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Eh, there is plenty to do with the four parks, you gotta sleep sometime! I've never even been to Pleasure Island, so I doubt I'd even go to this Night "niche" park. Plus it's supposed to be more expensive? No thank you.
I guess I wouldn't be part of their target group anyway, it would be more popular with young adults I am guessing, and the locals of course. Maybe it would work with conventions or private parties.


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Cincinnati, OH - Charles Curie, head of the federal Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and member of President Bush's newly-appointed New Freedom Commission on Mental Health, told members of the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI) at their annual convention today that the nation's mental health care system needs to enter a new "era of recovery" driven by consumer and family needs and preferences.
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The Macular Disease Society has welcomed the licensing of a new treatment for wet age-related macular degeneration.
Eylea (aflibercept), made by Bayer, has been granted a licence for use in the EU. Eylea, also known as Vegf Trap Eye, works in a similar way to the current treatment, Lucentis, but its effects appear to last longer.
Chief Executive, Helen Jackman said: "We hope that this new treatment for wet age- related macular degeneration (wet AMD) will be good news for patients if it means people can keep their vision with fewer injections.
"Many elderly patients find frequent hospital appointments extremely hard. We also know that eye clinics are struggling to cope with the number of patients needing treatment. A recent survey by the Macular Disease Society suggested that 80% of eye clinics are failing to meet the recommended monthly follow ups for retreatment with Novartis' drug, Lucentis. This could be putting patients' sight at risk so a treatment which is needed less often would be welcome.
"However, with the number of people affected by AMD set to rise by a third by the end of this decade, it also suggests that even treatment with Eylea every 2 months may not be enough to relieve the pressure in eye clinics. We urgently need more investment in AMD services if the NHS is to meet demand for these sight saving treatments".
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The human canvas is none other than Mike Villano -- better known to local scenesters in the mid- to late '90s as Mike V, the flamboyant frontman of Chaos Theory. This appearance by his new band-- made up of Mike V, Ben Martinez, Toby Santisteven, Benji Garcia, Kenny Ortiz and DJ Kemo -- marks the first time many people have seen Villano since his former quartet imploded. After that, he seemed to vanish. And for the past few years, the rumor mill has run rampant.
"Mike V? I heard he died a few years ago."
"Nah, man, I heard he's living on the East Coast."
At Chaos's peak, many fans believed the rap-metal outfit was on the verge of becoming the next big thing -- you know, the act that would finally put Denver on the map. The group would sell out venues like the Gothic and the Ogden on a regular basis -- pretty unheard of for a local band. So what happened? It's a question Villano has been asked, and has answered, many times.
"People are like, 'Why'd you guys break up?' You know, especially with me -- they'd be like, 'Why'd you break up with Chaos Theory? Are you fuckin' crazy? You guys were about to blow up,'" says Villano. "We weren't about to blow up. We were never going to blow up, because there was too much bullshit going on. And it took so much effort just to get done with what we were doing.
"The reason we broke up, there wasn't enough support, too much hatin'," he adds. "This has happened many times to me. People are always trying hard to stop the person that's trying to go, 'cause they don't have the energy. They want to bring you down to their level instead of helping and saying, 'Hey, take me with you. Let's go. Let's do this.' Yeah, there was definitely a lot of internal conflict."
Villano would much rather discuss Alien Pimp. He's in love with this new band, and when he talks about it, he can barely contain his excitement. One of the act's offerings, "A Love Would Last," is the first love song that Villano has ever written. It's probably not about the band, but it could be. "It's cool to have my bandmembers, for once in my life, say, 'God, I'm so fuckin' proud of you, dude, for what you've come up with and what you're doing,'" he says. He's quick to point out that he doesn't write any of the arrangements --"I would never pat myself on the back for the music," he insists, "'cause I cannot play an instrument"-- although he does produce and co-produce a lot of the songs.
After Chaos Theory broke up, Villano dumped all of his time, energy and "loot" into a solo effort titled Gameface Vision. "My love for hip-hop goes way back," he explains. "I was listening to Rodney O and Joe Cooley, Ice T's first album, Public Enemy's first album.... Years ago, I was listening to hip-hop. Before it fell off and came back, I was listening to hip-hop. So when we broke up, I said, 'Fuck it. I like rap. I'm going to go the solo route, you know. I can't get support; I can't get help. Why drag other people with me? I'm gonna do it by myself.'"
While he didn't exactly do it by himself -- former Disciples of Bass skinsman Count D produced and spent some money on the project -- he did deliver exactly what he had intended: a bangin' hip-hop album. Ten thousand dollars later, though, Villano discovered that without a band, the material didn't translate live.
Disillusioned with the process - but not necessarily the music -- Villano dropped out of the scene.
You might not know Villano by name, but I can guarantee you'd never forget the dude if you saw him. He's one scary-looking mofo, about as scary as they come. Both of his arms are fully sleeved, his bald head and his neck are almost completely covered in ink, and he has flames tattooed in place of eyebrows, and holes in his ears big enough to stick your fingers through.
So how did Villano fly beneath the radar? Easy: He became a doorman at an after-hours club, making "mad loot." Under cover of darkness, this city morphs into a completely different place, which explains why no one had seen Villano all these years: Unless you partied 'til six in the mornin', there's no way you would have.
He thought about giving up, getting a regular job and becoming just another tattooed guy. But music was never far from his mind, because, as he says, "I'm an entertainer before anything." Villano is the first to admit that he's not the best vocalist; in Chaos Theory, he couldn't find pitch on a baseball diamond. Yet on the Alien Pimp material, his voice has never been better. On "Be That Way" and a few of the other tracks, he's actually singing -- not rapping -- and sounds damn good!


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• Prime Minister Netanyahu accused Lebanon of becoming "an extension of the ayatollah regime in Iran." [Haaretz]
• This after President Ahmadinejad stood a few miles from the Israeli border and loudly praised Hezbollah. [NYT]
• He also reportedly met with Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in Beirut. [Jewish Journal/Haaretz]
• The Arab League warned that continued West Bank construction could lead it to ask the U.N. to recognize an independent Palestine. [JPost]
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RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) - Palestinians have erupted in wild cheers, hugging each other and honking car horns after the United Nations voted to grant them, at least formally, what they have long yearned for - a state of their own.
In the central celebration in the West Bank city of Ramallah, hundreds crowding into the main square waved Palestinian flags and chanted "God is great" after the U.N. General Assembly vote.
It accepted "Palestine" as a non-member observer state with a vote of 138 in favor, nine against and 41 abstentions.
The decision won't immediately change lives here, since much of what the world body is defining as the territory of that state - the West Bank, Gaza Strip and east Jerusalem - remains under Israeli control. Yet many Palestinians savored the global recognition.
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The RendezVu bids you a warm and friendly welcome! Originally opened in May of 2006, we moved to our new location alongside the scenic Fox River in April of 2008. Our specialty is delicious and reasonably-priced cuisine, made from scratch with the freshest ingredients possible. Enjoy hand-cut and trimmed prime steaks, succulent Pork Chops with Apple Bordelaise, tender Sauteed Chicken Breast California Style, Penne Pasta Diablo, tasty Pretzel-Crusted Tilapia or Shrimp & Crabmeat Imperial, all prepared by owner-chef Jerry Dunn. And don't forget to save room for mouth-watering desserts, also specially prepared by the chef.
When the weather warms in the spring, enjoy a snack and beverage on our outdoor patio, adjacent to the scenic Fox River. The patio is a great place to relax and share some quality time and conversation with friends and family alike. Or stop in on a Sunday afternoon and enjoy appetizers, a juicy Grilled half-pound Angus Burger or a delicious Homemade Pizza and a beverage while you watch your favorite sports team on one of our large TVs!
Whether you are in the mood to indulge in something new or just want to enjoy some old favorites, we promise that our inventive menu and attentive service will be just what you are looking for. Open for dinner, and offering a full range of spirits, wine and beer from our Bulldog Sports Lounge, our cuisine is served in a relaxed and welcoming setting that you, your friends and family are sure to enjoy. No matter what the occasion calls for or what your appetite demands, the friendly staff at The RendezVu promise to make your next dining experience a pleasant one; we look forward to your visit!
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The shoe-dog adage "greet, seat and measure feet" applies loosely here. Measuring feet is the first order of business for a perfect CaddyFit™.
However, you won't be sitting, you'll be standing up through most of this process. There are a couple of reasons for this.
First, when we stand our arch flattens out (some more than others), elongating both foot length and arch length measurements.
by standing, we can more easily trace a perpendicular outline of our
feet. It's OK to have a friend help you with this if you chose, but it's
simple to do yourself too.
Before you start measuring feet you will need...
Since my Brannock device® and I are not there to help, you'll be measuring feet by first tracing an outline of both feet on paper.
Got your socks on? Let's begin...
Important: Make sure to trace and measure both feet. They will be different.
Tape your paper to the floor so it won't move when you stand on it. With your golf socks on, stand on the paper with toes pointing diagonally to one corner, heel to the other.
With your pen or pencil, gently trace the outline of your foot. Take care to trace straight up and down, not allowing your pen to dip in under your foot. Your pen should be fairly snug to your foot when tracing.
When you're done, it should look like this:
Repeat tracing the other foot.
Foot Length
To find foot length when measuring feet, using your straightedge, draw a line lengthwise from the base of the heel (that's the lowest part of the curve) up through the toes and beyond about an inch.
This will be your "base line" and you'll use it to find foot length, arch length and width in inches when measuring feet.
Next, take your straightedge and draw your toe line (see diagram below) across the top of your longest toe. Some of you will find that it's your second toe not your big toe that's the longest.
With your ruler or tape measure, measure the base line from where it intersects the toe line down to the bottom of the heel. Repeat for other foot. Jot your measurements down on each sheet.
This is your foot length.
Arch Length
Measuring arch length is often overlooked. However, this is a critical measurement when fitting shoes, not just golf shoes.
This is also known as the "heel to ball" measurement (see glossary). It will determine at what point your foot naturally flexes. We want to match up where your foot flexes to where the shoe flexes, so knowing this information is crucial to customizing the fit of your golf shoes.
At the widest point of your tracing, or at the ball of your foot, draw a line at right angles from one side through to the other. This is your width line.
With your ruler or tape measure, measure from the intersection of the base line and width line down to the bottom curve of the heel. Do the other foot and write your findings on each sheet.
You now have your arch length for both feet.
Finding your width is now a simple matter of measuring your previously drawn width line. Write your measurements down for both feet.
You now have 3 measurements in inches for each foot. Keep in mind that when referring to the shoe size conversion chart in Step 3, you will be using your larger foot to find your shoe size.
Size will also be found based on the larger of these two; foot length vs. arch length.
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Corbusboard are one-of-a-kind, handcrafted boards made of aluminum. What's unique about these boards are their design shapes. The collection includes the fish board, the gas-mask, the skeleton, and the sea horse board. They all have illuminated riser pads that give the board an underglow effect when in the dark spaces.
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Katharine McPhee's short style has plenty of texture and subtle volume.
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Apply a pea-size amount of styling lotion onto damp hair. Blow dry two-inch sections in varied directions with a paddle brush. Create an off-center part and move your bangs to the side. Use a dab of pomade on your fingers to pinch the ends and create a piece-y texture. Spritz with hairspray to hold your style.


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The illustration above shows William Shakespeare celebrating the holiday Twelfth Night, surrounded by characters from his plays. Shakespeare wrote a play called Twelfth Night around 1601 or 1602.
Twelfth Night is the day of Epiphany, which marks the end of a winter festival that started on All Hallows Eve, or Halloween. According to one superstition, all Christmas decorations have to be removed on Twelfth Night, or else they have to stay up all year to avoid bad luck!
At a traditional Twelfth Night celebration, each child in the family or neighborhood brings a small gift to the party, and all form a procession and lay their gifts at a crib under the Christmas tree.
Do you see the cake in this drawing? The traditional Twelfth Night Cake has three dried beans or trinkets hidden inside. The children who get the beans or trinkets in their pieces of cake receive a crown and are the "Twelfth Night Kings" during the remainder of the party. The kings distribute the gifts to all the children and select the songs and games.
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The Deputy Minister for Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts, Mad Abla Dzifa Gomashie has called for the thorough study and appreciation of the history, culture and institutions, language and the art forms of all the regions of the country.
Mad Gomashie, who was speaking at the launch of a book authored by Most Rev Peter Kwasi Sarpong, Archbishop Emeritus l of Kumasi, in Accra last Saturday, condemned the lack of respect, appreciation and tolerance for other people's cultures and traditions.
She called on politicians, opinion leaders and the clergy to acknowledge and give equal opportunities to all citizens irrespective of religious or ethnic backgrounds.
In an address, Most Rev Sarpong said Christians could not call themselves good Christians unless they were good cultural men and women, and condemned early Christians for leading a savage attack on the culture and traditions of the people.
Most Rev Sarpong described anti-cultural attitudes as a disdain for the dignity of the African, adding that the loss of the sense of the wholesomeness of culture had landed Ghana into the present seemingly state of social chaos.
He, therefore, called for a reverse of the anti-cultural attitude in order to bring back sanity into our social lives.
According to Most Rev Sarpong, the book, titled: Odd Customs―Stereotypes and Prejudices, had been written for Ghanaians and non-Ghanaians alike in the hope that it would contribute to bringing understanding into our relationships as Ghanaians from different ethnic and religious backgrounds.
The 85-page book was published by Sub-Saharan Publishers who also bore the cost of printing.
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The Post-Prison Rap Release: 2005's Thoughts of a Predicate Felon
Did Jail Help or Hurt? HELP! Truth be told, there's no good time to go to jail, but Tony Yayo found an ideal time. During his 2003-04 imprisonment, 50 Cent heated up the streets with his debut, Get Rich or Die Tryin', and G-Unit released their first album, Beg For Mercy. That gave Yayo the chance to step right into the mix in 2004 and release his own debut shortly after.
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Invite a participant to light the chalice while you lead a unison reading of Reading 449 from Singing the Living Tradition, "We hallow this time together by kindling the lamp of our heritage."
Lead the group in singing the hymn you have chosen.
Make sure that each participant has their journal and something to write with. Invite participants to consider:
Recall a time when you felt marginalized or unwelcome in a situation because of who you are rather then because of something you did or said. What happened? Who was there? How did you feel? How did you respond?
Allow participants five minutes to reflect and make notes in their journals. Then, invite them to turn to a partner and share their story. Allow ten minutes for paired sharing.
Now share this quotation from Unitarian Universalist minister Jen Crow:
It is our calling, I believe, as people of faith to take off our armor—to remove to the best of our ability the fear that distances us from one another, to face hatred with calm and gentleness, to sing with love as we pass those who might call us an abomination, to stand together with all who are oppressed as we use own experience of wholeness and liberation to help liberate others. It is our calling, I believe, as people of faith, to create for others and for ourselves the conditions in our church and in our whole community in which we can all say—I believe in you, my soul—and know our uniqueness, and know our sameness—and feel our deep connection.
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LIMITLESS - Blu-ray review
"Limitless" is a film that strikes me as being ironically limited by a concept that doesn't hold up if you think about it too much.
What if you could take a pill that would allow you to use 100 percent of your brain? According to screenwriter Leslie Dixon, who based her script on an Alan Glynn novel, you would become suddenly brilliant--the assumption being that a boost in brain functionality is the same thing as an increase in brain power and intelligence. I'm not so sure. Are we to infer that all the stupid people in the world merely have brains that aren't using enough cells, while somebody like Stephen Hawking is running at 90 percent capacity? Maybe, but a Volkswagen firing on all cylinders isn't the same thing as a Jaguar running on all cylinders. Intelligence is still a genetic predisposition, after all; other factors are involved.
The second big assumption behind "Limitless" is that with an increase in the percentage of the brain that's being used, long-term memory storage and retrieval would become instantaneous. Everyone taking this pill would have, in effect, a photographic memory to draw upon, which would enable them to problem-solve like modern-day Da Vincis. I think I'm more willing to believe this part, but only if the first assumption is true. If you're not reading and researching and studying and putting things into your brain, there's nothing of substance to remember, is there? Still, the idea is certainly interesting, and Dixon's plot can serve as a parable or metaphor for a number of things.
"Limitless" stars Bradley Cooper as Eddie Morra, who, after years of struggling to become a writer, develops the world's biggest case of writer's block after he finally gets a contract to produce a book. Naturally his verbal constipation depresses him, and he does what most writers do: he drinks. By coincidence, he runs into an ex-brother-in-law who turns him on to a top-secret ultimate drug that sells for something like $800 a pop. In a matter of days he's able to write a brilliant book, and becomes positively addicted by the high of feeling so brilliant. Unfortunately, the effects wear off. At that price, you'd think it'd be good for at least a year . . . or that there'd be no adverse side effects.
But of course there are consequences for taking the drug, or else "Limitless" would be little more than a commercial for drug use. Eddie experiences all sorts of complications: physical side effects, problems with his ex-bro supplier, a run-in with a loan shark who also hooked up with some of this Genius Juice and is after more, and the pressing need to convince everyone--including an ex (Abby Cornish) who dumped him and is suddenly interested again and a wealthy businessman who hired him--that the new-and-improved Eddie is the real thing. The new-and-improved Eddie can tell what business fortunes will rise and fall, which makes him a boy wonder, and he can also converse in just about any language because it's so easy for him to pick up.
Cooper does a nice job with the juggling act, convincingly playing both the supercharged Eddie and the desperate one trying to deal with drug withdrawal, bad guys, scary symptoms, and a growing mystery that involves other people who've apparently taken the drug. But De Niro doesn't seem to have enough to do, and neither does Cornish. Under the direction of Neil Burger ("The Illusionist," "Interview with the Assassin") the plot zig-zags along, dodging opportunities to slow down so readers can learn a little more about either Eddie and his relationships. In this respect, "Limitless" is structured like the typical conspiracy thriller, with very few detours. In fact, one surprising sideplot involving a murder investigation is so quickly glossed over that it feels severely underdeveloped.
I'll say this, though. "Limitless" holds your attention for the whole 105 minutes, and partly that's because of Burger's visual style, opting for point-of-view camerawork that shows us Eddie's inner state of mind, high or not, and the implied effects that the drug is having on him. "Limitless" is also not as predictable as you'd imagine, and the premise is unique enough to where you're willing to overlook a lot of things . . . including logic and a flawed ending.
This Blu-ray contains both the Unrated and Theatrical versions of "Limitless," with the latter rated PG-13 for thematic material involving a drug, violence including disturbing images, sexuality, and language. I didn't notice anything different in the unrated version except for a few more F-bombs that I believe were recorded differently for the PG-13 version, and the unrated version is only a minute longer.
"Limitless" comes to 50GB Blu-ray disc via an AVC/MPEG-4 transfer that looks terrific, no matter what visual design Burger imposes upon it. Presented in 2.40:1 aspect ratio, "Limitless" features strong black levels and an impressive amount of detail, whether colors are bright and fully saturated to show Eddie's enhanced perception of the world, or slightly industrial-looking or drab to signify his "down" moments. I saw no compression artifacts, and have no complaints whatsoever. It's a stunning film in HD.
The featured audio (big surprise) is the industry-standard English DTS-HD MA 5.1, but the audio isn't standard at all. It's a dynamic soundtrack that makes ample use of the rear effects speakers and drives the sound away from the speakers across the sound field with unforced ease. Ambient sounds abound, and yet the dialogue is nicely prioritized so that we don't miss out on anything. French Dolby Digital 5.1 is the additional audio option, with subtitles in English SDH, French, and Spanish.
The "Limitless" Blu-ray comes with a Digital Copy (on a separate DVD), but the other bonus features are, well, limited. Apart from a standard director's commentary (that's available on both the theatrical and unrated versions), the longest bonus feature--a standard making-of feature with cast-crew interviews--clocks in at a little over 11 minutes. After that, there's an alternate ending (5 min.) that's distinctive mostly by what it omits, a four-minute "A Man without Limits" feature cut with interview clips with the same backgrounds as the making-of feature (which means they're probably outtakes), and the theatrical trailer.
Bottom Line:
I wasn't sure what to expect with "Limitless," but it's an enjoyable film that tries to move beyond the standard thriller in order to say a few things about drugs, people, power, and, of course, being careful what you wish for.


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As part of the Code Blue Team, I am participating in a committee to revamp our Code Blue policies. We are a 100 bed hospital with no tramua level designation. ED is 25 bed unit and sees between... Read More
0May 12, '12 by becca001P.S. ... OP, is someone in anesthesia bored, that they brought up this idea? [/QUOTE]
No. The two biggest proponents of this idea are managerial and educators. I'm not certain what their agenda is but it's become a fairly fierce debate. Currently, Director of the ED is saying no way. I just needed some input from others in the ED. Thanks everyone -
4May 12, '12 by sauconyrunnerQuote from becca001No. The two biggest proponents of this idea are managerial and educators. I'm not certain what their agenda is but it's become a fairly fierce debate. Currently, Director of the ED is saying no way. I just needed some input from others in the ED. Thanks everyone[/QUOTE]P.S. ... OP, is someone in anesthesia bored, that they brought up this idea?
Becca, I think the thing is to remind your Managers and Educators that the purpose of a Code team is to respond to go to places where people do not have the skills to run a code. Not to interject into an area that is already capable of running a code. Do they have any idea how many codes or near codes occur daily in your ED?
I can promise the ED staff will die laughing when a Code Team arrives to "rescue them"...
I think you will also see poorer outcomes, frankly speaking. I have not seen a code team respond with the cohesiveness of an ED team that works together day in and day out... -
5May 13, '12 by DixieleeI think it's a great idea for someone else to respond to emergencies in the ED. Then maybe as an ED nurse, I can go to lunch!:icon_roll
Seriously though, I agree with what others have said. Why should someone come into "my house" to run the show when I am fully educated and capable and know where supplies are because I put them there? It seems like a recipe for conflict and poor outcomes to me.
I would never want to respond to an emergency in the operating room, the delivery room or NICU, so why would they respond to an emergency in the EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT???? -
1May 13, '12 by VICEDRNI know its such a naughty thought but all I can think is...you guys gonna take this patient right to an ICU bed the minute the code team intubates them right? You're not gonna need any ER resources right and you sure as heck wouldn't dream of leaving them occupying our bed and time now would you? ;-)
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0May 14, '12 by NO50FRANNYI know this might not be relevant given the difference in size of the facilities but I will tell you how our CODE BLUE response works anyway. If there is a cardiac arrest in the hospital (700 bed facility) as in, anywhere BUT in the emergency department or ICU/NICU, emergency department nurse x 1 who must have ALS (two if we can spare the staff) and 1 senior ICU doctor respond. The phone call comes through to ED only (ICU doc gets paged). The nurse who answers the phone takes the details, it's categorised as either a medical emergency, or a cardiac arrest, I know it sounds silly but if no pulse it is us, otherwise it's not. In an arrest, nurse from ED runs with trolley to the respective ward, ICU doc meets them there. The idea of the ICU doc + ED nurse is that obviously, after an arrest ICU is next stop (or heaven) so it is ultimately going to be their patient, they can also decide to withdraw treatment. ED nurse is to run the code and assist with intubation, the idea of this is that we are the most experienced nurses aside from ICU to do it, ward nurses are always awesome and assist. ICU and ED deal with their own arrests, no team. If the call is a medical emergency, ICU nurse responds only. All the wards have what we call MERT (medical emergency response team) call criteria on all the patients observation charts, any vital sign that falls outside certain criteria is deemed a medical emergency and a senior medical registrar and ICU nurse will attend. Institution of this criteria has dramatically reduced the number of cardiac arrests that we attend. Our emergency doctors do not attend either unless there are exceptional circumstances (only once that I can recall, the ICU reg couldn't get the tube down and asked for help). This system seems to work well for us. If a code team (from elsewhere in the hospital) rocked into our ED for a cardiac arrest I would probably die laughing (so would ICU) but politics and non-clinicians tend to run these kind of shows unfortunately.
0May 15, '12 by MikeRNWIOur code teams work similarly to the post above. Granted, we are a Level 1 Trauma center, and a academic medical center, but our ED fully handles all pre-hospital arrests themselves. Our ICU's handle their own codes (with the occassional exception of the Neuro ICU).
If a Code Blue is called overhead, our ICU's rotate being code responders, and the Charge Nurses respond, along with the ICU and ED docs/pharmacists. Our hospital also has Critical Care Floats, who respond to codes(they do respond to the ED codes, but can be told to leave if adequate staff is available), help with ICU transports for scans, etc. -
0Jun 5, '12 by wildlaurelIn my ED we don't call Code Blues when we have a pt arrest or a CPR in progress come in. ED staff handles all codes in our department. If there is a Code Blue called anywhere else in the hospital, one of our docs responds with one of our EMT's and the rapid response team also responds - but none of those are ED nurses. The ED charge nurse does respond with the EDP if a code blue is called in a off-unit area (e.g., lobby or CT scan). The RRT also responds in that situation as well.
0Jun 7, '12 by Medic2RN Senior ModeratorI thought of this thread the a few days ago. I'm glad that my hospital calls all Codes regardless of where they occur. I was at the other end of our ED when a Code Blue was called in the ER. A patient suddenly coded in a room on the far end of where I was. I and other nurses would not have known this was going on. I was able to respond quickly to help out.
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0Jun 7, '12 by NO50FRANNYQuote from Medic2RNI'm not sure if this would help your department but if there is an emergency in any bay, or room, anywhere in our department, including imaging/ultrasound/short stay/CT, we have a big red button with emergency written on it that is wired into a (very) loud bell system. If that red button is pushed, the location will show on strategically placed signs around the department so everyone can see. This way, even if you have a pt. at the far end of short stay, if you press this button you will have a million helpers with a trolley in less than 30 seconds. Not sure of the expense but when woman gives birth in the waiting room toilets, I am glad that button is there!I thought of this thread the a few days ago. I'm glad that my hospital calls all Codes regardless of where they occur. I was at the other end of our ED when a Code Blue was called in the ER. A patient suddenly coded in a room on the far end of where I was. I and other nurses would not have known this was going on. I was able to respond quickly to help out.
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By most accounts, the relationship between the police and Hunter's office had been miserable before the Ramsey case came along. The murder and attendant bad press sent it spiraling downward amid sniping, finger-pointing and scheming. Some of Hunter's people thought the cops were too fixated on the parents as suspects and failed to adequately explore alternate leads. Thomas and other cops accused the DA of being too chummy with (or too intimidated by) the Ramseys' high-powered attorneys, too quick to make deals and share evidence and lab results, robbing the police of any tactical advantage they might have had.
At times the feud between the two agencies seemed to bring the entire investigation to a standstill. Search warrants were delayed, incredible deference shown the Ramseys' demands that certain conditions be met before they could be officially interviewed. Patsy provided a handwriting sample at a kitchen table in a prosecutor's house, an accommodation that left seasoned FBI agents shaking their heads. A detective's questions were faxed to the Ramseys, who responded in writing, with a lawyerly vagueness.
Hunter presided over this bizarre dance with the deftness of a true politico, pledging his fierce commitment to justice but in no particular hurry to get there. He invited reporters from tabloids and magazines into his office, ostensibly to pump them for information. But he also managed to convey more than a few hints about possible suspects, from members of the Ramsey inner circle to hapless Bill McReynolds, a college professor who liked to play Santa Claus. Leaks proliferated. Far from narrowing, the "umbrella of suspicion" became large enough to cover a three-ring circus. At one point, in his eagerness to demonstrate that he would leave no stone unturned, Hunter even gave serious consideration (and media cred) to one woman's outrageous account of a multi-generational child sex ring involving former associates of the Ramseys -- until the story became too absurd for even him to swallow.
When he quit the force in 1998, Thomas publicly blasted Hunter, calling him "a spinning compass for the media." The detective's resignation letter cited numerous ways "the district attorney's office has effectively crippled this case."
A few weeks later, a grand jury was finally convened to investigate JonBenét's murder, under the supervision of special prosecutor Michael Kane. Hunter hung around another two years -- long enough to see himself portrayed in a wave of books and articles about the case as a preening milquetoast. "I would say to my critics," he told a reporter shortly before ending his seventh and final term as DA, "that if it's all that bad [here], then head on down the road somewhere."
Our killer in this case left a lot of evidence behind.... I think JonBenét got a piece of her killer.
-- Lou Smit, investigator
My office has been investigating new and other unpursued leads, most of which involve the possibility that an intruder committed this crime.
-- Boulder District Attorney Mary Lacy
Steve Thomas's departure was a public-relations nightmare for Hunter's people. But the equally public exit of Lou Smit a few weeks later had an even deeper impact on the case.
Hunter had brought in Smit, a veteran Colorado Springs homicide detective, to consult on the Ramsey investigation. Smit soon alienated many of the cops actively working the case by maintaining that the Ramseys were innocent, that unexplained traces of evidence at the scene pointed to an intruder. He resigned just as the grand jury was getting under way, complaining to Hunter that the police "are just going in the wrong direction, and have been since day one."
Smit fought for the right to present his intruder theory to the grand jury, and his testimony poked holes in whatever porous case had been built at that point against the Ramseys. He vowed to continue the investigation on his own and took case materials with him when he departed, including a PowerPoint presentation he'd developed using crime-scene photos, lab tests and other documents. Hunter's office sued for the return of the materials -- then abruptly capitulated. In a secret agreement hammered out between Hunter, Smit and special prosecutor Kane, Smit was allowed to keep his PowerPoint package and share information about the case with anyone, provided no charges were filed by October 1, 1999.
The grand jury charged no one, of course, and Smit went on a media rampage. He started showing up on cable shows, morning talk-fests and prime-time "mystery" hours, peddling his intruder scenario and offering peeks at the crime-scene photos.
Many of Smit's conjectures -- about the use of a stun gun, the significance of the badly degraded DNA found under JonBenét's fingernails and so on -- were sharply disputed by other investigators. Hunter called his PowerPoint "old stuff," and police officials insisted that many of the leads he claimed to be pursuing had already been thoroughly investigated and discounted. But the national media, hungry for access and fresh angles on the case, ate it up anyway.
Overnight, it seemed, the whole story line of the case changed. The leaks that tended to put the Ramseys in an unflattering light had dried up after the investigation was shoveled into the hush-hush pit of the grand jury. Meanwhile, the Ramseys had launched a fierce counteroffensive against their tabloid accusers, filing lawsuits against them and the mainstream outlets that repeated their canards. So the time was ripe for the rise of the mysterious intruder.


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National Merit Lockheed Martin Academic Scholarship Program
Lockheed Martin Foundation Academic Scholarships for Employees' Children
This scholarship program awards $3,000 per year for up to four years of undergraduate study to National Merit Finalists and National Merit Special Scholars who are the children, stepchildren, adopted children, or domestic partner children of Lockheed Martin employees, as well as the grandchildren of employees who have legal guardianship. The annual Merit Scholarship competition is conducted by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC). The Lockheed Martin Corporation Foundation awards scholarships to 100 students per year.
Spring 2016 High School Graduates
High school juniors who will be completing or leaving high school and entering college in the fall of 2016 must take the PSAT/NMSQT on the date their school chose for the administration of the test in October 2014.* As soon as possible after the beginning of this school year, students should obtain a copy of the 2014 Official Student Guide to the PSAT/NMSQT from the high school counselor and make arrangements with the school to take the test. Students will generally receive their PSAT/NMSQT scores in the late December 2014/early January 2015 timeframe. Students will also need to submit an online application with Lockheed Martin by February 28, 2015, even if they have not yet received their PSAT/NMSQT scores, in order to be considered for the National Merit Lockheed Martin Academic Scholarship.
NOTE: To request information about possible arrangements for alternate testing after the October 2014 PSAT/NMSQT administration, the student must write directly to NMSC no later than March 1, 2015. Write to National Merit Scholarship Corporation, Attn: Educational Services, 1560 Sherman Avenue, Suite 200, Evanston, Illinois 60201 4897; telephone (847) 866 5100.
Scores from the 2014 PSAT/NMSQT will be used as the initial screening of applicants in the 2016 National Merit Lockheed Martin Academic Scholarship Program. The National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) will begin notifying students in the fall of 2015 if they qualified among the applicant pool for the next phase of screening in the competition. All eligible students moving on to the next phase of screening will be contacted by NMSC on or before Dec. 31, 2015, so that these students and their high school principals can complete a second application that includes biographical and academic information that must be filed with NMSC. Further criteria for scholarship consideration will include meeting several academic and other requirements set by NMSC. Only those entrants who advance to the next phase in the competition will be notified and receive these additional materials from NMSC.
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The National Merit Academic Scholarship Program
The National Merit Lockheed Martin Academic Scholarship Program is an annual competition conducted by National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC), an independent, not-for-profit organization. The program's purposes are 1) to identify and honor exceptionally able high school students and 2) to provide a system of services for corporations, foundations, and other organizations that wish to sponsor college undergraduate scholarships for outstanding students who interest them. All aspects of the selection of recipients and the administration of their awards are handled by NMSC.
Who is eligible?
Only students who are the children of current full-time and part-time employees (working 20 or more hours per week) of Lockheed Martin and its subsidiaries can compete for these scholarships. Eligible children include sons and daughters, stepchildren, adopted children, and the children of domestic partner parents, as well as grandchildren of employees who have legal guardianship. All eligible children may apply for the scholarship program regardless of which parent claims them as dependents or where the children reside.
The parent must be an employee of Lockheed Martin at the time the awards are made in the spring of the student's senior year for their child to be eligible. Such students also must meet all requirements for participation in the Merit Program that are published in the PSAT/NMSQT Student Bulletin, which is updated annually and distributed to students through their high schools.
To participate in the program, students must take the qualifying test, the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT) during the proper high school year. In general, students who spend the usual four years in grades 9 through 12 must take the PSAT/NMSQT when they are in their third year (grade 11/junior year). *Students who plan to leave high school a year (or more) early to enroll in college full time should refer to the PSAT/NMSQT Student Bulletin (or contact NMSC) about when to take the test. A participant also must be a U.S. citizen; or, if not now a citizen, a permanent U.S. resident (or have applied for permanent residency) and be in the process of becoming a U.S. citizen. The PSAT/NMSQT Student Bulletin explains these and other requirements for the competition, gives detailed information about the test (including sample questions and a complete practice test), and describes the scholarship programs NMSC administers.
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To enter the competition for National Merit Lockheed Martin Academic Scholarships, children of employees must take the PSAT/NMSQT. Students who are currently in their junior year must also submit an application by February 28, 2015, in order to be considered. Students do not need to wait to receive their PSAT/NMSQT scores to submit a program application online.
The National Merit Lockheed Martin Academic Scholarship Program is funded by the Lockheed Martin Corporation Foundation and coordinated through the Corporate Community Relations office.
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The scholarship program is a fixed award of 100 scholarships per year. In addition to National Merit Finalists, scholarships will be offered to "Special Scholars," who receive extremely high scores but did not qualify as Finalists in their state.
Scholarship recipients will be chosen on a competitive basis and without regard to family financial circumstances. An NMSC committee of professionals trained in selection will choose the recipients by evaluating several factors about each eligible candidate; these include academic record throughout high school, significant activities and contributions to the school and community, test scores, the school's recommendation of the candidate, and the student's essay about personal characteristics, activities, plans and goals. All recipients are notified directly by NMSC, prior to any public announcement.
What is the amount of the award?
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All phases of the competition, including the selection of recipients and payment of scholarship stipends are handled for Lockheed Martin by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation.
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"Next time I tell you someone from Texas should not be president of the United States, please pay attention."
Posted 27 August 2012 - 12:24 PM
???Nice posturing on Ovechkin!!! Nobodys buying it, rich Russian guy!
OV reportedly was asking for just 3 mil. for the year to play for Dinamo (that's quite a home-team discount, compared to his NHL salary), if there's a lockout. Since the Dinamo's new owners felt that their roster was set, you will see OV get much more money to play for another KHL team.
So "nobody's buying" is not quite true. Also, would it be OK with you, if he were a "rich American guy"?
Posted 27 August 2012 - 12:51 PM
Frk and Athaniesou could benefit as well. Athaniesou skates and moves a lot like dare i say Pavel Bure or Sergei Federov. He may be the steal of the draft this year.I'd like the following kids up for at least one full season with Z and Dats before they go: Jurco, Jarnkrok, Nyquist, Pulks. These kids are the future of our top 6 with many others certainly knocking on the door.
I really hope Dats plays at least a couple more years after his next 2 are up. The string of great players retiring/leaving from the Wings since Yzerman is astounding. Dats and Z are gonna crush me possibly as much as Yzerman, Shanny, Federov, Lids....
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In 1992, the Dream Team helped set two important precedents: 1. America would be represented by its best professional, not amateur, players, and 2. Future United States men's basketball squads would be given a moniker that rhymed with "team." 1996 saw "The Dream Team III" win gold, 2008 brought us the "Redeem Team" and some have already dubbed this year's web-savvy squad the "Meme Team."
Keeping with that tradition, what follows is a list of some United States Olympic teams we'll likely see in the coming years:
- The Hakeem Team: A group of players who have spent the summer (between one and three hours, including lunch) working with Hall of Fame center Hakeem Olajuwon. Members will include Amar'e Stoudemire, Dwight Howard, LeBron James, Kobe Bryant and, somehow, JaVale McGee.
- The Scalene Team: A team that runs only the triangle offense. Tensions rise when Kobe insists Phil Jackson taught the triangle as more of an isosceles.
- The "I Have a Dream" Team: Blake Griffin, Stephen Curry, and Jason Kidd head a super team of biracial players. The back of the bus remains empty.
- The Steam Team: In the future, Greg Stiemsma will be cloned 11 times and a team formed with his doppelgangers. This team will fail to qualify for the Olympics, but will be invoked frequently as a cautionary tale on the limits of genetic science.
- The Upstream Team: After all other players refuse to join, a desperate U.S. sends a two-man team of John Salmons and Derek Fisher to compete in the Olympics. They fail to medal in basketball but win gold in beach volleyball.
- The C.R.E.A.M. Team: Max players only, with a starting five of Roy Hibbert, Gilbert Arenas, Rudy Gay, Joe Johnson and Rashard Lewis.
- The Green Team: Michael Beasley, Delonte West, and Tracy McGrady's eyes lead this group of marijuana enthusiasts. Training camp starts April 20. Mark Blount to coach.
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Bike games are hard. Finding the inch-perfect line every time, keeping it on the black stuff and shiny side up amidst a field of certified mentalists while juggling brake balance, lean angle and rider weight is a demanding prospect for even the most experienced gamer.
However, although we're all for being eased into a game, SBK's Arcade mode offers so much assistance that you can ride at full lean, at full throttle on the gravel without getting asphalt in your face. By way of contrast, the full-on Sim mode is so demanding that just using the front brake in a turn will have you off. It's almost easier to ride a real-world superbike than make a perfect lap of Valencia in the game. There's a perfect balance somewhere in the middle, but we struggled to find it.
SBK-07 is one of the most contradictory games of all time. It does so much right, then shoots itself in the foot. Or rather, it's so average with a few dashes of genuine brilliance. Take the graphics - the rider animation from the chase cam is slightly rudimentary, but the sensation of banking from cockpit cam is unrivalled on PS2. Call us geeks, but we loved details like the working dashboards and two-fingered braking. But then we loathed oversights like the lack of any aerodynamic penalty on top speeds when sitting your rider up from behind the screen and into the airflow for a look behind on a straight.
No matter how much of a fan of World Superbikes you are, this is a game that's hard to truly love. Demanding gameplay, slightly barren graphics, some questionable animation and slow loading times all add up to what should be a less than average score. But we couldn't stop playing it, convinced we could shave time off, bag a perfect lap and control the perfect rear wheel slide through a messianic combo of throttle and rear brake control. And we could, honest. When no-one was watching.
Chances are that if you're thinking about buying this game, you're a bit of a bike fan. And that's just as well, because there's little on offer here to tempt you away from four-wheeled fare like Burnout or Gran Turismo. If you want a game that happens to have bikes in, look elsewhere. If you want a bike game to keep you busy when you're out of the saddle, and have exhausted Tourist Trophy and MotoGP, then you're quids in.
Overall Can't ride a bike? This is the next best thing. Can ride a bike? Guess what, it still is.


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I stayed at his house three times. The first time, last August, I stayed with him for two nights. I stayed with him for two nights again in September. When I visited in December, I cut my trip short -- I stayed one night instead of two -- but by that time the process of revelation that hed started in the summer threatened to go out of control. He had revealed secrets about himself from the moment I introduced myself to him, and yet over the course of four months he had always managed to up the ante, to suggest that behind every secret there loomed another whose revelation would prove dangerous not only to him but to me.
In August, he told me about his handler and about the remorselessness his handler expected of him. He detailed his methods as a sniper and called himself an assassin. And he told me that he lived in fear of being arrested for what hed done for Blackwater -- and, by extension, his country -- in Afghanistan and Iraq.
In September, he said that it was in Iraq where he had crossed the line that had made him lose the stomach for killing. In all my years as a professional, Ive seen a lot of conflicts, he said. I never committed murder until I went to Iraq. When I pressed him about what he meant, he said, Youre going to get me indicted, Tom. And when I asked him why, he replied, War crimes, man. War crimes.
And yet he kept talking, driven by his guilt and his compulsive need to tell me that he was not like mere contractors -- that he was both better and far worse. In November, I sent him a book about Blackwater and asked him to read it. When I called for his comments, he said that it was accurate, but only so far as it went. The guys in that book are really sort of knuckle draggers, he said. I operate on a much higher level.
What do you mean? I said.
Ill tell you the next time you come up.
And so I visited him again, one last time, in December. It was 12 degrees in Michigan, and the phone books and old cardboard boxes that had littered his driveway in the summer were now stuck there, frozen solid. He was wearing all black, black jeans and a black ribbed mercenary sweater, and he told me that something had changed since the last time I spoke to him. He told me that he had gotten married.
The people who love him are real. He has a mother and father, still alive. He has two brothers. He has an ex-wife, Linda, to whom he was married for thirty years. He has a son, Rick-- -- Lindas son, whom Zeke adopted when he was four years old. And he has a new wife, a woman he calls Baby Doll. They all love him, but he is afraid they wouldnt if they knew who he really was and what he had really done.
Does he love them in return? He said he did, while acknowledging that a man who couldnt tell the truth about himself to those closest to him was going to have trouble with his relationships. He had, for instance, a photograph of one of his brothers on his bookshelf, but he said that he hadnt seen or spoken to him in years. And he hadnt spoken to his son, Rick, since the divorce, and although Rick lived on an Air Force base not five hours away, Zeke had never met his grandchildren. And although he still spoke to Linda as often as twice a day -- as often as he spoke to his mother and Baby Doll -- he viewed his divorce from her as the ultimate cost of his lifestyle and its necessary secrets. In his darkest moments, he even intimated that his handler had gotten to her, had called her and told her, well, everything, for why else would he have come home from the hell of New Orleans and heard from his wife that she wanted out after thirty years?
He had met her in high school, in Tulare, California, in the Central Valley, south of Fresno. She was his English teacher his senior year. She was eleven years older than he was. They got married in 1975, when he was still in the Army. They did not live together at first -- he was at Fort Stewart, in Georgia, and she remained in Tulare, teaching -- but she was always available to him, as she had to be, for even as a young man he was haunted by his past, he said, and in this case his recent past was Vietnam. These were the last shadowy years of the war. There was a period when he just disappeared -- when neither his mother nor Linda knew where he was -- and when he resurfaced, he had a story to tell, except that he couldnt tell it. He was bound not to tell it, though of course it leaked out over the years, both to Linda and to Rick, as did all the others. It was hard on Linda, Zeke said, because she had to guard his secrets as closely as he did. She was even liable to be polygraphed, as he was, and so after a while he made it easy for her -- he stopped telling her things, and she stopped asking questions. She just knew -- and it was her unspoken knowledge of who he really was that led him to say that she was his real wife, no matter what, and to keep the gold band from his wedding with Linda up on his bookshelf, right next to the picture of Baby Doll.
Baby Doll was his nickname for a woman he met on eHarmony in 2006. Her real name was Terri, but she had a small, breathy voice, so he called her Baby Doll. She was divorced, living with two teenaged sons, and she described herself as a wounded soul, for she had multiple sclerosis. Zeke was a wounded soul, too, she said, and their relationship seemed to enter a new stage with each visit: In August, they met; in September, shed just visited him in Michigan for the first time, and he was deciding whether to take on a woman with such a debilitating illness; in December, hed just married her, because shed saved his life. Hed been all alone on Thanksgiving 2006, eating a frozen pizza, waiting for the phone to ring and determined to eat the barrel of one of his handguns if it didnt. It did, and it was Baby Doll. Her voice gave him something to live for, and he married her a week later. She wasnt living with him, but she called his cell phone all day long, and one night, when we were out to dinner, he passed the phone to me. Terris voice was just as Zeke said it was, and in answer to my question, she confirmed that she had met Zeke on eHarmony. Then she said that she had a question of her own: Is he wearing his ring? I told her that he was, although as soon as she hung up, he said he was going to take it off when he got home and put it on the bookshelf next to the ring from his marriage to Linda.
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So I was wondering why my shifting was rough and felt like my motor was moving going from neutral to first.
I bought all new polyurethane mounts, while having them installed i then noticed that one of my motor mount bolt hole is stripped. (it is one of the 3 bolts that holds the transmission mount to the chassis.
that explains the rough shifting.
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it looks like the bolt is in there at a certain angle because its tight in one side and not in the other.
I tried tightening it and thats as far as it would go.
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