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A Game Can Be Great Even When You Lose
I decided to share with you my story on a Dead of Winter game that I recently played and proved to be perhaps the most intriguing story of those I have played in this zombie game!
We were a group of 4 players and instead of playing cooperatively, we decided to add a traitor in the game. So, we added a betrayal secret objective card to the non-betrayal cards and guess what! I was to be the traitor and I instantly knew that I was going to make the most of it!
The truth is that I had to fulfil many objectives in order to win the game. I was supposed to win if morale was at 0, if I controlled only one survivor (not that hard to achieve), if I had at least one weapon card and finally if I had at least one food card, one fuel card, one medicine card and one junk card (and not the starter items included!). So, I knew that I had to do many things along with trying to hide my identity and make the others trust me.
I must admit that I did really well in the latter and my poker face was of great success! I was quite convincing when saying that I didn't have many food tokens to provide for the colony, but the truth is that my hand was full of them! However, in order to avoid any of the other players getting suspicious of me, I took actions that would be to the team's benefit. At the same time, I had placed my survivors in different locations searching for those items my objective card required but I wasn't really lucky with that, since I could not find a single weapon throughout the whole game! So frustrating! Moreover, I didn't seem to have a very good chance of making morale drop in any way and what is more, doing so without revealing my identity. For this reason, as the game progressed I ended up enjoying the traitor's role, while the other players at some point were really messed up, trying to figure out whether I was to be trusted or not!
The greatest part is that as the game was coming to its end and it seemed that my opponents were heading to victory, things changed quite dramatically for them in the last two rounds and the moment that the game was about to end, morale dropped to zero! So, I may have failed to achieve my own objectives, but at least I was glad to see the others lose at the last minute! And of course, I couldn't help laughing out loud when I revealed my identity and saw their reaction. I must say that I had messed with their minds pretty well and that was the most fun part for me throughout the whole game!
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Piracy has given the film industry sleepless nights and there seems to be no solution to put a stop to this. In 2018, big releases like 2.0, Simmba, Maari 2, fell prey to this menace. Rajinikanth's latest offering Petta too has been hit by piracy. And that's not all. Piracy is impacting the industry globally.
According to Tecxipio, a Germany-based data analytics company, interest in downloading Hindi movies increased by nearly 30 percent in four years between 2013 and 2017. Among Hindi films in 2018, Padmaavat was most shared in P2P networks with 73 lakh shares between January and June in 157 days. Other Hindi films that saw high downloads and shares last year include Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety (52.65 lakh), Baaghi 2 (52.34 lakh), PadMan (46.03 lakh), Raid (45.60 lakh), among others.
International markets where piracy of Bollywood films is rampant include Tanzania and Ireland. According to data analysis by Tecxipio, number of Hindi movie downloads in Tanzania grew by around 250 percent between 2013 and 2017. As for the European market, Ireland tops the list with 100 percent growth.
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David Shore, who is most famous for creating the long-running medical drama "House," about a misanthrope, genius physician played by Hugh Laurie, is developing a new hospital show entitled "The Good Doctor." The new series will star Freddie Highmore as Dr. Shaun Murphy, a brilliant surgeon with savant syndrome. People who suffer from the condition demonstrate brilliance in one area, such as art, music, or in the case of Murphy, medicine, at the expense of a severe mental deficit. In the case of Murphy that condition happens to be autism.
"The Good Doctor," according to Deadline, will be in the South Korean format and is being co-developed by Shore with "Hawaii Five-0" co-star Daniel Dae Kim. ABC has ordered a pilot with an option to go to series.
The series is set at the pediatric surgical unit at San Jose St. Bonaventure Hospital. Hill Harper plays Dr. Horace Andrews, the chief of surgery at the hospital. Irene Keng, who appeared in "Grey's Anatomy," will star as Dr. Elle McClean, a hospital resident. Deadline also reports that Chuku Modu will play Dr. Jared Unger, another resident. The pilot will be directed by Seth Gordon.
In "House" Shore explored how a brilliant doctor named Gregory House dealt with his personal demons while dealing with patients and his colleagues and diagnosing some of the most intractable diseases imaginable. Dr, Murphy, since surgeons perform operations as part of a team, will have even greater challenges.
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It was how the last flood in chennai affected my JAWA. Luckily nothing went wrong in the bike after the water drained.
I took the bike and washed it, opened the clutch case and drained 2 liter of water and atleast half liter from the cylinder.
The magnetto side is no exception, 1 liter of water to minimum measurement. I had to clean both the side of the engine with force water and sprayed excessive amount of petrol on it. Not to forgot I also used the hair dryer to dry the water before applying the petrol.
Removal of exhaust pipes showed little more water from the bike and cleaned it too. After inputting fresh transmission lubricant oil I also cleaned the carburetor and air filter. Thats it with hundreds of kicks with fresh petrol on the tank allowed the bike to start and the rest is known story as the bike runs smoother than before ;-)


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Third overflight of isolated tribe in Brazil
The isolated tribe in Brazil reported by the BBC this week seems to be not so isolated any more. A more recent photograph taken later the same day shows that the outside world is already subtly affecting life around the thatched huts.
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For half a century it was golf's greatest bit of folklore, a round of golf so sublime it immediately passed into myth. On Jan. 10, 1956, living legends Ben Hogan and Byron Nelson took on precocious amateurs Ken Venturi and Harvie Ward in a friendly fourball at Cypress Point Club.
The match began with little fanfare but word quickly traveled down 17 Mile Drive, and in droves fans abandoned the Crosby Clambake practice round at Pebble Beach and made their way to Cypress. They witnessed golf for the ages — a combined 27 birdies and an eagle. But there were were no TV cameras and no Twitter accounts to record the events for posterity, and over the years the tales of that day grew so outlandish it was easy to think of Nelson and Hogan's 1-up victory as nothing more than an urban legend.
In 2007 the writer Mark Frost brought that day to life with his excellent book "The Match." But for all of Frost's vivid detail there was still something missing because by then Cypress Point had receded from public view. This most private of clubs had not welcomed spectators since leaving the Clambake rota in 1990, and so readers of Frost's book would never get to glimpse Cypress's majestic layout and craggy coastline in person, or in high definition.
On Tuesday, 56 years after Hogan and Nelson faced down Venturi and Ward, a lucky cadre of golf fans got to relive history, as Cypress Point hosted a kind of rematch of its most famous game. The competition was again supposed to have a generational theme, with aging warriors Fred Couples and Davis Love taking on new-school stars Bubba Watson and Rickie Fowler. When Couples's back went out at the last-minute, Nick Watney, 31, was imported as a stand-in. This wiped out the symmetry of the re-creation and thus reduced the importance of the players. Tuesday's match turned out not to be about the reigning Masters champion or the U.S. Ryder Cup captain but the rather the host course. Quite simply, Cypress Point stole the show.
(Related: Shipnuck's Tweets from "The Re-Match")
In golf the past is always prologue, and so Venturi, 83, turned up on Cypress Point's first tee on Tuesday morning to reminisce about his role in the original match. He was still glowing from the news the day before that he was been voted into the World Golf Hall of Fame.
A crowd of maybe 200 joined Venturi around the tee. The re-creation of "The Match" had been organized to coincide with a summit of First Tee trustees at Pebble Beach. It was invitation-only and the crowd was largely populated by members of the golf aristocracy, including PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem, to say nothing of George W. Bush. But there were also a bunch of scruffy Cypress caddies on hand to give the gallery a little diversity. It was an exceedingly convivial gathering. There were no gallery ropes, and Watson and Fowler and Love and Watney chatted with their fans on every tee box and strolled with them down the fairway.
The vibe was almost giddy as the first three holes were won with birdies: Fowler at the first thanks to an approach shot that nearly went in the hole, then Watney's two-putt from the fringe on the 549-yard par-5 second, followed by Love's big-breaking 20-footer on No. 3. This rat-a-tat start was an echo of 1956, when only three holes were halved.
But then the match turned into a stalemate, with Watney and Love remaining 1-up for the rest of the front nine. On the par-5 sixth all but Watson had eagle putts, and there was a little murmuring among the gallery, which boasted a good number of Cypress members.
The club has steadfastly — some would say heroically — refused to touch its timeless 6,524-yard layout. There is a feeling among much of the membership that by not supersizing Alister MacKenzie's original design, Cypress has become a living, breathing monument to how much modern equipment has affected the game. On the subject of retrofitting Cypress, Tom Fazio, who has overseen the lengthening of Pine Valley and Merion, once told me, "There have been some discussions, but nothing official. Defiance is too strong a word, but Cypress is a unique place, and change is not a priority."
(Related Photos: Shipnuck's shots from 'Re-Match' at Cypress Point)
A subtext to this 21st re-enactment was a fear that the modern Tour pro would destroy this proud layout, threatening, or even surpassing, the 63 that Hogan shot in 1956, which remains the course record. (A handful of others have tied it through the years.) Watson was clearly spoiling for a fight, bashing driver on nearly every hole.
"I just wanted to put on a show for the people," he said. "If it was a real stroke-play tournament I probably would have hit driver on only three holes."
On No. 8, a sharply doglegged par 4 that is 369 yards on the card, Watson went for the green but found a front bunker. (He got up-and-down for the birdie.) The ninth is one of golf's great short par 4s, and all four players tried to drive the green. Fowler was just a foot or two off the putting surface while the other three guys found the huge waste bunker that fronts the green.
Cypress Point's greens are tiny and can be fiendishly sloped, and the ninth may be the scariest putting surface in California. It was not a surprise that none of the four players could extract a birdie on a 289-yard par 4.
"Where they put the pins, they made it play tough," Love said. "It's the golf course's only defense. But it's a pretty good defense."
On the uphill par-5 10th, Watney trickled in a gorgeous 30-footer for eagle to send he and Love 2-up, and again this stirred old ghosts. Hogan had made a momentum-changing eagle on the same hole, holing-out a 60-yard approach.
More fireworks were to come. At 13 all four players made birdie, which led to some good-natured trash-talking. On the par-3 15th — perched so close to the Pacific that the spray from the waves could be felt on the tee box — Fowler stuffed his tee shot and made birdie to get his team back to 1-down.
It's a long walk to the 16th hole, through a dark thicket of cypress trees. Suddenly you emerge on the 16th tee, gaping at the expanse of the greatest hole in golf. Love was so excited to get to 16 he was practically cantering through the cypresses.
"Man, this is fun," he said. "I haven't been here in a long time. It's as good as I remembered."
Love then stepped up and hit maybe the purest shot of the day, a 3-iron that never left the flag. He rolled in the subsequent 10-footer to win the 16th hole. The match ended on the next hole, 2 & 1. For the round Love shot 67, Watson 70, Watney 71, Fowler 73.
Love called it "a newspaper 67" in a nod to a few gimmes, but PGA Tour rules official Mark Russell defended his scorekeeping.
"It's about as official as the first time around," Russell said. "If Hogan made a 30-footer for birdie I don't think Byron was grinding over his five-footer for par."
On a windless day, with soft greens, the scoring wasn't nearly as torrid as what the old-timers managed with their pre-historic equipment; in addition to Hogan's 63, Venturi shot a 65 and each of their partners carded 67.
Fowler ranks 58th on the PGA Tour in driving distance, at 293.2 yards a pop, but he found Cypress Point spacious enough to hit driver 10 times. "I think it stands the test of time," he said.
Love opted for more 2-irons and 3-woods off the tee. "Any MacKenzie course you have to think your way around it," he said. "This place is going to give you some birdies, obviously. But if you get out of position you can make a double bogey in a hurry."
Watson had played Cypress Point once before but this time around he fell harder for the place, calling it "my favorite course in the world. Who wouldn't want to play here every day for the rest of their life?"
Fowler was just as expansive. "It's a great experience — the history, the views, the great holes," he said. "It's a cool feeling walking these fairways."
When the match was over the players and their fans lingered around the 18th green, reliving the day. No one seemed to want it to end, including Frost, who was on hand for a living, breathing afterword to his book. Even the decorated competitors in the rematch seemed humbled just to have been a part of it. Said Watson, "It's an honor to be a character in this story."


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My rating: ❤❤❤❤of 5!
Length: 49 pages
Published: the 1st of July 2018.
Written by: Anne Stryker
Source: Free copy generously provided by the author.
Disclaimer: I was approached by the author, Anne Stryker, who generously offered to send me a free copy of her book, in exchange for my honest review.
The blurb:
Sit still. Be quiet. Obey.
Adora has lived her entire life under her mother's strict rules, but when obedience means marrying a man twice her age, something deep within her snaps. Fleeing the night of her wedding, she boards what she assumes is a trade ship and hides among the cargo she hopes won't be touched until she's far away from the life she left behind.
She never anticipated being found.
Or finding Fenix.
Fenix believes in freedom, expression, and adventure. When a woman in a wedding gown is found in the belly of his ship with eyes like fire and the disposition of something almost broken, he wants nothing more than to release the flames and mend the cracks.
But with her past catching up to them, he may not have the chance.
When Anne contacted me about her book, I was a little sceptic at first because of the pirates. I've never read a pirate romance before, because I've always had it stuck in my head, that I wouldn't like them. Though, at the time she wrote I felt like trying something new, and I thought this would be the perfect opportunity. Especially as it's quite short. I'm still not convinced this will be a trope I'll love as much as some of the others. However, I really liked this one.
I adore Adora's attitude and sass, which is way more than I had expected. Seriously, it's refreshing with a woman who wants more than life than "the dream" i.e. marriage, security, white fence… you know, the "perfect package". But in all honesty, the captain, Fenix, almost rivals Jack Sparrow in being swoon-worthy. Because wow.
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Texas Tech Football news 2012
Kirby Hocutt addresses the Texas Tech football program
Seth Doege passed for six touchdowns and a career-high 499 yards
Proceeds will benefit Women's Protective Services
The 2012 Tailgate Tour visits Midland on April 25 and Abilene on April 26
Texas Tech opens spring practice, prime for 2012 season
Texas Tech Wins Double OT Thriller against Kansas on Senior Day
Red Raider Weekly's Courtney Davis recaps Texas Tech's big 49-14 win on Saturday against No. 4/5 West Virginia.
Texas Tech defensive coordinator Art Kaufman and offensive coordinator Neal Brown address the media after Wednesday's practice.
Offensive coordinator Neal Brown talks with reporters after Saturday's scrimmage.
Raider Power goes inside the film room where offensive coordinator Neal Brown spreads the message "Get Better Every Day!"
Red Raiders wrapped up the fourth day of Fall Camp workouts at the Football Training Facility on Thursday.
The annual football recruiting review, hosted by the Red Raider Club, took place on Feb. 3 in Dallas and Houston.
Texas Tech had its second scrimmage of the 2010 training camp on Saturday, Aug. 21 at Jones AT&T Stadium.
Neal Brown's final season with Texas Tech was in 2012.
The 2012 season marked the third and final season for Neal Brown as the offensive coordinator at Texas Tech.
During Brown's final season at Tech, the Red Raiders led the Big 12 and ranked second in the country in passing offense (361.9 yards/game) and finished 12th in the NCAA in total offense while averaging 501.4 yards/game.
The Red Raiders also had success on the ground during Brown's final campaign as offensive coordinator with 1, 674 rushing yards during the regular season - Tech's most since 1998 (2, 219).
The 2011 season, Brown's second in charge of the Texas Tech offense, led the way to a unit that ranked 13th nationally in total offense at 470.58 yards-per-game and 22nd in scoring at 33.83 points-per-game. Under his tutelage, quarterback Seth Doege became a semifinalist for the Davey O'Brien Award and led the nation in completions per-game at 33.17. Doege orchestrated the seventh best passing attack in the country as the Red Raiders averaged 345.42 yards-per-game through the air.
In his first year at Texas Tech and in the rugged Big 12 Conference, Brown produced one of the best offensive units in the league. His 2010 squad finished fourth in the conference in total offense (460.2 yards-per-game) and fourth in scoring at 33.1 points-per-game. Most impressively, Brown inherited a team that finished last in the league in rushing offense in 2009 (84.0 yards-per-game) and increased that total by an average of 57 yards-per-game and the Red Raiders finished in ninth in 2010 (141.3 yards-per-game).
Under his guidance, quarterback Taylor Potts threw for 3, 726 yards and finished third in the league in passing (286.6 yards-per-game), third in touchdown passes (35), fourth in total offense (286.9 yards-per-game) and fifth in passing efficiency (141.1). Potts was named the offensive MVP of the TicketCity Bowl and was named the AT&T All-America Player of the Week on Oct. 15.
Wideout Lyle Leong also benefitted under Brown's system as he hauled in 19 touchdown passes which was the second most in the country. Leong compiled 926 yards passing and that mark ranked sixth in the Big 12.
Brown, 31, came to Texas Tech from Troy University (Troy, Ala./Sun Belt Conference) in 2010 where he spent four seasons with the Trojans, including the last two as quarterbacks coach and offensive coordinator. During his tenure at Troy, the Trojans won four consecutive conference titles and earned three bowl invitations. Despite being the youngest offensive coordinator in the FBS, Brown's impact on the Trojan offense was impressive as his unit ended the 2009 season ranked third nationally in total offense (485.6 yards-per-game) fourth in passing (336.5 yards-per-game) and 16th in scoring (33.69 points-per-game). The Trojan offense dominated the Sun Belt Conference as they led the league in scoring, total offense, passing, pass efficiency and first downs.
In his first season as offensive coordinator in 2008, the Trojans' fast-paced no huddle offense set 10 school records, including the most total yards in a season, most first downs in a season, most total yards in a game, most first downs in a game, and most pass completions in a game. In his first season as offensive coordinator, Brown led the Trojans to a national ranking of 26 in total offense with 421.42 yards-per-game. He also led the Trojans rushing attack to a 36th-place national ranking, while the passing game came in at 32. The Trojans were the 23rd-highest scoring team in the country in 2008, averaging 33.25 points-per-game under Brown's leadership. In addition, Troy ranked in the top three of every major offensive category in the Sun Belt during the 2008 season.
As the offensive coordinator, Troy won two outright conference championships and played in two bowl games. He also tutored the 2009 Sun Belt Player of the Year in quarterback Levin Brown. Brown was second in total offense and sixth in passing while setting numerous school records.
During Brown's first two seasons at Troy he coached the inside receivers. In 2007, the Trojan offense was among the nation's leaders in scoring, total offense, passing, rushing, and most plays from scrimmage.
In Brown's first season at Troy, he helped transform the Trojan offense from one of the worst in all of college football to a unit that led the Sun Belt Conference. Brown, along with outside receivers coach Shayne Wasden, led a receiving corp that finished the season with three receivers ranked among the top 10 in the conference.
Brown went to Troy after serving as wide receivers coach at the University of Delaware, a perennial Division I-AA power. He started three freshmen in the Blue Hens' spread attack and led them to a 6-5 record. Prior to his stint at Delaware, Brown served as wide receivers coach and quarterbacks coach at NCAA Division I-AA Sacred Heart in 2004; leading the Fairfield, CT school to a record of 6-4 overall and the top-ranked scoring offense in the conference. Brown came to Sacred Heart after working as tight ends coach and offensive line assistant at the University of Massachusetts. In 2003, he helped lead the Minutemen to a share of the Atlantic-10 title and a berth in the NCAA Division I-AA playoffs.
He earned his undergraduate degree in Business Management in 2002 and his Master's in Business Administration in 2005, both from the University of Massachusetts. Brown earned two letters as a wide receiver at UMass, catching 58 passes for 721 yards and four touchdowns while being named to the Atlantic-10 All-Academic and the NCAA Division I-AA Athletic Director's Academic All-Star Team as a senior.
The Danville, KY native played his first three seasons at the University of Kentucky. While at Kentucky, Brown earned two letters and participated in the Outback and Music City Bowls. He was also a member of the Southeastern Conference's All-Academic Team all three seasons.


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1 Department of Midwifery, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
2 Department of Midwifery, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
3 Departmen of Psychology, Faculty of Education & Psychology, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran
4 Department of Medical Education, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Science, Mashhad, Iran
5 Department of biostatistics, Faculty of Health Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
Educational status of any country depends on scientific knowledge and the ability and capabilities of students and is generally inclusive. Evaluating and assessing mental abilities using new scientific methods is one way of approaching this goal that can provide suitable areas for the flourishing of individuals' talents. Therefore, this important step should be considered as part of the main task of those involved (1). Medical science workers, in health services, are responsible for the common health, and provide services that can lead to maintain the common health and well being. Toward playing this role, it is necessary, not only to have enough knowledge, but also professional skills (2). Midwifery profession is involved in clinical judgments that have direct effect on mother and fetal health (3). However, one of the ways to provide good health services is to train skilled and competent midwives. Therefore, it is necessary for midwifery students who are ready to enter the health care systems soon, to be skilled at the highest level (4). The finding of Nekoei and et al.'s research (1381) shows that, nursing and midwifery students, in their last year of education, that have passed most of their theoretical and practical courses, were not able to decide independently in clinical unit (5). In the research of Hadizadeh and et al. (1385), the findings indicated that nursing and midwifery students that have been educated recently, did not have enough practical skills to utilize in clinical environments in spite of having good theoretical information, and were mostly weak at problem solving processes (6). Nursing and midwifery students, experience a high level of stress in their workplace. This stress not only can cause educational downfall, but also may lead to anxiety for students. Nursing and midwifery students experience a high level of stress in clinical unit as well as educational environment (7). Acquiring the necessary skills to encounter with clinical situations, and the way of managing that situation is essential. In addition, it is necessary to investigate the effective factors on students' performances and their dominance on certain skills (8). In the last decade, researchers have found out that each person's success in education, either in school or in university, is not only related to his/her intelligence quotient, but today Emotional Intelligence is considered as another forecaster of people's prosperities in their lives (9-10). Golman claimed that, 20% of individuals' success in the future is predicted with cognitive intelligent and 80% of it depends on their emotional intelligence (11). Gardner also believes that there is not a single integrated intelligence that can guarantee success in life, but there is a wide range of intelligence that caused a person's success in different areas. This problem exists in our educational system that emotional intelligence, the set of attributes that are important in determining the fate of individuals, is ignored; because the social and emotional skills and competencies are factors of determining and influencing academic success (12). Emotional intelligence is the latest evolution in the relationship between thinking and emotion. This term was introduced as a form of social intelligence for the first time by Salòvay and Mayer in 1990, as an ability to identify, assess, and control the emotions of oneself and others; acceptance of other people's perspectives, control of social relationships (11-13) Bar-On expressed emotional intelligence as a set of skills, aptitudes, and non- cognitive abilities, which can improve the person's abilities in fighting against pressures, and environmental felicities. Therefore, emotional intelligence is one of the important factors in determination of the person's prosperity, and affects person's psychological health. Emotional intelligence and emotional skills growth during time, changing during the life, and can be improved by education and utilization of reformation programs, such as remedial techniques (13). Several studies were carried out on first – year physiology students in one of the Canadian Universities, the results showed that emotional intelligence of students who achieved high scores in the final exam, were significantly higher than the comparison group that gained low scores(14). On the other hand, in Joseph Talarico & et al.'s study, there was no relationship between emotional intelligence and students' performances, in clinical situations (15). Briefly, it can be assume that deficiency in the parameters of emotional intelligence has an extremely important effect on students' performance. Additionally, in spite of emphasis on discussion of emotional intelligence in medical sciences, there are a few number of researches which have been done about factors which are related to success in medical sciences (16). This research was carried out to realize the relationship between emotional intelligence and clinical performance of midwifery students in clinical unit to recognize the defects of the existing situation or educational problems. However, in the next educational planning, by reinforcing students' emotional intelligence, the background should be in a way that the midwifery students can determine the needs of the people referring them, provide their services to develop the health level in families and society by using these trainings in future as society – oriented midwives,.
This research is accomplished by descriptive- correlation method, with one group and two variables in 2010. After the approval of the research at the Research Committee on Education in Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, getting an introduction from nursing and midwifery school, and delivering to Ommul-Banin Hospital in Mashhad and getting the justification of the manager of that hospital, the coordination made with the manager of maternity ward, the researchers started sampling. In this research, because of the smallness of the population, the samples were adapted to the population, and sampling implemented according to capitation method. All the eighth semester midwifery students (n=19) were chosen as the samples. The main criteria for entering the research included; passing all the theoretical and practical courses during bachelor period,being interested in participating in the study. Students who came from another university as a guest and those who had clinical experience in the maternity ward were excluded from study. The instruments of the research involved, students' demographics (personal traits ) form, Bar – On's emotional intelligence questionnaire, students' performance assessment in maternity ward form. In this research, Bar – On's emotional intelligence questionnaire, including 90 questionswhich were standardized in Iran, was utilized. In this test, in addition to the entire score, 5 ordinal criteria, and 15 sub – components of emotional intelligence were also evaluated. The reliability and consistency of the questionnaire were approved by Dehshiry (1386) and Zare (1384) (17-19). The reliability of the questionnaire measured by Alpha – Chranbach method, and 0.82 approved it. Students' performance assessment in maternity ward form was designed by Mashhad nursing and midwifery school professors, to evaluate the clinical performance of students in the training field of gestation and labor course. This form involved communication skills, history taking, abdominalvaginal- pelvic exam, control of first, second, third, and fourth stages of labor, delivery techniques, neonatal assessment, episiotomy, high risk pregnancy, theoretical knowledge, and appearance specifications. Scoring scale in this form is based on likert. Each student gets scores of 0%, 25%, 50%, 75% and 100% for extremely weak, weak, moderate, good, excellent performance, respectively. Through this form, each student earns a maximum of 40 score, which final score is obtained by dividing by 2. Mashhad nursing and midwifery school professors confirmed the validity of the performance assessment form. However, the reliability of the assessment form was approved by the accordance between observers with r=0.89. Researchers in the last week of training field of gestation and labor course, was present in the environment and assessed each student's clinical performance carefully. On the last day, the researcher and the trainer in maternity ward determined each student's score, by utilizing the performance assessment form. To assess students' emotional intelligence, Bar – On's emotional intelligence questionnaire was delivered to the students on the last day of training field to answer the questions carefully, and then deliver it to researcher. After the addition and encoding of the data, SPSS v14 software utilized to analyze the data. We used Pearson correlation coefficient to examine the relationship between EI and student performance. All tests were 2- tailed and were set at P ≤ 0.05 to test statical significance.
The mean of the students' ages was 22.4 years old , and its standard deviation was 0.8 year. The mean score of midwifery student's emotional intelligence was 323.2 which is between minimum 245 to maximum 385. The result of Pearson's correlation test indicated that the students who had higher emotional intelligence, performed better in the clinical unit than others. In other words, there is a direct correlation between these two variables (r=0.639, p=0.003, Figure 1). Among fifteen subcomponents of EI, there were significant relationship between components: such as optimism, self-regard and emotional self-awareness with students' clinical performance in training field (table 1). Amongst five total traits of emotional intelligence, there were significant and direct relationships between interpersonal trait and total mood with students' clinical performance (table 2). In our research, there were no relationships between the total average and the score of theoretical course of gestation and labor with emotional intelligence (P=0.913).The results of this study indicated that there was no significant relationship between the birth degree on the rate of emotional intelligence in the subjects, (P= 0.483). In addition, there were no significant differences between the scores of emotional intelligence and the rate of the students' interests in education courses of the subjects (P= 0.320). It should be noted that a few number of articles in relation to clinical performance and emotional intelligence limited our discussion. Based on the results of this research, there were direct relationships between the total score of emotional intelligence and students' clinical performance in the training field. After surveying students' total performances, we could conclude that students who are able to accept their own positive and negative dimensions such as weaknesses and strengths (self – regard) and have ability to look at life from a more perspicuous side (optimism) eventually have better performance in the training field. Knowledgeable people in the case of emotional introduced emotional self – awareness as the most evident and necessary component. They believed that the people with higher level of self – awareness always have a higher self – esteem and self – confidence than others because they know their abilities (20). In this research as mentioned before there was a direct and significant difference between this component and students' performances. The research of Stratton et al. (2005) that was accomplished on the students of medicine showed that various components of emotional intelligence were effective on students' clinical performances; so there was accordance between the results of these two researches (20). But the research of Talarico and et al. (2006) was accomplished on residents of the third year of medicine and its results indicated that there were no significant differences between the students' emotional intelligences with their clinical performances; in this research only there was a negative significant relationship between decisiveness and the first part of performance assessment (necessary attributes), (r=0.040, p<0.05). However, there was no significant difference between other components of students' emotional intelligence and 7 scores of students' clinical performances (p=0.3, 15). The cause of the difference between the results of the research of Talarico et al. with the results of this research is the difference in the method of students' performance assessment. In this study, the trainers who were present in the hospital wards, accomplish assessment. Therefore, it is possible that the trainers' viewpoints, based on their previous recognition of the students have affected their judgeships about students and their current performances may have had no effect on changing their judgeships. In the other words, the "Halo Effect" that is observed in some of teachers' judgeships may have affected trainers' assessments. Based on the results of our research, there were significant and direct differences between the three general characteristic traits which means interpersonal traits (0.016) and total mood (0.001) with students' clinical performance in the training field. Therefore, the students who are better able to feel pleased with their lives , give pleasure to themselves and others, also be happy, and show good and comfortable sentiments in their workplace and in their pleasure time (happiness), and have ability to look at life from a more perspicuous side and protect a positive attitude even in encountering with unluckiness, and this shows better and more hope to life, also positive view to daily life (optimism), eventually can have successful clinical performance in training unit. According to literature regarding stress tolerance and emotional intelligence, it was expected to find a significant relationship between performance and stress tolerance. It seems that in our study due to small sample size there was not any relation between these two components. Samari and et al. (1386) reported a meaningful relationship between emotional intelligence and academic achievement. Amongst fifteen sub – components of emotional intelligence, there were significant relationships between components such as independence, emotional selfawareness, empathy, and self – regard and assertiveness with students' clinical performance in the training field (12). The relationship of these components was also found in our study. The research of Namdar and et al. (2005) that was accomplished on the students of nursing showed that,there were no significant relationship between the scores of emotional intelligence and the rate of the students' interests in the subjects' education courses and birth degree. So there was accordance between the results of these two researches (21). One of the limitations of this research was the control of variables such as individual differences, memory, incentive, and fatigue that are effective in the case of students' performances because they were beyond researcher's responsibility. In addition, the small number of the samples can be accounted for one of the limitations of this research. According to this fact, that gestation and labor course in training field were offered to fifth semester students for the first time (control of delivery is not the educational objectives of this term); 5th and 6th semester students are in the learning stage. Furthermore, there were not any January entrance students in the field of obstetrics, so examining on both 7th and 8th semester students was impossible at the same time. Therefore, there was not any possibility to increase the sample size. Nursing and Midwifery Schools are responsible for the training of nurses and midwives who can provide clinical services based on updated scientific knowledge. According to the results of this research, about "the effects of students' emotional intelligences on their clinical performance", because emotional intelligence and emotional skills grow during time and can be improved by education and utilization of reformation programs such as remedial techniques (14) it is necessary to be lugged in routine medical education to develop and enhance the physicians, midwives, and nurses' performances, patients' health, and the most important matter to extol patients' results.
We gratefully acknowledge the assistance and support of research chancellor of Mashhad University of Medical sciences. We would also like to thank the students who generously gave their time to take part in this study.
Conflict of interest: None declared. Funding support: This research has been conducted with financial support of Mashhad University of Medical Sciences. Research Committee Approval: This research was part of a project which was approved in the sixteenth session of the Committee of Research in Education (code no. 44-88381).
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Angel Romero y Ruiz has been writing about world music music for many years. He founded the websites worldmusiccentral.org and musicasdelmundo.com. Angel produced several TV specials for Metropolis (TVE) and co-produced "Musica NA", a music show for Televisión Española (TVE) in Spain that featured an eclectic mix of world music, fusion, electronica, new age and contemporary classical music. Angel also produced and remastered world music albums, compilations and boxed sets for Alula Records, Ellipsis Arts, Music of the World.


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Prospect Heights, IL, February 4, 2014 – Design Insight Inc. of Prospect Heights, IL, has been awarded "Best Of Houzz" by Houzz, the leading platform for home remodeling and design. The versatile design firm, specializing in interiors & architecture, was chosen by the more than 16 million monthly users that comprise the Houzz community.
The Best Of Houzz award is given in two categories: Customer Satisfaction and Design. Customer Satisfaction honors are determined by a variety of factors, including the number and quality of client reviews a professional received in 2013. Design award winners' work was the most popular among the more than 16 million monthly users on Houzz, known as "Houzzers," who saved more than 230 million professional images of home interiors and exteriors to their personal ideabooks via the Houzz site, iPad/iPhone app and Android app. Winners will receive a "Best Of Houzz 2014" badge on their profiles, showing the Houzz community their commitment to excellence. These badges help homeowners identify popular and top-rated home professionals in every metro area on Houzz.
Design Insight aims to creatively solve functional needs, while instilling graceful solutions for any design/build project. It is our belief that anything is possible, so DII welcomes and fosters your custom challenge!
"Houzz provides homeowners with the most comprehensive view of home building, remodeling and design professionals, empowering them to find and hire the right professional to execute their vision," said Liza Hausman, vice president of community for Houzz. "We're delighted to recognize Jereme Smith of Design Insight Inc. among our "Best Of" professionals for customer satisfaction as judged by our community of homeowners and design enthusiasts who are actively remodeling and decorating their homes."
With Houzz, homeowners can identify not only the top-rated professionals like Design Insight Inc., but also those whose work matches their own aspirations for their home. Homeowners can also evaluate professionals by contacting them directly on the Houzz platform, asking questions about their work and reviewing their responses to questions from others in the Houzz community.
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About Jereme Smith:
As the founder and Principal of Design Insight Inc., Jereme Smith produces custom architecture and interiors by counter-balancing graceful design concepts with durable built work.
Smith obtained his master's degree in architecture from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. During his tenure, he won many accolades, including induction into the Gargoyle national honor society, receipt of two fellowships, and the opportunity to live abroad in Versailles, France for a year to experience and study European architecture.
Prior to founding Design Insight Inc. in 2002, Jereme worked for a variety of prominent architecture and custom furniture firms. Most notably, Kenyon & Associates Architects, Techline Inc. and Osterhaus McCarthy Architects. He's won numerous awards in the
architectural and furniture design arena, including the Chicago 'Key to the Future' housing competition and the New York Humanscale office design competition.
Smith has worked intensely on various large and small scale projects. These range from a 9000 sq. ft. commercial loft for a media firm to furniture and lighting pieces displayed in galleries throughout Illinois, such as I.D., Meble, and the Illinois Artisans Association.
With a concentration on custom residential work he has become recognized as a dedicated, passionate designer who pushes the limits of the ordinary. With a self-sufficient, eco dream house, a light-filled, sun-room addition and a contemporary log cabin commission to his many credits, Jereme works to infuse both environmentally conscious design with inspirational ingenuity.
Jereme has been published and highlighted in various local and regional publications such as the Chicago Sun Times, Chicago Home magazine, I4 Design magazine, and others. His work has been displayed at the W Hotel through the IDSA, at the Art Museum of Western Virginia as part of the C2C eco-home exhibit, and even at a fashion show for wearable architecture.
Smith has his architectural license (plus many CE credits), as well as architect/engineer and design/builder insurance. Jereme is also a member of the Association of Licensed Architects.(ALA) This versatile and experienced designer has a passion for his work at the purest level and works to improve, invent, and inspire in everything he does. Design Insight is looking to the future with larger scale work that retains its smaller scale roots.
About DII:
Design Insight Inc. is a full-service firm that is a synthesis of art and engineering. DII specializes in custom residential and commercial architecture, with a focus on home and interior renovations.
At Design Insight, we strive to put the work first and let it speak for itself. We approach each project with a design/build process and pride ourselves on creating personal relationships with our clients. We offer a breadth of services from conception to completion; from the initial schematics to construction management, all the way to choosing that soap dispenser that will tie everything together.
As an architecturally licensed and fully insured company, Design Insight adheres to the highest level of quality standards while working within each project's budget. We look forward to every unique design project!
About Houzz:
Houzz is the leading platform for home remodeling and design, providing people with everything they need to improve their homes from start to finish - online or from a mobile device. From decorating a room to building a custom home, Houzz connects millions of homeowners, home design enthusiasts and home improvement professionals across the country and around the world. With the largest residential design database in the world and a vibrant community powered by social tools, Houzz is the easiest way for people to get the design inspiration, project advice, product information and professional reviews they need to help turn ideas into reality. For more information, visit www.houzz.com
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I enjoy the Aunt Dimity series by Nancy Atherton since the books tend to transport me to a cozy place. This book did not disappoint. I enjoy the easy repertoire between the main character, Lori, and her husband Bill as well as Lori's innate ability to make friends wherever she goes regardless of their age and gender.
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The Earnest Money Contract
Now what kind of money is that? "Earnest Money"? I don't know the history of the term "Earnest Money." What it implies is if someone is truly interested in purchasing a property they will be willing to place a certain sum of money to show their earnest intent. The Texas Real Estate Commission (TREC) form is officially titled "One to Four Family Residential Contract (Resale)" and is used when selling a previously owned residence. However, it is much better known by its nickname, the Earnest Money Contract.
In our previous articles we discussed what to do prior to posting your "For Sale" sign. Once there is a buyer interested, the next step is to have a written earnest money contract drawn up either by your realtor or your attorney.
There are other TREC forms for selling vacant land, business properties and other types of properties. The Earnest Money Contract is so important and it contains so many details there is not sufficient space within this article to discuss the importance of each and every one. Although many real estate transactions have many things in common, each contract and transaction is different because the facts, property and people are different.
Think of the Earnest Money Contract as being the road map of the transaction for all parties. If negotiated completely and drafted properly it should address most issues that arise. Therefore, all negotiations between the parties should be finished prior to its completion.
First the Earnest Money Contract will list the names and addresses of the buyers and sellers, and a description of the property, the sales price and the amount of earnest money the buyer will put in escrow. Many people think this is all that is necessary, and although the foregoing is required there are many other important details to address.
The earnest money is usually held by an impartial third party known as the escrow agent, and which is most often a title company. The earnest money contract provides the title company the necessary instructions as to how to close this particular real estate transaction, such as who is going to pay what closing cost, the date the transaction must be completed and many other details. It is also a road map for buyer and seller, stating when the seller must vacant the property, when the buyer can move into the property, what items will be left or removed from the property and many, many other details.
It will also state whether the purchaser is utilizing third party financing (usually froma bank or mortgage company), and the details (such as the amount, interest rate and length of years) for the financing. Usually the contract is made contingent upon the purchaser being able to secure financing. Therefore if you are the purchaser and you are unable to qualify for a loan, you usually can terminate the contract and your earnest money will be returned to you. If the seller is owner financing the property, the details regarding the owner financing will be stated within the contract.
This contract will state who pays for the title insurance, a new survey (if required) and it will also address insurance issues. Deadlines for the parties and the title company to take certain actions will be listed in the Earnest Money Contract It also states whether the property is subject to homeowner association fees, what tax districts apply, whether lead based paint is present, the condition of the property and the extent to whether the seller will pay for any repairs. It sets out deadlines for the research of the title and for inspections of the property. The Earnest Money Contract will also address brokers' fees and environmental matters.
There is a paragraph titled Special Provisions, with an open space that allows the realtor or attorney to include their own language to address anything that the contract does not address. For example, this space is often used to state whether any appliances will be removed or not, or some other detail specific to this particular transaction.
Another important feature of the Earnest Money Contract is to state the rights of each party if the other defaults. It also addresses whether the parties will be required to attend a mediation to try to resolve their differences. There is language regarding the proration of the real property taxes.
I cannot stress enough to you the importance of having a well drafted Earnest Money Contract. With the TREC form much of the language is in place; however the proper boxes must be checked and all decisions should be given the proper discussion and consideration. The discussion and negotiation between the parties is what causes issues specific to this transaction to surface. Therefore, if all of the parties will take sufficient time to fully discuss and negotiate all issues and expectations, half the work will be completed and they can look forward to a smooth real estate transaction.