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Abstract: | This thesis covers the design, implementation, and evaluation of a search engine which can give each user a customized index based on the documents they are authorized to view. A common solution available today for this situation is to filter the results of a query based on the list of documents a user has access to. In this scenario, it is possible for information to leak from the search engine because the filtering takes place after the results are ranked. Ranking algorithms are usually based on information which considers characteristics of the entire corpus when calculating the score a document will receive. This type of information in the index must be cleaned before it is used to judge the relevant documents for a user query, otherwise data leakage is possible. Cleaning this information at query time might have a dramatic effect on query performance which would discourage use. The work presented here takes this sensitive information and calculates it for every user authorized to view the documents at index time. At query time, the search engine uses a filtered global index for selecting relevant results, but ranks the results using the information stored for the individual user's authorized view of the index. Different designs are compared, but the same concept is present in all implementations. An open source index, Apache's Lucene, was used as a starting point for this work. All modifications were made to Lucene and then compared to an unmodified Lucene for performance evaluations. The findings are that it is feasible to include access control in a basic search engine without incurring dramatic loss in performance. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10037/1827 |
Abstract: | Telemedicine is not a new technology today, but it is a novel approach for many developing countries, and in fact, it may have more profound impact on these countries than developed nations due to unmet demands for health and unprecedented health related challenges. In the health context of Nepal, telemedicine is rising and currently being implemented, though on a pilot scale – most of them by private health institutions. The main purpose of this study is to explore the practicability of telemedicine application in Nepal, with particular reference to challenges and scope regarding its implementation and use. In this study, a qualitative research method was used. As such, interpretive research approach was employed in order to explain the phenomenon of interest. Multiple data collection tools were used to investigate and find possible explanations to the research questions considered. The empirical data gathered from the study were analyzed using the theories of Information Infrastructures (II) and Actor-Network Theory (ANT) from the information systems field. The notion of II is used to establish telemedicine as an infrastructural tool while ANT is used to describe the interaction and negotiation processes among diverse actors identified during the study. From the empirical findings, issues related to funding, sustainability, technical acquisition, low resources and underdeveloped infrastructures were found to be major challenges to ICT growth. Important findings related ICT infrastructure and its sustainable development are discuses and implications are given with particular reference to telemedicine. Finally, it is concluded that funding and sustainability are the core issues, including other sociological and political issues, for telemedicine development in the context of Nepal, and hence calls for more research in this area. Key words: Actor-Network Theory, Challenges, Developing Countries, ICT, Information Infrastructures, Nepal, Sustainability, Telemedicine |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10037/2577 |
Abstract: | Information Technology (IT) has for several decades been seen to be a key enabler to achieve improved efficiency and quality in work processes, and so also within health care. Thus, even though many parts within the health care sector have high expectations, the desired benefits are not seen to large extent in practice, at least not until present. A lot of the work flows within health care are still paper based. Several authors claim that the mismatch between the goals and the real situations as today might be caused by the fact that social aspects are not included in design to large extent. Implementation processes has had a tendency to be far more technology oriented than social and communication oriented, thus indicating that technological processes rely on technological deterministic views. This thesis applies an implementation process of a new technology called Well Interactor, a system which is developed to let general practitioners choose laboratory services electronically and additionally enables interactive possibilities. The thesis is aimed to show to which extent existing work practices influence on the outcome of the technology. The findings documented are based upon an interpretive case study, including field observations and interviews. A study of 21 interviewed subjects has been carried out. The thesis concludes that existing work practices and existing infrastructures are quite complex. Such complexity makes it difficult to plan the outcome of the technology. It should therefore be seen implicit to map complex work practices before vision of drastic improvements caused by the use of Information Technology is created. The goals must be realistic based on the current situation. Then, both, social and technological aspects should play a role in how technology will and can be used. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10037/1173 |
Abstract: | The main research problem in this thesis project was to develop a mobile phone application which can help people with diabetes to make right choices in selecting food items for better nutrition management. The major challenge was minimizing the information displayed and finding a way to persuade the users to change their food habits. Smart Carb, a simple application was developed to solve this problem and tested by 27 Type 2 diabetics in Norway and South Korea. The Norwegian participants who had experience with the 'Few Touch application' expressed their strong willing to use this application. However the Korean participant who did not have experience with kind of application and the smart phone itself, were more sceptical or afraid of using this application. Nevertheless most of the participants agreed that it is important to track the amount of carbohydrate intake, and expressed that it is difficult to estimate the amount of carbohydrate. Therefore they wanted to have a tool to help them to estimate carbohydrate amounts. The impact or effectiveness of this system was positive to the participant, specially the Norwegian participants who had experience with mobile diabetes self-help tool. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10037/4233 |
Abstract: | Mobile technology can profoundly enhance healthcare services even in some areas where medical services are least heard of, and where there are inequitable distributions of healthcare workers. The use of SMS application in mobile phones is one technology that could solve these problems especially in underdeveloped and developing countries the Philippines. It may eliminate the "gap" between individuals and institutions that can lead to easy and effective sharing of medical information and knowledge. Through the familiarity and popularity of SMS usage in the Philippines, the University of the Philippines Manila- National Telehealth Center has launched a telemedicine service program in 2007 and they involved the Department of Health "Doctor-to-the- Barrio" (DTTB) or Doctor to the rural area program. One of these telemedicine services is the Short Messaging Service (SMS) Telereferrals, which is the main topic of my study. Thru this service, the DTTB refers problematic cases to clinical expert in the University of the Philippines College of Medicine- Philippine General Hospital with the use of SMS application. The main aim of my study is to assess the DttB`s perspectives in utilizing SMS, as well as those of the other involved users (telehealth physicians, telehealth nurses and domain experts or DEs); their satisfaction and the challenges they encounter in using SMS Telereferrals in their everyday works. In this study, the qualitative research method was applied in the research design and interpretive research approach was employed so as to understand the social context of this phenomenon of interest. Multiple data collection tools were put to use to look into and obtain likely explanations to the research questions considered. The theories of Information Infrastructures and Actor Network guided the study, too. The findings of this study primarily revealed that most of the DttBs were satisfied with the SMS Telereferrals and found it useful in their clinical work, specifically if this was their last resort to help them in decision-making for their patients' medical management. At the end of the study, however, despite the fact that SMS Telereferrals had proven its potential, still its limitations were found to be greater than the benefits. Based on the findings and conclusions, it was highly recommended that it should be used only in simple referrals with other healthcare providers (rural nurse, rural midwives), and not for the doctor-to-doctor exchange of relevant information and knowledge. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10037/4697 |
Abstract: | Objective: This thesis mainly focused on construction of an integrated infectious disease prediction service that predicts and visualizes prediction results in time and space. Methods: We have used weekly aggregated laboratory confirmed cases of various diseases collected from the Snow system, which is an infectious disease surveillance system that covers Troms and Finnmark counties of north Norway. Influenza A dataset is applied for modeling SIR(S) model and various diseases datasets applied to a Bayesian model. The infectious disease prediction service prototype was constructed following an iterative and incremental approach where the entire development process was composed of four activities. Results: The prediction service framework facilitates the process of integrating various models and allows their evaluation. Currently, the system contains two mathematical models that demonstrate the effectiveness of the architecture in integrating new models. Conclusion: The framework can significantly improve the status of disease prediction systems, investment and time of development. It also speeds up mathematical modeling through its integrated environment for testing and evaluating different mathematical models against other existing models. Thus, the project contributes to improve the overall disease prediction accuracy and increase the benefits from prediction. Keywords: Infectious disease, Influenza, Mathematical model, Prediction, Mathematical model evaluation, Spatiotemporal Epidemiological Modeler, Visualization, Integrated infectious disease prediction. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10037/4402 |
Abstract: | The use of information and communication technology (ICT) in healthcare termed as Telemedicine has acted as a tool to improve access and quality in healthcare. In developing countries where a majority of the population resides in remote areas with no essential health care facilities, telemedicine seems to be a solution. Telemedicine has the potential to not only improve access but also to improve health care delivery by supporting or assisting the rural practitioner or local health care provider through ICT. This study was conducted in Kathmandu Model Hospital (KMH) in Nepal in order to have a better understanding of the role of telemedicine in health care of Nepal and find ways to improve telemedicine programs by identifying challenges and issues. A qualitative, interpretative case study approach was used for this research. The research was also guided by theories in telemedicine and information infrastructure. The findings indicated that telemedicine services provided by Kathmandu Model Hospital has increase access to expertise consultations in remote outreach centers including in KMH. The study also shows that telemedicine can empower and support health practitioners by providing trainings and assistance. However, challenges such as a lack of adequate information infrastructure and lack of training of users leading to underuse of technologies were also found. Despite such challenges telemedicine in KMH is an example that health care delivery can be improved and health care practitioners can be empowered by using simple available technologies for basic telemedicine applications such as teleconsultation and tele-education. . |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10037/5627 |
Abstract: | Interpretive research study was designed to answer the following research questions: 1) what are the different interests and expectations of managers and health staff and how they should be aligned in order to adopt an EMR system? 2) What are the challenges of the managers and problems faced by the end-users while transitioning their practice from paper to PC? 3) What are the strategies adopted by managers to overcome the problems faced by end-users? This study reveals that different actors seem to be interested in the EMR system for different reasons, which are related to their current work priorities. It also highlights 14 different essential issues which should be addressed during implementing EMR system. This study can be a starting point of reference for hospital managers, health staff and vendors helping them in increasing the level of awareness about the issues crucial for successful implementation of EMR system. For researchers it provides an overview of different issues for future research towards finding sustainable solutions for these challenges and problems. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10037/1567 |
Abstract: | Health care systems nowadays are affected by quality problems, most of which occur in developing countries due to the lack of adequate infrastructural, human, and financial resources. This has also caused the data quality generated in developing countries to be often poor. As a result, most governments in developing countries are in the process of improving quality in their health care systems through the introduction of Information Technology (IT) support systems. This thesis explored the challenges and opportunities involved in the path to improving the quality of laboratory documentation in a Cameroonian hospital. The study employed the qualitative research approach whereby interpretive research methods were used during data collection. These consisted of participant observations, interviews, and document analysis. A total of 24 respondents were interviewed comprising of 19 hospital staff and 5 patients. The data was collected at the medical laboratory department of the Regional Hospital Bamenda over a period of two months. The theories of Information Infrastructures and Actor Network guided the study, that is, they were used to discuss the laboratory documentation, and the implementation of the IT support system in the everyday work practice. The study findings primarily revealed certain quality-related lapses in the laboratory documentation. For example, illegible laboratory test orders, common errors in laboratory test ordering and result reporting, just to name a few. It further revealed that IT support systems have great potential to improve upon the quality of the laboratory documentation. Thus, it suggested that a tailored IT support system could be implemented to address this issue. However, the greatest challenge discovered was the lack of resources to make this happen. Based on these findings, it was suggested that if resources are made available to implement this system, the socio-technical approach should be employed in order to ensure success. This is because this approach has proven to be effective since it does not only take into consideration the new technology implemented, but also the interaction between the technology and its users. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10037/3546 |
Abstract: | This thesis investigates if XMPP with extensions for file transfer, can establish a reliable service for transfer of large files within a health dedicated network. We have established a test environment within a health network and have defined a set of measurements that has been answered in this thesis. Through our assessment of the results, we have compared the XMPP technology to other possible solutions providing the service of file transfer. Based on our discoveries we have also designed a telemedicine solution for file transfer based on XMPP. Our design utilizes the benefits that exists in the XMPP technology and especially its extensions for file transfer. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10037/1755 |
Abstract: | This is an evaluation of implementing LabCraft to the Bloodbank at UNN Tromsø, based on a qualitative method, interviewing different users. Most challenges were directly or in- directly caused by the struggle between the top-down and the socio-technical approach. The topdown management-controlled approach used at hospitals where standardizations, cost saving and efficiency is key factors, is challenged by the socio-technical approach, based on user participation, and room for local adjustments to systems. The user role in the process directly influences the outcome of the process as well as the communication between the actors. More user participation in hospital implementations is needed, especially in the pre implementation phase. Detecting errors in the pre implementation phase prevents challenges later in the process. When creating demands for the tender all needed specifications must be included, to fit the Bloodbanks needs. All parts of the system must be included in the tender, also those working well. The installed base and the information infrastructure must be considered as well. Too close attachment to the old system may prevent users from seeing the improvements in the new system. Routines for conducting hospital implementations should be established as well as defining areas of responsibility for different actors. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10037/4698 |
Abstract: | This paper provides an understanding on the role of the electronic nursing documentation, as an integrated part of the Electronic Patient Record (EPR) in a heterogeneous work practice hospital unit characterized by short-time stay. The aim is to find what role the electronic nursing documentation plays in the communication and collaboration between health care professionals and the different wards involved in the investigation process of cardiac patients. Further, the focus is on what long-term impacts the electronic nursing documentation has for nursing communication and handovers. This is a qualitative study conducted three years after the implementation of electronic nursing documentation at the Cardiology Department at the University Hospital of North Norway. The sources for this research material are participant observations of the work flow, semi-structured interviews, informal talking and literature review. The notion of Information Infrastructure is used as the theoretical framework for the analysis of the EPR and nursing documentation as an information system. The elements and the interplay of the work practice are interpreted and analyzed through application of Actor-Network Theory (ANT). For continuity of care in the process of cardiac catheterization, electronic nursing documentation presents performed interventions and delivers important information for the actors involved. A long-term impact from the implementation of electronic nursing documentation in the cross-disciplinary work related to cardiac catheterization is better access to relevant nursing care information for all parts of the treatment chain. Key words: Actor-Network Theory, Continuity of Care, DIPS, Electronic Patient Record, Electronic Nursing Documentation, Information Infrastructure. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10037/2084 |
Abstract: | The Scandinavian countries are all among the minority of the world's nations that have established a national health network infrastructure. These networks provide a secured communication environment for health professionals, mainly in hospitals and local health services/GPs. Despite serving similar requirements, these national infrastructures differ in several aspects: organizational extension, choice of carrier technology, IP addressing and NAT strategy, DNS implementation and QoS support. Initiatives to interconnect these national health networks in Scandinavia date several years back, and today the Danish health network has a number of cross-border connections, including VPN tunnels to the Swedish and Norwegian health networks. However, limitations in the connecting technology, and scalability issues related to technological architecture, pose limitations on the cross-border service provisioning. The thesis investigates the differences in technical infrastructure, discusses consequences of these differences, and suggests modifications to harmonize the technology among the national health networks involved. Some of these suggestions may even have merit within national borders, as they can be seen to address scaling issues in intranetworking in general. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10037/1097 |
Abstract: | Background: Maternal health is a public health concern worldwide, especially in the sub-Saharan African countries, where the burden of maternal death is the highest in the world. A woman dies of pregnancy or childbirth related complications about every 90 seconds every day, and more than 95 per cent of these deaths occur in the sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. The rapidly growing presence of cell phones in sub-Saharan Africa may offer a paradigm shift and a unique opportunity to make a significant difference in maternal health services. Set against this backdrop was the Abiye pilot project in the Ifedore Local Government Area (LGA) of Ondo-State of Nigeria, aimed at improving maternal health through the use of cell phones. This research work was designed to explore the project. Method: A quantitative case-control method was used in this study with retrospective data from January 1, 2011 to December 31, 2011 collated from the hospitals' records and patients' casefiles. Semi-structured questionnaires were also used to generate supplemental data. 2 LGAs (i.e. one LGA where cell phones were distributed and one without such distribution) were compared to detect any differences in the facility utilization of pregnant women and the odds ratios of causes of maternal death were calculated in the two areas. Findings: The primary healthcare and the total (primary and secondary) healthcare facility utilization rates were significantly higher in the LGA where cell phones were in use. The primary healthcare facility utilization in Ifedore LGA was 54.4 per cent while that of Idanre was 30.5 per cent (p < 0.001). Total facility utilization in Ifedore LGA was 43.4 per cent and Idanre was 36.7 per cent (p = 0.0001). The odds ratio of the occurrence of the measured causes of maternal death in the 2 LGAs was 1 (i.e. no difference). Conclusion: The study showed statistical indications that cell phone use increased the facility utilization of the pregnant women. The utilization was found to have increased mainly because of the raise in the primary healthcare utilization in the LGA where cell phones were in use. This means that cell phone usage may be a strengthening factor in the primary healthcare system. The odds of causes of maternal death were still the same in the 2 LGAs. This may be due to the relatively recent implementation of the programme. It is possible that changes in maternal death rates will occur as the programme develops, and this should be examined in further studies. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10037/4793 |
Abstract: | Video conferencing is used as communication between smaller institutions and hospital to access emergency specialists.What are the reasons for using a video-congerence solution compared with traditional communication between institutions. Professional health workers are interviewed according their preferences after more than one year after the implementation at their institution. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10037/2614 |
Abstract: | 'A picture is worth more than a thousand words' - (Mann & Colven, University of Washington Medical School), that simply can justify the necessity of teledermatology. In this paper, five information technology (IT) efforts in the field of teledermatology that based on skin image transmission procedure and their historical transformations in context of the notions of information infrastructures and actor-network theory have been discussed. The main purpose of these efforts was to decentralize specialist's services to the GP, nurses or district levels. Among the five efforts, only in one effort namely DMS Nord Troms, added telemedicine tool of the UNN creates virtual hospital, decentralized regional healthcare services. This thesis paper tries to figure out the contents of dermatologic e-health services in North Norway from the mid 1980s onwards; the problems involved in previously non-sustainable and related some dermatological heath care services. Some of these services have been quite successful, such as Videoconferencing among UNN and Kirkenes, Hammerfest, Nordeisa etc. The paper applies some notions of theoretical approach whether they may be helpful to address the challenges in establishing sustainable telemedicine services in case of dermatology. Furthermore, the paper points out the actual strategy for establishing teledermatological services from the perspectives of different historical transformation. In this interpretive study based thesis, fifteen interviews have been conducted to illustrate the five teledermatological efforts. Five teledermatological efforts were started with high motivation to reach their final goals. But four of them had not been sustainable due to finishing of funding or lacking control for the integrated nature of technology. The thesis concludes that e-health services of teledermatology should be very much linked into practice. The efforts should be evaluated through the lens of practice oriented processes or approaches such as information infrastructure or actor-network theory. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10037/1456 |
Abstract: | The ambulatory consulting service is a corner stone in the services of a resource centre for rare disorders. Videoconferencing is considered an alternative way of meeting, to decrease costs and time spent on travelling and to increase the number of professionals from Frambu participating at the conference. Additionally, it can lead to a broader multidisciplinary scope. The Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) is used as theoretical framework. TAM is a theory useful to predict user acceptance of information technology, with its two determinants "perceived usefulness" and "perceived ease of use". The aim of the study was to compare two modalities of conducting a clinical conference: face-to-face and videoconference. Clinical conferences from January 2008 until March 2010 were assessed, resulting in 375 informants. The participants received questionnaires to assess their satisfaction with the conference. The main result was that both clients and providers were satisfied with the service, whether it was delivered as a videoconference or as a face-to-face meeting. Clients and providers were equally satisfied. There were no significant differences in satisfaction depending on neither the age of the participants nor on former experience with videoconferencing. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10037/2638 |
Abstract: | This thesis is a part of an ongoing project at NST. This ongoing project has the intention to make a system for early detection of contagious diseases based on symptoms and diagnosis. The main goal of this project is to develop a system that will help detect outbreaks of contagious diseases. The system intends to create a logic model based on collected data from symptoms and diagnosis entered into the primary health care physicians electronic health record system. They will again exchange data with other medical offices and their electronic health record systems. From the information extracted from all electronic health records, the system will try to detect outbreaks of communicable diseases and send out warnings. The thesis I have perform: 1. Try to find out where the primary care physicians collect the information from and how the primary care physicians in future want to collect information related to contagious diseases. 2. Try to find out how the primary care physicians wants the information from the system, that send out messages about probability of contagious disease outbreaks, can be presented. In order to reach these objectives, I have interviewed five primary care physicians, where one of the physicians has responsibility for preventing contagious diseases in a municipality. From the information gathered during the interviews this thesis present some pre-requirements that are needed before a pilot phase. In additional this thesis thru a presentation of possible visualization, present how the visualization of information in a future system can be presented for the primary care physicians. The main conclusion the thesis present is that the physicians want a system that is closely integrated with their own electronic health record system, that present the messages in a easy way with short messages that do not interrupt during patient consultations. The new system also has to be configurable in a way that the physicians themselves can decide when the messages should appear. The project also wanted to recruit as many primary care physicians as possible, to continue to take part in developing the system. The result we have showed that the physicians use Internet and do not use the information on NIPH frequently. The most obvious source of information was colleagues in the medical office. The physicians do not use and hardly know of the official web pages for reporting of contagious disease outbreaks. This thesis also has showed that the primary care physicians have limited of time for doing research in a busy day in practise and they do not use Internet for searching for contagious disease outbreak, but rather use colleagues and other sources of information. We concluded that the classification system that is in use in primary health care among physicians are not able to be use alone as detection of diseases and symptoms registered in electronic health record system in the medical offices. There are two solutions to this problem, one is to alter the existing system of classification, the second solution is to use physician's habit to make notes inside the system and extract these to the new system. And finally all physicians we interviewed are willing to contribute in pilot-phase in order to develop the system. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10037/1816 |
Abstract: | The introduction of the standardized nursing languages NANDA and NIC to write electronic care plans is hard for nurses, as reported by several projects. Both the need to relate to a new software tool and to the totally unknown domains of the standardized languages contributes to this. With an existing tool for care plan writing as basis, we have used the unified process to develop an improved tool, in order to make the introduction smother. Care has been taken to make the interface and workflow as intuitive as possible, allowing novice computer users to use the tool. An automatic presentation of the information in the languages is implemented, to further meet the needs of unskilled users. To ease navigation in the classifications of the standardized languages, a three level harmonized classification for the two languages was chosen. The two uppermost levels of the classification are presented in one screen, resulting in an efficient browsing for NANDA diagnoses and NIC interventions. To make it possible for users unacquainted with the language to find NANDA diagnoses, a search facility was developed. An information retrieval method was implemented, making it possible to search for diagnoses on the basis of signs and symptoms. The query interface was deliberately made as simple as possible; one or more keywords are entered, and a list of diagnoses is returned ranked according to relevance to the keywords. The search facility also helps in the process of exploring and learning the classification hierarchy. Usability tests shows improvement both in ease of use and support for exploring the standardized languages for the new system compared with the original. |
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URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10037/1093 |
Abstract: | The use of ICT in the medical field has given rise to a new dimension so called telemedicine. Telemedicine is not a new concept, but the level of use differs between the developed and the developing countries, because of the limited infrastructural development and high expenses of technology in the later case. Though it is certain that using ICT in healthcare will improve health status of the nation, answers to the questions like which technology to choose; and what strategy to follow in order to achieve maximum benefit from minimum investment is still under consideration for developing countries. This study was carried out at Dhulikhel Hospital to explore the infrastructural development of telemedicine, its usage, benefits and users' perspectives on the stability and sustainability of the services in future with context to hospitals in Nepal. A qualitative method with interpretive research approach was chosen for the study using informal discussions, observation and semi-structured interviews with open-ended questionnaires as data collection tools. The empirical findings have been generalized via Information Infrastructure (II) and Actor Network Theory (ANT) as theoretical framework. The findings from the study indicate that telemedicine is not simply technology; rather it is teamwork which requires good relationship between the users and good understanding of the setup. Furthermore, the study concludes that even a simple technology if implemented with proper vision and strategy can save many lives, and sustainability with telemedicine for developing countries can be achieved through slow and steady progression. Key words: Telemedicine, Nepal, sustainability, strategy, slow and steady progression. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10037/3543 |
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No Charges For Child-Whipping Judge Caught On YouTube
Re:hard to watch (948 comments)
I hope you find some peace, that sounds like a really shitty start to life. It shouldn't have been like that.
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Re:hard to watch (948 comments)
I hope you find some peace, that sounds like a really shitty start to life. It shouldn't have been like that.
Re:hard to watch (948 comments)
Parents should be supportive of their offspring. Sure there's no legal requirement, and sure sometimes kids need a little push to get out of the nest, but I doubt that is the case here. My parents would still pitch in if I was having trouble, and I am grateful for that support. In any case, she has a job (she had previously posted pics on reddit from working at EBGames (or some such) over Halloween), so I'm not sure why you assume she "refuses to take care of herself."
hard to watch (948 comments)
The video is hard to watch. For reference, the daughter was participating in the comment thread on reddit (username shoeofallcosmos).
Judge Adams issued a statement asserting that his daughter released the tape to retaliate against him for withdrawing his financial support.
Oh, so he abuses his children and then also doesn't support them financially, sounds like a real winner!
Re:Groundwater (318 comments)
Some people actually have ethics rather than only protecting their own selfish interests.
Re:Hydrogen (156 comments)
The troll is strong with this one
regulation regardless of neutrality (373 comments)
For all those who argued against net neutrality as promoting "regulation", see how little help that was, they will try to regulate anyway. We might as well get the useful consumer protections against corporate manipulations while they are/were available, otherwise we'll just get stuck with regulation at both gov't and corporate levels.
Re:I'd rather have a phone with 789 at the top... (393 comments)
Use the search field instead of scrolling through everything. It's fewer keystrokes even if you know the phone number. (unless the phone UI sucks, which is possible) And if you have a few people you call a lot, set up speed-dial, even faster.
Re:I'd rather have a phone with 789 at the top... (393 comments)
Seriously, I don't even use the telephone number pad when making phone calls, even basic phones have address books built-in.
Re:This has never happened before! (56 comments)
Apparently people don't know a good troll when they see it
Re:Better analogy: imported rats, not farmed (140 comments)
Your observation, that a bug hunt will reveal lots of inconsequential bugs, but the few significant ones make it worthwhile -- well, that's entirely the expected result, surely?
Well, I could make some argument about whether it's generally worthwhile even for a few significant bugs... if they are significant, it's likely they would be found and reported in short order regardless of a bounty. And especially if there's a backlog of bugs, I'd say those should take priority over finding new bugs that haven't actually bothered anyone yet.
The security aspect is different though, because those are bugs that have a motivation to go unreported. And there's the 'papercut' type, where small annoyances go unreported. I'd consider it an good question whether bounties are more effective than simply paying an expert (or several) the same amount up-front to comb through things. The old crowd-source vs. out-source argument I guess.
Re:Better analogy: imported rats, not farmed (140 comments)
Aha, found it:
What does $1265 of bugs look like
Looks like this wasn't a slashdot article, maybe it should be
Better analogy: imported rats, not farmed (140 comments)
I think the point he's getting at is that a lot of the bugs are not the ones that would trouble users (i.e. they only appear "in the lab"). So although it's still good to fix them, they are low priority.
The farming analogy is bad because it implies people are creating these bugs just to turn them in, which as everyone is pointing out, doesn't make sense and would reflect poorly on the buggy developer, so it would be self-limiting. Instead, I propose he should have said "imported" rats instead of "farmed" rats: instead of killing the rats in the city (the "high priority" ones), people are going out into the country and killing rats that weren't really bothering anyone. Eventually they or their descendants might make it to the city and cause a problem, so we're certainly not sad to see them go (environmental concerns breaking the analogy here
I could have sworn there was an article/blog post a little while back with statistics from a bug bounty program where most of the bugs were relatively trivial (found by automated methods, style consistency, etc.) or else quite obscure, with only a couple 'interesting' ones. But all I can find is this slashdot article, which I don't think is the one I'm thinking of. But I remember the author's summary was also that he still appreciated the peace-of-mind that others had looked through his code and that was all they had come up with, so still a net positive.
Re:Netgear WNDR-3700 (398 comments)
I realize it sounds like a dumb slashdot topic, but given my experience with the number of crap wifi access points out there, I can understand the need to get community assessment. I went through several b/g routers (netgear, dlink) which were constantly dropping connections (the netgear one was actually sensitive to certain bit patterns, e.g. a particular CVS checkout would consistently kill the router at the same place in the transfer each time. WTF.), so now I'm wary of upgrading to the N series until I hear of a suitable successor to the venerable WRT54GL.
I'm proud to say... (108 comments)
My grandpa got several patents in the 1940's, back when a patent actually meant something other than a method and system for trolls to screw over real innovators
Waste of money (225 comments)
Building a non-oil-based economy would require social and educational development, which in turn requires leadership, or in other words, insight and hard work by the ruling elites.
However building the tallest phallic symbol just requires throwing money at immigrant workers, and in the long run will accomplish nothing much except an impressive symbol of wasted wealth. But it leaves more playtime for the rulers, and a clear sense of accomplishment ("look at that!")... as opposed to actually empowering their people, which would probably be counter-productive to the rulers anyway, diluting their grip on the region.
Re:True story (340 comments)
traffic was pegged and he couldn't access the Internet
meaning his own torrent download speed dropped since he had to share the link for a while
CTY and PA Gov's School (116 comments)
CTY in particular was life changing (F&M FTW!), I am so glad for that experience and the people I met there. Pennsylvania's Governor's School for the Sciences was also very well done, but I'll point out that PA has since cancelled its program because the state politicians are shortsighted idiots. Not that there's any other kind...
Re:Please provide native support of PDF for OS X. (364 comments)
Why would you want to launch a whole 'nother application, especially on a platform where PDF is built-in to the OS and can be displayed much faster than launching bloatware like Adobe Reader. Maybe you like Reader or want to disable PDF altogether for security, but I agree it would be nice to have an inline option, this a major reason I use Safari (browse research papers online, with *drumroll* the browser!)
Re:Not fear - disgust (1017 comments)
What difference does it make that they 'only' use the back of the hand on the erogenous areas? Why should we give a flying fart if it's the front or the back?
How about if TSA 'only' sticks one finger up your ass to check for items, as opposed to using two if they thought you had an evil eye? The point is they should be using ZERO. It's a straightforward violation of unreasonable search and seizure and as well as freedom of movement.
Re:Get another ISP! (379 comments)
Good luck finding one in your local monopoly. (missed that part?) Even in my major metro area, the next best choice is an also-ran DSL service from Verizon at a fraction of the speed for almost as much money.
This is why we should just give up this free-market farce and regulate the ISPs as utilities, with standards on purity (e.g. not modifying traffic) and equity (not censoring traffic from conglomerate competitors). AKA net neutrality.

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After sweeping a pair of games from Columbia State Friday night, the Lady Cougars (4-3, 2-2) repeated their impressive win on Friday with a 61-41 win over the Jackson State Lady Generals. The Cougars (7-0, 4-0), meanwhile, needed a pair of clutch last second baskets and two overtime periods to put away the Generals in the men's contest to remain undefeated on the season with a 111-101 triumph and in the process win for the first time ever in Jackson.
"This is one of the best games that I have seen in my years at Cleveland State," explained Cougar coach Lee Cigliano. "It was back and forth from beginning to end; Jackson is really good. Also, this is the first time we have ever won at Jackson State."
The Generals flexed their considerable muscles in the paint early in the contest as they opened up with a nine-point advantage. The Cougars came right back to tie the game as the lead changed hands six times the rest of the first half before the Generals could take a 47-43 lead at the break.
It was more of the same in the second half as it resembled a heavyweight fight at times with each team taking turns making runs. Jackson State moved out to a seven point lead, 60-53 at the 13-minute mark, but the Cougars came right back to tie the game moments later.
The home team found itself at the free-throw line with eight seconds to go and a one point lead. One of two free tosses made it a two point advantage. But with the clock winding down, Travis Jones grabbed the rebound, drove the length of the court and laid the ball up and in to tie the game and send it into overtime.
Jackson State went right back out to the lead in the first overtime period and once again the Cougars caught up.
Déjà vu struck again as the Generals had a one point lead and hit only one-of-two free throws. This time it was Philipe Goncalves who provided the clutch bucket with only one second left on the clock, driving the lane for a tying layup at the buzzer to force a second OT period.
A 12-0 run in the second extra period finally put the Cougars on top to stay as they outlasted the Generals to capture the hard-fought win.
"We just finally outlasted them," stated Cigliano. "Our guys were determined and just wouldn't quit. It's still early in the season and I always say it's not how you start, it's how you finish, but this is a pretty good start and two good tests for us on the road."
Jones once again led the way for the Cougars with 31 points, Ralph Eason checked in with a triple-double with 27 points, 13 rebounds and 10 assists, Trey Suttles added 21 points to the cause while Gabe Dando and Kahan Swift finished with 11 points each. Braxton Gillespie paced the Generals with 25 points, JaMichael McKinnie had 24 and Tyler Black added 19.
"We got contributions from the everyone," the coach continued. "Travis and Ralph were outstanding, but Philipe may have been the difference in the game. He outhustled them to the ball, came up with big steals, had a huge dunk and just kept coming up with the big play when we needed one."
The Lady Cougars took an early lead and slowly but surely increased it the rest of the game. Chelsea Jones and Ciera Anderson took control of the paint and never let go as the visitors would take a 39-23 halftime lead.
Cleveland State turned up the defense in the second half allowing the Lady Generals only 18 points the rest of the way. Mercedes Owens and Robyn Anthony led the charge as the Cleveland State ladies evened their conference mark and made it two-for-two on the road trip with a 20 point win.
Jones paced the Lady Cougars with 12 points, Anthony and Owens added 11 points apiece and Anderson had nine. Kylan Crain led the Lady Generals with seven points while Victoria Douglas, Samantha Smith, Michaela Thompson and LeAnn Baggett all had six points each.


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State of Wisconsin Investment Board
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State of Wisconsin Investment Board is investing in smaller private equity managers
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Wisconsin's portfolio management system is celestially inspired
The State of Wisconsin Investment Board invokes Mars, the god of war, as well as powerful symbols of the color red, fire and a circle to bring to life and infuse with energy its new ARIES portfolio...
April 28, 2014
Wisconsin state board, alumni group hire general partner to lead venture capital fund
Greg Robinson was named general partner of 4490 Ventures, a newly formed venture capital fund created by the $101.3 billion State of Wisconsin Investment Board and the $2.5 billion...
March 05, 2014 | 03:28 pm
Wisconsin investment funds top benchmarks in 2013
State of Wisconsin Investment Board's $86.5 billion diversified core fund's investments returned 13.5% for 2013, outperforming its customized benchmark's 12.9% return.
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Wisconsin Retirement System contributions to increase 5.6% in 2014
Total contributions to the $92.3 billion Wisconsin Retirement System, Madison, will rise to an estimated $1.85 billion in calendar year 2014, a 5.6% increase from this year, as a result of rate...
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Wisconsin investment board weighing options on real estate consultant
State of Wisconsin Investment Board, Madison, issued an RFP for a real estate consultant.
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SWIB expands CD program to help bolster Wisconsin economy
State of Wisconsin Investment Board, Madison, is expanding a program to use its economic strength to bolster bank and thrift institutions in the state. Under the program, which has an $80 million...
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Wisconsin looking for venture capital manager
Wisconsin Department of Administration issued a request for qualifications in a search for an investment manager to oversee a newly created fund-of-funds venture capital investment program, seeded...
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Wisconsin Investment Board seeks investment technology consultants
State of Wisconsin Investment Board, Madison, issued a request for information in a search for investment management technology consulting firms.
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Wisconsin Investment Board opts for 3 private equity funds
State of Wisconsin Investment Board, Madison, committed a total of $85 million to three private equity funds, according to a trustee report.
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State of Wisconsin Investment Board, Madison, plans to start an internally managed private equity co-investment program, possibly sourcing and screening investment opportunities from its existing...
June 13, 2013 | 03:50 pm
Wisconsin Investment Board picks Orion to help bolster internal management
State of Wisconsin Investment Board, Madison, hired Orion Development Group as consultant for investment process management services.
May 02, 2013 | 03:50 pm
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State of Wisconsin Investment Board and the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, both of Madison, will create a venture capital fund, committing a total initially of $30 million and possibly up to...
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Wisconsin board seeks consultant to evaluate investment management system
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Sweet, Savory and a little kick of heat and a satisfying crunch. 10 grams of healthy protein combined with 8 grams of fiber will keep your hunger cravings in check. Submitted by SHIRLZO1961 Carbs: 12.6g | Fat: 23.4g | Fiber: 6g | Protein: 10.1g | Calories: 283.6
This is a modified version of my original Fiber One protein bar recipe posted on my blog. This one cuts out the artificial sweeteners except what is already present in your protein powder of choice, and adds in a bit of coconut for flavor and texture. It tastes like a krispie treat smooshed on top of a chocolate Tootsie Roll infused with just a hint of coconut, raisin, and peanut butter, and it is dairy-free and artificial sweetener free except for the protein powder. You can try to find a Stevia-sweetened, non-dairy protein powder if you like. Also, note that one bar has over 7 grams of fiber, which is over 1/4 of your recommended daily intake. Submitted by CAUSTICMUSE Carbs: 29.2g | Fat: 6.3g | Fiber: 7g | Protein: 20g | Calories: 226.3
yum yum ery day so good my heart says yay Submitted by RUMLESS Carbs: 46.5g | Fat: 5.1g | Fiber: 18.4g | Protein: 27.7g | Calories: 308.5
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Submitted by MARTHALYNNKENT Carbs: 2.3g | Fat: 1g | Fiber: 0.4g | Protein: 11.1g | Calories: 63.9
Great high protein little snacks that you can pop right into your mouth for only 158 calories and 19 grams of protein. No utensils needed. Submitted by SHIRLZO1961 Carbs: 1.8g | Fat: 8.1g | Fiber: 0.7g | Protein: 19.1g | Calories: 158.6


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The actual grass curtain is bamboo.
I've wanted to do this for a while but haven't gotten around to it. I grabbed the CD pile from the BOOMBOX: what a nutty mix. Brenda Holloway Greatest Hits and Rare Classics, The Best of Barbara Lewis [Hello Stranger], Ry Cooder and Manuel Galvan Mambo Sinuendo, Complete Sister Rosetta Tharpe Vol.1, The Best of Esther Philips 1962-70, Ike and Tina Turner The Kent Years, Dusty Springfield Dusty in Memphis, the film soundtrack of Latcho Drom, Nusrat Fateh Khan Greatest Hits Vol.1, The Staple Singers Pray On, John Lee Hooker The Legendary Modern Recordings and Mountain Music of Kentucky 1959 [Folkways]. Hmmm… Once I get started painting I riff off of a groove or theme or period. This is the record of one of those groove sessions.


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Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
Updated: February 19, 2013 12:25PM
A bill proposed by an Auburn state senator would allow public schools to require students to start the day reciting the Lord's Prayer. Although the bill stands little chance of moving far this year, the reasons behind the push for more religion in schools are troubling.
State Sen. Dennis Kruse says he sponsored the bill "to foster a conversation about religious liberty in our state and our country." He also said he thinks religious liberty is often under attack in the Hoosier state.
Both statements show a conceit that seems endless with some members of the religious right. For some reason, legislators like Kruse seem to think their religion is the only one, and their way of worshipping the best way. How can it foster liberty to force a Hindu, a Buddhist or a Muslim to recite a prayer created by Christians to worship their god? And whether you believe religion is under attack or not, how will a bunch of 8-year-olds (or 18-year-olds) mumbling a prayer every day preserve religious rights?
But worst of all is the conceit that reciting a prayer somehow will make students grow up to be moral adults. The truth is, morality is something you learn from how those you grow up around act, not what they say. Good people aren't always churchgoers, and bad ones aren't always nonreligious.
Perhaps our legislators should have read more Shakespeare when they were in school. Then they'd know, "The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose," or even read the Lord's Prayer aloud every morning.


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New York, NY – February 25, 2013 – Radio gained digital share in 2012, and it looks like many stations are building on that momentum in 2013, according to a report issued by Borrell Associates on behalf of the Radio Advertising Bureau. Moreover, there appears to be significant profit in local digital sales operations, the report concludes. The report, Benchmarking: Local Radio Stations' Online Revenues, says that radio grew its online ad revenues 22 percent last year, outpacing the 20 percent overall increase in local online ad expenditures. That was enough to achieve a share increase of two-tenths of a point, to 2.0 percent. The report is based on Borrell's annual industry-wide survey on more than 6,200 local online operations, including more than 2,000 radio stations in 527 clusters. This report analyzes data derived from three principal sources: media ad revenue, local business ad spending, and a special radio manager survey asking questions about digital revenue resources, sales methods, expenses and other digital operations. The growth signaled a boost for the radio industry, which had lost digital advertising market share for three years against aggressive sales from newspaper, TV, yellow pages and Internet pure play competitors. The results offer strong evidence that radio is turning the corner in digital sales, according to the report. "In terms of digital advertising, radio has been in a come-from-behind position for years," said Gordon Borrell, CEO of Borrell Associates. "But it looks like quite a few groups are breaking out and even challenging their newspaper and TV competitors for a slice of that very large digital pie. I hope the data in this report will show radio general managers and general sales managers that it is entirely possible to generate millions in digital sales, and that there's a high likelihood that these sales hold significant profit margins." Overall, radio sellers closed $370.7 million in local online advertising last year. Borrell expects the number to pass $420 million this year as many radio groups double down on digital sales efforts. Much of that growth will be fueled by stations budgeting for unusually high growth. In a survey of 1,075 radio stations administered in January as part of the report, 17 percent said they expect growth of 30 percent or more this year. There's more good news for radio: Stations are diverting their focus from banner advertising and branching out to sell other, more popular formats like email advertising, paid search and even video ads. While banner ads were the largest single source of revenue for 32 percent of the stations who participated in the survey, the number dropped to 22 percent for 2013. "Digital strategy among radio stations and groups is varied," remarked Erica Farber, president and CEO of the Radio Advertising Bureau. "Revenue opportunities continue to grow for those who are pushing the digital limits with online and mobile initiatives. As radio further defines and focuses on monetizing their digital platforms and applications, we will continue to see growth for radio in revenue and market share." The full study is available to RAB members on RAB.com click here. A free webinar featuring the study results will also be presented by the RAB and Gordon Borrell, Thursday, March 7, 10AM CST. To register for the webinar, click here. Press Inquiries: To receive a full copy of this study please send an email to email@example.com About RAB About Borrell Associates Inc. |
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Clean rooms. English speaking staff.
Wifi should be free. It is at most other hotels I've stayed.
Walking distance to the Gran Via mall, with a variety of stores and restaurants. Also, a movie theater. The service at the hotel and the hotel's restaurant was great. We liked very much the variety served at the breakfast buffet.
everything was excellent, no negative experience.
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True Romance? The Lomography Cine200 Tungsten Film 35mm
Limited edition. Only 4,000 rolls available. What a way to tantalize the Lomographic community! But could a film billed as bringing back the "romantic experience of cinematic art" really live up to such a claim? Armed with just one roll of Lomography Cine200 Tungsten film, this skeptic had put it to the test. -
Kick-Off Country: Kicking Off the World Cup Blues in Paris
Les Bleus may have been booted out of the World Cup by Germany, but for me France is always a winner. The number of places to go around Paris, especially, can never be exhausted: the Eiffel Tower, Sacré Cœur, the Seine, the Arc de Triomphe, and this time, I fell in love with the Cimetière du Père-Lachaise. -
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August 2010
NAMI's National Convention was June 30-July 3 in
Is your state experiencing a budget crisis? Unless you are very lucky, your state government is looking for ways to cut, and mental health services are probably at the top of the list. At the same time, most states are grappling with the ballooning costs of jails and prison.
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NAMI has been part of a growing national effort to adapt the CIT model to better respond to children and youth in crisis. During this workshop, law enforcement leaders from two crisis intervention team (CIT) programs shared the challenges and successes their programs have faced in creating specialized CIT for Youth programs.
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NAMI advocates around the country have learned that successful crisis intervention team (CIT) programs are built on local partnerships. While grassroots advocacy on CIT is important, this year's CIT special networking session highlighted how some community leaders can be powerful agents of change. Speakers at the session suggested strategies for building partnerships with chiefs and sheriffs, judges, mental health commissioners and attendees were invited to share their successes and challenges.
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NAMI awarded the 2010 Sam Cochran Criminal Justice Award to Chief David Kunkle, of Dallas.
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In this cruel world of frightening numbers and cold hard cash, we wouldn't be surprised if Marvel vs. Capcom was dreamt up by a well-dressed, cigar smoking businessmen - as a cross-promotional scheme to sucker in two immeasurably passionate fanbases.
However, if we went by early impressions of the third instalment in the crossover series, it's what you'd get when a comic book nerd and a fighting game fan get trapped in an elevator with a few important people long enough to deliver a pitch.
A pitch that we like to imagine consists of said nerds acting out overly-dramatic fake punches, making sound effects like KKKKRRRUNCH, KA-BOOM and SMAAAASH while stringing together scenarios featuring the likes of Ryu, Iron Man, Hulk and Dante with 'and then... and then... and then...', barely drawing a breath in between each.
There's nothing like seeing Spider-Man, Ryu and Captain America shatter intellectual property boundaries to whale on an equally star-studded opposing team - that's something that anyone can appreciate.
This simple pleasure is the key to why the series has stayed so popular over the years and - coupled with a few smart control tweaks and gameplay enhancements - is what could make Marvel vs. Capcom 3 the most successful entry in the series yet.
Capcom has taken the 'if ain't broke, don't fix it' approach to developing the fighting system for Marvel vs. Capcom 3. The series' 3 v 3 fighting mechanics have stood the test of time and Marvel vs. Capcom 2 has obviously been used as the blueprint for the third game in the series.
It's not all the same though. While there hasn't been an MvC title in ten years, 2010 saw the release of Tatsunoko vs. Capcom for the Wii. The tweaks introduced in that entry have been rolled back into MvC3 and the result is a far more accessible feeling game that is likely to be less overwhelming and intimidating for new players, whilst allowing execution masters to focus on developing strategies and practicing match-ups.
For the uninitiated MvC3 is all about picking a three-man dream team of fighters from an impressive selection of Marvel and Capcom characters, then beating the Stan Lee out of the opposing trio of combatants.
The bread and butter of combat is a combo system which allows players to string together attacks by quickly hitting the light, mid and heavy attack buttons in ascending order.
Beyond that, it can be as deep and complex as you want it to be. You can choose to execute an attack that launches the enemy into the air, follow them up there with a super-jump and begin another string of combos, or finish with a special attack and get ready for another assault once the player drags his sorry comic butt off the ground. You could even call in one of your two teammates for an assist attack to catch your opponent off guard and give you the time to rethink, reposition and kick off again.
The biggest new feature in MvC3 is the ability to call in your partners one by one during an air combo. After pulling off a string in the air hitting the launch button with a direction pressed will summon one of your super-powered buddies to pick up where you left off and continue the beat down. After all three characters have had their fun the opponent is smashed back down to earth.
Sounds unfair right? Luckily the victim can try and guess the direction used to tag someone in and input the same direction and launch command to prematurely end the air assault. This new addition makes air combat a guessing game as opposed to the one-sided combofest it was in previous games. Also, it looks ridiculously cool.