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All the Christmas skins should just be relabeled (Winter Holiday) as I assume they'll be yearly.
Also, I couldn't find any TF PAX skins on eBay, found plenty for Jax and a few for Singed though.
You should also include somewhere along the lines of "If a promotional code gives you a skin, it also gives you said champ for the skin" as I bet plenty of people have no idea they can get Tristana for free for simply being a fan on FaceBook, this is the new players section and all.
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Would it be to much to ask for images of the original skins just to compare?
I recorded Commando Garen since many say that screens don't show the skin's flaws. I can't see any flaws, it's perfect.
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Sunday 08th of January 2012
how do i reset my android its a pandigital supernova 8 inch ereader...screen frozen cant touch the screen or move anything ...is there an easy way to take off the back and remove battery
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Chinese Android Tablet Will Not Boot - Page 4
Monday 02nd of January 2012
first the disclaimer- this may not work.here is the link for several firmware updates for these cheap chinese midi's.I am still in the process of trying to get my touchscreen to work.I had the problem with the frozen green man.I first tried melly88 firmware link got the device to load but touch screen was disabled so could not use tablet.I have been trying various firmware up dates with varying degrees of success.Some will load most will cause the unit to update but I still have the frozen touch screen.this link should provide help to someone.have not tried all of the firmware updates yet about half way through. most have updated still searching for the elusive update with working touchscreen. Fixing Android Tablet Not Booting - Unique Stuff, Tips & Tricks
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PanImage" Android Open" Tablet Help Plz
Saturday 25th of December 2010
So the hubby got this PanImage V1.2 Media Tablet that lays mention to Droid so im hoping someone here can give me some feedback. When the tablet is turned on it freezes on the home screen. The menu button, touch screen and" previous" button do nothing. Also, the manual says the device is fully loaded with a bundle of aps, but they do not appear on the home screen (that im frozen on :*S). Tossed in a pic of the screen its sticks on in case that helps.Thanks! Sent from my DROID2 using Android Tablet Forum App
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Wednesday 29th of December 2010
Hi guys,I just picked up one of these from this site. 7" Touch Screen TFT LCD Google Android OS Tablet PC,AMR 600Mhz CPU, 128M DDR2,4GB NAND Flash,WiFi/ Camera, Mini HDMI Port - Meritline.comIt was working great now all of a sudden it seems to be 'frozen'. The I can't seem to shut it down when I press the power switch the MID options come up Silent Mode and Power Off the Silent Mode is highlighted but whatever I try to do I can't choose Power off. Now my question is, is there a way to force shutdown on this so it can reset itself. When I press the menu button the arrow is highlighted but I can't drag it. Basically I need some help on this highlighting and not being able to choose anything. Thanks!
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SGIII Touchwiz Issue; Please Help
Wednesday 15th of August 2012
Good Day All:First post, but been on the site for almost a year as I made the switch from jailbroken iphone 4 to Android (Razr Maxx, Samsung GS3 on VZW). Extremely helpful and the assistance is most appreciated. Getting to my issue, I have a 32gb Sammy, NOT rooted and running at what should be optimal efficiency. I have a fair number of apps on it, but very few that are running in the background of intensive memory hogs. Although I have Widget Locker loaded, it is not enabled and I have NO launchers installed right now and am using Touch Wiz stock. In the last week or so, my Touch Wiz home screen will refresh on wake up or coming back home out of an application to a home screen that does not fully display the dock icons, weather widget or others. The screen is frozen and even the home button won't do anything. After some time it will tell me Touch Wiz is not responding or working properly and I can wait or hit okay. After waiting a few, it does resolve itself. I have rebooted, even removed the last app installed, My Backup Pro, but it still happens. What is going on, why and how can
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HELP..my Polaroid is frozen????
Wednesday 26th of December 2012
hello all, I am new here. I have issues with my 4.2 android tablet I tried to do a boot pushing just power an volume but didn't wor I got the dead android.lol then pushed both volume +- an now I have my boot menu in chinese.lol got numbers but can't read it. lol My problem is my screen is frozen. my tablet charges i just cant touch anything to get it to respond. any ideas????
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Thursday 29th of August 2013
my lg android for metro pcs wont work it doesnt recognize touch so i rebooted it and its still frozen. my screen is not cracked at all and i dnt know what happened
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Nexus 7 - 2013 - Screen Unresponsive - Issue
Thursday 19th of September 2013
Hi all - apologies if there are other posts about this. I just bought a Nexus 7 and noticed 2-3 times the screen becoming unresponsive. Example - I would be scrolling through a sports article and the scrolling would stop, no matter what I did it would not scroll and it was like the screen was frozen. If I exit the browser, clear it from open applications and go back in it would be fine. Then randomly it would freeze again - like I said it has happened 2-3 times in total tonight. Would this be a software issue? If it was a hardware issue would it consistently be happening? Just want to reach out to you all, I don't want to return it and risk getting one with more severe issues if it is just a software issue that an update will fix. My luck, I would return it and get one that is even worse. Thoughts? I am not experiencing the multi-touch issues nor am I experiencing any typing issues either. I did receive "Android Keyboard Stopped Working" a couple of times in a row but cleared the keyboard cache and it seems to be fine since. No further issues since doing that. PS - I recei
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Android phone freezing issues?
Sunday 10th of November 2013
I have an Android phone which is ALCATEL onetouch Soleil. 4.1.1 Jellybean.It freezes suddenly while Im using it. then it turns unresponsive, the touch screen doesn't work anymore. But the physical keys still work like the power key and volume keys.I tried turning off my phone but i can't press Power Off option on the screen because the touch screen can't work. So I had to remove my battery by force. Then I put the battery back in, and turned my phone back on. But it's still frozen, still the same problem. I did this like 15 times and my phone is still not fixed.So, I removed the battery again and waited for 2 hours then when I put it back and turned on my phone, It got FIXED.This happened to me 2 times already. This is not the ordinary freezing problem other people experience. When I restart my phone, it still cant work. Unlike others where they restart their phone then it eventually works.I did not root my phone, I have no extra launchers, I did not upgrade my phone.
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Hello,Yesterday I rooted my S4 using Towelroot, with no apparent issues. I also installed and ran SuperSU, which asked me to update the binaries, and completed this task without problems. I then rebooted the phone.Immediately after this (the rooting worked, by the way), I started getting weird issues: 1) When waking the phone from sleep, with either the home button or the power button, I get the lock screen; I unlock the phone; but then, 75% of the times, the touch screen is frozen. It doesn't register any touch or swipe at all. If I then put it back to sleep with the power key, and immediately wake it up again, then it works fine.2) The phone frequently reboots; when idle, when an alarm sounds, when there's an incoming call... but not always. Say about once every 1-2 hours.3) There is an excessive battery drain. I used to get to the end of the day with 40% still left on the battery. Now it gets totally depleted in 6-7 hours. Checking the Battery page, I see that the most power was used by a "com.sec.android.app.sbrowser:sandboxed_process0" process. Does anyone have any ide
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Radio personality Ramona Holloway has been named the new co-host of Charlotte Today, the lifestyle and entertainment show that airs on WCNC-TV.
Holloway will share hosting duties with Colleen Odegaard, who launched the morning show in 2010. Shell make her first appearance on Jan. 7.
Charlotte Today airs at 11 a.m. weekdays on WCNC (Channel 36).
Holloway is one-half of the Matt & Ramona afternoon show on WLNK-FM (Link 107.9).
Joining the morning show wont be Holloways first venture into television. She and her radio co-host Matt Harris are stepping down this month from Fox News Edge, a half-hour program that airs at 10:35 p.m. on WCCB.
Charlotte Today features segments on topics like fashion, decorating, beauty tips, recipes, and music.
In a release, WCNC officials said Holloways natural warmth and curiosity are well-suited for the local entertainment and information program.
Im so excited about this opportunity, Holloway said in a news release. Colleen is kind, fun and a TV pro. Im looking forward to learning from her and raiding her closet for cute clothes. Just wondering if this move makes me the new Kathie Lee or the new Hoda.
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Oh, what I've experienced is the makeover which I have not had in a while and I love it. I tried something new, got red lipstick and apparently it looks good.

I'm just experiencing different makeup. No, I don't really wear makeup and if I do which is eyeliner, but I really like the makeup artists. They really did a good job. Like when I go to the mall and that, you have to like buy 50 dollars first before they do stuff like this.

Well, the women are coming through here at Georgia State are signing their names for our huge campaign Love is Respect at saying Hey, I'm Against Domestic Violence, and for signing their name, it's building awareness. Also we're giving them a free Mary Kay Beauty That Counts Limited Edition Lip Gloss and let me tell you, they are so excited.

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I was excited because I'm kind of a makeup junkie so like, I was like I have to come.

It makes me excited like for the future because everybody is doing it where it's not mine but these guys and find the consultant in their areas and even with the opportunity doing really good things with the Beauty That Counts. I love that.

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This is not at all what Pittsburgh officials or US Airways envisioned when they agreed in 1986 "to develop a world-class airport that would be the airline's anchor hub for years," the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reported recently. "Pittsburgh officials borrowed more than $900 million to build (it), largely to US Airways' specifications." The airport was widely admired. An array of upper-end stores lured shoppers who, before 9/11, could browse airport concourses at will.
Pittsburgh had been US Airways' heart since 1939, when mail carrier All American Aviation began service to western Pennsylvania. For decades, employees called Pittsburgh "Mecca." Most airline infrastructure -- including the operations center, the largest crew bases, and a maintenance base -- was located there, even though Crystal City, Va., housed the executive offices. They were called "CCY."
Present-day US Airways began to take form in 1987, when US Air acquired Piedmont, operator of the Charlotte hub. For years, cultural conflict divided the two regions. In a 2004 interview, Teddy Xidas, president of the Pittsburgh local of the Flight Attendants Association, declared: "Pittsburgh is rough and tough ... we come from labor, steel mills, blue-collar workers." By contrast, she said, "Charlotte is very delicate (with) gentle, soft souls. They wear their hair in a bow and say, 'I just hate that for you.' "
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The essentials of debriefing in simulation learning: a concept analysis.Debriefing de·brief·ing
1. The act or process of debriefing or of being debriefed.
2. The information imparted during the process of being debriefed.
Noun 1. is essential element of simulation; however, practices vary greatly. Common elements include critique, correction, and evaluation of student performance and discussion of the experience. Learning occurs in simulation through contextual task training and repetition, but significant learning occurs when deep insight is made explicit through reflection during debriefing. The value of the student's learning is in the student's ability to engage in reflection that translates into actionable knowledge. Facilitating debriefing emphasizing reflection is an essential competency, yet little research and resources are available to guide best practices in debriefing. This article analyzes the concept of debriefing and identifies essential components. Examples that demonstrate defining attributes of debriefing are included. This work supports the identification of best practices and future research agendas to enable nurse educators to master the knowledge and strategies needed to provide students with significant learning during simulation.
Key Words Simulation--Debriefing--Reflective Learning--Clinical Judgment--Clinical Reasoning
DEBRIEFING OF CLINICAL EXPERIENCES, NOTEWORTHY LEARNING EVENTS, AND IMPORTANT CURRICULAR COMPONENTS IS COMMON AMONG NURSE FACULTY AND STUDENTS. THIS ARTICLE USES THE FRAMEWORK DEVELOPED BY WALKER AND AVANT (2005) TO REVIEW THE CONCEPT OF DEBRIEFING AS IT PERTAINS TO SIMULATED CLINICAL EXPERIENCES. Concept analyses based on this model have two assumptions: that concepts have defining attributes and that those concepts can be analyzed prior to, or independently of, theory construction and testing. Theory derivation derivation, in grammar: see inflection. is particularly useful when the concept has not been thoroughly explained, as is the case with simulation debriefing. * The process used in this type of concept analysis is to survey the literature, state the defining attributes, and then present model, contrary, related, and other cases. The purpose is to provide clarity of thinking, direction for research, and a foundation for the development of effective teaching and learning strategies. Clarity about the components of debriefing and its effects on student learning is likely to support advancements of faculty development in this area as well as theory development and testing.
Debriefing as Part of Simulation By providing an active learning environment for students to experience clinical situations and use cognitive, affective affective /af·fec·tive/ (ah-fek´tiv) pertaining to affect.
1. Concerned with or arousing feelings or emotions; emotional.
2. , and psychomotor psychomotor /psy·cho·mo·tor/ (si?ko-mo´ter) pertaining to motor effects of cerebral or psychic activity.
1. skills, simulation offers opportunities to practice critical thinking, clinical decision making, and clinical judgment (Childs & Seeples, 2006; Jeffries, 2005; Spunt, Foster & Adams, 2004). Debriefing, the process whereby faculty and students reexamine re·ex·am·ine also re-ex·am·ine
tr.v. re·ex·am·ined, re·ex·am·in·ing, re·ex·am·ines
1. To examine again or anew; review.
2. Law To question (a witness) again after cross-examination. the clinical encounter, fosters the development of clinical reasoning and judgment skills through reflective learning processes.
Mastery of critical thinking, clinical decision making, and clinical judgment is a milestone of professional development as the nurse moves from being a novice to becoming an expert clinician clinician /cli·ni·cian/ (kli-nish´in) an expert clinical physician and teacher.
n. . Critical thinking is purposeful pur·pose·ful
1. Having a purpose; intentional: a purposeful musician.
2. Having or manifesting purpose; determined: entered the room with a purposeful look. thought that encompasses interpretation, analysis, explanation, inference, and evaluation (Facione & Facione, 1996). Clinical decision making includes nursing knowledge, skills, and attitudes used in tandem Adv. 1. in tandem - one behind the other; "ride tandem on a bicycle built for two"; "riding horses down the path in tandem"
tandem with critical thinking to determine action or response (Lasater, 2007). Clinical reasoning in nursing goes beyond critical thinking and clinical decision making and includes metacognitive elements. According to according to
1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians.
2. In keeping with: according to instructions.
3. Pesut (2004, p. 152), it "involves four threads of logic woven together: the nursing care needs or nursing diagnosis, the patient's needs, the nurse's own logic about the diagnoses and care planning process and the system in which the patient encounter is occurring." Clinical judgments are "those thinking and evaluative processes that focus on a nurse's response to a patient's ill-structured and multilayered problems" (Lasater, p. 269).
The use of simulation is well documented in the education literature and has been identified as a critical component of experiential ex·pe·ri·en·tial
Relating to or derived from experience.
ex·peri·en learning (Kolb, Rubin, & McIntyre, 1974). Warrick, Hunsaker, Cook, and Ahman (1979) noted that the "debriefing phase is an intentional and important process that is designed to synergize, strengthen and transfer learning from an experiential learning exercise" (p. 91). They further defined the objectives of debriefing as follows:
* Identification of the different perceptions and attitudes that have occurred.
* Linking the exercise to specific theory or content and skill-building techniques.
* Development of a common set of experiences for further thought.
* Opportunity to receive feedback on the nature of one's involvement, behavior, and decision making.
* Reestablishment of the desired classroom climate, such as regaining trust, comfort, and purposefulness pur·pose·ful
1. Having a purpose; intentional: a purposeful musician.
2. Having or manifesting purpose; determined: entered the room with a purposeful look. .
Strategies to support debriefing have received little attention in the simulation literature (Henneman & Cunningham, 2006; Rudolf, Simon, Rivard, Dufresne, & Raemer, 2007; Seropian, Brown, Gavilanes, & Driggers, 2004). But Jeffries (2005) stated that in simulation, knowing how to debrief de·brief
tr.v. de·briefed, de·brief·ing, de·briefs
1. To question to obtain knowledge or intelligence gathered especially on a military mission.
2. student experiences is equal in importance to knowing how to create scenarios and using the equipment to represent human physiological responses to care. Generally, faculty focus debriefing discussions on learning outcomes and the intended objectives of the experience (Jeffries & Rogers, 2007). Many guidelines and strategies that are available focus on critique and correction of technical components, discussion of cognitive thinking, and attempts to develop evaluation criteria of student performance.
But questions remain on how to debrief, when to debrief, what to debrief, and whom to include in debriefing for the best student learning. Research is beginning to demonstrate an association with clinical reasoning that includes student assimilation of the knowledge brought from prior experiences and other courses. There is also beginning evidence that clinical reasoning involves use of a framework and an aspect of accommodation whereby knowledge learned from the simulation experience is applied to subsequent clinical situations the student encounters.
Reflective Learning and Debriefing as a Teaching-Learning Strategy When debriefing is structured to promote reflection, encouraging students to analyze their own assumptions and think about how to enhance or develop more skillful skill·ful
1. Possessing or exercising skill; expert. See Synonyms at proficient.
2. Characterized by, exhibiting, or requiring skill. nursing practice, reflective practice may be involved. Reflective practitioners who engage in introspection introspection /in·tro·spec·tion/ (in?trah-spek´shun) contemplation or observation of one's own thoughts and feelings; self-analysis.introspec´tive
n. learn to self-correct and assimilate as·sim·i·late
1. To consume and incorporate nutrients into the body after digestion.
2. To transform food into living tissue by the process of anabolism. new experiences with prior ones and thus improve their professional competence (Rudolf et el., 2007). Debriefing provides opportunities to foster reflective learning, encompassing the ability to think-in-action as well as think-on-action (Schon, 1983). It is associated with critical thinking, clinical reasoning, and clinical judgment, desired elements as nurses move from novice to expert practice (Benner, Stannard, & Hooper hoop·er
A maker or repairer of barrels and tubs; a cooper. , 1996; del Bueno, 2005; Kuiper, Heinrich, Matthias, Graham, & Bell-Kotwell, 2008; Lasater, 2007).
Scanlon and Chernomas (1997) identified three stages of reflection: awareness, critical analysis, and new perspective. Although the importance of using reflective learning to teach students to apply what they have learned from one situation to the next in the context of critical thinking and decision making is well documented (Benner et al., 1996; Chalykoff, 1993; Davies, 1995; Facione & Facione, 1996; Ironside, 2003; Kautz, Kuiper, Pesut, Knight-Brown, & Daneker, 2005; Tanner, 2006), debriefing as a teaching-learning strategy continues to be poorly understood. In addition, the impact of different debriefing priorities on students' clinical reasoning skills remains unclear and challenging (Dismukes, Gaba, & Howard, 2006).
The practice of debriefing varies considerably by facilitator. To enhance consistent, significant student learning and to facilitate faculty development, a concept analysis of the debriefing process in simulated learning is important.
With limited clinical time, inconsistent exposure to different types of patient situations, and little time available to interact with faculty, students may have few opportunities to link classroom content to clinical practice through experiential learning. By providing opportunities to review events and make visible their meaning, debriefing offers a way to draw out student thinking and help students develop their complex decision-making skills. While reflecting is thought to be an innate learning experience, not all learners do it consistently or thoughtfully enough for it to be a significant learning event. Thus, facilitating reflection through debriefing is essential for helping students get the greatest benefit when simulation is used (Decker, 2007).
Debriefing as teaching strategy supports a constructivist con·struc·tiv·ism
A movement in modern art originating in Moscow in 1920 and characterized by the use of industrial materials such as glass, sheet metal, and plastic to create nonrepresentational, often geometric objects. theoretical framework within problem-based learning experiences. Constructivist learning is a contextual and experiential process where knowledge is individually constructed and thought about as learning occurs (Richardson, 1997). With the preponderance pre·pon·der·ance also pre·pon·der·an·cy
Superiority in weight, force, importance, or influence.
Noun 1. preponderance of simulation use throughout the nursing curriculum, educators need to understand and develop best practices for debriefing to facilitate significant student learning during these experiences.
Defining the Attributes of Debriefing The process of experiential learning requires active engagement. To facilitate meaningful, active learning, students must have opportunities to "reflect on their experience in the (simulation), have a period of emotional release, receive behavioral feedback, integrate their observations, behavior and feedback into a conceptual framework For the concept in aesthetics and art criticism, see .
A conceptual framework is used in research to outline possible courses of action or to present a preferred approach to a system analysis project. and create mechanisms and pathways for transferring learning to relevant outside situations" (Warrick et al., 1979). These attributes--reflection, emotion, reception, and integration and assimilation--are the defining attributes of simulation debriefing.
Reflection is the opportunity to reexamine the experience. It can be a chronological chron·o·log·i·cal also chron·o·log·ic
1. Arranged in order of time of occurrence.
2. Relating to or in accordance with chronology. review or thinking upon what comes to mind first and working through the experience from that starting point Noun 1. starting point - earliest limiting point
terminus a quo
commencement, get-go, offset, outset, showtime, starting time, beginning, start, kickoff, first - the time at which something is supposed to begin; "they got an early start"; "she knew from the . It is a time to call out the thinking processes that took place during the events of the simulation experience.
Emotion and emotional release are important. Student engagement in the simulation can cross boundaries of reality and call out significant emotional response. Emotion enhances learning by the way it frames the experience (Schon, 1983), but it can also inhibit learning if it distracts from engagement in the experience. Facilitating the expression of emotions acknowledges the power of the learning experience to set the frame for embedding 1. (mathematics) embedding - One instance of some mathematical object contained with in another instance, e.g. a group which is a subgroup.
2. (theory) embedding - (domain theory) A complete partial order F in [X -> Y] is an embedding if it in the learner's memory. Emotional release can redirect re·di·rect
tr.v. re·di·rect·ed, re·di·rect·ing, re·di·rects
To change the direction or course of.
A redirect examination.
re the attention of the learner to reflective learning.
Reception, or openness to feedback, is a primary role for the learner, but may also be evident in the simulation facilitator. Because simulation experiences encompass cognitive, affective, and psychomotor skills, this is an opportunity for all participants to provide feedback on those skills. Students need to be coached to be open to receive feedback in a way that facilitates positive learning rather than a negative response. Student strengths and challenges should be brought forward in a nonthreatening manner, using elements of formative feedback. Further, linking guided reflection to critique and correction provides an opportunity to make visible the "affective and behavioral learning" that happens through structured or situated cognitive activities during debriefing (Kuiper et al., 2008).
Summative Adj. 1. summative - of or relating to a summation or produced by summation
additive - characterized or produced by addition; "an additive process" evaluation serves a different purpose than a debriefing experience. Simulation events that are primarily focused on student performance and summative evaluation should be clearly indicated as such, and debriefing should be formatted in a confidential, respectful manner between the facilitator and the learner.
Integration of the simulation experience and the facilitated reflection into a conceptual framework is one of the most challenging and least common attributes of debriefing. To be successful, the facilitator models framing and embeds the elements of the experience into scaffolding that the learner is familiar with and can call upon when experiencing future situations. Framing is attribution at·tri·bu·tion
1. The act of attributing, especially the act of establishing a particular person as the creator of a work of art.
2. of meaning to set of facts (Pesut, 2004). In nursing, there are numerous frames but the most common is the nursing process. Integrating the elements of the nursing process into debriefing sets the stage for assimilation of the knowledge, skills, and attitudes into practice and provides a path for accommodation and transference into future patient care environments.
Integration using the nursing process is commonly found in post-conference debriefing, but successful use of this conceptual framework with simulation experiences is beginning to be reported to be spoken of; to be mentioned, whether favorably or unfavorably.
See also: Report in the literature (Kuiper et al., 2008). Assimilation and accommodation are the ultimate goals in a practice profession and the essence of reflection. Nurse educators want students to demonstrate successfully that they can transfer what they have learned and experienced from one situation to the next. In addition, assimilation and accommodation involve anticipation. Anticipation and reflection are related. While reflection is often considered looking back or looking at, as in "reflection on action" and "reflection in action" (Schon, 1983; Tanner, 2006), it can also be looking forward, or "reflection beyond action" (Dreifuerst, 2007). This critical aspect of reflection builds upon the work of Klein, who describes "seeing the future while seeing the past" as a component of decision-making (1999, p. 289) and supports the anticipatory nature of reflection.
The ability to anticipate or consider the "what if' distinguishes the novice nurse from the expert and represents higher order clinical judgment and clinical reasoning based on metacognition (Benner et al., 1996; Pesut, 2004; Tanner, 2006). Assimilation can be modeled or facilitated during debriefing using techniques like Socratic dialogue Socratic dialogue (Greek Σωκρατικός λόγος or Σωκρατικός διάλογος , where faculty plant ideas using provocative or directed questions and lay the framework for thinking-beyond-action through purposeful discourse. The use of "what if" questions, where the details and frame are changed to encourage the student to think beyond the boundaries of this situation and anticipate the next, takes time, not only to develop student thinking, but also to model anticipatory reflection.
All of these defining attributes work in tandem during debriefing to create the significant learning experience. When some attributes are neglected or discounted, the debriefing portion of simulation is not optimized. The model case that follows demonstrates the defining attributes of debriefing. Other cases are offered that demonstrate how students may miss having an assimilation-accommodation experience that develops critical thinking, clinical judgment, and clinical reasoning.
Model Case
Following a 20-minute simulation experience focused on a rapidly deteriorating patient, the five students and the faculty who have participated go to the conference room to debrief. Everyone is seated comfortably around a circular table and reminded of the simulation's objectives. The ground rules of confidentiality and trust are reviewed. The faculty begins with open-ended questions addressed to the students, such as, "Well, how are each of you feeling?" and "What was the experience of caring for this patient like for you?" Dialogue among students is encouraged with verbal and nonverbal non·ver·bal
1. Being other than verbal; not involving words: nonverbal communication.
2. Involving little use of language: a nonverbal intelligence test. feedback.
After everyone has talked about emotions and feelings, the faculty then refocuses the conversation on the debriefing attribute of reception by asking, "What went right?" and later, "What were the challenges and areas for improvement?" Specific feedback on cognitive, affective, and psychomotor skills is provided in an affirming manner. Ambiguous statements are clarified, and every student has an opportunity to contribute.
The faculty then redirects the debriefing toward integration and assimilation. Using the nursing process as a framework, the patient case is reviewed again, focusing on each element of the nursing process as it related to what was experienced with this simulated patient A simulated patient or standardized patient (SP) (also known as a patient instructor), in health care, is an individual who is trained to act as a real patient in order to simulate a set of symptoms or problems. and alternatives that might have been experienced had details been different. The nursing process is mapped out on the white board in the conference room as students interject in·ter·ject
tr.v. in·ter·ject·ed, in·ter·ject·ing, in·ter·jects
To insert between other elements; interpose. See Synonyms at introduce. their thoughts. The process continues until all are satisfied. Then a plan of care is developed, and students use worksheets to capture the discussion for future reference.
The faculty then begins the wrap-up by coaching the students on assimilation of the key points of the simulation, summarizing what transpired and hypothesizing other possibilities. Throughout the entire debriefing process, the simulated patient used in this scenario has been frequently referred to by its name. This provides a mechanism for framing this experience so it can be referred to later. As the debriefing ends, the faculty asks the students to close their eyes and envision another patient, with a different medical history and disease process, who is now rapidly deteriorating. She asks them to silently envision working through the nursing process with that patient and to closely consider what might be similar to the patient in the simulation experience and what might be different. Students should silently give a name to this imagined patient. Then, speaking aloud, they should have an opportunity to ask questions about the simulated or imagined patient. Following the debriefing, students will write about their imagined patient, comparing and contrasting it to the patient in the simulation, using the nursing process framework for their follow-up assignment. The entire debriefing process has taken 40 minutes.
Borderline Case borderline case n → Grenzfall m
Following a 20-minute simulation experience focused on a rapidly deteriorating patient, the five students and the faculty who have participated go to the conference room to debrief. The faculty begins with open-ended questions addressed to the students, such as "What did (student in primary nurse role) do well?" "What could she have done better?" After a short discussion and performance critique, this is followed with questions such as, "What was wrong with the patient?" "What are the important things for the nurse to do with patients like this?" "What are the important points to think about from this case?"
Later the faculty asks, "What did you like best about your role in the simulation?" She concludes the discussion with a final question: "What have we learned about caring for the rapidly deteriorating patient?" When students are done talking, the faculty concludes by asking them to write a care plan for the simulated patient using the nursing process for their follow-up assignment. The entire debriefing process has taken 20 minutes.
Related Case
Following a 20-minute simulation experience focused on a rapidly deteriorating patient, the five students and the faculty who have participated go to the classroom to debrief. Most of the students stand against the wall but two sit at desks as the faculty member hustles in behind them. She asks if anyone has any questions about what went on during the simulation. Hearing no questions, she indicates they did a "pretty good job" overall. Over the next five minutes, she reviews aloud what she observed during the simulation while the students listen silently. She again asks if they have any questions. Hearing none again, she says they can leave. As the students are exiting, she reminds them that they need to turn in a care plan on a real patient from clinical for their assignment. The entire debriefing process has taken 10 minutes. As she is leaving the room, the faculty member indicates aloud that debriefing is such a waste of time.
Contrary Case
Following a 20-minute simulation experience focused on a rapidly deteriorating patient, the five students and the faculty who have participated go to the classroom to debrief. All participants are clearly upset. After the door is shut, the faculty loudly asks the student assigned to be the primary nurse, "What were you thinking in there?" As the student becomes visibly upset, the faculty states loudly, "Thank goodness it wasn't a real patient you just killed in there." She then turns to the rest of the students, and before dismissing them, states that she "hopes they all learned something." This is followed by the statement that the first student "needs to stay and practice in the lab until you get it right." All the other students leave followed by the teacher. The upset student remains alone in the classroom. This entire debriefing process has taken five minutes.
Absent Case
Following a 20-minute simulation experience focused on a rapidly deteriorating patient, the five students and the faculty who have participated leave the simulation area and go separate ways. When asked about debriefing, the faculty member states that due to technical problems with the simulator (1) Software that enables the execution of an application written for a different computer environment. Same as emulator.
(2) Software that models the interactions of hypothetical or real-world objects or business processes. they got started late. There was no time to debrief so she dismisses them. She follows up by indicating that time with patients--simulated or real--is more important than conferencing about them anyway. There was no time used for the debriefing process.
Antecedents and Consequences of Debriefing Defining antecedents and consequences is a step in the process defined by Walker and Avant (2005) in which the concept is described in its usual context. Antecedents are circumstances that precede the concept; consequences follow the occurrence of the concept. Several antecedents of debriefing attributes are meaningful components of simulation: the story, the physiological processes and mechanisms, and the learning objectives for the simulation activity.
Every real patient has a story, and nurses use the patient's story to understand the human response to illness and disease and to help the patient move along the wellness continuum. The story engages the student and helps the student make sense of the situation by providing connection and mental models (Pesut, 2004). When a detailed story is not created for the simulated patient as a part of the development of the scenario or is abbreviated, the focus of the simulation for the student becomes the tasks, and the simulation becomes a task-training exercise without context or reference to patient care. Essentially, the story becomes the frame, or mental model, for understanding the "human" response.
The second antecedent ANTECEDENT. Something that goes before. In the construction of laws, agreements, and the like, reference is always to be made to the last antecedent; ad proximun antecedens fiat relatio. is physiological processes and mechanisms related to a specific disease or illness phenomenon. Whether using a manikin manikin /man·i·kin/ (man´i-kin) a model to illustrate anatomy or on which to practice surgical or other manipulations.
n or task-trainer, the physiological response of the simulated patient can be tacit through fidelity or implied through verbal or written communication. However, to be meaningful, students need to experience a patient response to their action. When the only response is an instructor response, the meaning of the experience and the accommodation into clinical situations are impacted.
The final antecedent for debriefing is defined learning objectives for the simulation scenario. These link the experience to the curriculum, guide the facilitation Facilitation
The process of providing a market for a security. Normally, this refers to bids and offers made for large blocks of securities, such as those traded by institutions. of the debriefing discussion, and provide structure for evaluating the experience.
The consequences of debriefing a simulation can vary by student. Generally, when the defining attributes are evident, significant learning is demonstrated by a change in critical thinking, clinical decision making, and clinical judgment. When few of the attributes are evident, there can be a neutral or nonevident impact from insufficient learning indicated by no change in the cognitive, affective, or psychomotor domain. With few attributes evident, a negative effect, with erroneous erroneous adj. 1) in error, wrong. 2) not according to established law, particularly in a legal decision or court ruling. learning or persistent, uncorrected poor critical thinking, clinical decision making, and clinical judgment, is likely.
Empirical Referents of Debriefing as Concept The model cases, in combination with the defining attributes of facilitated debriefing, support the identification of empirical referents, first explicated by Warrick et al. (1979) to describe types of debriefing of experiential learning exercises. Warrick et al. identified structured and spontaneous debriefing methods. Examples of facilitated debriefing can be further delineated de·lin·e·ate
tr.v. de·lin·e·at·ed, de·lin·e·at·ing, de·lin·e·ates
1. To draw or trace the outline of; sketch out.
2. To represent pictorially; depict.
3. for simulation using the defining attributes in three categories: unstructured debriefing, structured for critique debriefing, and structured for reflection debriefing.
Unstructured debriefing, like spontaneous debriefing, has minimal direction. The facilitator takes a passive role, allowing the experience to go wherever the participants may take it. The Related Case presented above, in which faculty do not engage students but speak at them without connecting the debriefing to the simulation, is an example of unstructured debriefing.
The Contrary Case presented above is an extreme example of debriefing that is structured for critique, the second empirical referent ref·er·ent
A person or thing to which a linguistic expression refers.
Noun 1. referent - something referred to; the object of a reference . Other examples include debriefing focused only on performance. Emphasis is placed on correct and incorrect behaviors, psychomotor skill demonstration, and simple decision-making.
The Model Case, and to a lesser extent the Borderline Case, are examples of debriefing that is structured for reflection. Faculty engage students using a structure for debriefing that includes the elements of a challenging problem of patient care, small-group work with a nursing process framework, and guidance and feedback from a facilitator. Interventions such as this are "designed to enable learners to think through a problem and to think about their thinking which are metacognitive in nature, leading to deep and meaningful learning" (August-Brady, 2005, p. 298). Meaningful learning in nursing reveals itself through critical thinking, clinical reasoning, and clinical judgment. Providing students a structure for reflection during debriefing is a valuable teaching-learning strategy that can promote significant learning experiences.
Discussion and Summary Simulation is an innovative way to offer experiential learning using a constructivist framework in a safe, clinically relevant environment. It is a tool that can provide an interactive, interesting experience with concurrent cognitive, affective, and psychomotor components. Reflective learning, demonstrated by thinking-in-action, thinking-on-action, and thinking-beyond-action using simulation experiences, can be fostered by facilitated debriefing strategies. Debriefing can be structured to enhance student learning and offer opportunities to develop critical thinking, clinical decision making, clinical reasoning, and clinical judgment skills.
Understanding the debriefing process and different types of debriefing, along with defining attributes, antecedents, and consequences, offers a foundation for future research on debriefing strategies and environments and their impact on student learning. Such research will inform the development of methods and means to support faculty development and mastery of this essential component of simulation in nursing education. Until then, this concept analysis on debriefing can help faculty consider their use of debriefing strategies and the emphasis they place on reflective learning. Students can be encouraged to think in action, on action, and beyond action using activities that that ground simulation experiences within the nursing process and call out the nuances of patient response from the narratives they are given. Faculty can help students gain insight and clinical reasoning skills to advance their practice across settings through facilitation of reflective learning during simulation debriefing. The purpose of this concept analysis is to provide clarity of thinking, direction for research, and a foundation for the development of effective teaching-learning strategies for faculty in the area of debriefing.
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Kristina T. Dreifuerst, MS, RN, ACNS-BC, CNE (Certified NetWare Engineer) See Novell certification. , is a doctoral student at Indiana University School of Nursing, Indianapolis. She acknowledges Dr. Pamela Jeff ties, Dr. Daniel Pesut, and Dr. Sarah Horton-Deutch for their assistance with this project. For more information, contact her at email@example.com.
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Historically a nation of immigrants, the United States is home to nearly 41 million immigrants, who represent 13 percent of the total population and play a key role in the economic, civic, and cultural life of the country. The research collected here covers many facets of immigration to the United States, by the numbers and how immigrants fare in the country's classrooms and workplaces, the policies and regulations that shape the admission of new immigrants, the enforcement programs and polices in place at U.S. borders and within the interior, and integration policies and efforts taking place in local communities, in states, and at the federal level.
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Bored and worried about saving for Christmas, would be more correct. While I'm still excited about the wii, I'm also sitting around waiting for the new mario Galaxy game to be released. I finished beating Zelda, never was too fond of 1st person shooters (Metroid Prime) and so am left with a small gap until the holiday season allows my game spending budget to pick up another game or two. Since I only buy a few games a year, I don't take changes. When Brawl and Galaxy come out, I'll buy. Since Nintendo has cultivated a mostly Non-hardcore gamer market, the majority of their customers are only going to buy the AAA titles because that's what they hear about in the media. Most of those will be released in the coming months.


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Red Lion adds a new hotel in Tucson, making it the 31st franchise
Correction: Earlier, this entry said the Tucson franchise will be Red Lion's 30th. When it converts, it will be the 31st.
Red Lion Hotels Corp. has signed a franchise agreement to add a new hotel in Tucson.
The conversion is for the Quality Inn & Suites, 7411 N. Oracle Road, a property near the Santa Catalina Mountains in west Tucson.
Converting hotels into Red Lion Hotel franchises has been the primary business goal of the Spokane-based, publicly traded hospitality company.
The building is expected to complete the brand conversion by May.
It has 155 rooms, 91 of which are suites, and 1,600 square feet of meeting space. It also offers a heated outdoor pool and hot tub.
Interim Red Lion CEO Jim Evans said the company added 11 locations in 2013, bringing the brand total to 30 franchised hotels. Tucson will be the 31st.
The Arizona market is considered a dynamic travel, business and leisure area. Red Lion already has the Red Lion Inn & Suites in Tempe-Phoenix.
Red Lion Hotels adds franchise in Ontario, Southern California
Red Lion Hotels has added a Los Angeles property as a new franchise operation.
The Red Lion Hotel Ontario Airport, 204 N Vineyard Ave., is roughly 35 miles east of downtown Los Angeles.
The former Ayres Grand Boutique Suites has 107 rooms and suites and borders the Ontario Convention Center. Amenities include an outdoor pool and hot tub, a hot breakfast cooked to order and free internet access.
In a release, the Spokane-based hospitality company declared: "In terms of convenience, this hotel is in the center of everything in the Los Angeles Inland Empire."
The Ontario Airport is just a mile away.
Walla Walla hotel converting to Red Lion franchise later this year
Red Lion Hotels Corp. is adding a new franchise hotel in Walla Walla, helping the hospitality chain add a property in the heart of Eastern Washington's wine country.
The formal switch to the Red Lion system is expected to occur later this year following a full renovation.
The future property is the Red Lion Inn & Suites Walla Walla, at 325 E. Main St, in downtown Walla Walla.
It has 80 rooms. Renovations include a breakfast room and lobby, updated guest rooms, a fitness center and a new whirlpool spa. The hotel is walking distance from the Whitman College campus.
The current owner of the hotel, BHG Hotels, also owns the Red Lion Hotel Portland Airport in Oregon.
Red Lion adding another franchise hotel in Walla Walla, following renovation
Red Lion Hotels Corp. is adding a new franchise hotel in Walla Walla, helping the hospitality chain add a property in the heart of Eastern Washington's wine country.
The formal switch to the Red Lion system is expected to occur later this year following a full renovation.
The future property is the Red Lion Inn & Suites Walla Walla, at 325 E. Main St, in downtown Walla Walla.
It has 80 rooms. Renovations include a breakfast room and lobby, updated guest rooms, a fitness center and a new whirlpool spa. The hotel is walking distance f rom the Whitman College campus.
The current owner of the hotel, BHG Hotels, also owns the Red Lion Hotel Portland Airport in Oregon.
Red Lion will light up the sky downtown, celebrating 'magic of service'
Red Lion Hotel will host free fireworks tonight, Tuesday, starting around 9 p.m. in downtown's Riverfront Park.
Red Lion spokeswoman Pam Scott said the five-minute fireworks display kicks off the Red Lion Hotels' Magic of Service Brand conference.
"Red Lion Hotels is proud to bring business and energy to our hometown of Spokane, and we're putting some of that energy into the sky to prove it," said Harry G. Sladich, Red Lion's VP for sales, marketing and distribution, in a release.
The conference invited more than 125 franchise owners and general managers from our hotels across the country. That conference will take place at the Red Lion Hotel at the Park, 303 W North River Dr., from Tuesday through Thursday.
Red Lion sells Kalispell Center Mall for $11.6 million, still runs Kalispell hotel
Red Lion Hotels, of Spokane, has sold its last non-hotel property, the Kalispell Center Mall in Kalispell, Mont.
The company said WSPGB Mall, LLC bought the mall for $11.6 million. WSPGB is an affiliate of Woodbury Strategic Partners, of Salt Lake City, and Spokane-based Goodale & Barbieri Co., which manages the mall.
Red Lion signed a long-term lease to operate the Red Lion Hotel Kalispell that's attached to the mall, the hospitality company said in a news release.
Kalispell "has been, and will continue to be, important to Red Lion for many years," president and CEO Jon Eliassen said in the release.
The mall and hotel were built in 1986.
Red Lion Hotels converts Tri-Cities hotel to its brand
Red Lion Hotels Corp. announced its Red Lion Inn & Suites Kennewick in Washington has officially joined the system.
The Kennewick faciltiy has 61 rooms with flat screen televisions and an indoor pool, plus other amentiies.
It's at 602 N. Young, in walking distance to Three Rivers Convention Center, and Tri-Cities Visitor & Convention Bureau.
It's owned by Paul Sandhu, of Sandhu NW Hospitality, LLC.
Sandhu owns the Red Lion Inn & Suites Kent. That hotel became part of the Red Lion brand in February of this year.
The earlier experience made the Kennewick conversion "very smooth and we are excited to offer guests another great place to stay in the Tri-Cities," Sandhu said in a press release.
Red Lion has more than 45 hotels in nine states and one province in Canada. The company has rapidly been moving from self-owned to franchised hotels in key markets..
Red Lion adds its first Leo Collection hotel, the Las Vegas Hilton
Red Lion Hotels Corp.back in January announced formation of its Leo Collection, a boutique-focused line of properties meant to appeal to the off-the-beaten track traveler.
Red Lion recently announced the first property in the Leo group. It's the
The company launched the Leo on its Redlion.com site in time for the recent WCC Conference basketball tournament.
Here's what's a bit odd. The Las Vegas Hilton is large.It has almost 3,000 rooms.
When the Leo Collection was announced, one focus, according to the company, was on developing a group of boutique, smaller or historic hotels that retain their names but use Red Lion's distribution and marketing channels.
The Red Lion hotel announcement does note the hotel apparetnly served as headquarters for
Hey someone at Red Lion, can you explain how the Las Vegas Hilton fits that description?
Red Lion Hotels introducing new boutique hotel group, Leo Hotels
UPDATED Jan 24 at 10:03 AM
And to explain why the name is Leo Hotel Collection, we went to Pam Scott, Red Lion's director of communications. The answer:
"We engaged an outside firm, Methodologie, to assist in the development of The Leo Hotel Collection soft brand. Based on their extensive brand research, Methodologie proposed the name as a complement to the Red Lion Hotels and Red Lion Inn & Suites."
Spokane's Red Lion Hotels is branching out, developing a boutique franchise network.
Today's business section story covers the essentials:
"Called the Leo Hotel Collection, the concept has boutique, smaller or historic hotels retaining their names but using Red Lion's distribution and marketing channels, said Harry Sladich, Red Lion's vice president of sales and marketing.
Red Lion operates or franchises 48 hotels across the Western United States and Canada. In recent years it has focused on franchises rather than corporate-owned properties, which reduces its operating costs while building its network."
Sladich offered two other hotel groups that have already been pushing the same smaller-is-cool approach.
Marriott Hotels has developed the Autograph group with the same focus. ChoiceHotels introduced its version, Ascend Collection, in recent years.
Why "Leo Hotel"? Keep watching this post. We'll explain within the hour.
Red Lion opens franchise location right next to Denver International Airport
Spokane based Red Lion Hotels Corp. opened a new franchise, the Red Lion Inn & Suites Denver International Airport, on Thursday..
The newly branded hotel is at 7010 Tower Road, and has 87 guest rooms and is just minutes from downtown and multiple venues.
It's also next to one of the top five busiest airports in the country, a Red Lion press release said.
As of September 30, 2012, the RLH hotel network had 47 hotels in nine states and one Canadian province, with 8,872 rooms and 443,587 square feet of meeting space.
Red Lion sells its Denver property for $13 million
Spokane's Red Lion Hotels Corp. said Wednesday it's closed a $13 million sale of its Red Lion Hotel Denver Southeast.
This past August the publicly traded hospitality company announced it had entered an agreement with the likely buyer.
Wednesday's announcement identified the buyer: Pandey Hotel Denver LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Pandey Hotel Corporation, the US division of CP Group New Zealand..
CEO and President Jon E. Eliassen said, in a release: "The sale of our Denver hotel helps us reduce debt and invest in our owned hotels in a manner which is meaningful to both guests and shareholders."
The just-sold former Red Lion Hotel Denver Southeast has 478 rooms and 25,000 square feet of meeting space. It's near Cherry Creek State Park and has scenic views of the Rocky Mountains and downtown Denver.
Red Lion adds hotel in Sacramento; has hotels for sale in four cities
Still responding to investors urging the company to shake itself free of underperforming assets, Red Lion Hotels Corp. announced a new Sacramento franchise has joined the company brand.
The Red Lion Hotel Woodlake Conference Center Sacramento has officially converted to the Red Lion.
The owner is Kumar Sharma of Shri Vinayaka Hotel, Inc. He was quoted saying, "Rebranding the hotel to Red Lion is the next step in marketing this property to its full potential." The deal came out of an earlier sale of a Red Lion-owned property to Sharma's firm. That other hotel, the former Red Lion at Arden Village, is now part of Sharma's hotel operations.
In exchange, Sharma agreed to franchise the Woodlake hotel.
The full-service hotel has 306 guest rooms, 60,000 square feet of meeting space, a fitness center and an outdoor pool.
As it continues working toward a focused balance of franchises and owned properties, Red Lion is also listing for sale hotels in Medford, Missoula, Denver and Pendleton.
Red Lion Hotels comes out and admits it's not able to find a willing suitor
Red Lion Hotels Corp. managers yesterday (Tuesday) produced some responses to last week's shot by an investor group who felt the company wasn't moving forward fast enough to make some major changes.
On Tuesday managers said they've contacted more than 70 potential buyers but have failed to find offers to buy the hospitality chain.
The effort is a response to Columbia Pacific Opportunity Fund, a group that has vocally asked for major changes, including sell part or all of the company.
The Red Lion release noted: the outreach resulted in "a limited number of non-binding indications of interest, but (we) did not ultimately receive any offers," a statement said.
Red Lion's search to find a buyer followed the publicly traded company's hiring this spring of Bank of America Merrill Lynch to "develop strategic alternatives" as Red Lion struggled to increase its market share.
Columbia Pacific Opportunity Fund, based in Seattle, said it might seek to oust the company's directors unless more assets were sold.
The Columbia Pacific filing on Friday said Red Lion managers had not given an adequate summary of its efforts to maximize stockholder value. Columbia Pacific owns about 29 percent of Red Lion's common stock.
Tuesday's release also said company board chair and first CEO Donald K. Barbieri will retire at the end of 2012. He has served as board chairman since 1996.
His brother, Richard L. Barbieri, also will retire from the board Dec. 31 unless the board appoints a replacement sooner. Richard Barbieri was the firm's general counsel and became a board member in 1978.
Both brothers were named by investor group Somerset Capital in a letter released this year. The letter said the Barbieris and CEO Jon Eliassen should be removed from the board for ineffective management.
Eliassen said in Tuesday's release Re
Red Lion Hotels adds new Denver franchise
Red Lion Hotels Corporation said on Wednesday it's signed a franchise agreement for a new location at the Denver airport.
"Our new franchise is one of the closest hotels in proximity to the Denver International Airport, a superb location that will gain visibility for our brand," said Ron Burgett, Red Lions' VP.
The future Red Lion Inn and Suites Denver Airport, at 7010 Tower Road, is expected to join the system by November 2012.
The hotel has 87 guest rooms and is near downtown and multiple venues, including those used by the Denver Broncos, Colorado Avalanche and Denver Nuggets.
"With all of the competition we have in this market, we think Red Lion will help us to differentiate our property and compete in the midscale segment," said Zanfar Kahn of Tower Hospitality, owners of the hotel.
Red Lion's largest shareholder says it's tired of waiting, threatening to remove board members
Spokane-based hotel chain Red Lion Hotels is on the receiving end of an SEC filing by Columbia Pacific Opportunity Fund, the Seattle investor group that owns 19 percent of the company's common shares.
The filing is one of a number of requests made by Columbia, which is the largest investor group owning RLH shares.
Saturday's SR and Spokesman.com will have the full story. Here is the short segment from the filing that lays out Columbia Pacific's concerns. The full letter taken from the SEC.gov site is below the text of the story.
Red Lion Hotel Corporation
To the Board of Directors,
While we are encouraged with the recent success in selling off non-strategic hotel assets with the goal of paying down debt, we are completely dissatisfied with the lack of measurable progress made toward satisfying the strategic process. This process was announced on March 28th, and we assume the Board must have been reviewing the options in front of the company for months previously. After five months, it is time for shareholders to learn the results of this process.
Let it be understood that a majority of shareholders are not confident in the current Board's ability to define a clear direction or strategy for the future of the company. The Board's lack of a clear or comprehensive plan to create shareholder value is evidenced by relentless shifts in strategic direction over the past several years.
Therefore, should the Board not present a proposal to sell or liquidate the company; we will call for the resignation of the current Board. We are prepared to present a new slate of directors who have demonstrated success in hotel operating experience and value creation through real estate repositioning and capital market transactions. While we would prefer to work with the current directors to reconstitute the Board, we are prepared to take all necessary actions to effect this outcome.
We look forward to hearing results of the strategic process soon.
Red Lion Hotels sells Sacramento hotel for $9 million, adds a franchise hotel
Spokane's Red Lion Hotels Corp. has made another sale. The hospitality company said Tuesday it's sold the Red Lion Hotel Sacramento at Arden Village.
Paying $9 million for the hotel is Kumar Sharma, who had been franchising the hotel prior to the sale. As part of the deal, Red Lion announced it's formed a new franchise deal with Sharma's subsidiary, Shri Vinayaka Hotel Inc.
That deal allows Red Lion to have the former Woodlake Hotel Sacramento now become part of the chain's franchise group. It will be called the Red Lion Hotel Woodlake Conference Center Sacramento.
"This transaction supports our strategy to reduce debt, expand our franchise system and improve the competitive position of our hotels," said Jon E. Eliassen, Red Lion's president and CEO.
"We added a new franchise hotel with extensive meeting and banquet facilities that make it a much better fit in that market for the Red Lion brand going forward," he said in a release. It has 306 rooms and 60,000 square feet of meeting space.
In November 2011 Red Lion became the owner of the Red Lion Hotel Sacramento at Arden Village as part of an agreement with iStar Financial Inc. to purchase 10 previously leased hotels. It's had the Sacramento hotel on the market since then. That deal was done to reduce company debt and was financed by the sale of the Red Lion Fifth Avenue in Seattle.
Red Lion shares have been falling since late June when prices hit $8.63 per share. Tuesday the stock was selling at $7.30.
How young did Jon Eliassen look before he retired? Very very young
OK, so we went a little long in a Sunday story on Jon Eliassen, CEO of Red Lion Hotels Corp.
He's probably, as one blog commenter noted, Spokane's "most interesting" exec. Or close, anway.
Here's a little snapshot photo of Eliassen from some unknown date. This has to have been an Avista mugshot that sat in the SR archives for close to 20 years.
If anyone can come up with the year this photo was taken, we'll send you a free e-book on how to use and manage Microsoft Outlook 2010.


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Tofu Satay is a version of the classic South East Asian dish. Tofu is marinated, then skewered and baked (traditionally grilled) and served with a flavorful peanut sauce.
1 tsp ground cumin
1 tsp ground fennel
1 Tbsp ground coriander
½ tsp turmeric
1 tsp sea salt
2 tsp soy sauce or coconut aminos
2 shallots or 1 small onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 lemon grass stalk (roots trimmed)
pinch of cayenne pepper (optional)
1 Tbsp raw sugar or maple syrup
1 tsp coconut oil (optional)
1 block of extra firm tofu, cut into strips as shown
Peanut Sauce
1 cup coconut milk
½ cup peanut butter (natural unsweetened)
1 Tbsp pomegranate molasses, or lemon juice
2 tsp sesame oil
1 Tbsp onion, finely chopped
2 Tbsp sugar or maple syrup
3 Tbsp soy sauce or coconut aminos
1 tsp freshly grated ginger
½ tsp curry powder
pinch of cayenne pepper
For the Tofu
Cut tofu into strips and place into a bowl. In a food processor or blender place the cumin, fennel, coriander, turmeric, sea salt, soy sauce, garlic, lemon grass, cayenne pepper, sugar and oil and process until smooth paste. Remove paste and rub onto tofu, allow to marinate for 30 minutes or even overnight in the refrigerator.
Bake in oven at 450 degrees on a greased baking sheet for 12 minutes then turn and bake for 12 more minutes. Serve with peanut sauce.
For the Peanut Sauce
Place all the ingredients in a small saucepan and bring to boil on medium heat, stir constantly to prevent burning. Simmer until it thickens.
Serving suggestion: Grill or broil veggies such as peppers and onions and stick on skewers with tofu satay. Serve with peanut sauce.
Satay......are u gonna let the ladies sample some of this?? looks very tasty , especially the peanut dip !!!!
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