 punches. First, there's ignorance. It may be that those responsible simply assume that physicians and nurses must operate this way, because that is what they've always heard from their society and its mass media, and no one they respect has ever told them anything different. However, given the obvious effort that goes into the medical aspects of the show, it's hard to believe this is the only explanation. Second, there's simple expedience. The producers may have some inkling that they are hugely overstating the physician role and hugely understating the nursing role, but assume that no one of importance cares. They--like the makers of "Grey's Anatomy"--have constructed a show to celebrate physicians, perhaps because they assume that in health care, only physicians matter much. And in order fully to promote the main characters on their show, it is necessary that those characters regularly do things that other professionals would do in real life, just as occurs on shows in other genres (e.g., the CSI shows). And nurses are convenient foils for the leads, saying and doing things that allow the main characters to shine, relieving them of menial tasks, and so on. The third possibility is that the makers of "House" simply hate nurses. Their actions are consistent with this, because their show regularly presents a peripheral handmaiden vision of nursing that is so inaccurate that it could scarcely get much worse. Why would Hollywood producers hate nurses? Perhaps the popular image of nurses symbolizes everything accomplished modern media professionals don't really respect and would never want to be. Perhaps someone has recently been a patient in a hospital in the grip of short-staffing.
So which of the three is it? Well, because this is real life, we can't tie it all up in a neat little answer by the end of the hour. But we would suggest that sometimes such different scenarios--like any "Three Stories"--all turn out to be parts of a hidden, unified truth.
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Brad Rencher, senior vice president and general manager of the Digital Marketing Business at Adobe, opens the conference with the theme of "reinventing marketing." He said, "Marketers today want to reinvent themselves and the way they approach their work, but the majority need help to thrive in a digital world."
Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen talks about the real-time enterprise. "The real-time enterprise moves at the speed of digital," he said. "It is redefining the central nervous system that runs our business." However, "to truly distinguish oneself through all the noise requires creativity—creative genius is still required. … Without creativity there is no inspired customer."
More than 6,000 attendees from 33 countries attended the Adobe Summit, with representatives from eight of the top 10 Internet retailers, five of the top five media companies, nine of the top 10 commercial banks and a lot more on hand.
Legendary actor, director and businessman Robert Redford took the stage at the Adobe Summit to thank Adobe for its support of his Sundance Film Festival, which occurs annually in nearby Park City, Utah. Redford also spoke on a range of subjects enlightening the audience with the wealth of his experience. "Not taking a risk is a risk," he said. "Change is needed."
Ann Lewnes, senior vice president and chief marketing officer of Adobe, speaks with Robert Redford about taking risks, creating change and the role of creativity in his life.
Richard Sherman, the smack-talking but backing it up cornerback for the Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks, takes the stage to talk about his personal brand and how he markets himself. "To embrace opportunity, you must have a plan," he said.
San Francisco-based sports anchor Colin Resch speaks with Richard Sherman, cornerback for the Seattle Seahawks, about his strategies and plans outside the football field, and how he uses social media to achieve them.
Adobe CEO Narayen said the successful enterprise must be heard above the noise. "Our tolerance for bad experiences is extremely short, and our expectations as consumers is extremely high," he said.
Adobe's Narayen and Senior Vice President Brad Rencher join Vishal Sikka, a member of the executive board of SAP for products and innovation to announce a strategic partnership with SAP, connecting the worlds of the chief marketing officer (CMO) and CIO and enabling the power of combined technology offerings across the entire enterprise to better meet the needs of customers.
Adobe introduced new core services for Adobe Marketing Cloud, which span all six solutions and deliver data, insights, context, profiles and more. New core services capabilities include the Master Marketing Profile, which gives companies a single view of their customers and prospects to deepen relationships and offer highly personalized experiences across all marketing channels.
Brad Brown, senior vice president of digital retail and customer support at REI, joins Adobe's Brad Rencher onstage to discuss how consumers have changed and how to connect and draw customers into a company's brand.
Jeff Titus, general manager of digital technology solutions and strategy for Audi of America, discusses how to bring new digital technologies to customers in a seamless way, how to innovate on the back end to bring things to market quickly, and Audi city—a virtual showroom.
Adobe's Brad Rencher speaks with Julie Bornstein, executive vice president, chief marketing and digital officer of Sephora, about the social Web, getting instant feedback from customers and managing the digital business.
Yancey Strickler, co-founder and CEO of Kickstarter, described various innovative campaigns that have used Kickstarter's crowd-sourcing platform to reinvent the way businesses are created. "We're all capable of creating incredible things," he said.
John Mellor, Adobe's vice president of business development and strategy, delved into the changes marketers need to make to reinvent themselves for the digital age with the three P's: process, people and products. He also introduced the results from the Adobe Digital Marketing Maturity assessment.Nice new additions within the terminal coming soon for passengers at this airport: Business Lounge, mini convenient store and lots of seating to spread out with charging stations.
Small airport easy in and out, this airport is not big so there’s not a whole lot to grab to eat.
Pretty nice small airport. Doesn’t feel old or run down but basic and practical.
Great small airport. Really has expanded offerings over past several years both in terms of flight options and airport amenities. The coming parking facility is needed and will make it even better. Lucky to have here in Sioux Falls.
Due to flight cancellations, I ended up being re-routed through Rapid City Regional Airport in South Dakota. This was my first ever trip there, and I have never visited a smaller airport than here. It has a total of 6-gates. There is one restaurant and one shop. I needed some food, so I purchased a chicken club wraps that was actually pretty decent. The staff was understaffed and over worked although they did try to deal with everyone respectfully. The food there is extremely expensive like a major city airport where my sandwich and fries with drink was $24. I could not see who was a bartender so I could not get a drink which was why they lost a star. When it came time to boarding the flight it was relatively smooth, and I was in/out of the airport in 2 1/2 hours on schedule. I would suggest that you do not rely on this airport for food and that you bring your food with you. I made that mistake and I needed something to eat. Other than that, I would at that it was a relatively pleasant experience all-in-all.
Rapid City is a relatively small airport. Very clean and well maintained. Quite easy to get in and out. Rental car drop off is within walking distance – literally just a few feet away. TSA staff are very friendly. Restaurant inside has reasonable selection and prices are not too bad.
Super easy to go through, small, only 6 gates. Clean. It’s organized well and since it’s not a high volume airport, it has plenty of room to not feel overwhelmed with people. There is a food court area with to go food, packaged goods and a place to sit. From the security to the support people, everyone is super friendly. Not too many direct flights but Minneapolis is an hour flight away, so it’s a convenient connection hub.
Arrived at RAP, I was surprised by the number of people in the departure area. Baggage claim was easy waited about 10 minutes for our bags. I would recommend for first time visitors to take the time to go out on the observation deck for the beautiful view. Nice gift shop and restaurant are available along with rental cars.
My flight to Denver was diverted for weather reasons and the staff at this airport was incredibly gracious. They dealt with a large completely full flight that doesn’t normally come into smaller regional airports. We were tired cranky and hungry. There was only ONE bartender who absolutely saved the day of the drinkers and people eating big shout out to that guy who stayed very late to serve all by himself! The rest of the crew ordered pizza for starving passengers and kids who were very cranky for obvious reasons. We would never have been treated this good at any other airport under the