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A systematic review was undertaken to identify published evidence relating to patient satisfaction in emergency medicine. Reviewed papers were divided into those that identified the factors influencing overall satisfaction in emergency department patients, and those in which a specific intervention was evaluated. Patient age and race influenced satisfaction in some, but not all, studies. Triage category was strongly correlated with satisfaction, but this also relates to waiting time. The three most frequently identified service factors were: interpersonal skills/staff attitudes; provision of information/explanation; perceived waiting times. Seven controlled intervention studies were found. These suggested that increased information on ED arrival, and training courses designed to improve staff attitudes and communication, are capable of improving patient satisfaction. None of the intervention studies looked specifically at the effect of reducing the perceived waiting time. Key interventions to improve patient satisfaction will be those that develop the interpersonal and attitudinal skills of staff, increase the information provided, and reduce the perceived waiting time. Future research should use a mixture of quantitative and qualitative methods to evaluate specific interventions.
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Over the past 10 years there has been increasing interest in "consumer satisfaction" in the NHS, starting with the Patients' Charter of 1991, and culminating with the NHS Plan.1
The essence of the NHS Plan is to make patients' views and interests the driving force behind reform. Among the core principles of the plan is the statement that "quality will not just be restricted to clinical aspects of care, but include ... the entire patient experience". To show that the service is responding to patient priorities, every NHS organisation is now required to publish an annual account of the views received from patients, and the action taken as a result.2
Few clinicians would disagree with the idea that improving patient satisfaction is a desirable end in itself. Related benefits may include improved morale and job satisfaction in emergency department (ED) staff, a reduced tendency for patients to seek further opinions, and a reduced incidence of complaints and litigation. There is also evidence of improved patient compliance.3,4 Improved satisfaction in EDs is likely to have a significant impact on the public view of hospital and emergency care in general.
The aim of this systematic review was to identify the published evidence relating to patient satisfaction in emergency medicine, thereby providing useful information for clinicians, and helping to guide future strategies for assessment and improvement in this area.
A literature search was carried out using the WebSPIRS from SilverPlatter interface, accessed via the SWICE gateway. The Medline, CINAHL, EMBASE, ASSIA, and HMIC databases were searched from January 1990 to January 2002, using the terms [PATIENT-SATISFACTION and ("Emergency Department" or "Accident and Emergency" or "Casualty" (TW))].
Papers of potential relevance were retrieved, and their reference lists searched for additional relevant material. This process was repeated until no new information was found.
Reviewed papers were grouped under two headings:
Research to identify and rank factors influencing overall satisfaction in ED patients.
Intervention studies attempting to improve patient satisfaction in the ED.
The initial computerised database search identified 583 papers of potential relevance. Many papers were found that included measures of patient satisfaction "tagged on" to a clinical intervention study, but these tended to show the acceptability of the intervention, rather than its effect on satisfaction. Such studies were therefore excluded.
The studies reviewed were too heterogeneous for formal meta-analysis. Nevertheless, the following key points emerged:
Choosing factors to assess
Most papers assessed a variety of service factors, process of care measures, or patient related factors chosen from the literature, staff opinions, or ad hoc by the authors.
The most frequently assessed service factors in emergency medicine were: perceived and actual waiting times; explanations/information on multiple aspects of process and treatment; staff attitudes; ED environment; perceived standards of technical care. Table 1 lists the factors assessed in individual studies, the assessments used, and a summary of the main findings.
Patient factors that influence satisfaction
Most studies collected data on some "background variables", such as age, sex, social status, ethnicity, and severity of illness. Age and race influenced satisfaction in some studies,5,6 but not all.7 Triage category was strongly correlated with satisfaction,5,6,8 although this could be viewed as another indicator of the waiting time.
Inclusion and exclusion criteria varied enormously between studies, and in some were unspecified. The "point of view paradox" dictates that as the severity of illness increases so patient expectations regarding non-clinical service factors decrease,9 so it is important to be aware of the population in which satisfaction is being measured.
Apart from Morgan et al's survey of Sheffield residents,10 multicentre studies by Hall7 and Sun,5 and Yarnold's comparison of an academic and community ED,11 most papers reported single centre studies. Table 2 shows the different survey methods, populations, and response rates. A few papers sampled the population in the form of a "census"—that is, they attempted to enlist every patient within the study population over the study period. Others used population sampling, either random, systematic, or by quota.
Service factors that influence satisfaction
Three broad headings cover the most commonly identified areas of importance. These are "interpersonal skills/perceived staff attitudes",7,10–13 "provision of information/explanation",5,7,13–18 and "aspects related to waiting times", particularly the perceived waiting time in relation to the patient's expectation.7,8,10,12–14,17–19 The relative ranking of specific service factors in relation to global satisfaction remains unresolved.
Intervention studies
In total, seven controlled trials that studied satisfaction as a primary outcome measure were found, with two of these from the UK. Three assessed whether the provision of general information to patients on their arrival influenced overall satisfaction.20–22 Two of these related to written information, and one to an informational video. All three demonstrated improved satisfaction, as well as an improvement in the perception of other service factors, in the informed groups.
Two studies report improved patient satisfaction as a result of staff training. In one paper all ED staff underwent "customer service training",23 while in the other doctors attended a communication skills workshop.24
The two UK papers focus on nurse triage,25 and an emergency nurse practitioner (ENP) service.26 Nurse triage had little effect on patient satisfaction, but a comparison between traditional ED and ENP care showed that ENP care led to improved satisfaction with some communication related service factors.
Many problems are inherent in the analysis of satisfaction in ED patients. Firstly, "satisfaction" is not easy to define, secondly, methods of quantifying and qualifying satisfaction are still emerging in emergency medicine, and thirdly, emergency physicians care for the largest and most diverse patient population.
Quantifying "satisfaction"
Studies aiming to correlate specific factors with "overall satisfaction" have chosen various tools with which to measure global and factor satisfaction. Techniques range from using simple questions with dichotomous answers, to non-directive interviewing techniques where "main themes" are identified. Direct questions using the word "satisfaction" have been used, or overall satisfaction is extrapolated from indirect questions such as "willingness to recommend" or "willingness to return".5,12 Combined factor satisfaction scores have also been used to predict overall satisfaction,15 although this approach has been questioned.8
Questionnaire validity is difficult to assess, as there is no "gold standard" for patient satisfaction. However, in some studies patient views have been "validated" against independent measures of doctors' interpersonal skills, communication styles, and technical proficiency.27
Response rates
Adequate survey response rates are a challenge to achieve, and vital for results to be meaningful. Response rates will be increased by "on the spot" surveys in the ED, although late night attendees have often been excluded by studies using convenience sampling. If surveys are conducted after the patient has left the ED, bias can be introduced by the delay, and responses tend to be more positive if the acute problem has resolved.28 Few studies to date have been longitudinal, assessing changes in attitude over time,15 although a small number make more than one approach to the respondent.5
Many ED patients are not competent to respond. Some surveys therefore include "accompanying person" respondents or, when the study population includes children, parent/guardian respondents.11,13,16–19 Reported satisfaction levels in these situations are likely to be influenced by the factors most affecting the proxy respondent, for example, waiting times, facilities, communication, and access to the patient.
Future directions
The complexities of the relation between separate care factors and global satisfaction mean that local intervention studies will be unlikely to show striking improvements in overall satisfaction. Nevertheless, the existing literature does indicate which areas to concentrate on, and which approaches to use, in future research studies.
To assess the impact of specific interventions, and changes over time, a baseline must first be established. Methodologies for assessing patient satisfaction, both with individual service factors and the overall emergency department experience, are now becoming more thoroughly developed and refined. The most commonly used tool is a Likert scale, which offers a range of choices from strongly positive to strongly negative. Because patient responses are biased towards positive choices many researchers have used "asymmetrical" or "weighted" scales to overcome this.27 The number of points on the scales varies within and between papers, but it has been shown that scales with more than five responses do not carry significant advantages.27 Visual analogue scales are also popular, and give comparable results to Likert scales.27 Some authors have recently proposed other methods for satisfaction assessment.5,28
Focus groups may be used to identify key issues of patient concern. Data collected from such groups have been compared with government assumptions of what patients want,14 and used to validate questionnaire design.29 A review of complaints (and compliments) will also provide qualitative information that may be very useful at a local level.
Previous research indicates that three interventions worthy of further study are:
Improving interpersonal, attitudinal and communication skills in ED staff. There is evidence that a short training course may be highly effective in this regard.23,24
Provision of more information and explanation.
Reduction of the perceived waiting time.
The last is currently receiving considerable government attention in the UK,30 with the anticipation that waiting times will fall and, presumably, patient satisfaction will improve. Future research could usefully study the effect of this and similar interventions in the ED, as well as clarifying the relative importance of the main service factors identified.
The preferred methodological approach to future intervention studies will depend upon local circumstances and the factor(s) under study. Over the past 10 years the design and interpretation of satisfaction studies has become increasingly sophisticated. Interest in qualitative, rather than quantitative, research methods is growing, and some recent studies have combined the two approaches in an attempt to develop more reliable and valid tools for measuring satisfaction.10,29 Multi-centre studies are generally preferable, because of their inmproved external validity, but very few have been reported to date. For some factors (such as patient information) a randomised design is feasible, but for other interventions (such as reductions in the perceived waiting time) alternative or novel approaches may be required.
To a great extent, patients must trust their clinicians to continuously review and improve their clinical and technical skills. The emphasis now placed on evidence based practice recognises this responsibility. However, in the quest to improve the science of medicine, medicine as an art may be suffering. The balance will be somewhat restored if we succeed in identifying, and responding to, wider patient needs. The study of patient satisfaction is a step in this direction.
Research to date has identified which broad aspects of the service our patients care most about. There are many potential interventions that could be tailored to local needs, and the papers already published can usefully inform future strategies for assessing and improving patient satisfaction in emergency medicine. We will never please "all of the people all of the time", but within our own departments we can now start investigating measures that will please more of our patients most of the time.


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Oh my goodness it's going to be hot over here in Western Australia this week! Check out these scorching temperatures – ugggghhh!
I'm not looking forward to the hot, hot heat at all. I like summer, don't get me wrong, I just can't handle a few days of +35 degree days!
Now, I know my friends in the northern hemisphere are looking forward to the long, lazy days of summer so I thought I'd pull together some summer paper lovelies to get you through your deliciously cold day. For all of us enduring the heat, enjoy it now. After all, it will be winter soon.
Summer Polaroid Postcards from Painted Fish Studio
48 Business card envelopes – summer theme from Zazink Paper Supply
Dandelion Flower Letterpress flat note card from Sweet Harvey
Handmade Spiral Flowers 'Indian Summer' from Suzanne B Webb
Folksy Girls of Spring Summer and Autumn Postcard Collection from Inking Cap
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Black Bear Hunting in Alaska
Hunting Black & Brown/Grizzly Bears
Note: This is not a substitute for the Alaska Hunting Regulations. For more complete information read the regulations and the permit hunt supplements. They are available at Alaska Department of Fish & Game offices and establishments that sell hunting licenses and tags.
Black bears and grizzly bears may live in the same area but differ in behavior, habitat preference, and diet. Black bears prefer the mixed habitats of lowlands, like those of the Tanana Flats. They thrive on berries, carrion, vegetation and other wildlife. Grizzly bears generally live in high country above timberline where they dig for roots and ground squirrels, eat berries, and actively hunt caribou and other wildlife. Brown and grizzly bears are the same species. The smaller, inland brown bears are often called grizzlies. The bigger coastal bears are called brown bears and the extremely large brown bears on Kodiak Island are often referred to as Kodiak bears. Hunting regulations for grizzly, brown, and Kodiak bears are listed in the regulations booklet under the heading "Brown/Grizzly Bear."
Licenses, Harvest Tickets Permits, Locking-tags, and Guides
Hunting licenses are required to hunt both black and brown/grizzly bears. In addition to a hunting license, some black bear hunts require a harvest ticket, some black and brown/grizzly bear hunts require a registration permit, or a drawing permit, and some require nothing but a license. Please refer to the current years hunting regulations for what is required for the area and species you are interested in.
Nonresidents who hunt brown/grizzly bears must be personally accompanied in the field by an Alaska-licensed guide or an Alaska resident 19 years of age or older within second-degree of kindred. Black bears are not a guide required species in Alaska for nonresidents; however, some black bear hunts have different requirements for nonresidents that are not accompanied by an Alaska-licensed guide. All nonresidents must have appropriate big game locking-tags. Nonresidents under the age of 10 will not be issued harvest tickers or permits.
Residents who hunt brown/grizzly bears in Units 1-10, 14 and 15 are required to purchase a $25 locking-tag. No locking-tag is required for Units 11-13, 16-26, brown bear subsistence hunt areas, and RB525 in Units 9 and 10. Resident hunters do not need a big game locking-tag to hunt black bears.
Bag Limits and Seasons
Bear populations and bear management strategies vary across our huge and ecologically diverse state. Black bears reproduce at a higher rate than brown bears so black bear seasons tend to be more liberal. For example, in most Interior units, each hunter may take more than one black bear each regulatory year with no closed hunting season.
Depending on where you hunt, brown/grizzly bear bag limits are either one bear every four regulatory years, one bear every regulatory year, or two bears every regulatory year, and the season dates vary. Black bears vary from one to multiple.
Hunters may not take any bear cubs or sows with cubs. For this regulation, a black bear cub is defined as a black bear (including cinnamon and blue phase) in its first year of life while a grizzly bear cub is defined as a grizzly in its first or second year of life.
Salvaging Hide, Skull, and Meat
In any unit in which sealing is required, from January 1-May 31 the hide, skull and meat of a black bear must be salvaged; from June 1 – December 31 the hide and skull or the skull and meat must be salvaged. In any unit in which sealing is not required, from January 1 – May 31 the meat must be salvaged; from June 1-December 31 either the hide or the meat must be salvaged. Evidence of sex must remain naturally attached to the hide or meat until sealing requirements have been met. If salvaging the hide, in addition to evidence of sex, the claws must remain naturally attached.
You are required to salvage both the hide (with claws and evidence of sex naturally attached) and skull of a grizzly bear killed anywhere in Alaska, except in the subsistence brown bear management areas which have special sealing requirements (see the current hunting regulations for salvage requirements for brown/grizzly bear subsistence hunting).
Sealing Requirements
Black bear taken from Units 1-7, 14A, 14C, 15-17, and 20B must be sealed within 30 days of the date of kill, or less as required by permit conditions, see the current hunting regulations for hunt specific details. All brown/grizzly bears must be sealed. Sealing means taking the skull and/or hide (with claws and evidence of sex naturally attached) of the bear you killed to a designated sealing officer. A small tooth (a premolar) will be pulled to obtain age information on your bear. At the time of sealing please make sure both the skull and hide are not frozen. Designated sealers will need the skull unfrozen so the tooth can be pulled. The hide needs to be unfrozen so the sealing officer can examine the hide and can lock a metal or plastic seal on the hide. If you are interested in learning how old your bear is, call our office in late winter and we can tell you. We will need your name, date of kill, and location of the kill.
Bait and Dogs
In some areas, black and brown/grizzly bears may be taken with the use of bait. Refer to the regulations booklet (PDF 436 kB) and our other information on bear baiting for specifics.
Dogs may be used to hunt black bear by permit issued at the discretion of ADF&G. Contact your area biologist for further details.
Emergency Taking of Game
Sometimes people have to shoot a bear that may be threatening life or property. Game animals taken in defense of life or property belong to the state. If you kill a bear under these circumstances, you must salvage the hide, with claws and evidence of sex naturally attached, and skull and surrender them to the state. You must immediately notify ADF&G or Alaska Wildlife Troopers of the kill and within 15 days, you must also complete and submit a questionnaire explaining the circumstances of the incident. If you wound a bear and it escapes, you should also report the incident to ADF&G or Alaska Wildlife Troopers immediately.
Taking Your Grizzly Bear Hide Out of Alaska
If you plan on taking any untanned bear hide or skull out of the state it must be sealed. If you plan to take your bear hide out of the United States, you need to obtain a federal CITES permit from U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Law Enforcement. For more information, call the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Inspection Office in Anchorage at (907) 271-6198.


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AFN National Chief Perry Bellegarde Welcomes Thunder Bay Inquest Recommendations; Renews Call to Strengthen Support for First Nations Youth
29 Jun, 2016, 14:47 ET
OTTAWA, June 29, 2016 /CNW/ - Assembly of First Nations National Chief Perry Bellegarde supports calls for federal and provincial action on the 145 recommendations of the Thunder Bay inquest concerning the lives of seven First Nations youth, who died tragically after leaving their remote reserve communities to attend school.
"The Thunder Bay inquest has produced a solid list of recommendations and now it is up to all of us to ensure that these recommendations are fulfilled," said AFN National Chief Bellegarde. "Education is a Treaty right and a fundamental human right. No young person should be hindered in pursuing their education. I lift up the families who participated in this process in spite of their pain and I thank the regional First Nations leadership and citizens for their valuable input. We must act now in the interests of our children."
The 145 recommendations issued yesterday include calls for resources to close the gap in education, improving living conditions on reserves, support for First Nations children and families, and support for the Calls to Action by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. The report clearly indicates that public support is urgently needed for First Nations children living on reserve whose schools are often woefully inadequate or non-existent, forcing many to relocate to distant urban centres to further their education.
"These recommendations will inform the relationship between First Nation families and municipalities not only in Thunder Bay but across the province. The findings are crucial to understanding the underlying issues that our youth are faced with when attending school in urban centres," said AFN Ontario Regional Chief Isadore Day. "One of the key recommendations is the importance of maintaining culture and familial ties which is the same recommendation that we heard in the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's Calls to Action. It is our youth who will build a new era of reconciliation and move the priorities forward. Our Chief's Conference theme this year is Youth Inspired Action for a Strong Future. We will not tolerate losing any more of our children."
The AFN stands in solidarity with the families and friends of Jethro Anderson, Curran Strang, Paul Panacheese, Robyn Harper, Reggie Bushie, Kyle Morriseau and Jordan Wabasse among other First Nations youth who are regularly subjected to racial discrimination and oppression due to their indigenous identity across the country. We must work together to ensure these tragedies are never repeated.
The Assembly of First Nations is the national organization representing First Nation citizens in Canada. Follow AFN on Twitter @AFN_Comms, @AFN_Updates.
SOURCE Assembly of First Nations
For further information: Jenn Jefferys, AFN Communications Officer, 613-241-6789, ext. 110 or [email protected]; Alain Garon, AFN Bilingual Communications Officer, 613-241-6789, ext. 382; 613-292-0857 or [email protected]


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SGI on April 22 added a new product to its growing storage catalog. InfiniteStorage Gateway is an automated virtualized data management package aimed at multi-petabyte storage workloads.
SGI InfiniteStorage Gateway takes silos of data and makes them appear as one large, online pool of data storage, accessible from anywhere in an IT system in accordance with company policies. This virtualized storage fabric can include disk, tape, object and cloud storage—it doesn't matter to the gateway.
A gateway in a storage network is similar to a hypervisor layer in a server system, which virtualizes physical servers into virtual nodes and machines for specific tasks. SGI's InfiniteStorage Gateway virtualizes all storage and automatically places data at any storage device or location based upon what works best for access requirements, international rules and data-protection policies.
For example, European Union regulations require that data and files created within the borders of any of its 27 member nations must physically remain stored inside those boundaries. Flexible virtualized systems such as this one enable auditable movement of data for this purpose.
User Can See and Access Data at Any Time
By transparently connecting to existing mix-and-match storage environments, SGI's gateway also provides a way for users to see and access all the data at any time, no matter what might be happening to the storage infrastructure in the background. Because the storage infrastructure is virtualized, as requirements change the type of storage deployed can also evolve, with no interruption to users, SGI said.
"SGI previously had all the pieces to this, but now it's been brought all together," Bob Braham, SGI's chief marketing officer, told eWEEK. "Much of this SGI technology is already being used in deployments with over 100 petabytes in data capacity and approaching nearly 2 billion files. Several of our customers have large virtualized data environments that have been online with uninterrupted online access to data for more than 20 years."
Specifications on the Gateway
Some facts and figures on SGI's new storage gateway:
–SGI InfiniteStorage Gateway is factory-integrated into SGI's 4U Modular InfiniteStorage storage server and powered by Intel Xeon processors. The gateway is designed to be plug and play, connecting into existing network infrastructures and appearing to users and applications like a conventional storage device.
"This gateway can preserve the sense of an archive, for example, without disturbing the user access to any of this," Braham said.
–The Gateway includes up to 276 terabytes of capacity. As that local capacity begins to fill, data is virtualized with any of multiple storage choices to enable the entire storage fabric to scale to massive proportions, Braham said.
–Virtualized tiers can include tape, Zero-Watt Disk or MAID (massive array of idle disks), and object storage. This will also enable hybrid environments that can include public and private cloud storage architectures.
"As data growth has continued to skyrocket, IT organizations increasingly face the problem of infrastructure fragmentation, and the fact that their most expensive primary storage arrays are often used to house mostly inactive data," said Laura DuBois, program vice president at IDC Storage Systems Software and Solutions.
"Data management is not only about the performance of active data today," DuBois said, "it also must provide a seamless long-term strategy for all data that keeps costs at a minimum and reduces IT administrative burden without impacting users."
Available in June
SGI InfiniteStorage Gateway will be available in June, Braham said. Pricing information can be found on the SGI Website.
The Fremont, Calif.-based company has owned a niche in the scientific and government IT sectors for its extreme-scale, high-performance data center products for about two decades. Back in January, SGI identified products it had originally developed for government and military deployments and updated them for commercial use, literally scaling out its storage capabilities to larger markets.
SGI, which along with Sun Microsystems was the leading enterprise-level workstation maker in the 1980s and 1990s, stumbled after the IT bubble burst in the early 2000s. It was forced to change its focus radically in recent years after its acquisition for about $42 million by Rackable in May 2009. Rackable then retained the more well-known SGI name and branding after the deal.


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The Straz Center invited Los Angeles-based performance ensemble String Theory to turn the riverside corner of Morsani Hall into a working harp with 200-foot strings. This original, site-specific Fin Harp is on display with demonstrations through May 3.
Look closely at the design of the newly-installed wooden harp on the river side of Morsani's lobby, and you may recognize the shape. Inspired by certain loveable and highly-intelligent marine mammals, Luke Rothschild, one of the founding members of the multi-genre performance group String Theory, designed this harp specifically as an outdoor art/music installation for the Straz Center.
"I knew we wanted to incorporate the Riverwalk and more community engaging work here at the center," says Straz Center Director of Programming Chrissy Hall. "I'd met the agent for String Theory at a convention, so I asked about the possibility of an outdoor long term installment. The agent put me in direct contact with Luke, and we worked on coming up with a concept that would work out in the elements."
"I've been spending a lot of time surfing, and the shape for the soundboard kind of emerged naturally," says Luke.
His creation, the Fin Harp, takes its curvilinear shape from the dorsal fin of dolphins—perfect for this time of year in Tampa when dolphins and their calves feed in the Hillsborough River. The harp, comprised of cherry wood, red oak, maple, black walnut and shellacked like mad with boat varnish, can withstand the afternoon rains and soaring mid-day spring temperatures.
Stages of the Harp: Sketch, Mock Up, In-Progress, Finished
Installation began at 10:30 a.m. on March 31st as a team effort between String Theory members and The Straz facilities department. Using several ladders and a fair amount of derring-do, the teams secured the 14 brass strings to the Straz Center roof, running them the 200 feet to the instrument bolted to a platform on the grass below. They completed the installation about 4 p.m. that afternoon.
Outside of the time, financial and logistical constraints of creating a unique, outdoor instrument, another challenge altogether was how to get the Fin Harp on the plane from Los Angeles to Tampa. "The harp needed to be able to come apart and fit into a very specific size keyboard case approved by TSA," says Luke. "The base of the harp is in 10 pieces and is quite different from what I thought it would be, different from any other design I've done before for other harps. So, the soundboard fits into one 88 note keyboard case, the base breaks down and fits into another identical case. The brass wire, tuning blocks and tools go in a rolling case." Voila! Ready for travel.
The harp is played by stroking or plucking the strings with rosin-coated gloves which provide the "tooth" (grip) to create a compression wave—a vibration—which resonates in the soundboard.
When our time is up to have this incredible instrument, the Fin Harp will return to Luke at the String Theory headquarters in California to be used in future performance installations. The Fin Harp is on display through Riverfest, May 3, and will return to California on May 4.
Many thanks to Luke Rothschild for the use of his personal photographs, except where noted, and his help with behind-the-scenes info for this blog.
To see a free demonstration of the harp and to hear this unique instrument, see the schedule below:
Fin Harp Demo Schedule
April 17- 7pm-9pm (before and during the intermission for Pippin)
April 18- 1pm-3:30 & 7pm-9:30pm (before and during intermission for Pippin)
April 19 – 1pm-3:30 & 7pm-9:30pm (before and during intermission for Pippin)
April 23 – 6:30pm-8pm (before Mythbusters)
April 24- 7pm-8:30pm (before TFO Pops concert)
April 25- 6:30pm-8pm (before Celtic Woman)
April 26- 3pm-4:30pm (before Tampa Bay Symphony)
May 1- 7pm-8:30pm (before Florida Orchestra)
May2- 11:30am-5pm all day for Riverfest
May 3- 11:30am-5pm all day for Riverfest


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Nuclear Energy Essay
Nuclear energy: Energy legislation reviews
Wild fluctuation prices in energy and economic shocks have characterized the world recently, making the economies of most countries suffer and drop to the drain with companies collapsing. This effect has not only affected the US but the whole world. Recently, the Herman brothers collapsed due to the economic crisis. With global warming on the rise due to the use of petrochemicals and dependence on fossil fuel, then it's time the world embraced change to the perception of nuclear energy production and use. Supply of fossil fuel has been decreasing, while CO2 gas has been increasing into atmosphere. All these factors give more reason to examine the energy policy the United States has and to include the changes that are seen to encompass the good of all citizens.
The use of nuclear energy has been rebuked time and again by several leaders, and its uses put to doubt by various people. This paper examines the reasons as to why the much neglected and low exploited energy will be our only option left in future to save our economies and environment from collapsing. The pros and cons are outlined in details and the effects of the efficient use of the energy elaborated. To save the environment and economies the adaptation of nuclear energy should be adapted in the US. The energy policies of the US regarding nuclear energy are explained, with the limitations they have. The limitations of energy legislation is also highlighted and giving a lasting solution to the effective, safe and positive use of nuclear energy.
The US situation
The US signed the Kyoto protocol which aims at reducing the four greenhouse gasses, namely carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, sulphur hexafluoride, but remains the most non-cooperative member. The United States for example was claimed to be responsible for 36.1% of the emissions leading to global warming. All these gases are emitted mainly due to the use of fossil fuel, especially carbon dioxide and sulphur. Various other bills have been passed to the effect of global warming including; the America climate security act of 2007 to protect the environment from these emotions and the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act of 2007 (Energy Market and Economic Impacts of S. 2191, the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act of 2007, 2009 p.2).
The overdependence of fossil fuel will make environmentalist sing the same song over and over again. The world has been accustomed to the use of one source of energy. The big question is what happens when the fossil diminishes. The developed countries can turn to the alternatives sources of energy as nuclear but the poor countries have no option but to turn back to charcoal fuel. Another question arises why wait for so long before making plans; it is the time for the actions and the policy makers don't have to wait until worse comes to worst to turn to nuclear energy (Energy Market and Economic Impacts of S. 2191, the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act of 2007, 2009, p.3).
It has been predicted that with the current global warming trends, the Amazon basin is gong to be no more in 40 years. The emissions of the greenhouse gasses have been very destructive in depleting the ozone layer which prevents the harmful ultra violet rays of the sun to reach the earth. This has made the temperatures to rise and the loss of many habitats (Tiffanyaliano, 2009 para.5). Even the ice present at the Greenland has been on the decline through melting away, which is a major evidence of global warming. Global warming will lead to decrease of natural resources that man uses including water which is regarded as life. With the crisis of water hitting the earth, then mankind may even find it more difficult to ensure sustainability of the ecology (Nuclear Energy Plays Essential Role in Climate Change Initiatives, n.d. para.5).
The US should indeed revisit the energy policies with haste. This situation is of national interest and not just an issue to politicize otherwise dire consequences are expected in case of delay. The forest will continue getting depleted; the ice will continue melting with the increased use of fossil fuel despite the presence of the policies. The world should be protected from the scenarios similar to those witnessed in Easter Island which is extinct due to overexploitation (Tiffanyaliano, 2009 para.7).
Politically, the country is also compromised; many countries are now applying to use or increase the use of nuclear energy, countries like Iran has been suspected to produce nuclear energy or are in the process of starting the process. With the Middle East countries having a grudge on the US for attacking most of their Muslim countries like Iraq and Afghanistan the US stand a chance of being attacked by its foes. Another fact in the world today is the battle for supremacy and superpower. Many countries that can produce nuclear energy will do so secretly and in case of attack, then the government looses it political supremacy.
The government should increase the production of nuclear energy so as to protect itself politically and to protect the citizens that are more valuable to its rule (McLeish, 2008 p.75). The policies should be amended to accommodate various uses of the nuclear energy, be it for safety or consumption. This is driven by the necessity of security especially in the wake of so many terrorist attacks.
Nuclear energy is produced naturally by the sun and other stars which make heat and light from nuclear reactions. Nuclear reactions are the only requirement for the production of this energy. Manmade nuclear energy can be made from a large nuclei being split to release energy also known as nuclear fission where uranium is the main fuel, and by a small nuclei being combined to release energy also known as nuclear fusion where the hydrogen atom fuse to make helium (Richardson, 1999 p.87).
Reasons for energy legislations review
The advantages of nuclear power are unlimited and are the best solution to turn to in this period of fuel and energy crisis. Dependency on fossil fuel has already proven to be so costly. It has plunged the economies of many countries in to turmoil. The very fluctuating prices of fossil energy and crude oil in the markets are making the global crisis even more persistent. The dependence on nuclear energy will introduce a new era affordable energy and revitalized world economies.
Many renewable natural resources are overexploited. The US should not deplete the resources but should utilize nuclear energy to give the fossil fuel more time to regenerate, otherwise the situation may be dim in the near future since the economic crunch will persist and lead to a resource crisis rather than the economic crisis (The pros and cons of nuclear energy, 2009 para.3).
As opposed to fossil energy, nuclear power production emits relatively low amounts of carbon dioxide (CO2). This can be seen as the means to reduce emissions of green house gases hence reduces global warming. The major problem caused by fossil fuel will be eliminated in the use of nuclear energy. Fewer emissions to the environment means the environment will be friendlier to stay in. This will give the natural resources, which may be extinct due to global warming, more time to rejuvenate. Nuclear energy production technology is readily available, it will not need time to first develop but it will meet the most present needs of energy (Pros and cons of nuclear power, n.d. para.8).
People are already facing a crisis, thus there is no time to invent more fossil fuel sites; an instant solution to the current problem is needed and no doubt the presence of nuclear power suits the events. The amount of energy produced or generated in a single nuclear plant is high compared to that produced or generated by fossil fuel. This gives the lasting solution to the use of an already extinct or declining fuel. The present world needs quantity and quality with this age where the world is densely populated and numerous needs for power must be met, and nuclear energy guarantees this.
Nuclear energy is also safe depending on the handling. Shocking statistics indicate that 10000-50000 Americans deaths are recorded resulting from burning of coal. The procedure of handling and maintaining nuclear energy is so protected that deaths are unlikely. It includes a series of barriers that separate the rays and heat from the outside. The impacts of practicing safe production of nuclear can only be said to be positive and beneficial to say the least.
Barrier to amendments
The barriers to the amendment of the energy policy can only be described best by those who are opposed to it. However, personal interests should not go beyond the public interest of people who are yearning for a redeeming image of the economy of Unites States. Those who oppose such amendments can only be termed as enemies of the state (McLeish, 2008 p.78).
The legislation is further faced by economic barriers. Many companies and cooperates in the fossil fuel business are making millions in profits, this leads to capital concentration in the energy sector thus the government may see as if it has made progress. The increased production in nuclear power production may seem very expensive in the short-term. The policy makers may be carried away by this statistics, ignoring the benefits that may be accrued in the long-run. Many are just interested in the profits of the energy sector, which make them ignore or block the enactment of the legislation.
People are generally slow to adapt to a change, whether positive or negative. The issue of inadequate education in reference to nuclear energy may be minimal as to have any significant effect on the demand for better, reliable and affordable energy such as nuclear energy. Some consumers also like to use what they already have and ignore what they don't know or know little about. Such are the barriers that are hindering consumers to adopt or press for new forms of effective, clean, and reliable energy.
No matter what the barriers to the legislation are, the legislators need to examine the effective and safe use of the energy and the impacts it is going to create in the world of energy. It is with no doubt that, though the negative effects of nuclear energy given by the scientist, including the waste disposal and radiation effects, nuclear energy will go a long way in ending the crisis affecting the world economies. The increased use of fossil fuel will destroy the ozone layer and the harmful rays of the sun will reach the earth, leading to adverse changes in climatic conditions and other effects. So the continued use of fossil energy is not a solution. Embracing nuclear energy will make the world a better place to live in.


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"She walked up the Kennington Road …"
– The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax
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Born: June 6, 1928 in Menands, New York
Died: May 8, 2018 in Long Beach, California
Married: Gloria M. Saatjian on February 16, 1957
Political Party: Republican
Father: George Deukmejian
Mother: Alice Gairden
Wife: Gloria M. Saatjian
Children: Leslie, Andrea, George
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As a young boy, George Deukmejian was considered polite, good natured and studious. He worked through high school wrapping meat and making coat hangers. He attended Siena College where he majored in sociology, managed the college's baseball team, and picked up the nickname "Duke." He went on to earn his law degree at St. John's University. Soon after completing law school, he was drafted to serve in the US Army, where he was assigned legal duty in Paris.
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Co-digestion of organic material with dairy manure represents an opportunity to provide both a revenue stream to anaerobic digester operations, through the collection of a tipping fee and/or increased biogas/electricity production, as well as a means for waste generators to dispose of their product in a beneficial way.
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What Did We Do?
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Once the timing of addition is completed, the user can select how much of the waste is applied during each addition. Whether that be a constant volume for each addition, or a custom volume for each addition.
The data for the specific wastes includes the dry matter and organic matter content as well as the biogas and methane yields. Based on the type of waste we have also assigned a "digestibility" curve to the particular waste which when assuming a first order kinetic model of gas production, can provide the production of gas a function of time. The production of biogas from all added wastes and the added manure is then summed for each day of the year to provide an estimate of the biogas production, on a daily basis, that can be summarized with a minimum/maximum/average on a monthly and annual basis.
What Have We Learned?
During the process of developing the software, we examined a few different techniques for estimating the timing of biogas production from co-digested wastes. There are more complicated models available such as Anaerobic Digestion Model #1 (ADM1), however many more parameters must be known/estimated for each waste type, (not to mention requiring a much more complicated user interface). We felt that using a simplified first order kinetic model provides a good way to add the necessary complexity to model biogas production over time without overly complicated calculations. The simplification allowed us to include a more complicated and yet more real world means of modeling the addition of wastes to a digester that wouldn't be possible with more complicated digestion/biogas production models.
Future Plans
Currently, the Cornell Dairy Anaerobic Digestion Simulation Software is capable of predicting the amount of heat necessary to maintain digester temperatures, as well as the parasitic electrical load. Future additions will include modeling the energy usage (and effects on biogas) of treatment processes to produce Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) from biogas.
We would also like to include the ability to track nutrients through the process of digestion. Nutrient additions from the co-digestion of wastes also represent an important consideration for farm as they may or may not have the land base/crop requirements to use all of the imported nutrients. The cost of treatment of the effluent from the digester to remove nutrients, or the shipment of effluent off site may have to be added into the determination of how much of a "tipping fee" a farmer would need to charge for taking an organic waste for co-digestion.
We hope to make the program freely available to the public to use. Currently, the software is written in MATLAB which ordinarily requires a license to operate, however it is possible to create an executable standalone program that can be shared and run without the need to purchase MATLAB.
Timothy Shelford, Extension Associate, School of Integrated Plant Science, Cornell University
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Curt Gooch, Senior Extension Associate Emeritus, Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University
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At the University of Lancashire, new tests have been carried out in an attempt to better understand Alzheimer's disease. Alzheimer's disease is the most common type of dementia which affects around 496,000 people in the UK and can be characterised by memory loss, mood changes and problems with communication and reasoning. Whilst not exclusively limited to old age, dementia affects around one in fourteen people over the age of 65 and one in six over the age of 80. Some of the causes are believed to be the lack of certain chemicals in the brain and protein 'tangles' forming in the brain which causes the death of brain cells.
The University of Lancashire teamed up with the Lancashire Teaching Hospital's NHS Foundation Trust to carry out an in-depth experiment with patients suffering from Alzheimer's. The study included 18 Alzheimer's patients, 25 sufferers of Parkinson's disease, 17 healthy young people and 18 healthy older people. They were asked to track the movement of lights on a computer screen and their responses were measured. In some cases, the participants were asked to look away from the screen. Ordinarily, studies on Alzheimer's patients involve neuropsychological tests but these have proved difficult to complete as the patients become confused and frustrated. However, over the last decade, researchers have been developing new ways to explore the workings of the brain and have developed eye-tracking as an alternative approach. By closely studying the way the brain controls the movements of the eye, researchers were able to investigate the patients' cognitive abilities such as memory, attention and cognitive inhibition.
The results were very revealing: detailed eye-tracking measurements showed that Alzheimer's patients made numerous errors when asked to look away from the light, errors which were 10 times more frequent than in the healthy participants. They also found it particularly difficult to notice and amend the errors made. Among these patients who made errors, the researchers measured memory function and discovered a correlation. It appeared that there is a link between poor memory skills and cognitive skills.
Dr. Trevor Crawford of the department of Psychology at the university suggested that these results were very important because they demonstrated, for the first time, a connection with memory difficulties in Alzheimer's patients. The patients' difficulties in noticing and correcting the errors made on the eye-tracking test may be linked to problems with the memory networks in the brain.
Researchers are excited by the possibility that these simple, minimally invasive tests could lead to earlier diagnosis of the disease.
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Investors' continued neglect of equities and subsequent diversion to short-dated money market instruments despite the stock market attractive valuation has become a source of worry to stakeholders, as they task the government to adopt an economic policy that would urgently respond to the macro challenges currently rocking the domestic economy.
Stakeholders, who noted that investors are not patronising the market to buy stocks despite its current cheap prices, blamed the development on the dearth of liquidity and low confidence that have shrouded the Nigerian market in the past few years.
According to them, foreign portfolio drivers have continued to stay on the sideline due to the poor state of the capital market, while the fewer investors that are risk-averse patronise money market instruments.
They argued that the preference for the money market and debt instrument arises from the fact that returns on such facilities, which are loaned to government or corporate bodies, are guaranteed with high yields for the fixed period of their tenure, unlike stocks which are exposed to the vagaries of market forces as they are traded daily.
Indeed, the Nigerian equities market declined the most in the month of July with a loss of 7.5 percent, as investors continued to watch in anticipation of a positive catalyst.
The bearish trend ended the month of July effectively plunging the Year-to-Date (YtD) return on investment (RoI), into -11.81 per cent.
The key performance indicator of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), the All-Share Index (ASI), also dropped 7.50 per cent to close at 27,718.26 on July 31, from 29,966.87 points at which it opened trading for the month.
Meanwhile, market capitalisation for the period gained N302 billion to N13.508 trillion from N13.206 trillion, mostly attributed to Airtel Africa listing on the NSE on July 9, with a total of 3.8 billion units of share at N363, thereby adding N1.4 trillion to the equities market capitalisation.
The Chief Operating Officer of InvestData Consulting Limited, Ambrose Omordion, said there has been a shift from variable assets to more fixed-income assets by both foreign and local portfolio investors, who have been sitting on the fence since February this year because these asset classes are considered more secured despite narrow yields.
He linked investors' appetite for money market instruments over equities to low liquidity, and the prevailing confidence crisis arising from political risk and persistent insecurity in the country, thereby worsening Nigeria's already unfriendly business environment.
He noted that these factors have impacted negatively on the weak half-year earnings of quoted companies, which have fuelled the negative sentiments.
Omordion continued: "The risks in money market instruments are small that is why investors are looking that way. The more the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) makes conscious efforts to reduce the yields on treasury bills (TBs), and other instruments; it would make money market instruments less-attractive, and buoy investment inequities.
By the time the equities market recovers, all these funds will find their way back to the stock market
"Notwithstanding the disappointment, various stakeholders expressed over the ministerial list, all the 43 nominees have been cleared by the Senate. All eyes are now on President Muhammadu Buhari to assign them portfolios so that implementation of the 2019 budget can commence immediately, as they settle down for the business of governance and policy formulation."
The President, Constance Shareholders Association, Shehu Mallam Mikail, noted that bonds and government instruments are already crowding out funds from the equities market, adding that because of the attractive coupon rate (interest rate), and frequency of payments, these instruments hold more promises for every segment of investors.
He added that high-interest rate, which is already taking money away from the capital market, will ultimately depress investors' appetite for stocks.
The Publicity Officer, Independence Shareholders Association of Nigeria, Moses Igbrude, said many investors in the Nigerian capital market are still counting their losses from the equities crash.
He said: "For quite a while now, the prices of shares in the market have been falling, and there is low liquidity following investors' apathy in the market.
"The president has made the ministers known and the Senate has cleared them until the government's economic policy respond to the macro challenges, the fundamentals of this economy would remain weak.


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Assagioli was a student of Sigmund Freud. He introduced Freud's teachings to the medical fraternity in Venice in 1910. Assagioli saw that there was a need for something beyond analysis. This was the need for a person to become whole – to be united in synthesis.
His most famous book is The Act of Will. What follows is a long citation from Chapter 7, pages 85-90.
"Many attempts are being made to replace Competition with Cooperation, conflict with arbitration and agreement, based on an understanding of right relations between groups, classes, and nations.
All this is basically a question of WILLING.
The individual has to discipline itself and choose the aims which as are consistent with the welfare of others and the common good of humanity.
There are two methods of accomplishing this task:
(1): The elimination of Obstacles.
(2): The active development and expression of a Good Will.
Selfishness constitutes the fundamental obstacle. Selfishness springs from the desire to possess and to dominate, which is an expression of the basic urges of self-preservation and self-assertion.
Self-centeredness. While less obvious and crude than selfishness, it is also a great hindrance because of its tendency to refer everything to the personal self, to consider everything from the angle of one's own personality, to concentrate solely on one's own ideas and emotional reactions.
Lack of understanding. With understanding comes the abandonment of the inclination to criticize, to judge, to condemn. With understanding is born the recognition that an individual "Is As He Is," and in a certain sense has the right to be what he is.
For he is the product of an enormous number of collective and individual elements rooted in the past and the present, and all kinds of conditioning over which he did not have control.
The individual is not fixed and immutable but is in a continual state of becoming.
Everyone can direct and regulate his own "becoming" process to a certain extent; thus comes into play the Responsibility he bears for the beneficent or harmful influence he has on other people"
The most important capability to create a Good Will is to become Vulnerable, to allow others to Affect us.
If we do this we will not dominate others and others are incapable of dominating us.
Slave and Master play a simple game, the game of Control and allowing Control.
If we become vulnerable we can play the most satisfying Game of Creation.
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Fostoria American and Jobling 2077 patterns are very similar, as Emily Seate, co-author of the book "Fostoria Stemware" pointed out. There has been some confusion which I hope this short piece helps to sort it out.
John Bell, a glass specialist from the North East of England (the home of Joblings) has helped us by providing a photograph of his Jobling's bowl and many other people have contributed to the information now on this page.
The English company James A. Joblings & Co Ltd., produced a "3-handled salad bowl" and a "3-handled small bowl" in a very similar "icecube" pattern to Fostoria "American". This was part of an experiment in expensive quality pressed glass that Jobling's introduced in the mid-1930's, but discontinued in 1939 because the depression and the Second World War put an end to production.
The Jobling's catalogue form the mid 1930's shows only these two shapes in this pattern, and only in this colour (jade). However, an earlier catalogue shows these two three-handled bowls and in addition a large jug and small jug (each with one handle) and tumbler and low sugar bowl both without handles. There is a flint glass version and I have seen a deep turquoise version in John Bell's shop in the North East of England. These were probably made before the 1930s. Below is a photograph of the turquoise bowl (left) belonging to John Bell and my clear glass set with one jade bowl (right).
The Jobling's 2077 pattern is easy to distinguish from Fostoria American and other look-alikes because it always has a very large star on the side. With the large 3-handled bowls, the star is behind the handles. With the other shapes, it is in the centre of the side. It is shown most clearly in the catalogue picture below on the left, which shows the jugs in this pattern.
The plain "icecubes" pattern (without the Jobling's star) was known in England as "Georgian" and was imported in large quantities by Charles Pratt's National Glass Company (which had showrooms in Charterhouse Street, London) along with another popular design "Chippendale" (patented in the USA in 1907). In 1931 the British Government introduced a 50% import duty on glass, and at that time the moulds for popular designs from overseas were bought and imported so that the glass could be made in Britain.
We know that the moulds for the Czechoslovakian design known as "Jacobean" were imported around 1931, and British firms then made that design, notably Davidsons. The moulds for "Chippendale" were imported from the USA and made at Davidsons. So it would not be surprising to find that the moulds for "Georgian" were also imported and the glass made in England during the 1930's. Davidson's did advertise a design they called "Georgian" at that time, but I have not so far found a picture of that design. The picture below shows two English versions of the ice cube design. On the left is a small Jobling 2077 bowl in jade, and on the right a sugar bowl which is marked on the inside "Made in England" in jade glass typical of Davidson's. This is probably an example of Davidson's "Georgian" pattern.
Bagley's of Knottingley, in Yorkshire, made an icecubes pattern between 1931 and the end of 1939. They called it "Honeycomb" and they made a two-handled sugar bowl, cream jug, square lidded honey pot, dish and butter dish in this design. This design is easily confused with the Fostoria American pattern. If you have the two together (Fostoria and Bagley) then it can be distuinguished because I am told the Bagley Honeycomb pattern has a smaller cube than the Fostoria American.
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Introduction to Sambahsa: 25
Now, let's translate The slaves are afraid of the masters into Sambahsa. To express to be afraid of, Sambahsa uses just one word : bay, IPA baj. The aj sound counts here as a vowel, so the ending for the 3° plural person is -nt. "Slave" is sclav, IPA sklav. In this sentence, both slaves and masters are of different genders.