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Student nurses to discuss pass mark on examsDominica News Online - Thursday, December 4th, 2014 at 12:23 PM
Nurses who failed the Regional Nursing Exams (RNE) because the pass mark was allegedly raised without their knowledge, will be receiving official word on the matter from the General Nursing Council (GNC) on Friday.
The matter was first brought to light by a group of concerned student nurses who only noticed that the pass mark, which was initially 60 percent, was pushed further to 66 percent when they went to collect their grades this week.
According to one of the students, Kelma Sabaroche, 24 students sat the exam; out of that 12 passed, 9 received grades between 60-65 percent and the other 4 received below 60 percent.
"It is said in the blue print that the pass mark was 60 percent and today we are picking up our results and they are saying now that the pass mark is 66 percent," she said. "This means that the persons that got within 60-65 percent failed. We were not informed that the pass mark was 66 percent prior to the exams."
Sabaroche, stated that they would like the matter addressed by the GNC since the students were no aware of the new pass mark.
She stated that it appears some of the student will now have to re-sit the exam again.
"I'm not saying that we aim for just 60 but it's just really sad right now that a lot of people have to go back and sit the exam," she remarked.
She explained that re-sitting the exam is not going to be easy.
"About $600 is needed to sit the exams, and we are students, we are not working and it is very, very tasking right now to have to come up with that kind of money," Sabaroche noted.
Sabaroche also informed that they would not be able to work as nurses if they fail the RNE.
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I understand the fact that u failed, and u concerned about the fact that the passing mark was I increased by 6%. The truth of the matter is, aiming fot 100% should have been your target. It I s nit good to just settle for the mere passing mark. Had everyone failed, then it would have been an issue.Nursing exams are very hard for a reason. You are dealing with lives, and must have everything down packed. My personal testimony…I am a nursing student, at school my passing grade for drug calculation is 90%, and guess what, you must meet that standard if you even want to continue school. So please don,t be discouraged, I think the better thing to do is review some more, and just do the exam over. It will benefit you in the future.
you cannot be real calculations is 1,2,3. by right that should be a 100 percent….. As for regional exams when you get there you will see. 'A' students get flustered too. you have med school whose pass mark is like 40. At the end of the day the argument is about the unethical way in which this was done. Which ever school you are apart of they have a set pass mark and sometimes you did your best and thinking oh I definitely got an 'A' only to realize you just barely pass. Nursing is really not about an A its about ensuring you have the skill and the knowledge and compassion to do the job adequately. I want all who talking about A and C to when they walk into an hospital to go ask for a A grade nurse and look if that matters. For the info I passed my exam and I was not an A class nurse.
First give these Nurses their pass as they were not informed of the increase in grade scores. Second, what is the general grading system in DA education System? If its 60% for a passing grade, the entire grading system should be increased. For professional, trades and college degrees and beyound passing grades should increase to 70% and above.
The pass mark was 66%, what's so hard about that? No wonder
there are so many horrible nurses running around threatening the
very lives they say they are going to help save. They coming to the
hospitals with 44% papers cutting style. Some passed so you all have
no reason to complain. It's not like they changed the material that was
supposed to come on the exam. All you too sort, go and do all you thing
again lol.
I am not surprise that the nurses failed the exam. The majority of nurses i have come across at the hospital are totally clueless, very unprofessional, no bedside manner, rude the list can go on and on. All they are good for is to show of in the uniform walking around. I personally have a problem with nurses wearing their uniform out of hospital. In my opinion they are carrying what ever germs there are in the hospital to the public. Having said all that i am quite sure there are some nurses entering the profession with the right attitude i.e caring,gentle,good interpersonal skills etc. Good luck girls try again but please aim higher than a mere pass, strive for excellence.
I am not surprise that the nurses failed the exam. The majority of nurses i have come across at the hospital are totally clueless, very unprofessional, no bedside manner, a brut, rude the list can go on and on. All they are good for is to show of in the uniform walking around. I personally have a problem with nurses wearing their uniform out of hospital. In my opinion they are carrying what ever germs there are in the hospital to the public. Having said all that i am quite sure there are some nurses entering the profession with the right attitude i.e caring,gentle,good interpersonal skills etc. Good luck girls try again but please aim higher than a mere pass, strive for excellence.
I read some of the comment but but I want to let u guys know alot of the 60% nurses have taken very good care of u or other family members. .and what about nurse who r in the field who have never sit renr exam back in there year of study .until ur in the shoe u will never know what it feels like. I hope justice is serve, the blueprint is a legal document between student nurses n the council. .it has not up date it's b print so the mark remains at 60% not when u get the result ..
Its shameful that someone would protest a failure due to the fact that the pass-mark was raised. If you consider passing because of a low pass mark you have already failed yourself. Complacency is a disease that eats the mind and we as a people suffer from that alot.
I hope you ladies take a serious look on life because you all are going to fail your relationships because you are going to think your men are not good, and fail your kids because you expect them to learn from society and fail yourself because you cant reach that standard that life has set for you.
It"s very unfortunate to what happened to these student nurses. They should have been informed prior to sitting their exams that the PASSING SCORES were raised, along with the date that the scores were raised. You should not have to be told that the scores were raised while receiving your test results. That should be challenged, and the person/persons responsible for notifying them he held accountable. This is 15th century operations.
@ Serene, while I want to agree with you in reference to the 60-70 % grades. If this is what they are accustomed to during their years in school, this is what they should be graded on. Just so you should know I am a Health Care Worker for over 33 years, and not everyone who PASSES the different regulatory boards make good health care workers. There are some of us who can CRAM very well to pass these exams. All I am saying is they should have been in formed before being allowed to sit the exam and then being told you fail because your grade is at 60 % and the PASSING grade was just raised to 66 %, which to me is also kinda low.
These nurses should be a SHAME to going and write an exam just to settle for just a pass mark, that shows that they are or don't care about the lives or the service they are going to produce..
when sitting or going to sit an exam one should always strive for a 100% not just a passing mark
A person sitting an exam should not just think of the pass mark. He should aim for 100%.
Just thinking out loud:…."just imagine what a nursing staff there will be if they all aim for just the pass mark in their exams. Imagine what it will be like when they are working as nurses taking care of patients."
I don't expect this comment to make it since these idiotic admin DELETE EVERY COMMENT I post on here. Anyway, here goes..
I agree with your comment. A student should aim for 100 and not some mark—just passing. When one aims for just the pass mark, what happens when it suddenly changes. They should be relieved that they are not too bright and have thus failed.
If the pass mark 60% or 66%, this is still too low of a pass mark. For people who will have life and death issues to deal with, where a mistake could kill or cripple, we should require nurses to show a higher level of knowledge and its application to simulated problems given in exams. As for the comment they would have to pay to repeat the exam, this is the idea: when you have money invested, do your best to get it right on the first try. The results beg the question: Were these students adequately prepared for the exam?
Potential nurses, if you're going to be our medical professionals, you had better score more than 66% on your nursing exams. So stop complaining and go back to the books and your practicum so that you may score at least 90% on the next exam. Patients' lives are worth much more than the $600 exam fee, so I am not going to offer you much sympathy. If money was a problem, you should have aspired to excel at the exam, rather than just trying to scrape a "pass".
Nurses, all due respect to you but it simply means you need to review the material again an resit the exams and work towards better grades. Patients will be placing their lives into your hands and I for sure would not like to know my nurse is not up to standard. You should be using 85% as your pass mark.
ali December 6, 2014
don't b foolish. In case u have not noticed many exams for which u need a 80% pass mark or more are generally very easy. Ever had to do an exam for degree or otherwise and it was opened book? Right- not enough challenge. Whether 60% or 66% these students are really being challenged and I am sure they aimed for 100%. Those who achieved 90 and 95% or even 100% are not guaranteed to be better nurses on the battle field.
In case u guys may not know, when students don't do well on their grades, the bar is usually lowered to help them reach a good score. So don't be disheartened my fellow nurses. A pass mark of 80 and 90 is usually not challenging enough. So with the challenge u got and was able to reach 60 and 66 u are on your way to becoming who u really want to be. And don't be afraid. Lets see how those who hold a masters degree perform on that exam
Wow, just aiming for the pass mark. Woosh!!! Why not excel? I always warn us that our teaching and learning must be above Dominica level. We must strive for higher heights, not just settle for mediocrity. We need to be careful regarding the quality of the nurses we produce in Dominica, it is no wonder some prominent people go to the USA for health care. Thank God for the regional exams which put a stop to our mediocrity.
Honestly you all should not even maje a case with that. You pkanning to work in the heakth care system and the pass mark is 60 and you scoring the highest 63? It looks lije you were onky interested in passing. You all will be in charge of peopke's lives. Make up your minds in your convocation
While I believe you should know the passmark. Even if you knew it was 66, would you have still passed? I mean…no one goes to do an exam and Stop doing the exam when you think you hit the passmark. In your case you thought the passmark was 60 right? when you got (or think you did enough to get) 64. I dont think you closed your paper and left the exam. I think you still tried to get 100. so i dont uhum…think you would passed if you knew the passmark anyways.
now in another topic to be a nurse…shouldnt that passmark be 90%?
I have been perplexed ever since this news was aired. I am yet to understand what the nurses are complaining about other than to think that the nurses wrote the exam to obtain the pass mark. Granted, the change of pass mark should have been communicated, but had the nurses aimed for the TOP MARK-100%, they would not be in the predicament that they are now in. I believe that it is to the population's benefit that they have to rewrite the exam because maybe, just maybe they will exert more effort, gain more knowledge and become more competent in the area of study having been forced to revisit the information. It appears that this bunch seem content with mediocrity, to be even satisfied with having attained a mere pass mark. Nurses are not dealing with machines, they are dealing with humans -the issue is that of life and death in some cases and so though as humans we make mistakes, we should leave no windows open (such as lack of knowledge and competence) for such mistakes to become part of ones career. One is suppose to be competent and competence comes with knowledge and practice, so go read again and write the exam again and this time aim for 100%.
for u all to be striving to be the best in your field and getting as high a grade as possible instead u all aiming to just scrape threw with the lowest pass grade possible? they should have raised the pass mark to 80% instead cause if that's the way u all going i do not want u all as nurses cause u all may cost someone there lives
The GNC should have guided cxc instead they let people who have no nursing background mark an exam and change the pass mark that we were aware of from the day we entered the Faculty of Health Sciences at the Dominica State College. The GNC has still not seen it fit to meet with those whom they deceived. Why did they not meet today as they usually do every Thursday? Was it because they knew those whom they wronged were waiting to meet with them outside the office? We will not sit and accept failure when our grades show otherwise. GNC and CXC have to answer some questions. We will go as far as they are prepared to go to get justice.
I agree that they should have been informed of the change but it is with extreme caution under extenuating circumstances that I would allow a nurse to care for me (if I know) who can barely manage a six-point difference in a passing mark. That's not to cry down anyone of them but if we want first class health care in Dominica, these student nurses need to step up their game!
The pass mark should have been 90 percent. >A bunch of lazies, what is it a bird course. Study to show thyself approved. The passmark even if you all knew would have made no difference. Tell me how does knowing what the passmark is affect the five who got 60-65 did they say, I am only going to answer 65 percent of the questions correctly?
Go study your books ladies and do your best! Aim for the highest if you all miss you will still be amongst the best!
Mediocrity should not be accepted! Believe me I really think the passmark should be higher than that!


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I made these fancy fortune cookies for my annual Christmas Cocktail Party last weekend. They were so much fun and a huge hit with all my friends!
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We have officially entered the depths of summer here in NYC, and local art museums have really turned up the heat with a provocative line-up of environmentally charged exhibitions. The New Museum on the Bowery just opened its much-anticipated, After Nature show, coined after W.G. Sebald's visionary book of the same name. We are also eager to view the prefab architecture installations that open at MoMA this weekend, but After Nature has definitely captured our imagination with its international roster of eclectic artists (Werner Herzog included), assembled on three floors of the New Museum's galleries. Poised somewhere at the edge of an irretrievably lost or a yet to be decoded civilization, this eco-feverish exhibit seeks to examine humankind's relationship to nature, in all its dark, decrepit, and mysteriously lit corners.
After Nature brings together twenty-six multigenerational artists, filmmakers, writers and outsiders, many never before shown in an American museum. As the rather haunting press release states, "Unfolding as a visual novel, the show depicts a future landscape of wilderness and ruins. It is a story of abandonment, regression, and rapture—an epic of humanity coming apart under the pressure of obscure forces and not-so-distant environmental disasters."
From the eerie fictional documentaries of Werner Herzog to the hallucinatory and prophetic worlds of artists like Zoe Leonard and her crippled tree installation (pictured above) to depictions of vegetal kudzu encroachment in the serial photographs of William Christenberry (see images below) – where traces of humans have been erased and new ecological systems struggle to find a precarious balance. "Other works, like the animations of Nathalie Djurberg, the imaginary maps of Roberto Cuoghi, or the video confessions of Erik van Lieshout, guide viewers to the edge of the Earth, taking us for a walk in the fictional woods of our near future, while expressing a sincere preoccupation for the world as it is now."
Perhaps most powerful in the entire line up is Herzog's aerial footage of the Kuwait landscape during 1991 when nearly all 700 oil wells were ignited in the wake of the Gulf War. Otherworldly does not even describe the perverse scene that unfolds as Herzog and team fly over the charred fields, deceptively serene bodies of oil (not water), and satanic, industrial wasteland. If you have not yet seen any of the footage from 'Lessons of Darkness', brace yourself for a window/mirror into a world that is ambiguously past, present, and future in it's nightmarish inversion.
After Nature was organized by Massimiliano Gioni, Director of Special Exhibitions, and will be on view from July 17 through September 21, 2008. The show includes an array of paintings, photographs, installations, films, writings, and living sculptures by the following artists: Allora and Calzadilla, Pawel Althamer, Micol Assaël, Fikret Atay, Roger Ballen, Huma Bhabha, Maurizio Cattelan, William Christenberry, Roberto Cuoghi, Bill Daniel, Berlinde De Bruyckere, Nathalie Djurberg, Reverend Howard Finster, Nancy Graves, Werner Herzog, Robert Kusmirowski, Zoe Leonard, Klara Liden, Erik van Lieshout, Diego Perrone, Thomas Schütte, Dana Schutz, Tino Sehgal, August Strindberg, Eugene Von Bruenchenhein, and Artur Zmijewski.
There will be a public program entitled 'The Visual Rhetoric of Environmentalism' at the New Museum theater on Saturday, August 16 at 3p.m. Brian Collins, designer of Al Gore's "We Can Solve It" campaign, and others will explore issues related to global warming and visual environmental strategies. Brian Sholis, the editor of Artforum.com will moderate.


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Mozilla Stocks the Shelves for an App Store Grand Opening
Feb 23, 2012 3:49 PM PT
The Mozilla Foundation will begin accepting developer submissions for its own app market at the Mobile World Congress (MWC), which will be held in Barcelona next week.
The Mozilla Marketplace will let devs distribute and monetize their apps. It will also be the sole repository for cross-platform apps and Firefox extensions. Further, it will include services such as identity and digital receipts, a payments module, and app sync, backup and recovery. The Mozilla Marketplace will let devs enable one-click purchases, payments and subscriptions.
Mozilla is building a cross-platform Web Runtime it calls "Apps/WebRT", on which apps from the Mozilla Marketplace will run. This is a runtime for Web applications that will give them a native-like look and feel.
WebRT will offer platform integration APIs on Android, Windows, Mac and other platforms. It will be based on existing Web rendering engines such as Webkit and Gecko.
"Having an app store for Web apps kind of defeats one of the biggest advantages of Web apps -- you aren't tied to an app store for distribution," Mark Beccue, a senior analyst at ABI Research, told LinuxInsider. Web apps "can be distributed from a website, which means the content owner can then market the app using established Web techniques like search."
Can the Mozilla Marketplace Survive?
"If [Mozilla] funds the app store well ... they might do well," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told LinuxInsider.
But "they're well behind Google and Apple in terms of coverage and audience and funds, and they won't get the number of apps and OEMs behind them that they need, so they probably won't be competitive," Enderle told LinuxInsider.
Mozilla spokesperson Marisa Hagerman pointed LinuxInsider to the foundation's 2012 roadmap when asked about its plans.
Some Info on Mozilla Apps
Apps submitted to the Mozilla Marketplace at MWC will have their names reserved and may be featured in the Mozilla Marketplace when that is launched later this year.
The apps will work across desktops, mobile phones and tablets and will be built using HTML5, cascading style sheets (CSS) and JavaScript through application programming interfaces (APIs) Mozilla will provide.
The apps will be linked to user's identities so users can take them along when they replace their mobile devices.
Every app will include a receipt tied to the user's BrowserID, Mozilla's single sign-on technology.
Mozilla will provide a cloud-based interface to all a user's apps called the App Dashboard. Users will log into the App Marketplace and their App Dashboard using BrowserID.
Initially, 3,000 devs will be given access to the Apps Developer Preview. This is a sandbox environment that will simulate the developer experience of submitting an HTML5 Web app to Mozilla Labs. Mozilla will use feedback emerging from the Preview to fine-tune its Marketplace.
Documentation for appdevs is available here.
Why Mozilla Wants a Marketplace of Its Own
The idea behind the Mozilla Marketplace is to open up the concept of an app market. Most apps today are distributed by tightly controlled app stores and tend to be platform- and OS-specific, and the market is dominated by a few players, Mozilla contends.
Platform- or OS-specific app ecosystems force developers to spend more to build, maintain, distribute and market apps if they want to provide for each native platform, according to the organization.
Further, using platform- or OS-specific platforms means devs lose control over customer relationships, the frequency of updates and technology choices, among other things. Also, their customer base is fragmented.
Mozilla's Lab Apps project is predicated on the foundation's vision that the Web is the platform of the future. It aims at offering apps across all platforms.
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COOKEVILLE (Dec. 7, 2011) – In need of a win to stop its current three-game losing streak, the ETSU men's basketball team will attempt to regain some momentum Wednesday evening, as the Buccaneers hit the road to take on former Ohio Valley Conference foe Tennessee Tech inside the Eblen Center. Tip is set for 8:30 p.m. (EST).
After starting the season 3-1 and winning the first game of their current six-game road swing, the Bucs have come upon hard times in recent days. In fact, the team dropped its first two Atlantic Sun Conference games for the first time since the 2005-06 season. However, it's still early in the season and ETSU head coach Murry Bartow has said the team is not going to panic.
The Bucs will play on the road at Tennessee Tech and Appalachian State this week, before returning home next week to take on nearby Milligan College.
For more on Wednesday game, click on the game notes link to the right or read the game notes below. For more on ETSU men's basketball throughout the 2011-12 season, visit ETSUBucs.com and click on the men's basketball link.
We are "ETSU"
The ETSU Department of Intercollegiate Athletics would like to ask both the print and broadcast media to honor our request to be called "ETSU" ... East Tennessee State in first reference is acceptable, but subsequent references should be ETSU ... On TV graphics please use ETSU ... Our nickname is the Buccaneers, but Bucs is also acceptable.
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While posting its highest RPI since the 2003-04 season, head coach Murry Bartow led the ETSU men's basketball team to another successful season in 2010-11, a campaign that included 24 wins and ultimately ended with a run to the semifinals of the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament … Led by seniors such as Atlantic Sun Conference Player of the Year Mike Smith (Vandalia, Mo.) and all-conference performer Micah Williams (Manchester), the Bucs enjoyed impressive road wins at Atlantic 10 Conference member Dayton and Southeastern Conference foe Mississippi State, while also finishing second in the A-Sun Conference standings … Along with Smith and Williams, fellow senior Justin Tubbs (Trussville, Ala.) continued to impress fans with his high-flying dunks, which twice landed him as the No. 1 play of the day on ESPN's SportsCenter and earned him a spot in the national slam dunk championships … Unfortunately for the Bucs, Smith, Williams and Tubbs have departed, leaving the team with the unenviable task of having to replace over 42 points of offensive production from a year ago – equal to 60 percent of the team's scoring in 2010-11 … The Bucs will begin looking for those offensive numbers from returning starters such as senior guard Adam Sollazzo (Tampa) and senior forward Isiah Brown (Miami, Fla.), while senior forward Tommy Hubbard (Boston) – a 2010 A-Sun all-conference and all-tournament performer – will return to the floor after taking a medical redshirt season a year ago … Other returning players looking to improve their production will include junior guards Sheldon Cooley (Tampa) and Jarvis Jones (Memphis), junior forwards J.C. Ward (Marietta) and Lukas Poderis (Tampa), and redshirt freshman point guard Ryan Woumn (Lynn, Mass.) … The Bucs have also added a talented recruiting class that includes three true freshman and one junior college transfer.
The series versus Tennessee Tech
The Bucs and Golden Eagles have met 69 times since beginning their basketball series back in 1923 ... ETSU holds a 36-33 edge in the all-time series and the Bucs have won six in a row ... ETSU won the last meeting between the two 73-60 back on Nov. 20, 2010.
Last time out against Tennessee Tech
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (Nov. 20, 2010) - Senior guard Mike Smith (Vandalia, Mo.) scored a career high 26 points to power the ETSU men's basketball team to a 73-60 Homecoming win over in-state rival Tennessee Tech Saturday afternoon inside the ETSU/MSHA Athletic Center. ... Smith was joined in double figures by senior guard Justin Tubbs (Trussville, Ala.) with 13, while junior forward Isiah Brown (Miami) and senior guard Micah Williams (Manchester) pitched in 10 apiece. Defensively, the Bucs held the Golden Eagles to just 37 percent shooting from the floor, forced 17 turnovers, and out-rebounded Tech 37-35. ... In the first half, the Bucs trailed 8-4 with just over 15 minutes left in the half, but used a 16-0 run to build a 12-point advantage over the next five minutes. Tech answered that barraged by cutting the lead to two at 25-23, but the Bucs were ultimately able to pull away to a 32-25 advantage at the break. ... After the intermission, ETSU once again grew its lead to 12 at 47-35 thanks to a 7-0 run. However, Tech clawed its way back into it and got to within four at 58-54 with six minutes remaining. At that point, the Bucs used a final 8-0 spurt to build a comfortable 66-54 edge and pull away for the win. ... The Bucs committed just 12 turnovers in the game and grabbed seven steals. They also outscored the Golden Eagle 21-13 in points off turnovers, and enjoyed a 32-24 advantage with points in the paint. ETSU's defense also held Tech to just 24 percent shooting from 3-point range, but Tech did hit on 81 percent (17-of-21) from the charity stripe.
Last time out
FT. MYERS, Fla. (Dec. 3, 2011) – A change in defensive strategy gave the ETSU men's basketball team a chance – but it was not enough. ... After watching Florida Gulf Coast exploit their zone defense time after time Saturday afternoon and build a 12-point, second-half lead, the Buccaneers' made a change to man-to-man and rallied to make it a two-point game. However, the Eagles managed to make critical plays down the stretch to hold off the Bucs' rally and capture a 72-63 Atlantic Sun Conference victory inside Alico Arena. ... With the loss, ETSU dropped to 3-4 overall, 0-2 in A-Sun play. The Bucs also lost for the third straight game, and this is the first time since 2005 ETSU has started the A-Sun slate at 0-2. ... Meanwhile, FGCU improved to 3-5, 1-0. ... The first half opened with FGCU using an ETSU-style fullcourt press to disrupt the Bucs' offensive efforts. That approach worked well for the Eagles, who forced four early turnovers and jumped out to a 12-4 lead just three minutes into the game. ... FGCU did not stop there, as the Bucs' zone defense was ineffective for the third straight game and allowed the Eagles to build a lead of as many as 14 points at 34-20 with 5:14 left. Fortunately for ETSU, the Bucs did manage to outscore FGCU 8-2 to close out the half and make it 36-28 at the break. ... In the second half, FGCU's Christophe Varidel hit a pair of 3-pointers in the early going and helped the Eagles back out to a 51-39 lead with 13:12 left in the game. However, at that point the Bucs made their defensive adjustment. ... Changing from a zone to a man-to-man defense, the Bucs finally made some much-needed defensive stops and re-energized their offensive attack. Most importantly, ETSU went on to outscore FGCU 18-8 over the next eight minutes to make it 59-57 with five minutes left. ... While it was still 61-59 with just over four minutes left, ETSU was unable to get any closer and the Eagles outscored the Bucs 11-4 the rest of the way.
Cooley among nation's best in steals
Junior Sheldon Cooley (Tampa) has been on a torrid pace this season, averaging 2.9 steals per game ... Through games as of Dec. 2, he ranked 10th nationally in steals per game.
Block party for Brown
With a block in last season's finale against Iona, senior forward Isiah Brown (Miami, Fla.) set a new school record for blocks in a single season, swatting away a total of 71 shots on the year ... For his career, he now stands fifth on the all-time list at 152, but is just 30 blocks behind the program's all-time leader Zakee Wadood ... In addition to those marks, Brown's six-block performance against Belmont last year also matched the program's single-game record ... At the time, Brown joined six other ETSU players who have had six-block games, including former standouts Brad Nuckles, Eryk Thomas, Jerald Fields, Zakee Wadood, Greg Dennis and Greg Hamlin.
Getting to the free throw line a key for the Bucs
In recent years, the Bucs have focused on playing stingy defense, but also driving to the basket on offense and trying to get "tough" points thanks to fouls ... One way for the ETSU coaching staff to determine how successful the Bucs have been is charting free throw attempts and makes ... Well if this statistic is a true indicator, then the Bucs did just as the coaches would like ... Last season, ETSU set a school record for free throw attempts, putting up a total of 856 free tosses ... The Bucs also made their share of those attempts, ranking second on the all-time list with 580 makes ... The 2010-11 edition of the Bucs came up just nine makes short of the all-time record, held by the 1991-92 Bucs at 589. ... However, this season the team has continued to make it to the line, but is shooting just 59 percent from the stripe -- in other words not capitalizing.
Florida connection proving valuable to Bucs
For much of the past 10 seasons, the Buccaneers have enjoyed a pipeline of quality players coming from the "Sunshine" state ... A glance at this year's current roster shows that trend continuing ... Entering Thursday's game, these have been the contributions of ETSU's current Floridians:
Adam Sollazzo (Tampa) 12.3 points, 5.7 rebounds, 5.1 assists
Sheldon Cooley (Tampa) 8.4 points, 2.6 rebounds, 2.0 assists
Isiah Brown (Miami, Fla.) 12.0 points, 6.9 rebounds, 1.0 assists
Lukas Poderis (Port Richey, Fla.) 4.6 points, 4.1 rebounds, 0.1 assists
In all, ETSU's Florida players are averaging a combined 37.3 points,
19.3 rebounds, 8.2 assists and 5.9 steals per game so far this season.
On their way to 1,000 points
As they begin their seniors seasons, ETSU's trio of Isiah Brown, Adam Sollazzo and Tommy Hubbard are all eying the 1,000 point mark for their careers. After the season opener at Virginia Tech, here is where each stands:
Isiah Brown........................................................................ 870 points
Tommy Hubbard ........................................................... 629 points
Adam Sollazzo ................................................................ 638 points
To reach 1,000, the three would have to average the following during the regular season:
Isiah Brown..................................................... 7.0 points per game
Tommy Hubbard....................................... 14.7 points per game
Adam Sollazzo............................................ 14.8 points per game
Bucs add to postseason resume
The ETSU men's basketball team has enjoyed its share of postseason success and ranks as one of the nation's most prestigious basketball programs ... The Buccaneers have earned berths to the NCAA Tournament nine times (1969, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 2003, 2004, 2009, 2010) and NIT twice (1983, 2007) ... In 2011, the Bucs made their first ever appearance in the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament, winning twice and advancing to the semifinals of that event ... It was the program's 12th postseason tournament appearance all-time.
ETSU "only" A-Sun team picked among
nation's best "Prestige" programs
Since the beginning of the modern era for NCAA Division I-A basketball – marked by the expansion of the NCAA Tournament field to 64 teams in 1984-85 – the ETSU men's basketball program ranks in the Top 30 percent of the 300 programs that were eligible for the postseason at that time, this according to ESPN.com's "Prestige" ranking released back in 2008 ... Since that time, the Bucs have only added to their list of prestigious honors … The Buccaneers, who have enjoyed nine NCAA Tournament trips, one NIT berth, 11 20-win seasons, and a slew of conference regular season and tournament championships since 1984-85, ranked tied for 82nd out of 300 teams, meaning they were in the Top 27 percent of schools making the list. ETSU was ranked ahead of every current Atlantic Sun Conference team, as well as former Southern Conference rivals Appalachian State, Western Carolina, Georgia Southern and UNC Greensboro. In addition, the Bucs ranked ahead of SEC schools such as Tennessee, Vanderbilt, South Carolina, Mississippi State, Georgia, Mississippi and Auburn, as well as other major programs such as Virginia Tech, Notre Dame, DePaul, Bradley, Clemson, California and Florida State.
Bartow gets wins No. 250 overall and 150 at ETSU;
ranks among best coaches in last five years
With his team's win over Florida Gulf Coast on Jan. 8, ETSU head coach Murry Bartow picked up his 250th career victory ... He then collected his 150th win at ETSU when the Bucs downed Jacksonville on Jan. 15 ... When looking at coaches across the country, ETSU head coach Murry Bartow stands among a select group ... Of those coaches that have been at their current school for at least five years, only 24 have averaged better than 20 wins a season ... That list includes coaches such as Dayton's Brian Gregory, Syracuse's Jim Boeheim, UConn's Jim Calhoun, Florida's Billy Donovan, Michigan State's Tom Izzo, Duke's Mike Kryzewski, Louisville's Rick Pitino, Kansas' Bill Self, Maryland's Gary Williams and North Carolina's Roy Williams ... The list also includes Bartow, who is average 20.2 wins a year since 2005-06.


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iluvk9 wrote:8) Yes, he does have it rather good here. Did I mention I am still sleeping on the floor in the dog den? Missy told me how to set up a fake bed for myself using pillows. This is why I have a magnet for my SUV that says: "I SLEEP WITH DOGS".
mnp13 wrote:I'm another on the list of people who wants to be reincarnated as one of your dogs.
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Michelle, after my Mom had her first stroke and was still able to speak, but it was "touch and go", she was going over the bank accts, insurance and other stuff. She leaned over and said, "One more thing....I want to come back as one of your dogs." It was the last laugh we had because she had her debilitating stroke that night.
Missy, no problem. I was in bed and he was just so cuddly. I always tell people I sleep with a big black man.
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Hey Lovelies,
What I wore on Saturday? Let me start off with telling you that I wore this outfit to my little cousins communion celebration. I wore the pumps that were featured in a previous post and that I absolutely love. I also loved that the heels becuase it showed the work that I have been putting into my workouts. My calf look so defined...loving it. Today (Father's Day) I went to my parents house like every Sunday. It was a good weekend, hope you guys had one too.
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It's cake Slice Baker time again! It has been a very fast month, and has just flown by, I only managed to bake this yesterday, which is a bit last minute for my liking, but I made it in time just!
Our cake this month comes from Cake Keeper Cakes by Lauren Chattman published by The Taunton Press 2009. The cake this month is an Orange-Almond-Caramel Upside-Down Cake, from the Round Cakes chapter.
The bottom layer is an orange and vanilla flavoured cake, tender due to a little sour cream in the batter. Topped off with a sticky, gorgeous, honey toffee flaked almond topping. Yum yum! We liked this one, I'd have been really surprised if we had not – caramel, orange, honey and almonds all go down well here. Teensy bit of whipped cream and dessert is served.
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Wardp needed a new other design and created a contest on 99designs.
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We are looking to build an icon that captures the essecence of one of Jesus Christ's more famous miracles; feeding the 5000 with 5 loaves of bread and 2 fish.
For those unfamiliar with the story, Jesus was teaching a crowd of over 5000 men and an uncounted number of women and children in a field on the outskirts of town. As the day progressed, the crowds became hungry and in need of food but since they were so far away from a town it was not practical for the crowds to go retrieve their own food. Jesus told his disciples to gather as much food as they could from the crowd and all that was available was 5 loaves of bread and 2 small fish, supplied by a small boy. Jesus miraculously changed the 5 loaves and 2 fish into enough food to feed the entire crowd.
The meaning behind the 5 loaves 2 fish icon is to convey the inspiration that you can "feed the world" with very little. If you believe in Jesus, you can turn something small into something that can feed multitudes. However, we would like the Christian theme in this icon to bbe subtle and not to "in your face." The intent is to have the icon displayed so that a person who is familiar with the story will be inspired while simultaneously being vague enough that it is not offensive or immediately recognizable to a non-christian.
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Come in, pull up a chair. The kettle's always on and I just made cookies! You'll just have to excuse me for a moment while I squeal with excitement beause it's my SITS day!
As any of my regular readers will tell you, I'm interested in pretty much everything - which makes it hard to sum myself up in just three posts! But for you, I'll try.
|I'm addicted to travel. We often end up holidaying in somewhat obscure places and Snow, Hiking, and Fear tells the story of a recent - somewhat terrifying - hike in the spectacular Faroe Islands.
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Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Help Graylo Get A Legendary!!!
Yes, I have benefited greatly from writing the blog (probably more then my readers have from reading it), but the introduction of Cross-Realm raiding begs a new question. Can I take my blog exploitation to a new low?
Can exploit my readers to help me get a Legendary Staff?
All tongue-in-cheek aside, I don't have high expectations for this, but it's worth a try. Also, I am in no way expecting anyone to go out of their way to create a raid for me. However, if are making runs for Mounts, Achievements, or Alts, and have an opening I would love to come a long if I can pick up the legendary quest items. Here are the more formal details:
Project: Help Graylo Get A Legendary!!!
Current Status: I am currently collecting [Seething Cinders] for the Time Grows Short quest. I need 490 cinders to complete the quest along with all 250 Essences after that and the Rag kill.
What I Offer: I am a Heroic DS geared moonkin (armory link) that has killed every boss in Firelands on heroic mode. I will come prepared to do my absolute best with flasks, food, and potions. Plus, I will pass on all loot and mounts that drop in the raid. Finally, depending on the consistency of the group, I would be willing to continue to run FL to help other people get there staff or mount after I've finished mine.
My Scheduling: I am available on a consistent basis Friday through Monday after 9pm CST. I may also be available before 9pm on Saturdays and Sundays, but I can't comment to those times on a consistent basis.
What I'm Looking For: Ideally I would like to run heroics with a consistent group at the same general time each week. However, I would be willing to run normals or with an inconsistent group. Also, this goes without saying, but I am US-Horde so the group would need to be US-Horde as well.
Contact Information: While I am happy to discuss the possibilities in general terms in the comments below, I would recommend that nobody put their RealID email address there. My blog email address of graymatterwow (at) gmail (dot) com is the best way to discuss the more private details, but you could also send an in-game mail to Graylow (with the W) on the US-Stonemaul server.
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- Ihazabucket said...
Woah you got a ways to go! I took a month off but I have about 3 weeks until I get mine so happy hunting! Hope someone can help you out and get a Legendary!!
- February 22, 2012 at 11:39 AM
- Graylo said...
Yea, it's about 9 weeks assuming full clears on heroic 10man. That is what having 4 different guilds during Firelands progression will do to you.
It seems like a crual joke that in my first 3 years of raiding in primarily two guilds when no caster legendary was available. Then when one is available my guild volatility shoots through the roof.
- February 22, 2012 at 11:49 AM
If you transfer over to EU-alliance I could had given you help with the cinders :)
- February 22, 2012 at 12:50 PM
I feel your pain Graylo. My 10 man guild only got one legendary and stopped Firelands as soon as that first one was completed.
Leaving me just starting out collecting essences with little hope of finishing my quest line.
- February 22, 2012 at 3:56 PM
- Eshua said...
wow i just pmed you without reading Horde. Sorry i'm dumb.
- February 22, 2012 at 4:12 PM
I hope you finish your staff Graylo, you deserve one. I had to painstakingly pug Firelands for quite some time to finish my alt Warlocks staff but it was certainly worth it. On a different note, I already help two friends with Firelands so I'm not posting to say I could help (unfortunately!) just hoping you'll get one eventually as you've provided the Moonkin community with a lot of insight.
- Dignam, US-Ysera
- February 22, 2012 at 4:13 PM
One of the largest site for cross realm raiding. Lots of mount runs, achievement runs, RBGs and wait for it...
Legendary runs!
Find the raid that fits you and your needs.
Good luck!
- February 23, 2012 at 9:02 AM
Oops my last comment made me sound more like an ad bot than anything lol.
But just wanted to point you somewhere that would help you and others get their staffs.
- February 23, 2012 at 9:04 AM
- How Do i Totem? said...
Lol if your readers are fans enough you can always use realid to form a custom raid cross realm. I would help but my toons are alliance. I'm leveling a horde toon at the moment and could probably help once I hit 85 and do a week or two of lfr, feel free to send an in-game mail to plavalguna on us-uther alliance if you decide to try this.
- February 25, 2012 at 7:02 AM
I have heard of a fair number of people forming cross-realm 25m raids to finish the legendary quickly, including members of my guild helping out in one last weekend.
I am in the same boat, never got the chance to really make progress on it, and I just got the "delegation" quest this past week finally.
I'll keep an eye on your blog(as usual) to see if you decide or if you did find a group. If you do explore the option of forming a cross-realm group, i would definitely be willing to help out.
- February 26, 2012 at 5:25 PM
I am currently working on 2 boomkins for their staffs. My main is at almost the exact point you are in cinders. My alt suprisingly is further along collecting essences. I'd be happy to help you with my alt who can collect essences until you can collect, than I'll bring my main to collect cinders.
I'm also a Firelord, with 6/8 HM in DS. Currently 400 ilvl
Here's my armory link
Contact me at firstname.lastname@example.com, I'm not too concerned about who gets this email address, so I don't mind posting.
- February 27, 2012 at 5:55 PM
- Graylo said...
First of all, thanks for all of the support. I am quite overwhelmed.
When I made the post i wasn't sure what kind of responce I would get, and hoped that I would get at least one good opportunity. Turns out I got several.
This past week I ran with a former guild of mine that had some space, and it looks like I might be able to run with them for a couple more weeks. After that who knows.
I hope that I am on a path to getting a legendary as quickly as possible, but I realize that my current plan may break down. With that I will keep all of the offers and OpenRaid.us in mind if I need a new option. Thanks again for all of the support and I will keep you guys updated on my progress.
- February 28, 2012 at 2:03 PM


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Living Colors of a Coral Reef
by Ruth A. Musgrave
Coral reefs are found near many islands in warm, shallow seas around the world. These colorful, rocky ridges look like dazzling underwater rainbows, but they work like busy cities. There are homes, schools, places to eat, gardens—even tourists!
Coral reefs are made up of—coral. Coral may look like an exotic flower, but it's really a living, breathing animal. The fat petals are tentacles. The center of the "flower" is the coral's mouth. Tiny stingers in the tentacles protect the coral and catch food.
Many corals are soft on the inside but have a hard outer covering called an exoskeleton. When these corals die, their exoskeletons are left behind to become part of the reef. A coral reef is built up of many layers of exoskeletons covered by a thin layer of living coral. It takes hundreds of years to build up a coral reef, and some are thousands of miles long!
All great cities have great food. In a coral reef, squid, clams, and other sea creatures eat and are eaten. Big fish eat small fish. At night, corals feed on little fish and tiny plants and animals called plankton.
You can even find little gardens in a coral reef. Damselfish eat a slimy green stuff called algae. They could hunt around for meals, but some damselfish find and protect their own tiny algae gardens.
Every interesting city has tourists, and the reef is no exception. Visitors include sharks, sea turtles, sea snakes, and people. People? It's true. The vivid colors and amazing animals make coral reefs popular places for human sightseers. In fact, you can find more different kinds of plants and animals in a coral reef than almost anywhere else on Earth!
But people need to be considerate visitors. Coral reefs are beautiful—but they are also delicate. It is important to protect coral reefs around the world, to help these underwater cities thrive for years to come.
- What are some of the living things found around coral reefs?
- What happens to coral when it dies?
- Coral reefs grow slowly over many years. Why would it be bad if everyone who visited the reefs took away pieces of coral?


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What is service transition?
ITIL service transition helps plan and manage the change of state of a service in its lifecycle. Managing risk for new, changed and retired services protects the product environment. This helps the business deliver value to itself and its customers.
Curating service knowledge helps all stakeholders make informed, reliable decisions and support challenges with service delivery. Both managing service risk and curating service knowledge are integral to service transition.
During service transition, the following organizational elements need support:
- Service strategy
- People
- Process
- Technology
- Suppliers of the service
- Organizational culture
- Governance
- Risk
No change is without risk. In fact, change can create extra risk. When transitioning services, focus on communication planning for awareness and compliance. One of the biggest challenges in service transition is changing people's behavior to accommodate a new or different service. People have a psychological need to feel safe and comfortable with changes to them and around them.
Change management
Change evaluation
ITIL change evaluation analyzes changes before they move to the next phase in their lifecycle. The lifecycle of a change includes several points at which a go/no-go decision needs to be made:
- Authorization to build and test
- Authorization to check software into the definitive media library (DML)
- Authorization to deploy
We should evaluate all changes. But, for significant changes a formal evaluation process should be invoked. Each organization must define for itself what "significant change" is.
The evaluation should include:
- Evaluating the intended effects of the change
- As far as possible, anticipating any unintended effects of the change
- Identifying risks
- Presenting a recommendation to change management on whether to proceed to the next stage
The change management process can make the go/no-go decision on proceeding to the next stage.
Release and deployment management
Service validation and testing
Testing can take place at any point in the service lifecycle but, it generally occurs during Service Transition. The service validation and testing process plans, conducts and reports on tests of new or changed services. The results of testing go to the change evaluation process to support a decision on whether to proceed.
The service design package (SDP) outlines the tests to perform.
Working with change evaluation, service validation and testing will:
- Work with transition planning and support to plan the resources required for testing
- Plan and design tests
- Schedule tests
- Prepare the test environment
- Perform the tests
- Evaluate exit criteria and report
- Clean up and close tests
Service validation and test will perform different types of tests, as called for in the service design package. Types of tests include:
- Utility testing. Does the service deliver the required functionality?
- Warranty testing. Will the service deliver required levels of availability, capacity, security, and continuity?
- Usability testing. Will the service be usable by all potential users, including those with restricted abilities?
- Contract and regulation testing. Will the service conform to applicable regulatory and contract requirements?
- Operational readiness testing. Are the support functions, including the service desk, staffed and trained to support the new or changed service?
Service asset and configuration management
Service transition planning and support
At any time, there will be several projects passing through the service transition phase of the lifecycle. It is the responsibility of transition planning and support to coordinate service transition activities for all these projects.
Specifically, the responsibilities of transition planning and support include:
- Work with capacity management to ensure that adequate resources are available
- Where there is contention for resources, develop a schedule that meets the requirements of the stakeholders
- Ensure that all parties use a standard, reusable process framework.
- Monitor and improve the performance of the Service Transition lifecycle phase.
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Shutter-happy creatives will love using the LightCollector app, a cool new crowd-sourcing smart phone tool that funnels all the best light-inspired photos out there into a one-stop database of lighting photography. The app was designed by lighting consultancy Light Collective and electronics brand Philips as a way for lighting designers, architects and creatives to collect and share their inspirations with their peers and colleagues. Using the app is extremely simple: Simply upload your photos and tag them with their location and any other relevant information, then watch them be added to a cool mood-board of fantastic images for everyone to see via the app or LightCollector's website. Other awesome features include geo-tagging so that you can view pictures have been taken around you, and like any good social media tool, you can comment and favorite images that you really love and may want to reference later.
The LightCollectoris based upon two lighting design fundamentals: the desire to be inspired and the need to document the things that inspire us so we can reference them later. Martin Lupton and Sharon Stammers, the founders of Light Collective, hope the project will become a resource for designers when pitching to clients: "We know that somewhere, in the depths of our not-quite-adequately filed hard drive we have that photograph we once took, in that city we once visited, of daylight transmitted through a stained glass window and creating an explosion of color on the floor. Finding the image allows us to explain what we are trying to achieve in our design."
''We loved the idea of an inspirational light and lighting database as a way to spark and share creativity for each design challenge," adds Matthew Cobham, who is in charge of lighting application at Philips Lighting. "We hope to support the design community in creating better and more ground-breaking solutions harnessing light that impact people lives through this shared inspiration.''
There are no limitations as to what lighting images you can upload, and the current collection on the LightCollector site boasts everything from shots of natural and interior lighting, to street art illuminations, neon signs and architectural installations.
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Deepika Padukone gears up for the release of Race 2 which hits the cinemas this coming Friday. The actress sounded quite excited and charged up Race 2 as her Looks from the movie is turning into a Rage. Deepika dons the character of a seductress in the film for the first time in her Filmy Career "I play a character of a seductress called Aleena, Who uses her Looks to achieve whatever she wants. This is something very new to me. I have never played such a character in my career so far." said Deepika.
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Monday, January 18, 2010
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"Although it is true that Haiti was just, like, five minutes ago a victim of a random earthquake that killed tens of thousands of people, I'm going to skip right past the fake mourning period and point out that Haitians are a bunch of lazy niggers who can't keep their dongs in their pants and probably wouldn't be pancaked under fifty tons of rubble if they had spent a little more time over the years listening to the clarion call of white progress, and learning to use a freaking T-square, instead of singing and dancing and dabbling in not-entirely-Christian religions and making babies all the fucking time. I know I'm supposed to respect other cultures and keep my mouth shut about this stuff, but my penis is only four and a third inches long when fully engorged and so I'm kind of at the end of my patience just generally, especially when it comes to 'progress-resistant' cultures."
-- Matt Taibbi "translating" David Brooks's comically elitist column on the Haitian earthquake aftermath and what it tells us about Haiti in general
And people say I gleefully blast gaping holes in propriety. That ticking sound you hear is both the bomb Taibbi just armed and the countdown to David Brooks demanding a formal apology.
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I like Taibbi's version better.
Brooks is just too dry for me, and I think he actually believes what he's saying.
- Bill White said...
What's wrong with 4 1/3? That wrench actually does better than my clumsy 16 -- just sayin' Chez.
Recently re-read Taibbi's Rolling Stone screed from last September titled "Sick and Wrong". There should be a Pulitzer Prize for the nearly 100% accuracy of how he predicted the Prez & Congress would end up screwing the voters and gifting health insurance and big pharma.
This little drip from Taibbi's drool doesn't even come close to the standard he set with the "52 Funny Things." The fungus on his brain must have eaten all the way through.
- Chez said...
Yeah, the dead pope piece is a classic. Both Clinton and Schumer demanded that he be fired and if I remember correctly it really did cost his editor his job.
- I am not Star Jones said...
David Brooks is a sad mean myopic little man. Taibbi gave him what he deserved.
Gah. Every single time I hear some middle class asshole talking about 'the impact of colonialism' as not a big deal...I get an urge to build a time machine. Build a time machine and shove them into it, magically transporting them to the Belgian Congo or French Haiti.
Colonialism in America was demanding taxes from you guys that you didn't want to pay. The occasional rude guest you had to harbor. So you revolted. Congrats.
But Colonialism in other countries (read: non white countries) usually involved physical mutilations, systematic rape, a stripping of personal culture and mass murder on the level of Genocide. In the Congo they had forced labor camps the size of small countries where 10 million men, women and children were slaughtered. Haitians dealt with a similar destruction of culture and a leeching of resources.
And it's not actually all that clear cut and simple when trying to recover from that. The very fact that Haiti kicked the French (and the US) out is enough to make you want to cheer them on.
And while I may agree that AID isn't going to save the world, I don't think aid during times of normalcy even comes close to equating with aid during times of disaster. To compare the two is apples and oranges. And in this case, only detrimental to the poorest of us all. Not that Mr Brook's particularly cares.
Usually I love your blog, but the fact that you agreed with Tiabbi on this one was really disappointing to see. As a development student, Brooks' arguments about foreign aid and development are spot-on. The timing may seem insensitive, but I can see his intent to bring attention to this issue while it is in the spotlight. Aid has done more damage than good in the Third World, and Tiabbi appears an ignorant fool for discounting the writer's valid arguments. For three and a half years in a university international development program, I have been taught the countless ways in which the current foreign aid system has failed its recipients. Just because the timing of Brooks' article is unfortunate, that does not make his points any less valid. This is a serious issue that should not be diminished to a few easy penis jokes - it only makes Tiabbi (whom I was formerly a fan of) appear that much more ignorant.
- Chez said...
Now see, that's slightly baffling. I realize this is a trivial concern, but you left a pretty smart comment there. I don't agree with it at all, but at least you've largely thought it through -- and yet you chose not to put a name on it and take credit for it. Strange.


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Residents along Saw Mill Road near Wister soon may have an alternative route for traveling to and from their homes. During Monday's county commissioner meeting, Farrell Cooper Mining representative Tom Gilbert spoke to the commissioners about plans to create a temporary detour during an upcoming mining operation. According to Gilbert, a detour around a portion of the county road near the Old Bennett Saw Mill will be created as the company mines where the existing road is located east of the mine operations. Gilbert said when the operation is concluded, the company will follow with reclamation action and rebuild the road. The new road is expected to be placed slightly south of the current location and will be completed to the existing four-way stop near the mine. In other actions, the commissioners appointed Danielle Dedmond to the LeFlore County Hospital Authority Board. The commissioners also have had the removal an old bridge recently retired after a new bridge was constructed nearby taken off their to-do list. The Gene Heavener family who owns a 226-acre farm near the Big Creek bridge south of Heavener has asked to adopt the bridge. The removal of the bridge would be the family's responsibility as well as the reconstruction at their farm. According to the commissioners, the farm becomes inaccessible in heavy rains and the family intends to construct the bridge as a crossing to guarantee access to their land regardless of rain amounts. The commissioners agreed unanimously to allow them to adopt the bridge.


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I was unaware of the Dean's Certification until yesterday (incredibly stupid, I know), so my application isn't even complete yet. They told me they'll review it when my new LSAT score comes in. Should I take the letter as a preliminary waitlist?
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Correlates of Oral Human Papillomavirus Infection in Adolescents and Young Adults With Behaviorally Acquired HIV
|The safety and scientific validity of this study is the responsibility of the study sponsor and investigators. Listing a study does not mean it has been evaluated by the U.S. Federal Government. Read our disclaimer for details.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01492842
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : December 15, 2011
Last Update Posted : February 28, 2017
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|Condition or disease
|HIV Infection
ATN 114 is a cross-sectional substudy of ATN 106. In addition to sharing data collected in ATN 106, an oral rinse sample along with the subject's self reported history and medical chart abstraction of HPV vaccination status and medical chart abstraction of a history of oral condylomata, oral dysplasia and oral tumor viruses will be collected in ATN 114.
Recruitment is expected to last approximately one year, similar to the same timeframe for ATN 106. Enrollment may be terminated earlier at the discretion of the ATN Executive Committee and/or the ATN 114 protocol team should ATN 106 also terminate enrollment early. Individuals who have agreed to participate in ATN 106 may be simultaneously approached at any clinic visit, or, for community-based sites, contacted directly for participation in ATN 114. Site staff may also contact individuals via phone, e-mail, or any other agreed-upon methods of communication. Site staff should try as much as possible to incorporate the study visit into a regularly scheduled clinic visit.
|Study Type :
|Actual Enrollment :
|272 participants
|Observational Model:
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|Official Title:
|Behavioral, Immunologic and Virologic Correlates of Oral Human Papillomavirus Infection in Adolescents and Young Adults With Behaviorally Acquired HIV-Infection
|Study Start Date :
|September 2011
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|June 2012
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|June 2012
Youth with behaviorally-acquired HIV who enrolled in ATN 106
Behaviorally-acquired HIV-infected adolescents and young adults, ages 12-24, inclusive, who have enrolled in ATN 106.
- Prevalence of HPV infection, outcome defined as HPV positive or HPV negative [ Time Frame: 1 year ]Beta-globin positive samples (reported as Positive/negative; there is no unit of measure) will be considered evaluable and classified as HPV-positive if any of the 37 HPV DNA types were detected) and HPV negative if all HPV types were negative.
- Behavioral Factors [ Time Frame: 1 year ]
Sexual behaviors:
• Sexual encounters for male/female: type of sexual contact/in the last 3 months N number of partners by type of sexual contact/in last 3 months
Substance use behaviors:
- Tobacco product use (ever used, frequency of use past 3 months); <= 1/month >=1/=week
- Alcohol use (ever used, frequency of use past 3 months); Irregular/regular
- Marijuana use (ever used, frequency of use past 3 months); <= 1/month >=1/=week
- Cocaine use ((ever used, frequency of use past 3 months); <= 1/month >=1/=
- Immunologic factors [ Time Frame: 1 year ]The immunological factors will include CD4+ cell count (cell/uL) and severity of disease according to the CDC Staging/Immunologic Category for HIV Disease (No unit of measurements)
- Virologic factors [ Time Frame: 1 year ]HIV viral load (copies/ml), EBV [(copies of EBV PHC( per human cells)] and KSHV (HHV-8) [copies of HHV-8 PHC (per human cells)]
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|Ages Eligible for Study:
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Inclusion Criteria
- Behaviorally acquired HIV-infection as indicated by medical chart abstraction or self-reported history of sexual risk and/or needle using behaviors; and
- Completion of the ATN 106 study visit (the same day or up to a maximum of 14 calendar days).
Exclusion Criteria
- Presence of serious psychiatric symptoms (e.g., active hallucinations, thought disorder) that would impair the individual's ability to complete the study measures;
- Visibly distraught (e.g., suicidal, homicidal, exhibiting violent behavior); or
- Intoxicated or under the influence of alcohol or other substances at the time of consent/assent for ATN 114.
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01492842
|United States, Colorado
|University of Colorado Denver
|Aurora, Colorado, United States, 80045
|United States, Maryland
|Johns Hopkins University
|Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21287
|United States, Massachusetts
|The Fenway Institute
|Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02215
|United States, Michigan
|Children's Hospital of Michigan
|Detroit, Michigan, United States, 48201
|United States, Texas
|Baylor College of Medicine
|Houston, Texas, United States, 77030
|Study Chair:
|Jessica Kahn, MD
|Cincinnati Childrens Hospital Medical Center
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|University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
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|NCT01492842 History of Changes
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|First Posted:
|December 15, 2011 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|February 28, 2017
|Last Verified:
|March 2016
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
HIV Infections
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
Communicable Diseases
Papillomavirus Infections
Lentivirus Infections
Retroviridae Infections
RNA Virus Infections
Virus Diseases
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes
Immune System Diseases
Slow Virus Diseases
DNA Virus Infections
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SBA Finalizes Rule Adopting Changes to Contracting Program for Women-Owned Small Businesses
"This is great news for the women-owned small businesses here in Oregon and SW Washington as this change will help further expand procurement opportunities for them," said Acting District Director Robert DuCotè. "The Federal Government is the world's largest purchaser of goods and services, amounting to nearly $1.5 billion in federal procurement dollars being spent in Oregon each year."
"This rule will allow federal agencies to set aside specific contracts at any dollar amount for women-owned businesses and economically disadvantaged women-owned small businesses, helping them to continue to grow, succeed and create more jobs for Americans," said Regional Administrator Calvin Goings.
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WASHINGTON – An interim final rule published in the Federal Register and effective immediately will amend regulations to the U.S. Small Business Administration's Women-Owned Small Business Federal Contract Program allowing for greater access to federal contracting opportunities for women-owned businesses as a result of the National Defense Authorization Act of 2013 (NDAA) signed in January.
The interim final rule removes the anticipated award price of the contract thresholds for women-owned small businesses (WOSB) and economically disadvantaged women-owned small businesses (EDWOSB) to allow them greater access to federal contracting opportunities without limitations to the size of the contract. The rule can be accessed at: http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2013-05-07/html/2013-10841.htm and comments can be submitted on or before June 6, 2013, at http://www.regulations.gov/, identified by the following RIN number: RIN 3245-AG55.
As a result of the rule change, contracting officers will be able to set aside specific contracts for certified WOSBs and EDWOSBs at any dollar level which will help federal agencies achieve the existing statutory goal of five percent of federal contracting dollars being awarded to WOSBs.
The SBA is currently working on the changes to the Federal Acquisition Regulations.
Prior to the rule change, the anticipated award price of the contract for women-owned and economically disadvantaged women-owned small businesses could not exceed $6.5 million for manufacturing contracts and $4 million for all other contracts.
Every firm that wishes to participate in the WOSB program must meet the eligibility requirements and either self-certify or obtain third party certification. There are four approved third-party certifiers that perform eligibility exams: El Paso Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, National Women Business Owners Corporation, U.S. Women's Chamber of Commerce, and the Women's Business Enterprise National Council. Additional information and links about approved third-party certifiers are available at www.sba.gov/wosb.
To qualify as a WOSB, a firm must be at least fifty-one percent owned and controlled by one or more women, and primarily managed by one or more women. The women must be U.S. citizens and the firm must be considered small according to SBA size standards. To be deemed "economically disadvantaged," a firm's owners must meet specific financial requirements set forth in the program regulations.
The WOSB Program identifies eighty-three four-digit North American Industry Classification Systems (NAICS) codes where WOSBs are underrepresented or substantially underrepresented. Contracting officers may set aside contracts in these industries if the contract can be awarded at a fair and reasonable price and the contracting officer has a reasonable expectation that two or more WOSBs or EDWOSBs will submit offers for the contract.
For more information on the Women-Owned Federal Small Business Contract Program or to access the instructions, applications or database, please visit www.sba.gov/wosb.


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A co-worker belongs to a group that meets every week to quilt. They are doing a Thimbleberries stitch along.
Their instructor took everyone next door to the pizza shop, and they all got a clean large pizza box from the pizzeria. It's perfect storage for blocks!