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With your support, Encore Cinemas has had its Christmas Miracle!
November 27, 2013Read our BIG news at the link below:
Thank you Oakville! With your support, Encore Cinemas has had its Christmas Miracle!
November 19, 2013Our internet ticketing system is experiencing technical issues. The error message "No enabled ticket types" will be displayed when you try to buy a ticket online.
Until we resolve the issues, internet ticketing is NOT available.
You can pay with credit, debit, Film Card or cash at the theatre for both current days tickets as well as advance ones.
We apologize for the inconvenience.
Is It A Wonderful Life or an End of an Era for Encore Cinemas?
November 4, 2013Is It A Wonderful Life or an End of an Era? |
URGENT "Last Kick" UPDATE FOR MONDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2013
Since you are reading yet another update/appeal from Encore Cinema, you are clearly a loyal guest/friend and we want you to know how much we appreciate that! This email will update you on where we stand as of Monday, November 4, 2013. We will absolutely have the make a decision about the future of Encore Cinemas within the next 48 hours. As hard as that prospect is, we simply have no choice notwithstanding the overwhelming outpouring of moral support from the community. In our last update by email and social media, we mentioned that we have had a number of people come forward to offer us financial support in the form of smaller sums that, in whole, could start to move us to our needs. We really appreciate the offers that ranged from $200 to $2000. As of now, we have not had enough offers to make the difference, but we want to "put it out there" that if this is of interest to you, this can work for us if enough people come forward. Therefore, we are suggesting that if we can raise $50,000 in these smaller pledges of support between now and Tuesday, November 5, 2013, we will be able to put off a decision to close and have the flexibility to work toward raising the balance of what we need. In return for an investment of $500 or more, we will offer 6% annual return for one a one year term. To incent the offer, each $1000 (up to $2000) investment will entitle you to one night out at the movies for 2 (admission, beverages, popcorn) per month for the term of the investment. For $5000, you will receive a VIP pass for 4 which will entitle you to free admission to an unlimited number of movies for the term of the investment. To make this work, we will require funds in place by noon Tuesday. Each investment will be secured by a promissory note from Film.Ca Cinemas Inc. Investment funds will only be accepted if the aggregate of the investments equals at least $50,000. To those who have already offered, you do not need to reply unless the terms we have laid out here are not satisfactory to you, otherwise we will assume you pledges still stand. If you are interested, please contact Jeff Knoll or Jason Speers ASAP by email firstname.lastname@example.com or firstname.lastname@example.com or by phone at 905-338-0494 ext. 200 Once again, the deadline for this approach is noon Tuesday, November 5, 2013, but the sooner we hear from you the better so that we can make the necessary plans. Once again, thank you! |
Love scary movies?! We've got you covered for Halloween!
October 3, 2013Calling all Ghouls and Goblins!
Join us for scary fun leading up to and on Halloween Night! Get ready for a fright, as we present some classic Halloween movies!
ALL SEAT'S TUESDAY!! Join us & help #SaveEncore!
October 1, 2013EVERY TUESDAY, we offer you a DEAL you cannot refuse! Indulge in a little you time, escape the day to day, and join us for ALL SEATS TUESDAY!
ALL 2D movies – $5.00; ALL 3D movies – $7.00
The BEST Movie Deal in Town!
Please visit: www.film.ca for a list of Features and Showtimes!
We'll see YOU…at the Movies!
Encore Cinemas URGENTLY Needs YOUR Help! Please help to #SaveEncore!
After 15 years of celebrating families, communities and great movies, Encore Cinemas is at risk of closure – unless you can help.
When I founded Encore Cinemas on August 30, 1998, it was about creating an opportunity for individuals and families to enjoy the movie-going experience without going broke. This tradition of affordable, big-screen movies continues to this day at our five screen Oakville Mews location.
It has been an incredible journey and we have loved the privilege of incredibly loyal patrons, many of whom have been with us since day one. Among the most rewarding aspects of the business has been to get to know the hundreds of staff who have launched their working careers with us. It is so much fun to bump into former team members to hear about their lives, their careers and even their own kids! To top it all off, for the past six years Oakville residents have declared us to be the best movie theatre in Oakville in the readership awards at both the Oakville Beaver and North Oakville Today newspapers.
One of the pillars of our organization has been to model our business after the "nabe" theatres of the 40s and 50s where the local movie house wasn't just a place to see a movie, but also a meeting place and where the community came together for a whole range of events, causes, activities and fundraising drives. We are proud to have been able to support so many worthy organization and local initiatives – we are suckers for a good cause! Our roster of local groups who have benefited from our community initiatives is too large to mention and it is safe and easier to say that there are only a few Oakville groups left we have not yet had the chance to work with.
Like most small businesses, we have had our financial ups and downs but we have always managed to pull through even the toughest of times. However, in recent years we have really been challenged to keep the films rolling. Changes in our industry, piracy, competition and access to capital have all worked against us to the point where we are at a crossroads in our existence.
Chief amongst our challenges is the change in the way theatres show movies. Theatres world-wide have been converting their traditional 35mm film projectors to digital projection systems over the past five years. Four years ago, we were able to convert one of our screens to digital, but we have been at a stand-still since then because we have not been able to raise the capital needed to do so. While the conversion saves operating costs, improves the screen presentation and opens up new revenue opportunities we are essentially living the old business adage "you have got to have money to make money."
Every month I hear about another independent exhibitor closing up shop because they too were unable to make the switch. Those numbers are going to skyrocket now that the studios have officially announced that they are rapidly moving to a full digital only library. In short, we all have until the end of 2013 to convert or else…
We have tried hard to find traditional ways to secure the capital, but have failed. Our delay in converting is not only impacting our long-term viability but it has been having a dramatic impact on our revenue today. We closed our Burlington location last December, largely because the timely supply of second run prints was becoming a very large problem. In Oakville, some films are already digital-only and with only one digital projector, we are unable to play the many 3D movies that seem to be in constant demand. Over the past six months, we have experienced backlash from guests who insist on digital presentations.
Normally our summers are busy. In fact, very busy accounting for 1/3 of our annual sales in only two months. The grim reality of 2013? Our summer business is down a whopping 50per cent! Keep in mind, this is NOT an industry trend, as 2013 ticket sales are up over 2012, yet Encore is not enjoying that bump when we need it most.
Why is this happening? We believe that it is a number of factors, the primary one being the fact that we are not fully converted to digital as that has resulted in us not being able to access certain movies and it has resulted in guests leaving in favour of our competition who are already converted. Without a doubt, as part of the domino effect, our facility needs upgrades that we have not been able to do as a result of a lack of revenue and access to capital.
What does all of this mean? Simply, we either have to fix the situation quickly or we are going to have to wind down Encore permanently. In short, we need YOUR support!
How can you, our loyal guests, help? There are a number of ways:
•Make a point of attending the movies more often. Bring your friends and family today to see a movie. Drop by and buy some popcorn to enjoy at home or at work. Buy gift cards for future movie going! Tell your friends about us, let them know why you support Encore and encourage them to support a locally owned, independent movie theatre … a rare thing these days in the Canadian market of a total, and government sanctioned, cinema monopoly.
•Financially support our soon to be launched Indiegogo Crowd Funding Campaign to raise contributions in return for unique perks. The contributions will go toward our digital conversion. You can learn more about this at Indiegogo Encore Cinemas Campaign
You can find our Indiegogo link on our main page or follow this link – Save Encore Indiegogo Campaign Link
•Have some money to invest? We would love to hear from you! Any amount from a few thousand to $300k (the full cost of total digital conversion) would be most welcome and for which we would pay premium interest and incent the deal with VIP status at the theatre. We would be happy to discuss advertising and/or sponsorship opportunities for your business, etc. Frankly, the sky is the limit!
So, if you love Encore and you want us to be around to continue to offer more big movies for small prices, access for community activities, a steady supply of entry level jobs for our youth and for an alternative to the monopolistic corporate behemoth to the east and west, then please consider how you can help.
On behalf of the entire Encore team, thank you for your patronage, support and loyalty over the past 15 years. With your support now, we will hopefully be able to celebrate the beginning of our second 15 years on August 30!
Jeff Knoll
Film.Ca Inc//Encore Cinemas
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THIS WEEKEND ONLY – Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2 – Kids Activities & Cloudy Swag Give-Aways!
September 26, 2013Make plans to bring your family to Encore THIS WEEKEND for the release of Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2!!
Encore Cinemas is excited to be opening #Cloudy2 and we're hoping you'll join us to help us #SaveEncore by watching a movie with us THIS weekend!! We need your support now to help keep our doors open.
THIS WEEKEND ONLY: Come check out our Kids "Art Area" where your kids can colour their way to some great prizes. We will also be giving away some official Cloudy "swag" to some lucky guests randomly on Saturday and Sunday. As if that wasn't enough…we'll also be offering a special Kid's Deal including a Child Admission and Kiddie Combo for $11.50 (2D movie) or $13.50 (3D movie).
Tell your neighbours, tell your friends! Encore is the place to be for the release of Cloudy2!! What a great, and easy, way to help #SaveEncore – YOUR local theatre.
#SaveEncore – Sheridan College Animation Event
We are excited to be partnering with the Sheridan College Animation Student Council to present Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs to all Animation students! Offering a special Sheridan College Animation Price* this Friday, Animation students will join us for the late screening of the highly anticipated sequel!
*students must present student card to be eligible for special rate.
#SaveEncore Cinemas – Stories from the Purple Shirts – Former Guest Service Representative – Mike
September 18, 2013My Second Home
For as long as I can remember, Encore Cinemas has been the place I go to no matter what kind of mood I'm in. Whether it was catching a flick with my buddies, a night out with the family, or even while I worked there, Encore has never failed to welcome me with open arms and instantly put a smile on my face when I walk in. I recently learned of their financial troubles, and it honestly breaks my heart knowing that one day, the doors of Encore may be shut forever. Having worked there for four years, I can say that I have a real attachment to Encore, not just the movies, but the people the staff and all the experiences that came with it. When I left the doors of encore for university after four years, it was sad leaving it behind. Now, with the clock winding down, it further saddens me knowing that I might lose the place that has been such a large part of my life forever. I'm not exaggerating when I say that losing Encore is almost like losing a really close friend. I could sit down for hours explaining how much this place really means to me but I only have this paragraph, and at the end of the day, it requires help from everybody. I just hope as a community, we can support them. Nevertheless I want to thank Encore for everything they have done in the past, and giving me memories that I will truly cherish for the rest of my life. They gave me my first job, and my favourite job and I am thankful that I got to be a part of the "family". Until next time… hopefully.
Mike Laskaris
Encore Cinemas- Customer Service Representative 2007-2011


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Scammers are posing as Facebook security in chat sessions to try to trick people into providing their credit card information, Kaspersky Lab warned today.
"This Facebook phishing attack is pretty interesting because it does not just try to trick the victim into visiting a phishing Web site. It will reuse the stolen information and login to the compromised account and change both profile picture and name," writes David Jacoby, a Kaspersky Lab Expert, in a blog post.
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88 Comments so far
jcoff August 25th, 2010 6:29 pm
Oh yeah! Excited to see what's new and what's changed. And whether my plugin still works; and my plugin in development is still worth it.
ted August 25th, 2010 6:30 pm
Did Apple buy Plex? Or are you just having an event on the same day that they are to mess with us?
Can't wait either way I guess…
GordL August 25th, 2010 6:33 pm
Awesome, thanks for the great news!
Raphael Essoo-Snowdon August 25th, 2010 6:33 pm
I should be able to give this a go before I head off to New York. Perfect timing!
Chris J. Davis August 25th, 2010 6:35 pm
Hmm, Apple has a media event, and on the same day you are releasing a new version of plex… coincidence? I think not!
Seriously though, can't wait to load my shiny new HDMI enabled Mac Mini with the new codes!
Boots August 25th, 2010 6:49 pm
Heymbit August 25th, 2010 6:52 pm
Hopefully Plex will be able to read the metadata in iTunes, Zune, etc. mp4(m4v) files. IMDb scrapping might be nice, but I like tagging my own stuff, and I want it recognized!
DCstewieG August 25th, 2010 7:05 pm
Woohoo! It's been so long since the last release we had a baby to pass the time! And he'll never know a world without Plex…
Now while I think the date matching with Apple's is a coincidence, I have wondered if Plex could be ported to the rumored iTV. Probably GPL and architecture issues though. But if it could…man you guys could put it in the App Store for 5 bucks and be rolling in dough. Hell, you could sell it for a hundred if it saved us from forking over for Mac Minis!
Piot August 25th, 2010 7:13 pm
Georges August 25th, 2010 7:19 pm
Can't wait to test it!!!
kaiguy August 25th, 2010 7:21 pm
Nice! Thanks Elan and the dev team!
Jezz_X August 25th, 2010 7:24 pm
The wait is "NEARLY" over
Apple Media Center August 25th, 2010 7:24 pm
Expect a full writeup on applemediacenter.com once we have gotten to play around with the latest and greatest!!!
Chris August 25th, 2010 7:33 pm
very excited to see the first release (alpha? beta?)
Russ August 25th, 2010 7:40 pm
Well done guys, well done You will all love this software!
jgrubiam August 25th, 2010 7:51 pm
Yes!!!!!!thanks Plex Team!!!!
Clamdee August 25th, 2010 7:57 pm
I peed a LOT when I saw this.
Simon August 25th, 2010 8:04 pm
I've recently moved over to Boxee for some ease of use and Netflix integration reasons, but I'm hoping with the latest and greatest from Plex that I can make the switch back.
ju1ce August 25th, 2010 8:07 pm
i knew this would happen! the day i get on a plane to move overseas is the day plex9 comes out!
Pablo August 25th, 2010 8:08 pm
Great news!
I hope finally support asian characters and the new skin engine like XBMC.
JPer August 25th, 2010 8:18 pm
Mike Beecham August 25th, 2010 8:18 pm
I would get excited, but I'm still loving your status image…a bit "third man" type deal.. Very nice.
Anyway, looking forward to the release and a BIG well done to you all.
Dave in LA August 25th, 2010 8:21 pm
dracorubio August 25th, 2010 8:26 pm
And here I was thinking this was just a new version number must have my coffee before I read the news. Will be an awesome day!!!
Bobby August 25th, 2010 8:28 pm
Hmmm….nobody that thought that maybe Apple is using Plex as the operating system in the new iTV? That would really be great news if that was true.
Rylin August 25th, 2010 8:28 pm
"Hell yeah, it's about time.".
Only have a few TB left to sort through and organize on my NAS -
Vinnie Terranova August 25th, 2010 8:42 pm
I think I just ejaculated in my pants…
Great news, Elan!
zn8ke August 25th, 2010 8:43 pm
Ahhh…. Wonderful news Elan. You are the greatest
Jordi August 25th, 2010 8:47 pm
Great news!
bbue August 25th, 2010 9:02 pm
this just came in my mind when i read this post:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8u965-x-l3w&ob=av2eand thanks for the great news
Niels August 25th, 2010 9:10 pm
Based on several assumptions
I make also the connection Plex > iTV… -
Bernd August 25th, 2010 9:23 pm
I hope PLEX will be run on Apple TV or iTV
JPer August 25th, 2010 9:51 pm
I hope that Plex remains independent from Apple. I would hate to see Apple buy Plex… It would be like watching your favorite local bookstore get bought out and closed by a Barnes and Noble.
I'm sure it would be great for the devs because it would allow them to make some money from all of their hard work. But I think what really makes Plex great is that it is entirely a work of love.
I can't wait to see what the devs have done!!!!!!!! Donation soon!!
Jonas Nordström August 25th, 2010 9:52 pm
Mazhar Mohad August 25th, 2010 9:58 pm
Love Plex, but missing few Boxee features like social networking video feeds and bookmarklets. But otherwise, it's a great start.
Apoc August 25th, 2010 10:32 pm
Will dynamic compression be supported? Or will we, users of plex hooked to a stereo tv, need to be constantly modifying volume to hear dialogs and not get deaf with explosions?
Jaume August 25th, 2010 11:30 pm
Marc August 25th, 2010 11:52 pm
No idea what ynamic compression is but I need it as I pretty much have to keep my remote in hand when watching a movie to keep adjusting the volume.
Roll on next week….
Big thumbs up to the devs.
lifely August 25th, 2010 11:56 pm
OOOOH MYT FUCKINGGGG GOODDDD i TOUCH My TrALALA i'am SOOOO EXITEDDDDDD !!
pv_bain August 26th, 2010 12:31 am
yeah come I hope Elan didn't talk about the new minis that i bought (very expensive) and finally release a version for ITV which is very cheap.
That would be very not nice after waiting and supporting plex!
anyway, we'll finally have all the answers soon.
thanks plex dev team for your hard work.
will the 1.0 be release soon ? just kidding
pv_bain August 26th, 2010 12:37 am
but the coincidence on the date + the picture very apple event style + the mystery over the release date since months now (again very apple's style) is disturbing…
duri August 26th, 2010 12:39 am
Hi Guys! I'm so excited right now! The endless waiting has a end soon!
I hope, all this 24hz issues has been solved. Coz this is what im really annoyed of at the moment.
Awesome work! -
Martin August 26th, 2010 12:48 am
Well even if it will be released on the iTV it is still the best solution. If someone wants to run it on their machines Im sure it will be available or there will be a rip from iTV…
cant wait anyhow…
Sean August 26th, 2010 1:45 am
This is great news, every since the sneak peak I have let my movie library become such a mess in anticipation for this release. Thank you for this! Looks like I'll be spending next weekend organizing my movies and shows! Hell Yeah!
omg August 26th, 2010 2:12 am
Omg.. you apple-people are such attention whores it´s almost disgusting.
Pierre Riteau August 26th, 2010 2:59 am
I love Plex, and I'm glad that a new version will finally be released.
However, isn't it supposed to be an open-source project? It seems to me that the development of the 0.9 version was done completely in the dark.
Dan August 26th, 2010 3:14 am
BAD ASS! Can't wait.
NCIceman August 26th, 2010 3:54 am
Does anyone know if it will be possible to run the new Plex alongside the old for a while? I don't expect them to share libraries or anything, just not step on each other's toes…
Slappy August 26th, 2010 4:11 am
Cannot wait. Congratulations to the dev team for putting this out. Funny about the date chosen and the similarity of the graphic.
Andy August 26th, 2010 4:26 am
Well done guys. Looking forward to it guys
OwlBoy August 26th, 2010 5:00 am
PowerPC support on Sept 1st 2010?!? NO WAY!
JayBird August 26th, 2010 5:37 am
Technically…we are still waiting
Jason August 26th, 2010 5:50 am
Personally, I hope the only foray into iTV that plex makes would be an app in the app store that is basically a media extender for your real plex box. That's my vision.
EIther way, though, YAY FOR PLEX 9!
SteveHiggs August 26th, 2010 5:58 am
From the day I setup Plex at my place I've been telling everyone "well, the next version will be able to…" but after so long I started to worry! Thank you guys! You're doing awesome work! We'll have to donate for this one
Menteb August 26th, 2010 7:32 am
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zAo August 26th, 2010 7:57 am
Funny how elan & devs not react here
I still don't think Apple bought Plex since Nine will still use ffmpeg.
Looking forward to test Nine!
Mickey August 26th, 2010 8:04 am
Awesome. Many, many thanks for all your hard work. I'm thrilled about Plex 9!
Tony August 26th, 2010 8:05 am
I been telling you people all along PLEX was bought out by Apple.
The problem is that the version on the iTV is its file format is limited to what the current Apple TV support is. forget MKV XVID ECT… and 720p is the max resolution.
Come the 1st you will all owe me an apology.
Snazz123 August 26th, 2010 8:12 am
This is fantastic news TeamPlex®!
I bought my new Mac Mini because Plex 8.5 was so killer. That Plex 9 will surpass the current app is hard to believe. Thanks for all the blood, sweat and tears as you developed Plex 9.
Congratulations to each of you!
Eric Sand August 26th, 2010 8:15 am
I cross my fingers and hope we'll be seeing Plex as one of the first apps available for iTV. That would really change the world.
Bellboy August 26th, 2010 8:19 am
sivilcrisis August 26th, 2010 8:54 am
Tony August 26th, 2010 9:12 am
James Kurtz August 26th, 2010 10:18 am
I've always thought that Plex could be the next SoundJam. (SoundJam was bought by Apple and turned into iTunes). Looks like that is a real possibility here although I seriously doubt it.
arithine August 26th, 2010 11:19 am
yeah, finally a date! the only problem now is ill be dreaming about it every night leaving up.
Rob August 26th, 2010 11:32 am
What's so special about the 9th January?
Ahhh… You're using that weird month-day-year format that makes no sense at all!
OwlBoy August 26th, 2010 11:37 am
I don't think buying plex would be worth it.
They don't need the part that plays websites in webkit displaying Flash.
They don't want the skin.
They don't want to use mplayer.
They don't want to have samba support.
So then all you have left is the software to manage media and a skin engine.
It would be crazy if Apple bought Plex.
And the idea of the Plex team releasing it for the Platform that would proly be iOS based. HA! Getting mplayer, python support, etc would never happen.
If I am wrong in all this, then Apple will have done something Amazing. And against it's nature.
K.K. August 26th, 2010 12:47 pm
Can't wait, great news for all of us…
Hope that after a long wait this release is "almost" bug free -
Sully August 26th, 2010 1:21 pm
Just in Time for my first Mac !
Yeahhhh ! -
Frank August 26th, 2010 2:17 pm
I think Apple is fascinated by the ability to have a iStream store, and see this as a way to control the marked for video streaming like they do with iTunes etc.
Putting Plex in iTV will allow Apple to get into every home in the world, and deliver realtime streaming, as long as the streamproviders pay apple 30% of revenues, or whatever AppStore-like model they come up with.
Although I hate Apples "closed circuit", I still admire their incredible business talent.
For you developers ….. get paid …. and WELL …. Congrats if this really is the case.
dev August 26th, 2010 3:49 pm
Pierre Riteau
It never was open source.Apple couldn't buy Plex.
OwlBoy explained all i wanted to say very clear. -
James Kurtz III August 26th, 2010 4:43 pm
@owlboy You are probably right. However, something Apple would certainly find to be worth buying are the talents of the dedicated developers.
kezza August 26th, 2010 5:27 pm
??? In the downloads page there is only ver 8.5, No version available I can see of 9.1.10. ?
Or do you mean it will be "released" on the 1st of September? (can't be the 9/1/2010-9th of Jan 2010 has already passed!) -
Drh August 26th, 2010 6:34 pm
I think it's ludicrous for people to think the Plex .9 release and Apples Media event would have anything in common, good god it's laughable
Some of you guy's really vivid imaginations.
I don't think the Plex team announcing a specific future date for a release (especially if it's still only an alpha release) helps these conspiracy theorists brains either though!!
I love plex and I hope they keep to their promise this time though!
mtnbiker August 26th, 2010 7:25 pm
Apple already has what they want…FrontRow. The limitations of FrontRow are by Apple's design. If they wanted Plex, they would have made FrontRow have Plex's features.
Obviously we all know FrontRow doesn't hack it for a serious home theater setup…or we wouldn't be here and the dev's wouldn't be spending their time creating this sweet-a setup.
Tony August 26th, 2010 9:57 pm
The Apple TV is superior to PLEX.
Spinner August 26th, 2010 10:24 pm
Tony August, you really shouldn't be using a computer when drinking
srema August 26th, 2010 10:31 pm
Plex built into flat panel displays? hmmm
sling August 26th, 2010 11:53 pm
Tony August 26th, 2010 11:57 pm
@Spinner, Explain to me how Plex is better than the Apple tv and if the next Apple Tv is what all these people are saying then Plex will fall even further behind.
Only one area Plex has an advantage and thats for people who download movies illegally
Niels Steinmeier August 27th, 2010 3:11 am
Just want to thank you guys for making an awesome application … and the new version looks SOOOOOOO great.
Andreas August 27th, 2010 4:29 am
Just to mention a few:
* You don't have to convert your media
* You don't have to use itunes
* You can change the appearance to what ever you like
* You can easily download plugins
* You can create your own plugins for your favorite sites
* You can open another program directly from Plex
* It scans all your movies/music + adds appropriate info automatically
* It's free -
Matt Tavares August 27th, 2010 7:15 am
I cant wait!
Paul Mouret August 27th, 2010 9:16 am
Well i am happy for the new release and exciting to try it!!
I have shifted from Boxee to Plex and it has been a good change.The thing i ask the developers is somekind of integration of websites like in Miro App , where i add the RSS of many web channels like TBS,TNT,Natgeo and many others international Channels this is the future people (TV from all over the world).
How come this has not happen yet. I want to see the same kind of content i see with cable !!
So i can cancel my cable tv company and paid more for faster Broadband -
Jonny wray August 27th, 2010 4:34 pm
@Paul have you checked out the miro and feed me plugins? They both let you add rss feeds and view them in plex.
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This is the best news I have had in a long time. All i'm missing is a Drobo.
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This is freakin sweet. Now my 6 months of not rebuilding my media library and recent purchase of the Mac Mini server is going to pay off. It's like buying a winning lottery ticket 6 months in advance. Thanks for everything devs! Expect a large donation when I'm done covering the expenses of 2 recent auto accidents. Ah hell, those can wait!
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Christmas Party in White Plains - Need a Venue
I am in search of a venue in White Plains to hold a company Christmas Party. I have been thinking about Mulinos because I have gotten recommendations for it but have never been there myself. How is the food and ambiance? Could I do better somewhere else? Is it real Italian food or a glorified pizzaria? Thanks..Joanne
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lia's in hartsdale and then giorgios la trattoria in new rochelle..il mulino's is a tourist joint
re: joanne
I've had decent dinner there and my husband had a large work group event there. The food wasn't amazing and definitely not inventive but they all enjoyed it. NB:for what it is worth the attendees work in the wine industry. Hubby brought home lots of leftovers and some of it was okay and some was very tasty. Is it sophisticated dining? No. Is it a reasonable and decent option especially for a large group? I think so.
re: laylag
I agree. I have been to Sam's once for dinner with my husband and it's not the sort of place I'd think of going back to just with him. But I have been to several larger functions there and thought that it was far better than average for what it was, the prices were reasonable, and everyone enjoyed. Plus, service at these events is very good.
re: intrepid
Il Mulino's in Manhattan may or may not be a "tourist joint", the times I was there years ago the food was amazing albeit astronomically priced. Mulino's in White Plains (no Il) is what I would characterize as an expense account joint, not sure that White Plains is a tourist destination persay.
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both places lots of people go to because, they were told to go to..not because the food is great, its because they were instructed to..mulinos in nyc better than white plains, il mulinos roslyn even worse than white plains...tourist joint might be incorrect term..perhaps..just the word " trap" os appropriate, lots of restaurants living off the past.. and a name..not the current food
re: intrepid
I would stay away from Sunset Grille, the food is not reliably good and the service is iffy. Mulinos is quite expensive but Christmas is the season in which they shine, literally. I am a great fan of Sam's. While their food may not be cutting edge it is always good. They have never disappointed. You won't find more amiable service. The small side room would fit your party nicely. I've been to Aberdeen in White Plains when they were having parties in a separate room and it looked very good. Bao's is wonderful but I don't think they have a separate room. I was there once when a large Asian family had a party and the rest of us diners just looked on. The Korean restaurant a little further on Central Avenue in Yonkers, Kang Suh has small party rooms and good food.
about 16 people. If Mulinos iturns out to be too expensive - are there other places to consider?
re: joanne
I bet Bao's would put on a dandy party.
How about Emilio's in Harrison?
Has Trotter's left already?
Mulino's has it hands down on decorations, that's for sure.
Graziella's is lower scale, but good nonetheless.
One of the pubs?
Sunset Grille.
Sam's of Gedney Way.
Buon Amici, although I've never been there.
Tango Grill, if you have bookoo bucks.-
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I think I heard that Trotters is gone, it would also be fairly expensive though. I like Graziella's but not sure if they decorate at all for Christmas. Buon Amici is good but probably would be cramped. Ernesto's would be good size wise but I like Graziella's food better and the parking at Ernesto's is difficult sometimes. They have private rooms at Morton's Steakhouse but it's $$$$$. Sam's of Gedney Way may also be a reasonable option. They have a room off to the side when you first walk in that may be the perfect size for your party.
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"You want your house to look sparkling clean with sanitation," Daniel Rodriguez, store manager said. "I pretty much enforce the same thing here at work."
It's a no-nonsense approach to kitchen cleanliness.
Management relates it to the kind of clean when relatives visit home for the holidays.
The Church's crew is rewarded by the Food Patrol for the very first time under Rodriguez's watch.
"You my friend are a Top Performer on Food 4 Thought," Action 4's Ryan Wolf said.
The manager is overcome with joy.
The sticker represents a culmination of everyone's hard work, according to Rodriguez.
"This is going to be a great excitement," he said. "I don't think this location has gotten once since I've been here for the last year-and-a-half... This is going to be a great motivational tool."
Restaurants who aren't keeping it clean can get in trouble with the health department and the public too.
"I wouldn't go into a restaurant like that," Rosalinda Dehoyos said.
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Letty's Restaurant on 131 East Park in Pharr has roaches as well.
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Kelli Connell: Double Life
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Kelli Connell could be considered a member of what New York Times critic Richard Woodward recently dubbed The Photoshop Generation. Her installation in the mezzanine gallery of Lawndale Art Center consists of ten medium-scale color photographs, printed from digitally manipulated negatives, that combine two images of the same model in a single print. The real interest of these pictures, however, lies not in this act of technical trickery, but in the vivid form Connell gives to the divided, shifting complexity of self and identity.
In pursuing these issues, Connells work falls within a tradition of Surrealist photography in which fragmented figures and double exposures gave form to the multifaceted, dynamic unconscious, replacing the concept of an undivided original self. Connells work also undoubtedly relates to role-playing and gender politics, and makes visible reference to Cindy Shermans Untitled Film Stills. But Connells presentation of multiplicity is more uncanny than Shermans because of the seamless incorporation of two selves in otherwise believable images. Thus, through body language and expression, we watch fragmented selves play out the dynamics of a romantic relationship: they flirt at a café, picnic, make out, fight and in the end, make up. Its an old tale, but in this case, one of self gets self, self loses self and, finally, self gets self back again.
In some ways, this familiar narrative structure intensifies the disconcerting effects of Connells work. I found that I simply couldnt help but read the figures as two separate characters with one part of my mind, even as the other part knew that these characters were the same physical being. By means of this tension, Connell affects a split in the viewers self, just as she has split her model, through multiple exposures. The artist also clearly finds her model to be something of a surrogate for her own multiplicity.
Kelli Connell, Convertible Kiss, 2002
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However, because Connell shows her model from variety of anglesand in different clothing and hairstylesit is difficult to track any of the figures from image to image. The result is not so much the representation of a split personality, but rather the many different sides of the selfpushing toward and pulling away from each other but always linked, like magnetic poles. In this respect, Connell may also do herself a disservice by forcing these pictures into a cliché narrative, even as that incorporation allows her to play on our expectations of photographys storytelling ability. Photographs such as Convertible Kisswith its tender, throbbing energyreveal Connells ability to capture human emotion and character on an extraordinarily subtle yet powerful level. Her more anecdotal pictures, such as Brickhaus Café and Kitchen Tension, lack that subtlety precisely because they are forced to carry more defined narrative content.
Connells photographs are far more beguiling and suggestive when the narrative content works on a smaller scale and is less transparent. Sunday Afternoon, for instance, makes overt the sexuality merely implied in the half-eaten apples and furtive Polaroids (more selves!) of Picnic, and advances the foreplay of Convertible Kiss. In Sunday Afternoon, half-naked Connell kneels on a couch over her nude, supine double. By preserving this state of suspended separation, however, the picture speaks in part to the failure of sex to provide the connection promised in the pulsing optimism of Convertible Kiss. It seems that, as Freud said, there is no sexual relation, even between ones own selves.
Kelli Connell, Brickhaus Café, 2002
Color Photograph
30 x 40 inches
Connells work is at its best, finally, in the consecutive images Interrupted and The Conversation. In the former picture, the selves simultaneously regard a third, a figure, shown with its back to the viewer. The radically slanting perspective of the wall behind the figures lends the scene an emotional intensity. The subsequent picture gives vivid, almost raw form to feelings of insecurity, ambivalence and anger, perhaps caused in part by this intrusion as the selves huddle in painful conversation.
The doubled selves of these pictures undoubtedly provide much of their strangeness and intellectual energy, but these photographs would appear flat and gimmicky were it not for Connells ability to evokebut not define or circumscribeineffable states of mind and emotions in glimpsed moments of seemingly ordinary poses.


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Miguel Cabrera drove in a pair of runs for Detroit while Rick Porcello slipped to 3-and-3 for the Tigers, who have exchanged wins and losses over their past 12 games.
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When Supply and Demand Do Not Meet: The Divergent Online News Preferences of Journalists and Readers and What They Mean for the Future of Media and Democracy
Speaker: Pablo J. Boczkowski, Professor, Media, Technology and Society, Northwestern University
Time & Place: Friday, October 1st, 2010, 12:30-1:45 pm; RTV226
In this talk I will report on a series of studies that bridge my recently published book, News at Work: Imitation in an Age of Information Abundance (University of Chicago Press, 2010) and a new book that I am writing during the current academic year. These studies focus on the existence and magnitude of a thematic gap between the news that journalists who work at elite online news sites consider the most newsworthy ones and the stories that attract most attention among audience of these sites; the factors that shape this gap; and, what this gap means for the economic viability of these news organizations and the quality of democratic life.
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"Before news organizations began putting their content online, people got the news in print or on TV and almost always outside of the workplace. But nowadays, most of us keep an eye on the headlines from our desks at work, and we have become accustomed to instant access to a growing supply of constantly updated stories on the Web. This change in the amount of news available as well as how we consume it has been coupled with an unexpected development in editorial labor: rival news organizations can now keep tabs on the competition and imitate them, resulting in a decrease in the diversity of the news. Peeking inside the newsrooms where journalists create stories and the work settings where the public reads them, Pablo J. Boczkowski reveals why journalists contribute to the growing similarity of news—even though they dislike it—and why consumers acquiesce to a media system they find increasingly dissatisfying. Comparing and contrasting two newspapers in Buenos Aires with similar developments in the United States, News at Work offers an enlightening perspective on living in a world with more information but less news."
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The Vin Diesel franchise street racing flick "Fast Five" tore the doors off the competition this weekend with a domestic movie house haul of $83,630,000 and a worldwide haul of over $160 million.
The flick also features Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and fans flocked to see the action flick which is the fifth in the franchise.
Following a distant second is the animated feature "Rio" that held the top spot for two weeks with a weekend total of $14 million for a three week total of $103 million plus domestically but a monster haul of $364 plus million globally.
Not bad for a $90 million budget from the company that brought the popular "Ice Age" flicks to life.
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Family Assessment and Interventions
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A group of people connected emotionally, by blood or both that has developed patterns of interaction and relationships. Family members have a shared history and a shared future.
Two or more people living together and related by blood, marriage or adoption
Several nuclear families whose members may or may not live together and function as one group
Unique - Incorporate new members only by birth, adoption or remarriage; members leave only by death
Family Mental Health
Members live in harmony among themselves and within society, and support and nuture their members throughout their lives.
In a dysfunctional family, interactions, decisions or behaviors interfere with the positive development of the family and its individual members.
Families of Those with Mental Illness
Provide support.
Provide information.
Monitor progress.
Advocate for services.
Cultural Considerations
Family functioning varies in different cultural groups.
Avoid classifying family patterns as pathologic because they vary from the dominant culture or the nurse's culture.
Avoid overattributing symptoms and patterns to culture when there are actual problems.
Comprehensive Family Assessment
Collection of all relevant data related to family health, psychological well-being and social functioning to identify problems for which the nurse can generate nursing diagnoses
Relationship Building with Families
Give time and attention to developing a relationship with families
May complete the assessment over several sessions
Positive relationships develop when:
Nurse establishes credibility (knowledgeable & skillful).
Focus is on the immediate intervention need of the family.
Multigenerational schematic diagram that lists family members and their relationships.
A skeleton of the family that can be used as a framework for exploring relationships and patterns of health
Includes ages, dates of marriage, deaths and geographic locations
Analysis of Genogram
Family composition
Relationship problems
Mental health-illness patterns
Genograms as Intervention Tools
Help family members understand current feelings and emotions
Family evolution over time (generations)
Family Biologic Domain
Health status
Mental disorders
Family Psychological Domain
Family development
Communication patterns
Stress and coping
Problem-solving skills
Family Development
Family development - Broad term that refers to all the processes connected with the growth of the family
Family life cycle
Family stages based on significant events related to arrival and departure, such as birth, death, retirement, etc.
Process of expansion, contraction and realignment of relationship systems
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Concept of family varies from culture to culture.
Importance of transitions varies from culture to culture.
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Condensed life cycle
Adolescence and unattached adulthood
Family with young children
Family in later life
Female-headed households, extended
Chronic stress and untimely losses
Reliance on institutional supports
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Develop over a lifetime
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Development of family subsystems
Observe verbal and non-verbal
Who talks to whom
Who sits next to each other
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Determine how families deal with stress.
Identify coping skills.
Problem-solving Skills
Determine problem-solving skills by focusing on most recent problems.
Use strengths in problem solving to help deal with new problems.
Family Social Domain
Family systems
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Formal and informal networks
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Calgary Family Assessment Model (CFAM)
Structural, development and functional categories
Cognitive, affective behavioral functioning
Calgary Family Intervention Model (CFIM)
Family Systems Therapy Model(Bowen's Model)
Differentiation of self
Family projection process
Nuclear family emotional process
Multigenerational transmission process
Emotional cutoff
Family Systems Therapy Model(Bowen's Model)
Use this model to determine how differentiated family members are from each other. Example:
Are members autonomous from each other?
Are family members interacting as parents did?
This model can be used to determine family relationships.
Family Structure Model(Minuchin)
Family structure
Organized pattern in which members interact
Interactions become patterned.
Family rules important
Vary from being too rigid or too loose
Family Structure Model(Minuchin)
What differentiates normal families is not the absence of problems, but a functional family structure to handle them.
Nurse assesses family structure, the present of subsystems and boundaries.
By changing a subsystem of boundaries, family functioning may improve.
Social and Financial Status
Social status is often linked to financial status.
Assess occupations of family members. - Who works, who is primarily responsible for support
Compare habits and behaviors with cultural beliefs.
Formal & Informal Support Networks
Formal support
Government agencies
Self-help groups
Informal support
Extended family
Friends, neighbors
Religious activities
Family Nursing Diagnoses
Interrupted family processes
Ineffective therapeutic regimen management
Compromised, disabling or ineffective family coping
Family Interventions
Focus on supporting the biopsychosocial integrity
Promoting self-care activities
Support family functioning
Identify and acknowledge family beliefs and values.
Confirm sense of self-worth.
Reinforce healthy subsystems and boundaries.
Reinforce open, honest communication.
Providing Education & Health Teaching
Health teaching
Teach about:
Mental disorders
How family systems work
Use of genogram
Family Therapy
Can be useful for families who are having difficulty
Various theoretical perspectives used
Can be long- or short-term
Conducted by specialists, including advanced practice psychiatric nurses
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Title: | Disasters and Entrepreneurship: A Short Review |
Author(s): | Craig S. Galbraith, Curt H. Stiles |
Volume: | 5 Editor(s): Craig S. Galbraith, Curt H. Stiles ISBN: 978-0-76231-358-7 eISBN: 978-1-84950-452-2 |
Citation: | Craig S. Galbraith, Curt H. Stiles (2006), Disasters and Entrepreneurship: A Short Review, in Craig S. Galbraith, Curt H. Stiles (ed.) Developmental Entrepreneurship: Adversity, Risk, and Isolation (International Research in the Business Disciplines, Volume 5), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, pp.147-166 |
DOI: | 10.1016/S1074-7877(06)05008-2 (Permanent URL) |
Publisher: | Emerald Group Publishing Limited |
Article type: | Chapter Item |
Extract: | It is well recognized that disasters, whether naturally occurring or the result of human invention, affect a region on many levels. Not only are disasters felt within the painful context of human tragedy, loss of life, and physical suffering, but disasters can also destroy the immediate socio-economic fabric of the affected population as well as the ability of a region to sustain itself during the slow process of recovery and reconstruction. As Newton (1997) notes, "disasters are not isolated from the social structure within which they occur; rather, they are social phenomena" (p. 219). |
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Taste of Home forum member, Jolene Martinelli, shares her Sunday tradition of roaming the countryside and well-cooked meal.
Sunday is our day to roam. Sometimes we have a destination in mind, others we are just enjoying being out of the house and together. Today's ride took us along a stretch of road in Southern New Hampshire that is made up of farmland. The fields are tilled for corn to be planted. The farm stands have opened and signs boast the local wares that are ready. Today what drew me in was "OUR OWN ASPARAGUS AND RHUBARB".
Those found their way into my basket pretty quickly, along with some honey sticks for my son, scallions, and strawberry milk from another local farm. We keep a cooler in the back of the truck so after a quick stop for ice, we were on our way, the sunroof open, windows down, talking about what we could make with our bagful of goodies.
At home, I decided on a tried & true, family favorite for dessert- Strawberry Rhubarb Crunch . I put that together and got it into the oven, then went to work on some mashed purple potatoes. After they were fork tender, I drained them and moved them to a glass bowl, keeping the water simmering on the stove. The rest of my meal was going to be cooked outside, and putting the bowl of finished potatoes on top of the simmering water would keep them warm while I was finishing up.
I'd marinated some chicken in the morning. I used half lime juice, and since I'm the only heat lover, I split the mixture so that one bowl had jalapenos and one didn't. I marked the "hot" ones with toothpicks so I could keep track of them.
With about 20 mins to go, I grilled a combination of the asparagus from the farm and red bell pepper, tossed with salt, pepper and olive oil on a foil liner.
The perfect finish to our day was the Strawberry Rhubarb Crunch, still warm from the oven, with a little dollop of whipped cream.
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Upheaval in Honduras
A defining moment for the Obama presidency
Too Far? A cynic might say that Obama is reluctant to condemn an end-run around normal voting procedures, due to his close ties with ACORN.
Quick, what's the capital of Honduras? Probably fewer than 10 percent of Americans could answer that question prior to the recent news that Honduran President Mel Zelaya was sent packing to Costa Rica by the Honduran military. While it's too early to say whether the so-called "coup" will stick, or whether Zelaya, like Venezuela's Hugo Chavez a few years ago, can regain power, it isn't too early to assess Barack Obama's response. In fact, Obama's reaction has been most illuminating, and may indeed be one of the defining moments of his presidency.
When the "mullah-cracy" that controls the government in Iran made a mockery of the rule of law with its sham election earlier in June, Obama was strangely silent. Days later, he finally paid lip service to the legitimate aspirations of the Iranian people, although he was clearly following American public opinion rather than leading by personal commitment to the principle that the people of the world have certain inalienable rights that their governments cannot abrogate. The cop-out used by Obama essentially amounted to respecting other countries' sovereignty and not wanting to "interfere" in their business.
By contrast, Obama's response to events in Honduras was immediate and energetic. He condemned the expulsion of Zelaya from his office and his country, asserting that it was "not legal" and "a terrible precedent." What happened to Obama's alleged respect for sovereignty and unwillingness to "meddle?" The only constant element in Obama's differing reactions to upheaval in Iran and Honduras is that in both cases our president refused to condemn the party that was trampling the rule of law. (Or, at least in Iran's case, initially.)
Briefly, what happened in Honduras is that President Zelaya wanted to follow the example of his role model, Hugo Chavez of Venezuela, by altering his country's constitution to enable him to continue as ruler indefinitely. By Honduran law, Zelaya's eligibility would expire next year, and only the Honduran congress can initiate the process of rewriting the country's constitution. Zelaya usurped that prerogative by decreeing a referendum on changing the constitution. He then showed his "democratic" colors by threatening Hondurans with the withholding of their government-provided medical care if they wouldn't sign petitions for a referendum. (Lesson: Government largess comes with strings attached--including in healthcare.)
The Honduran congress, attorney general and supreme court in Tegucigalpa (that's the capital) all declared Zelaya's desired referendum illegal. When Zelaya sent a mob to grab referendum ballots from where the military had secured them (ballots that had been flown in from Venezuela's Chavez, by the way) the supreme court ordered the military to expel Zelaya, which it did. This was not a typical Latin American military coup in which some egotistical general unilaterally decides that might makes right; rather, the military acted entirely in obedience to the rule of law in defense of the country's constitution.
By condemning Zelaya's removal from office, declaring him the rightful president, and threatening to inflict various punishments on Honduras if he isn't reinstated, Team Obama has come down firmly against the Honduran people and the rule of law. Obama's different responses to Iran and Honduras indicate a revival of the perverse foreign policy of Jimmy Carter: namely, never treat enemies harshly; instead, apologize and grovel to them, but never hesitate to chastise, castigate, and even undermine our friends and allies.
A cynic might say that Obama is reluctant to condemn an end-run around normal voting procedures, due to his close ties with ACORN. That may be going too far, but it is accurate to say that Obama's willingness to take the side of an anti-democratic leftist resembles the way hard-left U.S. congressmen seemed friendlier to socialist/Marxist regimes than they did toward Ronald Reagan. I always attributed that phenomenon to their ideological affinity--the fact that American leftists craved similar desires for central planning.
Obama's stance here also speaks volumes about his constitutional philosophy. In the past, he has spoken of his frustration with our constitution's historical restrictions on government power. He seems--at least in this case--to believe that a president's power should have priority over the rule of law as embodied in a country's constitution. This means he has sided with an ambitious leftist president who wants to subvert his country's constitution and prolong his rule. That isn't a reassuring prospect.
Dr. Mark W. Hendrickson is an adjunct faculty member, economist, and contributing scholar with The Center for Vision & Values at Grove City College.
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Register Today!- Jan 26, '10 by HeatwaveRNAt least read the article
she is not a nurse so stop referring to her as one
please - Jan 26, '10 by dreams2bnursecoI don't believe I said she was a nurse, I was just referring to the subsequent investigation at other Denver hospitals that led to the firing of nurses.
- Jan 26, '10 by DoGoodThenGoLooks like surg techs won't be licensed in Colorado anytime soon either:http://www.kjct8.com/Global/story.asp?S=11883120
- Jan 27, '10 by leslie :-DQuote from HeatwaveRNlast noc on "inside edition", they had this story, and referred to her as a nurse.At least read the article
she is not a nurse so stop referring to her as one
i've read links that say surgical tech or nurse.
leslie - Jan 27, '10 by dreams2bnursecoQuote from lifeistweetI'm not sure how it led directly to other investigations - I think maybe other hospitals felt they had to take extra precautions since this tech worked at two different facilities before being caught, and a few hospitals actually discovered they had some offenders on their staff who just so happened to be nurses. Other surgical techs may have been fired, too, I just remember hearing cases of RN's being let go.Why did this lead to firing of rns?
- Jan 27, '10 by DoGoodThenGoTechnicians, nursing assistants, and so forth, both licensed/certified and unlicensed work under the direction and license of a RN. When stuff hits the fan from something an aide or tech does, it can take down the RN as well. Once the legal department of a hospital gets involved, all bets are off. Even the most determined head nurse or DON may not be able to save you (the RN), especially if there is the treat of lawsuits.
Of course one does not know what exactly was turned up, but leaving narc filled syringes lying about and or not taking proper precautions with any sort of meds, especially controlled substances is a huge no no.
Thing is lots of things are often "done" that aren't strictly by the book, but that won't be enough to save you should something happen. There are lots of different personnel in OR's these days, many are unlicensed and quite honestly you have no idea where they came from. Again a simple background check on the tech in question would have turned up at least her current arrest record, that in itself should have raised a few flags.CBsMommy likes this. - Jan 28, '10 by HeatwaveRNtechs and cna's have their own license and, therefore, their own scope of practice.
I honestly don't know why it would be the RN's fault. Unless the RN leaves NARCS and needles lying around for that awful tech to pick up and use. RN's are not the only ones with access to medications. Pharmacists and pharmacy techs have access to these, as well. People that work in the lab have access to needles and syringes. It's possible she received these meds from these people; it's also possible she received them from a nurse. The surg techs I've seen were working side-by-side with a surgeon. In that case, I don't think the surg tech at that time is working under the RN.
In my place of work (very busy TCU floor), some liquid narcs have a special cap that has to be taken out before use. If it's not there, it may have most likely been tampered with. Sometimes they come in a glass vile that needs to be broken, of course it can only be used once. PO narcs are always counted in the PYXIS, of course. These are just some safety measures we do. When in doubt I don't use it. - Jan 28, '10 by jlcole4520 years is not enough. Do the have the death penalty in CO?
Because that's what might happen to some of the patients she
I'm sorry but I have ZERO tolerance for the sort of thing,
and she should be charged with attempted murder. - Jan 28, '10 by CBsMommyI live in CO too and have always asked the question of how she got ahold of these needles, shot herself up, refilled them with saline ALL without getting noticed at TWO different facilities. AFTER, she already had theft charges and a history of this in New Jersey.
The bigger question is, how can she still not care? She shows no remorse. That judge should lock her up. And, yes, we do have a death penalty. We've executed one person since 1976...


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Rubens Barrichello declared himself happy after qualifying in the top 10 ahead of tomorrow's Australian Grand Prix.
Barrichello will start from eighth position with his Williams, the Brazilian saying a better time in Q3 would have been possible if not for traffic.
"Qualifying went quite well for me and I'm happy with the way things went," he said. "We went through Q1 and then I put a good lap in during Q2. I was pleased with my lap in Q3 but there was a bit more there which we missed out on due to traffic. I think we can achieve a better result tomorrow than we did in Bahrain.
"Eighth is a nice result, but I know everyone in the team aims a lot higher. I'm sure we will get there, but right now that is the limit of the car."
Teammate Nico Hulkenberg admitted he was not pleased with his performance after finishing down in 15th position.
"I'm disappointed with qualifying and expected more," the German said. "The target was obviously to get into the top 10, but I didn't get the lap together and this is the result.
"This is my first qualifying here; it's not an easy circuit to learn and it's very narrow and quite bumpy. It will be difficult to get into the points tomorrow from P15, but you never know what could happen if the weather turns."
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