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To ensure uniform writing in our publications and communications for patients, consumers, employees and physicians, we have developed the Cleveland Clinic House Style Guide. In addition to these, we generally rely on the Associated Press (AP) Stylebook as a reference.
For ease of writing, we developed this guide to:
Feature copy choices and nomenclature specific to Cleveland Clinic
Highlight areas of AP style that specifically relate to health and medical writing
Clear up confusion about common style errors
Address special exceptions to AP style that arise from the nature of our work, and our sensitivity to patients and donors
Intro to Writing Style
Who determines style?
We follow the AP Stylebook and Libel Manual, a widely respected and readable reference developed for journalists. Anyone who writes frequently for Cleveland Clinic may want to have a copy on hand. The AP Stylebook recommends Webster's New World Dictionary as a fallback reference for terms that are not listed.
Two cautions
These guidelines do not apply to advertising copy, which has a unique style.
Microsoft spell-check and grammar-check often make recommendations that differ from AP style; suggested substitutions should not be automatically accepted, but deserve further checking.
Cleveland Clinic Enterprise
Use formal titles on first reference, capitalizing all major words. On later references, less formal, shorter versions may be used. (Please note: When named for a philanthropist, a building, center and/or institute reference must adhere to a naming convention that is sometimes established in the gift contract. In these instances, the correct name and second reference are included in the institute information within this style guide.) Use an ampersand instead of "and," as in Dermatology & Plastic Surgery Institute.
In all written and web communications, we use ampersands in the names of institutes; we spell out "and" in all family health and surgery centers, department names, clinics, etc.
For Institute lockups (formal logos) "and" is used. THIS IS AN EXCEPTION TO THE RULE.
Some titles include The and some titles do not. It's worthwhile to double-check if you're unsure. Here are some examples:
building/location names
Ferchill Center for Innovation and Technology Transfer (formerly the Ohio Renal Care Center)
The Mitzi and L. David Guitar, DMV, Liver Transplant Research Center
Note: "The" isn't capitalized unless it starts a sentence.
Floyd D. Loop Alumni Library (located at main campus in the Lerner Research Building).
Second reference: Loop Alumni Library
InterContinental Hotel & Bank of America Conference Center, Cleveland
Sydell and Arnold Miller Family Pavilion
Second reference: Miller Family Pavilion
The Maria and Sam Miller Emergency Services Building
Tomsich Pathology Laboratories
Tonya I. Edwards, MD, Center for Integrative and Lifestyle Medicine (located at the Lyndhurst Campus)
William and Bob Risman Building (housing the Cleveland Clinic Beachwood Family Health and Surgery Center)
The name Cleveland Clinic encompasses all of our operations worldwide; this includes main campus, our 11 regional hospitals, 19 family health (and surgery) centers, health and wellness centers, specialty centers, and our operations in Florida, Nevada, Canada and Abu Dhabi. Cleveland Clinic is an integrated healthcare delivery system. This system is Cleveland Clinic on first reference and on as many subsequent references as possible. We may also refer to ourselves in totality as the organization or the enterprise.
As an organization we refer to ourselves as Cleveland Clinic without "The" in front of it. On second reference, we DO NOT use "the Clinic," rather we use the full "Cleveland Clinic" on all references. Removal of "The" provides more prominent placement of our name in our company logo and more closely mirrors current trends in organization/business names.
When referring to a Cleveland Clinic department or entity such as "Cleveland Clinic's Division of Radiology" or "Cleveland Clinic's Communications Department," it is preferable to use the possessive rather than "the Cleveland Clinic Communications Department."
As a nonprofit organization, our legal name is still The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, however, this name should ONLY be used on certain materials as follows: letterhead and the back of brochures with the mailing information.
Also: DO NOT use the abbreviation CCF to refer to the organization
Cleveland Clinic Children's
Cleveland Clinic Children's is the name encompassing our children's hospital as well as our many pediatric outpatient services and locations. Use Cleveland Clinic Children's in place of Cleveland Clinic Children's Hospital.
First and second reference: Cleveland Clinic Children's
Locations: Indicate Cleveland Clinic Children's locations by adding a comma followed by the location:
Cleveland Clinic Children's, main campus
Cleveland Clinic Children's, Westlake
Lowercase 'children's hospital': Lowercase 'children's hospital' in generic references such as:
Cleveland Clinic Children's is ranked higher than any other children's hospital in Northeast Ohio.
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
Second reference: same
Arabian Gulf/Persian Gulf
Related to our Abu Dhabi location in the UAE, we should ALWAYS refer to this body of water as the Arabian Gulf, NEVER as the Persian Gulf
The Egil and Pauline Braathen Center
On first reference: the Egil and Pauline Braathen Center.
On second reference: the Braathen Center.
When writing about the Egil and Pauline Braathen Center building, we recommend the first reference, when starting a sentence, as: The Egil and Pauline Braathen Center houses the Pauline Braathen Neurological Center and the Maroone Cancer Center. Or, within a sentence: the Egil and Pauline Braathen Center, which houses the Pauline Braathen Neurological Center and the Maroone Cancer Center, etc.
The Maroone Cancer Center
On first reference: the Maroone Cancer Center.
On second reference: the Maroone Center.
The Pauline Braathen Neurological Center
On first reference: the Pauline Braathen Neurological Center.
On second reference: the Braathen Neurological Center
The Robert and Suzanne Tomsich Departments of Cardiac Surgery and Cardiology
Formerly known as Cleveland Clinic Florida's Cardiology and Cardiothoracic Surgery Departments
Cleveland Clinic Cancer Center
This name represents the enterprise cancer program, including Taussig Cancer Institute and all the clinical, research and specialty institutes whose staff and/or efforts support cancer care. It is the go-to-market name that defines our cancer program.
First and second reference: Cleveland Clinic Cancer Center
Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Center is the name of the cancer building on Cleveland Clinic's main campus, which houses the Cleveland Clinic Cancer Center. Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Center should only be used when referring to the physical facility on main campus.
Locations: Indicate Cleveland Clinic Cancer Center's locations by adding a comma followed by the location.
Cleveland Clinic Cancer Center, Clyde
Cleveland Clinic Cancer Center, Mansfield
Cleveland Clinic Cancer Center, Norwalk
Cleveland Clinic Cancer Center, Sandusky
First reference: Cleveland Clinic Cancer Center, Location
Second and remaining references: Cancer Center in location
In a listing, place locations alphabetically.
Cleveland Clinic Cancer Center at Fairview Hospital
Cleveland Clinic Cancer Center at Hillcrest Hospital
Second reference: Cancer Center at location.
Cleveland Clinic Health System
When referring to Cleveland Clinic and its hospitals, family health centers, health and wellness centers, Florida, etc., use Cleveland Clinic health system (lowercase health system).
Second reference is health system, lowercase.
Cleveland Clinic Human Resources (HR)
ONE HR
This name refers to the enterprisewide delivery of human resource services. These include ONE HR: Workday and Portal, our online technology for employees and managers to access work and personal information. The ONE HR Service Center answers specific human resource questions and provides phone support to caregivers who need assistance navigating Workday or the ONE HR Portal.
ONE HR: Workday and Portal
First reference: ONE HR: Workday and Portal
Second reference (overall system):ONE HR
Second reference (Workday only): Workday
Second reference (portal only): ONE HR Portal
Cleveland Clinic Location/Entities
Second reference: Akron General
Cleveland Clinic Akron General Justin T. Rogers Hospice Care Center
Second reference: Akron General Justin T. Rogers Hospice Care Center
Cleveland Clinic Akron General Lodi Hospital
Second reference: Lodi Hospital
Cleveland Clinic Akron General Edwin Shaw Rehabilitation Hospital
Second reference: Edwin Shaw Rehabilitation Hospital
Cleveland Clinic Children's Center for Autism
First reference: Cleveland Clinic Children's Center for Autism
Second reference: Center for Autism
Cleveland Clinic Children's Hospital for Rehabilitation
First reference: Cleveland Clinic Children's Hospital for Rehabilitation
Second reference: Children's Hospital for Rehabilitation
Cleveland Clinic Children's Lerner School for Autism
When referring to the Lerner School for Autism as a place or the location of an event, we should always identify it as the Debra Ann November Wing of the Lerner School for Autism; Mort and Iris November donated a large sum of money in memory of their daughter. e.g. "The meeting was held in the Debra Ann November Wing of the Lerner School for Autism." But it wouldn't be necessary when referring to the school as an institutional entity, as in "A new curriculum was announced today for students at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner School for Autism."
Cleveland Clinic Children's Outpatient Center
The official reference to the Children's building on main campus is Cleveland Clinic Children's Outpatient Center.
Cleveland Clinic Children's & Pediatric Institute
Reserve for internal communications; use in external communications only when institutes are the focus.
Repetition: There is no need to repeat Cleveland Clinic Children's on second reference when pediatric, neonatal, infant, etc., are used:
Cleveland Clinic Children's Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)
Second reference: NICU
Cleveland Clinic Children's Department of Community Pediatrics
Second reference: Department of Community Pediatrics or Community Pediatrics
There is no need to use 'pediatric' with Cleveland Clinic Children's unless it is part of a formal title:
Cleveland Clinic Children's pulmonologist (rather than Cleveland Clinic Children's pediatric pulmonologist)
Cleveland Clinic Children's Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology
Cleveland Clinic Langston Hughes Community Health and Education Center
First reference: Cleveland Clinic Langston Hughes Community Health and Education Center
Second reference: Langston Hughes Center or the center
Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine
Second reference: Lerner College of Medicine
Cleveland Clinic Library Services
The medical library in the Lerner Building at main campus has been named the Floyd D. Loop Alumni Library
First reference: Floyd D. Loop Alumni Library;
This applies just to the main campus library physical space; if you're referring to our libraries as a whole (main, Hillcrest, etc.), you would say Library Services because that's the name of the entire department.
Cleveland Clinic Office of Civic Education Initiatives Innovative Scholars Program™
This formerly was called "Cleveland Clinic Office of Civic Education Initiatives Innovative Teaching and Learning Scholars Academy™."
Cleveland Clinic Regions (for internal communications)
We capitalized the Cleveland Clinic regions, ie, East, West and South regions.
i.e. She works at Hillcrest Hospital, which is part of Cleveland Clinic's East Region.
Cleveland's East Side/West Side
These are capitalized because they are a known geographic location.
i.e. Hillcrest hospital is an East Side hospital.
(now regional hospitals/see regional hospitals entry)
department/divisions
Department of eRadiology
Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Robert and Suzanne Tomsich Department of Cardiovascular Medicine
When mentioning more than one department, lowercase departments, as in the departments of Cardiology and Cardiothoracic Surgery, because that is no longer a formal title. Also, lowercase department, institute, center, etc. when used alone.
For external publications it is not necessary to say "the Department of" or the Division of.
John Smith, MD, Chairman of Radiology, sees hundreds of patients each year, rather than "John Smith, MD, Chairman of the Division of Radiology,…"
Jan Smith, MD, of Clinical Dermatology, is new to Cleveland Clinic, rather than "Jan Smith, MD, of the Department of Clinical Dermatology…"
departments on second reference
Generic terms such as the department or center are acceptable after a first reference such as Department of Colorectal Surgery. They should be lowercase. Also, when mentioning two departments, lower-case the word departments; it is no longer the formal title.
family health centers and health and wellness centers
Some of our regional medical practice sites are family health centers, others are family health and surgery centers because they also offer outpatient surgery. First reference Cleveland Clinic family health centers for the collective whole. Some of our regional medical practices are also health and wellness centers and should be noted as such. For example: Cleveland Clinic Akron General health and wellness centers
Cleveland Clinic Westlake Family Health Center
Second reference: Cleveland Clinic Westlake
Cleveland Clinic Lorain Family Health and Surgery Center
Second reference: Cleveland Clinic Lorain
Cleveland Clinic Wooster is now Wooster Family Health and Surgery Center
When family health centers is used in the plural, use lowercase and drop the words and Surgery. Ex. Solon and Chagrin Falls family health centers.
When referring to community surgery centers alone, use ambulatory for physician audiences, but outpatient for lay audiences.
Cleveland Clinic Lorain Ambulatory Surgery Center
Second reference: Lorain Ambulatory Surgery Center
Cleveland Clinic Lorain Outpatient Surgery Center
Second reference: Lorain Outpatient Surgery Center
Cleveland Clinic Richard E. Jacobs Health Center
Second reference: the Richard E. Jacobs Health Center
(In references to the center's location, use "in Avon")
Cleveland Clinic Stephanie Tubbs Jones Health Center
Second reference: the center
Cleveland Clinic Akron General Health & Wellness Center, Bath
Second reference: Bath Health & Wellness Center
Cleveland Clinic Akron General Health & Wellness Center, Green
Second reference: Green Health & Wellness Center
Cleveland Clinic Akron General Health & Wellness Center, Stow
Second reference: Stow Health & Wellness Center
Medical buildings
Cleveland Clinic Akron General Medical Office Building, Akron
Second reference: Akron Medical Office Building
Cleveland Clinic Akron General Medical Office Building, Fairlawn
Second reference: Fairlawn Medical Office Building
Cleveland Clinic Akron General Medical Office Building, Hudson
Second reference: Hudson Medical Office Building
Cleveland Clinic Akron General Medical Office Building, Kent
Second reference: Kent Medical Office Building
Cleveland Clinic Akron General Medical Office Building, Tallmadge
Second reference: Tallmadge Medical Office Building
Cole Eye
Digestive Disease & Surgery
Glickman Urological & Kidney
Ob/Gyn & Women's Health
Orthopaedic & Rheumatologic
Pediatrics & Children's Hospital
Stanley Shalom Zielony for Nursing Excellence
Sydell and Arnold Miller Family Heart & Vascular
Taussig Cancer
Robert J. Tomsich Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Special Expertise Institutes
Arts & Medicine
Global Leadership & Learning
Lerner Research
Regional Operations
Institutes or Centers-Details
This incorporates the Moll Pavilion at Fairview and the Hirsch Pavilion at Hillcrest, although those names should be used on their own when appropriate in this way:
Cleveland Clinic Cancer Center at Fairview Hospital Moll Pavilion
Cleveland Clinic Cancer Center at Hillcrest Hospital Hirsch Pavilion
Second reference: the Cancer Center
Cleveland Clinic Cole Eye Institute
Second reference: the Cole Eye Institute
Cleveland Clinic Digestive Disease & Surgery Institute
Second reference…the Digestive Disease & Surgery Institute
Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health
Second reference: Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health
Cleveland Clinic Transplant Center
Second reference: the Transplant Center
Cleveland Clinic Women's Health and Breast Center
Second reference: the Women's Health and Breast Center
Cleveland Clinic Head & Neck Institute
Second reference: the Head & Neck Institute
Cleveland Clinic Glickman Urological & Kidney Institute
Second reference: Urological & Kidney Institute
Cleveland Clinic Regional Operations
Second Reference: Regional Operations
Robert J. Tomsich Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Institute
Second reference: R. Tomsich Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Institute
Sanford R. Weiss, MD, Center for Hereditary Colorectal Neoplasia
Stanley Shalom Zielony Center for Nursing Education
Stanley Shalom Zielony Institute for Nursing Excellence
Second reference: the Zielony Institute (external); our Nursing Institute (internal)
Sydell and Arnold Miller Family Heart & Vascular Institute
Second reference: Miller Family Heart & Vascular Institute; then the Heart & Vascular Institute (HVI). Using Heart & Vascular Institute or the acronym HVI is ok in a longer publication only after it has been formally introduced with the full name.
Generally, should be lowercase. Use "Cleveland Clinic main campus" when referring to the entire campus in Cleveland near University Circle. Exceptions include in headlines or captions where all words are capped. Also cap in titles, such as Edmund Sabanegh, MD, Hospital President, Main Campus.
regional hospitals
Cleveland Clinic hospitals are regional hospitals (not community hospitals)
Cleveland Clinic regional hospitals on first reference to the collective. On second reference, use the hospitals or regional hospitals because the reader will know to what hospitals you are referring.
When listing the hospitals, use alpha order, and lowercase "hospitals" at the end. Our affiliate Ashtabula County Medical Center is an exception and should be listed last.
The new bike racks are available at Euclid, Lutheran, Medina and South Pointe hospitals.
When referring to an individual hospital, use the name of the hospital: Akron General, Avon Hospital, Euclid Hospital, Fairview Hospital, Hillcrest Hospital, Lodi Hospital, Lutheran Hospital, Marymount Hospital, Medina Hospital, South Pointe Hospital.
We are no longer using "west" and "east" region. Internally we refer to "markets" rather than regions. Markets are east market (Euclid, Hillcrest and Ashtabula), south market (Akron General, Lodi, Marymount, Medina and South Pointe) and west market (Avon, Lutheran and Fairview).
Cleveland Clinic Avon Hospital
Second reference: Avon Hospital
Cleveland Clinic Euclid Hospital
Second reference: Euclid Hospital
Cleveland Clinic Fairview Hospital
Second reference: Fairview Hospital
Cleveland Clinic Hillcrest Hospital
Second reference: Hillcrest Hospital
Cleveland Clinic Lutheran Hospital
Second reference: Lutheran Hospital
Cleveland Clinic Marymount Hospital
Second reference: Marymount Hospital
Cleveland Clinic Medina Hospital
Second reference: Medina Hospital
Cleveland Clinic South Pointe Hospital
Second reference: South Pointe Hospital
The Sydell and Arnold Miller Family Pavilion rooftop
The entire rooftop is referred to as the rooftop plaza. The outdoor walkway is called the Kelvin and Eleanor Smith Foundation Rooftop Terrace.
Dr. vs. MD
Include a physician's or scientist's degree information after his or her name on first reference:
John Smith, MD, spoke at the conference.
Mary Smith, DO, spoke at the conference.
David Smith, PhD, spoke at the conference.
Janet Smith, MD, PhD, spoke at the conference.
On subsequent references you can use Dr. Smith.
NEVER use Dr. and MD (or DO or PhD) together with a reference to a doctor. For example, DON'T say Dr. Jane Smith, DO, is an internist. It should be the full name and MD, DO, or PhD on first reference and Dr. Smith on second reference.
Tom Mihaljevic, MD:
Cleveland Clinic CEO and President (CEO is always first)
(Dr. Mihaljevic became CEO and President of Cleveland Clinic in January 2018.)
Edmund Sabanegh, MD:
Hospital President, Main Campus
academic and courtesy (for people)/medical (staff):
We break from AP style by uppercasing a person's job title both before and after a name: John Smith, MD, Chairman of the Imaging Institute, or Imaging Institute Chairman John Smith, MD. Capitalize official titles of institutions, organizations, departments, sections, centers and programs. On second reference, use "Dr." NAME.
When a chairman of a department or division also holds an endowed chair, the department/division chairmanship is listed first.
Dr. Loop's title in his former role from 1989-2004: Floyd D. Loop, MD, Cleveland Clinic's CEO and Chairman of the Board of Governors
non-medical (employees and patients):
For external communications, after including their full name on first reference, use "Ms." LAST NAME or "Mr." LAST NAME on second reference if they are 18 or older; if they are younger, use their first name on second reference. Internal communications may choose to use first names when referring to employees (non-physicians/scientists) and patients.
Common Words/Style Issues
These are words formed from the initial letters of a long name. Quickly recognizable acronyms like AIDS can be used on first reference and need not be spelled out. For physicians and scientists, acronyms like NIH are quickly recognizable. Less recognizable acronyms should be spelled out on first reference in the story, followed by the acronym in parentheses. For example: C-reactive protein (CRP).
Try to avoid too many acronyms in one sentence/paragraph/article, or you'll have copy that looks like alphabet soup!
When used with a numbered street address, spell out Road, Drive, Alley and Terrace; abbreviate Ave., Blvd., and St. (spell these out if used with just the street name).
The Lakewood Family Health Center is at 16215 Madison Ave.
The Lakewood Family Health Center is on Madison Avenue
advance directive(s)
Defined as: "a written statement of a person's wishes regarding medical treatment, often including a living will, made to ensure those wishes are carried out should the person be unable to communicate them to a doctor.".Example:
It is important that a patient have an advance directive prior to surgery.
Have you talked to your patients about advance directives?
"attainment" and "cash flow"
We no longer use "attainment" or "cash flow." Interpretation of these words has caused confusion when used in philanthropic communications materials. We now use "commitments" instead of "attainment," and "assets received" instead of "cash flow."
For consumer audience – on first reference: atrial fibrillation (AF of AFib); on second reference use AFib (or spell out per AP).
For physician audience – on first reference: atrial fibrillation (AF of AFib); on second reference use AF.
board-certified
Always hyphenated, because it is either a compound modifier or it follows a form of the verb to be: He is board-certified in pediatrics.
brand names vs. generic
Generic names are preferred. Cleveland Clinic's legal department advises against any appearance of advocating one brand over others. The AP Stylebook calls for using brand names only when they are essential to the story. In these cases, use the generic name, if there is one, adding the brand name in parentheses afterward on first reference. An R or TM is required on first reference; capitalize brand names and lower-case generic names. For example: acetominophen and Tylenol®. (See also drug names)
not capitalized other than at the start of a sentence.
care path(s)
Capitalize when referring to a specific care path by its formal, proper noun-type name
Cleveland Clinic Spine Care Path
Lowercase when referring to "Cleveland Clinic care paths" collectively or when care paths stands alone
colons and capitalization
When a complete sentence follows a colon, capitalize the first word. When a phrase or series follows the colon, lowercase the first word.
1) He promised this: Patients would come first.
2) There were three considerations: expense, time and feasibility.
Say "data are" for the physician audience; "data is" for consumer audience; datum is rarely used anymore.
We now follow the American Medical Association Manual of Style and eliminate the periods within abbreviated credentials such as MD, PharmD, PhD and DO. This is true for all degree abbreviations (e.g., RN, FRACP, MBA). Also, MBBS, without a comma, for the bachelor of medicine, bachelor of surgery designation. Furthermore, we limit the number of degrees following a name to two or three at the most. Note: A PharmD is referred to as a doctor. (See also Nursing Degrees/Certifications/Licensures)
disc, disk
Use disk for all medical references such as a pinched disk. Also for computer-related references (diskette); disc is for laser-devices and phonograph records.
disease names (Parkinson's disease vs. Parkinson disease; Alzheimer's vs. Alzheimer disease)
For both consumer and professional audiences, use the name and include the apostrophe plus s. Note that disease is lowercase.
Staff with the following degrees: PhD, DNP, DPM, DPT – should be referred to as "Dr. LAST NAME" on second reference. For the consumer audience, when there could be cause for confusion (such as when the article is on medical care and MDs/DOs are also quoted), it is recommended that somewhere in the article (or in the doctor's profile) there be a reference to the specific kind of degree the person holds (nursing, podiatric medicine or physical therapy). In this way, it will be clear that the individual referenced does not have a medical degree (MD or DO).
donor (transplant)
Use deceased donor.
donor/donation (philanthropy)
Don't use donor or donation when speaking about philanthropy. Use "supporter" and "philanthropic gift" or "gift."
drug names
We prefer using the generic and would lowercase; if brand name is used for some reason (as an example say), include registration mark. Use Google to search if you do not know if it is generic or brand names.
Coumadin® and warfarin
lowercase and no hyphen
Per AP, this is one "e" word where hyphen is used; lowercase the n.
Initial cap only, not all caps. Cleveland Clinic's electronic medical records system, which was developed by the company Epic Systems. These online guidelines include MyChart®, MyConsult, DrConnect and MyPractice. (For details, see online services on ClevelandClinic.org)
follow-up – noun or adjective
She went for her follow-up appointment.
The follow-up is important.
follow up – verb
I need to follow up with you.
fundraising, fundraiser
always write as one word (per the Philanthropy Institute)
headline/subhead style
We do not have one style. Because of the different purposes and needs of each publication, the style of headlines should be set by the editor and designer of the publication. The key is to be consistent throughout a publication.
headline treatments
Newspaper style is recommended for internal communications and press releases; this means that the first word is capitalized and all proper nouns, everything else is lower case. When doing other publications, headlines are part of the design and should just be consistent throughout. This may include capitalizing all words, including 5-letter prepositions, with the exception of short conjunctions (such as "a" and "and" etc.). The key is being consistent throughout a publication.
write as one word
home page (on the Web)
always two words
inpatient, outpatient
no spaces or hyphens.
insure/ensure
use insure when referring to insurance and ensure when you mean guarantee.
internet/intranet
Both are used in lowercase in all cases per AP Style (6/2016)
The Joint Commission (formerly JCAHO, or Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations)
now called The Joint Commission. No abbreviation; spell out in full.
medical/Latin terms
commonly used and medically oriented Latin terms such as "ex vivo", "in utero" should be used without italics, as this is consistent with AMA style and AP style.
abbreviate months when they are used with a specific date: Jan., Feb., Aug., Sept., Oct., Nov., and Dec. Spell out if used alone or with the year.
The health talk is on Jan. 27.
The health talk will be held in January.
The health talk will be held on Oct. 1, Oct. 22 and Oct. 25.
When referring to specific dates use the numerals only; do not use 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th, etc.
Health talks will be held on Oct. 1, Oct. 22, and Oct. 25.
"non" words
Generally no hyphen needed (AP) unless two vowels or identical consonants run together (non-nuclear). When in doubt, check Webster's New World Dictionary.
nonprofit v. not-for-profit
When referring to Cleveland Clinic, the preferred term is nonprofit. The Legal department prefers to use nonprofit because, technically, that is what the Ohio statute says. Nonprofit is the term used in our boilerplate language and also throughout our annual reports.
ages should always be written as numerals. For example, The patient was 7 years old. Ratios should always be written as numerals. For example, The recipe calls for 1-1/2 cups of wheat flour.
spell out whole numbers below 10; use figures for 10 and above. Avoid beginning a sentence with a numeral. Use figures for ages and measurements, even under 10: The baby weighed 7 pounds, 6 ounces. Use all figures in tables and charts as well.
nursing degrees/certifications/licensures
the highest level of academic achievement should go first, followed by other degrees and certifications or licensures; certifications or licensures should go after earned degrees as these can be revoked and/or need to be renewed.
Amy Adams, MSN, RN, and Zoe Zone, BSN, RN
This is the style used by Cleveland Clinic's Ob/Gyn & Women's Institute and it should be used in all references.
OK, OK'd, OK'ing are preferred to Okay.
open heart surgery
No hyphen because it is not the heart that is being opened. Open heart surgery is "open surgery on the heart.
Spelled the British (ae) way unless it's a proper name spelled Orthopedic.
Avoid this word when you only mean that Cleveland Clinic is working with another organization or business entity in some capacity because "partnership" or "partnering" implies a specific legal arrangement. Instead, use "join forces with," "team with," or "work with."
Patients First/patients first
Capitalize when using it to mean our mission or the overall initiative. e.g. "As part of our Patients First efforts, Cleveland Clinic is committed to quality."
Do not capitalize when using in a sentence: e.g. "Mary is a great nurse who is putting patients first."
percent vs. percentage
Percent (the word or the symbol %) accompanies a specific number. The more general word, "percentage," is used without a number. The noun, "percentage," requires an adjective to describe its size (e.g., "a large percentage") when it does not refer to specific numbers in the sentence.
– Fifteen percent of patients responded to treatment with aspirin.
– A large percentage of patients responded to treatment with aspirin.
– The percentage of patients who responded to treatment with aspirin ranged from 15 to 50 percent.
Percent vs. %
In copy we now use the symbol % (we do not spell out percent)
use periods as follows:
the main line to Cleveland Clinic is 216.444.2200
to make a reservation call 800.223.2273
If it is an 888 or 877 number, say that it is "toll-free" so the reader knows it is treated like a 1.800 number
To make a reservation, call toll-free 888.555.0000.
preventive (not "preventative")
Use preventive. Dictionaries and other style guides also recommend this.
Do NOT use swear words or profanity in any written communication from or by Cleveland Clinic. If it is part of a direct quote from a patient or story source, it should be revised to approximate the meaning (with the person's permission).
publication titles
In copy, all publication/journal titles should be italicized, including the names of all Cleveland Clinic newsletters, enewsletters, magazines, etc. (as we do for U.S. News and World Report); this differs from AP.
shared medical appointment (SMA)
Always lowercase unless in a headline; use SMA on second reference.
specialty/field of medicine
Lowercase generic references; uppercase when part of an official designation:
He finished his plastic surgery residency last year.
He joined the Department of Plastic Surgery.
When referring to our physicians as "professional staff" or "staff" these terms should be lowercase
state of the art vs. state-of-the-art
No hyphen needed when it follows the word it is modifying as in the center was state of the art; hyphenate all the words when used as a modifier, as in state-of-the-art care. Caution: This phrase is overused. There is a preference for leading edge.
swear words (see profanity)
Use a.m. and p.m. (with the periods). Also spell out noon and midnight (no caps; and don't use the number before the words). For time spans, do not use the zeros; for example, The health talk will be held from 2 to 3 p.m. When in a list or used as a parenthetical you can use a hyphen for time spans (ie, 2-3 p.m.)
trademarks/registration marks
Per our Legal Department, we must use symbols on all drugs and medical product/name first references. Thus, Tylenol® and Novacor® would appear as such on first reference. Exceptions would be a product name used in a headline or in a quotation.
Always one word.
See web addresses.
URLs/web addresses
For Cleveland Clinic-related URLs, use all lowercase characters except when doing so may result in confusion or a misread.
clevelandclinic.org/heartenews
youtube.com/clevelandclinic
Acceptable as a noun or adjective. Acceptable as first reference. Use periods in copy. In headlines, it's US without periods. See AP for more info
This is short for the World Wide Web and it should always be used in lowercase (per AP)
With addresses: Follow the website owner's spelling and capitalization. If an address breaks between lines, do not hyphenate it; split the address just before a slash or a dot.
NOTE: No need to include "www" designation before address UNLESS the web address doesn't work without it. CHECK FIRST. Do include http// designation before Intranet site addresses; avoid URLs that are lengthy and complicated unless essential to guide the reader to a document. Avoid breaking a URL; when necessary, break after a dot or slash and do not use a hyphen
Other web words:
webfeed
web address and web brower are two wordsweb addresses/URLs
For Cleveland Clinic-related URLs, use all lowercase characters except when doing so may result in confusion or a misread.Examples:
youtube.com/clevelandclinicwide
There is no hyphen: enterprisewide, communitywide, nationwide, etc.
This phrase should ONLY be used in our advertising tag line: Every life deserves world class care. It should NOT be used in any copy as a descriptor.
world-renowned
Hyphenate and add -ed when used as a modifier. When used alone as a noun, drop the hyphen and the ed: world renown. (Think of renown as fame and renowned as famous.)
When referring to the emergency telephone number, do not use hyphens.
The Power of Every One Centennial Campaign
The Power of Every One Centennial Campaign is a $2 billion fundraising effort supporting Cleveland Clinic and leading up to its centennial year, 2021. The style guidelines when referring to the campaign are as follows:
The Power of Every One campaign
When used within the campaign's official name, capitalize Centennial Campaign, as in: The Power of Every One Centennial Campaign
It is not necessary to use "centennial campaign" each time. You can use: The Power of Every One campaign – No italics, no quotation marks, capital "t" on The, and lower case "campaign." (The word "One" is not italicized in regular copy, only in advertisements and logos.)
Cleveland Clinic's centennial campaign
In this use, lower case "centennial campaign" as a description.
When referring to the centennial campaign, alone, lower case "the," as in: All gifts raised go to the centennial campaign. (Of course, if it starts a sentence, "the" would be capitalized. Ex.: The centennial campaign will support medical research and patient care.)
Campaign Brand Guidelines
When referring to Cleveland Clinic's ranking, we recommend that when possible and appropriate, use the active voice. For example: U.S. News & World Report ranks Cleveland Clinic's gynecology program best in Ohio and No. 3 in the nation.
For the word "number" always use No. (not #) in copy. For example, Cleveland Clinic is ranked the No. 4 hospital in the country. The # symbol may be used in headlines, but body copy should always use No.
Also, do not use the U.S. News badge with language that mentions being ranked in Ohio. (U.S. News doesn't rank regionally, only nationally.)
Format for using U.S. News title:
U.S. News & World Report – must have ampersand
U.S. News – shortened version
The title of the magazine must ALWAYS be italicized
"America's Best …." – should always be in quotes
You may distinguish the hospital by the state in which it is ranked – nothing else – no city, county, or tri-state area
Please correctly state the name of the category in which you are ranked.
The badge should be accompanied by a sentence, article, or information about the rankings. Per the terms and conditions, the sole purpose of the badge is to advertise our rankings. Otherwise, it may look like an endorsement of a product.
Please do not include information about other rankings, awards, or distinctions. (EXCEPTION: Non-commercial material and Press Releases)
Writing for Web
Use of bold in the body of the text is discouraged, as it can be distracting to the reader.
If bold must be used, ensure the font color is black, not any other color as it could be mistaken for a link.
Exception: There are cases in which bold helps to clarify meaning, as in a bulleted list of items in which each item is an extended paragraph and the first line in each item is a summary statement. Internet marketing is working on creating a specific type of tag to allow for bold in this example and to allow screen readers to properly interpret the information for the visually impaired.
If appropriate, include a byline, and link it to an email address for reader comments/feedback.
Exception: Physician-written material is often an exception since many physicians do not post their email on our public site. The department or institute would need to determine what contact email, if any, is best to offer users.
Use sentence case (only cap the first letter of the first word) for headlines and subheads
Never use ALL CAPS, which is distracting to readers and can be interpreted as shouting on the Web.
Use News Gothic, our branded font, or Arial.
Formatting text
Use regular font in quotation marks for article, report and journal titles.
Avoid italics in general text.
Avoid underline and bold, especially colored bold, as both can be mistaken for a link.
Exception: There are cases in which bold helps to clarify meaning, as in a bulleted list of items in which each item is an extended paragraph and the first line in each item is a summary statement. (See entry "bold" for more).
Provides an at-a-glance description of page content.
Use 4-8 words max.
Appropriately make use of ampersand (&)
Use sentence case (cap only the first letter of the first word and any other proper nouns only).
When a headline-style heading includes a hyphenated phrase, always capitalize the first element. Capitalize the second element unless it is an article, preposition, or any of the coordinating conjunctions noted above. Exception: if the first element is a prefix like pre-, post-, or anti-, or if the phrase is a written-out number, do not capitalize the second element.
Best avoided in general text for onscreen reading, but there are exceptions.
Use italics for the following:
Titles of books, films, periodicals (including newspapers, magazines and journals).
Note: Do not use italics for website names, even if they are online periodicals.
Works of art, foreign words and expressions.
Letters, words and terms used to refer to the letter, word or term itself.
Used to direct readers to another source of relevant information.
Linked text should go to an HTML page. If not, inform the reader upfront. For example, if the link leads to an audio file, PDF or anything other than an HTML page, let readers know before they click.
Provide a link to a copy of any necessary software (e.g. Adobe Reader, Microsoft Windows Media Player) they will need to download or already have installed on their computer to view the content.
Bulleted lists are great for easing the readability of your content on the Web. Here are some things to keep in mind.
If list items are fragments, start with an uppercase initial. No punctuation at the end.
If list items are full sentences, start with a capital letter. Do have end punctuation.
If the lists themselves are very long, they can begin with a capital letter and have no punctuation, if the list items are not full sentences.
Regardless, you should apply the same list format to each item in the same list. The grammatical form of each item in the list should not change. In other words, be consistent.
For easier reading, the average paragraph length of online copy should be no more than 50 words.
Semicolons (;)
Use to separate phrases in a list, or to indicate two parallel parts of a sentence.
Semicolons can get lost onscreen, so use sparingly. If a comma or period can separate the sentence, use them instead.
Sentence spacing
Use only one space between sentences, not two.
Smileys ☺
Use of smileys or other emoticons is discouraged.
Be careful when writing and editing in Microsoft Word, as sometimes emoticons can be automatically inserted instead of the actual punctuation.
Spacing after period
Use only one space after a period.
Short headings that "pull out" a key word, thought or interesting detail from the text that follows.
Ideal for scan reading, sub-heads are usually inserted roughly every screen and a half (around five paragraphs).
They should be created in sentence case, with the first letter of the first word capitalized.
The opening sentence, paragraph or paragraphs of an article, story or document.
Simple, direct leads with a conversational tone are best for web writing.
If list items are fragments, start with a lowercase initial. No punctuation at the end.
Log in, login
Verb: log in
Noun/adjective: login
Use your assigned login name to log in to your profile.
Mobile health apps
Refer to as mHealth
A form of metadata that aids in the indexing of a website by search engines.
Onscreen, the page title is located at the very top of the webpage and provides a general description of the page itself. (e.g. Homepage, About Us, Contact Us, etc.)
Avoid complex sentence structures that hinder readability and understanding.
Short, simple sentences work best.
Cleveland Clinic uses Google Analytics (google.com/analytics) as its enterprise-wide web analytics system. Here are the metrics that you will use most often when discussing web traffic:
Pageviews: Each time a user loads a page, it counts as a pageview.
Impressions: This is used to define every instance when an online ad appears.
Visitors: Each individual person who visits a website over a specific time period. This metric is also referred to as unique visitors.
Visits: Any instance where a visitor visits a website. For example, if you visit a website 10 times this month, you would be counted as one visitor and 10 visits.
Unique Pageviews: The number of visits where a specific page is viewed at least one time. For example, if you view the Cleveland Clinic home page 10 times during a visit to our site, that page would have 10 pageviews but only one unique pageview.
One metric that you shouldn't use when discussing web traffic is hits. Hits are defined as any instance where a single file such as text files, images, icons, logos, etc., is requested and loaded from a web server. A single web page can trigger dozens of hits each time it is loaded, so hits are an unreliable, outdated means of tracking web traffic.
SEO: Stands for search engine optimization. To learn more about SEO, please visit http://searchengineland.com/guide/what-is-seo.
SEM: Stands for search engine marketing. To learn more about SEM, please visit http://searchengineland.com/guide/what-is-paid-search.
PPC: Stands for pay-per-click marketing. This is used to refer to paid search ads on Google and Bing. To learn more about PPC, please visit http://searchengineland.com/guide/what-is-paid-search.
Commonly asked questions are answered.
Tone of answers is typically conversational.
A standard feature included on many websites.
Helps reduce support demands.
A relevant word or words that describe the content of a webpage.
Keywords are used to find information about a certain topic on a search engine.
Critical to optimizing a website or webpage for search engine relevance.
The body of data that is embedded into the backend code of a website and/or webpage, which aids in the search engine indexing process.
Includes keywords, title tags, alt-image tags, and site description.
Often used interchangeably with metatags.
Metatag
Individual data embedded into the HTML that does not appear on the page, but rather in the backend source code.
Metatag data includes keywords, title tags and site description – all of which are used by search engines during the indexing process.
One full page that the reader downloads.
A page view is the same as a page impression.
Always capitalized. The URL of our site is www.clevelandclinic.org.
The URL itself is always lowercase. www.amazon.com
If the URL is more than 65 characters long, enclose it between angle brackets (< >).
Also known as a Web address.
It is OK cap things in URLs to make it easier for the audience to understand.
To view a complete list of our staff and providers please visit clevelandclinic.org/CIMstaff (rather than clevelandclinic.org/cimstaff
When the URL does not fit entirely on one line, break it into two or more lines without adding a hyphen or other punctuation mark.
The URL should always be the last line on a story; other under-dash material, such as a list of contributors to the store, goes above the URL.


Market Lavington and Easterton Hospital Weeks took place in August. For many folks it was a chance to escape from what really was a daily grind. Folks could let their hair down and enjoy the events, many of which were by local people for local people.
The villages of Market Lavington and Easterton always came together for Hospital Week.
Today we are looking at a poster for one such week.
We have a number of posters like this at the museum. In today's paper sizes they'd be something a bit larger than A2 size. Many are on coloured paper, but this one is on white. They all have the disadvantage of not having the year in question on the poster. 1930 had a Sunday 10th August so it could have been that year. The previous year with a Sunday August 10th was 1924 and that predates the BBC. 1936 would be another possible year. The only other clue we have is that our near neighbour, the Warminster Dewey Museum, have a photo of the Les Whitmarsh band dated to the 1920s. Other names on the poster give little clue as to the date. Miss Bouverie, Mr Benson, J H Merritt, Mr Pike, Mr Drury and Mr Welch were all long term local residents.
But we do get an idea of what went on, opening with the band concert at The Old House and a sacred concert at the Parish Hall. This was followed by a whist drive and then the cinema in the Parish Hall.
The Carnival Dance, with Les Whitmarsh was on the Wednesday and on the following days there was another whist drive and another film show.
The Grand Carnival was on the Saturday with the procession starting in Easterton, processing through the villages before ending up at Fiddington House where the grounds were used for a fete. Attractions included the baby shows and the ankle competition. Two different bands performed. In the evening, Les Whitmarsh was back for another dance night.
The week ended with a United Church Parade on the final Sunday.
And if this excitement was not enough, then you could decorate your house or compete in skittles at The Green Dragon, The Royal Oak, The Kings Arms or The Volunteer Arms.
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Francisco de Paula Quintanilha Ribeiro (Franca,  — São Paulo, ) foi um advogado, formado pela Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de São Paulo e um político brasileiro. Presidiu o tradicional Centro Acadêmico XI de Agosto em 1940.

Foi ministro chefe do Gabinete Civil da Presidência da República no governo Jânio Quadros, de 31 de janeiro a 25 de agosto de 1961.

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Do you have to own the whole experience to deliver it well?
Wired magazine has a great article about the recent exodus/exorcism of Kindle from their shelves in Dumped by Walmart, Amazon Should Fear Other Frenemies. This is part of a bigger shift taking place in consumer electronics and bleeding over into other categories as well. When Apple opened their retail stores, they started the process of cutting out long term partners Best Buy and Walmart by adding retail operations to the mix. When Amazon got into the eReader business, confused product manufacturers found their partner becoming their competitor.
For both Apple and Amazon, these seemingly erratic moves make sense for their business for one particular reason, providing a consistent experience that drives brand loyalty and growth. We've gone through decades of splitting up the actors involved in delivering an experience, starting with Ford Motor Company dismantling their River Rouge plant where they used to feed in iron ore on one end and drive out finished cars on the other end. Now the automotive industry is messy disaggregation of smaller firms all depending on the retail channels of the Big Three. Johnson Controls, a spinout of Ford, now provides interiors for most of the automotive industry.
Starting with the development of their own trackpad for MacBooks, Apple started spinning more and more functions and components inside, becoming even more vertically integrated in the quest to deliver a unified and compelling experience. But what does this mean for their former collaborators turned competitors, ranging from retailers like Best Buy to component suppliers like Synaptics or Samsung? For Apple, and now Amazon, as they find components of the user experience becoming more critical, they become candidates for spinning in, leaving former partners scratching their heads and gawking at their balance sheets wondering where the revenue went.
When does it stop? Does Samsung open super stores? Does Walmart start to sell wPhones? Is Apple's next move to buy a carrier or launch their own network as rumored with the original iPhone launch? When does it make sense for Apple to start processing their own Bauxite ore into aluminum or Amazon to manage their own paper pulp forests for books? What does this mean for consumers and for the market diversity required for the darwinian pursuit of innovation?
Twitter shows market more engaged with iPhone 5 launch than iPhone 4s
While there's little surprise that the iPhone 5 has already sold out near term inventories, what is a surprise is how much more the public was engaged with the iPhone 5 launch over the iPhone 4s launch.
Much has been written on the mixed response of the market to the iPhone 5 but little as compared the iPhone 5 to the iPhone 4S launch in Oct. 2011. Argus Insights has done a historical analysis, looking at the social media mentions around the iPhone 4S launch and comparing that to the iPhone 5 launch. We've also extracted the number of retweets as a way to measure market engagement with the two events.
As you can see from the graph above, the raw volume of traffic for the iPhone 5 launch was more than twice the volume of the iPhone 4S launch almost a year ago. Along with the obvious argument that there are just more people using Twitter than a year ago, more than doubling of volume also indicates an increased level of excitement for this particular product launch. Argus watched the traffic change minute to minute during the launch as excitement ebbed and waned for the different features being discussed on stage. When we look at the level of retweets, it's even more telling the differences between then and now.
Again, the level of retweet traffic was almost twice of the iPhone 4s launch. At Argus Insights we believe this higher level of retweet actually indicates a great audience engagement with the iPhone 5 launch over a year ago. We view retweets as an indicator of the general twitter audience engaging with the event. Sure a lot of people are excited about the iPhone 5 and much of the traffic was from the press in the room but a significant amount of their messages were amplified through retweets.
We believe this indicates the iPhone 5 will be a bigger launch than the iPhone 4. In fact, when you see how wide spread the location of the traffic is for the post launch of the iPhone 5, you realize how many people across the United States were tracking the launch in real time, sharing their hopes and hatreds of the new device.
The same view for the launch of the iPhone 4s shows traffic not as wide spread as for the iPhone 5.
So while the phone itself received a mixed reception, the sure volume shows that this will be a big launch for Apple and their competitors.
Pre launch iPhone 5 buzz spoils the surprise
We've been tracking the iPhone 5 launch craze for a few weeks now. With probably more buzz than an election campaign, the iPhone buzz volumes (Twitter alone) for the iPhone 5 peaked at over 20,000 per minute when the iPhone was first unveiled.
Prior to launch, what were people talking about? What was driving the conversation? What features were most anticipated? We analyzed the pre launch buzz using the post-launch realities of Lightning, Passbook, etc. and found that across the board there were more leaks than a cardboard canoe with even the names of unannounced features in rather broad distribution, for secret information, prior to launch. Additionally we can see that the market is stacked against Siri and mixed views on NFC in general. We'll be back soon with the post launch analysis.
You can also see that excitement around the launch was pretty widespread across the US market. We are merging multiple pre launch data streams and will update this view as soon as we get the post launch information.
Social Capital Accounting predicts again! Lumia Sales Top Estimates
Social Capital Accounting wins out again. Nokia Jumps Most Since 2008 as Lumia Sales Top Estimates – Businessweek. We saw that Nokia was the top rate mobile manufacturer in the US market and again, our metrics of social capital were leading indicators of their financial success! Congrats to Nokia for a great result! Let us know if we can help you!
Forbes is Right, Marketing is Mucking Up Social Media!
Check out the following article from Forbes on how the efforts to monetize social media is impacting the original utility. Will Marketing Muck Up Social Media? – Forbes. Argus Insights wrapped up a project with Butler Stern, Shine and Partners were we did an audit of the Social Capital inherent in several well known brands, including Wendy's, Old Spice, Pepsi, Heinz Ketchup and others. You can see our presentation on YouTube.
The results were fascinating from the point of view of how the brands were engaging with the public using social media channels such as Facebook and Twitter. For the most part, brands acted like that slacker in your high school America History class that regaled the room with his armpit rendition of the William Tell Overture, that is to say, they attract a lot of attention by doing something outlandish that has nothing to do with what consumers are focused on at the time and quickly fade to the black as the class gets back to what they were doing.
The brands that found resonance with the market were those that actually took the time to engage in the conversation, to dip their toe in while asking permission rather than cannon balling into the discussion. Consumers want to engage with brands as people, with authenticity, not be shouted out from the rafters. We often cite the Minority Report as the inspiration of the gestural interfaces we are using today but rarely mention the hellish vision of targeted ads screaming out to us at every turn. Is this where brands want to take us?
The question is, how to you measure that authenticity of engagement? What's the ROI from a long term relationship? Those are the questions that Argus Insights is collaborating with BSSP and others to answer. Let's together move beyond the easy to count "likes" and "retweets," the blast radius of our splash into the pool and instead focus on authentic relationships where the consumer and brands are equal and engaged players.
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It might surprise some to know just how much cash is involved in the everyday operation and maintenance of a youth sports league. For the most part, this need is met by parents cracking open wallets and tossing cash back and forth as needs require, as well as via paper check. That's about to change, however, with a new partnership between Stack Sports and Fiserv, which will bring mobile payments to youth sports leagues everywhere.
Stack Sports is bringing its Digital Payments software development kit (SDK) to Fiserv's operations, a move which will reportedly allow electronic payments to take place from within the sports organization itself. This means the need to account for cash, or keep up with the various statuses of paper check, is out the door. The actual use of Digital Payments SDK, reportedly, will come through two separate units of Fiserv, CheckFreePay Corp. or CheckFreePay Corp of New York.
The issue of dollars and cents in youth sports is a necessary, if unsavory, part of the whole concept. Bats and balls don't just appear out of nowhere, nor does gas to ferry groups of young people to sporting events. It all requires cash, which means it requires accounting and a lot of other connected issues. By bringing in a mobile payments system, it makes it that much easier for those paying the bills to actually pay said bills, potentially even on game day itself. That means less hassle, a smoother experience, and a better overall outcome for everyone involved.
It's a simple change, but one that will likely reap benefits going forward. It will at least make those who pay the bills happier, and in the end, that's a change likely worth making.


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EU Annual Report on Human Rights
Council of Ministers, European Commission, European Union (EU)
Fundamental Rights Agency, SG/HR Personal Representative on Human Rights, EU Instruments and Initiatives in Third Countries, EU Guidelines on Human Rights: Death Penalty, Torture and other cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment or punishment, Children and Armed Conflict, Human Rights Defenders, China, Iran, Russia, Troika consultations on Human Rights with US, Canada, Japan, New Zealand and Candidate Countries
Th e period covered by this eighth EU Annual Report on Human Rights is from 1 July 2005 to 30 June 2006. Th e purpose of this report is to provide an overview of the work of the European Union, through its institutions, in promoting human rights and democracy. An eff ort is made to cover, to the extent possible, the EU's human rights related activities with regard to third countries, action at multilateral level as well as important thematic issues in order to give a balanced picture of the tools the EU has to promote human rights and democracy. Nevertheless, from the point of view of keeping the text relatively concise and readable, the picture cannot be complete in all areas. More specifi c information is off ered in separate boxes and in the relevant websites mentioned in the annex. From the point of view of highlighting specifi c emphases in the EU's human rights policy during the period covered, the promotion of coherence has been a priority. Th e EU is an important global player in many ways – in economic terms, with regard to development cooperation etc. It has a number of tools and instruments that can be used to promote human rights and democracy. To this eff ect, mainstreaming of human rights has in particular been emphasized during the period covered by this report. In combating terrorism and extremism, the promotion of human rights remains highly relevant. Also initiatives to promote intercultural dialogue, based on universal standards and involving civil society, have been very topical during the year. By adopting specifi c Guidelines on certain issues, the EU has identifi ed priority areas for its human rights policy. On death penalty, to which the EU is opposed in all cases, the EU has continued to take up individual cases where minimum standards of international law are not fulfi lled, and has during the year also specifi cally looked at countries "on the cusp" ie whose policies related to capital punishment are about to change. On torture, the EU has during the year approached countries encouraging them to accede to the relevant international instrument, and to cooperate with the relevant mechanisms, with a view to strengthening international mechanisms aimed at the eradication of torture. On children and armed confl ict the EU has identifi ed certain priority countries, where it aims to make a diff erence on the ground from the point of view of alleviating the suff ering of children aff ected by armed confl ict, boys as well as girls in different ways.
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Canberra fire response condemned
Report slams "chaotic" response to blaze that swept Australian capital in 2003.
Bushfires are a regular feature of Australian summers [GALLO/GETTY]
"It is a miracle that no more than four people died"
Maria Doogan
"Frankly, on the evidence before the inquiry, it is a miracle that no more than four people died," said Doogan in a statement before unveiling her report into the handling of the bushfires.
More than 430 people were injured.
Doogan said the Australian Capital Territory's Emergency Services Bureau had not warned residents that the suburbs were threatened until less than 30 minutes before the first homes caught fire.
No plans
She said the bureau had "lulled themselves into a false sense of security", having handled brushfires a year earlier without losing a single building.
Doogan said that during the January 2003 firestorm emergency and park officials had failed to clear forest trails of debris that fuelled the fire's path.
She said the bureau lacked sufficient plans to tackle fires that reached suburbs; as the firestorm swept over mountains and blackened whole suburbs fire-fighters were overwhelmed.
Peter Lucas-Smith, former chief fire control officer for the area, said additional efforts would not have altered the outcome much, given the intensity and speed of the fire.
'Chaotic'
Doogan conceded that extremely hot, dry and windy conditions and limited manpower exacerbated the situation.
But she said, her overall impression "was that senior personnel at the Emergency Services Bureau lacked competence and professionalism and that the bureau was disorganised and was functioning in a chaotic, unco-ordinated fashion."
"It seems the left hand did not know what the right hand was doing and neither hand was actually doing very much to deal with a crisis that was escalating, day-by-day, hour-by-hour."
The coroner's report came as fire-fighters in several areas of Australia battled widespread bushfires.
Bushfires commonly occur during Australian summers, but this year's severe drought has made the fire danger more extreme than usual.


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Storvorde is a small town to the east of Aalborg in Denmark with a population of 3,425 (1 January 2022).

Notable people
 Anders Gravers Pedersen (born 13 May 1960) is a Danish anti-Islam activist, lives in Storvorde.

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Cities and towns in the North Jutland Region
Towns and settlements in Aalborg Municipality


South India is known for its bright winters and pleasant climate. This winter, Bengaluru's Avati hills baked up with the 3rd year of Bangalore Mountain Festival. With three disciplines to choose from to scale the mountain, BMF included Trail running, Cross Country and Downhill mountain biking. The 2018 edition of BMF is sponsored by 2GO Active Wear in association with Shathayu Ayurveda Yoga Retreat supported by Veloscope, Original Monkey, Red Bull, BOTS, Freerider Mountain Bike Magazine.
Pedal junkies from all over India lined up for the Cross Country race starting at the Shathayu Yoga retreat facility, who were the venue partners for the 2018 BMF. Nearly 90 racers raced in the Elite (30km) and Amateur (20km) categories on a picturesque landscape of Avati. From local racers to riders from Himachal Pradesh and Australia, every racer cranked it for the title of Bangalore Mountain Festival 2018 XC Champion!
A new course was created for the downhill leg of the event. The short technical trail saw racers battling it out over jagged rocks, ladder bridges and the crowd favorite, road gap! Steep sections with sharp rocks all around, the 700mts sprint course was uber-fun for the competitors and spectators alike. With some of the fastest racers from India and Nepal in attendance, BMF 'Balls of Steel' Downhill race has stepped up the level of Indian DH mountain biking tracks with their built features.
Bengaluru's Preetham Kumar decided to throw his XC Hardtail down the rocky descent!
Kerala's Maanav GS is new to the DH scene but rides hard every time he's racing! A slam in the race run gave him a DNF.
Pune's Zaki Alvi got back into racing mountain bikes after a long absence from the scene. Finding the safest route down the trail Zaki decided to skip the gapper.
Pune's Gautam Taode couldn't keep up to his usual speeds on the 700mts course. Railing through dirt onto a 4th place finish in Finals.
This year's BMF was dedicated to our fallen brother, Ajay Padval who left us in July last year. Our respect to his parents for attending the BMF and encouraging all the racers to keep following their passion.
We at Freeridermag are always happy to support talented riders like Rajesh who share the right vibes, on and off the track! Shout out to all the riders who contributed towards Rajesh Magar's India visit – Karthik Gottumukkala, Christian Holm, Ritwik Burman, Ignatius Chen, Sunil Nanjappa and team FRMTB.
Freeridermag would like to THANK Sunil Nanjappa for all the hospitality and support!


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A redesigned Realtor.com officially launches today, with site operator Move Inc. touting a "new platform built with proprietary technology and a new property database" aimed at streamlining the process of finding properties and Realtors.
The new design — the first in nearly two years — integrates Move's active listings, new construction, rentals and recently sold property databases, allowing users to access all from the search box on the Realtor.com home page. Although that content had previously been available on Realtor.com, the company has said it wanted to make it easier to find.
"Streamlining the search experience as we've done on the redesigned site brings these once disparate search items together and vastly improves the speed at which data is surfaced in a more organized fashion," Move Inc. CEO Steve Berkowitz said in a company announcement.
The new design — the first in nearly two years — integrates Move's active listings, new construction, rentals, recently sold and off-market property databases, allowing users to access all from the search box on the Realtor.com home page. Although that content had previously been available on Realtor.com, the company has said it wanted to make it easier to find.
Move, which recently updated the 1996 agreement with the National Association of Realtors governing the operation of the popular property search portal, has been beta-testing new capabilities since June. All of the capabilities that were being tested on the beta site are now available on Realtor.com, a Move spokeswoman said.
Thanks in part to Move's relationship with NAR, Realtor.com has long been able to claim the most comprehensive and accurate set of listings of any property search portal on the Internet.
But rival property search portals like Zillow are challenging Realtor.com's dominance, luring consumers by also providing access to information about properties that aren't currently on the market.
That information, culled from public records and multiple listing services, can also be used to provide market statistics and generate property valuation estimates using automated valuation models.
Consumers who are drawn to a website to look up how much a neighbor's home sold for may not be in the market themselves, and don't necessarily make good leads for Realtors.
But since taking over as Move's CEO last year, Berkowitz has said Realtor.com should make more information available to consumers in order to attract them throughout the entire "homeownership life cycle."
Where available, Realtor.com now displays sales and tax history alongside other relevant property data with active listings. Average prices for similar listings and sales in the neighborhood, city and state are also displayed.
An interactive map shows other homes for sale, plus off-market and recently sold properties if available. In some areas, "heat maps" display listing prices, estimated values and median income in the vicinity around a selected property listing.
Recently sold listings are provided by participating MLSs, and are not available in many markets. Data on off-market properties is also spotty.
Move has been expanding its database of sold listings and off-market data by offering multiple listing services access to its "Find" search engine tool, which is not available to consumers. The Find tool provides members of participating MLSs access not only to their own MLSs data, but Move's database of real estate content and sold, off-market and pending sales from other MLSs using the tool.
Move announced last week that it had new licensing agreements in place or in the works with 17 MLSs representing 238,000 subscribers. The company had previously disclosed that it was receiving sold listings data from MLSs in more than 50 markets.
One thing Realtor.com users still won't see alongside of active and recently sold listings are estimates of a property's value generated by automated valuation models, or AVMs. Some Realtors dislike AVMs, as they may fail to take a property's unique characteristics into account and the valuations they produce can be far off the mark.
In agreeing to update the Realtor.com operating agreement, NAR reserved the right to bar Move from displaying property-value estimates using its own AVMs.
Valuations generated by unspecified third-party AVMs are allowed, but Move has no plans to provide them alongside of active listings. Third-party AVMs will continue to be offered in conjunction with off-market properties that are no longer associated with a particular broker.
In the last Realtor.com update in October 2008, Move introduced a "What's Your Home Worth?" tool that, in areas where a Realtor has paid for the right to receive leads generated by the tool, requires users to enter an e-mail address in order to receive a free home-value report from that Realtor.
In areas where no Realtor has signed up to receive leads, the tool calculates the average and median listing prices of properties in a given ZIP Code, rather than attempting to generate an estimated dollar value of an individual property's worth.
Move said the home-valuation service will continue to be offered through a "Spotlight module," a widget on the home page that will also keep users abreast of new site features and provide market insights and information.
The changes to Realtor.com come at a time when the site's primacy is being challenged as never before.
In July, Zillow announced an alliance with Yahoo Real Estate in which it will handle active listings of existing homes for both sites. Ads real estate agents and brokers purchase from Zillow will also appear on Yahoo Real Estate.
Although the alliance has yet to be implemented, last week Web metrics firm Experian Hitwise released a monthly report indicating that Yahoo Real Estate had surpassed Realtor.com as the most visited real estate site on the Internet during August. It was the first time Realtor.com had been bumped from the top of the list.
When Move opened negotiations with NAR in May to amend the Realtor.com operating agreement, Berkowitz said Move wanted more freedom to make changes to the site in order to remain competitive with other listings portals.
As amended Sept. 10, the updated Realtor.com operating agreement gives Move more leeway to make changes to the features, design and layout of the site and its user interface without obtaining prior approval from NAR.
The amended agreement includes language could pave the way for Move to display Realtor productivity statistics such as active listing counts and sold transactions, when permitted by listing brokers.
NAR must still grant its final approval before Move can add that capability to the "Find a Realtor" tool, or display consumer evaluations or ratings of Realtors.
While holding talks over the Realtor.com operating agreement, Move and NAR reached a separate agreement allowing Move to syndicate listings to third-party listing portals when requested by MLSs and brokers.
Move then announced its acquisition of Threewide Corp. and its ListHub syndication platform, which distributes listings to more than 70 real estate property portals including Zillow and Yahoo Real Estate.


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Carlos Yulo of the Philippines is the leader after qualification at the Doha World Cup in Qatar.
Six gymnasts from five different nations topped the standings in qualification at the Doha World Cup Wednesday and Thursday in the Qatari capital.
Doha brings back excellent memories for Carlos Yulo of the Philippines, who won his first world medal — a bronze on floor — at the Aspire Dome last October. Yulo was formidable in his return there Wednesday, where he posted the highest score on the event (14.6) to top 2017 World all-around champion Xiao Ruoteng (14.533).
Belgium's Jonathan Vrolix posted an impressive 14.5 for third, proving that he's a threat for the podium among a finals field that also includes world medalist Alexander Shatilov of Israel, Turkish star Ahmet Onder and Australian daredevil Chris Remkes, who tumbles a triple twisting double layout.
In the absence of Artem Dolgopyat of Israel, who already has two first-place finishes in the series, Yulo, who won floor at the Melbourne World Cup last month, is almost sure to move ahead of him in the actual rankings, but more important is the fact that Yulo has the chance to get another win here. In this game, a gymnast's top three finishes count toward their standing in the World Cup rankings, meaning that three wins on the world cup circuit almost assures them the Olympic berth.
World bronze medalist Lee Chih-Kai of Chinese Taipei, who also won in Baku, continued his streak of success with the top qualifying score on pommel horse, beating 2013 world champion Kohei Kameyama, the champion from Baku. Lee had a catastrophic performance in Azerbaijan and didn't even qualify for the final, but by that point he'd already racked up two wins on the circuit, and a third win all but assures him the Olympic spot. Lee scored 15.166, ahead 2016 Olympian Harutyun Merdinyan of Armenia, who scored 14.966.
Bolstered by a 6.4 D-score, China's Lan Xingyu qualified first on rings (15.166), ahead of Vahagn Davtyan (14.966) and Artur Tomvasyan (14.908). On vault, Ukraine's Igor Radivilov used his Dragulescu and excellent Tsuk double pike to excellent effect (14.916), putting him ahead of resurgent 2012 Olympic champion Yang Hak-seon (14.9), whose patented handspring front triple full is as good as ever despite an injury-filled few years.
Two-time world champion Zou Jingyuan leads parallel bars by a monster 15.866, 1.133 ahead of his nearest competitor. It's been quite awhile since an event specialist has been so dominant that he or she could win with a fall, but then again, Zou is one of the great parallel bar workers in history.
On high bar, 2017 world champion Tin Srbic continues his prolonged battle with world champion Epke Zonderland. Srbic won round one in Doha; Zonderland, whose performances indicate that he understands well the difference between qualifications and finals, finished fourth. The surprise in the group was Kazakhstan's Milad Karimi, who showed a 6.2 D-score routine (higher than both Srbic and Zonderland) for an impressive 14.3, just 0.033 behind Srbic. Japan's Hidetaka Miyachi, another gymnast with a possibility of winning the world rankings crown, qualified sixth to the final.
Hugely competitive fields on each apparatus have led to some surprising shutouts, including three-time world champion Marian Draguelscu (ninth on floor), 2010 high bar world champion Zhang Chenglong (10th on high bar), Olympic rings bronze medalist Denis Ablyazin of Russia (14th on rings) and 2016 Olympic silver medalist Diego Hypolito, who showed a relatively simple 4.7 difficulty routine for 11.7 (40th on floor).
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A last-minute decision pushed the Philippines into the orbit of the China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) before a year-end deadline for founding members.
The Southeast Asian nation will sign the AIIB's articles of agreement by Dec. 31, Bloomberg reports, citing a government statement.
The Philippines said its indicative paid-in capital would be US$196 million, payable over five years.
As recently as a few weeks ago, policymakers were undecided about joining the US$100 billion development bank initiated by China, the Manila Bulletin said, quoting Finance Secretary Cesar Purisima.
The Philippines is among several countries involved in territorial disputes with China in the South China Sea, just as the region grows increasingly reliant on Asia's biggest economy for trade.
"The Philippines stands to gain from signing on as a founding member," Purisima said in the statement Wednesday.
"We can look forward to deepening our country's technical expertise in infrastructure as we expand bankable projects."
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Raymond (Ray) Archer passed away on June 28, 2015 at the age of 84 of ailments arising from a longstanding case of multiple sclerosis.
Ray always sought to serve the common good, chiefly by treating every individual with respect regardless of his or her station in life. He worked effectively with others on several local committees until his later years. He was particularly active on the Executive of the Multiple Sclerosis Support Group.
Ray was born in 1931 in Lethbridge, Alberta to Mary and Racy Archer. He received his early schooling in Lethbridge and had his first employment there. In 1956 he enrolled in Bethel Bible College in Saskatoon, earning a Diploma in Theology. His future wife, Lorraine Kemp of Winnipeg, was a classmate. Upon graduating in 1959, Ray entered the University of Alberta. Ray and Lorraine married in 1960 and their first two children, Alison and Raymond, were born in the following three years. During this time, Ray completed his undergraduate studies, earning a B.A. (Hons.) in Philosophy.
In 1963 Ray and his family moved to Houston, Texas where he entered graduate studies at Rice University, earning a PhD in Philosophy. A third child, Keith, was born in Houston. The family returned to Canada in 1966 where Ray joined the faculty of the University of Regina. While at the University of Regina, he served for a time as Head of the Department of Philosophy and Classics and later as Dean of Student Services. He and his family lived in Regina for 25 years. Ray retired from university in 1991 and moved with Lorraine to Campbell River.
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Q: Postgres Multiple Rows as Single Row I know I need to use sub-queries for this, but I'm not sure how to go about it. I have multiple entries per column ID, but I want to display them as a single row. Here's the table design:
UUID | position_id | spot
-----+-------------+-----
111  |    1        | left
112  |    1        | right
113  |    3        | center
114  |    4        | right

The way I want to output this data is such:
postion_1_left | position_1_right | postion_3_center | position_4_right
---------------+------------------+------------------+-----------------
     true      |      true        |      true        |      true

The reason for this is that I want to put this data into a BIRT report, and having absolute values for each position_id and spot as true or false would make the report much nicer. The report would look as such:
             left  | center | right
-----------+-------+--------+-----------
position 1 | yes   |  no    |  yes
position 2 | no    |  no    |  no
position 3 | no    |  yes   |  no
position 4 | no    |  no    |  yes

I cannot think of a better way of doing this, so if anyone has a suggestion I'm open to it. Otherwise I'll proceed with this layout but I'm having a hard time coming up with the query. I tried starting with a query like this:
SELECT (SELECT spot FROM positions_table WHERE position_id = 3 AND spot = 'left')
from positions_table
WHERE uuid = 'afb36733'

But obviously that wouldn't work.

A: As you simple want to check if you have a given spot out of a finite list - ('left', 'center', 'right') - for each position_id, I see a very simple solution for your case using bool_or aggregation function (see also on SQL Fiddle):
SELECT
    pt.position_id,
    bool_or(pt.spot = 'left') AS left,
    bool_or(pt.spot = 'right') AS right,
    bool_or(pt.spot = 'center') AS center
FROM
    positions_table pt
GROUP BY
    pt.position_id
ORDER BY
    pt.position_id;

Result:
 position_id | left | right | center
-------------+------+-------+--------
           1 | t    | t     | f
           3 | f    | f     | t
           4 | f    | t     | f
(3 rows)

You can then expand it with CASE to format better (or do that in your presentation layer):
SELECT
    pt.position_id,
    CASE WHEN bool_or(pt.spot = 'left') THEN 'yes' ELSE 'no' END AS left,
    CASE WHEN bool_or(pt.spot = 'right') THEN 'yes' ELSE 'no' END AS right,
    CASE WHEN bool_or(pt.spot = 'center') THEN 'yes' ELSE 'no' END AS center
FROM
    positions_table pt
GROUP BY
    pt.position_id
ORDER BY
    pt.position_id;

Result:
 position_id | left | right | center
-------------+------+-------+--------
           1 | yes  | yes   | no
           3 | no   | no    | yes
           4 | no   | yes   | no
(3 rows)

Another common options of pivoting would be:

*

*using crosstab function from tablefunc

*using FILTER clause or CASE inside aggregation function
But as it is only true/false, bool_or seems more than enough here.

A: Use generate_series() to fill gaps in position_ids and aggregate spots to array for id:
select
    id,
    coalesce('left' = any(arr), false) as left,
    coalesce('center' = any(arr), false) as center,
    coalesce('right' = any(arr), false) as right
from (
    select id, array_agg(spot) arr
    from generate_series(1, 4) id
    left join positions_table on id = position_id
    group by 1
    ) s
order by 1;

 id | left | center | right
----+------+--------+-------
  1 | t    | f      | t
  2 | f    | f      | f
  3 | f    | t      | f
  4 | f    | f      | t
(4 rows)

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