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Unbeaten Tanzanian boxer, Francis Cheka on Friday night scored a sensational victory over Phil Williams of the United States by a unanimous points decision to dethrone the US pugilist for the World Boxing Federation (WBF) super middleweight title at the Diamond Jubilee Hall in Dar es Salaam.
Three judges of the 12-round toughly contested fight had each awarded him one more point against the US defending title holder.
Eddie Marshall from South Africa gave Cheka 116 points against 115, while Tanzania-based judge Fidel Hayness gave him 119 points against 118 and John Chagu, also a local judge, awarded him 117 against 116.
Dr Fenella Mukangara, the Minister of Information, Culture, Youth and Sport, was among local dignitaries who attended the bout.
Cheka started the fight with a lot of precaution, as the top level pugilists studies each other's tactic, and then moved to dominate the third and fourth rounds, while the visitor gained momentum in the fifth and sixth rounds.
Cheka was about to finish the game in the seventh round when his heavy jabs sent the American into the canvas but the opponent stood up quickly before South African referee Drake Ribbinck started the counting.
Before the main bout, local boxer Thomas Mashali won by points after beating local title holder Mada Maugo in a WBF Africa Championship middleweight title fight while local boxer Alphonce Mchumiatumbo won by technical knockout (TKO) against Chupaki Chipindi in the fifth round of the scheduled six rounds, on a friendly middleweight.

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gorgeous, pricey, vegan optionsPosted on 11 / 10 / 2013
This Fresh Market is just like any other except it's a bit smaller in size. It is a beautiful store, fresh flowers in abundance when you walk in, classical music, etc. They definitely have some vegan options...but only because of the produce dept and the fact that they have some dairy alternatives and sell nutritional yeast. The bakery selections are FULL of preservatives and so many things contain dairy and/or eggs. This is a great, fancy place for vegetarians and meat-eaters but it's really NOT that fresh despite the name unfortunately. I stop here when I literally need a piece of produce or two or some almond milk. Earth Fare is just down the street and way more geared to a fresher vegan/vegetarian diet. Again, it's a pretty place to shop though!
Cons: expensive, lots of preservatives, better for carnivores; not vegans


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Latham begins school in new building
Wednesday, September 5, 2012
The students at Latham School started on Tuesday, Sept. 4, the day after Labor Day. The late start allowed the school staff to ready the new building, finished only weeks ago, for the school year.
Although some tasks remain to be completed, and the heavy rain in the morning hampered the arrival of students and teachers, the classrooms were ready for the influx of students on Tuesday morning.
Everyone gathered in the lunchroom. After breakfast and a few words from Administrator Tanya Brown, the students and teachers headed down the hall to their classrooms to be gin, the day, the week and the school year.
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How to Sign Up for Health Care
Practical advice from Slate's guinea pigs.
Three months ago, before healthcare.gov blinked to life, we asked readers of Slate who intended to buy into Obamacare exchanges to share their stories with us. Their stories—lucky for Democrats and the Obama administration—got sort of lost in the tumult of the government shutdown. Suffice it to say that no one could really get online and buy the insurance they'd been dreaming of.
Finally, after a much-derided "tech surge" and some ritual congressional torture of administration officials, the website is working. Insurers are starting to invest in the site, actually, buying a reported $500 million of ads for their wares. We've checked in again with our human guinea pigs to see whether the system now works. Short answer: The website has improved, but the costs are all over the place. Long answer: Read their stories in their own words below.
Toby Dillon, 36, IT manager, Tooele, Utah
We were able to get on and get everything set up for enrollment by mid-October, then we had the mind-numbing task of going through the various plans available to us. Not counting "bronze" plans, we still had more than a dozen to pick through. My wife wanted specific care providers, so that further limited the list. I wanted doctor-visit costs that weren't "$X after deductible." This put us into the gold plan range, which I expected to be more expensive but turned out to be only $40 more per month than our "benchmark" silver plan, for a total of $257 per month, with a $250 deductible, $5,000 out-of-pocket maximum, which is pretty posh for our family.
Our only hang-up is our new addition, due around Christmas. If we enroll now, we'd still have to do all this again in a month … so we're going to hold off until January and sign up for February, thereby saving the premium and making sure all the family is on the same plan with as few hiccups as possible.
Eufemia Scarfone, small business owner, Venice, Calif.
I managed to sign up on Oct. 4, and I chose a Blue of California (Blue Shield) 80/20 plan that was $386 a month and has no deductible. I had to choose this somewhat blindly because at the time the health care organization I use did not know exactly what plans from the exchange they would be accepting. Historically, they have always accepted Blue Shield, so I thought this would be a safe bet.
After I successfully signed up online, I got several confusing letters from Covered California. It was a mix of "congratulations, you're covered" and "we're sorry, we can't verify your income so you might not be covered." Because I'm self-employed, they couldn't find any employment data in their state database. I had to estimate my income at sign-up, and my estimate put me outside the range of the available subsidies. Coveredca.com told me that the premiums and any applicable subsidies would be auto-adjusted and applied to my account after I filed 2013 taxes.
Meanwhile, back at my existing health insurance company, they decided to jack up my premium from $617 a month to $730 a month in October and blame Obamacare. As you can imagine, I am anxious to get as far away from this fleecing as possible. I received a letter from Blue Shield on Dec. 9 informing me that I needed to hurry up and pay them no later than Dec. 21 to guarantee my plan. It would have been nice to get some prior notice, but whatever.
I went to their website right then and there and made an online payment. I intended to schedule the payment for Dec. 20, but while I was adding my payment information, their site had reset the date to that day and I didn't realize it until after I clicked "submit." I inadvertently paid them early. At that point I got a little paranoid, so just to be sure I was in good shape for January, I went to my health care provider's website only to discover that they are not accepting any Blue Shield plans from the health care exchange. At least they will be accepting the Anthem and some Healthnet plans, so all is not lost, and I still might save even more money on premiums.
I had to call Covered California several times due to call volume. I finally got through and ended up on hold for about 20 minutes. When the agent answered, I explained what had happened and that I needed to change my plan to something else. He informed me that, unfortunately, because I had made the payment already, it was now going to be a process to get that canceled. I had to get out of the plan I just paid for and into a new one before Dec. 23 or I would be stuck with the Blue Shield plan.
I called Blue Shield to cancel, and they were a bit confused at first but told me they "started the process" of cancellation and I would receive an email when it was complete, which would take about two days. Great! I call coveredca.com again, but they tell me I need a termination number from the first plan before they can vacate my enrollment from the system and I can choose a different plan. So I wait.
As of Dec. 13, still no email from Blue Shield regarding my cancellation. I call again, and the first agent disconnects me. I call back. Agent No. 2 seems to have a better handle on what needs to happen, so he went through the cancellation process. My guess is that it didn't get done right the first time I called. I get back on the horn to Covered California. After a nice 40-minute hold listening to the same horrid song over and over, the agent tells me she has to delete my application. Apparently a termination number isn't necessary. I think I would be far more aggravated by this process if every single person I have dealt with weren't so incredibly pleasant and trying very hard to be helpful.
Erin Molnar, 25, unemployed, Ferndale, Mich.
So we did the process, and the site seemed to work. It was a little irritating because you couldn't easily go back to correct something, and it asked for things multiple times. Oddly it asked me if I had ever been in foster care, but not my husband. Overall it was an OK experience, though. We compared plans and found a silver plan I think with a deductible of $2,500 at a cost if about $450 per month for our family of three. While I don't think that's an unreasonable price, I'm currently unemployed, and we have a lot of student loan debt as well as upcoming child care costs and medical bills from being uninsured throughout my pregnancy, so I just don't see where we'd get $450 a month. We are not eligible for subsidies even while I'm unemployed. So for now we have decided to take the risk of being uninsured in the hopes that with my new job I'll get employer-sponsored health care. Without a subsidy I still just don't think it makes sense to buy it on the private market.


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Amazon Most Likely Barnes & Noble Buyer, Investors Say
TheStreet) -- Amazon (AMZN - Get Report) was pegged as the most likely buyer of Barnes & Noble (BKS - Get Report) if the chain puts itself up for sale, according to a poll of readers of TheStreet. Barnes & Noble announced earlier this week that it's considering strategic alternatives, which could include staking a "For Sale" sign on its front lawn. Since the announcement, speculation over potential bidders has run rampant, with the spotlight flashing on private-equity players like Apollo Management. Fears have also grown in certain quarters that Barnes & Noble may not be able to find a buyer, raising a red flag for the entire book industry.Still, in TheStreet's survey, more than 37% agreed that Amazon represents the most logical choice. Amazon has been a thorn in Barnes & Noble's proverbial side since its inception in 1995, when it was solely a purveyor of books. B&N has consistently lost market share to its non-bricks-and-mortar rival, which has bested it on lower prices for hardcovers. Now the battle has gone purely digital. While Amazon took the lead, launching its Kindle e-reader back in 2007, Barnes & Noble is playing catch up, rolling out an e-bookstore last summer and introducing its Nook e-reader in October 2009. Amazon and Barnes & Noble continue to go head-to-head in battling to offer the cheapest e-reader device. Barnes & Noble ignited a price war in June, lowering the cost of the Nook to $199 from $259, and saying it would offer a basic version for just $149. Only hours later, Amazon responded by slashing the price of the Kindle to $189 from $259. Since then, Amazon has gone even further, saying it will offer a Wi-Fi Kindle for $139, making it the lowest priced e-reader among big brands. By purchasing Barnes & Noble, Amazon would effectively wipe out its primary competition in the book space, which remains one of its fastest growing segments. B&N Founder and top shareholder Leonard Riggio is also a potential buyer, according to 31.3% of voters. Riggio purchased Barnes & Noble in 1971 for just $750,000, turning it into the nation's book retailer of choice for the better part of two decades. Riggio has already said he's considering bidding for the company along with a larger group of investors. "I fully support the Board's decision to evaluate strategic alternatives at this time," Riggio said in a statement this week. "Regardless of whether I participate in an investment group that buys the company, I, as well as the entire senior management team, am willing and eager to remain with the company and see it through the challenging years ahead."NEW YORK (
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Worlds largest illegal bank unmasked
Baku, Fineko/abc.az. Israels financial system continues "shaking": first, a hacker from Saudi Arabia posted information on all of the plastic cards issued in the country in the net, then the police revealed the existence of the worlds largest illegal bank.
According to Israeli media, yesterday the Economic Crimes Department of Israeli Police in collaboration with the Tax Department and the Prosecutors Office conducted mass arrests and searches in offices located in buildings of Diamond Exchange in Ramat Gan. As it turned out, an underground bank operated the Diamond Exchange's building for several years and carried out illegal financial transactions - gave loans, made money transfers abroad and clearing of checks and currency exchanges in billions of shekels.
Public inquiry began yesterday morning, but secretly investigation was ongoing for over a year. In a special operation 16 people had been arrested and seized, large amounts of money and financial documents confiscated. Testimony of many witnesses on the case were collected, that will enable to charge the owners and employees with fraud, money laundering, violations of the laws of banking, and tax evasion.
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Censorship is the restriction of expression for the claimed purpose of protecting people from themselves by selectively limiting access to various ideas deemed harmful by some authority.
Common in authoritarian societies, censorship is often seen by its perpetrators as a necessity needed to control the spectrum of thought and prevent any kind of protest against the practice.
It is notable that censored material, when released, is often supplemented with defense of the act (often in the form of propoganda), assuring people that it is for their own good.
The first act of censorship in history was by our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ (0-30 AD). One day, Jesus went unto the local Jewish Wal-Mart. And while scanning the magazine section, He beheld that one of the magazines had a single naughty word printed therein. And Jesus became exceedingly wroth, and He went totally ballistic. And He began to smite the magazine rack with a mighty smiting. And He took up all the magazines and He tore them into billions and billions of pieces and scattered the many pieces unto the four winds. And the customers and shopkeepers of Walmart were sore afraid. And Jesus screamed with a high-pitched voice, and He saith unto them, It is written My Wal-Mart shall be a house of G-rated wholesomeness and purity, but you hath made it a den of smutty pornographic filth. And the customers and shopkeepers marvelled greatly at the wisdom of His teaching.
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- The masking of nudity by use of blurring or obstruction
- Broadcast and basic cable television are known for censoring parts of films that would otherwise have relevance to dialogue, characterization, humor, and plot. Therefore, nobody watches movies on TV. Especially when they can always download a good-quality theatrical version.
- Media presented in foreign languages are often localized to countries such as the United States. Companies who purchase the rights to distribute these products will change character names, plot, and dialogue. While the intended effect is to prevent children from being exposed to certain elements, the irony is that children already know about the changes beforehand, due to the Internet. They will then download a torrent of fan produced translations rather than deal with a new set of names and altered plot.
- Music broadcast stations will often substitue certain words with creative sound effects. In recent years, censors have avoided using outright beeps and blanks, instead opting for sounds that are similar to the word in question. For example, "Move, <breaking glass>, get out the way!" Another example is simply removing one letter out of a four letter word. This tends to be the most popular form of censorship, as clever listeners can even "figure out" what the intended word is.


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Rick Santorum, Torture and "Intrinsic Evil"
Rick Santorum, a conservative Catholic who frequently touts his pro-life bona fides, has some explaining to do when it comes to his shameless defense of torture. Santorum and several other presidential candidates recently endorsed enhanced interrogation techniques (euphemism alert!) during the first Republican primary debate. Now he is accusing John McCain of not understanding how "enhanced interrogation works" because McCain does not believe there is credible evidence to suggest we captured Osama Bin Laden by relying on intelligence gained from waterboarding and other vile instruments in the torture toolkit. This is a stunning charge for Santorum to cast at someone personally subjected to the unimaginable indignity that McCain suffered as a prisoner of war.
Along with an apology to McCain, I would like to hear how Santorum reconciles his support for torture with his Catholic faith. If Santorum thinks being pro-life only requires opposing abortion, he might want to take a refresher course in Catholic teaching. Catholic bishops described torture as an assault on the dignity of human life and an "intrinsic evil" in their 2007 statement Faithful Citizenship. (For a more in depth look at intrinsic evil and political responsibility read this essay by Cathleen Kaveny of the University of Notre Dame in America magazine.) "The use of torture must be rejected as fundamentally incompatible with the dignity of the human person and ultimately counterproductive in the effort to combat terrorism," the bishops wrote in Faithful Citizenship. As Kyle R. Cupp points out over at Vox Nova, Pope Paul VI described such acts as "infamies" that "poison society," do "supreme dishonor to the Creator," and "do more harm to those who practice them than to those who suffer from injury."
Last week, Catholic theologians challenged Speaker John Boehner on budget choices that undermine human life, and Catholics and evangelicals sponsored a radio ad narrated by a Catholic priest that described Rep. Paul Ryan's House budget proposal as abandoning pro-life values. These were powerful actions that rejected a narrow and distorted pro-life vision in politics. As the 2012 presidential election begins heating up, religious leaders and faithful in the pews should continue to keep the pressure on Santorum and other "pro-life" candidates who pick and choose between which lives they consider sacred.
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Thin Client Specialist Neoware Acquired by HP
Hewlett-Packard has now completed the acquisition of Neoware. The thin client computing and virtualization solution provider will add value to HP's Linux portfolio.
At the time of completion, Neoware was valued at US$ 214 m. HP offered shareholders US$ 16.25 per share. Neoware is now part of the Business Desktop unit of HP's Personal Systems Group.
HP claims to be the global leader in thin client solutions for Windows XP and in the CE sector. Neoware is targeted at the Linux market. "The integration of Neoware will enable us to offer the industry's broadest portfolio of remote client solutions" says Alberto Bozzo, vice president and general manager, Commercial Products, Personal Systems Group, HP Europe Middle East and Africa.
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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS released
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Linux users can now download and install the Windows code editor
Open Container Initiative announces Image Format Project
New initiative will address security and interoperability concerns around container technology.
Red Hat Lures Developers with Free RHEL and Container Development Kits
Developers can use RHEL as a development platform without a subscription fee.
Microsoft Brings the Linux Command Line to Windows
Windows users will soon have native access to the Bash shell.
Internet Research Group Proposes Better Email Standard
Improvements to SMTP will provide better guarantee of confidentiality
New Nvidia Driver Offers Wayland Support
Graphics vendor embraces new reality in Linux graphics
Inventor of Email Dies
Pioneer Ray Tomlinson bequeathed the @ sign to billions of Internet users
Microsoft Announces Linux Version of SQL Server
Redmond says its classic database tool will run without Windows
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The Center for Energy and Environmental Resources (CEER) serves as the central liaison for energy and environmental research, education, and public service at the University of Texas at Austin. It focuses on efficient and economical use of energy and on ensuring a cleaner environment by developing, in cooperation with industry, processes and technologies that minimize waste and conserve natural resources.
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Self-described rednecks call it "Hick-Hop" – a twang fusion of rap and country music that is sweeping rural America's mud parks and tractor-pull arenas.
So what's up with rednecks mixing country music with black hip hop sound?
I guess we can't be surprised since it's a marketing bonanza for popular groups like Colt Ford, Lenny Cooper and the LACS (short for the Loud Ass Crackers) who have albums among the top 75 on Billboard's country music chart with 1,800 Wal-Mart stores around the country stocking their records.
Average Joe's Entertainment, a Nashville, Tenn.-based hick-hop record label has sold nearly 200,000 "Mud Digger" compilation albums and the Jawga Boyz "Down In A Holler" is rising on the charts.
Wal-Mart, according to The Wall Street Journal, have also become a way for hick hop artists to reach millions of listeners without radio or record-label deals.
Here's how The Wall Street Journal described the Hick-Hop movement and redneck fans of hick hop.


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When a 15-year-old driver of a stolen truck was stopped by Brandon police early Monday morning, the youth ran away, ditching a large knife.
Police stopped the 2015 GMC truck at about 5:20 a.m. on the 1900-block of Richmond Avenue. The vehicle was later determined to be stolen out of Minnedosa.
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Heceta Head Lighthouse Bed & Breakfast
Yachats, Oregon
"The view alone is worth the stay!" Michelle Korgan's inn sits along the central Oregon Coast adjacent to the spectacular Heceta Head Lighthouse. A camera is absolutely essential for a memorable stay in the former lighthouse keeper's home.
Constructed in 1894, this historic landmark features period antique furnishings and intimate parlors. A handcrafted wooden staircase leads to accommodations each supplied with a large Maglite flashlight to encourage guests to walk to the lighthouse in the dark. The staff not only help light their guests' way, they provide a complimentary evening social with local wines and artisan cheeses and a breakfast extravaganza – seven delightful courses reflecting Oregon's seasons.
Learn more about Heceta Head Lighthouse Bed & Breakfast & Yachats Oregon at www.hecetalighthouse.com
Amenities6 guest rooms, 4 guest rooms with private baths; 2 rooms with shared bath. Parlors with handcrafted fireplaces, completely equipped kitchen available for use by guests. Wireless internet, children 10 and older welcomed
DiningMike and Carol Korgan, both certified executive chefs, came to Heceta Head with the inspiration to revitalize the Keeper's House and make it a welcoming home. Years of entertaining have proven to them that welcoming homes are centered around the dining table. Daughter, Michelle Korgan, carries on this belief. The seven course breakfast was created with this ideal in mind. A blend of inspired food and good conversation is a recipe for true Victorian living. Every morning you will see the Chefs picking herbs and produce out of the Lightstation garden to use for breakfast. Heceta Lighthouse highlights the best of Oregon artisan cheeses, sausages, produce and of course Carol's pastries.
SpaTreat yourself with a visit to one of the many spas in the area.
ActivitiesHeceta Head Lightstation is situated in an incredibly diverse area, offering spectacular natural attractions, historical sites, and tourist destinations. Florence and Yachats are just 15 minutes away while Newport is only a 45 minute scenic drive. You will find the entire central Oregon coast offers a range of activities year round.
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China CeramicsDividend Yield: 7.40% China Ceramics (NASDAQ: CCCL) shares currently have a dividend yield of 7.40%. China Ceramics Co., Ltd. engages in the manufacture and sale of ceramic tiles for exterior siding and interior flooring, and design in residential and commercial buildings in the People's Republic of China and internationally. The company has a P/E ratio of 1.13. Currently there are no analysts that rate China Ceramics a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and none rate it a hold. The average volume for China Ceramics has been 90,000 shares per day over the past 30 days. China Ceramics has a market cap of $55.0 million and is part of the financial services industry. Shares are up 16.3% year to date as of the close of trading on Thursday. TheStreet Ratings rates China Ceramics as a hold. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures, attractive valuation levels and good cash flow from operations. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including feeble growth in the company's earnings per share, unimpressive growth in net income and poor profit margins. Highlights from the ratings report include:
- CCCL's debt-to-equity ratio is very low at 0.04 and is currently below that of the industry average, implying that there has been very successful management of debt levels. To add to this, CCCL has a quick ratio of 1.92, which demonstrates the ability of the company to cover short-term liquidity needs.
- CCCL, with its decline in revenue, slightly underperformed the industry average of 5.3%. Since the same quarter one year prior, revenues slightly dropped by 3.6%. The declining revenue appears to have seeped down to the company's bottom line, decreasing earnings per share.
- CHINA CERAMICS CO LTD's earnings per share declined by 13.4% in the most recent quarter compared to the same quarter a year ago. The company has reported a trend of declining earnings per share over the past two years. During the past fiscal year, CHINA CERAMICS CO LTD reported lower earnings of $2.48 versus $2.93 in the prior year.
- The company, on the basis of change in net income from the same quarter one year ago, has significantly underperformed compared to the Building Products industry average, but is greater than that of the S&P 500. The net income has decreased by 2.5% when compared to the same quarter one year ago, dropping from $12.16 million to $11.85 million.
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These worksheets have proven useful for practitioners on a variety of levels. Amongst these would be:
Of course, this vocabulary is joined by other terms that can assist people to reflexively yet critically engage their theatre-making as a production praxis. Those terms will emerge from within the group experience and should be a topic for a dialogue that is tested in improvisation and in rehearsal.
So the ways in which you use these documents will vary according to need, purpose, theatre convention or genre... Experiment!
The worksheets are also available for DOWNLOAD as a Word document.
Discovering Ideas:
Transforming Ideas:
Working with Media:
Perceiving and Describing Performance:
Interpreting Performance:
Judging Performance:
Forms of Adaptation:
Forms of Change:
Forms of Force:
I. Given Circumstances
A. Environmental facts. Discuss under the following headings:
1. Geographical location, including climate
2. Date: year, season, time of day
3. Economic environment
4. Political environment
5. Social environment
6. Religious environment
B. Previous Action
C. Polar attitudes of the principal characters, both in the beginning and at the ending.
II. Dialogue
A. Choice of words
B. Choice of phrases and sentence structures
C. Choice of images
D. Choice of peculiar characteristics, e.g., dialect
E. The sound of the dialogue
F. Structure of lines and speeches
III. Dramatic Action
A. Titles of the units. Number the units in the scene or play and give a nominative phrase as a title for each unit.
B. Detailed breakdown of the action. Do this before going on to (C) because the verbs will help you do the summarising of the units. Separate the action into numbered units. Express the action in ach line speech) by using the initial of each character followed by a present-tense verb. Example: N pleads, P simpers, M barks with authority.
C. Summary of the action. Summarises the action of each unit by following the number of the unit with a compound sentence expressing reciprocal action. Example: A > (present-tense verb) to B and,
B (present-tense verb) to A.
IV. Characters
Treat each character under the following headings:
A. Desire
B. Will
C. Moral stance
D. Decorum
E. Summary list of adjectives
F. Initial character-mood-intensity at the scene-opening expressed as:
1. Heartbeat: rate
2. Perspiration: Heavy, light, etc.
3. Stomach condition
4. Muscle tension
5. Breathing: rate, depth
V. Idea
A. Meaning of the title
B. Philosophical statements in the play: Cite actual quotations
C. Implications of the action
D. For the scene in preparation: Cite its purpose and use in the play
VI. Tempos
After the number of each unit, designate the rate of speed for that unit by using a rate word. Examples: fast, medium slow, largo. Also make a horizontal graph of the tempo re ationships by inserting connecting perpendicular lines to a horizontal line in order to show the peaks and valleys of tempo change.
VII. Moods
After the number of each unit express the mood for that unit in two categories:
A. A list of mood adjectives with one for each of the senses
B. A mood image
Consider: "Certain movements can be considered derivatives of basic actions." (p. 69)
Consider: "As an experiment... try to pronounce the word "No" to express different shades of meaning... with the following actions, each producing a different sound qua ity and expression." (p. 94)
"By accompanying each of these sound expressions with a gesture of the quality indicated, the reader will become aware of the connection between audible and visible movements." (p. 94)
Stanislavski-based Rehearsal Methodology
1. Write out a personal history:
A. Born 15 ??
18 ??
19 ??
This personal history must be based on research.
B. Relate your personal history to:
Political - Economic - Social - Cultural factors relating to your time.
Ask yourself:
C. Allow this material to feed your imagination as you:
2. Keep rough notes on HOW and WHY you have the RELATIONSHIPS that you have with the other characters:
be specific: friendship, love, family, sexual, lustful but unrequited, commerce, envy of wealth, convenience,
nuisance, elder or youth to elder...? etc., etc.
3. Approaching the Play:
Get to your "now" of the play... by getting to your "now" of each unit.
Find the IMPULSE for:
4. Preparation for a Unit or Units:
This is time consuming but necessary. Find one for every line of thought... i.e., "To [active verb]... affect another and/or others."
(NB: Usually the best verbs cue very physical ones).
Use a Thesaurus and/or a Dictionary and build up your list of ACTION words.
Within any given unit you should ask yourself (as character):
As you travel on your journey through the play distinguish between on-stage & off-stage reality... and recognise that two minutes on-stage could be six months in the lifetime of your character... define/be clear about the plasticity of these on-stage/off-stage moments.
Given Circumstances: Who am I?
Where am I
When is it?
What do I want?
How do I get it?
What is in my way?
What is my right to be here?
Respect your fellow actorsâ right to make their own explorations, especially during rehearsal.
There is no need to be solemn backstage. But donât be frivolous... Donât allow your concentration to lapse!! Each actor will have her/his own approach here: Respect one another.
4. On Learning Lines & Stage Directions:
Most serious actors like to get lines down quickly in order to be free of the book and ready to make creative explorations. Dividing the play into units of action allows us to do this reasonably easily.
Each person will learn lines differently (e.g., read, re-read, run them with someone esle, tape them, write them out, paraphrase their meaning, etc.).The main point is to get them securely in your memory and to do this early on in the rehearsal phase so that the company can attend to more important matters relating to their creative interpretation.
It is particularly good to get your lines "reflexed" into your subconscious by running them as you go to sleep, or while you are doing something else like washing the dishes. Thus, even should you "dry" on stage - the fact that your lines have become "reflexed" - you will enable you to have a better chance of clicking into "automatic pilot" in the sense that they will take care of themselves by bubbling to the surface of your consciousness.
|© Copyright Charles
Sturt University & NSW Department
of Education and Training
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"The Flash" Director Seth Grahame-Smith Departs Over 'Creative Differences'
Start Time: 07:00PM End Time: 10:00PM
Thanks to the terrific Westchester Geeks group, My Comic Shop DocumentARy will be screening at The Digital Arts Experience (170 Hamilton Ave. #100, White Plains) on FRIDAY, JUNE 28, AT 7:00 P.M. Admission is FREE, and a Q&A will follow.
My Comic Shop DocumentARy is an independent, feature-length film about Scarsdale's Alternate Realities. In 1992, Alternate Realities owner Steve Oto embarked upon a journey from lawyer to comic book retailer. It has been a journey filled with accomplishment and disappointment, friendship and heartbreak, and a dream that would become a nightmare. Humorous, intimate, and heartfelt, My Comic Shop DocumentARy shines a light on the colorful community that has assembled at Alternate Realities over the past two decades.
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Literacy of College Graduates Is On Decline
Dolores Perin, a reading expert at Columbia University Teachers College, said that her work has indicated that the issue may start at the high school level. "There is a tremendous literacy problem among high school graduates that is not talked about," said Perin, who has been sitting in on high school classes as part of a teaching project. "It's a little bit depressing. The colleges are left holding the bag, trying to teach students who have challenges."
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It's a bit removed from the flash of Hollywood. In my mind it is a place to escape. "The Hill" as we sometimes call it is composed of the following cities: Rancho Palos Verdes, Palos Verdes Estates, Rolling Hills, Rolling Hills Estates and a small strip that is part LA City/County. Both PV Estates and RPV face the ocean with the gated community of Rolling Hills straddling the the top of the Peninsula. It is considered a bedroom community since people tend to spend a bit of time in their houses...only a handful of bars up here so not much of an evening destination.
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When it comes to henchmen, is it possible we're seeing the beginning volley in a clean sweep? Oddjob (97%) obliterated Tee Hee (2%) in their opening round. Jaws (69%) handily chomped down on a strong but over-matched Red Grant (30%). And Xenia Onatopp (62%) has been working out with the Thigh Master after defeating Renard (37%). Finally, Irma Bunt's (28%) management style proved no match for the over-the-top prowess of May Day (71%).
Going into round two, the brackets have been re-adjusted. Let the voters decide:
The rules: We've paired off the eight greatest Bond villains and the eight greatest Bond henchmen (and henchwomen). They will fight to the death (via your votes) and the victors will ultimately make the most dastardly duo Bond has ever faced. You can check out round one here. Will it be Dr. No and Oddjob? Or, perhaps, Hugo Drax and Renard? You decide, by voting below. Now, Mr. Bond, we do expect you to die.
Dr. No Versus Ernst Stavros Blofeld
Dr. Julius No
Evil Plan: Sabotage American nuclear missile tests in order to retrieve downed rockets and sell them to the Russians. Dr. No has crushing bionic metal hands.Dr. No
Ernst Stavros Blofeld
Evil Plan: Blofeld has become the inspiration for countless evil villains and appeared in no less than seven Bond movies. His chief evil plan is usually extorting world governments by threatening their extinction, but his primary plan is usually vengeance against 007.First appeared in From Russia with Love
Goldfinger Versus Hugo Drax
Auric Goldfinger
Evil Plan: Irradiate all the gold in Fort Knox by detonating an atomic bomb thus making it worthless. Destabilize Western civilization.Goldfinger
Hugo Drax
Evil Plan: This guy is the real proponent of the ubermensch with his plan to destroy all human life on earth from his secret space station, then rebuild civilization with carefully bred humans.Moonraker
Now that we've started whittling down to the ultimate Bond villain, it's time to turn our attention to the henchmen and women. Vote for your favorites for round two.
Oddjob Versus Jaws
Hench-weapon: Razor sharp bowler hat.Oddjob is probably the most loyal of henchman. He even goes so far as trying to foil Bond's heroics after Goldfinger has betrayed him and left him in the gold vault of Fort Knox with an atomic bomb.Goldfinger
Hench-weapon: Metal teeth able to bite through steel cable.Jaws stands 7'2" and is virtually indestructible. He will let love get in the way of psychotic plans which could result in loyalty issues.The Spy Who Loved Me and Moonraker
Xenia Onatopp Versus May Day
Xenia Onatopp
Hench-weapon: Killer thighs. Literally.Another psychotic Ex-KGB agent and classic Bond femme fatale. Xenia takes an immense amount of pleasure working as an assassin for Janus SyndicateGoldeneye
May Day
Hench-weapon: Athletic and ruthless.May Day marked a formidable change in Bond henchwomen, she was easily his physical match. But scorned and betrayed, she turns on Zorin, the villain, and helps Bond prevent a disaster.A View to a Kill
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Sophomore Kris Dunn, a McDonald's All-American guard out of New London High School, will undergo surgery on his right shoulder for the second time in his Providence College basketball career. He'll be out for the remainder of the season.
Dunn will have the season-ending surgery sometime in the next several weeks, according to Providence College and his father, John Seldon.
He had surgery on the same shoulder in July of 2012, forcing him to miss the first nine games of his freshman season. He appeared in 25 games, averaging 5.7 points, 4.8 rebounds and 3.2 assists.
Dunn reinjured his shoulder chasing down a loose ball in an exhibition game against Rhode Island College on Nov. 2. He sat out three games and attempted to come back, playing four games before heading back to the sidelines. He averaged 3.8 points, 5.0 assists and 2.5 rebounds in limited action.
Seldon said that Dunn was experiencing some pain prior to the Rhode Island College game.
"He played in that game and had pain on that shoulder and rolled on it and made it slide out," Seldon said. "Doctors looked at it and said fight through the pain or have an operation. Kris wanted to fight through the pain, but it's not worth it. He'd probably do more damage.
"It's just a crazy situation."
Seldon expressed frustration over the way Dunn's injury situation was handled prior to the latest incident.
"He had the whole summer off and worked out," Seldon said, referring to last summer. "At some point, he had to be healthy. Somewhere something happened, but it's basketball.
"… I'm not a doctor and not the coach. I'm just a parent. (Coach Ed Cooley) runs his program the way he runs his program. I'm not mad at the coach.
"… You can call it a fluke accident. I don't know. I don't go to practice, so I don't know what's going on. It is what it is. … If I've got a kid coming off an injury, I'm going to be watching him. The kid came back from a major injury and was healthy. I would try to take care of him."
Providence will apply for a medical hardship waiver with the Big East. If Dunn receives the waiver, he'll have three years of eligibility left starting with the 2014-15 season.
"We're looking forward to assisting Kris as he recovers from his surgery," Cooley said in a released statement. "His health and well-being are our primary concern. There is no question that he will rebound from this and continue to improve as a basketball player. We are confident that Kris will be a key member of our team in 2014-15."
Seldon is encouraging his son to focus on his school work.
"He's doing all right," Seldon said of Dunn's state of mind. "He's just trying to stay to himself right now. It's a lot for him. … This was a big year for him."
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Immerse yourself & dive into the culture of unforgettable Spain. The Spanish Spree trip is the perfect blend of culture & partying. See the Royal Palace in Madrid, the Alhambra in Granada & the Rock of Gibraltar, then cap off a fantastic holiday by watching the sun set over the Mediterranean on the beaches of Ibiza.
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Donkey Barn Webcam
Donkeys can live for over 50 years and are highly intelligent. They are stronger than horses of similar sizes, but aren't nearly as fast. They are herd animals, but can be very independent. It takes time to train donkeys because they need to develop trust in the person training them.
In groups, Donkeys generally choose the strongest to be the herd leader — even in domestic situations like this barn. They groom one another to keep clean just like monkeys! Groups of Donks are generally called herds, but can also be called droves. Single donkeys are often called "Eeyores" :).
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Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
|Haematopus (1)
|Wingspan: 72-83 cm (2)
Length: 39-44 cm (2)
- The oystercatcher can prize open bivalves that other waders cannot exploit, thanks to its strong, flattened bill.
- Rather than building a nest, oystercatchers lays their eggs in a scrape in the ground and both the male and female take turns incubating them.
- The oystercatcher was historically known as the 'sea pie'.
The oystercatcher is classified as Least Concern (LC) on the IUCN Red List (1). It is a widespread and common species (2). Included in the Birds of Conservation Concern Amber List (medium conservation concern) (3)
The oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus) is well known as a coastal species (4), and is easily recognised by virtue of its large size and combination of black and white plumage, long, bright orange-red bill and pink legs (2). In flight there is a prominent white wing-bar, and during winter a white 'chin-strap' develops (2). The sexes are similar in appearance, although males often have relatively shorter, thicker bills (2). Juveniles have brownish-black upperparts, grey legs, and a dark tip to the bill (2). Calls include a loud 'pic-pic-pic' (5), and a high 'peep' (2).
Originally, the oystercatcher was mainly a coastal species in Britain; it is still found around the coastline, but between 1974 and 1986 it increasingly colonised inland waterways, particularly in Scotland and northern England (6). During winter, resident birds are joined by immigrants from Iceland, Norway and the Faeroe Islands (4). It also occurs around the coasts of northern and western Europe, patchily around the Mediterranean and parts of the coast of eastern Asia, as well as inland from the Caspian Sea towards central Asia (5).
The oystercatcher occurs in estuaries, on rocky, sandy and muddy shores, as well as along the banks of rivers, lakes (5) and gravel pits (7).
The strong, flattened bill allows the oystercatcher to prize open cockles, mussels and other bivalves that other waders cannot exploit. They also feed on worms, limpets and crabs (4).
The nest is a scrape on the ground, after mid-April between two and four (but usually three) cream eggs, spotted with brown are laid (5). Both sexes share the duty of incubation, which takes 24 to 27 days (5). The young are very well camouflaged, and they leave the nest after about a day. Both the male and the female care for the young until they become independent at between 34 and 37 days (5). Oystercatcher pairs usually produce just one brood a year, although if the brood is lost for some reason, a replacement brood may be produced (5).
Not currently threatened (6), though commercial harvesting of shellfish can reduce oystercatcher food supplies considerably, and developments on estuaries can remove important feeding areas (7).
No specific conservation action has been targeted at the oystercatcher, but it will have benefited from conservation measures aimed at a range of wintering wader species, particularly the creation and management of coastal nature reserves (7).
For more information on the oystercatcher and other bird species:
BirdLife International:
The RSPB:
For more on seabirds:
The Scottish Seabird Centre:
Information authenticated by the RSPB:
- Incubation: the act of incubating eggs, that is, keeping them warm so that development is possible.
IUCN Red List (April, 2011)
- Mullarney, K., Svensson, L., Zetterstrom, D., & Grant, P.J. (1999) Collins Bird Guide. HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, London.
RSPB (2003) The population status of birds in the UK:
- Lack, P. (1986) The Atlas of Wintering Birds in Britain and Ireland. T. & A. D. Poyser Ltd, Calton.
- Gooder, J. (1982) Collins British Birds. William Collins Sons and Co Ltd, London.
JNCC. Breeding birds in the wider countryside (November 2002):
- RSPB (2003): Pers. comm.


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To accompany William Hawkins on his walks through the streets of his Columbus, Ohio, neighborhood was like following an experienced prospector in search of gold. Hawkins's selective eye seized images from newspapers, magazines, and advertisements for a suitcase archive he kept in his bedroom. He combined these images with his own recollections and impressions to create a vivid picture gallery of animals, American icons such as the Statue of Liberty, and historic events. And although Hawkins could barely read and write, he transformed words themselves, usually represented by his signature and birth date and often his place of birth, into powerful visual elements.
Born in rural Kentucky in 1895, Hawkins came north in 1916. His early years in Kentucky provided him with his knowledge and love of animals, an awareness that informs even his most fantastic dinosaur paintings. In Columbus, Hawkins held an assortment of unskilled jobs, drove a truck, and even ran a small brothel. He was married twice and claimed to have fathered some twenty children. Although Hawkins was drawing and selling his work as early as the 1930s, he did not begin painting in the style for which he is best known until the mid-to late 1970s. He worked almost without letup thereafter, in spite of illness and advancing age. see more…
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Blood and gore sell games, much to the horror of parents and senators everywhere. For proof, you need look no further than the runaway success of franchises like Capcoms mega-popular Resident Evil or Konami's fan favorite, Silent Hill. Despite this, Nintendo has rarely tried to capitalize on the phenomena. Since their earliest days, theyve generally been content to stick with family-friendly titles, and theyve experienced great success doing so. In recent times, however, Nintendo seems more willing to stray a bit from its traditional image. Perhaps theyve been enticed by the huge retail numbers of the growing horror fanbase, or it may be that they're looking to attract consumers who might be put off by colorful mascot games. Whatever the reason, in addition to bringing Resident Evil to the GameCube, Nintendo has also been working with developer Silicon Knights (creators of the original Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain) to come up with something that can compete on the same terrifying terms as the genre's biggest names. Together, the two companies have produced a unique, literate and somewhat unsatisfying addition to the darker side of gaming.
Eternal Darkness: Sanitys Requiem is the tale of Alexandra Roivas (yes, that's "savior" spelled backwards) and her efforts to unravel dark secrets held inside a book called the Tome of Eternal Darkness. She arrives at her grandfather's mansion upon news of his death and discovers that this book is the key not only to his demise, but also to preventing the devouring of the world. The twelve playable chapters of the Tome tell of fiendish encounters with the occult, each starring a different person from various periods in history ranging from B.C. to modern day.
The game is played from a third-person perspective and seen from camera angles placed strategically throughout the levels. Control of the characters is relative to the screen, meaning that if you press left, you'll go left regardless of which way the camera or your character is facing. Since the overwhelming majority of spooky games follow Resident Evil's lead in the "clunky controls" department, choosing this setup was a very wise move, in my opinion.
The bulk of the game's combat is hand-to-hand. Players will have the ability to lock onto heads, arms and torsos of enemy creatures in order to deliver strikes to key areas. Of your choices, decapitation is by far the most useful, and its no coincidence that the game offers several historical edged weapons to use. You'll occasionally encounter projectile weapons such as blowguns or pistols, but shooting something is much less effective than lopping off whatever seems to pass for it's head.
The magic system in place is simple, though initially appearing to be quite complex. By combining a series of runes and scrolls scattered throughout the game, players can unlock up to twelve spells. The majority of them have three degrees of potency activated by arranging the runes in different combinations. The most useful spells you'll find are for life and sanity restoration (more on this later), but you'll also be able to cast offensive magic and summon creatures of your own.
Much of Silicon Knights past recognition was built upon the shadowy subject matter and complex plot crafted in the disc mentioned earlier in the review, Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain. It was fame well deserved, since the best feature to be found in Eternal Darkness is a similarly sinister story spanning thousands of years. This time, instead of vampires, the game centers around a fictional mythos quite similar to ones featured in the literature of renowned horror author H.P. Lovecraft. For those unfamiliar with his work, its safe to say (without spoiling much) that themes of ancient evil, unfathomable desires and rapid descents into madness are prevalent.
For a tale that spans as much time as this one, it actually unfolds quite elegantly. Each of the dozen vignettes are connected to each other by Alexandra's further progress into the Tome of Eternal Darkness, as well the exploration of her grandfather's mansion. Each story she reads concludes by revealing one of the mansion's secrets, which in turn leads her to another chapter of the book. The volume begins humbly beginnings with a Roman centurion in ancient Persia and grows in depth and depravity until it becomes a massive web of present-day machinations. I very much enjoyed the multi-layering of the book's chapters, the variety of beautifully rendered areas to explore and the originality in storytelling technique that Eternal Darkness contains. This variety is a double-edged sword, however.
Players aren't given a chance to get to know Alexandra when the game begins, and things soon start jumping back and forward in time with each new page in the book. After completing a scenario and returning to Alexandra's search of the house, its obvious that she only functions as a bridge between levels since she has no real character or personality evident between the episodes. Its an admirably clever device, but one that left me feeling uninvolved and uncaring about her. Additionally, since we spend only one level apiece with the supporting characters, no time is spent on developing them past their brief introductions. With such temporary and shallow links to the characters, Eternal Darkness lacks the cohesion that a strong central character can bring to a game with weaknesses in other areas.
With any significant emotional involvement made unlikely, the game soon becomes a matter of going through the motions due to the fact that the characters all play depressingly alike. Every person you meet can wield blades and cast spells, reducing them to mere palette swaps in terms of gameplay. It also doesn't help that the levels feel just as similar to each other as the characters do, once you look past the impressive background art. Level five's structure copies level four's, and four was merely a duplicate of levels three, two and one. You get the idea. Some of the later areas include puzzles where the magic system must be utilized to progress, but thats of no real significance. Once you see that there are no surprises while you fetch mystical knickknacks and behead a legion of nasties, Eternal Darkness quickly becomes an exercise in repetition. Thanks to the well-crafted intrigue, it remains the type of game where you care enough to see the ending, but how you get there really isnt all that interesting.
Its also worth briefly mentioning that the game has a few other issues as well. Most notably, the hyped "insanity" effects were nothing more than insignificant gimmicks of the sort that were pulled off with more style in both of Konami's Metal Gear Solid games. (These effects also disappear from play completely once you learn the sanity-restoring spell.) Other hiccups I noticed were the fixed camera angles often presenting the player with poorly framed views and the seriously unbalanced magic system making players practically invincible about halfway through the game.
I hate to write such a negative-sounding review of a release that commits no truly outrageous crimes, but the fact is that Eternal Darkness offers very little entertainment outside of the scripts intellectual content. The "borrowing" of H.P. Lovecrafts work and the interweaving of historical settings are admirable, but not enough to disguise the fact that its a dull, average game saved only by solid production values and a strong plot arc. With so many good ideas in the script, Im very surprised by the lack of vision in the gameplay. It's not anything close to what I'd call terrible, but it's not all that extraordinary either.


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Phelan: Twitter an easy way to monitor what's happening
Recently, the social media website Twitter celebrated its seventh birthday. Twitter has around 500 million total users. While this might not be as impressive as social media giant Facebook's billion users, Twitter still packs a punch. I would estimate that over half of the kids at my school have a Twitter account, even those who vehemently said, for years, "I will never, ever get a Twitter."
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Mason City, Iowa – Mercy Stroke Center is part of an initial group of ten Primary Stroke Centers and fourteen Stroke Capable hospitals from across the state of Iowa to join the Iowa Stroke Registry in an effort to improve stroke care for Iowans.
Members of the registry will work together to mentor, train and network as well as share data reports comparing stroke care results.
The Iowa Stroke Registry has been selected to join 10 other states as members of the Paul Coverdell National Acute Stroke Program. This program is designed to track the entire continuum of stroke care, from Emergency Medical Services to clinical care, and on to post-clinical and rehabilitation services.
By being part of this Iowa Stroke Registry and the Paul Coverdell National Acute Stroke Program, the Mercy Stroke Center will take part in advancing stroke care for Iowa and the entire nation.
The Mercy Stroke Center is the only Primary Stroke Center in the North Iowa area and one of only 14 in the state of Iowa. Mercy earned the Gold Seal of Approval™ from The Joint Commission for Primary Stroke Centers after The Joint Commission conducted an on-site review in 2009. Yearly reviews are conducted to maintain the certification.
Each year about 795,000 people experience a new or recurrent stroke, which is the nation's fourth leading cause of death. On average, someone suffers a stroke every 40 seconds and stroke accounts for approximately 1 out of every 18 deaths. Stroke is a leading cause of serious, long-term disability in the United States, with about 4.7 million stroke survivors alive today.
"Mercy Stroke Center is focused on decreasing the incidence of stroke and disabilities from stroke," said Alireza Yarahmadi, M.D., Medical Director of Mercy Stroke Center. "We are working very hard to increase awareness of stroke and its treatments so physicians can save more lives and patients suffering from stroke can have a better quality of life."
The signs and symptoms of stroke include:
If you or someone you know displays any of these symptoms, dial 911 for emergency medical assistance.
More about Mercy Stroke Center
Mercy Stroke Center is focused on decreasing the incidence of stroke and disabilities from stroke in the North Iowa area. The program consists of physicians, neurologists, a nurse coordinator, nursing staff, pharmacists, therapists, dietitians, social services/case managers and technicians from many departments. The goal of the Stroke Center is to detect and treat stroke emergently within the first few hours so that more patients are eligible for treatments or procedures, which can decrease disability or the risk of death after stroke. As a certified stroke center, the service provided has the critical elements to achieve long-term success in improving outcomes and meeting the unique and specialized needs of stroke patients. Mercy Stroke Center works closely with the Acute Rehabilitation Unit located at the West Campus. Rehabilitation is specifically tailored to meet the needs of stroke patients and their families, making the transition from the hospital setting to home a little easier. For information about Mercy Stroke Center and the services available, please contact Jennifer Thoe, R.N., M.S.N. at 641-428-7109.