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China has become an increasingly important market for Apple. During the company's most recent earnings call, CEO Timothy D. Cook said Apple had a "pretty good quarter" in China, but that there's scope to do more.
"Yes, Ben [Reitzes] we had a pretty good quarter in China," Cook said, in response to a question from Barclays Capital analyst Ben Reitzes. "We obviously want to do better. But if you look at the quarter, we did grow by 6%. Underneath that, iPhone units were up 25% year-over-year despite significant constraints on iPhone 5s that affected the whole company [ph]. However, we were able to launch in our first round this time in China and that was a big change in the result of a close work relationship with the carriers in China and the government."
During the quarter, Apple's revenue in Greater China was $5.73 billion, up 24% sequentially.
Apple's primary revenue driver is the iPhone, which generated $19.51 billion of the company's total sales of $37.5 billion revenue. Getting the iPhone 5s and 5c, especially the 5s, Apple's high-end smartphone, into the hands of more consumers can only boost Apple's revenues.
That ultimately should begin to drive the share price higher, something that's been an issue over the past 12 months. The tech giant has lagged the S&P 500 in total return this year, something that's caused activist investor Carl Icahn to initiate a position. Apple shares are down 2.6% year-to-date, while the S&P 500 has gained 26.53% over the same timeframe.
With China officially getting 4G licenses for commercial use, this is welcome news for Apple and its shareholders.
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Col. Patrick Rhatigan will assume command of the 19th Airlift Wing Black Knights from Col. Brian Robinson in a change-of-command ceremony set for July 9.
Rhatigan is the former 379th Expeditionary Operations Group Commander in Southwest Asia. Prior to that assignment, he served as the Military Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Legislative Affairs in the Pentagon.
Robinson, recently selected for promotion to brigadier general, will become the Vice Commander of Air Mobility Command's 618th Air and Space Operations Center (Tanker Airlift Control Center) at Scott Air Force Base, Ill.

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Link Time: 2012 Calendars, Inspiring Tabletop Decor, and a Seaside Cottage
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DUNEDIN — A man was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries late Wednesday after he was thrown from his motorcycle, deputies said.
Brian Keith Doll, 48, of Largo was driving a 2006 Suzuki motorcycle south on Edgewater Drive around 10:30 p.m., when, officials said, he sideswiped a steel guardrail on the side of the road.
The motorcycle then crashed into a concrete gutter and began to "cartwheel through some trees," according to the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office.
Doll, who was not wearing a helmet, was thrown from the motorcycle during the crash. He was taken to Bayfront Medical Center with life-threatening injuries.
Deputies suspect alcohol and speed may have been factors in the crash.
Both northbound and southbound lanes of Edgewater Drive were shut down between President Street and Aberdeen Street for several hours Wednesday night while the crash was investigated.


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Scene Seen: Music Memorabilia Walk begins at the Athens Welcome CenterDot Paul/Staff
Ever seen a candid shot of a young Michael Stipe? How about an original poster advertising one of Widespread Panic's first gigs, or an original album cover of the B-52's ''Cosmic Thing''?
This weekend, you get your chance.
Today through June 24, the Athens Music History Project's annual Scene Seen: Athens Music Memorabilia Walk will feature displays showcasing an assortment of authentic guitars, personal photographs, posters and albums of some of the Classic City's most notable bands, including R.E.M., Widespread Panic, Eat America and the BBQ Killers.
According to Mary Beth Justus, director of the Athens Welcome Center, the annual memorabilia walk was begun in 2002 by the Athens Music History Project, a task force under the Athens Downtown Development Authority.
Justus said the self-guided walking tour, which features borrowed music artifacts from private collectors and regional music archivists, is hoped to promote Athens' musical heritage - and generate interest in its long-term preservation.
Scene Seen: Music Memorabilia Walk takes visitors on a tour of Athens to view an assortment of items including vintage posters, flyers, album covers, photographs from past shows (shown here, a performance featuring Robin Hitchcock and the Egyptians and the Chickasaw Mud Puppies) and more.Dot Paul/Staff
Both Justus and Art Jackson, executive director of the ADDA, said they hope the annual memorabilia walk will spark interest in establishing a permanent music museum in the Classic City.
''The long term goal is to eventually have a (music) museum here, we don't know where it's going, or where there's even a place to house all of this, but we know we have a really rich music heritage here and it's very much a history of the growth of Athens,'' Jackson said. ''We're recognizing that a large part of the folks that come to Athens are on a music pilgrimage. (Music) is a big part of our cultural heritage here and it would be nice if we had some place to focus as a destination (for it).''
For more information
Maps for the music memorabilia walk are available at the Athens Welcome Center, 280 E. Dougherty St., as well as at the following venues, which have memorabilia displays: Schoolkids Records, Tasty World, Junkman's Daughter's Brother, Musician's Warehouse, Helix, Starbucks, Lo Yo-Yo Stuff, Wuxtry Records, Engine Room, Agora, X-Ray Cafe, Morton Theater, Flicker Theatre and Bar, The Grill, Clocked, Wild Wing Cafe, Chick Piano, Copper Creek Brewing and The Grit.
Scene Seen: Music Memorabilia Walk continues to the Morton TheatreDot Paul/Staff
There's plenty of R.E.M. memorabilia included in the Scene Seen: Music Memorabilia Walk.Dot Paul/Staff
Published in the Athens Banner-Herald on Thursday, June 19, 2003.
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The debate has been so heated that you'd expect a mobile-phone mast attached to the PC Advisor website, but now boffins claim that phone-mast allergies are all "in the mind". Wi-Fi worriers read on.
Experiments prove that people who believe phone masts trigger symptoms such as anxiety, nausea and tiredness couldn't detect if signals were on or off in trials at Essex University.
When the lab rats believed the signal was on they did report more distress. This indicates a psychological problem says Professor Elaine Fox, of the University of Essex, who led the three-year study.
However, the Environmental Health Perspectives study stressed people were nonetheless suffering real symptoms (sweaty skin and high blood pressure): "Belief is a very powerful thing," said Fox. "If you really believe something is going to do you some harm, it will."
According to the BBC, the Essex experiments are some of the largest and most detailed to date. No plans for similar trials on Wi-Fi Electrosensitivity have been announced.
When the signal was being emitted, and they were informed of this, sensitive individuals reported lower levels of well-being. However, when tests were carried out in which neither the experimenter nor participant knew if the mast was on or off the number of symptoms reported was not related to whether a signal was being emitted or not.
Only two of the 44 sensitive individuals correctly judged if it was on or off in all six tests.
"This proportion is what is expected by chance," said the researchers.
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Sussex County officials have released a 64-page report compiled for the General Assembly outlining why county council seeks a law clarifying the role of the county sheriff. "Sussex County officials have no intention to further the role of the Sheriff's Office, yet the ambiguity in the Delaware code limits the county's ability to resolve this situation," the report states. "As a result, legislation is required to clarify the sheriff's authority in the state."
The proposed legislation to do just that, House Bill 290, suffered a setback April 25 when sponsor Rep. Dan Short, R-Seaford, decided to strike the bill.
County officials have defined the role of the Sheriff's Office as twofold: delivering court papers and conducting monthly sheriff's sales.
Council's report outlines a record of activities going beyond those duties, citing deputies who responded to active crime scenes, detained citizens and showed up in court with wanted criminals. Those activities have forced Delaware State Police and Justice of the Peace judges to distance themselves from the Sheriff's Office; the report contains correspondence from state police and local police officials and court officers.
Sussex Sheriff Jeff Christopher contends his authority as a conservator of the peace with arrest powers is mandated by the state constitution, not by state law or county policies. Short plans to introduce House Concurrent Resolution asking the Delaware Supreme Court to determine if the Sheriff's Office has arrest powers under the state constitution.
In a Feb. 23 opinion, State Solicitor Lawrence Lewis wrote: "After consideration of the Delaware Constitution, statutes and case decisions, we conclude that the sheriff and his deputies do not have authority to arrest."
Council's report states Delaware State Police troopers have been ordered to refuse Sheriff's Office assistance in law enforcement matters. "Delaware State Police personnel are ordered to respectfully decline the assistance of sheriff personnel when they 'self-dispatch' to scenes and offer to aid in a law enforcement capacity outside their normal duties of serving court papers or executing sheriff sales," wrote Maj. Charles Simpson, Delaware State Police operations officer.
Sussex officials say they have been made aware deputies self-dispatched to crime scenes. One incident occurred Jan. 13 in the Dagsboro area, when a deputy arrived at a residence being investigated by state troopers for a reported burglary. The report states the deputy's arrival caused confusion and alarm among state troopers.
Deputy admits making stops
During a September interview with county officials, Chief Deputy Dennis Lineweaver admitted he had stopped several people since February for reckless driving, tailgating and weaving, saying it was part of his job as a deputy sheriff. One of those persons, William Breasure, appeared before county council recently to tell his story. He said he was improperly detained by Lineweaver on Route 113 between Milford and Georgetown.
In another interview with county officials, Christopher confirmed Lineweaver's accounts and said he had instructed his deputies to make traffic stops, hold violators and call Delaware State Police. According to the report, the sheriff said his order had been policy for a long time.
Then on Oct. 21, 2011, three teens who were legally hunting near Redden Forest were stopped, questioned by a deputy for 10 minutes and released when their parents arrived.
On Oct. 31, then-County Administrator David Baker issued a memo to Christopher requiring his staff to stop conducting traffic stops and detaining people for questioning and to halt even the impression of making an arrest.
"Yet, Sheriff Christopher and his deputies continue to persist in their pursuit of being authorized police officers," the report states. A call to Christopher for comment was not returned at presstime.
Chief Magistrate Alan Davis has issued an order to all justices of the peace to accept individuals brought to courts in Sheriff's Office custody as though the individuals turned themselves in, as a precaution to avoid civil rights or due process claims.
On Feb. 9, a deputy brought in an individual to Court 3 who was wanted on drug charges and an outstanding warrant. The judge ordered the individual's release and requested Delaware State Police retain custody. Ultimately, the drug charges were thrown out of court because the deputy was not a police officer and the individual was not afforded his constitutional rights, according to the report.
In a letter to the county, Davis wrote the Sheriff's Office has no input capability for warrants or defendant processing. "As a result, I informed the judges of this court in Sussex County that, barring any subsequent confirmation that the sheriff has arrest powers, any person brought forthwith by the sheriff or his deputies on an outstanding warrant would be treated as through the defendant had walked into the courthouse to turn themselves in," Davis wrote. "In addition, judges were not to review or approve any warrant that was presented by the Sheriff's Office."
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text: Texans | McCree Re-signed - from www.KFFL.com HoustonTexans.com reports the Houston Texans have re-signed restricted free agent SS Marlon McCree Well, I for one am glad we got him locked up... should be an interesting battle between him and Coleman for starting FS. If Coleman pulls off the switch, McCree will be an excellent backup. We are finally starting to see some quality depth!


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Long-standing meta search engine Ixquick has relaunched, with a new ability to look up phone numbers for people or businesses in multiple countries, shopping search results
powered by various providers (such as PriceGrabber in the US) and a new "results honing" feature that lets you delete or move up pages listed in web results. Hate something?
Use the X icon to move it out of the list and drop out other pages deemed similar to it. Like something? Use the checkmark icon to get similar results. A rundown of what else
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POLICE have released CCTV images of a man they want to talk to about a vicious attack on an elderly business owner in Sydney's west last year.
They are hoping it may lead to a breakthrough in the case of a 76-year-old man who was attacked by three masked men in his Toongabbie home on October 28.
The trio demanded money, bound his hands, then dragged him into his bedroom where they tied him to a chair, repeatedly punched him and pulled a beanie over his eyes.
They took cash from his wallet and keys to a nearby shop, where they stole more money.
The man caught on CCTV is described as being of Mediterranean or Middle Eastern appearance, 45 to 50 years of age, with brown and grey hair and tattoos on his upper arms.
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Tour Tony Duquette's Home and Check Out Highlights From Saturday's One Kings Lane Sale!
Tour Tony Duquette's Home and Check Out Highlights From Saturday's One Kings Lane Sale!
Legendary California designer and American design icon Tony Duquette designed sets for Hollywood movies and musicals, and also decorated homes of Hollywood stars, among many other accomplishments in his long and fascinating life. Many items from Duquette's personal collection as well as home décor items from Duquette's home will be going on sale tomorrow through One Kings Lane. Hutton Wilkinson, Tony Duquette's successor on the brand, took the time to sit down and chat to me about Duquette, his favorite items from the sale, and directions for the brand. Take a peek at Duquette's home, some OKL sales pieces, and more! Want to learn more about Tony Duquette? Check out the Get Inspired section on One Kings Lane.
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This company has added five new colors to its grout palette: Chocolate, Cocoa, Light Almond, Bahama Beige and Frost. "We continue to refine our color palette to be the most dynamic supplier in the industry. Being attentive to the needs of architects and designers is a continual focus at MAPEI," said Ben Thomas, MAPEI business manager for Tile and Stone Installation Systems.
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Babe was calling his shots, but we didn't have high-def instant replay or twitter, so not as many of us were up in arms about it. But just in the expanded post-season era there have been several examples of calls that were made that almost seemed like there was a memo from the top to ensure the Yankees got whatever breaks they needed to win the World Series. This started in the 1996 ALCS when in the 8th inning of Game 1, Yankee fan Jeffrey Maier reached over the right field fence at Yankee Stadium to prevent Tony Tarasco from making a routine catch on a deep fly ball. Instead of being ruled spectator interference, the Umpiring crew ruled it a game tying home run. Yankees went on to win that game, the ALCS and their first World Series since 1978.
In 1999 in the ALCS against the Red Sox, the Yankees were again helped when a phantom tag helped Chuck Knoblauch turn a double play in the 8th inning of a 1 run Game 4. Instead of the Series being tied at 2 games New York took a commanding 3-1 lead, and again went on to win the World Series - their third of four in a five year span.
In 2009, they got help in both the ALDS and ALCS to ensure they made it to the World Series. In Game 2 of the ALDS, in the 11th inning Joe Mauer hit a ball down the left field line that looked to be clearly fair. Amazingly the Umpire who made the call had a perfect view and was only a few steps away as can be seen here. Instead of the Twins tying up the Series at 1 game apiece, the Yankees went on to win and sweep the Series. Then in the ALCS against the Angels, in Game 4 Mike Napoli clearly tags both Robinson Cano and Jorge Posada as they were both off 3rd base, but only one runner was called out. And of course, you know how this turns out, with them finally able to win their only championship of this century.
After all these breaks going their way, this year's ALCS saw some calls going against them which may have robbed them of a chance to return to the World Series.


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So it's a pretty simple question: Do you want to make video games? Just like Bungie made Halo, and now Destiny; do you want to be a part of that career? If you do, are you planning on going to college for it or are you teaching yourself? Personally, I've been developing a game on my own for about a year now, and I'm looking for like-minded persons who might want to help on the project. I am self taught (video game design degrees are EXPENSIVE!) I do have a LOT more to learn, but plan to finish at least one game in my life time. It's on my bucket list.
Ever since I started playing games and saw the creative abilities of those who've striven to deliver an amazing experience I knew I wanted to endear many fans alike. I hope to achieve my own successes, though. Completely self taught, completely independent. It may seem like I aim too high, but I believe a man is made of his own effort to achieve no matter the cost.
I know now that I would love to do that. Unfortunately I've already been through all but the last year of completing a degree in Electrical Engineering. I don't have the resources to switch majors or do a double major at the moment. Maybe some day I'll go back and learn.
I do hope to fully break in one day. I voted college degree but I'm not exactly studying game design/development at school. Picked up a couple of degrees in Computer Engineering so far and lately decided to take as many game development classes as I can as well as doing a few projects on the side to build a good portfolio and land an industry job. Managed to get an internship last summer which will undoubtedly go quite a ways to getting another position but I still don't consider myself "broken in" yet.
I would love to that's why I'm going to college to study it.
I want to.
I'm in college for it right now.
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Welcome to episode #420 of Six Pixels Of Separation - The Twist Image Podcast. Have you ever taken one of those personality tests? Some employers force people to take them (employees or recruits), while some of us come across them as we continue our journeys in life. Many of us take tests like this just to see if we're doing the work that we're supposed to be doing. Regardless, it's hard to argue that these test don't often pull out a thing or two about us that we may not have realized or paid enough attention to. Sally Hogshead is working on something similar... but different. In her latest business book, How The World Sees You, Sally proclaims that it's not about what you want to become, but how the people you interact with perceive you. Here's the thing: I'm typically skeptical about these sorts of efforts. I was blown away by the simplicity and accuracy that Sally has brought to this notion. In fact, since reading the book and doing the exercises, I've noticed a marked difference in my communication with people because I'm now filtering it by the outputs of How The World Sees You. Sally continues to be one of the most fascinating women in marketing today. He last book, Fascinate, dominated the scene for months, but Sally is much more than a best-selling business book author and speaker. In her second year of advertising, Sally won more awards than any other copywriter in the U.S., and was described as "the most successful junior copywriter of all time." After working at Wieden + Kennedy and Fallon McElligott, by age 27 she'd opened her first ad agency, with clients such as Target and Remy Martin. Three years later, she opened the West Coast office of Crispin Porter + Bogusky as Creative Director/Managing Director. Enjoy the conversation...
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Much has happened since I posted If copyright infringement is the poison, copyright registry is the contamination, for one thing Randy Taylor from C-Registry.us got involved in the thread over at Burns Auto Parts blog eager to correct the mistakes in their Terms & Conditions. Kudos. Then Leslie posted in Copyright Registry fixes ;
After hearing the hue and cry of the photographer community, the Copyright Registry has made significant changes to their copy and contract terms. I think we, as a community should applaud these changes and the spirit in which they were made.
I hope I'm not mistaken for one of those unreasonable folks that digs in their heels but I still want everyone to think about the orphan rights act (which doesn't exist) for a moment. The 2006 version was stopped by protests led by the Illustrators Partnership, and the 2008 version died on the steps to the house. If we for a moment ignore the massive protests from the artist community in the United States against this proposed US law, lets think about the global law, that is The Berne Convention, and ponder where this idea fits in it. I'm done, it doesn't.
164 countries have agreed upon the idea that copyright is a passive act, that is once you create something it is copyrighted by you, and it is up to would-be-users of your copyrighted works to seek out permission for use. This works because it is simple, as an artist explained it back in 2006 "If you find a creative work, you may not know who created it, but you know you didn't." - and it's democratic, your holiday snapshots enjoy the same protection as Kevin Carter's famine photographs from Sudan.
The US had a different idea back in the day, they wanted people to actively seek protection for copyrighted works by registering at the copyright office, and only joined the Universal Copyright Convention (pdf link) back in 1952. It was developed by United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization as an alternative for the states that disagreed with some aspects of the Berne Convention, but still wanted to participate multilateral copyright protection. Eventually the United States became willing to participate in the Berne convention and joined in 1989 - only to consider laws that go directly against the basic principal of it twenty odd years later. You can't have it both ways. Lets be frank here, what the proposed law will be most effective in doing is making sure that unregistered work will be considered a potential orphan from the moment it's created if it is not registered (in the US).
Where would this leave non US artists works in the legal mess this seems to create? European citizens create work in Europe and have it "orphaned" in the United States because, lets face it, registering work is both a huge time sucker and money pit, but also why should an artist whose work is protected by the Berne Convention have to?
The professional photographers over at EPUK called the US Orphan Works Act "Uncle Sams Theives Charter" for a reason.
So, while c-registery.us do their best to amend their TOS, I still don't think registering your work before a law even exists is a good idea. But that's of course, entirely up to you.
(if you're interested, there's plenty more posts regarding copyright here on adland from all sorts of angles - for example since Gawker's disclaimer mentioned the Leslie Kelly, et al. v. Arriba Soft Corp. case, I had a short chat with Leslie A. Kelly about copyrights)


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It's 24 hours later, and I'm still ticked off about a member of this board calling for the death of the team manager.
I don't care if you were "joking" (and I don't really think this poster was).
It's not funny.
We're better than this.
I'd rather Dusty not be the manager of the team, but hoping for him to fall down the steps and choke to death on a toothpick is crossing the line.
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"With manufacturing plants in five countries and a diverse group of customers around the globe, our company needs to have access to capital in multiple markets," said Stephen E. Tremblay, vice president and chief financial officer at Kraton Performance Polymers. "Considering that high level of international activity, we value being able to increase our financial flexibility while lowering our cost of capital."When asked in the CFO Outlook about potential impacts on the U.S. economy this year, executives overwhelmingly named health care costs, with 72 percent ranking it as a significant concern, up from 62 percent in the previous survey and 51 percent one year ago. The cost of health care also was the top financial concern for CFOs' own companies, with 70 percent ranking it a significant concern, up from 58 percent and 51 percent; no other responses in the latest report were above 50 percent. The survey responses were taken before the recent announcement that the employer mandate in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) will be delayed until 2015. Other notable findings in the 2013 CFO Outlook Mid-Year Update:
- Forty-eight percent of CFOs expect their companies to hire employees this year, up from 45 percent in the previous survey.
- Regarding revenues and profits, 56 percent of CFOs expect revenue growth – same as in the previous survey – while 43 percent anticipate a growth in profit margin, up from 40 percent.
- CFOs gave the manufacturing sector a score of 57 out of 100, up from 53 in the previous survey the highest mark since 2011. This was the seventh consecutive survey in which the sector received a score above 50.
- When asked about foreign markets, 84 percent of CFOs said their companies have operations in Canada or Mexico, 72 percent said Asia and the Pacific, 66 percent said Europe, the Middle East or Africa, and 25 percent said Latin America.
- Regarding expansion plans, 37 percent of CFOs named Asia and the Pacific, 27 percent said Canada or Mexico, 15 percent said Europe, the Middle East or Africa, and 9 percent said Latin America.
- CFOs don't expect a decline in sales to foreign markets, with 94 percent saying they expect sales to stay the same or increase, up from 91 percent in the previous survey.
- Among the challenges facing companies as they grow globally, the most common were having local, on-the-ground expertise – listed by 19 percent of CFOs – followed by risk management, a country's economic stability and local/international laws, each at 18 percent.
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+ 154. Charles Cleaver , of St. John Wapping , was indicted for assaulting Abraham Constable , in a certain open place, called Brewhouse-Yard , near the King's Highway, putting him in fear, and there taking from him an iron cork-skrew, value 1 d. a pen-knife, value 6 d. and 10 s. in money , the property of the said Abraham Constable , Jan. 3.
Abraham Constable . On the 3d day of Jan. being Tuesday, about ten o'clock at night, as I was coming from the Ship-Tavern at the Hermitage to my house in Burr-street (I had a person with me with a candle and lanthorn) passing through Brewhouse-Yard, I was overtaken, or rather run after, by four lusty young fellows, who bid the person that carried the lanthorn put out the light (they run after me so great a pace, that I thought at first it had been a press-gang, and stood up to let them pass by) the man not being so ready to put the light out as they would have had him, or not readily finding the door of the lanthorn, one of them knocked the man down, and the lanthorn fell and broke all to pieces; one stood before me, and the other two stood one on each side of me; and I think they had pistols; but as it was dark, the light being out then, I could not see whether they had pistols or not; they rifled my breeches, and took from me ten shillings, a pen-knife, and a tobacco-stopper and cork-skrew; they detained me near two minutes,- and I thought they would have used me with more roughness; for they demanded a watch of me, and searched me very narrowly for a watch, but I had none; they then bid me go the way I came, and said, if I offered to follow them, they would blow my brains out; upon that, I returned to the tavern from whence I came, and was very much frightened; the next day I heard there was a person taken on Tower-Hill the same night that I was robbed; and was sent for by Justice Dennet, who then had Francis Sherlock before him under examination, to look at the person, to see to see if I knew him to be one of the persons that robbed me.
Q. How came you to be sent for?
Constable. A man was brought before Justice Dennet, for knocking down a Gentleman on Tower-Hill, and the Justice, hearing that I had been robbed, sent for me to know whether he was one of the persons that robbed me; when I came there, I had great reason to believe, that he was one of them; but as it was so dark when I was robbed, I could not be sure.
Q. What was the name of that person?
Constable. His name is Sherlock; when I was with him, I thought there was more in his voice to know him by than there was in the sight of him; for the candle in the lanthorn was so soon put out, that I had not time to get a full view of them; but Sherlock confessed the fact before the
Q. Did not you take them up upon this?
Constable. Sherlock was sent to New Prison, and great search was made after the other three; but we have heard they were sent out of town, went from place to place, and have got on board the privateers, so that they are not to be found. The Prisoner was taken three or four days ago in St. John's Street; I observed so much of them, that they were all well dressed, genteel, young fellows; the Prisoner was in much the same dress as he is now.
Q. What makes you think the Prisoner was one of the persons?
Constable. He seems to be about the same size; they were young, and active; but he has no particular mark that I can swear to him by.
Q. Do you know any thing of the former witness, Mr. Constable?
Sherlock. Yes.
Q. Had the Prisoner at the bar any concern in attacking, and robbing him?
Sherlock. On Monday night, the second or third of January, I cannot tell which.
Constable. It was Tuesday in the evening.
Sherlock. I may be mistaken as to the day.
Q. Who were with you when you committed that robbery?
Sherlock. There were Robert Rocket , Walter Neagle , and Charles Cleaver .
Q. Where was Mr. Constable, when you pursued him?
Sherlock. He was coming along Brewhouse-yard, at the upper end of new Hermitage Street.
Q. Who went up to him first?
Sherlock. Rocket was the first that overtook him.
Q. Who was it that knocked the man down that had the lanthorn?
Sherlock. It was myself, I did not knock him down, I shoved him down.
Q. Was the Prisoner at the bar with you at that time?
Sherlock. Yes, Neagle was before him, Rocket at his right-hand, and Cleaver at his left; and I had hold of the man at the same time.
Q. Who rifled him?
Sherlock. Cleaver and Rocket.
Q. What did they take from him?
Sherlock. There were twelve shillings divided between us, the money all in six-pences, but two shillings; a little pen-knife, and a tobacco-stopper and cork-screw in one; Neagle had them.
Q. What time o'night was this?
Sherlock. About nine or ten o'clock.
Q. Where did you go afterwards?
Sherlock. I was stopped by a gentleman on Tower-Hill; but we went into the Minories first, and divided the money, and we gave Cleaver a shilling to take the hanger out of pledge.
Q. How came you to be stopped on Tower-Hill?
Sherlock. As we were going over Tower-Hill, Neagle stepped out of the road, and knocked a gentleman down.
Q. Did you all four go there?
Sherlock. We all four went together, and coming over Tower-Hill, Neagle and Rocket quarrelled, because Neagle said, they (Rocket and Cleaver) had got some gold from Mr. Constable, and he was going to fight them with a pistol; going up the hill, a gentleman ++ was coming along with a cloak on, muffled up, (for it was a cold night) Neagle struck him; I said, You rascal, what do you strike the gentleman for? he did not meddle with you: and I believe he was a little stunned; then they three run away; and I did not think he knew any thing of our being concerned in the other affair, or else I could have made my escape too, but I took his part, because no harm should come to him, and I was taken and carried to the watch-house.
++ Mr. Willoughby was knocked down on Tower-Hill, so 'tis probable it was him; but the witness did not mention any name.
Q. How long had the Prisoner and you been acquainted?
Sherlock. About two years; but I never went with him or them upon such an account before that night +.
+ He was concerned with them in robbing Mr. Pidgeon, 30th of December, by his own evidence, as appears by the next Trial.
Prisoner. What place did we set out from that night?
Sherlock. We set out from Michael Gore 's, in Charles Street, Covent Garden, where we had been drinking of beer.
Prisoner. Was this the first robbery you committed?
Sherlock. No, the first robbery was that of Mr. Pidgeon in St. Catherine's.
Sherlock. We did go to St. Catharine's, and were waiting to rob one Esquire Wynn; but missing of him, we met with Mr. Constable in the mean time.
Prisoner. It is true indeed I did go out that night with that gentleman the evidence, and he said he was going to a public house to Mr. Wynn, to borrow a little money of him; and he said he was sure of getting some liquor, if he did not get some money; and we met at this Rocket's house, and set out about six o'clock that night. He asked me to go down with him to St. Catharine's, for he did not care to go without company, for fear of being pressed. At last he prevailed upon me to go with him, and I did go. I went to see an acquaintance of mine in St. Catharine's, and staid with her till ten o'clock, and happened to meet these three persons: I asked them how they did, and where they had been, but they did not care to tell in particular where. We went into the Minories to drink, and when we came into the house, Rocket pulled out some money, and so did Neagle; I think it was about three shillings apiece.
Q. Had you no part of it?
Prisoner. I had not a farthing, only a shilling to get the hanger out of pawn; and Neagle said to me, if I would go to his lodging, at the Fountain and Shovel in Thames Street, he would make me drink; and he said, I can tell you what passed at Tower-Hill, for I was present with them: I did not think I should have been tried, till the person who they say is taken, is brought to London; or I should have been able to have made a better defence. Guilty Death .


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Mavs' Wright selected as a first-team All-American
Colorado Mesa defensive end Connor Wright wrapped up his final exams early so he could spend more time with his family this week.
He spent more time on the phone Wednesday than with family after finding out he was selected to the 2011 Daktronics NCAA Division II All-America team.
"I've been freaking out," Wright said. "My coach (Joe Ramunno) texted me earlier. I've been on cloud nine ever since.
"It means the world to me to cap off a year with such a great honor with all those other great athletes. My phone's been blowing up all day."
The senior from Wheat Ridge led the Mavericks (4-7) with 106 tackles, 20.5 for a loss, 11 sacks and 16 quarterback hurries. He was tied for ninth in the nation with one sack per game and 1.86 tackles for a loss per game. He had 11 tackles and six sacks in a 52-30 victory over Dixie State (Utah) College in the second week of the season.
"It's great for me and also for Colorado Mesa football," Wright said. "It's a great way to go out. Coach Ramunno was my position coach. Hopefully that was a reflection of him and his coaching. Hopefully I did him proud."
Wright's older sister, Toni, would be proud as well.
Wright changed his jersey number from 99 to her number 7 for his senior season and played in her memory. Toni Wright was killed in a car accident six years ago as she was driving to North Platte (Neb.) Community College, where she attended school.
"I planned on making this season the best possible," he said. "I wanted to have a great senior season. I wanted to do it for my sister, mainly."
Wright was one of seven RMAC players to make the All-America team.
Nebraska-Kearney cornerback Arthur Hobbs and Colorado Mines punter Taylor Accardi made the first team. Colorado State-Pueblo linebacker Lee Meisner and kicker Kyle Major, Kearney offensive lineman Stephen Goodin and New Mexico Highlands linebacker Jordan Campbell made the second team.
Wright is the first Mesa player to earn All-America honors since running back Bobby Coy and kicker Jared Keating in 2008. Defensive end Kurt Kissner made the All-America team in 2007.


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Contact Quality Contact quality is another classic metric that is both a common and critical customer-centric performance metric in all contact centers, regardless of industry, function and size. Its ability to be utilized as both a high-level, center-wide metric, as well as an individual agent performance measure, makes it a favorite measurement of the top performing centers.
Contact quality is typically assessed via the monitoring and recording of agent interactions with customers, with quality assurance specialists or supervisors rating the contact using a comprehensive evaluation form that features key criteria that the center feels contributes to a quality interaction from the customer's perspective. Each criterion is usually assigned a numeric value by those conducting monitoring and weighed based on its impact on customer satisfaction and the center's goals and requirements.
Customer Satisfaction Studies continue to reveal a direct correlation between customer satisfaction, customer loyalty, corporate revenues and employee morale and performance. For these very specific reasons, it is one of the most critical metrics for any contact center.
Yet, while all companies claim to have an awareness of the importance of customer satisfaction and a strong focus on customer-centric practices, not all go about measuring customer satisfaction in the most precise and most consistent ways, nor do all have an effective process in place for analyzing and acting on the findings. While there is no standard method for calculating customer satisfaction, there are certain common practices and processes that enable leading centers to not only effectively and efficiently keep tabs on just how much customers like, or dislike them, but also to proactively make key improvements before customers take their business elsewhere.
A leading trend in customer satisfaction insight is to survey customers immediately after the interaction occurs, when the experience is fresh in the customer's mind and before problems can escalate. Top centers typically do this via IVR-based post-call surveys, similar to the type mentioned above in reference to first-contact resolution. Callers are asked a series of questions about their interaction with the agent, their feelings about the organization and their plans to continue doing business with the company. They are asked to rate each question on a numeric scale (often 1 to 5) for easy customer satisfaction calculation. Many surveys also feature one or two open-ended questions prompting for more detailed customer feedback.
Today's advanced IVR survey apps can be programmed to recognize when a customer gives an abnormally low overall rating, and to send an alert to the center manager or quality assurance team. The system can capture (via CTI) the caller's identity and link it to the actual recording of the call in question for complete analysis of the interaction. After reviewing the survey responses and the call, the manager can quickly call the customer to "repair damage," and ideally, restore trust and loyalty.
Of course, not all customers contact the center via phone: thus, IVR-based surveys alone are insufficient for holistic customer satisfaction measurement. Progressive centers also gauge the satisfaction level of who have chosen to interact with thee company via email or chat. To do so, they send a survey similar to the IVR-based one to these customers via email, or program the survey to pop up on the customer's screen upon completion of an online interaction. You can learn more about forecasting accuracy and other imperative contact center metrics by watching our recent complimentary webinar - Critical Metrics for Standardizing your Contact Center.
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Pokemon Stadium
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"Pokemon - The Catching Element + Some Mini-Games = Pokemon Stadium"
Ah...Pokemon. Some love it and some hate it. Me, I'm somewhere in the middle. So when my little brother brought home Pokemon Stadium to play, I said ''Hmm, why not.'' It was pretty much what I expected from reading about it--you battle your Pokemon in 3-d, in four different Cups, each with different rules and Level Restrictions. Essentially it's Pokemon without catching them, though if you'd like you can use your Pokemon from the Game Boy games, provided they meet the resrictions. If you'd like, you can also play your Game Boy game on the N64 with the help of the included Transfer Pack. There are also several mini-games, which I'll get into later. But first, the ratings:
Graphics: 7/10- I don't know what you're expecting here, but it's basically the Pokemon and their attacks, in full 3-D glory. The stadium itself is done pretty well, and so are various Pokemon animations. The effects as the little guys emerge and retract into their Pokeballs is pretty nice as well. I especially like Psyduck falling on his head after losing a battle.
Sound: 6/10- It's not bad, but it's essentially the music from the Game Boy game ''Remixed'', if one can even call it that. The bike theme, title theme, etc., they're all here in this game. The announcer during the battles themselves is just annoying, but thankfully you can turn him off. The effects are the typical pokemon fare--they're cries are better than the Game Boy version, but not up to TV show standards.
Control/Gameplay: 8/10- Basically, the control for the battles is you use the C buttons to select one of your Pokemon's attacks, then sit back and wait for the results, not unlike the Turn Based RPGs of old. This is fine, but it gets repetitive rather quickly. There are also some mini-games here. Some are better than others (Ekans' Hoop Toss is like the flick-the-joystick game in the first Mario Party, I forget the name, except with better control, [Meaning it's pretty cool] while the Likitung game falls flat), but one--while admittedly somewhat addictive--approaches Bear in the Big Blue House level evil and scariness. This game is called Clefairy says. Basically it's Simon Says with Clefairies. After every sequence, the Clefairies do a little dance while chanting ''Clefairy...Clefairy!'' If they mess up the sequence, they get bopped on the head with a hammer. It's really quite scary to hear their chant.
Story:N/A/10- I don't think there's really a story. If there is, it's the same as all the other Pokemon games out there, save for Snap: Become a Pokemon Master. I don't know how much you expect me to elaborate on this....
Challenge: 7/10- Much of the challenge depends on how hard you make it--what Pokemon you use in battle and such. As far as the mini-games go, most of them are pretty easy with the computer set to Normal difficulty. Of course I'm a bit older (16) than the target audience for this game, so you may want to take that into account.
Replay Value: 5/10- Because it's so repetitive, I'm honestly not sure you'll wat to play it through to the end, where all 151 Pokemon get into the Hall of Fame for winning tournaments. The mini-games are a nice diversion, but their fun wears off too, though they can be played with multiple players, which ups the replay value some. Even still, this would eventually make a better multiplayer game than a single player one.
Overall: 8/10- I'll admit it, though the replay value of the game is limited (And Clefairy says is almost pure evil), the game is actually quite fun. And you don't need to have the Game Boy game to play this one either, as the game will give you Rental Pokemon for the different Cups. If you're a pokemon fan, buy this game. If not, you may get some fun out of the mini-games, but it's probably not more than a rental for you.
Reviewer's Rating: 4.0 - Great
Originally Posted: 03/16/00, Updated 03/16/00
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On DraftStreet, there is a $100,000 cap, which is used for eight players; three forwards, three guards, a center, and a utility player. In terms of value, should a player cost $15,000, incredible value would be 45 fantasy points. Unlike other daily sites, playing for five times value is not the goal here, as it is nearly impossible to find on a consistent basis. As a $100K salary cap would yield about 225-255 fantasy points for a good night, the best value is normally 2.25 or higher. Anything above 2.25 is a great value.
If you have not played over at DraftStreet, be sure to check the scoring system first, as it varies from other sites. Head over to make your deposit and start playing tonight!
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Welcome to NBA Daily Fantasy in the playoffs. The way it works is a two-day slate, giving each player in the postseason an opportunity to play one game. For example, if the Spurs play on day X, and the Heat on day Y, both days are included in one salary game. So it is a TWO-game slate. Set your lineups as soon as possible.
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Thabo Sefolosha OKC ($4,296)
With such a small slate, there are not many values that could be had. But, Sefolosha looks like the best bet at guard tonight with a two-game slate. At just under $4.3K, Sefolosha can reach great value at 12 fantasy points. He has reached that mark twice in the last four games and he is seeing around 20 minutes per game. The Clippers will come out as motivated as can be tonight, and that makes Sefolosha's value escalate due to his prowess on the defensive side of the floor. More minutes can mean more production, and in this case that is what Sefolosha can bring.
Trevor Ariza WAS ($13,344)
Ariza has been very good for the Wizards so far this postseason, averaging 14 points and nine rebounds per contest. So far in this series, Ariza is averaging 27.8 fantasy points per game, and that includes one anomaly where he was only able to score 16 fantasy points. In the other four games, Ariza has posted over 27.5 in each contest, and is averaging around 31 fantasy points per game. At $13.3K, great value is anything over 30 fantasy points, which Ariza is very capable of reaching. Get him into your lineups tonight in a small slate of just two games.
Kendrick Perkins OKC ($3,573)
Perkins is the cheapest center that will receive relevant minutes, so this makes him a decent value at $3.5K. He is unlikely to reach great value of 12 or more fantasy points, but the fact remains that he only costs $3.5K against your cap, giving you flexibility for players with higher upside. Perkins is averaging 9.5 fantasy points per game in his last seven contests, so he will still be able to contribute decent value for such a low price tag, but do not expect a huge game.
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A new study done on 81 young people who were at high risk for psychosis indicates that fish oil may be protective against severe mental illness.
This is hardly shocking news. Unfortunately, this is yet another study that chose fish oil instead of algae supplements—which would have almost certainly produced the same results, while entailing far less suffering and environmental damage. Link.


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He's a sick man recounting sick stories about unspeakable crimes. And he has audiences around the world enthralled.
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Why are people entertained by violence?
It's on television, in films, in computer games and people will even pay money to see someone stand up and talk about murder.
A record number of Australians viewers were enthralled by the television series "Underbelly" which portrayed the Melbourne gangland war.
Now Mark "Chopper" Read is touring his latest show in south east Queensland and sharing his thoughts on what he calls "the real underbelly".
He's made a living speaking and writing about his own criminal experiences but says he can't explain why people are interested in hearing his stories.
"Why do you think I know, I'm not a psychiatrist," he said minutes before he took to the stage at the Narangba Valley Tavern.
"If I knew the answer to that I'd be a millionaire."
Chopper, as he's known to his fans, is suffering from hepatitis C which he says he contracted in prison.
He's looks tired and appears unsteady as he discusses his debilitating health.
"I've got cirrhosis of the liver... I haven't had a drink of alcohol in 18 months," he slurs.
"No cure for that."
Five years ago, doctors predicted that Mark Read only had two to five years to live.
His speaking tour continues in Europe later this year if his health prevails.
Warning: this interview contains some strong violent themes.


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Rivals lists Purdue's 25-player class as No. 32 nationally and fourth in the Big Ten behind No. 3 Ohio State, No. 5 Michigan and No. 28 Nebraska.
Another national Internet recruiting service, Scout.com, ranks Purdue 48th and seventh in the Big Ten behind No. 3 Ohio State, No. 4 Michigan, No. 37 Michigan State, No. 38 Penn State, No. 42 Northwestern and No. 43 Iowa.
Hope has made a big push to improve talent, speed and athleticism since taking over the program four years ago. That meant tapping into his extensive Florida high school contacts, and it's paying off once again.
Take, for instance, Tampa cornerback Anthony Brown. He's rated as the nation's No. 51 cornerback by Rivals. He has plenty of speed. He qualified for the Florida state track meet last year and ran 10.67 seconds in the 100-meter dash and 21.6 in the 200. He also scored 15 touchdowns on offense as a running back/receiver.
Brown is one of six Florida commitments.
Overall, Purdue is set to sign eight players from SEC states.
Hope also heavily recruited Texas, another high school football hotbed. Four commitments come from there, led by offensive lineman Jordan Roos, who is rated No. 63 nationally at guard. He is listed at 6-6 and 300 pounds, yet has a 29-inch vertical jump. He bench- presses 420 pounds, squats 485 pounds and is a two-time state shot put champion. He also plans to participate in track at Purdue.
The Boilers have commitments from four in-state players: Indianapolis Pike quarterback Aloyis Gray, Lafayette Central Catholic receiver Danny Anthrop, Carmel linebacker Jimmy Herman and Indianapolis Warren Central safety Jordan Shine.
Gray is the highest rated in-state player at No. 12 in Indiana and No. 24 nationally at his position. At 6-3 and 165 pounds, he needs a lot of work in the weight room to add size and strength.
Herman is ranked No. 18 in the state. Anthrop, who is No. 13, might get a shot at running back because of injuries to Ralph Bolden and Brandon Cottom, and Reggie Pegram's decision to transfer. Barring a late addition, this class doesn't have a true running back.
Gray, Brown and Roos are three of the six Purdue commitments who are nationally ranked at their positions. The others are North Carolina kicker Paul Griggs (No. 5), Maryland defensive end Ryan Watson (No. 16) and Florida dual-threat quarterback Bilal Marshall (No. 18).
Watson, a four-star prospect, had offers from 20 other programs. He might be the most highly regarded member of the class.
Marshall had originally committed to Kansas, but changed his mind when former coach Turner Gill was fired and the Jayhawks hired former Notre Dame head coach Charlie Weis.
At 6-3 and 170 pounds, Marshall is about the same size as Gray. He also needs to add weight and strength. Both figure to redshirt next season. Both are fast and athletic enough to move to another position.
Purdue also is bringing in pro-style quarterback Austin Appleby from Ohio. He is 6-5 and 225 pounds.
Griggs came to Purdue because of the program's commitment to special teams and the success of Carson Wiggs, who just wrapped up a successful Boiler career.
An intriguing prospect is Texas tight end Carlos Carvajal, who is listed at 6-6 and 225 pounds. He signed last year, but went to prep school to boost his grades. He also has the potential to move to defensive end. He is already enrolled at Purdue as are junior college players Greg Latta (a defensive end) and offensive tackle Devin Smith.
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West Zone DCP, while holding a press meet, has highlighted the sequences of accident that led to the death of 10 year girl Ramya. The DCP said that Engineering student in the state of intoxication was responsible for the accident. The DCP said that the accused was arrested and further investigation will be done taking all the available factors into consideration. Check out the video.


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County: Call center shifts 180-job facility from Cottage Grove to Veneta
This is a developing story. Watch your local TV news and this website for more on the story
VENETA, Ore. - A call center will bring 180 jobs to town in the near future, county officials said.
First Call Resolution already employs 700 people at facilities in Roseburg, Coos Bay and Grants Pass.
The company set its sights on Cottage Grove, where the city prepared for the new industry by installing fiber optic cables to handle the telcommunications needs of a call center, according to Lane County Commissioner Jay Bozievich.
But when the company couldn't come to an agreement with a landlord in Cottage Grove, the county stepped in to help the company find another location, Bozievich said.
The commissioner expects First Call Resolution will sign a lease this week on space in the West Lane Shopping Center off Highway 126W.
The company expects to employ 180, with potential for a total of 300 jobs in the future, Bozievich said.
First Call Resolution provides services to over 50 clients outsourcing to companies for technical support, sales and social media solutions, according to its website.
The company expects to hold a job fair in the coming weeks to staff the call center. Details haven't been finalized yet.


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Research Topics
George R Kim
Affiliation: Johns Hopkins University
Country: USA
Detail Information
- Error reduction in pediatric chemotherapy: computerized order entry and failure modes and effects analysisGeorge R Kim
Division of Health Sciences Informatics, The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287 3200, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 160:495-8. 2006..To implement and evaluate the impact of computerized provider order entry (CPOE) on reducing ordering errors in pediatric chemotherapy...
- Decreasing errors in pediatric continuous intravenous infusionsChristoph U Lehmann
Johns Hopkins Children s Medical and Surgical Center, Baltimore, MD, USA
Pediatr Crit Care Med 7:225-30. 2006..To evaluate the effect of a Web-based calculator and decision-support system on infusion ordering errors and to estimate error frequency in pharmacy infusion preparation...
- ReCASTing the RCA: an improved model for performing root cause analysesJulius Cuong Pham
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
Am J Med Qual 25:186-91. 2010..Teams that evaluate intervention effectiveness are independent of those that implement the intervention. This framework seeks to improve the RCA process and provide further insights into advancing patient safety...
- Detection and management of pornography-seeking in an online clinical dermatology atlasChristoph U Lehmann
Division of Health Sciences Informatics, Department of Dermatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21287 3200, USA
J Am Acad Dermatol 54:633-7. 2006..Increased use of an online educational archive of photographic dermatology case materials (DermAtlas) indicated unexpected pornography-seeking behavior and misuse...
- Prevention of medication errorsChristoph U Lehmann
Eudowood Neonatal Pulmonary Division, Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University, Harvey Nelson 2 133, 600 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21287 3200, USA
Clin Perinatol 32:107-23, vii. 2005..The most important component of error prevention and reduction is the proactive promotion of a safety culture by organizational leadership, with sustained education and support for users...
- Information resource preferences by general pediatricians in office settings: a qualitative studyGeorge R Kim
Division of Health Sciences Informatics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
BMC Med Inform Decis Mak 5:34. 2005..Information needs and resource preferences of office-based general pediatricians have not been well characterized...
- Computerized provider order entry and patient safetyChristoph U Lehmann
Eudowood Neonatal Pulmonary Division, Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 600 North Wolfe Street, Nelson 2 133, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
Pediatr Clin North Am 53:1169-84. 2006..CPOE/CDS adoption requires significant expertise in health care processes, information technology, and change management. Adoption is a high-cost, high-risk venture with political implications...
- A proposed taxonomy for characterization and assessment of avian influenza outbreaksSule L Mohammed
Division of Health Sciences Informatics, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, 2024 East Monument Street, Suite 1 201, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Int J Med Inform 78:182-92. 2009....
- The impact of the Internet on pediatric medicineGeorge R Kim
Division of Health Sciences Informatics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21287 3200, USA
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Gold-medal champ hard-core Canadian
By ROB LONGLEY, QMI Agency
Men's skeleton gold medal winner Jon Montgomery from Russell, Man., celebrates as he receives his medal in Whistler, B.C., on Saturday, Feb. 20, 2010. (STEPHANIE LAMY/QMI AGENCY)
WHISTLER, B.C. He was christened Jon Riley Montgomery and like most things pertaining to Canadas super slider, a story comes with the name.
From drinking beer out of a pitcher as he paraded the streets of Whistler in triumph late Friday night, to his intoxicating gold-medal run down Blackcomb Mountain, to his Manitoba roots, Montgomery is hard-core Canadian.
And it starts with his name, derived from a pair of tough-as-nails NHL players. The Jon comes from Stan Jonathon and Riley from Terry OReilly, former teammates with the big, bad Boston Bruins.
My old man liked the way they played, Montgomery said. Hes a Toronto fan, but he liked that heart they had and the fight they had.
Eldon Montomery, a history teacher back in Russell, Man. and now the father of an Olympic champion, had no way of knowing it at the time, but he picked a name that fit perfectly.
A 30-year-old so fiercely competitive and proudly Canadian that he says he would take up tiddlywinks if they put up a gold medal, Montgomery has personality to match his performance.
As the whirlwind post-victory minutes turned to hours and the skeleton sliders story played out to a nation anxious to hear it, he quite literally became the toast of the town.
With patios overflowing on a spring-like afternoon, the party that had started the moment he crossed the finish line was destined to carry through Saturday nights medal ceremony in the heart of a village ready to rock the night away.
Ive honestly been awake for most of it, Montgomery said in an interview with Sun Media as he strolled the sunny, streets of the resort town. Its pretty unbelievable. With all of the adrenaline flowing, I dont even feel tired.
To be received like that by all those screaming fans and family is incredible. Whistler is just an awesome place. Its just the nature of the folks who live here. They are excited and passionate about Canada and love to show it.
With four runs down the Whistler Sliding Centre course, including the rocket-like final effort that allowed him to wrestle gold from Latvian favourite Martins Dukurs, Montgomery became an instant Canadian hero.
As a snapshot, the scene at the bottom of Blackbomb captured the essence of the man. Walking off gondola, he made the 500-yard stroll to a television studio high-fiving hundreds of delirious fans anxious to get a piece of the freshly minted Olympic champion.
That was incredible, something I will remember for the rest of my life, said Montgomery, who next week will be feted with a parade in Russell, a town of 1,700 hard by the Saskatchewan border.
I believe you get out of life what you put into it. If you can find something that you are passionate about, something that makes you feel alive, you have to pursue it with everything you have.
From his red beard, to his magnetic personality to his life path, Montgomery certainly is a colourful character. He has worked as a used-car salesman and an auctioneer - and to see him do that bit in person is priceless - before making Olympic gold his career goal.
This is a dream that I set on July 3, 2003, the day Canada was awarded the 2010 Games, Montgomery said. The culmination of all that is pretty incredible.
Some people have become doctors in the time I have chased this dream and they are saving lives. Although Ill never do that, hopefully in competing with honour and dignity I can inspire some people.
If you go by the philosophy that life is meant to be played as hard as it is lived, well, Montgomery excels in that regard too.
He is known to be the life of the party and to have closed a few as well, not a stretch if you saw him swilling from that pitcher Friday night, his thirst quenched in more ways than one.
Free is my favourite price, Montgomery said of the jug of draught that found its way out of one of Whistlers pubs and into his hand. And after a victory like that, it tastes all the better.
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Forget "Cowboys Versus Aliens", this is "Tough Kids Versus Aliens" and it should do for aliens what Shaun of the Dead did for zombies. Read more after the break.
The "real" award winning movie at all the film festivals is an import called "Attack The Block". The premise is, aliens land in one of London's toughest neighborhoods and it's up to the kids to fight them off. Below is the red band trailer (which means there's naughty words and stuff). It's only playing in selected cities so I guess we'll have to Redbox it in a couple of months.
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Victoria Beckham has opened up about her husband David Beckham's retirement from football.
The fashion designer, who has four children with the footballer, said that she and their kids are "so proud" of the 38-year-old star.
She said: "The children and I are so proud of David, it's been an incredible journey for us all as we have watched him play at clubs all over the world throughout the last 15 years.
"Myself and the children have cheered him from the stands, as he has held high trophies with his teams at Manchester United, Real Madrid, A.C. Milan, LA Galaxy and Paris Saint-Germain.
"This was not an easy decision to make, and to me and the children he will always be an amazing sportsman and a devoted husband and father.
"He is, and will always remain, a true ambassador for sport and is not just an inspiration to myself and our children but for millions of people worldwide.
"We are all excited about the next chapter in our lives and the adventures we will explore as a family."
The Beckhams are parents to Brooklyn, 14, Romeo, 10, Cruz, eight and 21-month-old daughter Harper.