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Spacetime Studios' Games Exceeds 250 Million Play Sessions
More than 64 Million Hours of Gameplay
AUSTIN, Texas – May 29, 2013 – Spacetime Studios' titles have amassed more than 250 million play sessions. Spacetime players also log engagement far above industry average, spending more than twice the number of hours playing Legends titles than the average gamer spends across all mobile games in a month.
The typical Spacetime player spends an average of 33.5 hours per month on Spacetime's titles, almost 3 times as much as the average iOS player's total monthly gameplay and four times more than Android players. iPhones players spend about 12.3 hours per month across all games while Android players spend around 8 hours per month on average according to Arbition Mobile.
"A quarter of a billion play sessions is a significant milestone, but what really excites us is the engagement," said Gary Gattis, CEO, Spacetime Studios. "Spacetime's players have logged more than 7000 years of game play. That is longer than recorded history!"
Spacetime Studios has released four mobile multiplayer titles beginning in 2010. Collectively Pocket Legends, Star legends, Dark Legends, and Arcane Legends have been downloaded more than 20 million times.
About Spacetime Studios
Spacetime Studios is an independent game development studio located in Austin, Texas. The company was founded in late 2005 by online game veterans Cinco Barnes, Gary Gattis, Jake Rodgers and Anthony L. Sommers.
Spacetime has been recognized by Develop as one of the world's 100 most successful game studios and Pocket Gamer as one of the top 50 mobile developers. The company continues to expand its content and technology lead in the mobile gaming market. To learn more about Spacetime Studios, please visit www.spacetimegames.com


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See http://www.w3.org/XML/XProc/2008/01/24-minutes W3C[1] - DRAFT - XML Processing Model WG 24 Jan 2008 Agenda[2] See also: IRC log[3] Attendees Present Alex, Alessandro, Norm, Rui, Richard, Andrew, Mohamed, Henry Regrets Paul Chair Norm Scribe Norm Contents * Topics 1. Accept this agenda? 2. Accept minutes from the previous meeting? 3. Next meeting: telcon 31 January 2008? 4. 70. Circular imports 5. 95. XSLT pattern matching in p:viewport 6. 96. Compound steps with empty subpipelines 7. 97. p:set-attributes and attributes with xmlns prefix 8. 98. Typo in p:label-elements 9. 99. Execution order of steps 10. Any other business? * Summary of Action Items ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Accept this agenda? -> http://www.w3.org/XML/XProc/2008/01/24-agenda Accepted. Accept minutes from the previous meeting? -> http://www.w3.org/XML/XProc/2008/01/17-minutes Accepted. Next meeting: telcon 31 January 2008? No regrets given 70. Circular imports <alexmilowski> http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-xml-processing-model-wg/2008Jan/0040.html[6] Alex: Essentially, we want to get it right without describing a particular algorithm ... I took the text from the XML spec and tweaked it a bit ... The algorithm in the proposed Appendix G is based on Henry's proposal. Norm: I'm happy with the changes to section 5, I'll need to study the appendix more Alex: The appendix is non-normative, right? Norm: Yes. <ht> HST agrees Richard: About the retreival URIs, if you did it naively, you might think that you had to go and fetch the document every time to see if its retreival URI winds up being the same as one you've already got. ... But in practice, if its literal URI is the same, you can assume its actual URI is the same too. Alex: Do we have language elsewhere about consistency of resource? Richard: Even if it did change, there's no gaurantee that you'll see it. Norm: So we should say that in section 5 Richard: Either that, or some generral statement along the lines that Alex suggested Norm: I think a general statement is probably the way to go <MoZ> I think we cannot avoid caching neither Alex: Maybe we could do a special case for import. Shouldn't we say that however you get a URI, the declarations will be consistent. <scribe> ACTION: Alex to tweak the text of of p:import [recorded in http://www.w3.org/2008/01/24-xproc-minutes.html#action01[7]] 95. XSLT pattern matching in p:viewport Norm: I thought we were clear on 95, but yes we should be <scribe> ACTION: Norm to check the clarity of the spec [recorded in http://www.w3.org/2008/01/24-xproc-minutes.html#action02[8]] 96. Compound steps with empty subpipelines Norm: Static error 27. 97. p:set-attributes and attributes with xmlns prefix Richard: Namespaces don't appear in the attributes property in the infoset Alex: I think we should allow users to set xmlns: attributes. ... Namespace fixup will correct user errors. Richard: I don't think so. ... Namespaces aren't attributes as far as the infoset is concerned. Alex: I think p:add-attribute could add namespaces. Richard: Bad. Bad. Bad. Henry: Here's the question: can you use xsl:attribute to add a namespace decl? Norm: No. Henry: Right, then add-attribute shouldn't either. Alex: But you could still do it with a transform Henry: I think my analysis holds Norm: +1 Richard: The rule should be that you can't manipulate namespaces by manipulating namespace attributes Henry: The only circumstance you need it for is when you want to create a prefix for a QName that you're going to use in a value Alex: I think add-attribute needs a modification and set-attributes needs a clarification. <scribe> ACTION: Alex to consider the attribute steps and make appropriate changes [recorded in http://www.w3.org/2008/01/24-xproc-minutes.html#action03[9]] Richard: In a sense this is already implicit in the infoset conformance section. Mohamed: I'm not sure I understand the path. The original question was do the namespace attributes get copied. The answer is 'no' Alex: Right. We're going to clarify that set-attributes doesn't copy them and clean up the other steps too. 98. Typo in p:label-elements Norm: Yep 99. Execution order of steps Alex: Event/consequence ordering is determined by the connections. Norm: What I recall is that if you mandated document order, then you'd have to make forward reference an error. But the impl can fix the order, so why make theuser move teh steps around? ... It seems an unnecessary burden on the user. Henry: I still don't know what he means by "do things" Some discussion of what ordering actually means Richard: I think there are straightforward cases where it's natural to write in the pipeline using forward references. ... Consider a straightforward pipeline with an XSLT step in the middle where the stylesheet is generated. It's natural to put the stylesheet generation at the end of the pipeline. ... Is it always possible to write pipelines without forward references? Norm: I think so. Richard: Another way to say this is that the XML syntax is just one representation of the pipelien. It could also be represented with a box-and-arrow diagram. 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March 2005
Vamsi - Prabhas combination film 'Chakram' was released
on 25th of this month and started with heavy crowds.
There has been negative talk and difference of opinions
about this different film. To clarify certain issues
and to tell the reasons for success, the team of Chakram
arranged a press meet. Prabhas, Krishna Vamsi, Krishnam
Raju, Chakri, Siva Raju and Venkat Raju attended this
will inspire future Telugu films - Krishnam Raju
Krishnam Raju said he would not have accepted this
subject if any director other than Krishna Vamsi were
narrated to him. The confidence of Krishnavamsi and
his ability to make any film with conviction made
Krishnam Raju to believe in Chakram project. Krishnam
Raju opined that Chakram is going to be inspiration
for future ventures of Telugu film industry. He campared
Chakram film with Black of Hindi in terms of substance.
Though there is tragedy undercurrent, Krishnavamsi
made sure that it is delivered in an entertaining
way. This film would be liked by ladies a lot and
the last half an hour of the film is emotionally appealing.
He commended Prabhas that he carries a good personal
attitude which would take him to higher levels in
film industry. He also said that Prabhas has already
exceeded Krishnam Raju in histrionics department.
am indebted to Sirivennela - Chakri
Music director Chakri said that he is considering
himself to be fortunate to have worked with a brilliant
director like Krishna Vamsi. Though all songs are
good, Chakri quoted 3 songs as his favorites - Oke
Oka Mata, Jagamanta Kutumbam and Konchem Karanga in
that order. He feels indebted to Sirivennela for giving
such soulful lyrics for Jagamanta Kutumbam song. Chakri
took 30 days to do rerecording of this film and he
gave a controlled background score.
will do different film again after 5 mass films -
Prabhas said that he is grateful to Krishna Vamsi
for Chakram film. He felt very comfortable while doing
the film. He said that Chakram is the most passionate
film made by Krishna Vamsi. He feels proud to have
worked for Chakram. Prasad was hesitant to do eunuch
episode in this film, but had to do it as Krishna
Vamsi preferred. His favorite scene in the film is
the one where he reveals the truth to Prakash Raj.
Prabhas expressed willingness to Chakram kind of different
film after a gap of 4-5 mass films. He also assured
that he would make sure that there is one Prabhas
film dished out after every 5-6 months.
here to see the transcript of Krishna Vamsi's views
on Chakram


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Call of the Wild Adventures tends to attract older clients than many expect. It's not the hard charging youthful women in their 20s and 30s – they are often too independent to use guided services, have career and/or family obligations, and are still on a budget. The majority of our clients are roughly 45-65 with a decent chunk of superstars in their 70s.
I was so amazed by these women who were almost twice my age but who could out hike me if I let them run wild (I always manage my trips to a group pace to maximize the potential for everyone's enjoyment and success). I couldn't help myself and with sincere interest and naiveté, kept asking the same question over and over expecting a different answer, a new angle, some special secret…but the answer was always the same.
These women are not extreme athletes. None are ex-Olympians. Few are marathoners or triathletes. All hike and workout regularly, often every day. They garden, ski, cycle, walk, backpack…I could go on. They take active vacations. They eat healthily but don't deprive themselves of a treat from time to time.
One such woman is my dear friend, Louise. Louise finished the entire SPS list of 247 major peaks in the Sierra Nevada of California on her 70th birthday. She and I climbed Mt Thielsen in Oregon last October which involved 10 miles roundtrip, 3,000ft elevation gain, and a 4th class rock climb ~100ft to the summit. She's coming with me on a Call of the Wild trip to climb Mt Kilimanjaro in Tanzania at 19.3kft. Afterwards just she and I are heading north to Kenya to give Mt Kenya a go.
Louise is one of the most active people I know, young or old. She struggles with some knee issues but wears a knee brace and has a medical routine to control her pain. She does not let it stop her!
Contrast Louise to the average 50yo I bump into who says, "Oh, I could NEVER do THAT! I'm too <insert adjective here – fat, old, slow, unfit, afraid>." It makes me so sad that they have 25+ years of activity left that they won't take advantage of.
I was further reminded of the power of moving last week when I was completing a full circumambulation of the Three Sisters mountains here in Central Oregon. It was an amazing trip – 51 miles in 5 days with a wonderful new partner, Kristie around three beautiful Cascades volcanoes.
The weather was glorious, the views were astounding, and we saw no one on the trails. That is until we bumped into Greg, a 77 yo old man backpacking with his daughter and son-in-law. He let us pass and we could barely keep a pace to stay out in front of his group. He was a lifelong hiker and backpacker.
I didn't ask Greg what his secret was because I now knew the answer…NEVER STOP MOVING!
I was ruminating on this blog post about the power of movement as the fountain of youth, and within 24 hours I bumped into two more examples. I was killing time before a doctor appt at one of my favorite places to borrow wifi, the tasting room at Humm Kombucha. I couldn't help but overhear one of these gentlemen say, "Now that I'm 70…" My ears perked up and I took a second look. The fellow on the left, Jack, doesn't look a day over 50 (he was the 70yo) and his buddy, Gary, doesn't look over 60 (but he was 69). They both said they stay active daily and "Uncle Gary," who has done yoga daily for 20 years and is blissfully married, proceeded to tell me his 3 secrets to staying young:
1. Stay social and get outside
2. Maintain a strong love of life
3. Don't eat any cow products
Sounds like pretty solid advice to me…although I do love my cheese…
I came home with my outline in mind and saw that my Warrior Mind Coach, Gregg Swanson, posted an article on Facebook from Psychology Today. The topic? The one word answer to adding years to your life…MOVE!
Talk about serendipity! The article provided more support for my anecdotal evidence:
There are many theories. First, let's consider the Standard Model:
1. People who move around more have lower blood pressure.
2. If you move more, you make your arteries more elastic and less prone to plaque.
3. Greater physical activity makes you stronger, allowing you to avoid accidents, falls and physical debilities.
Next there's the Regeneration Health Model:
1. The body is an information system. Physical activity provides a much greater load of information to the body than virtually anything done sitting still. If you walk outside, your immune system must respond to thousands of different—and mutating—bacteria, viruses, fungi and other organisms. It must counter many different chemicals and pollutants. Updating on the fly makes the system more resilient, and effectively smarter.
2. Moving in three-dimensional space is itself a tremendous stimulus to the body and brain, which must coordinate cognitive, sensory, muscle, connective, and skin tissue activity in real time. Just consider what your eyes and ears have to do in conjunction with immunity to keep your body aware—and alive. The biological rule is simple: Learn continuously, or die. The end result is growing more brain cells in memory regions, plus making the brain and body more resilient.
3. Physical activity improves mood, which allows people to remain engaged physically and mentally, and makes it easier and more reinforcing to stay active in all spheres.
4. Physical activity causes the heart and blood vessels to be stressed, causing more and sometimes quicker regeneration of tissue. Most of the heart, for example, is replaced in three days time, and more of it will be replaced from the greater use and material demands of physical activity. Many organs are more efficiently regenerated in activity than when left in a resting state. As a counter-example, sitting is increasingly recognized as an important risk factor to overall mortality.
5. Moving improves the ability to sleep and rest, increasing regenerative capacity overall. Walk in the morning, sleep better at night.
6. Moving causes frequent and ubiquitous hormonal shifts, including increased insulin sensitivity. The latter may help with greater energy efficiency throughout the body, as well as prevent build up of fat surrounding abdominal organs, now recognized as a hormonal gland in and of itself.
7. Increased physical activity leads to more engagement with the environment. That improves learning and can augment the ability to connect with others along the way. Notably, heart attack risk goes down 30-50 percent in British housing estates where people have greater access to green space—letting them move around and meet each other.
Source: "The Simple, One-Word Secret for Adding Years to Your Life." Psychology Today, May 28, 2015.
I don't need any more convincing! Packing my car right now to go climb Mt Hood tonight…how are you going to get out and move today? And tomorrow? And the next day?
It's never too late to NEVER STOP MOVING!!!


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So… we have had more than a little rain. But no real problems. A bit of damp in the garage, but generally the house has been OK. Until today…
For some reason the walls which we have been concerned about have started to show their dampness. It must be something about the way the rain has fallen. The house is constructed in a bit of a weird way. I think that there must have been two small courtyards in the middle of the house. On one side, it has been roofed over with a flat felt roof. When our tame builder came round he said that the job "was badly done" which was a polite way of him saying it was crap. He was not surprised that we had evidence of damp. Nor am I after we now have water coming down on the inside.
What to do? Well also our tame builder said a good piece of advice that he used on a client: "That water outside has now come inside. We need to stop it. That is all the issue is"
Somehow it is a comfort to reduce it to a simple statement like that!


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My Kitchen Rules – The Tassie Team Is Back
To be honest in this year's My Kitchen Rules I did not think any of the teams deserved a second chance to get back into the competition, but hopefully I will be proved wrong.
The recap is not happening today guys because of the Logies. Ironically I was not going to watch the Logies at all but as soon as the first category was Most Popular Reality TV Program I was hooked for the full interminable broadcast.
So apologies – so I am throwing it across to you guys to tell me what you thought of the episode. Highlights and lowlights? Whether you thought Matt and Mick were the best team to get back in? Whether gamer dude Keiran from Western Australia should have been there in the first place and should Colin Fassnidge host an Australian version of Hell's Kitchen.
Speaking of Colin there was an article this weekend about how he was told to stop responding to people who were bitching about him on the social media. He and Channel Seven should be happy the viewers are talking about him as this is a positive thing, as none of the other judges on the who have ever created much chatter. So in that way Colin is doing a good job. Source: (News.com.au)
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- 1 Moonstruck { 04.09.13 at 1:02 am }
LB@149 it's amazing what people will put up with for sake of 125,000.
- 2 cuisinaire { 04.09.13 at 2:12 am }
nanaliz, unless the the nude beach no longer exists, it is some distance from where the cooking was "staged" and yes, the camels do go on that stretch of beach. However, the camel trains don't tend to use the stretch of beach from the popular part of Cable Beach out to Gantheaume Point. I've been to Broome many times and love it! but requiring bbq cooking in the sun in November is irresponsible. Ch 7 should have enforced the "no hat" rule on Pete & Manu…no hat, no food! (I was hoping that a rogue croc might have been hungry for foreign food.)
- 3 Littlepetal { 04.09.13 at 8:12 am }
Yes, Colin and co were in Perth for the elimination challenge.
- 4 auds { 04.09.13 at 9:51 am }
How did the Tassie team get back in? Last I saw it was between them and the Italian mummas. What did I miss? All I saw last night was the Broome challenge…..
- 5 littlepetal { 04.09.13 at 10:02 am }
auds-you didn't miss anything. Tassid team not back yet. They still have to cook against Angela and Melina and the team that will be eliminated this Wed.


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I was told to my face that what she was doing wasn't a stunt, that she was simply a grieving mother who deserved some answers.
This via Wizbang. Here's Mrs. Sheehan's latest (sorry, but it's on MichaelMoore.com–which goes to show something about the company you keep…):
George Bush needs to stop talking, admit the mistakes of his all around failed administration, pull our troops out of occupied New Orleans and Iraq, and excuse his self from power.
Yes, critics. I only excerpted a portion of her piece. That's why it's called an excerpt. You may say "well, she thinks EVERYONE deserves food right before that" blah blah blah.
She said Bush needs to pull the troops out of "occupied New Orleans". She's a crackpot pure and simple.
Isn't everyone who jumped to her defense just so proud of what they've created?


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|Jozef Cardinal Glemp
His Eminence Jozef Cardinal Glemp died this past January 23rd after a long illness. Cardinal Glemp was the successor of the "Primate of the Millennium", the incomparable Stefan Cardinal Wyszynski (of whom I will be posting a number of his reflections). The Holy Father, in writing his condolences to the Archbishop of Warsaw included these words:
"He was a 'just' man, in the spirit of St. Joseph, his patron, and those who, in biblical tradition, knew how to listen to the voice of God's call, addressed not just to them personally, but also to the communities to which they were sent. Such justice, full of humble obedience to God's will, was the basis of his deep love for God and man, which was his light, inspiration, and strength in the difficult ministry of leading the Church at a time when significant social and political transformations were affecting Poland and Europe."
May the Cardinal's soul be received into the mercy of Christ.


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The Plain reading ruler is made of a plain window of transparent plastic that both underlines the text by the use of an opaque line and highlights it in a coloured tint.
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- Ideal for figures, diagrams, and more advanced readers.
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swasan ff: broken wings..fly again??? Episode 5
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Sanskar was staring swara.. he started to admire her.. her cute antics while talking .. her beautiful eyes.. million dollar smile.. a desire flow through his body.. he take her hand in his. started to caressing her palms.. he place a soft kiss in her fingers.. making her shiver..
" what you are doing sanskar"
swara asked in a husky voice..
" you have long and gorgeous fingers"
he again kissed her fingers..
swara's face became red..
" swara don't blush yaar.. look your face became a red tomato.. "
" sanskar am i looking like tomato?"
she made a puppy face..
" swara you are not a tomato.. because tomato is sour na.. you are a mango.. and i like to eat mango"
swara feels shy and embarrassed..
" stop it sanskar.. don't you have shame? don't talk like this"
" I'm talking to my wife. . don't stop me ok.. and let me taste this mango.. he place his fingers on her cheeks.. he rubbed her cheeks.. swara felt blood rushing to her cheeks.. his face and his fingers was very hot.. swara forgot about everything.. she melt in his touch.. his fingers traced her lips.. her soft pink lips.. his lips urge to get a contact with that pink cute lips.. his fingers feel her lips. . he looked her with lust.. he wanted to touch every part of her body.. his body wanted to feel her body.. his fingers travelled through her chin and reach her neck.. her milky slender neck.. he placed his lip on her neck..
swara's POV
oh.. god.. I'm dying.. his touch.. it is magnificent.. I'm feeling like heaven in his touch.. when his fingers tracing my skin i felt like current paasing through my body.. now his hands rubbing my neck.. i can't take it anymore.. he placed his lips on my neck.. his burning gaze on my body.. his hot lips on my neck.. this heavenly feel.. no swara you can't allow him to do so.. you have to make him fall for you.. not for your body.. but for your heart.. for you as a person.. not as a body.. don't allow him swara.. my brain give me warning.. but I'm helpless . I'm enjoying his touch.. i want it more.. i don't want to stop him.. what the hell..
his hands are moving towards my shoulder.. it is going to take my saree's pallu from my shoulder.. you idiot swara stop him now.. my practical intelligent mind force to me spit the word " stop" but my tongue loss the strength to spit it out.. my useless immature stupid heart saying that not stop him.. let him.. you are also enjoying it.. this blo*dy heart.. oh god he removed my saree's pallu.. now he is touching my shoulder.. his fingers slide through my shoulder and caressing my hands.. this guy had some magic in his hands..
pov ends..
sanskar's POV
This girl is killing me.. she is too hot.. I'm very lucky to have her.. her skin is glowing .. when I'm touching her blood is rushing through out my body.. she is not using any perfume.. but her natural smell is making me crazy.. smell of a women.. her skin is very soft.. soft like a baby. if i touch it hard then it will became full red. . i had some girlfriends before magic.. it is true that i didn't cross any limit with them.. but i used to hug them and kiss them on cheeks.. but i never felt any magic that i felt when i touched swara.. it was like she is made for me.. only for me…
pov ends..
sanskar pulled her more closer to him and touches her bare waist.. he squeeze her supple milky bare waist.. swara was shivering in his touch.. and she don't dare to stop him. . swara felt sanskar's other hand moving to her bare back.. sanskar slowly closed his eyes.. while one of his hands was rubbing her bare back and other hand was squeezing her waist.. their bodies are very much closer.. they can feel each others body.. and can hear each other's heart beat.. sanskar's fingers touched her blouse .. he wanted to remove it.. open it partially.. and slide her blouse a little.. her gorgeous shoulders are partially naked now.. he started to kiss her shoulders..
" you are looking s*xy"
he whispered in her ears..
this made her blush.. once again her cheeks became a red tomato..
she turn back.. her hot bare back is now visible to him.. he rubbed his fingers in her bare back.. his touch was fire.. she was burning in it.. he placed his lips on her back and gives her sweet torture.. his lips contact with her skin.. he is kissing every inch on her bare back.. he slowly bite her she enjoyed it.. then he bite a little harder..
swara came in to reality..
" stop it"
she screamed.. sanskar looked her with a doubted face..
swara move away from him.
" don't touch me.."
" what happened swara?"
" do you love me sanskar?"
her question penetrate in to his ears..
do i love her?
" i don't know swara"
" so you are confuse with your feelings.. if you don't love me then how can you make love to me?"
" you are my wife swara"
" stop this sanskar.. you have only one explanation to all your deeds to me.. I'm your wife.. so i have to obey all your orders .. isn't it? I'm your wife sanskar .. not your slave.. a wife fullfill her husband's wishes not because he tied a string to her neck.. or not because he applied sindoor to her forehead.. but it id because she loves him.. and she wanted to be loved by him.. if you love me and respect me as a wife and as a women that day I'm ready for this.. else don't come near me.."
sanskar felt guilty.. but his pride was strong enough to overcome the guilt..
" don't fool yourself swara.. you love my touch and you wanted it more.. and stop your mahaan speech and as a good wife come to me.."
" sanskar do you know what you are going to do?"
" making love with you"
" no sanskar.. you are trying to rape me"
sanskar shocked like hell..
" what nonsense swara. . shut up"
" I'm saying truth sanskar.. if a man try to do s*x with a woman by forcing himself on her is called rape"
" are you out of sense swara?"
" I'm in my senses.. and if you try to rape me.. then i will tell to your family that you are a rapist.."
sanskar's throat became dry.. he know that if she said anything she will definitely do it.. and if she said this to his family members then .. it is better to die than being called a rapist..
" swara why you are torturing me like this? "
" sanskar you are my husband.. so I'm torturing you"
swara give him a beautiful smile and go to bed leaving sanskar shocked..
so guys how was it? actually i thought to write something else.. but then i thought to write some romance between them.. did you liked it? if yes please please please comment.. your comments are my energy boosters..


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Have you ever walked out of the theatre with the feeling that your mind has just been kicked around like a soccer ball? Well, until you grab take the giant escalator down at the Scotiabank Theatre. This current blog post is overdue but here it is, unapologetically late, and devoid of hype. God forbid that I blog about a non-trend on Twitter, right?
I must confess that watching a movie in the theatre requires a lot of coordination of schedules and logistics of public transport. However, the hassle was worth the entertainment value of Inception. The passage of time within each dream layer was confusing in a metaphysical way. At one point, I had to take a breather and make a list of the various dream situations that were taking place in different people's psyches. A good return on invesment.
The optical illusions that were in the movie, like the infinite stairs, reminded me of Escher's surrealist drawings. What I found interesting about the experience is that as viewers, our lives outside of the context of the big room with 500 seats and a projection screen were on hold, which is a lot like dreaming. For the two hours and a half that I spent in the theatre, my own life's worries were suspended.
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Monday, 10 August 2009
Kaffeine 1.0-Pre2 Released
Kaffeine is a popular video player among the KDE users, using the Xine engine for video playback, supporting lots of video formats (including high-definition Matroska video (MKV), DVDs and DVD ISO images) and providing numerous and powerful features, support for subtitles, DVD menus, and much more.
Kaffeine 1.0 will be the first KDE4 port of Kaffeine, and in the past I wrote a review of the first pre-release, which you can read here.
The second pre-release was made available on August 9, 2009, and, according to the announcement on the official website, it includes the following new features:
- added screensaver inhibition using DBUS
- added basic playlist features
- added on-screen display
- added DVB-S2 support using S2 API
- many other bug fixes and improvements
I'll soon post a tutorial on how to install and test this pre-release in Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope.
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Monday, May 25, 2009
Nationals Stadium
Artomatic building I made my way up op to the roof to take advantage of a great view of Nationals Park. Unfortunately it started raining soon after I started so I ended up retreating to the 9th floor to finish this sketch.
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- roysie said...
I saw your booth at Artomatic and loved your work. I hope you don't mind if I wrote about it on my blog. Best of luck!
- June 15, 2009 at 9:38 AM
- Björn Eskil said...
Thanks for the kind words Roysie. And thanks for mentioning me on your blog, I really appreciate it.
- June 15, 2009 at 10:07 AM
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Premier Matteo Renzi says the accord means "billions of euros" will return to Italy in tax revenues.
Both sides also pledged to revise rules on how cross-border workers will pay income tax.
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Park Royal Hotel on Hangar Lane in June 1960
John S.
"I was amazed to see Sutch run in, dressed as King Neptune, covered in "Seaweed", jump on a table amongst screaming girls, leap off, land in a heap on the floor and commence singing... He had very longhair, unusual in those days..."
Tour of Devon and Cornwall with The Playboys, 1960
Alan L.
"He act was general lunacy and quite funny. He couldn't sing, but just shouted ...
His stage show was really a visual performance of organised insanity. A real good laugh, but not much musical value..."
"I remember the jokes between songs inflicted upon the bewildered audience..."
Kirkonnell, Ireland, July 1st, 1961
Brian K.
"In Kirkconnel, The Savages were wearing orange shirts on Orange Day and had the wally get up on stage... A bloke got up on the stage and went towards the drummer, who just picked up his ride cymbal and smacked him on the forehead... his head opened up and there was blood everywhere so that started a riot and the band had to get out of the place with a police escort in the end".
At the Tower Ballroom in New Brighton, on Friday Jan 12th 1962
Adrian C.
"This bill was an extravaganza called 'Twist Around The Tower', advertised as: 'The Greatest Show on Merseyside. Starring Screaming Lord Sutch and his horde of Savages, with Mel Turner - King of Twist - and the Bandits... also a sensation Twist exhibition team, 'Mr Twist & the Twistettes.'
Bill toppers Screaming Lord Sutch & the Savages finally failed to turn up and an unknown liverpuldian outfit appeared instead... the Beatles."
at the Railway Wealdstone, April 9th 1962
Colin S.
"We were all still at school and were very impressed, the band kicked off with some heavy riff instrumental. The guitarist and bassist has bleached white hair and held their guitars almost vertical, staring menacingly into the audience. Sutch's show included him leaping around with a red toilet seat around his neck. At one point he was standing on a chair, then one of the band came up with a broomstick and poked him up the bum and Sutch squealed, "ooh, is that you, Cliff?" "
Thurso Town Hall, Scotland,in February 1963
"As The Savages blasted into the ear-blistering intro to their current single I'm a Hog For You Baby, the curtain rose on a darkened stage on which a table stood supporting a coffin. Suddenly, the coffin lid opened and out sprang Lord Sutch, wrapped in a black Dracula cape, his face contorted in a maniacal leer, a top hat hiding his flowing locks. The madman was well and truly loose. A toilet seat round his neck, the noble one delivered a stream of hard-core belters including a rip-snorting version of Good Golly Miss Molly, before ending with his very own shock-rocker, Jack The Ripper, during which he roamed among the audience, a butcher's knife in one hand, a set of rubber entrails in the other."
At the Empire Hall, Totton, 1965
I saw Screaming Lord Sutch at the Empire Hall, Totton... When he burst onto the stage waving his knife around, at least six girls fainted crashed straight down on the floor...
At The Golf Drouot, France, on June 15th, 1965
Robert M.
"J'y étais", comme on dit, au Golf Drouot, le soir où il est passé dans le Temple du Rock'n'Roll de Paris.
Je me souviens de son van, avec sur le toit un énorme crocodile.
Son set, entrecoupé de poursuites avec ses musiciens avec une énorme hâche, duel avec épées, etc.
Ces musiciens, tous habillés avec chemises noires à gros pois blancs, jouaient très fort...
Les chemises noires à gros pois blancs m'avaient frappées à tel point que j'ai demandé à ma copine de l'époque qui travaillait dans le prêt-à-porter féminin, de me trouver la même, ce qu'elle a fait. Souvenirs souvenirs. Leurs longues roufflaquettes m'avaient aussi étonnées.
Son répertoire, des classics de Little Richard, et ses propres titres dont Jack The Ripper, of course.
... mes copains et moi connaissions Sutch car nous allions de temps à autres à Londres et avions trouvé ses singles.
Le vendredi soir, au Golf il y avait le Tremplin où se produisaient 4 ou 5 groupes amateurs ou semi-pro. J'y étais souvent.
Le samedi et le dimanche se produisaient un gagnant du Tremplin et un artiste pro comme Vince Taylor, Lord Sutch, etc."
"I was there... at the Golf Drouot, the evening when he came to the Temple of Rock 'n' roll of Paris.
I remember his van with an enormous crocodile on the roof.
His set was interrupted with funny acts using various props: chasing his musicians with an huge axe, fancing swords, etc.
These musicians, all dressed with black shirts with big white peas, played very loud...
These black shirts with big white peas had knocked me so much that I asked my then girlfriend who worked in a clothes shop, to find me exactly the same, what she did. Sweet memories... They had long hair and long sideburns, and I was very amazed...
He sang some Little Richard's numbers, and some well known songs of his such as "Jack The Ripper", of course!
... My friends and I knew well Sutch because we often went to London and bought his record there.
On Fridays evenings, at the Golf there was a talent contest for amateur or semi-pro bands. I was there often.
On Saturdays and Sundays the winner supported established acts such as Vince Taylor, Lord Sutch, etc. "
At the Borough Hall, Hartlepool in June 1965
Alan L.
"when Lord Sutch appeared on stage he ran on with a scarlet coloured toilet seat round his head and was carrying a chopping axe!
.. the show they did with Lord Sutch was just a basic
four piece band with him. It was drums, bass, lead and rhythm guitar...
Lord Sutch did give me an autograph on the programme from that night."
Saturday 14/08/1965 - Berlin Waldbühne Club (Germany)
A German date at the Berlin Waldbühne Club, on a bill with The Kinks; the Pretty Things; Screaming Lord Sutch; The Fortunes; Johnny Kidd & The Pirates
Heike H.
"The concert at the open air arena before 20,000 spectators was billed 'The Show of the Year,' and with Screaming Lord Sutch and his Seven Savages performed the Fortunes, the Kinks and many others. The press predicted riots the day before: "Long-haired Englishmen strut their stuff on the Waldbühne tomorrow in the 'Show of the Year'.
It was Screaming Lord Sutch who actually inspired the riot, after the venue was secured with the appearance by mounted police bearing truncheons... although they did not have to intervene. Since no one at the gates was searched for potential projectiles, and people were permitted to bring bottles into the venue, the consequences were obvious. As Screaming Lord Sutch show took off during the evening performance, someone lobbed a life-sized straw doll onto the stage and set it on fire right on the wooden boards, and the fire brigade had to put it out... in the meantime one of the saxophonists was accidently injured. The crowd was beside itself, fans throwing bottles onto the stage, and many were injured."
Weser-Ems-Halle, Oldenburg, in 1965
Hans-Jürgen K.
"Sutch wanted to come on stage in his coffin, but due to fire regulations, the five-armed-candle holder was denied. Sutch was a bit miffed...
The event is a very conservative one, organized by local grammar school students. They are again allowed to use the largest hall, 5000 seats, in the area. The place is packed! Lord Sutch looks susceptible in his leopard suit and socks.
The gig begins, and Sutch, a bit miffed, nicks one of the firemen's helmets...
Sutch does his stage show, hacking away at things with his cardboard axe and a machete. The guy who has supplied the amplification doesn't like it at all, because Sutch is actually shredding one of the amplifiers with a machete.
Then Sutch grabs a fire extinguisher...A little squirmish begins.
Sutch starts to climb stage curtains. Policemen try to pull him down. There's a tear in the curtain suddenly. Sutch pulls out his rubber knife. One stewart doesn't realize it's a rubber knife, just a stage prop. Sutch is pulled down, one has got his leg, the other his arms etc.
Sutch comes free and is excited. He grabs one of the axes fastened to the walls in case of fire emergency - quite common in Germany have these axes on the walls in public buildings to crack down doors in case of fire - and hacks about him. An amplifier gets broken etc.
The gig is cut short. Sutch's money is partly kept to pay for the repairs.
The press advises the students to hire musicians who are more respectable than Lord Sutch..."
Ware (Herdfordshire), Late 1965
Bill P.
"The gig at Ware started to a packed hall with Screaming Lord Sutch nearly setting fire to the curtains during the song Great Balls of Fire, the music was fast and furious Rock and Roll, typical Screaming Lord Sutch, very loud, half way through the next number he was dragged off stage by the crowd and seemed to float on a sea of people and ended up out the front door, the drummer and others chassed after him thinking that he was going to be set upon by the local hard men... after a few minutes Sutch suddenly appeared back on stage and said were the FFF... is the rest of the band, he somehow had got free and made his way back to the stage, the drummer returned a few minutes later saying they had got him not realizing that Sutch was back on stage ready to continue... "
Opening night of The Piper Club, Viareggio, on July 17 1966
Giorgio D.
"Viareggio Piper Club open July 1966..
Screamin Lord Sutch - Patrick Samson Set - I Delfini - Thane Russal Three - Beau Brummel - Peeny Brown & Le Pupille - Patty Pravo..."
the opening fixed at 21 o'clock, all the musicians and spectators gathered on the wet docks before the mythical Galleon and then took part of a procession running to the Piper and heading the Carnival of Viareggio singing "love is beautiful".
We followed the procession happily: something was changing really. We arrived at the Piper, receiving to firework -but at the end we all entered and a great show started: Thane Russal who proved he was a true showman, the madman Screamin Lord Sutch who risked giving fire to the premises with his number of "fireman"...
"Four or five acts have been alternated on the stage, the Dolphins from Padu, the five Pupils, Mister Dynamite doing the duel with the plates, Lord Sutch dressed with leopard skin and two huge horns on his head, who was firing to safe and was slashing microphones and saxophones on the heads of the longhair ones and of Patty Pravo, the twenty years old one singer who was making the dance of the belly with the microphone..."
Screaming Lord Sutch & His Heavy Friends, The Hollywood Festival on Saturday May 23th 1970, in Madeley, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire
John H.
"I remember they were billed as Lord Sutch and His Heavy Friends... more than 8 musicians on stage... and appeared on Saturday afternoon before Mungo Jerry and Family... They started with "Great Balls of fire"... That particular number featured a fire on stage. "Cause I Love You" was the only one track from his album. "Jack the Ripper" saw David Sutch wielding an huge axe . The act closed with "Good Golly Miss Molly."
"They were no many well known faces to jam with him that day as it was advertised in some papers..."
At Bradford University in April 1977
Brian L.
"Very exciting stage act. Full of surprises... When David Sutch sang "Jack The Ripper" 8 or 9 girls stormed the stage and grabbed him... a woman had just been killed in Bradford by the Yorkshire ripper."
At the Hammersmith Palais, on June 22th 1981
Lord Sutch and the Savages opened for the Cramps at the Hammersmith Palais
Terry P.
"The place was packed this night.
Sutch's show started with the Funeral March and a torch lit procession made its way across the stage... Great show: Lights dim, monks, topless nuns and a coffin... David Sutch appeared in his top hat and leopard skin coat... blaring horns, and screaming in the coffin prior to raving through gimmicky rock standards: Keep On Rockin', Good Golly Miss Molly, Long Tall Sally, 'Til The Following Night, I'm A Hog For You.... all nostalgic stuff... Also on the bill the Meteors and Red Beat..."
"The Savages went crazy that night... the bass player jumped on stage then throwed his bass guitar, it flied through the air to the side of the stage to be caught by their roadie. The crowd all think its part of the act..."
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Discussion in 'Android Devices' started by hunt577, Oct 11, 2009.
For those that already have the Hero, have you tried tethering? If so, does it work? Thanks!
It doesnt work. Tried it, several times.
That's sad, considering we're in 2009. Thanks for letting me know.
Dont blame the Hero, blame Sprint. The Hero is plenty capable, its just Sprint doesnt allow tethering on their network. Nothing new here.
Yep, I know, Sprint wants you to get one of there mobile broadband cards and pay an extra $60 or so bucks a month, that's all. It's a money thing. I can live without tethering though, since the Hero seems to be able to do almost anything a regular computer can, of course not everything.
I just got my Sprint Hero yesterday. So far I can confirm that PDANet Tethering works on Windows. I run Mac though, so I am still working on a solution.
So far it looks like it is at least possible, so everyone keep trying, there must be another way.
Right now, I am trying to root my Hero (never done that before), then once I have root, I will play around a bit.
Has anyone followed the instructions for tethering on p. 98 of Sprint's HERO manual? It states that the phone can be "used as a modem" with the HTC Sync software provided on the phone's mem card.
(i have not had a change to try it yet, but it should work...)
Well this way works. Thanks for the heads up here.
Ron - The offical way does not work. Thats what I tried.
From what Sprint is saying you can actually tether the device based on the instructions in the manual, BUT you need a tethering plan from Sprint so it will cost you more per month. So, it's possible doing it the official way, just more money. I say go the PDAnet way. We as consumers shouldn't have to pay more money for what we're already paying for (a monthly internet service).
I wish somebody made an app like WMWiFiRouter to turn our hero into a mini wireless router when you need to use your laptop's/netbook's bigger screen/resolution for a lil bit..
No, its not actually as your plan does not support tethering. Extra money or not.
I realize that the manual says you cant, but you cant because Sprint doesnt allow it. In theory, you should be able to buy a tethering (PAM) plan, but like I said, they arent "compatible" with your current play. Which is more or less Sprints way of saying they dont want you running a tether over their network.
Oh I gotcha now! Well, I say we use the PDAnet way, just have to find instructions on how to set that up.
I would use PDANet but they don't support the Mac.
Well guys, my solution for now (posting from it), is to use PDANet on Windows in parallels, and then share the connection to the rest of my Mac. It works well and is fast, but is a PAIN to setup and adds a lot of battery drain to the laptop because of running two operating systems at the same time and the associated power requirements that entitles.
I hope that someone gets root soon, and/or June Fabrics releases a Snow Leopard version of their USB Tethering software. FYI, for those still on 10.5 and below, there seems to be a version available Here. I have not been able to try it or verify that it works though, it is in Beta.
All those on windoz, you already have a working solution, remember there is a 30day free trial for PDANet.
PDANet doesn't support WiFi tethering? Was that only on the iPhone? I distinctly remember setting up an adhoc wireless connection from an iPhone to my Mac...sad if that's not available on other phones, I was just about to try to install PDANet on my Hero.
No, PDANet on the iphone does, but not the Android version. At least as far as I can see.
Guys -
I originally tried this with WIFI on, and it will share wifi connection fine, but not the cellular connection so far.
I got tethering to work out of the box here's what you need to do:
1. Go to HTC's website and install the latest version of HTC Sync or install it off the memory card. (If your memory card isnt mounting properly make sure that you go into your notifications and select the USB symbol, and "Mount" your memory card.
2. Set your phone in Settings > Wireless Controls > Mobile Network Sharing.
Make sure this is checked. (You may also need to set your Hero to Debugging mode, do this by going to Settings > Applications > Development > Check USB debugging.
3. When you do the above step, windows should find your device and ask you to install drivers for an "Android phone". Sprint or HTC doesn't tell you that these drivers were installed with the HTC sync software. They should be located by default in your C:\program files\htc\htc drivers directory. Point the driver to this directory and install them. Check your device manager, you should see a network adapter named Android NDIS adapter or something to that effect.
4. Unplug your existing network connection from your computer and/or disable its wireless connection and windows should establish a network connection on its own.
I have verified this to work on windows vista home with the latest service packs installed. I will try it on Windows 7 Ultimate when I get home later.
Any questions please ask.
I got one. Could you provide a link to the Sync program you used? Because the only one I could find on HTCs site (which may have changed by now) was 2.0.4 and the version that shipped with the phone was 2.0.5.
Nevermind. I see that they finally updated their site to include the Hero and 2.0.5
Did you set it to dial a phone number, #777?
Also, can you open up the details of the network connection and either screen capture or post it here. That would be greatly appreciated so that I can see if I can duplicate a similar connection on the Mac.
I downloaded the software from this link: HTC - Support - HTC Hero? (Sprint) - Software Download
I figured the HTC website had something more recent than was on the phone. So I went there first.
I will check the properties of the network connection, but I honestly didn't have to do ANYTHING to setup the connection in windows.
Sprint does not mind one tethering as long as you have an everything plan 99 dollars and higher and dont abuse it. i have been tethering thru my touch PRO since last year and am able to do it on the PRO2. good to know one can use it on the Hero as well...
Im still not getting this to work and it doesnt sound like you did anything different than I did the first day.
I keep getting a bad username/password when it tried to use the the network to tether.
thats weird, my plan is the new mobile everything plan for $70 a month with handset insurance. I'm not sure if this makes a difference or not either. It is also plausible that some changes were made between now and then?
What OS are you using? I will post screens of the network connection properties when I get home.
64bit Vista, but its not the OS thats the problem. I can clearly see the authentication failing on the handset.
Which is the same issue I had when I stated tethering didnt work the first time. Obviously, like everything else about Sprint lately, phones, plans and who knows what else, were not created equal.
I have the Everything Data Share 3k. So....
yes this works to the letter. im running XP and the network adapter was installed. Zonealarm popped up and noticed the network connection. seems as long as you have htc sync installed the drivers should install on their own... pr0n i appreciate the input.


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Some L'Oreal (mostly complexion products, definitely not mascara) has 20% coupons: L'Oreal Paris Infallible Pro-Matte Foundation Makeup, 102 Shell Beige, 1 fl. oz.
French company Mustela has a few of their great baby skincare products on sale like Mustela Newborn Arrival Gift Set, 15% off.
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Seriously though, I absolutely love this gorgeous cake stand stamp by Jo Firth Young. It looks fabulous on a really clean and simple background and was actually really easy to fussy cut too. I've dragged the colour of the baubles down into the dish to help the illusion that it is glass. I think it really looks effective and, once again, it is a very simple thing to do. I left my pencils in their box and stuck with my Copic Markers for this one.
Here's the shape of the card and you can see the background is very clean and simple. You could make it a one layer card but I really like the way the focal image stands away from the background with this style of card.
It will be back to monsters tomorrow... They miss me if I don't play with them regularly...
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When I was a kid all I wanted to do was sketch on any piece of paper I could find. To this day I find myself making scribble art on post-its while working at the computer. I have been toying with a line of "Post-It" art pieces and sell them framed. That's another project.
While a boy, my dear Mother, who battled as a single Mom all of our lives came home one day and proclaimed I was going to be a little leaguer. She had signed me up, procured a Red Sox uniform and I was dragged to the local park kickin' and screamin' to play ball. I was to do the things that men do… sports. Every week a confrontation would ensue as I demanded my "rights" to stay home a sketch. She insisted I quit "doodling" and join the guys at the game.
We sucked, I sucked, we were the worst team on the league and I had zero desire to win or be there anyway. To make matters worst, my estranged Dad would come sit up in the bleachers with his little ice chest full of beers and drink. Talk about embarrassed, wasn't the humiliation of being a lousy ball player enough for one kid with out drunken Dad hangin' around. Wow! I do give him some credit for having been there at all to support me in his way. I guess everybody has parent baggage to deal with. On the upside, Mom finally caved and I was able to get back to my drawings and creativity. Funny, later I would have a stint as middle school sports photographer before expanding my interest in music and poems.
It would be a long time before I played baseball again. This time for Chrysalis Records, a music label I was involved with, but in the bleachers this time round to see my one and only Grand Slam would be none other than vocal dynamo Pat Benatar. Hell, even her husband Neil Geraldo was on the team. Now, that's a home run!


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Fuji icon K1 the Ultimate is now a full fledged Canadian citizen. I bumped into this on one of my fav websites, theNetNG.com.. Here's how they reported it.. NET gathered that the revolutionary Fuji musician concluded the process four years ago. But sources say only recently was he presented with physical instruments confirming his citizenship- as seen in the photo above, obtained via a Facebook post by promoter Gbenga Adewusi.
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- I usually wear black skinny's with studded belts or just one chain
- I wear black eyeliner and sometimes some bright or black eyeshadow.
- For my shoes I either wear my combat boots (Doc Martians) Or my converse.
- I'm always wearing band tee-shirts (Misfits, Ramones, Anti-flag, Green Day, MCR)
I don't really know if guys like this kinda style.. But I'm honestly just being myself!
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That style is so much better on younger people.
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"Girlfriend material". My head is really a mess right now, all I can say without sounding like an idiot is that while guys do like this kind of styles, they presume a lot about the people in it as well. Stereotypes. I hope you can filter those stupid boys/guys.
Oh. Well I'm not too over the top, nor do I usually fit into any stereotypes. Yeah, me too I guess.


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How to Avoid Hospital Hostility: A Nurse's Perspective/
The following guest post is courtesy of Nurse Lauren, a registered nurse and a great writer. Make sure to jump over to Lauren's site and check out her posts...
Whether you are a medical student, a new resident, or an established physician, you know it doesn't take a rocket scientist (or a brain surgeon) to figure out that there seems to be a tinge (if not more) of animosity (on occasion) between the nurses and doctors of essentially every hospital. And yet, hostility really does not have a place in an environment where teamwork is essential to the point that people's lives are depending on it.
Building a healthy working relationship with nurses can be one of the most crucial components of success as a physician, and for new docs or medical students there's no better time to start learning how to build those relationships than right now.
As a current or future doctor you have likely had numerous encounters with nurses in the hospital. You've probably figured out that (like docs) nurses can't necessarily be put in a box. Nurses are not all kind and nurturing, neither are we all catty and controlling. Nurse's personalities vary across the spectrum. However, despite the various personalities that are at play, there are ways to create a positive working environment with (just about) any nurse.
1. Remember that Respect is a Two Way Street
One mistake that a lot of medical students and docs make is viewing nurses as their inferiors. They may think that nurses are "wanna-be doctors" or treat them as the "the help."
The truth is, the vast majority of nurses I know do not want to be doctors. In fact, if you ask a nurse why he/she became a nurse the answer will probably not be, "I wanted to help people and med school sounded too hard." More likely you'll hear answers about wanting direct patient care, desiring a fast-paced and nurturing atmosphere, maintaining a good work-life balance, and building a rewarding career.
Although a nurse's education is not nearly as extensive as an MD's- we do complete rigorous training to be qualified to do what we do. Additionally, many nurses have been in the healthcare field for much longer than you have. Those years of experience can be extremely valuable to you as a newbie. When you show nurses respect, you will find that they tend treat you the same way. It's that mutual respect which sets the foundation for a healthy, cohesive working relationship that is essential for positive patient outcomes.
2. Listen to the Nurses
It amazes me the number of physicians that will only read a patient's chart for updates, but never check in with the patient's nurse. The nurse is the person who has been with the patient all day and all night; we have a lot of objective and subjective information that can be crucial to their care. Even though this information can be found in the patient's chart, speaking directly to the nurse provides for more streamlined communication and an assurance that the most important concerns will be addressed.
Of course, nurses on the floor are very busy and no, it's not always convenient to stop them to get report, however I do encourage you to make it a habit of checking in with the nurses in addition to reading charts. It's important that you hear nurses out on their concerns and suggestions regarding the patient's care. Of course, there will be conflicts of opinions and many times you may end up making a decision that contradicts the nurse's suggestion. That's ok. Not everyone on the healthcare team will necessarily full-heartedly agree with every decision that is made. The important thing is creating an atmosphere where suggestions and questions are welcome, an atmosphere that promotes synergy, leads to more-informed decision-making and improved patient care.
3. Don't be afraid to ask questions
Another mistake a lot of medical students make is assuming that the nurses don't like them or don't want them around. Perhaps you even feel a little bit intimidated by the nurses. After all, experienced nurses know what they are doing on the floor and are very confident in their work. As a newbie, you may not feel that confident yet.
One thing that a medical student, a new resident, and a nurse have in common is that we all know what it is like to be at the bottom of the healthcare totem pole. We've all been there- being new, being nervous, and being unsure of ourselves.
My advice to you, is don't be ashamed of your position as a newbie. You have already accomplished a lot in your education and career- you can be confident in that fact. And you can know that many nurses on the floor will be more than willing to help you along the journey (provided you can successfully navigate rules 1 and 2). Don't be afraid to ask questions, you may find a nurse can be one of your greatest resources to you in your professional journey.
Learning to work well on an interprofessional team is just like any other skill you are required to learn, it takes practice and nobody gets it exactly right the first time around. However, I believe that if you begin to develop these positive habits now- showing nurses respect, being open to listening to their feedback, and showing a willingness to learn by asking questions, you will find less of a power struggle and perhaps even make a new friend to help you along your way.


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About SkinBar
Aromatherapy can be used to soothe nerves and focus the mind, but for SkinBar's Lynda Dheming Moore, it sparked her entrepreneurial spirit. While working at an essential-oil company, Lynda discovered the benefits of plant extracts on the skin. This experience inspired her to enroll in aesthetics training and cosmetic chemistry classes at UCLA. This was in 1995, when Dr. Howard Murad was developing his holistic approach to skincare in nearby El Segundo, so she sought training from him after completing her coursework. She opened SkinBar nearly a decade later, after learning high-tech techniques at The International Dermal Institute and deepening her knowledge of skincare products at Dermalogica.
SkinBar stays true to its name, focusing exclusively on ways to smooth and refresh the saran wrap covering our faces and bodies. Facials reflect Lynda's diverse training, with involved rejuvenation methods involving gentle electrical impulses, salves enriched with goji berries to heal dryness, or retinoids to even out blotchy pigmentation. She still relies on Murad and Dermalogica tonics during treatments, but her library of products now includes bottles from Jan Marini and Obagi as well as cosmetics from Jane Iredale. Bluewick candles infuse the studio with relaxing aromas, and their scents seep into private chambers where massages ease pregnancy or melt knots with warm basalt stones. Waxing reveals radiant skin from under a wilderness of hair, and makeovers can accent facial architecture with pigment and eyelash extensions.