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Practicing ArchitecturePracticing Architecture
Building the 21st-Century Hospital
The prototypical American hospital: monolithic, single-use, imperious. That form is no accident. For decades, hospital design has mirrored the generally accepted role of medicine and technology in society.
But with a new understanding of today's healthcare challenges, that view is being questioned. Hospital design increasingly reflects the lessons of neighborhood-scale urban planning, siting, and health of the facility itself, as well as the surrounding community.
"The place where you go to the farmers market"
Dell Children's Medical Center of Central Texas is a model of the way a hospital building itself can be a force for promoting health.
Dell's designers at Karlsberger began by rejecting the conventional choices when it came to location. When they began planning, about 10 years ago, they had originally selected a greenfield site on the outskirts of Austin. But a group of community residents persuaded decision-makers that, for the hospital to do the most possible good in the community, it needed to be located in the center of town. So rather than debarking for a distant suburb, Dell chose to be part of a 700-acre, master-planned, mixed-use project designed for the brownfield location on the former site of an airport.
Even before any design elements had emerged, this hospital was already a force for better community health—by cleaning up a brownfield. The location decision also improved economic and social health in the Austin community. The completed hospital now anchors a much larger urban redevelopment that employs about 10,000 Austinites in an urban, transit-friendly location.
That foundation inspired other project leaders to make it a national sustainability model, says Michele Van Hyfte, manager of environmental stewardship at Seton Healthcare Network, which owns Dell and 10 other hospitals.
One of the development's most innovative features is its highly efficient combined heat and power plant, which shrinks the hospital's carbon footprint and promotes clean air. In addition, the grounds use innovative stormwater loops to help preserve clean water supplies. The hospital also contains a 3.5-acre healing garden and a series of interior courtyards.
"You're starting to see a pattern of shifting away from the bright new building that's detached, that could be communicating something very contrary to the mission of healthcare," says Gail Vittori, co-director of the Center for Maximum Potential Building Systems, co-author of Sustainable Healthcare Architecture (Wiley), and a design consultant on the Dell project. "This really is a revolution in process."
Dell met at least three of Vittori's important criteria for a 21st-century hospital. One: It reduced consumption of fossil fuels and water. Two: It was built at a community scale. Three: It offers patients opportunities to commune with nature and the greater community. "Some hospitals are becoming the place where you go to the farmers market," says Vittori. "It's more about promoting health and wellness than just being [about] sickness and disease."
The Dell model is now considered an inspiration. In 2008, the hospital was named the first LEED Platinum–certified hospital. A more recent addition—the 72-patient South Tower—was named the first LEED for Healthcare Platinum building.
The "revolution" spreads
More and more hospitals are following suit. Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh (part of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center), designed by Tsoi/Kobus & Associates, was at a similar crossroads in the early 2000s when it was considering a new location. It eventually chose a spot in the Lawrenceville neighborhood, in part for its transit-friendliness. "The uninsured that are in the city, sending them 30 miles up a highway into the suburbs just wouldn't have been the right thing to do," says the hospital's Vice President of Operations Eric Hess.
The hospital also features plenty of bike racks, preferred parking for carpoolers, a four-story atrium, and a healing garden. Last year, Healthcare Business & Technology named it one of the 25 most beautiful hospitals in the world.
Pittsburgh Children's took special care in another principle of sustainable hospitals: material choice. Hess says hospital leadership took it so seriously that they traveled to the Netherlands to learn more about the flooring material they chose, a synthetic material called Forbo that's made using comprehensive life-cycle sustainability assessments.
The most progressive and sustainable hospitals also take great care in choosing healthy, sustainable materials, using recommendations from the Healthy Building Network (a healthy materials advocacy group), and Perkins+Will's Transparency initiative (a database of materials harmful to human health), Vittori says.
Another sea change has come with respect to architectural form. The Corbusier-style towers-in-the-park model is beginning to break down. New designs favor smaller models or, at the very least, designs that promote delivering the greatest amount of natural light to the greatest number of patients and employees.
Chicago's Rush University Medical Center, designed by Perkins+Will and completed last year, is considered a leader in this evolution. The hospital's upper tower was designed in a "butterfly wing" shape, giving each patient access to sunlight. The hospital also contains four green roofs, providing park space and a connection to nature despite its urban location. The roofs are watered with captured condensation from an air handler. The system saves about a million gallons of water a year, says Jerry Johnson, AIA, of Perkins + Will's Chicago office, the design principal on the job.
Johnson says that while the dramatic design of Rush's upper floors actually resulted from the special attention paid to the way nurses travel throughout the hospital, another benefit is that every room gets sunlight and many have views of the green roofs as well. "It's a very urban campus," Jones says. "Just the idea of being able to look out the window into green space was very appealing. I think there's a lot of therapeutic benefits to that."
Ideas like these are still new in healthcare design, but they are gaining wider acceptance. In 2011, LEED for Healthcare amended its scoring system to better incorporate a broader view of health and health promotion. Private-industry leaders are taking notice as well: Kaiser Permanente has adopted this approach for all its facilities, says Vittori.
Building the case
But because the movement is so new, the health benefits of this revolution are just beginning to be understood. Because Dell, for example, opened only five years ago, little conclusive empirical data is available about the ways in which special design elements have improved patient health. Dell recently received data from a study on the health impacts of the building design, but Van Hyfte said it's going to take months to comb through it.
Still, there is evidence that it is succeeding on the criteria that matter most to the hospital: patient and employee satisfaction. Human resources specialists agree that hospital itself is a great recruiting tool: People just like working in the building. That's especially important for retaining nurses. Recruiting and training a new nurse can cost hospitals as much as $70,000, and the average annual turnover rate for registered nurses in 2011 was 14 percent, according to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing.
Patients seem to like it, too. Van Hyfte said the design of the hospital has helped it grown faster than projected, although it's unclear to what extent that's a result of design features. Construction of the additional tower was needed years sooner than planners expected.
"At the end of the day it's about the patients that are in the building, the staff that's in the building," says Van Hyfte, "and the community that supports that building."
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Pole Vault: 11-7 - 2001 Tyson Invitational, Fayetteville, Ark.
Pole Vault: 11-7 - 1998 SEC Championships
HONORS: (One-time Sec Academic Honor Roll) 2001 SEC Academic Honor Roll
2001 AS A JUNIOR: Best of 11-7 in the Pole Vault... Competed in three meets (three indoors, none outdoors)... Earned SEC Academic Honor Roll distinction... Cleared a personal best 11-7 before tearing her ACL at the Tyson Invitational (Feb. 9)... Set a new personal best (12-6.25) in the pole vault at the Gator Invitational, finishing tied for seventh... Tied for ninth in the Florida Intercollegiates pole vault, 10-10 (3.30m).
2000 AS A SOPHOMORE: Best of 11-6.25 in the Pole Vault (11-3.75 outdoors)... Competed in 10 meets (Six Indoors, Four Outdoors)... 14th in the SEC Outdoor Championships Pole Vault, 10-10.75 (3.32m)... Fourth in the Florida Relays collegiate Pole Vault, 11-3.75 (3.45m)... Ninth in the SEC Indoor Championships Pole Vault, 11-4.25 (3.46m).
1998 AS A FRESHMAN: Best of 11-7... Florida Relays collegiate Pole Vault champion, 11-1.75... Seventh in the SEC Indoor Championships Pole Vault, 10-8...Took first place in the pole vault at the LSU Seven-Way Meet (11-1.75)...Won the first pole vault competition in UF history at the first collegiate meet of her career with a NCAA provisional qualifying and personal-best mark of 11-5 at the Florida Invitational.
1998 Wins (3): (i) Florida Invitational PV: 11-5; LSU Seven Way PV: 11-1.75; (o): Florida Relays PV: 11-1.75
PRIOR TO FLORIDA: Won the 1997 Junior National Olympics pole vault championship in Charlotte, N.C., with an AAU national record of 11-3...Two-time Class 4A Florida State Champion in the pole vault (1996-97).
PERSONAL: Born November 19,1979... Father, Tom Adams, is the former Lieutenant Governor and Secretary of State in the state of Florida; he also served in the House of Representatives... Mother is Fran Adams... Attended Arkansas State during the 1998-99 school year and trained with Bell Athletics in Jonesboro, Ark., during that time, working with Earl Bell, a three-time Olympian and bronze medalist... Worked as a physical therapy technician at the Regional Medical Center at Northeast Arkansas as well... Family lives on a farm where they raise beef cattle... 1997 graduate of Sebastian River High School... Member of National Honor Society and Future Business Leaders... Also senior class president.
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Last-gasp Pamela Cookey leveller earns Team Bath Netball dramatic draw at Surrey Storm
Posted: February 11, 2014|
Pamela Cookey scored with literally the last throw as Team Bath Netball salvaged a 48-48 draw from last night's pulsating ZEO Superleague game at Surrey Storm.
The visitors looked to be heading for a second defeat in four days when they trailed 30-22 to the early table-toppers at half-time, not helped by unforced errors.
They were only able to narrow the gap by one during the third quarter and went into the final period at the Surrey Sports Park 41-34 adrift.
However, Team Bath launched a stunning fightback and scored six times without reply to make it a one-point game with 11 minutes remaining.
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Storm pulled away again to lead 44-40 against a Team Bath side who kept battling but looked to have too much to do when they trailed 48-46 with 75 seconds on the clock.
But they refused to give in and scored again before England captain Cookey completed a memorable comeback by netting on the whistle.
The result means Jess Thirlby's team have now won one, lost one and drew one of their opening three games and sit fifth in the table, three points behind Storm.
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WORTH COUNTY, Iowa — A man who pled guilty to vehicular homicide by reckless driving in the death of a young girl boarding a school bus has been sentenced to 15 years in prison, RadioIowa reports.
Aaron Gunderson received his sentence Friday in Worth County District Court. A more serious charge of vehicular homicide while intoxicated was dismissed as part of a plea agreement.
Gunderson struck 7-year-old Kadyn Halverson while she was walking toward a school bus that had its lights flashing and stop sign extended. He fled the scene while Halverson was dying of her injuries.
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The man claims he didn't see the red lights. RIGHT!!! He was DUI? Why isn't he getting some time for that? Plea agreement? I'd call that a slap on the wrist. I can't understand the thinking of the lawyers. I know they are trying to save money from a trial but really? A child died, a family is devastated and he gets only 15 years with 10 1/2 he has to serve and gets out for good behavior? The family has lost their child FOREVER, how is this justice?
Fifteen years is not nearly long enough!! I have red light runners pass me on a daily basis. One of these days it will be too late! At least the police im my district stake out the hot spots and actually nab many offenders ~ it just happened this morning.
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Calling up complete strangers isn't the easiest thing to do, especially for a large project like the Success for Geneva's Children 2009 Data Booklet. The responsibilities involved in completing this project requires a lot of organization. And for all of their hard work, Kinnevey and Daley are rewarded with newly acquired skills and personal satisfaction.
"I have gained a better sense of how to interact with community members. Also, I'm more aware of the kind of programs that are out there [in the community], the different needs that they have, and what's currently being done about them. I'm excited to see the final project, to see the new trends - how things changed and why." - Christina Kinnevey
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France beat 10-man Honduras 3-0 in a bruising World Cup clash where goal-line technology awarded the first international goal in history, causing mayhem in the process.
Three minutes into the second period, the German-manufactured GoalControl system was called into action when a volley from Karim Benzema, who ended the night with two goals, came back off the post.
It bounced back into the area before hitting Honduras goalkeeper Noel Valladares with the ball then diverted back towards the goal.
The keeper tried to scoop the ball to safety, but Brazilian referee Sandro Ricci awarded the goal -- classed as an own-goal -- after consulting the instant technology.
France, whose 2010 World Cup was a footballing and public relations disaster, dominated the Group E match, twice hitting the woodwork in the first half.
First, Blaise Matuidi fired the ball towards the target but Valladares saved well and pushed the ball on to the crossbar.
Then, on the 23 minute mark, Antoine Griezmann, selected ahead of Olivier Giroud, climbed above the defence but headed on to the bar.
Stoke City midfielder Winston Palacios was yellow-carded for a brutal stamp on Pogba with the Frenchman also booked for a retaliatory kick.
Palacios was then red-carded in the dying moments of the half for another foul on Pogba inside the box.
Benzema converted the resulting penalty for his seventh goal in his last seven internationals.
The Real Madrid striker then played the crucial role in his team's historic second goal before striking his second of the night from a tight angle in the 72nd minute. – AFP
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Swiss luxury goods group Richemont and the world's largest jewellery chain, Chinese Chow Tai Fook, have agreed to create a joint venture, Swiss daily Le Temps reported in its online edition late Saturday.
Citing a source inside Richemont, the newspaper said that the two luxury brands would each control 50 percent of the new company, which would distribute watches made by Richemont luxury watchmaking brand Baume & Mercier in mainland China.
It will be tasked with boosting the Geneva brand's sales in China, the world's second largest market for luxury goods, Le Temps reported.
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text: PAIR, Shirley Harrell, 85, of Richmond, was called to her eternal home on April 29, 2012 after a long struggle with Alzheimer's. She was preceded in death by her husband of 58 years, Alvin C. Pair; two infant daughters and an infant grandson. Mrs. Pair was a Medical Technologist since the 1940s, spending the last 16 years of her career with Henrico Doctors' Hospital as Blood Bank Section Chief. She was a longtime member of First Baptist Church and was the youngest of nine children. Surviving are her daughters, Sarah Pair, Mary Beth Turner and Bonnie Halenda (Keith); her grandchildren, Ivey, Chris and Sarah Turner and Russell, Shannon and Evan Halenda. The family will receive friends on Wednesday from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Mechanicsville Chapel of Bennett Funeral Home, 8014 Lee-Davis Road, where services will be held Thursday at 11 am. Interment will be private. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Alzheimer's Association or the March of Dimes.


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The gorgeous "House of Payne" actor posted pics from his My Life Shoot on Twitter, shot by photographer Hannibal Matthews, which follows him on a normal day for him in Atlanta. So what's first thing for Lance? "My Morning starts with [Eva], " he tweeted. To see what else he's up to, click the pics below.
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• Warner Premiere has released more details of its upcoming direct-to-DVD animated feature, Green Lantern: Emerald Knights. Scheduled for release June 7, 10 days before the live-action Green Lantern feature film, the animated piece features six interlocking tales similar to Batman: Gotham Knight, an earlier direct-to-DVD animated feature released prior to The Dark Knight (2008). As The Green Lantern Corps prepares for an attack by an ancient enemy, Hal Jordan tells Arisia, the newest Green Lantern, tales of the Corps' past. Nathan Fillion provides the voice of Jordan, while Elisabeth Moss is the voice of Arisia. (Brent Frankenhoff)
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The first lines in comics spoken by Reed Richards (aka Mr. Fantastic) were, "It is the first time I have found it necessary to give the signal. I pray it will be the last!" in Fantastic Four #1 (Nov 61).
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Whose first lines in comics were "It all seemed so strange, Professor, and so … mysterious! I was to tell no one but my parents that I'm coming here … and you didn't describe the course of study!"?
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Flintlock hunting isn't easy. Anyone who tells you otherwise is either a liar or just plain nuts.
To harvest a pressure-educated, late-season whitetail with a traditional black powder weapon, everything needs to come together just right.
It takes luck, skill, effort, patience, resolve, meticulous attention to detail and in many cases favorable weather conditions. It requires an intelligent, ambitious hunter who must locate and outwit a proven survivor by getting into position for a close-range shot without putting the deer on full alert.
It also takes dry powder, a quality spark from stone and steel, combined with a rock-steady follow through by an accurate shooter.
The variables between success and failure are diverse and widespread, making hunting with a smokepole the ultimate challenge. That's what makes the sport so alluring.
In the past 14 years, I have cocked a flintlock hammer on well over two dozen deer and have only taken one buck and one doe with my Lyman Deerstalker 50-caliber. I realize this success ratio isn't too impressive, but I'm hoping it illustrates just how difficult it can be to harvest a deer with a traditional muzzleloader.
Admittedly, I'm no Jeremiah Johnson when it comes to black powder shooting. I'm certain there are hunters out there who handle the infamous "ignition delay flinch" far better than I do. In fact, if I had my shirttail cut for every flintlock miss accumulated throughout the years, I would likely have nothing left but a neck collar.
Aside from archery, however, flintlock remains my second favorite hunting season, and those two black-powder whitetails I harvested post-Christmas rank right up there with the most highly regarded trophies I've ever taken. There's just something special about the things that don't come easy, and I'm sure any reader who has taken deer with a flintlock would agree.
As I type this article I have not yet connected with a late-season whitetail this year, though it has not been for a lack of effort or close calls. Thus far, I have hunted three of Lebanon County's six state game lands and saw a total of 13 deer.
The Dec. 26 opener yielded three deer from a patch of gnarly briars and brush that drew blood from my father-in-law's face. Two of the deer bolted across an open field too far for a shot, while the other crossed a roadway in the opposite direction.
With a fresh snow blanketing the ground, I decided to follow the tracks of the two doe, which entered an area of nearby timber. The wind was blowing in my favor, angling NW to SE from the deer's position toward my oncoming approach. The tracks meandered through brambles and blow downs before passing into a long island of brush where deer are known to hold up.
I quickly circled the entire downwind side of the island, looking for tracks exiting the patch. Finding none, I knew there was a fair chance the deer were still in there. As I eased around the north end of the island and began working back along the west side, I promptly spotted one of the deer looking right at me.
With no time to retrieve my shooting sticks from my pack, I raised my gun, cocked the hammer, held as steady as a freehand shooter can hold a heavy flintlock barrel and fired. As usual, I flinched at the trigger pull, and the result was a clean miss.
As often as this has happened to me in my lifetime, one would think I'd learn my lesson, but it seems I can't get over the delay of the pan powder igniting the main charge. I decided then and there I would no longer attempt shooting without a rest.
Two days later, I thought I'd finally get it right. Hunting with a group of eight friends, we conducted six mountainside drives. I saw deer on each of the three drives during which I posted as a stander, but only once did the deer come within shooting range.
On that particular drive, I had four deer come right to me with my gun rested solidly in my shooting sticks. Unfortunately, three of the four deer were bucks, and since I shot my buck in archery season, this was no good.
As I stopped them, the lone doe was the only deer of the group that stood with her vitals obscured by a tree, prohibiting a shot. After a momentary standstill, they all turned to continue up over the hill. I quickly swung with the doe and tried to shoot, but only my pan powder ignited with an anticlimactic "ffffpp" and no boom from the bullet charge.
It was only fitting that when I tried to shoot my gun so I could clean it at the conclusion of our hunt, it went right off at a hair's touch without hesitation.
Adding even more insult to injury, I met up with a friend on New Year's Eve to do a little pushing around in the morning. We put on some miles taking turns picking apart sections of cover while the other man kept watch.
As I stood in the crotch of a tree for better visibility one drive, two doe came in and stopped only 15 yards to my right. By the time I eased the gun around the trunk of the tree to take aim, they were rapidly on the move again, and yet another opportunity was lost.
As one can see, taking a deer with the flintlock is certainly no cakewalk, but it is a terrific challenge and can be a lot of fun. Though one might get frustrated at times, it just sweetens the satisfaction even more when success is finally found.


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Toshiba AT200 powered by 1.2GHz TI OMAP 4430 processor and 1GB of DDR2 RAM. You can add internal memory on this device up to 64GB. In addition to a thin body for a tablet device class, one of the distinguishing features of the Toshiba AT200 device with other devices is support for audio playback. To produce good sound quality, this device has also been equipped with features is Adaptive Sound Device Enhancer's and Sound Masking Equalizer.
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Example URLsTo get an example URL for this API call you'll first need to join Last.fm and then get an API account.
Paramsgroup (Required) : The last.fm group name to fetch the charts of.
from (Optional) : The date at which the chart should start from. See Group.getWeeklyChartList for more.
to (Optional) : The date at which the chart should end on. See Group.getWeeklyChartList for more.
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<weeklyartistchart group="mnml" from="1212321600" to="1212926400"> <artist rank="1"> <name>Booka Shade</name> <mbid>9940c604-2456-4193-a403-ab18420bc1e9</mbid> <playcount>74</playcount> <url>http://www.last.fm/music/Booka+Shade</url> </artist> ... </weeklyartistchart>
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It's finally finished.
What began last January, the Coyote Love music video for the Jamie Foxx cover, "Blame It," is finally in the can after three nights of shooting and many, many hours of editing.
Hank Wagner of his coyote posse recorded the track as well as the other songs in the soon to be released Coyote Love "Blues Series" at Pancake Studios deep in Park Slope, Brooklyn.
The video features "The Turk." A super famous, mega successful rock star out for the night. After hearing some great news from his manager, he decides to celebrate. Bouncing out of his SUV, he passes a flyer girl handing out flyers for a Coyote Love gig in the 'hood. Music and festivities ensue.
The video was shot on the Canon 5D Mark II and using 35mm and 50mm 1.4 lenses. This was the first shoot that I employed the Opteka Shoulder Rig. Great rig. Not too heavy so perfect for long shoots.
This was also the first shoot that I used the the Konova Slider. Used right, this slider can add a lot of production value to your shots. However, it's tricky. It takes time to set-up and requires a very steady hand to get those smooth shots. Patience is required but the payoffs are worth it.
This is the second music video from the Coyote Love "Blues Series." The first, "Bettin' Dirty Water" was released a few months ago:
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November 30th, 2008 | posted by michiko
We've been noticing that the students are using the Treble and bass cleff signs as a crutch to figure out what the note names are, tracing the line back to the cleff to see what it is. In real music, the notes are isolated away from the cleffs. Would it actually be more helpful to just cut off the cleffs from the staff cards for these students? Some of the students that have all the staff cards memorized, still dont' recognize the same notes in music as well. Input? anonymous teacher
Hi _______,
Thank you for writing. Yours is an interesting observation, thus I have given your question some thought for a few days. I've observed that learning the names of the lines and spaces on the staff is a rather long absorption process. Long as in years for some students. This is different from learning note and rest values, musical symbols or even scales. Nothing else seems to take as much time. It takes lots of practice and musical experiences in a student's life until this sinks in as thoroughly as it is for us teachers. In the beginning of study, I believe it is useful for the clefs to be near the note since the clef is what gives the lines and spaces significance. Rather than a crutch, I think the clefs are a useful orientation for the student. For the record, I also believe that seeing individual notes on the grand staff is better than on single clef staves.
I don't know if you have the staff slate that's in the Puppy Packet, but the second side is a staff without clefs. If you wanted your students to practice their notes without a clef reference, you could use that side. I am also preparing the melodic bingo cards for reissue and they don't contain clefs. Another idea is to place a second card over the top of the grand staff cards to cover just the clefs if you wanted your students to practice that way.
Mastery of the staff also depends on how students are taught their notes. In your email you didn't say if you follow my suggestions for learning all the grand staff C's symmetrically and not moving on until they can named at sight. Then learning the D's and B's taking each one in turn and again, not moving on until they are easy to name quickly. And no counting from one note to figure out another one. These ideas come on a card with the staff slate pack. And then there's the importance of relating the lines and spaces to the instrument. And learning how to read them rhythmically. Wow! It's a lot!
Of course, these are only my observations and there may be other ways that are effective. I hope my answer has been helpful to you.
Hi Michiko -
Thank you for the thoughtful response. I used your method of teaching the 5 c's with my first group, but tried a slightly different approach with this group of students. I taught the way you suggest with my last group of students, but not with enough success (mostly because they weren't practicing and playing enough games at home and it was my first time trying it). It was taking too long to get through the notes before they could play music on the staff, so with the next group I decided to teach middle c, bass f and treble g as landmarks associated with the cleffs (as suggested by another teacher) and then add in the notes in between so they could be reading simple songs on the staff in middle c position while we worked then on the 5 c's and the rest. I don't know if that will now back fire on me.
We play songs by ear first and then move to the staff and it was feeling like this group really needed to get to the staff. This group of students has dedicated mothers practicing/playing games with them at home, so I'm pretty confident we'll be able to get the 5 c's approach with them this time. We'll see.
Some of my more dedicated students from my first group learned the 5 c's b & d's well and then added f & g's well, but then never solidified the rest and it was still shaky with actual sightreading even if they could name then on the staff cards. A gradual process, I'm sure. Now they are doing much better as we are refocusing on the note names again.
I'm glad to hear you are doing the bingo cards.
We had placed the staff cards across the piano music stand overlapping so the cleffs are hidden. When I referred to learning the note names without cleffs, I was reffering to a grand staff situation, just memorizing which line or space the notes are in.
Hi ________,
Your description sounds like my teaching. Trying this, trying that, observing the outcome and figuring out how it could be better. I like your idea of the grand staff cards across the music stand with the clefs hidden.
I believe in the landmarks of F and G also. Have you seen this video?
Besides helping their musicality, I also believe a lot of dictation and sight-singing games (including Daily Do) help the staff make sense to students. Of course, there's nothing like reading and playing actual music. Combined with interesting games for learning and diversity will help any student enjoy and learn more effectively.
Best wishes for continued success. michiko


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As Heisman voter, Baylor's Robert Griffin is only sure thing in my top 3
As a Heisman voter, I have less of an idea what I will do with my ballot in two weeks than I ever have before.
I thought Stanford's Andrew Luck was a lock for two months. He still might get my vote. I moved Alabama's Trent Richardson way up after he proved to be the one offensive player to put a real scare into the LSU defense this year.
Oklahoma State's Brandon Weeden, Boise State's Kellen Moore, and, to a lesser extent, Houston's Case Keenum have to get consideration.
But how do you not put Baylor's Robert Griffin right at the top of the ballot, at least as of today?
Let's not forget he started the season with a five-TD pass game in a 50-48 win over TCU. He threw five more TDs in a tough 36-35 loss to Kansas State. He threw for 406 yards against Missouri to beat the Tigers in between Mizzou's wins over Texas A&M and Texas.
Finally, he put it all together to throw for 479 yards and looked remarkably poised in hitting the winning touchdown Saturday night against Oklahoma.
On the year, Griffin has 41 TD passes and runs and five interceptions.
Heisman voters rank players 1-2-3. I'd say Griffin is the only player I know for sure will be on my ballot.
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I advocate EXTREME CAUTION when using the object element and if using it it's really important to use the type attribute (which is not mandatory) to let the browser know in advance what type of content is behind the object. Various tests we have carried out in the course of the W3C mobileOK work show that even in the presence of this attribute some browsers download content they can't handle. So in your example above, demonstrating 3gp video, you could be causing your users to download a massive file which they can't use. No doubt this is a browser bug but there is a massive down side to getting it wrong, so avoid it.
My suggestion is to handle the device variation server side. Using DeviceAtlas, determine what the device supports and conditionally serve your page to suit. It's simple to do and is the classic use case for DeviceAtlas. Here is an illustration of quite how simple from Image Adaptation with Device Atlas.
<?php include('imageAdaptation.php'); $i='imgc/eye.jpg'; // This is the main image that you want to see in your mobile screen $imgurl=convertImage($i); // $imgurl will hold the path of the converted image that is suitable for your mobile ?> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//WAPFORUM//DTD XHTML Mobile 1.0//EN" "http://www.wapforum.org/DTD/xhtml-mobile10.dtd">  <title>Test the API</title>  <img src="<?php echo $imgurl;?>" />
It's tempting to say NEVER use the object element, but if you must then treat it with real caution.
One more thing - the ultimate fall-back for objects (and for images in the alt attribute) should be something that is displayable as text and says what the intention of the object or image that was not displayed was. Saying "sorry no support for any images" doesn't help people who have deliberately turned images off either because they are using a Braille reader or because they want to speed up mobile access. Better would be something like "Jo Rabin turning red at the thought of use of the object element being promoted".


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The opportunity to meet and line up against fellow Beneteau yacht owners in a weekend of racing is a great draw card for several new Queensland Beneteau yacht owners, whether their boats are racer/cruisers or cruiser/racers.
Paul Laurence's Beneteau First 30 - Ensign Yachts Beneteau Cup 2011
The annual Ensign Yachts Beneteau Cup and French Yacht Challenge, organised by the Queensland Beneteau Owners Group and hosted by Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron, will be held on first and October 2nd 2011.
A relaxed Brisbane-based Mike Mollison hasn't wasted anytime in getting out on his first yacht, a Oceanis 40 named Scamp. 'This has been a long term ambition of mine, since I was a kid. I saw the Beneteaus in France when I was visiting there. When I got back to Australia I got myself on the Beneteau mailing list and found there were some pretty good offers being made. So, I decided to make the jump.'
Since then he has been out on the bay, auto-pilot on, spinnaker up, enjoying the boat, 'having a lovely time'.
The Ensign Yachts Beneteau Cup will be a chance for Mollison to test his eight crew in much more serious racing conditions. 'We have only been doing some races on the bay with the Combined Club Series.'
Mike Mollison handover of Oceanis 40 at Sanctuary Cove Boat Show - Ensign Yachts Beneteau Cup 2011
Gold Coast's Paul Laurence is one of the first in Australia to own the new First 30. 'We have had it in the water for 10 weeks now and it is going nicely. Every race we go in, we win.'
Laurence originally owned a 35-foot cruising yacht which delivered some good results in local and Whitsunday races. The move to the much sportier First 30 has encouraged him to look at competing in this year's Beneteau Cup. Firstly though, he admits, there is still a lot to learn about the new boat, G2. 'We haven't quite figured it out yet. We are about to head up north to compete in the Hamilton Island Race Week. By the end of that we will actually know what is going on.'
G2 has been cautiously entered in the Cruising Spinnaker division for Hamilton Island. Pushing the boat and crew at this stage to achieve at the top end of the racing fleet is not on Laurence's agenda, at least not yet. 'It's a brand new boat and the crew that race with me at Hammo only step on board a boat once a year. Let's see what happens in the Beneteau Cup if I can make it there.'
In the big boats, Mooloolaba's Bob Robertson launched his new First 40 this week. The choice of the First 40 was a fairly simple one for Robertson. 'They are probably the best rating and performing boats in their class at this time.'
With still plenty of racing in him, the feisty and perennial big race competitor has set a tough program for his new boat. Too late to compete in the Brisbane to Keppel Race, the program will start with Hamilton Island Race Week before he returns to Brisbane for the Ensign Yachts Beneteau Cup and then heads south to contest the Sydney to Hobart Race.
Joining him on board for Hamilton will be several of the crew from Robertson's 1991 Hobart campaign when, with Queensland Maid, they placed third overall.
True to form, the 71-year-old Robertson has chosen an unusual name for the boat moving away from Neil Diamond song names to something vastly different – Lunchtime Legend. 'It's a bit of a send up I suppose. All yachties say about each other, you're a legend in your own lunchtime. I thought I may as well get into the groove.
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Meat Loaf upcoming album release "Hot Holidays" MP3 download edition recently leaked out. We are providing the Mediafire.com, Torrent and Megaupload.com links, just scroll down. It is the full 320kbit/s MP3 file, in both RAR along with .ZIP formats. The "Meat Loaf Hot Holidays download" is located at the bottom within the page, under the review. Do you love the album? Post using the comment segment.
A short review of Meat Loaf – Hot Holidays download
Just as assured via the press release, the Hot Holidays download is an excellent album. What they didnât inform us was that the lyrics would surrender to sharp, poetic symbolism in support of dirty prose as well as relaxing repetition. However new tracks here really feel extraordinarily produced, if anything, Meat Loafâs words really feel, in general, devoid of any kind of real emotion as well as inflection, stuffed instead with empty metaphors combined with empty refrains.
Which specifically isnât to declare itâs a run of the mill or unfulfilling listen, per se. Opening cut pockets magnificently with its nuanced, out-of-the-ordinary changes in character, while stomping next tune offers several rousing straight notes over relaxing words which doesnât sound misplaced.
This album download picks up a certain amount of steam after the third song with its overwrought, airy constitution suggesting thereâs still a pulse below "Hot Holidays" suffocatingly dru production. The rousing remaining track tersely moving hits the albums sentimental top.
However itâs a tad too uncertain in tone and elegance to become as directly grasping as other 2011 releases within the same music genre, the Hot Holidays download leak has enough sonic nuance to bear repeated spins, particularly if you never had a life-altering experience with a Meat Loaf track in the background in the past.
As the completely new tracks sound fantastic enough, thereâs normally very little taking place while in the pencil and ink department Meat Loaf might have aged gracefully, however lyricists requires a healthy shot in the arm, now! I hope you like the Meat Loaf Hot Holidays album download.


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14 July 2011
Two students from Kent universities have won first prize in a prestigious national student essay competition at the annual Coubertin Olympic Awards.
PhD student Brenda Atuona at the University of Kent's Centre for Sports Studies, and Luke Harris, PhD student of History and American Studies, and Sports Science, Tourism and Leisure at Canterbury Christ Church University, received a £2000 prize for their award winning essay on the effects of corruption in sports on the Olympic ideals and sponsorship programmes.
The aim of the Coubertin Olympic Awards is to promote the application of Olympic ideals to the world of business, including the business of sport itself. The competition, now in its second year, is organised by the International Pierre de Coubertin Committee in partnership with the Institute of Business Ethics.
Gareth Wynn, EDF Energy Programme Director for 2012 and one of the judges, said: "When I read the top five essays I knew which one had to win. The joint team from Canterbury Christ Church University and University of Kent talked about corruption and that is a key issue for us as sponsors."
Dr Dikaia Chatziefstathiou, Reader in Sports Science, Tourism and Leisure at Canterbury Christ Church University, recently received the first Pierre de Coubertin prize for her world-leading Olympic research. Following the award, Dr Chatziefstathiou was asked to launch and lead the prestigious essay competition.
She said: "I am delighted that the winning team came from Kent, a joint force between Canterbury Christ Church and University of Kent, and that their research in this important field had been recognised by a national panel. I am very pleased for both Luke and Brenda."
PhD student Ms Atuona said: "It was an absolute pleasure working on the essay - to win was an added delight - and I would recommend any student to take up this opportunity."
Dr Sakis Pappous, Ms Atuona's PhD supervisor and the Director of Graduate Studies at the Centre for Sports Studies, said: "We aim to foster critical thinking in our graduate students and encourage them to engage in debates and competitions like this, in which they can apply their analytical skills."
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|January 28 2006, 01:57 AM
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The Doctor Who primer
Anyway, here goes.
(sorry no pics yet)
Here's some info from my other threads on the different Doctors (The pics sort of took up space last time, so I'll post the descriptions). This can serve as a primer of sorts should you wish to get into the series.
Basically, the series revolves around the Doctor, a member of an near-human alien species known as the time lords, who have mastered time and space travel. However, they choose to sit back and observe the universe, only interfering when absolutely necessary. The Doctor however grew sick of time lord society, and rebelled; he stole a time machine or TARDIS (Time and Relative Dimensions in space) and decided to go on adventures throughout all of time and space, fighting injustice and sometimes just trying to enjoy himself.
At one point, his time machine's Chameleon circuit-which allows the TARDIS to blend in with it's surroundings-jammed and now it's been stuck in the shape of a Police box-on the outside at least. Inside the TARDIS is a massive spaceship with near-infinite rooms and corridors, although the 'bridge' of the TARDIS is the console room, which houses the ship's main controls, enterance and viewscreen.
The Doctor is frequently accompanied by companions, who are usually humans, although there have been other aliens and robots among the 'crew'. He has a big sense of humor, although what type of humor changes with the incarnation.
Time Lords have the ability to 'regenerate' when near death, changing into a new body. Although the mind and memories of the Doctor remain the same, there are often radical changes in his personality and methods. After his regeneration the Doctor also often experiences temporary amnesia and psychosis-this is mostly due to the Doctor's regeneration's being more traumatic than most other time lords (Who pretty much just die when they get old).
Part of Who's appeal is it's flexibility; the show has reinvented itself many times. It started as a semi-educational show(Early Hartnell), became a sort of time/space travel adventure show with monsters(Late Hartnell, Troughton era), then a kind of alien James Bond(Pertwee era), gothic horror(Early Tom Baker), than sci-fi comedy(Later Baker), than hard sci-fi(Tom Baker's last season, some of Peter Davison's stuff) celebrating the show's own history(Some of Davison's and most of Colin Baker)Pantomime(Early McCoy era) and finally a return to Gothic horror(Final season). The new series mixes some Soap Opera elements with a general action/horror/sci-fi feel...
The show's main weakness, at least in the first series(1963-1989) was it's low budget; The show rarely exceeded the effects and set standard of most other 60's sci-fi series, although at times the production team have been able to exceed their limitations.
I could list a lot more about the series, including a general outline of all the actors who have played the Doctor (On TV at least) as well as the Doctor's companions, series villains etc, if you want me to.
As for a show being accessible, the show did rely too much on continuity in the 80s but the new series was designed to be highly acessible to new viewers. Continuity references to the old show are kept to a minimum and everything's pretty much explained. There's only two recurring bad guys from the old series at this point-The Autons who are basically animated plastic (and posess store dummies) who appear in the pilot episode, "Rose"; and the Doctor's classic villains the Daleks, Octopus-like creatures that are encased in war machines.
Here's a general rundown of the Doc's incarnations.
There are some spoilers ahead. I've included some qoutes, as well
The First Doctor (William Hartnell) 1963-1966
"One day, I shall come back; yes, I shall come back. Until then there must be no regrets, no tears, no anxieties. Just go forward in all your beliefs, and prove to me that I am not mistaken in mine."
When we first meet the Doctor, he's an apparent exile from some strange civilization. He appears somewhat sinister at first, but then sort of adopts a kind-if stern-attitude. He also had a mischevious sense of humor.
In his youngest incarnation, the Doctor fought the Daleks and Cybermen for the first time and crossed paths with the Aztecs, Marco Polo, King Richard and other historical figures. His era ended when Hartnell had declining health problems, and so the concept of regeneration was brought into the show. Collapsing after a battle with the Cybermen, Hartnell regenerated into:
"There are some corners of the universe that have bred the most terrible things. Things which act against everything we believe in. They must be fought."
The Second Doctor (Patrick Troughton) 1966-1969
This Doctor was much younger-looking and energetic than his predecessor. A sort of 'galactic hobo', this Doctor was more humerous than his predecessor, although his clownish antics hid often an incredible intelligence and a slightly more manipulative nature. This Doctor fought the Daleks and Cybermen multiple times and also was the first to encounter the Yeti, Ice Warriors, and UNIT. At this point, the Doctor's past caught up to him and he was captured by his own people, the time lords. Putting him on trial for taking a time machine and interfering in the universe, they forced him to be exiled to Earth and regenerated into:
The Third Doctor (Jon Pertwee) 1970-1974
"You know, sometimes I think military intelligence is a contradiction in terms!"
This Doctor, who had the appearence of a middle-aged man, became military advisor to UNIT, a military organization that dealt with strange occurences. Mostly, he helped repel alien menaces bent on invasion as well as a rival time lord known as the Master. He also made the ocassional trip in the TARDIS, but not as much as his other incarnations.
Personality-wise, he was very much an authority figure, more serious than his previous incarnation but also more flamboyant, with frilled clothing and a large variety of gadgets, including two customized cars (One of which could fly). He was very much a man of action, often using karate to subdue the bad guys. After a run-in with a dangerously radioactive cave, the Doctor regenerated into:
The Fourth Doctor (Tom Baker) 1974-1981
"The trouble with computers, of course, is that they're very sophisticated idiots..."
The longest-running Doctor, this Doctor was perhaps the most eccentric of the incarnations, wearing a long scarf and having a taste for sweets. Breaking most of his contact with UNIT (Although ocassionally helping them out), he resumed his travels in time and space. Like the second Doctor, his goofball persona hid a vast intelligence, and the fourth Doctor was also very contemplative of things, which led to him brooding from time to time.
In this incarnation the Doctor first encountered the creator of the Daleks, Davros, a mad scientist who would continue to haunt the Doctor in later incarnations. He also encountered memorable one-time villains such as the Zygons and Sutekh.
Toward the end of his reign, the Master returned and nearly destroyed the universe. In an attempt to repair things, the Doctor was forced to work with the Master, but the Master betrayed him, causing the Doctor to plummet off a radar tower. He regenerated into:
The Fifth Doctor (Peter Davison) 1981-1984
"An apple a day keeps the... Ah, never mind."
This Doctor, although older than his previous incarnations, appeared as a man apparentally in his early thirties. Although one of the kindest and selfless of the Doctors, he did have a somewhat short temper, especially when it came to his often-complaining companions.
He was also very energetic, often bursting into runs when danger was ahead. Unfortunately, his nature often let villains easily take advantage of him, especially when his companions were threathened. It was for a companion that this Doctor gave his life-after contracting an illness on the planet Androzani minor, he only had enough antidote for one person. He gave it to his companion, Peri, and changed into:
The Sixth Doctor (1984-1986) Colin Baker
"I am the Doctor, whether you like it or not."
The Sixth Doctor was loud, arrogant, and at times borderline psychotic, choosing to wear a wacky patchwork coat. However, beneath all his gruff exterior there was a very compassionate and poetic man who cared deeply for his companions.
However, slipping ratings, an eighteen month hiatus and behind-the-scenes drama at the BBC cut this Doctor's reign short, although the actor Colin Baker showed a great enthusiasm for the role. Without much explanation, he regenerated into:
The Seventh Doctor (Sylvestor McCoy) 1987-1989; 1996
"There are worlds out there where the sky is burning, and the sea's asleep, and the rivers dream; people made of smoke and cities made of song. Somewhere there's danger, somewhere there's injustice, somewhere else the tea's getting cold. Come on, Ace. We've got work to do."
The Seventh Doctor is perhaps the most egnimatic of the Doctors. Originally somewhat of a clownish, clumsy character, he soon became a darker persona, often manipulating his enemies and his companions for his own ends. Apart from this, he liked to play with spoons and enjoyed blues and jazz.
However, it was during McCoy's era that the show continued to decline ratings-wise and Doctor Who was canceled after over twenty-five years. Nevertheless, fans were adamant about bringing it back. A novel series continued the adventures of the Seventh Doctor, and the BBC explored options to bring the Doctor back, perhaps through an independent company. Eventually, they struck a deal with FOX to produce a television film, which *might* lead to a new series. The movie would be aired in Britain and America, and was a co-production.
For the film, McCoy returned to reprise his role as the Seventh Doctor, who is escorting the remains of his enemy, the Master, to Gallifrey, his home planet. However, the Master isn't quite dead and the TARDIS is forced to materialize in the middle of a San Francisco gang war. The Seventh Doctor is shot, and the Master posesses his Ambulance driver. Eventually at the hospital the Doctor regenerates into:
The Eigth Doctor (Paul Mcgann) 1996
"I love humans. Always seeing patterns in things that aren't there."
Very energetic and full of an enthusiasm about life, the Eigth Doctor only appeared once in the TV movie, although the adventures of the Eigth Doctor, with new companions and enemies, continues in novels and audio dramas(Where Mcgann reprises his role).
Some major spoilers for the new series:
Sometime during this Doctor's life, a massive time war erupted between the Daleks and Gallifrey. The Doctor, in order to bring an end to the war, presumabely destroyed both Gallifrey and the Dalek fleet, an incident which also caused him to regenerate into the Ninth Doctor
Eventually, new management took over at the BBC that was favorable towards the show, and decided that it was time to bring it back. The New Doctor Who series debuted to strong ratings and was mostly well-received, and has been renewed for at least two more years and for two holiday specials. The Second season and Holiday special are currently in production. The new series started off with:
The Ninth Doctor (Christopher Eccleston) 2005
"I saw the Fall of Troy, World War Five... I pushed boxes into Boston Harbor at the Boston Tea Party. Now I'm gonna die in a dungeon... In Cardiff!"
SPOILERS for the new series:
This Doctor, under his energetic nature and sense of humor, also harbored a deep sadness about the fate of his homeworld and a deep hatred of the Daleks. He cared deeply for his companion, Rose, and was somewhat distrustful of most male company she kept, including her boyfriend Mickey and alien expert Adam, although he eventually found an ally with companion Captain Jack. Eventually, in order to stop the Daleks, Rose absorbed the power of the time vortex into herself, which proved too powerful for her frail human body. The Doctor sucked the energy out of her and dispersed it, but in doing so damaged every cell in his body. He regenerated into
The Tenth Doctor (David Tennant) 2005-???
"Let's RIP through that vortex!"
To be continued....
Some of the Doctor's companions:
The Doctor's companions (Well, a few of them, at least)
Susan (Carole Ann Ford) 1963-1964
The Doctor's first companion, Susan was apparentally the Doctor's grandfather and a fellow exile/renegade, although her exact past and relationship with the Doctor has never really been explained. She left the Doctor when she fell in love with an Earth resistance fighter in "The Dalek Invasion Of Earth" and returned for the special "The Five Doctors".
Sarah Jane Smith (Elisabeth Sladen) 1974-1976
For many the definative companion, Sarah Jane Smith first appeared during Pertwee's last season and stayed with Tom Baker for two and a half years. A journalist, she enjoys adventuring with the Doctor and has a sense of humor. She's also a bit of a feminist, although this is toned down in her later stories. She returned in the special "K-9 and Company" as well as "The Five Doctors" and will be making a return appearence next year in "School Reunion".
Leela (Louise Jameson) 1976-1977
A Savage human from the future, the Doctor brings her onboard the TARDIS where he acts as a semi-mentor to her on the ways of science instead of magic. She's a strong-willed warrior woman, sort of a Xena before Xena.
Romana (Mary Tamm, Lalla Ward) 1978-1981
A timelady from Gallifrey, she initially was sent to help the Doctor recover the Key To Time, after that quest was completed, she stayed on until the Doctor ended up in the parrarel universe known as E-space, where she stayed. Romana is about equal with the Doctor in terms of intelligence, although she initially lacks the adventuring experience. Later, when she regenerates into a new form, she becomes much more Doctor-like in her personality.
Brigidiar Alistar Gordan Lethbridge Stewart (Nicholas Courtney) various
Head of UNIT, the Brigidiar first appeared in the second Doctor era, and was featured prominently in the Third Doctor era. He made appearences in the Fourth, fifth, and Seventh Doctor eras but has been absent from the sixth, eigth, and ninth Doctor eras although the first two have been rectified by audios and novels. He didn't appear in the First Doctor's era (Although the actor did play a character) but he's met the first Doctor in the multi-Doctor stories.
The Brigidiar is perhaps the Doctor's most constant ally on Earth, and one of his good friends, although they do tend to get on each other's nerves-especially when the Brigidiar feels that force is the best solution when the Doctor would settle for a more peaceful way out.
Josephine "Jo" Grant (Katy Manning) 1971-1973.
The companion mostly closely identified with the Third Doctor, Jo wasn't the brighest companion, but still had a good heart and became good friends with the Third Doctor.
Tegan Jovanka (Janet Felding) 1981-1984
Tegan appears in all but one of the Fifth Doctor's stories. She's an air hostess from Australia who often complains about the Doctor's inability to control the TARDIS, and has suffered considerable trauma on her journeys, being posessed by the entity known as the Mara at least twice.
Perpigilliam "Peri" Brown (Nicola Bryant) 1984-1986
Initially a companion of the Fifth Doctor, it wasn't long after they met that he regenerated into the Sixth. Peri had a somewhat difficult relationship with the Sixth Doctor, but for all their arguing there was friendship between the two.
Dorothy "Ace" Mcshane (Sophie Aldred) 1987-1989
This troubled teen was taken from her home by a time storm and wound up on the planet Iceworld, where she first met the Doctor. She often talked in a lot of street slang and often did a lot of physical stuff, tackling the Doctor's enemies with a variety of weapons. She also became sort of a pawn in the Seventh Doctor's games at times, which put somewhat of a strain on their relationship.
Rose Tyler (Billie Piper) 2005-?
One of the Doctor's most recent companions, an intelligent but slightly typical teenager. She enjoys her travels with the Doctor but it sometimes puts a strain on her domestic life.
Captain Jack (John Barrowman) 2005-?
A bisexual from the 50th century, Jack's sort of a man's man and a Ladies's man. He first meets the Doctor and Rose during an adventure in 1940's London.
The Doctor's enemies:
The Daleks. The Mutated survivors of a nuclear war, the Daleks were encased in metallic war machines by their creator Davros. Each Dalek is encased in thick armor, carries one powerful weapon (Capable of scrambling one's insides) and a manipulater "plunger" sucker arm capable of crushing skulls or cracking a combination very quickly. Later generations of Dalek have force fields and are capable of flight to get over obstacles. The Daleks believe they are the superior beings in the universe and wish to either rule over or destroy all others.
Davros. Creator Of The Daleks, Davros is pretty much the model on which they are based as well. Initially believe killed by his creations, he eventually was revived and brought some of the Dalek race under his control, creating a civil war in the process.
The Master
Roger Delgado 1971-1973
Peter Pratt 1976
Geoffrey Beevers 1981
Anthony Ainley (Pictured) 1981-1989
Eric Roberts 1996
The Doctor's arch-nemesis, a renegade time lord who is bent on universal domination. He's also a bit of a body-snatcher as well, since he's exhausted all his lives and seeks to extend his life in anyway possible.
The Master first appeared during the Third Doctor's era, appearing in a large number of stories. He later showed up in the Fourth Doctor's era as a walking corpse before gaining a final body towards the end of Tom Baker's run. In this new body he caused trouble for the fifth, sixth, and Seventh Doctors. He gained another new body in the TV movie and caused problems for the recently regenerated Eigth Doctor, before being sucked into a black hole...his present whereabouts are unknown.
The Cybermen
The Cybermen are from the Planet Mondas, which replaced most of their body parts with cybernetic replacements, a process which also eliminated their emotions. The Cybermen are bent on conquest, not only of Earth but also of humans themselves, who they wish to convert into Cybermen. Cybermen have the appearence largely of humanoid robots but still posess living matter in their bodies. They have a largely military structure, with most squads being led by "Cyberleaders" who are distinquished by their black headsets.
|January 28 2006, 01:33 PM
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|January 28 2006, 02:02 PM
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|January 28 2006, 02:36 PM
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Just watched the 2005 season, and while I was a bit disappointed at the end, there were some truly exceptional episodes along the way! Started taping the PBS airings of the old Dr. Whos too!
|January 28 2006, 04:50 PM
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|January 28 2006, 10:36 PM
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|January 29 2006, 12:53 AM
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The first Doctor
The Second Doctor
The Third Doctor
The Fourth Doctor
The Fifth Doctor
Sixth Doctor
Seventh Doctor
Eigth Doctor
Ninth Doctor
In addition to these ten official actors, several other actors have played the Doctor in canon and non-canon productions. For the anniversary special The Five Doctors, Richard Hurdnall assumed the role of the first Doctor, replacing the deceased Hartnell. An evil incarnation of the Doctor from the future played by Michael Jayston caused problems in the epic serial "Trial Of A Time Lord". Richard E. Grant played an alternate Ninth Doctor in the animated webcast "Scream Of The Shalka". Actors Rowan Atkinson (Mr. Bean) Richard E. Grant again, Jim Broadbent (Moulin Rouge) Hugh Grant and Joanna Lumley (Absolutely Fabolous) also played Doctors in the charity spoof "Curse OF Fatal Death". Peter Cushing (Horror veteran and Tarkin in "Star Wars") also played the theatrical incarnation of the Doctor in "Doctor Who and the Daleks" and "Daleks-invasion Earth 2150 A.D" which were films loosely based on the show. A series of audio dramas, produced by Big Finish, also feature actors such as David Warner, Arabella Weir and Derek Jacobi play the Doctor.
|January 29 2006, 02:01 AM
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The 'classic' Dalek
The 'new' Dalek
The Cybermen, in their most recent appearence, 1988's Silver Nemesis.
The new model Cybermen, debuting later this year.
Dalek creator and sometimes ruler Davros
The longest-running incarnation of the Master (Anthony Ainley)
|January 29 2006, 02:40 AM
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James "Jaime" Mccrimmon
Romana (Mary Tamm and Lalla Ward)
Sarah Jane Smith (Elisabeth Sladen)
Susan (Carole Ann Ford)
Rose Tyler (Billie Piper)
Perpigilliam "Peri" Brown (Nicola Bryant)
Dorothy "Ace" Mcshane (Sophie Aldred)
Tegan Jovanka (Janet Felding)
Josephine "Jo" Grant (Katy Manning)
Allies of the Doctor
Brigidiar Alistair Gordan Lethbridge-Stewart (Nicholas Courtney)
Jackie Tyler (Camille Cadori)
Mickey Smith (Noel Clarke)
Professor Travers (Jack Watling)
Sgt.Benton (John Leven)
Harriet Jones (Penelope Wilton)
Captain Mike Yates (Richard Franklin)
The White Guardian (Cyril Lucklam)
Borusa (Angus Mackay)
|January 29 2006, 03:07 PM
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She bought her first new car and you hit her with a drunk driver. What, is that supposed to be funny?
|January 29 2006, 04:08 PM
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|January 29 2006, 07:28 PM
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|January 29 2006, 11:17 PM
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|January 30 2006, 01:48 AM
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Public pensions
I am not a state or public employee but do I understand this correctly? Our Kentucky legislators for many years have failed to put dedicated money into the state employees' pension fund and it is now broke and will not be able to meet the future payments to beneficiaries. And, to make up for this mismanagement, they want to increase the personal taxes and other fees of most everyone in Kentucky.
Then I agree with Sandy Foster's letter to editor in Monday's paper that "we should not be penalized because lawmakers failed to properly fund their part of our pension." Let's remove these people from office at next election.
La Grange, Ky. 40031
Stop tax increases
So now Louisville Metro Council Democrats want a mere one percent tax hike on insurance policies - JUST a 20 percent rate increase - for Affordable Housing. Oh, yes, they say it is temporary - just five years. Sure. I am beginning to wonder what planet this Democrat lives on here in Courier-Journal land.
And turn the page and our mayor wants a one percent sales tax for "special interests." Of course, they say that is temporary also. And yes it is strongly endorsed by GLI and the Lexington mayor etc. - all the public sector whose salaries are paid by us in the private sector.
Ladies and gentlemen, why would you move to or start a business in Louisville? Please stop all these tax increases! Why don't you realize there is less to redistribute if you keep raising tax rates on the workers? Where is JFK, who lowered tax rates to boost economic activity? Oh, and by the way, Ronald Reagan did, too!
Louisville 40223
Good investment
I read in The Courier-Journal that the Metro Council will consider a one percent increase in the tax on insurance premiums to provide revenue for the Local Affordable Housing Trust Fund. I checked my insurance bills and discovered that this will cost me an additional $20 a year. I don't like to pay more taxes, but when I give $20 to a local homeless shelter, I am only helping provide temporary shelter for a homeless family for one night or less. By paying an additional $20 in tax for the AHTF I can help make long-term, affordable housing available for families and children, so they don't end up in shelters. This is a good investment in a stable community.
Louisville 40205
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For all practical purposes, state Sen. Julie Denton told Kentucky's 23,000 nursing home residents to shut up on Jan. 6 when she took a vote on Senate Bill 9 before hearing from opponents of the bill. At least two-thirds of these dear souls suffer from dementia and have lost their own voices, so they depend on others to stand up and speak up for them.
Indeed, their advocates were ready to do that at the meeting of the Senate Health and Welfare Committee chaired by Denton who is sponsor of the bill. First, she allowed ample time for proponents to say why they support imposing a requirement that lawsuits against nursing homes go before medical review panels to determine their worthiness. Then she took the vote, after which several committee members left, apparently not caring what opponents had to say.
Having stifled the voices of Kentucky's nursing home residents in such a cold, calculated and callous manner, Denton might as well have kicked their walkers out from under them and overturned their wheelchairs. Shame on her.
Adding insult to injury, the powerful and monied nursing home industry is now airing fear-mongering ads begging people to support SB 9. Indeed, those interests continue to be heard, although our nursing home residents were denied their best chance for a hearing by Denton.
Consumer Representative on the Kentucky Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Council
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