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After posting about what Library Twitter accounts are doing here and here, I stumbled upon a more efficient way of getting the statistics and this resulted in the following batch of statistics (Number of followers, Number of following, Followers/following ratio, Age of account (based on first tweet) and total updates for all 456 accounts on the Library Twitter League.
And as luck would have it, at the same time the Twitter League was updated and you can now, get the very same statistics as well from there! You can now order by not just followers, but also following , follower/following ratio, signup date and alphabetical. In any case, the data will be used in this post.
Is the list representative of Library Twitter accounts?
No doubt, many people will have questions about how representative the list is. As mentioned here ,the list began from self-reported cases from here , here and here . I was somewhat concerned that this list has an inherent bias in listing mature accounts, so I searched using Twitter search using "Lib", "library", "ref" etc as well as directories such as wefollow and tried as best as I could to add obvious library accounts.
Nevertheless, I can't rule out the fact that the sample here isn't representative, though I submit that 456 is a large sample and is probably a good starting place as any.
Descriptive statistics
You will notice from the results above that the mean and median number of followers, 212 and 113 respectively is a bit different compared to what was reported in an earlier post (the mean was lower, but median was higher in earlier smaller sample), mainly because the composition of accounts in the earlier batch was quite different (earlier calculations had left out a few big accounts, while excluding numerous smaller accounts).
Age of account
A new statistic we have is the age of the account based on first tweet in days. The oldest account is 984 days old, or over 2.5 years old, making it one of the pioneer accounts. But 50% of accounts are younger than 132 days old (roughly 4 months), showing a surge in many new accounts.
Above shows the cumulative distribution graph of Library Twitter accounts by age (days).
Total updates
95% of library Twitter accounts have updated less than 1,000 times but this does not take into account the age of accounts.
Updates per day
It was obvious also to calculate updates per day, and generally library Twitter accounts don't update much with a mean update of 0.98 updates per day.
The twitter library accounts generally don't update a lot. 95% of accounts update less than 3 times daily. Note that update per day is calculated by taking total updates divided by the age of the account. Some accounts are dormant for a while before they become really active, so this statistic probably understates the current updates per day.
TFF ratio
One statistic, I calculated in an earlier blog post was Twitter follower/following ratio or more formally named Twitter Follower-Friend Ratio (TFF)
I was curious, what the typical TFF ratio of library accounts was. Did Library twitter accounts follow everyone who followed them as recommended here? Did they embark on a strategy to proactively follow identified users and hence had TFF ratios below 1?
As noted in earlier post, proactively identifying people who are your users allows and following them, allows you to proactively respond to them even if they are not directed to you, and even if they just say "library" without mentioning the name of your library.
For all 458 library twitter accounts the following pie chart shows the distribution below
It seems that a majority (57%) of Library Twitter accounts have less followers then those following them! 5% had no followers and the rest had more followers than following.
As we have seen in an earlier blog post, this result differs quite a bit when we only consider the top 100 Library Twitter accounts (based on following size) as shown below. In particularly, only 15% of the top 100, have TFF ratios of below 1 (see below).
In a sense this is not surprising. The sample of all 458 Twitter accounts, includes many accounts just starting out, and they might be still in a "growth" stage or some may be initially employing a strategy of following many accounts to build up reciprocal relationships?
Bio of Twitter accounts followed
What type of accounts are library Twitter accounts following? The following word cloud of the bios of the followers of a Library in Oklahma (via Twittersheep) is quite typical.
Libraries Twitter account seems to be following Libraries, Librarians, writers and probably "book lovers", and of course people in Oklahma.
Another typical account showing that this Library like to follow authors.
Correlation analysis
Finally did a little bit of correlation analysis
1) As expected age of account is highly positive correlated with number of followers. Number of those following is not correlated with age.
2) Number of followers is highly and positively correlated with TFF ratios.
It seems to me that, at least for the library twitter accounts, larger follower accounts are correlated with high TFF ratios (low number of following relative to followers). Probably the biggest most famous accounts such as Library of Congress, New York Public Library by virtue of their reputation gain huge number of followers automatically and do not need to build up their following by reciprocal following.
3) As expected age of account is correlated with total number of updates.
4) Updates per day is correlated with Followers and followings.
Obviously there is quite a bit of co-linearity.
Multi-linear regression – what explains number of followers
Ran a quick regression analysis
Multi-linear regression (stepwise) was carried out with number of followers as the dependent variable, and the other statistics as independent variable.
The final model, has a adjusted R-square of 0.567.
It indicates that number of followers is explained by increased number of followings, follower/following ratio, age (in days) and updates per day.
Is this model useful? Just putting it out there. Probably requires a larger range of independent variables.

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Hobart Corp. migrated their backup environment to open systems, dramatically reducing media and management costs.
Ten years ago, the Hobart Corporation, a commercial food equipment and service provider in Troy, OH, started to move applications off its mainframes to open systems platforms. We also needed to be able to backup and recover those systems. In 1993, the reliability and well-established procedures of the mainframe operations made it the obvious choice for open systems backup.
Like many businesses at that time, IT consolidated numerous departmental LANs into an enterprise network, and took responsibility for its file and print servers. With that responsibility increasing, backup and recovery responsibilities grew.
Fast forward to 2000: The open system backups now occupied 1,660 mainframe tapes and kept eight tape drives spinning full time. The backup tape contained a total of 2TB of data. Just recycling the obsolete onsite tapes required dozens of operator mounts every day. The large tape inventory and high volume of mounts ate up a significant amount of operator time. The constant filing and retrieval also made lost tapes inevitable. We had a growing problem.
On the mainframe, the eight drives occupied two refrigerator-sized IBM tape drive units and an equally large controller unit. The seven-year-old drives weren't aging gracefully: Tape errors were becoming the norm rather than the exception, which interfered with the backup processing.
In addition, our management wanted us to install off-site disaster recovery, which under the present system was impossible. Why? On the mainframe, the group of backup tapes that should have been copied for storage off-site was larger than the number of available scratch tapes. This kept us from making use of the ADSTAR Distributed Storage Manager's (ADSM) Disaster Recovery Manager feature, which inventories tapes off site and in transit.
Advantages of Cron scripting
The Unix environment permits more flexibility in scheduling than Windows or the mainframe, so you can use Cron scripts to schedule jobs.
That way, you can check logs to be sure that a scheduled procedure has ended before running. Each script also writes its own log to record the start and end of the process, which helps to fine-tune the process. Errors are also logged, including any process that takes longer than expected. By using loops, the script can stop waiting after specified time, then kick off critical tasks.
A Cron script can also automatically respond to replies that would normally require an operator. With the tape robot, this permits TSM to automatically recycle old off-site tapes that the operator has placed in the I/O station. Onsite or offsite, tapes are recycled when more than half of the data on them is obsolete.
Our overnight backups end by 4 a.m. Using two scripts, by 6 a.m., all of the disk pools have been migrated, off-site copies have been made, the TSM database backed up, a recovery plan created, the RS6000-S7A's operating system backed up and the off-site vault retrieve and inventory lists are queued to the printer. At 9 a.m., the operator:
- Removes the operating system backup tape (labeled by day of the week) from the S7A's 8mm drive
- Inserts in the next day's operating system backup tape from a storage box on the S7A
- Removes any LTO tapes from the library I/O station
- Prints a single page with the vault retrieve and inventory lists
- Takes all the removed tapes to the vault
- Pulls the LTO tapes to be retrieved, as well as the oldest operating system backup tape
- Checks the resulting inventory of the vault
- Puts the retrieved LTO tapes in the library I/O station
- Puts the old operating system tape in the box on the S7A
At 3 p.m., a Cron-activated script checks in the tapes from the library I/O station and loads them back into the library for reuse. Operators don't need to log into Unix. The operators report any discrepancies in the inventory. There is a script to search the logs for errors each morning. Problems are becoming rare.
Searching for a better way
We began investigating the costs of moving backups from the mainframe to a Unix platform with newer tape technologies. Our first proposal recommended that a new robotic tape library be purchased for the existing IBM's RS/6000-S7A server to support all of the open systems servers. In round numbers, this proposal included an additional expenditure of $16,600 for the current year and savings of $28,000 every year thereafter.
Because the RS/6000-S7A was only lightly accessed by a handful of people, it was definitely underutilized. The server almost never used more than two of its eight processors, and its 8GB of memory would be more than adequate to handle additional processing. Most open system backup processing is done at night, so the existing interactive Oracle users wouldn't be affected. And moving the backups to the RS/6000-S7A would free mainframe cycles for crucial batch work.
The eight mainframe drives had a total throughput capacity of 192GB/hour. The proprietary tape library--which was initially proposed--would have just two drives for throughput of 216GB/hour. Management requested a full review of all open system backup hardware, software and procedures to ensure the best long-term solution.
The review starts
When the review started--in addition to the mainframe backups--we also used Veritas' Backup Exec, Computer Associates' ARCserve software and an Exabyte 8mm tape autoloader to back up the operating systems on Netware and Microsoft Windows servers. By contrast, most enterprise backup solutions are designed to protect only user data and assume that the client machines have a working operating system and backup agent installed. While our current configuration was taken into account, all tape technologies and backup software products were to be considered fair game.
It was imperative that the project save money. Any change had to ensure that the technology chosen would continue to be enhanced in the future to accommodate expansion of our open systems environment and would have continued vendor support. Potential vendors' financial stability and their ability to provide local/timely service were also weighed as a factor in both the hardware and software evaluations.
The platform used for the backup server had to be robust enough to handle a 25GB nightly load from 40 clients. The backup software had to support NetWare, AIX, Windows NT and Windows 2000. We also required clients for any operating system that we may support in the near future, such as Linux or AS/400. Also a requirement was support for agents--which greatly reduce the nightly load by only backing up changes--for DB2, Oracle, MS-SQL, and Lotus Domino.
And the winners are
We investigated a large number of software vendors, paying particular attention to those with which we had existing relationships and to industry leaders for stability. The product list included SyncSort Backup Express, Veritas NetBackup and Tantia Network Storage Manager. Only two vendors--Veritas and IBM--met all our criteria and our requirements for reliable support and financial stability. Of those two, based on cost, we chose IBM's Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM), the successor to ADSM.
Several alternatives to the existing drives were considered, most of which were either technically insufficient or were highly expensive overkill. For example, StorageTek's L180 library offered more than enough capacity, but was out of our price range. Upgrading our mainframe's existing IBM 3494 robotic library with its small 2GB cartridges also proved to be too costly.
Of all the tape formats, we standardized on LTO mainly because it is a non-proprietary technology. Although there have been some incompatibilities in the early implementations of LTO specifications, we believed that market pressure will make vendors resolve the problems.
Two LTO drives would have provided only a slight increase in throughput over the eight IBM 3490 mainframe drives. However, three LTO drives provide a 68% throughput increase over the old configuration and a 25% edge over the initially proposed Exabyte 8mm AME drives. Additional drives may yet be required as the open systems server farm grows. The same problem would have to be addressed regardless of the backup server platform. By using a smaller number of newer drives, our hardware maintenance costs were cut by more than half, from $18,000 to $7,230 annually.
Increased capacity
The increased tape capacity is one of the project's greatest benefits. The results have been dramatic. The LTO tapes have a compressed capacity of 200GB compared to our mainframe tapes' 2GB storage. While each new LTO tape costs about 15 times the price of its mainframe counterpart, the hundred-fold increase in capacity meant a dramatically lower media cost, from $4 per gigabyte to 60 cents per gigabyte. The number of onsite tapes went from 1,660 manually mounted to 19 in the robot. Only 16 tapes are needed for off-site disaster recovery copies.
One of the most important benefits of reducing the number of tapes is the reduction in labor required for the library maintenance and off-site backup. The operators only take and retrieve two to four tapes to and from the off-site vault each day. The effort needed to keep track of the tape cartridge inventory onsite was eliminated. The added work to track the off-site inventory is minimal. This also reduced the probability that cartridges will be misplaced.
After reviewing other LTO units, we purchased an IBM 3583 LTO library, which is essentially identical to the ADIC Scalar 100. IBM and ADIC cooperate in the manufacture of these units. The purchase was part of a larger arrangement encompassing a mainframe upgrade.
Our library came with 42 tape slots and a 12-slot I/O station for removing and recycling off-site tapes. The 8.2TB capacity of the LTO library will provide ample storage to triple our current open system production disk base. The LTO library only takes four sq. ft. of floor space and can operate in normal office temperatures and humidity. Replacing the mainframe drives freed 20 sq. ft. of valuable raised-floor real estate.
How we chose our libraries
We had three objectives. They were: save money, enhance support in our open systems environment and choose a stable vendor with good service. The product we used had to meet five criteria:
- We took into account which platforms it supported.
- The platform for the backup server had to be robust enough to handle our 25GB nightly load from 40 clients.
- The client platforms had to include any of our current operating systems (NetWare, AIX, Windows NT and Windows 2000).
- We required clients for any OS we were likely to support in the near future, such as Linux or AS/400.
- The database agents supported (Hobart required agents for the DB2, Oracle, MS-SQL and Lotus Domino databases).
Backup software synergies
The backup software costs were also reduced under Unix. An upfront purchase cost of $35,000 netted a reduction in maintenance from $19,000 to $5,800 per year. Staying with the same product line allowed us to retain experience and maintain continuity. The TSM backup server's administrative interface is extremely uniform across platforms. TSM Windows server administration used in training classes is essentially identical to the administration under the z/OS and AIX operating systems. On our clients, the only configuration change was to the name of the backup server.
The hardware and software installation and initial client tests were completed in one month. All of the remaining clients were converted the following month.
Most enterprise backup products provide scheduling. In addition to scheduling backups, this controls tape recycling, making off-site copies and flushing disk cache. Using time-released commands can also provide simple monitoring, such as an hourly count of active sessions.
By implementing TSM's hierarchical storage structure, we took advantage of available disk space on the Unix box to cache smaller backups and migrate them en masse to tape. This allows more backup sessions to run concurrently and reduces the number of tape mounts.
Using an enterprise-class product can also provide disaster recovery management. This should at least provide an off-site inventory and track tapes in transit to and from the off-site location. More sophisticated implementations can contain a database of hardware system descriptions for disaster recovery and can generate detailed instructions for recovery at a new location.
Additionally, most enterprise backup products offer retention options, such as classifying files by drive, by directory, by extension or by using generic characters.
Since we switched to the open system Unix solution, our daily backups are running almost routinely. The automated Cron scripts and tape robotics have helped cut errors tremendously. In fact, problems are becoming rare.


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Dallas Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones is so all over the map, it's no wonder the franchise is in its current dilapidated state.
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Not that we took him seriously, but still he said it.
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We feel now is a good time to remind you, Cowboys fans, that your team currently is in a downward spiral at 3-5, has a sub-.500 record since 1997 (123-124), and has won just two playoff games since winning Super Bowl XXX nearly 17 years ago.
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And let's not even get into Jones' knack for making unwanted headlines (see: 2012 training camp).
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But, hey, the structure proved successful 17 years ago, and if it ain't broke ... wait, it's broke.
"We've had success doing it this way," Jones said, "and we're going to have success in the future doing it this way."
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What is the correct way to use the resistance and temperature correlation formula from http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/electric/restmp.html?
In particular, does R have to be the higher resistance and R0 the lower or vice versa? The resulting calculated dT differs depending on this choice of R and R0.
Quick example of what I mean:
Choose R = 7.97 and R0 = 7.28, copper a ~= .00393
dT = 24.1171
Choose R = 7.28 and R0 = 7.97, copper a ~= .00393
dT = -22.0292
I believe the answer is to use the former (always choose R and R0 so R > R0) because this more closely correlates with my lab data.


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Arsenal face Olympiakos Piraeus in the Champions League on Wednesday with manager Arsene Wenger talking nervously about a defence he says lacks personality and authority after they suffered their first defeat of the season.
The north London club will be expected to return to winning ways against the Greek league leaders after they were beaten 2-1 at home by Premier League pacesetters Chelsea on Saturday.
Despite conceding only four league goals in their first six games and winning their opening Champions League encounter 2-1 against Montpellier, Wenger felt the weekend's defensive display in which they conceded twice from set pieces was a cause for concern.
"Defensively we were just not at the level you have to be in," he said about his side's rearguard.
"For the rest, we have shown quality and spirit but we have to show more personality and authority on the goals we conceded."
German defender Per Mertesacker was rested on Saturday and could return as Arsenal face Olympiakos in the group stage of the competition for the third time in four seasons.
The omens are in Arsenal's favour having not lost a European home game in their last 15 while no club from outside England has beaten them in 47 European home matches.
They have also not lost any of their seven home games against Greek clubs.
Olympiakos are currently bringing up the rear of Group B, having lost their opening group match to Schalke 04 2-1, and have a distinctly poor record in England, losing on all 10 previous visits, conceding 31 goals and scoring only twice in those games.
They are, however, blazing a trail domestically having won their opening five matches. They have also developed a knack of nicking away wins, winning their last three European matches on the road by 1-0.
Leonardo Jardim's team were made to work hard for their latest domestic win, beating Atromitos away 1-0 courtesy of David Fuster's first-half strike.
The Spanish midfielder headed in Olympiakos' consolation in their 2-1 defeat at the Emirates last season when Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain marked his Champions League debut with an early goal and Andre Santos scored his first for the club to secure the points.
Olympiakos will be boosted by the return of Algeria striker and the Greek Super League's top scorer Rafik Djebbour, who missed the weekend win, but Greece full-back Vasilis Torosidis is out.
Within the Olympiakos ranks there is a familiar foe for Arsenal in the form of goalkeeper Roy Carroll who played for Manchester United when they ended the Londoners' famous 49-match unbeaten run in 2004.
The Northern Ireland international joined the Greek club in 2012 after a nomadic seven years in which he played for five different clubs including West Ham United and Rangers.
The game in 2004 resulted in a tunnel bust-up that became known as "pizza-gate" or the "battle of the buffet" after a slice of pizza was reportedly thrown at United manager Alex Ferguson after the match.
"That game in 2004 was a great occasion and I was delighted to keep a clean sheet," Carroll said in the Daily Mirror.
"So to beat them and end their unbeaten run was fantastic. I honestly still don't know exactly what happened in the tunnel after the game."
Probable teams:
Arsenal: 24-Vito Mannone, 5-Thomas Vermaelen, 28-Kieran Gibbs, 6-Laurent Koscielny, 25-Carl Jenkinson; 19-Santi Cazorla, 15-Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, 16-Aaron Ramsey, 8-Mikel Arteta; 9-Lukas Podolski, 27-Gervinho
Olympiakos: 42-Balazs Megyeri, 2-Giannis Maniatis, 15-Pablo Contreras, 24-Kostas Manolas, 20-Jose Holebas; 23-Dimitris Siovas, 3-Francois Modesto; 19-David Fuster, 7-Ariel Ibagaza, 5-Paulo Machado; 10-Rafik Djebbour
Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)
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The trip also afforded us the opportunity to meet with a few brokers who shared their knowledge of the real estate players – the most successful developers being the South African PE firms Actis and RMB with their development partners Laurus and RMB Westport. Their projects One Airport Square in the Airport City area and Accra Financial Center in the Ridge area were successfully let out prior to the project completions. This, in sharp contrast to the local developers both private and government, some of whom were experiencing difficulty leasing out their spaces in the same locales. Reasons provided for the successes of the international developers included aggressive marketing particularly to global corporates.
The "Zip-Out" of Accra however, was another story. Giving in to the Nigerian mentality of "No traffic can surpass the Lagos rush-hour", we under estimated Accra and the city's ability to come to a standstill during rush hour. Needless to say, we arrived at the airport late, missing our return flight and then began the stressful process of attempting to get onto the next flight. After much struggle and difficulty, we barely made it for a flight that left 2 hours later! Luckily for us, we did and avoided a long night in the Accra airport. Below are some of the key lessons learned, that I personally seek to carry with me for future inter-continental Africa travels – Enjoy!
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The Department of Political Science at Western Illinois University offers an intensive program of study and guided research to qualified applicants holding the bachelor's degree. The M.A. degree in political science may be earned in any one of the following areas of specialization: a) American government; b) comparative politics and international relations; c) public administration and public policy.
The curriculum is designed to provide graduate students with a broad and solid foundation in political science suitable for careers in teaching, research, government work, public service, community development, and continued study at the Ph.D. level.
The criteria for admission into the graduate program in political science are:
Applications for graduate assistantships are considered throughout the year. However, preference will be shown to students who apply for assistantships by April 15.
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In addition to completing twelve semester hours in the core courses and at least twelve semester hours in their area of specialization (not including POLS 602), students must choose one of the following degree tracks:
Theses, the two papers, and thesis projects must be defended before a committee of three faculty members selected by the student and approved by the chair of the Graduate Committee. For the two paper option, at least one paper must be in the area of specialization.
Up to six semester hours (at least three of which must be at the 500 level) may be taken outside the department for graduate credit if approved by the chairperson of the Departmental Graduate Committee. Each student may take a maximum of three semester hours in POLS 501, Independent Study. Additional hours in POLS 501 may be taken only by petitioning the Departmental Graduate Committee.
To satisfy the requirements for the M.A. degree, a student must pass a comprehensive exam in his/her area of specialization (POLS 603). The department will administer the comprehensive exams three times a year. Students admitted to the program in the fall of 1995 or later must pass both parts of the comprehensive exam by the third attempt. Students failing to do so will be removed from the program.
410G Constiutional Law: Governmental Organization and Powers. (3) An examination of constitutional law in the United States, with emphasis on cases dealing with the framework, powers, and function of the federal system. Prerequisite: POLS 122 or permission of instructor.
411G Constitutional Law: Civil Liberties and Civil Rights. (3) An examination of U.S. Constitutional law, with special emphasis upon civil liberties and civil rights cases. Prerequisite: POLS 122 or permission of instructor.
440G Arms Control and Disarmament. (3) Systematic analysis of the disarmament efforts of nations; role of international organizations; problems of national security and inspection; economic and political implications. Prerequisite: POLS 228 or permission of instructor.
446G Conflict Resolution and International Peacekeeping. (3) Study of the history and practice of international peacekeeping operations. Emphasis on international organizations and the feasibility of conflict resolution and collective security. Prerequisite: POLS 122 and POLS 228.
448G The Supreme Court. (3) An examination of the role of the Supreme Court in the federal judiciary and in the U.S. political system. Prerequisite: POLS 122 or permission of instructor.
451G Revolution and Political Change. (3) The causes and consequences, foreign and domestic, of revolution, political turmoil, and violence. Case studies of contemporary political systems that have undergone dramatic change. Prerequisite: POLS 228 or POLS 267.
455G Political Parties, PACs and Pressure Groups. (3) Structure and functions of political parties and interest groups with special emphasis upon the United States. Prerequisite: POLS 122 or permission of instructor.
490G Bureaucracy and Public Policy. (3) The role of the public bureaucracy in the policy-making and policy-formation process. Legislative and judicial policy-making are contrasted with administrative policy making. Prerequisite: POLS 300 or POLS 302 or permission of instructor.
493G Seminar in Organization Theory and Behavior. (3) Review of classical and modern theories of administration. Goals and expectations of high echelon administrators. Treatment of authority relationships in formal organizations. Prerequisite: POLS 300 or POLS 302 or permission of instructor.
494G Public Budgeting Systems. (3) Financial and budgetary processes and problems of public agencies at various governmental levels. Includes types and functions of budgets. Systematic program evaluation and budgetary allocation questions are emphasized. Prerequisite: POLS 300 or POLS 302 or permission of instructor.
501 Independent Study. (1—6, repeatable to 6) Permission to take this course for more than three hours of credit must be obtained beforehand from the Departmental Graduate Committee.
546 Public Administration. (3) (Colloquium) This course is an examination and discussion of selected problems, concepts, and issues of public administration.
549 Public Policy Analysis and Program Evaluation. (3) Analysis of the processes of policy formation, policy contents, and outcomes of a number of domestic policy areas and niches.
553 International Relations. (3) (Colloquium) An examination of selected topics in international relations.
554 American Foreign Policy. (3) An examination of selected topics in American foreign policy.
558 Scope and Methods of Political Science. (3) Philosophy of science as it applies to political science, the study of contemporary approaches used in explaining political phenomena, and techniques of research.
560 Rural Community: Government, Politics, and Policies. (3) Examination of political characteristics of rural and small town communities, such as structures of government, decision-making patterns, public policy issues, and administrative problems.
563 Seminar in American Politics. (3) An examination of selected major issues of American politics.
566 Legislative Process. (3) An examination of the institutional and external influences on the functions of the American Congress.
568 Comparative Government and Politics. (3) (Colloquium) An examination of selected topics in theories of comparative government.
571 Political Systems of the Developing Areas. (3) An examination of selected topics on political systems of developing areas.
577 United States–Russian Relations. (3) An examination of the global competition and cooperation between the two nations.
580 Skills in Community Development. (3) This course emphasizes the practical skills required to be an effective community developer, including conflict resolution, leadership, comunication, and community capacity-building. The focus is on skill-building, as students are provided opportunities to practice new techniques. Topics will be modified as new technologies and other external factors impact the practice of community development. Graded S/U. Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
583 Seminar in American Political Thought. (3) An examination of the major political theories and figures in the development of American political thought.
592 Public Personnel Politics and Administration. (3) Historical overview of public sector hiring systems. Coverage of legal and management issues in personnel administration. Examination of political context of government recruitment.
600 Thesis Research. (3) The selection and development of a thesis topic in the field of political science.
601 Thesis. (3)
602 Internship in Public Affairs. (1-3, repeatable to 6) Prerequisite: 18 semester hours with a GPA of 3.0 or above.
603 Comprehensive Examination. (0) Students will complete a written comprehensive examination in their chosen area of emphasis. The examination will be graded either satisfactory or unsatisfactory and will be administered three times a year. Students admitted to the program in the fall of 1995 or later must pass both parts of the examination by the third attempt. Students failing to do so will be removed from the program. Prerequisites: Approval of the department graduate adviser.


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Movie-goers picked from four new Hollywood releases: The Lorax (3-D), John Carter (3-D), 21 Jump Street, and The Hunger Games. The Lorax was so popular we filled up one theater and opened up a second! It was a fun seeing these action-adventure films with so many friends on the big screen, especially in 3-D!
It's always great to catch up with folks and see the kids grow up, and reconnect.
Making the day extra special was our annual Movie Day food drive for the Chittenden Emergency Food Shelf. Clients brought dozens of bags of high-quality food items, like rice pilaf, soups, and canned veggies, to share with local families. Altogether, we collected 371 pounds of food, which will feed 6-7 families for one month. The Food Shelf is the largest direct service emergency food provider in Vermont.
Nancy Jenkins Team Movie Day was sponsored in part by Regency Mortgage Corp, Wick & Maddocks, and Morways Moving and Storage.
Thank you to all who came and made this Nancy Jenkins Team Movie Day so wonderful!


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Charlotte Bobcats have lost 11 straight games
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The Orlando Magic are beginning to learn how to close out games.
That's a lesson the Charlotte Bobcats have yet to master.
Glen Davis and Arron Afflalo each scored 20 points and Orlando outscored Charlotte 15-5 in the final 3:34 to hand the slumping Bobcats their 11th straight loss Saturday night, 107-98.
Jameer Nelson added 16 points and six assists and J.J. Redick had 14 points, including a big 3-pointer down the stretch for the Magic, who've won three of their past four. Nikola Vucevic was a force inside the paint with 13 points and 13 rebounds.
"This is a new team and we're still finding each other," Davis said. "As a team, we're learning and this was a game where we learned from our past experience."
Magic coach Jacque Vaughn said his team is showing better composure down the stretch.
"Our huddle was composed, the players were composed and I think it showed on the floor," Vaughn said. "It was great to see and great to see the process and our guys improving."
It helped that the Magic scored 60 points in the paint on 30 of 45 shooting.
"We were just being aggressive," Davis said. "With me down there scoring some points and Arron and Jameer making things happen, it kind of set the tone for our play. And we were able to control the paint."
The Orlando win overshadowed a career-high 32 points from Kemba Walker.
Charlotte's second-year point guard was 11 of 19 from the field.
He also had seven assists.
"I'm trying to get better," Walker said. "That's all you do at this point. I'm just doing whatever I can do to help my team win basketball games. No matter how many points I have I really don't care about that stuff. I'm just trying to win. It wasn't enough tonight."
Walker, Charlotte's first-round pick a season ago, has excelled this season, particularly at home where he came in shooting 45 percent and averaging 20.4 points per game; compared to 32 percent and 12.4 points per game on the road.
Nelson, for one, walked away impressed.
"He's a great young player," Nelson said of Walker. "He's quick and one of the best scoring point guards in the league. There's a lot of time left in his career and he's going to get better."
The Magic shot 54.5 percent from the field, led by Davis and Afflalo, who were a combined 15 of 25.
Orlando led 92-88 when Walker hit a long 3 from the top of the key. On Orlando's next possession Davis spun to the basket, but Byron Mullens had a two-handed block igniting a fast-break layup on the other end for Walker to give Charlotte the lead with 4:07 left in the game.
But the lead was short-lived.
Afflalo gave the Magic the lead back for good seconds later with a turnaround jumper in the lane igniting an 8-0 run.
After Davis added a free throw, Redick came off a screen and knocked down a wide open 3-pointer at the top of the key to push the lead to five.
As Charlotte struggled to hit shots down the stretch, Nelson made a baseline jumper just as the shot clock expired and Vucevic sent the crowd heading to the exits after scoring and drawing a foul on a nice drive and pass from Nelson to give the Magic a 105-98 lead.
Gerald Henderson had 16 points and Ramon Sessions added 14 for Charlotte.
In what has been a familiar refrain for the Bobcats, they struggled down the stretch missing six shots on their final seven possessions and turned the ball over once.
Meanwhile, they struggled again to make big stops when they needed to.
"Teams are just adjusting to what we do," Sessions said. "I can't state that enough. We just have to make adjustments. I don't know what it is but some type of adjustment has to be made on the offensive end and the defensive end."
Said Bobcats coach Mike Dunlap: "We had some good looks and the fact of the matter is there were some 15-footers and six-footers that didn't go in. That makes it frustrating when you lose games."
But Dunlap said the real problem has been the Bobcats defense
Charlotte has allowed opponents to score at least 100 points in 12 of its past 13 games.
"When you give up 54 percent shooting from the floor and they're getting over 100 points regularly we know what the culprit is," Dunlap said.
Notes: Looking for a spark, Dunlap reinserted Henderson into the starting lineup in place of Taylor. Henderson hadn't started since injuring his foot in Week 2. ... Afflalo and Davis both finished in double digits in scoring for the 20th time this season. ... Magic forward Maurice Harkless tied a career high with four blocked shots.


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Why Competitive Bidding Doesn't Work
Perhaps you've heard this quip when a spacecraft is launched: "There goes the lowest bid."
In my mind, trying to get the lowest bid for a remodeling project is just as foolish. And a lot of contractors agree with me.
Gayler Construction explains very clearly how buying remodeling services is not even remotely like buying a new car.
And check out how Baywood Building explains the problems with competitive bidding.
So why not?
First off, you won't have complete plans for each of the contractors to look at in order to get an "apples to apples" bid. Complete plans are too expensive for an architect to create.
So the honorable contractor will include all the elements (like moldings and light sockets and so on) that are not on the plans, but should be. The shady contractor will not include those things, and will therefore give you a lower bid. That's called low-balling.
Later on, you'll be made aware of those extras, and will pay for them. By then, it's too late to turn back.
Also, some people get bids in order to see how much the project their architect designed will cost. That's an enormous waste of time for the contractor, and many self-respecting contractors will no longer do competitive bidding.
So, what to do? I suggest you find an excellent contractor (whom you judge by face-to-face meetings, talking to staff, talking to references, visiting prior jobs, searching the Internet, considering awards and professional certifications), and an excellent architect or designer (judged by the same criteria), and put these two stellar individuals together to design your remodel. Find the great people first, then move forward as a team.
This should eliminate the finger-pointing architects and contractors are famous for. Or, hire a design-build company where the designer and builders are in the same firm. This way, when the designer comes up with an idea that would blow your budget out of the water, the contractor will make that known immediately.
As one construction loan agent told me, the country is littered with architectural plans that were put out to bid and then abandoned after the bidding process revealed the project would cost two to three times what the clients could afford. That's sad.
So how about you? Have you found competitive bidding to be a satisfying way to achieve a remodel?
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Mitsubishi WS-73909
Anyone who's set up a home theater system knows how much work is involved. Once you find the right TV and speaker system, you need to round up a stack of components, including a DVD player, a video recorder, and, perhaps, a satellite receiver. Then you have to spin a frightening web of wires to route all of those signals through your A/V receiver or preamp/surround processor. And don't forget about the remote controls - five or six of 'em, spread out on your coffee table like cars parked in a lot.
If, like me, you've been waiting for a better way to arrive, it looks like it's finally here. Mitsubishi's WS-73909 integrated high-definition TV is one of the first sets to incorporate FireWire connections along with HAVi technology (HAVi stands for Home Audio Video interoperability; see "HAVi Update" on page 54 for details). Components hooked up to a FireWire (a.k.a. IEEE 1394 or i.Link) "bus" can route digital A/V and control signals back and forth to each other, with one component (in this case, the TV) acting as the primary control device. To use a Star Trek analogy, the TV in a FireWire-connected home theater system is like the Enterprise's bridge, while the other components are like the various ship stations (engineering, survey, medical, science, and so on) that carry out the captain's commands.
Someday in the future you'll be able to buy an entire system of FireWire-enabled components, but right now only three kinds are available: HDTVs, digital VCRs, and digital camcorders. To tide us over while the electronics industry gets its act together, Mitsubishi developed the NetCommand system for its integrated HDTVs, a technology that endows components controlled by infrared (IR) commands with FireWire-like capabilities. Besides the FireWire connections between the TV and whichever components can use them, you need to get IR commands to the rest of your components, even if they're housed behind cabinet doors. To do that, you run a special IR repeater cable from the back of the TV to the IR-controlled components. (The WS-73909 comes with two IR repeater cables - one with four "emitters," which you place over the front-panel IR sensors on the components, the other with two.) Once you create a series of component "profiles" in the NetCommand setup screen, the TV becomes the switching center for your entire system, letting you use its remote and onscreen menus to control all your other components.
NetCommand wizardry aside, Mitsubishi's 73-incher is an impressive widescreen TV. The set's three 9-inch cathode-ray tubes (CRTs) are capable of delivering every last drop of detail in high-def programs (many other RPTVs use less powerful 7-inch CRTs). Its built-in HDTV tuner decodes both off-air digital broadcasts and QAM-format high-def programs on cable - which we hope will become widely available sometime in the future. A protective screen shield is included with the set, but it isn't preinstalled, so you can leave it in the box.


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What class/es did you take, and what classes are you currently taking?
I took one of Andy's painting classes, and I took Drawing at the Met and in Central Park. Now I am in Jake's acrylic class on Sundays. It's the best part of my week.
What makes your experience at The Art Studio NY unique and memorable?
The people in class and the staff. It's a very laid back environment that embraces everyone's artistic abilities.
What is something you have achieved because of your art classes that you never thought you could?
I never thought I would actually get better at painting and I have! Jake has encouraged me to take risks and I do. He's encouraged me to be more independent and I am. I never considered myself an artist, and I guess it's safe to say that I am.
What are you most proud of when it comes to your artistic journey?
I remember after my first painting, I asked Jake if I should paint a portrait, and he said I could but he also explained that portraits are really difficult because you really need to know your subject to be able to capture their personality. I decided to paint a portrait of my grandma and mom for a Mother's Day gift and after completing it, I was SO PROUD!!! I was hooked on portraits and LOVING black and white!
What fears have you overcome, on and off the canvas, since starting to paint?
I'm not afraid of anything except cockroaches and ocean waves cause I can't swim. Still afraid of both. As far as painting is concerned, I used to be afraid to mess up. I am not anymore. Because, I can paint over anything. And I have the BESTEST teacher in the world who can turn anyone into an artist.
How have your art classes allowed you to relax and relieve stress?
YES, but mostly they make me happy. The art studio is one of my happy places.
How have your art classes changed your life, either in your art or your everyday life?
Yesssssssss art is a great gift. It's nice to be inspired by someone's photo, another artist or a teacher, and it's nice to be admired for something creative that you've done.
What advice would you tell a total beginner who feels afraid of taking an art class or they feel they "have no talent"?
Everyone has talent, you just can't be afraid to express you ART and soul.
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Get rid of the blues and recharge with a new hobby
By Aimee Lyons, Guest Blogger
Hobbies including everything from cardio classes to crocheting can increase people's sense of mental well being and boost brain health. Such activities have additional advantages for people in addiction recovery who might be searching for productive ways to spend their time. And, whether your primary goal is socializing or sweating, experts agree hobbies help reduce stress while increasing your sense of satisfaction.
Need help picking a pastime? Consider taking a community college class to experiment with something you've always found interesting but never taken the time to try. Or, search the events calendar at your local library to find a sewing circle or sci-fi book club to join. Meanwhile, here are a few suggestions to get your search started.
Explore Art
Art therapy has been used to treat substance use disorders since the 1950s and has several documented benefits including providing people an outlet for communication and reducing resistance to alcohol treatment programs. But art doesn't have to be created in a structured setting to be therapeutic. Research shows that activities including painting, sculpting, drawing, and photography can lower stress levels and leave people feeling more mentally focused, according to an article published by Be Brain Fit. In fact, amateur artists might find themselves so engrossed in an endeavor that they achieve a state of flow, a meditative-like mindset that temporarily pushes aside everything except what they're working on at the moment -- a plus for anyone in today's age of information overload.
Create Connections With Your Food
Growing your own food is a great way to get more in touch with what you put in your body. Gardening is also a fruitful form of outdoor exercise. And, if you don't have a space of your own to sow seeds, consider community gardens, which are sprouting up all over the country. Investing some sweat equity at one could reap rewards including new friends and, of course, fresh fruits and vegetables.
Gardening could also inspire many to move to the next link in the food chain. Once you've harvested the results of your hard work, why not whip up something new and interesting with the fresh-picked produce? Doing your own cooking is an excellent recipe for improving your health.
Try Tai Chi and Yoga
Many recovering addicts find yoga and tai chi particularly helpful for bringing their minds and bodies into balance. Sessions are as meditative as they are physical because they encourage practitioners to focus their minds on their movements. Plus, both forms of exercise are easily adaptable depending on an individual's fitness level and can be practiced almost anywhere with little or no equipment.
An article on the Rewire Me website recommends volunteering as a healthy habit to adopt during recovery. Helping others will boost your sense of empathy -- and empowerment -- by giving you an outlet to make a positive difference in the world. If logistics prevent you from volunteering in person, consider ways you can use the time and resources you have. For instance, there are virtual volunteer activities that connect people with worthy causes nationwide. You could craft handmade blankets for homeless people in Dallas or review scholarship applications for a nonprofit educational foundation, just to name a few.
No matter what activities you enjoy, hobbies can help decrease stress and improve your mental and physical well-being. So whether you spend your free time painting portraits or striking yoga poses, these pleasant pursuits will help keep you happier, healthier, and focused on the future.
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BLOOMINGTON, Ill. - Junior T.J. Stinde rushed for 135 yards and three touchdowns and the Illinois Wesleyan team amassed 474 yards of total offense on the way to a 49-13 season-opening win over Aurora at IWU's Tucci Stadium on Saturday (Sept. 1).
The Titans opened the scoring with 12:33 to play in the first period on a five-play, 63 yard drive that was capped by a 39 yard touchdown run by Stinde. Freshman Michael Kelley added the extra point kick, the first of his seven of the day.
Aurora's Jerome Christmas intercepted a Rob Gallik pass and returned it 22 yards for a score to get the Spartans on the board with 9:15 left in the first. Fernando Albarran added the kick to tie the score at 7-7.
Stinde's second touchdown, with 12:30 left in the half, was set up by an interception return by Connor Klein of 32 yards that gave the Titans the ball at the 7 and Stinde rushed in from there to give IWU a 14-7 edge.
Aurora scored on an 85-yard TD pass from Jimmy Bevell to Mike Beasley-Hart with 7:39 to go in the half to make the IWU lead 14-13 as the extra point kick failed.
Gallik, who completed 18 of 26 for 214 yards in the game, threw two TD passes in the second quarter. The first, at 5:19, was for 39 yards to Alex Garvey and the second, with 1:22 to go before halftime, went 43 yards to Tate Musselman.
IWU completed a 28-point second quarter on a 5-yard scoring run by Stinde with 11 seconds before intermission with IWU ahead 35-13.
Wesleyan's third quarter score came on a 3-yard run by Sean Conley with 4:22 left and sophomore Tyrell Bolden had a 51-yard run with 7:58 to play in the game to cap the scoring.
Defensively the Titans were paced by Mike Kraft and Mike Heaton with seven total tackles while Klein had six to go along with his interception. Zachary Borta accounted for IWU's lone sack for -8 yards.
Hayes Cooper had 12 total tackles for Aurora while Michael Bajc (-9 yards) and Dan Maxwell (-8 yards) had quarterback sacks.
The Titans host Alma in another non-conference game at 1 p.m. next Saturday (Sept. 8). The Scots were handled 45-0 by Heidelberg on Saturday.


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BAKERSFIELD, Calif. - On the opening day of a four-game, season-ending tournament, a pair of UC Santa Barbara baseball players helped re-write the history books.
Brett Vertigan hit his ninth triple of the year in Friday's nightcap, setting the single-season school record and Andrew Vasquez became the first freshman pitcher since Cy Young winner Barry Zito in 1997 to strike out over 100 batters in a season.
The Gauchos split their doubleheader with a 3-2 win over Utah and an 18-8 loss to CSU Bakersfield. UCSB is now 26-28 on the season and has two games left on the 2012 year.
Vertigan's triple in the loss to the Roadrunners came in the eighth inning as he passed All-Americans Wynter Phoenix (1994), Scott Cerny (1986) and Bill Geivett (1985) for the UCSB record. The junior from Garden Grove, Calif. had three hits in the doubleheader and raised his average to .382 and is aiming to become the first Gaucho since Geivett in 1985 to lead the Big West in batting.
Vasquez struck out nine Utah batters in 6.1 innings pitched, giving him 104 on the season. The freshman allowed just one unearned run on two hits in Friday's opener and lowered his ERA to a Big West leading 1.93.
When Matt Vedo relieved Vasquez and struck out four batters in 2.1 innings pitched, the duo tied the school record for strikeouts in a season by two pitchers. Vasquez and Vedo, the first set of pitchers to finish with 100 or more strikeouts in a single season, have struck out 212 combined hitters, tying them with Zito and Bryan Noyes in 1997 for the school mark.
Vasquez is primed to become the first Gaucho pitcher since Loren Fraser in 2004 with a sub-2.00 ERA. His current mark would be sixth in single-season history.
Brandon Trinkwon's walk-off single with two outs in the ninth inning of the first game scored Peter Maris as the Gauchos loaded the bases vs. Utah. For Trinkwon, it was his 31st RBI of the season, which is second on the team.
UCSB plays against Utah in a 2 p.m. game on Saturday and concludes the season with a 4 p.m. first pitch on Sunday vs. CSU Bakersfield. Head coach Andrew Checketts can tie the school mark for wins by a first year head coach with a victory in either game.


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Five-year-old Jax Rosebush of Lexington, Kentucky, had one request when his mother told him it was time for a haircut: He wanted his spikey blonde hair to be shaved, just like his friend Reddy. As he explained to his mom Lydia, Jax wanted to go to school on Monday with matching hair so that his teacher wouldn't be able to tell the boys apart.
The little boy's innocent prank touched his mother's heart. And in the days and weeks that have followed, it's touched the hearts of strangers all over the Internet, too.
You see, Jax is white and Reddy is black. But clearly to Jax, the two boys are exactly the same. (Well, except for their haircuts.)
Lydia posted a photo of Jax and Reddy, along with the story behind Jax's haircut request, on her Facebook page on February 24. Since then, it's received over 92K likes, 52K shares, and over 5K comments.
"If this isn't proof that hate and prejudice is something that is taught I don't know what is," wrote Lydia. "The only difference Jax sees in the two of them is their hair."
When I first learned of the little boys' friendship and the sweet story behind Jax's request, it resonated with me deeply. My husband and I are both white, and are parenting four black children, all of whom were adopted at birth. The fact that we're a transracial family brought together by adoption is quite obvious to everyone we meet. But here's what I always want everyone who meets us to walk away knowing: Difference isn't bad. Difference is just that: difference.
In fact, difference should be celebrated, not condemned. Difference should be acknowledged, not ignored. Because the very word "black" isn't one that should be whispered; because difference is what makes our world beautiful; and because there is joy in our children being exactly who they are.
Over my eight years of parenting children of color, I have found two things to be true when it comes to children's understanding of race. First, children are naturally curious about difference. A child will often compare themselves to their peers and notice similarities and variations. This could be anything from the color shirt they wear, to their hair texture, their talents, the shape of their nose … anything! This is completely normal and healthy. The problem comes in when adults teach kids — or allow them to be taught — that difference is bad, scary, dangerous, or taboo.
One day during the first week of school, I was waiting outside the doors for one of my children to be dismissed. Another class exited the building first, and I observed a little boy burst out of the crowd, run into his mom's arms, and exclaim, "There are three brown kids in my class! Three brown kids!" His mom, mortified, immediately shushed the boy and scooted him away from the other parents. And I thought, why not share in his excitement? Why not say, "Wow, honey! That's really cool! What are their names?"
This is just one encounter in a sea of hundreds that my family has witnessed over the years, and sadly, the parental discomfort with a child's acknowledgement of difference is not uncommon. But exposure to diversity is crucial. It's one thing to talk about Martin Luther King, Jr. in January every year and tell a child that everyone is unique, but to be entrenched in diversity every day is the true teacher. This includes reading books and watching shows and movies where the protagonist is black, or Asian, or some other race, and limiting exposure to monolithic stories where the hero is always a white male.
And diversity isn't limited to race, either. Children need to be around those of different abilities, socioeconomic statuses, ages, and beliefs. The wider the child's circle of friends, the more he or she will have love, acceptance, and empathy for others.
Many of today's white parents were raised during a time in which diversity, racial pride, social justice, and civil rights were not discussed, emphasized, or taught. As a result, parents may struggle with their children's questions and observations. It's important to acknowledge that times have changed, and be open to admitting you don't have all the answers, but are willing to engage, learn, and change for the better. Parents have the privilege of raising children who are open-minded and open-hearted from the start, who understand that similarities and differences are all beautiful, just like Jax and Reddy have found.
As the Civil Rights activist Ruby Bridges once famously said: "Racism is a grown-up disease and we need to stop using our children to spread it."
Parents, if you silence anything, let it be racism. And if you speak of anything, let it be of acceptance.More On


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Here is how to find your nearest information pharmacist:
- Visit the store locator on the Boots website.
- Add your postcode, town or store name and from the 'Find additional store services' drop down menu select 'Boots Macmillan Information Pharmacist'. This is listed under 'Pharmacy services'.
- Click the 'Find' button at the bottom of the page.
- Your nearest stores will be displayed on a map.
You don't need an appointment to speak with an information pharmacist, you can turn up and talk with them at any time.
When you get to the store, just head for the pharmacy counter. If you are unsure where it is, ask a staff member who will be able to direct you.
Look out for a sign at the counter telling you if the BMIP is in that day. If you don't see the sign, ask someone, or look out for a member of staff wearing a Macmillan badge.
If you want, you can ask to speak to the information pharmacist in private. They will either take you to a private area, or a consultation room where you can have a chat.
All discussions are confidential and there is no question too big or small.
If you don't feel comfortable asking for the pharmacist we also have a number of leaflets available at the pharmacy counter that may help in answering some of your questions.