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OLD GREENWICH – When Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 disappeared in March 2014, Christine Negroni, a mother and aviation writer from Old Greenwich, was already working on a book about lessons that can be learned from plane crashes. She was sent to Malaysia to help ABC News with their coverage, and came back several weeks later with a book deal.
Negroni, like most of us, was intrigued by the theories surrounding what happened on board, but as an expert, easily discredited most of them.
"From the beginning, nothing made sense from just too many people saying too many things that weren't knowable," said Negroni.
As she began writing and continued researching, she was reminded of a similar case she covered as an aviation safety investigator. It wasn't her intention, but she ended up writing a theory of her own.
"You look at me and you say, 'So I'm a middle aged woman sitting in her home in Old Greenwich, Connecticut, and I've solved the mystery of Malaysia 370.' That's sort of the surface fact of it. But it's not coming out of nowhere. It's coming out of years of understanding the commonalities in aviation accidents and looking at some of the things we know happened on Malaysia 370," she said.
In her book "The Crash Detectives," released last month, she explains her theory and the facts behind it.
She thinks the plane somehow lost pressurization, and in the process, the pilots lost control of their own decision making and ultimately, the plane itself.
Negroni explained, "[He] continued to make decisions of an oxygen starved brain to veer the airplane this way and that, and finally, when he went unconscious, the plane continued on for 5 hours and then ran out of fuel and disappeared into the south Indian Ocean."
Because it's based on fact, it's been deemed a very credible explanation. She told FOX 61 it's frustrating to hear other theories, such as the plane flew into a black hole or the plane was hijacked and taken to Kazakhstan.
She said, "These things are based on fantasy. They're not based on any kind of reality, so it is frustrating. I've put out there a theory that in the aviation safety community, of which I am a part, no one has yet to say to me, 'Christine, it can't happen this way.'"
Negroni stresses we may never know what happened on board MH370, so we may never be able to prove or disprove her theory, but she says her explanation does point to some flaws on other airplanes.
"Even if they find the part, there's no saying that the cockpit voice recorder or the flight data recorder will be illuminating, so we may not know even then what happened. So in the meantime, what do we do? Do we just say, 'Oh we'll never know,' and go away? Or do we look at what could have happened and fix the potential problems? That's what air safety is all about. That's why we do crash investigations," she said.
Negroni will be speaking at the Ferguson Public Library in Stamford from 7 to 8:30 on November 1 .


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Exercise Resources in Sheffield
Physical activity could help you to manage your mood and feel better.
Taking part in physical activity on a regular basis can have a positive effect on our mental health.
Studies show that regular physical activity can help people to recover from depression, lifting their mood, reducing anxiety, improving self-esteem and concentration.
The Getting Active and Feeling Better workbook can help you to think about your own physical activity and how you can use it to improve your health and wellbeing. It gives practical guidance about how to include more activity in your life and how to overcome the barriers that may make it difficult for you to be more active. You can download the booklet here and extra copies of the worksheets here. You can work through this workbook on your own, with a friend or with an IAPT worker.
There are a wide range of organisations such as gyms and leisure centres which are open to the general public and can help you become more active. We have listed some of these here together with their contact details.
Gym, swimming and healthy living activities serving Netherthorpe, Upperthorpe and Langsett.
Sheffield International Venues
Sheffield International Venues run 17 sports and exercise venues in Sheffield including Ponds Forge, Hillsborough, Springs & Stockbridge Leisure Centres, Concorde & Westfield Sports Centres, four golf course, and Don Valley Stadium.
Run England
The Run England website includes a directory of organised runs throughout England, and other useful information on running.
Ranger Service
The Ranger Service provides a service and resource for people using the parks, woodlands and countryside areas of the city. It organises a wide range of activities including guided walks and cycle rides. It also has an active and extensive volunteer programme.
Help Yourself
Help Yourself is an online directory of voluntary, community, faith sector, health & social care organisations in Sheffield. There are over 5000 entries covering a wide range of subjects including sport, exercise.
Community Organisations
There are a wide range of different physical activity classes and sessions organised in community venues across the city. These are often free or at reduced rates for people with health problems and provide more support than mainstream organisations. We have listed the main organisations below with there contact details.
Sheffield Mind
Sheffield Mind and Body Project is a health and wellbeing project delivered in 5 areas of Sheffield – Low Edges, Arbourthorne , Winn Gardens, the Flower Estate and Shiregreen (Check). Activities include healthy lifestyle courses, Zumba and Zumba gold, Tai chi, Circuit training for men.
Tel: (0114) 2584489
Healthy Communities
Sheffield Healthy Communities Programmes work in 35 neighbourhoods to improve the health of those communities. Eg. Gleadless Valley Community Forum provide chairobics, swim bus, health walks and host a health trainer. The website contains information about activities and leaflets outlining activities in each of the healthy communities areas.
Health Champions
Health Champions are recruited to work within their community to promote healthy eating, physical activity and mental well-being through a range of activities.
Sharrow Community Forum
Sharrow community forum & Shipshape – information about health trainers, health champions and local activities.
Tel: (0114) 2508384
Southey Owlerton Area Regeneration (SOAR) is a community regeneration charity that provides a range of services designed to improve a person's health, well-being and employability. It is based in the north of Sheffield.
Tel: (0114) 2134065
Foxhill Forum
Foxhill Forum is based in Foxhill. It offers a wide variety of activities and services including Health and Fitness, Volunteering Opportunities and Employability Services. Activities include yoga, zumba, tai chi and 'breath away your blues' classes.
Tel: (0114) 2315522
Health Works
Health Works, based in Longley provides training, activities, team building and one-to-one health improvement support for individuals, communities and businesses. Activities include gym sessions at Concord.
Tel: (0114) 2344445
Manor and Castle
Manor and Castle Development Trust works with local people to regenerate the neighbourhoods in the Manor and Castle ward. It runs regular, free activities in the local area including health walks, boxercise, zumba fitness, chair-based aerobics, weight management and men's fitness.
Tel: (0114) 2789999
Referral Schemes
There are also specific programmes which you can be referred to by your GP or other health care practitioner and provide more intensive support for people.
Physical Activity Referral
The Sheffield International Venues offer a 12 week Physical Activity referral scheme with discounted sessions to access the facilities, and the comfort of having your own qualified referral instructor, to help you become a little more active if you suffer from a long term medical condition, or if you are simply inactive and at risk of a condition and require an extra helping hand and motivation to be more physically active.
SIV Physical Activity referral Schemes are found at
- Concord Sports Centre
- Ponds Forge International Sports Centre
- Hillsborough Leisure Centre
- Graves Tennis and Leisure Centre
- Springs Leisure Centre
GPs and other health professionals can refer you the scheme, if they can give details of any conditions and medications. The scheme costs £3.30 per day pass – access to gym, swim and classes throughout the day, or £54 upfront for 12 weeks unlimited use. You can then access the discounted membership schemes.
Click here to download a flyer which provides more information.
Smaller schemes are also available at Heeley Swimming Pool and Westfield Sports Centre. Click here to download the short referral form for Heeley scheme Swim only sessions there at £2 per day pass.
Sheffield Health Trainers
Sheffield Health Trainers can offer one-to-one support around changing and leading a healthier lifestyle, including exercise. There are currently 14 generic health trainers who support people to increase exercise. They cover: Burngreave & Firvale; Sharrow and Broomhall; Darnall & Tinsley; Manor, Castle, Norfolk Park, Woodthorpe, Wybourne & Arbourthorne; Firth Park, Brushes and Stubbin; Upperthorpe, Netherthorpe and Langsett; Lowedges, Jordonthorpe & Batemoor; Gleadless; Southey & North Sheffield.

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A painting of Parker B. Wagnild hangs outside of the College Choir rehearsal room in Schmucker hall. Only a plaque bearing his name is underneath the painting, even the artist remains unknown. The painting is quite small in comparison to what the man in the painting has done for Gettysburg College. Though perhaps the placement of the painting means more than its size, for it located at a central spot in the music department building, and it is right outside of the College Choir rehearsal room. This places Wagnild at the heart of both the department and the choir, both of which he founded and devoted his career to throughout his years at Gettysburg College. Thus the placement of the painting is quite fitting. It's a shame that many might pass by this painting and not know the story of the person depicted, for his influence is still a part of the choir and music department today. Wagnild built the foundation of Gettysburg College's musical reputation. [excerpt]
Course Information:
- Course Title: HIST 300: Historical Method
- Academic Term: Spring 2006
- Course Instructor: Dr. Michael J. Birkner '72
Hidden in Plain Sight is a collection of student papers on objects that are "hidden in plain sight" around the Gettysburg College campus. Topics range from the Glatfelter Hall gargoyles to the statue of Eisenhower and from historical markers to athletic accomplishments. You can download the paper in pdf format and click "View Photo" to see the image in greater detail.
Gettysburg College, Schmucker Hall, Parker B. Wagnild, college choir, music department
History | Music | United States History
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Schmucker Hall
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Bonnes, Stephanie M., "Parker B. Wagnild Portrait in Schmucker Hall" (2006). Hidden in Plain Sight Projects. 5.


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The definition is that if between two specified values the variable can be any value, then it is continous, else it is discrete. Here, x, the random variable can be only 4 (therefore finite) values (0,1,2,3), therefore it is a discrete random variable.


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E.L. Ross Elementary wins Beacon School learning award
Leading EdTech company Imagine Learning recently announced E.L. Ross Elementary School in Cleveland, Tennessee as one of their distinguished "Beacon School" award winners. Students at E.L. Ross worked throughout the year on the Imagine Language & Literacy program, completing lessons and reaching individualized academic goals. The Beacon School award was earned by less than 2% of Imagine Language & Literacy schools nationwide. Schools earning the Beacon School award demonstrate exceptional usage, innovative implementation of the Imagine Learning Language & Literacy program and strong student language and literacy growth.
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Today is the day!! I'm giving it ALLLLLLLLL away!!!
For years, I taught a workshop called Create + Understand! This was a beginner photography workshop that I started from scratch in 2013, and I taught several classes over the years. It was my favorite thing to do as many moms, students, grandparents, friends, aunts, etc. met with me, and I was able to help them develop their creative skills and understand just what all those buttons do!!
Now, many of my friends and family are beginning to start a new chapter in their lives by getting married and having babies– the chapter that Kyle and I fast-tracked haha! And as I watched this start to happen, I knew I wanted to have a free resource for them so that they could capture this beautiful journey that they are on! Because I understand how it feels to *see* the perfect photo in your mind of your child and not be able to capture it. I so want to help all the photography beginners I know make their ideal photos a reality, so that they are better equipped to capture the magic in their everyday lives.
And even if you don't have a camera yet, don't worry… We are going to dive into the creative side first! You see, I've watched as many people, *invest* in hundreds of dollars of photography gear, just to get so frustrated their results. As a professional photographer I know that equipment only matters if you possess the skills to use it well. That's why I want to help you understand the art of photography AND equipment. I believe it's that you feel empowered to use the tools you already have and to be able to make smart equipment purchases in the future!
ENTER this video series…. YouTube has become such a fun outlet for our family, and a great way to keep up with our family back home as we chase our Chick-fil-A dream in Iowa. Aside from vlogging our daily life, I knew that this free platform would be wonderfully ideal to host the class too!
So starting today you can find my introduction video AND, Lesson One (part one of two) up on our YouTube channel now!!
Now, I originally intended for Lesson One to be one full video, but I think it'll easier for you to digest these videos in shorter pieces so I'm posting Part One today and Part Two later this week!
If you watch the intro (linked above) you'll be able to understand just what I'm teaching, who this content is for, and WHY I teach this content the way I do!!
After that, you can watch Lesson One (part one- linked below) and learn about the following:
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Provides administrative support in the planning, development, implementation and administration of federally funded programs. The Staff Associate, under direction of the Director, facilitates communication with nonpublic schools regarding the Title I and II funded equitable services programs. Essential Functions Performs a variety of professional tasks and assignments in support of the implementation of Title funded programs. Supports the administration of the Title I and Title II allocations to charter and nonpublic schools. Tracks expenditures of Title funded programs to ensure that funds are spent according to the approved spending plans and within established timelines. Supports monitoring and reviews of documentation to determine compliance for Title funded programs. Supports maintenance of documentation in support of MSDE monitoring reviews. Recommends and implements operational and accountability improvements based on thorough and broad analysis of program needs. Collects, analyzes, and reports on data associated with the implementation of Title funded programs. Conducts site visits to ensure implementation and compliance of Title funded programs. Plans and implements program focus groups, and information sessions for staff and/or community groups. Develops and disseminates information to schools, families and communities. Performs and promotes all activities in compliance with Equal Opportunity Employment and nondiscrimination polices; follows federal laws, state laws, school board policies and the professional standards. Maximum Salary 81555.00 Minimum Salary 65908.00 Desired Qualifications Bachelor?s degree in an educational field of study. Degree must be from an accredited college or institution. One to three years? experience in grants management or experience coordinating and/or implementing K-12 education programs. Working knowledge of budget design and accounting principles. Ability to work independently. Strong organizational skills. Ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships with a wide range of school staff, administrators, and private institutions. Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Interpersonal skills that ensure effective team building Proficient in the use of computer applications, including Microsoft Office. Full time or Part time Full time Additional Details Qualified candidates for the above position must submit the following: Completed online application Resume that clearly demonstrates the above minimum qualifications. It is important that you include all experiences and education related to the position to which you are applying. Upload copies of all transcripts ?undergraduate, graduate and all MSDE Certifications Must provide three (3) professional references to include: name, title, business address, e-mail address and phone number All documentation/certification necessary (scanned copies accepted) to substantiate minimum qualifications; must be uploaded into application All documentation must be scanned and uploaded to application Benefits -- This position is eligible for benefits. To review the available options please see the information relevant to the union for this position by viewing the following link: http://www.baltimorecityschools.org Baltimore City Public Schools does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, ancestry or national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or age in its employment, programs and activities and provides equal access to the Boy Scouts of America and other designated youth groups. For inquiries regarding the nondiscrimination policies, please contact Equal Opportunity Manager, Title IX Coordinator Equal Employment Opportunity and Title IX Compliance Office 200 E. North Avenue, Room 208 Baltimore, MD 21202; 410-396-8542 (phone); 410-396-2955 (fax). This position is affiliated with the Paraprofessionals and School Related Personnel (PSRP) bargaining unit.
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Homemade Pistachio Paste
Pistachio paste is utterly heavenly – and so are the prices of the commercial stuff. Make it yourself at home with the Magimix Cook Expert! (Traditional cooking method included, too.)
Pistachio paste is a deliciously addictive, but pricey, gourmet specialty that I first discovered in Italy.
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Salted Maple and Cinnamon Pecans – My New Post-Gym Snack
Now, you may not believe this but I actually go to the gym. It's not something I enjoy and it's also not something I do anywhere near often enough (at least according to my personal trainer), but it is something I do regularly.
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Walnut Date Slice – A Cake-a-Week
Now I know I fell off the wagon last week with my cake-a-week promise, but I just had to let you all know about the wonderful Tasting Australia Words To Go opportunity and, if it's any consolation, I did bake (and eat) this walnut date slice last week. So I'm still on track, even if my weight isn't.
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Farmers Markets, Shopping Lists & Maple Caramel Pecan Shortbread
When it comes to efficient supermarket shopping and saving money, they say there are a few good rules to remember – take a shopping list, know where everything is in the store so you don't get distracted and never go shopping while hungry as you'll buy more than you need. However, you need to throw those rules away when shopping in a farmers market, because the ideal way to make the most of the experience and get the best of the seasonal produce available is to do the exact opposite!
When visiting your local farmers market – and I would urge you to do so, for a whole heap of reasons – the best plan of action is to firstly do a quick reconnoitering lap of all the stalls to work out what looks best on that particular day, whose prices you like and also to give you time to think about what you might make with the produce available. Once you've done your "reccy" it's time to get out the purse and shopping bag and get serious. It's also important to be realistic about how much to buy – there's no point in buying a whole heap of magnificent fresh produce if you are not going to have the time or resources to cook it all up and store it before it spoils.
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Cake Time! Pistachio Orange Blossom Cake
It's been freezing, so I've been hunkered down here a bit for the last few weeks and my dear friend Stanley has been cranked to the max. I find the presence of a constantly hot oven generally prompts an insatiable urge for comfort food, and what could be more comforting than cake? While tidying up in a corner of the pantry the other day I stumbled upon a bag of pistachios. Pistachios (apparently a relative of cashews – who knew?) have been grown in the Middle East for many thousands of years – in fact they were said to be growing in the Hanging Gardens of Babylon. Their purplish skin and gorgeous green flesh make them one of the prettier nuts around and they are still hugely popular in one of my favourite cuisines – Middle Eastern cooking.
While winter in the Northern Hemisphere might mean a lack of fresh fruit in many areas, that is not the case here in Australia. We are lucky in this great big land to be able to grow most fresh produce all year round. For most states in Australia, winter means fresh citrus fruit and loads of it. Australia grows some amazing citrus fruit all over the country. At this time of the year we can choose from oranges (Valencias and Navels), lemons, limes, mandarins and grapefruit, and I had a big bag of vibrant, juicy oranges sitting in the kitchen just begging to be treated extra specially. With a nod to the Middle East, it didn't take me long to think up just one more ingredient to add to take that old family favourite, orange cake, up a notch or two and thus my Pistachio Orange Blossom Cake was born!
Oranges are a perennial favourite as they are rich in fibre, vitamin C and, most importantly, flavor – and adding them to cake is an inspired way to add fruit to the diet. Orange cake is always a crowd-pleaser, but with the simple addition of these special extra ingredients you will have a delicious cake that will be just as at home on the afternoon tea table or the after-dinner table! True to my preferences for keeping things easy, this recipe makes use of an indispensable kitchen appliance, the food processor, making the preparation quick and simple, however the addition of pistachios and orange flower water also make it stylish enough to serve as dessert at your next dinner party.
Pistachio Orange Blossom Cake
- 3/4 cup unsalted shelled pistachios approximately 4 ounces, 110 gms
- 1 cup SR flour
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cardamom
- 1/2 tsp orange blossom water
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 1/4 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 100 gms 3 ½ oz unsalted butter, softened
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 3 large eggs
- finely grated orange zest from 1 medium orange
- Preheat oven to 165C (350F).
- Butter loaf pan and line bottom with waxed paper.
- Using food processor, pulse pistachios until finely ground, about 40 seconds. (Do not over process, or mixture will become paste.) Set aside.
- In processor, at moderate speed, beat together butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
- Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition, then add orange rind, sour cream & vanilla, mixing in. Scrape down.
- Add the rest of the dry ingredients and nuts & mix until well combined.
- Spread batter evenly in pan and bake until wooden skewer inserted in center of cake comes out clean, 35 to 40 minutes.
- Cool in pan on rack 10 minutes, then run knife around cake to loosen and invert onto rack.
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"Devastation. Mutation. Termination."
Director Lloyd Lee Barnett
Starring Christian Oliver, Les Brandt, Ernie Reyes, Jr., Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
OK, it's The Warriors, right, only it's a post-apocalyptic world where everyone is a member of a different ninja clan with its own special magical mutation. When an enemy threatens the territory of the ninja clans, Grandmaster Fumitaka (Tagawa) calls all the ninjas together, including the mysterious Lost Clan (he calls them, word-for-word, "the mysterious Lost Clan") led by Ryu from Street Fighter (Oliver). When Fumitaka gets murdered, Ryu (OK, his real name is "Cage," so he's from Mortal Kombat, not Street Fighter) and his band of misfits have to fight their way past all the other ninja clans and get out of the underground nuclear bunker and home to safety.
What's wrong with it?
On paper, this is actually a fantastic idea for a B-movie, but there's just something … off … about Ninja Apocalypse. Partly it's that the characters are completely boring and interchangeable. Fumitaka's invitation tells Cage to bring "your strongest, your smartest, your fiercest," etc., so he brings along The Strong One (borderline racist caricature Sky, played by Isaac Singleton, Jr., a muscular giant who can't speak), The Smart One (Trillion, who does machines, played by Kaiwi Lyman), The Angry One (Cage's perpetually pissed-off brother Surge, played by Les Brandt) and, er, The Girl (Mar, played by Tara Macken, who is supposed to be the best at magic, but who seems to be exactly as magical as everyone else and maybe less than Trillion).
Insofar as there's a character plot, it revolves around Surge's hostility toward Cage — as the older brother, he feels he was passed over for leadership of the clan. Meanwhile, scheming villain Hiroshi (utility movie martial artist Ernie Reyes, Jr) hates Cage, and we're supposed to be upset about this, because I guess Hiroshi is a pretty bad guy … but there's no part of the film that does anything to suggest that Cage is anything other than the tiresome asshole everyone says he is. He never has a moment of compassion, vulnerability, charm, wit or even real heroism. So in the end when Surge forgives Cage and they become friends, it doesn't feel earned — although, to be honest, his animosity never really felt merited in the first place, mainly because it's motivated by backstory rather than by anything Cage actually does.
Being set in an underground bunker means that this film has a lot of scenes set in our old friends, Darkened Corridors.
What's right with it?
If I had to guess, I would say that the reason the acting in this film is so consistently mediocre is that the actors were cast mainly for their martial arts skills. And it shows! The fights are exciting, even if their relationship to the plot is not always in evidence, and for a wonder they're not all the same. The magical powers of the characters are integrated into the fights in fun if not always logical ways (in the final battle, Hiroshi lights his own sword on fire, because I guess getting your head cut off with a sword that's on fire kills you more than just getting your head cut off with a regular sword?).
This film is visually creative about 50% of the time. There are some clever bits of staging and scenery. There's also a lot of dark corridors and pale blue light, though.
How bad is it really?
I am a little torn by this movie, because I think that its fundamental flaw may be inherent to its greatness. One of the main problems of this film is that it isn't funny at all. There isn't a good gag from start to finish. In fact, I don't think there's a good line in any part of it, except maybe Hiroshi's wild-eyed villain rant at the end. But on the other hand, part of what makes this film so goofily engaging is its 100% dead-serious commitment to a totally ludicrous premise. I mean, this is a reverse dungeon-crawl remake of The Warriors, themed enemies and all, set in a Fallout Vault, where all the characters are ninja superheroes. Also there are zombies. The second you acknowledge that that's pretty stupid, low-hanging-fruit syndrome sets in.
I just think you could have done the same thing with some better characters and more drama. And maybe fewer dark hallways. And that doesn't necessarily mean a bigger budget; look at Six-String%20Samurai (uncut) english audioSix-String Samurai for an example of a post-apocalyptic martial arts movie done on a shoestring that looks visually interesting. (Still no characters, though, but lots of good lines.)
Best bit (if such there is)?
It's tough, because there are a lot of pretty good bits in this movie! I like that Sky can sense the enemy ninjas coming through vibrations in the floor like in The Lone Ranger, I like the various uses people make of their powers, I like the total commitment to the ridiculous premise. I think my favourite part is probably Mar using her electricity powers to magnetically grab other ninjas' swords and then stab them with them.
What's up with…?
- The Lost Clan. What's Lost about them? Maybe I wasn't paying attention here, but there's even a scene where minor bad guy Becker (West Liang) makes a big deal about "why are you guys called the Lost Clan?".
- The mysterious disappearing Sirens? It's established very clearly at the start that there are five of each clan at the meeting. The Sirens, who are all identical copies and also cosplaying Kitana from Mortal Kombat or possibly just a Pussycat Doll, turn up at the beginning and there are, yep, five of them. But when our heroes wander into their trap, there are only three heroes left, and three corresponding Sirens. Maybe they knew (how?) that there were only three left so they only had three Sirens on lounging-around-sexily duty, but why not bring in the other two when the battle commences and the three Sirens in the room are fighting for their lives?
- Speaking of which, where'd the disappearing clan go? Each clan gets an intro at the beginning, with a one-line capsule description, and each clan then shows up later to do its thing (kind of; one of the clans has like one dude turn up and then never appears again), except for the coastal clan, who get a promo at the beginning and are then never seen in the rest of the film. (It occurs to me that this movie is only 80 minutes long, so maybe where they are is on the cutting room floor.)
- Everybody believing that Cage killed Fumitaka despite the fact that he was standing right there, in full view of everyone, doing nothing when Fumitaka was killed? OK, the killer disguised himself as Cage, but wouldn't that lead people to wonder why there were two Cages? They were only standing a few feet apart.
- Magic being a finite resource? I mean, it seems that people have a limited amount of magical energy — there's even a plot point where Trillion and Sky reprimand Cage and Surge for using theirs up in a pointless fight between themselves — but no one ever actually runs out, and in the final battle both Cage and Surge seem to have enough. I assumed that Cage would run dry but then realise that he could have more by Believing in Himself or Doing What's Right or something, but nup.
- The fake elevator? The architects of this nuclear bunker built a fake elevator in case anyone tried to escape — it only goes down. But surely it's people coming in to your bunker you don't want.
Production values Fights yes, sets no. 13
Dialogue and performances Tagawa! Aaaaaaand that's it. 17.
Plot and execution Ninja fights! Zombie fights! Stairwell fights! I guess we're brothers or something! 15.
Randomness One of 2014's tightest-constructed post-apocalyptic mutant ninja zombie remakes of The Warriors. 18.
Waste of potential I would say that given the premise and resources available, this is well above average. 9.


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This is the post in which we say goodbye. We're both leaving our respective jobs at Beliefnet, and so it's time to step away from the blog. So, this is the post in which we say goodbye…by saying thank you. Thank you to you, the readers, for clicking and visiting and sharing the myriad ways […]
I so love these handmade creations by friend of a friend Jeannie Thomma. She takes rocks, rolls them in handmade felt and then adorns them with a gorgeous little bouquet of trinkets. I have a purple one with Mary that has such good, happy energy.
On her website, Jeannie says, "each hand-made gratitude stone is a powerful reminder of your own strength, internal light & limitless potential." A perfect little gifty for someone who needs a boost–they really are little works of art. They're $38 for the size pictured and $84 for her new, bigger Buddha gratitude stones.
If that's a bit spendy, this would also be a sweet craft project.
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I have managed to be caffeine-free for an entire week now. This time last week, I was sick as a dog, and unable to eat or drink anything. For the days that followed, I drank water, ginger ale, and soup. Since I was already pretty much ahead of the game on dealing with caffeine withdrawal, I simply chose that time to quit. It's been tough, and I almost slipped once out of habit, but except for the occasional piece of chocolate, no caffeine has been consumed. I'm proud of me.
I decided to put my bumper stickers on magnetic sheets and put them on my car that way, to prevent damage to my paint from adhesive. I put the stickers on the magnetic sheets, and then found out that my bumper is made of plastic. I'm so very bright.


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The impact of the "Great Recession" hit the financial services sector hard, including the usually hardy U.S. credit unions. Without the profit pressures of endured by commercial banking institutions and a core belief of putting their members first, credit unions have tended to weather past financial storms.
However, the economic dislocations of the past few years have deeply affected credit unions. Like their for-profit cousins, they are suffered from decreased revenues and the prospect of more woes to come in the form of the Fed's pending interchange rules.
In seeming panic mode, the prevailing response to the prospective interchange rules by banks has been to increase existing or create new fees. Credit unions are being encouraged to follow suit. However, there is another area in which credit unions can find new revenue: cross-selling existing customers.
The typical first step to launching a cross-selling program is to identify a target product line. Then, a list of qualified member prospects needs to be generated. That's a problem for many credit unions: discerning which members to approach with an offer to acquire the target product. Information on which members own which products is usually locked up in different systems that don't "talk" to each other. The result is often an expensive, one-time effort to connect member data from the various databases to support the cross-selling effort.
A better way to accomplish the cross-selling goal is to create a comprehensive reporting and analytic capability that combines data from disparate systems into a central repository (data models) and makes it available to business users in the form of a highly intuitive and robust user interface.


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The automated phone messages started yesterday afternoon (which was sunny though cold), with the Superintendent of Schools advising schools would be closed today. So we knew it would be a real blizzard this time. It started snowing at midnight and expected to continue until 6 am tomorrow. 20-40 cm accumulation is predicted. will play havoc with the "morning commute", but hopefully nothing like the avalanches in Afghanistan.
for more info, cut & paste http://wcbstv.com/local/blizzard.like.storm.2.1483705.html into your browser
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2. on 63rd st this morning
3. the 'morning commute' no too bad for some...
4. ...as long as you dodge the snow plows on the sidewalk
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- Thanks to the Racktrap, your bra can now double as an evening clutch.
- We found four jellies that won't break or get gross like your middle school pairs always did.
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Tertiary Education Institutions in Mauritius provide a wide range of courses to choose from, with over 770 programmes being run in areas and fields of study as diverse as Accounting, Agriculture, Banking, Dentistry, Finance, Administration, Management, Information Technology, Fashion and Design, Travel, Tourism, Hospitality, Hotel Management, Engineering, Medicine, Law and Psychology, to mention but a few.
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It was interesting reading again last night. We hear about stress causing sickness to people more and more. Also about the importance of laughter, variety in our lives, putting closure to stressful situations, friendships with people who make us feel good and happy, moving ahead etc. that is so important for us. The book explains that although our body is smart it does not differentiate between thoughts and actual
situation. When we have worrisome or fearful thoughts our body gets ready. Our heart beats faster, our muscles contrct and we pant, breathe heavier ready to flee or fight. But when its simply a thought there is no energy outlet. Most of it goes back to our mind and the rest becomes toxic and inhibits normal body functioning. We can imagine how this thought process would affect lus over time.
It explained that we have all kinds of thoughts going through our mind continually that we aren't aware of or have control over and the constant reactions our body goes through. Think then of those stressful situations in our lives that we have not resolved that we still years later think about and become stressed over. What our minds and bodies go through each time over and over.
Although I haven't been able to watch the live show on Monday night's online I have been logging in at other times to watch it. Eckert Tolle and Oprah discuss and explain it Chapter by Chapter. Its possible to download it and then listen to it in the car or wherever at your own convenience. Even if you haven't had a chance to read it log in and watch in on Oprah's site.


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Meetaplex first drew attention in 2010, when it organised an extensive cover-up, having discovered industrial scale incontinence among men in its matchmaking database. Rather than admit the issue and negotiate around it with clever PR, the controversial dating site opted to private-message all of its male members, imploring them to wear an elastic band round their penis when going out on dates. The men were told they could stop wearing the elastic band once they were married. The site's Wikipedia entry, shown below, adds a little additional detail…
Recent leaked emails from the Meetaplex Customer Service department also appear to show evidence of significant bladder issues, along with the aforementioned elastic band protocol…
Meetaplex member Janet Betch has publicly supported the notion that Meetaplex has failed to stem the flow, as it were, in a widely-circulated Facebook post…
I'm not being funny, but does the Meetaplex dating agency actually supply any men at all who don't wet the bed?… I have now had three separate boyfriends from Meetaplex, at an admin fee of £75 each, and whilst they have been moderately good looking, with their own hair and teeth, all have wet the bed to a greater or lesser extent.
This is something I would wish to avoid with subsequent boyfriends, as I would really rather they were using their money to pay for jewellery, handbags and luxury motor vehicles than replacement duvets, memory foam mattresses and bedroom fumigation services.
Twirpz asked Meetaplex for a reply…
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Like any other member, Ms Betch is at liberty to go into her Advanced User Settings and specify either a non-smoker, a vegetarian, or a non-bedwetter. None of these boxes are ticked by default, so if straight female users don't amend their settings they will generally get men who smoke, wet the bed and won't eat meat. Put simply, because most other new clients adjust these settings immediately upon sign-up, to reflect the fact that they want a man who has some sort of control over his bladder, Ms Betch is getting bedwetters by default.
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Scaringbirds.com Ltd was formed by its current owner, Charles Tweedie, in February 1992.
Scaringbirds.com Ltd has more than 17 years experience in designing and manufacturing electronic audible and ultrasonic bird deterrents and wind powered visual birdscarers for use throughout the world in many applications.
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We sell our products worldwide, and for airport use we have sold nearly 1200 systems for use at many airports throughout China, 17 systems to Bulgaria and also to Armenia and Nepal.
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Having a variety of different methods is the name of the game for deterring birds and preventing bird strikes claims Scaringbirds.com Ltd MD Charles Tweedie. The importance of ringing the changes is central to the company's philosophy and their range of audible electronic bird scarers and ultrasonic bird deterrent devices provide a constantly changing pattern of sounds around the different Wailer systems which consist of a master unit with satellite speaker units which serve to both expand the area of coverage or focus on specific areas but also to create a sensation of movement of sound which the birds do not like. Extra variety is also available with their wind powered Flashing Hawkeye with mirrors which provides an effective visual bird deterrent for outlying areas.
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Visual bird deterrents, particularly if they are constantly moving, have a valuable role to play in deterring birds from outlying areas of land or as a roof mounted deterrent. Such is the wind powered Flashing Hawkeye with mirrors which consists of an aerofoil board with predator's eyes which spins in the lightest of winds and which surmounts a multi-angled mirror which provides powerful flashes of reflected light from the sun, moon or any other source. This can be seen at distances far beyond the range of any electronic deterrent and discourages birds from the area in the first place. This is also available with a special roof mounting bracket for use at higher elevation. The Flashing Hawkeye has also proved to be an effective visual bird deterrent whilst construction works are in progress.
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Scaringbirds.com Ltd has fully programmable ultrasonic bird deterrents systems which can be combined with audible output which helps to create the variety in bird scaring techniques which is so essential in order to deter birds near runways and prevent bird strikes. The Wailer Mk6 system which provides an easily portable system for deployment on the grass areas adjacent to runways consists of a master unit with four built-in speakers and up to eight slave units on long cables which emit 90 different combinations of ultrasonic and audible sounds and with the sound switching from speaker to speaker so as to create an impression of movement. Scaringbirds.com's range of ultrasonic bird deterrents also include the Birdbuzzer which is ideal for use in and around airport hangars where people are working as it emits ultrasonic frequencies most of the time but can be quickly changed to audible at the flick of a switch.less
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Former advisor to President Obama, Valerie Jarrett, has called for a 'teaching moment,' in the wake of a racist tweet by Roseanne Barr that led to the cancellation of Barr's show.
"I'm fine. I'm worried about all the people out there who don't have a circle of friends and followers who come right to their defense," said Jarrett in an in an interview with MSNBC during a town hall focused on 'Everyday Racism in America.'
RELATED: Valerie Jarrett says ABC made the right call in canceling 'Roseanne'
"The person who is walking down the street minding their own business and they see somebody cling to their purse, or run across the street, or every black parent I know who has a boy who has to sit down and have a conversation, the talk, as we call it," she continued.
"Valerie Jarrett is someone who has a lot of dignity and class, and for her to be on the receiving end of such an unwarranted attack seemed completely from left field," said Hyeok Kim, former Seattle Deputy Mayor.
WATCH: Friends of Valerie Jarrett discuss the 'teachable moment'
Kim hosted a local roundtable with Jarrett and Seattle Asian American Pacific Islander community leaders in 2013. She and her husband Michael Parham, a longtime supporter of former President Obama, have worked with Jarrett in the past and consider her a friend.
"I think Valerie's message that this is a teachable moment for all of us, is an opportunity for each and every one of us to think about what is the role, what is the place I have where I can help amplify the need for a greater understanding and discussion of how racism and implicit bias is having an adverse impact on our society," said Kim who notes the timing of this latest incident with Starbucks nationwide implicit bias training on Tuesday.
"When we talk about teaching or teachable moments, I think it's really, really important to understand that it's one moment that has to be part of an ongoing effort," she continued.
"For myself, being an Asian American woman, being a person of color, I have had moments throughout my career where I have let a moment go, and I regretted it. I said, 'I wish I had spoken up.'"
WATCH: Full interview with former Seattle deputy mayor Hyeok Kim
"We are seeing this still too often, now the opportunity is how do you shift it in a truly impactful way," said DNC Vice Chair Michael Blake, who worked for Valerie Jarrett while serving in the Obama administration.
Blake, who now serves as a New York Assembly member, spoke to KING 5 while attending a "NewDEAL" political conference in Seattle for local and national Democratic leaders.
"When we saw and read and what happened with the tweets, it wasn't just going after someone who has served the country, it was going after someone that's been a mother to many of us," said Blake who considers Jarrett a second mom. "It's inexcusable, it's unacceptable and it's just another reminder of how much further we have to go in the country."
RELATED: Roseanne Barr blames tweet on Ambien after losing hit show
While he calls the incident a painful reminder that racism still occurs, he says the goal now is to turn pain into progress.
"You can't move forward in this country unless you're going to have the real conversation about race and gender and equity and justice. We acknowledge the tweets were unacceptable, but what would be further unacceptable is doing nothing now," said Blake.
"We are seeing so much more now because of social media and because people have camera phones, but that should not be the only impetus for change and the reason why we're creating change, so whether it be training, whether it be accountability, whether it be a broader aspect in terms of putting resources into different initiatives, that's how we move forward," he continued.
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About 8,100 households in the northern prefecture of Hokkaido were still without power on Wednesday night in freezing temperatures, after a powerful snowstorm left up to 56,000 households without power on Tuesday.
People in cities in southern Hokkaido were evacuated to special centers due to power outages. The temperatures hit a record-low for this winter, with Noboribetsu reporting minus 5.7 Celsius, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.
About 290 people reportedly spent the night at evacuation centers in Noboribetsu and other six cities and towns, the authorities said.
Despite efforts from Hokkaido Electric Power, the power lines are not fully repaired and new blackouts continue to be caused by snow, Kyodo reported.
58 flights had to be canceled at New Chitose Airport near Sapporo on Tuesday, while in the port city of Muroran, trees downed by the snowstorm blocked roads causing traffic jams and prevented emergency vehicles from getting where they were needed.


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Date : May 2020
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The Loch Leven Half Marathon is organised by local running club, Kinross Road Runners.
Loch Leven Half Marathon Route
The course is mildly undulating, leading runners round the scenic shores of Loch Leven. The race starts at Sandport near the town centre and finishes at the campus field.
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Devaragattu Balaprasad
Devaragattu Balaprasad has done splendid work in empowering women, men and farmers. He has made ten families self-sustained in phenyl and detergent making. He gathered the unemployed youth of the village and connected them with GMR skill training. Through his initiative, Devaragattu Balaprasad has provided two cows to each farmer and has imparted knowledge of natural farming. He has helped provide scholarships to deserving unprivileged students. He has helped around 80 families and 2000+ students. Devaragattu Balaprasad believes that it his personal responsibility to give back to the society.
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The House voted 243-184 Thursday night in favor of the CUNA-backed Home Mortgage Disclosure Adjustment Act (H.R. 2954). The bill, introduced by Rep. Tom Emmer (R-Minn.), would raise the reporting threshold for certain HMDA requirements.
"This bill would provide much-needed regulatory relief for credit unions, particularly smaller ones, and we're pleased to see it pass the House," said CUNA President/CEO Jim Nussle. "Revised HMDA reporting requirements add to compliance costs of credit unions, making it more expensive for them, and legislation like this would make it easier for credit unions to remain the mortgage market, ultimately benefitting the consumer."
Specifically, the bill would raise the threshold that triggers these reporting requirements to 500 closed-end mortgage loans and fewer than 500 open-end lines of credit. The current threshold is 25.


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Cockney geezer and Eastenders star Danny Dyer has explained his views on parenting and they're exactly what you'd expect them to be.
From struggling with his kids homework to putting a bikini on his daughter's Barbie it seems that the controversial actor just can't wrap his nut around this parenting lark.
Danny Dyer wasn't just ranting on the street corner about his kids for no reason though, he was taking part in episode 2 of a brand new Ch4 programme called Parenting for Idiots.
Absolute genius courtesy of Danny Dyer. #ParentingForIdiots pic.twitter.com/OuB7ZTWbZx
— Channel 4 (@Channel4) February 11, 2017
A particular nugget of cockney parenting gold came when Danny's daughter asked him to help her name seven types of magnet.
Danny, like most people, presumed there was only one kind of magnet, namely a fridge magnet -although we're not sure whether 'fridge' is the proper scientific name for it.
In the quick clip for the show Danny also commits the worst sin a parent can and admits that Father Christmas isn't real, even though his daughter is apparently sat just off camera.
Ahh well Danny, at least you've brought your kids on Eastenders up right… oh wait.
More of a concept than a journalist, Tom Percival was forged in the bowels of Salford University from which he emerged grasping a Masters in journalism.
Since then his rise has been described by himself as 'meteoric' rising to the esteemed rank of Social Editor at UNILAD as well as working at the BBC, Manchester Evening News, and ITV.
He credits his success to three core techniques, name repetition, personality mirroring, and never breaking off a handshake.


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Prashant Poojary, a Bajrangdal activist who was a part of their "cow protection" teams, was murdered in front of his father, who witnessed the attack. 6 assailants on two motorcycles arrived and attacked him with sharp weapons and escaped even as he fell bleeding. His father took him to a hospital, where he later died. […]Read More
To, Mr. S.K. Pattanayak IAS Additional Chief Secretary, Home #Government of Karnataka Room No. 222, II Floor Vidhana Soudha Bangalore – 560001 Dear Mr. Pattanayak, In view of the killing of Prof. M.M. Kalburgi this morning in Dharwad by unidentified miscreants using firearms, believed to be #Hindutva extremists, it would be pertinent […]Read More
As news of Dr. M M Kalburgi being shot dead by suspected #Hindutva activists hit Twitter, Bhuvith Shetty, co-convenor of #Bajrang Dal's Bantwal cell has claimed responsibility for anti-Hindu murders while issuing a threat to K S Bhagwan "you are next". (Note: earlier version of this line made it appear as though *I* was saying U […]Read More
Cobrapost brings to light the conspiracy and exposes the conspirators behind the events of December 6, 1992, which rewrote the history of modern India on communal lines In a long undercover investigation, Cobrapost has unearthed the conspiracy behind the fall of Babri Masjid in Ayodhya on December 6, 1992, exposing the actors who pulled the […]Read More
Subhash Padil led the attack on the homestay Morning Mist in Mangalore. To put it bluntly, he is a dog with a long list of crimes related with bullying and attacks on other people being protected by the masters who use him to hunt for fun and profit and a general rent-a-thug for builders and […]Read More


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Stunning new style the Aquaria kimono dress - Made from vintage Indian sari cotton
Can be worn many ways: leave open, tie with waist ties, or can even be worn as a gown over beach or nightwear. There are extra ties in the inside and the outside so can also be worn as a dress - super versatile !
Free size kimono
Will fit up to 22 tied or any size smaller wrapped
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Mass at St Saviour's Church
At the heart of traditional Anglo-Catholic worship, in Luton
We offer a range of services at St Saviour's on Sunday, starting with a Low Mass at 08:30am, a sung Solemn Mass at 11:15am and a Community Mass for the Portuguese speakers in the community at 3pm. We also have Mass during the week see the Notices for more information. If you are interested in attending Mass the please complete the 'Experession of Interest' form below. You are very welcome to join us and we look forward to seeing you soon!


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The funeral service has taken place of the six-year-old boy who died after he was struck by a vehicle in Newtownards on Wednesday.
Joshua Kelly died following the incident on Scrabo Road at around 3.15pm.
The funeral began at his grandmother's home in Portaferry at 12.30pm before proceeding to St Patrick's Church, Ballyphilip, for a requiem mass.
He was buried in the adjoining graveyard.
There was a huge turnout in support of parents Clare and Michael, and sister Saoirse.
The principal of St Finian's, Barry Coulter, described him as "a beautiful, kind little boy who was very popular with his classmates and the staff of the school".
He added that "his smile could light up a room."


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Everyday we wake up and feel the constant urge to be someone better than we were yesterday. There is a need to work hard in life to pay our bills, and be the best we can be. Sometimes all of this pressure of finding who we are and living stable can resort to 'filling' ourselves with whatever we can in order to numb the pain.
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Rit$y's new single 'Fillings' gets as real as possible in a way that can relate to all of us. People like to assume they know what you are going through in life without actually knowing your story or the obstacles you have to overcome. Rit$y makes it clear that people don't know his day-to-day struggle, but like to act like they do.
The Ninedy2 produced track has a more melancholy vibe to it that really gets you thinking about your life and all the pressure you have to face each day. As always Rit$y gets as real as possible and has no problem letting you know how he feels through his music, which makes it easier for listeners to connect to the message behind the song.
'Fillings' is a play on words that connect to the central theme of the song and it's meaning. The definition of filling in fact is "a quantity of material that fills or is used to fill something." It's important to note this because Rit$y advocates alcohol consumption to fill up the emptiness caused by his difficulties. Realistically, it's the sad truth some of us feel at the severity of pain.
Throughout the song Rit$y lays down lines such as:
"Sleeping through the day I work the night shift, look into my eyes and see that I'm lit."
"Haven't been sober it's been seven straight days and I don't even know why I think it's okay"
And repeatedly says,
"I'm filling like I should be filling."
These lyrics are real and as honest as can be. It's important that rappers open their lives and share the struggles they face, exactly how Rit$y does. It's not easy tackling problems in life every day while trying to get to where you want to be, let alone trying to figure out what your place in life is or why you even exist. However, being open about your feelings is clearly the best way to help overcome this problem and who knows you may even make art out of it.


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Antimicrobial examination tables for small patients in the New Children's hospital
The new Children's Hospital treats child patients from all over Finland. Patients range from small prematures to 15-year-olds. Many of the most demanding children conditions, particularly cardiac surgery and transplantation, are treated in the New Children's Hospital. Lojer has delivered nearly 80 antimicrobial examination tables and over 200 hospital trolleys to the hospital. Families and children have been co-developing the activities of the New Children's Hospital. The activities are very family-oriented: parents can be involved with almost everything during the child's hospital stay. The goal is to keep treatment periods as short as possible, so there is more day and short-stay surgery. For longer treatment periods, the hospital has an unit for youth activities and a hospital school.
- Our goal is to make the New Children's Hospital the best children's hospital in the world. It comes from high-quality and safe care, modern and functional facilities, paying attention to children and families, staff competence and comfort, and active research, says Pekka Lahdenne, a pediatric specialist who has worked as a project manager for the New Children's Hospital.
- In the New Children's hospital, children are not passive patients, and they have been in focus when designing interior design, measuring furniture and windows and developing digital services. However, the best thing is that families can be involved in the care of children at all times, even in intensive care.
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High quality, usability and suitability for patients of different sizes was emphasized when medical furniture was acquired. Lojer has delivered nearly 80 pieces of 4040X examination tables to New Children's Hospital
- 4040X has the lowest height adjustment in the market. It is as low as 40 cm, so the table is particularly well suited for a children's hospital: even the smallest patients can easily get to the table. Height can be adjusted up to 95 cm, says Lojer's Sales Director Jouni Maksimainen.
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Lojer 4040X examination tables are antimicrobial. Antimicrobial hospital furniture is used to prevent treatment-related infections and other infections that spread through contact surfaces.
Preventing the spread of infections is of paramount importance to us. It has already been taken into account in the planning of hospital facilities, says Pekka Lahdenne. The body of the Lojer 4040X is painted with anti-microbial growth, and silver ion treatment is used in the upholstery.
- Accessories available with the table include antimicrobial copper or painted surfaces. The clear structure of the table also makes cleaning easier. Adjustment of the table can be done with the help of foot controllers, so the contact with the patient remains uninterrupted and at the same time ensures the smooth running of the treatment, says Jarmo Laakso, Lojer Regional Sales Manager.


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Android 5.0 Lollipop Updates For HTC One M7 And M8 GPE Delayed By Google
Android 5.0 Lollipop was launched last month by Google and it is definitely the talk of the town at the moment. Many users are waiting for the Android Lollipop update which is currently rolling out to older Nexus handsets (it comes pre-installed on the Nexus 6 and 9). Nexus and Google Play Edition handsets are first in line (Motorola's almost-stock handsets are also in the mix though).
It was announced that HTC One M7 and M8 will receive the Android 5.0 Lollipop upgrade today, but it seems like that's not going to happen. HTC's MO Versi, the Vice President of Product Management with HTC, released the news via Twitter. He said that the update has been submitted to Google on Monday, but the Mountain View company notified HTC that it will need to "re-spin SW". Mr. Versi didn't release any additional information when it comes to this, so we have no idea when to expect this update to finally start rolling out to consumers.
HTC's One M7 launched in February 2013, while its successor, HTC One M8 launched about a year later, March 2014. These handsets have a lot in common as far as look and specs go, both handsets 1080p IPS LCD3 panels on the front, have Snapdragon chips inside and 2GB of RAM. We're talking about different chips here, of course, M7 is sporting a Snapdragon 600 while the M8 features a Snapdragon 801. One M7 has a somewhat smaller display than the M8 and it ships with a 4MP UltraPixel camera, while the M8 comes with a dual-4MP UltraPixel shooter, the additional camera is there for depth perception. Both of these handsets are made out of metal, look great and sport 4G LTE connectivity.
This news could be connected to certain bugs that users have been reporting when it comes to Lollipop. Users are having issues with sending text messages in select markets, so that might have something to do with it, though I'm just guessing of course. One way or another, you'll have to wait a bit longer in order to get the Lollipop update to your HTC One (either-gen) handset and I guess you have every reason to be upset at the moment.
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The online driver and maintenance manuals are available at http://www.alliancesupport.com, the web site of Freightliner's Alliance parts and service division. To reach the manuals, users should click on "Technical Information" under the "Information Systems" heading. Access is free.
"Truck owners are entitled to know everything there is to know about the trucks," says Freightliner President and CEO James Hebe. "With Internet access, an encyclopedia of Freightliner vehicle information is ready for them at the desktop."
The online manuals even have animation to show how different components work. For instance, the user can click on an icon to "play" animation of how to operate the driver's seat or remove the air reservoir. There's also a search engine to help you find what you're looking for.
Carlo Nardini, Freightliner manager of technical service systems, says Freightliner will continue to enhance its online manuals using multimedia, such as streaming audio and video.
Eventually, Freightliner will deliver all its literature through the Internet, including service bulletins — but the company is not planning to discontinue printing bound copies any time soon.


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Florida Rat Gets Caught In Vending Machine (video)
A rat got into the vending machine at a high school in Florida on Tuesday. The school locked the machine and called an exterminator. But not before a girl in the 11th grade filmed the rat behind the glass, crawling around on the snacks.


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The finalists have been announced in Lilla Rogers Global Talent Search. The top 50, out of 999 entries can be seen in an online gallery here. Sadly, I'm not amongst them, however when you see the style and caliber of the finalists, it's obvious why. My style just isn't what they were looking for. Hmm, wonder if I can fake it next year?!
Anyway, here was my entry. The brief was 'little terrariums.'
I've just finished the next SoulStrike poster, showing the elements of the Flame series. I'm not sure if I have a name for the other one yet, but there will be a black and white and a paisley series as well. The name of this post is referring to a challenge I've somehow set myself by putting forward an expression of interest in a twilight designer fashion market. SoulStrike is going to be a collection of t-shirts and bowling shirts, which have been altered, or 'hacked,' which feature the SoulStrike logo, in it's various forms, and other designs based off the posters. There will also be coordinating accessories and, as previously mentioned, jewellery. The market is called hustle and scout, and is held regularly in Canberra. In June next year, they intend on having a day market and twilight market here in Hobart (given the timing, it would seem to perhaps coincide with Dark Mofo). Expression of interest are being sought at the moment and applications will be called for in February. This give me about 5-6 months to develop SoulStrike into a brand, have product and a marketing plan in place, ready to impress the organisers of the market enough to let me attend. Easy!
Below is the Flame poster (pic taken on iPod, so not great). Both posters have been completed on A3 sized paper, meaning I can't scan them at home (and frankly, I'm not confident in my ability to get a decent scan of a pencil image from my scanner anyway), so I'm going to try a few of the copy centres around to see how well these drawings can be scanned, and how well they are reproduced as posters and on t-shirts. Watch this space for the results!
Last weeks' Illustration Friday theme, Journey, didn't move me to think of something to draw about it. This week's theme of Skull is much more straightforward. Knocked this out during a break at work.


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New community college began offering classes this fall but is still a work in progress.
Students aren't the only ones getting an education this fall at the new Rural Regional College of Northern Pennsylvania.
Community college instructors and administrators are learning, too.
It's the college's first full semester. And because it's not a traditional brick-and-mortar school, or an online college, but something in between, it's breaking educational ground.
Instructors in Erie and elsewhere in the region teach students seated in front of them plus others in classrooms miles away. Students interact with instructors and each other via live television.
"It's very different from what I'm used to. I usually make my way around the room so I can do eye contact with everyone and make sure they're engaged," said Joe Komorek, a Gannon University adjunct professor of math who's teaching college algebra for the Rural Regional College this semester. "With this, I stand here and talk to the camera."
Komorek teaches from an otherwise empty classroom in Gannon's Palumbo Academic Center, where he writes problems on a whiteboard for 15 students in Girard, Meadville, Warren, St. Marys, Coudersport and Tidioute. Komorek remotely controls the camera televising the course to zoom in or shift position so students can see the full equations as he explains how to solve them.
Students in each location — in classrooms and around conference tables in public libraries, high school libraries, technical schools and other facilities — are shown in separate grids on Komorek's television screen at Gannon. When a student asks or answers a question, the student's segment of Komorek's screen is enlarged so that Komorek can clearly see the student as they interact.
Students see Komorek in the largest grid on their screens and distant classmates in smaller grids.
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Komorek shares class materials and grades work via email.
"Another difference," said Komorek, who taught math in the Erie School District for 32 years, "is that in high school, I know the math background of the students, what they know and what they don't know. With these students, I'm not exactly sure who they are and where they're at in math."
Students in Komorek's college algebra class range from teenagers to adults — "the whole gamut," he said.
Still, Komorek shrugs off the differences from traditional teaching.
"Math is math and teaching is teaching," he said.
College administrators have had their own learning curve this fall.
"We're working with something that is a startup, literally from bare bone. It's exciting, but it's also very challenging. We're building infrastructure as well as putting everything together," said Joseph Nairn, who was hired as president of the Rural Regional College in June.
"Instead of being bricks and mortar or building it and they will come, we bring education to you, in an area as big as New Jersey and bigger than Connecticut and Rhode Island combined but less densely populated," he said.
The college serves students in Erie, Crawford, Warren, Venango, Cameron, Elk, Forest, McKean and Potter counties. But with the "distance learning" system, students aren't required to travel long distances to class or pay to live on campus.
In fact, the college has no campus. Classes are taught from Gannon and other locations throughout the nine-county area. Administrative offices are in a portion of the Jefferson House in Warren and will move to shared space at Warren's South Street School in 2018.
College administrators currently are learning about available jobs in the region and the skills needed to do them as they create career training programs for students.
"We have two obligations, to provide career and technical education to prepare people to go into jobs," Nairn said, "and the transfer mission for students who are not sure where they want to go in life, to give them a broad educational experience that they can build on and create a path from there."
The Rural Region College began operations this fall with those broader academic offerings. It will begin offering career training certificate programs as early as January, possibly in partnership Pennsylvania College of Technology, of Williamsport.
Programs will include the face-to-face, hands-on training as required, Nairn said, possibly in weekend labs at a career and technical school or local industry.
"Students will be told that, if they want to do this program, they will need to be in Erie or Warren or St. Marys these three weekends through the semester," he said.
Administrators additionally are working through the process of earning accreditation for the school from the Middle States Association Commission on Higher Education so that students will be eligible for government financial aid.
As work continues on multiple fronts, Nairn bristles at comparisons of Rural Regional College courses with online learning.
"Our classes are still in a classroom. Teachers can call on a student at another site to answer a question, and students can share in the discussion," he said. "Students also are required to exercise the kind of discipline you have in a traditional classroom. They have to be in class, and they have to show up on time."
In online classes, students typically work at their own schedule.
"You're not working in real time online," Nairn said. "Your comments and what you contribute may (be scrolled) far enough back that they're not read in detail, or missed. And if you're sending emails or texts and I, as the teacher, am responding when I get them, it's a much more disjointed conversation."
The only disconnect in the conversation during Komorek's college algebra class Monday night was due to a technical difficulty.
"Tidioute cannot hear," a proctor at the Tidoute Community Charter school said at the beginning of the class.
On a technician's advice, the proctor disconnected and redialed to reconnect with the conversation.
"We've had some snafus along the way," Komorek said. "We had to cancel one class because we couldn't get the technology working. Otherwise, it's been good."
Valerie Myers can be reached at 878-1913 or by email. Follow her on Twitter at twitter.com/ETNmyers.


text: Healthcare Professionals Medical Technology Population Health Print Population Health Management Case Study: Kaiser Permanente Electronic Clinical Surveillance for Identifying Care Gaps Medically reviewed by a board-certified physician Written by twitter linkedin Written by Kevin Hwang, MD, MPH Kevin O. Hwang, MD, MPH, is board-certified in internal medicine and clinical informatics. Learn about our editorial policy Kevin Hwang, MD, MPH Updated on June 24, 2019 More in Healthcare Professionals Medical Technology Population Health Electronic Health Records Health Monitoring Technology Telehealth Geriatric Care Healthcare Compensation Office Management Medical Supplies Electronic health records (EHRs), patient registries, and other health information systems are valuable tools for population health management. The basic concept is to scan electronically available health data for warning signs to identify patients who might benefit from extra attention from the health care team. This case study will highlight a real-life example of how a health care system, Kaiser Permanente Southern California (KPSC), conducts electronic surveillance of health information to identify opportunities to improve the quality of health care ("care gaps") in the outpatient setting. The salient features of KPSC Outpatient Safety Net Program were described by Kim Danforth and colleagues in a 2014 article in the eGEMs journal. Guiding Principles A few guiding principles of the KPSC Outpatient Safety Net Program are worth noting. First, the program is based on the premise that care gaps exist despite best efforts to provide high-quality health care. If 990 out of 1,000 patients with abnormal lab results receive appropriate follow-up, that still leaves 10 patients who would fall through cracks. Second, the overall approach is to conduct electronic surveillance of clinical data apart from the actual provider-patient encounter. Just as the name implies, the program functions as a safety net to "catch" patients whose problems might slip by unnoticed during the course of a busy clinic session. KPSC used their Epic-based EHR to monitor lab results and medication prescriptions for red flags. Third, the purpose of the program is to identify patients who need extra attention or follow up care, rather than evaluate performance of individual physicians. The "blame-free, safety oriented" nature of the program likely increased acceptance by health care providers. Criteria Leadership used the following criteria to determine if an individual safety net program would be developed. Clinical Impact: A safety net program was not deemed worthwhile if it did not address a significant patient safety issue.Identification: The care gap needed to be easily identified through structured data in the EHR, such as lab values or diagnosis codes. Filtering structured data is much easier than conducting natural language processing of free text notes.Follow up: Adequate personnel and resources were required to follow up with patients. If a large number of patients would be affected, automated solutions were sought (e.g. automatically send reminder letters to patients) Individual Safety Net Programs A total of 24 safety net programs were described in the article, with each focused on a specific care gap. Programs were established to aid the diagnosis of cancer (cervical, colorectal, prostate), chronic kidney disease, and hepatitis C by improving the detection and timely follow-up of abnormal screening tests. Other programs monitored for potential adverse effects of medications. This was achieved by identifying abnormal lab values that would suggest that drug levels were too high or were harming the kidneys, liver, or other organs. The medication monitoring programs also identified patients who were prescribed potentially harmful doses of individual medications or combinations of medications. There were programs to improve follow up of other abnormal tests or identify patients who would benefit from vaccinations and health counseling. This case study reviewed an example of how electronic health information tools can identify opportunities to improve population health. Although the original report did not discuss the actual impact on patient health outcomes, it described an overall framework for implementing such a program. Was this page helpful? Thanks for your feedback! Get tips on how to better manage your health practice. Sign Up You're in! Thank you, {{form.email}}, for signing up. There was an error. Please try again. What are your concerns? Other Inaccurate Hard to Understand Submit Article Sources Verywell Health uses only high-quality sources, including peer-reviewed studies, to support the facts within our articles. Read our editorial policy to learn more about how we fact-check and keep our content accurate, reliable, and trustworthy. Danforth KN, Smith AE, Loo RK, Jacobsen SJ, Mittman BS, Kanter MH. Electronic Clinical Surveillance to Improve Outpatient Care: Diverse Applications within an Integrated Delivery System. EGEMS (Wash DC). 2014;2(1):1056. Continue Reading