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Jared Anthony, an award winning real estate professional from Houston, shares how he became an accomplished and successful real estate agent.
Jared Anthony makes sure to deliver a relaxed and smooth buying and selling experience to all of his clients. He and his team have their clients' best interests in mind and are a dedicated group of professionals. Jared and his team offer one of the best real estate services in the Greater Houstan and Surrounding Areas. Check out Jared Anthony's exclusive interview with PropertySpark below!
When did you start your career in real estate?
As to when I actually "started" my career in real estate, that's debatable. The simple answer is 2013. The more interesting answer involves dramatic effect. I was an airline pilot for ExpressJet Airlines for 8 years. Prior to the airlines I was a flight instructor for 4 years out of Dallas, TX. Flash forward several years later. My last 3 years at ExpressJet, I was also assisting a local RE/MAX franchise with marketing. I was around the business and started to develop a passion for real estate, which turned into an affair with real estate. I was cheating on my airline career with real estate. Then I knew, real estate was for me.
I was driving back to Texas after my Sister's wedding, in June of 2013. I was frustrated with a lot of things; my then present, my then past and no current or foreseeable passion for the airline pilot career. I had missed out on so many opportunities to be at family events. Sure, I was able to experience them online, but it wasn't the same as being there. Real estate is demanding, however, now I have the opportunity to seize those moments with my family in real life.
On the return trip to Texas, I wrote a very simple, yet respectful, letter of resignation to the airline. On that same 6-hour drive from Lawton, Oklahoma to Houston, Texas, I enrolled in real estate courses and never looked back. That moment was the beginning, June 23, 2013.
Comparing your business from back then to now, what has been the main thing that allowed you to expand your business?
I'll answer the second part of that question first. I don't really think about how my business has expanded, rather, I compare how I develop new relationships now compared to how I did in the beginning. What has expanded is the people who have become more than clients and colleagues, but friends. The same is true with any other realtor, or person in general. I'm a human, I have my ups and I have my downs. Learning how to read people and respond to their needs is key in business growth. People drive the economy/business. Once I understand the client, I can respond to their needs much more effectively and provide them exceptional service, and as a result, my business continues to expand.
I left a career with steady income and entered the world of, "I hope this closes this month." It rocks your world when you've been trained and fed a guaranteed paycheck every 2 weeks.
I've also learned you can't worry about the money. You can't worry period. Our brains are program to produce an outcome based on our thoughts and our emotions. It's hard to not worry about money and when the next closing is coming in. That's why you sink yourself into an environment and be around people that emulate who and what you want to become. As a Gay, Pentecostal, former Mortician (true story as I have the bachelor's degree to prove it) and former Pilot, I quote to you all Proverbs 27:17, "As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another." It's just that simple. If you surround yourself with successful people, that have a positive outlook on life, their good vibes and habits will eventually bleed over to you. I've learned to shut down fear and refocus on positivity and exceeding goals. It's a daily battle, but once I recognized the truth to this, I made an change in my thinking and as a result, so did my business and relationships.
My business is where it is today because I'm a risk taker. I'm one of those people who are always willing to try anything once. I can't afford to not try. Trying is free. Not trying can cost a lot more. Hey, if you fail, hopefully you walk away with a lesson learned and keep it rolling.
What are the most profitable aspects of your business, why do you think this is and how can others apply this to what they're doing?
Finding the right people to be around. That is the single most profitable aspect of my business. It's not who you know, it who you get to know that matters. People will fail in this business if they don't come with an attitude of gratitude.
The industry's professionals will be replaced with the "Smart-Homes" and crazy things like AI (Artificial Intelligence) devices that can sell a home without or with very little human involvement in the process. The old-school processes of being a Realtor are out the window. In today's society, people would rather talk to a machine rather than a person. The machine isn't going to spout out a loads of crap. Look at what's happening in the car business. One word: "Carvana". Now, you can't sit there and tell me that real estate won't become a vending machine for houses like Carvana has become for cars. It is possible and it's already happening, for example, Amazon's "Alexa" & "GoogleAssistant". They can already do open houses, essential, with minimal human interaction, trust me, I've tested several Alexa Real Estate apps. Check out Talk to the House on Amazon/Alexa. There are already some Brokers that offer, "Tour This Home on Your Own," without an agent.
The question then becomes, "How do we compete against Alexa?" You beat it by providing services and solutions that would not otherwise be available through the AmazonNow App and the like. My most valued aspect is that a client can reach me at 2PM or 2AM. My clients and leads get a reply within minutes. Test me: 832-570-5726. It's the human touch and providing value that no machine can offer
Realtors who enjoy the highs and thrive through the lows are those who create a bond with not only their clients and former clients, but their current and former leads. True story, I call once a week on former leads. They're on Post-It-Notes and random pieces of paper. I have them in a special file. When things slow down or I find myself slipping into the real estate "funk", I pull that file out and I start to call and text. I call to see how they're doing, what's happening in their lives. I genuinely care about connecting with clients on their level. When I take the attention off of me and place my attention on them and how they are, that's when my business shines.
How Do You Work: (Do you wake up early, work late, communicate, what jobs do you do yourself, who do you talk to etc)?
Whether working with a buyer or a seller, I put myself in their position. I truly work in a way to first, build a relationship with my clients and prospects. I provide quality service that is proven in the value my clients receive.
To break it down for you, here's how I work. I answer my phone, consistently. It blows my mind how many agents don't answer their phone or voicemail boxes are full and unable to leave a message. If I'm not able to take their call, I text them immediately so that my clients know I've personally seen their call/text, and that I will respond as soon as possible. I work selflessly, at times to a fault. I am up before the chickens and am usually the last one to leave the office. I have dinner and then go back to work for another hour or 2. I'm honest with my clients. I speak to them direct and to the point, with facts, no fluff. My clients know the first time they talk to me, I'm a straight shooter and most appreciate that. I don't take "No." I will find a way to get a client approved and the deal closed. I am a hands-on business professional. I leave very little for anyone else to do. This is my business, and it's my responsibility to make sure the job is done. I am aggressive in my communication with partners such as lenders and title companies. I don't wait for them to get back to me, I stay on top of my files very effectively.
When did you realize you were successful/made it and how did you feel/celebrate?
I wouldn't say, "I've made it." Doing so would mean there's nothing next for me. I don't plan on ever making it. I do plan on achieving and re-achieving many more times. I am very "proud" of where I am, but I am not content, never will be. After a big closing, I go right back to the office and get back to work on my next project.
Looking back, what could you have done sooner to get to that point quicker?
I wish I would have employed a clean, organized database and CRM with automation to help me stay in contact with former clients. Sure, I friend them on Facebook, but it's not the same. I'm now going back through all of my closed transactions and reorganizing my CRM software to do a better just of reminding me to stay top of mind to my clients. I'm also always looking for new tools to stay on the frontline of the ever-evolving real estate tech.
What should other real estate entrepreneurs reading this be focusing on to expand their own business?
The number one thing is to constantly reach out to former clients. Send birthday cards, drip campaigns anything that keeps your name in their face. Spend a day or two a month calling past clients just to say hi and ask if there's anything they need. Genuinely care. Last, put yourself out there, everywhere. My business cards are on me always and I also have pens with my info on them. I hand them out to the checkers at the grocery stores, I leave pens at restaurants, waiters are always losing pens. I send my airline buddies tons of pens. Passengers are constantly asking to "borrow" a pen, and most are never returned. This literally happened. A dude called me from my number that was on one of my marketing pens. He found the pen on the sidewalk and loved the way it wrote. The call wasn't about real estate, at first. He said, "Where did you get these pens? I need these for my business." I sent him the information and saved his number. I made a note on my calendar to call him 2 weeks later. I made that call and now have him and 2 new referrals from a pen that someone randomly dropped on the sidewalk. I also like to trade out the bank pens when I go through the teller line. That's the most fun for me. Get creative and push yourself to be more assertive with your brand and letting people know who you are and what you do.
What do you consider the main differences between those people who have been successful in your industry and those who have failed?
Consistency. Those who aren't motivated by money, seriously, let's get real, aren't going to make it. I'm not doing this as a hobby, I'm doing it because I like to eat, and I like nice things. If you aren't motivated by the outcome of closing a deal and dropping a fat check in your account, you start to waiver in your daily tasks that require consistency. There's also the extreme satisfaction of overcoming obstacles and closing really tough deals. I love taking on a challenge that other agents walk away from. I turn no one down. I have no minimum price point, and I take on leases. People think this job is easy money. Look how many licensees are active. Reality hits when you're 100% commission. It would easier to go back to a 9-5PM. I just don't find it rewarding. For those who love a good challenge and want to succeed in this business, keep doing what you know you need to be doing. It will pay off.
How has social media and online marketing affected your real estate business? How much more success have you had now after implementing social media and online marketing efforts?
Social media has been EVERYTHING for me. I was transferred by the airline to Houston after being based in several other cities over my airline career. I never really got close with anyone in those cities, Houston included. What I moved to Houston, I knew very few people and had zero referral business. How do you go into the real estate business in a new town with few to very little contacts? I used the heck out of social media. Again, I was and still to this day am consistent with my social media practices. I am also highly critical of what is posted to my accounts. I am so sick of seeing listing and open houses, and so is everyone else. If it's working for you, great. I don't see that beneficial to growing my personal business. I am an out-of-the box thinker. I do crazy things to get notice. I used a radio show that I was on in Houston on iHeartRadio; I worked everything I could to standout and be different, and I stopped caring what people thought of me.
I left the big-box Brokers, and there were a couple of them I was with, because they want everyone to comply with their branding. All their agents look the same; same cards, signs, websites, "protect the brand!" That may work for some agents, actually, a majority of agents, and that's okay for them. I'm now with a firm, Pogi Realty, that thrives on letting each agent create their own image and brand. I am encouraged to be me. We've had some of the craziest brainstorming sessions. There's a lot in the works in the coming months that I'm very excited about.
My friends have nicknamed me, no joke, "Media Whore." I'm okay with that. I'm thinking about putting it on my business cards. Sometimes you have to whore yourself out to get noticed. It's worked and continues to work for me. I will continue to be consistently whoring myself out until the day I retire, which I love what I do, so I doubt that day will never come.
Our goal is to introduce you to the real estate leaders in North America. We hope this article has helped you to become a successful real estate agent and top producing real estate professional in your market. We invite you to reach out to Jared Anthony for an exceptional experience in buying or selling real estate in Houston!
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Show your support for the affordable housing proposal
Metro West CD proposes to purchase multi-family homes for renovating and permanently deed restricting as an effort to provide refurbished affordable rental housing for individuals and families.
The goal of the proposal is to amass enough units to be able to apply for Low Income Housing Tax Credits and other Dept. of Housing and Community Development resources to leverage Waltham's CPA funds to undertake a significant level of rehabilitation.
The Community Preservation Committee (CPC) will be voting on a proposal to convert 26 apartments on the south side into affordable units. This proposal would cost $2 million and be matched by $10 million in private and state funding. It would NOT be new development but taking existing high rent and/or substandard housing and bringing up to state code, deleading it for use by families, and putting a rent restriction on it going forward. This project would be using Waltham CPC funds that are set aside for affordable housing and have to be used for that purpose.
For more information about the proposal, please read the attached document.
To show your support, please:
1. Attend the Community Preservation Committee Meeting June 6 at 7pm at City Hall
2. Contact your city councillor.


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Theta Lake is an enterprise tool that helps apply regulations to videos, audio, and documents. Theta Lake is specially designed and built with enterprise environments in mind. It is founded by entrepreneurs and enterprise technology builders with decades of leadership recognition by Global 100 customers and top industry analysts.
Theta Lake uses AI and Deep Learning to detect compliance risks in video collaboration, video marketing, social video, call recordings, and other rich media content. Detections feed into intuitive, AI-assisted supervision workflow with secure retention and compliant archiving options.
The idea behind it is that companies would automatically be able to apply legal regulations
to their in-company conversations by indexing videos, audio, and other criteria so they can identify flaws and other weaknesses that appear on them.
The idea behind it is that companies would automatically be able to apply legal regulations
to their in-company conversations by indexing videos, audio, and other criteria so they can identify flaws and other weaknesses that appear on them.
Our relationship with Theta Lake progressed quickly. Rich and Devin (our wonderful clients) came to us with the need for a frontend development team that could work closely with their in-house design and backend team, so we started there.
As time passed and they saw the results of our hard work, they entrusted us with more responsibilities and challenging tasks. Halfway through the project, they needed a Go developer on their backend, and we were happy to help them.
As a next step, they asked for a Ruby on Rails developer to continue to support their backend. We also assisted for the DevOps part, providing information about continuous integrations and delivery tools to help with the decision-making of which tool to use.
Due to the level of involvement that we gained from working with our client, we ended up assembling the project from scratch. This meant creating everything from the beginning and devising the whole structure of the application around their existing backend design. All that hard work allowed us to assume the technical leadership of the frontend as well.
In conclusion, after a year of work, Bixlabs became a fundamental part of their team assuming the technical leadership of the product frontend and solving key technical challenges for the project.
At Bixlabs we were working remotely with Theta Lake's team following the Scrum methodology, the most widely-used lightweight process framework for agile development. This framework encourages frequent inspection, adaptation, teamwork, and self-organization for best results. Take a look how we implemented it:
It's awesome to be working so actively and involved with someone who's across the planet, but one of the best things about that was when we get to meet each other in person. Our developers traveled from three different countries to meet with our client in Ecuador, Mexico and Costa Rica to get to know each other and collaborate, and clearly had a great time doing so.
Since we are very proud of being organized and efficient, we make code-reviews among ourselves to ensure high quality code, and the client reviews functionality to make sure his vision is well represented.
We have a lot of experience on the best methods of testing. We understand what makes sense and what does not while taking into consideration the very high (~ 93%) coverage that automated testing delivers. We do an end-to-end test, integration test and unit tests, which all together allow us to do things fearlessly. We guarantee this method to help the quality of the project immensely, making it more stable.
We believe this process is one of the reasons we are successful with each product we develop, and are constantly seeking to improve our team's effectiveness.
In the first year of working on this project the initial milestones are complete:
• the first version of the application is up and running and it was done within customer's time and budget
• it is able to process video, documents and audio as well as integrate user groups, permissions and workflows with diagrams
• it allows the definition of rules e.g. that nobody speaks of a certain topic, and if that happens the system does its job
So, what's next? Since the product is working as our client expected, we are also working in the backend, making us a very active and involved player for Theta Lake. We get a lot of feedback from the client because he's on top of his product, which allows us to have better development, without wasting time, ensuring the success of the project.
With multiple patents pending, Theta Lake is looking to alleviate the compliance and regulatory risks of video and audio communication for the enterprise by modernizing communication compliance, and we were a fundamental part of it! We are very happy to accompany Theta Lake on this path as entrepreneurs and feel we have contributed to their success, which in turn allowed us to grow as a team into more experienced developers.
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Please join us as Terrapin Outfitters partners with CCP to raise funds for the courageous children we serve who are battling cancer! As a part of Paddle to the Coast for CCP, brave adventurers from Terrapin Outfitters will paddle nearly 170 miles from Columbia, SC to Charleston!
The kayakers will make their journey from April 4-10 and post video updates on the event Facebook page so we can ride along virtually. Please help us reach our goal of $10,000 and make a pledge to benefit Children's Cancer Partners.
Terrapin Outfitters is an innovative company that specializes in developing clothing and gear that enhance people's enjoyment of outdoor activities. Terrapin Outfitters uses one of nature's greatest animals, the turtle, as the company logo to demonstrate how much fun one can have by simply going outside and enjoying our world.
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Sunday, March 15, 2009
Its amazing how people come into your life...
Now do not get me wrong. I LOVED my dress. It was everything I was looking for and it took me forever to find it. I toyed with the idea of selling it for a while.
After the first 2 years of random postings and about 5 failed attempts of "meetings" and "fittings" I started to think of other ways to give my dress a second life.
I have been so blessed in my own life, and marriage that I hoped it would bring someone else as many blessings.
We are not having children, so passing it down to a daughter is not going to happen. I asked my sister YEARS ago if she would want to wear it and she wants a BIG dress. A big poofy dress and my dress was certainly not.
One of the blogs I read is Jimmy Choos and Tennis Shoes talked about a program called The Glass Slipper Project its a non profit based out of Chicago that takes donated formal dresses and sets up under privileged girls for prom with dresses, shoes, accessories, hair and makeup. Its a pretty amazing organization check it out*
So I was talking to one of the girls I work with at the restaurant about donating my dress (Lets call her L). L to me is a really good person. Have you ever met someone that you just get a really good vibe from. That seems like a really genuine soul? She is that kind of person to me.
I told her I did not want to send it to Goodwill or The Salvation Army because it would get trashed. If I was giving it away I REALLY wanted it to go to a great home. I mentioned to her I was thinking of shipping it to The Glass Slipper Project.
Well me and L have been talking about her up coming wedding, she was engaged just this past weekend!!! I am SOOO excited for her!
She is 23 and she is getting married to her soul mate. They are really a great couple. They have been together 6 years, they both have bachelors degrees and they start grad school in August. They are also waiting till they are married to have sex!!! (which is almost unheard of these days) They are looking to get married before they start school again and they are both ready, they are also attempting to do a wedding on a budget. Which is funny because 5 years ago I was in the same boat!
Well the day after talking about donating my dress L came to me and asked "Are you really thinking of giving away your wedding dress?"
Right away I almost cried. Serious. I was so flattered that such a good person would even entertain wearing my dress and we made a date for her to look at it.
That night. We left straight from work and she asked me before I left if I would be offended if she did not like it. We laughed and I told her it would take a lot more than that. If she liked it she like it and if not. It was no big deal.
My beautiful dress on my wedding day...
And now it will be L's dress on her wedding day.... I feel so blessed to be able to give away my dress... She has been looking for dresses and has not found anything that compares to mine!!
We both cried a little and talked about how when you least expect it, life throws you little blessings? I am SOO excited for her!!
Its amazing how people come into your life.... And what effect they have with you?
* on a side note I also noted that there is not "yet" and organization in Kansas and my wheels are turning and I am looking into what it would take to start a non profit offering the same services here in my state! : )....***
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That is a beautiful dress and wonderful to know someone else will get to have it be part of their wedding.
Mine was my great-grandmother's dress (she made it herself in 1908) and was also worn by my mother and my older sister. I loved that it had sen so many weddings.
- Sandy said...
That is so neat that it worked out that way. I think it means to so much more to know the person who is going to take your dress and knowing that she really appreciates it. Very pretty dress and pictures of you two!
- "M" said...
I think that's fabulous. I need to find a new home from my dress. I'll go check out that program you mentioned!
- Trixie said...
Ahhhh...that's so nice it's going to see another wedding! I hope you did it on the provido she passes it on as well? Keep the tradition going!
- Random Musings said...
COTW- that dress must have been beautiful... I am really excited to share it
Sandy- Thanks, and I LOVE that I know who its going to. She is going to take great care of it. AND she is going to pass it on as well.
M- Hold that thought. I may want it for "my new" organization that I am thinking of starting..
Trixie- Yes she is going to pass it on..


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church a building for public Christian worship.
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Accommodation around KWOW-FM (Clifton)
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stream a body of running water moving to a lower level in a channel on land.
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cemetery a burial place or ground.
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tower a high conspicuous structure, typically much higher than its diameter.
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hospital a building in which sick or injured, especially those confined to bed, are medically treated.
park an area, often of forested land, maintained as a place of beauty, or for recreation.
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Key references:
Ozgur A, Radev DR, He Y. Mining of vaccine-associated IFN-γ gene interaction networks using the Vaccine Ontology. Journal of Biomedical Semantics. In press.
Ozgur A, Xiang Z, Radev DR, He Y. Literature-based discovery of IFN-gamma and vaccine-mediated gene interaction networks. J Biomed Biotechnol. 2010;2010:426479. Epub 2010 Jun 3. PMID: 20625487. PMCID: PMC2896678.
Ozgur A, Radev DR, He Y. Mining of vaccine-associated IFN-γ gene interaction networks using the Vaccine Ontology. Proceedings of Bio-Ontologies: Semantic Applications in Life Sciences, 2010, the 18th Annual International Conference on Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology (ISMB), Boston, USA.
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Ozgur A, Vu T, Erkan G, Radev DR: Identifying gene-disease associations using centrality on a literature mined gene-interaction network. Bioinformatics 2008, 24(13):i277-285.
Erkan G, Ozgur A, Radev DR: Semi-supervised classification for extracting protein interaction sentences using dependency parsing. In: Proceedings of the 2007 Joint Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing and Computational Natural Language Learning (EMNLP-CoNLL), 2007: 228-237.


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High window cills, small windows, dark rooms: that is the commonly known appearance of older family homes, which are often not bright and open. Renovation breathes new life into the home, especially with the investment of a bi-fold-door. As a modern façade solution Solarlux's The Bi-Fold Door can open up the living space to the terrace almost 100 percent and smoother in operation than the classic sliding door.
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Students in this concentration explore computer-human interaction to convey meaning in the form of physical installations, interactive objects, and online artworks. This includes the combination of video, animation, text, audio, and imagery in an interactive environment. Students work with code as a language for innovative artistic expression.
Digital Arts in Context
Coding Interactive Sculpture
Physical computing
Interactive Media
Performance and Electronic Media
Interactive Installation
Coding for Digital Media
Electronic Music and Sound
Augmented Reality
Virtual Reality
3-D Modeling
Dimensional Printing for Artists
Internet as a Medium
Subverting Digital Media
After graduation, Pratt Alumni can be found featured in important publications, exhibiting in galleries and new media institutions and working in major creative industries.
Apple Computer
Interface Media Group
Infinity Technologies
Phillips Electronics
IBM Watson Research Labs
Syrup LLC
Ta-Da Inc.
D'strict.com and many more
Bastardo: Imperio de Culto Visual
Brooklyn Fire Proof Gallery
Bunny Cutlett Gallery
Et Al Gallery
Hester Gallery
Governors Island
Hyphen Hub
Microscope Gallery
Nescafe Gallery
Pratt Manhattan Gallery
Spring Break Art Fair
The Other Art Fair
TRANSFER Gallery
Apple Computer
Big Spaceship
Genera Games
IBM Watson Research Labs
IDT Corporation
Infinity Technologies
Interface Media Group
Kindea Labs
Local Projects
Milkman Games
Phillips Electronics
Syrup LLC
Syn Apse Games
Ta-Da Inc.
The Fearless Group
Trademark Media
Unified Field
Requirements for BFA in Digital Arts
- Semester 1
- Semester 2
- Semester 2 Core
Complete one of the following Social Science Global Electives. Complete two Writing Intensive courses (SSWI, MSWI) out of your Social Science Global Elective, Social Science Thinking Elective, and Math/Science Core Elective.SS-203G Global History to 1800ORSS-204G Global History Since 1800ORSS-209G Introduction to AnthropologyORSS-218G Salvation from Despair: Spiritual Awakenings in the Ancient WorldORSS-220G Islam from Muhammad to the Great KhansORSS-236G Comparative RevolutionsORSS-246G Lines in the sand:Borders, Nation-State And the Modern International SystemORSS-249G Secret Activities of the CIA And the Modern International SystemORSS-256GP Law, War and Empire in Modern World HistoryORSS-261G Sexual Politics in Transnational PerspectiveORSS-278G Caribbean Music and Festivals: Shapers Of National and Global IdentitiesORSSWI-222G Making/Faking NatureORSSWI-234G Century of GenocidesORSSWI-241G Cities and GlobalizationORSSWI-242G Culture, Identity, Power: 1300-1800ORSSWI-245G The Empire Strikes Back
- Semester 3
- Semester 3 Core
Complete one of the following Social Science Thinking Electives. Complete two Writing Intensive courses (SSWI, MSWI) out of your Social Science Global Elective, Social Science Thinking Elective, and Math/Science Core Elective.SS-201T Sustainable CoreORSS-247TP Revolution Now!:Students, Politics and ProtestORSSWI-210T General PsychologyORSSWI-224T Nomads and Settlers Nomads and SettlersORSSWI-233T Violence As PoliticsORSSWI-235T Education and SocietyORSSWI-237T Death & DyingORSSWI-240T Shaping the Contemporary CityORSSWI-250T The Ethics of ResearchORSSWI-255T Telling Tales: Narrative and Meaning in The HumanitiesORSSWI-262T Contemporary Theories of GenderORSSWI-276T Music,Creativity, and ConsumptionORSSWI-288T Animals:Ethics and RepresentationORSSWI-291T England Bloody England: Nation, Myth, IdentityORSSWI-228TP Introduction to Theory and CritiqueORSSWI-244TP Memphis to Ferguson: Rethinking Modern American History
- Semester 4
- Semester 4 Core
Complete one of the following Math/Science Core Electives. Complete two Writing Intensive courses (SSWI,MSWI) out of your Social Science Global Elective, Social Science Thinking Elective, and Math/Science Core Elective.MSCI-220C Science of LightORMSCI-222C Intro. to ElectronicsORMSCI-223C AstronomyORMSCI-225C Starstruck: Meet Our UniverseORMSCI-232C Chemistry of Arist's MaterialsORMSCI-250C GeologyORMSCI-251C Planet EarthORMSCI-252C Natural CatastrophesORMSCI-283C Breeders, Propagators, & CreatorsORMSWI-210C Science & SocietyORMSWI-224C The Physics of Acoustic MusicORMSWI-230C Chemistry of PigmentsORMSWI-260C EvolutionORMSWI-263C The Biological Significance of Art and TechonologyORMSWI-270C Ecology Environment and Anthropocene
- Semester 5
Complete these plus 3 DDA Interactive Elective credits and 3 Post Core Liberal Arts Elective credits.DDA-360 Coding for Interactive InstallationDDA-361 Interactive Studio III
- Semester 6
- Semester 7
- Semester 8
This program emphasizes a concept-based approach to working with interactive technologies, allowing twenty-first century artists to create radically engaging experiential art.


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The School of Health and Medical Sciences, after its completion this past summer, has received not only a new campus in Nutley, N.J. but also new equipment.
Bonita Stanton, founding dean of Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine at Seton Hall University (on behalf of all three IHS deans, Brian Shulman and Marie Foley, described the new equipment at the Nutley campus.
"There is extensive recording equipment in the simulation suite (high fidelity mannequins and standardized patients), state-of-the-art information technology in the learning studios, significantly enhanced set of journals and publications available online, digital signage throughout the building, research laboratories throughout the building, activities of daily living laboratory, exam table laboratories to teach clinical skills across all three schools," Stanton said.
Starting in July, they have done their best to teach the Pennsylvania and medical students how to use the new equipment. Some of the equipment has not existed in the South Orange campus such as the technology in the learning studio while others, like the mannequins have been upgraded.
Shannon Burke, a senior with a major in nursing and a minor in Catholic studies, described an experience she had in one of the new classrooms.
"The classrooms I have been in are set up in tables of five students, each with their own 52" TV where students can connect and display their laptops during group presentations," she said. "I feel as though this technology has its perks, but I can also see the downfall," said Burke. "Unfortunately, I do not think that professors and students that were supposed to be utilizing this technology were fully briefed on how to use this new and innovative technology. Often, some of these wonderful technologies are not being used to their full potential."
Teresea Holl, a junior nursing major shared her opinion on the new campus.
"The IHS campus is great because it is solely students in healthcare and sciences. It is nice being around students with the same interests in a new environment," Holl said. "The biggest thing I had to adapt to was driving to school, but I've been enjoying the short commute and new building, so I have nothing negative about my experience!"
Sarah Luczak, a senior nursing major, shared that although she has yet to use the new equipment, she has seen it.
"At the new campus, I have seen a few new pieces of equipment; such as a simulation operating room. Unfortunately, I have not used the equipment. I don't believe the equipment is for nursing students necessarily," said Luczak. "In addition, I've seen a room with simulation mannequins to practice various types of health care functions. I have not yet used the mannequins, but I do believe that when it comes time for my clinical simulation, we will be using them."
Stephanie Bade, a senior Nursing major, describes simulations available in a class she is taking later this year.
"During my clinical simulations there are various SIM manikins and other technology that allows students to feel as if they are truly in a hospital setting," said Bade. "For example, the junior nursing students who will be taking maternity and newborn clinical, will have a SIM manikin that can replicate a pregnant woman giving birth with all of the monitors and ultrasound technology that is used in a hospital."
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On 31 Dec 2007, Michelle and I visited Carcasean (again!). This time we played Thief of Baghdad, Palazzo, and Vinci. Chong Sean joined us for Palazzo and Vinci.
Thief of Baghdad was one of the finalists for the Spiel des Jahres this year, although it didn't win. There are six palaces, each with four treasure chests. There are guards protecting the palaces, some of which are yours, some are your opponents', and some are neutral guards. And then you have some thieves to help you steal the treasure chests. To steal a treasure chest, you need to get enough of your thieves into the palace. The first treasure chest in a palace requires four thieves, followed by 5, 6 and 7 thieves.
You play cards to place thieves, to move thieves (accompanied by your guards) or to move your guards or neutral guards. To place a thief into a palace requires at least one of your guards at that palace and at least one more guard not belonging to you. I think of this as you need your guard to bribe the other guard, and a guard not belonging to you needs to be present so that the sultan will not know it was your guard who let the thief in. I don't think this is in the rules, but explaining it this way probably helps in understanding and remembering the rule.
So, basically you play cards, and you draw cards, and you race to steal a number of treasure chests, depending on the number of players. The game is quite simple. There is, of course, luck in terms of what cards you get, but the game also allows for clever usage of the cards you get, which I think is the best part of the game. You try to be as efficient as you can and as quick as you can to steal the treasure chests. The rules are very clean and simple, so this is an easy game to teach. This is an OK game. I don't need to own it, but I don't mind playing occasionally.
Palazzo is sometimes called an improved version of Alhambra (Spiel des Jahres winner in 2003), because they share some similarities in how money is handled. But I find that is the only similarity. The game is otherwise quite different. I like Palazzo more, despite it not being an SdJ winner.
In this game, players compete in building palaces (palazzo = palaces). You buy single floor tiles either directly or through auctions, and you use these floor tiles to construct your palaces. Each floor tile has a number, and you must build in ascending order, without repeating any number. Each floor tile is made from one of three types of materials, and making palaces of a single material earns you bonuses. The floor tiles also have different numbers of doors and windows, which also give you points. You need to build tall palaces to score more points. In fact, a single floor palace will give you negative points.
To buy palace floors, there are two ways. If you choose to buy palace floors on your turn, you reveal two floors, place the first in the centre warehouse, and the second in one of the four quarries surrounding the warehouse depending on the number of windows of that floor. Then you choose whether to buy from the warehouse, or to start an auction for the next group of floors in the quarries. Buying directly from the warehouse is "safe", as in noone else can stop you, but you can buy at most two floors, and you must be able to afford the price. Starting an auction means other players may compete with you. However, you have a slight advantage of $3. As the player who triggers the auction, you are automatically considered having started the bidding at $3, i.e. if you win, you effectively have a $3 discount. Of course the most important factor when deciding whether to buy direct or to start an auction is whether the floors available at the warehouse or at the next quarry are useful to you.
During the game, you can also take money and do renovation. Money is, of course, needed for the purchasing and the auctions. Renovation is important to improve your palaces. You can insert a single floor tile into a palace, or pull out a single floor tile from a palace, or completely discard a single floor palace. Doing a renovation costs you one turn, but sometimes it is very worthwhile.
I enjoyed Palazzo. I like building things and matching colours. It's like playing with Lego, my favourite toy in my childhood.
Vinci is an out of print game ranked highly at BoardGameGeek. It is one of the games people call a "Civilisation Lite". There is some similarity to History of the World, which I own, but it is much shorter, and there is no dice.
We played a 3 player game, but we only played up to 100 victory points, instead of the standard 150VP meant for 3 players. We just wanted to give it a try to get a feel. I wonder whether playing a shorter version distorted how good the game is. I found the game to be a little flat.
Each player starts the game with one civilisation. Each civilisation has two special abilities (e.g. being harder to defeat, or scoring additional victory points for certain types of terrain occupied). Each turn, you try to expand your empire, and at the end of the turn, you score points based on the provinces you control. Conquest is deterministic. You just count a few factors to determine the number of people you need for conquering a province, e.g. terrain type, number of defenders, any civilisation special abilities. As your empire start to run out of steam, you can spend one turn to bring it into decline, and then choose a new civilisation to play starting the next turn. Your "old" civilisation will continue to give you victory points, even though you can't use it anymore, as long as they are not yet completely destroyed by your opponents.
In our (short) game, Michelle had 3 civilisations and both Chong Sean and I had 2. Each turn we try to maximise our score by conquering as many provinces as we could, and sometimes when certain terrain give bonus, or are easier to conquer, we go for those. I had high hopes for Vinci, since it is quite highly regarded. However after our game, it seemed a little boring. It is indeed short, and simple, and it does simulate the rise and fall of civilisations. The design is clean, even though there are many different special abilities. You don't need to remember all. There is a handy reference card. Maybe playing a shorter game made it not as good as a full game.


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Islamabad, February 24, 2019 (PPI-OT): President Dr Arif Alvi has said that Literary activities are healthy sign of intellectually developed nations. These activities enhance the mental growth of populace, enlighten them of the experiences of history too. The President expressed these views while addressing 3rd Sindh Literature Festival being held at Karachi. He said it is because of the improved law and order in the city that literary programs are being organized which is highly commendable.
He said, "Some days back Oxford Adabi Festival was also successfully held in Governor House Karachi." He appreciated the efforts of organizers to ensure that the Festival is now being held on regular basis. Later, he visited different book stalls and cultural artefact shops. He was presented Sindhi topi and Ajrak coupled with a memento by the organizers.
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Welcome to your Hollister school library. Your school library is the place to go when you want to know.
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Women with disability must have a seat at the table this International Women's Day
Wed 6 March 2019
"Misconceptions and barriers mean that women with disabilities experience a threefold daily challenge: they are women, they are people with disabilities, and they are women with disabilities." (Source: "Bold women can tackle the workplace challenge of disability", World Economic Forum)
There are a few themes on the table this International Women's Day (IWD), coming up on Friday 8 March. UN Women's global theme is 'Think equal, build smart, innovate for change', UN Women National Committee Australia's focal theme is 'More Powerful Together', and the independent international theme is #BalanceforBetter, which aims for better gender balance to drive a better working world. Whichever theme is chosen and however your workplace chooses to celebrate the day, women with disability must have a seat at the table.
Over two million women and girls with disability live in Australia – that's one in every five females. They are mothers, colleagues, daughters, wives, girlfriends, friends. Some were born with disability, others acquired theirs. And while every woman with disability has the same rights as everyone else, there's a way to go before true equality is realised.
Disability advocate and Our Watch ambassador Sue Salthouse recently described this imbalance in an article for SBS.
"One of the consequences of inequality is the creation of a power imbalance between those with disabilities and the non-disabled and this leads to a range of discriminations we experience. Into this power vacuum flood behaviours which exploit people with disabilities in a myriad of ways. Women with disabilities are particularly affected because of the intersection of gender inequality and disability discrimination," she said.
"Unfortunately, the unconscious bias concerning people with disability is stronger than that measured for gender and ethnic diversity. In the workplace, women with disabilities find it harder to get jobs than their male counterparts or non-disabled women. Home ownership is low and assumptions about our abilities, coupled with the prejudice of landlords, make it harder to find a house to rent. These two factors combine to relegate women with disabilities to high levels of economic insecurity and poverty. The associated worry can lead to mental illness and depression."
In relation to employment, the Women with Disabilities Australia Human Rights Toolkit for Women and Girls with Disability reported that working-age women with disability in the labour force are half as likely to find full-time employment (20%) as men with disability (42%); twice as likely to be in part-time employment (24%) as men with disability (12%); and regardless of full-time or part-time status, are likely to be in lower-paid jobs than men with disability.
If we are to strive for #BalanceforBetter, women with disability must be part of our conversations, celebrations and aspirations. To be #MorePowerfulTogether, all women must unite to ensure no woman is left behind.
The UN's target is to achieve gender equality in little more than a decade – Planet 50:50 by 2030. Nearly every country in the world has also signed up to the Sustainable Development Goals – ground-breaking pledges covering key areas like gender equality, health, work and reducing inequality – which also come with a delivery date of 2030. In the words of Sightsavers' Global Advocacy Advisor Gertrude Oforiwa Fefoame:
"The needs and rights of women with disabilities must be placed centre stage if these ambitious challenges are to have any chance of succeeding."
We're living in a Disability Inclusion Revolution. How will you ensure a seat at the table for women with disability this International Women's Day?
Related links:
- "Speakers, organisers & attendees: Here's how to make IWD events more diverse" by Cathy Ngo for Women's Agenda


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The Compost Wrap is a character-specific Item craftable only by Wormwood in the Hamlet DLC. It is found in the Green Thumb Tab and requires 5 Manure, 2 Rot, and 1 Nitre to craft.
The Compost Wrap is used for Health restoration, healing 30 each after a short animation where Wormwood smears a brown substance over his body and face. Like most healing items, it can be used to heal most Mobs in the game, excluding Chester and most Monsters.
In Don't Starve Together, the Compost Wrap cannot be used by other character for Health. It is flammable and can be used as Fuel. The Compost Wrap can also be used as a very potent fertilizer, equivalent to 6 Manures.
- The animation for applying the Compost Wrap does not change depending on whether it is used on the player character or another Mob.
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Illustrations for Mirrorball Intro film, Edinburgh International Film Festival
Flock, Suspending Disbelief, Michelle Jank Spring Summer Collection 2008
Flock, Suspending Disbelief, Michelle Jank Spring Summer Collection 2008
Elling, Sydney Theatre Company
Oooh sorry this blog currently seems to be all about commercial illustration. I can't help it! I am so often inspired by the work of local illustrators... and more often than not, my favourite finds hail from Jacky Winter's very talented clan.
Clemens Habicht is one such name - he's an illustrator, graphic designer and film director based in Paris, but originally from Sydney. Apparently his name means Hawk in German. Maybe that explains the feathered flocks who recurr so frequently in his work.
Anyway, I love his tempered colour palette, and the perfectly balanced combination of cut paper, ink and gouache. It's a little bit Kat Macleod, only for boys. ;)
Habicht's Illustrations have appeared in Creative Review Magazine, The Bulletin, Antenna Music Video Showcase, the fashion creations of Michelle Jank, and the Edinburgh Film festival. He also makes music videos based on his illustrations... visit his website or his Jacky Winter folio for more.


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Flying insects that threaten to damage valuable crops may soon have another think coming in the form of automated, 'bat-like' drones programmed to mimic their flight patterns and eliminate them.
Following a small-scale trial at a flower nursery in the Dutch province of South Holland last year, a new research project due to take off this month will look at how the deployment of small drones can automate insect control and prevention.
According to those involved, the use of drones to protect production of fruit, vegetables and flowers could eventually contribute to greater sustainability in commercial horticulture, by reducing the need for chemical or organic insecticides and limiting the amount of time and money spent on monitoring their application.
The ten-week trial is set to be piloted by PATS Indoor Drone Solutions – a spin-off of the Delft University of Technology – and has the backing of several Dutch growers.
It will focus on the control of Golden twin-spot moth at a test greenhouse planted with gerberas at the world-renowned innovation centre Demokwekerij Westland in Naaldwijk.
"The objective of the pilot is not only to measure effectiveness, but also to improve technology. The drones are taught specific flight behaviour similar to the agile flight behavior of this moth," explains PATS' Sjoerd Tijmons.
Kevin van Hecke, co-founder of PATS and a drone researcher at TU Delft, adds: "You can best compare our drones with bats, a natural enemy of flying insects."
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In the summer of 2018, PATS organised a small trial at Holstein Flowers, a Gerbera nursery in De Lier, The Netherlands.
Early results were apparently positive, prompting other growers to register their interest.
"There are currently insufficient effective means available to combat adult flying insects," suggests Jeroen Sanders, researcher at Demokwekerij Westland. "That is why this technology is a good addition to a holistic approach."
The technology is seen not merely as an add-on to existing control solutions, rather PATS believes drones will also reduce the need for other forms of pest control.
Co-founder Bram Tijmons insists the goal is for the system to control the problematic moth population in its entirety.
"It will act as a targeted and preventive approach," he comments. "In the next few years we will be adding support for different types of flying insects as well."
Should the pilot prove successful, those involved intend to scale up the tests to a larger greenhouse towards the final quarter of the year.


text: VIEW FULL PROFILEJanice A. Schriefer, M.B.A., Dr.P.H.PublicationsShowing all 40 journal articles & 13 books availableJournal Articles2019Wolcott, K; Schriefer, J; Michels, J; Meyers, J; Hilt, S; Gitzelmann, C; Pegoli, W; Caserta, M; McGuire, A; Thirukumaran, C; Pulhamus, M; Foito, T; Sanders. "The Business Case for Surgical Quality--Using a Multidisciplinary Team to Drive Pediatric Surgery Quality Improvement" . Journal of Pediatric Surgical Nursing. 2019; 8(1): 15-20.2018Robinson R; Schriefer J; Gloff M; Michels J; Webber A; Hilt S; Sanders J; Herman E. "Building a Pediatric Perioperative Surgical Home: One Patient, One Team" . Journal of Pediatric Surgical Nursing. 2018; 7 (2): 49-59.2017Schriefer, J; Sanders, J,; Michels, J, Wolcott, K; Ruddy, C.; Hanson, J. "Implementation of a pediatric orthopedic surgery bundle to reduce surgical site infections." Orthopedic Nursing. 2017; 36 (1): 49-59.5/2015Biondi EA, Gottfried JA, Dutko Fioravanti I, Schriefer JA, Aligne CA, Leonard MS. "Interobserver reliability of attending physicians and bedside nurses when using an inpatient paediatric respiratory score." Journal of clinical nursing.. 2015 May 0; 24(9-10):1320-6. Epub 2014 Nov 25. 2015Schriefer J, Christiansen J, Atkinson SA. (2015). "A great idea: Staff Satisfaction Survey. Strides – Journal for the Professional Association of Therapeutic Horsemanship (Path Inc.). Summer: 46-48. http://www.omagdigital.com/publication/?i=264059" . 2015; .2015Houliares, D, Taylor-Brown, S, Werth, K, Benotti, L, Schriefer J, Friedlander, J. (2105). "Using Quality Improvement Methods to Enhance Volunteer Experiences at EquiCenter. Strides – Journal for the Professional Association of Therapeutic Horsemanship (Path Inc.). Winter: 41-4.5 http://www.omagdigital.com/publication/?i=243228" . 2015; .2015Jee S; Szilagyi M; Schriefer J; Conn A; Weld J; Scribano P; Sigor L; Foreky H; Arnold-Clark J; Carmach A; Chrtraus C; LaRene A; Harmon D; Hodges K; Scahill M; Tonniges T; Shropshire D; Meister S. "Quality improvement learning collaborative to examine foster care guideline. Children and Youth Services Review." 2015; 59: 84-89.2014Lisa M. Lowenstein; Kristen Brown; Donna Barrows; Tara Foti; Lori Scholer; Carla LeVant; and Jan Schriefer. "Continuous Quality Improvement in a Level IIIB NICU to Increase Human Milk Use at Day of Life 14, Day of Life 28, and Discharge." ICAN: Infant, Child, & Adolescent Nutrition. 2014; 6(3): 137-143.2013Chambers, C. RRT; Chisholm, J. RRT; and Schriefer, J. RN, DrPH. Ed. John Bethune. "Respiratory Quality Improvement in the NICU" . RT Magazine. 2013; : 2-3.2013Butler, TJ., Suresh; GK, Lavin; JP Oehlert,; JW, Schriefer; JA, Halamek, LP. "Development of a Multi-center Multidisciplinary Simulation -based Perinatal Team Training Program - The Vermont Oxford Network Experience" . Asian Journal of Clinical Pediatrics and Neonatology. 2013; .2013Dadiz R, Weinschreider J; Schriefer J; Arnold C; Greves CD; Crosby EC; Wang H; Pressman EK; Guillet R. "Interdisciplinary simulation-based training to improve delivery room communication" . Simulation Healthcare. 2013; .2012Schriefer J., Leonard MS. "Quality Improvement- An Overview" . Pediatrics in Review. 2012; 33(8): 1-8.2007Suresh GK, Ferguson LA, Tomlinson M, Campbell BB, Ohlinger J, Prochnicki B, Nicholas S, Warren MB, Edwards W, Chute L, Christian L, Hagen E, Sieber D, Schriefer J. "Identification and collection of quality indicators for perinatal care." Journal of nursing care quality.. 2007 22(1):73-9. 11/2006Ohlinger J, Kantak A, Lavin JP, Fofah O, Hagen E, Suresh G, Halamek LP, Schriefer JA. "Evaluation and development of potentially better practices for perinatal and neonatal communication and collaboration." Pediatrics.. 2006 Nov 0; 118 Suppl 2:S147-52. 11/2006Zabari M, Suresh G, Tomlinson M, Lavin JP, Larison K, Halamek L, Schriefer JA. "Implementation and case-study results of potentially better practices for collaboration between obstetrics and neonatology to achieve improved perinatal outcomes." Pediatrics.. 2006 Nov 0; 118 Suppl 2:S153-8. 11/2006Lavin JP, Kantak A, Ohlinger J, Kaempf JW, Tomlinson M, Campbell B, Fofah O, Edwards W, Allbright K, Hagen E, Suresh G, Schriefer J. "Attitudes of obstetric and pediatric health care providers toward resuscitation of infants who are born at the margins of viability." Pediatrics.. 2006 Nov 0; 118 Suppl 2:S169-76. 2006Horbar, J.D.; Plsek, P.E.; Schriefer, J.A.; Leahy, K.;. "Evidence-based Quality Improvement in Neonatal and Perinatal Medicine: The Neonatal Intensive Care Quality Improvement Collaborative Experience" . Pediatrics. 2006; 118(2): S57-S64.2006Lavin, J.; Hendrichs, S.; Schriefer, J.A.; Meija, Y. "Perinatal simulation of emergency cesarean section in the Vermont Oxford Network." Vermont Oxford Network. 2006; .2001Schriefer JA, Botter ML. "Care management." Outcomes management for nursing practice. 2001 5(1):3-5. 2001Schriefer JA, Botter ML. "Health outcomes skills for care management." Outcomes management for nursing practice. 2001 5(4):146-9. 2001Schriefer JA, Botter ML. "Nurse case management skills required for care management." Outcomes management for nursing practice. 2001 5(2):48-51. 2001Schriefer JA, Botter ML. "Clinical pathways and guidelines for care management." Outcomes management for nursing practice. 2001 5(3):95-8. 2000Schriefer, J.; Englehard, J.; Dicesare, L.; Miller, M.; Schriefer, J.H. "Merging clinical pathway programs as part of overall health system mergers: A ten-step guide" . Journal on Quality Improvement. 2000; 26(1): 29-38.1997Levkneckt, L.; Schriefer, J.H.; Schriefer, J.A.; Meconis, B. "Combining case management, pathways and report cards for cardiac prevention." Journal on Quality Improvement. 1997; 23(3): 162-174.1997Schriefer, J.A.; Bangs, T.A. "Care Management - old tools in new tool kit." Surgical Services Management. 1997; 3(6): 12-15.1997Schriefer J, Urden LD, Rogers S. "Report cards: tools for managing pathways and outcomes." Outcomes management for nursing practice. 1997 1(1):14-9. 1996Schriefer, J.; VanDam, J. "Increasing physician interest in QI & Pathways." IHI Eye on Improvement. 1996; 3(23): 7-8.1996Schriefer, J.A.; Cali, R.; Sugiyama, G.; Ryan, D. "Linking process improvement, critical paths and outcome data to increased profitability." Surgical Services Management. 1996; 2(6): 46-50.1996Blondin J, Schriefer J, Shinozaki T, Calhoun B, Leavitt B, Deane R, LaChaunce W. "The Quality Cup winner: Fletcher Allen Health Care's early extubation team." Quality management in health care.. 1996 4(2):42-54. 1996Behr C, Mercier C, Schriefer J. "Strategies for involving physicians in continuous quality improvement." Journal for healthcare quality : official publication of the National Association for Healthcare Quality. 1996 18(4):21-3. 1995Schriefer, J.A.; Blondin, J. "Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Improvement Team." Effectiveness on Quality Improvement in Healthcare. Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, contact reference number 95RF003449. 1995; .1995Schriefer, J.A.; Leff, E.; Barber, S. "Case Management and Clinical Pathways - Improving Outcomes for Patients." Inside Case Management. 1995; 2(5): 1-3.1995Leff, E.; Schriefer, J.; Hagan, J.; DeMarco, P. "Improving breast-feeding support: A community health improvement project." Journal on Quality Improvement. 1995; 21(10): 521-529.1995Schriefer J. "Managing critical pathway variances." Quality management in health care.. 1995 3(2):30-42. 1994Schriefer, J.A.; Wenneker, M.B. "Reducing cardiac surgery wound infection rates." IHI Eye on Improvement. 1994; 1(4): 7-8.1994Schriefer, J.A. "Critical pathways and clinical algorithms: A winning combination." Quality Management in Health Care. 1994; 3(2): 8-9.1994Schriefer, J.A. "Building an infrastructure for successful critical pathways." Quality Connection. 1994; 3(3): 10-11.1994Schriefer, J.A. "The synergy of critical pathways and clinical algorithms. ." Journal on Quality Improvement. 1994; 20(9): 485-499.1993Schriefer, J.A. "Reducing the length of stay for open-heart surgery patients." Quality Connection. 1993; 2(3): 8-9.1993Schriefer, J.A. "Heart Surgery Process Improvements." Quality Management in Health Care. 1993; 2(2): 38.Books & Chapters2004 Book Title: Changes in Health Resource Use, Quality of Life and Productivity in Patients Author List: Schriefer JA. Published By: UMI2004 in Ann Arbor, MI2001 Chapter Title: Integration of Settings and Services Book Title: Current Leadership Issues in Health Care Author List: Schriefer J. Published By: Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations2001 in Oakbrook, IL1997 Chapter Title: Report Card Criteria for Outcomes Management. Book Title: Maintaining Quality in a Managed Care Environment Author List: Schriefer, J.A., Kirk, R. Published By: Aspen Publishers19971997 Chapter Title: Quality, Access and Measuring System Performance Book Title: Managed Care's Financial Impact Author List: Schriefer, J. Published By: VHA and University of Vermont Publishing19971996 Chapter Title: Managing Critical Pathway Variances Book Title: The Well-Managed Health Care Organization (3rd edition) Author List: Schriefer, J., Griffith, J.R. Published By: Healthcare Administration Press1996 in Ann Arbor, MI1996 Chapter Title: Critical pathways for Butterworth Health System. Book Title: National Directory of Healthcare Critical Pathways (2nd edition) Author List: Schriefer, J.A. Published By: COR Healthcare Resources1996 in Santa Barbara, CA1995 Chapter Title: Critical pathways from the Medical Center Hospital of Vermont Book Title: National Directory of Healthcare Critical Pathways (1st edition) Author List: Schriefer JA. Published By: COR Healthcare Resources1995 in Santa Barbara, CA1995 Chapter Title: Commentary on post-stroke rehabilitation AHCPR guideline Book Title: Abstracts of Clinical Care Guidelines Author List: Schriefer JA. Published By: unknown19951995 Chapter Title: Identifying leverage points in clinical processes Book Title: In The Quality Letter for Healthcare Leaders CQI Annual Author List: Schriefer, J., Behr, C., McEachern, E. J., Veatch, R. Published By: unknown19951995 Chapter Title: Improving care for cardiac surgery patients Book Title: In The Juran prescription: Clinical Quality Management Author List: Schriefer, J.A., Goonan, K.J. Published By: Jossey-Bass1995 in San Francisco, CA1995 Chapter Title: Clinical Pathways to Success Book Title: Achieving Pharmaceutical Care Through Personal Skills Development Author List: Massaud, N., Schriefer, J.A. & Weingarten, S. Published By: Comed Communications & Merck Publishing1995 in West Point, PA1994 Chapter Title: Quality Connection Storyboards: Beth Israel Hospital Boston and Medical Center Hospital of Vermont Book Title: Health Services Management Author List: Schriefer, J.A., Juran, D., Kovner, A.R. & Neuhauser, D. Published By: unknown19941994 Chapter Title: Postoperative extubation of open-heart surgery patients Book Title: Framework for Improving Performance - From Principles to Practice Author List: Schriefer, J.A. Published By: Joint Commission1994


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Now in its fourth year, the Walker Art Center and Southern Theater's
series offers a snapshot of Minnesota's dance landscape, illuminating the skill and passion of the next generation's most promising choreographers. Presented July 15-17 and July 22-24 at the Southern Theater and featuring two companies each evening, Momentum showcases a rich spectrum of styles and voices that solidify the Twin Cities' reputation as a hotbed of fresh talent. The first weekend of performances features works by choreographers Jennifer Hart and Morgan Thorson on Friday–Saturday, July 15–16, 8 pm; Sunday, July 17, 7 pm. Colin Rusch and Risa Cohen perform Friday–Saturday, July 22–23, 8 pm; Sunday, July 24, 7 pm. Each company presents new work, commissioned by the Walker and the Southern with support from the Jerome Foundation. The Southern Theater is located at 1420 Washington Avenue South, Minneapolis.
Detailed program information follows.
Momentum: New Dance Works
Jennifer Hart/Morgan Thorson
Friday–Saturday, July 15–16, 8 pm; Sunday, July 17, 7 pm
Jennifer Hart: The Station and Song
In an increasingly fragmented culture, human interactions are often lost to the anonymous ease of modern technology and the widening of perceived differences between personal philosophies. Hart 's modern ballet uses the American train station—a symbol of railways that once brought the country together physically and psychically—to expand our notions of time and space and recapture the optimism of a country moving toward a shared, albeit unknowable future.
Jennifer Hart trained at Minnesota Dance Theatre, San Francisco Ballet and on scholarship with Pacific Northwest Ballet. She has danced professionally with Ballet of the Dolls, L.A. Chamber Ballet, numerous independent choreographers, and is currently a member of Minnesota Dance Theatre. As a choreographer, Ms. Hart has been commissioned by Minnesota Dance Theatre for the piece Unbound and a new work, Perilous Night, for the Spring 2004 series; by Ballet Arts Minnesota's Springboard for their Spring 2005 show titled 4 Sections (in any order; and had her New York choreographic debut with Ballet Builders in April 2005 with the duet Aria. She has also shown work in choreographer's evenings and self-produced an evening of her own work called Hiding the Universe.
Morgan Thorson: Faker
Who is more dead and alive than Elvis Presley? What sustains his memory postmortem? Thorson's exploration of impersonation, obsession, and ritualistic behaviors throws open the doors to our culture 's backward fixation with both the mystique of celebrity and the desire for authenticity. Twin narratives —a King impersonator with identity issues and an obsessive-compulsive searching for a reprieve—blur the lines between behavior and dance, body and image. Faker is a disjointed world of posture, attitude, story, and song.
Originally from Connecticut and New York, Morgan Thorson has created dance and performance in Minneapolis as an independent artist since 1994. Her passion for dance-making has manifested itself in many forms, including outdoor performance, site specific choreography, and ensemble and solo improvisation. Her works have been presented at a variety of venues, such as the Walker Art Center and The Southern Theater in Minneapolis, The Kitchen in New York City, Velocity in Seattle, London Improvisation in Performance at Jackson Lane, and most recently in Seoul, South Korea. She has been commissioned by notable institutions such as Gustavus Adolphus and Carleton College, as well as the nationally acclaimed Split Britches Theater Company. Thorson has received many awards for her work including fellowships from the Bush (2000), McKnight (2002), and Jerome Foundations (2002). In 2004, she received the Bessie Schoneberg Memorial Endowed Fellowship through the Djerassi Artist Residency Program. In addition to making her own work, Thorson has performed in the works of several local and national choreographers such as Shawn McConneloug and Her Orchestra, Lou Fancher, BB Miller, Jennifer Monson, and Karen Sherman. She teaches dance at the University of Minnesota.
Colin Rusch/Risa Cohen
Friday–Saturday, July 22–23, 8 pm; Sunday, July 24, 7 pm
Colin Rusch: Dearest 3535
Massive and miniature, near and far, linear and bent: these are just some of the extremes pondered in Rusch 's Dearest 3535, developed via an extended improvisation process based on line drawings. His synthesized recollections —residual memories of long hours spent silent in church pews and alternately running in long, straight lines, as kids are apt to do—collide with such everyday actions and objects as showering, lip balm, fog, and fire engines.
Colin Rusch is a Minneapolis dance artist. He has self-produced a dozen original performances and presented over 60 movement-based, improvisational works in the US, UK, and Russia since 1998. He regularly contributes to MPLS.ST. PAUL magazine as a dance columnist, serves as the Community Manager for mnartists.org, and is Secretary, Chair of Communications for the National Association of Artists' Organizations (NAAO).
Risa Cohen: Two Worlds
Aerial dance takes many forms, employs varied apparatuses, and requires not only incredible strength and dexterity, but a lyrical sense of freedom and adventure. Cohen 's Two Worlds utilizes six distinct elements —silks, steel hoop, rope and harness, Spanish web, triple trapeze, and ground dance — in a work that weds physical extremes with metaphorical meaning. Fabric becomes a door, a hoop becomes a barrier, and a harness turns into the physical manifestation of an interpersonal power struggle in this graceful meditation on movement.
Risa Cohen was born in Calcutta, India, and grew up in Germany, the U.S., and the U.K. where she studied dance at the Contemporary Dance School of London. After graduating from university, she moved to New York City where she spent five years performing with The Margolis Brown Company. Cohen has received several awards for her choreography, including the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council Grant and the Minnesota State Arts Board's Artist Initiative Grant. Her work has been presented at Walker Art Center's Choreographers' Evening and at Red Eye's Isolated Acts Series.
Tickets to Momentum: New Dance Works are $16 ($13 Walker/Southern members) and are available by contacting the Walker Art Center box office at 612.375.7600 or walkerart.org/tickets.


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A California state legislator has introduced a bill that would make it a crime for adults to use the Internet to seduce minors. Civil and cyberlibertarians are unlikely to oppose it, saying it's probably not unconstitutional, just redundant.
"A bill like this targets people who distribute harmful material with the actual intent to seduce a child," said Ann Beeson, an attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union. "That's very different than punishing the distribution of information alone." An aide to California State Assemblyman Steven Kuykendall said the bill is necessary to find and punish sex offenders who use the Internet to lure a child. "It is not intended to censor the Internet or prevent people from having such material. It is meant to give police the power to prevent its misuse," spokeswoman Andrea Graham said.
The bill, ABA 181, was introduced Wednesday, and has yet to be assigned to a legislative committee. It updates language in an existing provision of the state Penal Code, which makes it a crime to distribute or exhibit "any harmful matter" to a minor "with the intent of arousing, appealing to, or gratifying the lust or passions or sexual desires of that person or of the minor, with the intent, or for the purpose of seducing the minor. "
Some observers say the bill is unnecessary, and that existing laws already punish seducing a child, regardless of the way in which it's done.
"Legislators everywhere want to be cyberlegislators; that's what most of these bills are all about," said Stanton McCandlish, program director at the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
In the wake of the Communications Decency Act, whose constitutionality is now being considered by the Supreme Court, more than 20 states have passed their own CDA clones or imitators. Some of those laws prohibit using the Internet to distribute vaguely defined materials, labeled harmful or indecent for minors - which opponents say violates the constitutional rights of adults.
"The nature of the Internet makes state regulation extremely problematic, because it forces everyone in the country to comply with one state's law," said Beeson. "If 50 states pass 50 contradictory laws, Internet users will be virtually paralyzed for fear of violating one or more of those laws."
The California bill's requirement that the person who distributes material intends to seduce a minor makes it very different from the CDA and other similar state laws. On 14 January, the ACLU and other groups filed a lawsuit, ALA v. Pataki, challenging the constitutionality of a New York law, which has a section like the California law but is followed by separate section punishing the mere distribution or display of harmful material. Civil liberties groups such as the ACLU have also filed lawsuits in Georgia, and are monitoring state bills around the country.


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The easiest way to install any Python package is through PyPI. So, matplotlib is not an exception and we installed it on a CentOS (v6.4) machine without any errors (of course after updating numpy). But when we tried to plot something we couldn't see anything. This is actually a backend issue, and when we installed […]


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So...was the first episode the only good episode of Origins?
No, there were no good epsiodes
the last one was the shittiest because of the Megaevolution
i hate when they do this
If the HUD elements in the games, including the gender of wild pokémon, presumably come from the pokédex, and Professor Oak built the pokédex, why does he have to ask if you're a boy or a girl?
>using scratch against a rock type
It's a low level charmander, fire type attacks won't do shit either.
last one was my favorite
Pokemon anime would be watchable if it was good animated action without team rocket bullshit or other faggotry
But it is good animated action, and team rocket doesn't even appear all the time anymore.
Here's your good animated action, unless this doesn't count as good to you.
>team rocket doesn't even appear all the time
clearly you are too mature for anime
>fire type attacks won't do shit either
I see you've never played the pokemon games before.
You aren't the target audience. The target audience are Japanese boys, and they love that sort of faggotry.
The shit was simply too rushed and character design looked like shit. If they gave it 26 episode run and decent artstyle, it could have been great.
I liked it.
Geodude has low Special and high Defense meaning Ember does more damage than scratch. Also Charmander being a Fire type means it gives Ember a 1.5 boost in its attack power. Also Ember has a 10% chance of burning the opponent so that also helps.
Pokemon should be like Yu-Gi-Oh. Each generation having a new story akin to Pokemon Special manga. Flesh out the stories of the games and expand on it. The Pokemon anime is OC trash that has the same 10 year boy for over a decade.
What is stabbed attack.
And a burned pokemon has reduced Attack (which is geodude's attack stat).
Also that. The idea that Charmander is the hard choice is laughable. While it's not as easy as Bulbasaur or Squirtle it's still simple.
My advice thought is catch a Pikachu for Misty's gym cause that gym will rape a Fire type. Starmie at that low level is pretty much a fuck you. Wont be easy cause Starmie has a huge Special meaning it can sponge Thundershocks and what not.
You can always catch an Oddish/Belsprout if you missed on Pikachu. They are resistant to Water attacks but Grass types have shitty offensive moves. Specially Oddish, so good luck if you are playing Red version.
red uses a nidoran later
They improved the battle animation WAAAAAAAAAAY fucking up this season
>>team rocket doesn't even appear all the time
They don't disrupt the gym matches at least. And their scheme last episode was actually good. Their scheme in the Grumpig episode was good too.
We'll see what they have to do with Florges and her army then.
Seriously, Team Flare fucking when?
>bulbasaur will literally carry you through the first 3 gyms and be neutral against the fourth
>Squirtle will carry you through the first one and be neutral against the second
>charmander has a type disadvantage against the first two
Yeah, it's definitely the hard option out of the three.
When Team Rocket didn't appear every episode during Best Wishes and acted more competently, everyone was crying how they want the old loser Team Rocket back.
Team Rocket appeared at Mt. Moon, Celadon Game Corner, Pokemon Tower, Silph Co. Building. They were just a Pokemon Crime Syndicate not the clusterfuck it's on the Anime. I always seen Team Rocket as Yakuzas extorting money and shit. It's not until Gen 3 were Teams start starting to have bigger plans.
they are saving team flare for later
I feel as TR they won't have anything to do with it.
That stuff happened a long time ago now.
Unless we already have confirmation that they're involved?