see the Dec. 5 issue of the Barrow Journal.
Students up, but spending down in BCSS
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The Septuagint (a name derived from the Latin word for "seventy", also referred to as the LXX) is a 3rd century B.C. translation of the Hebrew Scriptures into Greek. It is the canonical Old Testament of the Orthodox Church.
The translation of the Septuagint undertaken in Alexandria at the behest of the Egyptian King, Ptolemy, who wished to expand the celebrated library of Alexandria to include the wisdom of all the ancient religions of the world. Because Greek was the language of Alexandria, the Scriptures therefore had to be translated into that language.
The Letter of Aristeas, the oldest known source we have for the origin of the Septuagint, details how Ptolemy contacted the chief priest, Eleazar, in Jerusalem and asked him to send translators. Six were chosen from each of the twelve tribes of Israel, giving us the commonly accepted number of seventy-two. (Other accounts have the number at seventy or seventy-five.) Only the Torah (the first five books) was translated initially, but eventually other translations (and even compositions) were added to the collection. By the time of our Lord, the Septuagint was the Bible in use by most Hellenistic Jews.
Thus, when the Apostles quote the Jewish Scripture in their own writings, the overwhelmingly dominant source for their wording comes directly from the Septuagint (LXX). Given that the spread of the Gospel was most successful among the Gentiles and Hellenistic Jews, it made sense that the LXX would be the Bible for the early Church. Following in the footsteps of those first generations of Christians, the Orthodox Church continues to regard the LXX as its only canonical text of the Old Testament. There are a number of differences between the canon of the LXX and that of Roman Catholic Church and Protestant Christians, based on differences in translation tradition or doctrine.
Differences with other Christian Canons
The differences with Rome are fairly small and have never been a subject of much contention between the Orthodox and that communion. The canonical lists are essentially the same in content (some of the names are different) but for the following items: The Latin canon does not include I Esdras (though it uses that name for what the Orthodox call II Esdras); there are only 150 Psalms in the Latin canon, while the LXX has 151 (and the Psalms are numbered and divided differently between the two canons, because the modern Latin canon is based on the Hebrew Masoretic Text, though the Vulgate used the Septuagintal Psalm numbering); the Epistle of Jeremiah is a separate book in the LXX, while it is included as part of Baruch for the Latins; and the Latins do not include either III or IV Maccabees. Traditionally, Roman Catholics used the numbering of the Latin Vulgate, which follows the Septuagint. However, since the Second Vatican Council, Roman Catholic publications, including Catholic Bibles and liturgical texts, have used the numbering found in the Masoretic Text.
The differences with the Protestant canon are based on the 16th century misunderstanding of Martin Luther. When he was translating the Old Testament into German, he mistakenly believed that the oldest source for the Old Testament would be in Hebrew, so he found and used the so-called Masoretic Text (MT), a 9th century Jewish canon compiled largely in reaction to Christian claims that the Old Testament Scriptures belonged to the Church. The MT is thus also the basis for the Old Testament text of the 17th century Authorized Version in English (the "King James Version"). There are multiple differences between the LXX and MT. The MT lacks the following texts: I Esdras, the portion of II Esdras (which the MT simply calls "Ezra") called the "Prayer of Manasseh," Tobit, Judith, portions of Esther, Wisdom of Solomon, Wisdom of Sirach (Ecclesiasticus), Baruch, the Epistle of Jeremiah, the so-called "additions to Daniel" (The Song of the Three Children, Susanna, and Bel and the Dragon), the 151st Psalm, and all four Maccabees books. The Psalms are also numbered and divided up differently.
Variations with the Masoretic Text (MT)
There are multiple internal variations between the LXX and the MT. The texts read differently in many places, giving a much more Christological tone to the LXX which was deliberately avoided when the Masoretes were putting together their anti-Christian canon. These differences in wording are the evidence that the Apostles were using the LXX. Here follow several examples of radical differences in wording:
|Gen. 4:7
|Hast thou not sinned if thou hast brought it rightly, but not rightly divided it? Be still, to thee shall be his submission, and thou shalt rule over him.
|If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? And if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.
|Exodus 21:16/17
|He that reviles his father or his mother shall surely die.
|And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death.
|Psalm 39/40:6
|Sacrifice and offering Thou hast not desired, but a body Thou hast prepared for Me...
|Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire, mine ears has thou opened...
External links
- The Septuagint Online
- The Orthodox Study Bible
- The Septuagint LXX: Greek and English by Sir Lancelot C.L. Brenton
- Septuagint, Brenton's Edition (omits "deuterocanonical"/"apocryphal" books)
- The Septuagint, compiled from the Unbound website by Henry Sikkema in 1999 (omits "deuterocanonical"/"apocryphal" books)


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Nice to see RadioShack continuing its re-embrace of the DIY scene! They're sponsoring a hackerspace challenge between Ace Monster Toys and Artisan's Asylum.
In the spirit of friendly competition, RadioShack challenged two DIY enthusiast groups known as hackerspaces—one on each coast—to build something cool out of everyday stuff. The rules were simple: use parts from RadioShack, including an Arduino (an inexpensive programmable device that can be used for all sorts of interesting interactive projects).
Our two teams come from the Ace Monster Toys hackerspace in Oakland, California, and Artisan's Asylum in Somerville, Massachusetts (just outside Boston). Each team was given a $250 RadioShack gift card and one month to dream up, design and build their project. They both did an amazing job and used parts they found at RadioShack in unique and creative ways…. The winning team will receive $1000 and one lucky voter will receive a $1000 RadioShack Gift Card!
That's right, just by voting for one of the two contestants gives you a chance at a big honkin' gift card. Woot! [via Adafruit]


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Dear NursingBirth,
I just saw a couple of posts about "pit to distress" on Unnecessarean and Keyboard Revolutionary's blogs. Can you comment on that as an L&D nurse?! Is the intent really to distress the baby in order to "induce" a c-section? I'm distressed that such things may actually happen, and am holding out a little hope that it's a misunderstanding in terms….
Dear Alev,
I wish I could put your heart and mind at ease and tell you, from experience, that this type of outrageous activity (i.e. "pit to distress") does not happen in our country's maternity wards but unfortunately it does. I know that it does because:
1) I have read and heard stories from other labor and delivery nurses who have worked with birth attendants who practice "pit to distress,"
2) I have read and heard stories from women (and their doulas!) who have personally experienced the consequences of "pit to distress,"
and, most importantly…
3) I personally have worked with attending obstetricians who subscribe to this philosophy.
Before I start my discussion on this topic I would like to quote a blog post I wrote back in April entitled "Don't Let This Happen To You #25 PART 2 of 2: Sarah & John's Unnecessary Induction". This post is actually the first post I ever wrote for my Injustice in Maternity Care Series. It is a TRUE story (although all identifying information has been changed to adhere to HIPPA regulations) about a first time mom who was scheduled for a completely unnecessary labor induction and the following excerpt is a good example of how "pit to distress" is ordered by physicians, EVEN IF they don't actually write it out as an order (although some actually do!)
"…At 1:30pm, right on schedule, Dr. F came into the room. After some quick small talk he asked Sarah to get into the bed so that he could perform a vaginal exam and break her water.
Sarah: "Umm, I was hoping we could wait a little bit longer to do that, until I am in more active labor."
Dr. F: "Well, if I break your water it is really going to rev things up and put you into active labor."
Sarah: "I'd really rather wait."
Dr. F: (visibly frustrated) "Well I at least have to check you!"
(Oh lord, I love the "have to"!) Dr. F's exam revealed that Sarah was 4 centimeters! Yay!
After helping Sarah to the bathroom and back to her rocking chair, I stepped out the catch Dr. F at the desk. "Thanks for holding off on the amniotomy, it was really important to her birth plan," I said, trying to "smooth things over" and (gently) remind him that the patient was in charge! "Yeah well I'll be back around 4:00pm to check her again and if she hasn't made any progress I am going to break her water," he said, grudgingly.
He started to walk towards the elevator but then turned around to me and said:
Dr. F: "You have the pit at 20 right?"
(Note: The way pitocin is administered for induction in my hospital (and many others) is that you start the pitocin at 2mu/min (or 6mL/hr) and increase by 2mu/min every 15-30 min (or more) to a maximum of 20mu/min (or 60mL/hr) until you obtain an adequate contraction pattern (or, 3-5 contractions in 10 minutes). So what does that mean? That means that you do NOT just crank the pitocin until you get to "max pit," rather you TITRATE it until you get 3-5 contractions in 10 minutes that are palpable and are causing cervical change. However, this is not what many physicians I work with ask you to do. Bottom line is everyone is different. I personally could take a whole box of Benadryl and not so much as yawn while my husband can take one tablet and all but hallucinate! It is no different for pitocin. Some people are extra sensitive and only need a little bit, and others tolerate "max pit" very well. I seem to have this same "fight" with physicians all the time at work. They insist you "keep cranking the pit" when all you are going to do is hyperstimulate the uterus and cause the baby to go into distress. But I digress….)
Me: "No, I have her at 10mu/min."
Dr. F: (sarcastically) "What!? What are you waiting for?!
Me: (said while biting my lip so I didn't say something I would regret) "She is contracting every 2-3 min and they are palpating moderate to strong. She has to breathe through them. And the baby is looking good on the monitor. I want to keep it that way!"
Dr. F: "But she's not going anywhere! You have to keep going up if you want her to progress."
Me: "But she has changed to 4 centimeters…"
Dr. F: "I was being generous!"
Me: "So you lied…"
Dr. F: (annoyed) "Listen, keep going up on the pit, even if she is contracting every 2-3 min. They aren't strong enough. Keep going up. If we hyperstimulate her, we can just turn the pit down." (Note: These were his exact words. I know this because I was so flabbergasted that he said it, I wrote it down in my notebook that very moment! The fact is sometimes the baby is in so much distress after hyperstimulating the uterus that just turning the pitocin down isn't enough! And it really bothers me when doctors start sentences off with "Listen…" Grrrrr.)
Me: (jaw dropped, completely dumfounded) If I turn the pit up anymore, I am GUARANTEED to hyperstim her."
Dr. F: "We'll cross that bridge when we get to it. I'll be back around 4:00pm."
By this point I was more than annoyed with Dr. F. I explained the situation to the charge nurse and told her that I would not be cranking the pit on room 11 unless Dr. F wrote me an order that read "Regardless of hyperstimulation or contraction pattern, continue to increase pitocin until the maximum dose is reached." (By the way, he wouldn't' write me that order). She basically told me to do what I felt was right because it was my license at stake too."
Ladies and gentleman the account that you have just read is called "Pit to Distress" whether the pitocin order was actually written that way or not. What Dr. F gave me was a VERBAL ORDER to increase the pitocin, regardless of contraction or fetal heart rate pattern, until I reached "max pit," which he acknowledged would hyperstimulate her uterus. This goes against our hospital's policy and the physical written order that this doctor signed his name under. However, like some other doctors I work with, none of that mattered to him. What he wanted was for me to "crank her pit" regardless and from my experience with this doctor, at the first sign of fetal distress we would have been crashing down the hallway for a stat cesarean!
Hyperstimulation of the uterus (more appropriately called tachysystole) is harmful and dangerous for both mothers and babies:
"If contractions are persistently more often than 5 contractions in 10 minutes, this is called "tachysystole." Tachysystole poses a problem for the fetus because it allows very little time for re-supply of the fetus with oxygen and removal of waste products. For a normal fetus, tachysystole can usually be tolerated for a while, but if it goes on long enough, the fetus can be expected to become increasingly hypoxic and acidotic.
Tachysystole is most often caused by too much oxytocin stimulation. In these cases, the simplest solution is to reduce or stop the oxytocin to achieve a more normal and better tolerated labor pattern."
"Electronic Fetal Heart Monitoring" by Dr. M. J. Hughey
The truth, however, is that many times stopping tachysystole is not as easy as just shutting the pitocin off. Although the plasma half-life of pitocin is about 6 minutes, it can take up to 1 hour for the effects of pitocin to completely wear off. And for a baby in distress, one more hour in a hyperstimulated uterus is too much! So guess what?! The physician has two choices:
#1 Administer yet another drug (like terbutaline) to decrease contractions and wait and see (unlikely to happen), or
#2 Administer yet another drug (like terbutaline) to decrease contractions while heading to the OR for an emergency cesarean section (much more likely to happen.)
Because in the end…who wants to "sit" on a compromised baby?!
What is also unsettling is that my encounter with Dr. F regarding the most appropriate administration of pitocin for that mother was downright pleasant as compared to some of the other encounters I have had with much more intimidating and hot-headed physicians. Labor and delivery nurses all over this country (including myself) have been bullied, yelled at, cursed out, and down-right humiliated by birth attendants who want you to "keep cranking the pit" regardless of maternal contraction or fetal heart rate patterns or in general, refusing to be a part of or questioning other harmful obstetrical practices.
I once had an obstetrician, while in the patient's room, call me "incompetent" in front of the patient and her entire family because I had not continuously increased the pitocin every 15 minutes until I reached "max pit" and instead, kept the pitocin at half the maximum dose because increasing it anymore caused my patient to scream and cry in pain and her uterus to contract every 1 minute without a break. Who wants a nurse to take care of them that was just called "incompetent" by their doctor??!?
Another time I had a physician (who via this program called "OBLink" can watch her patient's monitor strips from her own home or office) call me on the phone from her house to chew me out about not having the pitocin higher. When I explained that I had to shut the pitocin off an hour earlier and start back up at a slower rate because the baby started to have repetitive and deep variable decelerations despite position changes, IV fluid bolus, and 10 liters of oxygen via face mask, I was told that the decels "weren't big enough" to warrant such a "drastic measure as shutting of the pitocin" and I was "wasting her time" because "at the rate [I] was going [her] patient wouldn't deliver until after midnight."
I had yet a third doctor tell me once that he wished that only the "older" nurses on the floor would take care of his patients because they aren't "as timid" and "are not afraid to turn up the pitocin when a doctor orders them to." That younger nurses like me are "too idealistic" and don't understand "how the world really works."
And yet another time I had a physician tell me that I needed to "crank the pit to make this baby prove himself either way" and that if I couldn't do "what needed to be done" for his patient, then he would ask the charge nurse to "replace me with a nurse who could."
And guess what, when I came in the next day and read the birth log, I discovered that 3 out of those 4 patients ended up with cesarean sections after I had left that night for "fetal distress."
Although not one of these physicians actually wrote in black and white "Pit to Distress" and they didn't have to; their words and actions speak to their true intentions. These physicians are smart in the fact that they know that actually writing "pit to distress" like some practitioners do can land them with a law suit if an adverse outcome happens and they find themselves in court. So while it is true that one's medical record might not show "pit to distress" on the order form, it doesn't mean that it didn't happen to you! What these doctors do instead are bully nurses into to doing their dirty work for them. (And I would like to note that just like Dr. F, I have yet to encounter one physician who will actually physically put their hands on the IV pump and turn up the pitocin themselves when I refuse to do it!…..They know better!)
As a registered nurse my practice must adhere to the American Nurses Association Code of Ethics for Nurses. Here is an excerpt:
"The nurse's primary commitment is to the patient, whether an individual, family, group, or community. The nurse promotes, advocates for, and strives to protect the health, safety, and rights of the patient."
What these practitioners don't realize is that when they work with nurses like me (and there are many out there!!), they are working with someone who values the health and safety of women and babies (as well as their nursing license) much more than a fake cordial kiss-ass relationship with some high-and-mighty doctor! But let me tell you, its really frigging hard to work like that! That is, to constantly battle with practitioners who have such a different philosophy about maternity care than you do! I mean, even the best nurses will start to doubt themselves if they are constantly being bullied and told that they "can't cut it" or are "incompetent" if they don't follow the status quo! Like many other nurses, sometimes I just don't have the energy to argue and fight. Sometimes I have down right lied to a doctor over the phone about how high the pitocin really is (telling them it's running at a much higher rate than it actually is). Other times I just "forget" to turn up the pitocin for hours at a time. One time I actually disconnected the pitocin and discretely ran it into the floor!
Women of this earth…TAKE BACK YOUR BIRTH!!! We need YOUR voice! We need you to choose caregivers that practice evidenced based medicine, and BOYCOTT ones that don't! We need you to HIT THEM WHERE IT HURTS….in their WALLET!! We need you to DEMAND better care!! We nurses, birth advocates, doulas, childbirth educators, midwives, etc. etc. can't make change without YOU!!
Thank you, Thank you, THANK YOU to Jill at Keyboard Revolutionary and Jill from The Unnecessarean for their blog posts on this issue! I second their anger, outrage, and voice for change!!!
Are you an L&D nurse who has ever been ordered to "pit to distress?" Are you a mother who has ever experienced the consequences of a birth attendant who followed a "pit to distress" philosophy? Please share your story with us!!
In closing I would like to say that I am NOT anti pitocin, but like ALL labor & delivery interventions, I speak out and advocate for the appropriate, evidenced–based, and safe use of them!
Please check out my next post! "Pit To Distress" PART 2: Top 7 Ways to Protect Yourself From Unnecessary & Harmful Interventions


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Carlton man sentenced for counterfeiting
According to Carlton County court case files, Aaron David Miller, 27, of Carlton, formerly of Albert Lea, was sentenced to 17 months in the Minnesota Correctional Facility in St. Cloud. He will be remanded to the correctional facility following a sentence on a Pine County case. Miller was sentenced in the Carlton County court on July 22 by Judge Robert Macaulay Jr. for counterfeiting of currency – means of false reproduction, a felony. A charge of counterfeiting of currency – manufacturing and printing was dismissed.
Another case file stated that Miller was also sentenced at the same time to 13 months at the St. Cloud correctional facility for possession of drugs in the fifth degree, also a felony.
A third case file stated that Miller had been sentenced for Domestic Assault on July 15, a misdemeanor, for intentionally inflicting or attempting to inflict bodily harm. He was sentenced to 90 days in jail, with credit for 85 days served.
Miller is facing a first degree drug charge in Pine County, and drug possession, escape from custody and passing counterfeit currency in St. Louis County.
According to the complaint, Miller's residence in Carlton County was searched on December 19 and a printer/copier, resume paper and a copied $100 and $20 bill were found. Officers found fishing line and clips used in drying the copied counterfeit currency and located the site where Miller was burning the remaining paper from the counterfeiting process. Miller admitted to officers to manufacturing and using about $6,000 in counterfeited currency.
Miller was charged with escaping from custody while he was hospitalized at Essentia Health-St. Mary's Medical Center in Duluth on January 6 while he was in custody at the St. Louis County Jail. Miller walked away after being ordered to stay at the hospital until Carlton County deputies could pick him up for a January 9 court appearance.
The complaint went on to say that law enforcement officers were informed of Miller's location at a motel room and identified Miller despite his attempts to change his appearance. The officers searched Miller and his duffle bag and located nine counterfeit $100 bills in his possession and another in the duffle bag. A paper cutter, a ream of manila-colored paper, a computer ink cartridge, a ledger, a piece of paper with a cutout of a counterfeit bill, scissors, a long blonde wig, a St. Mary's Medical Center patient band with Miller's name on it, four hypodermic needles and a tourniquet were also found in the duffle bag.


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For Spring 2015, Gianvito Rossi's shoes is as luxurious as ever. We were invited to check out this collection, and days later, this collection was still at the forefront of our minds. The use of textiles this season is to blame for it's ultra luxe and opulent allure. The brand's Fall 2014 collection focuses on lots of patent leather and silk, while the materials for Spring 2015 shift to suede and braided leather.
It's unusual to feature the majority of a spring collection in velvety suede, but the cutout and caged silhouettes of these shoes makes them feel lightweight. Braided leather and dainty chain ornamentation are also major focuses for this collection, giving these shoes the refined, ladylike appeal that the brand is known for. It's these pretty details combined with the innovative designs, that make for shoes you'll want to own.


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A man who was stabbed in the parking lot of a 24 Hour Fitness club in Buena Park, CA, has died.
A spokesperson from 24 Hour confirmed the death, saying the Buena Park Police Department informed the San Ramon, CA-based company that the 24 Hour member died early Wednesday at UC Irvine Medical Center, where he was transported by ambulance Tuesday night.
"24 Hour Fitness is deeply saddened to learn of the loss of one of our members, and we extend our condolences to his family and friends," the company said in a statement. "Out of respect for the member's privacy, we are unable to provide additional details. The welfare and security of our club and team members are top priorities for 24 Hour Fitness, and additional security has been added to the club parking lot."
According to local media reports, 22-year-old Brian Lee of Buena Park was reported screaming for help in the 24 Hour parking lot outside a Buena Park mall after he was stabbed several times in his upper body. The incident occurred shortly after 10 p.m. Tuesday. The suspects, officials say, are four men who were dressed in dark-colored clothing. They were seen leaving the mall in a dark-colored four-door sedan.
24 Hour encourages anyone who saw the stabbing or who has any information related to the incident to call the Buena Park Police Department at (714) 562-3901.