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ROCKVILLE, Md. – Expanded fire protection could have an impact where people may not notice it: on their homeowners insurance bill.
Montgomery County's fire department has just received a higher rating from the insurance industry in its first re-evaluation since the 1970s. Back then, the county's population was half its current size of about one million people.
The Insurance Services Office has given the fire department a rating of Class 3 for urban areas and Class 6 for rural areas, based on a scale of one to 10. Class 1 is the highest a department can get.
Richard Bowers, the fire chief, says the higher rating could translate into lower insurance rates for both residents and businesses.
"It's very premature to put a number to anything," says Bowers. "The most important thing to really focus on in this county for residents and commercial interests is that it's safer."
The county had two fire-related deaths in 2012, down from 13 in 2009.
County Executive Ike Leggett says response time has decreased by two minutes. He credits the $14 million to $18 million dollars a year that is taken in from ambulance fees, which has helped to upgrade the fire department.
The Public Protection classifications from the Insurance Services Office are based on the quality of the county's 911 emergency system, staffing and equipment levels at fire houses, and the availability of water, both at hydrants and from alternative sources.
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"SP is probably one of the coolest music creation apps on the app store.
I say that about a bunch of apps, I know, but this time I mean it. The interface is easy and intuitive, and the feature set is robust.
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According to my new close friend Wikipedia, we'll call him Wiki, the correct definition for the genre Soundtrack is that it "refers to three related concepts: recorded music accompanying and synchronized to the images of a motion picture, television program or video game; a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured in the soundtrack of a film or TV show; and the physical area of a film that contains the synchronized recorded sound." Since I was young I have had a special love for movie soundtracks. Not only do I love movies and music but to have them together is a whole other experience. I love how just by the addition of something like strings or even a full on song it can allow someone to fully embrace the mood of a scene or an underlying message. Imagine how boring it would be to read the credits of a movie without music behind it. So many classic movies are known for their musical themes, for example: Indiana Jones, Star Wars, Jaws, E.T., Gone with the Wind, the list goes on. It's incredible how when I listen to a soundtrack it can take me right back to a scene in a movie and make me laugh or cry all over again. One song in particular that moves me is "Let Go" by: Frou Frou (Imogen Heap, before she went solo) which was in Garden State. I always see Sam (Natalie Portman) crying on the steps not wanting to "let go" of Andrew (Zach Braff), then he leaves and she's crying in the phone booth, he's on the plane and the next thing we know he's decided to come back to her! What a perfect ending. Another memorable one is "Colorblind" by Counting Crows in the movie Cruel Intentions when Annette (Reese Witherspoon) is going up on the escalator to find Sebastian (Ryan Phillippe) is right at the top waiting for her to tell her he's in love with her. Some of my favorite instrumental (or mostly instrumental) soundtracks are Braveheart, Edward Scissorhands, The Titanic, The Horse Whisperer, The Man in the Iron Mask, Jurassic Park, Bed of Roses, Meet Joe Black. The Truman Show, and the Prince of Egypt (which also includes the well known song "When You Believe" performed by Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey). The soundtrack for Baz Luhrmann's version of Romeo and Juliet is pretty good too, with songs like "When Doves Cry", "LoveFool", and "Kissing You" (which plays during the scene that Romeo first discovers Juliet). Some fun ones are My Girl, Now and Then, My Best Friend's Wedding, Juno, Grease, Moulin Rouge, and Mission Impossible. Just to name a few out of the ordinary ones I am particularly intrigued by: The Saint, Virgin Suicides, Vanilla Sky, and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. I also loved the original music written for the movie Once, which won a 2008 Academy Award for Best Original Song (for the song "Falling Slowly") and received a Grammy nomination for the soundtrack as a whole. Needless to say I really really really really like movie soundtracks. Enough rambling for one night, happy listening!
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Sweet Soundtracks
Now that's Nardcore!
So I know I said I'd be back "tomorrow", but I got a life here. Anyway, I finished counting the different types of music listed in Wikipedia. For N through Z: N=85, O=33, P=116, Q=7, R=76, S=130, T=61, U=8, V=14, W=16, X=3, Y=6, Z=12, so all together for types that begin with N through Z there are 567. So the grand total of music genres from A to Z is: (918+567) 1485. That's a whole lotta songs. I thought a funny one I came across today was Nardcore. "Nardcore is a hardcore punk movement that came out of Southern California in the early 1980s, originating in Silver Strand Beach, Oxnard and Port Hueneme….Much of the early promotion of Nardcore came from Mystic Records, in Hollywood, Ca., and its founder Doug Moody. While questions have been raised about their financial dealings with the artists, this label not only launched many bands onto vinyl, but also promoted the Nardcore scene as a whole…..The name is a reference to the Oxnard, California hardcore punk scene. This suburban community, sixty miles north of Los Angeles, California, was the spawning ground for many hardcore punk bands of the early '80s and became a hotbed for punk and skate bands; collectively, their sound became known as "Nardcore."" Suhweet, now that's Nardcore! Say it aloud, don't you sound like an idiot? I sure did.


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Mexican Filigree Earrings from OaxacaDesigner: Artisans of Juchitán
These intricate filigree earrings were handmade in Oaxaca, Mexico, and are from a small town in a municipality called Tehuantepec. The traditional garb of this region consists of heavily embroidered garments accessorized with large amounts of gold jewelry....often gold filigree earrings like these! Frida Kahlo, the famous Mexican painter, was my inspiration for going to Oaxaca. During her lifetime she adopted the traditional Tehuana attire as a means of showing her solidarity with the strong women of this matriarchal Zapotec society. I was pleased to find pieces that were representative of what she may have worn. These earrings were created by the hands of older artisans since many of the young people in the pueblo don't have interest in learning this art. They are brilliant in every respect.
- 2" L x 1" W
- Latch hook pierced backs
- Hand filigree work, Bathed in Gold to create the bright traditional finish
- Handcrafted in a small community called Juchitan in the State of Oaxaca, Mexico
** Of the extra pictures one is of the Templo de Santo Domingo de Guzmán in the center of Oaxaca City (the city were I curated these amazing earrings). The second is of the pedestrian walking street in the charming "el centro" of Oaxaca City. Love travel.


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kazadduum wrote:ya cant call this even a virus. virus infects files. this is not even a destuctive code.
learn c++(and other) and make viruses.
fashizzlepop wrote:Honestly. If you go to youtube and put in "computer virus" this will be one of the most common results you will get. THis is one stupid peace of batch code. My advice? Learn advanced batch or another programming language.
You must be able to enter safe mode to rememdy this prank. If you don't, you may have permanently damaged your victim's computer and get into trouble
mutants_r_us_guild wrote:if you want to really be mean you can embed shutdown -s into the startup key in the registry.. they'll never find it there
@echo off
set num=0
set num2=0
msg * Windows has detected a virus. Initiating permanent shutdown.
echo ERROR LOG
echo -------------------
echo Unable to read data from corrupted kernel files.
echo Deleting System32 ...
echo Formatting Drive (C:) ...
echo Deleting Partitions ...
echo Initiating Permanent Shutdown ...
if "%num%" == "4000" goto end
set /a num=%num% + 1
goto main
shutdown -s -t 10 -c "Initiating Permanent Shutdown and Deletion of Windows."
if "%num2%" == "9000" goto end2
set /a num2=%num2% + 1
goto main2
shutdown -a
set num=0
set num2=0
msg * Haha! Just Kidding! April Fools!
The_Computer_Wizard wrote:i agree, its not a virus, but i have done things like this to my friends
another good one to do is this
use the killtask command to shut down explorer.exe
then start you.justgotowned.com
create a small timer to count until the site is finished
next get creative
either shut the machine down (a lil boring at this point)
echo Now formating your entire drive:
tree -f C:\
then you can get a lil creative with a message
echo Got ya! dont ever mess with me... ever.... good bye
start explorer.exe
that ones usually pretty funny
also a fun thing you can do is use winrar to pack these into exe files, so they happen when they run a program
again, deffinatly not viruses, but i feel if you're just pulling a prank and not being mean, why go to all the work of writing a virus? these work just fine for pranks
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ATHENS - Fans attending Georgia's annual football game against Florida in Jacksonville won't face a ticket price increase for at least another year.
Georgia athletic director Greg McGarity told the Athletic Association's board of directors Thursday that an increase for the cost of attending the rivalry game won't come before 2012.
The board is likely to be asked to vote on the plan in the next board meeting in May.
Florida's athletic board already approved a $10 per ticket increase in December, but McGarity is waiting before recommending an increase at Georgia.
"It takes two of us to tango, so to speak," McGarity told the board at the meeting held at The Georgia Center. "We're not ready to make that move yet."
Tickets for the game are $40 for regularly priced seats and $70 for club-level seats and haven't increased since 2007.
Georgia and Florida split tickets to the game evenly.
The Bulldogs are coming off a 6-7 season and have lost 18 of their last 21 games to the Gators.
McGarity said the plan he expects to present in May will include increasing prices for the game in two- or three-year increments.
"We've got to get with Florida," said McGarity, who worked in Gainesville for 18 years before he returned to Georgia in September. "We did not settle on an amount. We just know there would be an increase, but we want to be up front and be ahead of the game and let people know ahead of time."
McGarity said he wanted to announce changes before donors made their contributions to the "Hartman Fund." This year's deadline was Feb. 15.
Contributions tied to football tickets this year are now at $22.5 million, down from $22.7 million last year. The number of donors making contributions stands at 13,742 from 14,002 last year.
In action taken Thursday, the board approved $1.4 million for an improved video board at Sanford Stadium to provide "HD video quality."
"The technology is staggering how much can come in three or four years," McGarity said.
Georgia currently has a screen that is 25 feet high by 46 feet wide. It went up in 2005 as part of a new scoreboard.
The enhanced video capability will allow the picture to encompass the entire scoreboard, which is 52 feet high by 76 feet wide. That scoreboard will be gutted for the renovation.
"It allows us to have a full palette to do what we like," McGarity said.
The technology, provided by Daktronics, allows for different formats, including using the game score, game clock, down and distance or replays in full video.
"Nothing is static," McGarity said. "At the team entry, you can go full video. If you want to have a situation there where you run halftime stats, you can pop them up there."
Auburn, Florida and Florida State have similar technology already in their stadiums, said McGarity, who stated the video board would be ready in time for the home opener against South Carolina on Sept. 10.
In other board business:
---- The board approved a revised plan for student football ticket distribution designed so that more of the 18,000 tickets are actually used. The plan, which had the backing of student leaders, allows students to designate tickets to other Georgia students and for the use of unclaimed student tickets for purchase by the general public. A student who does not show up three times in a season will lose season tickets the following year.
---- The board approved the issuance of up to $69.5 million in bonds to pay for the expansion of the Butts-Mehre Building and to refinance old debt.
---- Adams told the board about an upcoming compliance review that will be done at Georgia. SEC schools get an outside review on a rotating basis, but this one will come at a time when league schools, including Tennessee and Auburn have been under scrutiny.
"We have right now too much noncompliance in the SEC and we have too many rumors of noncompliance," Georgia president Michael Adams said. "As much as I hate to get beat, I'd rather get beat and be in compliance."
---- McGarity said "we made a mistake," when the school bumped the student who does his "Rocky" run during the Vanderbilt game last week. The student, Tom Fell, didn't make his run dressed like the movie boxer because the university sold his spot for a Geico ad.
Student board member Trey Sinyard told McGarity that students feel the games are already "overcommercialized." Said McGarity: "We've had internal discussions and have ensured the students that there are some things that are sacred and that's sacred." He added: "We did not run Rocky off."
---- The fall semester grades for Georgia's athletes showed a decline from the spring of .08 for both the men and women. The men averaged 2.74 and the women 3.06, and the overall GPA was 2.91, down .07.
"We're not happy with the slippage," faculty athletic representative David Shipley said.
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Well, not much of a surprise, is it?
The film Lagaan celebrated its eleventh anniversary this past Friday (June 15). This year, I won't be hosting a Lagaan week at this blog. This is not because I've run out of ideas for posts on the film that I've credited for a lot at so many levels. It's just that work and life have me adapting to enough changes professionally and personally that I've had to put on hold some of my recreational pursuits. My movie consumption frequency and, of course, this blog, have suffered as a result. But I'm hoping to change that. At least I've been watching more movies. :)
Our great friend (and far more committed blogger) Darshit (@dunkdaft) has this post at his blog in celebration of the Lagaan anniversary. Lagaan Week posts from the past are available at this link.
Shifting gears a bit now...
...so, who has been watching Satyamev Jayate? (Official website: SatyamevJayate.in)
What do you think of the show?
I'd been so disconnected from it all that I didn't realize the show had started airing until I saw this a few weeks ago:
|Yes, I might've been living under a rock for a bit.
From what I'm seeing, this Aamir Khan Productions product is fostering a more widespread discussion on core, hard-hitting issues facing India than any of the films of the production house (some of which have aimed to do just that while entertaining), and if you've seen any episode, you probably would agree in thinking it's perhaps rightfully so.
Similar to the most popular of popular films but unlike most television shows, it appears Satyamev Jayate is slowly raking in and somewhat uniting Indian viewership around the world, coming to them (all episodes are available online for free on the show's YouTube channel) instead of waiting for the prospective audience to take more action than simply tuning in. In other words, the distribution channels are correct and the superstardom of the actor is probably at its peak to take advantage of the opportunity. The hope is, of course, that something good comes from it all, no matter its magnitude.
As Bhuvan says in Lagaan right after accepting the proposed challenge to play a cricket match to relieve his village of tax, all that's needed sometimes is a chance to make a difference.
Satyamev Jayate has created that chance.
Am I the only one who wants to partly credit the success of Lagaan 11 years ago with the show having that chance today?


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Well, I know "the client is always right", but if they miss them then you need to pick up the slack. Especially in a video that's pretty much nothing but words. Unless it's intentional slang, then cut'n'pasting into Word would have caught the typos. The missed words? Just do the 'singalong' test and they'll be obvious.
He might not care now, but if someone he respects points it out to him later, who's he going to point the finger at and be annoyed with? (Clue: You) And if he doesn't know they are typos, fix them anyway because he won't know they're corrected either; but then everyone's covered.
You don't really want to have to explain to your next client - if they spot the typos; and "worty" is pretty obvious - "Yeah, my last client couldn't spell and I didn't correct him, so any mistakes you spot are all on him"
Touché, you're right! I'll be sure to triple check next time
Thanks for the advice!
Recently I pitched Indy Mogul an idea for a video and they LOVED it. This video is the result of said pitch. Enjoy!
(Praying they approve of this final video. Justin said he'd let me know by next week!)
Client approved means not your fault, and rerenders are billable hours!
It was in at this moment Tristan realized how complicated his concept for a Vlog would be since it wouldn't be uploaded until a year later. Enjoy!
So what type of music are you into?
Created a short video for one of my college classes. Didn't feel right placing it in the Tips series so time to resurrect the Tech series. Enjoy!
Really behind schedule so I made a quick video explaining how I color grade. Enjoy!
So grateful for the opportunity to travel with my family to Paris. Crazy to think this happened almost a year ago. Enjoy!
Just wanted to say thanks for all the support, we recently hit 300 subscribers and I am incredibly grateful.
Have a great weekend
Visiting the Eiffel Tower at night and the Palace of Versailles. Incredibly Beautiful . Enjoy!
Where have I been? Where am I going? idk... Enjoy?
I just wanted to play soccer... Enjoy!
My best lyric video yet
Very nice! Is that all HitFilm? If so, I'm curious how you animated the kerning of the type at :53. Was that done via brute force, or via some trick that's not coming to me at the moment?
Its about time we continued the office project... Enjoy!
* DJ Kahled Voice *
These last few months have helped me grow and this video is me officially announcing the next chapter of my growth... Enjoy!
Nice, I enjoyed that a lot! Keep up the good work!
Yes I do! And a thread here on the Forum!
I do all kinds of different stuff on there, Mostly videos for contests then I recently did a vlog and some action videos, then some videos of scenery, but maybe checking out my Road Trip clips series first This is the third one, probably my favorite so far: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfiiWIShFH4
Here is the Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCz94h3TQmEeNtziVn2H2Mdw
TriFlixFilms Awesome stuff. Love your vids, I was just on your channel and realized, how have I not subbed this guy yet!? Just did though.
Thank you for the kindness @spydurhank!
That's crazy thought because I love your work, especially the vfx stuff. When I finish this mac, if like to get into blender more and step away from 3ds max... I'd love to collaborate with you
@TriFlixFilms I always recommend to people starting out in Blender this series for the absolute beginner by Jacob Lewis.
It's a few years old but he updated it in 2014 and it really helped me get my feet under under when I got serious with Blender. I also have been taking some of the Physics sim classes at Udemy which I caught on sale and they have been fun and detailed. I had hoped to spend this downtime finishing a couple of them but I found that I can't sit at the computer for extended periods without my leg swelling from the new hip down But some of the things that are built right in in the animation in Blender are fantastic
@TriFlixFilms Dude, you are very welcome and I'm glad you stayed positive through your recent experience.:)
I'm always open to collaborations. Blender is super easy to learn... all 3D apps are. I realized it a few days ago when I was out with the flu. I wasn't doing a whole lot except working on a cloud shader for a few minutes here and there. I took a break from the shader and clicked on a random programming language Youtube video and was mesmerized. I've been watching all kinds of stuff, anything/everything with 3D rendering mostly... and have been hooked ever since. It makes everything else soooooooooooo much easier to understand.
It's easy is what I'm saying.
BrUH wHERe HaVe yoU EvEN BeEn??!?... Enjoy!
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July 30, 2011
I designed this necklace with Satya Jewelry to benefit invisible children!! It's beautiful and the proceeds go to IC.
*To receive your necklace, please email your US shipping address to: email@example.com
*Shipping Included (The $85 donation only covers domestic shipments. Shipping costs for international deliveries are $14 in addition to your donation amount.)
I just got back from Uganda. I went with Invisible Children to see the work they are doing there and to meet the kids who have survived so much and are now thriving. Children who had become both weapons and victims of unspeakable atrocities - all perpetrated by one man, Joseph Kony.
The mission of Invisible Children is bold: to prevent the large rebel force - led by Kony - from continuing their abduction of children and creation of child-soldiers. Over 30,000 children have been abducted in Uganda since 1986. Many of these kids have been trained and transformed into child-soldiers. The details of what happens are alarming and brutal. Each and every dollar will help to stop this inhumanity.
The donations will also build new schools and provide education to the area's war-effected kids. The charity is run by close and personal friends of mine, so I know our donations are going to a good place and being used wisely!
Seeing how these education programs work… it forever changed me. I see the tangible effect of education on these kids, the promise of peace, and a bright future on its way.
This isn't charity, it isn't about hand-outs. It's about partnering with these people in pursuing a brilliant and productive future. It's exciting. Rebuilding these people's lives in Uganda is of huge importance in preventing future unrest.
Supporting IC is an adventure, honor, and a calling, and I'm so glad that it's part of who I am.
Please join my team. Buy a necklace, have a bake sale, ask all your friends to donate. Donate in their names and send them a gift card. Whatever you can do to help will make a huge difference.


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Proud of its safe shores and year-round mild weather,Carpinteria is known for being family friendly, says TamiRobitaille, co-owner of acclaimed Robitaille's Fine Candies. After12 years in another location, in 1989 she moved her shop to Linden,where, Tami says, "We've experienced the avenue's renaissance.Stores moved in, cafés opened, and people started spendingtime―and money―here. Kids ride their bikes up and downthe street, people leave their cars unlocked, parents stop forcoffee-talk while their children play together."
At Zookers Cafe, farmers sit alongside real estate agents,gardeners next to artists. "There is no 'other side of the tracks'here," says Mary Nabi, of Coastal Properties. "Wealthy retirees may[buy] a cottage next door to an avocado farm worker [whose familyhas lived there 20 years]."
"Our town is eclectic and artsy, one of the surviving Californiabeach communities," says Fran Puccinelli, owner of a collectiblesand gifts store, SOAP. "I came here 26 years ago, because I saw itspotential for revitalization. I practically grew up on Linden. Ihad The Coffee Grinder, then a deli, and now this store. As I'veevolved with my business, Carp has grown up, but it hasn't lost itsoriginal flavor."
Surfers have flocked to Carpinteria's Rincon Point for decades.One of them, Rob Holcombe, opened A-Frame Surf to attract businessto the area and point surfers to the beach. "[Some] landownerswanted to restrict access to what had long been a kind oflocals-only beach," Rob says. "But we distributed petitions andworked with the Coastal Commission to keep this beautiful spot opento everyone." Rob's store occupies a spot on Santa Claus Lane,which has experienced a renaissance reminiscent of LindenAvenue's.
"Our shop's motto is to have a conscience about the area, toenjoy the lifestyle, and to be a watchdog for our beaches," saysRob. "I like to think we're working to keep people from taking thisplace we call home for granted."
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Back in March, Lizzy and I decided the next time we went to the Creek we wanted to go with friends. Our trip had been awesome, but there is something about spending time with good company in such a beautiful place like Indian Creek. Over the week of Thanksgiving, we climbed with many people and ran into others multiple times throughout the week. To make logistics possible, I drove out with Konstantin and Lin while Lizzy drove from the bay with Sarah Kate.
The trip went amazingly well for me from the first climb to the last and I am very happy with how far my climbing has come in the last year and a half. I was able to redpoint many of the climbs I had top roped my first trip to Indian creek in 2008 and sent a ton of other four star routes.
Luke is getting quite pumped on Mad Dog. Photo by Andre Kiryanov
Unlike March, where we focused on easy routes and exploring new areas, this trip was about sending projects and pushing ourselves to failure. When toying with the edge of your fitness and mental space, failure can actually be very important. In a trend that I have been working on recently, I fell on gear and kept trying as hard as I could until the end. I saw fitness gains and had my most productive trip thus far. I climbed at least one route that I wanted each day and some day saw two or three exciting sends.
Luke is really excited the crack is finally getting bigger. Photo by Andre Kiryanov
Luke poses under Pit Bull Terror. Photo by Andre Kiryanov
Its interesting to figure out what feels hard especially as you go through the many different sizes. A harder finger crack can be quite powerful but feel much more secure than ringlocks of the same grade. The list below is of all the routes 5.11 and harder I did over this trip. I wanted to write this down and put an order to the climbs to note what felt harder so I can look back upon this in the future. The grades in IC are totally subjective due to people's fitness, skill set and the size of their hands. When you break into 5.11 and above the routes will demand odd size jamming and can often be quite continuous which requires good endurance and the ability to recover.
- Three Strikes You're Out 5.11a/b Onsight
- Our Piece of the Real Estate 5.11a/b Redpoint
- Twitch 5.11b – TR Flash
- Mantel Illness 5.11b Flash
- Pit Bull Terror 5.11b/c Redpoint
- Sicilian 5.11c Onsight
- Bachelor Party 5.11c Onsight
- Johnny Cat 5.11c Redpoint
- King Cat 5.11c Two hangs
- Coyne Crack 5.11c/d Flash
- Mad Dog 5.11c/d Flash
- Layaway Plan 5.11d TR Flash
- Way Rambo 5.11d/12a Repoint
- Annunaki 5.11d/12a Onsight/Flash
- Quarter of a Man 5.11d/12a One hang
- Swedin-Ringle 5.12a Redpoint
- Cat Burglar 5.12a/b Redpoint
- Way of the Gun 5.12b/c – TR hangdog
- Digital Readout 5.12 b/c Redpoint
Luke gives Pit Bull Terror another burn. Photo by Andre Kiryanov
The two hardest routes were both finger cracks, which is fitting since that is my favorite/strongest size. It is fun to learn more about finger stacks (about a .75 camalot for me) and learn to do thin hands. I ranged from pumped on Coyne Crack, to very pumped on Mad Dog, to terminally pumped on Quarter of a Man. Most of the trip I was able to manage my pump and really only ran out of juice on Quarter of a Man. Since I did so well I know that I will have to start trying harder cracks in the future. On this trip, Digital Readout seemed much harder than the other routes I tried and the only route I actually felt improvement on. For me the difficulty came from the poor feet and the insecure jams at the end rather than the pump of the climb. I found Cat Burglar to be easier but more pumpy since there is no midway rest. I could have done it first try if not for the pump factor. Digital Readout, on the other hand, required me to really pull hard, trust my feet, and commit.
Luke feels a bit beat up after Pit Bull Terror Photo by Andre Kiryanov
On the mental side of things I had a really good trip. On Johnny Cat I have to gun for the anchors to get through the bad size. There was a moment where I looked down at the cams below my feet and just smiled. I took falls on gear twice, both unexpectedly and the falls were clean. I still need to figure out how to push my self when the climbing is hard or insecure since I was a bit worried about falling before I finally peeled on Quarter of a Man and this lead to much wasted energy.
Enjoy the Photos!
– Luke
Sarah Kate onsights Soulfire
Lizzy enjoys some red Camalot hand jams on her redpoint of Soulfire Photo by Andre Kiryanov
Lizzy slots a cam near the finish of Soulfire Photo by Andre Kiryanov
Luke warms up on Long Island Iced Tea. Photo by Andre Kiryanov
Luke makes a few final hard moves on Annunaki Photo by Andre Kiryanov
Luke has the anchors in sight on his flash of Annunaki Photo by Andre Kiryanov
Luke on his way to an terminal pump on Quarter of a Man.
Andre redpointing Mantel Illness
Andre gets ready for some cruxy face climbing on Mantel Illness
Leah finds a pre-crux rest on Mantel Illness
Lizzy starts up Way of the Gun
Lizzy gets ready to pull the roof on Way of the Gun.
Konstantin pulls the roof on King Cat.
Lizzy works through a hard section of green Camalots on Mad Dog.


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Have You Tried Red Rock Cola?
A cola is a cola is a cola, most of the time.
The "cola" flavor—sugar, vanilla, cinnamon, acid, a little citrus—is so deeply impressed on the American palate that we hardly recognize it for its parts anymore. It's the soft-drink generic, like tap water or salt-and-peppered scrambled eggs. One can do exciting things with cola—see, for example, the smoked cola at Nashville's Patterson House—and, sure, a Coke hits the spot now and then, but the stuff offers little potential for surprise.
After plenty of generic, too-sweet disappointments, I've begun to regard the word "cola" as a cue to move on down the soda aisle. Last week in Tennessee, though, I tried a soda that broadened my sense of what a cola can be.
Red Rock Cola, from the soda-soaked metropolis of Atlanta, Georgia, is vanilla-rich and fizzy, with some of the caustic, tooth-rotting acidity we've come to expect from brown soda, but not quite the syrupy base; it is thinner than your typical soda-fountain cola, a trait I've noticed in a number of old-formula sodas sweetened with cane sugar instead of high-fructose corn syrup.
Underpinning the cola flavor is a watery base of cold glass and metal that best distinguishes Red Rock from the competition. That flavor is not entirely unique to this cola—I've tasted it in Blenheim Ginger Ale and, to a lesser extent, in Mexican Coca-Cola and other glass-bottled, sugar-sweetened drinks—but it is especially prominent here. This flavor does not blend with the vanilla and sugar, but works alongside them, giving this soda a layered complexity that is a direct refutation of the idea that cola can't be exciting.
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The new SmartGlobe Infinity offers multiple themes, includes a wireless talking Smart Pen, and teaches countries, capitals, population, history, and more. By replacing the globe with a SmartGlobe Theme Globe, kids can explore themes such as Mysterious World or the Stars. Meanwhile, the Smart Pen can record notes with its built-in voice recording function.
The economical SmartGlobe Discovery features 19 activities and games, and provides hours of educational entertainment about planet Earth. Kids can explore the continents and compare countries to learn about populations, areas, and more. Users can then test their knowledge with the Ultimate Challenge activity.


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The European Union's Directorate of the Bleeding Obvious* has concluded, essentially, that the media is full of rubbish and that its audience is ill-equipped to assess the quality of the information that it is offered. Furthermore, the audience itself is now complicating matters by producing its own rubbish in multiple overlapping and intersecting formats. It follows, says the European Commission, that media literacy "becomes even more essential for active citizenship and democracy."
We at The Register are entirely unconvinced that the addition of electronic Web 2.0 media rubbish to the pile of traditional paper-based media rubbish makes media literacy any more or less essential or achievable. Nor do we see it as necessarily following that the skills needed to analyse and assess information have materially changed because the world has gone digital. Yes, we accept that critical analysis skills are sadly lacking these days, and that it is possible that the world might be a better place if that were less the case; but we have severe doubts about the ability of the Commission and its miscellaneous collection of vested interests to do much more than pontificate ineffectually.
That link gives you the list of contributors to a public consultation on media literacy run by the Commission in 2006, and you'll note that despite the apparently Web 2.0 nature of 'the issue' ("The media are changing, and so is citizens' use of such media. New information and communication technologies make it much easier for anybody to retrieve and disseminate information, communicate, publish or even broadcast," says the Commission), it consists overwhelmingly of old media, public bodies, traditional organisations and educationalists.
The Commission brings its own agenda and preconceptions to the party. "In a digital era, media literacy is crucial for achieving full and active citizenship," says Information Society and Media Commissioner Viviane Reding. "The ability to read and write – or traditional literacy – is no longer sufficient in this day and age. People need a greater awareness of how to express themselves effectively, and how to interpret what others are saying, especially on blogs, via search engines or in advertising. Everyone (old and young) needs to get to grips with the new digital world in which we live. For this, continuous information and education is more important than regulation."
Does it necessarily follow either that media literacy is "crucial" for "full and active citizenship" or that this is more the case in "a digital era"? And given that younger people are heavily active and skilled in the use of digital media, what is it that Reding actually means by "media literacy"? Doesn't being able to use the Internet effectivedly count? Is the "problem" perhaps that old chestnut, declining newspaper sales, plus a declining interest on the population's part in politics and politicians?
The Commission's problem seems to be not that "ordinary people" are using digital media and posting web content, but that the poor souls don't seem to know what they're doing. They don't always "fully understand the context within which such material is written, seen or read, or the possible consequences of publishing something themselves." And indeed quite often they don't, just as those selling 'my exclusive story' to the popular prints quite often don't understand the possible consequences. So your point is?
Apparently, that everybody "therefore" needs to develop new skills as active communicators and creators of content. As a first step, the Commission's efforts are being directed at media literacy relating to advertising ("promoting media literacy is a much more appropriate approach than advocating advertising bans," says Reding), "raising awareness of European film" (did we not mention vested interests?) and "media literacy for online which, for example, will give citizens a better knowledge of how Google and other Internet search engines work."
Which seems a pretty restricted approach to online media literacy, but hey, it's a start. The Commission communication itself (available here) breaks down "media literacy" into a number of areas.
These include "feeling comfortable with all existing media from newspapers to virtual communities" (The Register fails on that one); "actively using media through... interactive television, use of Internet search engines or participation in virtual communities" (failed again); "having a critical approach to media as regards both quality and accuracy of content"; "understanding the economy of media and the difference between pluralism and media ownership" and "being aware of copyright issues which are essential for a 'culture of legality', especially for the younger generation..."
So to summarise, first you immunise the population to lying advertising, then you awaken it to the lies the press prints, then the whole of the citizenry becomes wise, communicative, creative and law-abiding, originating and exchanging its own crystal-clear information. And then suddenly they all see a point to you, and to voting for you? Is that it? ®
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text: Job Discussion Forums :: View topic - Public school recruiters in Chengdu? Get TEFL Certified & Start Your Adventure Today! Job Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in Public school recruiters in Chengdu? Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> China (Job-related Posts Only) View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message ewatsonJoined: 07 Dec 2012Posts: 1 Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2013 1:49 am Post subject: Public school recruiters in Chengdu? Hi! I've taught previously at training schools and at Universities...but this will be the first time I've taught in Chengdu, and I'd like to try teaching at public schools. From what i gather, pay will probably be less (like at Universities), but hours will be during the day with weekends off (along with holidays). How does one go about getting these jobs? There doesn't seem to be any job ads for them online. Is it a situation where you've got to simply show up and hope to find them? Any help is greatly appreciated! Thanks! Back to top Non SequiturJoined: 23 May 2010Posts: 4724Location: China Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2013 7:20 pm Post subject: Watch for split days with mornings at one campus and afternoons somewhere else. Unlikely you will be paid for the commute. If you're in the 5 to 6K pm/20 hours pw market in a uni or vocational, my question is: Why change" Back to top effertimeJoined: 24 Apr 2008Posts: 1 Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2013 8:55 am Post subject: Non Sequitur wrote: Watch for split days with mornings at one campus and afternoons somewhere else. Unlikely you will be paid for the commute. If you're in the 5 to 6K pm/20 hours pw market in a uni or vocational, my question is: Why change" Im open to Universities, but there's not much of that in the city of CHengdu without getting bussed out to some Development Zone. I want evenings and weekends off to work on something else...and then get national holidays off, too. Im ok with 5k a month. Thanks for the response. Anyone else know if there is a way to contact public schools or public school recruiters for public school jobs in Chengdu? Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> China (Job-related Posts Only) All times are GMT Page 1 of 1 Jump to: Select a forum Where to Begin----------------General DiscussionNewbie ForumCurrent Events ForumTechnology ForumOnline Teaching Forum Africa Forums----------------General Africa Forum Asia Forums----------------CambodiaChina (Job-related Posts Only)China (Off-Topic)Hong KongIndiaIndonesiaJapanMalaysiaPhilippinesSingaporeTaiwanThailandGeneral Asia ForumVietnam Caribbean Forums----------------General Caribbean Forum Europe Forums----------------Czech RepublicFranceGermanyGreeceItalyMacedonia and the BalkansPolandRomaniaRussia & C.I.S.SpainTurkeyUkraineUnited KingdomGeneral Europe Forum Latin America Forums----------------ArgentinaBrazilChileColombiaCosta RicaMexicoMexico (off-topic)PeruGeneral Latin America Forum The Middle East Forums----------------BahrainEgyptIsraelKuwaitOmanQatarSaudi ArabiaUnited Arab EmiratesGeneral Middle East Forum North America Forums----------------General North America Forum Oceania----------------Australia/New Zealand You cannot post new topics in this forumYou cannot reply to topics in this forumYou cannot edit your posts in this forumYou cannot delete your posts in this forumYou cannot vote in polls in this forum This page is maintained by the one and only Dave Sperling. Contact Dave's ESL Cafe Copyright © 2018 Dave Sperling. All Rights Reserved. Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2002 phpBB Group Teaching Jobs in China


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You're still puzzled by what you watched on "Lost," haunted by that final scene on "Nip/Tuck," comforted by that cozy closer in Trafalgar Square on "Ugly Betty" and wondering what's become of your "Heroes."
Series finales are always tough on both the viewers and the writers. Fans want perfection, and like children hoping to offer up an A-filled report card to their parents, writers strive to deliver.
Oftentimes, disappointment results on both sides, especially when iconic series come to a close, but not always. Here's a look at how five series ended this year, and what some show creators thought of the way things wrapped up.
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In the end, "Lost" producers delivered exactly what they promised.
Those dwelling too heavily in the world of polar bears and sequenced numbers felt slighted after a finale filled with emotional reunions and spiritual awakenings reaped little in the way of specific answers.
It was a brilliant move by producers Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse to leave the audience still questioning and pondering after the final credits rolled. One thing was certain: The two men stayed true to their word that "Lost" was a show about people. Dharma Initiative, Temple dwellers, Charles Widmore, Smoke Monster, time travel, car crashes, water references and those devilish numbers all just served as an interesting way to propel those stories along.
" 'The X-Files' wasn't about aliens invading, but about the relationship between Scully and Mulder, the balance between faith and science," Lindelof said. "('Lost') is about people who are metaphorically lost in their lives and get on an airplane and crash on an island and become physically lost on Earth. Once they are metaphysically able to find themselves in their lives again, they will physically find themselves back in the world again. When you look at the entire show, that's what it will look like and that's what it's always been about."
In the minds of those who cared more about seeing Claire and Charlie, Jin and Sun, Juliet and Sawyer and Sayid and Shannon joined in forever-after bliss courtesy of island caretaker Hurley — who ends up with his own happily-ever-after — the show ended on the perfect note. As for the mysteries, those can wait for another day.
It's an ending that echoes the satisfaction Lindelof felt when watching his all-time favorite finale, "M*A*S*H."
"I remember watching that with my folks and how emotional it was when Hawkeye breaks down saying, 'It was a baby, it wasn't a chicken' and the chopper took off and Klinger stayed behind. That's stuff that has stayed with me for my life," Lindelof said. "To end a show people still care about and give the characters incredibly fulfilling resolutions, 'M*A*S*H' is still the pinnacle of what we would like to achieve."
"Lost" could never satisfy viewers who wanted every key to unlocking each of the mystery doors. Many answers were parsed out as the series wound down, but never enough for hard-core fans. That could be one of the finales' greatest successes, to give the characters resolution while still continuing the discussion as to what it all means.
If you didn't think that the ending of "24" was perfect, then you don't know Jack.
Impossible, improbable and often times ludicrous, "24" managed each year to deliver a non-stop thrill ride with Jack Bauer at the helm. Main characters were killed and sometimes resurrected to live another day. This final season, Jack finally lost it as he started the day as a doting grandpa and, within 24 hours, ended up gutting a man for a swallowed SIM card and taking down a corrupt president.
It was just another day, until fans discovered more than midway through that this would be the last for Jack Bauer. So how could this series possibly end with him making it out alive? And how could he die if there was going to be a non-prequel movie?
The finale made us almost believe that the end was near for Jack, right down to the scene when a government agent is about to assassinate a kneeling, handcuffed Jack the way Jack once took out his boss at the bidding of the president. This time, however, the president reversed the order and Jack was saved to run away yet again.
The haunting last look into the drone surveillance camera showed us a broken man, limping off to lick his wounds. Maybe he'll end up like most grandparents, taking care of his beloved granddaughter. But we suspect that if the money planets align, Jack could be back on the big screen. And this finale offered a way for fans to say goodbye no matter which fate awaits him.
It's an ending that closely aligns with another iconic series.
"My favorite television series finale was 'The Sopranos' because it was pitch perfect and it didn't try too hard to be 'the end,' " said "24" producer Howard Gordon. "In terms of how Tony's story could have played out or punctuated, there were really only three options: He could have been whacked, arrested or kept doing what he's been doing. David Chase allowed enough ambiguity to allow any of those possibilities, ultimately telling the audience it's the end because it's the end."
That's the best way to describe how this graphic series opted to go out in the end. Yet creator Ryan Murphy still managed a few semihappy endings, which was more than what fans might have expected in a series that constantly yanked the glad out from under the feet of every character who came close to discovering peace.
The Carver didn't come back and stage a massacre at the plastic surgery office, and no one ended up in a bloody heap on the floor. Instead, viewers were treated to an episode that had a senior citizen going out in a blaze of porno glory, Sean McNamara getting a second chance at being a dad and doing something nice for humanity, and Christian Troy moving on and finally putting his friend first.
Maybe it was finding his bliss on new creation "Glee," but Murphy gave fans an ending that allowed some sunshine to creep into these dark and dismal souls — even if that meant we remained concerned about the future of at least one innocent.
It wouldn't be "Nip/Tuck" without at least one cringeworthy moment. That came when Matt McNamara hijacked his beautiful toddler daughter and offered her to his transsexual love, Ava, with a line about how he might not be the perfect person she's looking for, but he's got a perfect baby she could have. This after Ava gave up her physically defective adopted baby to Sean.
While concern for the little girl's future might keep fans up at night, at least the finale offered some measure of peace and closure.
'Ugly Betty'
Those familiar with the Spanish language series upon which "Ugly Betty" was based probably assumed they knew how this American version would end.
But they were at least partially wrong.
This series burst on the scene in 2006 with a cutting edge look, and for the first time, a Latina carrying a network TV series. While it would have been nice to send Betty off into the world as a strong single Latina, that wasn't the case.
Just like her Spanish-language counterpart, Betty indeed developed from awkward duckling to sexy swan. In the end she didn't fall into the arms of her playboy boss and steadfast pal — although she might have leaned in that direction.
In a satisfying but in no way unexpected way, everyone snags a happy ending on this show that was all about Cinderella possibilities. Despite the fact that Prince Charming arrived in town without a job — Daniel had given the reins of Mode magazine to his long-time tormentor, Wilhelmina, before tracking down Betty in London — he still had enough cash to take her out to dinner and romance her into a new relationship, or so the ending implied.
The show hit it big in the beginning as the superhumans faced off against the bad guys in this moving drama.
Stalled by the writers strike in 2007-2008, the series never came back strong after being one of the bright spots on an otherwise dismal NBC schedule. And when the series was canceled after the final episode aired in February, there was no way to have a true series finale.
(Msnbc.com is a joint venture between Microsoft and NBC Universal.)
Talks are underway for a movie next year to wrap up all the loose ends, but for now fans who stayed on to the bitter end can only find satisfaction in knowing that Hiro reconnected with Charlie, only to come to the realization that a hero has to put true love on the back burner when he's responsible for saving the world.
Whether he gets a chance to pen that finale or not, "Heroes" creator/producer Tim Kring said no finale gets it absolutely right for everyone.
"What makes these zeitgeist shows so popular is that they create a highly personal relationship with each member of their audience," Kring said. "As such, a show's ending is judged by vastly different expectations."
Kring noted the "M*A*S*H" finale was the most realized of all the finales, an emotionally satisfying goodbye to the show and the characters. However, there wasn't a lot of plot in "M*A*S*H" that required resolution.
"So, with that in mind, my vote has to go to 'Lost,' if nothing else, out of sheer respect for how much they had to wrap up," Kring said. "It's like a whole other category than say, a situation comedy where very little is left hanging from week to week. So, a big kudos to Damon and Carlton for managing such huge expectations with a wonderfully deft touch."
Perhaps if Kring gets a chance to do a finale movie, Lindelof and Cuse can return the compliment.


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All the thrills of Horse Racing without leaving home! Feel the excitement as your horse bolts out of the gate in front of the field...Hooves of Fire is an Adobe Flash game that allows you to buy, sell, train, breed and race your own horses. Chat in real time to other players around the world. Win game cash from races or strike it lucky by picking a winner. Build up your stable by training your horses regularly, feeding them and breeding to the best available stock.
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Interesting site for UFO data
Posted by dandare on April 3, 2008
Just a quick post, to mention that ufodna.com is an excellent resource for UFO information….
For instance, i was searching for Fort Worth, Texas sightings…… at this sight, you can go to the alphabetical listing, and this is what i found here . Admittedly you have to scroll down a long way…. but there are entries from 1897 up until 2005 (i think it only goes up to 2006). It also has a google map location for it (if you click on the individual sightings in the list), but must only be used as a general guide, as each different sighting points to the same spot.
It also has other invaluable data/information; for instance "UFOs like lonely places" and " the quality of UFO report data".


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Apart from being an old family friend (Shammi Kapoor having worked in Nasir Hussain classics like Teesri Manzil and Tumsa Nahin Dekha), Aamir considers Shammiji as his lucky mascot and has been seeking his blessings right from his debut film.
With music by A. R. Rahman and lyrics by Abbas Tyrewala, the film stars Genelia D'Souza and Aamir Khan's nephew Imran Khan. Here are the rest of the posts on the film (including trailers). Here is a news piece noting the actors' reluctance to discuss the film's plot. And here is the track listing:
1. Kabhi Kabhi Aditi Zindagi (3:41)
Rashid Ali
2. Pappu Can't Dance (4:27)
Blaze, Mohammad Aslam, Tanvi, Anupama Deshpande, Benny Dayal, Tanvi, Darshana, Satish Subramanium
3. Jaane Tu Mera Kya Hai (3:41)
Runa Rizvi
4. Nazrein Milaana Nazrein Churaana ( 3:57)
Swetha Bhargave, Naresh Iyer, Satish Chakravarthye, Tanvi, Darshana, Benny Dayal, Anupama Deshpande
5. Tu Bole Main Boloon (4:36)
A. R. Rahman
6. Kahin To Hogi Ho (5:05)
Rashid Ali, Vasundhara Das
7. Jaane Tu Meri Kya Hai (5:44)
Sukhwinder Singh
8. Pappu Cant Dance - Remix (4:27)
Anupama Deshpande, Benny Dayal, Benny Dayal, Blaze, Tanvi, Darshana, Satish Subramanium, Mohammad Aslam
Glad Runa Rizvi gets a song. She was excellent in Rafta Rafta from the film Katputtli (2006) -- listen to it here -- in a song that went largely unnoticed. Should be fun!
It might be a couple of days before I can buy, listen, listen again, and share thoughts on the music. My experience with A. R. Rahman soundtracks is that they tend to grow on the listener over time. A fair music review, then, would follow three to four listens, which I know will happen because of the quality of Rahman's products!
Those of you who listen to it earlier...your thoughts?


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LONDON (Reuters) - A British website which enables members of the public to lend to small businesses is expanding into the United States via a merger with another so-called 'peer-to-peer' lender.
Funding Circle, the broking platform through which people can earn interest by lending as little as 20 pounds ($32.4), said on Thursday it was joining forces with San Francisco-based Endurance Lending Network, which will now operate under the Funding Circle name.
Peer-to-peer lenders, along with crowdfunding sites, have developed to help fill a gap left by reduced bank lending due to tougher capital requirements and greater regulatory scrutiny.
Since launching in 2010, Funding Circle has helped businesses borrow more than 160 million pounds.
The site says investors, who on average lend 6,000 pounds, receive an average net return of 5.8 percent on their money. That compares with around 3 percent on a regular UK savings account.
"The idea is to build an international business that can help small businesses access finance, ... help investors get better returns and really turn the banking system upside down," co-founder and Chief Executive Samir Desai told Reuters.
Funding Circle did not disclose the terms of the merger but said to help fund the growth of the U.S. business as well as expand the range of products it offers in the UK it had raised $37 million in a new round of venture capital funding from backers including early Facebook investor Accel Partners.
Funding Circle, whose board members include Edward Wray, the co-founder of online gambling company Betfair, is also backed by venture capital firm Index Ventures.
Unlike Funding Circle, Endurance Lending's site is only open to accredited and institutional investors, due to differences in regulation. Desai said initially it would continue this way but longer term the plan was to include smaller investors.
"We will work within those current constraints. Allowing retail investors to invest is in our DNA," he said. "So eventually we will be looking at ways that we can allow retail investors to lend."
Desai said he hoped institutional investors on both sides of the Atlantic would lend across the two sites, which will operate separately due to the regulatory differences.
British peer-to-peer lenders are due to be regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority from April next year. In U.S. sites are regulated on a state-by-state basis, with Endurance already regulated in 31 states.
Earlier this year the British government said it would lend 20 million pounds through Funding Circle as part of its efforts to help drive an economic recovery by boosting funding for small businesses.
Desai estimated close to 15 million pounds of that had been lent so far. ($1=0.6168 British pounds)
Editing by Greg Mahlich


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For most providers organizations, the news that ICD-10 implementation is likely to be delayed is, at minimum, a big relief. But don't let that lull you into a false sense of relief, suggests Priya Patel of tech consulting firm Perficient. Even if the ICD-10 rollout is delayed — as many hope — until October 2013, it's still going to happen.
So what can organizations due to reduce that weak feeling in the knees associated with ICD-10? Well, generally speaking, Patel notes, your organization is already overdue for doing an ICD-10 impact assessment to figure out how to move ahead.
While the whole assessment is important, perhaps the most important element of the ICD-10 preparation process is clinical documentation assessment, Patel says. In fact, "if you choose not to assess your clinical documentation, you will certainly lose!" Patel asserts. Lose what? Well, clinical and business effectiveness, sure, but also a great deal of money.
Right now, few doctors document efficiently enough to support coders, who are forced to do their work based on their assumptions and often, make mistakes and end up doing things over again. As things move to ICD-10, these problems are only likely to get worse, as consistency in coding will become even more important.
Unfortunately, that's not going to happen on its own. In fact, According to Patel, a recent study of 3,000-odd medical records across the country found that only 37 percent of physician documentation in existence would meet standards set by ICD-10. Most organizations, in other words, will find that the documentation they have on hand is nowhere near as specific as it should be to support ICD-10 coding.
To figure out just how much your physicians need to improve before you transition to ICD-10, it's critical to assess what clinical documentation gaps your organization faces, Patel says.
Anyone who reads Patel's article and doesn't see it as a red-hot wakeup call (deadline move-up or not) they're crazy. It's hard to argue that it will take a lot of time and physician training of doctors, coders and hospital staff. If your clinicians don't drill down to codes that have the clinical impact for them, and medical coders get much more training on documentation, anatomy and physiology and disases processes, things could get ugly, Patel notes.


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Mrs. Hoch grew up right here in Galax, and graduated from Galax High School. After graduation, she attended Surry Community College for one year, and then transferred to Penn View Bible College in Pennsylvania for another year of general studies. After studying in Pennsylvania for a year, Mrs. Hoch returned to Galax and began working. She worked in the banking industry for 6 years, which was followed up by 6 years in the medical field. While working in the medical field, she attended college and earned her bachelor's degree in elementary education from Lees-McRae College in May 2006. In 2009, Mrs. Hoch began work on her master's degree, graduating from Radford University in May 2012 with a master's degree in literacy education.
Mrs. Hoch began her teaching career at Galax Elementary School as a third grade teacher. She taught 3rd grade for 5 years, and dearly loved teaching her 3rd graders. In 2011, Mrs. Hoch accepted the position of Reading Specialist at Galax Elementary School and is currently serving in that capacity.
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(Pocket-lint) - The recent announcement of the new professional E-System Olympus E3 should not be allowed to overshadow the latest in Olympus enthusiast digital SLRs, the E-510. However, the new camera has a tough act to follow in the shape of the popular and extremely small E-410.
The E-510, its similar-looking bigger brother boasts a 10-megapixel resolution, Live MOS sensor, Olympus' excellent Supersonic Wave Reduction anti dust system and Live View with a 7x and 10x magnification for accurate manual focus when in Live View mode.
The Olympus E-510, costs £100 more than the (almost as) highly specified E-410 but for the extra one hundred quid you get a physically bigger camera with anti shake and, and, that's about it. So, is it worth it?
Well, the image stabilisation (IS) is a CCD shift system built into the camera body so that any lens sat on the FourThirds mount will be automatically stabilised. It provides a choice of two modes, either on, or vertically but not horizontally stabilised for better response when taking action shots.
"IS" comes in particularly handy if you should opt to buy the double zoom lens kit that forms part of the three purchase options open to you: Body only, single lens kit with the 14-42mm (28-84mm zoom 35mm equiv) and the twin lens kit with the same 14-42mm optic and the excellent, 40-150mm (80-300mm in 35mm equivalent terms). Here, the longer focal lengths on offer mean the IS set up really comes into its own. So, for the £700 asking price, the double lens kit must be the best option should your budget stretch to it and if you don't already own FourThirds lenses.
Bulkier than the E-410, the E-510 is nevertheless compact when ranged against some of the similarly pitched DSLR competition such as the 10MP Samsung's GX10 or Pentax's K100D. The increase in bulk (over the E-410) is largely down to the fact the 510 has an ergonomic and neatly rounded grip, that houses the battery in its base and the dual xD and CF Type I/II storage in its side.
The increase in size means the camera is very nice to use and reassuring to hold, plus, the 510's extra real estate allows the camera sling to be mounted so that it does not get in the way as on the E-410.
The lack of a separate data LCD atop the camera is made up for by the excellent information panel displayed on the rear 2.5-inch colour screen, which can be used both as a data check facility or a way to quickly enter and adjust shooting options. This is achieved via a press of the large "OK" button sat inside a four-way jog control. The latter used to scroll and set features such as white balance, AF modes, metering and ISO settings.
A large dial on the top-plate affords fast adjustment of settings such as aperture and shutter speeds while a similarly large mode dial accesses the key shooting options such as the all auto snapping mode, portrait, landscape and sports modes (among others) and the four main manual controls of aperture and shutter priority, program and manual control. The same dial sits above a prominent on/off lever. Flash, exposure compensation, drive modes all have their own hard buttons (backed up by the four-way jog control and the LCD info panel) and each is well placed for fast and easy use while in the thick of the action.
The camera is responsive to use and while there's a wait of just over a second before you can fire off the first shot as the excellent anti dust system's animation struts its stuff. A continuous shooting rate of 3fps (for 12-JPEGs or seven RAW files) allows for accurate capture of most moving subjects while the focusing performance is equally quick and very accurate. And while some may frown at the modest 3-zone AF system, it is an accurate and reliable one.
Also, because of the smaller area afforded by the FourThirds format sensor, three AF points provide enough scope most tasks and, like its predecessor, image you take are afforded the choice of JPEG, RAW or RAW + JPEG capture at various settings and compression values – for the JPEG side of the equation.
Overall, the camera is responsive and handles well, with the (often) seemingly complex operation (due largely to the sheer amount of kit you have to tweak and play with) quickly becoming second nature. Live View, which allows images to be composed and checked for sharpness via the large LCD and its excellent 7x or 10x magnifying modes beef up the small looking viewfinder, but it is exactly that, small. However, while seemingly gloomy when compared to some larger format viewfinders it is still bright enough for easy use and features comprehensive shooting info. In short, it takes getting used to but works a treat.
So let's look at the most important aspect of the E-510, namely, the image quality. Images are excellent "out of the box", metering is reliable and offers plenty of presets including both Hi and Low settings to swing the metering bias towards highlights of shadows respectively.
White balance is temperamental in the auto mode but switch to a setting suitable for the ambient light and things are reliable indeed. Slight issues around the dynamic range and include the loss of highlights in brighter scenes, but shooting in and, with the use of the supplied RAW processing software, you can claw back missing highlight detail in JPEGs.
And said detail is superb with noise control also good from ISO100 to 800 while the top setting of ISO 1600 has obvious but not overly intrusive noise – easily on a par with much of the DSLR competition.
Colour rendition is natural (though strangely, the LCD provides a skewed colour balance compared to what you see when viewed on PC) but there is enough in the way of tailoring of colour modes (and just about every other mode on the camera) built into the camera to keep any photo enthusiasts happy. Be it black and white with built-in filters that mimic the effect of red, yellow and green filtration (to name a few modes) on a film camera, or desaturated or vivid snapping, there's lots of scope. You can also adjust the noise processing, sharpness, contrast and the like to further enhance or simply tweak image capture performance and behavior to how you like it.
With a stunning feature set and great handling in a (slightly) beefier body than its E-410 predecessor, plus great image quality, the only thing left to want is a great price. Oh! Hang on; it has a great price too – in a variety of tasty-looking kits or body only.
Okay, if you own a Canon or Nikon system you're already locked into that are unlikely to swap due to the cost of switching all those lenses if nothing else, but if you're trading up from compacts, across from film or simply need a compact yet superbly specified DSLR with anti shake, than the E-510 must be placed near the top of your list.


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The Triple Crown trail upsets continued as the 2011 Preakness went to Kentucky Derby 4th place finisher Shackleford. You can read the entire story at Horse Racing Nation.
Shackleford pressed solid fractions and was waiting for someone to go by but there were no takers so he happily took down top honors. Animal Kingdom rallied to land the place and Astrology finished a respectable 3rd. Dialed In clunked up for 4th and disappointing 6th place finisher Mucho Macho Man had early trouble, raced wide, and reportedly threw a shoe again.
As of now, it appears as though 14-horses are under consideration for the2011 Belmont Stakes. This evenly matched group of 3-year-olds take turns beating each other and we will probably see another upset in the Test of Champions.
Pedigree means everything in the Belmont Stakes and a horse like Shackleford could be in deep water because he does his best work on or near a fast pace and that strategy won't work at twelve furlongs.
Likely Belmont starter Santiva has the right grinding style for Big Sandy and Stay Thirsty is bred to run all day.
Master of Hounds and Nehro are logical Belmont Stakes contenders. The former has the pedigree power but has been in Dubai, Ireland, the United States and back this year and could have serious jet lag if he returns to the US. The latter remains eligible for an entry level spot and has a case of seconditis.
Animal Kingdom will probably get the trip and has a strong kick when the pace is slow. How much energy does he have in reserve following back-to-back strong efforts in Kentucky and Maryland?
I will be posting profiles of all Belmont Stakes contenders in the coming weeks…stay tuned!


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As the Olympic cauldron was being lit in London, American viewers of the Opening Ceremony were watching a segment featuring Bob Costas and Tom Brokaw discussing security measures at the Games. While millions on Twitter read about the queen parachuting into Olympic Stadium, NBC stations on the East Coast were showing local news. Most insulting, NBC's Twitter feed was discussing the Opening Ceremony while its network was blacking out viewers.
The peacock network has proudly promoted the fact that the 2012 Olympics will be streamed live in their entirety on the network's website, but chose to hold the Opening Ceremony for tape delay on both television and the Internet. It was a decision that enraged Olympic fans nationwide and sent many seeking illegal feeds of the live BBC broadcast.
NBC responded to the uproar on its Olympic Facebook page while the Ceremony was happening live:
The Opening and Closing Ceremonies, however, are entertainment spectacles. Our award-winning production team will present them on a medium that best demonstrates their grandeur and majesty, and at a time when friends and family are able to gather together to watch, which is in primetime.
If you want to tape delay the Opening Ceremony, fine. NBC pays more than $1 billion to broadcast each Olympics. If this is the best way for the network to make back the money, then who are we to complain? They're not providing a public service, they're in business. And their logic is right: The Opening Ceremony is a television show, not a sporting event.
But don't insult our intelligence with nonsense like the statement above. There's no concern for grandeur or majesty, unless grandeur and majesty are Cockney slang for cash. If prime time was such a sacred part of American culture, NBC wouldn't air "Whitney."
[ Related: Pregnant shooter's time in London ends early ]
Once NBC did get on air, the coverage was top-notch. All the camerawork came from an international pool feed, so there was no difference in direction. But NBC had its own graphics during the parade of nations that showed where each country was located on a map, the total population, number of athletes and the name and sport of the flag bearer. There was also a ticker that showed the next four countries to march. Matt Lauer, Bob Costas and Meredith Vieira were also better suited for the sometimes-inane commentary that has to accompany an Opening Ceremony. When discussing North Korea, for instance, a BBC commentator dryly and seriously noted the sporting prowess of Kim Jong-il. Costas did the same, but mocked the ridiculous idea of the late North Korean dictator carding 11 holes-in-one during his first round of golf.
The BBC did have one huge advantage over its American counterparts: No commercials.
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When an incredulous Jane Campion fan asked what I hated about her version of Henry James' The Portrait of a Lady, I immediately responded, "Everything." Actually, I thought Barbara Hershey, as the subtle villainess, Madame Merle, made a good first impression: I laughed appreciatively when the heroine, Isabel Archer (Nicole Kidman), surprises Merle at the piano, because Hershey gives the right ironic lilt to the line, "I am afraid there are moments in life when even Schubert has nothing to say to us." But sooner or later, everyone, including Hershey, wilts in Campion's artificial hothouse atmosphere, which suffocates James' account of a lively American girl's unsentimental education as she quests through Europe in search of a life of value. I did hate everything about the movie if you define "everything" the way James did -- as the sum of the essential and the significant. (Isabel asks Madame Merle, "What have you to do with me?" and Madame Merle answers, "Everything.") What Campion and screenwriter Laura Jones have left out of Isabel's progress is her inner landscape -- the foundation of the book. James revealed in his preface that when he sat down to write the novel, he said to himself, "Place the center of the subject in the young woman's own consciousness." The only consciousness here belongs to the filmmakers. A sad, paltry thing it is.
James biographer Leon Edel noted that at moments in The Portrait of a Lady, "The story verges on melodrama when it isn't pure fairy tale: a rich uncle, a poor niece, an ugly sick cousin who worships her from a distance, three suitors, a fairy-godfather who converts the niece into an heiress, and finally her betrayal by a couple of her cosmopolite compatriots into a marriage as sinister as the backdrop of a Brontë novel." To Edel, James' work is a prime example that what gives a novel life isn't the story -- "it was the way in which the story was told, the qualities of mind and heart that flowed into it, suffusing it with the warmth and texture of life itself." (Or, as Sam Peckinpah said, "It's the way you blow up a bridge.") Campion and Jones tell it with full-frontal banality; it doesn't verge on melodrama, it drowns in melodrama. Like the most blatant hacks (but with flurries of art-house filigree), the filmmakers use a raging hormonal imbalance to account for Isabel's odd choice to marry Gilbert Osmond (John Malkovich), that paragon of useless good taste. Poor Isabel: She's transformed from a seeker after truth and beauty to a sort of hard-shelled ditz whose destiny changes with a kiss.
Although I'm all for adapters of classic work boldly announcing their freedom from tradition, Campion and Jones' devices aren't far removed from Baz Luhrmann's in William Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet. This period piece begins with contemporary young ladies in languid poses, photographed with the fungoid gloss that Campion long ago made her visual signature. We see a girl whose blank face seems to scream out "tabula rasa" subtly swaying to the music on her Discman before we fade into the intense, empty face of Nicole Kidman. If Campion and Jones were saying solely that, throughout the years, "girls will be girls," the device would be condescending and facile; what makes it worse is that on the soundtrack we hear the girls' silly chatter about kissing -- and when you get right down to it, this movie really is about nothing more than kissing.
Before we get a chance to acclimate ourselves to the strange closed world of American expatriates in the late 1800s, Isabel, at her uncle Mr. Touchett's British estate, is already putting off the admirable, forward-thinking Lord Warburton (Richard E. Grant), surprising everyone including her termagant aunt (Shelley Winters) and her sickly, loving, observant cousin, Ralph Touchett (Martin Donovan). Then we learn of her previous suitor, the aggressive American businessman Caspar Goodwood (Viggo Mortensen), who's been tipped off to her location by her roving journalist friend Henrietta Stackpole (Mary-Louise Parker). Before long Isabel has a dream of Ralph and Caspar and Warburton making love to her. Jones has written that if James "is turning in his grave at the vision of Isabel's romantic sexual fantasies, I hope he is turning with pleasure." From what -- imagining himself in Isabel's place? (Really, this latter-day Jamesian sexual revisionism has gone too far.)
By the time Ralph advises his father to give half his inheritance to Isabel, the film's tone has already been set: ugly, brutish, and warped. And there on in, the moviemakers relentlessly telegraph the plot turns, so that rather than empathize with Isabel as her upward-aspiring vision plays tricks with her, we deem her incredibly stupid for not seeing that Gilbert Osmond is a well-dressed homunculus. The moviemakers guarantee that we'll feel superior to Isabel by giving away at the outset that Madame Merle was Osmond's mistress. In the famous last line of the novel, which of course has no correlation in the movie, Henrietta Stackpole teaches the spurned-yet-again Caspar Goodwood "the meaning of patience." One wishes it had been taught to Campion and Jones. Throughout, they seek to grab us with clipped scenes and stark effects, the nadir being a flickering black-and-white montage of Isabel freaking out during an Egyptian tour over her response to Osmond's ardent courting, a sequence complete with a spinning-parasol pattern out of Vertigo and, yes, talking lima beans. And the direction of the actors is ludicrously overemphatic -- at one point, Osmond brays in imitation of a donkey. James wrote that in his novel he strove to attain "the maximum of intensity with the minimum of strain"; Campion and Jones exert the maximum of strain to achieve the minimum of intensity.


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