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Australian hospital statistics 2012–13
Release Date: 30 Apr 2014
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2014. Australian hospital statistics 2012–13. Cat. no. HSE 145. Canberra: AIHW.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2014). Australian hospital statistics 2012–13. Canberra: AIHW.
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Australian hospital statistics 2012–13 presents a detailed overview of Australia's public and private hospitals. In 2012–13, there were about 9.4 million separations from hospitals, including: 5.2 million same-day acute separations; 3.7 million overnight acute separations; about 450,000 sub-acute and non-acute separations. There were also 7.9 million non-admitted patient emergency services and more than 46 million outpatient services provided by public hospitals.
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There were 1,338 hospitals in Australia in 2012-13. The 746 public hospitals accounted for about 68% of hospital beds (58,300) and the 592 private hospitals accounted for about 32% of beds (28,000, based on 2011-12 data).
Expenditure and staffing
Public hospitals spent over $42 billion in 2012-13. Salary expenditure (for about 274,700 employees) accounted for about 62% of the recurrent expenditure.
Adjusted for inflation, public hospital expenditure increased by an average of 5% each year between 2008-09 and 2012-13. Over the same period, revenue increased by an average of 15% per year (adjusted for inflation).
Between 2008-09 and 2012-13, the number of salaried medical officers employed in Australia's public hospitals increased by about 4.8% on average every year, compared with an increase of 2.7% for nurses and for staff overall.
Admitted patient care
In 2012-13, there were almost 9.4 million separations from hospitals for admitted patients -5.5 million in public hospitals and 3.8 million in private hospitals.
Between 2008-09 and 2012-13, the number of separations increased by 3.1% on average each year for public hospitals and by 4.1% for private hospitals. However, if a change in emergency department admission policy in Victoria had not occurred, it is estimated that public hospital separations would have risen by an average of 3.8% each year. Notably, between 2008-09 and 2012-13:
Western Australia had the greatest average annual increase in separations (6.3%)
same-day separations increased at a higher rate than overnight separations (3.6% and 2.7%, respectively)
subacute and non-acute separations increased by an average of 8.2% for public hospitals, and at a higher rate in private hospitals (13.7%)
non-emergency medical care increased by an average of 6.4% for private hospitals, and 4.2% for public hospitals.
In 2012-13, there were almost 27.7 million patient days reported for admitted patients- 18.8 million in public hospitals and 8.9 million in private hospitals.
Between 2008–09 and 2012–13, patient days in public hospitals increased by about 1.8% each year compared with 3.0% for private hospitals.
In 2012–13, there were 2.5 million admissions that involved surgery. Of these, about 300,000 were emergency admissions and 2.0 million were elective admissions. The majority of elective admissions that involved surgery occurred in private hospitals (67%).
Indigenous Australians had about twice the rate of emergency admissions involving surgery compared with other Australians (27 per 1,000 persons and 13 per 1,000, respectively). In contrast, for elective admissions involving surgery, Indigenous Australians had a rate that was about two-thirds the rate for other Australians (58 per 1,000 persons and 88 per 1,000, respectively).
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A: You can just use the index of the name.
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Kommissarin Johanna Herz und Polizeihauptmeister Horst Krause ermitteln zunächst im Umfeld seiner Mitschüler im Gymnasium. Zimmergenosse Bastian Kröner schildert Preyer als etwas eigensinnig, der sich nichts vorschreiben ließ und das tat, was er wollte. Auch unter den Lehrern genoss er große Akzeptanz durch sein reifes Auftreten. Das alles spricht für die Kommissarin nicht für ein Selbstverschulden.

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Hintergrund
Die "ANTAEUS Film- und Fernsehproduktionsgesellschaft mbH" produzierte den Film im Auftrag des rbb und drehte in Berlin-Dahlem, Kleinmachnow und Potsdam. Verdammte Sehnsucht wurde am 24. August 2008 im Ersten zur Hauptsendezeit erstmals ausgestrahlt.

Kritik
Rainer Tittelbach von tittelbach.tv wertet anerkennend: "Durch das Eintauchen in den Mikrokosmos Internat haftet diesem Krimi von vornherein etwas Künstliches an. In einer solchen realitätsfernen Welt kann die am Ende etwas überkonstruierte Geschichte leichter hingenommen werden."

Die Kritiker der Fernsehzeitschrift TV Spielfilm vergaben eine mittlere Wertung (Daumen zur Seite) und merkten an, dass kaum Spannung aufkommt. So sei Verdammte Sehnsucht "leider nur Klassendurchschnitt".

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I've not been able to shake loose the other 2002 set, and the buyer of this one says that he also got the very rare 1984 Jamaica specimen set! I have not seen that and only one rumoured, perhaps in Russia. I am wondering if the Franklin Mint somehow had a European dealer or depot for some of their later offerings which never made it to the states. I never saw 1984 specimen sets of any of their client countries, and then got the Belize set about 1 1/2 years ago.
Their coins of all nations - which include specimen quality coins - offered in the 1990s in huge cardboard format, complete with usually one stamp from the host country is a source for some otherwise VERY scarce coins. I wonder if they just had some coin laying around and through them in. Most of the coins in these sets however are NOT FM issue, so one must look carefully.
I've not been able to shake loose the other 2002 set, and the buyer of this one says that he also got the very rare 1984 Jamaica specimen set! I have not seen that and only one rumoured, perhaps in Russia. I am wondering if the Franklin Mint somehow had a European dealer or depot for some of their later offerings which never made it to the states.
Weren't their later coins made to order? I got a 1982 or 1983 set not long ago that came with a pamphlet about ordering which suggested they would make as many as they got order for (and I guess would explain the non-round numbers produced).
Good question - I am not sure anyone knows the answer as records are quite scarce for especially the specimen sets (as opposed to the proof sets which were only a bit spotty). I do know that up until 1984, the FM would advertise in the various numismatic papers and journals and would send out fliers to those on their mailing list that had purchased sets in previous years; even though I was in college I used to get specimen sets in those days which were about 30.00 USD per set as opposed to the proof sets which mostly included at least silver crowns and cost much more.
I have found a few RM issued proof sets that are excessively rare (more than likely) as they simply do not appear for sale and searches for them are for nought. I wish we could shake loose some numbers on many of the sets struck for foreign entities but that is rather unlikely as we don't to my knowledge even have numbers on the Queen's Beasts coins.
I suspect that some of the silver crowns and sets that include them were made only to very small numbers, and much less than authorised mintages; the currency copper-nickel possibly even lower if they were not released as huge batches to the Central Banks or whatever local banking authority was used. I think this makes for an interesting area to collect in the old sense of the word as they may never have much value but generate some entertainment in the hunt.
I think this makes for an interesting area to collect in the old sense of the word as they may never have much value but generate some entertainment in the hunt.
It's frustrating I find (still working on my Cook Islands and Solomon Islands collections with no end in sight) but it's very satisfying ticking one off the list.
Nice. I have noticed a couple of the Falkland sets are quite rare - specimen an proof sets of 1992, 1999, and 2004.
Yikes, I still have not been able to find either the 2002 Jamaica Proof set, or the 1984 Franklin Mint Specimen Set. I have managed to get TWO of the goofy crowns of the former, featuring a somewhat portly female runner - who the heck designed this? Maybe I will be able to trade at a later date.
As always if anyone should locate any of this esoterica, or information please PM me.
PS - As a footnote, I was just able to purchase both obverse and reverse DIES for the Panama 1985 gold 20 balboas - they are cancelled with but one central chisel mark.
im a die person, got images of these at all? you also aware of the cancelled USA olympic dies that came with the sets?
Yes indeed. I do hope that someone can send me an message/email so that they can assist with posting pictures of these dies. I just don't seem to be able to shrink my photos to fit and so appreciate help.
Interestingly I also have SIX more dies from the same source, including a couple which seem to show residua of gold in the devices - dies of this date were used to strike "off metal" gold coins/pieforts so maybe these are those dies?
@VickySilver I'm always willing to assist. You have my email address.
Ah, thanks for that Kev.
What looks like brown crud in the devices on some of the Medio Balboa dies looks to be residual gold (!) from when the dies were used to strike proof piedfort pieces in gold, which was unauthorized. Not that I would, but I suppose if I were to "restrict" unauthorized pieces from unconcealed dies that there would be a market?? Well, i'm not of a larcenous mind so that won't happen.


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Mixergy Master Class – 80/20 Sales and Marketing Buy Perry Marshall
When Perry Marshall was laid off from his engineering job, he made a career change.
"I went into sales," says Perry, founder of Perry S. Marshall and Associates and author of 80/20 Sales and Marketing. He thought, "Well, [sales] shouldn't be too hard."
But despite endless cold calling and pavement pounding, Perry rarely hit his sales quota. "I ate bologna sandwiches and ramen soup for three years," he says.
Today Perry works smarter, not harder. That's how he took one of his companies from $200,000 a year to $4 million in four years. Then he sold it for $18 million.
And Perry hasn't made a cold call in 15 years. "My customers come to me," he says. "I'm in the position of deciding which customers I want to do business with, not begging. I think everybody should aspire to be in that position."
In his Mixergy course, Perry shows you the secret to selling more by doing less. Here are three highlights from the course.
1. Devote Yourself to the 1%
devote yourself
When it comes to sales, most people focus on the ones that got away.
For instance, "you send an email, and 14% of the people open the email, and 3% click on the link," says Perry. "Everybody's mentality is, 'I want 100% of the people to open the email.'"
Then they obsess about how to get the other 86% to open it. "And it's a mistake," he says. "It's a huge mistake because they won't. They never will. There's nothing you can do about it."
So what should you do instead?
Exclude more prospects
"Sales is not a convincing-people process," says Perry. "It is a disqualification process."
So instead of trying to convince the 86%, focus on the 14% who are actually interested in your product. Then, reduce that 14% even more.
"What you're trying to do is whittle it down, whittle it down, whittle it down," he says, until you have the top sales prospects. And once you know who your top prospects are, you can figure out what they really want.
"The fact is, the guy at the top is going to be 50 times more interested than the guy at the bottom," says Perry. "I guarantee you, he has the money and he's got a problem that he wants solved, and your job [is] to focus on the 1%, the 3%, the 5%, and to pretty much ignore everybody else."
2. Choose the Right ER Patient
Sometimes a prospect likes your product, but isn't ready to buy.
"[They say], 'Oh, we might get around to doing that in two years,'" says Perry. "I cannot tell you how much of my miserable sales career was spent chasing people around who…had no sense of urgency, and I'm basically sitting around counting my think-it-overs."
Perry used to think that sooner or later, the think-it-overs would buy. But they didn't. "They're not going to buy anything from you, probably never," he says. "You can't live on that. You can't eat that."
So how do you know if a prospect is worth your time?
Look for a bleeding neck
Focus on prospects who have a real sense of urgency.
"Do they have a bleeding neck?" says Perry. "Who gets the emergency room staff to actually pay attention? You walk in, you've got a broken arm, they're like, 'Here's a clipboard. Sit down. We'll see you in a couple hours.' Somebody comes in and blood is spurting out of their neck, or they're choking or something, man, they are on it."
In sales, a prospect with a bleeding neck is urgent to solve their problem, so urgent that they want to buy your solution now.
3. See What's Invisible
Starbucks knows that its customers will pay at least $1.40 for a cup of joe. But they didn't stop there. They somehow knew that those same customers would also buy $2,700 espresso machines.
"They don't sell very many of those," says Perry. "But you don't need to sell many. The fact is, if you don't have a high-end espresso machine, if you only sell cups of coffee, you're leaving a whole bunch of money on the table."
And an espresso machine can make all the difference. "Whether you sell an espresso machine or not may determine whether you stay in business," he says.
So if you don't have the sixth sense, how do you figure out how much you can charge for a premium product?
Identify hidden profit centers
Get big insights with small amounts of information using the 80/20 principle.
"Say I've got a Starbucks, and 10,000 people come in the store every week," says Perry. "The least anybody spends is $1.40. If you go to 8020curve.com and you plug that in…it's going to tell you that you'll sell $2,700 to one customer every week."
So what $2,700 product should you sell? "That's [up to] the creativity of the marketer…but probably it's a high-end product," he says.
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Q: How does it feel to make it into the round of 8 of the winners bracket?
A: I am very happy. I am even happier than my next opponent is going to be Curious.
Q; What do you mean you are very happy that your next opponent is going to be Curious?
A: At least one member of our team is going to be in the round of 4. That makes me very happy. Also, when I first got into Startale, Curious hyung was telling me how bad I was at the game. I hope he'll be prepared to receive my victory ceremonies in the next round. I never forgot how he used to joke at me, and I've been waiting for my time for revenge. Now that the day is finally here, I will practise my guts out.
Q: Your games against Alive were really tough.
A: I managed to guess his strategy in the first game, but he ended up attacking earlier than I had expected. If I hadn't been able to break through his defences, it'd have been a really tough game. Fortunately I succeeded. In the second game, I chose to play a more passive style based on what my opponent was doing. However, he never attacked and that made me kind of panic. In the end, all the defending led to my economy being so damaged, and I lost the game in the end. The third game went according to how I had predicted it to be.
Q: You demonstrated your Terran killing prowess, but there were many dangerous moments.
A: I never really lost in PvT during practice. But it's really difficult playing against Alive because his style is different from other Terrans. It just seems like his army movement is just that little bit faster than others.
Q: Now that you're in the round of 8, you just need 3 more victories to advance to the finals.
A:: Winning today's games gives me more confidence. It feels like I might even be able to win the tournament. There's this sudden confidence that nobody can stop me. I felt that today's games would be the biggest hurdle, and I am very happy to have passed it.
Q: The Kespa players have been doing pretty decently in this tournament.
A: As professional gamers, they know how best to improve their level in the shortest amount of time. Before this, I already thought that their level of play was really improving very fast, but watching how they've performed in this tournament let me realise that their level is actually about the same as ours. The players in this WCS and SPL are really good. I'm not too sure about their level of play as a whole though.
Q: If you manage to defeat Curious, what type of victory ceremony do you have in mind?
A: Maybe something like shaking my finger or something. I will make him regret making jokes of me in the past.
Q: You're going to be attending the OSL group selections soon too.
A: I won't be doing any ceremonies there. I don't intend to provoke anyone in OSL for now. But Baby seemed to have been doing some provocations after he managed to qualify for OSL. It seems like he doesn't know how good my PvT is. No matter what, I hope to be able to be in the same group as him in the round of 16 this time. I want to show him the consequences of making reckless challenges.
Q; Any last things to add?
A: I want to thank the players who practised with me, Sparta, Harrier, Sound from Startale, Sculp, Hoon from NSHoseo, MentalKing from Team Legion. Hopefully in the match against Curious in the next round, we'll be able to rejoice together no matter who wins. Finally, I want to thank our sponsors, BenQ, Zowie Gear, Joy Gear, Red Bull.
Q: How does it feel making it to the round of 8 of the winners' bracket?
A: There're many Kespa players in the group, and that makes me stressed. But looking at it from the other side, I am more confident playing because they are around. I am very happy to have advanced.
Q: Does the presence of Kespa players really give you more confidence? The games seemed really hard.
A: This tournament takes place when our entire team is on a break. I only knew about the change in the schedule while I was out playing. I basically came to play today without having enough sleep, and thus wasn't able to play at my usual standard.
Q: Your opponent is Reality, who has been on fire recently. How do you feel after playing with him?
A: His fundamentals are really solid, but his assessment of the situations in the game leaves room for improvement. During the early parts of the third game, I was in a really bad situation, but his reaction to the situation was pretty bad too. His TvZ is really good, but his TvP needs some improvement.
Q: You used an ancient strategy in game 2, and lost.
A: I was not planning to use it before the games. I only knew about this strategy after watching a replay from Squirtle. I learnt the army composition but wasn't really sure about details of the strategy. My opponent defended really well, or maybe I just didn't play well.
Q: You made a tremendous comeback after being in a horrible situation in the third game. What were your thoughts after being harassed by the hellions?
A: I thought about all the various popular Starcraft websites, and about this appearing in the discussions and the news about it. I was quite dejected.
Q: What's the main reason behind the comeback?
A: Maybe my opponent overestimated his lead. Even though he was in a lead, he shouldn't have kept on defending. I chose to use a greedy economic style, and was able to make a comeback in the end.
Q: How was Yugioh after losing to Reality?
A: I haven't dared to speak to him after his games. He was in a really bad shape then. I'm not too sure how he is now.
Q: Your opponent in the round of 8 is definitely a Protoss.
A: Both Creator and Hero are very good players. I heard that Creator's strength lies in his PvP, and so I hope that Hero will advance.
Q: You just need three more victories to advance to the finals.
A: Looking at the brackets, I'm going to be playing quite a number of PvPs. It's hard to play in mirror matchups. I'm not even sure what I'm doing when I'm playing in those. It's still too early to be overly optimistic.
A: I didn't have much time to practise. I was only practising in the booth. I want to thank the players who practised with me then. I also want to add that I hope Sang from Team 8 will win in SPL.
A: I saw Reality lose in his game. It feels like everyone who's left in the tournament are all really strong. I was quite nervous to be the only Kespa player remaining. Very happy to be able to win under these circumstances.
Q: You played in the games yesterday too. Is it very stressful to play again in today's games? It's hasn't even been a day yet.
A: We were hoping to be able to play the games as late as possible. We wanted to at least have been able to improve a bit more first before having to play again here. I was really worried about today's games.
Q: Is it better to have faced Leenock as opposed to MC?
A: I mentioned during the interviews yesterday, I'd prefer to face a Zerg rather than a Protoss. The fact that it was a ZvZ today lessened the stress.
Q: You lost in the first game.
A: I thought that it'd be a speedling follow up after I held my opponent's first wave of zerglings. Never imagined at all that it'd actually be banelings. It's the first time I've seen this strategy.
Q: Leenock employed very aggressive play in the second game as well.
A: I lost really horribly in the first game, and he really pressured me early in the second game. All that made me feel really uneasy. I usually end up losing after being pressured by my opponent in the early game. I wanted to show everyone my mechanics even if I was going to lose the game. Fortunately, I was at an advantage in the second game due to my opening, and was able to win.
Q: You defended his early game tactics very well in the third game.
A: My opening was really good. As long as the game went on normally I felt that I would have been able to defeat my opponent using my mechanics. Just thought that it'd be fine as long as I don't make too big a mistake.
Q: There's a great difference between ZvZ in Starcraft 1 and Starcraft 2. This is especially the case in the mid-game, where the mechanics are totally different.
A: I get really lost when I get to the mid-late game, and so I always chose to end the game before mid-game last time. However, winning against my opponent today made me more confident in my mid-late game. But I feel that I still have to continue working and practising my mechanics, and I do believe that as long as I don't get wrecked by my opponent in the early-game, I would have the chance to defeat my opponent using my mechanics.
Q: From the openings, you got into a good position from the start in the second and third game.
A: My opponent seemed to have wanted to do early attacks before transitioning to a standard game. I just didn't want to lose in the early game because I wanted people to see my ability in the mid-late game. That's why I chose the most conservative way of playing, and it turned out really good.
Q: Your next opponent is either Squirtle or Genius.
A: I think that ZvP is the hardest matchup to play now. Since I can't dodge playing against Protoss anymore, I'm just going to have to practise really well in the remaining time I have.
Q: Has making it to the round of 8 gained you a lot of attention?
A: I've been confident in Starcraft 2 ever since I started playing both games simultaneously. I also achieved pretty decent results in SPL. I am confident in myself, and I'm constantly improving. I didn't dare to say anything much because I lost quite a lot of games in the past, but I think that I can start having confidence in myself now. I believe that I will play even better in the future.
Q: The chance of you representing Korea has increased too. Are you hoping to be the Korean representative?
A: In the past. I took part in tournaments with the aim to learn. But now, since I've already made it this far, I definitely hope to be the Korean representative in the WCS finals. I want to take it one step further. There're still many strong players around now, and no matter who I meet, I will be able to learn a lot. This is really helpful for me.
A: There's the chance that I might face Squirtle in the round of 8. We used to be team mates, hopefully he'll play more gently (laughs). Hopefully the games will not be too one-sided. I will work really hard to make it into the playoffs of SPL. I will also try to win more games in SPL.
Yaay Puzzle made it :D I was close to losing all my hair while watching the 3rd game. Puzzle and Roro fighting!!!!
Roro my boy, your humility, your talent, and your desire make me a proud fanboy.
Advice to others: never put Roro on your anti-team, ever. Instead, be a fan of one of the most hardworking and underrated Zergs ever!
"If you don't know where you are going, you can never get lost."
Thank youzz for the interviews.
If PartinG wins he shouldn't celebrate, he should just go completely stone faced and emotionless and start packing his stuff up, that would be the greatest ceremony he could do.
Damn roro is impressive to already be ro8 and beat leenock is very impressive.
really impressed by RorO`s play today. To beat Leenock who is usually pretty damn good in zvz is quite good.
Might be too subtle to pick up on. Also, I have a suspicion Parting might not be the biggest fan of subtlety when it comes to celebrations.
Lol, it seems like every other interview PartinG is really cocky. Like his ro32 interview was quite humble (for parting) but this one he starts talking smack again. So troll.
"Life isn't measured by the breaths you take, but by skill in Starcraft"
SK_MC, ST_Parting, STX_Bogus fighting!!! Colossi should shoot nukes and blink.


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Listen to Quavo's New Solo Song "Stars in the Ceiling"
Garrett Bruce
Migos dropped their latest album Culture way back in January, and while we patiently wait for Culture 2, we just got gifted with a brand new solo Quavo song. Listen to "Stars in the Ceiling" below.
The track, produced by Zaytoven, has a loose structure, and it almost sounds like Quavo might have freestyled the entire thing.
There's no telling whether the song is a loosie or if it'll end up on a project, but Quality Control, the label Migos are signed to, is prepping a QC compilation soon featuring new music from the ATL group, Lil Yachty and other members of the label's roster, so this might be on there.
A little while ago, Offset, who's been murdering guest verses at an insane rate, said we can expect Culture 2 to drop in October. In the meantime, watch the video for "Too Hotty" off the upcoming QC compilation.
As for whether any of the Migos will be dropping solo projects, it looks like it's quiet for that. When we spoke to OG Parker, one of Migos' main producers, earlier this year, he said none of the members are planning any solo projects.
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Three Prominent Video Game Developers Accused of Sexual Assault in One Day
Developers who worked on 'Gears of War 4' and 'Night in the Woods' have been accused of sexual assault.
by Lauren Kaori Gurley
Aug 28 2019, 5:25pm
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In a single day this week, three prominent men in the video game development industry were independently accused of sexual assault.
On Monday, Nathalie Lawhead, an independent video game designer from California, published a 6,800 word blog post. Lawhead alleged they were raped by Jeremy Soule, an acclaimed composer known for his work on The Elder Scrolls and Guild Wars series. Hours later, in a lengthy post on Twitter, indie developer Zoe Quinn accused Night in the Woods developer Alec Holowka of sexual abuse and imprisoning Quinn in Holowka's home in Winnipeg. A third accusation came from a woman named Adelaide Gardner against Luc Shelton of Splash Damage, who worked on Gears of War 4. Gardner told Motherboard Shelton assaulted her in 2018.
Soule, Holowka, and Shelton did not respond to requests for comment.
The accusations have started conversations about sexual assault in the video game industry, and about how powerful men can crush the careers of women and non-binary people trying to enter the industry. Late last week, Riot Games announced a settlement with two women who filed a gender discrimination suit against the Santa Monica-based League of Legends developer last year—which prompted a 100-employee walkout in May.
After more than a decade of silence, Lawhead, who uses they/them pronouns, published a blog post titled "calling out my rapist," in which they note they want to "prevent other women from being victimized by" Soule.
Lawhead wrote that they met Soule at a Christmas party in Vancouver in 2008, while contracting for an undisclosed studio early in their career. Lawhead said that they were "very clear" that they didn't want a romantic relationship with Soule. But as the two grew closer, Lawhead wrote, Soule would frequently complain about women who "had wronged him" and "cheated on him." He talked about how "men are helpless and they need sex, how he needs sex, and a relationship, so he can write his music," Lawhead wrote. At the time, Lawhead worried about losing their job, one that they hoped would be their "big break." Lawhead said that, eventually, Soule raped them.
In the aftermath of the alleged assault, Lawhead said they were fired by the Vancouver company's CEO, who Lawhead said was a personal friend of Soule's. Lawhead said they did not receive credit for two years of work on the project, and also alleged that the company never gave them their final paycheck and still owe them today.
Soule's agency representative, Max Steiner, did not respond to a phone call or email request for comment. Soule's Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram accounts have been deactivated in the last 48 hours, according to the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine. No charges have been filed against him at this time.
The accusations have started conversations about sexual assault in the video game industry, and about how powerful men can crush the careers of women and non-binary people trying to enter the industry.
Within hours, Lawhead's post prompted Zoe Quinn, who also uses they/them pronouns, to tweet a statement about their own alleged abuser, Night in the Woods developer Alec Holowka. "I've been so afraid for so long but felt so sick watching more people get hurt and too many colleagues watch, shrug & put him on stages," Quinn wrote. "I read Nathalie Lawhead's post about their rapist being an industry legend who took advantage of her and poisoned her career and it shook me to my core."
Quinn wrote that, while paying an extended visit to Holowka in Winnipeg during a period early in Quinn's career, Holowka "absolutely degraded" them and held them captive in his home. Quinn alleges that Holowka refused to let them leave the apartment alone and would not give them the code to get into his house. At one point, he screamed at them "for over an hour" because of "the tone" of their voice when they greeted him, and was "mean and violent" during sex, Quinn writes. "He'd jam his fingers inside me and walk me around the house by them when I told him it hurt," Quinn wrote.
On Tuesday, Scott Benson, who co-developed Night in the Woods with Holowka tweeted, "we were all unaware of the events described last night. It might take a day or so for a more complete response b/c some things need to be worked out, but steps are being taken." Holowka and Benson did not return Motherboard's requests for comment.
If you need someone to talk to about an experience with sexual assault or abuse, you can call the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-HOPE (4673), where trained staff can provide you with support, information, advice, or a referral. You can also access 24/7 help online by visiting online.rainn.org.
Other prominent women in the industry have corroborated Quinn's claims. On Tuesday, a senior editor at Polygon, Patricia Hernandez, and indie games developers Aura Triolo and Christine Love defended Quinn. Love said Quinn made her aware at the time of the alleged incidents.
A third person Adelaide Gardner, said seeing Quinn's post emboldened her to share her own story. She told Motherboard "I've followed Quinn for ages. When I saw her post, I wrote mine out on Twitter." Gardner said that Luc Shelton of games studio Splash Damage assaulted her in London last year. Shelton worked on Gears of War 4 and Gears of War: Ultimate Edition.
Do you have a story to tell about sexual assault or harassment in the gaming industry? We'd like to hear from you and your friends. You can send Lauren an email at lauren.gurley@vice.com.
At one point, he "handcuff[ed]" her "so tight" she lost feeling in her wrists for hours, and blamed things on his "dominant nature," Gardner wrote. Shelton did not return Motherboard's requests for comment. Splash Damage said in an email that it is "aware of the matter and take[s] it very seriously … you should also know that the employee concerned denies any allegations of wrongdoing."
"No one has talked about this in the games industry and I don't know why," Gardner said. "Maybe because games development is seen as this really left wing thing. It's a lot harder to go public." Gardner previously tweeted her story about Luc Shelton in 2018 during the Brett Kavanaugh hearings, and received around 14 likes. This time, her tweet has received more than 3,400 likes.
This article originally appeared on VICE US.
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Stacy Smyth is not one to rest on his laurels. The 20-year-old from Dannevirke is currently in his fourth year as a heavy fabrication apprentice at RCR Energy Limited (RCR). He's busy preparing for the WorldSkills competition (an international competition where young tradespeople compete to become the best at their chosen skill) as part of the Tool Blacks (the New Zealand WorldSkills team), competing in the welding category.
"My boss Craig Monaghan, he did the competition back in 2007", Stacy says. "He pushed a few of us to go along to the regionals. I did well in that, so I went on to doing the nationals and won that competition. We had a pre-international competition where there were about eight countries who took part in the competition. I finished second behind China."
Becoming an apprentice seemed like a logical step for Stacy who grew up on a farm and enjoyed hands-on work and the process of building a finished product.
"I always wanted a solid foundation for a job, so I wanted to get an apprenticeship behind me," he says. "Once I finish my apprenticeship, I know I will always have something to fall back on."
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Lyndon Hood, 16:15 May 8, 2008
a scientist could easily say "umm, no I didn't document any doubts, because I have none"
Or "that's a lie, take my name off your list". People are, I think reasonably, still responding to the way it was originally presented.
Heartland can interpret research however they like. Yes. And presenting the list of names as they have - even with the corrected title that accurately reflects their interpretations - doesn't have any sensible scholarly point. It's inviting misinterpretation and if it were NZ advertising i doubt it would beat the consumer guarantees act.
Rich of Observationz, 16:23 May 8, 2008
This is not politics, this is science.
You can debate appropriate levels of public spending or whatever, because they are a matter of opinion and societal preference.
But when *all* the people who are trained in this area and have done proper research are of one mind about the existence of anthropogenic global warming, then hearing somebody with zero qualifications comment: oh it was a bit chilly this morning, doesn't that mean we're cooling not warming is of *absolutely no relevance*.
Back in Wellington • Since Nov 2006 • 5550 posts Report Reply
Chaos Buddha, 16:27 May 8, 2008
They two documentaries are nowhere near equivalent. The fact you can't even be bothered to spell Gore's film correctly speaks volumes.
... and the fact that you can't get a basic Blackadder reference -- and the obvious kudos that implies -- also speaks volumes.
The makers of AIT 'highlighted the bits they wanted you to see' just as much as the makers of GDWS did, as evidenced by the fact that details of the former are winding their way through the US judicial system. No boffin worth their funding grant would ever accept such a study as it was, pretty pictures and all, simply because it doesn't critique itself internally, and doesn't supply the controls needed to give you perspective.
Oh, and speaking of perspective, Mr. Grumpy-pants, you might wanna re-read the bit where I said that I didn't think GDWS was by any means the be-all and end-all of it, but simply how it represented there being two points to the story. AIT is *not* the last word on the subject by any means, just like the Heartland Institute is *not* the only group artificially inflating their numbers.
No need to get so defensive over it, man ... although you might wanna try stepping down from your 'Holier Than Thou' box every now and then.
Nirvana • Since May 2007 • 27 posts Report Reply
Kyle Matthews, 16:27 May 8, 2008
I maintain, the purpose of the exercise, and the way the "co-athor" list was presented was no scholarly, and it was not accidental.
Its specific purpose was to generate headlines like these:
Oh indeed.
But the first and fourth articles you've listed link to the Hudson institute media release, not the Heartland one (I'm not sure what the relationship is between the two organisations, but presumably pretty close). The second and third articles it's not clear where they've gotten their story from.
Take the first story for example. They've quoted the media release in the story, saying:
A new analysis of peer-reviewed literature reveals that more than 500 scientists have published evidence refuting at least one element of current man-made global warming scares.
And then entitled it:
500 Scientists Publish Peer-Reviewed Literature Refuting Man-Made Global Warming
The removal of the words 'at least one element' change the meaning between the text and the heading quite a bit. Sounds like the scientists don't believe in global warming now.
And the title of the last one? C'mon, I've seen more accurate titles on kiwiblog. If people are going to that place for their information...
I guess I find it strange that these guys are really worth the attention of our mainstream media. "Bunch of climate change denialists publish non-scientific book and misleading information online." Big surprise. If quacks are going to use scientific publications for their own warped purposes, up to them. There's plenty of tin foil hats to go around.
Since Nov 2006 • 6243 posts Report Reply
Russell Brown, 16:36 May 8, 2008
Regarding The Great Global Warming Swindle, it does underline how weird a lot of these people are.
I backgrounded Durkin after the "documentary" screened. This is one of the more striking parts:
In 1998, Durkin shopped the BBC a prop for a documentary claiming that silicone breast implants were beneficial to women's health. The Beeb commissioned research that found that Durkin had ignored a large body of evidence that didn't fit his case. Channel 4's Exquinox strand aired the programme instead, but not before Durkin's expert researcher walked away, declaring that "my research was being ignored. The published research had been construed to give an impression that's not the case. I don't know how that programme got passed. The only consolation for me was that I'm really glad I didn't put my name to it."
And there's much more where that came from. Why, if you thought you had a serious case against AGW theory, would you hitch yourself to a character like Durkin? Which is precisely what Bryan Leyland is doing in comments over at Hot Topic this week ...
I think you need to work on your poncy German accents, when written in text. I've seen that Blackadder episode about a dozen times, and I didn't get until you referenced it.
I guess so. I still don't really see the amended title as a bald-faced lie, just bad use of science.
The original release was in September last year. I presume the story came up here today because the scientists made their release against it. Does anyone know why it took them 8 months to do that? Did they not know that they were on the list? Amazon lists the book coming out in February 2007, so I can't imagine it's the release of the book that has brought it to light.
The original release was in September last year. I presume the story came up here today because the scientists made their release against it. Does anyone know why it took them 8 months to do that?
It's presumably because DeSmogBlog brought it to light, contacted the scientists and told them how their names were being used. Heartland didn't change its description of the paper until this week either.
Idiot Savant, 17:07 May 8, 2008
Somehow - goodness knows how - I managed 702,567 km
Wow. That's almost further than the moon. Enoch Brown will be most impressed.
Palmerston North • Since Nov 2006 • 1717 posts Report Reply
Don Christie, 18:09 May 8, 2008
The makers of AIT 'highlighted the bits they wanted you to see' just as much as the makers of GDWS did, as evidenced by the fact that details of the former are winding their way through the US judicial system.
Again, I call bullshit. The Swindle guy was an out and out lier. The only reason Al Gore's documentary is winding its way through the judicial system is that it was damned inconvenient for many people and there are deep pockets wanting to discredit it in anyway they can. To presume that the courts are a sensible place to "prove" science is crazy.
And yeah, not everyone on PA is a Mr. Bean fan.
Terence W, 18:44 May 8, 2008
What Don Christie said.
And, what Don Christie said.
Thanks Don.
YesWeCanberra • Since Mar 2008 • 41 posts Report Reply
Just watched the Media7 feature. I think that Kerr's right in what he said to Deborah Hill-Cone - there is a limited business advantage in having quality journalism wrapping a publications ads. NZ has the other disadvantage for freelance journos that the whole APN business model is based around filling newsprint with the cheapest possible content (with exceptions, like Robert Fisk). It doesn't help that the newspapers are all monopolies and would be read to some extent even if they just had wire stories in them.
So you have a job that many people want to do and quite a few are able to do, plus employers that don't regard quality as a business edge. Are you surprised rates are low?
Steve Curtis, 19:15 May 8, 2008
The reason Al Gore and his little Truth number appeared in the courts is that his doco wasn't science in the strict sense of the term. We have a similar review process for advertising here. And even Hansen has used the Press Council in NZ to get a ruling on a climate sceptics opinion that differed from his own. ( he lost)
And what about Als other exaggerations.
Well known is claim over the internet.
Also he claimed to have been 'shot at ' in Vietnam, he said that he was a ' newspaper trainee' at the NY Times and that he had a part in writing Hubert Humphreys acceptance speech at the 68 convention.
Strangely he WAS the model for a character in Erich Segals Love Storey.
And in a throwback to his internet claim, Al Gores father claimed to be the 'father of the interstate highway system'
Please. Let's not confuse the distinctly average comedy that is Mr Bean, with the masterful Blackadder series, particularly Goes Fourth. It should be compulsory to view Blackadder before you're allowed to watch Mr Bean.
Oh yawn.
I heard he wears women's underwear on every second Sunday.
Look at this recent headlines from that science ' magazine' Nature.
any problems Russell 'with the way they conduct themselves'
Is the Arctic's biggest ice sheet in irreversible meltdown? And would we know if it were? Alexandra Witze reports.
When people talk about catastrophic climate change, there's a fair chance that Greenland is on their mind. If they use the term 'tipping point', then it is pretty much a sure thing.
and the comments in the online discussion here
http://www.nature.com/news/2008/080416/full/452798a.html
What I didn't see in the article is what happened to the Greenland ice cap in the period 1935-1950. The retraction of the breakup point of the largest glacier at Ilulisat (Jacobshavn) was much faster in that period than recently. See the NASA web site at: http://www.nasa.gov/vision/earth/lookingatearth/jakobshavn.html and specifically the long-term retreat (1850-2003):
Yawn...
WILKIE (paragraph 1): The subtitle of this campaign biography could be: The Riddle of Al Gore. Why does a disciplined, earnest, intelligent man with high morals have, as the authors describe it, "an occasional propensity to enhance his role in events?" To believe that as a 20-year-old he contributed to Hubert H. Humphrey's acceptance speech at the 1968 Democratic convention? To claim that he was "shot at" in Vietnam when he never faced enemy fire? To expand his job description at The New York Times from copy boy to "newspaper trainee?" And, most famously, to pose as father of the Internet and role model for the protagonist of "Love Story?"
http://www.dailyhowler.com/h091500_1.shtml
cindy baxter, 20:16 May 8, 2008
re: Al gore
Check out Vanity Fair on the truth behind the media claims.
It looks in detail at the media's distortion of what he said. For example, he never said he "invented the internet" he actually said that he presided over the congressional cttee that made the internet public, so we could all use it. Al Gore did a huge amount for the internet as we know it today - but he never claimed to have invented it.
Um Steve,
Did you actually read the Daily Howler post you linked to???
It is a critique of the errors in the Curtis Wilkie review you quote.
Scraping. The. Bottom. Of. The. Barrel.
Ian Llewellyn, 21:52 May 8, 2008
To Rich of Observationz
What particular problem do you have with wire services.
Personally I rely on them to pay me wages.
I am also perplexed by the idea that 1/3 of newspaper copy is freelance. That would not match my perception, newspapers are far too cheap to pay even those poor wages for copy when they get it from the wire services that Rich takes exception to.
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Ross Mason, 22:08 May 8, 2008
Ummmm......Australia's Waikato University?????
Oh dear....
Upper Hutt • Since Jun 2007 • 1590 posts Report Reply
The reason Al Gore and his little Truth number appeared in the courts is that his doco wasn't science in the strict sense of the term.
erm, no.
the reason he was in court was because, to quote the Guardian, the court case was
funded by a Scottish quarrying magnate who established a controversial lobbying group to attack environmentalists' claims about global warming"
"The case was supported by a powerful network of business interests with close links to the fuel and mining lobbies."
Ultimately, the judge ordered some teaching aids to go with the film to clarify 9 points and denied the legal application to stop it from being distributed in schools.
I have no problem with wire services. I used to work for a firm that resold Reuters and Dow stuff. I'd just point out that their copy is, shall we say, functional and different from what one might expect in a newspaper.
Craig Ranapia, 08:24 May 9, 2008
The arrival of the story here and in the local media isn't an accident: Greenpeace, with an eye on Heartland beneficiary Owen McShane's select committee submission yesterday, has been shouting it from the rooftops. But that doesn't mean it's wrong.
Certainly not, but I do have to note the irony of Greenpeace (!) complaining that (and I think this is an accurate paraphrase) "foreign lobby groups should stay out of New Zealand politics". My problem is that there are too many people on both sides who see science as a tool of politics, and I not only feel rather disturbed by that confusion but am damned if I know how you re-establish a cordon sanitaire between the two.
Before this gets dismissed as right-wing Greenie-bashing, I've not problem with Greenpeace being an intensely political lobby group with a very clear agenda. I just don't think it's the most credible organisation to be complaining about the politicisation of science, and lobby groups manipulating the media for uncritical coverage.
Just watched the Media7 feature. I think that Kerr's right in what he said to Deborah Hill-Cone - there is a limited business advantage in having quality journalism wrapping a publications ads.
Um, I'd quibble with Kerr on that point. As I've said elsewhere, my blog diet runs more towards literary/arts blogs these days. I've got to say that one major motivation to take The Spectator was it's excellent book and arts pages, some of the best-written and stylishly quirky columnists around and provocative features. Mostly provided by freelancers who apparently were decently paid for doing good work.
While Conrad Black is now, and ever shall be, the anti-Christ to most PA readers, he didn't turn The Spectator into a solidly and consistently profitable journal of opinion (for the first time in its 180-odd year history) by fucking over the contributors.
Conrad Black was (before his trial and conviction) in business both to make money and because he enjoyed the power and influence that owning influential publications like the Telegraph and Spectator got him.
I think if he had acquired Hello or Womens Day he could have made much more money more easily than by owning the Spectator. But it wouldn't have helped him have dinner with world leaders.
Most of NZ's media isn't owned by people like Black - it belongs to corporates out to make money.


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Prior to coming to Oxford, he held university library posts in Manchester (Assistant Librarian), Surrey (Sub-Librarian), Aston in Birmingham (Deputy Librarian), Cambridge (Deputy Librarian), and Leeds (University Librarian and Dean of Information Strategy).
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Ian Rickson directs an all-star cast in a 60th anniversary celebration of Harold Pinter's absurd comedy of menace The Birthday Party. Playing a limited 14-week season at the West End's Harold Pinter Theatre, the play is only Pinter's second full-length work, and sees truths and alliances shift in what is considered to be a darkly comic masterpiece.
Originally premiering in Cambridge in 1958, before transferring to London the following year, The Birthday Party is perhaps best known for the 1968 film, starring Robert Shaw. Stanley Webber is the only lodger at Meg and Petey Boles' quiet seaside boarding house. But when flamboyant strangers Goldberg and McCann arrive, any level of peace is threatened. Intent on disturbing the humdrum lives of the inhabitants and their friend Lulu, a seemingly innocent birthday party turns into a full-on nightmare.
Tony Award-nominated actress Zoë Wanamaker stars as Meg, after most recently appearing on the London stage in Kenneth Branagh's Harlequinade and Passion Play. Arguably best known for her role in My Family, further screen credits include the Harry Potter series.
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The Birthday Party may not be suitable for children.