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- The March 2012 "Since You Asked" posed a puzzler from a frustrated flight instructor.
"Dear Rod,
"I have a really difficult student problem. This student has been through two other flight schools for an instrument rating, failing the practical exam at both. I am his third instructor and his check airman for his third stage check. It took him four attempts before I passed him (with reservations). I am trying to prepare him for his final stage check and practical.
"I have found many faults that I have pointed out to him, and given him tools and techniques to help him fly better. Under benign conditions he is relaxed and can fly a decent approach. But if there is a wind aloft, he gets rattled and is all over the sky. When I point out his mistakes, he always has a ready excuse. He is a poster boy for defense mechanisms.
"I have told him he will only succeed with a lot of practice, which he feels he doesn't need (or want). I've also tried to convey the seriousness of what we're doing, that this training is vital because flying in IMC is for keeps. I haven't gotten to the point of telling him to give up. However, I don't know what else I can do for him. Any suggestions?"
Wow. That's a tough spot for a flight instructor to be in, especially when you consider, as he did, that "flying in IMC is for keeps." We asked our digital subscribers to play the role of the CFII and tell us what they'd do in this instance. Here's how the 43 responses stacked up.
- 2 percent said they'd pass the student off to someone else. (Maybe four times is the charm for this student?)
- 30 percent said they'd hang in there, and keep trying. (A few votes for optimism here.)
- 60 percent said they'd tell the student straight out, "I can't sign you off for the checkride," and they'd spell out the reasons why. (We'd like to be a fly on the wall during that conversation.)
- 7 percent said "Other," which we left unspecified.
What would you have done in this instructor's shoes? If none of our answers is to your liking, what would you suggest? We'll leave off Rod's response so as not to influence your opinion.
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These Stocks Could Be Too Hot
Builders began construction in December 2012 at a seasonally adjusted rate of 954,000 new homes. That enthusiastic number is nearly double the rate hit during the Great Recession low reached in April 2009. On Wednesday the Commerce Department reports housing starts for January 2013.If that's not enough good news, after a three-day weekend the stock market indices hit new highs across the board, especially new all-time highs in small and mid-cap stocks.
Still, while many are still quite optimistic about the housing recovery, the majority of economists anticipate the rate of new construction to have ratcheted downward a bit. The question for stock investors is whether that will cool down the home-building related stocks such as Weyerhaeuser (WY) .
WY has been one of the darlings of the sector and has risen dramatically over the past year, as the following chart demonstrates flamboyantly. Along with the share price I've included the diluted quarterly year-over-year earnings per share so you can see what's driving the price trend.WY data by YCharts
One of the analysts to whom I listen as often as possible is Jim Cramer. As the markets continued to move higher on Tuesday, Cramer and the co-portfolio manager of Action Alerts PLUS, Research Director Stephanie Link, shared some insightful comments on WY, which is a holding in the chartiable trust.
Jim Cramer and Stephanie Link actively manage a real money portfolio for his charitable trust -- enjoy advance notice of every trade, full access to the portfolio, and deep coverage of the latest economic events and market movements.
Among other commentary they wrote that WY "...is a key play on housing ... because management has done a great job positioning the company for positive operating leverage given its past restructuring efforts.
"As a top Pacific Northwest timberland company (25% of sales), it is in terrific position to benefit from the turn in housing due to the declining supplies from British Columbia, improving Asian export demand and limited exposure to paper producing regions like the South and Northeast.
"In addition, its timberlands are the most productive and valuable among its peers because of its regional exposure in the Pacific Northwest and its wood products business (40% of sales) levers its more than the competition."Any potential or current shareholders of WY love those reasons for ownership.
My caveat is that from both a fundamental perspective (shares selling at 23 times forward, one-year earnings) and from a technical viewpoint, WY may be due for a correction. As recently as Dec. 31, and admittedly connected with the "fiscal cliff" scare, shares traded near the $27 level.


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This was my introduction to the Gurkha brand. Overall I enjoyed the cigar, but I had difficulty with one of the cigar's wrappers falling off while I was smoking it...that annoyed me. I had no other issues with the other 4 I had however, so Im thinking the one was a fluke. This cigar is a full bodied, in your face spice machine. Very woodsy, strong flavor of topsoil (in a good way), increasingly powerful notes of cinnamon, allspice. If you want the sensation of being covered in mud, peppered with cupboard spice and running full speak through a hardwood forest, this is your ticket. I enjoyed it quite a bit and would like to try other Gurkha products now. I will say my all favorite full bodied cigar is still a La Gloria Cubana R series with the Maduro wrapper, but if you like full bodied cigars, you should give this one a try.


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Howdy Everybody,
I'm very new to Rails, though I've had lots of experiencing developing MVC apps with PHP (smarty) and Java (spring/hibernate). I'm still trying to get my head around some of the framework vagaries. I'm having trouble understanding exactly how associations get passed around in the MVC framework. For example, I'm writing an app to manage survey replies. One of the columns in my "replies" table is country_id, indicating a numerical representation of the respondee's country that matches up with "id" in the "countries" table. The countries table contains id, the name of the country and the name of the region of that country. Obviously, many different replies could contain the same country_id. So, for my models:
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I believe this would be the correct relationship. The first thing I notice is that if I generate scaffold for Reply, it does not display the field country_id for action "list". Does rails automatically treat fields with "_id" differently?
Secondly, I would like to know what I have to override to display the country name from the countries table and not the country_id from the replies table.
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The Date of Employment: April 1, 2013
Classes to teach, and other responsibilities:
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Factory fresh or preowned
After carefully analyzing your travel patterns, budget and a host of other factors, you've concluded that you need an aircraft. Now comes a decision that can be at least as tough: Should you buy new or used?
The respective benefits of purchasing a factory-fresh or preowned aircraft are relatively straightforward. The wild card is the market at the time of purchase. But before considering the effect of market conditions, let's review the basic benefits of buying new and used aircraft:
Reasons To Buy New
You can customize to your heart's content. As the buyer of a new aircraft, you get to choose the paint scheme, interior configuration, fabrics, leathers and optional cabin and cockpit equipment. This can be a major advantage if you have unusual design preferences that you're unlikely to satisfy in the preowned market. But consider resale value when configuring the aircraft-like a house, a jet may be harder to sell if it's unusual than if it's a more conventionally configured model.
Repairs won't break the bank. A new aircraft comes with a warranty covering the airframe, engines and avionics, typically for five years, as well as the interior and many components, usually for two to five years. Repair and maintenance costs will be negligible during the warranty period.
Also, if you want to put engines on the engine manufacturer's after-sale maintenance program, such as GE's OnPoint Solutions, Honeywell's Maintenance Service Plan, Rolls-Royce's Power by the Hour program or Pratt & Whitney Canada's Eagle Service Plan, consider that it's less expensive to do so when the powerplant is new. Such service contracts provide fixed, guaranteed engine maintenance costs and usually result in higher resale value. Independent companies, such as JSSI, also provide hourly cost maintenance programs.
You won't face unpleasant surprises. New aircraft generally prove more dependable than preowned models. They are less prone to unforeseen maintenance problems that may be costly and disruptive to operations.
You'll get state-of-the-art equipment. New jets have the most advanced avionics, engines and systems available for the aircraft at the time of manufacture. This can translate into a more mission-capable, cost-effective and comfortable jet. An enhanced-vision system, for example, can enable landing in challenging weather that could otherwise force diversion to an alternate airport. A more capable cabin pressurization system reduces the fatigue of flying. And the latest engines provide better fuel efficiency.
"The GIV-SP can do an excellent job, but the new G450 has so many more goodies on it," said Matt Hartnett, vice president for preowned aircraft sales at Gulfstream Aerospace in Savannah, Ga. Hartnett cited the G450's improved range, altitude capability, fuel efficiency and amenities.
You'll smile when you sell. New aircraft typically cost more than preowned models (though not always in today's market), but the resale value is commensurately higher for aircraft you purchase new. This is especially true if you sell while the airplane is still under warranty. Before sticker shock deters you from buying a new aircraft, consider its entire lifecycle cost.
Reasons To Buy Preowned
You won't spend years twiddling your thumbs. The range of preowned aircraft on the market gives you access to a wide variety of jets that can likely fulfill your missions. Moreover, it's typically quicker to get into the sky in a preowned aircraft. While it can be time-consuming to go through the pre-buy inspection that should be part of the purchase of any used aircraft, it doesn't take as long as waiting at the back of the line-sometimes for several years-after reserving a delivery position for a new airplane.
You'll likely pay less and get more. Preowned jets typically have a lower purchase price, enabling you to buy an airplane even if you couldn't afford a new one. And used aircraft often deliver comparatively better value. A 10-year-old airplane will arrive at its destination at just about the same time as a new model making the same flight, yet the cost of the aircraft will be significantly lower.
You can say good-bye to manufacturer service centers. As a buyer of preowned aircraft, you have a greater choice of service options. To keep from voiding warranties, owners of new aircraft are obliged to use only factory-owned or -approved service facilities. But other service providers qualified to work on a given aircraft may be more conveniently located, less expensive, deliver better service or offer other advantages. Some such facilities actually have higher standards for tolerances of repaired parts and offer more comprehensive warranties on their work than do the aircraft manufacturer shops.
Turning oldies into goodies can save money. Though buyers of new aircraft can configure them at the factory, the great variety of aftermarket refurbishment products and programs enables buyers of preowned jets to upgrade or update the airplane to like-new condition. When you factor in the lower purchase price, this can represent a large savings over getting the same equipment in a new airplane.
"We think there's really no difference in reliability and maintainability of the [preowned] aircraft," said Doug Oliver, director of corporate communications for Wichita-based Cessna Aircraft, which sells both new and preowned Citations. "A lot of service centers are chock full of airplanes getting avionics upgrades. So customers might think they're getting something a little more state-of-the art with a new aircraft. Sometimes that's true, sometimes it's not."
Dealing with Today's Market
As noted earlier, the wild card in the new-versus-used decision is the state of the marketplace. This affects availability, price, financing options and other factors.
"It's not like cars," said Tom Clark, owner and president of Tulsair Beechcraft in Tulsa, Okla., which sells both new and preowned aircraft. "The number of airplanes [available for purchase] is so small that the population of buyers can affect the price."
And right now the market for jets-both new and used-is exceptionally strong.
"Demand around the world is very high," said Ralph Aceti, director of communications at Dassault Falcon in Teterboro, N.J., which sells preowned as well as new Falcon jets. "It's not just in the U.S.-Russia, India and Europe have this new sense that a corporate airplane is a very productive tool." In fact, marketers and financiers of business aircraft are using the term "BRICK countries" when talking about the five new hottest international markets: Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Korea.
The unprecedented demand for business jets has had a major impact on buyers of both new and preowned aircraft. Delivery positions for new models are stretching into the next decade. Buyers who might prefer a factory-fresh aircraft may not be able to wait, forcing them into the preowned market. Meanwhile, demand in that market has dried up supply, particularly of late-model aircraft, and led to sharply higher prices.
As a result, some used aircraft may cost more than factory-fresh editions of the same model. A new Gulfstream G550 costs about $45 million and wouldn't be delivered until around 2010, noted Bryan Comstock, a columnist for this magazine who is managing director of Jeteffect, an aircraft sales and acquisition company in Long Beach, Calif. Meanwhile, a low-time preowned G550 available today is priced in the "low 50s."
For those who absolutely, positively must have a new aircraft and aren't willing to wait, delivery positions are sometimes available. Buyers who've put down a deposit on a new airplane may have a change of plans requiring them to sell their slot. Likewise, investors sometimes make a deposit for an aircraft with the intent of selling the position for a profit. Some firms specialize in bringing together buyers and sellers of delivery positions, and manufacturers themselves often help customers sell or swap such positions. Usually positions change hands before aircraft options are selected, so the buyer who takes over the delivery slot can configure the jet. But be prepared to pay a healthy premium for cutting ahead in line.
The higher price of preowned aircraft may drive some buyers to consider models that should be avoided because, while they may get the job done today, they could be more difficult to sell tomorrow, particularly if the market reverses course.
The tight market might also cause shoppers to be more willing to look at airplanes that require refurbishment. However, many completion and refurbishment centers are themselves booked up because of the hot market, and getting an aircraft refurbished may consequently take an unacceptably long time. Be aware that even getting a pre-buy inspection will likely be time intensive owing to these market conditions. And if you come across a preowned aircraft that fits your needs and budget, remember it's a sellers' market, though recently it has been cooling some.
"The biggest mistake I have seen in this market is that people are losing deals because they're trying to negotiate [price]," Comstock said. "Even brokers. They're not used to the current market. I've seen guys lose three or four airplanes for their clients."
Finally, no matter what kind of aircraft you're in the market for, avail yourself of expert help. Otherwise you could make a multimillion-dollar mistake.
"It's a complex process, whether buying new or preowned," said Michael Chase of Chase & Associates, an aviation consultancy in Louisville, Texas. "You better have your act together and know what's going on. And you better have someone who can help you through the purchase."
The pros and cons of being an early buyer of a new aircraft model
New aircraft models generate lots of excitement and interest. But David Wyndham, vice president and co-owner of aircraft data company Conklin & de Decker in Orleans, Mass., argues against buying any new model until all of its bugs have been identified and rectified.
"If you're interested in the latest design, be patient and sign up for around
serial number 75 or later," Wyndham said. He cited five reasons for his advice:
1. The aircraft may incorporate unproven technologies that create unforeseen
challenges to implementation or certification.
2. Problems in integrating new systems may not be recognized until the first models enter service.
3. If parts unexpectedly fail, replacements may not be readily available.
4. Preliminary design specifications may not be met in the final certified aircraft, so you may not experience the performance that led you to order it in the first place.
5. The delivery date is likely to slip as the manufacturer addresses issues caused
by the above reasons. If time is of the essence, a wait of several months beyond the original delivery date may be unacceptable.
"Let the first few dozen owners deal with all the new-model teething issues and then you can grab the polished product," Wyndham said.
He stressed that he was referring to clean-sheet designs-not "evolutionary" aircraft like Cessna's CJ1+, which evolved from the Citation 525. Clean-sheet jets that have commenced deliveries recently include the Eclipse Aviation Eclipse 500, Dassault Falcon 7X and Cessna Citation Mustang.
Spokesmen for some manufacturers disagreed with Wyndham."
"If it's from a company that has demonstrated time after time that it can address the issues with a new design, you remove some of the concerns that might come from an aviation company that perhaps has never done it before," Dassault Falcon's Ralph Aceti said. "The first 75 order holders [for the Falcon 7X] satisfied themselves it was the right airplane," he added.
"If you buy a new airplane, chances are you get introductory pricing and a lower cost of ownership," said Cessna's Doug Oliver. "Sometimes it's fairly substantial and would offset any minor service bulletin or changes that might come out in the first year. The first customers have had well over 100 hours of squawk-free flying with the Mustang."
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After our last Topic of Exclusion and Inclusion, I began seeing how I exclude or include myself as a Third Tri. It's true for me that I enjoy solitude much more now than ever I did. But, I wondered, does that lead to isolation and eventually to that old bugaboo "loneliness" and all that entails?
I found a wonderful blog post from http://www.timegoesby.net and am taking the opportunity to quote some of her thoughts here about solitude, isolation and loneliness. I hope you enjoy this as much as I did.
"…we who enjoy a lot of time alone are often seen as suspect by the culture at large. Look at how negative are the words we have to describe such people: hermit, recluse, loner, lone wolf, introvert, outsider. It's not far from there to believe anyone like that must be lonely and therefore in danger of illness, even early death.
Not true. Not always.
Carl Jung's seven tasks of aging, which come to many elders quite naturally (without even knowing who Jung was), pretty much demand introspection and, therefore, solitude:
• Facing the reality of aging and dying
• Life review
• Defining life realistically
• Letting go of the ego
• Finding new rooting in the self
• Determining the meaning of one's life
• Rebirth – dying with life
It would be a mitzvah [a good deed] for all of us to be alert to signs of isolation and loneliness in friends and neighbors and to help when we can. But we should also be careful to make the distinction between those who are unhappy or depressed about it and others who enjoy their solitude."
So I began exploring these ideas more for myself and found a few other things that relate to this topic.
I found that it doesn't matter if you are married, coupled, single or have many or little friends. Experts have found that it is the quality of relationships that effect if we are lonely or not. It's also a matter of how we look at life.
For instance Barbara Dane, an 85-year-old jazz and blues singer who lives in Oakland, Calif., has seen this play out in her relationship circles.
"As you get older, you see the world writing you off," she said, adding, "So you tend to become passive and think, 'I don't want to bother anybody.' You lose contact with your own kind, your tribe. And before you know it, you're feeling bad."
"It's kind of life a self-fulfilling prophecy. Your eyes start to fasten on the sunset, and you start walking toward it."
So leave a comment on loneliness, isolation and solitude. Let's tell each other what we fear about living alone (or not) about being older and how relationships may have supported or evaporated for us. Share your own view at this stage of your life and what you have learned as you've aged.


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Listening this afternoon- saw the interesting phenomenon of someone requesting
You Gave Me the Answer
You Gave Me the Answer (Wings Over America version)
I think the top 10 list is great fun (and actually wish it were a Top 20-- there might be a greater variety of songs getting attention)--
Wonder if the blocker on a song should extend to all versions of a song once requested?
And again... what's up with that? I love the song... but...
I almost wonder if its a troll?? Someone deliberately pumping up two versions of a decent but stereotypically over-sunny Macca tune?
Just wondering...


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Lessons from the Road: Intel Applying Neuroscience-Based Research
June 27, 2012
David Ginsberg, director, insights and market research, Intel Corporation, discussed how Intel has been deploying various approaches to understanding unconscious-based consumer insights for the past two years.
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Ten Tips for Taxpayers Who Owe Money to the IRS
While the majority of Americans get a tax refund from the Internal Revenue Service each year, there are many taxpayers who owe and some who can't pay the tax all at once. The IRS has a number of ways for people to pay their tax bill.
The IRS has announced an effort to help struggling taxpayers get a fresh start with their tax liabilities. The goal of this effort is to help individuals and small business meet their tax obligations, without adding unnecessary burden. Specifically, the IRS has announced new policies and programs to help taxpayers pay back taxes and avoid tax liens.
Here are ten tips for taxpayers who owe money to the IRS.
1. Tax bill payments If you get a bill this summer for late taxes, you are expected to promptly pay the tax owed including any penalties and interest. If you are unable to pay the amount due, it is often in your best interest to get a loan to pay the bill in full rather than to make installment payments to the IRS.
2. Additional time to pay Based on your circumstances, you may be granted a short additional time to pay your tax in full. A brief additional amount of time to pay can be requested through the Online Payment Agreement application at www.irs.gov or by calling 800-829-1040.
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4. Electronic Funds Transfer You can pay the balance by electronic funds transfer, check, money order, cashier's check or cash. To pay using electronic funds transfer, use the Electronic Federal Tax Payment System by either calling 800-555-4477 or using the online access at www.eftps.gov.
5. Installment Agreement** You may request an installment agreement if you cannot pay the liability in full. This is an agreement between you and the IRS to pay the amount due in monthly installment payments. You must first file all required returns and be current with estimated tax payments. For more information, go to www.irs.gov.
6. Online Payment Agreement If you owe $25,000 or less in combined tax, penalties and interest, you can request an installment agreement using the Online Payment Agreement application at IRS.gov
7. Form 9465 You can complete and mail an IRS Form 9465, Installment Agreement Request, along with your bill in the envelope you received from the IRS. The IRS will inform you (usually within 30 days) whether your request is approved, denied, or if additional information is needed. To print a copy of this form, click here and select form 9465.
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Sausage-and-Vegetable Stew
- 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 large red onion, diced
- 4 cloves garlic, smashed
- 1 tablespoon paprika, plus more for garnish
- Kosher salt
- 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 6 ounces kielbasa, cut into small chunks
- 3 medium carrots, peeled and cut into large chunks
- 2 parsnips, peeled and cut into large chunks
- 14 ounces small red-skinned or new potatoes (6 to 8), quartered
- 1 tablespoon cider vinegar
- Freshly ground pepper
- 1/2 cup fresh parsley, roughly chopped
- 3/4 cup sour cream
- Crusty bread, for serving
Heat the olive oil in a Dutch oven or heavy pot over medium heat. Add the onion and garlic; cook, stirring occasionally, until soft and glistening, about 6 minutes. Add the paprika and 1 teaspoon salt; cook until the oil turns deep red, about 1 minute. Add the flour and cook until just toasted, 30 more seconds. Immediately whisk in 4 cups water. Add the kielbasa, carrots, parsnips, potatoes and 1 1/2 teaspoons salt.
Bring the soup to a boil, then reduce to a simmer; cover and cook until the vegetables are tender and the broth has thickened, about 20 minutes. Add the vinegar and season with pepper.
Combine about half of the parsley with the sour cream in a small bowl and season with salt and pepper. Ladle the stew into bowls; top with the remaining parsley, a dollop of herbed sour cream and a sprinkle of paprika. Serve with bread.
Photograph by Antonis Achilleos
Recipe courtesy of Food Network Magazine
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Let's Highlight those Interactive Objects!
When creating an eLearning course, it's a good practice to display content for the learner in bite-size pieces. For this, we usually create interactive screens with a pop-up, click-reveal text, rollover text, rollover audio, tabs, click-display animation, etc. But the fact that the learner might miss out on some hidden content is always our cause of worry.
Instructional text comes for rescue here to guide the learner to click/roll-over the object. But the instructional text doesn't seem to be sufficient when you have multiple interactive objects on the screen. In this case, you would like to visually indicate to the learner which objects they have interacted with and which ones are left out.
We can do this by adding event-based highlight effects along with the use of variables and advanced actions.
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Anatomic Pathology Program
Gynecological Pathology Subspecialty
Unit Director:
Jordan Newell, MD
Goals and Objectives:
Patient Care:
Residents must demonstrate a satisfactory level of diagnostic accuracy and the ability to provide appropriate and effective consultation about the pathology of gynecologic diseases. Residents are expected to:
- Recognize and correctly interpret the pathology of common gynecologic diseases, including benign and malignant gynecologic neoplasms, hyperplasia, infections, and cyclic changes among other entities.
- Formulate appropriate differential diagnoses based on the histologic findings.
- Correlate pathologic lesions with clinical and radiographic findings.
- Appropriately use immunohistochemistry and molecular testing for evaluation of gynecologic diseases.
Medical Knowledge:
Residents must demonstrate knowledge about established and evolving biomedical and clinical sciences and the application of this knowledge to gynecologic pathology. Residents are expected to:
- Develop knowledge of the spectrum of neoplastic and non-neoplastic gynecologic diseases through reading of textbooks and primary literature.
- Identify specific morphologic changes in tissues, and their significance.
- Understand the relationships between anatomic pathology findings, pathophysiology, patient signs and symptoms, and effects of therapies.
- Understand the utilization of ancillary diagnostic testing ( immunohistochemical and special stains, electron microscopy, flow cytometry, molecular testing) in evaluation of gynecologic diseases.
Practice-based Learning and Improvement:
Residents must be able to demonstrate the ability to evaluate and improve their clinical practices based on new and evolving scientific evidence. Residents are expected to:
- Apply current medical knowledge and recent literature to current cases.
- Utilize library, web-based, and other educational sources to evaluate cases.
- Prepare clinical cases in an optimal timeframe.
- Utilize performance evaluations to improve practice.
- Acquire skills to engage in "lifelong" learning through appraisal and assimilation of scientific studies related to specific gynecologic pathology problems.
- Facilitate learning of medical students, residents and fellows, and other health care professionals.
Systems-based Practice:
Residents must demonstrate an awareness and responsiveness to the larger context and system of health care and the ability to call on system resources to provide optimal pathology services. Residents are expected to:
- Become involved with management issues related to gynecologic pathology and their effects on other health care professionals, organizations, and society.
- Consider cost-effectiveness in their practice of gynecologic pathology without compromising patient care.
- Understand the pathologist's role and professional practices in relation to other health care professionals.
- Demonstrate ability to access and utilize the resources, providers, and systems necessary to provide optimal care.
- Advocate for quality patient care.
Interpersonal and Communication Skills:
Residents must be able to demonstrate interpersonal and communication skills that result in effective information exchange and learning with other health care providers, patients, and patients' families. Residents are expected to:
- Exhibit effective listening skills and the ability to follow standard operating procedures and verbal instructions.
- Interact with departmental and extradepartmental personnel, including healthcare professionals, administrators, and other staff in an appropriate manner.
- Provide effective and professional consultation to other health care professionals demonstrating care and respect for them, and sustain ethically sound professional relationships with colleagues, staff, patients, and patients' families.
- Present gynecologic pathology material at a conference in an organized, coherent fashion, with well-constructed audiovisual materials.
- Provide accurate communication of pathology information using non-verbal and verbal skills.
- Work effectively as a team with other health care professionals and other staff.
Residents must demonstrate a commitment to fulfilling professional responsibilities and ethical principles and sensitivity to a diverse patient population. Residents are expected to:
- Demonstrate commitment to ethical principles pertaining to confidentiality of patient information, informed consent, and business practices.
- Demonstrate respect, compassion and integrity in all interactions with patients, their families, faculty, other trainees, technologists, and other staff.
- Demonstrate sensitivity and responsiveness to the ethnicity, diversity, age, gender, sexual orientation, and disabilities of patients, colleagues, and staff.
- Attend all required conferences and actively participate in them to enhance individual and group learning
- Demonstrate a commitment to excellence and on-going professional development.
- Demonstrate adherence to guidelines and regulations set forth by regulatory and accrediting agencies
- Demonstrate ability to identify deficiencies in peer performance.
- Discuss expectations for Surgical Pathology rotations with attending pathologists at beginning of each rotation
- Review and sign "Expectations for Surgical Pathology Rotations" form.
Resident Graduated Responsibility in Gynecological Subspecialty Core Rotations:
Increasing levels of responsibilities are expected of each resident as their training time progresses in each subspecialty area. See explanation of Expectations by Resident Experience Level. Simple, moderately complex and complex cases are defined on the Checklist for Surgical Pathology Competencies. All residents have a personal copy of this spreadsheet, which they use to record their competency with gross dissections of increasingly complex cases. This checklist is reviewed by the Program Director during semi-annual evaluations.
Teaching Staff:
Jordan M. Newell, MD
Elizabeth Frauenhoffer, MD
Joshua I. Warrick, MD
1. Background reading (covered independently by resident)
- See recommended reading list in Pathology Resident Hand Book.
2. In-house cases
- Active cases will be reviewed independently and then with the faculty member on service.
3. Multidisciplinary Conference
- Slides that the resident will present at the Gynecologic Tumor Board will be reviewed prior to the conference with a faculty member.
4. Research or educational project (optional)
- If desired, the resident can work on a small research or educational project.
Method(s) of Evaluation:
The resident will be evaluated at the end of the rotation using New Innovations. The evaluations will be based on the resident's daily performance including diagnostic accuracy, and oral "quizzes" throughout the rotation. Performance on the rotation components will be assessed. The resident should be able to formulate appropriate differential diagnoses in >90% of cases in this area.
Residents will be expected to evaluate faculty and the rotation using New Innovations. These evaluations will be collated and reviewed by the program director and chair and the results will be reported yearly to each faculty member and submitted for review to the Residency Program Committee for feedback.
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A 2009 study found lead concentration in paints highest in Ecuador – 355 times the U.S. limit.he alerted the company in December that his partners were about to begin testing in Ivory Coast, he says, it seemed like they'd have to start the negotiations over on a country-by-country basis. Then, late last month, says Gottesfeld, PPG emailed him that it would stop making lead paint for consumer use worldwide. In recent testing, Seigneurie decorative paints in Ivory Coast came back virtually lead free, according to the Ivorian NGO that organized the testing.
There is other evidence of top multinational corporations selling lead-based paints abroad.in Singapore to nearly 32,000 ppm in Ecuador — 355 times the U.S. standard.
A Brazilian law restricting the amount of lead in architectural paints took effect in 2009.that other top multinational corporations have been selling lead-based architectural paint abroad. A 2009 report by Toxics Link, an Indian NGO, in conjunction with the International POPs Elimination Network (IPEN), an environmental NGO coalition, surveyed paints in 10 countries, and found high levels of lead in Seigneurie paint in Senegal and in Rust-Oleum paint in Thailand, among other examples. A Rust-Oleum official told Yale Environment 360 that the Illinois-based company does not use lead in its paints but that its Thai distributor "has manufactured coatings based on obsolete Rust-Oleum industrial product formulas."


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Hofstra Adds Alum Brazel to Staff
from press release
HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. - Hofstra University Head Men's Lacrosse Coach Seth Tierney today announced that Pride alumnus J.P. Brazel, who has coached at three NCAA Division I institutions, has been named assistant lacrosse coach. His appointment is effective immediately
Brazel, a former goalie at Hofstra during the 2001 and 2002 seasons, returns to Hofstra after serving as an assistant coach under head coach Bob Shillinglaw at Colonial Athletic Association-foe Delaware during the 2010-11 academic year. While with the Blue Hens, he served as an offensive assistant coach, and coached the Delaware goalies as well as the team's attack unit. He coached four All-CAA players and one USILA All-America selection as the Blue Hens won the CAA Championship and advanced to the NCAA Championship Tournament.
Prior to coaching at Delaware, Brazel spent three seasons (2007-10) at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Connecticut. While at Sacred Heart, Brazel's duties included coaching goaltenders, coordinating the team's defense and man-down unit, recruiting, monitoring academic progress and assisting head coach Tom Mariano with all other day-to-day lacrosse operations. During his tenure at Sacred Heart, Brazel coached three All-Colonial Athletic Association defenders in addition to coaching the programs goaltenders to top 15 national rankings in save percentage and top two national rankings in saves per game in 2009 and 2010.
Brazel began his Division I coaching career during the 2006-07 year at Manhattan College in Riverdale, New York. He served as offensive coordinator and goalie coach at Manhattan under head coach Tim McIntee. Under his assistance, the Jaspers made a jump of more than three goals per game during the 2007 season.
Brazel began his college coaching career as an assistant coach under Rich Speckmann from 2003 to 2006 at Nassau Community College. While at Nassau, Brazel guided the development of the team's goaltenders and defensive units as well as working with the team's face-off specialists. He helped lead the school to the NJCAA semifinals and regional championship in both 2003 and 2004. During his tenure at Nassau, Brazel coached seven NJCAA All-American defenders as well as a two-time All-American goalie.
Nassau was also the start of Brazel's college academic and athletic career. In 1999, Brazel earned National Junior College Athletic Association All-American and NJCAA Goalie of the Year while helping the Lions to NJCAA national title. As a freshman in 1998, he was a member of Nassau's NJCAA semifinal team.
Brazel then moved on to Hofstra and was part of the Pride's NCAA Tournament appearances in 2000 and 2001and was a member of the second highest ranked team in Hofstra history in 2002.
Brazel holds a degree in psychology from Hofstra University and has presented at both the U.S. Intercollegiate Men's Lacrosse Coaches Association and Connecticut High School Coaches conventions during the last two years.
Brazel resides in East Meadow, N.Y. with his wife, Jenna. He replaces Joe Amplo, who left Hofstra to accept the head coaching position at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
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Babylonstoren is one of the best preserved 'werfs' (farm yards) in the Cape Dutch tradition. The days are intentionally unscripted at Babylonstoren, leaving guests free to do as theyfounding of the farm in 1690. The Koornhuis (for storing wheat and hay) and the old cellar are exceptionally fine. An ornate fowl house, pigeon loft, leaning bell tower and historic gates embellish a traditional courtyard surrounded by a low, whitewashed wall.
or vines being pruned – depending on the season. Enjoy a walk in the remarkable fruit and vegetable garden (guided if you feel like learning, or unguided for relaxation). Pick your own salad or enjoy a meal in the superb restaurant. Perhaps a massage in the spa after lunch? Or a stroll along a clivia lined stream? Then a swim in the farm dam or a
bout in the gym, before sundowners at a picnic spot? Or rather sample some of the excellent wines grown on the slopes all around the Simonsberg, possibly the finest terroir for wine in Africa? You please. Stroll out onto the farm of 200 hectares and see fruit being picked in the orchards
Babylonstoren lies in the Drakenstein Valley between Franschhoek and Paarl. Surrounded by the Simonsberg, Du Toitskloof and Franschhoek Mountains, Babylonstoren is in the heart of the Cape Winelands. It is some 60km from the city of Cape Town and an easy 45 min drive from Cape Town International Airport. can choose. Or simply lounge and read, in summer in a hammock strung among tree trunks, in winter curled up before a fire.


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Hoyt gives local presentation of State of the State address
JAMESTOWN – Some of the concerns county and local lawmakers have regarding Gov. Andrew Cuomo's State of the State address will be making it back to Albany.
Sam Hoyt, regional president of Empire State Development, spoke Friday morning at the Robert H. Jackson Center. He provided a presentation of Cuomo's State of the State address, followed by an opportunity for those in attendance to express their thoughts and concerns.
"The capacity of the convention center in Albany is such that it does not allow everybody who might want to hear the message itself the opportunity to do that. Yeah, you can watch it online, but not everyone had that opportunity," Hoyt said. "Most importantly, I think, is the governor's interest in getting feedback from the people who pay his salary. He has dispatched us, as senior staff, cabinet members, to go into every corner of New York state and to make the abbreviated presentation and, most importantly, to get feedback, to have dialog, to get the message back to Albany."
During his 40-minute presentation, Hoyt touched on many of the same topics addressed by Cuomo in his State of the State address. He emphasized especially the economic challenge of applying research done in universities to the workforce. Hoyt also discussed Cuomo's idea of creating new tax-free innovation hot spots, similar to the SUNY Fredonia Incubator in Dunkirk.
Also included in Hoyt's presentation were reforms to worker's compensation and unemployment insurance, which Cuomo says will result in $1.3 billion in savings to businesses. He also presented Cuomo's plan to raise minimum wage in New York state by $1.50, to $8.75 per hour.
Hoyt talked about marketing Upstate New York with duty-free stores across the state to promote New York-grown-and-produced products; offering a $5 million advertising competition for best regional marketing plans; sponsoring a national whitewater rafting competition entitled The Adirondack Challenge; and increasing tourism through destination resorts and casinos.
Finally, Hoyt touched on education issues, ideas for a Women's Equality Act, gun control policies and establishing an emergency response network as well as a statewide volunteer corps.
Following his presentation, several people in attendance provided their comments, which Hoyt said he will relay to the governor.
"He's not an ivory tower governor. He's not just the guy who sits in Albany and hides behind the screen. He wants his people out in the community getting feedback," Hoyt said of Cuomo.
Some speakers provided comments on the need for state mandate relief, while others offered opinions on ways to help local municipalities. Others spoke out about unemployment benefits and minimum wage concerns. Hoyt, who was in West Seneca Thursday, said many of the concerns he is hearing are similar.
"Mandate relief is certainly an issue that any local government official has concerns about," he said. "Depending on the region, there are regional issues. The casino issue is of concern. Minimum wage there are an awful lot of people who are excited about it, but there are some small business owners that have concerns. Gun control – it's difficult."
Now that the governor has provided his ideas, a discussion will really begin to see what will come to fruition and what will be left as only an idea.
"Some things, one can do by executive order, which the governor has the power to do," Hoyt said. "Other things require an agreement between the senate, assembly and the governor, or it just doesn't happen. This is a negotiating process. In some cases, what has been proposed will not be what finally becomes law. Really, that's a work in progress."


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A glass display case in the lobby of Cockroft Hall holds treasured memorabilia from the first days of the MC School of Nursing. Front and center among the photos, well-thumbed textbooks, and other keepsakes is a uniform originally worn by MC student nurses when they visited local hospitals for clinical rotations. The uniform includes a blue dress – a short blue dress, in keeping with the fashion of 1969, when the school was founded – topped by a crisp white apron and a distinctive white nurse's cap. It's the very uniform once worn by Susan Richardson, associate professor of nursing, when she was a member of the class of 1973, the School of Nursing's first graduating class.
"I can still wear that uniform today," Richardson says with a smile.
Further down the hall is a group photo of the class of '73. Among the 17 women smiling broadly from the portrait are Richardson, Mary Ann Henriques, associate professor of nursing, and Mary Jean Padgett, dean and professor of the School of Nursing.
Richardson, Henriques, and Padgett met as students in that first class more than four decades ago. As they've moved from classmates to nurses to teaching colleagues, the three have shared a calling to nursing, a 40-plus-year friendship, and a commitment to Christian caring that's become the hallmark of the Mississippi College School of Nursing.
Mary Jean Padgett was the first prospective student interviewed for the MC nursing program.
"Dr. Marian Bassett, the first dean of the School of Nursing, was already on staff, but there was no furniture in her office," Padgett recalls. "They brought in a chair for my mother, and Dr. Bassett and I sat on the floor and talked." Joining Padgett in the inaugural class of all-female students were Mary Ann Henriques and Susan Richardson.
"We were blazing the way for everyone who has come since," Henriques recalls. "Looking back, almost everything in that first year was makeshift, but that just made it more exciting."
The fourth floor of Lowrey Hall served as the nursing program's classroom and laboratory. The students shared a limited number of textbooks, and the course syllabus changed on a day-to-day basis. Faculty members from other departments pitched in to teach courses in chemistry and other sciences. When the nursing students reached the section on pediatrics, one of the instructors brought her children to class to serve as the "patients."
"We were the guinea pigs for the nursing program," Padgett recalls with a smile.
In the years following their graduation, Padgett, Richardson, and Henriques worked in various hospitals and medical offices throughout the South; Padgett and Richardson also taught at community colleges and universities. Eventually all three found their way back to Mississippi College.
"There is something special here that pulled us all back," Padgett says. "I think it's the Christian caring we experienced and shared at MC as students, and that we're now sharing with our own students today."
In the spring semester of 2012, MC was home to 148 students in the clinical level of the nursing program and 250-300 students pursuing a pre-nursing curriculum. While the program has become one of the largest majors at MC, the concept of Christian caring that began with that first small class in 1969 still characterizes the program today. At MC, "Christian caring" isn't just an abstract concept; it's a unique approach to nursing that is woven through the curriculum.
"MC taught me that you can have all the skills in the world as a nurse, but if you don't demonstrate Christian caring to each patient, family member, and co-worker... then what are you really doing?" says Laney Brock '12, a nurse in the neonatal intensive care unit at University Medical Center (UMC) in Jackson. "And we weren't just taught Christian caring. Our instructors demonstrated it to us every step of the way. They showed us they cared about each of our journeys, not only our journey as nurses, but our spiritual journey as well. I've gained compassion from my own experience in the field, but also by seeing my instructors' love and dedication to others."
MC nursing students learn not only how to care for a patient's physical condition, but also to address the patient's spiritual needs. While the MC nursing program is grounded in the Christian faith, students are trained to assess the spiritual needs of every patient, regardless of his or her faith or beliefs.
"We are teaching spiritual care from a Christian perspective," Padgett explains. "Addressing a patient's spiritual needs might include praying with a Christian patient, asking a Jewish patient if he or she would like kosher meals, calling a priest for a Catholic patient, or making sure a patient has the opportunity to meditate. Other schools teach this to a limited extent, but I don't believe many other schools incorporate the idea of spiritual caring into the program the way MC does."
"On clinical days, we have a two-minute devotion to start the day," Henriques says. "One recent graduate told me that two minutes made the tough days easier."
"Beginning every clinical rotation with a devotion and prayer equipped us to take those jewels of God's insight into the patients' rooms and share God's love and compassion," says Joan Elliott '07, the clinic nurse manager for Baptist Medical Clinics in Jackson. "True compassion cannot be 'taught,' but it can be nurtured. The faculty and staff at MC lead by example. On several occasions, I witnessed my teachers pray directly with the patients I was taking care of. What a ministry!"
To increase their awareness of the importance of Christian caring in nursing, students are required to provide a written description of something they witnessed during each clinical rotation that served as an example of caring or – non-caring – behavior.
"We were told to write Christian caring journals, which would document our feelings about encounters with patients and families that allowed us to show Christian caring. We all thought this was a ridiculous assignment because writing about 'feelings' when you have a million things to do just can't be a priority," says Hailey Moore, who will graduate from the program in December. "But as I wrote, I realized I was encountering people who needed prayer or advocacy in a world where healthcare is becoming so efficient and streamlined that the spiritual needs of the person are being overlooked. Clients can tell when they are being taken care of versus truly cared for. Any nurse can perform skills, but love, compassion, and caring are attributes that are cultivated in MC students."
That love, compassion, and caring are clear when graduates enter the workplace.
"Many people who've been in the hospital or had family members in the hospital have told me that if they had a nurse who went to MC, they could tell a difference," Henriques says.
"At MC, students are taught the importance of the person outweighing the importance of the specific nursing task at hand," says Hannah Griffin '12, a nurse in the pediatric intensive care unit at UMC. "People have deeper needs than just physical needs. MC's Christian caring focus has guided me to bring the love of Christ into the lives of many needy patients."
"The MC School of Nursing equipped me with more than just the mechanics of nursing. It strengthened my ability to minister to my patients' spiritual wellbeing," Elliott says. "I'm so thankful that the program places such importance on compassion and the Christian caring aspect of healing. I especially draw on that teaching on difficult days."
Professor Mary Ann Henriques experienced one of those "difficult days" herself more than 40 years ago. The lesson she learned that day from her own MC instructor has shaped every aspect of her career since, and serves as a constant reminder of the importance of instilling compassion in her own students.
"I remember every detail of that day. One of our teachers was Professor Reita Keyes. She was brilliant and very intimidating," Henriques says. "I was in clinical at the old Baptist Hospital, and Professor Keyes had told me very firmly, 'I want you to stay busy all day.' I was taking care of a little old man in 2C and he was sitting in a chair while I changed the sheets on his bed. That little man started to cry. He told me that he knew he was going to die soon. I started crying, too. I stopped what I was doing and just sat with him for a minute.
"I looked up and Professor Keyes was standing in the doorway. I thought, 'Oh no, she's going to fail me because I haven't finished my work and I'm just sitting here, crying.' Instead, Professor Keyes told me I'd done the right thing. She said, 'The day you can't stop to shed a tear with a patient is the day you need to leave nursing.'"
The School of Nursing's first graduating class in 1973 included 17 members.
In the spring semester of 2012, 148 students were enrolled in the clinical level of the nursing program and 250-300 students were pursuing a pre-nursing curriculum.
The School of Nursing's state licensing exam (NCLEX) passage rate is consistently high. The passage rate for December 2011 graduates was 97 percent.
The School of Nursing has graduated 1,800 students, including 1,500 in the traditional B.S. in nursing program and 300 in an RN to B.S.N. program for registered nurses who wish to earn a B.S.
Of the B.S. program's 1,500 graduates, 1,496 have passed the state licensing exam.
Between 95 and 100 percent of nursing school graduates are employed fulltime within one year of graduation.


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Skip to comments.Canadians with mental illnesses denied U.S. entry
Posted on 09/10/2011 6:17:23 AM PDT by mreerm
Canadians with mental illnesses denied U.S. entry
Data entered into national police database accessible to American authorities: WikiLeaks
More than a dozen Canadians have told the Psychiatric Patient Advocate Office in Toronto within the past year that they were blocked from entering the United States after their records of mental illness were shared with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
Lois Kamenitz, 65, of Toronto contacted the office last fall, after U.S. customs officials at Pearson International Airport prevented her from boarding a flight to Los Angeles on the basis of her suicide attempt four years earlier
(Excerpt) Read more at cbc.ca ...
...yet, somehow, those crossing the US southern border aren't treated the same...
Well, honestly.. what do we need mentally ill Canadians for anyway?
Yet Islamists are given unfettered access.
Thats just great! Put this plan into effect AFTER Jenny Grandmole destroys the state of Michigan!
The message here is that only mentally ill Canadians want to leave their great socialist country.
Bull, my ex girlfriend came and went as she pleased.
we have more than enough liberals, thanks
"Well, honestly.. what do we need mentally ill Canadians for anyway?"
If they were all violent, raving lunatics, you might have a point.
However, if you read the article, people who may have been treated for depression (among other things) in the past are being turned away.
The Canadians are trying to say that it's people who have had contact with the police. But that seems to be a lie, as people who have never had contact with the police, are discovering that their medical records are being shared with DHS.
To tell you the truth, I'm a lot more concerned with the way the Canadian health care system deals with the "mentally ill" than anything.
My ex girlfriend was taking Paxil for depression but there was virtually no oversight. It was prescribed for her, an initial follow up was made a few months later, then it was delivered to her door with no oversight for at least two years.
But all the Africans with aids, come on in!
Wonder if Islamists medical records are exposed like ours. Probably not.
Let's apply it to the southern boarder as well. But there is no reason for the nuts to come here. Of course there is nothing wrong with them visiting their fellow travelers in Texas.
Well, that may be another issue.
The point is, the Canadians are releasing private medical records.
Example: A person loses their spouse and gets treatment afterward for depression. 2 yrs later, they want to come to the U.S. to vist their grandchildren. They apply for & receive a visa and then get turned away at the airport.
That's really screwed up.
Democrats don't want the competition.
It doesn't sound as though they are sharing medical files. It sounds more like police information as it is described in the article.
If that's so, how come we have so many Canadian actors in Hollywood?
And don't forget that people with HIV are now welcomed with open arms. Obama lifted the ban in 2009.
I wonder how many have come to immediately check into hospitals to get that free medical care. And how many have infected more Americans.
Money stolen out of American's hard earned accounts to fund the Obama's deatruction of America.
Canadian privacy is not of concern here. They can do what they want to each other.
The Canadians have a game they play called THE DANCE OF THE FLAMING ASSHOLES. They have two naked guys stand on opposite sides of a street and they run a string of toilet paper from one guy's rear end to the other guy's rear end. Then, they light the middle of the toilet paper string on fire. Each guy has to drink a pitcher of beer and then scoot his butt across the pavement to remove the toilet paper or put out the fire. Canadians - they're all a little bit crazy.
"Canadian privacy is not of concern here. They can do what they want to each other."
Americans can be denied entry into Canada for a DWI conviction (they treat that as something like a felony); the world government is here.
Sure, they've got your criminal records but so what.
Good! We already have far too many liberal Democrats!
ah, myopia
I'm certainly not going to oppose that.
Their medical records are probably protected by tyranny of the pen.
Yeah, they have their own world where they do what they want but they insist on living in our world and telling us we can't live the way we want.
Notice how everything this administration does is done to humiliate and further inconvenience Americans.
Never illegal aliens, terrorists, or 'undesirable foreign nationals'.
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Tuesday, February 12, 2013
RAVCO Completes High Altitude Spanish Language Training Course
Leadville, Colo.-based RAVCO has graduated eight foreign national military pilots from its first Spanish language mountain helicopter course. The three-week program, carried out at RAVCO's Mountain/High Altitude Training and Test Site in Leadville, included advanced instruction in techniques related to flying in challenging operational conditions.
The pilots used RAVCO's fleet of three Bell 206B3s to study aerodynamics, the fundamentals of power management, high-altitude physiology and mountain weather, as well as night vision goggle (NVG) training at altitudes up to 14,000 feet.
Related: Training News
Photos courtesy of RAVCO


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David Akers (1975/88): The 1908 is definitely one of the most common issues of the series, and Mint State specimens up to the MS-63 and MS-64 levels can be obtained without too much difficulty. In MS-65 the issue is scarce but there are still a subatantial enough number around that one can be located with only a little effort. In MS-65 or better condition the 1908 is the most common Indian Head quarter eagle, probably by a fair margin. Being the first year of issue, many were saved as souvenirs or novelties and, as a result, there are a fair number of superb quality, near perfect examples of this date in existence.
The 1908 is typically well struck on the obverse but the reverse has a noticeable lack of detail on the eagle's wing. This is not the result of a weak strike but rather stems from a lack of die detail. (The die work was improved on later issues in the series.) The color is usually a medium greenish gold and the lustre is good but not exceptional. Most specimens have a rather "soft" frosty or sometimes even slightly satiny appearance.
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text: So I've been to other forums and seen comment sections around Celtics talk and just wondering what some here think... Do you want Kevin Love? My perfect price for Love is #6 + #17 + '16 BKN + Sully + Oly + Wallace This way, Flip gets 3 legit picks, a budding post player and a possible decent player and we get Love and get to lose Wallace's salary which can set us up to make a run at Melo or just pay a very good role player and make us a solid playoff team. Other people believe that Sully is a future All-Star, bold and I don't see him being better than Love, or they want to build through the draft with the picks. The building through the draft scares me because if BOS doesn't get Love, Rondo is gone and its really blown up a this point. The problem with building thru the draft for me is that we want become contenders for another 4-5 seasons and that's IF those picks pan out for us. I don't want to end up like Indy and not make the playoffs for years then slowly build thru the draft and finally think you have it together then implode and find out you aren't good enough. Or we could become the next Cavs or Bobcats are just suck forever. I think that trading, reasonably (no more than 3 picks and Sully/Oly for Love), is the best way to go. We don't even need to make the next Big 3 this season. Just stick with Rondo and Love and make the playoffs and look to find a 3rd star over time while still winning ball games. Just my opinion, what's yours?