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A report by People For the American Way Foundation
The Kansas Board of Education's recent decision to remove evolution from the state science standards has once again brought the debate about creationism into the national spotlight. Yet the Board's decision is not an isolated incident. For example, Kentucky recently deleted the word "evolution" from its new state science guidelines, substituting the words "change over time" during a last-minute editing session. As in Kansas, the change was done over the objection of educators and scientists involved in the process of drafting the state standards.1 The Illinois State Board of Education made a similar substitution in 1997.2 And most recently, Oklahoma joined Alabama in requiring a disclaimer on biology textbooks.3 Bills pending before the state legislatures in Georgia and Ohio would require teachers to present evidence inconsistent with evolution whenever teaching the topic. School boards in Arizona, Alabama, Illinois, New Mexico, Texas and Nebraska have tried to remove evolution from the state standards or modify its teaching in the past few years.4 Faced with personal attack and sometimes the loss of livelihood, teachers are increasingly reluctant to teach this fundamental scientific principle.
The debate is not new. Brought to the national consciousness in 1925 by the famous "Monkey Trial" in Tennessee which pitted two great orators, William Jennings Bryan and Clarence Darrow, against each other, the teaching of evolution has been accompanied by court battles, school board clashes, and textbook censorship throughout the century.
More recent are the increasingly sophisticated strategies that creationists use in an effort to inject their ideas into public school science curricula. These strategies rely more on presenting evolution and creationism as two equally plausible, although competing scientific theories that should be included in the curriculum rather than on banning evolution outright. They also reflect the Right's successes at the local and state school board level, enabling pressure to be applied not just from outside the system but from within it as well. Religious Right organizations such as the Christian Coalition, Focus on the Family, Eagle Forum, Concerned Women for America, Citizens for Excellence in Education, American Family Association, Rev. D. James Kennedy's Coral Ridge Ministry, "Christian think-tanks" like the Foundation for Thought and Ethics and the Institute for Creationism Research, and Religious Right litigation groups as the Rutherford Institute and Pat Robertson's American Center for Law and Justice, keep debate alive and use their media outlets to push these strategies.
Because the Kansas incident brought to fruition some of these strategies, this paper will first examine that event, then discuss creationists' developing strategies and arguments, as well as some of the groups advancing the creationist cause.
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Inspirational, moving, intelligent; sweet.

Permalink Submitted by BJ Jensen on Sun, 2011-10-23 10:18
Inspirational, moving, intelligent; sweet.

Inspirational story about turning a negetive lifestyle to
Permalink Submitted by Louise Kearl on Sun, 2011-10-23 10:41
Inspirational story about turning a negetive lifestyle to positve turn around, a self improvement to a better life as a choice of his own seeing hope. "There is hope and love".

Beautiful story, I am from Detroit and so this really
Permalink Submitted by Willoughbyacupu... on Wed, 2011-10-26 11:06
Beautiful story, I am from Detroit and so this really grabbed me, made me cry and laugh, also my name is Shakura, given to me as a way to commemorate my new life. When I go back to Detroit I want to find this book store. Thank you for posting

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Welcome to the Charles Walter Piano Co.!
My name is Xiao Guang Godfrey Zhu. I am currently the Asian Market Director for the Charles Walter Piano Co.
I met the the Charles Walter Piano Co. and the Walter family at NAMM (National Association of Musical Merchants) show in Anaheim, California in 1998. For the last fourteen years, I have developed a great deal of admiration for the Walter Piano Co. and the Walter family because of their first rate quality product.
With the relentless pursuit of improvement in sound design, combined with superb workmanship and best materials, the Charles Walter Piano Co. has produced top quality pianos at an affordable price. Contrary to other piano companies using cheaper synthetic materials on their pianos and jacking up their prices. These Walter Pianos offer very great value.
Charles Walter Piano Co. offers 10-12 year warranty of labor and parts, which is among the best in the piano industry.
I hope to build a great working relationship with all of you.


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Neighbors say Brozek seemed angry and reserved
More information coming out on man fatally shot by police
MADISON, Wis. - People living around Brent Brozek's old condo said he never seemed particularly interested in meeting the neighbors.
Brozek was shot and killed by police Friday after a daylong standoff on Madison's east side.
Police said Brozek left his house on Rockefeller Lane with his dog and he charged at officers with a large sword. Officers fired bean bag rounds at Brozek, but when he charged a second time with the weapon, multiple officers shot rounds. Brozek later died at the hospital.
Three officers were put on administrative leave as the Madison Police Department completes its internal investigation of the incident.
Madison Police were originally on scene to help Dane County deputies execute an eviction.20208028
Justin and Kathie Coenen can see Brozek's driveway from their second floor balcony.
"He had informed the neighbors over there that he was not leaving," Justin said.
"Unsettling, and sad really for this guy, because obviously he was disturbed," Kathie said.
For most of Saturday, Brozek's truck was blocked off by squad cars. The couple often saw Brozek working on the truck when they took their daily walks past the property.
"We'd always try to engage him and say 'hi,' smile. And he would just glare at us and not say anything," said Kathie.
The Coenens said Brozek was usually dressed in military fatigues and often had a survival knife on him. They added his German Shepherd was almost never on a leash, but always very obedient. However, the work on the car and the dog sometimes caused disturbances in the neighborhood.
"If here we can hear that and be kind of disturbed by it, not really but, we wouldn't want to be neighbors with the dog barking a lot, with the engine revving on the truck," Kathie said.
According to court records, Brozek was the defendant in multiple civil lawsuits involving his housing, including a foreclosure of mortgage suit in 2012.
Documents show Brozek was also found guilty of a hit and run in 2004.
The Coenens were surprised to hear about Brozek's history of mental illness.
"He seemed reserved and angry rather than mentally ill," Justin said.
Other neighbors said they were warned of the eviction days before it happened.
"The landlord said, 'Be prepared for a spectacle,'" Justin said. "Well, you know, it's a shame that it had to be this ugly of a spectacle."
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Cobblestones, Cols and Cowbells - Page 8
An elderly woman wears a light blue dress that is tattered at the edges. She walks the town street and holds a shovel spade. "Buongiorno," I say. She cheers for me until I say, "No competitivo."
Confused, she points at the snaggle-toothed horizon, "Col Malatra?" Col Malatra is the final climb of the Tor. As a grand finale, runners must climb 4600 vertical feet.
"Si," I reply.
"Mamma Mia!" she exclaims.
After a fairly gentle three-hour climb past unyielding cows, rock-framed stables and jabbering brooks, the col's headwall appears. With every two strides up on the scree-littered slopes, I slide one step down. Near the top, the terrain steepens. Iron steps and handrails are bolted into the rock. Finally, I crest the Col Malatra through a three-foot wide rock notch and am greeted with a view of Mont Blanc, previously obstructed by a sheer barricade of mountain peaks.
Predictably, the subsequent downhill through a meadow and along a snaking creek lasts hours. A rolling trail takes runners across a north-facing slope that overlooks Mont Blanc. Torrents of glacial melt stream from it.
My still-tired legs bring me to the Bertone Rifugio, which is the race's final aid station. From here, the course plunges 2100 feet over two miles. Runners limp downhill like hunchbacks—and these are still the front runners. One is escorted by a young girl and, with only one mile to go, he must stop and rest. The girl crouches down, trying to coax him onward. "You are so close," she seems to say. She kisses both his knees before he rises to continue.
These runners are still in the top 20 overall, but more than a full day behind the race's first finisher, Marco Gazzola. Gazzola ran away with the race, crossing the finish line draped in a Swiss flag after only 75 hours. "My heart was crying because I was so happy that I won," he says. The elation was short lived. Race organizers concluded that his 58-minute time over the race's final 13 kilometers was too fast. After discussing the discrepancy with Gazzola, they discovered that he had accidentally cut the course.
Says Gazzola, "I was so excited from the race that I was not thinking right." The next finisher, Jules Henry Gabioud, also from Switzerland, completed the course three hours later and was declared the winner. "He said, 'You are the winner, not me,'" says Gazzola.
Still, somebody like Gazzola, who has every reason to sulk, reflected only on the beauty in these Alpine episodes. "On Monday night, at Reifugio Coda, the sun was going down, and I took a beer outside for the sunset," he recalls. "I gave myself 20 minutes to enjoy it, because this is not only about the race."


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It is Monday already...ok, only one thing to get excited about...it is TeaDay. I cannot think of anything better to do than to visit TeaChat, come to TeaDay and share your cup with everyone here.
Of course, come see what everyone else is chugging to get through Monday!!!
Newbies, oldies, come one, come all to TeaDay, all day. Post as often as you want.
Today's TeaPoll will shock one and all. Yesterday's TeaPoll results blew me away. Almost 80% of voters have been serious about TEA for less than 4 years, and only one, our Skywarrior was over 10 years, she was over 20...
This made me think, how old are TeaChatters anyway??? Henley suggested this several days ago, and the timing is perfect. Thanx Henley.
So answer the poll...and instead of discussing our ages (unless you want to), Henley also wanted to ask, what are you, a TeaMan or a TeaWoman. So, tell us your gender if you please.
And since we are on the subject of demographics, why not take it a step further, please feel free to share your ANCESTRY, your family or ancestral descent; lineage.
Do not feel obligated to discuss anything but your TEAS of the day, but it will be interesting to learn a little something about everyone. I know I really enjoyed yesterday's responses!


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Thursday, May 30, 2013
Saudi Arabia, Taiwan Order More Apache Support from Boeing
Boeing in Mesa, Ariz. has won three foreign military sales (FMS) procurement bids from the U.S. Army Contracting Command at Redstone Arsenal. The first two involve AH-64 Apache Block III helicopters, parts and services to Saudi Arabia. Valued at $69.2 million and $14.3 million, the FMS agreements both represent fiscal year 2013 allocations for existing contracts worth $259 million and $35 million, respectively.
In a separate FMS contract with Taiwan, Boeing will continue to supply Block III Apaches under an $11-million modification to a $4.2-million allocation in FY13. The full contract with Taiwan is worth more than $628 million.
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Guys we really should be part of this. Would be good for business and cement our reputation for all things spicy. I know the guys at Tchai Ovna regularly do this and win the veggie chilli category (cos they are the only ones doing veggie chillie)
What you think. Could be a good one for Swithun to get his teeth into?


text: CASE NUMBER: 257 CASE MNEMONIC: KORPOLL CASE NAME: Korea Air Pollution Problems I. IDENTIFICATION 1. The Issue During the first two decades of Korea's economic boom, there was little attention paid to the damaging effects of rapid industrialization on the environment. It was not until the 1980's that Korea began paying close attention to the environment, but the problems have arisen so quickly, that the Korean government has not been able to manage all of them. One of the arising problems in connection with rapid industrialization is acid rain. Studies indicate that a large part of Asia is being threatened by acid rain. Factory smoke and automobile exhaust fumes contribute to the sulfur-oxides contained in the precipitation of rain. Although China is the largest producer of sulfur dioxide emissions in Asia accounting for 20 million tons of SO2 emissions in 1987, South Korea is also a major producer of SO2. 2. Description In the early 1970's, the Korean government's ambitious five year economic plan led to the rapid industrialization of heavy industry and petrochemical industries. The Ulsan region (Southeastern Korea) is known for its heavy industrialization and attracts major Korean companies. According to the International Trade Administration, approximately 200 companies are operating in the Ulsan and Onsan Industrial zone area. Rapid industrialization in these areas have caused serious air pollution problems, a major concern to the general public and government. In recent years, Seoul has been making initiatives toward improving the air quality by strictly regulating sulfur oxide emissions from these industries. Despite these efforts, South Korean companies lack the expertise to install the required desulfurizers at their plants. South Korean firms are seeking assistance from leading Japanese companies and are in the tentative stages of working toward technological cooperation. Yet the main issue concerning South Korea and Japan is the environmental pollution caused by China's rapid economic growth crossing the boundaries into these two countries. The weather in China has an impact on Japan and South Korea. Yellow sand cause by industrial pollution in China is blown from China to Seoul causing hazardous air pollution. Plants which grow only in heavily polluted areas have appeared in Seoul and nearby towns, indicating how serious environmental pollution is in Korea. Studies indicate this pollution is linked to the acid blown from China. Other studies also reveal acid rain is spreading from Northeast Asia south to the Japanese island of Kyushu, especially during the winter when currents of strong northwest winds blow within the region. Both South Korea and Japan welcome China's economic growth but cannot be indifferent to the nations environmental problems. Air currents from China carry sulfur oxide, the major cause of acid rain. Acid rain in the Pacific region is affecting cultural symbols, destroying vegetation, polluting oceans and affecting wildlife. Bilateral legislation between Korea and Japan, Japan and China, and Korea and China have been established. Agreements between these countries are in progress towards improving the environment of the Pacific Region. Environmental problems such as acid rain which extend beyond national boundaries are becoming an increasingly common phenomena. Acid raid reduces visibility, pollutes lakes and streams, destroying fish and other forms of life. Acid deposition results from the chemical transformation and transport of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides. Experts agree the major strategy to the acid rain problem is to reduce the emissions of sulfur and nitrogen oxides. Without these reductions, lakes and streams, groundwater, soils and forests will continue to become acidified furthering economic and aesthetic damage. Air pollution in rapidly industrializing China is believed to be responsible for acid rain in East Asia. Sulfur dioxide, nitrogen and other acid rain causing emissions originate from the burning of fossil fuel, such as coal and oil. In earlier years it was thought acid rain only occurred in North America and Europe, however damage is spreading to such a degree that denial is no longer an option for the Asian region. Widespread testing by the Consumers' Union environmental unit reveals that acid rain is as severe in the Asian region as in other developed countries. Although conclusive date has not been produced, there is growing evidence that the cause is rapid industrialization and lower environmental standards in China and South Korea. Three of the world's five most polluted cities -- Beijing, Seoul and Shanghai -- lie in the direction from which Japan's prevailing winds come from November through April. Japanese officials feel that China and Korea are developing at such high speeds that pollutants associated with acid rain are increasingly having some effect on Japan. In the 1970-80's, Korea's experience with rapid industrialization had damaging effects on the environment. At this time, Korea's five year economic plans emphasized heavy industry whereby Korea became one of the world's leading shipbuilder and steel producer. However Korea's economic success also had damaging effects on the environment. It was not until the 1990's, when the Korean government began to take action toward its environmental problems caused by rapid industrialization. The National Trade Data Bank states that 26,000 businesses within Korea are registered with the Ministry of Environment as air pollution emitting facilities. Polluters must comply with a 1990 law that covers 26 different kinds of gases and particulate. As a result, in 1993 South Korea witnessed a drastic reduction in SO2 emission as the use of low sulfur fuel increased. Despite standards set by the Korean government, the level of air pollution in Korea still exceeds that of advanced countries, especially in the winter due to the mass consumption of fossil fuels. "Aggravating the air pollution problem is the skyrocketing number of motor vehicles, especially private passenger vehicles resulting from the significant rise in incomes. At the end of 1993, the number of automobiles on the roads was 6.27 million, up from just 40,000 in 1965. In 1992, motor vehicles emitted 1.84 million tons of all pollution. In Seoul, 60 percent of air pollutants come from motor vehicle exhaust emissions include more stringent emission standards and improve fuel quality." The Department of Commerce indicates that the Korean market for air pollution control equipment, which totaled $557 million in 1992, climbed to USD 910 million in 1993. This market is expected to grow at an average annual rate of 25 percent. The projection for 1993 is $1.4 billion. These numbers indicate that South Korea's road to environmental recovery is still in the initial stages. The restrictions on sulfur dioxide will be the source of lucrative opportunities for US environmental equipment companies. South Korea is not the only area which is causing air quality problems. The Japanese government and electric industry is trying to scientifically prove that China is responsible for Northeast Asia's acid precipitation and encourage the country to install sulfur oxide-trapping equipment in its coal-burning stations and industrial plants. Joint initiatives between South Korea and Japan toward improving air pollution are in progress. However, East Asia's acid rain problems are known to be worsening at a serious pace, but lack of coordination among the countries in the region has made it difficult to pinpoint its causes, with no country acknowledging responsibility. 3. Related Cases CHINCOAL case JAPANAIR case SULFUR case ECCO2 case CLEAN case VENEZ case ECCARBON case Keyword Clusters (1): Product = MANY (2): Bio-geography = TEMPerate (3): Environmental Problem = Pollution Air [POLA] 4. Draft Author: Beryl Kim B. LEGAL CLUSTER 6. Discourse and Status Japan and South Korea understand the effects of SO2 emissions from China on the environment and bilateral efforts between the two countries are in progress. Tokyo and Beijing have agreed to conclude a bilateral agreement on environmental cooperation focusing on measures to check acid rain. South Korea and China to establish a joint fact-finding group on environmental pollution and exchanges. 7. Forum and Scope: KOREA and UNILATeral 8. Decision Breadth: 3 The accelerated development of the substantial fossil fuel systems propelled by high economic and population growth rates have resulted in increased atmospheric emissions of acidifying compounds and greenhouse gases. Talks between these nations have centered on these energy systems which require coal burning as fuel. Increased atmospheric emissions of acidifying compounds and greenhouse gases are a major concern of environmentalists. Thermoelectric power plants, another major cause of acid rain have also been a topic of discussion. China has adopted policies to let foreigners invest in energy projects as conversion of thermoelectric power plants to hydroelectric plants. Both China and Korea are subject to these environmental concerns, while Korea has made progress in shifting fuel sources, China is still in the initial stages. Other agreements between Korea and Japan calls for cooperation on emissions from vehicles and factories, homes and factories, water pollution and pesticides, elimination of substances which cause acid rain in Japan, the pollution of the Japan Sea and protection of migratory birds. Exchanges of on policies and technology, and the promotion of joint environmental research have been established. 9. Legal Standing: LAW Similar agreements have been signed between the United States and Japan concerning environmental issues, specifically acid rain. Japan and South Korea also have made official legislation concerning acid rain. However, for both South Korea and Japan accords between China are the first of its kind to explicitly refer to acid rain. C. GEOGRAPHIC FILTERS 9. Geographic Locations a. Geographic Domain: Asia b. Geographic Site: East Asia c. Geographic Impact: South Korea 10. Sub-National Factors: NO 11. Type of Habitat: TEMPerate D. TRADE FILTERS 12. Type of Measure: Regulatory Standard [REGSTD] 13. Direct vs. Indirect Impacts: INDirect The South Korean government is imposing new regulations on industry, tightening the controls on air pollution and SO2 emissions, however the government has not been able to manage all the problems arising from its rapid industrialization. 15. Relation of Trade Measure to Resource Impact a. Directly Related: No b. Indirectly Related: Yes MANY c. Not Related: No d. Process: Yes Pollution Air [POLA] 16. Trade Product Identification: MANY 17. Economic Data 17. Degree of Competitive Impact: LOW 18. Industry Sectors: MANY 19. Exporter and Importer: MANY and MANY D. ENVIRONMENTAL CLUSTERS 20. Environmental Problem Type: Pollution Air [POLA] The total projected SO2 emissions for the Asian countries in year 2010 of 76 million tons exceeds the projected emissions of North America and Eastern and Western Europe combined. The pollution of lakes and streams contaminates fish, birds, and other forms of waterlife. The polluted skies reduces visibility and causes health hazards. 21. Species Information Name: MANY Type: MANY Diversity: ? Acid raid affects many species. Pollutants cause ecological damage to forests contaminates lakes, streams and rivers, destroys fish and other animal wildlife. 22. Impact and Effect: High and REGULatory 23. Urgency and Lifetime: LOW and 10-20 years 24. Substitutes: Conservation [CONSV] F. OTHER FACTORS 25. Culture: No Both Japan and South Korea are studying cultural artifacts affected by acid rain. In Japan, the Hinomisaki Shrine on the coast of the Sea of Japan in Shimane Prefecture and the Great Buddha in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, south of Tokyo, is being studied as is the national treasure South Gate near downtown Seoul, Korea and the marble monuments on the grounds of Kyongbokgung, overlooking downtown Seoul. 26. Human Rights: No 27. Trans-Boundary Issues: YES Winds, especially in the winter seasons carry SO2 emissions, the major pollutant of acid rains from the industrializing regions of China toward Japan and South Korea. Researchers are finding that a large percentage of these SO2 emissions are carried toward Japan, 70 percent falls on the East China Sea and the remainder over Kyushu (southern main island of Japan). Acid precipitation also affects the Sea of Japan/East Sea (body of water between Japan and South Korea). Accords between South Korea, Japan and China are being sought to heed global environment protection through borderless environment systems. Although agreement concerning the issue of acid rain had been established between the three nations. The neighbors of China: Japan and South Korea continue to study trends in Chinese internal political, economic, foreign, and security policies in order to ensure peaceful engagement in the region. Some in Japan fear that an economically prosperous but authoritarian China could harbor hegemonic ambitions in Asia while South Korea views the PRC as crucial to its relationship with Pyongyang. 28. Relevant Literature Bureau of International Affairs, Inc. Annual Report From Environmental Agency Urges Greater Attention to Global Issues, International Environmental Reporter-CR, June 1993. Bureau of International Affairs, Inc. Government Begins Enforcement of New Law to Curb Nitrogen Oxide Emissions, International Environmental Reporter-CR, December 1993. Bureau of International Affairs, Inc., Large Parts of Asia Threatened by Acid Rain, International Environmental Reporter-CR, January 1995. China's Foreign and Security Policies, The Washington Quarterly, January 1994. Environmental Information Network, Inc. Japan & South Korea Reach Accord on Joint Pollution Control Efforts, Clean Air Network Online Today , June 4, 1993. Greenwire, Korea: Plants Sprout, Feed Off Seoul's Pollution, American Political Network, Inc., June 17, 1993. Kyodo News Service Tokyo, Korea and its Neighbors, BBC Corporation, June 10, 1993. Radin, Charles, A. Denial of Acid Rain Dissolving in Japan, The Boston Globe, April 2, 1994. USDOC, International Trade Administration, Korea-Pollution Control Opportunities, National Trade Data Bank, April 1995. Walsh, Michael, P. Worldwide Development in Motor Vehicle Pollution, International Environmental Reporter-CR, January 1988. References


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Doctor Who and Sherlock: The Six Cross-OversSun, 01/01/2017 - 5:00am
Yes, we know there are more than half a dozen links between Who and Holmes but in honour of the Great Detective's return in The Six Thatchers, we thought we'd limit ourselves to six of the best! So, here are some of our favourite cross-overs (sort of!) between the Time Lord and the detective…Peter Capaldi played Sherlock Holmes!
Back in the mid-90s Peter was a regular on The All New Alexei Sayle Show and - as we can deduce from the pic above - in one sketch he played Sherlock Holmes opposite Alexei's Doctor Watson!The Doctor once pretended to be Sherlock Holmes!
Okay, he never expected the evil Simeon to take him seriously, but in a hilarious scene in The Snowmen the Doctor swans into his enemy's HQ dressed in a deerstalker, claiming to be Holmes and firing off wild deductions… 'I see from your collar stud you have an apple tree and a wife with a limp! Am I right?' When Simeon snaps back that he doesn't even have a wife, the exasperated Doctor replies, 'Bit of a tree? Bit of a wife? Some apples? Come on, work with me here!'Was Holmes based on Madame Vastra?
The Doctor's old friend, Madame Vastra, has been called 'the Great Detective' – a name normally associated with Sherlock Holmes, and she's been known to do a bit of sleuthing around the streets of Victorian London… In fact in The Snowmen, Simeon told her, 'You realise Doctor Doyle [Arthur Conan Doyle – the creator of Sherlock Holmes] is almost certainly basing his fantastical tales on your own exploits? With a few choice alterations, of course. I doubt the readers of The Strand magazine would accept that the great detective is, in reality, a woman…'Tom Baker Street
The mighty Tom Baker (the Fourth Doctor) left Doctor Who in 1981 and the following year played Sherlock in The Hound of the Baskervilles. Other actors who've played Holmes include the brilliant Nicholas Briggs (the 'voice of the monsters'), Richard Hurndall (who played the First Doctor in The Five Doctors) and Richard E. Grant (Doctor Simeon). Gemma Chan (Mia, pictured below in The Waters of Mars) starred in the second episode of Sherlock, Caroline John (70s companion Liz Shaw) appeared in Tom Baker's Hound and Frances Barbour (Kovarian) was fabulous as Madame Schirmer in the movie, Mr Holmes!Once you have eliminated the impossible…
Sherlock Holmes has been mentioned quite a bit in Doctor Who… The Third Doctor insulted the Brigadier's powers of deduction, scathingly noting the military man was 'not exactly a little Sherlock Holmes' and the character's creator, Arthur Conan Doyle, was referenced in Ghost Light. He's even been quoted during The Hungry Earth when Elliot told Rory, 'Once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth.'And, of course…
The award-winning BBC drama, Sherlock, has more Doctor Who links than you can shake a deerstalker at. Its co-creators are Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss (I don't think we need to list their Doctor Who credentials…) and Stephen Thompson (The Curse of the Black Spot and Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS) has written two episodes of the show and co-written a third.
Directors Euros Lyn, Toby Haynes, Nick Hurran, Colm McCarthy and Douglas Mackinnon have all helmed episodes of both Doctor Who and Sherlock and if that wasn't enough, The Six Thatchers was directed by the brilliant Rachel Talalay whose previous credits include Dark Water / Death in Heaven and Heaven Sent / Hell Bent.
Want a final connection between the two shows? Well, both Sherlock and the Doctor are back in 2017… They've both been missed and we can't wait for their return!
BBC iPlayer users can watch the latest episode of Doctor Who and The Six Thatchers premieres on BBC One on New Year's Day at 8.30pm. Find out more about the new series of Sherlock now!
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Ten Things We Know About BillMon, 12/26/2016 - 5:01am
She's in for some incredible adventures…
Okay. Let's get the obvious one out of the way. She's hopping aboard the TARDIS with the Doctor which means her life is about to become more fun, more dangerous and more amazing than she could ever have imagined. Buckle up, Bill!Inside Info
So the Doctor works at a university now? What? And she serves chips there? Well, whenever the Doctor spends time at a school or uni or academy, it turns out to be holding some pretty dark secret. Think Daleks, Skovox Blitzer, Krillitanes… So we reckon Bill will be plunged into adventure from the moment she starts hanging with the Time Lord…She asks questions… A LOT of questions…
Well, wouldn't you? But we love the fact she asks the questions we'd ask if we were right there by the Doctor's side. Like why do Daleks screech EXTERMINATE when – as Bill pointed out – saying KILL would save a lot of time!? Showrunner Steven Moffat said, 'Bill is someone who asks the questions that nobody has asked for 53 years!'Just what the Doctor ordered…
Bill is gonna shake it up! As Peter Capaldi revealed, the new companion '…will bring a universe of exciting new possibilities to the Doctor's adventures!'She's got a temper on her…
Considering Doctor Who can be a bit bonkers at times, Pearl Mackie was struck by how human and 'relatable to' Bill will be. She's said Bill has a temper and can make mistakes and we're looking forward to seeing how that plays with the Doctor. Can't help remembering that Sarah Jane Smith could really fly off the handle and she worked out pretty well!GSOH
Even when evading the Time Lord's mortal enemies she's still got time for a joke or two. 'Is there a Dalek at the back with two suckers and no gun…' she asked the Doctor, 'and he's really hacked off?'If you think you know the Doctor, Bill will make you think again!
In 2016, Steven Moffat revealed, 'If I gave you one tone word for this series it's new. It's brand new. You're getting to see the Doctor all over again through a very different pair of eyes. In fact, we went to particular pains to make sure that episode one is really episode one. It could be the first episode you ever see. It explains the entire mythos of Doctor Who — in the two minutes it takes — and you can start there!'She's now!
Early rumours suggested that Bill would be from Earth's recent history, but Steven Moffat confirmed that was not the case. Bill's right now and because of that, she's the perfect person to be our eyes and ears on the Doctor's adventures!The wonders of time and space await!
Doctor Who returns in 2017!
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Behind the Scenes of The Return of Doctor MysterioMon, 12/26/2016 - 5:00am
The 2016 Christmas Special was one of the most spectacular to date and we take a peek behind the scenes to look at the making of The Return of Doctor Mysterio…
The Return of Doctor Mysterio was Peter's third Christmas Special. Or his fourth if we're counting his brief appearance at the close of The Time of the Doctor!
It wasn't just the return of Doctor Mysterio, Matt Lucas was also back in the famous duffel coat playing Nardole!
Scenes featuring the streets of New York were shot at the Nu Boyana Film Studios in Sofia, Bulgaria which have specially created sets designed to recreate the Big Apple. But Lucy's apartment and its rooftop terrace were created in the BBC's Roath Lock Studios in Wales.
Peter prepares for his next scene… The episode was directed by Ed Bazalgette who previously helmed The Girl Who Died and The Woman Who Lived.
Justin Chatwin gets to grips with another action scene… And Aleksandar Jovanovic (Dr Sim)!
Charity Wakefield (Lucy) described the role as 'an early Christmas present'!
Finishing touches being applied to this detail from Harmony Shoal's New York office.
Shooting on the Special began on 5 September and wrapped on 4 October, 2016. Want more? Check out a bunch of great extras for The Return of Doctor Mysterio!
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Make your own personalised Doctor Who video message!Wed, 12/21/2016 - 11:50am
Thanks to magic of Time Lord technology you can now appear in a Doctor Who themed video message, or give one of your friends a starring role! You can also add your own text and then share the whole thing on social media or email it directly to someone special!
It's super simple to do and only takes two shakes of a sonic screwdriver to complete. Just remember, before you upload your pic, make sure you've got the permission of everyone in the photo to use it!
You can also make messages that have a Sherlock theme or an EastEnders theme and there's no limit to the number of videos you can make and send, so nobody needs to feel left out!
Find out more and start making your own personalised Doctor Who video message now!
Please note, you must be 16 years old or older to use 'Your Festive Message'. T&Cs apply which you can find at the link above.
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Doctor Who emoji quiz: Festive edition!Wed, 12/21/2016 - 6:00am
Test your Doctor Who knowledge by deciphering these festive emoji plots and guessing the Christmas episode!
If you're stuck, answers are at the bottom of the page…1. 2. 3.
1. The Husbands of River Song 2. The Runaway Bride 3. The Snowmen
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Ask Peter Capaldi!Mon, 12/12/2016 - 11:17am
Update! The event we talked about in the feature below has taken place! You can watch the videos of Peter Capaldi replying to your questions now!
We've all got a million things we'd like to ask Peter Capaldi… and now's your chance! Okay, not to ask him a million things, but to at least pose that one burning question you have for him!
On Wednesday (14th December) we'll put your questions to Peter. His answers will be filmed and immediately released on the official Doctor Who twitter feed. Yes! It's as though Christmas has come early!
So, how do you get involved? Simply tweet your question using #AskPeterCapaldi and we'll select a whole bunch of our faves and put them to him. You can follow the fun and catch all his replies on our twitter feed from 3.45pm (UK time) on Wednesday.
You can ask about The Return of Doctor Mysterio or anything that relates to Peter and Doctor Who but it goes without saying we won't be giving away any spoilers!
So, get your thinking caps on and tweet us your most imaginative questions, and don't forget to follow the feed on Wednesday afternoon!
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Nine Christmas-related things you (probably) didn't know about Doctor Who…Sun, 12/04/2016 - 5:37am
...can you supply the tenth?
1. The Unquiet Dead (set during Christmas, 1869) was initially entitled, 'My Name's Dickens... Charles Dickens'!
2. Dreaming of a Red Christmas? The November 2009 adventure, The Waters of Mars, was originally intended to be a Christmas Special and a few seasonal references survived, such as Bowie Base's crew preparing for Christmas dinner. Its working title was the festive, Red Christmas.
3. Justin Chatwin plays The Ghost in The Return of Doctor Mysterio and he's no stranger to superheroes… His very first onscreen appearance came in the pilot episode of Smallville, the US series that covered the early years of Clark Kent/Superman – one of the characters that inspired The Ghost!
4. Doctor Who was the first TV drama granted permission to film on top of the Tower of London. The scenes formed an important part of The Christmas Invasion and were shot in a sunny July, 2005!
5. What did you think of the Christmas Special, Miracle on Bannerman Road, from The Sarah Jane Adventures? Never heard of it? That's because although the story was originally planned to round off the show's fourth season, sadly it never made it to the production stage. The adventure would have riffed off Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol and there was even talk of Tom Baker (seen below with Matt Smith) appearing in it!
6. And talking of Specials that never made it – Expelliarmus! Doctor Who's former head writer and exec producer, Russell T Davies, wanted J.K. Rowling (author of the Harry Potter books, seen below) to appear in a Christmas episode… The adventure would have seen the imagination of 'good old JK' not just become real, but transformed into a world that the Tenth Doctor would have to battle through!
7. Sheila Dunn played the wonderfully named Blossom Lefavre in the very first Christmas Special back in 1965. Sheila was the daughter of Bill Dunn, the famous engineer who designed the bulletproof engine of the plane seen in Victory of the Daleks – the Spitfire! Sheila returned to Doctor Who in The Invasion and Inferno (as seen below) and later found fame playing the mother of Harry Hill!
8. Douglas Camfield, who directed the 1965 Christmas Special, had wanted it to be Doctor Who's first cross-over ep featuring characters and places used in the BBC police drama, Z Cars. But that show's producer, David Rose, didn't find the idea arresting (ouch!) and vetoed it!
Above: A moment from Z Cars - It Never Rains.
9. What do the evil genius Professor Kettlewell (from Robot) and the Doctor's daughter (from err, The Doctor's Daughter) have in common? Both were played by actors – Edward Burnham and Georgia Tennant, née Moffett – who were born on Christmas Day.
Have you got a tenth top trivia fact about the Doctor Who Christmas Specials? If so, tweet it using the hashtag #DWXmasFacts and we'll retweet a few of our faves!
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The Return of Doctor Mysterio: What We Know So Far!Thu, 11/24/2016 - 7:51am
This Christmas a certain Time Lord swings back into action and guess what… We can't wait! Here's what we know about the highly anticipated Special – so far! Contains minor spoilers. Obvs.
Unless you've been trapped in the catacombs of Ribos for the past few months, you're probably aware that this year's Doctor Who Christmas Special is called The Return of Doctor Mysterio! The Doctor (Peter Capaldi) is joined once again by Nardole (Matt Lucas) and the episode is written by Steven Moffat who gave us a hint about what to expect… 'I've always loved superheroes,' he revealed, 'and this Christmas Doctor Who dives into that world!'
The cast also includes Adetomiwa Edun (Lucifer, Bates Motel), Aleksandar Jovanovic and Logan Hoffman. We also know it's a 60 minute spesh directed by Ed Bazalgette who was previously at the helm for The Girl Who Died and The Woman Who Lived.
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The Return of Doctor Mysterio: The Sneak Peek!Mon, 11/21/2016 - 9:47am
Doctor Who's relationship with Children in Need stretches back to 1983 and this year we were treated to a special preview clip from the Christmas Special!
What can we say about the sneak peek? Well, the Doctor is on top form and up to his attack eyebrows in trouble – no change there, then... Great to see Nardole back and we're super-intrigued (no pun intended!) about The Ghost – the caped figure who can fly, withstand bullets and fire off a few wisecracks in case his arrival wasn't memorable enough! We're also looking forward to finding out more about Lucy Fletcher, the journalist who seems astonished by the fact she's honest with the Doctor… How is she tied in with The Return of Doctor Mysterio?
We'll be looking into the Christmas Special very soon but for now, enjoy the preview clip and if that's not enough, check out what happened when the universe of Doctor Who collided with the world of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them…
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The 2017 Series… Returning Writers, Cast Updates and More!Wed, 11/16/2016 - 11:56am
Back for the new series...
Next year's series of Doctor Who has reached its fourth recording block, with Episodes 5 and 9 going shooting in Cardiff during November. The BBC Wales production team has revealed to DWM some exclusive news about these two episodes.
The writer for Episode 5 is Jamie Mathieson, who has previously written three episodes of Doctor Who: the DWM season-poll-topping Mummy on the Orient Express (2014), Flatline (2014) and (with Steven Moffat) The Girl Who Died (2015).
Jamie's first episode was the thrilling, Mummy on the Orient Express.
An excited Jamie tells DWM, "I'm back baby, and beyond stoked to be once again putting words in the mouths of the TARDIS crew. So what can I tell you? Well, my episode this year is very, very scary. Like, seriously so. 'Let's go behind the sofa and just stay there until it's over' scary. It's got more shocks and tense scenes than anything I've ever written. And that's coming from a man who once wrote an episode of My Parents Are Aliens. It's also a taut thrill ride, a gag fest, a pitch black satire and, for the first time – [notices Steven Moffat approaching with cosh marked 'no spoilers'] – I'm writing for Bill and Nardole!"
The guest cast for Jamie's episode includes Kieran Bew, Justin Salinger, Peter Caulfield, Mimi Ndiweni and Karen Brayben.
Watch a moment from Rona's first Doctor Who adventure: Survival.require(['smp'], function(SMP) { new SMP({"container":"#smp-14853024107401","pid":"p01zhd1t","playerSettings":{"delayEmbed":true,"externalEmbedUrl":"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/p01zhd1t\/player"}}); });
Speaking to DWM, Rona reveals, "Writing Survival was my dream job, but it was a mournful time in the show's history. This has been a very different experience. There's more of everything; people, resources, confidence, success... but the same constantly renewing and indefinable wonder that is Doctor Who. When I was very small and watching the First Doctor, I had a special cushion known as 'Rona's Doctor Whocushion'. I would hide my face in it when the Daleks or other monsters appeared on screen! The Eaters of Light is my version of other stories that have haunted me for almost as long."
Joining the regular cast for Rona's episode are Rebecca Benson, Daniel Kerr, Juwon Adedokun, Brian Vernel, Ben Hunter, Aaron Phagura, Sam Adewunmi and Billy Matthews.
Once these episodes are in the can, the series reaches the mid-point of shooting, with Episodes 6, 7, 8, 10, 11 and 12 still to go before the cameras. The new series of Doctor Who – starring Peter Capaldi as the Doctor, Pearl Mackie as Bill and Matt Lucas as Nardole – will hit TV screens in spring 2017.
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Doctor Who on Children in Need: Five Fave Moments!Wed, 11/16/2016 - 6:23am
On Friday (Nov 18th) you'll be able to catch an exclusive preview clip from this year's Christmas Special – The Return of Doctor Mysterio! It'll be shown as part of the BBC's Children in Need night and continues a tradition that's seen Doctor Who supporting and appearing in the charity's big evening for over 30 years!
So we dipped into the TARDIS archives and present five of our favourite times that Doctor Who has materialised on Children in Need…
Time Crash! (2007)
The Tenth Doctor met the Fifth Doctor in the special minisode that showed both of them doing what they do best – showing off, trading quips and saving the universe! But it was also a lovely nod to the show's past. 'You know,' the Tenth Doctor told his Fifth incarnation, 'I loved being you… You were my Doctor!'
'To days to come...'
'All my love to long ago...'
The Great Detective (2012)
Things were looking bad for the Doctor in 2012. He'd lost the Ponds and had 'retired', sulking about Victorian London wearing a grim expression and a rather fabulous hat. But things were looking good for Doctor Who fans on Children in Need night that year as this special minisode, The Great Detective, caught up with the Time Lord and his old friends, Vastra, Jenny and Strax…
The Five Doctors (1983)
Doctor Who first got involved in Children in Need back in 1983 when the show's twentieth anniversary special was broadcast on the charity's big night. The Five Doctors featured Cybermen, a Dalek, a Yeti, old companions and (yep, you guessed it), five – count 'em – five Doctors! What a way to make an entrance…
Splendid fellows... All of them!
Meet the Tenth Doctor! (2005)
We'd glimpsed the Tenth Doctor at the very end of The Parting of the Ways, but a brief scene shown during 2005's Children in Need properly introduced David Tennant's take on the Time Lord. Ahh, memories… Allons-y!
New Doctor... New teeth!
'Hold on tight - here we go!'
Dimensions in Time (1993)
Okay. It was a bit nuts. Lots of returning Doctors, companions, the brilliant Brigadier and a bunch of familiar foes who are (Albert) squaring up to each other in EastEnders' Walford. And if that wasn't crazy enough, there was a bit of timey-wimey action going on as we zipped back and forth between 1973 and 2013. Sample dialogue from the Fourth Doctor: '…a renegade Time Lord known only as the Rani… She hates me. She even hates children!' Come on… Where's your sense of humour?!
And Coming Soon…
We nipped forward in time and had a gander at the exclusive The Return of Doctor Mysterio clip that'll be shown on BBC One on Friday! And yes, we can confirm it's now one of our fave Children in Need moments…
Find out more about this year's Children in Need!
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5 times Daleks have broken our hearts…Wed, 11/09/2016 - 5:31pm
We've already seen Bill introduced to the Daleks and loved her reaction to Doctor's oldest enemies! And how do we feel about them? Well, we can deal with the Daleks trying to exterminate anything that moves and we're fine with them zooming through the air like they're trying to collect frequent flier points. But please, for the love of the Doctor, no more breaking our hearts! Here's a roll call of heart-breaking moments so far…The whole Oswin is a Dalek thing
We liked Oswin. A lot. The whole soufflé, cheeky, helping the Doctor thing was ace. Then it turns out she's a Dalek. A Dalek in a red dress. Didn't see that one coming.Exterminating Lynda with a 'y'
She was so sweet. Then she was so dead. Lynda with a why, why, why?Shooting the Doctor in the middle of his big reunion with Rose
We'd waited ages for them to get back together, only for a Dalek to ruin it with the biggest gooseberry moment in world history. Thanks for that.Shooting Captain Jack
It was back in the days before Jack kept coming back to life so when he was shot, we'll admit it – it hurt.Rusty
He pointed out the Doctor's faults (surely that's Clara's job?) and then went off to fight his fellow Daleks, alone. Can't help feel sorry for that old Rusty rebel.
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BBC Children in Need to preview Doctor Who Christmas SpecialThu, 11/03/2016 - 5:00am
BBC Children in Need will play host to an exclusive clip from this year's Doctor Who Christmas special on the charity's annual Appeal night, Friday 18th November.
The sneak peek will see the Doctor, played by Peter Capaldi and Nardole, played by Matt Lucas, team up with an investigative reporter played by Charity Wakefield and a masked vigilante played by Justin Chatwin to defend New York from a terrifying alien invasion before the full episode, 'The Return of Doctor Mysterio', airs at Christmas.
Written by Steven Moffat, they will be joined by Adetomiwa Edun, Aleksandar Jovanovic and Logan Hoffman.
The exclusive clip will form part of BBC Children in Need's Appeal Show on Friday 18th November, 7pm, BBC One whilst the 60 minute special will air later in the year at Christmas.
The programme is executive produced by Steven Moffat and Brian Minchin, produced by Peter Bennett and directed by Ed Bazalgette (Poldark).
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Experimental Doctor Who Don't Blink game goes live!Fri, 10/28/2016 - 8:38am
If you like to try something a bit different and think you're brave enough to take on the Weeping Angels, we have a Halloween treat for you!
We have just launched the Doctor Who Don't Blink mini-game, which is an experiment for BBC Taster to see whether your webcam can successfully detect eye movements and be used as a game controller. We thought the Weeping Angels were a perfect fit for this! We're also interested in finding out whether you would enjoy more, short, fun branded mini-games.
It's a fun game, but it's not for the faint hearted!
You're alone in the attic of an abandoned house and the Weeping Angels are coming for you. The aim is to survive until the Doctor can send the TARDIS to save you. To help, he's rigged up your webcam to CCTV around the house so you can watch the Angels. They can only move when you're not looking at them so, whatever you do, don't blink! Your webcam should detect when you blink or look away.
We can't wait to see what you think. Does your webcam detect your eye movements? Do the Angels approach when you blink? Can you win the game if you hold your stare?
Have a play and, if you like it, rate it and challenge your friends to try it too.
This pilot works on Chrome 48.x or higher, Firefox 43.x or higher, Windows 10 Edge on desktop only.
Play 'Doctor Who Don't Blink' now on BBC Taster!
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Doctor Who Superhero Adventure for Christmas DayFri, 10/07/2016 - 2:49pm
This Christmas on BBC One, the Doctor teams up with a comic-book superhero in New York for a heroic special written by Steven Moffat, titled 'The Return of Doctor Mysterio'.
The family favourite will return on Christmas day as the Doctor, played by Peter Capaldi, teams up with an investigative journalist, played by Charity Wakefield (Wolf Hall, The Player) and a superhero to save New York from a deadly alien threat. Steven Moffat, Writer and Executive Producer, said:
"I've always loved superheroes and this Christmas Doctor Who dives into that world. My favourite superhero is Clark Kent. Not Superman, Clark Kent."
Grant will be played by Justin Chatwin (Orphan Black, War of the Worlds). He comments on joining the Doctor Who team for the special:
"Working with the amazing people at Doctor Who has been one of the most fun and rewarding projects I've ever had the pleasure of being involved with."
Matt Lucas (Nardole) will also be joining the cast of the special with Adetomiwa Edun (Lucifer, Bates Motel), Aleksandar Jovanovic and Logan Hoffman.
The 60 minute Doctor Who Christmas Special will air on BBC One and is written by Steven Moffat, Executive Produced by Brian Minchin, Produced by Peter Bennett and Directed by Ed Bazalgette (Poldark), it was shot in Cardiff at BBC Wales Roath Lock Studios.
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June 2011
Event:Patients have developed Stage III and IV Pressure Ulcers associated with a device (such as BiPAP, tracheostomy) related to the failure to perform a full body assessment, including areas of skin covered with a device.
Facility Strategy: Prevention strategies include full body assessment, including areas of skin hidden by a device, use of prophylactic dressings to decrease pressure and friction on the underlying area and frequent re-assessment (remove: and documentation) of the need for the device. There should be appropriate documentation and supervisory oversight.
November 2010
Event: There have been an increasing number of cases in which relatively healthy patients (many ASA Class 1) have sustained significant morbidity and death during or following procedures such as colonoscopy for which propofol was administered. Patients have become hypoxic, hypotensive, bradycardiac and unresponsive. In some cases, it was believed that the patients suffered a cardiac event secondary to hypoxemia.
Facility Strategy: Facilities have recognized the need for close monitoring of patients who are receiving propofol. Propofol is known to cause respiratory depression, hypotension and bradycardia. Some facilities have mandated ETCO2 (End-tidal Carbon Dioxide) monitoring for patients undergoing procedures, especially when patients are placed in certain positions (e.g. prone). The literature indicates that capnography (continuous recording of CO2) is superior and more reliable in the early detection of respiratory depression compared to pulse oximetry.
September 2010
Event: Patient admitted with a Stage II sacral pressure wound that progressed to a Stage IV while hospitalized.
Facility Strategy: Facility is placing a "Wound Care Cart" with patient-specific wound treatment supplies directly outside the room of any patient receiving wound care. (It should be noted that this cart should not prevent emergency egress or violate Life Safety Code standards.)
August 2010
Event: Patient developed a Stage III sacral pressure ulcer while hospitalized. Documentation regarding the stage and description of the pressure ulcer was inconsistent.
Facility Strategy: Wound Care Nurse developed a pocket assessment guide with descriptions, definitions and pictures of all stages of pressure ulcers. Facility's media department duplicated and laminated this pocket guide and it was distributed to all nursing staff in the hospital in conjunction with education and training provided by the Wound Care Nurse.
May 2010:
Event: A patient presented to the ED because of an attempted overdose. During the intake assessment, the nurse stepped out of the room. The patient attempted to commit suicide by using the strings on the patient gown to tie around her neck. Other patients in the ED have attempted suicide with the use of the cord of the call bell or the blood pressure cuff tubing.
Facility Strategy: The facility responded by replacing all patient gowns in the facility with gowns that have a snap closure. Other strategies included additional observation of patients at potential risk until a full psychiatric evaluation had been completed.
March 2010:
Event: Failure to clarify the site of entry of the angioplasty in a busy Cardiac Cath Lab let to an attempted peripheral artery angioplasty on the wrong side.
Facility Strategy: The staff could not distinguish if "site" referred to the site of entry or the site of the angioplasty. Re-education was necessary to address the misconceptions about laterality in the newer procedures being performed. Multiple channels of communication between the physician's office and the lab had to be standardized, including the various forms used. The need to have a complete history and physical on the chart prior to the day of the procedure was also identified.
January 2010:
Event: The patient developed anesthetic toxicity (tonic-clonic seizures) following injection of a local anesthetic mix (lidocaine with epinephrine and bupivicaine). The episode was successfully aborted with the use of a lipid emulsion in combination with established ACLS protocols.
Facility Strategy: In addition to storing the lipid emulsion in the Emergency carts, the facility is now also keeping it in the Pre-Op area with syringes for immediate administration. Before starting a block, the closet is unlocked, and the medication is checked for integrity and its expiration date. In addition, before the second syringe of local anesthetic, the patient is specifically asked about early symptoms of toxicity. Recent reports in the literature suggest that lipid emulsion is an effective treatment for local anesthetic toxicity.
December 2009:
Event: Failure to inspect and measure guide wires and cardiac stents before and after use resulted in retention of part of the device. Breakage of guide wires is a frequent adverse event requiring a repeat procedure to retrieve the retained portion.
Facility Strategy: The Cath Lab will now visually inspect all non-deployed stents after removed to be sure that the stent has not broken off. The OR Staff will measure all guide wires before and after use to be sure that the entire guide wire has been removed.
November 2009:
Event: Failure to verify the location of a triple lumen catheter placed in the femoral vessel of an edematous ICU patient by a resident led to the patient receiving 18 hours of pressor and other medications without effect. The catheter placement was verified when the patient's leg became cold and mottled and ABG's verified that it was in the artery.
Facility Strategy: The ICU Attending must review the procedure log of each resident working in the unit at the beginning of each shift. Since the opportunity to place these catheters is quite limited, the Attending must also supervise the resident during each procedure. In addition, the ICU Attending staff must develop guidelines to verify the proper placement of the catheter.
October 2009:
Event: The lack of a process for counting devices pre and post knee replacement and the assumption that the surgeon reviewed post-operative x-rays resulted in the retention of a fixation pin for 3 days after surgery. Two surgeons simultaneously performed bilateral knee replacements. Surgeon A finished first and left the facility. He assumed his partner would check the post-operative films. The radiologist saw the foreign body and did not call either surgeon, assuming they would check the films.
Facility Strategy: Hospital policy now mandates pre and post procedure fixation pin counts. The surgical group has mandated review of post-operative x-rays on the day of surgery. Radiology will contact the surgeon directly when an unusual finding is noted on a post-operative x-ray.
September 2009:
Event: Several suicide attempts have occurred on units that have locks on bathroom or patient room doors. One patient locked himself in the room while attempting to harm himself. The staff had to scurry to find a key to open the door and rescue the patient. Even with an aide on 1:1 duty standing at the door, another patient was able to slam the door closed and lock it before the aide could respond.
Facility Strategy: Although many facilities consider locks on bathroom doors a privacy issue for patients, it is also a safety issue. The safety issue not only affects suicidal patients. Patients may have a syncopal or ischemic episode while behind a locked door delaying staff access to them. Therefore some facilities have systematically removed all locks from bathroom doors. All facilities should reconsider the use of locks on patient rooms and bathroom doors. At the least, there should be a prepared plan for emergency access to locked rooms.
August 2009:
Event: A lack of communication led to a delay in surgery for a trauma victim which contributed to his death. The on-call Trauma Surgeon was in surgery when the patient arrived in the ED and failed to notify the second on-call Trauma Surgeon in a timely manner. Once called, there was an additional delay because the second on-call Trauma Surgeon had a distance to travel.
Facility Strategy: The Trauma Second On-Call policy was amended and now states that if the Trauma Surgeon is going into surgery, he/she must notify the second on-call Trauma Surgeon. Upon notification, the second on-call Trauma Surgeon must promptly present to the hospital to provide coverage. Elective surgeries are not scheduled for the on-call Trauma Surgeon, unless a second Trauma Surgeon is immediately available to provide coverage.
July 2009:
Event: The lack of understanding by new staff regarding the difference between Advanced Directives and the "Do Not Resuscitate" (DNR) order resulted in the death of a patient who wished to be resuscitated. In other cases, patients who had a DNR order have been resuscitated with resulting morbidity due to lack of communication.
Facility Strategy: Prevention strategies include re-education of nursing staff on Advance Directive and DNR policies with subsequent competency testing. Some facilities use a designated strategy (such as a red dot on the patient's chart) to indicate the patient has a DNR order. The New Jersey Hospital Association and the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services partnered with industry experts to standardize patient alert bands which are used by many facilities in New Jersey. Purple color-coded wristbands indicate the patient has a DNR order.
June 2009:
Event: A newborn boy of immigrant parents had a circumcision performed. The father later stated that he did not want his son circumcised. The nurse discussed the circumcision with the mother and father in the delivery room immediately after the child was born while helping the mother breast feed the baby. The mother did not speak English; the nurse did not feel there was a language barrier with the father. The mother signed the permission form and a covering obstetrician performed the circumcision.
Facility Strategy: The facility now requires documentation of the discussion regarding circumcision during the prenatal period. If the parents do not want the procedure, the Attending will document NO CIRC in the medical record. In addition, the need for and availability of proper translation facilities for communication with patients who have limited English proficiency will be stressed with all staff.
May 2009:
Event: Two patients were unexpectedly hospitalized following procedures at ambulatory surgery centers. One patient developed wheezing and stridor; the patient failed to mention a recent diagnosis of asthma and prescribed inhaler. The second patient vomited and aspirated immediately post-op; he had failed to follow the (NPO) no eating/drinking/medication instructions prior to the procedure.
Facility Strategy: Both root causes were related to availability of information; a failure to identify important information related to the patients' procedures. After a review of their pre-admission assessment processes both facilities developed improvement strategies such as: 1) additional trigger questions to help the patient recall physician visits and any newly prescribed medications; 2) more focused patient education on NPO instructions prior to surgery including the potential consequences of not following this rule.
April 2009:
Event: A delay in care for a patient with a Stage II Pressure Ulcer led to its progression to Stage IV, because the system's communication failed to obtain a wound care nurse, dietary consults, and the specialty equipment needed for off-loading pressure in susceptible skin areas.
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Skip to comments.Brave New World (is Here!)
Posted on 04/29/2012 9:16:09 AM PDT by DogByte6RER
Brave New World (is Here!)
If Orwells 1984 is a cautionary tale about what we in the capitalist West largely avoided, Aldous Huxleys Brave New World is largely about what we got a consumerist, post-God happyland in which people readily stave off aging, jet away on exotic vacations and procreate via test tubes. They have access to Feelies similar to IMAX 3-D movies, no-strings-attached sex, anti-anxiety pills and abortion on demand. They also venerate a dead high-tech genius, saying Ford help him in honor of Henry Ford just as today we practically murmur In Jobs We Trust.
In many ways the book, which was published 80 years ago this winter, has become sci-non-fi. It is still developing, taking on additional richness according to the times in which we read it.
Brave New World is a satire set in a unified and peaceful 26th-century World State in which a frustrated London loner named Bernard Marx feels unease with the serene functionality of the ingeniously well-ordered society around him. After a chance encounter on vacation, he brings to London a Shakespeare-loving savage named John from outside the tech bubble (he grew up untouched by modernity on an Indian reservation in New Mexico) who becomes even more distraught by what has happened to mankind.
The book isnt nearly as political or as outspokenly dire as 1984, so much so that its easy to picture a young reader saying, What is supposed to be so bad about all this? Unlike in the book by Orwell (Huxleys pupil at Eton), in which independence of mind earns you torture and brainwashing, Huxleys freethinkers are threatened with expulsion to a small island (Iceland)
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
Read the rest of Kyle Smith's NY Post column ...
Saved for later reading.
I don't really fear death from the tanks and jets of a power-mad dictator invading our nation. I do fear the living-death the Democrats want to foist on us.
That is a splendidly-written comparison of Huxley's vision with our present-day world. I don't know Kyle Smith, but I will keep an eye out for him now. Huxley's book is extraordinarily prescient, and Smith relates these parallels convincingly.
****The book isnt nearly as political or as outspokenly dire as 1984, ****
Oh yeah? "Mother" is a censored word and children are conceived in a test tube. "Savage" John hangs himself at the end as he can not cope in the BRAVE NEW WORLD.
He's a conservative movie critic for ny post http://kylesmithonline.com/
That's why I chose my screen name. Today we live in a sad blend of Huxley's joyless consumerist dystopia with Orwell's dark vision of Marxist totalitarianism.
It seems to me as a culture we've lost far more than we've gained as a result of all our technical "progress." We've disconnected from some of the most important human values and learning. I fear we're poised on the brink of a new Dark Age. Very few even read or understand the vital message of "King Lear" these days.
This Soma? ...
Hug me till you drug me, honey;
Kiss me till I'm in a coma:
Hug me, honey, snuggly bunny;
Love's as good as soma.
"I'm so glad I'm not an Alpha. They have to wear gray and work so frightfully hard ... "
"Have you been away with Meghan yet? She's so pneumatic!"
I've figured out the problem we've experienced recently with this infernal Romney rodent infestation: They were supposed to be Alphas, like us, but received a few too many drops of alcohol and were decanted too soon, like DUeltas—and even Epsilons and Gammas.
Orgy-porgy, Chevy Volt and fun,
Kiss the girls and make them One.
Boys at one with girls at peace;
Orgy-porgy gives release.
Soma: "A gram is better than a damn."
My favorite line in BNW was the climax of the Orgy-Porgy ritual:
"It was as though an enormous negro dove was hovering benevolently over the now prone or supine worshippers."
I had to read both 1984 & BNW in high school. After reading the Orwell horror first, Huxley's lighter dystopia was a huge relief
No, but I'll take one of those, too!
Unlike in the book by Orwell (Huxleys pupil at Eton), in which independence of mind earns you torture and brainwashing, Huxleys freethinkers are threatened with expulsion to a small island (Iceland) but the joke turns out to be that this isnt really a punishment because all the cool artists and original thinkers wind up together and are much happier in their own hipster enclave. Iceland: the sixth borough.
I had to read it in school and don't remember that. But here it is:
The words galvanized Bernard into violent and unseemly activity. "Send me to an island?" He jumped up, ran across the room, and stood gesticulating in front of the Controller. "You can't send me. I haven't done anything. It was the others. I swear it was the others." He pointed accusingly to Helmholtz and the Savage. "Oh, please don't send me to Iceland. I promise I'll do what I ought to do. Give me another chance. Please give me another chance." The tears began to flow. "I tell you, it's their fault," he sobbed. "And not to Iceland.
Aldous Huxley must have had premonitions of the coming Icelandic financial crisis (and it's strange how he forgets that his own country is itself an island).
There is that contrast between Orwell's future and Huxley's. One controls through shortages and force, the other through superabundance and infantilization.
But thinking about it for a while you realize that the state or the guardians play a major role in Huxley's world. It's not libertarian by any means.
Mustapha Mond, the Controller who serves as the books villain, suppresses old books but perhaps unnecessarily. Think about how publishing works in the age of the Kindle and the Nook: Manufacturers and booksellers no longer have any incentive to try to get you to buy pre-copyright books published before 1922. If a fad suddenly developed for, say, Charles Dickens, thered be no money to be made because readers could simply download his e-books, free, from Project Gutenberg or some other public-interest site. Dickens bicentennial just passed, by the way: remember the big marketing push to take advantage? Neither do I. Amazon wont be reserving promotional space on its homepage for e-books that earn nothing and itll be long before the 26th century when all the classics fade into what the literary critic Clive James called Cultural Amnesia. Soon the only readers of these books will be forced ones (i.e. students) but in the age of Twitter how much longer will that last?
Barnes and Noble put out editions of out-of-copyright classics, but I got the impression that was more for show and a small part of their business.
Smith raises a really interesting possibility here that even that small presence of those classics will fade as e-books replace print.
Dickens centennial? People celebrate those things by watching the videos. Sorry, but that's just the way it is now.
You will find this interesting: the English version of `1984' uses a line with the words, "his large, Negroid lips ... ".
The American editor was squeamish over this usage (back in 1950 or so), however, and `1984' became a part of our Book of the Month club with the substitution: "his protuberant lips" along with other changes reflecting our preoccupation with euphemisms and disapprobation at calling a spade a spade.
Uh, revised: our American, lawyer-like sensitivity at appearing insensitive, or at calling something what it is or appears to be, or trepidation at offending anyone, anywhere at any time.
A related FR thread from a few months ago for your reference ...
Read Aldous Huxleys review of 1984 he sent to George Orwell
"I will keep an eye out for [Smith] now."
He's pretty good, this was a very interesting article. I don't really think he's right about the "classics" and publishing, I've heard that publishers love that copyright free material. But it could be changing as ebooks advance.
I read BNW years ago and didn't like it very much. I thought it very inferior to 1984 which I found absolutely harrowing. When I finished 1984 I thought "well, I'm really glad I read this and neither a million dollars nor a gun to my head will every get me to read it again".
Maybe I should read BNW again, it does seem to be coming true, I often think of those test-tube babies!
I prefer the metaphor "New Sodom"(america)...
Maybe a little of both is more accurate..
Huxley and Orwell were fleshing out the future from different angles, not in competition. Orwell's is exterior, so to speak, in that it was from the vantage point of a futuristic totalitarian state. Huxley's is interior, depicting a world in which our inner corruptions become writ large across society. His was much more an examination of personal morality.
I think, DJ, that your original logo is the single best use of Obama's I have yet seen. Excellent work!
Thanks for your comment. Sadly, 'soma' has taken on so many different meanings in recent years that the original use of the term in Brave New World is lost on a lot of people.
omg what are you kyle's mom pretending not to be?
It was readable, but "splendid?" Chesterton was "splendid." This is 8th grade essay stuff.
When it comes to Soma, I'll take the bra ad. That gal is so Catherine Zeta-Jones.
By the way, does CZ-J know that she is the pinup girl for FReepers?
Yep. I think there's either a band or a song called 'Soma', too. As I said to another poster, it's kind of lost its meaning because of all the new, different references.
The Invisible Hand? Bueller? Bueller? Invisible Hand? Anybody? Anybody?
meditate on that.
I pity your wretched state of mind, and will gladly end this fruitless dialogue.
"Community, Identity, Stability"...
In 1931, as Huxley was composing Brave New World, he wrote newspaper articles arguing that we must abandon democracy and allow ourselves to be ruled dictatorially by men who will compel us to do and suffer what a rational foresight demands. It was Huxleys view that dictatorship and scientific propaganda may provide the only means of saving humanity from the misery of anarchy. Many of the elements in the brave new world that contemporary readers find jarring actually appealed to Huxley. The sorting of individuals by type, eugenic breeding, and hierarchic leadership were policies for which he had proselytized. The problem with the world he created is the lack of spiritual insight, spiritual greatness, on the part of its leader.
Most of our teachers probably took Huxley as a good democrat concerned about elitism and the evil effects of technology, but according to this, Huxley was an elitist and an enthusiast for reproductive technology who only wanted the guardians and new technologies to reflect older spiritual values.
I guess you could find a similar ambivalence in Orwell, who was enthusiastic for the "classless society" he saw in wartime Barcelona but repelled by Stalinist dictatorship. Huxley, though, was apparently a far more conflicted character than Orwell. Maybe his book was a success and has lasted because it wasn't simply a tract attacking modernity, but reflected a deep ambivalence about what was going on and what he expected from the future.
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