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Meal-Related Structured Self-Monitoring of Blood Glucose
Effect on diabetes control in non-insulin-treated type 2 diabetic patients
Ulrich Schwedes, MD1,
Markus Siebolds, MD2,
Gabriele Mertes, PHD3 and
For the SMBG Study Group
1General Hospital Barmbek, Hamburg, Germany
2Catholic University of Applied Sciences, Cologne, Germany
3Bayer Vital, Leverkusen, Germany
Diabetes Care 2002 Nov; 25(11): 1928-1932. https://doi.org/10.2337/diacare.25.11.1928
OBJECTIVE—To investigate the effect of meal-related self-monitoring of blood glucose on glycemic control and well-being in non-insulin-treated type 2 diabetic patients.
RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS—This 6-month study, which included 6 months of follow-up, adopted a prospective, multicenter, randomized controlled design. Subjects were randomized to two groups: one group used a blood glucose-monitoring device, kept a blood glucose/eating diary, and received standardized counseling; the control group received nonstandardized counseling on diet and lifestyle. The primary efficacy parameter was the change in HbA1c. Secondary efficacy variables included changes in body weight, lipids, and microalbumin and changes in treatment satisfaction and well-being.
RESULTS—In the per-protocol analysis, the use of a self-monitoring blood glucose device significantly reduced HbA1c levels by 1.0 ± 1.08% compared with 0.54 ± 1.41% for the control group (P = 0.0086); subgroup analysis showed three types of responders. Body weight, total cholesterol, and microalbumin improved when using a glucometer, but there was no statistically significant difference between the two groups. Treatment satisfaction increased in both groups to a similar extent (P = 0.9). Self-monitoring resulted in a marked improvement of general well-being with significant improvements in the subitems depression (P = 0.032) and lack of well-being (P = 0.02).
CONCLUSIONS—Meal-related self-monitoring of blood glucose within a structured counseling program improved glycemic control in the majority of non-insulin-treated type 2 diabetic patients in this study. The finding of three types of responders will be important for future planning of counseling and educational interventions.
PP, per-protocol
SMBG, self-monitoring of blood glucose.
The U.K. Prospective Diabetes Study showed that the quality of blood glucose control plays a central role in the development of micro- and macroangiopathy in type 2 diabetes and that improved glycemic control clearly reduces the occurrence of secondary diabetes complications (1). Thus, monitoring blood glucose status is an important tool in diabetes treatment procedures. In a recent position statement on tests used for monitoring the glycemic status, the American Diabetes Association recommended self-monitoring of blood glucose (SMBG) to be included in diabetes management (2). The efficacy of SMBG in type 2 diabetic patients is, however, still questionable (3) and lacking high-quality randomized controlled trials (3,4). Various smaller studies have demonstrated that SMBG leads to an improvement of glycemic control in mostly overweight type 2 diabetic patients if the procedure is meal-related with a fixed regimen (5–10). A positive correlation between SMBG and the reduction of HbA1c levels has also been described in a recent large observational study about the relationship between self-monitoring frequency and glycemic control (11). Frequent monitoring (at least daily) significantly improved HbA1c levels in type 2 diabetic patients, treated with insulin, oral antidiabetics, or diet only. Less frequent monitoring was also effective. A recent response letter to Diabetes Care also reported a positive association between regular SMBG and consistent discussions about the monitoring with a health care provider and glycemic control: HbA1c levels significantly improved with regular monitoring (12). Theoretically, meal-related SMBG could lead to better compliance with diet or other treatment interventions, eventually resulting in better glycemic regulation.
The present study was designed to investigate the effect of meal-related SMBG on diabetes control in non-insulin-treated type 2 diabetic patients on a biometrical basis. Additionally, the effects on the burden of diabetes were assessed by measuring well-being and treatment satisfaction.
The study was designed as a prospective, randomized, controlled, multicenter parallel group comparison between non-insulin-treated type 2 diabetic patients using an SMBG device and a control group; the study duration was 6 months plus 6 months of follow-up. Subjects were recruited by 21 centers in Germany and Austria; the study was conducted in an outpatient setting by family practitioners and hospitals. Type 2 diabetic patients with a BMI >25 kg/m2, with HbA1c values between 7.5 and 10%, and treated either with diet alone or diet in combination with sulfonylureas or metformin were included into the study. Further inclusion criteria were age between 45 and 70 years, diabetes known for at least 3 months, and participation in a diabetes educational program within the previous 2 years. Patients were excluded if they were incapable of maintaining an eating diary and of documenting their state of well-being (relative or complete illiteracy), if they showed sensomotor disturbances that might impair unassisted SMBG (ametropia, motor function impairments, etc.), if they had used regular (trained, systematically used, etc.) SMBG during the 6 months before the start of study, or if they had participated in another clinical trial within 30 days before the start of study. Pregnant or lactating females as well as females without a safe contraception method were not allowed to enter the study. Further exclusion criteria were concurrent treatment with other antidiabetic agents such as insulin or treatment with nonselective β-blockers, glucocorticoids, amphetamines, or anabolic agents; diet reduction during the course of the study (<1,000 kcal/day); serum creatinine >3 mg/dl; or serum transaminases >50 units/l. Patients with serious underlying medical or psychiatric conditions or drug or alcohol abuse were also excluded. Since some of the participants were to be treated with acarbose (equally randomized to both groups), acarbose-related exclusion criteria also applied. The study was conducted in accordance with Good Clinical Practice and the Declaration of Helsinki. The protocol was approved by the corresponding ethics committee of each participating center. Written informed consent was obtained from all participating patients.
A total of 250 patients were enrolled and randomized within blocks of eight to receive one of the two treatments (week -2). During a 2-week run-in period, patients in the SMBG group were instructed in the use of a blood glucose device with sensor disc (Glucometer Dex) and requested to measure blood glucose six times (before and 1 h after main meals) on 2 days per week (one weekday and on Sunday) and to record the values obtained in a combined diary for blood glucose data and documentation of eating habits and their state of well-being (all entries were counted and checked for plausibility). It was explained to the patients that SMBG plus their diary would provide them with information about their day-to-day glycemic control, allowing them to make appropriate adjustments to their diet and lifestyle (if applicable), eventually resulting in improved diabetes control. The patients were seen every 4 weeks. During the 24 weeks of intervention, SMBG patients received a defined counseling algorithm (13) of six questions focusing on self-perception, self-reflection, and self-regulation (Table 1) at weeks 0, 4, 12, and 20. At these visits, nurses also assessed the correct use of the monitoring device by the patients and accuracy of self-monitoring was checked using wet chemical analysis (HemoCue). Patients continued using the glucometer during the follow-up period. The control group received nonstandardized counseling with a focus on their diet and lifestyle during these visits. Before the study, staff of all centers was simultaneously trained in counseling and diary discussions. Assistants and nursing staff received structured instructions on the correct use of the monitoring device, DCA 2000, and HemoCue and learned how to supervise and document the correct use and documentation by the patients. During the study, protocol adherence was controlled by regular monitor visits and audits.
Per-protocol (PP) analysis was performed as the main efficacy analysis. Patients were included in the analysis if they met protocol criteria, completed the entire study, showed valid efficacy parameter measurements, and were ≥70% compliant. The primary efficacy parameter was the change in HbA1c after 24 weeks of SMBG (end point); HbA1c was determined using the DCA 2000 analyzer (quality assurance by national central laboratory, standard calibration). Secondary efficacy parameters were changes in body weight, lipids, and microalbumin and changes in well-being and treatment satisfaction (measured by the Patient Well-being Questionnaire and the Diabetes Treatment Satisfaction Questionnaire [14,15]). Efficacy laboratory parameters and body weight were assessed at randomization and at 8, 16, and 24 weeks, and questionnaires were completed independently at randomization, 24 weeks, and follow-up and sealed in an envelope by the patient. HbA1c, body weight, SMBG acceptance, treatment satisfaction, and well-being were also assessed during two visits in the 6-month follow-up period.
Data analysis was carried out using the SAS program (version 6.12). Sample size was estimated assuming a mean difference of 0.7% in HbA1c between SMBG and control group at the end of study with a SD of 1.4% (α = 0.05, β = 0.2). Allowing for the multicenter design and possible dropouts, at least 72 patients were required for each treatment arm. Evaluation of the primary efficacy parameter consisted of an ANCOVA for the end point with baseline as covariate and SMBG as the main effect. Secondary efficacy parameters were analyzed in an exploratory manner, and all psychosocial study aspects were evaluated by Psychonomics (Cologne, Germany).
Of the 250 randomized patients, 223 were included in the PP analysis (SMGB group, n = 113; control group, n = 110). Table 2 summarizes the baseline demographic characteristics, which compared well between the two groups. The mean BMI exceeded 30 kg/m2 in both groups and "obesity and other hyperalimentation" were recorded as medical history findings for almost half of the patients.
There were no statistically significant differences between the groups regarding baseline efficacy parameters (Table 2). Values for total cholesterol, triglycerides, and microalbumin were slightly but not significantly lower (P > 0.1) in the SMBG group. The primary efficacy variable, HbA1c, improved in both groups during the 24-week study period with a statistically significant difference at end point between the groups (95% CI 0.11–0.77; P = 0.0086, Fig. 1A). HbA1c was reduced by 0.54 ± 1.41% in the control group (end point 7.81 ± 1.52%) and 1.0 ± 1.08% in the SMBG group (end point 7.47 ± 1.27%). A cluster analysis using complete linkage identified three response types among the patients using a self-monitoring device. Figure 1B shows the impact of SMBG on HbA1c in relation to these response types. Fifty-eight percent of patients showed continuous improvement (mean difference at end point −1.6%) with a sharp decline in the first 8 weeks. Patients with delayed success (18%) experienced an increase in HbA1c for the first 8 weeks followed by a reduction to 7.9 ± 1.0% at end point (mean difference −0.6%). The third subgroup (failure, 24%) showed an initial HbA1c reduction, which increased to 8.5 ± 1.0% at end point (mean difference 0.1%). Further analysis of the response types showed that patients with delayed success had longer diabetes duration with more impaired blood glucose control. Analysis of the failure subgroup revealed that these patients did not differ in number and accuracy of monitoring from the other two groups but showed a high degree of theoretical reflections in combination with lacking self-regulation. During follow-up, 87% of the patients continued self-monitoring; metabolic status remained stable.
Body weight reduction at end point was greater in the SMBG group (mean difference −1.96 ± 2.99 kg) than in the control group (−1.62 ± 3.54 kg). This difference, however, was not statistically significant (P = 0.332). An assessment of the SMBG group according to response type showed a mean difference in body weight at end point of −2.7 kg for patients with continuous success, −1.5 kg for patients with delayed success, and −1.2 kg for failures. Examination of the lipid profile changes revealed improvement of total cholesterol levels for the SMBG group (mean difference at end point −3.46 ± 27.84 mg/dl) while levels in control patients increased by 0.2 ± 29.37 mg/dl. Triglyceride levels improved more strongly in the control group (mean difference at end point −19.87 ± 107.01 mg/dl) than in SMBG patients (−7.1 ± 139.97 mg/dl). Microalbumin increased in control patients (2.76 ± 46.32 mg/l) compared with a reduction in SMBG patients (−4.55 ± 41.67 mg/l). There was no statistically significant difference in these parameters between the groups (total cholesterol P = 0.146, triglycerides P = 0.965, and microalbumin P = 0.123).
Treatment satisfaction increased in both groups to a similar extent (mean difference at end point 3.6 ± 7.63 points for control, 3.52 ± 7.19 points for SMBG; P = 0.9). Well-being markedly improved when using a blood glucose-monitoring device (P = 0.053). Figure 2 shows the differences from baseline to end of study in the scores for the five subitems of the Patient Well-being Questionnaire. All items improved in the SMBG group with statistically significant changes for depression (P = 0.032) and lack of well-being (P = 0.02).
Nurses' assessment of the self-monitoring procedure showed that the blood glucose device was used correctly by all patients and that evenly all blood sampling and measurements were carried out correctly. Accuracy of the sensor device checked with wet chemical analysis showed ≥15% deviation in only 3.6% of the tested samples. The average number of weekly measurements was 24.8 ± 3.9 per patient, which is twice as many as requested. The main reason for this result was that the patients were experimenting with their favorite meals. The blood glucose/eating diary was regularly used by 97.9% of the patients and 98.5% recorded the data correctly. Almost all patients assessed the diary very positively.
In the present study a significant improvement was demonstrated in glycemic control among non-insulin-treated type 2 diabetic patients who used meal-related SMBG in combination with the educational tools of an eating diary, documentation of their feelings of well-being, and a standardized counseling program.
Self-monitoring proved to be feasible for the majority of patients in this study. The low rate of premature termination, high number of accurately performed tests, and accurate diary entries, as well as good adherence to the monitoring schedule, showed that patients coped well with this intervention strategy. The fact that 87% of the SMBG group still monitored their blood glucose levels at the end of the follow-up period underlines the acceptance of using the device, as does the increase in treatment satisfaction score. A subgroup analysis of the SMBG group identified a nonresponse type in 24% of the patients. These patients performed tests frequently and accurately but showed a high degree of theoretical reflections in combination with lacking self-regulation. They reflected a lot about their experience with the monitoring device but did not manage to act on their findings. Self-monitoring might be an incorrect management strategy for this particular group. This problem is addressed in a follow-up paper with psychological emphasis.
As in the study of Muchmore et al. (5), body weight was reduced in both intervention groups with no statistically significant differences between the groups. There was, however, a correlation between weight loss and HbA1c reduction relating to patients' response type in this study: "continuously successful" patients showed twice the reduction in HbA1c and nearly twice the reduction in body weight compared with patients with delayed success during the study period. Microalbumin and total cholesterol tended to improve using a glucose-monitoring device, but these changes did not reach statistical significance.
A recent study in Italian type 2 diabetic patients investigated the impact of SMBG on quality of life (16). The analysis showed that an SMBG frequency of at least one measurement per day was significantly related to higher levels of distress, worries, and depressive symptoms among non-insulin-treated patients. Frequency of at least one measurement a week was still significantly related to higher scores for diabetes health distress and diabetes-related worries. Another recent secondary analysis of a mailed survey also found that diabetes-specific health behaviors such as dietary adherence might negatively affect quality of life by increasing the level of perceived diabetes-related burden (17). These findings were in contrast to the results of the present study. Treatment satisfaction did not deteriorate when using a self-monitoring device regularly under a fixed regimen. It improved to a similar extent in both the SMBG and control groups and can probably be related to the similar amount of counseling attention patients in both groups received. Well-being markedly improved when using a glucometer, particularly in the scores for depression and lack of well-being. Regular measurements were mentioned as the most substantial problem in this intervention strategy but did not seem to have much effect on the general well-being of the patients.
Keeping a diary and recording eating habits and SMBG measurements causes patients to reflect more on their disease and the measures to improve their present status, thus enabling them to adopt a more autonomous disease management. This may be initially confusing or distressing, in particular for those patients with a more severe course and longer duration of diabetes. However, acceptance of the disease and willingness to change behavior related to diabetes may result in an improvement of quality of life. The benefit of self-monitoring probably lies in its effect as an educational modality and the increased staff attention patients received.
In summary, a positive effect was shown in this study by using meal-related SMBG in combination with an eating diary and a structured counseling program for feedback and reinforcement in the improvement of the glycemic status in non-insulin-treated type 2 diabetic patients.
Members of the SMBG Study Group
B. Braune, Lilienthal; C. Bruns, Wertach; F. Burgmayer, Langquaid; R. Daffner, Rottenburg; R. Englert, Gars am Inn; P. Genthner, Welzheim; V. Gohlke, Rain; T. Haak, Bad Mergentheim; D. Heim, Nürnberg; H. Lembcke, Braunschweig; G. Mahla, Feldafing; C. Petersen, Schleswig; H. Pohlmeier, Münster; H. Samer, Haag; C. Schmidt, Weinstadt; U. Schwedes, Hamburg; M. Siebolds, Cologne; G. Vielsmaier, Altdorf; T. Wascher, Graz; and W. Werry, Wilhelmshaven.
Change in HbA1c in the PP population during a 24-week study period. A: Comparison between SMBG (•) and control group (○). B: Comparison between various response types in the SMBG group (•, continuously successful; ▪, with delayed success; ▴, failure). *Time of randomization.
The well-being of the patient measured by the Patient Well-being Questionnaire; score differences from baseline after a 24-week study period (▪, self-monitoring; □, no self-monitoring).
Counseling algorithm (ref. 13; physician-patient session at weeks 0, 4, 12, and 20; standardized questions)
Baseline demographic characteristics and efficacy variables of the PP population
This research project was sponsored by a grant from Bayer Vital GmbH (Leverkusen, Germany).
Address correspondence and reprint requests to Prof. U. Schwedes, Allg. Krankenhaus Barmbek, II. Med. Abteilung, Rübenkamp 148, 22291 Hamburg, Germany. E-mail: e.u.u.schwedes{at}gmx.de.
Received for publication 1 April 2002 and accepted in revised form 1 August 2002.
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Sodexo along with the Government of Bengal introduced a Clinical Technology Management (CTM) service in India with a vision to bridge the gap of inadequate technical expertise to service modern and high-end medical equipment within the healthcare industry. It was introduced in partnership with HITES (HLL Infra Tech Services Limited) and is said to enhance the functioning and monitoring of healthcare PPPs within the state. This system provides for a wide range of services from inventory management which includes management of medical equipment warranty and equipment utilisation analysis to implementation of planned maintenance programme which includes risk-base assessment and corrective and reactive maintenance.
The project offers comprehensive maintenance of all bio-medical equipment from smallest hospital unit PHC to medical colleges through preventive and corrective maintenance protocols. The aim is to achieve maximum uptime, repair existing non-functional equipment and maintain warehouse for spares. The tie-up with OEM's for some critical equipment and periodical calibration of equipment and lastly recommend condemnation of equipment has gone beyond economic repair.
The CTM project (Bio-Medical Equipment Maintenance) is aligned with the government's Biomedical Equipment Management & Maintenance Program (BMMP ), informs Sambit Sahu, Country Segment Director-Healthcare, Sodexo India. He further states that as an empanelled partner with HITES (a subsidiary of HLL), Sodexo worked on a proposal to address the needs of the Government of West Bengal and consequently entrusted to provide comprehensive maintenance services of around 50,000 equipment at 460 hospitals in the state.
This project is powered by the comprehensive Asset Maintenance management system called the CTM which provides a total control of the medical equipment maintenance programme and relieves the burden of managing multi-departmental, multi-vendor equipment services throughout the healthcare facility.
According to Scrivens, this programme delivers a seamless and well-integrated system that exceeds patient and staff expectations and makes the facility the provider of choice in your community. The system also claims to guarantee immediate cost reductions through comprehensive and all-inclusive CAMS (Capital Asset Management Services) programme.
While this system ensures risk- base assessment and timely maintenance of medical equipment leading to increased productivity, it also promises cost efficiencies. Sahu informs that through this programme, the entire maintenance work which was mostly done by local vendors with many issues on quality of services has come under one comprehensive platform. This initiative brings more transparency and productivity, which results in cost-effectiveness as they work on the economy of scale.
Likewise, these efficiencies also enhances patient experience and service quality. Benefits to healthcare providers and patients Doctors are assured that the equipment is well maintained, duly calibrated to give an accurate diagnosis. "After this programme is initiated in Bengal, a lot of equipment which were lying dysfunctional have been repaired for immediate use. Through a proper maintenance programme, the asset life cycle has increased hence it is direct saving for the government. The live dashboard provides real-time information of all maintenance activities in the state, which otherwise was not possible. This programme has a direct impact on the well being of the patients as well," added Sahu.
While ensuring that every stakeholder in this project is at a benefit, Sodexo, the government and HIT also stepped on to road block that could have hampered the success of this project. Nevertheless, team effort and their clear vision motivated them to outdo these challenges.
"The biggest challenge for the government was to create and maintain a proper inventory of clinical assets. This got addressed by tagging, which was done by Sodexo as per GS-1 standards giving a unique identity number to each equipment in the state. The maintenance of the assets was fragmented and majorly done at hospital level with some local vendors. The government was finding it tough to get the entire scope under one programme and seamless information on maintenance could be shared. There was no provision on logging a complaint centrally. The compliant turnaround time wasn't specified due to which equipment was lying unattended for a long period of time, affecting the patient treatment and recovery," Sahu explains on how they resolved this major issue. While all challenges and technicals issue were taken care of and the outcomes of the projects being impressive for the government, can this initiative be replicable in other states?
As per Sodexo, their system has proven technical capability and solutions which are replicable. According to them, the right solution is the backbone of this vast operation, this includes adequate deployment of trained technicians both onsite and mobile teams. IT tools for mapping and dashboards which provides real-time information to institutions.
"Our global expertise and connect with OEM's will come handy again when we expand to other states. With our good experience in West Bengal, it'll relatively be easier for us to implement the programme in other states," informed Scrivens. In future, partnering with HITES, Sodexo plans to introduce similar projects in other states and will be willing to customise initiatives as per their requirements.


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Aliens Wins 8 Saturn Fantasy Awards (AP)
Bryan-College Station (TX) Eagle p. 6B. May 18, 1987.
Subjects: ACADEMY OF SCIENCE FICTION, FANTASY AND HORROR FILMS AWARDS, 1987; ALIENS (MOTION PICTURE); BOY WHO COULD FLY (MOTION PICTURE); LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS (MOTION PICTURE); STAR TREK IV: THE VOYAGE HOME (MOTION PICTURE); THE FLY (1986) (MOTION PICTURE)
Browsing Around Little Shop of Horrors
Pirani, Adam
Starlog 113: 36-40, 52. December 1986.
Subjects: LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS (MOTION PICTURE)
Care and Feeding of Audry II
Duncan, Jody
Cinefex No. 30:4-29. May 1987.
Subjects: LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS (MOTION PICTURE); SPECIAL EFFECTS
Corman, WB Ink 'Little Shop' Deal
Variety p. 7, 14. January 22, 1986.
Different Shops of Horrors: From Roger Corman's Cult Classic to Frank Oz's Mainstream Musical
Pharr, Mary
in: Latham, Robert A. and Collins, Robert A., eds. Modes of the Fantastic. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1995. pp.212-220.
Subjects: CORMAN, ROGER; LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS (MOTION PICTURE); OZ, FRANK RICHARD
Feed Me!: Power Struggles and the Portrayal of Race in Little Shop of Horrors,
Jensen, Marc
Cinema Journal 48(1): 51-67. Fall 2008.
Subjects: LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS (MOTION PICTURE); RACE
Hilarious New Musical Features Ravenous Plant Life,(AP)
Campbell, Mary
Austin American Statesman Sec. H, p. 46. May 30, 1982.
Horizon Targets Illegal 'Horrors'
Variety p.31. July 3, 1985.
Koch, Phil
Cinefantastique 17(5):24-29, 61. September 1987.
Subjects: CONWAY, LYLE; LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS (MOTION PICTURE)
Cinefantastique 17(1): 16-25, 55. January 1987.
Little Shop Of Horrors (Review)
Klein, T. E. D.
Night Cry 2(4): 191-194. Summer 1987.
Leeper, Mark R.
Lan's Lantern 23: 53-54. June 1987.
Little Shop of Horrors Book
McCarty, John
New York: St. Martin's, 1988. 173pp.
Subjects: LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS (MOTION PICTURE); LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS (PLAY)
Little Shop of Horrors Filmusical Rolls Monday
Variety p.6. October 15, 1985.
Little Shop of Horrors, Frank Oz on Directing
Scapperotti, Dan
Cinefantastique 17(5):31, 55. September 1987.
Subjects: LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS (MOTION PICTURE); OZ, FRANK RICHARD
Little Shop of Horrors: Re-visioning the FutureThrough Pastiche and Science Fiction
Noonan, Julie A.
Theatre Annual 56: 113-129. 2003.
Little Shop of Horrors: the Lost Ending
Cinefantastique 17(5): 32-37. September 1987.
Little Shop of Horrors; the Man Behind the Plant
Cinefantastique 17(5):27. September 1987.
Roger Corman's Little Shop of Horrors: A Retrospect of the Original
Fischer, Dennis
Cinefantastique 17(1):26-31, 61. January 1987.
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The other day I wrote about Tom Seaver salvaging at least a bit of enjoyment from a horrible drive from Montana to Pennsylvania. About six weeks earlier, I had another Seaver experience that also turned out pretty horribly.
A lifelong Reds fan, I also became a fan of the Mets in their first year of existence. When Seaver arrived on the Shea scene in 1967, naturally he became my favorite Met and my favorite pitcher (supplanting Jim Maloney of the Reds). Just as with my favorite hitter (Pete Rose), I got in the habit of carrying around Seaver's career statistics in my head. It wasn't that tough to do, just a half-dozen key numbers which I could update after each start and extrapolate into possible career totals (Seaver reached the statistical goals I projected for him, while Rose persisted long enough to exceed my boldest estimates).
I thought that made me a fanatical Seaver fanatic, but I met my match in Missoula in an English department colleague named Stanley (name changed to protect his guilt, since he's still there) who was a New York native. He obsessed about Seaver, and though he was too numbers-phobic to keep running statistical totals in his head like I did, the first thing he'd ask me after a Seaver start was "what's his ERA now?" He didn't mean his ERA for the season. He meant his career ERA. That impressed me.
Fortunately I kept that figure handy. Seaver was about 375 starts into his career (nearly 60% of his final total) and his ERA was still in the vicinity of 2.70, so the answer to Stanley's question was always satisfying. Even a bad start wasn't going to put much of a dent in that excellent stat. It would take several over-the-hill rough seasons to raise his ERA to its final figure of 2.86. All that one bad start could do would be to ruin Stanley's day, as I discovered on May 1, 1978.
I was a single slob living in the basement of a house in Missoula, and I didn't do much entertaining. Stanley and his wife had just had their first child and weren't very mobile either. But May 1 seemed like the perfect excuse to invite Stanley and family over for dinner. That night, the big "Monday Night Baseball" game would be telecast from Cincinnati, with Seaver facing the Phillies and his rival as the best pitcher in the National League, Steve Carlton.
My father used to be a chef so he taught me a few things about cooking. I don't have a wide repertoire, but there are a few things I make very well. In 1978, my standard dinner for company was chicken and peppers--chicken sauteed with green bell peppers, onions, tomatoes, and wine, simmered for a couple of hours, and served over saffron rice. It's still my favorite dish to cook, and still good every time. It tasted especially good that night, shared with friends and with the Seaver-Carlton matchup as dessert.
Stanley, joined by wife and baby, arrived in plenty of time to enjoy the dinner before the game started. Fully satisfied, we relaxed in front of the television for what loomed as a terrific pitching duel between the only National Leaguers to strike out 19 batters in a game. The Phillies were up first. Bake McBride led off with a single and promptly stole second. Stanley and I frowned at each other, but Seaver eased our worries by striking out Larry Bowa and Mike Schmidt. He almost fanned Greg Luzinski, too, but wound up walking him. No problem. Or so we thought.
Richie Hebner singled, scoring McBride. Garry Maddox singled, scoring Luzinski. Stanley and I yelped in dismay as Luzinski lumbered across the plate. You didn't want to spot Carlton two early runs in those days. Working too carefully, Seaver walked Tim McCarver to load the bases. Stanley's wife looked worried. But rookie Jim Morrison was up, with all of 13 at-bats in his career, and surely Seaver would mow him down. No. He walked him, too, forcing in the third run of the inning. Stanley looked ill.
Now Carlton came up, and Seaver could limit the carnage to three ugly runs. Or so we thought. I can still see Carlton's sharp grounder finding the hole between first and second, rolling into right field on the Riverfront Stadium's damn carpet, with Hebner and McCarver racing home to make the score 5-0.
"Excuse me," said Stanley, getting up quickly and darting into the bathroom. As Seaver finally got the third out of the inning, Stanley's wife and I listened to him puking up dinner. The entire dinner, from the awful sounds. Pete Rose had already grounded out to start the bottom of the first inning when Stanley emerged, looking quite pale and gazing at me through a despondent haze. "I'm sorry," he muttered. "We have to go."
His wife gathered up the baby, and away they went. Stanley had somehow matched Seaver's dismal performance. He lasted only a half-inning, while Tom was gone after two innings of a 12-1 shellacking. I don't remember whether I watched the whole game, but I do know that dinner still tasted great, and I was grateful that I wasn't so devoted to Seaver (or anybody else) that it would literally make me sick to watch him fail.


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Figuring the costs of using paper forms
Author: Adriana Neagu
Ms. Neagu is a noted expert on data applications and XML technologies. Adriana was co-inventor of Microsoft Office InfoPath, and co-holds 4 InfoPath patents.
A whole lot of business is still conducted by filling out paper forms. How much does that cost? We finally found some credible data to justify the ROI of going paperless.
Everyone knows using paper forms is an outdated, inefficient and costly way to do business. But it's not easy to find hard data to support calculations of return on investment (ROI) for switching to paperless processes.
Unsubstantiated claims about the cost of paper forms
There are plenty of anecdotal claims, such as this one from 2009:
"Have you heard that it costs $25,000 to fill a filing cabinet and $2,100 per year to maintain it? Did you know that rejecting a document based on poor penmanship, missing information or missing pages costs an average of $75? Or that filling out just 5 pages of forms per day costs an average of $12,000 per year (at $25 per hour or $40,000 salary)?"
But when you try to track down the source of such numbers, they prove elusive. Generally, these kinds of unsubstantiated claims are made by companies promoting their own paperless solutions. (Full disclosure: we promote our own paperless solution.)
Calculate the cost of paper forms yourself
One mobile forms company has made available an interesting calculator you can use to estimate the costs of paper forms in your own situation — not just in dollars but in trees and pounds of carbon as well. The calculator is attributed to a university institute, and the dollar calculations hinge on estimating how long it takes to key data from a paper form into a computer.
"The primary cost savings comes from not having to reenter paper forms data into a computer system. On average, you can save from $0.51 per page if using offshore contractors to reenter form data, to $1.88 or more if using your own employees."
We wonder how accurately most companies can estimate the key metric at the heart of the calculator: "Average time in minutes to enter the answers to an average form question into a computer system including wasted time".
At last, a good study of the cost of paper forms
"The average cost per form is $4.56, but for 20% of respondents the cost per form is $10 or more"
AIIM published a whitepaper in 2012 that includes the results of a survey they conducted with 477 of its 64,000 community members. We like it because the survey was conducted by an objective non-profit organization, it includes all the demographics, and it excludes extreme answers and the responses of companies that are too small or have a conflict of interest.
"However, the costs mount dramatically once the forms have been completed by the user, and need to be transported safely, securely and quickly to the start of the appropriate process, wherever that may be, and whether or not it includes a scanning and capture element.
"In the AIIM survey mentioned earlier, we asked respondents to estimate how much it costs them, per document or form, in printing, distribution, mailing, collection, and sorting, prior to either scanning or paper-based processing. Eliminating 14 responses of over $75 per form (which may well be valid for certain very specialized applications or remote locations), the average cost per form is $4.56. The median (mid-point) is $2.00, but for 20% of respondents the cost per form is $10 or more."
Cost drivers
In a separate survey conducted in May-June 2013, AIIM quantified which were the 'biggest issues' caused by paper-based processes. The most common complaints were about re-keying data and filing, storing and searching for paper records, which are also major cost drivers for paper forms.
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Rocky Horror Picture Show: The Movies And References Behind Science Fiction Double Feature
"Science Fiction Double Feature" from The Rocky Horror Picture Show references lots of movies. We unpack it all...
By Tony Sokol | September 26, 2019 |
I have watched, well, not exactly watched, but experienced The Rocky Horror Picture Show over 100 times. I've only watched it about 30 times. I saw it in the movies and on HBO about five times before I couldn't take it anymore and troweled makeup on, ripped up some fishnet stockings and took to a stage myself. Figured I was a natch, had the same hair as Tim Curry and did his voice in a passable mimic, not that I'd need it.
I performed in a Friday night cast 72 times from when I was 15 to when I was 17. I started as Dr. Frank N. Furter and when I was replaced by a woman in lingerie, as opposed to a guy in drag, I played Janet for a while. The original Janet wouldn't kiss the woman playing Frank, whose name was Leslie. I had no problem. She looked better in the corset than I ever would. It wasn't just the movie. It was the music. I bartered rare bootlegs to get Tim Curry's single "Baby Love" and taught my band how to play "Birds of a Feather" and "Sloe Gin" after seeing him play the Bottom Line. Same night I saw Squeeze for the first time.
I still get a thrill from the opening song, "Science Fiction Double Feature," not just because it's probably the best song in the movie, one of the only non-rock-and-roll-retro tunes, but also because I have seen every movie mentioned in the song. Some of them I watched because of the song. Most I'd already seen. Too bad the song only referenced science fiction films because Charles Grey, the neckless fuck of a narrator in Rocky Horror, was in the classic Hammer adaptation of Dennis Wheatley's The Devil Rides Out.
"Science Fiction Double Feature" is bedded on a simple descending chord progression….
"Michael Rennie was ill the day the earth stood still, but he told us where we stand…"
Fuck Keanu Reeves. The Day the Earth Stood Still will always mean Klaatu for me. Klaatu means The Beatles. Ringo is seen exiting the space ship from the movie on his "Goodnight Vienna" album and there was a '70s band called Klaatu that was rumored to be The Beatles in disguise. No such luck. Klaatu comes from the phrase "Klaatu barada nikto" which means … whatever you want it to mean.
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The Day the Earth Stood Still came out in 1951 at the beginnings of the world's collective nuclear nightmares. It was based on the short story "Farewell to the Master" by Harry Bates. The screenplay was by Edmund H. North. Directed by Robert Wise, The Day the Earth Stood Still starred Michael Rennie as the alien who finds humanity in humanity, only to have humans shoot him in the ass on his way to back his planet to say how non-threatening we could become.
Michael Rennie
Michael Rennie was an English actor who started out as an extra on Alfred Hitchcock's The Secret Agent in 1936. He was Sandman on the Batman series in the '60s. He came up through the York Repertory Theatre. He made The Day The Earth Stood Still under contract for 20th Century Fox and went on to play Jean Valjean in the 1952 version of Les Miserables.
"And Flash Gordon was there in silver underwear…"
Flash Gordon was a science fiction serial put out by Universal Pictures starting in 1936. Channel 13 used to run Flash Gordon on Friday or Saturday nights in the '70s. Flash Gordon was played by Larry "Buster" Crabbe, former Olympic swimmer. Buster Crabbe was a Tarzan before he spaced out. Crabbe went into space again as Buck Rogers. Jean Rogers, no relation to Buck, played Dale Arden.
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Flash and Dale are shanghaied for an unexpected trip to space by Dr. Zarkov, played by Frank Shannon. Charles B. Middleton played Emperor Ming the Merciless, who ruled the planet Mongo. His daughter, Aura, was played by otherwordly Priscilla Lawson. Richard Alexander played Prince Barin, who ruled Arboria, the planet of the trees. Every episode ended on a cliffhanger. Flash Gordon started out as a comic strip and was remade in 1980 with Sam J. Jones in the title part, Melody Anderson as Dale, Chaim Topol as Dr. Zarkov, Max von Sydow as Ming, Timothy Dalton as Prince Barin, Brian Blessed as Vultan, and Ornella Muti as Aura.
Richard O'Brien made a cameo appearance.
"Claude Rains was the invisible man…"
Yeah, we didn't see that coming. The Invisible Man was a Universal Pictures flick from 1933 based on the 1897 book by H. G. Wells. The invisible man was Dr. Jack Griffin who developed a formula that rendered him invisible, but which was driving him slowly mad, running through fields singing "Here we go gathering nuts in May" and terrorizing Lady Frankenstein and Maid Marion's cockney matron.
Wells' science fiction novel was adapted by R. C. Sherriff, Philip Wylie, and Preston Sturges, whose work was considered unsatisfactory and who was taken off the project. The Invisible Man was directed by James Whale, famed director of Frankenstein and The Bride of Frankenstein) and stars Claude Rains, in his first American screen appearance, and Gloria Stuart. It is considered one of the great Universal Horror films of the 1930s, and spawned a number of sequels, plus many spinoffs using the idea of an "invisible man" that were largely unrelated to Wells' original story. In Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein, the Invisible Man is played by Vincent Price, who is Vincent Christ in my house.
Claude Rains
Claude Rains made his American movie debut in The Invisible Man, though horror fans also know him as the father who had to kill the whiney The Wolf Man, Lon Chaney Jr., with his silver wolf-topped cane. Claude Rains was also the poor corrupt cop who's heart was his least vulnerable spot, Inspector Renault in Casablanca.
Claude Rains' father was the English actor Frederick Rains. Claude started acting when he was 11. Rains taught at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. One of his students was Laurence Olivier. After The Invisible Man, Rains played in … everything. The Clairvoyant with Fay Wray; Now, Voyager from 1942; Mr. Skeffington in 1944; Lawrence of Arabia from 1962; The Greatest Story Ever Told, The Passionate Friends.
Rains was nominated for an Oscar in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington. He was a Nazi in Alfred Hitchcock's Notorious and, like Michael Renny, played on Alfred Hitchcock Presents. Rains was Julius Caesar in the 1945 version of Caesar and Cleopatra. He was Prince John in The Adventures of Robin Hood, and the Phantom in the 1943 version of Phantom of the Opera. He was the devil in Angel on My Shoulder, which also returned Paul Muni, famed for Scarface and I was a Fugitive From a Chain Gang, to gangster form.
"Then something went wrong for Fay Wray and King Kong, they got caught in a celluloid jam…"
King Kong is one of the greatest motion pictures ever made. It made Hitler cry. Hell, it made me cry and not because I wanted to be dressed like Ann Darrow, but because King Kong died for our sins. Made by RKO Pictures in 1933, King Kong was directed by Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsac and starred Robert Armstrong as Carl Denham, a filmmaker who rips the great and sexy beast from what I always thought of as the Garden of Eden and ships him in chains to civilization, where he gets his big break in New York City.
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I still look for Kong whenever I see the Empire State Building in all its art deco glory. It wasn't capitalism that killed the beast. It was…
Fay Wray made her first movie when she was 16, Gasoline Love. She was also in Doctor X, but we'll get into that later. She was first noticed in the 1928 film The Wedding March, directed by Erich von Stroheim. She played in The Most Dangerous Game in 1932 with Joel McCrea, The Bowery with George Raft, and Mystery of the Wax Museum in 1933 before making King Kong. Fay Wray turned down a cameo appearance in the Peter Jackson remake of King Kong.
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"Then at a deadly pace it came from outer space…"
It Came from Outer Space (1953)
It Came from Outer Space was the most memorable and most startling experience of people's lives when it was released. From the blackness of a hundred million nights, from uncounted millions of light years away but mostly from thousands of dollars spent by Universal International Pictures, came a motion picture that brought the first space invaders in 3D. They landed in Arizona and everyone thought they were a meteor. But no, people are disappearing and coming back like robots, which is only slightly out of place in Arizona. They have these machines that turn them into … really nice people, once you get to know them. Really. You can take these aliens to dinner.
It was kind of the flip side to the paranoid conspiracy fantasia Invasion of the Body Snatchers. It Came from Outer Space was directed by Jack Arnold. It starred Richard Carlson, Barbara Rush, and Charles Drake. Harry Essex penned the script with Jack Arnold based on a Ray Bradbury screen treatment.
"And this is how the message ran.
Science Fiction double feature.
Dr. X will build a creature…"
Doctor X (1932)
This was the first Warner Brothers movie made in Technicolor. It was made before the code, so it was a little bit racier than a lot of movies we see on TCM these days. Doctor X was directed by Michael Curtiz who made Captain Blood with Errol Flynn, Yankee Doodle Dandy with James Cagney, and Casablanca with Humphrey Bogart, among countless classic films.
Bogart would be sentenced to play his only monster role, the vampire Dr. Xavier in The Return of Doctor X. It had nothing in common with this movie and Bogart only snarled if you brought it up. Curtiz was an artist and brought that to this movie. The all-black-background scene with the electrodes and the mirrors is pure suspense. Doctor X was put out by First National Pictures and starred Lee Tracy and Lionel Atwill, a horror master as Dr. Xavier. It also starred Fay Wray, who screams beautifully as Doctor X's daughter Joan, and John Wray. No, not related, but John Wray was one of the actors up for the part of Dracula that ultimately went to Bela Lugosi.
Doctor X is part horror and part crime film. The crime is a murder and the murderer nibbled on the corpse. Heady stuff for 1931, but delicious fare for Rocky Horror. Dr. X didn't build any creatures though.
"Anne Francis stars in Forbidden Planet…"
Anne Francis
Palomino Blonde Anne Francis is probably best known as TV's Honey West. She started as a model when she was four years old. Most of Francis' stuff from Funny Girl was left on the cutting room floor so she wouldn't steal the movie from Barbra Streisand.
Fans of Lost in Space owe a great debt to Forbidden Planet, if for nothing other than Robby the Robot. Before C3PO and R2D2 there was Robby the Robot. He didn't go around yelling "Danger Danger" yet, and this is before he had work done. Forbidden Planet came out of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It was directed by Fred M. Wilcox and starred Walter Pidgeon, Leslie Neilsen and, of course, Anne Francis. It was basically The Tempest, Willie Shakespeare's box office smash, in space.
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Forbidden Planet won't take place for another 200 years and it happens on the planet Altair IV in the Altair star system. Get out your telescopes, it's the one in the corner. The star ship C-57D travels 16 light years to pick up on a lost crew from 16 years ago, they get there at the same time. Or they might as well have, the first crew got vaporized and Robby the Robot says if they don't their asses out soon, so will the crew of the C-57D.
"I knew Leo G. Carroll was over a barrel when Tarantula took to the hills…"
After fighting in World War I, Leo G. Carroll started performing when he was 16. He came to Broadway in 1924 and played The Late George Apley. He had an uncredited part in Captains Courageous which won Spencer Tracy an Oscar. Carroll played Joseph in Wuthering Heights against Laurence Olivier. Alfred Hitchcock loved Carroll and put him in six films including Spellbound and North by Northwest. On TV he played the ghost on Topper and Alexander Waverly on The Man From UNCLE.
Tarantula (1955)
Tarantula is about a really big spider. Surprised? No, the surprise is that spidey's taken out by SPOILER ALERT "Dirty Harry." Clint Eastwood packs his magnum on top of a fighter jet.
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Tarantula is really about food. Professor Gerald Deemer wants to grow big food. Of course the first thing on the menu is what? Tarantula stew? What's he thinking here? Start with a fucking carrot or something. Some celery. He's growing huge rats and spiders. Where the fuck is this guy going to open his restaurant?
"And I really got hot when I saw Janette Scott fight a Triffid that spits poison and kills…"
Janette Scott
Jannette Scott started in movies when she was four in the 1942 film Went the Day Well, a mouthful if you ask me. She played Cassandra in Helen of Troy, and Judith in The Devil's Disciple. Scott moved to horror in Crack in the World and the William Castle 1963 remake of The Old Dark House. She also played in Bikini Paradise.
The Day of the Triffids (1962)
Vegetarians eat vegetables. Humanitarians, like Doctor X, eat humans. Triffids are vegetables that eat humans, vegetarian or not.
Everyone on earth has gone blind because, while they knew enough not to look at the sun during an eclipse, no one bothered to tell them to look away from meteors. The whole world was watching a spectacular shower and they all went blind. And the plants? They walk. The Day of the Triffids was directed by Steve Sekely, and also starred Howard Keel.
"Dana Andrews said prunes gave him the runes, and passing them used lots of skills…"
Dana Andrews
Dana Andrews could have played Brad Major early in his career. Dana Andrews was an accountant with Gulf Oil and for some reason, I see accountants as wearing Brad Majors eyeglasses. Especially in today's hipster world. If you take the goofy glasses off Brad Majors, you see Barry Bostwick's almost-leading-man looks. I mean, this guy got started on Broadway in Grease with a bigger part than John Travolta's.
Dana Andrews started at California's Pasadena Playhouse in 1935. He moved up through the ranks of Sam Goldwyn and 20th Century Fox studios filling supporting parts left by actors serving in World War II. Dana Andrews got the lead in the classic western hangin' pic with Henry Fonda, William A Wellman's The Ox-Bow Incident in 1943 and Otto Preminger's Laura with Gene Tierney and Vincent Price (how did Vincent Price not get named in this song?)
Andrews spoke out against encroaching obligatory sex in Hollywood when he was SAG President. In 1957, Andrews starred in the satanic classic …
Curse of the Demon (1957)
I'm sucker for satanic cinema and Curse of the Demon is one of my favorites. Britain does the devil up right. From the Rolling Stones' "Sympathy for the Devil" and "Dancing With Mr. D" to The Devil Rides Out (book or movie, both classics, Dennis Wheatley wrote the book, Hammer made the movie and it starred Charles Grey as the heroic hedonist to Christopher Lee's nefarious nag), English artists had sovereign rule through their satanic majesty's request.
Curse of the Demon was based on M. R. James' 1911 murder thriller Casting the Runes. The demon itself may look cheesy now, well, it looked cheesy then, the director, the renowned Jacques Tourneur, was against it. He wanted to leave it to the imagination, the producer wanted a monster, so they tagged one on in post-production. I kinda like it. It's become iconic as far as horror images go.
"But when worlds collide, said George Pal to his bride, I'm gonna give you some terrible thrills…"
When Worlds Collide (1951)
When Worlds Collide should be re-examined today as a forerunner of apocalypse movies. It may not happen in our lifetime, maybe not even in a million years, but the earth is on a collision course and humanity goes apeshit. They don't party like it's Y2K. How could they with all those Lego buildings being washed away? My kids made the same volcano for their sixth grade science project that they use in this movie.
I kid the director Rudolph Maté. When Worlds Collide won a special effects Oscar and the guy in the wheelchair is wearing the same blanket as Dr. Scott. Producer George Pal wanted to make a sequel called After Worlds Collide, but lost the Conquest of Space.
George Pal
George Pal started out as an unemployed architect. Hey, don't we all? Joel McCrea was an unemployed architect in Dead End and George Costanza said he was an unemployed architect on Seinfeld. And then of course, there's Gary Cooper in Fountainhead.
George Pal designed subtitles for silent movies and then got into stop-motion animation, leaving his native Hungary to produce puppet shorts in the Netherlands. He went to America after making the short film Going to America. It was an anti-fascist film in a pro-fascist society and they chased him out with torches. Pal got Jimmy Durante to dance with a cartoon squirrel in The Great Rupert and announced he was headed for Destination Moon. He produced the science fiction classic War of the Worlds before making When Worlds Collide. George Pal also made Houdini with Tony Curtis as the legendary magician; Tom Thumb, The Time Machine, and Atlantis the Lost Continent.
George Pal's bride was Elisabeth "Zsoka" Grandjean, who he married in 1931, when he was 23.
"Science Fiction – Double Feature
See androids fighting Brad and Janet…"
Brad and Janet
Brad is an asshole and Janet is a slut who walks like a chicken.
"At the late night, double feature, picture show.
I wanna go to the late night, double feature, picture show by RKO…"
RKO Double Features
I first learned about Rocky Horror Picture Show because I was a huge fan of Phantom of the Paradise (that link goes to Jim Knipfel's brilliant piece. Bastard got it in first). I was ten or eleven. I saw it a bunch of times in the movies. I bought the album. I learned some "The Hell of It" on guitar. I stole the lobby cards and the movie poster. It made me see every Brian De Palma picture, including the early ones with Robert De Niro. I was primed for Rocky Horror. It was at one point the B picture to Phantom of the Paradise.
"In the back row at the late night double feature picture show."
Back Row
The best place to sit no matter what you're hiding. Everyone is looking the other way.
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Tattoos could help identify dead Vic man
4:05pm Sep 28, 2018
A man has been found dead in suburban Melbourne and police hope distinctive tattoos will help identify him.
Investigators on Friday launched a public appeal for information after the man, aged in his 30s or 40s, was found dead two days ago in the backyard of a St Kilda home.
"An autopsy has been conducted which indicated that the man possibly died from a fall," police said.
Police have released photos of the tattoos, which include three stars, with one containing what looks like the initials HD.
The man was found in the backyard of a home just after 9.30pm on Wednesday, police said.
He was wearing a blue check shirt, black track pants, a green jacket and moccasins.
Police have also released a computer-generated image of the man and are urging those with information about his identity to come forward.
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When I speak with interior designers and describe what we do—create custom art for their designs—the response is almost always a one-two punch. First, a designer will say that he or she LOVES art.
But then comes the bad news. So many interior designers see art as a problem. Their clients balk at the expense; they don't have the vision; they don't want to deal.


I hope you're doing well and the weather in your area (wherever that might be) is treating you well. This sweltering Alabama heat sure isn't treating me well. Temperatures in the upper 90s for weeks on end sure do get old. So does the humidity. But, of course, it beats panicking over hurricanes, earthquakes and snow-pocalypses.
I am writing to you to let you know that I will no longer be reading your blog or Library Journal. I'm sure you don't care; after all, I'm only a simple medical librarian in Alabama. Clearly, I'm under-educated because all I learned in my tenure at The University of Alabama was that Forrest Gump played for The Bear and that George Wallace once stood in front of a building.
Before we get around to criticizing you, maybe you should know a little bit about me. I was born and raised in Alabama. I am solidly middle class, the daughter of an immigrant and a true Southern lady. I was educated in one of the best public schools in the state and had the grades, test scores, and extra curriculars to go to college pretty much wherever I wanted. But I chose The University of Alabama. Was I brainwashed since I was raised to be an Alabama fan? Of course not. I wasn't even going to Alabama until I discovered that The Capstone had everything I could ever want in a school, but at a much lower price and only 45 minutes away from home. What was "everything" you ask? Why an amazing history program, a great library, several nationally recognized academic programs, and a nice social scene. Alabama had everything I asked for AND they offered me a scholarship. Sounded great to me. And it was.
But let's not talk about me anymore. Let's talk about how incredibly offended I was by your article. You clearly have never visited Alabama (or the South apparently). No, Alabama doesn't have a great reputation. Why? Because of people like you. People who cannot get past our past. People who conveniently forget the number of people who died in the race riots in Detroit or the persecution runaway slaves faced up north. People who prefer to focus on George Wallace, fire hoses, and the KKK. Did you know the state of Alabama is the home of Olympian Jesse Owens, Grammy winner Emmy Lou Harris, Helen Keller, George Washington Carver, and Pulitzer Prize winning authors Harper Lee and Rick Bragg? What about legendary coach Paul Bryant, actress Sela Ward, Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black, and co-founder of Wikipedia Jimmy Wales? They all graduated from The University of Alabama; that school you made a point to criticize. They all got such a terrible education. Wow, it must have been so awful for them to go so many places in life.
People don't want to live in Alabama you say? That may be true. After all we do have these terribly hot summers that almost require a quick trip to the most beautiful beaches in the US. And those pesky tornadoes that do nothing but enable communities to come together in the most amazing ways and show us that human nature has not lost its heart. Towns that come to a complete stop to cheer on some kids they don't know play sports, sitting on the porch, drinking ice tea and chatting with neighbors, and the sweetest peaches you will ever taste – yes, I can see how those are real drawbacks. That must be why I made friends from states like Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and California while I was in college. All that harsh living; clearly, no one would ever move here. People are so polite, it's so offensive!
But, no, AL, I may have kept reading and tolerating your blog despite the countless insults that you threw at my state, but because of one little thing – so tiny it should have gone unnoticed. You cited Wikipedia as your source. Right there, you lost all my respect (whatever you had to begin with). Every good librarian, hell, every half-way decent student knows that Wikipedia is NOT a legitimate source of information. I had a professor at the lowly University of Alabama fail a student on a writing assignment for citing Wikipedia. Wow, even Alabama doesn't recognize "the only encyclopedia anyone ever uses anymore" as reliable source. Hmm. Kind of casts a shadow on your whole post, doesn't it?
I know your article wasn't actually about Alabama or its apparent lack of desirability. Your article was about a job posting that is non-tenure tracked and may only last a year or three. Let me ask you a question, AL – when was the last time you applied for an entry-level job in a library? It's probably been a while. You probably have no idea what it's like to be up against 50 unemployed librarians with twice as much experience as you in an over-saturated job market, or to be so desperate to be doing something, anything related to your desired career goal that you'll take a job as a part-time library assistant. I'm sure you don't what it's like to still be discovering what you actually want to do in life or just trying to gain some experience.
Well, I do. I've been there. I took that job as part-time library assistant when my job prospects were bleak. I got lucky that job turned into a full time job. But this job posting is something that I would have applied for in a heartbeat, mostly because it ISN'T tenure-track. As an entry-level librarian, I'm not worried about job protection. I'm worried about publishing, joining committees, and trying to get some actual work done somewhere in between. I'm worried about figuring out what I really want to do and still having time to enjoy myself. I'm worried about being employed, plain and simple.
You're wrong on so many levels with this piece. I understand that your blog is meant to be offensive and sarcastic. I have often appreciated your unique voice and opinions in the past. But this time, you've gone too far. You've insulted a major academic institution that has survived a civil war, a civil rights movement, and 180 years. You've mocked a state that's still reeling from losing 236 of its citizens. You've assumed that every library job seeker out there wants what you have. And you've ridiculed every educator that teaches about reliable and legitimate reference sources.
So you've lost a reader, Annoyed Librarian. I doubt that you care, but others do. And I hope they read this and recognize you for the insensitive person you are.
I actually think Wikipedia is great. It has about the same rate of errors as a traditional encyclopedia, but it's way better regarding cultural diversity.
That said, I'm amazed when people cite Wikipedia (or any encyclopedia, for that matter!) Use them to find your articles and sources, but don't cite them!
Yes, people using Wikipedia as a cited source of information is one of my biggest pet peeves. I think our (as in society's) reliance and blind trust in it is really quite dangerous.
Brava! I don't understand the allure of snark. Why would a national publication like LJ decide to use this tone as a marketing tool? Generating community with negative energy seems lazy and passé.
Your argument is in answer to all types of generalizations, which, again, are just plain LAZY.
Saw the link to this post on the LJ website. All I can say is AMEN and Roll Tide!
Thanks for reading! And Roll Tide!!
I put up my editorial responding to some of the criticism of Annoyed's post that appeared in your blog, on the Annoyed Librarian, and in emails and phone calls. It's at http://www.libraryjournal.com on the homepage.
Thanks Francine for your response and for mentioning my post. I hope we can start an honest discussion about stereotypes in and out of the library. And, also, about the real reason for the AL's post – lack of tenure (desired or not) in academic libraries.


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The view from our deck is really what sold me on our home. We love having friends and family over on our deck when the weather is nice. It runs the entire length of of our house, but was in rough shape. The former owner of our house painted it with a (red brown) stain that left it patchy and peeling. It didn't have a sealant and it didn't protect it from direct sunlight and harsh weather conditions.
We researched several different options. I was looking for a dark brown shade and something thicker than just a stain. The boards are showing their age and I only wanted to do this once!
We looked at both Restore It and Rescue It by Olympic. Restore has a heavier texture that feels more like that you would coat your truck bed with. In researching, we found it to be very durable, but I couldn't see us walking barefoot on that rough finish. In the end, we went with Rescue It in Chocolate. You can find a bucket of this at Lowe's for about $100. Click for link.
First, my father-in-law power washed the deck. He's awesome and handy and helps me with projects when my husband is doing things like fishing and…fishing. We waited 48 hours for it to dry, then used a broom to brush off all the peeling paint that came up and tried to sweep off as much as we could. Plan this project when there are clear skies in the forecast! If it rains at all once you start, it won't dry correctly and you'll be back to square one.
We taped off the side of the house and I edged around with a brush by hand while my father-in-law started with a roller on a long pole on the other end. Can you believe how much difference one coat made? This stuff has unreal coverage.
Let the first coat dry at least 24 hours before painting on the second coat.
We tried not to walk on it or move the furniture back for at least 48 hours. It will continue to cure for the next few days, so try not to give it heavy traffic. This is the effect after two coats of Olympic Rescue It in the chocolate shade! Read the directions on the bucket or Olympic's site online carefully. It should only be cleaned up with mild soap and water. So if not power washing it again is a deal breaker, you may want to look elsewhere.
We got the furniture off a local garage sale group on Facebook. However, the cushions, rug, and patio lights are from Target. The cushions have held up well in the rain, but do not buy an outdoor rug at Target. That one had faded three shades to a light yellow by the next week. I should have returned it, but am really bad about returning things. The rug literally disintegrated in the rain. Just don't buy one.
As far as square footage/coverage- We painted two coats on the entire surface of the deck and still have plenty of Rescue It for the railings.
So.. we did this project quite awhile ago and I was waiting to post pictures until the railings was painted. It's 2016 and now it's winter and we never painted the railing. Oh well. You might hear about that come spring. Ha! Real life. We highly recommend Olympic's Rescue It! though. It was worth $100 for a deck face lift that will host many future dinner parties! Besides the railing, my next plan is to paint the privacy fence white and add some decor there to make it even more cozy.
What is your favorite part of your home? Is there a space you love to gather when friends and family come over?
Love it!! You did such a great job!
Thanks friend! Was this done when you came to visit? I can't remember!!


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title : U.K. Christian Charity Helps Train Churches to Counter ISIS Attacks, But Some Claim Conference is 'Nonsensical and Ridiculous'
summary : Christian charity Barnabas Fund, a nonprofit organization based in the United Kingdom, has planned to host a training session in London to advise churches on how to protect themselves against attacks from terror groups such as ISIS. The charity mainly provides assistance to Christians in majority Muslim countries.
date : Jun 23, 2015 06:27 PM EDT
title : British School with 'Christian Ethos' Wins Prestigious Accord Inclusivity Award
summary : A school publicly funded by the British government that claims to adhere to a "Christian ethos" has won an inclusivity award for the first time.
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title : Archbishop of Irbil Says That Iraq's Christians, Barring Military Intervention, 'Do Not Have Much Time Left'
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date : Feb 11, 2015 05:20 PM EST


The BlackBerry has been around for a long time -- since 1999. Since then they have released over 200 million smartphones to the public.
Despite being nearly 10 years ahead of the iphone and the first Android phone, the BlackBerry has fewer apps for poker players. There isn't any real money app to speak of either.
All hope is not lost, though. If you have a BlackBerry you still have a couple of options for playing games on your phone or tablet.
What I have for you below are the most common questions we get about how to play real money poker on a BlackBerry phone or tablet.
How to I Play Games on My BlackBerry Phone or Tablet?
You're not going to find a BlackBerry app for real money poker. Not European poker players. Not US poker players. Not anyone.
However, the following instructions will still be true when/if real money apps are developed.
So the only options that you're going to have for real money are casino games. To get started all you need to do is visit the casino of your choice, and on their mobile page you'll find a form. The form will ask for your country, phone number and what games you want to play. Enter that information and they'll send the games or download/link to it.
That's all there is to it. While you may not be able to play poker, you may be able to find a poker themed game.
Another option is to play from your browser. However, BlackBerry does not support flash. So finding a non-flash/java browser game will be hit or miss.
Of course, if you don't mind playing for free (fake) money you can always go to the BlackBerry app store and pick up an app for a few bucks. It may not be real money poker, but it's better than nothing. Right?
Are There Any Real Money Options for US BlackBerry Owners?
No. Not for poker, at least.
Like I said above, though, you can find an online casino that offer games compatible with BlackBerry phones and tablets. You have your work cut out for you though, trying to find a casino that is both trustworthy and compatible with the BlackBerry.
To cut out all that work I highly recommend visiting the casinos we've listed on this page. We only recommend rooms that are trusted by other players, licensed and regulated, have a wide variety of games, deposit options and promotions. We recommend the best of the best. All you need to do is read the reviews, make sure the casino is US friendly and provides deposit options you can use.
How Do I Make a Real Money Deposit With My BlackBerry?
Depositing with your BlackBerry is going to be the same as making a deposit on your computer. Just choose your deposit method, enter your information and hit submit.
However, keep in mind that, as a safety precaution, many poker sites, casinos and sportsbooks don't let you bank from your phone. So you'll still want access to a computer.
Is Playing Poker on My BlackBerry Safe?
Yes. As safe as playing on the internet can be.
Several poker sites and casinos that I know of won't let you bank on your mobile device, nor do they have the "save your password" option that you have on your desktop. This is in place to prevent your account from being accessed in case your phone is lost or stolen.
All transactions and information is encrypted too.
So the rest is left up to you. Just make sure your password is unique, uses a combination of numbers, letters and symbols and that you change it often. You shouldn't experience any problems with this approach.