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It has been announced that mobile operator AT&T and Amazon Web Services (AWS) have forged a new partnership that will focus on networking, enterprise hybrid cloud deployments, integration, Internet of Things (IoT) and security. The multi-year partnership will ensure that modern cloud-resistant solutions and applications can be more easily embedded into a hybrid cloud approach, offering business operations the best of both worlds.
As part of the new project, AWS and AT&T want to give joint customers the chance to combine the cellular operator's extensive network with the large variety of cloud services that AWS offers. This would include solutions for security and networking, IoT applications and access to big data and data centres. On AT&T's part, the latest alliance sees the company cement yet another partnership on the path to integrating their array of enterprise services, in addition to their network, with some of the world's major cloud players. For example, the company already has a deal with IBM that was made only this week.
Meanwhile, there are also benefits for AWS. By teaming up with AT&T, the company is able to broaden its current ecosystem by taking full advantage of the large enterprise network that the mobile operator is able to provide. This helps AWS become ever more entrenched amongst the many hybrid cloud deployments happening around the world, establishing the company as a go-to provider. This is particularly important at a time when many organisations are increasingly moving their workloads towards public services.
AT&T and AWS's latest partnership revolves mainly around three things: security, networking integration and IoT. In terms of security, the two firms will combine their experience and knowledge of data concerns and threats whilst integrating security solutions. Networking integration will see AT&T's Netbond platform taking centre stage. Netbond allows secure, private networking connections to be established to AWS, allowing users to be confident about the safety of the operations. New tools will be created, offering clients more automation, visibility, performance and security. The Netbond network currently includes Box, Cisco, VMware, Salesforce, IBM, AWS, HP Helion and Microsoft Azure.
Finally, the firms will work together on the IoT. Sending data into the cloud will be enabled by preconfiguring sensors that are attached to AT&T's network. It means that integration can be scaled relatively quickly if needed. For example, the operator already has 29 million connected devices deployed. If these were connected to AWS, the firm could boost its number of analytics customers in the future.
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2. Play better/more consistent on defense – That's one of the most obvious statements that can be made about the program this season so far – the team itself is not consistent, and the defense has been all over the place this season. Georgia's defensive players who are hoping to be drafted in the spring are doing themselves no favors, and are working their way up no one's draft boards with their play so far this year – save Kade Weston. Willie Martinez can't seem to get the players to understand what he wants them to do, or they are simply uninterested in doing it. The defense was a disaster against Tennessee. The blame can be spread all around – take your pick. End the end, however, the players can't be fired, so Martinez is going to have to figure out how to make the defense play 60 minutes a game from here on out. Making solid tackle-to-the-ground tackles would be a great start for this defense. Finding playmakers like Baccari Rambo, who needs to start from here on out, is another.
3. Get Caleb King Healthy – Georgia does not have a running back. Knowshon Moreno is very, very missed in Athens right now. Richard Samuel is not a high-level SEC running back. Washaun Ealy does not yet know how to deal in pass-protection situations (he should learn sooner rather than later). But Caleb King does know how to pass protect, and he is a more than capable SEC back. Georgia will win one game for the remainder of the season, maybe two, without a running back. King is midway through his third year at Georgia. He's been hurt more often than not this season, and concussions are a serious thing. Still, when he gets healthy it is time for him to get going on the ground for an entire game.
4. Turnovers – Georgia is not good enough to win the rest of its games without winning the turnover battle in every single contest it plays. Turnovers cost them the Oklahoma State game and have made every other game they have played more difficult than necessary. Offensive players who turn the ball over should have limited playing time from that point forward – really they should only play if there is no one else who can play. Mike Bobo knows the ups and downs of playing hot potato with the football. His 1996 squad, which was eager to turn the ball over in losses to Ole Miss, South Carolina and others, took tons of heat when he and his teammates didn't take care of the ball. Either Bobo is not getting the message across to the offense about turnovers, or the players are choosing not to take his advice seriously. The football is the most important thing in a football game – apparently that's not getting across to Georgia's players not named Bacarri Rambo, as he seems to be the Dawg who most values the pigskin. The defense has done a woeful job of creating turnovers this season. Players on the defense, like the offense, are allowed to make plays. Monte Kiffen wasn't running around with an orange #14 jersey on the other day – that was Eric Berry. Berry isn't doing it because Kiffen is "scheming up something great" – he's just making plays. He did it before Kiffen with John Chavis; he will do it after Kiffen in the NFL. Players need to start making plays – Willie Martinez isn't preventing you from making plays.
5. Look in the mirror – It's easy to play the blame game. Everyone in the program needs to reevaluate if they are helping the team win – not everyone is helping Georgia win. Everything is easy when you win. The haters are out in full force now – you are no longer the big men on campus. All this program can do is win the games in front of them on the schedule. In fact, all this program can do is try to be excellent every time the whistle blows. Mark Richt needs to evaluate everyone and everything now. The SEC race is over for Georgia. Much like 2006, they need to find their way in the midst of adversity. The playmakers are not there on offense, and the defense refuses to respond consistently to adversity. These are things that can be overcome with focus and execution, which is something Georgia has lacked this year. The fans are going to blame the coaches, and that's fine because they helped dig this ditch, but the players play the game, so everyone can absorb the blame on this one. The blame game can continue, or the program itself, can look in the mirror and get the job done.

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UP PGH Medical Center Section of Pulmonary Medicine, Manila, Philippines
PURPOSE: The Philippines is 9th among 22 high tuberculosis burden countries. The prevalence of HIV in the Philippines is <1%. There is limited data on TB/HIV co-infection in the Philippines. This study aims to determine the prevalence of HIV-TB co-infection among current HIV+ patients seen at the Philippine General Hospital (PGH). This study also describes the course of this co-infection.
METHODS: Records of current patients of the STD/AIDS Guidance, Intervention, Prevention Unit (SAGIP) of the PGH were reviewed. HIV+ patients who were diagnosed to have tuberculosis by either imaging study, biopsy of tissue specimen, or AFB smear and TB culture studies were included in this study. Data and details of HIV-TB co-infection were extracted from the records.
RESULTS: We identified 9/28 (32%) current HIV+ patients to have simultaneous active tuberculosis. 33% are relapse cases. Mean time to develop active TB from HIV diagnosis is 11 months. Pulmonary involvement (88%) was the most common form of tuberculosis. Cough is the most common symptom (75%). 50% of patients had normal PE findings. The presence of reticular infiltrates (50%) was the most common radiologic finding. Lesions were mostly on the lower lung fields (62.5%). All AFB/culture positive patients had significant radiologic chest findings. The rate of sputum AFB positivity is 37.5%. One had cultures resistant to isoniazid. One case of Non-tuberculosis mycobacterium was present. There was no significant adverse effect from simultaneous treatment of TB and HIV.
CONCLUSION: The prevalence of TB HIV co-infection among current patients at the SAGIP Unit PGH is 32%. Pulmonary involvement is the most common TB presentation among our HIV patients. Cough is the most common symptom. Presence of reticular infiltrates and basal involvement are the most common radiologic findings. Sputum positivity is similar to the immunocompetent individual. There are no adverse effects from simultaneous TB and HIV treatment.
CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS: In a high TB burden country like the Philippines, clinical findings should be complemented with microbiologic and radiologic findings to diagnose and treat active TB co-infection with HIV.
DISCLOSURE: Albert Albay, No Financial Disclosure Information; No Product/Research Disclosure Information
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Unyielding Spirits: Black Women and Slavery in Early Canada and Jamaica
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BeschreibungThis comparative study uncovers the differences and similarities in the experiences of Black women enslaved in colonial Canada and Jamaica, and demonstrates how differences in the exploitation of women's productive and reproductive labor caused slavery to falter in Canada and excel in the Caribbean. The research suggests that while the majority of Black women enslaved in early Canada were domestics, the majority of Jamaican women were field laborers, often performing some of the most labor-intensive work on the sugar plantations. While the efforts of the planter class to increase the number of children born to Jamaican women were not completely successful, reproduction seems to have been less of a concern in Canada where many Black women were often sold or freed because there was "no use for them." The Canadian slave context seems to have allowed a broader range of material comfort as well. Despite obvious labor differences, Black women in Canada and Jamaica rejected their chattel status and condition, and resisted slavery similarly. This study is unique in its desire and ability to place Black Canadian slave women at the center of research, and then contextualize it with a Caribbean model.
InhaltsverzeichnisIntroduction: Slavery in New France Slavery in Early Canada: Making Black women Subject The Power within:Black Women and Jamaican Slavery To Be A woman: Prodcuton, Reproduction and Material Culture The Spectrum of Resistance In the Space of Freedom Conclusion: Race and Gender Considerations
Untertitel: 'Crosscurrents in African Ameri'. New. Sprache: Englisch.
Verlag: ROUTLEDGE CHAPMAN HALL
Erscheinungsdatum: April 1999
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The Underworld War
Zane gasped. Standing in front of him was Amethyst. She let out a small smile. "Now do you remember?"
The rest of the group, with the exception of Grimgor gasped. "Holy crap!" Chao yelled. "We found her!"
Amethyst rolled her eyes. "Technically I found you guys stupid," She laughed, "I missed you guys...especially you Zane."
Zane continued to stare at her. "I..um..."
Amethyst rolled her eyes and leaned foreward and kissed Zane on the lips. Jacob, Holli, Piper, Tadrith and Grimgor gasped. Chao began to make a whooping sound. Jacob thumped Chao on the head beforespeaking. "I guess this mission was accomplished?"
"Not exactly..." Grimgor said.
Zane and Amethyst parted, staring at a red portal that had appeared. Suddenly it cackled with electricity before six figures stepped through. They resembled large humans, except for their demonic black armour, unnaturally large halbreds and wings and their eyes glowed a demonic red colour. Amethyst gritted her teeth. "No... the Hell gaurd!"
"The what?" Zane questioned. He snarled and held Amethyst tighter, the rest of the group brandishing their weapons at the newcomers.
"The Hell guard," Grimgor began. "They are hell's most pwerful demons, next to the demon lords. They are ruthless, brutal and powerful warriors, wielding hellish weapons and clothed in demonic armour. They are also the body gaurds for the king of dmeons himself."
"This king would be?" Jacob questioned, still eyeing the motionless guards.
"My father." Amethyst answered.
They all stared in awe as two figures came ut of the portal. One was a man with black hair at shoulder length. He was clad in the same armor as the gaurds, but he wielded two red swords. He smiled. "Well sister, seems you havn't heeded my warning."
"Deimos," Amethyst growled. Zane stared at Deimos, then at Amethyst. "My brother." Amethyst said. Zane turned to Deimos and glared, then turning his attention to a long, raven haired man wearing the same demonic armor he had seen on Alastor. He carried no weapon however. He had no emoiton on his face as he spoke.
"Amethyst... you have returned." he spoke. His voice was nothing like Alastor's. It was gentle and charismatic. Suddenly he turned to Zane and his group. "You've brought....Vampires."
"Father." Amethyst said.
Grimgor curled his fist. "The king of demon's himself. Lucifer."
"My reputatuon proceeds me," Lucifer said, glancing at Grimgor. "A demon hunter? Your appearence is quite... impecable."
"How so?" Grimgor said. He rasied his right hand, his cannon aimed directly at Lucifer.
"Grimgor, don't!" Amethyst warned. Grimgor ingonored her and pulled the firing mechanism. A cannonball explouded out of the barrel, thundering towards Lucifer. Suddenly one of the Hell guard demons leapt, slicing the cannoball with his halbred. He landed in the exact location he leapt from, and stood motionless once again.
"Whoa!" Tadrith remarked.
"Impressive." Piper said.
Deimos smiled. "These are the vampires that are to take control of the old ones? Ha!"
Zane's eyes opened wide. "How?"
Deimos laughed. "Zane, Zane, Zane. You should realize that we demons know much about your species. We have especially taken interest in a certain prophecy..."
Zane curled his fist. "Why you little..." Amethyst struggled to hold Zane back when a loud horn blared into their ears. The vampires and Grimgor covered their ears while the demons merely stared off into the horizon.
"It's started."Lucifer said. Suddenly he clapped his hands and a bright red light engulfed everyone. Zane held onto Amethyst and covered his eyes...
When he opned them again, he viewed a hellish sight. Thousands upon thousands of demon soldiers began to march over towards them. Zane realized they were atop a castle, and that thousands of demons stood below them. At the head of them stood the Hell guard, roaring challenges at the approaching demon army. Zane turned to Amethyst who had a look of terror on her face. Zane stared back and gasped, hundreds upon thousands of battle ready skeletons emerged from the earth, wailing horriying screams.
"The skeletons have risen," Amethyst said clenching her fists. "Damn you Alastor!"
"This is what I warned you about Amethyst," Lucifer spoke. "Your skeleton giant, although powerful, is easily replicated and can be multiplied by the thousands, creating an army of the dead. An army that grealty outnumbers the demons still under our banner."
"Well hope you're happy sister," Deimos spoke. "You and your friends are going to help us battle."
The entire group's eyes went wide open. "WHAT!" Chao yelled. He began to spin around and panick.
"CHAO!" Jacob roared. Chao stopped and stared at him. Jacob shook his head and turned to Zane. "So vampire, we going to fight?"
Zane gazed at Jacob, then at his group, then at Amethyst. She looked up at him, her eyes sparkling with the same glow he had seen many years ago, when they first met. He sighed. "We really don't have much of a choice now do we?" Amethyst smiled back at him.
Grimgor coughed, grabbing everyone's attention. "We still have the problem of overcoming the army," he said.
Amethyst eyes grew cloudy. "I think I have a way..."


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More then what it seemsMature
My hand sung like hell as I ran down the corridors, I didn't even notice Josh until I went flying into him.
"Aaliyah? Sorry I didn't see you." He apologizes helping me up.
"My fault I was running in blind fury. Thanks." I replied.
"What's up?"
"One word, no two really...Mr Angelino." Putting venom into my words.
"Mr Angelino wow that man a god."
"You're really not cheering me up." I stared to walk away but Josh kept pace with me.
"Wanna get out of here?" He suddenly asked me, I stopped walking. "Got a free afternoon, was thinking of going to the park, chilling you know."
This sounded like the perfect get away after everything that had just happened I needed to get out.
"Mr Finders work due...O' whatever another day won't kill him." Feeling slightly guilty, but no way was I giving up on the chance to escape school. "Got a car?" He smiled and took his keys out of his jeans pocket.
Josh was someone who I really got on with, his bronze hair shone brighter due to the sunlight in the park. We both ended up buying something to eat and sitting under a hug tree. We were there all afternoon and it wasn't until later when the scene before us changed.
"Hey look at those kids by the pond." I followed his brown eyes and saw what he was on about. Three boys who looked about 14 were chasing ducks into the pond. Hot fury and anger suddenly shot through my body, I stood up watching the boys with deadly Jade green eyes. After they'd finished with the ducks, they moved on to something else. A badger. It was injured and trying to limp into the brushes. Only the boys were blocking it way, one of them picked up a stick and poked it.
They laughed and I ran just as one of them went kick it. I grabbed his bare neck jerking him backwards falling.
"Leave that badger alone." I told them my anger slipping into my voice.
"Who are you the badger police?" One of them joked they snickered in response. The one who made the comment wasn't laughing for long, my hand slapped him across the face, leaving a nasty mark.
"I tell you once and only once. If you ever touch that badger or hurt any creature like that again." Looking at all of them in turn. "It will be the last move you ever make."
"Got it?" I asked still feeling the fury and anger in my body. They all nodded and ran off.
"Care to explain what that was about?" Josh gasped out when I went back over to the tree, after seeing the badger off ok. It was strange the way it looked at me before going, it was just strange very strange.
"Erm, well." I couldn't think about what to say, instead I looked up to the tree, trying to distract him. "Hey bet ya I can reach the top before you can."
"Not a chance Ali." Confidence in his voice typical of males taking on any challenge.
"What afraid to take on a girl? Afraid I'll beat ya or are you just scared?" I taunted him.
"Fine, you want me to help you up?" Grinning his face off. I started to climb and saw that Josh wasn't far behind me. I was surprised at how easy I was finding it to climb, it helped that I had long legs. My outfit was just black tight trackies and a white vest. I was still in my dance clothes forgetting to get change after I stormed out of school.
"Hey don't look down Aaliyah." Josh sounding out of breath gasped. Of course I did look down and gasped seeing how far we climbed. My hand tightened on the branch and my legs locked.
"Are you ok?" Josh asked climbing next to me.
"Ffff. Fine I erm think I'll head down now." How I was going to get down was the real question.
"What are you sure your ok?"
"I'm grounded dad's going to kill me as it is." I started to climb down, going a few branches down, until I slipped and fell. I banged into branches and leaves then finally I landed hard on the grass.
I blinked open my eyes which was hard feeling dizzy. I got up thankful not to have broken anything. Moments later I heard Josh frantic voice. "Aaliyah are you ok, O'my god Ali are you hurt?" He voice rang loud in my banging head.
"Josh just shh."
"Sorry, I'll take you to the hospital."
"No, can you give me a lift home"?
"Fine I'll walk." I snapped walking off.
I was amazed that I actually made it home without falling, my head hurt I could feel a mark on the side of my head. My hands were all scrapped and cut; I could even feel blood coming down my leg. Great.
As got closer I noticed the garage door open and dad's car parked. Double Great. Could this get any worse? I opened the door seeing my answer in my dad's face. O'yes a lot worse.
"You're grounded young lady." He started. "You should have been back hours ago and what have you being doing"?
I just stood there noticing also that mum wasn't here; I could hear Michel in the living room, watching some car program.
"How was school by the way?" His voice changing voice.
"Fine." I replied dodging his glaze but still feeling his blue eyes on my back.
"And the afternoon?" I started to walk up the stairs when his hand grabbed the top of my arm. "You wouldn't lie to me now would you? To your own father?"
"Let go of my arm."
"Tell me where the hell you were young lady, you look a mess." He replied his voice in a deadly quite.
"I don't have to tell you anything." Soon as I said the word his grip tightened making me gasp out.
"Let's try that again."
"Ppark." I whispered.
"You're meant to be at school, how do you think your going to pass your exams, huh if you lounging around in the park?"
In a different situation I would snapped back saying 'I'm more ahead then the teachers, as if you know'. But with his hand stopping my blood circulation in my arm and the way he was looking at me. I kept my mouth shut.
"Dad can you just come and help me a minute, I still can't get this question." The first time in my life, I never felt soo happy to hear my brother's voice.
"Sure son anything for you." Dad voice changing in Mr Nice guy, Mr Best Dad of the year.
"Don't tell anyone about this." He pushed up the stairs making me fall; my hip smacked the wooden steps. "If you step out of line, there be hell to pay young lady."
I scrambled up the stairs and went in the bathroom locking the door. I only just manage to hold back the tears when I was in the shower. My leg was bleeding a small cut above my knee, my head was still banging a cut was also bleeding.You could also see my Dad hand mark, red lines on my upper right arm. My right hip however seemed a whole lot worse, purple bruising was forming in a roundish line where I caught the wooden steps.
I went into my room lying on my bed and did my school work. After a while I got up switching the light off, my hair was back to its normal fiery orange silky self. I put on my PJ's silk blue vest and shorts, looking in my mirror I could see where my top lifted, showing my right hip. I sighed still holding the tears back.
I went over to my window sit, my window already open. The moonlight shone in my room, stiletto in the window I thought to myself. My eyes were closing which wasn't good. Foxes kept appearing, always the same two, looking at me with those eyes. They looked familiar to me, like a distanced memory...
I could feel myself moving further away from the wall that I was resting on. Then something warm surrounded my body, moving me away and lying me down. Then I felt warmer on my hands and head.
"This is more then the tree work." Then my right side of my body went warmer, I was too far gone to work out the voice. The two foxes were waiting for me as I went into blackout.


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Despite being geographically far away from the rest of the world, Australia's financial services sector has found its place on the world stage. Australian banks are some of the most innovative in the world. As our 2016 Global Mobile Banking Functionality Benchmark has shown, some Australian banks have overtaken their global counterparts, with Westpac taking the coveted top spot.
The question that I often get asked from Australian digital banking teams is, "so what's next in financial services?"
And I think that's a great question. As uncertain economic conditions, wavering markets, and tight budgets continue to increase the pressure on Australian digital teams to deliver better experiences and increased sales through digital touchpoints, we believe that digital business executives have to drive digital transformation. And this means far more than simply developing a "digital strategy".
Digital banking executives must make mobile the hub of customer interactions, and not treat mobile as if it were just another channel. They should develop mobile banking as a platform to engage customers. To continue to win and retain mindshare and increase wallet share, the next step digital banking teams must focus on are ways to create new sources of value for their customers, not just meeting their basic needs.


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Aaalim Muhammed Salegh Academy of Architecture is situated at "Nizara Educational Campus", Muthapudupet, IAF Avadi, Chennai-600055, Tamil Nadu, India in Chennai. The Institute campus is about 25 km. away from Greenways Station, 17 km. away from Chennai Koyambedu Omni Bus Terminus, 20 km. away from Chennai International Airport. You can also take the Metro 25 km. away.
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I am extemely satisfied with this product. It has exceeded my expectations, from all of the research I had done on fondueing. You can actually cook everything in the actual pot, and not use the stove. It melted everything quite quickly. The temperature is very steady and cooks/melts everything perfectly. Clean up in between courses was easy and quick. I expected a big ordeal between courses, but it was so fast. The timing is all in the prep before, so if you have everything ready, there isn't too much to do each time. Just be sure to educate yourself with recipes and such, so things don't go wrong, but I think the pot has such an even temp it makes mess ups less likely, and ideal party is 2-6 for that size pot. For 2 people you can use 1/4- 1/2 of a recipe.
The fondue pot looks great and heats up really fast. I used it for melting cheese and it worked great. It kept the broth we used boiling hot, worked perfect. The downside is, it doesn't have a non-stick inside so it makes it very hard to clean between courses. You don't have time to let it soak.
Also, I saw the identical item on Bed Bath and Beyond website for $5 less and you get to use the 20% coupon, shipping costs the same. So don't count on Wal*Mart always being the least exepensive. I wish I'd ordered it from BBandB.
This is my first electric fondue pot. I've always struggled along with the sterno ones before. I love it! It's so easy to use, and also very easy to clean in comparison to ones I've had in the past. The instructions say to heat things on the stove first and then transfer the pot to the electric base, but I have actually used the electric base to heat cooking oil from scratch several times without difficulty. It takes about half an hour to heat from cold to boiling. The only downside about this item is that the pot is MUCH smaller than I was expecting. You can fondue in this for a family of four, but you would not be able to use it for entertaining, which I was hoping to do. Still, glad to have it. I fondue a lot for just myself & family so it's all good.
Easy to use and clean
This fondue pot looked great and we (a small family of 4) were very excited to use it. We put the recommended oil amount in and prepared to cook. It took FOREVER to warm up, even at the max heat, and when it was hot enough, put in our meat. Again, we waited and waited, and finally figured that it would take hours to cook the amount of meat we had to eat, so we pulled out our wok and finished cooking the food that way. Will be returning this item directly.
Family very much enjoyed our chocolate fondue! (Note -- we have not yet tried cooking anything in oil with it -- but as chocolate melted on a low-ish setting, would guess it gets easily hot enough.)
The fondue pot is great. I wish the settings were a little more fine tuned. Other than that I really enjoyed it for New Years Eve!
The fondue forks are a bit cheaply made, but are color coated and do serve their intended purpose. I was impressed with how fast the pot was able to get up to temp and have used the pot with cheese, broth, and chocolate. Very content with my purchase.
I would only recommend this fondue pot for cheese dip it does not stay hot when used with meat.
You never know how big or small something is by the picture...it was a little smaller then expected...but it got the job done.
Missing a rubber foot on bottom and 1 of the forks end was coming off, not put on right.
It worked fine, but was cheaply made. I would recommend buying the more expensive version because I think it comes with a breakaway cord which is an important safety factor when dealing with hot oil. If you only use this a couple of times a year at the most and its for two to four people you would be fine with the less expensive one. Did work very efficiently and we were impressed with that.
I've only used the fondue pot once but was very happy with it. The heat range is from just keeping something warm to boiling.
Its a great deal for the price!
This item was shown and described as being copper-colored, which was a specific I wanted for a special occasion. Although the product appears well-made, it is in fact stainless steel colored. I have not yet used it, so I can't comment on its functionality. If it doesn't work as advertised, I will add to my review.
i haven't used it yet but its exactly what i wanted but i can' wait to use.
It was very slow to warm up and seemed like it kept turning off or down. But once it got going after almost an hour it worked great
Heats up quick, cool to touch, and easy to clean. Works great. I have used it for chocolate fondue only.
My kids enjoy this as much as we do.
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Aug 27, 2012 at 11:35 pm #1293432
I am doing a 4 day/ 3 solo backpack in the Grand Cayon in the first week of October. I need to minimize my weight as much as possible. Please look at my list and advise
ULA circuit back pack…… 39 oz
Sierra designs. 15 degree spark…. 33 ozs
Big Agnes air core insulated pad. 16 oz
5×8 painter plastic for ground cover 5 oz?
Total -5 lbs
Oware small tarp with stakes & guy lines. 10 oz or. Marmot albinism bivy. 15 oz. or nothing??
Clothes in exclusion to what I am wearing. (long pants…mountain hardware ul pant, short sleeve Nordic trac synthetic shirt, socks….Seal,skin wide brimmed hat
Balaclava to sleep in
Long sleeve button up with uv protection 10 oz
3 pairs of socks….1.5 oz each….
Extra set of underwear… 5 oz
Lands end merino wool top and bottom… 10 oz
OR short gaiters 3 oz
Total 2 lbs
Shoes either asics trail runners or hi tec altitude 4 boot…. Can't decide yet…. Normally would choose trail runners. But concerned about rock strewn Hermit trail
2 liter platypus. 1 oz
1.5 liter water bottle 1 oz
1 liter Gatorade bottle 1 oz. or maybe 2 of them
Total – ..3 lbs
1.5 qt titanium kettle pot. 6 oz
Esbit stove and 6 tabs Plus ziplock bag to carry. 11 oz
Spork. 1.5 oz
Total – 1.3 lbs
Swiss knife 4 oz
Matches/ flint/ bic lighter. 5 oz total
Compass. 1.5 oz
Emergency blanket. 2 oz
Flashlight with spare battery
First aid kit. 4 strips of mole skin, blister bandaid, 10 bandaids, 5 alcohol wipes, extra thin sanitary napkins (4), adhesive tape small roll, 1.5 ft duct tape, 15 ibuprofen tabs, liquid bandaid, tube of Carmex, small package of Vaseline 16 oz at least
Total – 1.8 lbs
Pack towel 6 oz
Comb. 1.5 oz
Toothbrush and travel toothpaste. .? Oz
Deodorant. 1.5 oz
Small roll of Tp. 4 oz
wipes. 10 oz
Total. – 1.5 lbs
Luxury items
Thermorest pillow. 8 oz. ( I am a side sleeper who tried everything b4 this to sleep)
Kindle. 10 oz. ( must have )
Nikon d 40 and spare battery… 34 oz. ( I hike to see beautiful places and photograph them )( I strap,this to my shoulder harnesses)
IPhone. 5 oz
Grand total before water and food…. 15.25 lbsAug 28, 2012 at 12:11 am #1906749
Jacob BlumenfeldMember
@surfingdwedgeLocale: Northern California
I would bring the Oware tarp.
You can ditch these without sacrificing any comfort or safety:
Extra long sleeved sunshirt. -10oz (or use this as your day shirt and ditch the current one listed as worn)
Bring just one additional pair of socks for a total of 2. -3 oz
Ditch the extra undies. -5 oz
Nix the space blanket (You got your sleeping bag). -2 oz
Cut towel in half. -3oz
= immediate saving of 23 oz or 1 lb 7oz.
For the JMT my gf and I had one set of cloths for day, and one for night (and 1 extra pair of socks, my puffy jacket, rain shell, windpants). Never regretted it once. Switch socks everyday and wash when given the opportunity. Dry on outside of pack while hiking. Same with underwear, but I just wear mine dry. Get good underwear like exofficio.
I would thin out the first aid kit/repair. Mine weighed around 6 oz for 2 people on my recent 22 day JMT hike. Only used one bandaid, and some ibuprofen the entire trip. Things off the top to get rid of would be liquid bandaid, a few of the alc wipes and bandaids.
Just bring the lighter and the firesteel, or the lighter and the matches. Would be fine with just the lighter also. You could ditch the comb and just braid your hair to keep it managed for the trip.
I would take the shoes that are most comfortable for you. From what you listed I would personally opt for the asics.
Overall, Looks very good!Aug 28, 2012 at 1:01 am #1906753
I am thinking about dumping the long sleeve shirt and the extra undies and extra socks.I do have a 5 oz raincoat/ jacket (marmot) in case i need the arm covering+ can be used incase it gets cold in conjunction with my wool top.
I am most likely going with the asics. I wore the boots yesterday for a short 5 mile hike. They are so much heavier than the asics. Plus I have been doing a lot of hiking (without any pack) with my vibrams to help strengthen my feet muscles that I notice the weight of the boots more.
I also can go with a 30 degree bag that is 6 oz lighter. But I do sleep cold and weather can be iffy in oct. but if I stay with the 15 degree bag I will cut the wool bottoms out.
Why do you recommend the tarp vs nothing?
First aid kit. When I go solo I tend to add a little to this department. In that 16 oz is also some anti bacterial gel and anti inch ointment and matches.
Good point about the flint. That is out as well. Go with matches/ bic. Space blanket And liquid bandaid too.
Thanks for the feedback, Jason!Aug 28, 2012 at 1:29 am #1906754
Jacob BlumenfeldMember
@surfingdwedgeLocale: Northern California
I always bring a shelter even if the weather forecast is good. Weather can be unpredictable. In my opinion it is worth the extra safeguard, especially for 10oz. Freak storms happen. You could definitely get away without if the weather forecast is looking to be 100% good. I would probably stick with the 15 degree bag if you sleep cold especially with the air core since the R value is 1.0, and will probably feel cold below 40-45 degrees. If you go with the 30degree, definitely get a sleeping pad with a higher R-value. Figure a pad with r-2.5 can take you down to about freezing comfortably. For october, even with the 15 degree bag, I would look at replacing the air core for something a bit warmer, or supplementing it with a torso sized foam pad.
I understand the idea of having a beefed up first aid kit for solo travel. Still, I would get rid of some more of the extra stuff geared towards your typical cuts and scrapes, and maybe add something like quick clot. Any serious injuries like broken limbs or large wounds would be untreatable in the field anyways and would require immediate evac. Small cuts and scrapes don't really need treatment other than keeping them clean. The way I see it, have a kit that can treat 1-2 skinned knees and elbows, chaffing, blisters, and heavy bleeding. Maybe throw in some athletic tape for a sprained ankle. That is all that is necessary and practical in the field from my experience.
For clothes, I would just take the long sleeve and ditch the short sleeve day shirt. Can always roll up the sleeves, and I find longsleeve sun shirts like what you have to be just fine even in very hot weather.
Sounds like your feet will be just fine!Aug 28, 2012 at 8:17 am #1906812
Tjaard BreeuwerBPL Member
@tjaardLocale: Minnesota, USA
Sounds like fun!
think you could save some weight without giving up comfort or safety.
Indeed, bring the tarp OR the space blanket. If you think it will be dry for sure, take the spaceblanket and use it as a tarp if you were wrong. If there is even a small chance of rain, bring the tarp. A 15F down bag will be useless when wet and super heavy too.
Shirts: you list:
short sleeve
Long sleeve button up
merino wool top
Take just the button shirt.
If that's not warm enough, wear the button and carry the merino for nights. Or better yet, if you have (or can buy cheaply, EG Stoic Hadron, MEC Lightdegree ) a down shirt, take that for evenings/camp instead at a similar weight and much more warmth. With a heavier down jkt you might be able to take the lighter sleeping bag.
On the other hand, do you have any shell? What are the conditions? Temp? Wind? Precip?
If you are bringing long underwear for nights, sleep in those and rinse out your synthetic undies in the evening, they will be dry(enough) by morning. Also, 5oz is EXTREMELY heavy for underpants, and you have 2 pairs, for a total of 10 oz.
I just weighed my 'Sonoma' synthetic boxers from JC Penney and they were 2.6oz for a size L. So, taking only one of those would save you ~7oz. I am sure there are lighter ones out there too.
Buff and balaclava serve similar purpose. Pick one. (Your sleeping bag has a hood right?
Bring 2 pairs of socks. If they are merino wool you can easily hike 2 days in one pair. Or, bring one ultralight pair to hike in, rinse at night and sleep in a warm merino pair.
Fire items are very heavy. You list 5oz. A Bic mini is 0.4 oz, my UST firesteel mini is 0.9 oz, so about 1.5 oz total would give you plenty of firestarting capability.
I just weighed my packtowel: 1.2 oz. You don't need a full size towel, that's the idea of packtowel, you can use a small piece, wring it out and reuse it.Aug 28, 2012 at 8:44 am #1906825
Some of my weights for clothing are pure guesses. As are the weights for fire stuff. I figured I would be better guessing high than underestimating.
The second pair of undies is 1 bra/panties. . Weight? Very light
The merino wool top/bottom will double as sleepwear and second layer if cold. Weight ? Very light
Pack towel is Msr ultra light @ 1.8 oz
The long sleeve shirt is probably 10 oz. so I will dump that.
Tarp I will carry as insurance. And yet, I can use it as a shade lean to if it gets too hot with no shade
I will go back thru the first aid bag and see where items can be trimmed. Realized I don't have sunscreen….so I need to make a smaller size plus I left off my prescription sunglasses.
Yes, bag has hood. So balaclava is out and keep buff. I will use this day and night.
Again thanks for the tips. It is nice to have someone scrutinizing my choices and making me think back thru them.
Btw…the insulated air core has a high r value. It is good down to 15-25 degrees.Aug 28, 2012 at 11:31 am #1906877
Tjaard BreeuwerBPL Member
@tjaardLocale: Minnesota, USA
"Some of my weights for clothing are pure guesses. As are the weights for fire stuff. I figured I would be better guessing high than underestimating."
Aha, that explains it. I thought that those figures seemed very high. So yeah the best advice is to get a scale and put everything on it. You might find some interesting facts!
"The second pair of undies is 1 bra/panties. . Weight? Very light"
Aha, I was thinking this was for a male hiker, as I didn't see a bra listed and the weight for womens panties is much lower than for mens boxers.
Random light looking panties out of my wife's drawer: 0.8 oz. Random non-underwire bra: 1.6 oz.
So, yes, the story for womens underwear is different. Bringing an extra pair of panties is easy, they weigh almost nothing. Bras are a bit more, but still not bad. Only annoyance is the thicker sportsbras or some with the foam cups are slow to dry.
"Yes, bag has hood. So balaclava is out and keep buff. I will use this day and night."
Always good if you can use one item for multiple things.
I didn't see any shell garment. If you leave the button shirt at home you have no rain or wind protection, and unless you treat the merino with Permethrine, no bug protection. If it get's cool in the canyon and the wind picks up( which is almost a certainty in a river canyon) in the evening, you would be quite chilly. A 2.5oz windshirt would make that system a LOT warmer, as well as provide bug protection. If there is a chance of rain then a rainjacket migfht be in order, starting at ~5oz.Aug 28, 2012 at 1:35 pm #1906926
Yes,I am thinking that might be in order.
I do have a marmot rain jacket that works great … I used it earlier this summer in Yellowstone with my merino wool top as a mid layer. It is quite light and works great.
Thanks…btw for the weights you gave.
I cut about 40% of Weight out of my ditty bag. I combined first aid and personal items into small rollup stuff sack. It now has pack towel, various bandaids-2 sizes + blister ones, mole skin, pill container(1oz that can hold small baggies of Vaseline, sunscreen, and ibuprofen tabs), knife, wet wipes, small roll of adhesive tape, spare matches, small bottle of anti bacterial hand sanitizer, 1 oz dental emergency pack, 1 oz brush, small travel brush, small travel toothpaste, travel deodorant. Estimated weight at 1.5 lbs.Aug 28, 2012 at 4:58 pm #1906998
Seth BrewerBPL Member
@whistlerLocale: www.peaksandvalleys.weebly.com
If you actually think the temps may be near 15-20* just be aware that I have heard a number of reports that the BA Insulated Air Core is NOT as warm as stated down to 15* (I think that there may even be some threads here on BPL about it). Enjoy the trip !Aug 28, 2012 at 6:27 pm #1907036
It is not supposed to be anywhere near 15 degrees in the canyon. More like in the 50's and 60's.
I have used the air core down to freezing and slightly below…it has been great.
I am a side sleeper and it is wonderful for that.
I am going to take my La Fuma 30 degree bag instead of the SD. I do know it doesn't keep me warm down to 30 deg….but should be fine for the canyon and it is 6 oz lighter.
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"So, Mr. Jarl ... sir, we didn't get to snag a Howard, huh?"
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"More like the other way around," the chief responded as I expected.
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Males of the wool-carder bee, Anthidium manicatum, patrol clumps of garden plants. Females of this species visit these plants for pollen, nectar, and pubescence; they also mate there. Females are polyandrous, with intervals between copulations as short as 35 s. Patrolling males defend their territories (0.1–1.3 m2) against other males and against other species of flower-visiting insects. Honey bees may be rendered unable to fly by the attacks of A. manicatum.
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"Terrance Johnson's assertions that he was not trained
On 8/12/99, I conducted a training of one hour and 15 minutes focused on therapeutic intervention versus punitive intervention including talk-downs and seclusion and restraint prevention. Included in this training was an emphasis on patient care, patient rights, and the fact that our mission is to take care of any patient who comes given by clinical necessity not by any financial considerations." (This memo is accompanied by two sign-up sheets, both dated 8/11/98. Terrance Johnson has signed both of them.)
On 8/11/98, Terrance Johnson attended a meeting led by a nurse manager. We have compelling evidence that the nurse spent the majority of the meeting discussing administrative issues and hospital policies, although she did talk about some patient issues. At the end of the meeting, she said that a Charter doctor had made a video tape that the staff should watch on their own time.
Terrance Johnson asked for this video tape repeatedly over the next couple of weeks, and repeatedly the staff members he asked could not find it to give it to him.
When Terrance signed into this meeting, he signed two sheets. One sheet gave a doctor's name as presenter, although that doctor was not present at the meeting. The nurse who ran the meeting made that clear. The other sheet gave the name of the nurse who held the meeting.
Only one meeting took place on 8/11/98. No meeting took place on 8/12/98. On 9/9/98, Johnson went to work early for what had been advertised as another in-service meeting, held by the same nurse manager. This meeting was cancelled, however.
CHARTER ARGUMENT #11 (NOTE: CBS News has edited the following paragraph that Charter sent to us, because it contains confidential information about a patient.)
"Incorrect presentation of female adolescent seclusion
The medical record reflects that the patient was indeed informed of her admission, that at the time she was informed was when she began to resist...CBS NEWS HAS EDITED CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION HERE... The decision was made for her to be admitted with parents' consent, this was not an involuntary admission. Patient was well aware of the admission and the reason for the admission. Within 30 minutes of the time that the patient was admitted, her mother was alloed to visit and she was transported and taken to the inpatient unit without incident."
As Charter states, the evidence clearly shows that this girl became upset and agitated when she learned that she was going to be admitted to the hospital. What Charter doesn't say is that the girl had to learn this from Terrance Johnson, who was left alone with her. When Johnson first arrived in the lobby, she was calm.
Johnson subsequently discussed this case with other staff members-including the physician who participated in the girl's restraint-and they confirmed his interpretation of what had happened to the girl.
But the most important point about this girl's admission was not that she didn't know that she was going to be admitted. In fact, in Unsafe Haven, Dr. Linda Finke makes the point that the girl's parents may have felt, rightly, that they could not tell their daughter that she was going to be admitted to Charter. Rather, the most important point about this scene is that this girl was taken straight to restraints by staff members who made no real effort to talk to her and didn't know anything about her. They had no idea why she was in the hospital when they restrained her, and they had no idea if it was safe to restrain her.
"Episode in which patient alleged that his wrist was injured
It is not noted in the 60 Minute episode that a portable x-ray was obtained of his wrist immediately after that episode and it was documented that there was no fracture incurred and the patient was evaluated in the emergency room at Presbyterian Hospital."
Unsafe Haven stated that this boy's wrist was "injured." We never said that his wrist had been broken - although in fact state records subsequently showed that his arm had been in a cast shortly before he was admitted to Charter.
A subsequent report by the State of North Carolina, which inspected Charter Pines after Unsafe Haven aired, cited the hospital for violating state law when its staff restrained this boy. Specifically, the hospital was criticized for restraining the boy by his wrist, even though his record showed that he had recently broken his arm for the fourth time, and even though the boy complained that his arm was hurting him. The state report goes on to point out that, although Charter received x-ray results on 8/29/98 that confirmed that the boy's wrist was not re-broken, the staff at Charter restrained the boy by his wrist twice between the time he started complaining about pain in his wrist and the time the hospital received the negative x-ray finding.
"The assertion that the patient was overmedicated after a seclusion and restraint episode.
The review of the medical record indicates that the patient's PRN medications were well within appropriate dosages for his age and size and not even close to being considered 'overmedicated.'"
Unsafe Haven never used the word "overmedicated," although Dr. Linda Finke does comment in the piece that this boy "appears groggy, which is very sad to see. He seems to have been heavily sedated." The boy is indisputably groggy-in the video, he is clearly having trouble walking. And, as Terrance Johnson witnessed and discussed with other staff members, the boy received a number of shots that day to sedate him. Furthermore, as Drs. Finke and Fassler observe in Unsafe Haven, the boy receives at least one of those shots when he is already strapped down and calm.
"The assertion that our facility trained people to document negative data to keep people in the hospital "longer than needed."
This is ludicrous, in that our hospital is on of the shortest length of stay hospitals in our community, as well as other Charter hospitals."
Unsafe Haven never made the claim that Charter kept people in the hospital "longer than needed." We presented evidence that Charter trained its staff to document negative things about patients so that insurance companies would pay for their hospital stays. This was confirmed when the nurse and mental health technician told Terrance Johnson how they were trained to "focus on the negative...so that this place can get paid." It was confirmed by Leslie Armeniox, who said that this was part of the inservice training at Greensboro. It was also confirmed by many other Charter employees around the country.
"In your program you identified Leslie Armeniox as 'an administrator at Charter Greensboro and a therapist there for 14 years.' Her employment record (attached) shows that Ms. Armeniox was a 'movement therapist.' As the attached job description notes, the movement therapist coordinates physical activities such as dance and recreational activities. Outside of these physical services, Ms. Armeniox's duties had no bearing on the physical condition of patients, their care, or course of treatment."
In its memo, Charter sent CBS News only a few pages of Leslie Armeniox's employment record from her 14 years at Charter Greensboro. CBS News checked with Leslie Armeniox for the remaining parts of her employment record, which show that she was not only a movement therapist for 14 years at Charter Greensboro, but also an administrator there for at least five years. Her job description, according to Charter's evaluations, was mostly managerial and administrative during that time. Her duties included the following:
--working on budget matters for the hospital
--formulating hospital policies, procedures and programs
--hiring, firing and evaluating staff
--attending meetings wit other administrators concerning program planning, marketing, quality assurance
--providing clinical and administrative supervision for staff
--attending management retreats with other hospital management staff
"I have attached a list of every Charter staff member who appears, without their knowledge, on your hidden camera footage...The attached sign-up sheets show that they attended in-depth classes in crisis intervention, the proper use of seclusion and restraints and patient safety." (list attached)
During the eight weeks that Terrance Johnson worked at Charter Pines:
1. Johnson received no formal training, except for a half-day restraint class near the end of his tenure--which was not a serious training session.
2. Johnson spoke to many other staff members who told him that they had not had a single day of training, even after months of work at Charter.
3. The staff member who runs Charter's restraint classes told Johnson in October that the hospital hadn't offered restraint classes since spring, because the patient census had been too low and there was not enough money for it.
4. Several staff members told Johnson that they had worked for months and never had any restraint training-and told him this in the context of either performing a restraint on a patient or recounting a restraint they had recently performed.
5. Two employees told Johnson how they were ordered by their supervisors to falsify their training and qualifications in their records, in preparation for inspections.
June 14, 1999
Ed Bradley
CBS NEWS 60 Minutes
524 West 57th St
New York, NY 10019-2985
Dear Mr. Bradley,
The videotape that you received earlier today is our response to your planned rebroadcast of the "60 Minutes II" program related to Charter Behavioral Health Systems and specifically to the letter faxed by David Gelber on June 8, 1999. As we have communicated to you since Mr. Gelber's letter, it has always been our intention to respond, in the interest of a fair and balanced story, as the attached letter notes.
To re-emphasize the videotaped response, at Charter we take very seriously the great responsibility that we have to our patients and staff to fulfill the need for quality mental health services. Because of this we have taken all actions within our capability to help ensure consistent and high standards of care in each of our facilities.
These actions include:
1. We launched an internal review of our systems, which is ongoing. We took immediate actions as a result of our initial findings including staff suspensions, terminations and recently announced our plans to close one facility and consolidate another.
2. We sought the consultation of the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations in their review of 18 of our facilities. Although their reiew was intense, we are committed to ensuring that each of our systems is in total compliance with JCAHO standards. Based on their initial findings, we have some corrective actions which we are currently putting in place.
3. We worked cooperatively with all our managed care partners to ensure that we are able to continue to allow their clients access to quality mental health care and a choice in providers. Although three companies temporarily suspended direct referrals pending audits of our facilities, nearly all have been reinstated. Some audits and follow-up issues are currently ongoing.
4. We announced the initiation of an independent review, through counsel, of the company's corporate oversight functions, policies and procedures by Towers Perrin Consulting.
As stated in the tape, we welcome scrutiny of our systems. We believe in the staff, systems and services we provide. I hope the purpose of the scrutiny is to help us improve our services, not eliminate an option for those who suffer from mental illness.
In your report aired April 21, we feel the many inaccuracies you reported are an illustration of the unfair scrutiny that makes it difficult for an organization dedicated to improving its services. Also, quite a number of the issues had been corrected by Charter long before your broadcast but you left the viewers with the impression that they still existed. We request that you correct these factual inaccuracies. In addition to the inaccuracies included on the tape we also want to mention:
* Terrance Johnson claimed that he was interviewed for only five minutes before being hired, when in fact Charter Pines interviewed him twice, conducting a background and criminal check before hiring him.
* You stated that all employees shown to be restraining a patient had no training, when in fact all employees shown had been trained in Critical Incident Training and/or Management of Aggressive Behavior.
* You stated that Leslie Armenox and Jim Lell were Charter "administrators" when in fact she was a movement therapist and he a clinical program director.
These are just a few of the many other misrepresentations which we will be happy to work with your staff on to at least present the true facts.
As President and CEO of Charter, since October of 1998, I have complete confidence in our staff to uphold our mission of providing the highest quality of care to our patients and to continuously improving our care through careful examination of our systems, policies, and procedures.
Mike French
President and CEO
Charter Behavioral Systems
CBS News has already responded earlier in this Web site to all the significant points in this letter, except for the point about Jim Lell. Charter claims that he was a clinical program director, and not an administrator. However, on July 1, 1992, Charter sent a letter to "Mr. Jim Lell, Program Administrator, Adolescent Unit I" and told him that he could receive a bonus for as much as $15,000 for the following performance criteria: "JCAHO performance, State Board of Health compliance, FTE management, patient/family satisfaction surveys, quality care based upon outcome data, referral development, length of stay to budget, average daily census to budget."
Incidentally, Jim Lell himself says that he was an administrator at Charter Terre Haute.
Dr. Gary Henschen, MD
Charter Behavioral Health System Statememt
June 14, 1999
Hello, I'm Dr. Gary Henschen, Chief Medical Officer of Charter Behavioral Health Systems. Our company is dedicated to providing the highest quality mental health and substance abuse services to our patients. That is and will continue to be our top priority. We continue to take all necessary steps to help ensure that our patients receive the specialized treatment and therapy that will enable them to attain mental and emotional health. We believe in our highly skilled medical staff, our systems, and the services we provide. We welcome scrutiny of our system by responsible regulatory agencies. We believe that legitimate scrutiny can improve even the best health care facilities. The program broadcast by 60 Minutes II on April 21, and rebroadcast tonight was neither legitimate nor fair. In fact, many of the statements contained in the program are false. We have provided to CBS News documentation of several instances of false allegations and misstatements of fact. By far the most irresponsible act undertaken by CBS News was their decision to plant an undercover reporter with a hidden camera at one of our facilities to record the details of patient treatment. This was a profound violation of our patients' privacy. When we learned that CBS News intended to broadcast hidden camera footage of our patients, we went to court for only one reason, to protect our patients' rights to privacy. While the judge could not prevent the broadcast due to legal precedent, he stated that the actions of CBS News were most likely illegal. In his opinion, Judge Graham Miller said, and I quote, ?I will ask the United States attorney to look into the actions of the CBS News technician who went to this place and may well have communicated lies and thereafter received a pay check for it, to see if perhaps there is a federal felony involved.? In fact, the CBS News undercover reporter, Terrence Johnson, made many false statements during his employment at Charter Pines and in the broadcast. During a situation involving the admission of a highly agitated teenage girl, a staff psychiatrist who was present at the time and is shown on the CBS tape, reported that Mr. Johnson may have escalated the situation by using improper restraint techniques and not gaining the assistance of qualified staff. The physician also stated that he called additional staff to the scene wh quickly took all appropriate measures to calm the patient down. Mr. Johnson also claimed he had no training for seven months after being hired, when in fact, he attended two training sessions during the month in which he was hired.
In the program, CBS News depicted a young woman being admitted to the hospital against her parent's wishes. A decision to admit a patient involuntarily is one of the most difficult that a doctor has to make, particularly if family members disagree. In this case, the doctor acted because she believed that this young woman's life was in very real danger. This young woman had attempted suicide, she was carrying a note in which she threatened to kill herself, and she had access to a gun. This doctor's opinion was confirmed by the hospital's medical director and by a court order.
These are just some of the many examples of false statements we have submitted to CBS News. We believe CBS News should conduct a full investigation into their own irresponsible and possibly illegal news gathering tactics. We felt an obligation to our patients and to our staff to correct the inaccurate information broadcast by CBS News. However, the main concern of management and medical staff of the Charter Behavioral Health Systems remains the confidential care and treatment of our patients.
With two exceptions, CBS News has already responded earlier in this Web site to every point Dr. Henschen raises in his taped statement. The first exception is the "young woman being admitted to the hospital against her parents' wishes." Unsafe Haven never took sides in the dispute between the young woman's parents and Charter Pines about whether the young woman should have been admitted. In fact, Ed Bradley says in the piece that "we can't say whether Krystle needed to be hospitalized. But even after she was admitted, she says the counseling she got at Charter didn't amount to much-about a half-hour of family therapy, and two quick exchanges with her Charter psychiatrist." Dr. Henschen correctly points out that "a decision to admit a patient involuntarily is one of the most difficult that a doctor has to make." But he does not address the fact that, after making that decision to hold the girl against her will and her parents' will, all the doctors and therapists at Charter Greensboro spent less than an hour with her during her four days of hospitalization.
The second new point that Dr. Henschen makes is an allegation raised by the physician involved in the restraint of the girl who did not at first know she was being admitted to Charter. This physician observed Johnson for a few seconds before he took over handling the girl in the lobby, and he saw that Johnson was left as the only staff member with her. This physician spent approximately three minutes with this girl from the time he first approached her to the time he left her in restraints. This physician did not say anything to Johnson bout his handling of the girl and did not do anything noticeably different than Johnson did when he approached her. This physician spoke to Johnson a few weeks later about this restraint, and did not contest Johnson's account of what happened in the lobby. And this physician never told Johnson or had anyone else tell Johnson that he had acted incorrectly or done anything to escalate the girl's behavior.
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I just bought Uncharted 3 and Killzone 3 from Amazon and my PS3 slim 500GB doesn't even see either disc. I bought Darksiders 2 when it came out and that has been fine. When I put the brand new Uncharted 3 in the PS3 didn't even "see" a disc, so I put some old game in and it worked fine. Then I tried Uncharted 3 a few more times and nothing, The PS3 spins it for a little while then makes a sound like it's ejecting it but doesn't.
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Re: Weird? 2 new games from amazon won't work?
theres nothing "magnetic" about a disc........
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