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![]() Elsewhere” was nominated at the Emmy Awards for all six seasons as Best Drama Series but lost to “Hill Street Blues” twice, “Cagney and Lacey” twice, “L.A. SEE Emmys Best Drama Series gallery: Every winner in Emmy Awards history Elsewhere because its rundown conditions), tackling topical medical subjects with unexpected deaths among the patients and staff members throughout the six seasons airing 1982-1988. The show was set at the fictional Boston hospital St. Eligius.The series never had the greatest of overall ratings but was saved time and again by the Peacock network due to its Emmy wins and nominations, plus excellent demographics among the 18-49 viewers who advertisers coveted. ER? Grey's Anatomy? Scrubs? Hapless interns all, pale echoes in the hallowed but crumbling halls of St. The show killed off its cast members with as much unsentimental abandon as it dispatched its often impressive roster of guest stars, which during season one included a baby-faced Tim Robbins as an unrepentant terrorist bomber and, most memorably, Doris Roberts and James Coco as a co-dependent homeless couple in the Emmy Award-winning episode "Cora and Arnie" (both included here along with 20 other episodes, an audio commentary, and several featurettes). ![]() Others would join on in subsequent seasons: Alfre Woodard, Mark Harmon, Bruce Greenwood. Jack Morrison William Daniels' insufferably egotistical heart specialist without a heart, Dr. Philip Chandler David Morse's empathetic, tousle-haired resident, Dr. ![]() Elsewhere's enormous ensemble cast was probably bigger than its audience, but a few standout performers quickly rose to the top: Denzel Washington's ambitious but compassionate Dr. The show's consistently low numbers (highest Nielson rating: 49) kept it hovering on the critical list, its tenuous life-support system subsidized by upscale sponsors who coveted the show's small but affluent viewership. Elsewhere was an armchair sociologist's wet dream, brimming with hidden non sequiturs, homages to pop-culture icons (keep a keen ear open for familiar names over the hospital PA), and sly in-jokes that flew right under NBC censors' radar ("she placed her tulips on my organ"). In addition to claiming one of the all-time great theme songs (the Eighties were the golden age of TV tunes), St. Elsewhere would last for six stellar seasons, growing increasingly surreal until finally imploding with one of the most controversial series finales in broadcast history, complete with a flatlining MTM cat logo. A few savvy critics noted the show's debt to Hill Street Blues, which had premiered one year earlier. Elsewhere premiered in 1982, initially befuddling the curious few who tuned in: Was this a comedy series? A medical drama? A soap opera? Elsewhere's layered storylines "arcs" in the parlance of the Eighties were a near-flawless assemblage of diverse subgenres surgically joined together by a vision that was simultaneously bleak, humanistic, and often seriously skewed. The brainchild of Joshua Brand and John Falsey (who would later conjure the equally cultish Northern Exposure), St. Elsewhere: That's where deportees from the city's more prestigious medical centers find themselves diverted. The decrepit old teaching hospital on Boston's South Side is better known as St. ![]() Like visitors to a Roach Motel, patients may check in, but they seldom check out. Eligius Hospital, because the harried staff there probably won't. 20th Century Fox, $39.98 God save the luckless souls who find themselves admitted into St. ![]() The Cinnamon desktop has a configuration tool called "Hot Corners" which lets you determine what happens when you move your mouse into the corners of your screen.īefore thinking about hot corners it is worth discussing workspaces first. Until 2016 the developers won't begin work on a new base and will be focus completely on the current base. Until 2016 Linux Mint will use the same package base as Linux Mint 17 making it easier to upgrade. Linux Mint 17 will receive support updates until 2019. What is important with Linux Mint 17 is the LTS strategy. This list doesn't cover everything and may not make sense to new users so it would be beneficial to click the link above to get the full list. Support for MDM failback shutdown sequence.The "WACOM" plug has been re-introduced.Power management and screen saver settings redesigned.Improved graphical interface for system settings.Language Settings tool added to make it easier to select your language.Refined MDM login manager and multi monitor support improved.The driver manager can now install drivers without an internet connection.Generally there is a debate to be had as to whether it really has everything that Photoshop has to offer but for the casual user it certainly is incredibly powerful. Linux Mint is in a better state when it is first installed than Windows is and for the most part requires no extra specialist software to be installed for the most common uses of home computers.įor those of you that haven't heard of GIMP it is a fine picture editing tool. Linux Mint has a great selection of applications that are installed by default. Linux Mint has everything you need installed from the outset, so you can watch your favourite Youtube videos, play your favourite games and listen to your music collection with no further setup required. Some Linux distributions do not include proprietary technology such as the ability to play Flash videos and listen to MP3 audio. Insert the USB drive and reboot your computer. Before you begin, backup your computer using the Windows 7 backup and recovery tools. You will need to follow the guide showing how to create the Linux USB drive first. 512 megabytes RAM (1 gigabyte recommended)Ĭlick here for my guide showing how to create a bootable Linux Mint USB drive.Ĭlick here for my guide showing how to install Linux Mint as a virtual machine.Ĭlick here for my guide showing how to dual boot OSX and Linux Mint 17 on a MacBook Air.Ĭlick here for my guide showing how to install Linux Mint alongside Windows 7.Ĭlick here for my guide showing how to replace Windows 7 with Linux Mint.Ĭlick here for my guide showing how to install Linux Mint alongside Windows 8.1.įor now though I am going to take you through the installation steps to show just how easy it is.x86 processor (32-bit) or 圆4 processor (64-bit).NOTE: There is now a new version of Linux Mint (version 17.1) Click here for a review of Linux Mint 17.1 Today I am going to be reviewing Linux Mint 17 with the Cinnamon desktop environment which is the best that Linux Mint has to offer. The best Linux alternative for Windows 7 that I have found thus far is probably Zorin OS 8. Windows 7 is probably the best version of Windows there has ever been. Windows 7 users are not running out of support and there isn't all that much wrong with Windows 7, especially if you have used it for a while. I have already written articles giving 5 reasons why Lubuntu might be better for Windows XP users and that PCLinuxOS might be better for Windows XP users with more powerful machines and Windows Vista users.įor Windows 8 users, I would imagine that just about any flavour of Linux is preferable but I would probably lean towards Ubuntu as I think Ubuntu provides the killer new desktop that Windows 8 has tried to introduce but in a much better way. One of the hardest sells is trying to convince someone who is using Windows 7 that there is a version of Linux suitable for them. I believe that there is a version of Linux out there for everyone. The series spans from The Book of Lost Tales (early writings from the 1910s) to The Peoples of Middle-earth (late writings of the 1960s, including the first pages of an abandoned sequel to Lord of the Rings).īombur Firebeard? Bofur and Bifur Broadbeam? In the 12-volume History of Middle-earth series, Christopher Tolkien attempts to chart the creative development of his father’s legendarium through an extensive collection of the Professor’s notes and writings. As it turns out, the name ‘Ironfist’ is lifted straight from the pages of Tolkien’s writings. Now that we see where Brok came from, what about Ironfist? Surely that is a bootlegged version of King Dáin’s designation. Will we be seeing new Dwarf allies named Austri and Vestri or Skirfir and Virfir coming in the future? Only time will tell! There are over 100 Dwarf names cataloged in the Völuspá and so the well of inspiration is deep should the designers ever choose to create another new Dwarf for us. ![]() Decipher’s LOTR TCG named one of their Dwarf-lords from Peter Jackson’s films Sindri, printing a rare companion card for him in their Reflections set. In fact, this isn’t the first time that a Lord of the Rings card game designer has pulled a new Dwarven name out of one of Tolkien’s favorite myths. Far from being a knock-off, the name Brok now seems like a wonderfully thematic choice for a new character named Ironfist in Tolkien’s world! These brothers were famous craftsmen who made a number of magical artifacts for the gods including but not limited to Thor’s hammer and Odin’s magical ring. In the Poetic Edda, the same tale from which Tolkien lifted the Dwarf names Gimli, Glóin and others, we learn of two dwarves named Sindri and Brok. Like many of the names Tolkien gave to his Dwarves, it appears to have been carefully chosen from ancient Norse mythology. To begin with, the name Brok wasn’t just pulled out of a hat of random names. Clearly, someone clever just switched the body part combined with ‘Iron-‘ and grabbed a random first name from the guy named Brock in the next cubicle (dropping the ‘c’ to make it look more Tolkieny). Initially I assumed that the name ‘Brok Ironfist’ was a cheap knock-off of Dáin Ironfoot, in the same way Thalin appeared to be a poor man’s Balin or Dwalin. After shuffling through the heroes and finding the likes of Beravor, Eleanor, and Thalin, I realized that our game designers were going to be introducing some of their own original characters to Middle-earth. My deprecating amusement with Brok Ironfist began the first time I opened the core set. Join us as we explore his legend, showcase the artwork, and discuss the most overcosted card ever created for our game!Ĭlick for a high resolution scan of this entry’s featured card. With just a little bit of imagination, Brok Ironfist actually has something of a canonical place in Tolkien’s world and he is actually a pretty cool unique character. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, you heard that right. It turns out that our beloved below average ally is not as much of an FFG creation as I originally assumed. ![]() It is because I recently made an interesting discovery while flipping through the pages of The Peoples of Middle-earth. ![]() The clinching reason for my sudden interest in this disused dwarf at Master of Lore however is not just because it’s funny how bad he is. My mock poster for the Brok Ironfist spin-off movie is just a small sampling of actual comments made about him in the forums over the past four years. What elevates Brok above the rest is that he has been so bad for so long that it has almost become endearing. There are plenty of cards to fit that bill. Like the other cards in this club, it is not simply the fact that Brok is practically unplayable that makes him special. It is in that cheerful spirit of supreme mediocrity that I would like to submit my own humble nomination to LOTR LCG League of Lackluster Legends - Brok Ironfist. ![]() You begin with only 10 face-up cards, but you can free face-down cards by removing a face-up card from on top of it. The only cards you can move are the face-up cards in the columns of the tableau. These rules help you understand how to play Spider Solitaire (2 Suits): The waste pile: Unlike Solitaire, you don’t use a waste pile because the stockpile cards are dealt directly onto columns in the tableau.Instead, you create the entire sequence in the tableau and then transfer it to a foundation pile when it is complete. Additionally, you don’t build on those spaces during the game. The Foundation piles: Like classic Solitaire, you leave room at the top for foundation piles, but you need 8 spaces instead of 4.If the stock pile runs out and you can’t make any more moves, you have lost the game. ![]() When you are stuck and can’t make any more moves, you deal 1 card face-up to each column from the stock pile until the stock pile runs out.
I’m not a nerdy type kid, I’m just a critic. Starfall Education Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. It also supports English language development, special education, and homeschool environments. This app requires an internet connection and is intended for Pre-K, Kindergarten, and Grades 1-5. It can be used on devices signed in with your Apple ID, as well as any associated Family Sharing devices. This subscription is valid only for home use. Your subscription will automatically renew unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. If you choose to purchase a Starfall subscription, a $5.99 (USD) payment will be applied to your Apple ID account upon confirmation of purchase and monthly after that. “I truly believe that Starfall set the foundation for my future.” -Sarah, undergraduate at Stanford University Starfall does an excellent job of offering clear and intriguing early literacy lessons." -Common Sense Media Skill acquisition is appropriately gradual. "Kids can learn about letter recognition, phonics, and reading. Listed on PC Magazine’s “15 best Online Learning Services for Kids,” Think Five’s “Top 5 Most Used Apps by Elementary Teachers,” and as one Parent's Magazine's "70 Best Apps for Families." *Pass it forward! Subscribers gain access to hundreds of additional activities and support the free sections for others to enjoy. Whether a free user or subscriber, you won’t see any ads. All of the basics for learning how to read are available to everyone. Starfall's systematic approach was created by experienced educators using time-tested instructional methods. *Research based, teacher tested, child approved. *More - Holiday Activities, Nursery Rhymes, Sing-Alongs, Interactive Calendar *Math - Numbers, Addition and Subtraction, Multiplication and Division, Geometry and Measurement, Fractions *Reading (phonics, fluency, grammar) - ABCs, Learn to Read, I’m Reading, Talking Library, Punctuation, Parts of Speech Starfall's playful open format intuitively guides children through sequential learning objectives for reading, math, art, music, and social subjects like kindness and caring. Join Zac the Rat and his friends on an exciting learning journey, starting with the ABCs and 123s and advancing up to grade 5 grammar and mathematics. There are still good learning website on Rover, so don’t give up Rover, do check it out.Read, learn, and play with fun activities, games, and songs on Starfall! Covers reading, math, music, and more - preschool to fifth grade. To access Starfall on your Apple device, please visit Free App Bringing Starfall website on iPad and iPhone. You can’t access Starfall on Rover anymore. Starfall has stopped the partnership with Rover. Thanks for your support! Note: The link works for all countries. The cost is the same to you, but iGameMom gets a small percentage. If you would like to check it out or purchase it, please use the App Store link provided below. Rover is a Free app on App Store, and the download link is offered below. To access Starfall on your iPAD for free, simply visit the website via Rover. Now you can access the functioning website with Rover, there is no need to buy the app anymore. Starfall also has apps, which are not free, and I think they are not worth the money, especially when the same content is offered on their website for free. For direction, read How to write on PDF files on iPAD. It doesn’t seem that you can download the PDFs from your iPAD, but once you download them from your computer, you can transfer them onto your iPAD, and have your kids use the PDF files on iPAD directly – no need to print out hard copies. I loved those printables when my son was young. From there, you will find a lot free printables for learning activities. If you go to bottom of the homepage, you will see Download Center. There are some requires membership, but the free content is a lot, you should be able to stay with the free content for quite a while before you have to decide if you need a membership or not. I’m Reading: are also short books, expanding to nonfictions, comics, etc. In Starfall, there are 4 stages of interactive learning materials: Now you can get all the videos and sounds just like you are on your computer. Once you are in Rover, you can type in in the address box, just like any other web browser. The nice thing about using Rover is it also filters out inappropriate content, such as ad on the website. It is a web browser enabling Flash contents. Now I find a solution to access a website with flash via a free app called Rover. I have not been recommending it here, because it uses flash, and flash doesn’t function on iPAD and iPhone. ![]() It is a great website with tons of free reading materials and printables for kids in preschool and kindergarten age. When my son was that age, he liked it a lot. Have you used Starfall? If you have a preschool to kindergarten kids, you should really check it out. ![]() In this particular case, even if there were very small outliers (say if 2 out of the 47 people actually earned only $5,000 a year), they would not significantly affect the result, but in different scenarios they could have a significant effect. In contrast, the median, since it is exactly in the middle of the values, isn't affected by either very large or very small values, and better represents the data since the median is what 94% of people in the room earn. Clearly this is not a good representation of what the average person in the room earns. Find the arithmetic mean of these two numbers to find the medianĮven though there are only three people who earn more than $55,000 in this example, and they comprise only 6% of the people in the room, because they earn vastly more, they skewed the mean income such that the value is almost 12 times more than what 94% of the people in the room earn. If there is an even number of digits in step 1, round the result of step 3 up and down to the nearest whole number these two numbers indicate the position of the two middle numbers in the data set.If there is an odd number of digits in step 1, the result of step 3 indicates the position of the median in the data set.Determine how many numbers there are total.For longer sets of data, if we know how many numbers there are in total (or can count them), we can perform basic division to quickly determine which number is in the middle: The data sets in the examples above only had a few numbers, so we could determine the middle values just by looking at them. How to quickly determine the number in the middle Note that it is possible that we could've gotten lucky and that 12 could've been in the middle of the first set of data, but we should not be trying to determine the median unless the data is listed in ascending or descending order. We need to first rearrange the numbers before attempting to determine the median. Since there is an even number of values in the data set, we need to find the arithmetic mean of the two middle numbers, 5 and 4: ![]() 6 is the median, since it is the number in the middle.Ģ. The rest of the publishing landscape is largely made up of small publishers, or independent publishers. Countless beloved books come from their imprints, many of which you’ll find in our directory. Together, these largest publishers dominate the publishing landscape. ![]() Here are today's biggest book publishing companies: Over the past few decades, these giant publishing companies have merged with and acquired most of the mid-sized publishers in the industry. If we define success by sheer sales volume, then we might point towards the "Big 5" presses and educational publishers (who rake in a LOT of money). What are the most prominent book publishing companies? Once you sign with a publisher, they will do everything that it takes to bring your book to market. However, regardless of a publisher’s size, the scope of their work shouldn’t change. Bigger book publishers may be made up of publishing houses which may, in turn, be made up of imprints - each of which will have its own brand identity in terms of the type of books it publishes. Note that the structure of publishing companies may differ, depending on their size. formatting and distributing hardback, paperback, and ebook versions of the book to stores, both online and brick-and-mortar. writing the book’s blurb, email marketing, setting up media interviews, etc. book cover design and any necessary interior book design developmental editing, copy editing, and proofreading Publishers handle the entire publishing process for books, including: But what they do behind the scenes encompasses much more than that. Sure, a book publisher prints and sells your book. ![]() ![]() Young Adult Publishers What do book publishers do? ![]() Starring: Lyndsy Fonseca, Chandler Massey, Lea Thompson, Christopher Lloyd With the advice of the train’s enigmatic conductor, Angie has the chance to revisit that Christmas and learn what - and who - is truly important to her. She takes the train home to spend Christmas with her family and inexplicably finds herself 10 years in the past. Synopsis: Angie wonders what her life would be like if she had married a former boyfriend who became a famous sportscaster. Starring: Alison Sweeney, Erica Durance, Brennan Elliott Synopsis: When Nicky finds an unopened Christmas card from a high school secret admirer, she and her best friend Simone search to find and thank the anonymous author. Starring: Katee Sackhoff, Patrick Sabongui, Terry O’Quinn Synopsis: When Liz returns home to take care of her estranged father she is determined to give her daughter a perfect Christmas and reconnects with her best friend. Synopsis: A “Christmas Around the World” party helps two people find love at home. Starring: Ashleigh Murray, Luke James, Loretta Devine, Michelle Williams, Basil Wallace By Christmas Eve, they could be harmonizing in the key of love. Synopsis: Harmony is tricked into auditioning for the Holiday Chorus - directed by an ex-boyfriend. Starring: Tamera Mowry-Housely, Paul Campbell, Joe Pantoliano Before they know it, their cover story as a couple in love starts to become a reality. As Tanya and Ryan partake in the neighborhood’s holiday happenings to keep up appearances and crack the case, they get swept up in Christmas. Miller, the jovial chair of the community’s Christmas committee … and prime suspect in the case. They go undercover as newlyweds Tasha and Rupert, moving into the vacant house next to Mr. Synopsis: Tanya is a police detective who is reluctantly partnered with fellow detective Ryan to solve a recent string of heists taking place during high-profile holiday parties around town. Starring: Catherine Haena Kim, Raymond Ablack, Paul Sun-Hyung Lee She must learn to open her heart or risk losing her best friend, Nate. Synopsis: Leading up to Christmas, marketing executive Lauren is visited by the ghosts of four ex-boyfriends. Starring: Danica McKellar, Benjamin Ayers, Jason Hervey As Olivia tries to get to the root of the problem and extends her stay in town, she and Jack spend more time together and feelings begin to develop. A mysterious illness has befallen the firs, causing them to die out and threatening his family’s 100-year business. Each player logging in from tomorrow until 2nd November will get a Doktor’s Curse pack for free and can get three other packs by completing Ubisoft Challenges.Synopsis: Olivia is Connecticut’s resident expert on evergreens who, just days before the holiday, agrees to help Jack, a fourth generation Christmas tree farmer in Avon. Bundles are available for 1680 R6 Credits each or via the collection packs for 300 R6 Credits each. The Doktor’s Curse Collection, including bundles for Smoke, Kapkan, Frost, Lesion, Doc, Bandit and Ela, is back, with the addition of bundles for the new Monsters: Jackal, Lion, Aruni, Melusi, and Kaid. ![]() The attacking Monsters’ goal is to kill all the opponents, while the defending Monsters must try to survive the round. ![]() The defending Monsters have no weapons but can use traps and a unique ability created for this mode: become momentarily invisible and run faster to escape. They will face five other Monsters: a cast composed of Lesion, Frost, Kapkan, Smoke, and Ela, with new additions of Aruni and Melusi. The Sledges are back and again, they only wield Sledge hammers as weapons and one gadget from a selection of three, each attached to a unique operator skin – Eyenox Model III (Jackal), Heartbeat Sensor (Pulse) and EE-ONE-D (Lion). In this new version of the 5v5 Monster Hunt mode, some Monsters (Lion and Jackal) have joined the side of the Exterminators. But this time, monsters will hunt monsters. ![]() This event brings back the Monster Hunt game mode in the same spooky but reworked, Frankenstein version of the Theme Park map where Doc’s dreadful horrors are roaming. Ubisoft has announced that the frightful, limited-time event from Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege Year 4, Doktor’s Curse, will be back starting tomorrow, 12 October running until 2nd November. What Time Does R6 Siege Doktor's Curse Start? 0 Days 0 Hours 0 Minutes 0 Seconds Latest News ![]() ![]() ![]() Too bad he didn’t land in the end zone-he got there enough in his playing days. Sharpe landed near the 10-yard line by the south end zone at Invesco Field before unhooking his harness and waving to the cheering crowd shortly before kickoff. “You open your eyes and you’re like, ‘I’m OK,'” Sharpe said. The instructor screamed “Go” and, gulp, off they tumbled out of the plane. The door of the plane flew open, and his heart began racing. Mess with it at your own risk.Digital Replica Edition Home Page Close MenuĪbout 12,000 feet up, his hands began to sweat. They referred to Newton's classic 1687 paper establishing the law of gravity. "Our greatest accomplishment from all of this was we felt very good that we were able to cite Sir Isaac Newton in the paper," he says. In fact, the paper acknowledges that the research team members cracked themselves up so much that "all authors suffered substantial abdominal discomfort from laughter." "They thought that a trial conducted in this manner could not lead to scientifically valid evidence," he said. They chose one in Sri Lanka to reduce the risk that it would be discovered in advance, spoiling the joke. He also savors some of the more subtle lessons buried in the paper.įor example, the scientists attempted to submit it to a government registry of research studies, which is required for many studies involving human subjects. Yeh is pleased to see that the fun he had with his colleagues is turning into a teaching tool. "It will be unforgettable," she says - far better than assigning a straight-ahead scientific study. She plans to give this paper to her students with a straight face and see how long it takes for them to get the deeper points about scientific methodology buried in this absurd experiment. She says like a lot of research, its results are accurate as far as they go, but "the results can only be generalized to situations where people jump out of an aircraft within a few feet above the ground." Janssens was delighted to come across the paper on Twitter. "I know that people often don't look detailed enough into what is being investigated to know how to interpret the results of a trial," says Cecile Janssens, an epidemiology professor at Emory University. Scientists often read just the conclusion of a study and then draw their own conclusions that are far more sweeping than are justified by the actual findings. "It's a little bit of a parable, to say we have to look at the fine print, we have to understand the context in which research is designed and conducted to really properly interpret the results," Yeh says. The study's findings were published in the traditionally lighthearted Christmas issue of the medical journal, BMJ. This research paper carried that idea to the ridiculous extreme. It's far too easy for scientists who have already anticipated the outcome of their research to cherry-pick patients and circumstances to achieve the results they expect to see. Shots - Health News Drugs That Work In Mice Often Fail When Tried In Peopleīut something like this happens in everyday medical research. In all, 23 people agreed to be randomly given either a backpack or a parachute and then to jump from a biplane on Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts or from a helicopter in Michigan. The scientists had much better success asking members of their own research teams from Harvard, University of California, Los Angeles (Where Yeh's brother is a surgery professor), and University of Michigan (where a buddy works) about volunteering to participate in the experiment on other aircraft. Only a few people said yes to this outrageous invitation, and they were excluded for reasons of questionable mental health. "We'd strike up a conversation and say, 'Would you be willing to be randomized in a study where you had a 50 percent chance of jumping out of this airplane with - versus without - a parachute?' " Yeh says. They started by talking to their seatmates on airliners. He and his colleagues would actually attempt the parachute study to make a few choice points about the potential pitfalls of research shortcuts. Cardiologist Robert Yeh, an associate professor at Harvard Medical School and attending physician at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, got a wicked idea one day. |
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