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Edinburgh 1.5k, 5k & 10k MoRun
Saturday at 09:30am7th November, 2020
Holyrood Park, Queen's Drive, Edinburgh, EH8 8HG.
Online entries for this event have now closed, but we still have places available that can be secured on the morning of the event. Find out all you need to know right here
About this event
Timings - Mini MoRun 9.30am - 5k MoRun 10am - 10k MoRun 10.10am
MoRunning is back in Edinburgh this November and without a doubt it will be an epic year to be a MoRunner, celebrating our 10 year anniversary with us. With an incredible 24 locations, the inclusion of the 1.5km Mini MoRun, as well as a virtual MoRun we expect to see loads more MoBro's and MoSista's, as well as kids and families enjoying everything MoRunning is about! Good fun, lots of laughs, loads of smiles, high fives and not forgetting the fancy dress and funny moustaches!
Make sure you secure your entry for you, your friends and your family as soon as possible when entries open early Summer, as places are limited and we don't want you to miss out.
To you the MoRunner, we will be there to support you, laugh with you, cheer you on, encourage and motivate you throughout your MoRunning journey.
Read on to check out what you receive as a MoRunner, the reasons to take part and how much fun MoRunning is!
MoRunners Receive
- Race chip timing and instant race results
- Brand new exclusive MoRunning Medal to add to your collection!
- MoRunning Headband
- MoRunning BUFF
- Legend and Superhero medals for best fancy dress and legends of MoRunning
- Discount of 10% for groups of 4 or more registering the same distance ( code for booking MR19-TeamEntry )
- Yellow Winners Jersey for 1st male and female in the 5k and 10k events as well as a Champion medal and free entry to 2020
- Professional photos to view and purchase (you can pre-order ahead of your race and save over 60% on the standard price)
- 10% discount voucher code for online purchases from Up and Running
- 10% discount voucher for Go Ape sites
Mini MoRunners Receive
- FREE super cool Mini Mo T-Shirt
- MoRunning headband
- FREE MoRunning BUFF
- Mo Medal
- Champion medal for 1st boy and girl
- Yazoo Drink
- Loads of high fives
* It is the responsibility of parents to ensure children are able to run the Mini MoRun unaccompanied. If required one parent can run with Mini MoRunners free of charge.
10th Anniversary MoRunning T-Shirts
Pre-order one of our awesome NEW 10th anniversary t-shirts and get your hands on this limited addition technical tee. These will be dispatched early August.
MoRunning - Supporting the Movember Foundation
MoRunning proudly supports The Movember Foundation - the only charity tackling men's health on a global scale, year round. The Foundation raises funds & awareness for prostate cancer, testicular cancer, mental health and suicide prevention. When registering you can help support the charity by making a donation or please set up a fundraising page once you complete your entry.
"We have one goal: to stop men dying too young. Your donation will help us to continue what we've started and fund world class programmes that are saving and improving the lives of men. Thank you – together we are changing the face of men's health." The Movember Foundation
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The 5k and 10k Edinburgh MoRun and Mini MoRun
Grow it, flow it and sculpt the most aerodynamic mo you can, and get limber in some 70's funky track threads. Mo Sista's (ladies who support their men, or just love Mo's) we need you too! You can draw on a Mo if you like, or just get suited up in some fancy dress and jog it out to change the face of men's health. We look forward to seeing you for lots of fun and laughs along the way, and remember there will be prizes for craziest costume, fastest Mo, and more!
The postcode is EH8 8HG - Holyrood Park, Queen's Drive, Edinburgh. Please note parking will be limited within the park so please try and park before coming in and make sure you check all options to ensure you arrive with plenty of time to spare.
There is parking in and around the park. Please note parking is not available in the South Approach carpark where our medical are based as seen on the race map as this is used for our event team and setup. Please ensure you plan your journey to arrive with plenty of time to spare.
Mini MoRun 9.30am - 5k MoRun 10am - 10k MoRun 10.10am
Registration will be open from 8.15am and will close at 9.25am so please arrive nice and early.
All Mini MoRunners must be back across the finish line by 9.50am ahead of the 5k event at 10am and the 10k event at 10.10am.
Arrival and Registration
It is very important we run to time so please ensure you arrive nice and early to collect your race pack. Make sure you either print off your race number confirmation or have this to display on your mobile device when you arrive at registration. There will be different sections for collecting 5k and 10k and Mini MoRun race packs. At registration you will receive your race number and chip, safety pins and dedicated headband.
Registration will be set by race number so please make sure you queue in the correct section. You will be using our Chip on Bib race numbers and it is important these are displayed on your outer garment to ensure 1) We can see your race number when running 2) To help with the timing system to read your time and 3) To help our photographers identify you!
Will be located in our event hub.
Bag Storage
This is located next to our registration tents. Please note space is extremely limited so travel as lightly as possible. Bag storage is under gazebos which are manned. However, we do not recommend bringing anything of great value to the event.
Warm Up
We will have some funky tunes played and our team will get you warmed up and ready to run.
Fancy Dress Competition
The fancy dress competition will take place for the adults at 930am once the Mini MoRun is underway. If you want to be in the Fancy dress showdown make sure you line up between the fancy dress flags by 930am latest. There will also be spot prizes for best dressed Mini MoRunners when they cross the finish line.
Please note for the 5k and 10k MoRun placings are based on Gun time. So if you are in it to win it aim to get to the front for the start. Gun time is from when the race starts i.e. 10am. You will receive both your gun time and net time - your net time is your actual run time from when you cross the starting mats to when you cross the finish line.
Please take care when running around the course as this is public land and local residents will be out and about. Please always stay on the left unless otherwise guided. There will be marshals around the course to support and encourage you.
After the Event
Everyone will receive a very cool MoRunning medal and there are also a few special Mo Medals that are up for grabs! And some great prizes as well for best dressed, fastest Mo and many more.
You will be able to check out your instant race results and these also go live to our website and will show within your profile page as well.
Yazoo drinks are available for the Mini MoRunners and water for the 5k and 10k runners.
Sweets will also be available at the finish line.
MoRunning supporting Men's Health
We are proud to support Men's Health, Movember and related charities. Through your participation we are able to raise awareness and fundraising for these incredible causes, so a huge thank you goes out to you!
Have any questions or queries about the event? We've got the answers here, from race packs, entering a team and registration, it's covered.
Past Results
You are able to view all previous event results on the following page.

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Exploring the links between international business and poverty reduction
A large amount of the fresh produce sold in UK supermarkets is imported from developing countries. Millions of individuals supply into them as small-scale producer/growers or find employment in horticulture farms and packhouses. The workforce is often marginalized and vulnerable, with a high proportion of economic migrants leading a precarious existence.
This study was undertaken to gain an insight into poverty issues in farms that supply most major UK retailers and to identify how best International Procurement and Logistics (IPL) can integrate pro-poor strategies into its business practices. IPL has been looking at how to improve its core business practices with poverty reduction and development goals in mind.
The study and report were joint undertakings, but the report includes separate Oxfam recommendations and IPL learning points and commitments.


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SAE Institute Atlanta Students: Due to the evolving COVID-19 Pandemic, all on-campus classes are temporarily being held online until further notice. Follow all recent updates here.
SAE Institute Atlanta
The SAE Institute Atlanta Campus is located in the heart of Georgia's largest and capital city. SAE Institute Atlanta opened its doors in 2007 and has grown year over year to be a leading higher educational institution within the Atlanta metro.
SAE Institute Atlanta occupies over 35,000 square feet of space in the historic Cornerstone Building in the heart of downtown Atlanta. Our studios were built by world-renowned studio builder Michael Cronin. The campus includes over 20 studios and workstations and a 5.1 surround sound theater featuring a Pro Tools HD system.
The facility also features an SSL 4000G+ 48-channel analog console, an Avid Icon control surface, a Mackie analog 8-bus analog console, a Yamaha O2R digital console, and multiple other consoles and processors by Mackie, Lexicon, Focusrite, TC Electronics, and PreSonus...just to name a few.
All of the studios are outfitted with Avid Pro Tools, Logic Pro, Ableton Live, Native Instruments Komplete, and more.


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How To Correctly Identify Whitetail and Mule Deer
Are you able to distinguish the difference between a whitetail and a mule deer? It is important to be able to do so, as there are different regulations per species. Here are a few key differences (see also the picture in the bottom of this article).
The Face
The first difference is between the faces. The Mule deer face is mostly white. However, the Whitetails face is mostly brown, just like the rest of its fur, but it has white circles around its eyes and nose.
The Backside
The next big difference is the difference between the backsides of each deer. Even though the name of the Whitetail suggests that a whitetail has a 'white' tail, the Mule deer actually has more white on it's backside than the Whitetail. So the name can be a bit confusing. A Mule Deer's rump has a large patch of white only partly covered by a thin white tail. The tail has a black tip. The Whitetail, on the other hand, has a brown rump with a fat, dark tail. Only when the Whitetail lifts its tail will you see white.
Some Other Indicators
The next differences aren't always so reliable when you are 100+ yards away from the animal, but they are still good indicators. Mule deers have large mule-like ears. The fur on a Mule deer is more greyish-brown where the fur on a Whitetail is reddish-brown. Mule deers are generally larger in size. The Antler shape is another difference. Mule deer antlers grow, split in two directions, grow, split again, etc. The Whitetails' antlers points grow off on main "stem."


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"Oh stop it, STOP it, Renegade Craft fair….(sobs incoherently)…you had me at giant stuffed penis…"
I'm not going to lie to you, I've never liked crafts or any type of craftiness. I scrapbook because I am overly obsessed with visual pictures, not to mention the super cool stickers you can decorate your pages with. But I, like most of the people I know, associate crafts with crocheted owl toilet paper cozies or macrame potted plant holders. You know, stuff you see at your crazy Aunt Linda's house when you to go to check on her because the neighbors called you to say there was a 'distinct odor' coming from next door. Turns out, she was just experimenting with curry.
I first heard about Renegade Craft Fair last year from my friend Natalie. I believe she described it as "not your mama's craft fair" so I was intrigued by that. It was started in Chicago's Wicker Park neighborhood in 2003 but has since branched out to San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Brooklyn. It is basically a place for those of us who are sick of sending our money overseas-thanks to corporate machines like Wal-mart- and would like to give our money to real actual people who make cool stuff. As an added bonus, I don't have to feel guilty about some sweatshop employee getting paid eleven cents per day.
I made plans with the one and only Cakespy to meet her there and to pick up another piece of her wonderful artwork she made especially for me. This insured that I could not at the last minute back out of my plans to go to the craft fair. I am infamous for making plans then deciding I'm too lazy and unsociable to follow through. It happened last year for Renegade and it really sucks when I sabotage myself like that but what can I say? I'm afraid of people. Well, Mrs. Spy did not disappoint. I love it! I don't have a camera to replace my old broken one yet and I'm sick of taking pics with my phone so I'll post a photo of it soon, I promise!! I even bought a set of cute Paris-themed magnets of hers for a dear friend, to remind him that some day…some day.
I brought along my daughter Carmen since she was about to turn 17 and we don't get to spend a lot of time together as she usually opts for a night with her boyfriend over a night with me. I can't blame her, my nights consist of whatever her 3 year old sister wants to watch or do until she decides she's tired, then various B-horror movies for me until about 1 am. And whereas Natalie brings a list of things she needs and looks for those things, Carmen and I wandered around aimlessly checking out the booths that caught our eyes and buying things like mustache pillows and horror t-shirts. I only took so much money with me but I managed to grab the business cards of the stores who I didn't buy from but still loved. You know for Christmas or birthdays or Rosh Hoshannah, whatever.
One of the first places we went to was R and R Tees where I bought the coolest tribute shirt called 'Giallo.' If you had to look up that word, then don't bother looking at the shirt, it won't be nearly as cool to you as it is to me. There were so many shirts he had that I wanted but like my own Sophie's Choice*, I had to choose. Except unlike the movie, I picked this shirt and no one had to die. I also got a kickass bright blue belt free just for getting the shirt. And the only way this shirt could have been any cooler is if it had Fulci's name on it, too, but I already technically have a Fulci shirt titled 'Zombie Vs. Shark' so no worries.
Next, we headed over to the Circa Ceramics booth where I met Nancy and Andy for the first time. It seems weird and creepy to meet people via the internet, but when all you do is comment each others statuses and retweet their tweets, it makes you want to know who they are on the inside, you know? I bought this awesome Chicago flag mug for a friend for Christmas (geez, i hope she doesn't read this) and I really wanted to say 'hi' to Nancy but she looked super busy. I left then came back and I introduced myself to her. She gave me the biggest hug ever and immediately turned around, picked a necklace off the rack and handed it to me. It was the Chicago flag necklace I had once told her that I loved. Nancy remembered. And I almost cried. I know it sounds lame. Bear with me, there are penises ahead, I promise.
Carmen and I checked out the booth of Tara to the T next. There we ogled the hot babe selling her wares and wondered how we can get our hairs to do that. Almost at the same we said "I want this!" about an amazingly functional yet still cute dress called the Brittany. When you visit the link, picture it in red, then picture it on me, and voila! This is the dress I will be wearing to a wedding then to a Christmas party and who knows what else. I'm not really a dress gal but when I see one that might actually flatter my shape instead of hugging every scary curve, well I want to snap it up immediately.
We then went to Moth Written's booth where Carmen picked up a shirt that has a ribcage on it and the word 'human' written in Arabic. These ladies are trying to bridge a small bit of the gap between the Arabic speaking world and the English speaking. I wanted a shirt too but my husband is already jealous of Sayid from "Lost" so I figured I'd better not push my luck.
Carmen bought a giant fuzzy plush mustache from these guys. Need I say more? Oh and a mustache on a stick, but I can't remember where from. If anyone can help me on this, I'd be much obliged!
We also happened upon a lady selling stuffed penises of all shapes, sizes, cuts and colors. All I could do was stare. Then she said to Carmen, "Do you want to stroke the big one?" I shit you not. We just giggled like the dorks that we are and kept walking.
Last but certainly not least- Seibei!! Carmen took them up on the three for thirty special in which she also got a killer bag, but then I got this sweet little prize. I wasn't going to buy yet another t-shirt since I'd already purchased one earlier but I had just stopped to chit chat with my aforementioned pal Natalie and she was showing off her pink and green "Make Me a Sandwich", so I went back and bought the purple and blue one. I know, I'm such a copycat. Suck on it, will ya? (Just so you know, I'm still waiting their Intramural Zombie Hunting League t-shirt. And yes, Natalie already has one. I didn't know that before I bought mine though, so it's okay. I'm not sure how I didn't know since she is the Zombie queen of the Midwest, but I didn't. Oh well. She has good taste I guess, right?)
Honorable mentions:
I plan on buying this necklace from Cookoorikoo some time soon. Why? Who knows! I don't usually wear jewelry but I might surprise everyone and start. I was definitely digging on a dress similar to this one from Pierogi Picnic as well, but mostly because I wanted to smooch the adorable female seller who actually knew what seitan was. Pretty Theory had the most amazing handbags I'd seen in a long time and I wanted to snatch up the Edgar Allen Poe one to satisfy the emo kid in me but alas, it will have to wait. Mehoi had some extremely cool earrings that I'm still thinking about, honestly. Diffractionfiber has very interesting pillows including one that looks like a giant fried egg. Yes, I want it. I also want this stuffed asparagus from Steff Bomb. It comes with a spray can, in case I feel like pretending to tag my neighbors garage doors.
We also stopped for about ten minutes to eat at the Mana Food Bar tent. Carmen had the mushroom slider and I had the peanut noodles with an apple cider. All of it was amazing!
I had so much fun just walking around and looking at stuff, then meeting online friends, then seeing old friends. I can easily call this one of the best days I've had in a long, long time. There was so much stuff at Renegade, I'm shocked it only took me three hours to walk the length of the fair. I wish I had the time and the cash to go to every booth but I'm cheap and lazy. Perhaps next year, I will save up ahead of time…
*yes, I totally ripped off that line from Glee, whatcha gonna do about it??


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When I finish playing one first-person shooter, there's always another one for me to choose from. The same is true when I finish racing games or when the alternate-universe version of me finishes playing games that include the words Shin, Megami and Tensei in the title.
But what's a man to play when he's finished his Portal stack of two first-person, patiently-played puzzle games? The pickings are slimmer than nosehairs. That's where, to extend this unfortunate metaphor, Q.U.B.E. may come in. It's a first-person puzzle game that's getting its latest showing at the indie area of the Penny Arcade Expo.
I shot a short video of the game in action, narration by Peter from Toxic Games. I like what I see, though I can't tell how far this gameplay idea can go. We'll find out within the next few months. The Toxic team is targeting late 2011 for a Steam release and next year for a console release, console makers wiling.
Enjoy the video. And look for more coverage of another PAX-showcased Portaly game, Quantum Conundrum on Kotaku soon.
(An aside: Should this game support the NES Power Glove? I think it should!)
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98 RATTENBURY ST W Clinton
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Affordable Bungalow In Central Huron. Great Double Lot Offers Lots Of Opportunities For The New Owner To Add To The Home Or Redevelop It To A New Build.**** EXTRAS **** Existing Refrigerator, Stove, Washer, Dryer, Gas Fireplace, All Window Dressings And Blinds, Fixed Light Fixtures And Ceiling Fans (id:23309)
- Address: 98 RATTENBURY ST W
- Location: CENTRAL HURON
- Ownership: FREEHOLD
This home is located in Clinton Ontario. To learn more about how to purchase this property contact us today -- we would be more than happy to assist you.
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A little background info:
First year bee keeper, I have 2 hives that I set up about 6 weeks ago, they were both started from 5 frame nucs. THey were installed in basic 10 frame hives. I've been feeding sugar syrup from day one. I've also noticed beetles from the first inspection, but not over whelming, maybe 10 or 15 each time. One hive was stronger than the other from the get go but not enough to be a concern.
SHB invades:
Last week I walked to my hive to have a look at what was going on. I wasn't planning on opening them up, just look from a nice, safe, 10ish feet away. I noticed small maggots on the entrance of the weaker hive. Grabbed the suit and lit the smoker. It was awful. So I acted quickly, removed all the frames, 4 were still in great shape with no sign of damage, I threw them in a nuc box I had. About half of the bees were left behind so I put new frames with new foundation hoping to save them. Checked the other hive, no damage, pulled one frame with capped brood and put it in the nuc box with the 4 frames from the other hive.
Nuc box was toast, pictures below. Turns out my queen went with the nuc, it was the first time I had seen her. She was deformed, her abdomen was pushed in on one side. I assume I squished her at some point.
There were still plenty of bees left in the first hive, but they hadn't drawn out any comb and had no chance of surviving with no queen and no brood, eggs, ect. So I very carefully combined what was left of the first hive, with the stronger second hive. I made sure no beetles, eggs, or maggots went with them.
I first hive seemed to ignore the beetles. Interestingly, the stronger hive always seemed to have bees just chasing them around. Not sure if they were actually able to catch them, but they would constantly chase.
Anyways, I nuked the nuc and all the beetles and disgusting little creatures are dead now.


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Asdrubal struggling with first-pitch approach
DETROIT -- For as long as Asdrubal Cabrera can remember, he has had a propensity for swinging at the first pitch. The Indians shortstop has found success with that approach throughout his career, but this season has started with some struggles.
Considering that pitchers are instructed on the importance of throwing first-pitch strikes, Cabrera said he sees the initial offering as a good pitch to attack at certain times.
"I'm just looking for my pitch," Cabrera said. "You get fastballs on the first pitch a lot of times, so I swing at it. I know that the pitcher, all the time they try to get ahead in the count."
Entering Wednesday's game, Cabrera was batting .316 with a .769 OPS on the first pitch over the course of his career. That is a better showing than his overall numbers -- .271 average with a .746 OPS. This season, though, Cabrera was batting .188 overall through 13 games, with a .111 average through nine at-bats ending on the first pitch.
Indians manager Terry Francona said the last thing the team would do is ask Cabrera to alter an approach that has worked for him over the years.
"That's the way he hits, especially when there's runners in scoring position," Francona said. "That's kind of been his M.O. Guys hit the way they hit. They work every day on mechanics and things like that, but if you try to alter a way a guy hits, the craft is so hard to begin with, you're going to have a chance to mess guys up."


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Yamaha DVD-S2300 Universal DVD/SACD Player
Photos by Tony Cordoza Not all that long ago, it seemed like the high-resolution DVD-Audio and Super Audio CD music formats were heading for a showdown. The two sides were entrenched on either side of no-man's-format land, and neither seemed willing to talk about a truce, let alone concede defeat. The DVD-Video juggernaut had not catapulted DVD-Audio to victory, as its designers had hoped. And SACD was busy adding multichannel titles to its catalog. Just as things were heating up, an armistice of sorts was reached as "universal" players began trickling into stores. Companies from both camps are now rushing to build a new generation of machines that can play both types of high-resolution, multichannel audio discs. The Yamaha DVD-S2300 is an example of this new technological harmony. Besides DVD-Audio discs and both stereo and multichannel SACDs, it can handle many other disc formats, including DVD-Video, DVD-R/RW, CD, and CD-R/RW. Of course, this thoroughly modern component can also play MP3 music files you've ripped to CD. Even from across the room, it's easy to see that the DVD-S2300's mother and father were both Yamahas. Its square trim, plain faceplate, round buttons, and yellow display are unmistakably Yamaha styling features. I like the display's indicators that show which of the six channels are active. The remote control has a look and feel that's a cut above average, but it's fairly pedestrian for a $1,000 player-it lacks backlighting, for example, and its buttons don't even glow in the dark. It was easy enough to get the DVD-S2300 situated in my electronics stack. I ran cables from one of its two sets of component-video outputs to my Princeton HDTV monitor and connected both its optical digital and multichannel analog audio outputs to my digital surround receiver. In addition to its ".1" subwoofer output, the player also sports a Sub Output/Bass Management jack that sums the low frequencies of all channels on all discs and can be used, in certain situations, instead of the normal subwoofer output. The onscreen displays have pretty much the same look and feel I have seen on other Yamaha players. The operating graphic icons have a clean appearance, and the setup menus are easy to use and self-explanatory. Since I was using the progressive-scan output, I could set the deinterlacing to either Auto (normal) or Video. In the Auto mode, the player automatically turns its 2:3 pulldown processing on or off depending on whether the DVD contains material derived from film or from video. In the Video mode, the processing is turned off. I stuck with Auto mode. The Yamaha's DVD speaker setup options are "large" and "small" for the front L/R speakers; "large," "small," and "none" for the center and surrounds; and "used" and "not used" for the subwoofer. Delay times, or speaker-distance compensation, can be selected for the center and surround channels, but only for DVD-Video, not DVD-Audio-or SACD, which uses a different setup menu with different bass-management settings. SACD and DVD might be married in this player, but they still sleep in different bedrooms. I started my audition with a romp through Monty Python and the Holy Grail. This is still one of the best comedies ever created (has it really been 27 years since its release?). Everyone has a favorite skit, but I checked out "The Tale of Sir Galahad" and his visit to the Castle Anthrax (the world was a more innocent place in 1975). The 5.1-channel soundtrack certainly didn't stress the Yamaha's Dolby Digital/DTS decoder, but its reproduction of the dialogue was so good that I could hear flaws in the original tape recordings. The flickering torchlight in this and many other scenes doesn't throw much light on details, but the intricate patterns on the women's white gowns looked sharp, as did the decorations on Michael Palin's armor. The color rendition on Terry Gilliam's animations also looked terrific, with no hint of oversaturation. Overall, the video performance was topnotch. A good part of the credit here goes to Faroudja's DCDi (Directional Correlation Deinterlacing) chip set, which in addition to performing 2:3 pulldown, independently processes motion-video and still-video information, and interpolates moving images to provide smoother edges. I auditioned the player's SACD chops with the Pilhofer Jazz Quartet's Full Circle. This cool combo, recorded by Tom Jung, is a terrific example of live multichannel recording. The front three channels solidly feature the piano, vibes, bass, and drums across the panorama, with other instruments mixed tastefully in the surrounds. It sounds like you're in the studio at Minnesota Public Radio with them, as opposed to a gimmicky postproduced recording. Interestingly, the "subwoofer" channel in this recording is full bandwidth and can be used as an overhead or back surround channel for extra ambience. The DVD-S2300 handled all six channels with aplomb-its decoding and digital-to-analog conversion was absolutely transparent. Switching over to DVD-Audio playback, I cued up REO Speedwagon's Plus, a high-energy live recording that uses six channels to put you in the concert hall. The band is arrayed across the front three channels, while the surrounds are largely reserved for ambience and crowd noise, although they also have a good dose of music in them, with reverberation added. The Yamaha made it sound as though my speakers were plugged right into the house mixing console. As expected, the sound quality of MP3 playback was entirely a function of the encoded file's bit rate and the pedigree of the MP3 encoder used to make the recording. Disappointingly, while program and random play are supported for other disc formats, they're not available for MP3 discs even though this feature is beginning to show up in other new players. The Yamaha DVD-S2300 spins more than a half-dozen different kinds of discs, letting you play DVD movies and enjoy the new high-resolution DVD-Audio and SACD formats. But don't let those dueling audio formats distract you from the player's superb video playback. Just kick back and let movies-and music-take you away.


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Watch Sunday, September 7, 2014 at 1pm on WMHT TV.
Throughout a long golden era, the American movie musical transformed Hollywood into a Mecca for the biggest singing stars and leading songwriters of the '30s, '40s, and '50s. Hosted by Michael Feinstein, THE GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK offers a dazzling parade of American popular songs as seen and heard in some of the most beloved films ever made. With stars ranging from Al Jolson to Judy Garland to Frank Sinatra, and sounds from the Gilded Age to New Orleans jazz to Broadway musicals, THE GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK tells the story of the first 50 years of American popular music. Whether it was from the vaudeville stage or Tin Pan Alley, on the radio or the record player, it all found its way to the silver screen. This treasure trove of musical clips overflows with the very best of George Gershwin, Irving Berlin, Jerome Kern, Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II, Cole Porter, Harold Arlen, and many more artists.


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It's time for a new California bumper sticker: "Honk if you didn't get money from redevelopment."
Community redevelopment agencies throughout the state were put out of business by Gov. Jerry Brown, who wanted to use the property tax money they depended on for schools.
But it has now turned out that cities were using the money to pay for salaries and departments that had little to do with redevelopment. (When Gov. Jerry Brown was mayor of Oakland, some of his salary was covered this way).
U.S. & World
Local chambers of commerce were depending on redevelopment money also.
A story in the Pasadena Star-News describes how local chambers are struggling to stay open after losing redevelopment funds that had been supporting their operations. In one community, the chamber became an all-volunteer organization. Layoffs have been common.
This isn't good news. But it's rich with ironies. California's business community has generally opposed changes to property taxes, and to the tax system -- by arguing that taxes are already too high and that today's taxes are being misspent.
Now it turns out that portions of property tax in many cities were going to prop up the business community, at the expense of local schools.
It's past time to fix the tax system. And if chambers want to be funded by local government for good work, they should fight to restore the power of California's local governments to raise taxes as they see fit.
Lead Prop Zero blogger Joe Mathews is California editor at Zocalo Public Square, a fellow at Arizona State University's Center for Social Cohesion, and co-author of California Crackup: How Reform Broke the Golden State and How We Can Fix It (University of California, 2010).
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Rosetta: OSIRIS' view of Earth by night
This striking composite of Earth by night shows the illuminated crescent over Antarctica and cities of the northern hemisphere. The images were acquired with the OSIRIS Wide Angle Camera (WAC) during Rosetta's second Earth swing-by on 13 November.
This image showing islands of light created by human habitation was taken with the OSIRIS WAC at 19:45 CET, about 2 hours before the closest approach of the spacecraft to Earth. At the time, Rosetta was about
This image showing Earth's illuminated crescent was taken with the WAC at 20:05 CET as Rosetta was about


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Inertial Labs Inc. is a designer, developer, and manufacturer of inertial sensor based position and orientation systems. With much of their development focus geared toward weaponry and the needs of the dismounted soldier, Inertial Labs systems are always developed with an emphasis toward performance, size, cost, and power. As a result, Inertial Labs currently boasts two of the inertial sensor industry's smallest and lowest cost inertial sensor systems, OSv3 and WOM, for their respective performance ranges.
In addition to their individual sensor systems, Inertial Labs also specializes in the development of higher level integrated systems that involve the use of inertial sensors. Some of Inertial Labs completed developments include integration of inertial sensors with ultra-wideband (UWB) RF positioning to provide continuous positioning even in moments of poor UWB coverage and the development of a 3-antenna GPS interferometry system providing accurate orientation for devices that are not practical for magnetic sensor based systems.
Inertial Labs provides industry leading inertial orientation solutions with an uncompromising focus on products that represent the smallest size and lowest cost alternatives for their given class of performance.
Inertial Labs also provides professional services in the field of position and orientation tracking with specific focuses on the needs of military and law enforcement training and simulation. Their development projects in the past have included indoor/outdoor position and orientation tracking of personnel and weapons, high precision weapon orientation tracking for live force-on-force target engagement purposes, inertial sensor based pedestrian navigation, full body orientation tracking, and more.
In existence now for over 6 years, Inertial Labs team of engineers includes some of the premier minds in the field of inertial navigation. With experience ranging from high precision navigation systems for space and maritime applications to the development low cost tilt sensors for antenna stabilization, their engineers' cumulative experiences run the gambit in the field of inertial navigation and orientation.
Inertial Labs are currently operating under multiple open government SBIR Phase III contracts and are actively pursuing additional development items to be included within these open contracts.
Inertial Labs Inc is headquartered in Sterling, Virginia approximately 10 miles from the Dulles International Airport that serves Washington, DC.


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Jaguar Launches a High-Performance Missile
Piloting a machine powered by a supercharged 5-liter, 510-horsepower V-8 able to burst from a standing stop to 60 mph in 4.7 seconds, with a top speed of 155 mph, won't win over many, if any, environmentalists.
So why would Jaguar, the British maker of luxury machines, owned by Tata of India, even bother with the 2010 XFR?
Because while the number of enthusiasts who can spring for an $80,000 missile is limited, "There's still a market for those who want the ultimate in high-performance machines," says Jaguar mouthpiece Stuart Schorr.
So those who putter around in $20,000 hybrids have no reason to complain.
Tata has owned Jaguar, along with Land Rover, for about a year since taking both off Ford Motor Co.'s hands so it didn't need U.S. government cash.
The XFR performance addition to the XF lineup is a child of Ford, adopted by Tata. Tata officials, in fact, just approved more product plans that not only ensure a future for Jaguar and Land Rover but also venture into four new segments, starting with a compact Range Rover LRX in 2011. Jaguar's mum on its cars of tomorrow.
Step hard on the accelerator of the 2010 XFR, and it's difficult to come up with reasons for not having one of these trophies in the display case.
Open slots in the hood with "supercharger" written alongside, and the rich honeycomb grille, draw attention to the sedan.
And the engine seals the deal. With those 510 hp and 510 pound-feet of torque, the XFR flies -- literally. The excitement of a power takeoff sucks the air out of your lungs. It's like being strapped to a rocket. You leap forward and head for the horizon until it's time to tap the brake pedal. Fuel economy is only 15 mpg city/21 highway, but who cares? There's no gas-guzzler tax.
Thankfully, the brakes respond quickly and firmly. Carry a helmet until you get used to the feel though.
The suspension absorbs rough patches below and ensures the body stays level and balanced into and out of the twisties. Stability control is standard.
Perforated leather seats offer great support and security in aggressive motoring. Their easy-chair comfort is heated and cooled to the toasted and ice-cube degrees.
Those relegated to the rear seat must sacrifice head room to the sharply slanted coupe roofline that minimizes fuel-robbing drag. Leg and knee space is lean too. And lean doesn't begin to describe the door openings, which make entry and exit a feat of athletic agility.
A minor thing concerns the finicky glove box. Rather than pushing a button to open it, you press a target-like decal on the dash, often more than once.
Nice touches include a trio of holders in the center console for cups or cans, iPod or IPass or the large fob for the push-button start. USB, MP3 and power-plug connections are under the armrest.
Another nice touch is the motorized gear dial. After starting the engine, what looks like a screw cap on a bottle rises from the center console. Shift gears by twisting the dial left or right. Push the engine button off, and the selector retreats into the console.
Rather than yanking an unsightly emergency brake in the console, give the lithe lever a pull. Fingertips only please. And, when the engine is off, the air ducts in the dash close fashionably. A very neat look.
At another touch of another button, the rear-window shade motors down to keep the cabin cool -- and private.
The XFR starts at $79,150 and comes with no options. Just add $850 in freight and more in tax, of course, to slip in, push start, lower the top, take off and bid the world "ta ta."
Wheelbase: 114.5 inches
Length: 195.3 inches
Engine: 5-liter, 510-hp, supercharged V-8
Transmission: 6-speed automatic
MPG: 15 city/21 highway
Price as tested: $79,150
(Add $850 for freight.)
(+) Sooo quick
(+) Stand-out styling
(+) No gas-guzzler tax
(+) No options to fiddle with
(-) Price
(-) Mileage
(-) Entry/exit tight
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This is some dialog between me and my friend Captain America on the Ultranet. I thought that you would find our communications interesting given the state of things. It seems he has seen some things in the Public Ivenue's that he shouldnt have. One being the eventual dispatching of a VCS Agent. Im posting here through my pen name and a psuedoIP. A little trick Ive picked up over the years exploiting Precache vulnerabilities. I hope one day I might gain the attention of the Styxers, not likely, they are too leet, however, one can dream.
Ill post as many of my communications as possible, as the situations will dictate. Live Free or Die Trying.


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Blue looks like a training tool. I like it but blue?
What kind of mags are you using in the 223?
Oh, by the way Awesome build!!! Where did you get the quad-rail?
It's a ChaosWhere did you get the quad-rail?
And I have a question about it, do you have any trouble removing & replacing the top cover with the extended rail on?
I can't get the top cover back on with mine, so I took it off until I deside if I want to keep it or not.
Nice builds, thanks for the pics
"Government is not the solution to our problem, government is the problem" Ronald Reagan
I like the contrast of the blue and black. Is it Dura-coat? I've been thinking about using the same color on one of my AR15 target rifles.
Yes it is duracoat, cobalt blue. Sorry, been out of town working. Galil 50 rounders and I told my wife she could pick the color as long as it wasn't pink. It takes some practice to get the top cover on with the ext. rail. I usually line up the groove, then I hit it with my palm and it snaps right in.
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Yesterday, KPMG said it fired one of its senior partners for allegedly leaking non-public information in Herbalife and Skechers to a third party who then traded those stocks.
The now-former KPMG senior partner has been identified as Scott London. He was in charge of the audit practice for KPMG in Southern California.
London essentially threw away his 29-year accounting career.
And for what?
According to the LA Times, he got about $25,000 in cash, some fancy dinners and a Rolex watch in exchange for the tips.
London has acknowledged how "stupid" it was of him.
The third-party stock trader made about $100,000 off those trades, the report said. That person hasn't been identified.
London told the Wall Street Journal the third party person was a golf buddy of his.
The buddy told London that he had traded on the information. London told the Journal that he kept talking to his friend, but didn't give him any more "significant information."
In March, London was contacted by the FBI. That's when he got a lawyer who then told him to stop contacting his golf buddy.
We looked up London's golf handicap index on GHIN, a web service run by the USGA. According to GHIN, he's a member of North Ranch Country Club in Conejo Valley. He also has a golf handicap index of 10.3 and his latest outing was in March of this year.
As a result of all this, KPMG resigned as an auditor to Herbalife and Skechers. Both the SEC and FBI are said to be investigating the matter.
[Hat Tip: DealBook]
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Many package tourists stay at the nearby beach resorts of Giardini Naxos (below Taormina on the coastline, some 3 km away to the south) and Letojanni about 5 km to the north..
Get in[edit]
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Regular trains to and from Messina and Catania. However the station (called Taormina-Giardini) is on the seafront 2km below the centre. There are some buses taking you to Taormina(cost is around 1,70 euros), but it's often more convenient to take a long-distance bus from the centre straight to or from your destination. Walking from the station is scenic but exhausting. (Sept 2016: The steep path from the train station to Taormina town is currently closed due to erosion.) Taxi's are available outside the station charging around 15.00 euros to the town. If you want to share with other people to split costs arrange this inside the station building as the taxi drivers may refuse to take you together if they see you arranging this.
By bus[edit]
Regular buses to and from Messina and Catania. Ticket for express bus from Catania Bus Station costs around 3,70 Euros. Catania airport to Taormina bus station at Via Luigi Pirandello is € 7.90 per person. A taxi to the center of Taormina, which is uphill is approx € 10.00
By plane[edit]
Look for flights to Catania. There you can rent a car to get to Taormina.
As an alternative, to avoid any inconvenience on arrival you can book a private transfer online upfront. There is a company, which offer this service from Catania airport, such as:
By Ship[edit]
Cruise ships occasionally visit, but must anchor/moor offshore. Passengers bus or taxi up to the town.
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By foot[edit]
The main street of Taormina is pedestrianised, making it easy to wander around by foot.
By car[edit]
If coming in by car, you may enter the town center only to go to a hotel or a rented house: local police may require to see proof of booking. In alternative, it's better to park the car at one of the 2 large public parkings ('Parcheggio Lumbi' or "Parcheggio Porta Catania") that you encounter on the outskirts of the city coming in. From there, either walk to the city center (just 2 min from 'Parcheggio Porta Catania'/around 10 min but uphill from 'Parcheggio Lumbi') or catch the shuttle buses running continously to the center.
However, there are regular shuttle buses down to Giardini-Naxos, the train station, Letojanni and up to Castelmola.
There is also a frequent Cable Car down to the beach at Mazarro. The cable car runs from 8am till 1:30am during the summer months.
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There are plenty of souvenir shops. The Limoncello - a sweet lemon alcoholic drink served chilled after a meal is refreshing and sold widely.
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Taormina has plenty of restaurants. The Spada - Swordfish is recommended. Though tourists should remember that Swordfish numbers are in decline and eating them may accelerate their demise.
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Mid Range[edit]
It was built in 1830 by an aristocratic British family, and was transformed into a hotel in 1950. It's the ideal centre to admire the artistic and natural beauties of Eastern Sicily, Castelmola, Naxos and the Alcantara's Gorges, Etna Mountain, the baroque Acireale, and of course Catania and Siracusa.
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Novara di Sicilia - Located in the provence of Messina on the northern side of Mt. Etna, this picturesque medieval town is nestled in the mountains overlooking ancient Tyndaris and Abacaenum. It is the archetype of a typical medieval town, with its friendly and accommodating people who speak a distinctive dialect.


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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – On Monday night, head football coach Rod Reed spoke to the Tennessee State community about the issue of male violence directed at females.
The event took place at 7 p.m. in Kean Hall and Reed was part of a panel of six guests that condemned forceful acts towards women.
"The most important thing is educating people about the dangers of domestic violence," Reed said. "I have two daughters that are the most precious thing in the world to me, so I think about them and teach my players that 'there is no reason that you should put your hands on a female.'"
Reed was introduced by the track team's Michael Johnson, and in addition to giving his stance on the subject, also offered up a solution.
"What I would challenge everyone to do is be accountable and hold each other accountable. If you can stand up and tell one of your peers that what they are doing is wrong then a lot of the issues can be negated," Reed said.
The head coach left the student-athlete heavy audience with this:
"Don't let sports define what you are as a person. You character should decide who you are."


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NASCAR's Nationwide Series visits only one venue outside the U.S. borders each year, racing at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, and for at least one team owner that means a homecoming of sorts.
Randy MacDonald, a former stock-car driver, was born in Oshawa, Ont., went to school in Ontario at the University of Waterloo, and still feels strongly about his Canadian roots.
So why does he refer to his team as American Majority Racing?
"It's kind of a long story," said MacDonald, who now makes his home in Charlotte, N.C.
"I met my wife in New Hampshire in 1986 and we were married in 1989," he explained. "I have two teenage daughters. One was born in Kansas City, Mo., and the other was born in Winston-Salem, N.C.
"I'll turn 50 this year and we have a couple of businesses in North Carolina: MacDonald Motorsports, a K&N (late-model) team, a used-car lot and a garage. So, as I look at the next 10 to 15 to 20 years of my life, with my family and everything pretty much being rooted in the U.S., I took the step to work toward becoming a U.S. citizen."
MacDonald got that done in June. Now he is simply concentrating on trying to grow his team and his businesses, which has certainly not been easy in the current economic environment.
"I've had a five-year plan, but if you can't go through the off-season with a sponsor committed for the following year, you end up doing the first year over and over again," he said.
"Every February, it looks a little better. You're a little stronger. Every November, it looks a little better, you're a little stronger.
"But until you can get the sponsorship that actually pulls you through into next year and you get a multi-year deal, it's really hard to progress on that five-year plan.
"So every year we're basically in the position of: Who is going to drive the car and who is our sponsor?
"That actually worked to our advantage this year when American Majority and the individual putting this deal together was looking for a team that had stability, had performance, was affordable, had high potential and had the option to pick the best driver that might fit.
"So all this came together around the end of January. We picked our driver, Jason Bowles from California, who was a K&N West Series champion."
The team's current sponsor, American Majority, is dedicated to getting NASCAR fans out to vote in the Nov. 6 U.S. presidential election.
"When I got called to the first meeting with the sponsor, people didn't necessarily realize I was born in Canada," MacDonald said, smiling. "They made the assumption since I was a U.S. businessman. So we addressed that early on and I was already in the process of working toward my U.S. citizenship.
"It's a little bit odd, you know. I was born in Canada, I love Canada. My roots are in Canada, but my family and everybody is in the U.S.
"I still have some family in Canada. My dad passed away about five years ago and my mom goes back and forth, but I have cousins and such there and I'm proud of my heritage."
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve is familiar territory to MacDonald and his team.
"I love to specifically have Canadian drivers when we're up in Canada," he said. "We've had D.J. Kennington, Maryeve Dufault, (Alex) Tagliani. We had a shot at a solid top-three finish with Tag in 2009.
"That was the year of the big wreck with Carl Edwards driving through the grass.
"I think he got to win the race and we were the consequence of his off-track excursion and we didn't get a good finish as a result of that.''
MacDonald himself drove the Montreal course in the GM Players Series in the late 1980s.
"The fans get to sit so close to the track and they're very passionate," he said.
"This is pretty neat because NASCAR is kind of a U.S. activity but, when it comes to Canada, it's well embraced by all the fans.
"In Turn 1 there, when the cars come through, the fans are louder than the cars are.
"I love to go back home."


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ObjectFrame.BorderTint Property (Access)
Gets or sets the tint that is applied to the theme color in the BorderColor property of the specified object. Read/write Single.
expression .BorderTint
expression A variable that represents an ObjectFrame object.
The BorderTint property contains a numeric expression that can be used to lighten the theme color in the BorderColor property. The default value of the BorderTint property is 100, which is neutral, and does not change the theme color. To lighten the color, first determine the percentage by which to lighten from 1 to 100, then subtract that value as a whole number from 100 and use the remainder. For example, to lighten the theme color by 75%, subtract 75 from 100 and use the remainder, which is 25.
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I would be interested to hear whether any ED docs out there have used scribes in their practices.
Our group is always looking to improve efficiency, and there are a number of folks who are downright evangelical about using scribes. They certainly sound good, but I take that information with a grain of salt, coming as it does from the true believers.
So I would be interested to hear from a more unbiased (or at least disinterested) audience. Do you or have you used scribes in your ED practice? How do you use them? What sort of things do you have them doing? (other than just, you know, writing.) Where did you recruit them and what sort of training (if any) did you give them prior to starting? What were the common pay scales?
And of course, most importantly, how do you view the experience? Did it impact productivity in a positive way? How did the doctors like it? I think some of our docs are uneasy about the notion of having a "personal assistant;" others are downright salivating at the prospect.
We will be looking at the concept over the next couple of months. If you have experience, please have at it in the comments (or over email).
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I would be interested to hear whether any ED docs out there have used scribes in their practices.
Posted by shadowfax at 2:37 PM
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How does having a scribe affect liability should faulty data be even possibly connected to a negative result?ReplyDelete
Scribes are a great opportunity for the Scribes but they also provide a great opportunity for errors. Here is the problem, it encourages Physicians in the ER to continue to use Verbal Orders which are very error prone. Verbal orders in ER's are not allowed by most institutions (although widely ignored) and JCAHO except in Code type emergencies. Most astute Nurses (at least in facilities with good job protections for nurses) refuse to accept them if they are not delivered with the written order. It allows Physicians to maintain their bad habits of poor written communication by having a scribe write things out for them. Even if they sign there is opportunity for error because busy people tend not to read in detail what is presented to them to sign. I as a Nurse do not want an intermediary (scribe) in the loop when receiving patient orders. I suspect the ED Attendings who get the scribes love someone following them around attending to their needs. Some of the other duties of the scribe are very valuable such as organizing the labs, old records, and other info needed to make decisions. What role would the scribe have in a EMR COE system. Isn't the reason for the person giving the order being the one who enters it to reduce errors?ReplyDelete
- Anonymous6/09/2007 4:13 PM
these comments are just "what if's" from habitual worry warts. I worked in group who used scribes for years. It was liked by all, made the group much more productive and also made the nurses more productive. They were sr nursing students, triage nurses and other rn staff that had interest in learning. They didn't just write chart. The wrote for some and not others. It was up the the individual doctor. What they did was go chase labs, talk to patients about updates in process, allow immediate pelvic exams without waiting for another chaperone (read busy nurse). They could get meds and give them in most instances as they were RN's. The had more understanding about the patients care and could help educate them, they did quick discharges to turn over rooms. They chased down xrays, made phone call to track consultants down, they fielded patient and pharmacy calls and requested records. Sound a lot like what unit clerks and nurses do mostly, eh? Well in the age of cut backs they help make the department run. After the hospital pulled the plug on the scribes, some of the guys hired their own. But the group went to mid level's and well, you know. All the hand wringers set around and wondered where our effieciency went and the nurses quit in droves as they were expected to work like slaves with too much to do. Like the song goes, you don't know what you got until it's gone. I was in a level 1 trauma center with 4-5 EP's on at a time and only the best rn's in the department were scribes. They rotated and every single one of them felt it made them a better team player with the other physicians, and helped them understand a large part of patient care and the process. I wasn't aware of any loosers in the scribe program. Political speak would be a win win situation. But I've never met a hospital administrator who would let a sucessful program alone if he could save a dollar to hire a new marketing manager. Sorry for the cynicism, but, the program was one of the highlights of my years in practice. Good luck.ReplyDelete
What are the credentials doctors are seeking from scribes? How do doctors ensure that they (the scribes) are properly transcribing the prescriptions so there aren't mispellings?ReplyDelete
Medical transcriptionists frequently get extensive training. Are these the folks who are being scribes?
We nurses automatically "scribe" for each other and for the doctors during a code or during some other high-intensity situation like an acute MI, and that works just fine. In fact, the nursing supervisor of the hospital comes down to scribe/record for codes.ReplyDelete
Anonymous' comment makes me think of the whole "Handmaiden of the Physician" concept or what we call an ER "float nurse" who also has to write stuff down for doctors.
I don't know much about medical malpractice, but assuming you were actually able to get a case in front of a jury, I would imagine plaintiff's attorneys would explore the scribe angle.
Where I used to work we had scribes. In the ED they were a must for some reason. But I mostly refused their services because everything went slower and there were many, many misspelled words. In the end I did most of the job anyhow because I just did not sign the mess. Hope it works out good for you. Would be glad to read about it...ReplyDelete
I have worked at several hospitals without scribes, and would never work at one without them if possible. I came to my present facility a few years ago and quickly came to value scribes. When the director stepped down earlier this year, I stepped up.ReplyDelete
Scribes are a useful way to connect with your patients more effectively. Let me explain: Imagine that almost all your busy work was done for you (writing the chart, entering orders, pulling up x-rays, recording results of labs and other tests, documenting all your rechecks, reminding you about critical care, pulling up past medical records, checking to make sure labs are being done, paging and re-paging consultants, etc...). How much more time do you think you could spend interacting with your patients and seeing more patients?
In our scribe program, we use motivated pre-med students from a local college and rigorously train them in the busy-work that we were all thrown into on our first day of residency/post-residency without any specific training. We are very selective and pay a very modest salary ($9-$15 depending on experience). The scribes get an unparalleled clinical experience either cementing medicine as a career path or excluding it. They also get a far greater opportunity to get into medical school as we mentor them on techniques to increase their chances. Last year we helped 7 scribes move on to medical school - only nine people from the local college got into med school. We loose about one scribe per two years to changing career choices and have approx 30 scribes.
Scribes also help us successfully implement patient satisfaction pathways that are having a noticeable impact on our dreaded post-ED surveys. In addition, we are in the process of implementing a research program at our community hospital that has loose academic ties that will allow our 60-70k/year hospital to publish research as well as help us look at our processes from a rigorous, statistical standpoint.
There have been some runs in with the nurses as they seem to feel that doctors shouldn't maximize their time. There is some resentment that we actually have someone that will actually always do what we ask... Fortunately, we can address their concerns quickly and maintain our program despite the occasional malcontent.
Regarding the occasional mix-up in spelling, etc, the improved legibility and completeness of the charts far outweigh any perceived liability. If anything, they will protect you from the "if not documented, not done" problem because everything is documented!
I obviously could go on, but felt it was important to counter the negative comments.


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Thursday, February 5, 2009
It's the Tao of Stieb's Roto-Hoedown!
We love us a little fantasy baseball, and we're completely geeked for this year, mostly because we took such a wretched shit-kicking in all of our leagues last year. (Something about undervaluing pitching...who knew?) We feel as though this year, if we just spend a few more weeks fretting and researching and poring over every pre-season guide, then maybe we'll be ready to go.
So geeked are we, in fact, that we've just set up the first annual Tao of Stieb Roto-Hoedown, a fantasy league for those who are regular readers, commenters, contributors around these parts. Basically, the cool kids.
We've set the league up at ESPN, which is a first for us, so we can't guarantee the performance. (It's not as though we would have anyway).
The Basics
The Roto-Hoedown is a 15 team league, 6x6 rotisserie league. Offensive categories are Runs, HRs, RsBI, SBs, OBP and SLG, while the pitching categories are Wins, Saves, ERA, WHIP, Ks, and complete games.
The rosters are 25-man, with a seven man bench, nine offensive slots and nine pitching slots, with two DL spots.
The plan is to live draft this baby sometime in March. We've left this to be determined, since we'll have to work around schedules and what not.
How to participate
Since we've already already taken one spot in the league, there are 14 up for grabs. Fire off an email to us (taoofstieb at gmail dot com), and if we already know you and like you, then you're in. You'll have to set up an ESPN account to join the league, but the process is pretty quick and painless.
If we don't know you from a hole in the ground, then make the case as to why you should participate, and swear on your momma's health that you're not going to bail as soon as your team goes into the crapper because you picked Pat Burrell in the first round.
This is pretty much first come, first served, so get in quick to avoid disappointment!
What you win
Err...nothing, really. Cameraderie? The sense of a job well done? We don't know...we've actually got a handful of spare baseball books that we might be able to throw in...T-shirts maybe? Really, we just want to play for the fun of it. (If you are looking to gamble, then go check with the dudes from Drive This at the Score.)
How much are we going to discuss this league on the blog?
Not much, really. There's not much that's more painful than reading about how someone's streaming strategies with middle relievers has led them to the exalted glories of fourth place.
Which isn't to say that there won't be plenty of shit-talking and general ironic douchbaggery over on the actual league home.
(Please note: Actual douchebags and their actual douchebaggery are not welcome. Thanks.)
So what are you waiting for?
Get off the couch, get to the computer and dial the number on the screen! Hot women are waiting to take your call!
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would kill for a powder blue tao of stieb or even steib t-shirt.
"...if we already know you and like you, then you're in."
does this mean anonymous posters who can't make the effort to be either informative or funny are out?
- February 5, 2009 at 12:40 PM
- The Ack said...
I'm neither informative nor funny, but am hoping my "contributor" status earns me a green light.
- February 5, 2009 at 12:53 PM
- Tao of Stieb said...
You may have to grovel a bit, but we're sure we'll probably say yes in the end.
- February 5, 2009 at 12:55 PM
- The Ack said...
oh wait, yes I do.
- February 5, 2009 at 12:58 PM
- Torgen said...
Is it too late to replace some of the offensive stats with defensive stats? I somehow doubt Plus/Minus is available at ESPN, but counting stats like Putouts and Assists should be available.
- February 5, 2009 at 1:10 PM
Torgen-I hope you're married, 'cause nerd talk like that ain't never gonna get you laid.
- February 5, 2009 at 1:27 PM
- Tao of Stieb said...
We could change the categories, but we're not big fans of the defensive ones. We like the crack of the bat.
Plus, we don't want this to be some 10x10 league where you end up punting half the categories because you couldn't be arsed to check who is getting a ton of holds over the last 15 days.
- February 5, 2009 at 1:38 PM
- Tao of Stieb said...
We could change the categories, but we're not big fans of the defensive ones. We like the crack of the bat.
Plus, we don't want this to be some 10x10 league where you end up punting half the categories because you couldn't be arsed to check who is getting a ton of holds over the last 15 days.
- February 5, 2009 at 1:38 PM
- Tao of Stieb said...
We will not repeat ourselves.
Do you understand?
We will not repeat ourselves.
- February 5, 2009 at 1:42 PM
- Torgen said...
I'm not suggesting going crazy on the number of categories. 5x5 or 6x6 is fine--I just think the position players should be judged on their defense. (Also, it makes stock draft advice less applicable.)
- February 5, 2009 at 1:43 PM
- Tao of Stieb said...
We've played in leagues that used fielding percentage and assists and putouts...it just doesn't ring our bell.
Defensive stats in a roto league are like a huge black bruise on a stripper's body: it kinda takes all the fun out of the fantasy.
- February 5, 2009 at 2:03 PM
- Torgen said...
I don't know about you, but my fantasies include Aaron Hill making a diving stop up the middle to turn a walk-off single into a game-ending double play.
- February 5, 2009 at 2:21 PM
- Drew said...
I was at that game Torgen, that DP stayed with more longer than actual DP.
Where the fuck do I sign??? Oh, the email address. Duly noted.
- February 5, 2009 at 3:33 PM
- Drew said...
stayed with ME longer. dammit
- February 5, 2009 at 3:33 PM
- Tao of Stieb said...
Get in there Lloyd...there's only five spots left.
- February 5, 2009 at 5:37 PM
Jays DFA's Adams.
of Joy.
And JP picked up another waiver pitcher, WTF?
- February 5, 2009 at 7:03 PM
Not knowing the difference between 10x10, 5x5, or 6x6, I will assume this league is out of mine. Does anyone have advice on where a rookie Fantasy Leaguer (with no experience whatsoever) can learn how to be a valuable contributer to a low-stakes league?
- February 5, 2009 at 8:01 PM
- Torgen said...
5x5 means 5 ranked stats for position players and 5 for pitchers.
- February 5, 2009 at 8:23 PM


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