text:
A lot of people go straight to the course, but you should always make time to warm up on the driving range. These practice shots help so you don't get off to a cold start.
Use your body, and channel energy to get a good swing. When people first start out playing golf, they think the power is in their arms, but that is only partially true because you need to be in coordination with your body to hit the ball far. It is more effective to move your entire body with the motion of the club. A great technique for bettering your swing is to make the most of your entire body weight as a means to gain additional power. Novice golfers think the power comes from the arms, but only using the arms can make weak and awkward swings. You get better results when your body is in sync with your arms and hands.
If you find that you are having a hard time shifting your weight when you swing and seem to be leaning back after striking the ball, you need to take some practice. Go to the range, and try using a baseball-type style. Pay attention to how batters swing in baseball. They lift their front foot for balance and leverage, bringing it down through the swing and driving off of their back foot. You will obviously have to find your own rhythm here, but taking a page from the baseball playbook may help.
Keep the proper stance. If you're not sure, keep your feet still and tap your toes vertically. You should be doing this with a little effort. If you are angled too far forward, this will be tough. If you can do it very easily, you need to lean forward a bit more.
You do not need to crank your backswing to the limit in order to get maximum power. By taking your backswing too far, you run the risk of shifting your stance away from what you need to produce a solid golf shot.
It's a good idea to get as much practice as possible on your golf swing. A golf simulator is really helpful with this. By practicing a little bit every day, even in your bedroom or during your lunch break at work, you can keep improving your overall game. If you have issues with slicing the ball, you just need to practice. The problem arises due to the clubface hitting the ball incorrectly, which results to the ball curving to the right. Be sure that you have all your shoulders, hips and knees parallel to your target line. On the downswing make sure your hands are out in front of your body and try not to let yourself get ahead of the ball.
Prior to purchasing a new set of golf clubs, take the time to consult with a knowledgeable club technician. They can help you find the club that best suits you and will know about the newest available clubs.


text:
How will we remember 2011? Probably as The Year When All That Stuff Happened. There was no shortage of scandal and intrigue, public unrest and famous people dying. But there were also weddings, births, record-breaking auctions and amazing clothes presented on every catwalk. Which is why we'd like to remember this year's best moments in fashion — as a reminder that when the rest of the world talks, the fashion world listens, responds and grows.
Magazine covers are mostly designed to sell magazines, but this year's best covers took the opportunity to say something other than "Buy me!" There were times when the newsstands confronted our issues with sexuality, and there were times when they challenged our ideas of what true beauty looks like. But most of all, they just presented us with really, really compelling images. Which is why we bought them. Take a look at some of our favorites, below.
Image title
this is some kind of spaceship or something.

subset: commoncrawl


text: A few pieces are up for sale online over at Janathan LeVine Gallery and amongst them is this piece from Ron English entitled "Young Ronald on Trike". In addition there is work from David Choe, Ron English and EZO, a late 70's and early 80's graffiti artist turned painter amongst more. Well worth a look even if you can't afford the price tags.


text:
Welcome to Aunt Lucy's Dinner House
A Kingston tradition since 1947, Aunt Lucy's offers delicious home cooking, always at fair pricing with attentive service. Aunt Lucy's is perfect for every occasion - family get-togethers, business, socials or that special evening just for two.
Noted for great Steaks, cut 1 1/4" thick and hand trimmed from quality aged beef. Specialties of the House include Traditional Favourites, such as the "Turkey Dinner", pot roast, liver and bacon, individual meat loaves, fish, seafood, chicken and tasty pastas to tempt your palate.
Saturday Breakfast
Served from 10am to 2pm. Come and join us for a leisurely morning.
For reservations:
Wine and Food Pairings
Friday October 29th,2015.
$35.00 all inclusive.
Please call for reservations.
Murder Mystery Dinner
Tuesday November 17th and Thursday November 19th, 2015.
$60.00 all inclusive.
Please call for reservations:
Sunday Brunch
Sunday Brunch with us.
Our staff prepare a selection of fresh and homemade items that include all your traditional breakfast items, an"Egg and Omlette bar",carving station with a different roast or fowl each Sunday. Our brunch also offers a selection of six luncheon items, a salad bar and dessert bar that offers homemade squares, cakes, trifle and fruit crisps.
Need a private room for your brunch visit? We can accomodate from six to sixty guests in one of our several rooms.
Reserve your table now by calling us at 613 542-2729
4pm to 5.30pm!
Reserve now: 613-542-2729
Did you know Aunt Lucy's offers take-out?
Feel like eating a home cooked meal at home - without any work?
Call us.
Take -out: 613-542-2729
WEDNESDAYS and SATURDAYS ONLY
2pm to 4pm.
Enjoy a lovely break.
Come and enjoy a leisurely relaxing afternoon tea and learn about the many different varieties.
See why afternoon tea remains so popular around the world.
Domestic Beer always $3.95 + tax and Premium or Imported Beer always $4.50 + tax


text:
The wood art of Cosme Herrera
The work of Brooklyn artist Cosme Herrera is beautiful, subtle and imbued with a deep sense of meaning. 'As I constantly question man-made constructs, I search for a universal language', he says. 'Through this body of work, I seek to define my own logos. Logos are a system of symbols designed for easy and definite recognition. Using a system of logos, I explore my relationship with wood through metaphors and parables. My use of wood is observant of the information trees contain and communicate. Their rings, like an analogical language, tell the story of the tree's experience through starvation, growth, long winters and wet springs'. 'Written language, in contrast to wood grain, is entirely artificial, the relationships that words have to their meanings are assigned arbitrarily. For humans, however, our elected language is very often the primary link between us, allowing for an interconnectedness of our otherwise discrete beings (trees). Exploring various natural, synthetic and man-made woods through my process, I create these works while investigating my own personal and ritualistic relationship with the material. These allegorical images illustrate a symbiotic world where man and tree coexist in peace or chaos with their environment. My narrative explores life and death through the various relationships that men and trees share ecologically, industrially, and spiritually'.


text:
The Florida's Singing Sons Boychoir is available for hire for the following types of engagements:
- Concert Series Appearances
- Weddings
- Corporate Parties/Functions
- Private Parties
- Orchestral Engagement
- Commercial Recording
- Film Score Contracts
- Civic Functions
- Church Functions
- School Functions
Please fill out the form to the right, and someone from our office will contact you for details. Or Contact us at firstname.lastname@example.com. Or by phone at 954.563.2697


text: tv set? By schmegmo Published November 12, 2009 More Info » Full Credits schmegmo Uploader Stats & Data 0 Funny Votes 0 Die Votes 86 Views Published November 12, 2009 Categories: Blogs Keywords: blog Why is it called a TV set if there is only one of them?a pair of glasses?a pair of pants? Browse Related Comments 9+ more View All ▶ schmegmo Vaguely Related Pics & Words Vaguely Related Videos Advertisement Advertisement


text:
A crash involving at least two cars on U.S. 1 near Pineda Causeway has blocked northbound traffic. Emergency personnel from Brevard County Sheriff's Office, Brevard County Fire Rescue and Melbourne Police Department are responding.
- Filed Under
A 53-year-old Melbourne man was critically injured in a traffic collision on U.S. 1, just south of the Pineda Causeway this evening, according to a report from the Florida Highway Patrol.
Novak and Alfred Walker of Melbourne was taken by ambulance to Holmes Regional Medical Center in Melbourne following the 5:40 p.m. incident that blocked the northbound lanes during the afternoon rush hour.
According to the FHP, Walker was driving south on U.S. 1, just south of the Pineda Causeway when his 1995 Pontiac Firebird crossed the median and collided with a northbound Saturn Outlook, driven by 43-year-old Marna Novak of Melbourne. An 8-year-old child was also in the Saturn.
Troopers reported the Firebird was hit in the rear by the Saturn as it crossed into oncoming traffic.
A third car, a Chevrolet sport-utility vehicle driven by 56-year-old Karen Torpy of Rockledge, crashed into a guardrail avoiding the collision in front of her.
Novak and the child were taken to Holmes with minor injuries. Torpy was not transported.


text:
October 24, 2009
In the news
Moscow, Russia (CNN) — A bear on ice skates attacked two people during rehearsals at a circus in Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan, killing one of them, Kyrgyz officials said Friday.
It is unclear what caused the bear to attack Potapov, 25, …
Daryl Scroggins on
October 24th, 2009 at 10:49 am
Oh that bear was drunk.
I think it would be great if he escaped and went flashing away on frozen rivers, a blur passing in the moonlight.
Dave Vogt on
October 24th, 2009 at 10:56 am
As I said to my lady companion when she shared this with me:
"Let's take a FUCKING BEAR, strap some RAZOR BLADES to its FEET, put it on a sheet of ICE, HARASS and CONFUSE it, and see what happens."
Sheila Ryan on
October 24th, 2009 at 12:40 pm
What if one night all of the cats in that Moscow Cat Circus turn on the humans?
Lucy Foley on
October 24th, 2009 at 12:50 pm
Yeah I can't stand it when these stories end with "the bear was shot and died at the scene." It's the happy-ever-after ending of those kinds of stories. Renegade bear? Any bear or animal would act according to its nature in those circumstances. People don't understand this because the ones who are training them to tapdance on ice are already deeply divorced from their own wild natures.
I love the idea of the bear slipping into the Moscow night, dancing off into the hinterland, elegantly, having somehow escaped with its life, its spirit and the best of what humankind could have taught it.


text:
First Fifty Years of
Cazenovia Seminary
Madison County
Sketches of Students of First
GENERAL S. M. BOWMAN. About the middle of the last century three young men by the name of Beauman emigrated from Northern Germany to Philadelphia. The father was a practical metallurgist, and held from the crown a lease of a silver mine near Ems, on the river Lahn. The mine had been destroyed by influx of water, and the family impoverished by fruitless efforts to retrieve it. In America the name came to be spelled as it was pronounced, Bowman. Of this stock came the subject of this sketch, and Bishop Thomas Bowman, his cousin. Samuel Millard Bowman was born near Berwick, Pennsylvania, in 1815, became a student in Cazenovia in 1833, where he received all the regular tuition he ever had beyond the common school. In 1837 he removed to Dixon, Illinois, when that city could boast three loghouses and one ferry-boat as the sum total of all material progress thereabouts. In 1844 he removed to St. Louis, and engaged in the practice of the law. In 1847 he was employed to visit Europe on professional business, besides attending to which he found time to jot down his impressions of European life as it appeared to him in London, Paris, and by the way-side. These were in the form of "Letters from Across the Ocean," subscribed S. M. B., and published in the St. Louis "Republican," and brought the author into favorable notice as a writer. In 1852 the St. Louis bankers, Lucos, Turner, & Co., established a branch bank at San Francisco, of which General Sherman was the managing partner, and Mr. Bowman is stated as counsel and attorney. Next came the civil war, that changed the current of events in the lives of so many men. In 1862 Sherman, the banker, and Bowman, the attorney, met on the battlefield of Shiloh. The former wore the uniform of a brigadier-general of the United States army, and the latter that of major of cavalry. The business was not banking or law now, but war. General Bowman entered the army as major of the Fourth Illinois Cavalry, though a resident of New York at the time. June 2, 1862, Governor Yates, of Illinois, on learning of the exploits of the third battalion, under the major's command, commissioned him colonel of cavalry "for special meritorious conduct" in four different engagements mentioned. About the same time Governor Curtin, of his native State, tendered him the command of the Eighty-fourth Pennsylvania Infantry, a regiment in the field, which he accepted. For information relating to the military career of General Bowman we are indebted to the files of the War Department.
The following is an extract of a letter from Major-general S. A. Hurlbut to President Lincoln, dated November 6, 1863:--
"When I knew Colonel Bowman at Fort Donaldson, thence to Shiloh and Corinth, he was major of the third battalion, Fourth Illinois Cavalry, in my command, and, in my judgment, the best cavalry officer in the service with us."
General W. T. Sherman, in relating to the secretary of war, under date of December 26, 1863, the relation Colonel Bowman sustained to the important matter of breaking the Charleston and Memphis Railroad east of Corinth, wrote:
"The breaking of that road was the great chief object of the movement up the Tennessee. I dispatched Colonel Bowman (then major Fourth Illinois Cavalry) with a detachment of one hundred men, duly officered, with orders to break a common bridge across Bear Creek, an unfordable stream, and then to break the railroad bridge further back. This called for rapid and determined action, as the enemy guarded the bridge, and had heavy reserves at Iuka, only six miles off. The cavalry was followed by infantry, but Major Bowman accomplished all before the infantry got up, and he did the work effectually."
General Bowman's record in the Army of the Potomac was equally creditable. June 20, 1863, he was assigned to duty in Washington as a member of the board to examine officers to command colored troops, and was afterward sent to relieve General Binney, in Baltimore. The friends of the Union in Maryland had invited the General Government to enlist the slaves into the military service as a measure of emancipation, because "no soldier can be a slave." There was great opposition to the measure in Maryland. General Bowman was selected to perform this delicate and difficult duty. He was greatly aided by a society in Philadelphia, that contributed funds and influence, and it was not long before recruiting squads, "with fife and drum, and banners flying," were marching up all the roads to invite the slaves to the new emancipation. At the same time steamers with other squads visited all the estuaries of the Chesapeake Bay, and the business of recruiting was prosecuted with so much vigor that in the course of a few weeks there were no able-bodied colored people left to do the hard work. The men servants had disappeared from their accustomed places, the plow stood still in the furrow for want of a plowman, the wheel stood still in the mill for lack of a miller, and those who were dependent on slave labor learned to do without it. At the close of the war General Bowman was in command of the District of Delaware. It has been already stated that General Bowman was not a graduate; but in July, 1866, Dartmouth College, at the suggestion of the late Chief-Justice Chase, conferred upon him the degree of Master of Arts. A student among students, a lawyer among lawyers, an officer among officers; called into the military service in the hour of our country's greatest peril, General Bowman seems to have performed his part always creditably.
pp. 80-82.
©1999-MadisonCountyNewYork.com All rights


text:
Along Toronto's bustling downtown harbourfront, the CAA 4-Diamond Westin Harbour Castle hotel has dropped rates through Aug. 18 to just US$134 with proof of ticket to the beloved production the Wizard of Oz in Toronto -- a savings of more than 40% on many surrounding dates during this travel period.
All rooms at the Westin Harbour Castle overlook a sprawling lake or cityscape and are outfitted with Westin Heavenly Beds, plush feather pillows and spacious work areas. Guests looking to refocus their energy can attend a yoga class in the hotel's gym, followed up by a dip in the indoor pool, ending with a stroll onto the adjoining deck to watch the sun set over a wind-rippled Lake Ontario.
Note: Package does not include tickets, which must be purchased through Mirvish directly. Guests must show theatre tickets at check-in to validate rate. Select dates may require stays of more than one night.
This deal is not available on: July 28; Aug. 2-4, 12-14
Please go to your email and confirm your subscription.


text:
We love President Hinckley! For many of us, he was the prophet of our youth. He had a way with words. He was witty, funny, spiritual, and powerful. He made all of us want to improve and to reach a full potential. We have compiled a list of our favorite Gordon B. Hinckley quotes and hope that you will enjoy them.
Top Ten List- Gordon B. Hinckley Quotes
- Try a little harder to be a little better.
- I wrote a letter home to my good father and said that I felt I was wasting my time and his money. He was my father and my stake president, and he was a wise and inspired man. He wrote a very short letter to me which said, "Dear Gordon, I have your recent letter. I have only one suggestion: forget yourself and go to work."
- By and large, I have come to see that if we complain about life, it is because we are thinking only of ourselves.
- You have not failed until you quit trying.
- You can be smart and happy or stupid and miserable. . . it's your choice.
- If life gets too hard to stand, kneel!
- Be Grateful, Be Smart, Be Clean, Be True, Be Humble, Be Prayerful, Be Positive, Be Still, Be Involved.
- Things will work out. Keep trying. Be believing. Don't get discouraged. Things will work out.
- To save a girl is to save generations!
- Cultivate an attitude of happiness. Cultivate a spirit of optimism. Walk with faith, rejoicing in the beauties of nature, in the goodness of those you love, in the testimony which you carry in your heart concerning things divine.
What are your favorite Gordon B. Hinckley quotes? President Hinckley effected all of us! Comment below and let others grow from his quotes that have helped you!
Read talks from President Hinckley.


text:
Vietnamese-Style Beef Noodle Soup
- 6 ounces dried rice-stick noodles (rice vermicelli)
- 1/4 pound snow peas, cut diagonally into 1/4-inch strips (1 cup)
- 1 cup sliced shallots (3 large)
- 3 (1/8-inch-thick) slices fresh ginger, smashed
- 1 teaspoon minced fresh serrano chile, including seeds, or to taste
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 3 1/2 cups beef broth (28 fluid ounces)
- 1 3/4 cups water
- 1/2 pound thinly sliced rare roast beef (from deli counter), torn into pieces
- 6 ounces fresh bean sprouts
- 1/4 cup loosely packed fresh cilantro leaves
- 1/4 cup loosely packed fresh basil leaves, torn if large
- 1/4 cup loosely packed fresh mint leaves
- 3 tablespoons Asian fish sauce, or to taste
- 3 tablespoons fresh lime juice
- Accompaniment: lime wedges
Cook noodles in a 4-quart pot of boiling water (not salted) 4 minutes, then add snow peas and boil 1 minute. Drain in a colander and rinse under cold running water to stop cooking. Drain well. Divide noodles and snow peas among 4 large soup bowls.
Cook shallots, ginger, and chile in oil in same pot over moderate heat, stirring occasionally, until shallots are browned, 7 to 8 minutes. Add broth and water and simmer, uncovered, 10 minutes.
While broth is simmering, divide roast beef, bean sprouts, and herbs among soup bowls with noodles.
Discard ginger from broth and stir in fish sauce, lime juice, and salt to taste. Ladle broth into bowls and serve immediately.
Epicurious.com © Condé Nast Digital, Inc. All rights reserved.


text:
Full Paper
Theoretical Study on Thermodynamic and Detonation Properties of Polynitrocubanes
Article first published online: 15 APR 2009
DOI: 10.1002/prep.200800007
Copyright © 2009 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim
Propellants, Explosives, Pyrotechnics
Volume 34, Issue 2, pages 106–109, April 2009
Additional Information
How to Cite
Ju, X.-H. and Wang, Z.-Y. (2009), Theoretical Study on Thermodynamic and Detonation Properties of Polynitrocubanes. Propellants, Explosives, Pyrotechnics, 34: 106–109. doi: 10.1002/prep.200800007
Publication History
- Issue published online: 15 APR 2009
- Article first published online: 15 APR 2009
- Manuscript Revised: 29 APR 2008
- Manuscript Received: 14 JAN 2008
- Abstract
- References
- Cited By
- Detonation Properties;
- Polynitrocubane;
- Thermodynamic Properties
We investigated the heat of formation (ΔfH) of polynitrocubanes using density functional theory B3LYP and HF methods with 6-31G*, 6-311+G**, and cc-pVDZ basis sets. The results indicate that ΔfH firstly decreases (nitro number m=0–2) and then increases (m=4–8) with each additional nitro group being introduced to the cubane skeleton. ΔfH of octanitrocubane is predicted to be 808.08 kJ mol−1 at the B3LYP/6-311+G** level. The Gibbs free energy of formation (ΔfG) increases by about 40–60 kJ mol−1 with each nitro group being added to the cubane when the substituent number is fewer than 4, then ΔfG increases by about 100–110 kJ mol−1 with each additional group being attached to the cubic skeleton. Both the detonation velocity and the pressure for polynitrocubanes increase as the number of substituents increases. Detonation velocity and pressure of octanitrocubane are substantially larger than the famous widely used explosive cyclotetramethylenetetranitramine (HMX).


text: Clothing Accessories Home > Gentlemen > Clothing Accessories Mens Leather Belts From $135 Mens Leather Gloves From $150 Sterling Silver, Gold & Enamel Cufflinks From $90 Leather Hip Flasks From $75 Pocket Square Silk Handkerchiefs From $35 Sterling Silver Hallmarked Collar Stiffeners From $90 Mens Cashmere & Wool Scarves From $195 Mens Umbrellas From $150 Clothing Accessories Aspinal men's clothing accessories offer every stylish gentleman a wonderful range of men's fashion accessories to accent, highlight and compliment your wardrobe. Beautiful men's accessories, all handmade from the highest quality leather, suede, silk, wool and cashmere. The Aspinal accessories for men range includes men's leather belts, men's leather gloves, silk scarves, slippers for men, cashmere scarves, silk handkerchiefs and every one comes exquisitely gift wrapped and boxed in Aspinal signature presentation. And of course don't forget to browse our stunning office and business range, beautiful leather wallets and hundreds of other small leather goods and gifts.


text:
Posted on: September 19th 2010
This strain was released in 2010 by Grindhouse Medical Seeds. The particular phenotypes shown above were isolated by breeder "Tierra Rojo" during that same year, in an effort to find the two ends of the parental spectrum.
The Bubba-dominant plants definitely recall the mother, but have a less foreboding and musky aroma, seemingly being freshened up by the herbal and zesty Tang Tang. Both phenos have notes of incense, hash, citrus, and the backing deep chocolate/coffee notes of the Bubba, but the Tang Tang just has less aroma overall, smelling mostly of the trichomes that coat every surface.
The Tang Tang adds a potent package of head effects and seems to step up the overall potency of the Bubba. The Tang Tang phenotypes have a very strong head presence, with a feeling of a boulder rolling around inside the back of the skull at times, as well as quite a bit of eye pressure fluctuation. It has major mood elevating properties as well, finishing cleanly and without any sort of crash — it makes for a versatile medication suitable for day or night use. The Bubba-dominant phenotypes are definitely heavier, and if let go long will pack quite the narcotic punch, aiding sleep and relaxing muscles.
Grows well with heavy training such as "super-cropping", as the Tang Tang line adds more flexibility and strength to the often brittle Bubba branches. Either phenotype produces much larger yields than the Bubba, with the Tang Tang phenos being especially prolific. The nugs produced are extremely dense, so bud mold can be an issue in higher-humidity environments. The Tang Tang plants will stretch at least twice their height when flowered, while the Bubba-dominant phenos stay slightly more compact.


text:
Christopher Fowler, White Corridor (Bantam, 2007)
Christopher Fowler, writer of many a fine short story and countless novels, has done the impossible in White Corridor, his fifth Bryant and May novel -- he has crafted the perfect introduction to the long-running series. In this review, I will tell you why this is so. And why this is not the usual state of affairs! But first, a few words about the series just in case you're not familiar with it. As I said in my review of Ten Second Staircase, the previous novel in this excellent series:
What an odd but delightful affair this mystery novel is. If you've read my reviews before, you know that I love a good mystery series with fantastical elements like there were in Deborah Grabien's Haunted Ballads series where 'the ghosts are very real and many, many folk can experience their presence'. Well, things are even weirder here with everything from Bryant and May to the city of London itself being every so quirkily out of kilter. I must confess that I asked the good folks at Bantam to send along a review copy (which they promptly did) because a local bookstore had Ten Second Staircase face out in its mystery section and the cover art with its odd neo-victorian look caught my eye. Just having finished the Haunted Ballads series, I was looking for another mystery series to spend some time with, and I do believe that I have found it! This Christopher Fowler novel is indeed called 'A Bryant & May Mystery' and it features quite probably the oldest and oddest set of detectives in any mystery series I know of -- Arthur Bryant and John May who first joined the Peculiar Crimes Unit during the London Blitz of the early 1940s! Bryant is, by my estimate, a bit north of eighty years and feeling every bit of his age, both mentally and physically, but May is maybe a half decade younger and in much better shape. Arthur Bryant seems to inherently believes in the supernatural as being at the root of their peculiar mysteries, but May is more of a rationalist. Full House Dark, the debut novel in this series, which I am reading next, won the Best Novel aka the August Derleth Fantasy Award in 2005 from the British Fantasy Society, which suggests that Arthur is sometimes right!
Got the premise? Good. Let's have a cup of tea, earl grey, or perhaps a smoky lapsang souchong with a some clotted cream, as we discuss this mystery.
White Corridor is, at its heart, a locked room mystery on one hand, and a matter of identities badly gone wrong on the other hand. Now normally I'd say to fully appreciate this novel that you should go back and read all of the novels that preceded it. Certainly that would be the case with Grabien's Haunted Ballads series, Jasper Fforde's Thursday Next novels, or even Simon Green's urban fantasy Nightside series. Certainly that's my reason for never starting a series unless I can read it from the beginning, which I admit can be a pain. It took me years to find all of the novels in Sharyn McCrumb's Ballad series! (The latter reading experience proved that some writers get much, much better with time. Fowler is rare in that his early works are as well-written as his newest works.) I read Ten Second Staircase first as that's what the publicist for Bantam sent but immediately went got the earlier novels and read them.
So why does White Corridor work as a introductory novel to this series? And why will it entice any lover of a English mystery to read the whole bloody series as soon as possible? Well, there is the matter of the locked room mystery being one of the most intelligently plotted ones I've seen. (No, I'm not telling you which of the series characters is murdered. Or even if he's really murdered.) Suffice it to say that because Bryant has persuaded May to go with him on a road trip out of London that the only help they can give the Peculiar Crimes Unit is by phone and computer which means the rest of the PCU must think for themselves!
Ahhh, character development. Fowler's a superb writer but some of the characters and their relationships to each other have been fairly static for some time now. Not any more. In doing so, you get a feel for the secondary characters, such as Janice Longbright and Colin Bimsley who first appeared as long ago as Fowler's Roofworld. (Bimsley died there, but a good character shouldn't be wasted!) Without Bryant dictating their actions, they are forced to think and act for themselves. (In all fairness to Bryant, it is he who helps them in an oblique manner solve their locked room mystery.) Meanwhile John and Arthur are stuck on a remote road in a raging blizzard, the worst any part of Albion has seen in decades, while apparently a homicidal maniac is going from stranded vehicle to stranded vehicle slaughtering those trapped within.
(Side-digression time. Have some more tea and a biscuit or two as well. If Albion, the older name for England, has a living spirit as more than one writer suggested, than Arthur Bryant is the ever so ancient spirit of London Itself as he knows more about that ancient city than anyone has a right to know. If these novels were either urban fantasies or novels tinged with magic realism, I'd put forth the suggestion that Arthur Bryant is but the vessel for something for older than his mortal body is. Just ponder that idea. End of digression.)
Bad things happen to both good and not so good characters (watch for the bit that involves a certain King Zog for an insight to the sliminess of one character), good things also such as May getting a better understanding of Bryant (after a mere sixty years as partners!), a problem troubling the Peculiar Crimes Unit is dealt with, and relationships of a romantic nature (!) may be developing among several of the Peculiar Crimes Unit staffers. After you finish this delightful story, go get Full House Dark, the debut novel in this series, to see how this all began oh so long ago. I envy you for having the luxury of reading these novels for the very first time!
Meanwhile I'll be eagerly awaiting The Victoria Vanishes, the sixth and rumored to be final Bryant & May novel!
[Cat Eldridge]
White Corridor is dedicted Jim Sturgeon who, as Fowler tells me in an email, 'was a producer, my best friend, mentor and business partner for over thirty years. We lived a couple of streets from each other, driving each other to work every morning, and it was understood that if you became a friend of one, you became a friend of the other. He once saved my life, and pushed me harder than anyone about writing. He treated everyone equally from movie stars to bums, and he was Bryant to my May. He was wonderfully funny, a joy to work with, and if I do consider writing any more B&M stories after 'The Victoria Vanishes' next year, it will be because of him. He died from smoking-related lung cancer earlier this year. I miss him terribly.'


text:
The Style Gallery is a great new way for you to view, love, and share outfit photos. It's meant to showcase
all the expressive, creative, and inspirational personalities of our community!
Love you too!
Your email has been sent!
You're a passionate cat-lover on a mission to share the love and warm the hearts and minds of all those you meet! By sporting these white, fabric flats, you put your fondness for 'fur'-ocious felines proudly on display. Depicting a blue-eyed, whiskered, white kitten upon each front toe, these leather-lined shoes are the 'purr'-fect conversation starter, and you pounce on every opportunity to gush about your favorite meow-maker. These quirky shoes look fab with stovepipe pants, a casual, long-sleeved top, and an open-knit cardigan. Champion the cuteness of cats in these charming loafers!
Final Sale: This item cannot be returned or exchanged.
Sorry this item isn't available anymore
Remarkable fashion & decor, inspired by our community, & delivered with uncommon care.
Copyright ©2002-2015 ModCloth.com. All Rights Reserved.
Site Map
CA Notice
Privacy & Security
Terms of Use


text:
New Year Breaks
Celebrate New Year's Eve with a stay in a cosy country inn! Superb food, fine wine, a champagne toast at midnight and maybe even some dancing - or a Scottish piper! - will be on the agenda! Traditionally, people link arms and sing 'Auld Lang Syne' at midnight after Big Ben has chimmed in the New Year.
Browse our selection of one and two night New Year breaks below. For more information on what is included, please click on the arrows below the hotel details. Book now and celebrate New Year 2014 in style!
Cheshire & Welsh Borders
Pen-Y-Dyffryn Country Hotel
Pen-y-Dyffryn is once again hosting its New Year Break for 2014/15.
2 night Festive Break
2 Night Package from December 30th 2014
Full full details and itinerary, please see our website
Cumbria (The Lake District)
Macdonald Swan Hotel, Grasmere
Take a seasonal break in the Lake District at the Swan Hotel near Ambleside.
One night NY break from £195pp
Arriving 31st December 2014.
Gala black tie event. The evening begins with a Lakeland afternoon tea. Then enjoy a 6 course Gala Dinner before the countdown to New Year begins. New Year is brought in with a midnight firework display.
New Year's Day: Depart after a hearty breakfast.
Brook Red Lion Hotel, Colchester
Welcome to the 15th century Red Lion Hotel, reputed to be the second oldest hotel in the UK.
One night from £125pp
Arrive at the hotel on New Years Eve. Festivities begin with a cocktail in the bar before sitting down to a special dinner with music. Then dance the night away with our dsco until the wee hours.
January 1st: Enjoy a leisurely breakfast before departing.
Wilton Court Restaurant with Rooms
Wilton Court enjoys a stunning riverside location and has been awarded 2 AA Rosettes for food.
New Year's Eve Extravaganza
Two nights accommodation with English breakfast.
A sumptuous New Year's Eve black tie Six Course tasting menu and party music to dance in the New Year from 11pm.
Three course a la carte dinner on either 30th December or 1st January
Pilgrim Country Hotel, Much Birch
Set in the beautiful Chiltern hills, the Bobsleigh Hotel is just 20 minutes from central London.
New Year Special
As a special offer for English Inns clients, simply mention this advert when making your booking and get a 10% discount from the website price!!
For more details please see:
The Bobsleigh Hotel, Bovingdon
Set in the beautiful Chiltern hills, the Bobsleigh Hotel is just 20 minutes from central London.
One Night Package: £105 pp
New Year's Eve: Arrive after 2pm onwards and settle into the hotel before a champagne and canapé reception at 7pm, followed by a delicious four course dinner. Dance the night away with our disco until 1.00am
On New Year's Day enjoy a leisurely brunch before departure.
Macdonald Bear Hotel, Woodstock
A lovely 13th century coaching inn with 2 AA Rosettes for food, set in historic Woodstock.
One Night Break from £205pp
Check in at leisure before enjoying a delightful cream tea. Later celebrate with a glass of Kir Royale and canapés before indulging in a seven course gala dinner and then dancing the night away to your favourite tunes. Seating will be on shared tables.
1st January: Enjoy a delicious brunch before departing.
Brook Whipper-In Hotel, Oakham
A 17th century coaching inn oozing charm and character with oak beams and log fires.
One Night Package: £110pp
Arrive at leisure before joining us in the evening for a cocktail in the bar before sitting down to a dinner with music. Dance the night away with our disco till the early hours.
1st January: Enjoy a leisurely breakfast before departing for home.
Falcon Hotel, Stratford-upon-Avon
A stunning 16th century Tudor inn, the Falcon is situated at the heart of Shakespeare's Stratford.
One Night NYE Break: £145 pp
Arrive at your leisure after 2pm. Enjoy a festive drink in the 16th century 'Oak Bar' in the afternoon. In the evening our five course gala dinner is preceeded by a pre dinner drink at 7pm. After dinner, dance to our resident disco until 1pm. We will pause at midnight for the countdown to 2014 with the chimes of Big Ben.
On New Year's Day enjoy a leisurely breakfast before departure.
Shibden Mill Inn, near Halifax
The Inn enjoys a fine reputation for warm hospitality, gastro dining and first class rooms.
New Year's Eve 2014/15
Valid: 31st December 2014
Price: Standard Double - £288. Superior Double - £310. Bower Double - £340.
Includes: Accommodation, New Year's Eve Dinner, full English Breakfast.
More details on our website.
BW Crown Hotel, Boroughbridge
Stylish and traditional, this pretty inn also boasts a leisure centre with pool, jacuzzi and gym..
Two Night NY Break: £245pp
December 30th: Settle in at the hotel before dinner in the restaurant.
New Year's Eve: After breakfast spend the day at your leisure. In the evening a Gala dinner will be followed by a glass of champagne at midnight to toast the New Year.
1st January: After a hearty breakfast, it is time to depart.
Superbreak Hotel Packages
To bring you a greater selection of New Years Eve breaks to choose from English Country Inns has teamed up with Superbreak. Simply click here to search the many offers, deals and packages.
UK & Europe
Cottage Holidays for New Year
Our sister site Historic UK has a great selection of holiday cottages for all the family.
New Year in a Holiday Cottage
Gather family and friends together this year to celebrate New Year at a holiday cottage. There are romantic cottages just for two, right up to large cottages suitable for all the family. Some cottages boast swimming pools or games rooms to keep everyone entertained.
Warner Leisure Hotels
'Just for adult' full board breaks in nine hotels across the UK.
Full Itinerary
All breaks are full board and include:
• New Years Eve Gala Dinner & Celebration
• Live entertainment every night of your stay
• Breakfast, lunch and 3 course evening meal each day of your stay
• Full use of all indoor & outdoor leisure facilities
• Stylish accommodation
The New Year 2014/5 breaks commence from 29 December / 30th December for a 3 or 4 night duration


text:
Better Business Bureau, 112 Executive Park
Saturday, April 27 from 9:00 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Help protect yourself from identify theft by bringing pre-approved credit card offers, old bills, out-of-date account statements and other personal documents that include confidential information to shred. It is not necessary to remove staples.
This is a free event for North Carolina consumers sponsored by the Better Business Bureau of Asheville and Western North Carolina, and American Security Shredding.


text:
Your cart is empty!
MSM (methylsulfonyl-methane) is often called organic sulfur. It is the fourth most abundance element in the body and is a vital component of cartilage and the other soft tissues of the body.
Besides providing the body with essential sulfur, MSM has antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. It is all three of these bio-characteristics that make MSM so effective in creating healthy joints and reducing pain associated with strenuous exercise.
Microcrystalline cellulose, L-Leucine, Gelatin capsule.
Depending on your state of health or nutritional goals, take 1 capsule up to three times daily, preferably with meals, or as recommended by your health care provider.
If you are pregnant, may become pregnant, or are breastfeeding, consult you physician before taking this product. Do not use if temper-evident seal is broken or missing. Keep out of the reach of children.
Vitamin D regulates the absorption of calcium and phosphorous and helps form tooth and bone. They helps to improve calcium absorption. These soft gels are easy to swallow. My dentist recommended calcium carbonate plus magnesium years ago for healthy teeth and gums.
These tablets worked well for me on my joints and relieved pain for me. It helps to relieve my joint pain and back pain. I would highly recommend this product to every body who suffers from joint dis comfort. I have used this product for years for treating joint pain.
These tablets helps us to move better and feel better and they are easy to swallow. These tablets helped reduction in pain and improvement in flexibility of all of my joints especially hips and knees. I would highly recommend this product to anyone with osteoarthritis. There are no side effects.
These tablets are easy to swallow, my knees and heels are pain free due to this product. This is the best product which i have used for joint supplement. These tablets had helped me in relieving my arthritis pain.
I really like this product because my knees felt stronger when i used this. I believe that it does help with the minor joint aches. I would highly recommend this product. It provide the building blocks for healthy cartilage.


text:
What's in Store for MarchPin It
Raise your hand if you're SO over this winter like I am!!!
Seriously, when will all of this end? Sure, we had a couple sunny days here & there in February, and I thank Mother Nature profusely for the break. But for crying out loud, I'm beginning to think this is the longest, ugliest winter this nation has seen in ages and I'm so ready for it to be GONE. It's not just the fact that I feel all glum when it's ugly and gray all the time either; I don't like being sick all the time, and despite what some folks say, this weather does NOT help at all! I got hit with my 2nd bout of acute bronchitis/borderline pneumonia earlier this week (my doc says whatever's going around has hit a lot of her patients within 2-3 days, just like me, and that it's quite awful) and attempting to go in to work with a storm a-ragin' only sent me to the ER with severe symptoms and the worst asthma attack I've ever had in my life (bronchitis + asthma = no no NO bueno!).


text:
See other Mexico City properties
YWCA Centro Historico
Humboldt 62 Col., Mexico City, Mexico, Distance from city centre: 1km
Real Reviews
Real reviews from fellow travellers
These are trusted reviews from guests who have actually stayed here. We hope you find them helpful.
Note: we only give a property a rating once it has received a minimum of 3 reviews.
- Page:1/1
- " for what you pay it's not bad. no bag storage and no wifi in the rooms. but it's 150 pesos for your own room in the centre of mexico city "
- 16 Jan 2015 judi Canada


text:
Watercolors are all over Pinterest right now. The messy tie-dye look is everywhere from watercolor nails to Dolce & Gabbana floral watercolor wedges to wedding cakes with a watercolor effect. I've been inspired by several stationery ideas and was on the hunt for paper crafts when a Free People repin caught my eye.
Watercolor gift tags. How cute! But how easy are they to make? So easy. On a scale of one to five, one being totally doable and five being not-so-much, I give this project a one—as long as you have patience. This is not a 30-minute craft.
Watercolors taught me how to go with the flow. As a graduate of the Savannah College of Art and Design, I've had my share of watercolor projects. It's a tough media to control. They dry in the same way Polaroids develop—not exactly how you thought it was going to turn out. You can dab a mistake with paper towels and soak up most of the damage. You can even apply more water and try to lift the residue. But once watercolors touch paper, you can't completely erase the stains. You'll always have a faint ombre scar.
So you have to work with what you have by layering. Compromise and improvise. I'm totally a type A person but in a strange way, I find watercolors calming. Unless you're Andrew Wyeth, you should accept that it won't look perfect—especially for the splashy tie dye look in these.
I love pairing these tags with brown paper packaging for a boho chic look. You could also use them throughout a luncheon as beverage markers, placeholders or menu labels. Or how fun would these be as sales tags for a boutique or flea market booth?
Got a Pinterest idea you want me to test? Comment below with a link or tweet me @DeanneRevel.


text:
yofafo uganda
Youth Focus Africa Foundation
We are a Ugandan based NGO working on the
ground to empower Uganda's next generation.
We have a number of volunteer vacancies which we encourage you to apply for. These are matched to our current areas of need. However if you don't see something here which interests you, please feel free to drop us an email or send us an application via the 'Apply Now' page on this website. We are open to all ideas and would love to develop a position for you which combines our needs with your interests and expertise.


text:
Most Popular in:
Rules & Revelations: Fragrance Regulations Demystified
By: Carl Geffken
Posted: February 20, 2007
page 4 of 4The International Fragrance Association (IFRA) was founded in 1973 and represents the collective interests of the worldwide fragrance industry. It publishes and provides specifications and standards for fragrance materials and develops test methodology for the industry to establish a code of practice. While both organizations have extensive support mechanisms, links on their Web sites will identify a broad network of industry resources.
Additionally, the Cosmetic Ingredient Review has evaluated numerous fragrance materials and has provided monographs to support its well-respected scientific conclusions.
For centuries, fragrances have been revered and admired for their stature and the pleasure they bring. In the current culture, these same aromatic pleasures have created a multi-billion dollar industry with a degree of sophistication and obligatory control not easily recognized by the casual consumer.
General References
• The US Code of Federal Regulations: 21 CFR, Parts 701 and 740
• Commission Directive: 2003/83/EC and amendments to Annex III—Part 1 (for 26 fragrance allergens)
• www.atf.treas.gov (for Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives)
• www.arb.ca.gov/consprod/regs/regs.htm (for CARB VOC regulations)
• www.rifm.org (for RIFM)
• www.ifraorg.org (for IFRA)
Back to the February 2007 Issue


text:
I Love You, Man Gallery
In I Love You, Man, a comedy from John Hamburg (Along Came Polly), Peter Klaven (Paul Rudd) is a successful real estate agent who, upon getting engaged to the woman of his dreams, Zooey (Rashida Jones), discovers, to his dismay, that he has no male friend close enough to serve as his Best Man. Peter immediately sets out to rectify the situation, embarking on a series of bizarre and awkward "man-dates," before meeting Sydney Fife (Jason Segel), a charming, opinionated man with whom he instantly bonds. But the closer the two men get, the more Peter's relationship with Zooey suffers. Check out some photos.
Roll your mouse over the left and right-hand sides of the image and then click to view more pictures.
Read our review of I Love You Man or read interviews with writer-director John Hamburg and stars Paul Rudd and Jason Segel
Recent Galleries:
- Sicario (Emily Blunt/Benicio Del Toro) Photo Gallery
- The Intern (Robert De Niro/Anne Hathaway) UK Premiere Photo Gallery
- Batman Vs Superman: Dawn of Justice - First-look photo gallery
- The Man From U.N.C.L.E Character Poster Gallery
- Marvel's Ant-Man Character Poster Gallery
- Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation Character Poster Gallery
- London Has Fallen Teaser Poster Gallery
- Far From The Madding Crowd (Carey Mulligan/Matthias Schoenaerts) Photo Gallery
- Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice - Teaser Poster Gallery
- Jurassic World (Chris Pratt/Bryce Dallas Howard) Poster Gallery


text:
The Iowa State University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences has a proud and distinguished history. As part of Iowa State's sesquicentennial celebration, 150 points of pride related to the College - accomplishments, discoveries, contributions, highlights, famous and interesting people - will be posted here. These postings will coincide with 150 days of the 2007-2008 academic year, beginning Aug. 20, 2007 and ending May 2, 2008, with time off for the Thanksgiving, winter and spring breaks. Check back each Monday for five new items.
On July 2, 1862, President Lincoln signed into law a measure submitted by Justin Morrill of Vermont, allowing federal lands to be sold to finance at least one college in each state whose curriculum would include the traditional classical studies, but would emphasize subjects related to the nation's agricultural and industrial development. Iowa became the first state to accept the terms of the Morrill Land Grant Act and on March 29, 1864, the Iowa General Assembly voted to award Iowa's grant to the Agricultural College near Ames. At first, the "Course in Agriculture" concentrated on the basic sciences. It included only limited practical work in animal husbandry, agronomy and horticulture. Other practical studies were added — the nation's first forestry course in 1874 and dairying in 1880 — but the basic sciences carried the program until 1890, when Iowa farm leaders pushed for a reorganization that ultimately moved Iowa State to the forefront in agricultural education. In 1896, Iowa State College was renamed Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts.
Fast fact: The College developed the nation's first Master of Science program in farm mechanics in 1902 and a pioneer endeavor in agricultural journalism in 1904.
Iowa State began pioneering work in extension when President Adonijah Welch and Professor of Agriculture Isaac Roberts presented a series of off-campus farmers' institutes during the winter of 1870-71. In 1901, Iowa State offered a two-week short course for herdsmen, the first program of its kind in the nation. In 1903, the nation's first cooperative agricultural extension program was launched when Iowa State professor Perry Holden, a group of farmers in Sioux County, and the county's board of supervisors created a plan to educate farmers about improving seed corn. This effort included demonstration farms, institutes and seed corn exhibit trains traveling from town to town. In January 1904, Holden conducted the nation's first off-campus short course in agriculture in Red Oak. In 1906, the nation's first state-financed Agricultural and Home Economics Extension Service was established at Iowa State, with Holden as its first director. The Smith-Lever Cooperative Extension Act of 1914 provided support of extension work on a state-federal matching funds basis. Iowa was the first state fully organized under the Smith-Lever Act.
Fast fact: Extension News Service was established in 1921. That fall an experimental radio station built by Iowa State electrical engineers began farm market broadcasts. Two years later, farm news programming on Iowa State's radio station WOI became an Extension function.
Ralph Bliss was born on a stock and grain farm near Diagonal in southern Iowa. His father died when he was 13 years old, leaving him and his older brother to run the farm. At the Iowa State Fair, Bliss learned that "any boy of good character" could enter a preparatory program at Iowa State College and he became Ringgold County's first student there. He graduated in 1905, and after a year on the home farm, returned to Iowa State as head of animal husbandry in the newly established Extension Service. He was appointed director in 1914. When the U.S. entered World War I in 1917, Extension distributed more than 560,000 bulletins on food and clothing economy, food production and food preservation. By 1918, there was an extension office in every Iowa county. Early anticipation of the national need for increased food production for World War II gave Bliss a head start in helping coordinate federal and state agency activities that increased Iowa food production far beyond national averages.
Fast fact: Bliss began weekly radio talks on WOI Radio in 1932, which he continued until 1968 at the age of 87.
The Iowa Agriculture and Home Economics Experiment Station was established March 2, 1888. Seaman Knapp, professor of agriculture at Iowa State College, had authored a proposal to fund experiment stations connected with the state agricultural colleges out of the national treasury. Frustrated after failing to convince the Iowa Legislature to fund an experiment station and unable to interest the federal government in addressing local farm problems, Knapp devised a solution which combined state and federal support. The Knapp proposal was introduced in Congress by Iowa Representative Syrus C. Carpenter, but it languished. In 1886, the House Agriculture committee had at least seven station proposals to consider. The chairman, William H. Hatch of Missouri, recommended a bill to the full House. The Hatch Act was signed into law by President Grover Cleveland on March 2, 1887. It was identical to the original version written by Knapp in two ways. Each experiment station was to "conduct original researches or verify experiments…on subjects bearing directly upon the agricultural industry of the United States" and was given $15,000 annually to do so. Today, research by the Iowa Experiment Station serves producers, agribusinesses, rural communities and policymakers.
Fast fact: While on an experiment station research appointment, John Vincent Atanasoff designed and built the first electronic digital computer.
A New York native, Seaman Knapp and his wife, Maria, were running Ripley Female College in Vermont when he sustained a crippling knee injury while playing ball with the girls. To find a cure, the couple moved to Vinton, Iowa, in 1866. The couple farmed, he became a Methodist minister and later director of the Iowa School for the Blind. He gained notice as a stockman, speaker and farm journalist, and in 1879 was appointed to head Iowa State's program in agriculture. Knapp's strongest interest was promoting farm experimentation. He authored the original version of what became the Hatch Act and led the movement that created the national cooperative extension network in 1914. He served a one-year term as president of Iowa State College in 1883-1884, before leaving to enter a distinguished career in southern agriculture. He helped develop the rice industry in Louisiana and set up a demonstration system to promote better farming practices to combat the boll weevil in Texas.
Fast fact: Knapp Hall, one of two residence halls south of the Iowa State University campus demolished in 2005, was named for Seaman Knapp.
*Some historic photographs courtesy of the University Archives.


text:
12007 Players currently online!
Man vs. Machine - good luck!
Turn-based games at any time!
Vote for the best move to win!
Do you have what it takes?
Backgammon, Yatzy, and more!
Sharpen your tactical vision!
Get advice and game insights!
Learn from top players & pros!
View millions of master games!
Your virtual chess coach!
Perfect your opening moves!
Test your skills vs. computer!
Find the right private coach!
Can you solve it each day?
Bring it all together!
Beginners, start here!
Make friends & play team games!
News from the world of chess!
Search all Chess.com members!
Find local clubs & events!
Who's the best of your friends?
Read what members are saying!
Today GM Bojkov highlights another great contribution Nimzowitsch made to the chess community: Developing the theories of the blockade and over-protection as important themes in prophylactic thinking. Here Nimzo employs his own opening (1...Nc6 against 1.e4) and proceeds a deep plan surrounding the d5-square and blockading the bad dark-squared white Bishop. | Watch video
FM Lilov follows up his popular introduction to this series with a video lecture on perhaps the most commonly played opening in chess history! A favorite of player's like Bobby Fischer and Garry Kasparov. Lilov keeps it simple and general, only highlighting some of the critical lines that beginning chess players would need to know. Enjoy! | Watch video
In this amazing display, the great Nimzowitsch proved that he was ahead of his time in terms of his understanding of positional principles, prophylaxis, and "deep planning". After forcing a closed position from a Nimzo-Indian Defense, he slowly organizes his pieces with both an eye on his opponent's threats as well as a potential Kingside attack. GM Bojkov explains all... | Watch video
Grandmaster Khachiyan delivers yet another gem of a video lecture today, reviewing one of his own recent victories and highlighting many critical "dos and don'ts" of the French Defense and the pawn structure therein. He focuses on providing examples of which points to target in black's position. He also explains in logical fashion what his opponent misunderstood about the position and why he chose bad plans. | Watch video
International Master Daniel Rensch continues his video series on the critical patterns every chess player must know this weekend! Today your journey takes you into several "well-known" patterns: We start with Greco's Mate; move onto Blackburne's two nets; and eventually transition into Lolli's and other "pawn helper mating nets". Enjoy! | Watch video
IM Mackenzie Molner brings the first section of his new video series to a close this month by reviewing a recent victory he had over GM Loek Van Wely! After an interesting variation of the Sicilian Kan develops, Mac highlights that his mind was set on keeping the initiative with attacking moves. Eventually, this approach paid off with a crushing attack... and who knew a former Super-GM would let himself get checkmated? | Watch video
International Master Mackenzie Molner follows up his debut video series on an opening riddled with tactics and themes about using the initiative (the Blumenfeld Gambit) with a "broader take" on the topic of fighting chess. Today he reviews a game by two Super-GMs who have some experience with attacking chess, and he provides a description for each move as the battle develops. Enjoy! | Watch video
The wall returns today! You can keep throwing stones, but you aren't going to break these brick bones, according to GM Eugene Perelshteyn at least. Today he covers the more natural Nf3 development for white, and in particular, offers advice on how to deal with white's queenside fianchetto. Play active chess, capture the c4-pawn, and never look back! | Watch video
International Master Daniel Rensch kicks off our week with another Live Session! Taking a break from the overload of "patterns you need to know" Danny sits down and faces a strong opponent who chooses a "less than stellar" opening. After struggling to find a "clear win" Danny gives his philosophy on how to approach such situations. Enjoy! | Watch video
IM Daniel Rensch is back this weekend to continue his latest video series on the critical patterns every chess player must know! Nothing like starting off your weekend by adding a few new mating nets to your repertoire. In Part 3, Danny discusses all the relevant nets concerning the "Tower of Power" (the Rook) and has a little fun along the way! | Watch video
Home |
Why Join | Chess Topics |
About |
FAQs |
Help & Support |
Site Map
Privacy Policy |
Legal |
© 2015 Chess.com
• Chess - English
We are working hard to make Chess.com available in over 70 languages. Check back over the year as we develop the technology to add more, and we will try our best to notify you when your language is ready for translating!


text:
Read: John Tortorella On Young Players, Being Fired, Media
John Tortorella is doing a youtube chat with the Canucks website and was asked questions from both season ticket holders and twitter.
When asked if he wanted to return to coaching right away, Tortorella said that when you get fired you "you crawl into a hole…… I did and you reassess. I couldn't be more excited to be here."
On younger players, "that is one of the things I am most proud of in NY. We changed the culture there regarding signing free agents all the time, bringing all the players. We moved to youth, we moved to our farm team and bringing them in there. It's a must and you need to build from within. You look at Stepan and Hagelin and how they turned into big pieces and I am anxious for that to happen."
On the media, "I am going to cultivate a relationship with the media here. I want this to work. I come with some baggage and I won't hide from it. I have made mistakes, but I am compelled to make it work and to work together."
On his job, "my job is to push athletes to positions and levels that they didn't think they could get to."


text:
Unfortunate flight delays held Richard "Oh_Fubar" King stuck in the Atlanta International Airport so the first day of CES 2012 began with the rest of our ground crew making the rounds inside manufacturer's suites and foregoing the showroom floor until the next day. Since we have seven meetings scheduled for this day, we decided to skip breakfast and just grabbed coffee on the go instead. What would otherwise be a simple endeavor took a lot longer than it should have as a simple inquiry about where to get coffee in Vegas was met with a vague "it's just right there" or "it is close" which of course meant two city blocks away. Lesson learned: Las Vegas residents have no concept of distance. What do you call a Las Vegas resident anyway? Vegasite? Vegasian? Vegan?
Anyway, with drink in tow we headed for NZXT's suite at the Palazzo to check out some of their latest offerings. While we saw some exciting product prototypes in the NDA room that we cannot disclose, the main showcase displayed in the main suite was just as, if not more, impressive: the new NZXT Switch 810 case. A standard white version as well as a Bladerunner inspired mod by MNPCTech's Bill Owen of the Switch 810 grabbed…nay, demanded everyone's attention. If you loved NZXT's Phantom, you will surely fall in love with this, just as our own Vincent "Vinman" Petronio did when he saw the Switch 810.
Towards the front of the suite was the familiar NZXT Phantom case albeit in a mid-tower form. Dubbed the Phantom 410, this case carried many of the functional convenience offered in the original Phantom case and improves upon some of its shortcomings. Just like the full-tower Phantom, the Phantom 410 will be available in a variety of color combinations.


text:
Seriously; this game was pretty awesome, and well worth its retail price back in the '90s.
Did age kill its value? "You tell me." Well alright then, I will!
Some will accuse me of over-inflating the value of the game. Heck, even our older reviews of the game suggest it was little more than a Zelda clone. Maybe some games just get better with age.
Check out the links below for all the sweet sweet Alundra action you can stand.


text:
EU CSR policy: The Commission seeks stakeholders' views on achievements and future challenges Paskelbta: 29/04/2014, Paskutinį kartą atnaujinta: 23/06/2015
European Commissioner Michel Barnier, Acting Commissioner for Industry and Entrepreneurship, said: "CSR is not just about protecting stakeholders or the value of an enterprise through compliance with ethical or other standards. It is also, and increasingly, about creating new value through the innovation that comes from challenging a company's status quo and looking for better solutions."
The Commission is seeking stakeholders' views about the impact of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Strategy over the past three years and on the role it should play in the future.
The Commission's 2011-14 CSR Strategy set an ambitious agenda to strengthen its implementation at international level and created a number of models on how to practically implement its principles (MEMO/11/730). More and more CSR is becoming a valuable tool to improve a company's competitiveness: encouraging social and environmental responsibility in the corporate sector can also bring benefits in terms of cost reductions, access to capital, improved customer relationships, human resource management and innovation capacity.
Public consultation on the European Commission's strategy on CSR 2011-2014: achievements, shortcomings and future challenges


text:
Emergency Contact Procedure
Clear Float
This pane clears float!
Office of Information Technology (OIT)
UW-Platteville - September 22, 2008
- During normal business hours, any emergency problems with OIT equipment, hardware or software related, should be reported to the Help Desk at 608.342.1400. Routine or "non-emergency" problems, regardless of the hour, should always be reported to the Help Desk, utilizing their voice mail system if necessary.
- During non-business hours, holidays or weekends, emergency problems with OIT equipment, hardware or software related, should be reported to the Campus Police at 608.342.1584 or 9.911. Campus Police will then contact the appropriate OIT personnel as per the call list rotation below.
Emergency problems requiring best effort corrective action by OIT are generally defined as campus-wide outages affecting a large number of UW-Platteville users or adversely impacting critical campus business or academic operations. These emergency problems include:
- Break-in, theft, fire, excessive temperature (80 degrees Fahrenheit or higher), water, electricity outage or other major disaster in the following rooms: Gardner Machine Room (006), Pioneer Student Center Machine Room (2021), or Karrmann Library Machine Room (020).
- Failure of the campus network or a campus-wide voice-over-IP telephone outage.
- Disabling software or hardware problems relating to Food Service or Payroll.
- Email system failure, main campus web page failure, or the inability to access network storage ("J" or "S" drives).
- OIT personnel are not designated as "on-call", but rather will respond, at their professional discretion and personal availability, to any emergency calls. Once contacted, OIT personnel, at their professional discretion, may call upon other OIT personnel to assist with the emergency. All calls will be reported by OIT personnel to Sue Traxler, Chief Information Officer, as soon as possible.
- OIT personnel will be compensated for any call-in or work-at-home time with either overtime or compensatory time-off, in agreement with the appropriate contract(s) or work assignment(s).
IF THE "FIRST CONTACT" IS UNAVAILABLE OR DOES NOT ANSWER THEIR HOME PHONE OR PAGER WITHIN 10 MINUTES, THEN CALL THE NEXT PERSON ON THE LIST. (Please provide the OIT Network Administrator with the name and phone number of the person who reported the problem).
Clear Float
This pane clears float!


text:
Notch regulates the angiogenic response via induction of VEGFR-1
1 Pathology, Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA
2 Tsukuba Research Laboratories, Eisai Co, Ltd, Ibaraki, Japan
Journal of Angiogenesis Research 2010, 2:3 doi:10.1186/2040-2384-2-3Published: 26 January 2010
Notch is a critical regulator of angiogenesis and arterial specification. We show that ectopic expression of activated Notch1 induces endothelial morphogenesis in human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC) in a VEGFR-1-dependent manner. Notch1-mediated upregulation of VEGFR-1 in HUVEC increased their responsiveness to the VEGFR-1 specific ligand, Placental Growth Factor (PlGF). In mice and human endothelial cells, inhibition of Notch signaling resulted in decreased VEGFR-1 expression during VEGF-A-induced neovascularization. In summary, we show that Notch1 plays a role in endothelial cells by regulating VEGFR-1, a function that may be important for physiological and pathological angiogenesis.


text:
San Diego Chargers v Pittsburgh Steelers
Actor Channing Tatum participates in Pittsburgh Steelers Terrible... News PhotoActor,American Football - Sport,American Football Pitch,Channing Tatum,Heinz Field,Match - Sport,NFL,Pittsburgh,Pittsburgh Steelers,San Diego Chargers,Sideline,Sport,USA,Vertical,Waist UpPhotographer George GojkovichCollection: Getty Images Sport 2012 George GojkovichPITTSBURGH, PA - DECEMBER 09: Actor Channing Tatum participates in Pittsburgh Steelers Terrible Towel Twirl on the sideline before a National Football League game between the San Diego Chargers and Steelers at Heinz Field on December 9, 2012 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The Chargers defeated the Steelers 34-24. (Photo by George Gojkovich/Getty Images)


text:
Based on the BAFTA Award-winning film, the stage production of "The Full Monty" is "chuffing brilliant" according to The Independent, and now you can save 40% on top tickets when it comes to Glasgow this month.
What's included
2:30pm, 24 September.
7:30pm, 23-26 September.
About the show
Simon Beaufoy, the Oscar-winning writer of "The Full Monty" film, brings to the stage the story of six unemployed Sheffield steelworkers with nothing to lose. Starring Gary Lucy, Andrew Dunn, Louis Emerick, Rupert Hill, Martin Miller and Bobby Schofield, this new adaptation features classic tracks from the film by the likes of Donna Summers, Hot Chocolate and Tom Jones.
"The Full Monty" won Best Film award at the BAFTA Awards in 1998.
"Uproariously entertaining. Even more enjoyable than the film" -- The Daily Telegraph
"Deliciously enjoyable" -- The Guardian
Please go to your email and confirm your subscription.


text:
Graphing Calculator. Java Graphers. Click one of the links below to launch a Grapher in a new window.
That has all changed in the past few years with the introduction of online graphing calculators. Unfortunately, not all graphing calculators are created equal. Furthermore, doing an Internet search for graphing calculators doesn't yield as much as you would expect. I don't believe there is any "best" online graphing calculator since it all depends on what you want to do with the calculator. EquationExplorer — Online graphing calculator supporting implicit equations.
Online Graphing Calculator: 1-Click Delivers Complete Graphs.


text:
Quick Links
:: Registration Form
:: Call For Papers
:: Conference Proceedings
:: Best Track
:: Conference proceedings Indexing
:: Statement about Open Access
:: Publisher Copyright Policies
:: Submission & Review Process
International Conference on Business and Globalisation (ICBG)
Dubai -UAE, February 2015
Co-hosted by the
Academy of Business and Retail Management (ABRM), UK
Journal of Business and Retail Management Research
Holiday Inn Downtown,Deira,
Al Rigga Street,
P.O Box: 29499 Du, United Arab Emirates
2-3rd February 2015
The Academy of Business & Retail Management is proud to have an established record to organising and managing international academic conferences. This Conference seeks to elucidate a wealth of issues in all aspects of business management, health and social care sciences, management education, teaching and learning methodologies and many more. Contributions should therefore be of interest to scholars, practitioners and researchers in management in both developed and developing countries targeting a worldwide readership.
With the world undergoing a period of deeper engagement and interaction greater than any time in its history it is essential that we endeavour to examine globalization in its many and varied manifestations. The International Conference on Business and Globalization (ICBG) seeks to elucidate some of the complexities of commercial engagement, policy formulation and reactions to change. It has been a conscious decision to locate the conference in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates as it exemplifies many of the current features of globalization in regards to business, employment opportunities, transportation and international trade. Leaders in the political arena, in commerce, academia and in almost every field of human activity have much to gain from exploring these important themes.
Example of topics appropriate to the conference include
• International retailing and diversification
• Innovation in retailing, ethical produce procurement and development
• Customer satisfaction, customer loyalty and retention strategies
• Customer Relationships marketing (CRM)
• Consumer attitudes to ecological and ethical issues
• Market liberalisation and impact on supply chain
• The linkage between international trade and overseas aid
• International Trade in the context of the current economic climate
• Transparency in government procurement
• Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS)
• Remittances and their part in trade and export development
• The interplay between the G4 and trade round implementation issues
• How trade facilitation is conceptualized and made operational in different emerging markets
• The role of the Special Safeguard Mechanism (SSM)
• The linkages between global trade and corporate social responsibility
• The language and rhetoric of import sensitive products
• The role of tariff barriers and agro-subsidies
• Management and retail marketing
• Business management
• Business policies, strategies, and performance
• Creativity in Internet management and retailing
• Innovation and product development, Business strategies
• Marketing management and strategies
• International retailing, all aspect of retail management
• Business and retail research
• Consumer behaviour, Customer relationship management
• Public relations and retail communication
• Human Resources Management Practices and policies
• Information technology, Management Information Systems
• Globalisation, regional integration, international business, cross cultural management
• Multinational Corporations, transfer pricing, export and economic growth
• Regional integration
• Productivity and global sourcing
• Trade and economic liberalisation
• Health and social care management, regulating in a changing health and social care sector
• Private and public healthcare in 21st century
• Promoting patience safety in hospital, mental health,
• Governance practices in health care sector
• Care in community
• Teaching and learning for life long learning sector
• The future of business education, assessment methods and techniques
• the structure and curricula of current and future business education
• Cross cultural issues in education, use of technology in teaching and learning
• Emotional intelligence in teaching
Please note that this list is only indicative of possible topic areas that contributors may wish to consider while they develop their papers for the conference.
Submitted papers should not have been previously published, nor be currently under consideration for publication. All papers are evaluated double blind through a peer review process. A Guide for authors, sample copies and other relevant information for submitting papers are available on our website at www.abrmr.com
Draft Submission Deadline: 8th December 2015
Final Paper Submission Deadline: 5th January 2015
Publication Release: 2nd February 2015
Authors are invited to submit original research papers, case studies, reviews, work in progress reports, abstracts, students' papers or research proposals within the broad scope of the conference. All submitted paper will be double blind peer reviewed for consideration in the conference. Papers should follow the required style and format. All manuscripts Should Be Professionally Proofread Before the submission. The best papers from the conference will be recognised and will be considered for publication in one of the journals, The Journal of Business and Retail Management Research (JBRMR) and The International Journal of Business and Economic Development (IJBED).
Authors submission will be published in the conference proceeding under The Business & Management Review and also online. Please note papers with more than three authors will not be permitted and no paper can exceed more than fifteen (15) pages in orders for it to be published in the conference proceeding. However, if a paper exceeds fifteen (15) pages then the full paper will be uploaded online and only the abstract will be published in the conference proceeding.
Papers should be submitted to the Editor-in-chief electronically through the online system as e-mail attachment to firstname.lastname@example.com
Holiday Inn
Holiday Inn Downtown – Dubai
Deira, Al Rigga Street,
P.O Box: 29499 Dubai, United Arab Emirates
It is the personal responsibility of all conference to check the requirements with regards to visas. Please give ample time to make the necessary arrangements. We also advise that you familiarise yourself with the following: www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice Please note that the Academy accepts no liability with regards to persons whose visa application is declined for any reason.
*Please note that in these time of heightened security internationally it is imperative to leave amble time to make your visa. We strongly advise that you make your application earlier rather than later.
At least one of the author(s) of the accepted paper MUST register for the conference to have their paper included in the Conference Proceedings. The participant(s) who register before receiving the decision regarding "Acceptance" of their Abstracts/full paper are not guaranteed that their submissions shall be accepted. Participants who wish to attend the conference but are not submitting any paper must also register. The registration fee is as follows:
Early Bird Fee on/before
28th November 2014
Author: is a conference participant who has also authored a paper and is presenting the same.
Observer: is a conference participant who is attending the conference but is not presenting any work.
Registration for Students: Kindly note that the Student fee is applicable only for full-time doctoral / master students. This is NOT applicable for any part-time doctoral / master student. Participants who are in part-time doctoral / master students will not get any student concession and will have to pay regular registration fee. At the time of the registration and fee payment, full-time students have to send an email with evidence of their full-time studentship including identity card, a certificate from the director.
Online payment method
ABRM uses PayPal Merchant Services for online payment. We prefer online payment method via PayPal online transaction as it is easy, quicker and most protected online payment systems as it uses modern encrypted security measure
(Note: Please add service charge of £15 when you make online payment)
Once we receive the fee at our end, we shall email to the authors, a formal Receipt for the same. This will be also important for visa letters.


text:
With fall in the air, Railtown 1897 State Historic Park (SHP) is proud to once again offer family-friendly "Harvest Haunt Express" train rides on consecutive weekends: Oct. 12 and 13, Oct. 19 and 20 and Oct. 26 and 27.
Thank you for reading the MtDemocrat.com digital edition. In order to continue reading this story please choose one of the following options.
Current Subscribers
If you are a current subscriber and wish to obtain access to MtDemocrat.com, please select the Subscriber Verification option below. If you already have a login, please select "Login" at the lower right corner of this box.
Special Introductory Offer
For a short time we will be offering a discount to those who call us in order to obtain access to MtDemocrat.com and start your print subscription. Our customer support team will be standing by Monday through Friday, 8am to 5pm to assist you.
If you are not a current subscriber and wish not to take advantage of our special introductory offer, please select the $12 monthly option below to obtain access to MtDemocrat.com and start your online subscription
With fall in the air, Railtown 1897 State Historic Park (SHP) is proud to once again offer family-friendly "Harvest Haunt Express" train rides on consecutive weekends: Oct. 12 and 13, Oct. 19 and 20 and Oct. 26 and 27.
Staffed by a spirited "skeleton crew," the popular train rides take place aboard an excursion train that departs on-the-hour from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
On Saturdays, the excursion train will be pulled by Sierra No. 3, the "Movie Star Locomotive," and on Sundays by a steam or vintage diesel locomotive. Plus, free pumpkins will be provided to those taking a train ride all month long, while supplies last.
Families are encouraged to spend the day at Railtown 1897 SHP and enjoy the picnic facilities on the sprawling Roundhouse lawn.
Located in the heart of California's Gold Country, Railtown 1897 SHP combines railroad heritage, local history and the lure of Hollywood and is one of only two authentic and still-operating steam-era railroad roundhouse complexes in the entire country.
The park is home to the famous "Movie Star Locomotive" Sierra No. 3, which has an impressive history of starring in more than 200 high-profile film and television productions such as "High Noon," "Back to the Future 3" and "Petticoat Junction."
Tickets for "Harvest Haunt Express" train rides, which include park admission, are $15 for adults, $8 for youths ages 6-17, ages 5 and under are free.
To make advance online reservations visit railtown1897.org or call 209-984-3953 for more information.
Operated by California State Parks with assistance from the nonprofit California State Railroad Museum Foundation, Railtown 1897 State Historic Park offers year-round tours plus train rides weekends April-October, selected dates only November and December. Known as "The Movie Railroad," the park and its trains have been featured in hundreds of feature films, TV shows and commercials.
The park is located at the corner of Fifth Avenue and Reservoir Road in Jamestown. Railtown 1897 State Historic Park is open daily, except for Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's Day, and the park's operating hours vary by season: April to October, 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; November to March, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.


text:
The Correspondent is written, reported and produced by students. While some of these students are communication majors and are receiving class credit for the show, we welcome volunteers and can always use more hands to help make The Correspondent a better news program.
To learn more, contact Seth Conley, Correspondent faculty adviser, at email@example.com.


text:
Video Games: 'Bound by Flame'
Available Friday for PS4, PS3, Xbox 360, PC
"Bound by Flame" is not going to stand out in the RPG or action crowd due to its scope, but it might just impress enough with its story and mechanics. The game follows Vulcan, a mercenary who spends the length of the game using flame powers to defend his surroundings from seven ice lords and their minions, golems, monsters and zombies. That's standard, boilerplate stuff. The cool part of this game is that Vulcan essentially starts the game as a failure. He tries to grow stronger by enlisting the help of a fire demon, but instead becomes possessed by it.
This plot point actually explains the skill trees that will be available to gamers. Should you deny your demonic powers and become a swordsmen or ranger, or will you fully embrace the demon and burn everything to the ground? It's a novel approach by the developers to allow the skill tree to determine the events of the game, the reactions of its characters to you and the ending.
The game is not open world — its developers, Spiders, has been clear it doesn't have the budget for that — but is instead made up of hub worlds that offer multiple quests. The fact that Spiders is so up front about its capabilities is refreshing, but just because they know their limits doesn't mean that knowledge will make a great game that rivals "Skyrim" or "Dark Souls." However, if a tighter, more story driven RPG/action hybrid sounds like a great idea to you, keep "Bound by Flame" on your radar.
Also available May 13
- "Borderlands 2" (Vita)
Subscribe to the Independent Mail
Need Help? Call us at 1-864-260-1284.
Monday-Friday: 6am-4:30pm / Saturday: 7am-11am / Sunday: 7am-2pm


text:
Jimmy Fallon Lists "Pros & Cons Of Attending Kim And Kanye's Wedding" [VIDEO]
Lauren May 14, 2014 11:48 AM
Lauren Kelly
Lauren Kelly What I do for MIX: On Air Middays, 9a-2p Birthday:...Read More
Ok now THIS is funny…
Last night on 'The Tonight Show' with Jimmy Fallon, he went over a list of "Pros & Cons of Attending Kim and Kanye's Wedding", which is apparently happening on May 24th in Paris. If you wanna see the actual invitation, check it out HERE)
But this list though…HILARIOUS! You've gotta watch the video below and see for yourself!
Latest Mix Stories:


text:
News | October 24, 2013
ICD-10-CM Implementation Deadline Less Than A Year Away
Experts to Share Best Practices, Tips for ICD-10-CM Transition at AHIMA Convention
With less than one year to go before the compliance deadline for ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS, experts will discuss implementation challenges, successes and strategies at AHIMA's 85th Annual Convention and Exhibit October 26-30, in Atlanta.
"At Convention, the American Healthcare Information Management Association (AHIMA) offers attendees the opportunity to hear from experts on implementation processes and receive guidance about best practices for organizations of all sizes," said AHIMA CEO Lynne Thomas Gordon, MBA, RHIA, CAE, FACHE, FAHIMA. "As the industry's leading authority on ICD-10-CM preparedness, AHIMA is excited to help all healthcare stakeholders with the transition to ICD-10-CM, a more robust coding system that will lead to improved patient care documentation and granular data."
Presenters will share insights on the elements of an effective implementation plan, including payer and vendor collaboration and related revenue cycle system preparation; training and testing; and clinical documentation improvement.
According to the presenters, the first and most important step for ICD-10-CM implementation is to obtain senior executive and clinical staff buy-in. Recognition and understanding are critical at the executive level, that significant and careful planning are needed for a successful transition. Commitment is needed to assure that the right mix of time, staff, and technological/technical resources are available.
Payer Collaboration/Revenue Cycle Management
"This affects not just hospitals and their physicians/staff, it affects payers and the health providers' billing systems; implementation strategies must address these issues that affect reimbursement," said Donielle Bailey, RHIA, ICD-10 Project Coordinator, Rex Healthcare, Raleigh, N.C. Bailey's co-presenter for "How to Prepare Your Documentation and Complete ICD-10 Education Before Time Runs Out," is Tom Ormondroyd, BS, MBA, Precyse, Alpharetta, Ga.
"Collaboration with payers, vendors and others who affect successful implementation is one of the most important things we're doing," said Danielle Reno, MHA, CHC, CCS, CCS-P, ICD-10 Program Director, Sutter Health, Sacramento, Calif. "We have to look at every aspect of the process." Co-presenters with Reno for the panel discussion, "The Good, the Bad, the Reality: 365 Days until ICD-10 Adoption (Take Two)," are Christine Armstrong, MBA, RHIA, Deloitte Consulting, Los Angeles; and Virginia Sullivan, PMP, Scripps Health, San Diego.
According to the presenters, implementation challenges include:
- Preparing system staff and vendors who play a role in the revenue cycle (e.g. accounts receivable, billers, radiology, laboratory, clearinghouses and fiscal intermediaries)
- Setting up the IT infrastructure with payers
- Ensuring you have enough coders and training them for the transition
- Determining how claims will be adjudicated
- Implementing systems, tools and key performance measures to track potential under payments and claims denials
- Collaborating with payers to develop processes for coding records when the care spans the transition from ICD-9-CM to ICD-10-CM
- Developing a testing plan and scripts to test applications
- Facilitating necessary vendor upgrades to conduct testing
- Ensuring physicians and coders have ability to dual code ICD-9-CM/ICD-10 prior to going live
"The time to panic is not now, but it's getting close," says Cindy Seel, MSA, RHIA, HRS, Baltimore, who will present "Transitioning Physicians to ICD-10: Seven Steps to Take Now." The seven steps include:
- Developing implementation and training plans
- Providing specialty-specific education programs
- Tailoring training models to the organization's clinical staff and leveraging lessons learned
- Identifying of key documentation needs to reduce physician queries and increase productivity, including strengthening clinical documentation improvement (CDI), programs with peer-led education, dual coding and end-to-end testing based on a continuous P-D-C-A (plan-do-check-act/adjust) Cycle
- Training coders and providers to start using the ICD-10-CM in advance of implementation
- Recognizing the potential (mis)uses of Generic Equivalent Mapping (GEMS)
- Providing training for physicians' office staffs
While each of the steps described for implementation of ICD-10 is important, the presenters emphasized that a key element for success is the collaboration and coordination of all stakeholders as they work through the testing and implementation process.
About AHIMA
Celebrating its 85th anniversary this year, the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) represents more than 67,000 educated health information management professionals in the United States and around the world. AHIMA is committed to promoting and advocating for high quality research, best practices and effective standards in health information and to actively contributing to the development and advancement of health information professionals worldwide. AHIMA's enduring goal is quality healthcare through quality information. For more information, visit www.ahima.org.
SOURCE: American Health Information Management Association


text:
Naked Tinkerbell Tattoo Gets Mom Booted from Legoland
Wed, Apr 25, 2012
A Texas mother has taken to social media to fight back after being asked to leave the Grapevine Mills Mall Legoland due to her body art.
She staunchly maintains that the tattoo on her lower leg – depicting a naked Tinkerbell with a light switch in either her vagina or rectum – is absolutely 'not offensive.'
On Sunday, Lana Massey reportedly took her 'very excited' 8-year-old son to Legoland. According to her account, Massey paid $53 for access to Legoland Discovery Center and the adjoining aquarium. Massey later described being shadowed by a Legoland employee while moving among the playrooms.
"The whole time we were in, we were followed," Massey said. "I was totally assuming that she was going to come up to me and ask me who my artist was."
Instead, the employee reportedly told her that she needed to leave.
"Ma'am, I need to give you your money back and ask you to leave," Massey recounted. "We've had some complaints about your tattoos. And this is a family-friendly environment."
According to Massey, the employee escorted her to the cashier's desk, gave her a refund, then escorted and her child her out.
It turns out that the complaint wasn't about her tattoos but, rather, a specific tattoo. An email from Legoland displayed on Massey's Facebook responded to her emailed complaint. It identified a tattoo of Tinkerbell on her leg as the offensive tattoo. It described the policy on offensive clothing or images, and invited her to return on another day with the tattoo covered.
Massey is claiming discrimination and maintains that the ink is classic artwork from the 1940s.
"[It is] no more offensive than zombie Jesus or guns promoting violence," Massey says. "Aside from any of that, there is nothing about tattoos in their policies, just inappropriate clothing. … I could see if it was like a gaping vag or something like that, but I don't have anything like that."
I have often pondered a working threshold of decency at a Legoland. It appears to be – quite verifiably – "gaping vag."
Massey added that – although she did get her money back – she was never informed that she could return (covered) on another day.
In addition to her Facebook postings, you can also read her appeal on the Church of Body Modification website and – if her stated intentions are realized – on a greater number of traditional Dallas media outlets.


text:
A participant the Women in Building Trades Initiative: Building Analyst Training Pilot Program
Seedco helps agencies achieve optimal outcomes
Seedco has impact in agencies across the federal government, helping them operate with greater predictability and less risk, build efficiency and transparency, and achieve far-reaching outcomes. Our organization has deep experience operating large-scale programs in workforce development, benefits access, and small business support. This "practitioner's perspective" is highly valued by our consulting and technical assistance clients.
Recent projects with federal agencies include:
- In 2010, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development contracted with Seedco to develop and manage the Women in Building Trades Initiative: Building Analyst Training Pilot Program in Louisville, KY. Through this pilot program, approximately 30 low- to middle-income women in the Louisville area were trained and certified as Building Performance Institute (BPI)-certified Building Analysts. This unique opportunity provided women – both those with and without a background in building science – with the knowledge and experience to prepare them for careers in the field of weatherization.Seedco also worked with local organizations to provide a comprehensive set of supportive services to manage barriers –such as access to transportation – to completing the training and maintaining employment. After the training, Seedco collaborated with weatherization providers and local workforce development agencies to support the newly certified women as they sought employment in the field.
- In 2005, based on Seedco's success in operating a unique faith-based and community organization (FBCO) network model in New York City, the U.S. Department of Labor invited Seedco to carry out a national training and technical assistance initiative, called Project Reach Out. Project Reach Out strengthened the capacity of five Workforce Investment Boards and One-Stop career center operators across the country by creating formal relationships with local FBCOs.As part of Project Reach Out, Seedco spent 18 months providing intensive technical assistance to the five Workforce Investment Boards, assisting them in developing formal FBCO referral networks that could eventually evolve into financial relationships with proven FBCO providers.The Project Reach Out Guide and toolkit:
- Captures lessons learned from Seedco's work with the five Workforce Investment Boards;
- Documents the success of our network model in New York City; and
- Provides guidance and tools for Workforce Investment Boards and One-Stop operators nationally interested in developing formal FBCO partnerships.
Seedco is on the MOBIS schedule
The U.S. General Services Administration has contracted with Seedco to provide consulting, training, and program/project initiative management services to federal agencies through the Mission Oriented Business Improvement Services (MOBIS) schedule. With a rigorous screening process, pre-negotiated contracts, and set rates, it is now easier and faster for federal agencies to contract with Seedco to:
- Develop and test innovative programs
- Analyze business processes or program implementation
- Manage national programs
- Develop curricula and conduct training sessions
- Hire contractors when time is of the essence


text:
virgin - meaning in Hindi
Pronunciation of virginवर्जिन
Meanings of virgin in Hindi[Show Transliteration]
- कुँवारी (f)
- कन्या राशि में उत्पन्न व्यक्ति
- कुँवारी
- कन्या राशि (f)
- अक्षतयोनि (f)
Inflected formsvirgins (noun plural)
Definitions and Meaning of virgin in Englishvirgin - adjective
- being used or worked for the first time
- in a state of sexual virginity
- a spinster or virgin lady
- men have decreed that their women must be pure and virginal
- a person who has never had sex
- (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Virgo
- the sixth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about August 23 to September 22
Follow us on Facebook
Synonyms of virgin
virgo, virgo the virgin, pure, vestal, virginal
Antonyms of virgin
No matches.
More matches for virgin
Information provided on virgin
Meaning and definitions of virgin, translation in Hindi language for virgin with similar and opposite words. Also find spoken pronunciation of virgin in Hindi and in English language. Also find spoken pronunciation of virgin in Hindi and in English language.
Tags for the entry "virgin"
Hindi meaning of virgin, virgin meaning in Hindi, virgin definition, examples and pronunciation of virgin in Hindi language.


text:
Luxurious yet effortless, this cashmere mini skirt epitomizes the aesthetic that has made Donna Karan such an iconic brand. Complement the ink hue with shades of stone and black for the most sophisticated statement.
Ink double-layered fine-knit cashmereElasticated waistband, ruched twist effectPulls on100% cashmereDry clean
Product code: 311197 - Need help? Contact us


text:
For your bespoke joinery requirements around the London area, Joinery Direct can provide you with a first class service.
Our highly skilled team of craftsmen have many years of experience and will create the joinery product for you that is built to your exact specification.
You can be assured of a great service whatever the size of the project.
We can offer the following services:


text:
Feel like a real guitarist during Guitar Hero or Rock Band game play with the first-ever full-size guitar controller from Peak Products. The Starpex looks and feels like an actual wooden guitar, handcrafted in a high-gloss finish with the traditionally positioned 10 frets and chrome-plated metal tuning pegs. However, it's compatible with both PS2 and PS3 consoles and features built-in tilt sensor technology, an optimized whammy bar, and an enhanced strum bar.
Peak Products offers three color finishes: the Starpex Obsidian (deep black hue), the Starpex Dead Rose (deep red), and Starpex Black Sunburst (faded black and orange).
More Daily Gift Ideas:
Amazon Offers $30 Off New Kindle Fire HDX Tablets
Last Minute Tech Gifts
Daily Gift Idea: ZAGGsparq Portable Charger
Daily Gift Idea: DJ Hero
Daily Gift Idea: EyeClops Night Vision Goggles 2.0