Sunday, September 30, 2012

Hotel Transylvania ;D [Please Look!! (:]

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So, last night I went out with the family, and due to having an eight year old brother we went and saw the new animated movie called Hotel Transylvania. At first I wasn't too sure because I hadn't seen any previews, and I figured if Tim Burton didn't toss it out there...It would be a flop. But! I can honestly say I enjoyed the cutesy movie greatly. :T Anyway! If you haven't seen previews, watched the movie, or have absolutely no idea what I'm talking about: Here you go. If you don't read the whole thing at least read the plot, because I most likely won't be able to explain it too well below. xD

Anyway!
Basically the movie is about "Dracula" opening up a hotel, a resort, that monsters can go to to escape from "humanity" so to speak, so monsters can be safe from human civilization. The main reason he really opened it was to protect his daughter from humans like he promised his wife he would ever before she died. Anyway! That's not the point, really. To cut to the chase it's his daughter's 118th birthday, and he's throwing her a huge party. All these "monsters" go to the resort to celebrate, because the Dracula's are well-known and liked. Somehow a human stumbles across the hotel, etc, etc, etc. READ THE PLOT! :P

Then again..
You don't really have to(though I prefer you do) because my idea for a role play is a little different. I was thinking that it could follow the movie along the lines of "Dracula" having a hotel in Transylvania for monsters to come to, he's celebrating his daughters 118th birthday(because that's like the simple "18" to humans) and a bunch of "monsters" come to celebrate. But instead of just one human stumbling upon the hotel while they're exploring out in the forest, a few humans do while "Camping" to so speak. They think it's a huge "costume party" while not knowing they're really among the "monsters" they're told about in town.
I figured it could go on from there, being strongly character-based. Literate. Realistic picture use.

Would anyone be interested in joining if I make a role play like that? Any Ideas? Thoughts?? I would LOVE some feedback. Please and Thank You. :)

Thanks for taking the time to read this!!!

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Closing the Local Health Integration Networks across the province isn?t a new idea for Tim Hudak. But this year he?s back at it with more details to bolster his argument. The failure of the Champlain LHIN to meet many of its goals may make more Eastern Ontario voters see things Hudak?s way.

In the 2011 election, part of the PC leader?s proposals to reduce the size of government included closing the LHINs and the Ontario Power Authority. This was a first stab at tackling the hundreds of provincial agencies, corporations, etc., that were running amok.

The 14 regional LHINs were created by the Liberal government in 2006 to ostensibly make health care more responsive to local health needs. They would bring the various local threads of health care together to work collaboratively for the benefit of a region. But a lot of people were left scratching their heads wondering how exactly an extra layer of bureaucracy could result in less bureaucracy, and more direct community involvement.

The goal with axing the LHINs, as Hudak told me in a phone interview, is to ?put the patient at the centre of health care.? His view is that they ?hold a lot of meetings, rent a lot of conference centres? but don?t necessarily deliver the meat and potatoes. This portrays the LHINs as possessing the typical traits of a middle man who argues he?s integral to the process but, when you step back and look at the situation, only serves to muddy things.

?You?ve got to fight like hell to get anything done,? Hudak notes, of the way patients are funnelled through the system, from GP to specialist to hospital. ?It shouldn?t be like that in a province like Ontario.? But do any statistics back this up?

The Champlain LHIN is responsible for Eastern Ontario. They?ve only hit two of their 14 performance indicators, according to a recent report. Most of these involve decreasing wait times and lengths of stay ? key indicators of improved performance. They were hoping to get to hip replacements by 222 days ? but instead are at 295 days. The knee replacement target was 182 days ? but came in at 242 days. Two months longer.

Healthcare is one of the sacred cows of provincial funding (the other is education). Currently almost half the tax dollars collected in Ontario are spent on health. That is, of course, expected to increase.

Oft proposed ?across the board? cuts exclude health-care. This is because the conversation around health funding incorrectly assumes that any cuts mean cuts to front-line service. But if there are now, to use Hudak?s example, middle managers and conferences that weren?t around before 2006, it?s fair to say there are savings to be had that won?t impact front-line care.

These ideas were put forth in the third of a series of discussion papers the party has introduced since last year?s election. While this one focuses on health care, the first two were on energy and the labour market.

There are legislative proposals in these documents, but they also read like a slow roll out of core philosophy. Hudak, who has admitted flaws in his election performance, acknowledges he is now ?laying out step-by-step how we will change things.?

As a tip of the hat to bloated operations, Dwight Duncan?s 2012 budget did include a cut to administration budgets for health corporations including the LHINs. But keep in mind the McGuinty Liberals are responsible for creating the full LHIN budget in the first place.

Those of us who have been urging Hudak to double-down on fiscal conservatism and reduce the size of government should be pleased to see such investigations. That said, his plan to replace the LHINs and Community Care Access Centres with local ?health hubs? should be viewed cautiously. Poorly managed, any new hub or network or whatever you call it will just face the same challenges as the LHINs.

Are Local Health Integration Networks a waste of money?

Source: http://www.ottawasun.com/2012/09/29/tim-hudak-right-about-reforming-medical-bureuacracy

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Magid: For Apple's iPhone 5 and iOS 6, gripes follow hype

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A member of the media uses the map function of iPhone 5 after its introduction during Apple Inc.'s iPhone media event in San Francisco, California in this September 12, 2012 file photo. Apple Inc Chief Executive Tim Cook apologized September 28, 2012 to customers frustrated with glaring errors in its new Maps service, and, in an unusual move for the consumer giant, directed them to rival services instead, such as Google Inc's Maps. REUTERS/Beck Diefenbach/Files

Last week I wrote about the various stages of Apple (AAPL) product releases, ranging from the early rumors to the hype just before and after the product announcement to the inevitable letdown, nitpicking and faux scandals once consumers and bloggers discover that the new gadget is not perfect.

It didn't take long for complaints to start rolling in about the new iPhone 5 and Apple's new iOS 6 operating system. And once again, some relatively minor problems have been elevated to the level of a major national scandal with names like ScuffGate, MapGate or my favorite, NaviGate.

ScuffGate refers to scuff marks or scratches some users have encountered on the aluminum back, prompting Apple Senior Vice President Phil Schiller to point out in an email obtained by 9to5Mac that "any aluminum product may scratch or chip with use, exposing its natural silver color." I immediately bought a $29 case for my iPhone 5 to protect it against breaking and got scuff mark protection for no extra charge.

The biggest fracas is over Apple's new mapping app, which affects not only iPhone 5 users but anyone who's downloaded the new iOS 6 operating system that also runs on some earlier versions of the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. As expected, Apple removed Google

(GOOG) Maps and replaced it with its own app, which has been found to have some humorous flaws, such as designating New York's Madison Square Garden as "green space" or identifying a farm as an airport. The app finds railway stations in Japan that aren't even near rail lines. Tokyo's main airport is labeled as a paper factory.

I've been using the mapping app for about a week. While I have my complaints, it isn't all that terrible -- at least based on my travels around the Bay Area. To its credit, it provides turn-by-turn directions, a feature that Google has long included in the Android version of Google Maps, but not on the iOS version that Apple used to offer. And like the old Google Maps, it's integrated with Siri, which is incredibly useful if you need to enter a location while you're driving. Just tell Siri where you want to go and, if she's online and if she understands you and knows where it is, she'll get you there.

Those are big ifs. Siri is a cloud-based voice recognition system, so she needs a data connection and her servers need to be in working order, which isn't always the case. But even if she's online, she sometimes misunderstands me, which can result in her asking me to repeat myself or -- worse -- taking me to the wrong location.

Siri is actually a lot smarter than she used to be. With iOS 6 she knows about movie schedules and reviews, sports scores and restaurants. But Apple's new mapping and navigation app isn't nearly as smart as the Google app it replaced because it lacks Google's vast database on businesses and other locations.

One of my complaints about Apple maps is that the text showing your time and distance to destination is way too small. I have to squint to read it, which is not so good while you're driving. It's also surprisingly unintuitive to use. I had to consult the manual that you can download by searching the Web or from Apple iBooks for free.

Also, when you search for a point of interest, it shows them on a map, which isn't nearly as easy as presenting them as a list.

One complaint about all the maps I've tested is that they don't' give you good information if you search for "hospital" or "emergency room." My top hit for "hospital" on Google Maps was a local drugstore, and on Apple maps it popped up a medical laboratory as its first hit. When I asked Siri to "take me to the nearest hospital," she directed me to an endocrine medical center.

On the positive side, Siri and Apple maps are pretty good at finding nearby restaurants. I don't always agree with her, but if you ask Siri for "best nearby restaurants," she'll sort them by Yelp rating.

As for the iPhone 5 itself, I'm happy with mine, but it's not as great as some of the early reviews suggest with words like "gem." I like the larger screen and there is no question that high-speed LTE data is a plus, as long as you're in an LTE area and don't worry about having to pay extra for all that data you can now download even faster. I've had mixed results with battery life and wound up having to dim the screen and turn off Wi-Fi to get through a day on one charge. As far as I can tell, battery life is about the same as on the iPhone 4S.

I consider the iPhone 5 to be an incremental improvement over the 4S. It's a worthy upgrade, but nothing to get too excited about. I'm glad I bought one, but unlike a real gem, it will lose value over time and, a year from now, will be out of date.

Contact Larry Magid at larry@larrymagid.com. Listen for his technology chats on KCBS-AM (740) weekdays at 3:50 p.m.

Source: http://www.insidebayarea.com/ci_21637845/magid-apple-iphone-5-ios-6-gripes-follow-hype?source=rss_viewed

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Saturday, September 29, 2012

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