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As investigators probe what caused the devastating shooting massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Conn., several versions of killer Adam Lanza and his family have surfaced. It is difficult to differential fact from fiction, when even law enforcement had gotten the killer's identity wrong initially.
A puzzling portrait is slowing emerging of a troubled young man who allegedly had mental problems. A 20-year-old who hadn't held a job or gone to college even if he was described as brilliant. Asperger's Syndrome is being thrown around and neighbors of the Lanzas were seen on television saying how mom Nancy was a loving mother, even if a "little high-strung."
The accounts continue to be conflicting. Though Asperger's Syndrome and tales of how awkward and strange Adam was are floating around, there doesn't seem to be a paper trail of his mother seeking professional help. There are no calls to police of her son acting violent.
The Lanzas weren't a poor working class family, for reports tell of her receiving almost $300,000 a year in alimony and living in a $1.6 million sprawling home. Her ex-husband had reportedly worked for GE, with a $ 1 million salary. So if her son was as troubled as some make him out to be, why didn't she get help? Why didn't his dad? Did Nancy hide her son's mental condition because she was ashamed?
One Newtown resident, gardener Dan Holmes, said in television interviews that he had done some work for her but never went beyond the yard. He added that she once proudly showed off one of her antique guns to him, but brought it outside, never letting him inside the home. Others say she would always use the back door, never the front entrance.
Reports say Adam Lanza was obsessed with video games-the violent kind. In fact he reportedly had two of the homes bedrooms to himself—one for the sole purpose of setting up and playing his video games. When police raided the home as part of their investigation, they found two computers smashed. An attempt to hide what he had on those computers? (Read more on this here ).
Another piece of the puzzle that doesn't fit is his apparent control and high functioning planning of his diabolical goal. He was wearing a bullet proof vest. As I mentioned above, he smashed his computers. He carried three of his mother's guns with ammo to defeat an army with him. Police found a third gun with numerous bullets in the car he used to drive to the school.
Adam Lanza butchered 20 children and six adults at that school before killing himself when he heard the police arriving. He shot his mother four times in the head before going to Sandy Hook Elementary.
H. Wayne Carver II, the state's medical examiner said in a press conference last Saturday that the wounds of the victims were the worst he had seen in his 30 year career, with children having three to 11 wounds each. (Read more here).The seasoned ME had to hold back tears at the memory. Lanza knew how to shoot and shoot accurately and devastatingly. How did he learn?
Most news reports have said his mother taught him by taking he and his brother Ryan to the shooting range. But other residents of Newtown say they do not remember seeing Adam at the range, while one neighbor said the boys were a regular fixture there when they were younger. Ryan 24, who now lives in Hoboken, New Jersey was wrongfully accused of the killings, when he doesn't even live in Connecticut.
Incidentally, Ryan reportedly hasn't spoken to his young brother Adam since 2010. Why?
Back to the violent video games: can they teach us to shoot and shoot accurately? According to the Research and Innovation Communications at Ohio State University, they most definitely can. In fact they say that playing just 20 minutes of a violent shooting video game will make "players more accurate when firing a realistic gun at a mannequin—and more likely to aim for and hit the head."
The study continued, "Players who use a plastic gun controller to play shooting video games with human targets, had 99 percent more completed head shots to the mannequin than did participants who played other video games, as well as 33 percent more shots that hit other parts of the body."
In fact, according to the co-author of the study Brad Bushman, police and the military already use video games for training purposes. (Read more here).
So is this part missing from the puzzle? Did Adam Lanza spend his days and nights perfecting his deadly aim by playing sophisticated video shooting games in his room dedicated for that sole purpose, sinking deeper and deeper into the dark abyss of madness which exploded on innocent children and their educators last Friday?


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I've been married 14 years and have found that, in my relationship and in others I learn about, it is not unusual for partners to have, for lack of a better term, different "quotas." Even worse, every living being has a different internal clock that has a great impact on his mood. Each partner might... read more »
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I've been married 14 years and I have to agree with you entirely. I also have to say that your recommended discussion points will come in real handy and I'm going to start trying this approach with my wife AND my boss. And, ummm, I'm just going to keep putting the following identical comment on som... read more »
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I'd take the shirt. I've already got both books and I am happy with Expresso. I wish more of my colleagues would learn RegEx--it's such a drag when I get excited about a RegEx solution and none of the other's care. . .sniff. . .they probably won't even appreciate the t-shirt.... read more »
Converting A ColdFusion Query To CSV Using QueryToCSV()
Posted on May 22, 2008 at 9:39 AM
@Misha I should have added before that my process of replicating and then modifying a CSV file would probably be best handled OUTSIDE of CF altogether but I'm working on an existing process. I'm not sure whether that last bit on converting the data and setting nulls would work as my goal is to avo... read more »
Converting A ColdFusion Query To CSV Using QueryToCSV()
Posted on May 22, 2008 at 9:25 AM
@Misha This a great solution--assuming the data is coming from a DB table AND you know ahead of time which fields you'll be pulling. In my case, I'm actually using a Text Driver DSN to read in a CSV with commas, then create a new version of the file that is double pipe delimited (||). Each file co... read more »
Converting A ColdFusion Query To CSV Using QueryToCSV()
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Yeah, those guys are great! I found them a few years back when I needed a host provider for a client of mine. While I was researching providers, the person I got on the phone at HostMySite was very knowledgeable. Turned out that, via the sales number, I was speaking with the same set of techies th... read more »
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Posted on May 11, 2007 at 10:13 AM
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MARTINSBURG - Seemingly overnight, area residents learned the definition of "derecho." On June 29, the Eastern Panhandle, and much of the state of West Virginia, were brutally hit by a series of storms that left many without power and water in the staggering heat of summer.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has defined a derecho as a "wide-spread, long-lived wind storm that is associated with rapidly moving thunderstorms." By this definition, the swath of the storm spreads more than 240 miles, and includes wind gusts of at least 58 mph.
The storm, which hit on a Friday, resulted in trucks filled with ice and water coming to Martinsburg from as far away as Alabama.
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Many shipments arrived that Monday, after residents suffered over the weekend, during which time scores of refrigerators were emptied of their spoiled contents.
By the end of the storm, 5,790 customers in Berkeley County were without power, 2,511 customers in Martinsburg alone, along with 5,838 in Jefferson County and 719 in Morgan County.
"I'm actually getting used to it. Saturday and Sunday were a nightmare," Jim Tyner of Files Crossroads said while waiting for ice. Tyner, like many other residents, used well water, and had no other choice but to search for water elsewhere.
In the storm's aftermath, Sen. Jay Rockefeller sent a letter to President Obama, requesting that the White House declare 45 counties in West Virginia, including Jefferson County, a federal disaster area.
After approval, the declaration allowed for federal agencies to provide assistance to help not only the state and local governments, but also families and individuals.
"Now they will get much of the assistance they need to get back on their feet," Rockefeller said of the local communities. "I'm glad the president and FEMA agreed that this designation is critical for the state, as the past few weeks have been hard on many families who are trying to regain some normalcy in their lives."
Cooling stations were set up around the affected areas, while Jefferson County Homeland Security and Emergency Management activated its Emergency Operations Center.
"I think the two substations that were affected the most were located near Martinsburg. When they went, they took a lot of stuff out in Martinsburg, plus the winds and so forth," Steve Allen, Berkeley County director of homeland security and emergency management, said the Monday after the storm.
"We are all one big neighborhood, and we need to take care of each other," Allen said.
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on December 20, 2012 - 10:26 PM
Robert Sitter, the Hamilton, Ont. man who was struck by a taxi outside Ralph Wilson Stadium after the Buffalo Bills defeated the Miami Dolphins Nov. 15 will be returned home after spending more than a month in a Buffalo hospital, according to a CHCH television report in Ontario.
Sitter, 31, who still is unable to talk, is reported to be responsive to family after being brought out of a medically-induced coma.
The Ontario Patient Transfer was expected to return Sitter to Hamilton late this week where he'll remain hospitalized at Hamilton General Hospital, according to the report.
Sitter was critically injured when he was struck by a car while attempting to cross Southwestern Boulevard.


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Enjoy your special day. Kinda wish I was there to celebrate again, but glad we had Friday night together. Sweet picture of Ivy.ReplyDelete
I love this Steph! Happy birthday to one of the sweetest & most wonderful writers around. Really. :)ReplyDelete
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i'm so glad your birthday weekend has been wonderful. take it all in without washing one dish!
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Happy Birthday Mama! I am very glad you were born - Your mom blog is the best on this web, your writing is beautiful, your heart is good, your wisdom runs deep and your honesty always helps on the bad days. Keep on being exactly who you are. Have a beautiful year full of blessings and abundance. Who knows maybe someone will finally give you a dishwasher.ReplyDelete
Happy, happy birthday! May the good and beautiful things in your life stack as high as your dirty dishes. ;)ReplyDelete
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This morning, ESPN is reporting that Texas A&M to the SEC is a done deal, with the network citing a high-ranking source at the school.
ESPN is leading its ESPNews newscasts with the story.
The report claimed that Missouri would also leave the Big 12 with A&M to join the SEC and that Florida State and Clemson would leave the ACC to join the SEC.
However, The Sporting News is saying part of the story might not be correct. TSN wrote that an SEC source said the conference would expand to no more than 14 teams. It currently has 12 schools; adding Texas A&M, Missouri, Clemson and FSU would bring the SEC to 16 schools.
According to The Sporting News, "Florida State's inclusion would be news to ACC commissioner John Swofford, who said in a statement that he's not aware of any of his member schools that are thinking about leaving. 'We'll continue to be mindful of the collegiate landscape and what's best for the ACC and its member institutions,' Swofford said. 'With that said, I've received no indication from any of our 12 presidents that they have any intention of being affiliated with any conference other than the ACC.'"
If it happens, it would be another seismic shift in college football and certainly create a ripple effect, as the Big Ten—which just added Nebraska as its 12th team this season—would likely respond.
A&M's departure could also mean the demise of the Big 12.
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Alarm Clocks!
Hello everyone! Here's a quick update on what we are up to at the Ramos factory.
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Hello backers and happy 4th of July!
It's been a while, so here's a quick update on what we're up to. Production is on track with the 5 month schedule... Read more
Building and shipping and some other cool stuff
About 3 weeks ago we shipped out the first bulk batch of Ramos clocks! We're still a bit of a ways from getting all the clocks out, but this was... Read more
Hello from the Ramos Factory!
Since we last spoke, we've been pushing through two big batches of clocks through our factory. The first one is LED Ramos bigbatch#1.
They're coming out awesome. It's taken... Read more
Here's a quick one: We are close.
We don't like keeping you in the dark about this project. Unfortunately, updates take a fair amount of time and effort to put together. This becomes especially taxing when you're... Read more
First Ramos clocks ship before Christmas
Lots has happened since we last spoke. Due to hurricane Sandy, Hoboken (where we're based) saw unprecedented flooding that knocked power out for a week. Thankfully the workshop and our apartments... Read more
Testing and more testing.
Hi! It's been a while since we last posted. This is mainly because we've been very busy getting both LED and Nixie Ramos compliant with safety and electrical guidelines. Since... Read more
Production starts on the LED Ramos.
We have some good news! Over the past few months we've been busy creating a factory here in the US to make Ramos clocks. After lots of design iterations we... Read more
Here is your well deserved update.
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NMPF Pleased with Senate Agriculture Committee Farm Bill Approval
From Jerry Kozak, President and CEO, NMPF:
"We commend the members of the Senate Agriculture Committee for approving a farm bill today to transform dairy policy, while making necessary improvements in other farm and nutrition programs. The dairy title of the committee's bill contains the long-awaited reforms offered by the Dairy Security Act
"Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) has again proved to be an effective leader of her committee, and we thank her, Ranking Member Thad Cochran (R-MS), and the other members of the Agriculture Committee for working together on the overall farm bill. Dairy farmers look forward to that same leadership as the bill reaches the Senate floor in the coming days.
"We also urge members of the House Agriculture Committee, during their markup of the farm bill tomorrow, to approve the Dairy Security Act and oppose an effort by Rep. Bob Goodlatte that aims to weaken the bill's protection of dairy farmers. The Dairy Security Act is the best approach to providing milk producers an effective safety net, while avoiding a scenario that Goodlatte's amendment could cause where dairy margins are low for long periods, hurting farmers and taxpayers alike."


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3 Bizarrely Specific Job Trends in Movies
#1. It's Crazy Easy to Sneak into the Mob
(Hey, guys, working for the mob is a job, too. Don't be dicks.)
In The Departed, Jack Nicholson's character, Frank Costello, is supposed to be the crime boss to end all crime bosses. He's got money, drugs, women and moles in high-profile places, and the Boston Police Department AND the FBI have been trying (unsuccessfully) to bring him to justice for decades. He basically runs Boston and is either feared or admired by everyone.
Here's what Leonardo DiCaprio's character, Billy, does to join the biggest mob in Boston:
One crime, with his shitty cousin.
Then he beats up some guys in a place.
Then he beats up another guy in a different place.
BOOM! He's in Frank Costello's inner circle. It helps that his family had connections to the mob, but that doesn't change the fact that DiCaprio couldn't have been on the mob's radar at all for the first 24 years of his life.
In Donnie Brasco, Johnny Depp's Brasco infiltrates Al Pacino and Michael Madsen's wildly powerful mafia by running into Pacino at a restaurant and pointing out that the diamonds Pacino bought were fake. Then he beats up a guy and BOOM! He's a high roller in one of the biggest crime families around.
Hell, even in the first The Fast and the Furious movie, Paul Walker infiltrates Vin Diesel's car-racing gang (remember when that's what those movies were about?) by hilariously losing a car race and then running from the cops. That's all it took. Vin saw Walker sprinting away from police officers and thought, "Him. That's a guy you want on your side."
Why Hollywood Does It
A nice cocktail of laziness and efficiency. In reality, it would take years for someone like DiCaprio's Billy to rise up the ranks and get admitted into Costello's private circle, but this is movie life we're talking about, and we just don't have that kind of time. If you devote an hour to Billy gaining the trust of the mob, then you only have 45 minutes to spend on the rest of the movie. So, Hollywood shortens the whole "Wow, this guy has really proven himself and he clearly belongs in our mob, now that we've observed him for several years" process and condenses it down to "Wow, did you see the way that guy PUNCHED that other guy? Let's make him one of our best mob guys."
Daniel O'Brien is Cracked.com's senior writer (ladies), and once punched a guy (mafia). Follow him on Twitter. Or don't!
For more from Dan, check out Why Spider-Man Is a Dick and 5 Things They Never Told Us.


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A Weld District Court judge on Thursday sentenced a Johnstown woman to two years on probation and six months on an ankle monitor after she pleaded guilty to providing alcohol to a minor who died in a DUI crash the same night.
Elizabeth Costisick, 31, was accused of providing alcohol to Waylon Ehrlich, of Milliken, on April 14, 2012, according to a summons and complaint. Ehrlich, 19, died after crashing his Dodge pickup later that night on Weld County Road 5 and Colo. 66 near Longmont.
Costisick, an employee at Corral Bar and Grill in Johnstown, was accused of giving Steam Lager beer to Ehrlich at the bar, according to the document. Costisick also faced three other counts of the same charge, which were dismissed as part of the plea agreement.
Costisick was also ordered to serve 80 hours of community service and attend a Mothers Against Drunk Driving impact panel, according to the Weld County District Attorney's Office.


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One glance around town and it is easy to see that, in Elkins, spring cleaning happens out of season. Our annual spruce-up occurs in the fall - because that is when the Mountain State Forest Festival helps our area take center stage in West Virginia.
Thousands attend the festival each year, and it is important for the community to make a great impression as we receive statewide recognition. That is why it is refreshing to see so many improvement projects under way in preparation for the big event.
The Randolph County Development Authority, city of Elkins, local business leaders and Forest Festival volunteers and staff all are busy preparing for the 76th event. New signs are being installed. Buildings are being painted. Paving is being done to key roadways, and the town is being readied to look its very best.
While some locals don't look forward to Forest Festival - or all that comes with it - it is a tradition that brings distinction to this area. The event is the largest and oldest festival in the state.
The festival's website, www.forestfestival.com, offers the following about the historic event, calling it a major homecoming for individuals who previously lived in the Elkins area:
"It's also a time when first-time visitors, young and old alike, come to the area to participate in the many festival events and activities.
"This year's celebration will mark a significant milestone in the history of the festival association and will once again afford us the opportunity to share with our community and state the important role West Virginia's natural resources play in our economic development.
"Rich in tradition, the festival also plays a major role in our local and state economy and offers something for everyone to enjoy, such as, the carnival, parades, exhibits, arts and crafts, delicious food and, of course, the royal court and coronation of Queen Silvia."
We couldn't agree more, and we encourage those in the community to get in the festival spirit. Private individuals, like businesses, also may decide to spruce things up a bit in time for the many festivities that are on tap in the coming days. Whether it is clearing debris from a yard or adding some fall flowers to a window box, it is encouraging when residents take pride in this community and all it - and the festival - has to offer.
Sometimes we don't realize how blessed we are to have an event such as the Forest Festival to call our own. So, as we deal with the increased traffic, noise and other festival-related effects, let's try to remember to see it, and our community, through the eyes of a first-time visitor. Like the splendor of the fall leaves as they turn a majestic color, may this region shine during our moment in the spotlight.


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on January 5, 2013 - 1:00 AM
The death of former Buffalo Bill Ernie Warlick in November and the comments of his teammates rekindled some fond memories.
On Dec. 26, 1965, the Bills played in the second of the three AFL Championship Games in which they appeared from 1964 to 1966. In that game against the San Diego Chargers, the Bills started Warlick at tight end after he had sat on the bench for the last nine games of the regular season. He made the most of the opportunity, catching an 18-yard touchdown pass on a post pattern from Jack Kemp midway through the first quarter to put the Bills on top. Warlick ended the day with three receptions for 35 yards as the Bills shut out the Chargers 23-0 for their second straight championship.
I was 9 years old at the time and that was the first memory I had of following a professional sports team from start to finish in a season. And Ernie Warlick became an instant hero in my eyes for his play in the championship game.
The following August, Warlick was cut somewhat unceremoniously by the Bills during training camp. When I returned to St. Benedict School that fall, a friend of mine who lived in the North Bailey neighborhood of Eggertsville let drop one day that Warlick lived around the corner from him. I asked whether it was possible to go to Warlick's house to get his autograph. The next week, I went home with my friend after school.
We walked down the street and he pointed out a modest-looking single-family home. I walked up and rang the doorbell. In seconds, Warlick's 6-foot-5 frame filled the doorway. I said, "Hi, Mr. Warlick, do you think we could have your autograph?" He flashed his wide grin, took the Robert L. Smith photograph that I had gotten at Super Duper Markets in his hands – once reported to be the largest hands in all of pro football – and signed his name. We thanked him and took off, thrilled that we actually had the nerve to ring his doorbell.
I can still feel the thrill of that moment 47 years later. But there was more to come. In 1988, as chairman of the board of Housing Opportunities Made Equal (HOME), the local fair housing organization, I discovered that when Warlick moved to Buffalo in 1963 and went looking for his home in Eggertsville, one of the real estate brokers he consulted told him, "Ernie, you wouldn't be happy here." Other brokers he consulted refused to cooperate in his search and gave no explanation. As I later learned from Warlick, he kept asking to be shown homes in Eggertsville or Williamsville and was told that he should really be looking on the East Side of Buffalo. Despite his status as a professional athlete, Warlick and his family were victims of housing discrimination.
Warlick became one of HOME's first clients. To his credit and with HOME's help, Warlick persisted and ultimately bought his home in Eggertsville. When I met him (for the second time) in 2009, however, I learned that that was not the end of the story. Warlick told me that in 1963, HOME volunteers were concerned with how the neighborhood would accept his family, so each night they took turns silently standing guard outside his house, unobtrusively parked nearby just to make sure nothing happened. They were so discreet that even the Warlicks did not realize what had happened until some time later.
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The region's emerging food truck industry has been in the news in several communities. The Common Council recently voted to lower the first-time fee for food trucks from $1,000 to $800 and changed vending district boundaries to allow food trucks at Canalside.
A divided Amherst Town Board struggled to devise new rules for rolling chefs, but ended in an impasse. And there are indications that the Village of Williamsville might opt to take a more hands-off approach to food trucks.
Peter Cimino, co-owner of Lloyd Taco Truck and a leader of the local movement, talked recently with The Buffalo News' Brian Meyer about the industry's future as part of the weekly "In Focus" series.
Meyer: If I were to ask you to assign a grade to the progress the food truck industry has made in the Buffalo area over the past two years, what would the grade be?
Cimino: Probably a B-minus.
Meyer: That low?
Cimino: Yeah.
Meyer: Because some supporters would say that you've made a lot of progress.
Cimino: It depends what you're measuring it against. I think we've given up a lot, which is OK for the time being. Obviously we need to continue to operate. However we can work it out with these jurisdictions, we're going to go ahead and do so. But at the end of the day, it's not really what's best for the industry. And it's not what's really going to get it to flourish in Western New York.
Meyer: What is best for the industry?
Cimino: Definitely less regulation. I mean, in terms of creating laws, we should really only be concerned with protecting the health, safety and well-being of our citizens. And I think the county does that as far as the Health Department goes. I don't see the city needing to step in and do much other than maybe making sure we're not creating a traffic hazard.
Meyer: Are you saying that food trucks should be able to go anywhere?
Cimino: I'm saying they should be able to go almost anywhere. The idea that we're essentially barred from downtown is completely ridiculous. Downtown seems to be a ghost town on the weekends and anytime after 5 o'clock. Why not give the trucks a chance to go down there and maybe create a little hustle and bustle?
Meyer: But you do have trucks there, right?
Cimino: We do, yes. … one truck at Main and Mohawk. But that's the only location that we're permitted to be in. We can't get any access to, say [First Niagara Center], or the convention center – any of these other appealing places.
Meyer: Some suburbs have been focusing on food truck laws.
Cimino: Amherst is right now. And Williamsville is next in line. So we're kind of crossing our fingers that maybe some of the other villages, or East Aurora, Kenmore, they might take more of a hands-off approach – like I think Williamsville is going to do.
Meyer: What has the growth pattern been for the industry?
Cimino: Two years ago, we were probably at four or five trucks. Right now, we're probably at about 10, I would say seven of which are operating pretty consistently, almost on a daily basis. Six or seven. But to give you an indication of some other cities [that] have had legislation for as long as us, such as Boston and Cleveland, there's almost 45 trucks in Cleveland right now, and way more than 50 trucks in Boston.


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ATTICA - Only 15 miles separate Calvert High School from Seneca East High School, but after this year, the distance between them will seem immeasurable.
With the two longtime Midland Athletic League rivals heading to different conferences at the close of the school year, Friday's encounter was the final time for the foreseeable future the two would meet on the gridiron.
With Calvert putting up 14 points before Seneca East's offense took the field, the Senecas seemed poised for their third-straight win over their rivals.
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Not this year.
The final MAL encounter between the two went to the Tigers.
After 21 first quarter points, Calvert was kept off the scoreboard until the final minute. Meanwhile, Seneca East's offense worked its way up and down the field and the defense chipped in with two touchdowns of its own, all culminating in a 34-28 Seneca East win.
"It feels good to leave Calvert like that," Seneca East's Alex Scheiber said. "It feels really good, after a big loss last year, we were up and we lost after that storm and it felt good to come back this year and beat them."
"The first quarter didn't turn out to good; they came out 14-0. It was looking bad really early," Tiger quarterback Ethan Caudill added. "Thankfully we were able to come back, overcome adversity and get this win."
For Tiger coach Ed Phillips the sweetness of the victory came from beating a team expected to be fighting for the league title.
"It's the best feeling in the world," he said. "Because at the beginning of the season you look at teams and as a coach you think, 'Who's a team that can do it? Who's a team that can win the league?' And they were one of them. They're 1-4 right now but they lost to four really good football teams. It's exciting for us and our kids right now."
Calvert controlled the early portion of the game, taking the opening possession 64 yards before Tyler Long powered in the game's first score from 6 yards out. Instead of kicking the ball over to the Tigers, Calvert went with an onside kick which Austin Prenzlin pounced upon. No too long after, Austin Ball scampered in from 6 yards out and Calvert had a quick 14-0 lead.
"No, that's not the way we wanted to start," Phillips said. "I felt like our kids were ready. I tell you what makes it difficult, when you got a guy like (Long) over there. You can prepare and prepare, but when you get on the field and you see how fast he is and how he slices through there, you don't really have on your scout team guys that can simulate that."
Once Caudill and the Tiger offense got on the field, they were ready to get going.
The Tigers marched down the field, covering 56 yards in eight plays with Caudill connecting with Adam Hall from 10 yards out to get his team on the scoreboard.
Seneca East then recovered an onside kick of its own, but an official ruling gave the ball to Calvert. However, two plays later, Scheiber scooped up a Calvert fumble and sprinted 40 yards for a touchdown to tie the game.
After the game, Caudill admitted it was important for his team to come up with an answer once the offense was able to get on the field.
"I think I looked at the clock and there was five minutes left in the first quarter and we hadn't touched the ball yet," he said. "Our offense did great, driving down the field. That first drive was huge for us to get the score. Then Alex tied it back up with that fumble, it was great."
Calvert retook the lead on a 32-yard pitch-and-catch from Long to Michael Smith and the Senecas blocked a punt on Seneca East's next possession.
But another Calvert fumble gave it back to Seneca East and let the Tigers claw back even.
On the first play, Caudill found Scheiber streaking down the middle of the field for a 31-yard touchdown, and a 21-21 game.
Scheiber said getting turnovers was something the team worked on in practice.
"We've been working on it all week, finger-peeling and pulling the ball out and making big plays on defense," he said. "It helped us out tonight."
After 42 points were scored in the game's first 16 minutes, the defenses were able to step up and control things into the latter portions of the third quarter, when Caudill gave his team its first lead on a 4-yard pass to Isaac Phillips.
Turnovers then came back to bite Calvert. Two plays after getting the ball back, Brayden Walker jumped in front of a pass and ran 15 yards for a Tiger touchdown.
"You just can't turn the ball over," Calvert coach Todd Fox said. "We talked about that going in, it's been our Achilles heel all year. And you can't turn the ball over. They didn't have any turnovers; we had (five). And you lose by a touchdown. And they scored two of those, two times off our turnovers. You can't beat yourself. We've been doing that each and every week. And that's on me. Somewhere I got to revisit myself and see what I'm doing wrong and try to get these guys to buy in and finish the year."
Calvert racked up 209 yards of offense in the first half. The Senecas got the ball back down 34-21 with 4:24 to play. To that point in the second half, the Seneca East defense had allowed them only 18 yards.
"They were lights out; they were unreal," Phillips said of his defense. "I saw defensive linemen knifing through there making plays, linebackers too. I don't know many times Josh Waggoner knifed through there and had tackles for loss, but he made a lot of them."
Caudill threw for 140 yards and rushed for 60. Scheiber rushed for 52 and caught 50 yards worth of passes. Both passed on the credit to their line.
"Our line gave us some good blocks and made some holes," Scheiber said. "It worked out the defense was in the right spot to get blocked."
"Our line really controlled the line of scrimmage," Caudill added. "They gave me time to pass the ball and gave Alex some holes."
Calvert tacked on its final score with 50 seconds to go on a Long TD pass to Corbin Kantner. But a final onside kick was recovered by Seneca East, and for perhaps the final time against Calvert, the Tigers closed out the game.


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I remember reading a tweet that said, one NHL player just started frantically doing push ups after hearing the lockout is over.
lol did you see milan lucic? he was taking extended water breaks and taking knees non-stop when they started doing informal practices together. what many people don't understand is that you can workout during the lockout all you want, it still doesn't mean you'll be in GAME SHAPE. It'll take a bit for these boys to get their lungs back and their feet adjusted to it.


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"this is to dying in another's arms, and why I had to try it.." - Something Corporate
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Everyone needs to listen to the song Konstantine by SoCo. Andrew makes my cry, it's so brilliant
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someone whos only purpose is to fluff the pillow (sexually speaking)
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An object, usually a golf club or baseball bat hidden under the passenger seat of an automobile, used to beat the crap out of anyone who gives you shit while you are in or near your car.
Norris, go get my pillow fluffer out of the car so I can smash this kids face in.
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A pillow fluffer is a hired member of the crew of a pornographic movie whose role on the set is to sexually arouse the male participants prior to the filming of scenes requiring erections. Presumably, the name arose, at least in part, as a mocking reference to the hair-fluffing make-up artists who kept the starlets in non-pornographic movies looking their very best in every scene.
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Khloe Kardashian has broken her silence on her split from Lamar Odom.
The reality star, who filed for divorce from Odom last Friday, tweeted on Wednesday, "This, in and of itself, is heart breaking and torture to my soul."
Kardashian seemingly went on to address new reports linking her to other men, such as Matt Kemp and The Game, writing, "Please, I don't need the extra rumors and BS right now."
This, in and of itself, is heart breaking and torture to my soul. Please, I don't need the extra rumors and BS right now.
— Khloé (@khloekardashian) December 18, 2013
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Tracey Rowe and Brian King were married on Aug. 27, 2011, at Weirton Heights Memorial Baptist Church with the Rev. William Stout officiating the 3:30 p.m. ceremony.
The bride is the daughter of Jack and Kathy Rowe of Weirton and the granddaughter of Roy and Helen Crickard of Elkins.
The bridegroom is the son of Thomas and Tina Curtis of Aliquippa, Pa.
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Tracey Rowe and Brian King
Escorted to the altar by her father, and given in marriage by her parents, the bride carried a bouquet of cream roses, pink calla lilies, stephanotis and alstroemeria.
Kelly McDiffitt of Weirton and Jamie Rischitelli of Arden, N.C., sisters of the bride, served as matrons of honor. Jessica Keen of Moon Township, Pa., served as maid of honor.
Josh Ford of Chester was the best man.
Bridesmaids were Jenna Ford of Chester, Stephanie Schuetz of Wheeling, Kelley Wright of Weirton and Tara Speidel of Centerville, Ohio.
Groomsmen were Justin King of Weirton, brother of the bridegroom; Clint Stoehr of Wheeling, Josh Strope of Wheeling, Curt Ross of Wheeling, George Cain of Wheeling and Bryan Mularcik of Wheeling.
Kaylee King, niece of the bridegroom, and Sydnee Wright were the flower girls. L.J. Speidel was the ring bearer.
Following the ceremony, a reception was hosted at the Knights of Columbus in Weirton. The newlyweds took a honeymoon trip to Las Vegas, Nev.
The bride is a 1998 graduate of Weir High School and received her certified nursing assistant license in 2010 from JDRCC. She is currently persuing a registered nursing degree at West Virginia Northern Community College. She is employed at Mountaineer Casino, Racetrack and Resort in Chester as the senior tour and travel coordinator.
The bridegroom is a 1998 graduate of Weir High School and a 2005 graduate of West Liberty University with a bachelor's degree in marketing. He is employed at Outback Steakhouse in St. Clairsville, Ohio.
The couple resides in Weirton.


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The University of Hawaii is committed to creating a community free from intimidation, harassment and violence.
Sexual assault is prohibited by law and is a serious offense that violates the basic standards of behavior expected of members of the university community. The university will not tolerate acts of sexual assault. This includes domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking. The university will take appropriate action to prevent sexual assault and will correct and discipline behavior that is found to violate this policy.
Interim Executive Policy EP 1.204 – Interim Policy and Procedure on Sex Discrimination and Gender-Based Violence
How to Get Help
Any member of the university community who has been sexually assaulted is strongly encouraged to report the incident to the local police and/or campus security.
You may also request assistance from your campus Title IX Coordinator or Dean/Vice Chancellor for Students.
Manoa students and employees may contact the Gender Equity Counselor or the Counseling & Student Development Center.
Please find more information about Title IX resources at Systemwide Title IX Resource Guide 2016 (2645 KB PDF)
Title IX training is available for UH employees online.
Summary of Executive Policy EP 1.204
Sexual Harassment, Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, and Stalking
The University of Hawaii ("University") is committed to maintaining and promoting safe, respectful campus environments that are free from discrimination, harassment, and sexual violence. The University prohibits and does not tolerate sexual harassment, sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking. These forms of sex discrimination and sexual misconduct are prohibited by law and are serious offenses that violate the basic standards of behavior expected of members of the University community. Such conduct substantially interferes with a person's civil rights to equal opportunity in employment, education, and/or access to University programs, activities and services, whether on- or off-campus. The University will take appropriate action to prevent sexual harassment, sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking.
Campus programs and procedures. Each campus will implement prevention and response procedures that include providing information on Title IX Coordinators and other designated personnel, law enforcement options, safety, interim measures, education and prevention services, and on- and off-campus resources. Each campus will investigate complaints in a manner that is equitable and reasonably prompt. Where appropriate, the campus will take prompt and effective steps (including disciplinary sanctions) reasonably calculated to end the sexual misconduct, eliminate the hostile environment, prevent its recurrence, and remedy its effects.
For information on campus procedures, resources, and complaint procedures, please contact your campus Title IX Coordinator.
Scope. The University's Executive Policy EP1.204 prohibits sexual harassment and sexual violence in any University workplace, educational program, activity, or service, which includes all academic, extracurricular, student housing, athletics, and other programs. The policy covers sexual harassment and sexual violence based on gender identity and gender expression. The policy applies to all students and employees of the University, as well as volunteers, visiting interns, and third parties such as guests, patrons, independent contractors, or clients of the University The policy applies to persons regardless of their sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression.Retaliation prohibited. The University prohibits and will not tolerate retaliation. Persons who commit retaliation in violation of this policy are subject to appropriate disciplinary action. Retaliation includes adverse actions against a person because they have filed a complaint, participated in an investigation, or otherwise opposed discrimination, including sexual harassment and sexual violence. Retaliation involves adverse actions that would dissuade a reasonable person from opposing prohibited conduct.


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text: Maryland Public Television broadcast a dangerously mythical view of gun violence in the evening of Feb. 19. This program was designed to create emotion rather than a complete connection with reality. For example, it continued the myth that the Second Amendment is solely about militias. It is not per Justice Scalia's opinion of the U.S. Supreme Court in Heller v. District of Columbia. Scalia uses 64 pages to analyze the 27 words of the Second Amendment. These above reproach arguments dismissed the militia clause as having no restriction of "keep and bear arms."


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The CIMIT Integrated Clinical Environments (ICE) Initiative seeks to improve healthcare, enhance outcomes, improve patient safety and reduce inefficiencies.
» ICE Program Overview & Fact Sheet (pdf)
A consortium-wide collaboration that draws on the collective expertise of its Boston-based consortium of premier teaching hospitals, universities and labs, the CIMIT ICE initiative aims to help clinicians be more informed as they make decisions at the point-of-care, while also making clinical systems more efficient and less error-prone. It leverages and adapts technology and systems engineering to improve the continuity of health care within and across care settings. It enables the more effective capture, transfer, use and display of information as patients move through clinical workflows and interact with healthcare systems and associated electronic medical records.Projects within the initiative include working groups and collaborations that are focused on integrating clinical workflow redesign with innovative technologies, medical device interoperability, and clinical use simulation to enable the effective use of electronic medical records and provide improved decision support for clinicians at the point-of-care. The core of the work is translational research and development that adapts and applies enabling technologies to specific problems experienced by clinicians and allied caregivers – providing rapidly implementable solutions.
Through ICE, CIMIT seeks to address today's fragmented healthcare paradigm, which results in systems that are inefficient, error-prone, and subject to sub-optimal outcomes. The devices used for monitoring, collecting, analyzing and displaying device- and patient-generated data usually operate independently from each other and the electronic medical record, each using proprietary systems. Medical devices that deliver care, such as infusion pumps and ventilators, act autonomously to perform a specific set of functions, typically optimized for existing, conventional workflows.
Without an effort like ICE, systems will remain fragmented and inefficient. Standards and infrastructure need to be made widely available to support the development, validation and effective use of interoperable devices and systems. No one company or healthcare provider has the resources or infrastructure to optimize use of devices within an interoperable system, nor to ensure the safety and efficacy of the resulting clinical workflow, but all can benefit when these goals are achieved through a coordinated effort. Accordingly, CIMIT will convene the clinical, technical, regulatory and commercial expertise to demonstrate the potential, start building the necessary infrastructure and catalyze the action needed by stakeholders.
|Lee Park, MD
|Newton-Wellesley Hospital
|Analyzing hospital readmissions to design interventions
|Naren Gupta, MBBS, PhD
|VA Boston Healthcare System
|An integrated clinical system to reduce stroke risk in patients with carotid disease
|Trudy Pang
|Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
|Development of a Stat EEG Prototype for Rapid Diagnosis of Non-convulsive Status Epilepticus for Community Hospital Settings
|Steven Horng
|Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
|Developing and Validating an Integrated Intelligent Sepsis Monitoring System
|L. Michael Fraai
|Brigham and Women's Hospital
|Hospital Readmission Reduction Pilot
|Elissa Weitzman
|Children's Hospital Boston
|Improving Healthcare Transitions Using a Personally Controlled Health Record
|David Hooper
|Massachusetts General Hospital
|Integrating Clinical Systems to Identify MRSA-Colonized Patients in the Outpatient Setting with Rapid Detection Methods
|Wilton Levine
|Massachusetts General Hospital
|Blood Ordering and Transfusion Safety System
|Mark Ottensmeyer
|Massachusetts General Hospital
|Low Cost, Modular Enhancements for Mannequin-Based Medical Simulators
|Julian Goldman
|Massachusetts General Hospital
|Improving Continuity of Care for Veterans by Electronically Exchanging MGH, VA, and DoD Medical Record Data
|Timothy Bickmore
|Optimizing Hospital Workflow and Quality through Patient Engagement
|Steven Simon
|VA Boston Healthcare System
|Interactive Medication Reconciliation by Secure Messaging
|Julian Goldman, MD
|Massachusetts General Hospital
|PCA Monitoring Safety Interlock to Decrease Adverse Clinical Events
|James Gray
|Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
|Using network analysis to improve the qualities of NICU care teams and their function
|David Judge, MD
|Massachusetts General Hospital
|Implementation of a Hypertension Remote Monitoring Toolkit in a Primary Care Team-Based Practice, Clinical Systems Innovation
|Joel Karlinsky
|VA Boston Healthcare System
|Interoperability of Portable X Ray Machines with Ventilators in Monitored Settings
|Frank Moss
|Massachusetts Institute of Technology
|Collaborative Virtual Rehabilitation Interface with Home Treatment Integration
|Joanne Nowak
|Partners Hospice
|Telehospice Pilot to Connect Patients at End of Life and their Families to Providers to Reduce Rehospitalization and Control Healthcare Costs
|Jussi Saukkonen, MD
|Boston University
|Development of an interactive, clinical algorithm-driven interoperable smart ventilator.
|Kim Wilson
|Children's Hospital Boston
|Using Mobile Electronic Protocols to Improve Newborn Survival in Developing Country Settings
|Meghan Dierks, MD
|Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
|Reshaping systems, processes and controls to optimize outcomes in sepsis
|Debra Weiner, MD, PhD
|Children's Hospital Boston
|Handheld simulation procedure training device
|Ronald Dixon, MD
|Massachusetts General Hospital
|Healthcare 360: A technology-enabled model for general medical care
|Ronald Dixon, MD
|Massachusetts General Hospital
|Primary Care Kiosks: Making Solutions Affordable and Scalable
|Ronald Newbower, PhD
|Massachusetts General Hospital
|Handwashing Compliance Reminder and Documentation
|Walter Dzik, MD
|Massachusetts General Hospital
|RFID for Prevention of Bedside Errors
|Julian Goldman, MD
|Massachusetts General Hospital
|Medical Device Mobile Plug-and-Play Platform (MD MP3) for Medication Safety
|Robert Insoft, MD
|Brigham and Women's Hospital
|Improving the Care of Neonates During Inter-hospital Transport
|David Judge, MD
|Massachusetts General Hospital
|Designing the Ambulatory Practice of the Future Systems Integration Hub
|Bruce Levy, MD
|Brigham and Women's Hospital
|Remotely Monitored Inhaler to Predict and Prevent Asthmas Attacks
|Adam Wolfberg, MD, MPH
|Children's Hospital Boston
|The Safe Fetus Project: Develop a new non-invasive monitor of fetal health
Information will be posted soon.
Clinical Systems Innovation at the
CIMIT Forum and Past Events
Feb. 16, 2010
|Susan Edman-Levitan, PA:
Executive Director, The John D. Stoeckle Center for Primary Care Innovation, Massachusetts General Hospital
|Designing Solutions Through the Eyes of the Patient: Avoiding "End-User Failure"
The FDA Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) Workshop on Medical Device Interoperability
Jan. 25-27, 2010
Charles P. Friedman, PhD., Chief Scientific Officer, Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology
Jeffrey Shuren, MD, JD, Acting Director, FDA/CDRH
Donna-Bea Tillman, PhD, Director, Office of Device Evaluation, FDA/CDRH
Doug Rosendale, D.O. F.A.C.O.S, Veterans Health Administration, Office of Health Information, Joint Interoperability Ventures
|The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Center for Devices and Radiological Health, in co-sponsorship with Continua Health Alliance and the Center for Integration of Medicine & Innovative Technology (CIMIT) held a public workshop entitled ''Medical Device Interoperability: achieving safety and effectiveness.'' The purpose of the workshop is to facilitate discussion among FDA, industry, academia, professional societies, clinical investigators and other interested parties on issues related to safe and effective interoperable medical devices.
Final Agenda & Videos.
Dec. 8, 2009
Jaques Reifman, PhD: Senior Research Scientist, DoD Biotechnology High-Performance Computing Software Applications Institute, TATRC, U.S. AMRMC, Ft. Detrick, Maryland
Collin M. Stultz, MD, PhD: Principal Investigator, Research Laboratory of Electronics and W. M. Keck Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, MIT
• Predictive Models for Individualized Medicine: Tools to Manage Cognitive Performance, Diabetes, and Heat Stress
• A Novel Non-invasive ECG-based Method for Predicting Adverse Cardiovascular Outcomes
Sep. 15, 2009
Lamont M. Yoder, RN, MSN, MBA, NEA-BC, FACHE: Vice President & Chief Nursing Officer, OhioHealth, Inc., Dublin Methodist Hospital
Barbara Blakeney, RN MS: MGH
Julian Goldman, MD: Partners HealthCare
Ronald Newbower, PhD: CIMIT
Sue Schade: BWH
• Transformation via Technology: Run Until Apprehended
|Forum: "Living Laboratories" Across the Continuum of Care: Innovative Spaces and Virtual Places
May 26, 2009
Ronald Newbower, PhD: CTO and Strategic Director, CIMIT Operating Room of the Future
Colleen Kigin, DPT, FAPTA: Chief of Staff, Government Affairs Liaison and Consortium, National, and International Relations, CIMIT
Clare Tempany, MB BAO, BCH: Ferenc Jolesz Distinguished Chair in Radiology Research; Vice Chairman, Radiology Research; Director, Clinical Focused Ultrasound, Department of Radiology, BWH; Professor of Radiology, HMS
David Judge, MD: Co-Program Leader, CSI, Ambulatory Practice of the Future, CIMIT; Instructor in Medicine, HMS; Assistant Medical Director, Bulfinch Medical Group, MGH
Ronald Dixon, MD, MA: Associate Medical Director, MGH Beacon Hill Internal Medicine Associates; Director, Virtual Practice Project, MGH
• Introduction
May 12, 2009
Julian Goldman, MD, Medical Director of Biomedical Engineering, Partners HealthCare; Principal Anesthesiologist, MGH "Operating Room of the Future"; CIMIT Director of Interoperability; Founder, Medical Device "Plug-and-Play" Interoperability Program
Andrew Reisner, MD, Emergency Physician, MGH; HMS, MIT, and US Army Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center
|• Improving Patient Safety and Clinical Workflow: System Integration through Medical Device Interoperability
• Panel Discussion
|Forum: Health 2.0: Connecting, Enabling Healthy Behaviors and Taking Charge of Health Records
Jan. 20, 2009
Kenneth Mandl, MD, MPH: Associate Professor, CHB / HMS, Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology
John Moore, MD: Research Assistant, New Media Medicine Group, MIT Media Lab
Jay Parkinson, MD, MPH: Myca
• Personally Controlled Health Records: Tectonic Shifts in the Health Information Economy
• Persuasive Interfaces for Medicine: Enabling Patients to Change Health-related Behaviors
Dec. 2, 2008
Keith McCandless: Social Invention Group
Ronald Dixon, MD, MA: Associate Medical Director, MGH Beacon Hill Internal Medicine Associates; Director, Virtual Practice Project, Massachusetts General Hospital
• Unleashing Innovation on the Front Lines—Preventing MRSA Transmissions & Transforming Culture
|Forum: Retail-based Healthcare Clinics
Sept. 9, 2008
Peter Markell, Vice President, Finance, Partners HealthCare System, Inc.
• Retail Clinics -The View from an Academic
Integrated Delivery System
• Increasing Health Care Value via Technology: Enabled Simplification
Jun. 24, 2008
Jeanine Wiener-Kronish, MD, MGH
Douglas Raines, MD, MGH
Emery Brown, MD, PhD, MGH
Keith Miller, DPhil, MGH
|Developments for the Future of Anesthesia and Critical Care
|Forum: Planning for the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Nov. 27, 2007
| Stella Kourembanas, MD; CHB, HMS
Anne Hansen, MD, MPH; CHB, HMS
Jonathan Kemp, PhD; Cambridge Sound Mgmt
|Technology Requirements in the NICU of the Future: A First Look at Sight and Sound
• NICU of the Future Project, CHB: Current Challenges and Future Goals
• NICU of the Future, Sound and Light
• Noise in the Clinical Environment: Sources, Effects, Solutions
|Forum: Assessing Health of Older Adults
Nov. 6, 2007
|Alan M. Jette, PT, PhD, FAPTA; BU, BUMC
Jonathan Bean, MD, MS, MPH; Spaulding Cambridge Outpatient Center, HMS
|• How Are You Really Doing? Innovations in Functional Outcomes Measurement in Rehabilitation
• Three Big Risks for Older Adults: Walking, Climbing Stairs and Rising from a Chair: Evidence-based Rehabilitative Care for Older Adults
|Forum: Improving Quality and Patient Safety
Oct. 30, 2007
| Ronald Newbower, PhD; CIMIT
Gregg S. Meyer, MD, MSc; MGH/MGPO
Jeffrey Cooper, PhD; MGH
|• How to Protect Oneself From Injury by Human Error in a Hospital
• An Untapped Role for Patients: Online Reconciliation of Meds and Monitoring Care Transitions
• New Hazards of Medical Technology
|Forum: Challenges and Opportunities in Office-Based Medicine
Oct. 9, 2007
| Keith Isaacson, MD; HMS, BWH, BWH
Fred Shapiro, DO; HMS, BIDMC
Beverly Philip, MD; HMS, BWH
Lisa Warren, MD; MGH
• Office-based Gynecologic Procedures
• Technology Implications of Office-based Anesthesia Safety
Clinical System Innovation News
|iPhone Apps for the Clinic
|Gosh, that's neat! Blog
|Feb. 16, 2010
|LiveData Wins SBIR Phase II Grant To Develop Integrated Clinical"Plug And Play" Environment For Patient Safety System
|Medical News Today
|Oct. 9, 2009
|The ICEMAN cometh, and it's plug-and-play
|Healthcare IT News
|Oct. 6, 2009
|Five emerging sectors offer promise with new technologies
|Mass High Tech
|Jul. 31, 2009
|Dr. Ronald Dixon Featured 'Healthcare Revolution' Expert:
VIDEO: Making Primary Care The Primary Focus
VIDEO: Fulfilling Healthcare's Digital Promise
VIDEO: Downloading Health: Why Don't Doctors Use Text Messaging and Email?
VIDEO: Tough Medicine: A Big Think Interview With Ron Dixon About Reinventing Healthcare
|Jul. 16, 2009
|$150,000 Engineering Prize
awarded to CollaboRhythm Team.
CIMIT Prize competition recognizes student research using novel technologies to address major diagnostic and therapeutic challenges in primary healthcare.
|CIMIT Press Release
|Jun. 25, 2009
|The doctor will see you now online - Why your next physician's visit may be just a click away
|Boston Globe
|Jun. 1, 2009
|The Doctor Kiosk. An automated health-care interface aims to streamline preventative screening
|Technology Review
|Feb. 25, 2009
|Health data kiosk replaces in-person doctor visits
|Mass High Tech
|Feb. 6, 2009
|Medical devices lag in iPod age. Patients' safety is at risk, experts say
|Boston Globe
|Dec. 29, 2008
|Model Contract Gives Momentum To Interoperability Movement
|Anesthesiology News
|Dec. 2008
|"Plug and Play" Hospitals, Medical devices that exchange data could make hospitals safer.
|MIT Tech Review
|July 9, 2008
|Doc: Plug-and-play med devices could save lives
|Mass High Tech
|Jan. 18, 2008
|Scientific and Educational Exhibit: First-place tie winners from Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School
|American Society of Anesthesiologists
|Jan. 8, 2008
|How to Improve It?
Ask Those Who Use It
|New York Times
|Mar. 25, 2007
|Personalized Medical Monitors: John Guttag says using computers to automate some diagnostics could make medicine more personal
|Technology Review
|Mar. 12, 2007
|ASA Panel on Medical Device Interoperability
|Anesthesiology News
|Feb. 1, 2007
|Once a Tech Fantasy, Plug-and-Play OR Edges Closer to Reality
|Anesthesiology News
|Jan. 2007
|OR of Future Reports Improved Throughput
|OR Manager
|Jan. 2006
|BWH Achieves World First in Thoracic Surgery
|BWH Pike Notes
|Dev. 9, 2005
|Automatic Detection and Notification of 'Wrong Patient-Wrong Location' Errors in the Operating Room
|Surgical Innovation
|Sept. 2005
CIMIT Programs contributing to the ICE Initiative:
» Clinical Systems Innovation
- Of The Futures
- Medical Device Plug-and-Play
» Simulation
CIMIT Community
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The competition mobilized students to create innovative posters and slogans in order to address all grounds of discrimination. The competition was implemented in collaboration with Frederick University Cyprus and was supported by the European Year of Equal Opportunities for All 2007 and the European Commission Office for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities.
Some posters which won awards are displayed here.


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Doctor of Education (Ed. D.) in Curriculum and InstructionThe University of Texas at Brownsville
We regret that we are unable to offer admission to all applicants. Space is not set aside for applicants who appeal admission decisions. Every application has gone through extensive review. The following information is intended to guide applicants considering an appeal.
Send a letter formally requesting that your application be reconsidered. The letter must be signed by the applicant and be postmarked no later than July 1, of the year you apply in. Appeals received after the deadline will not be considered. Email or FAX submissions will not be reviewed.
The letter must state the applicant's reasons for appealing the initial decision. The letter should not repeat information that had already been presented in the application, but must present new and compelling evidence in support of admission.
Provide documentation in the same envelope as your letter of appeal.
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CHARLES TOWN - More funding. More staff. Updated computer software. These are all things the Jefferson County Emergency Services Agency needs to serve the growing population - all things they will go without unless a fee is implemented.
The Jefferson County Commission has approved the request for a public hearing on a draft document for the installation of a new ordinance for an ambulance service in both residential and commercial entities across the county.
The document is a draft only and has not been approved by the commission. It is only one proposal and can be amended and even replaced at any time, commission president Dale Manuel said.
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Ed Hannon of Jefferson County Emergency Services Agency discusses emergency fees with the Jefferson County Commissioners.
According to the draft ordinance, the reason for enactment is for staffing and maintaining an "adequate emergency ambulance system within the geographic boundaries of Jefferson County."
The proposed rates are scheduled to begin July 1 and vary depending on the square footage of the building. Even though the draft has not been approved by the commission, some commissioners said they would not vote for a fee that varied depending on building size, but rather would approve a flat rate.
"A heart attack is a heart attack whether you live in a 1,000-square-foot house or a 5,000-square-foot mansion," Commissioner Walt Pellish said.
The Jefferson County Special Emergency Ambulance Service Fee Ordinance is designed to pay for additional personnel needed for the daytime hours when volunteers are scarce, and will allow those stations with only one staffed ambulance to have additional EMS workers on site.
"We have had people come from places outside Jefferson County, and were very surprised that there's not a fee here," Ed Hannon, deputy director of JCESA, said. "They assumed that there was coverage here, and when they found out there wasn't, they were a lot more in tune with paying a fee."
The purpose of the public hearing is to put the draft ordinance out before the taxpayers to gain response and feedback. Manuel said this does not mean the ordinance will be the one implemented or even the one the commission will vote on - that will depend upon what the county residents have to say.
What the commission does want, however, is to "get the ball rolling" on the processes.
The current draft ordinance was chosen out of several options presented before the county commission.
While a fee is needed for EMS personnel, JCESA's funding from the county, which is obtained by table games revenue, will continue to fund the fire side of operations.
Commissioner Pasty Noland said Jefferson County is the only county in the state that has been able to fund fire and rescue operations the way it does, and that is because of table games revenue. With emergency services continuing to expand with the county, and gaming revenue being affected by many outside factors, Noland voiced her concern about the amount JCESA is costing taxpayers.
"I'm going to have a proposal in the next couple of weeks, some figures and cost savings that can come to the county from other county's (handling of emergency operations)," Noland said. "I'm concerned over the administrative costs of (JC)ESA on the county taxpayers."
As of Wednesday, a date for the public hearing has not been set. The draft document can be accessed through the Jefferson County Commission website.
- Staff writer Michelle Horst can be reached at 304-263-8931, ext. 138, or @mhorstJN.


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Wednesday, October 2, 2013
The Clemson Extension in Moncks Corner has two new ornamental gardens.
A concept that dates back to the 1970s, the lasagna garden is designed to be a weed barrier. Its name is derived from its numerous layers resembling the Italian dish. It has the ability to grow plants in any environment.
The first level is cardboard or newspaper followed by compost then another layer of cardboard or newspaper.
"The result is a layer of rich soil that previously didn't exist," said Clemson University forensic horticulturalist Mark Arena. "If placed on weeds it is a great inhibiter to their growth."
In an effort to conserve drinking water, the rain garden provides a cheap alternative, Arena said. By collecting rainwater from gutters into a barrel it lessens the amount of well water used. Plants in the garden should be able to experience swamplike conditions.
On Nov.16 Cypress Gardens will host the annual Garden Gathering. This year's theme is increasing the amount of pollinators in gardens.
"Urban sprawl has decimated the primary pollinators like bees and moths," Arena said. "We hope to raise awareness of the problem and encourage people to help out."
For more information on gardening and growing, visit the Home and Garden Information Center on www.clemson.edu.
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Benji is a new ESPN documentary covering the legendary rise and fall of high school basketball star Benjamin Wilson. In 1984 Benjamin "Benji" Wilson was ranked as the number one high school basketball player for that year. There seemed to be no doubt about his ability to succeed as one of the greatest basketball players of that time.
Having grown up on the tough streets of Chicago's south side, Wilson faced formidable challenges such gang violence, drugs and poverty. Despite it all, it was rumored that Bob Knight had traveled to Illinois to recruit the teen for Indiana University. As you could imagine there were many other competitive offers. All seemed well as Wilson was set to go to college and perhaps end up in the NBA but all the changed on November 20th, 1984.
This is a documentary takes you on a trip down memory lane as you go back in time to the 1960's. If you love basketball and its rich history, then you'll love this documentary. The ending is both sad and hopeful. The library has one copy of Benji available for check-out.
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NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- They say there's no such thing as a free ride, but residents and visitors alike in New Smyrna Beach beg to differ with "NSBFree."
NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- The mayor was there in a bright red shirt under his blazer, the big artificial tree stood tall there, and so were several hundred people for "Christmas on Canal," the CRA-sponsored event with a cool $10,000 to spark the spirit of shopping. But several miles away on State Road 44, four to five times as many people were actively shopping at the new Walmart supercenter.
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Memorial Service for Virginia L. Garren, age 86, of Edgewater, who died September 4, 2010 at Bert Fish Medical Center, New Smyrna Beach, will be 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, September 8, at First Baptist Church, New Smyrna Beach, with the Reverend Luke McKinney officiating. Friends will be received from 10:00 a.m. until the service time at the church.


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