text:
Grand Theft Auto Throws Dagger Through The Heart of Call of Duty - Nick's Gaming View Episode #104
- Details
- Category: Nick's Gaming View
- Written by Nick McCandless
Grand Theft Auto throws dagger through the heart of Call of Duty, day one sales for Call of Duty: Black Ops II released, and PlayStation Vita's Call of Duty: Black Ops Declassified creeps into criticism warfare, THIS IS NICK'S GAMING VIEW!
Hello everyone and welcome to Nick's Gaming View, you are here with your host, Nick McCandless. Rockstar Games, the developer behind the Grand Theft Auto franchise, recently gave a blow to franchises such as Call of Duty by stating "We could easily have churned out a new version year after year without really progressing as a franchise but if we did that eventually the fans would lose interest." Such comment certainly earns a lot of respect from me, especially hearing and seeing its impact implemented within Grand Theft Auto V, but based on the day one sales figures of Call of Duty: Black Ops II, it's hard to blame Activision.
Becoming the most successful day one video game launch in history, Activision's Call of Duty Black Ops II sold over a staggering eight million copies worldwide within the first 24 hours of its launch once again shattering entertainment records. While I agree with Rockstar Games on the fact that any title outside of a sports release should release on a less regular basis, if you were cashing in on a percentage of Call of Duty's profits, would you change things up? I doubt it!
Wrapping up Nick's Gaming View, while feedback on Black Ops II has been pretty solid and many gamers have given it the title of "Best Call of Duty Release", its Vita counterpart, Call of Duty: Black Ops Declassified, has experienced the wrath of criticism. With many gamers completing the single player campaign in less than a hour and the title's visuals being torn to shreds, you would have thought Activision would have attempted to strengthen or at least maintain the Call of Duty brand, but its clear that this was never a priority.
Well that concludes today's episode of Nick's Gaming View but be sure to follow me on Twitter @NickMcCandless and check back daily for Nick's Gaming View for your daily access pass to all things gaming.
DOWNLOAD (Audio): Right Click and Save Link As...
Twitter: https://twitter.com/NickMcCandless
Google+: https://plus.google.com/101731558093991354166
People in this conversation
Comments (1)
- Latest Comments
Unscripted Access
Cliché Comes to Patch Nam…
November 23, 2015
PlayStation 2 emulation is coming to PlayStation 4, Rainbow Six Siege will b...


text: > View Product Details Please select the size of the product. Please enter valid quantity. David Kahn sky blue faded denim 'Nikki' boot cut jeans overview details Retail: $205.00 Reduced: $46.97 40% Off : $28.18 color : We're sorry. This style is sold out. Sky Blue This classic pair of boot cut jeans are perfect for day, night and everything in between. When it comes to timeless design, David Kahn has the denim style for you. Color: Sky Blue Lightweight, lightly faded denim with some whisker wear Zip fly with button closure at belt looped waist Classic five pocket construction Boot cut leg with 16'' opening Contemporary fit 8'' rise 33½'' inseam Approximate measurements taken from a size 28, and may vary by size 71% Cotton / 30% PES; Machine Wash; U.S.A; style#323611401

subset: commoncrawl


text:
0 ♥
coworking here
Greenpoint Coworking
240 North Henry Street, 11222 Brooklyn, United States
Greenpoint Coworking is a shared workspace for independent workers. Our goal is to build and nourish community while fostering individual work. Our space is a platform where members can alleviate the isolation of working from home, share ideas, and team up with one another.
Managers at Greenpoint Coworking
Loading map
Share your story here:


text:
Hey, can you guys tell me some facts and stats about MTB please? such as how popular it is and how much its increased over the years. any facts you know would be great, links too (if you know some).
Hey, can you guys tell me some facts and stats about MTB please? such as how popular it is and how much its increased over the years. any facts you know would be great, links too (if you know some).
Live to ride, Ride to live
google is your friend, and is much more likely to yield credible sources
1 in 2 people* believe it's better to have sources you can actually cite and not just quote random drivel from forum members.
(Well, I asked the plant in the room I'm in and got no response so I assumed that was a No with respect to citing the sources)
First Class Jerk
freestyle walking and 45% more popular than competitive eating.
Last edited by C Law; 09-24-07 at 11:29 AM.
Here's a little known fact. Most mountain biking is done with a mountain bike. There is a small group (really only 1 individual) that ride with friends WITHOUT a mountain bike but I think he might be waiting for his credit card rewards to accumulate. I have witnessed this on television so you can be assured it is true.
ok, Im not stupid, but I need some facts about mountain biking. Ive only found one useful peice of advice on here. anyway, popularity meant how many people do it, especially compared to skateboarding, in Canada would be the most helpful.
Live to ride, Ride to live
14 going on 4
Good luck!
Edit: Since I have researched this in the past, I'll throw out some factoids [note that you will need to verify this data and find your own sources]:
- ~80% of all adult bicycles sold in Canada are classified as mountain bikes [a opposed to BMX, Road, Hybrid, Unicycle, etc.]
- Only ~20% of all adult mountain bikes sold in Canada are ever taken off-road [in the US, it's ~10%]
- mountain bike use is higher in the Western provinces than in the rest of Canada
- IIIRC, skateboarding has a very different demographic than mountain biking, with over 90% of active participants under the age of 18
Again, you'll need to verify any factoid you might read on a forum. You might want to poke your head into the advocacy forum and ask around. You'll likely get a better response.
Last edited by pinkrobe; 09-24-07 at 12:22 PM.
Proud Member of the HHCMF
'06 Cervelo Soloist Carbon | '09 Titus El Guapo | '09 Misfit diSSent | '09 Wabi Lightning
IMBA.com has some stats and they may have some Canada specific stuff as well.
First Class Jerk
Fact 1: about mountain biking that I can assure you is true. While not the most versed or greatest mountain biker currently living, junkyard is at the top of the list when it comes to most sarcastic mountain bikers perusing bike forums. I am quite sure that the others sharing the top slots on the list with me are comfortable in knowing who they are.
Fact B: Green mountain bikes get the most *****.
Sounds like a school project. I did two kids' homework already and I've paid my dues. Do your own homework
Yeti | RST | Gold's Gym | Hayes | Royal Racing/Urge/Brake Authority/7iDP Protection | Maxxis | Renthal | Gamut USA | Bicycle Butler Spokane, WA
"Simplicate and add more lightness." William Bushnell Stout
Mtb is first, since skateboarding is declining:
Mtb also wins in this:
...but not in Canada:
TH 1.81 (133kg*62)
The Rules of Mountain Biking
1st RULE: You do not talk about MOUNTAIN BIKING.
2nd RULE: You DO NOT talk about MOUNTAIN BIKING.
3rd RULE: If someone says "stop" or goes limp, taps out the ride is over.
4th RULE: Only two guys to a trail.
5th RULE: One switchback at a time.
6th RULE: No shirts, no shoes.
7th RULE: Rides will go on as long as they have to.
8th RULE: If this is your first night at the trailhead, you HAVE to ride.


text:
Does my television service provider carry Universal Sports Network?
Universal Sports is currently available through DIRECTV, DISH Network, Time Warner Cable, Verizon FiOS, and several other providers. Visit http://universalsports.com/tv-listings/channel-finder/ to find out more information.
If your provider does not offer Universal Sports, please call 1-800-55-GET-US or complete the form requesting that your provider add Universal Sports to their lineup.
I have NBC Sports Network (NBCSN) as part of my television package. Isn't that the same thing as Universal Sports?
NBCSN is a different television network from Universal Sports. Please contact your television provider to find out how to subscribe to Universal Sports, the only year-round Olympic, endurance and action sports network.
|I AM HAVING TROUBLE WATCHING LIVE EVENTS OR FULL EVENT REPLAYS ONLINE — To watch the live stream of USN and most events streamed online you must subscribe to Universal Sports Network as part of your television package. The live stream of the network and any events designated with the "lock" icon require that you sign-in using the credentials supplied by your television service provider (see above).If you are having technical problems, a complete trouble-shooting guide is available: CLICK HERE
Why do I have to login to watch some video?
To watch the live stream of USN and most events streamed online you must subscribe to Universal Sports Network as part of your television package.
Why can't I sign in?
To Sign In to our site you must enter the login credentials provided by your television provider. If you do not have your login name and/or password, please contact your TV provider directly.
I forgot my username and/or password. What should I do?
If you forgot your username and/or password, please contact your television service provider.
Is my privacy protected on Universal Sports?
Your privacy is important to us. We provide a detailed notice explaining our online information practices. For more information, visit our privacy guidelines included in the terms and conditions.
Can I link my site to Universal Sports?
Yes, you are allowed to link to Universal Sports. However, unless you have our written permission, you must link to the main page rather than a specific page inside the site. If your site is frame-based, we require that Universal Sports opens in a new frame rather than in a frame on your site.
Can Universal Sports link to my site?
We occasionally form partnerships to link to related sports entity sites. Contact our business development department for more information.
I'd like to see specific programming on Universal Sports. How do I make a request?
We value your input and would like to hear from you! We've created a place for you to tell us what you like and don't like about Universal Sports. Please visit the CUSTOMER SERVICE link in the footer of the site.
How do I contact customer support?
All customer support for Universal Sports is provided via email. Please submit your comments, problems or suggestions by clicking CUSTOMER SERVICE link in the footer at the bottom of the site.
I sent a support request and did not get a response.
We try to respond to every support request that comes in through this site. Please check to make sure that you entered the correct email address in the reply-to category. We will not respond to any emails that include foul or abusive language. If you have any questions, comments or concerns about our web site, please contact us below using the CUSTOMER SERVICE link in the footer of the site.


text:
Arthur Greaves
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Arthur Ivan Greaves was an Anglican bishop in the mid 20th century.
He was born on 11 January 1873 and educated at Hurstpierpoint College and Keble College, Oxford.[1] After a period of study at Ripon College Cuddesdon he was ordained in 1897.[2]
His first post was as a Curate in Kettering[3] after which became Vicar of St Mary's, Northampton before further incumbencies at Leicester and Finedon.[4] Subsequently Archdeacon of Oakham[5] and then Bishop of Grantham he was translated to Grimsby in 1937,[6] a post he held for a further 21 years.[7] A keen musician,[8] he died a year after his retirement on 29 November 1959.[9] His papers are housed within The National Archives.[10]
- ^ "Who was Who" 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
- ^ Ordinations. Canterbury The Times Wednesday, 22 December 1897; p. 3; Issue 35393; col C
- ^ "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, John Phillips, 1900
- ^ During this time he also served as a Chaplain to the Forces during World War I > Who was Who (Ibid)
- ^ New Archdeacon Of Oakham The Times Monday, 24 December 1923; p. 7; Issue 43532; col G
- ^ Ecclesiastical News- Changes In Suffragan Bishoprics The Times Saturday, 6 November 1937; p. 8; Issue 47835; col F
- ^ Resignation of the Bishop Of Grimsby The Times Tuesday, 13 May 1958; p. 12; Issue 54149; col D
- ^ This is Lincolnshire
- ^ Obituary Dr. A. I. Greaves former Bishop Of Grimsby The Times Monday, 30 November 1959; p. 19; Issue 54631; col A
- ^ Catalogue details
|Church of England titles
|Preceded by
Ernest Morell Blackie
|Bishop of Grantham
|Succeeded by
Algernon Augustus Markham
|Bishop of Grimsby
|Succeeded by
Kenneth Healey
|This article about a Church of England bishop is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
- 1873 births
- People educated at Hurstpierpoint College
- Alumni of Keble College, Oxford
- Alumni of Ripon College Cuddesdon
- Archdeacons of Oakham
- Bishops of Grantham
- Bishops of Grimsby
- 20th-century Anglican bishops
- 1959 deaths
- World War I chaplains
- Royal Army Chaplains' Department officers
- Church of England bishop stubs


text:
|Update this page
|Flag this page for review by FlightAware staff
Please do not upload images you do not own or photos with a watermark; they will be deleted.
All content is subject to the License Agreement
Allied Aviation Services (web)(1 Review) Write a review of Allied Aviation Services
Building 116 - Fuel Farm Road
Newark Liberty International Airport
Elizabeth, NJ 07201
(Google Maps)
Allied Aviation Services, Inc. including its subsidiary and affiliated companies (Allied Aviation) is the largest American domestically owned provider of fueling services to the commercial aviation industry.
Data is submitted by registered FlightAware members on 2014-May-22 08:18PM.


text:
1. See what the best dressed ladies are wearing to PFW and shop the looks for yourself.
2. Three foolproof ways to pull off a monochromatic outfit.
3. Gwyneth Paltrow just turned 40—can you believe it?! We celebrate the eternally-youthful actress' birthday with her (40, obviously) best looks ever.
4. If we had a million dollars we'd buy ALL these dreamy shoes. But since we don't—oh heck, we probably will anyways.
5. Ten mixed media pieces that combine leather, denim, beads, silk and velvet in the coolest of ways.
6. Find out which fall dress is most flattering on your body shape and order it now.
7. There's no reason to deplete you budget on something like tights. Here are 50 pairs under $25—so you can save money for those Moda Operandi trunk shows. (Suno is today…just sayin'.)
More on Luckymag.com:
- Lucky Girl: Candice Lake
- If This Bag Were a Person: Totem Salvaged Edition
- Kanye West Designed Some More Shoes Destined for Kim Kardashian's Feet
- Peep Victoria Beckham's Vintage Modeling Snapshots From 1992
- Celebrity Stylist Jen Rade Shares Her Fashion Wisdom, Makes Me Over in Leather and Lace
Keep up with the Lucky team on Twitter: Follow @LuckyMagazine


text:
1-800-369-4669 | Live Chat | Contact Us
Subscribe and Save 25%!
Product Details
About this product:
• Round glass jar with snug-fit metal lid is filled with your choice of treats for delicious promotion of your brand
• Choose from starlight mints, cocoa and cookies, mixed chocolates OR Hershey's® Kisses®
• Jar can be used to hold other treats or promotional products once original treats are gone
• Dimensions: 3-1/4"W x 4-1/4"H
• Image area: 1-1/2"W x 1/2"H
Bring joy to promotions with Joyful Jars customized with your company's marketing message. Choose from several available treats-starlight mints, cocoa and cookies, mixed chocolates or Hershey's® Kisses®-for a flavor that is personalized to the taste of your target market. No one will be able to resist the tempting treats in these logoed jars that your company can give out at holiday parties, product launches or as part of customer and employee incentive programs.
Rush: Call for details.
Available Design Methods
Available Design Locations
We have developed an FAQ with answers to your common questions.
If you cannot find your answer, we want to hear from you.
Chat online with a representative:
Online Representatives are available .
Call us at 1-800-369-4669
Phones are answered during our regular business hours of 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time.
Email us at: email@example.com
E-mails are answered during our regular business hours of 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time.
Starting Price:
**The estimated delivery date is based on selection of UPS ground delivery.
Color boxes indicating "Available Colors" are digital representations of product color options and are not exact matches.
2. Set Quantity: Minimum required for this product:
Lowest quantity listed is minimum quantity for design.
Quantity must be a multiple of 1 when decorated.
3. Add Logo:
Saving your products to "My Projects" allows you to re-visit them at a future date. You can either save the changes made to an existing project or save them as a new project.
Get email updates on the latest exclusive offers and events!
Canada Customers | Visit Staples.com | Visit EWay.com | Visit Order.StaplesAdvantage.com | Staples RewardsTerms & Conditions | Privacy Policy
| Site Map | © 2015 Staples, Inc. All Rights Reserved.


text:
Author has written 3 stories for Blue Exorcist/青の祓魔師.
Name: Cookie dough
Age: 1 to 1,000,000,000
Gender: I'm a she dummies!
Country: NARNIA!
About me:
I'm addicted to Yaoi!
My fav yaoi couples:
Naruto- Sasunaru
Ao no exorcist BonRin, RenRin
No.6- RatSion
... ect.
Most of my stories will be Yaoi!
I'm ADD
I have a few sayings
1. "If you love something set it free, ... or cripple it so it can't get away!" In reference to Reba (Mother loved that show... now my parents are divorced and it brings back bad memories)
2. Don't judge other because of the way they look, who or what they like. All that matters is whats on the inside and out that matters.


text:
The International Classification for Primary Care (ICPC) standard aims to facilitate simultaneous and longitudinal comparisons of clinical primary care practice within and across country borders; it is also used for administrative purposes. This study evaluates the use of the original ICPC-1 and the more complete ICPC-2 Norwegian versions in electronic patient records.
We performed a retrospective study of approximately 1.5 million ICPC codes and diagnoses that were collected over a 16-year period at 12 primary care sites in Norway. In the first phase of this period (transition phase, 1992-1999) physicians were allowed to not use an ICPC code in their practice while in the second phase (regular phase, 2000-2008) the use of an ICPC code was mandatory. The ICPC codes and diagnoses defined a problem event for each patient in the PROblem-oriented electronic MEDical record (PROMED). The main outcome measure of our analysis was the percentage of problem events in PROMEDs with inappropriate (or missing) ICPC codes and of diagnoses that did not map the latest ICPC-2 classification. Specific problem areas (pneumonia, anaemia, tonsillitis and diabetes) were examined in the same context.
Codes were missing in 6.2% of the problem events; incorrect codes were observed in 4.0% of the problem events and text mismatch between the diagnoses and the expected ICPC-2 diagnoses text in 53.8% of the problem events. Missing codes were observed only during the transition phase while incorrect and inappropriate codes were used all over the 16-year period. The physicians created diagnoses that did not exist in ICPC. These 'new' diagnoses were used with varying frequency; many of them were used only once. Inappropriate ICPC-2 codes were also observed in the selected problem areas and for both phases.
Our results strongly suggest that physicians did not adhere to the ICPC standard due to its incompleteness, i.e. lack of many clinically important diagnoses. This indicates that ICPC is inappropriate for the classification of problem events and the clinical practice in primary care.
Medical standards are essential resources for clinical decision making and decision support, audit, governance, research, education and training [1]. Medical classifications are medical standards that are developed to facilitate the primary and secondary use of clinical data. The various versions of Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine (SNOMED), International Classification of Diseases (ICD) and International Classification for Primary Care (ICPC) are some examples of medical classifications.
ICPC was first published in 1987 by the WONCA (World Organization of Family Physicians) International Classification Committee (WICC) as a tool to order the domain of family practice in the format of episodes of care [2]. The current version (ICPC-2) is the outcome of many revisions over the first ICPC-1 version [3]. It has been translated in many languages and it is used as part of the primary care practice in several countries.
General practitioners (GPs) are often under-motivated to code their consultation data [4]. The quality of electronic patient record (EPR) data in primary care appears to be a major issue for computerized systems that utilize other terminologies as well, such as the Read clinical classification [5]. Porcheret et al studied the use of Read codes in a UK region and found that the coding completeness for all primary care centre consultations with a physician ranged from 5% to 97% between practices when the system did not demand a code for the storage of clinical narratives [6].
ICPC coding has been compulsory for all GPs in Norway since 1992 [7]. The Norwegian Centre for Informatics in Health and Social Care (KITH) maintains all the electronic versions of ICPC on behalf of WICC and supports the download of both the English and Norwegian versions [8]. In order to better cover the clinical needs, KITH extended the Norwegian ICPC-2 to include more diagnoses than the English version; thus, each code may correspond to more than one diagnosis for the same problem area.
The present study evaluates the ICPC use in primary care EPRs and focuses on missing and non-existing codes, and diagnoses that do not map the diseases, the symptoms or the procedures of the standard ICPC-2 classification. The extent of the problems with ICPC use was assessed by using a large data set that was collected over a 16-year period in Norway. Based on our findings various aspects are discussed and potential directions for future work are suggested.
The data set that was used in this study was extracted from primary care PROblem-oriented electronic MEDical records (PROMEDs); PROMEDs operated from 1984 to 2008. The first PROMED version (1984) did not include any disease classification and the diagnoses were entered manually by the physicians. This version was developed in Clipper 87 and Clipper 5 programming languages while the data was stored in dBASE databases.
The functionality for recording ICPC-1 diagnoses and codes was added to RPOMED system in 1992. The period from 1992 to 1999 was considered as a transition phase and physicians were allowed to reuse patient diagnoses (ICPC-adjusted or not) that were stored in the system before 1992 either associating them with an ICPC-1 code or not.
The PROMED version that was used in the regular phase (2000-2008) was built in Ms Visual Basic 6. The dBASE databases were automatically converted to a similar format in Ms Access 97 databases retaining the data that was collected in the period 1984-1999. The Access 97 databases were accessed using ActiveX Data Objects (ADO) and Structured Query Language (SQL). Both PROMED versions ran on personal computers that were interconnected over a Local Area Network (LAN).
PROMED included various modules for narratives, laboratory routines, drugs and prescriptions, referrals, discharge notes, electronic data exchange, reimbursement, etc. The current study used a part of the narrative module and the ICPC classification register only.
The problem-oriented conceptual design of PROMED is shown in Figure 1. Each record in the narrative module defines one problem event (single coloured boxes; Figure 1). Problem events are implemented as database records; each record stores a narrative with the diagnosis and the corresponding ICPC code and is also stamped with the author's identity, the time, and other parameters. A problem history is defined as a sequential list of problem events and the last diagnosis in a problem history (red boxes; Figure 1) is the problem name; problem names are displayed separately from the problem histories (Figure 2). For example all the events for a patient's diabetes problem could be stored in one problem history.
Figure 1. The tree structure of PROMED with '1 to n' problem histories. Each box represents one database record for a problem event. Problem 1 has two events; problem 2 has 5 events, etc. The history of each problem starts with a black box and ends with a red; the blue are intermediate events.
Figure 2. Diagnoses and narratives for a patient with two problems. The problem 'septicaemia' (i.e. 'Sepsis IKA') is highlighted in blue (upper left list). The history of the problem events before 'septicaemia' is shown in the upper right list. All narratives for 'septicaemia' problem are shown in the text field with the grey background. The lowermost field with the white background contains the narrative ('XXXXXXXXXXXX') to be added. An ICPC diagnosis/code is reused if the physician selects a diagnosis from the upper left list and presses the button 'SAVE AS SAME PROBLEM'. Otherwise a new diagnosis-code is selected from the ICPC diagnosis-code register through the 'NYTT PROBLEM' (translation: 'NEW PROBLEM') menu. The icons above the two lists give access to other modules and automatically change the menu options
It should be noted that physicians were free to store clinical narratives for pneumonia, pregnancy and hypertension in separate problem histories. They also decided how to partition their patients' problems and how to organize the list of events during the consultation. Subsequently, the physicians' overall feedback determined the evolution of the PROMED structure.
The first time an ICPC diagnosis/code is used for a new problem (black boxes; Figure 1) the corresponding diagnosis and code is selected from the ICPC register (see below). Considering that problem histories may evolve, e.g. acute cystitis→acute pyelonephritis→septicaemia, whenever a problem's diagnosis or code is changed, the new ICPC diagnosis and code is selected from the ICPC register again.
Diagnoses and codes associated with events can be reused, typically when a new narrative on diabetes, i.e. a new diabetes event, is added to the diabetes problem; an example is shown in Figure 2. Here, the patient has two problems: septicaemia, which is selected (highlighted in blue in the left list; Figure 2) and diabetes. All the stored narratives for septicaemia are displayed in the middle grey field. The problem history for the selected problem is displayed in inverse chronological order (three problem events in the right list; Figure 2). When an event is selected in the problem history list only the narratives corresponding to this event are displayed (middle grey field; Figure 2). In order to reuse a diagnosis-code combination the physician has to select an event from the problem history list and press the button 'SAVE AS SAME PROBLEM' (Figure 2).
ICPC diagnoses and codes for new problem events are selected as it is shown in Figure 3. After their selection from the ICPC register they are automatically assigned to clinical narratives (as described above) and are also used in a variety of other contexts and modules of PROMED. A 'new' diagnosis that does not exist in the ICPC register can be associated with an existing code by adding a new ICPC diagnosis/code record in the register. This is accomplished by selecting a code (or diagnosis), renaming the diagnosis in the field to the right of 'DIAGNOSENAVN' (Figure 3) and adding the record by using the menu choice 'LAGRE NY DIAGNOSE' (translation: 'SAVE NEW DIAGNOSIS').
Figure 3. User interface of the ICPC diagnosis-code module. Users may select a category from the right list and then the corresponding ICPC-2 diagnosis from the left list. Alternatively, the diagnoses may be selected using substring search in the 'DIAGNOSENAVN' (translation: 'DIAGNOSIS NAME') field. In both cases, the selected ICPC-2 code and diagnosis are automatically assigned to global memory variables and are used in all the PROMED modules. For example, the diagnosis acute cystitis (i.e. 'Cystitt akutt') is selected (highlighted blue) and is automatically copied to the 'DIAGNOSENAVN' field; the corresponding ICPC-2 code is automatically copied to the 'KODE'(translation: 'CODE') field.
In 2004 all problem events that contained ICPC-1 all codes were automatically updated to meet the latest Norwegian ICPC-2 coding schema using a data conversion file that was provided by KITH. Nevertheless, it should be mentioned that the diagnosis texts were not converted.
As aforementioned, KITH extended the English ICPC-2 version and provided physicians with more than one diagnosis text options per code. Particularly, the ICPC-2 Norwegian version contains 6390 alphanumeric codes with synonyms, specifications and extensions of the original diagnoses that are included in the English ICPC-2 version, as well as other special terms that physicians used frequently to cover their clinical needs. For example, 'D01' code corresponds to the 'Abdominal pain/cramps general' diagnosis text field in the English version; the same code corresponds to 11 diagnosis text field options in the Norwegian version (Table 1). There are codes with even more options than that, for example:
Table 1. Code 'D01' corresponds to the 'Abdominal pain/cramps general' single diagnosis in the English ICPC-2 version and the ICPC-1 Norwegian version; the same code corresponds to 11 text field options in the ICPC-2 Norwegian version, as it is shown in the first column of the table.
• L99 ('Musculoskeletal disease other') with 167 options,
• T99 ('Endocrine/metabolic/nutritional disease other') with 93 options and
• L82 ('Congenital anomaly musculoskeletal') with 82 options.
Only 104 codes are comparable to codes in the English version and are associated with one diagnosis text option only, e.g. X19 ('Postmenopausal bleeding') and W21 ('Concern about body image related to pregnancy'). The brief English ICPC-2 is too limited for creating accurate referrals for specialists, pathologists and radiologists.
The PROMED user group expressed serious concerns about the lack of important diagnoses in the Norwegian ICPC-2 and characterized the existing ICPC-2 diagnosis register as incomplete for clinical and administrative work. Therefore they demanded more diagnoses options than those existing in the ICPC-2 list. Consequently, new routines were embedded in PROMED to allow physicians adding their own diagnosis text still for valid ICPC-2 codes (Figure 3).
Data Analysis
The data set that was used for the analysis included only the date, the diagnosis and the code fields of the problem events; any patient and physician identifiers as well as geographic origin data were excluded. The final set was delivered by the vendor in accordance with a written agreement from the physicians. The Regional Ethics Committee did not consider the extracted data to contain sensitive information (Ethical approval number: P REK Nord 41/2009).
In this study only problem events from 1992, i.e. the year since ICPC use has been compulsory for all GPs in Norway, were studied. In some PROMEDs the first ICPC event was recorded after 2000. Table 2 shows the first and last consultation dates along with the number of patients and records per site. Six physicians had been using PROMED in Centre 3, and two in each of the remaining centres. Thus, the material contains codes and diagnoses from a total of 19 physicians, 13 males and 6 females; the study covers 254 man-years and a follow up time of 16 years.
Table 2. Absolute number and collection period for the extracted consultation data per site (after January 2, 1992)
The official Norwegian ICPC-2 version distributed by KITH served as the basis for analyzing the problem events in each Ms Access database. Specific SQL queries were developed and applied in a 3-step process. In each step all the problem events (records) that passed the previous step were filtered out according to the following criteria:
Step 1: The problem events with an entry in the code field were selected and passed to the next step; records without a code did not enter the next step.
Step 2: It was examined whether the codes of these problem events corresponded to a code in the original ICPC-2 file; only records with valid ICPC-2 codes entered step 3.
Step 3: The problem events from step 2 were queried for their match to the expected ICPC-2 diagnosis text.
The total number of events in all sites (centres and GPs) was the input for the first step; the output was the remaining problem events after applying the appropriate SQL queries. Also, the number of events per site was calculated in each step.
In order to get better insight into the physicians initiative to add new diagnoses, four common clinical problem areas (pneumonia and lower respiratory tract infection, diabetes, tonsillitis and anaemia) were further studied. The events in a problem area, e.g. hereditary haemolytic anaemia and iron deficiency anaemia, were identified using specific SQL queries that contained the appropriate terms and wildcards. Subsequently, the appropriate and inappropriate ICPC use for the four areas was evaluated both for the transition and the regular phase; subsequently, the corresponding frequencies were calculated. SQL queries were also used to study the 'new' diagnoses that were added by the physicians. First, the 'new' diagnoses in the four problem areas were extracted automatically and, second, they were manually evaluated either for the use of synonyms and more specific terms or for the introduction of completely new diagnoses.
SPSS for Windows (version 15.0, SPSS, Chicago, IL) was used for the statistical analysis.
ICPC codes were missing in 6.2% of all cases (Table 3). Particularly, there was one GP (GP 4) with 36.1% of the problem events having a blank code entry in the corresponding field. Obviously, this was an outlier compared to the percentage of the other sites that ranged from 0% to 7.2%. Problem events with missing codes were observed during the transition phase only since the introduction of a code in PROMED system had been mandatory after 2000.
Table 3. Total number of problem events per site and their specific distribution (percentages are calculated over the total number of problem events per site) according to the criteria set in each step.
Code entries did not always correspond to a correct ICPC-2 code. A mismatch appeared in 4.0% of the total problem events (Table 3). Excluding Centre 1, which is an outlier with 12.7% mismatch, the range for the remaining was between 0.3% and 6.5%. Also, the percentage of problem events with correct ICPC-2 codes was 89.8%. This high value can be explained by the fact that physicians had to use valid codes in order to be reimbursed for their services after 2000.
In most cases, event diagnoses did not match the standard ICPC-2 text (53.8%; Table 3). Particularly, in three sites (GP 7, GP 8 and GP 9) the percentage was remarkably high (up to 82.1%) while lower (but still high) in the rest. Summarizing the results, only 36.0% of the approximately 1.5 million problem events met all the criteria and included a valid ICPC-2 code followed by the correct ICPC-2 diagnosis.
The percentages for the three categories (problem events with missing codes, code and diagnosis text mismatch) over the total number of problem events per year are shown in Figure 4. Generally, the percentage of missing codes was stable from 1993 to 1999; the code mismatch rate was low and stable during the transition phase while slightly higher but still stable during the regular phase. The diagnosis text mismatch rate dropped from 2003 to 2004 but increased thereafter. This indicates that physician's attitude towards ICPC standard did not change significantly over the 16-year period of study not even after the introduction of the ICPC-2 version.
Figure 4. The percentage of problem events with missing codes, code mismatch and diagnosis text mismatch over the total number of problem events per year.
The identification of invalid ICPC-2 diagnoses shows that physicians added 'new' diagnoses to their local ICPC-2 database and used them to classify the problem events. 'New' diagnoses may have been used once, a few times or repeatedly. For example at Centre 1, 3834 'new' diagnoses were used for 49.5% of the problem events; interestingly, 793 of them were used only once, while remarkably less (<50) were reused for more than 10 times.
Moreover, the introduction of 'new' diagnoses was examined specifically for four clinical problem areas. The number of different 'new' diagnoses for pneumonia, diabetes, tonsillitis and anaemia were 56, 114, 78 and 89 respectively. In the case of pneumonia names of microorganisms (mycoplasma, hemophilus influenza, pneumococcal, bacterial), time sequence (acute, relapsing), process (control, observation), anatomical site (right side) and consequence (sequel of) were added.
The KITH ICPC-2 version contained 15 entries with the substring 'tonsi'. Relapsing events and information on treatment were found in the tonsillitis events, however not in the ICPC-2 standard. Also, the ICPC-2 register has an entry for streptococci, which was spelled differently in the examined events. Additionally, tonsillitis was combined with mononucleosis in the 'new' diagnoses, but not in KITH's ICPC-2 version; surprisingly, there were no specifications of mononucleosis in the standard ICPC-2.
Regarding diabetes the KITH ICPC-2 version had 25 main entries and four more for glucose-related problems. Glucosuria was diagnosed in the examined problem events, but the corresponding entries in ICPC-2 included the descriptive term 'sugar in the urine'. In some cases two main problem events were combined in the diagnosis field, e.g. anaemia and diabetes.
The standard ICPC-2 has 25 entries containing the substring 'anemi' most of which were also spelled differently in the examined events. Also, ICPC-2 does not contain information for either the degree, e.g. 'severe', or the cause of bleeding, e.g. 'hypermenorrhoea'; this information was found in the 'new' diagnoses for anaemia.
In all the problem areas, the uncertainty of diagnosis was stated by a question mark; the differential diagnosis was denoted by the inclusion of clinical problems having similar symptoms and signs. The physicians had used many more specific terms and aspects that did not exist in ICPC.
The use of appropriate and inappropriate ICPC-2 codes for pneumonia and lower respiratory tract infection, anaemia, tonsillitis and diabetes is shown in Table 4. Generally, inappropriate codes were used in both periods for the four problem areas; only in a few cases these codes were 'corrected' after 2000 while new inappropriate 'incidents' appeared. It should be noted that the inappropriateness was not due to mismatches in the ICPC-1 to ICPC-2 conversion table.
Table 4. The problem events with appropriate and inappropriate ICPC codes (before and after 2000) for the four problem areas.
The present study shows that a low percentage (only 36.0%) of the codes and diagnoses that were assigned to problem events agreed with the ICPC-2 standard; mismatches were observed at all primary care sites. Our results agree with Tai et al who reported that current systems for clinical coding promote the diversity rather than the consistency of clinical coding [9]. Clinical practice requires accurate diagnoses that reflect the patients' clinical problems. Standards like ICPC are thought to facilitate clinical research, administrative work, epidemiological studies and information exchange between computerized health care systems within the same or different countries. However, the reduction of diagnostic options to the 684 crude classes of the English ICPC version ignores not only the complexity of clinical problems, but also the necessity for accurate information. Our results show that physicians demanded and actually used significantly more diagnoses than the 6390 of the Norwegian ICPC-2. Thus, it is strongly suggested that even the extended ICPC-2 is inappropriate for clinical work.
The physicians created many 'new' diagnoses and assigned them to problem events. In the four selected problem areas, the 'new' diagnoses covered various aspects such as time, progression, degree, aetiology, anatomical sites, treatments and complications; they also stated the uncertainty in diagnosis and included the differential diagnosis if needed. Even though this is a small subset of only four clinical problems, it is obvious that ICPC is missing important diagnostic information. These findings also reveal the fundamental problem with the structure of ICPC (also met in ICD): if diagnoses were presented as one list on the basis of systematic combinations of dimensions (e.g.100 body regions, 5 labels for time course dimension, 10 aetiology agents, 10 pathogenetic mechanisms, 5 degrees of severity, etc.) there would be a long list including millions of elements. The appropriate way (as in SNOMED) could be the selection of one element from each dimension and the construction of a diagnosis [10-12].
The PROMED functionality that allowed the modification of codes and diagnoses might appear to introduce a limitation in our study. However, this should not be attributed to the PROMED system but rather to the fact that physicians actively created and assigned the appropriate diagnoses to the problem events when they were not available in ICPC. Considering that this required additional work load it could be hypothesized that physicians would avoid giving incorrect diagnostic labels to their patients if they had an alternative. It is also obvious that their primary concern was to avoid patients' misclassification, which could lead to wrong treatments and/or inappropriate diagnoses on referrals or sick certificates.
The low number of records with code mismatch compared to the number of records with diagnosis text mismatch was expected given that correct ICPC codes were required for reimbursement purposes. Problem events without a code occurred during the transition phase only, when the PROMED system incorporated ICPC-1 version and allowed the recording of an event without a code. Even though this was expected, it consists an important finding since it underlines the necessity for EPRs to disallow the lack of codes.
It could be argued that our results are not representative of the ICPC use in primary care. However, the problem events that were investigated (approximately 1.5 million) reflect the demands for diagnoses and codes over a huge number of problem events and for a long period of study; the number of physicians involved is also sufficient. Even though these numbers strongly suggest that our results are representative for ICPC use, further studies are required to validate our findings.
Letrilliart et al concluded that when software incorporates large terminologies, physicians will use it only if they are special trained and rewarded [13]. In this context, it might be argued that our physicians were not appropriately trained. It should be mentioned though that they were all trained adequately and were provided with paper-based and online manuals; additionally, the correct use of ICPC was rewarded. Thus, the lack of training and reward is not a solid argument for the validity of our results.
Jordan et al reported that GPs have personal preferences for certain codes, which are not always appropriate, and that they feel pressured to use them even if the codes are not correct for a patient case [14]. The physicians in our cohort decided to put extra effort in order to accomplish the task of adding 'new' diagnoses even though they used most of them only once. We foresee two alternative solutions for this problem. The first is to allow physicians adding diagnosis-code combinations when necessary, as in PROMED; unfortunately, such an approach would ruin the standard. The other alternative is the development of a well-structured dimensional classification like SNOMED, but such a classification should have a solid structure based on clinical practice.
All major classifications, e.g. ICD, ICPC and SNOMED are currently undergoing (major) international revisions. This indicates either problems of structure or problems of content as it was shown in the current study. Full insight into the reasons for the inappropriate use of codes and diagnoses would require a thorough analysis of their documentation in laboratory results, clinical narratives and elsewhere. This could be accomplished only in a dedicated research project that would incorporate full access to patients' data as well as Natural Language Processing (NLP) and other advanced computerized techniques; this is definitely beyond the goals of the current study.
Standards like ICPC are supposed to facilitate clinical research, development, epidemiological studies and data exchange. However, our results strongly suggest that ICPC is inappropriate for clinical work and raise serious objections against its applicability. An in depth revision of ICPC-2 or possibly an entirely new approach is needed. We suggest a combinatorial approach (as in SNOMED), but this would require a complete reworking of ICPC structure. Whether the barriers to such a direction can be overcome remains to be investigated.
Competing interests
The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
Authors' contributions
TB has participated in the study design and the preparation of the manuscript, he has also performed the data analysis; C-FB developed and maintained PROMED, participated in the study design and the preparation of the manuscript; GH supervised the study. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
We thank Valsamo Anagnostou, MD, for the fruitful discussions during data analysis and her suggestions. This work was partly funded by the Research Council of Norway, Project No: 174934.
Gardner M: Why clinical information standards matter.
BMJ 2003, 326(7399):1101-1102. PubMed Abstract | Publisher Full Text | PubMed Central Full Text
Lamberts H, Wood M: The birth of the International Classification of Primary Care (ICPC). Serendipity at the border of Lac Leman.
Fam Pract 2002, 19(5):433-435. PubMed Abstract | Publisher Full Text
WONCA: ICPC-2-R: International Classification of Primary Care. Oxford: Oxford University Press; 2005.
de Lusignan S, Wells SE, Hague NJ, Thiru K: Managers see the problems associated with coding clinical data as a technical issue whilst clinicians also see cultural barriers.
Methods Inf Med 2003, 42(4):416-422. PubMed Abstract | Publisher Full Text
Thiru K, Hassey A, Sullivan F: Systematic review of scope and quality of electronic patient record data in primary care.
BMJ 2003, 326(7398):1070. PubMed Abstract | Publisher Full Text | PubMed Central Full Text
Porcheret M, Hughes R, Evans D, Jordan K, Whitehurst T, Ogden H, Croft P: Data quality of general practice electronic health records: the impact of a program of assessments, feedback, and training.
J Am Med Inform Assoc 2004, 11(1):78-86. PubMed Abstract | Publisher Full Text | PubMed Central Full Text
Brage S, Bentsen BG, Bjerkedal T, Nygard JF, Tellnes G: ICPC as a standard classification in Norway.
Fam Pract 1996, 13(4):391-396. PubMed Abstract | Publisher Full Text
International Classification of Primary Care 2nd edition, electronic version [http://www.kith.no/templates/kith_WebPage____1062.aspx] webcite
Tai TW, Anandarajah S, Dhoul N, de Lusignan S: Variation in clinical coding lists in UK general practice: a barrier to consistent data entry?
Inform Prim Care 2007, 15(3):143-150. PubMed Abstract | Publisher Full Text
Bassøe C-F: Combinatorial clinical decision-making. In Doctoral thesis. Bergen, Norway: University of Bergen; 2007.
Bassøe C-F: A data structure for decision support systems, medical expert systems and clinical decision making.
Bassøe C-F: Representing health, disorder and their transitions by digraphs.
Stud Health Technol Inform 2008, 136:133-138. PubMed Abstract | Publisher Full Text
Letrilliart L, Gelas-Dore B, Ortolan B, Colin C: Prometheus: the implementation of clinical coding schemes in French routine general practice.
Inform Prim Care 2006, 14(3):157-165. PubMed Abstract | Publisher Full Text
Jordan K, Porcheret M, Croft P: Quality of morbidity coding in general practice computerized medical records: a systematic review.
Fam Pract 2004, 21(4):396-412. PubMed Abstract | Publisher Full Text
Pre-publication history
The pre-publication history for this paper can be accessed here:


text:
Glen Orbik's Dangerous Dames and Pulp NoirErotica // Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Glen Orbik is an American illustrator known for his fully painted erotic paperback and comic covers, often executed in a noir style. He studied art at the California Art Institute then studied under the school's founder, retired movie and advertisement illustrator Fred Fixler. He eventually took over the classes and still currently teaches figure drawing as popular teacher among fine art, comic, and video game artists.
Uno MoralezErotica // Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Intricate bitmaps and animated GIF's from Russian illustrator Uno Moralez. His works feature an array of grotesque characters and twisted ideas and imagery- perfectly combinded with his analog pixel bitmap style. Creeeeeping erotic animated GIF.
Egon Schiele's self-portrait 1912Erotica // Monday, May 14, 2012
Egon Schiele, (June 12, 1890 – October 31, 1918) was an Austrian painter. A protégé of Gustav Klimt, Schiele was a major figurative painter of the early 20th century. His work is noted for its intensity, and the many self-portraits the artist produced. The twisted body shapes and the expressive line that characterize Schiele's paintings and drawings mark the artist as an early exponent of Expressionism.
The Sun DeckErotica // Monday, May 14, 2012
Gearing up for summertime with a collection of vintage erotic photographs from The Sun Deck!! A collection of strange Kodachrome visions of gorgeously voluptuous mid-century nudism. Thank you to the creator of this series for putting together a great selection of educational and cultural photographs for the advancement of nudism. Happy sunbathing.
The Death of Youth: JessErotica // Monday, May 14, 2012
As part of The Death of Youth project, the gorgeously seductive model, Jess, displays a naturally beautiful and innocently provocative aesthetic. 'I photographed 100 women to further demonstrate the fantasy of this lifestyle. The majority of these women do not fit into the typical characterization of "fashion model" that dominates much of today's photography. This provided a more raw and realistic vision of this fantasy...
Somewhere on your stolen bikeErotica // Monday, May 14, 2012
The illustrations of Canadian based artist Sean Lewis are filled with elements of the unexpected. Did you ever wonder where all of those stolen bikes end up?? According to the drawings of Lewis, there is this secret place in the forest where they take on a whole new use. Sean graduated from of the Ontario College of Art and Design in 2011.
Ryan Whittier Hale's Null Presence @ envoy enterprises, NYCJuxtapoz // Monday, May 14, 2012
Envoy is pleased to invite you to NP's one-night showing of Ryan Whittier Hale's Null Presence. Ryan's recent body of work explores the lines between intimate life-like beings and uncanny artificial ones. He depicts an alien world filled with androgynous, android-like creatures wandering a desolate but beautiful landscape.
Ryan Whittier Hale: Null Presence- Tonite!Erotica // Sunday, May 13, 2012
Envoy is pleased to invite you to NP's one-night showing of Ryan Whittier Hale's Null Presence. Ryan's recent body of work explores the lines between intimate life-like beings and uncanny artificial ones. He depicts an alien world filled with androgynous, android-like creatures wandering a desolate but beautiful landscape. These characters' delicate bodies fall somewhere between organic and artificial lifeforms...
Animal Prints by Ber ArceJuxtapoz // Saturday, May 12, 2012
Animal Print is the new animal print. Always in fashion but never completely loved or hated, leopards and zebras take part of every season. Of course, the animal print is here to stay, it has been here before fashion itself. Animalia is an editorial shoot by Ber Arce for the Weather Chanel.
Tara McPhersonErotica // Friday, May 11, 2012
Tara McPherson is an artist based out of New York City. Creating art about people and their odd ways, her characters seem to exude an idealized innocence with a glimpse of hard earned wisdom in their eyes. Recalling myths and legends, issues from childhood and good old life experience, she creates images that are thought provoking and seductive. People and their relationships are a central theme throughout her work.


text:
The group CHARLIE presents a cheerful mix of colours and patterns, offering six prints in fashionable colourways. Fancy designs like stripes, dots, checks or stars adorn a natural cotton satin on which the small-patterned fabrics come beautifully into their own. But the modern motifs are not only true eye catchers when used for combinations; all the six protagonists also cut a fine figure as soloists.
With its multicolour palette, the fresh Vichy check FLO banishes any hint of the ordinary and creates a cheerful mood in every room.


text:
How does the brain record a memory? Somehow our experiences and interactions can be imprinted in the mind, but exactly how neurons alter their connections to enable memory has been murky. Now scientists say they have identified the molecular machinery that links experience with learning--and it all comes down to one microscopic motor.
Scientists believe that recording memories involves a process, called long-term potentiation (LTP), that enhances communication between pairs of neurons. Neurons communicate by releasing neurotransmitters that stimulate receptors on their neighbors, and LTP triggers more receptors to accumulate at the receiving cell's membrane--making it more sensitive to incoming messages.
Previous research had suggested that actin and myosin, two proteins with key roles in muscle contraction, might play a role in clustering receptors in neurons. To investigate this possibility, Michael Ehlers, a neurobiologist at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina, and his colleagues used time-lapse imaging and biochemical methods to examine brain slices from rats. These experiments revealed what happens after an incoming signal triggers a rush of calcium into a neuron. The calcium activates a myosin protein called myosin Vb, prompting it to latch onto packets of receptors stored deeper in cells and drag them out to the neuron's signaling site, where the receptors can receive neurotransmitters and contribute to LTP.
To make sure that myosin Vb was indeed the motor that made the learning process possible, Ehlers and his colleagues chemically inhibited myosin Vb in neurons. The cells were incapable of generating LTP, the researchers report today in Cell. "We were surprised that one motor molecule could account for the bulk of membrane trafficking events," says Ehlers. "It may in fact be a motor that makes memories."
"What they've done is connect a lot of dots," says Marie Wooten, a neurobiologist who studies cell signaling at Auburn University in Alabama. The paper shows step by step how neurons move receptors to their outer membrane during LTP, Wooten says. Bettina Winckler, a neuroscientist at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, agrees. "This paper is like a jewel," says Winckler--or, perhaps, a well-engineered motor. "It all fits everything together so beautifully," she says.


text:
I worded my first post about the new tyres I deleted it and will try again a week later. the Continental Gatorskins came in this week and they get mounted after the men's World Road championship race this morning. To answer the 2 questions from the first thread:
Mapei, I will post up reports after a few rides.
Terex, I do know that the gatorskins are completely different form my old Pro3 Michelins and GP4000S Continentals, this was on purpose as my riding and goals have changed with my new health problems. I am no longer looking towards race training since that would be foolish with the risks I run in doing that. I am gearing my set up and riding to Long Slow Distance rides at around 16-18 mph steady pace. A few metric and American Centuries will be my special rides along with the riding daily. And as I understand it Continental changed the nomenclature on their tyres and these are the new compound you recommended in your reply. I could well be wrong but rides on a friends bike with this exact tyre tell me I will like its performance and durability. If not I imagine they are still selling the others and I'll order some of them. JMHO, YMMV, LOL, HTFU, ABCDEF, ETC.
Into the great unknown, or something like that, as I embark upon the great tyre experiment.


text:
EDT:Debug Regression Testing
Revision as of 14:36, 5 March 2012 by Jspadea.us.ibm.com (Talk | contribs)
The following test scenarios should be run each release.
Common scenarios to be run as part of each of the other scenarios
Stepping through statements when suspended
- Step into
- Step over
- Step return
Run to line:
- "Ctrl + r" with the cursor on the target line
- Right-click in the editor and select "Run to Line" with the cursor on the target line
- Can be set by double-clicking the editor's left margin, or right-click the margin to add
- Can enable/disable breakpoints, changes take immediate effect
Variables view
- All variables in scope are listed
- Value and type for each variable looks correct
- Values can NOT be changed during debugging (future feature)
Debug view
- When suspended, the function stack looks correct
- Stack frames have correct names and line numbers
- Clicking on frames updates the variables view to show that frame's variables, and selects the appropraite line in the editor
Batch programs (Java)
Drop to frame
- Pops off any frames above the target frame
- Repositions to the beginning of the function
- Note: Disabled on frames that are directly above native methods, or when a native method is above the target frame (JDT restriction)
- Can step into Java code, such as as user-written external type.
Hot code replace
- Limited support from JDT, no EGL-specific support
- Small changes might work, like changing logic
- Structural changes might not work, like adding new functions or global variables
Type filters
- When enabled, certain types are automatically run instead of suspending inside them
- Located in Preferences > EGL > Debug > Java Debugging
- Can disable filters as a whole
- Can disable specific filters
- Can change step type ("step into" will step "through" the code until it reaches an unfiltered type, while "step return" runs much faster)
- Can define your own custom filters at Preferences > Java > Debug > Step Filtering
- Quick toggle located in Debug view's toolbar menu (click the downward triangle to the right of the stepping buttons, and expand the "EGL" submenu)
Rich UI Handlers (JavaScript)
Services (Java)


text:
Gut Reaction The 'Real' Picture By Lubna Jerar Naqvi9 February, 2012
It appears as if every political leader of Pakistan is certain that the Pakistani masses (all 180 million of them) support him/her. Some of them even dare anyone to challenge this certainty, although in not in so many words. It's as if the number of heads at their rallies revealed the strength behind them – instant referendums several times over. However, if any of them really thinks so (and there are likely to be some), that individual needs to beam back to mother earth.
It's Personal! By Lubna Jerar Naqvi31 January, 2012
The Maya Khan issue was waiting to erupt sooner or later, and I am glad it did. At least now people, and hopefully the media authorities, will realise that the attitude of "in the media everything goes" is wrong. Limits, rules and regulations should be enforced, and content should be screened. Interestingly, it took Maya Khan's gang raiding a public park to make people understand that certain important limits are being ignored.


text:
Marine energy sources from slow tides and currents are plentiful in the UK and could become a valuable source of electricity, if the technology to exploit them is developed and deployed, says Anders Jansson
UK's marine energy reserves are too promising to be ignored
Marine energy – such as energy from tidal and ocean currents – is the 'best of the best' amongst green energy sources: it has the greatest potential (in theory, the planet's oceans could supply the entire world with renewable energy), tidal and ocean current power plants are under water and therefore completely invisible, they produce electricity from 100 per cent renewable energy sources (the water in the globe's oceans will always move around, well, at least until the sun swallows the moon), they are safe, and the icing on the cake is that they actually have positive environmental effects. Positive? Yes, studies have shown that marine life thrive in marine energy parks.
The UK and Irish waters are especially promising for marine energy, due to the islands' geographical location. UK and Ireland can provide 25-50 per cent of total European marine energy, according to a new report from RenewableUK. The marine energy industry has been forecast to be worth £6.1 billion to the UK economy by 2035, and displacing up to half a million tons of CO2every year by 2020.
The total amount of wave and tidal stream energy in UK and Irish waters is estimated at 935 TWh/year. Of this, some 98 TWh/year of marine energy resource has been assessed as being economically recoverable with today's technologies. The current UK annual electricity demand is about 350 TWh/year. No wonder the UK and Ireland are frequently called "the Saudi Arabia of marine energy". Other countries with great marine energy potential and political or commercial marine programmes already under way are the USA, Canada, China, France, Portugal, Spain, Chile, New Zealand, Japan, China, South Korea and South Africa.
So why isn't marine energy more developed and used, and more talked about amongst politicians, decision-makers, environmental movements and the general public? Well, as with all emerging technologies, there are a series of obstacles to harvesting cost-efficient marine energy:
· Capital costs of marine energy projects are currently relatively high compared with e.g. wind projects.
· Lack of funding for research, development and demonstration on technology, to both academies and private companies (many of them start-ups). The development of marine energy needs support from both private investors and governments.
· Regulatory issues. For instance, it can take up to two years to get a site permit for offshore testing.
· Market challenges like long development timescales, grid connections (or lack thereof), and lack of performance assessment standards.
· Challenges in offshore operations: the sea is a tough environment in which to install, operate and maintain marine energy power plants. In many tidal energy sites the currents rarely go below 1m/s.
· Limited locations where tidal and ocean currents are strong enough to be technologically and economically viable to harvest.
Let us take a look at the last two of these obstacles. They can be overcome with new developments in marine energy technology. The fact that most marine energy power plants developed so far can only operate efficiently in currents that are really strong reduces the number of good locations for marine energy parks and complicates offshore operations for installation, service and maintenance. After all, it is not easy to work in strong currents.
Just recently, Minesto launched an 'underwater kite' in the waters off Strangford Lough, Northern Ireland. The 'kite' consists of a wing and a turbine which is secured to the seabed with a tether and moves fast in an 8-shaped path in the tidal or ocean current. The hydrodynamic principle on which this technology is based allows for the kite to move at speeds of up to ten times that of the flow of water it is operating in. This marine power plant is the only available solution to cost-efficiently produce electricity from slow tidal currents.
There are many more sites with low velocity tidal and ocean currents than there are with strong currents. So the possibility to operate cost-efficiently in slow currents extends the total potential for renewable marine energy significantly. In the UK, the amount of energy which is possible to harvest from tidal currents is doubled when low velocity currents are included.
Slow currents are also much easier and less costly to work in; installation and maintenance can be carried out with small Multicat vessels as the 'kite' only weighs seven tonnes for a 500kW turbine. The kite's robust anchorage system means that no tower is needed. Only attachment and detachment of the kite needs to be done offshore. All this reduces maintenance costs and operating expenses, and results in a cost-efficiency that is comparable with conventional energy sources.
Even sheer physics is on the underwater kite's side: it operates 30-60 meters above the seabed, i.e. higher above the seabed than a power plant fixed on the seabed. 75 per cent of the marine energy is in the upper 50 per cent of the water column (and only 25 per cent is in the lower half). So a power plant that operates higher up in the water will capture more energy than a conventional marine energy power plant.
In conclusion, many or all of the obstacles to efficient marine energy can, and will be, overcome given enough time and funding. New power plants that can operate cost-efficiently in slow currents is one big step forward. There will be other important steps. Marine energy is simply too clean and too potentially beneficial to the planet and its inhabitants to be ignored by politicians, investors and the global energy industry.
Anders Janssen is chief executive of Minesto, a Swedish energy technology company in the field of marine energy. Minesto has a patented and proven technology (Deep Green) to harvest energy from low velocity tidal and ocean currents. See http://www.minesto.com
Readers' comments (7)
A much better idea for government to invest in marine energy generation that will be used and a benefit to everyone than a high speed rail link used by less than 4% of the population!
What the UK needs is a low-cost and reliable power supply that is available when needed. It can get this from nuclear, coal or shale gas.
Wind power, solar power and marine power only exist because of huge subsidies based on the mistaken belief that man-made carbon dioxide causes dangerous global warming. Even if it did, it would be cheaper and better to convert from coal to gas or to build nuclear stations than to waste money on intermittent and maintenance intensive new energy technologies.
There`s been a generator off la Rochelle since the late seventies so there`s much to be learned from their experience, as well as any new tech. What I cannot understand is that the government always drags its heels on projects like this that would really help our power needs and create an industry to sell on around the world.
Whilst I'm greatly in favour of trying to exploit this wonderful natural gift that we seem to be sat in, there's a bit of me that still thinks "if it sounds too good to be true, then it probably is"! Might there be a danger that if we get too good / efficient at extracting energy from undersea currents, we'll upset something else?
We need to differentiate between that of a tidal barrages and that of a tidal turbine.
Tidal barrages, such as that proposed in the past for the Severn, will yield extremely high amounts of energy. However the high environmental impacts need to be reconciled. The UK has a total of 8 of the 20 global barrage sites in its waters.
Turbine technology is expensive, yields a fraction of that of wind farms and has a high maintenance burden. Unless significant advances in technology can be made it will remain unviable as a wide-ranging solution to our energy problems.
Bearing in mind off-shore wind farms remain comparatively expensive I see no reason why an underwater turbine can be any better an investment unless very heavily subsidised by generation tariffs.
The biggest difference between wind and tidal energy is that tidal energy is constant and predictable.
Correct me if I'm wrong but didn't I see a report recently saying that one large off shore wind array had only produced 7% of its predicted output in the 3 years it had been in operation?
We need a mix of technologies to give us energy security, which certainly is not the case at the moment with our reliance on imports of gas, coal and oil.
We also need a predictable energy source to take up the base load of our generating capacity and wind certainly will not do that.
Why is this and previous government so obsessed with wind power? We don't manufacture it or I suspect install or maintain it, so the taxpayer subsidy simply leaves the UK to benefit other country's economies.
The future despite the sceptics still lies with fusion, but in the meantime other technologies need to take up the slack and it would be immensely beneficial if the subsidy money found its way into British engineering companies, not only for them but the UK economy as well
Wave Energy, just think about how much a 3metre wave weighs! Just look at our website www.neptune-energy.com for a brief outline on how our device uses that power.
It sits on the bottom of the ocean has no moving parts (except for a turbine) a life time of at least 40 years'
My saved stories (Empty)
You have no saved stories
Most popular
Nano-technique could make solar cells less "shiny" and more efficient
Blue Origin completes vertical rocket landing
Jaguar Land Rover invests £450m into Engine Manufacturing Centre
Steel hardening process holds promise for downsized engine components
Graphene's thermal properties open door to electronics applications


text:
What kind of video game consoles would Rangers, others in wild card race be?
Photo: Alex Grimm/Getty Images
Kansas City Royals = PlayStation 3: Young, sleek, vibrant and brimming with talent for years to come.
To post a comment, log into your chosen social network and then add your comment below. Your comments are subject to our Terms of Service and the privacy policy and terms of service of your social network. If you do not want to comment with a social network, please consider writing a letter to the editor.


text:
Star Trek: Shaping a Cardassian
View Single Post
September 3 2010, 06:05 AM
Gul Re'jal
Location: Gul Re'jal is suspecting she's on the wrong space station
Re: Star Trek: Shaping a Cardassian
"Brenok is currently not available," Jarol said.
She returned to duty only a few days ago and still wasn't used to its rhythm. She missed her little boy, but it was no time for long shore leaves. She needed to build Cardassia, so that her baby would have a place to grow and become a man, hopefully as brave as his father and his namesake.
Daset glared at her from the screen. "I do not want to talk to Brenok," he explained.
"Oh, don't you? So what can I do for you?"
"There is no reason to get irritated, Jarol."
"Am I irritated?"
"You sound like you are. And I'm sure you know all details of my dealings with Brenok. For now I consider the matter closed."
"For now? You expect him to change his mind?"
"Brenok is a clever man."
"Shame you didn't notice it when he served under you."
"I did," Daset said firmly. "But let's talk about our business."
She leaned back in her chair. "What is the reason you contacted me?"
"We have significant personnel problems. Many people lost their lives and that includes officers. Most experienced Guls died either during the war, or joined the rebellion and were slaughtered along with everyone else," he paused. "That forces the Central Command to shift some officers and assign them new duties."
"Are you taking some of my people away?" she asked worried, although didn't show it.
"No. This is about command level, not internal ship matters."
"So what does it have to do with me?" she asked.
"You've been serving in the Fourth Order for long, haven't you?"
"I've been in the Fourth Order since the beginning, however there was a short period of time when I was... not in any Order," she tired not to go into details, hoping Daset wouldn't ask.
"So you know the general mission of the Fourth Order," it was a statement, not a question.
"Of course I do."
"Good. There is just one more thing."
"Thing? You didn't tell me what is this all about yet."
"I'm sorry, you are right, of course," he paused for a moment to take a look at his padd. "We need to shift some commanders on the top level of the Order. Gul Jotrel, you should remember him, you served together on Terok Nor, is going to take command of the Fourth Order's Battalion One. I want you to take Battalion Two."
"That's right."
"Why me?"
"You don't think you're ready?"
Should she admit that was the truth?
"Look," he continued, as she didn't reply. "We need people, good people, to defend Cardassia. We need to deal with all the mess we have here. We need to deal with Romulans, Klingons, Federation, Breen and everyone else, who doesn't want to give us back our territory. We need young officers, who would look at things from fresh perspective. You are one of such officers, so I suggest to make yourself ready."
"And this thing you've mentioned?"
"Your direct commander would be me, but on the top of the chain of command is Legate Ahal."
She stared at him with disbelief. "Ahal? He won't work with me, you can be sure of that."
"Can you work with him?"
She thought for a moment. "No," she said eventually.
"Jarol, I know you have history, but you sh..."
"It's not about our history," she interrupted. "It's about him. He is a reckless, cruel and opportunistic ass and I don't intend to serve under him ever again. Not because I don't like him, not because I don't respect him, but because at some point he could give me another wrong order. He should
be in power. He should not make any decisions. I will not follow him. That is not negotiable. You want me, you get rid of him."
"How could I get rid of him?" Daset looked at her surprised. "Don't overestimate my influence. I am just a Gul here."
"Sounds like an important one. First Grade?"
"I wish. Third only."
A shy thought planted itself in her head.
"All right, but if you want it to work, I don't have to deal directly with Ahal. You will pass everything to him and from him."
"I'm giving you an order, so you are in no position to make any demands."
"I know," she smiled.
He smiled back. "I'm glad you still have that sculpture."
She wasn't aware that the mar'kuu was visible in the frame. "I do."
"Gul Jarol, you are now officially commanding battalion four-two," Daset was all business now.
"Yes, sir," so was she.
He disconnected.
She checked the holosuite programs in the computer's database. She skipped all 'leisure' ones, knowing very well how militia troops from lower decks 'leisured' themselves, and accessed the training programs. She searched for a moment, and then found some basic scenarios she needed for her purpose. They seemed quite simple, but she could write more advanced ones, if there was such a need later.
"Dja Ma'Kan," she said after pressing her wristcomm. "Report to my office now."
The door opened a moment later and the young officer entered.
"Dja, I have a special task for you," Jarol said. "The information will be passed to you on need to know basis and you are to discuss it with no one. Absolutely no one. I that understood?"
"Yes, sir," the girl replied crisply, squaring her shoulders.
Jarol eyed her. She knew she'd have to test the Dja's loyalty too, but she could do both things simultaneously.
"How is your eye?"
"Pardon me, sir?" the young woman asked surprised.
"There is a program for you. In holosuite two. You will activate it using your personnel code. You are to discuss it with no one. You are to use it alone. I expect you to report back to me when your achievement is at least ninety-seven percent three times in a row. You have three weeks to reach that score."
"Understood. I will report there after my duty."
The Dja left and Jarol wondered is she just didn't make one of biggest mistakes of her life. Everything could still be taken back, but she was on a good way to hell.
"Remember what you said the other day when we had that dinner?" Brenok said. "Act on it!"
"We're in no shape to fight!" she reminded him.
"That way or the other we can't let the Tzenkethi bother our borders. Daset made you a battalion commander. Call for reinforcements."
"They won't get there on time."
"You're the tactician, I'm just an engineer, so you know better. But this is our chance to stop our 'Bajors' and you know it!"
She indeed knew he was right.
"And if we die?"
"And if we die hopefully others would see what we tried to do and follow us. Let's help Aramatians. Let's not be Klingons."
"All right," she agreed reluctantly.
They left her office and entered the bridge.
"Karama, which task force is the closest to the Aramatian system?" she asked the Gil. "Ma'Kan, I want full evaluation of tactical situation in the Aramatian system. Zamarran, we need to be battle ready against the Tzenkethi, so whatever you have up your sleeve, it's time to implement it now."
Officers made themselves busy with their tasks, while she sat in her chair.
"Brenok, what do we know about Amaratians?" she asked the Glinn.
He accessed the database. "Amaratians live on the fourth planet in the arbit of Amara, a red star. They are mammalian, small bipeds. Their technology is not very advanced, in comparison with us at least. We have conquered them seventy-eight years ago and they provide mostly raw minerals. Their mines are quite advanced and it's probably the most advanced branch of their technology. We didn't have any problems with them. They are weak, submissive and cowardly," Brenok raised his head to look at Jarol. "At least officially," he added.
She cocked her eye ridge. "And why would you say that?"
"For a race, which isn't a problem, the Cardassian contingent was raised five times within last twenty years. It's three hundred percent more troops there now than there used to be before the first reinforcement."
"So they are not as submissive as they might appear."
"Clearly not."
"What's the name if their prefect?" she asked.
Brenok searched for a moment. "Gul Moskelt."
"Never heard of him."
"Gul Moskelt was posted as Amarat Prefect eight years ago. Not much on him in the database."
"Karama, establish contact with Gul Moskelt."
Karama only nodded, acknowledging her order. She knew he was already busy with other tasks she had given him, so accepted the nod as sufficient.
"Sir," Zamarran looked at her. "I could, I repeat – could – make the ship look menacing, and we could take a few shots, but there is no way we could become battle ready, no matter what."
Jarol felt temptation to ask Brenok to recheck everything to have his confirmation of Zamaraan's assessment, but knew it wouldn't look well. Not that she didn't trust Zamarran, it's that she used to trust Brenok's opinions best.
"Understood. However you must try to do your best. Fight could be inevitable."
"Yes, sir."
"Sir, there is a task force in Tira sector. It would take them forty-eight hours to reach Amarat system."
"And our ETA is...?"
"Forty-one hours."
"So we would have to do without them for seven hours," she spoke out her thoughts.
"There are only ten ships in the task force. The rest is still in docks."
"What is their current task?"
"Patrolling our borders between Tzenketh and Breen Confederacy."
"Sounds like they are not busy. Brenok, order them to regroup. Two ships will continue patrolling the border, however eight warships in best condition should proceed to Amarat system."
"Yes, sir," he acknowledged.
"I have Gul Moskelt," Karama reported.
"On screen," she looked up at the screen embedded in the front wall of the bridge.
The viewer was filled with a face of a middle aged Cardassian.
"I'm Gul Moskelt, Prefect of Amarat."
"Gul Jarol, commander of Fourth Order Battalion Two. We have been informed you are in danger of Tzenkethi attack."
"We have detected their ships, yes. They seem to be on course to Amarat."
"Can you tell me how many vessels we speak about?"
Not good.
"Do you have any defence system there?"
"We have a number of orbital weapon platforms, but I am not sure they would stop them for long. Can we count on you?"
"Cardassian Union Warship Roumar will arrive there in forty-one hours, however the rest of our forces can't be sooner than forty-eight hours. How long do you estimate the weapon platforms could stand an attack?"
"Not long. Especially if the Tzenkethi start from destroying their power sources."
"When will they arrive?"
"If their speed doesn't change..." he checked some readings, "over forty hours."
"I see."
"Gul Jarol, please understand we can't afford to lose this system," Moskelt said. "Especially not now, when we need to rebuild everything. The resources here are still rich and if we keep extracting them, it would surely help Cardassia. We can't give this system to Tzenkethi."
"I understand, Gul Moskelt."
She noticed the Gul's attention was dragged to something off screen. He shook his head, as answering to someone, and then looked back at her.
"We await your arrival," he said and disconnected.
Jarol waited for Brenok to answer the chime, but there was nothing. Where could he be? She was just about to leave, when the door opened. He stood in the doorway.
"Oh, it's you," he said and let her in.
"Did you expect someone else?"
He didn't reply. His hair was a mess and his face was a bit swollen, so she guessed he slept.
"Are you feeling well?" she asked, worried.
"I'm fine," he rubbed his upper eyelids just under the ridges with his thumbs. "I just need a tea," he went to the replicator and ordered a tea. The warm beverage materialised and he reached for it. His hand was trembling. He grabbed it with the other hand, but they both were far from stable.
"Arenn?" she approached him.
"I said I was fine," he snapped at her, surprising her. This was everything, but fine, but she didn't want to push. "I'm sorry," he whispered after a short moment. "I didn't mean to behave like this. It's just..." his didn't finish.
"What?" she encouraged him in a gentle tone.
"My hand hurts."
"Your hand?"
"Actually whole arm, from the shoulder to ends of my fingers," he made a fist of his right hand and then stretched his fingers out.
She looked at the scar on his neck ridge. "When did you start feeling this pain?"
"Recently. I went to the infirmary, but the medic said there was nothing wrong with me. He said it was only in my head. Phantom pain, he called it."
"Now, after all these years?"
Brenok just shrugged. "I'm not a medic, don't ask me. Ask him, maybe he would tell
the truth."
"Oh, don't tell me you think he lied to you!"
"I don't care what he said. I know what I
," he scratched his non-existing ear.
Tweet Tweet
Gul Re'jal
View Public Profile
Send a private message to Gul Re'jal
Find More Posts by Gul Re'jal


text:
Information & Resources
"I used to run my own business, but since my brain injury I cannot keep up with the responsibilities... My son was involved in a car accident that left him with a traumatic brain injury, and now he seems to be isolating himself and seems depressed."
Each brain injury comes with a unique set of challenges for the survivors, family members and caregivers. Where do you go for help with these and the thousands of other questions that a brain injury can bring?
The Information and Resources (I&R) Department was created to provide support, information, resources and informal counseling to survivors, family members and caregivers. I&R staff members can provide a list of professional services, general information regarding the effects of brain injury and guide you towards resources to aid in recovery.
Because each situation is different, the I&R coordinator that answers your call will ask a few questions in order to ascertain what suggestions will be most appropriate for your individual circumstance. Please be assured that any information will be held in confidance.
BIA-MA's information and Resource coordinators can provide resources in a variety of areas, including:
|-Adult Day Health Centers
|-Case Managers
|-Coping Strategies and Support
|-Occupational Therapists
|-Rehabilitation (Inpatient & Outpatient)
|-Speech Language Therapists
|-Support Groups
|-Vocational Assistance
Additional Resources (click on the images to access the information):
Brain Injury Facts
Brain Anatomy
For more information and resources, contact the I&R Department at 1-800-242-0030 or 1-508-475-0032 or email us at email@example.com.
In addition to our main office in Westborough, BIA-MA offers support services at our Regional offices in Pittsfield and Wareham.


text: UPDATE: In 2015, The Extreme Tour is conducting events in even more cities, and in more countries, than ever before! Watch this site for the release of roster and schedule information as we enter the new touring season. For pictures and video from this years events, information on applying to be an artist on our roster, or to invite us to come to your city, please click on the links above.


text:
Did you think Nick Fallon would come back from the dead?
Did you think Nick was really dead?
Allison was on Ellen's show stating that she is leaving Days at the end of this season. Will they replace her or kill her off?
I certainly will give the new "Will" a chance but it is just weird. I don't think I like it. Chandler should have left to go to school or whatever or broke up with Sonny. So far, I am not convinced they should have replaced Will character with someone else.
- Tags:
- Days of Our Lives
- Related Polls:
- Days of Our Lives Polls
- Related Post:
- Created by:
- Christine Orlando
- Created at:


text:
The Lakers' continued inaction fuels Kobe's frustration
Kobe Bryant has held fast to his radio -- and TV, blog, dot-com, newspaper, magazine, semaphore -- silence concerning his future with the Lakers. That's good, since speaking out didn't exactly motivate the Lakers nor endear him to the how-dare-an-NBA-player-complain crowd.
The Lakers, meanwhile, have been silent, too. That's not so good, since it's their inability to make any significant moves that prompted Kobe to ask out in the first place.
Just understand this, in lieu of Bryant ...
Read full story
You must be signed in to post a comment
Kobe Bryant says he wants out of Los Angeles or does he? Bryant went on 1050 ESPN Radio in New York on May 30 and told Stephen A. Smith that he wants to be traded. Later in the day, Bryant went on Dan Patrick's ESPN Radio Show and said he wants to be a Laker for the rest of his career.
• Smith Show: Kobe says he wants to go
• Patrick Show: Kobe says he wants to stay
• Kobe wants to be traded or not
• Thursday's TrueHoop: Kobe round up
• Thursday's NBA Local: All Kobe edition
• Stein: Kobe situation FAQ
• Simmons: Seven trade possibilities for Kobe
• TrueHoop: Possible Kobe deals
• TrueHoop: Lakers have to get front office in order
• TrueHoop: Phil pushes Kobe's calm button
• Stephen A.'s interview transcript
• Dan Patrick's interview transcript
• Ford: GMs buzzing about Kobe
• Sheridan: Kobe's short list
• Broussard: Kobe, Lakers messy situation
• Rumor Central: The latest on Kobe
• Patrick show highlights: Kobe, Reggie, Wilbon, Stephen A. and more
• Kobe: I don't know who to trust
• Vote: Trade Kobe?
• Get Kobe on your team


text:
- Filed Under
McLean, Va. - Gannett said Tuesday that David Hunke is relinquishing his position as president and publisher of USA Today to become the newspaper's chairman and then retire in September.
Gannett said it has started the search for a new publisher at the nation's second-largest newspaper.
USA Today also has been searching for a new editor-in-chief since November, when John Hillkirk stepped down to help oversee investigative reporting projects as a senior editor.
Susie Ellwood, executive vice president and general manager of the newspaper, will be responsible for day-to-day operations and report to Gannett CEO Gracia Martore.
(Associated Press)


text:
My LO shakes his hands when he gets exited - new toy or food on the way - I never really thought it was odd (more cute) until today. we were out w. a friend who has a 2 year old and she said - oh does he always do this? I said yes when he gets excited...she kind didn't respond butI could see she thougth it was strange. He says about 30 words already, has walked since his 1st b-day, eats like a champ. He does bite and hit some (we are working on that)...but otherwise normal I think...anyone else see this with thier LO?
shakes hands when excited!
Mom to Jake, the light of my life.
I would say it's normal. It's his way of expressing himself.
Edit to add: was she implying it was a sign of Autism?
I think she was! it has me stressed out!
Mom to Jake, the light of my life.
My neice does the same thing. I've seen many babies do it so I'm not sure how strange it is.
WHO are these people? I am sincerely disturbed at that type of behavior.....how do they exist in the real world!? Geez! -MammaNellie
I think its normal. Just part of him. My dad does this thing with his hands when he gets excited about something. He puts the tips of his fingers from both hands together and wiggles them. If he is super excited he will do it in someones face. I can understand about thinking its weird. He is dyslexic and has adhd, but other than that he is normal and fine. He has done it is whole life and still does it and he is in his 50s. Its just a part of him. Now, you LO might grow out of his excitement thing and he may not! You know how some people have a 'happy dance' or a little dance they do when they are excited? Or how some babies squeal? I think of it as something like that. Totally normal. I wouldn't worry about it.
Mommy to Athena Michelle 09/21/09 "Princess"
It's funny almost my whole family does this thing (including me) where we rub our hands together when excited! I never thought about it like that! Thanks!
Mom to Jake, the light of my life.
IT's normal!!! My DS not only shakes his hand when excited, but he makes this loud "ah ah ah" noise! It's the funniest thing in the world!! I don't want him to stop doing it because I get such a kick out of it lol! Your little guy is JUST FINE!!
Jess- DS-Brody (9/6/09) DD- Sadie (11/14/12)
November 2012 Group Owner
Three Little Darling Designs - headbands to dress your little darling!
When LO gets excited he puts his arms out in front of him and shakes his whole body we just think its adorable. He's been doing it since he was about 5 months or around that time.he has done this around my family first time he met them,my cousin went around his back he was sitting in a high chair and said HI anthony, he put his arms and legs infront off him and shook he did this 3 times every time my cousin said something to him. I mentioned it to his doctor before and she said he's fine just gets to excited and doesnt know how to express himself. I never thought more than he's just excited.
my lo does it when she is excited. this might sounds weird, but i have in the past noticed a friend doing the same thing-she's 37, and she isnt autistic. i think it's just something that we all may do occassionally that is a symptom of autism when it is done all the time, or in response to things that arent exciting, etc. i think its perfectly normal in babies who are learning how to express themselves. if you are concerned, bring it up to your doctor.
Heather (Chris)
Anna (4) Joey (2)
furbabies: Sadie the dog, and cats- Baxter, Oscar, and Mimi
I think that most toddlers and preschoolers do something like that. If you think about it, your arms/hands are the only part of your body you can move when you are excited/happy/frustrated/ etc... As long as it isn't obsessive, I wouldn't worry about it all.
~Nicole Wife to William, Mama to Zach 8 and Nate 4
Sounds cute to me. :)
Andrea...Mommy to: Squeak ; ^E^; Butterbean; Peanut & Bunny Princess


text:
Ranked #15 of 47 for Best Day Spa
I have been going to the LCS since the day It opened. The ambience at the spa is truly relaxing making any experience totally blissful.
Vote: BEST Day Spa
Really great relaxation.
Vote: BEST Day Spa
The 2014 OC HOT LIST awards are based on more than 27,000 votes from local Orange County-area experts.
Best Steakhouse ⋅ Best Florist ⋅ Best Scrapbooking ⋅ Best Children's Hair Cut ⋅ Best Picnic Spot


text:
Masterpiece Classic: Downton Abbey 2x01
View Single Post
January 9 2012, 04:14 PM
Kosh Naranek
Location: Elwood P. Dowd's House
Re: Masterpiece Classic: Downton Abbey 2x01
I liked it okay, but it did not seem to have the feel of one. In season one I felt some suspense, but in this series I have not gotten that vibe.
I felt sorry for the blinded Lt. that killed himself.
Mary should just throw herself at Matthew's feet already.
Thomas' cutting remarks and attitude were grating in one and he did not endear himself this time round either. He did show some humanity with the Lt. but that was fleeting.
Matthew's fiance was mousey and how many times can Isobel have shocking hospital plans?
"In this world, Elwood, you must be oh so smart or oh so pleasant." Well, for years I was smart. I recommend pleasant. You may quote me. - Elwood P. Dowd from Harvey
Kosh Naranek
View Public Profile
Send a private message to Kosh Naranek
Find More Posts by Kosh Naranek