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Education has peeked into the forefront during the 2012 campaign for the White House with President Obama's push for low-interest student loans - and Republican challenger Mitt Romney's contrasting views ("shop around") on how to pay for college. Obama has also seized on comments Romney made largely dismissing the impact of class sizes, using them for a TV ad running in battleground states.
But what's at stake in this election when it comes to education goes beyond the sound bites. The two candidates, like on so many issues, would take starkly different approaches, if elected.
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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney speaks at the Clinton Global Initiative meeting on September 25, 2012 in New York City.
Obama would likely try to expand many of the same initiatives he has pursued in his first term -- a reform-minded agenda implemented largely through the Department of Education and outside the purview of Congress. That agenda includes content standards that will be implemented in at least 45 states by 2014. Obama, who has not always been in the favor of the teachers' unions that strongly support him, would continue to try and implement reforms while working with the unions.
Romney, on the other hand, takes a more adversarial approach to unions, which he sees as a large part of the problem. Romney's plan calls for vouchers and a restructuring of funding for special-needs and low-income students that would assign money directly to individuals instead of schools and school districts. Romney would also try to implement "report cards" and make some changes to No Child Left Behind to recruit teachers.
President Obama shares his vision for the nation's education future in a taped interview with NBC's Savannah Guthrie, discussing what it will take to prepare all Americans for the high-skill jobs of the 21st century.
What would they do – President Obama
1. Preserve funding
The president has warned against steep cuts to education and would fight to preserve funding for the Department of Education and programs like his competition-driven "Race to the Top" initiative.
"I have a question for Gov. Romney," Obama said Aug. 22nd in Las Vegas, "how many teachers' jobs are worth another tax cut for millionaires and billionaires?"
The stimulus included about $100 billion for education. Much of the money went to states to retain teachers. The White House says as many as 160,000 teachers' jobs were saved.
"Federal stimulus funds appear to have blunted the effects of the economic downturn on the K-12 education sector," said Maria Ferguson, executive director of the Center on Education Policy at George Washington University after the release of a study from the center on the stimulus' effect on school districts. "Although many districts still had to eliminate teaching and other key staff positions, our research indicates that the situation would have been worse without the stimulus funds."
2. "Race to the Top"
"Race to the Top," an initiative meant to spur innovation in schools, was funded through $4.35 billion in the president's $787 billion stimulus plan, officially known as the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
The president requested $1.35 billion for the program in his 2011 budget request. The first rounds of grants were announced in April and then September 2010.
Unlike "No Child Left Behind," officially the "Elementary and Secondary Education Act," Race to the Top does not set highly specific federal standards. It instead allows local school districts and states to compete over a pot of money – millions of dollars. They come up with their own plans on things like teacher evaluations and initiatives to improve student achievement and submit them to the Department of Education for approval.
The Obama administration argues this approach spurs innovation. Critics say it is too haphazard, inconsistent, and lacks accountability. Romney's plan charges, for example, that once the money is "out the door," the Obama administration "can only hope that change occurs."
3. Common Core
Common Core is a set of math and reading standards developed with the Council of Chief State School Officers and and the National Governors Association. The standards are largely supported by the Obama administration, and the administration has encouraged the adoption of standards by tying them to some Race to the Top money.
Forty-six states will implement them by 2014. Some conservatives have pointed to this as a relinquishing control of state education to the federal government. Others object because the measures are untested.
4. Watering down No Child Left Behind and going around Congress
The Obama administration has largely bypassed Congress on revising NCLB. It was up for reauthorization last year, but the administration – skeptical that Congress would act – instead implemented a series of changes through the Department of Education. Obama's Education Secretary Arne Duncan called NCLB a "slow-motion train wreck" and noted, "We must fix No Child Left Behind now, not in Washington but in real time."
Under the Obama administration, states "can request flexibility" from NCLB provisions, "but only if they are transitioning students, teachers, and schools to a system aligned with college- and career-ready standards for all students, developing differentiated accountability systems, and undertaking reforms to support effective classroom instruction and school leadership," the Department of Education announced on Sept. 23, 2011.
"This is Plan B," Duncan said in June of last year, previewing the steps the administration would be taking over the next several months. "Plan A is to have Congress move. If that doesn't happen, we can't sit here and do nothing."
Duncan's criticism of NCLB, highlighted in a January Washington Post op-ed, noted that the law "created an artificial goal of proficiency that encouraged states to set low standards," was too reliant on test scores, is "overly prescriptive" hasn't "supported states."
By February, 37 states and the District of Columbia had requested waivers. Now, 44 states have requested waivers and 33 have already been approved, according a spokesman for the Department of Education.
Members of Congress, who are never fans of the Executive Branch taking steps that bypass them, were not all pleased.
"The best way to fix the problems in existing law is to pass a better one," said Sen. Tom Harkin, a Democrat from Iowa, who is chairman of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, the same committee – with the late Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA) at the helm – that helped write and pass the original NCLB legislation under President George W. Bush. "Given the bipartisan commitment in Congress to fixing [NCLB], it seems premature at this point to take steps outside the legislative process that would address NCLB's problems in a temporary and piecemeal way."
Republican John Kline, a congressman from Minnesota and chairman of the House Education and Workforce Committee, chided the president for what he saw as him seeking "sweeping authority to handpick winners and losers."
As AP reported, "A Senate committee last fall passed a bipartisan bill to update the law, but it was opposed by the administration and did not go before the full Senate for a vote."
And Democrats in Congress were skeptical that a bipartisan bill would emerge from the House, making it impossible to see a path forward for the legislation.
"Without a bipartisan bill coming out of the House, I believe it would be difficult to find a path forward that will draw the support we need from both sides of the aisle to be able to send a final bill to the president," Harkin said in December of 2011. "Given that the HELP Committee was able to come to bipartisan agreement on a strong bill to reauthorize [NCLB], I sincerely hope Chairman Kline will reconsider his decision to not pursue a bipartisan bill.
5. On higher education, low-interest student loans
Obama campaigned for months on a provision to keep student-loan interest rates low, pressing Congress to act when visiting college campus after college campus. Young voters, of course, are a key constituency for the president.
The president continually pushed that government-subsidized student-loan interest rates would double if Congress didn't approve the measure by July 1st. (The rate would have gone from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent.)
Despite opposition from some Republicans in Congress, in late June, Congress overwhelmingly approved a one-year extension of the low rates.
Obama hammered Romney for saying that his "best advice" is for students to "shop around" for the most affordable school (more on that below).
"He said, 'the best thing I can do for you is to tell you is to shop around,' " Obama said in Ohio last month. "That's it. That's his plan.
Governor Romney attends the Education Nation Summit, sharing his vision for the nation's education future and participates in a question and answer session.
What would they do – Mitt Romney
1. Vouchers
The most specific criticism from Romney is about the president's opposition to vouchers for children in Washington, D.C., known as the "D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program," championed by House Speaker John Boehner.
A bill allocating $60 million over the next five years passed easily in the House, but has not come up in the Democratic-controlled Senate. Democrats argue it takes resources and attention away from public schools. Romney and Republicans contend Democrats are bowing to the teachers unions.
"Instead of eliminating the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program as President Obama has proposed, I will expand it to offer more students a chance to attend a better school," Romney said in a May speech focused on education before The Latino Coalition's Annual Economic Summit. "It will be a model for parental choice programs across the nation."
Romney said in that speech in May that that too many poor and disabled students receive "a third-world education" in the United States. To help remedy this, he would restructure Title I and IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act) funds, meant for schools with low-income students and students with disabilities. Instead of assign the money to school districts and whole schools, Romney would want to assign specific amounts to those students and allow them to choose to attend better-performing schools.
There are a couple of potential problems with this approach: (a) "Any proposal to radically shift the use of that money would be almost certain to face a host of administrative, budgetary, and political hurdles from the Congress and statehouses on down," Education Week wrote.
The New America Foundation similarly wrote that Romney's proposal "undermines local control of schools, a concept many conservatives hold dear," it writes. "Not only would states be required to implement open enrollment systems and transfer funds among districts, but districts and schools could no longer target their Title I funds to the schools or grades of their choosing. If candidate Romney becomes President Romney, we predict a long and tough road ahead for his education proposals, likely with resistance from both sides of the aisle."
And (b): There might not be enough money between the two programs to pay for the schooling of all the students Romney would want to support.
There is about $26 billion allocated for Title I and IDEA. There were about 21 million low-income students benefiting from Title I funding in the 2009-2010 school year, according to the National Center for Education Statistics – and another 5.8 million students covered under IDEA, according to Education Week.
That means the 26 million or so students would only get about $1,000 each.
2. Report cards
Romney pledges to "provide better information for parents through straightforward public report cards and will empower them to hold districts and states responsible for results."
Of the report cards, Romney said in his May speech: "Parents shouldn't have to navigate a cryptic evaluation system to figure out how their kids' schools are performing. States must provide a simple-to-read and widely available public report card that evaluates each school. These report cards will provide accurate and easy-to-understand information about student and school performance. States will continue to design their own standards and tests, but the report cards will provide information that parents can use to make informed choices."
According to the Romney campaign's white paper on education: "States will be required to provide report cards that evaluate schools and districts on an A through F or similar scale based primarily on their contribution to achievement growth,". "These report cards will provide accurate and easy-to-understand information about student and school performance, as well as information about per-pupil spending in the local district. States will continue to design their own standards and tests, but information on the state's National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) performance will appear on the school and district report cards, and the grading system will be standardized so that states with poor NAEP performance cannot assign artificially high grades to their schools."
3. Attracting good teachers, eliminating seniority for hiring, firing
Romney's plan would "eliminate" what he calls "NCLB's ineffective 'highly qualified' certification requirement.
He would also "block grant" money "for states that adopt policies focused on improving teacher effectiveness. For instance, states seeking block grants will be required to establish evaluation systems based in part on effectiveness in advancing student achievement, reward effective teachers and principals with additional compensation and advancement opportunities, eliminate or reform teacher tenure, streamline the certification process for becoming a teacher, and prohibit seniority-based transfer and dismissal rules (including Last In, First Out layoffs)."
That is known colloquially as LIFO, an aspect of seniority that is a sticking point for teachers unions.
4. Seeking distance from NCLB
As noted above, Romney's plan mentions NCLB, but he has largely distanced himself from the plan that was the chief domestic accomplishment of his Republican predecessor in the White House, George W. Bush.
Romney indicates a move away from federal standards. His white paper, instead says his administration would "work closely with Congress to strengthen NCLB by reducing federal micromanagement."
5. Romney against Common Core, then for it -- just not tying federal money to standards
During an October 2011 interview with Huckabee on FOX, Romney praised Obama Education Secretary Arne Duncan for trying to "reward school systems that reward teachers for doing a good job, that remove bad teachers, that test kids to see how the kids are doing."
But he added, "By the way, not everything that Arne Duncan is doing do I agree with. So, for instance, this national core curriculum they are pushing and trying to get states to take that on. I don't like a national curriculum. I like states to be able to draft their own curriculum."
But in May, before Romney's education speech, his campaign indicated he had shifted position. Education Week: "Romney's campaign staff said he is supportive of the Common Core State Standards, but thinks the Obama administration has gone too far in encouraging states to adopt them. Those policies 'effectively are an attempt to manipulate states into' adopting common core, said Oren Cass, Romney's domestic policy director on a call with reporters."
Romney also said in a 2010 Fox interview that the federal government has a role in "overseeing our schools, or some portion of our schools."
He does not mention "Common Core" in his white paper.
6. Supporting testing, "standing up" to unions
In 2007, Romney said he supported NCLB and, "I like testing in our schools."
In 2012, he hinted at testing as part of the solution as well as "standing up" to unions.
"We looked at what drives good education in our state," Romney said in a September 2011 debate. "What we found is the best thing for education is great teachers, hire the very best and brightest to be teachers, pay them properly, make sure that you have school choice, test your kids to see if they are meeting the standards that need to be met, and make sure that you put the parents in charge. And as president I will stand up to the National teachers unions."
7. Supported temporary student-loan extension but opposes long-term government intervention - "shop around"
In April, Romney said, "I fully support the effort to extend the low interest rate on student loans. There was some concern that that would expire halfway through the year, and I support extending the temporary relief on interest rates for students as a result of – as a result of student loans, obviously – in part because of the extraordinarily poor conditions in the job market."
But Romney has also said the "best advice" he could give students trying to figure out how to afford college is to "shop around" and not take out loans.
"The best thing I can do for you is to tell you to shop around and compare tuition in different places," Romney told a student in Ohio in March. "And make sure you get the education you want for the cost you want. Make sure you can get your degree in four years – or less. Work hard. Get done in two-and-a-half years. Recognize, I mean, that college is expensive. You don't want to have huge debts. And I know it would be popular for me to stand up and say I'm going to give you government money to pay for your college. But I'm not going to do promise that."
He added, "My best advice is find a great institution of higher learning, find one that has the right price. Shop around. In America, this idea of competition, it works. And don't just go to the one that has the highest price. Go to one that has a little lower price where you can get a good education and hopefully you'll find that and don't take on too much debt, and don't expect the government to forgive the debt that you take on. Recognize you're going to have to pay it back. I want to make sure every kid in this country that wants to go to college gets the chance to go to college. If you can't afford it, scholarships are available. Shop around for loans. Make sure you go to a place that's reasonably priced. And if you can think about serving the country because that's a way to get all that education for free."
8. Continue Pell Grants (and the Ryan budget)
The budget proposed by Congressman Paul Ryan, Romney's pick to be his vice president, would put a hard cap on Pell Grants spending. But Romney, at a Univision forum -- meant to appeal to Latino voters – took a different position, saying he would want them to "go with the rate of inflation."
"I care about your education and helping people of modest means get a good education and we'll continue a Pell Grant program," he said. "I think the Republican budget called for a Pell Grants being capped out at their current high level. My inclination would be to have them go with the rate of inflation. I think it's important in higher education that we get serious about the fact that the inflation of tuition has been much faster than inflation generally. And my view is we have to hold down the rate of tuition increases and fee increases in higher education."
The candidates have sparred over how much the Ryan budget would cut. The Obama campaign charges it could mean 20 percent across-the-board cuts to domestic programs. But it's unclear how cuts in the Ryan budget would be applied. Romney has said, although he's broadly supportive of the Ryan budget, he's not in favor of every detail.
9. Welcome the private sector
But when it comes to college loans, "Romney favors bolstering the role for the private sector, which he contends has been decimated by the Obama administration's choice to scrap the Federal Family Education Loan Program and ensure that all loans originate through the U.S. Department of Education," Education Week writes.
"We welcome private sector participating instead of pushing it away," said Oren Cass said, Romney's domestic policy adviser.
Obama has criticized Romney for that, charging that would cause rates to increase.
10. Class-size controversy
At a charter school in Philadelphia back in May, Romney ran into tough questioning from a teacher when he said, in talking about the success of schools in other countries: "It's not the classroom size that is driving the success of those school systems."
At a GOP debate in Florida, Romney was more blunt. "[A]ll the talk about we need smaller classroom size, look that's promoted by the teachers' unions to hire more teachers," Romney said, adding, "[A]s president, I will stand up to the National Teachers Unions."
Of course, as First Read has written previously, Obama's pushes for performance pay, teacher evaluations tied to student achievement, and support for charter schools, have rankled those unions.
Part of the Chicago teachers' strike, in fact, had to do with teacher evaluations. Obama's former Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel is mayor of Chicago.
*** UPDATE *** The post has been updated with the most recent number of states that have requested and been approved for waivers from No Child Left Behind.
*** UPDATE 2 *** The section on Common Core has been adjusted.


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I. Work in small groups and discuss the questions.
- How do you feel after a long vacation?
- Did you encounter any problems during your last vacation?
- How did you resolve them?
- Did you have any bad experiences?
- Did you meet any interesting people? Talk about them.
- Did you notice any cultural differences during your vacation?
- How much luggage did you take?
- What were the women like?
- What were the men like?
- Were people friendly?
- Did you stay in a hotel? Or do you prefer camping?
- What historical sites did you visit and what did you learn?
- What souvenirs did you buy?
- What was the best food you ate during your vacation?
- What did you do there?
- What did you see in each place?
- What kind of food did you eat?
- What was the weather/food/scenery like?
- Have you ever run out of money when you were on holidays? What did you do to deal with the situation?
- Have you ever been mugged while on vacation?
- What kind of trip do you enjoy the most?
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2. What kind of vacation trip is it?
3. Do you like this kind of trip? Why (not)?
4. Was this trip a good choice? Why (not)?
5. What was the most extreme experience you have ever experienced during a vacation trip?
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"This is a very exciting project because we expect it to lead to discoveries in both remote sensing of the Earth from orbit and for many fundamental areas of space-based astronomy," Batcheldor said.
Future commercial use of the camera's sensor could serve a range of purposes, from astronomy initiatives to Earth observation enterprises, including environmental monitoring and defense interests.
"CASIS congratulates Dr. Batcheldor and Florida Tech on their proposal to utilize the NanoRacks External Platform in their efforts to improve existing charge-coupled device technology," said CASIS Director of Portfolio Management Warren Bates. "The ISS is a unique testbed capable of yielding results not possible on Earth, and we look forward to working with the university as their researchers attempt to develop new sensors from the distinctive vantage point of the station to ultimately improve life on our planet."
Once contracts between Florida Tech and CASIS have been finalized, a 2015 launch to the ISS is likely. In the meantime, the team will work with engineers at camera supplier ThermoFisher Scientific Inc., to ensure the payload meets the power consumption, volume, mass and other requirements necessary to operate an investigation onboard the ISS.
This project began in 2012 when Batcheldor was awarded a small research grant from the American Astronomical Society to buy and test an extreme contrast ratio camera on Florida Tech's 32-inch telescope. These ground tests were successful, and Batcheldor and his team are now going to "flight qualify" this type of camera on the ISS so that it can be used on future remote-sensing and space-based observatory missions.
This work continues Florida Tech's heritage of developing cutting-edge, high-impact technology and partnering with the space industry, noted Hamid Rassoul, dean of the university's College of Science.
"Combining the knowledge and strength of our experiences, Drs. Batcheldor and Durrance have taken up the challenge to develop an innovative, efficient, extreme-contrast camera to advance the architecture of the next generation of high-sensitivity instruments for astrophysical and remote sensing research," Rassoul said.
The extreme contrast ratios the camera is equipped to handle are those where the brightness ratio between a bright and faint object is 1 billion, something akin to trying to spot a candle next to a lighthouse. Being able to record such images is important in making observations of planets around other stars and for a range of remote sensing applications.
In addition to project leader Batcheldor, Durrance, an astronaut who spent 26 days in space over two shuttle missions, brings extensive experience with designing, building and operating space-based instrumentation. He also has an interest in the observations of planets around other stars. RIT's Ninkov has been responsible for designing and testing much of the camera electronics in a laboratory environment.


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Pick a path: Students' varying options in career directions
When confronted with a fork in life's road, Robert Frost chose the path less traveled. If only it were so easy for graduating optometry students to pick between merely two divergent paths. Numerous career tracks after academia mean graduation becomes more of a gateway to the profession rather than a simple fork in the road.
Keep working toward your goal and look at every position as how it can help you get there.
Whether seeking practice in a rural community, a multidisciplinary setting in the city or looking to stay in the academic world, graduating optometrists have abundant options.
Hit the trail—several paths ODs trek
- Residencies. About 20 percent of optometric grads take advantage of the 388 residency slots available nationwide, but that percentage is on the rise, according to the Association of Schools and Colleges of Optometry (ASCO). Residences offer additional clinical experience, and are a basic qualification for many new clinical faculty positions. But they aren't always critical to landing a position in private practice, says Chad Fleming, O.D., AOAExcelTM Business and Career Coach. Although a proponent for residencies, Dr. Fleming says: "The biggest advantage you have in getting into private practice as an associate is the network you have within the community, as well as your interview skills, which equals your ability to connect with people."
- Community Health Centers (CHCs). America's metropolitan centers offer new ODs a taste of the cultural melting pot of diverse populations, as well as diverse practice options. CHCs answer the health needs of underserved, urban communities, but only about 10 percent of CHCs offer any on-site vision care at all. Matthew Bauer, O.D., of Open Cities Health Center in Saint Paul, Minn., often wears many hats, but finds the work rewarding: "The community runs it, so if the community needs eye care or if the community needs a certain thing based on their patients' religious needs, then we adapt as part of our mission."
- Multidisciplinary practices. Opportunities can arise in a myriad of areas, including multidisciplinary practices. Angelique Sawyer, O.D., member of the AOA Student and New Graduates Committee was hesitant as she joined such a practice out of school but found the chance to bolster her clinical and practical experiences from both ODs and MDs alike. The experience put her in a position to ultimately move into private practice in New Hampshire. Dr. Sawyer: "Your first position is most likely not going to be your forever position. Keep working toward your goal and look at every position as how it can help you get there."
- Urban vs. rural. Post-graduates can branch outside their notions of rural practice and find innumerable benefits as compared to an urban setting. Dr. Fleming explains rural practice can be a dollars-and-cents type move. Typically, overhead costs in smaller towns are less than in bigger cities and net margins are about 5 to 10 percent more than in urban areas. Dr. Fleming: "There is gold in rural optometry practice."
AOA helps graduates chart success
Graduates should take pride in their new doctor of optometry degree; however, there's still much post-graduates need to accomplish to enter the professional world, and the AOA is there to help.
Stay active with AOA membership following graduation to receive member-exclusive benefits tailored specifically for post-graduates, such as loan consolidation services and discounts on insurance. New practitioners can find everything they need to know about the post-graduation phase at AOA Compass, an online interactive tool that provides members with a step-by-step approach to career readiness. Use AOA Compass to track important tasks, such as:
- Registration/completion of NBEO board examinations
- Meeting state and federal requirements, including licensure, identification, registration and Medicare enrollment
- Finding necessary insurance coverage
With the interactive tools available at AOA Compass, new practitioners can develop a personalized plan for the completion of these essential steps and also find assistance in searching for practice opportunities.
Read more about student pathways in the April edition of AOA Focus.


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We know women have flocked to Pinterest but that isn't the only part of the demographic landscape worth investigating. A new study by the Pew Center on Internet and American Life has found that middle-class and non-urban users are also very popular on the social network.
The study found that 67 percent of respondents used Facebook, 16 percent used Twitter and 15 percent used Pinterest. Instagram was in fourth place at 13 percent and Tumblr maintained six percent of responses.
While only five percent of respondents were men the study actually found that women in general are more engaged on social networking. For example, 72 percent of women use Facebook compared to 62 percent of men. [Read more…]


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Over that last week I have been SUPER EXCITED that I have been able to visit not one, but TWO Quilt shops!!!! Here is a little sneak peak of what some of my upcoming projects might look like. Just an FYI: The first two pictures show fabric from a new quilt ship that is literally 5 minutes from me!!! Ohhhh how wonderful it is to have a shop so nearby! The 3rd & 4th photos are from another store that was only about 10 minutes from where we camped this past week!
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DALLAS, April 1 - Chest compressions alone, or Hands-Only Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR), can save lives and can be used to help an adult who suddenly collapses, according to a new American Heart Association scientific statement.
The statement, from the association's Emergency Cardiovascular Care (ECC) committee, is published in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.
Hands-Only CPR is a potentially lifesaving option to be used by people not trained in conventional CPR or those who are unsure of their ability to give the combination of chest compressions and mouth-to-mouth breathing it requires.
"Bystanders who witness the sudden collapse of an adult should immediately call 9-1-1 and start what we call Hands-Only CPR. This involves providing high-quality chest compressions by pushing hard and fast in the middle of the victim's chest, without stopping until emergency medical services (EMS) responders arrive," said Michael Sayre, M.D., chair of the statement writing committee and associate professor in the Ohio State University Department of Emergency Medicine in Columbus.
About 310,000 coronary heart disease deaths occur out-of-hospital or in emergency departments each year in the United States. Of those deaths, about 166,200 are due to sudden cardiac arrest - nearly 450 per day.* Without immediate, effective CPR from a bystander, a person's chance of surviving sudden cardiac arrest decreases 7 percent to 10 percent per minute. Unfortunately, on average, less than one-third of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest victims receive bystander CPR, which can double or triple a person's chance of surviving cardiac arrest.
By using Hands-Only CPR, bystanders can still act to improve the odds of survival, whether they are trained in conventional CPR or not, Sayre said.
"Many times people nearby don't help because they're afraid that they will hurt the victim and aren't confident in what they're doing," he said. "We want people to know that they can help many victims, just by calling 9-1-1 and doing chest compressions. Don't be afraid to try it. We are sure many lives will be saved if the public does Hands-Only CPR for adult victims of sudden cardiac arrest."
The new recommendation for Hands-Only CPR for adults who suddenly collapse is an update to the 2005 American Heart Association Guidelines for CPR and ECC, which previously recommended that lay rescuers use compression-only CPR only if they were unable or unwilling to provide breaths. The update puts Hands-Only CPR on par with conventional CPR when used for an adult who has suddenly collapsed. This change was supported by evidence published from three separate large studies in 2007, each describing the outcomes of hundreds of instances of bystanders performing CPR on cardiac arrest victims. None of those studies demonstrated a negative impact on survival when ventilations were omitted from the bystanders' actions. Hands-Only CPR is easier to remember and results in delivery of a greater number of chest compressions, with fewer interruptions, until more advanced care arrives on the scene.
Conventional CPR is still an important skill to learn, and medical personnel should still perform conventional CPR in the course of their professional duties. The new recommendations apply only to bystanders who come to the aid of adult cardiac arrest victims outside the hospital setting.
Hands-Only CPR should not be used for infants or children, for adults whose cardiac arrest is from respiratory causes (like drug overdose or near-drowning), or for an unwitnessed cardiac arrest. In those cases, the victim would benefit most from the combination of chest compressions and breaths in conventional CPR.
The public is still encouraged to obtain conventional CPR training, where they will learn the skills needed to perform Hands-Only CPR, as well as the additional skills needed to care for a wide range of cardiovascular- and respiratory-related medical emergencies, especially for infants and children.
The new statement is intended to increase how often bystander CPR is performed. It emphasizes the importance of "high-quality" chest compressions - deep compressions that allow for full chest recoil, at a rate of about 100 per minute - with minimal interruptions.
More information on CPR training can be found at www.americanheart.org/handsonlycpr.
Gerald Dworkin, is a professional aquatics safety and water rescue consultant for Lifesaving Resources Inc. and is responsible for aquatics safety, lifeguard, water rescue, and ice rescue training curricula and programs. He also consults as an expert in drowning and aquatic injury litigation. He is a graduate from the University of Bridgeport in Connecticut, and has over 30 years professional experience in the fire, EMS, and water rescue sector. He is currently a firefighter/EMT for the Harrisville (NH) Fire and Rescue Department.
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Integrating package documentation with the documentation center
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- From: David Bailey <dave at removedbailey.co.uk>
- Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2009 05:05:53 -0500 (EST)
Although the documentation center (DC) came with version 6.0, there is (to my knowledge) still no published method for fully integrating package documentation with this system (at least not without using the Wolfram Workbench). As part of work on my new DebugTrace package, I believe I have uncovered the interface mechanism - using commands from the undocumented DocumentationSearch` (!!) context. Using these commands, it is possible to create documentation which pops up when F1 is pressed inside one of your exported symbols, and which appears in searches done within the DC. I am not entirely sure if this information is publicly available elsewhere, but if it is not, I am happy to write it up and make it available to everyone. Please tell me if the knowledge is already available. Needless to say, the information will be "at your own risk", and may well not expose all available functionality. Since the relevant functions are not within a private package, I assume WRI meant this to be a public interface! David Bailey http://www.dbaileyconsultancy.co.uk


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Dog rescued from roof of West Mifflin home
Bucky apparently ventured out on roof through an open upstairs window
A West Mifflin poodle mix is back on firm ground after a daring afternoon spent on the roof of a house Friday.
Neighbors on Highland Avenue first noticed the dog, named Bucky, on the roof of the house in the afternoon.
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"The dog looked like he was having a good time," said Tim Weis, who lives two doors down. "It wasn't nervous, its tail was wagging."
Bucky apparently ventured out on the roof through an open upstairs window. The screen had been torn up by a cat, and for at least half an hour, he walked back and forth on the edge of the roof, dozens of feet off the ground.
"He's so little, and I was like 'don't fall off!'" said neighbor Cris Shuma.
Several times, Bucky walked back over to the open window, but getting back in wasn't as easy as getting out, because of one big obstacle: a mastiff named Bear.
"Every time Bucky would walk over to the window, Bear would stick his head out, and he couldn't get back in because Bear was out the window," said Shuma.
Neighbors called 911 and Duquesne firefighters brought a ladder-truck to try to rescue Bucky. They used treats to get him close, but the dog wasn't ready to come down.
"They were trying to coax him and get him treats, and he was just toying with them," Shuma said.
Eventually, Bucky got close enough for a firefighter to grab him and walk him down the ladder to safety.
A family member of the dog's owner said Bucky was rescued after he was hit by a car. He wasn't hurt in Friday's incident.


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Nov 7, 2012
As the lame-duck session of the 112th Congress begins, millions of Americans are looking to the elected members of the 113th Congress to fix a host of problems ailing the country. The economy and job creation aside, one of the most pressing issues is reining in out-of-control federal bureaucracies. The Environmental Protection Agency comes to mind, as does the Department of Agriculture's promotion of GM foods.
But additionally concerning is the rapid expansion of the size, scope and reach of the Transportation Security Administration, which continues to usurp authority and trample constitutional rights of more and more Americans – especially those who aren't flying.
The TSA and its mother agency, the Department of Homeland Security, was hurriedly established during the harried, hysterical weeks following the 9/11 attacks. Once designed to replace private airport security firms that were blamed for allowing the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorists to slip past checkpoints and take over four commercial airliners with razor blades, the TSA has since grown into a regulatory, bureaucratic behemoth that now claims jurisdiction over other modes of travel, including bus and train stations.
'The future of transportation security will be gathering intelligence technologically'
In the future, the agency will want to track all of your daily travels, no matter where you go, according to predictions made by some security experts.
"Air travelers are increasingly subjected to revealing full-body scans or enhanced pat-downs – all in the name of keeping the skies safe," writes Bill Briggs at NBC News. But apparently, we ain't seen nothing yet.
"As America prepares to mark the 10th anniversary of the worst terrorist attacks in the U.S., security experts question whether freedom, speed and personal space will one day return to air travel – while still maintaining high standards of safety," he wrote in August 2011.
Technology, which is increasingly serving as a double-edged sword these days, could produce what security experts foresee as a bumper crop of detection tools in the future. That could include biometrics, electronic fingerprinting and behavioral analysis, all of which would produce quicker, smoother and less intrusive travel screening in the years ahead.
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Daly, the director of intelligence-watch operations for iJet, an Annapolis, Md.-based firm that offers risk management solutions for some 500 multinational corporations and government entities, talked about tweaks in software that can instantly read, record and categorize everything about your person – from your face to your license plate – that he says must be expanded to all public buildings and modes of transportation, from airplanes to trains, buses and subways.
"[However,] if technology fails to provide an adequate solution, the option in the face of future attacks would be further restrictions and potential for humiliating human-to-human interaction," he said – pretty much what is taking place already, via the TSA.
Can you imagine this agency, which hires criminals and perverts, whose administrators seem to take some sort of sordid pleasure in adopting search-and-surveillance policies that seem designed to cause humiliation or subordination, having access to this kind of highly personal, highly invasive information?
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Alongside a change in the traditionally domestically-oriented mindset and reliance on organic growth, Japanese companies are encouraged by a number of demographic and economic trends driving the need for international acquisitions:
After reaching its peak at 128 million in 2008, Japan's population has steadily declined over the past decade. This trend is expected to continue, resulting in a population of only 88 million by 2060.
This decline has pressed companies to look to international markets for growth opportunities, which they may have previously found within Japan's borders.
After more than a decade of flat growth, China overtook Japan as the world's second-largest economy in 2009. Japan's GDP has remained relatively anemic since, and projections indicate the country's economy may slide further, with India expected to surpass Japan by 2035.
Japanese corporations are increasingly looking beyond their borders to enter new markets where they can obtain new products and capabilities, access innovation to enhance their competitive positions, or find new drivers of growth. While the Japanese economy once boasted nearly 50% of the world's top companies by market cap, today only one of the top 50 companies is Japanese, underscoring the impact of a decades-long slide in growth.
Against the urgency of the macro-economic backdrop, outbound deals are further encouraged by a near-zero interest rate environment and supportive domestic policies. Over the past decade, the Japanese government has introduced a number of initiatives to support strategic investments, including the January 2016 announcement from Bank of Japan, signaling its intent to push interest rates below zero after years of keeping them low but positive. Cross-border deals are further encouraged by the increased adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) that make overseas acquisitions easier, from an accounting perspective.
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I looked through my recent posts and realized there's not much recipe sharing happening around here these days. Time to fix it… Where's my utility belt?
Unless you live in the Smurf Village, you must be aware of the food revolution going on in America these days. It hasn't started with Jamie Oliver's hit TV show under the same name. The documentary "Food, Inc." came first (among others). Its very own, and my personal guru, Michael Pollan has been talking about the REAL FOOD versus FOOD LIKE PRODUCTS for years now.
I've been observing the growing trend of eating fresh among my own friends and my American family. (In Poland it's still so much easier to eat real food despite heavy influences of the Western World, hence I'll focus on my life in the US for the purpose of this rant.) Shopping at Farmers Markets is fun. Sprouting one's own herbs in a recycled can on the window seal, turned out, has nothing to do with magic. Stirring away creamy Risotto at home no longer intimidates. To top it all, gastro pubs pop up all over the cities like mushrooms after it rained. Those are the yummy eateries where everyone gets a chance to taste what fine dining is about for a fraction of what it would cost them in a high-end restaurant. Places like "Animal" on Fairfax or "Lazy Ox" Downtown (both in Los Angeles) are getting the buzz for a reason.
It's undeniable, the way the Americans think about food today is shifting. And it's so exciting to watch. I realize the change cannot be completed over night, but the steps we've been taking are very promising. Many of us, however, still hesitate to take the leap onto the brighter side of life for the organic food is priced at a higher mark. Moreover, people got used to cheap food in this country over the last several decades. The truth is, the prices are low because of the industrialization of the food market. The quality of the food in America is so low for the same exact reason. The cost of health care is also directly related. You do the math.
While I personally believe that we should pay for quality (You get what you pay for!), today I want to show you how we can all eat more organic foods without breaking the bank. Let's use the product that an average American consumes over 60 pounds of each year–CHICKEN.
The regular chicken, not an organic one, raised most likely in some horrendous conditions, lingering knee-deep in its own feces, with legs breaking under its own unnatural weight (due to added growth hormones and overfeeding with genetically altered corn), that whole chicken costs about $6 at our grocery store. When you look over to the right, where the Organic, Free Range Chicken rests right next to the sad guy, with its price tag of $12, that may be shocking. I get that. Now, think about where your food comes from first. I don't think it'll take you long to lean toward the organic, happy bird. Your challenge is to use up that $12 to the last penny. I'll show you how I do it.
First and foremost, I save a bucket of money by purchasing an entire bird versus only breasts, or legs. Then I cut it to pieces myself at home. Next, I place the chicken thighs and drums along with the boobies in a glass bowl and rub them with a combination of herbs and spices. I cover the bowl with a plastic wrap and let the meat marinate for a day or two in the refrigerator.
The carcass, the neck and the wings go into a large pot along with a whole bunch of vegetables (cleaned, peeled if needed, and roughly chopped): 4-5 carrots, 2 parsnips, 1 large leek, 1 onion, 4-5 celery stalks (or 1 celery root, peeled and quartered). Next, I add a handful of whole peppercorns, no more than 1 tbsp of salt, 5-6 bay leaves and a bunch of fresh thyme springs plus a small spring of rosemary. (Dry will do, too, if you don't have any fresh herbs handy.) Such arranged, I cover the content of the pot with water, as much as I can fit into my 6 quart dutch oven, and turn the heat on. You want to bring it to a simmer, and never let it boil. Leave the pot on the stove, with a lid on but not covering it completely, for about 2-2.5 hours.
When my chicken stock is concocting itself, I toss the giblets left from the bird (all the inner organs usually packaged along with the whole thing) in some flour and toss them onto a pan with hot oil. When those are cooked through, Cosmo has a ball. Frankly, I love chicken livers. I grew up eating them. Jason, on the other hand, is repulsed by the idea. Since one chicken liver won't make a meal for me, I simply give it to Cosmo. You, however, can entertain the thought of using the innards for a cheap meal, if your feelings towards the meat are similar to mine.
Two hours later, I strain the stock and, once cooled, store it in an air-tight container. You can freeze it for up to 6 months! In my next installment, I'll show you how you can turn that complex and aromatic stock into a pot of soulful soup with an addition of only a few bucks to your healthy food budget.
From the strainer I pull out all the chicken parts, and you won't believe it until you do it yourself how much meat there's still on that carcass, the wings, the neck. I gently pull it all away from the bones using two forks, as the meat simply falls off those bones.
Let's add it all up. We spent $12 on the organic chicken plus another $5 – $6 on all the veg for the stock. We ended up with:
1) about 8-10 cups (based on my pot) of homemade, flavorful, organic chicken stock to be turned into a big pot of HEARTY AND FILLING SOUP in a few days;
2) 2 full legs (or 2 thighs and 2 drums, if you separate them) and 2 full breasts that are marinating in the ice-box that will turn into 2-3 full meals for two, with an addition of some starch and/or salad;
3) chicken scraps that can be sauteed for added flavor, mixed with a variety of sauces and served over brown rice or whole-wheat pasta (See how I'm planting those healthy choices in your head? INCEPTION…), or used as a filling in dumplings or croquettes, that will again easily feed 4 – 6 people.
I will get back to the SOUP and my CROQUETTES in the next few days. Today, let me share my simple tricks for baking that bird in such a way that the meat is perfectly cooked and yet still moist at each bite.
I roast my marinated chicken in a roasting pan for about 35 minutes in a 375° oven (with an addition of a ladleful of my stock and some water or white wine, 1-2 bay leaves, fresh rosemary and thyme), then take it out and let it rest covered with foil for another 10 minutes. I serve with in a variety of ways; sometimes it's over a medley of brown rice (as seen above) for the enjoyment of our clients who love ONE MORE BITE's Lunches. The sauce that surrounds the meat in the pan is divine. Just pour it over your starch, perk up with fresh herbs (tarragon, parsley, dill, cilantro, etc.) and you have yourself a hearty and satiating dinner! A side of simple green salad with a LEMON VINAIGRETTE makes the meal complete.
This is home cooking at its best. The food is always fresh, with no processed ingredients, all made from scratch, leaving you not only satiated and content, but also the satisfaction level from the accomplishment (when you realize what you have just CREATED ALL BY YOURSELF, FROM SCRATCH, SO DELIGHTFUL AND FRESH!) will get you like a drug. You'll want to come back for more. IF I CAN MAKE THAT, WHAT ELSE CAN I MAKE MYSELF INSTEAD OF BUYING CRAP FROM A STORE OR EATING EVEN WORSE CRAP AT CHAIN RESTAURANTS AND FAST FOOD PLACES??? Now you feel the power of creation.
The fact that it also makes sense money wise is just a cherry that flips its feet in the pool of icing on top of the cake. The cake I have just described above. You get it, don't you.
Homemade, organic, fresh are the slogans of today. Stay healthy, America. Stay healthy, the World! And Bon Appetit along the way.


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About me: I am a US citizen who sponsored his wife for a green card and am in the middle of naturalizing her to become a citizen. The following article is based on my experiences only.
Immigration forms like the I-130, I485, I-751, and the N-400 are needed when applying for a family member to receive a green card and later citizenship through naturalization. I have filled out each of these forms as the sponsor for my wife's green card and have learned some things along the way. Here, I share some general tips that I hope can help you in your own journey!
First and foremost, if your relationship is real and genuine, then relax, you have nothing to worry about. When you first start the process, it seems impossible: dozens of pages of instructions, endless forms and paperwork to obtain, interviews, biometrics, and years and years of waiting. For many people, the work to put together these packages is stressful, and once you send it in, waiting on an USCIS decision (usually takes months and sometimes years) is even worse. Why haven't they sent anything? Why hasn't my interview been scheduled? Why is it taking so long?
Relax. Take a deep breath. If the paperwork seems too much, then take a break and come back to it later. If you've sent everything in already and you've received the acknowledgement receipt, then USCIS has it and all you can do is wait. Deal with the applications in little chunks and keep your expectations realistic on how long it will take for a decision and your mental state (as well as your marriage!) will be better off.
Decide who will take charge on the applications.
Unfortunately, there are a lot of forms and documents to obtain for each of these applications. Thankfully, the USCIS maintains detailed instructions on how to fill out every form. The bad news is that these instructions are so detailed and worded so strangely that it can get even more confusing!
Before you start to tackle the applications, decide who will put together the packages. Ideally, it should be the person between you that is more organized, more responsible, and better at English. There are a lot of instructions, a lot of forms to gather, and very unforgiving deadlines, so whoever is just flat out better at getting stuff like this done should be the person to handle the application.
It's not that bad – regular people can do it. However, if neither of you think you can handle it, and you have the money, then you may want to seek professional help like an immigration lawyer. You may also consider asking a responsible family member or friend. Keep in mind though, is that if someone else prepares these forms for you, you must declare that in the forms – each form has a section to fill out if someone else did it for you.
The instructions are your friend. And also your enemy.
For each form, the USCIS has very detailed, and long, instructions. One reason that it is so long is that they must cover all sorts of immigration situations. You yourself will only be concerned with your own situation. Everything else can only confuse you. Make things easier by focusing only on what applies to you!
Print out two copies of the instructions. On the first copy, grab a highlighter, and read through it carefully and highlight everything that DOES apply to you. Read it again, and make sure. And then read it again. On the second copy, use a pen or pencil, and read through it carefully, and cross out anything that DOESN'T apply to you. Read it two more times.
Now, take your two copies, one has highlighted parts that apply to you, and the other has crossed out parts that don't apply to you. Compare them. Make sure everything is either highlighted or crossed out. If something is both highlighted and crossed out then you screwed up somewhere. Resolve everything before proceeding.
Now that you know what instructions apply to you, take out a piece of paper, and read through the highlighted portions again. This time, make a list of things that you need to do and documents that you need to get for your applications, according to the instructions. Your list should look something like this:
1) Check for $485
2) Two passport type photos for me
3) Two passport type photos for my wife
4) Marriage license
5) My proof of citizenship (photocopy of my US passport and birth certificate)
6) You get my point.
Once you're organized and know what you need to do, go and do it!
Send copies, but while you're at it, make a few more for yourself.
The instructions are very clear on this, but only send original documents if the instructions say so. Otherwise, photocopies are perfectly fine. Since you have to spend time at a copier to make copies of your documents, make another copy for your records. In fact, most forms ask for the same documents over and over again, so if you want to save time later in the process, make a few copies of your documents (like marriage license and passport, every form seems to ask for those).
This one I learned the hard way. The first form I filled out, the I-130, asked for my marriage license. I got a certified copy from my town, and sent it off to USCIS. Wouldn't you know it, once we had to do the next form, there it was again, asking us for the marriage license, so we had to go back to the town and get more certified copies. You better believe from then on I just made copies of everything.
Do the I-130 and the I-485 forms together.
This was my experience only, but based on conversations with friends and online research, things are much faster if you submit the I-130 and the I-485 together. At the time, we only submitted the I-130 because we didn't have enough money for the I-485 fee. I thought that once we got approval on the I-130 I'd send the I-485 in. Many months passed without any decision on the I-130 and so I decided to send the I-485 in. Immediately after the I-485 was received, our decision came through. Maybe it was just a coincidence, but all of my friends who have done the green card sponsorship put the I-485 with the I-130 and they all got their interview notices much faster than we did.
If you have the money for both fees, and the time to do them together, then I'd recommend it.
Write a letter, explaining what's in your package, and explaining what isn't in your package and why.
There's a lot of documentation and proof that you need to send, especially if you're applying based on marriage. Why? Well, they want to make sure that your marriage isn't a fake one in order to get someone a green card. In general, you should just send everything that you can to prove that your marriage is genuine. Write a letter that lists what documents you have provided, and how each item shows that your life is truly combined. If you DO NOT have something that's commonly used to establish marriage (maybe you don't have joint accounts because one person doesn't work, or maybe your rent/mortgage isn't shared because one person has bad credit), then you should include that explanation in your letter as well.
Photos. (1)
You will need passport style photos of the two of you. Most forms ask for two each. I do not recommend getting a bunch at the beginning and using the same ones for every form because the forms will be done over several years and your appearance should change over that time. I would get the pictures for each form at the time that you submit them.
Most drug stores (CVS, Walgreens, etc), and Costco, have services for these types of photos. They are trained on the requirements and you can get them done in a few minutes. The forms say that you can't use the little wallet pictures you can take in the mall kiosks, but I actually did this once (I was in the mall for something else, saw the picture kiosk, and tried it. It looked okay, I sent it in, and it wasn't a problem). To be safe though even though it costs a bit more, I recommend going to a place like CVS or Costco.
Photos. (2)
One type of evidence to establish a bona fide marriage is photos of the two of you, ideally spread out over time and in several locations and events.
CAUTION: Do not submit the pictures on a CD or other electronic media. USCIS cannot put electronic media into their computers due to the risk of contamination. You must provide printed pictures. Most department stores (Target, CVS, etc) now have self-serve kiosks where you can put in all sorts of media (CD, flash, etc) and print your photos for a small fee.
For each photo, on the back, write the date that the photo was taken and the event. Something like "Friend's wedding, 6/1/11" or "Aruba Vacation, 3/14/12". This helps your case officer see that the pictures were taken over time and at many places.
Send your application package through certified mail.
You've taken all that time to put together an awesome application package, and now you actually have to send it in the mail. It costs a little more money, but I recommend sending it certified. You go to the post office and ask for it to be sent certified. You fill out a form with your contact information, and once the package is confirmed delivered, you will be notified. This gives you some peace of mind knowing that your package got to the right place.
I only did this once. USCIS will send you a receipt (in the mail only) once they've received your package anyway so feel free to send it by regular mail. If you send it by regular mail and you don't receive a receipt within a few weeks, then you can follow up. I also trust the post office more than I probably should, so for you, dear reader, I recommend certified mail.
Finally, just take it slow, and proofread. Make sure you've got everything.
There is nothing worse than spending a lot of time to get everything together and sent just to get a rejection letter or otherwise held up because you forgot to sign something or you forgot to attach the check. Yes, it's a lot of paperwork. Yes, it's a lot of documents. With good planning, you should have plenty of time before you must get your paperwork in. Make sure you start early so you're not running around last minute trying to get stuff before your visa runs out. Read those instructions again and again and check your lists and make sure you've sent everything. Once you've dropped the package off in the mail, kick back, relax, and wait for the next steps to arrive in the mail.
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Today I solved an issue for a customer that was a little bit unexpected, at least for me.
The scenario: a table with a few records is periodically updated: a few records are inserted (with a bulk insert) and a few records are deleted (the older ones). It's a sort of circular buffer. That table hadn't any indexes or primary key. I know, this is not a best practice, but since the table was very small, I didn't realize the impact of the missing clustered index...
The problem: after a few months of this table has being in production, query performance joining this table degraded at an unacceptable level. I was astonished when I discovered that table had only a few rows... but something like 2 millions of pages was used by that table, resulting in a 16Gb of size for a bunch of records!. In this condition, a table scan needed a complete read of the table.
The solution: I created a non-unique clustered index on a field representing the date of the row.
The explanation: SQL Server doesn't release a page of a heap table, and doesn't use free space in previously used page (this was the very unexpected part) unless you use a table-level lock when you delete data. Details are explained in KB 913399.
Best practice: take care of any heap table you have in a production database if data are deleted and inserted. Standard maintenance plan doesn't work well in this case, because a simple reindex operation doesn't compact the heap table.
Thanks for this post!
I had heard that heap tables do not release free space as regularly as clustered tables, but I did not know the specific reasons behind it until now. There is a Microsoft white paper (http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/sql/bestpractice/clusivsh.mspx) comparing clustered versus heap tables that suggests the same, but did not have backing references such as the KB article you referenced.
The performance impacts of more widely scattered rows in heap tables (as you mentioned) and potential fragmentation impacts (or the DB maintenance time and effort to resolve these issues more frequently) may allow folks considering heap tables in specific application design situations to look at the big picture before assuming that "heap tables are faster / better than clustered tables".
I guess that gives the pro-clustered table folks one more provable reason.
Scott R.
I could understand the limitation of recovering pages, but what I can't understand is why there is not a way to "compact" an heap table without creating a clustered index...
I'd like to know if this is only my ignorance..
There's not much value reading anything into how heaps behave without any form of index structure as this really violates the most fundamental principles of physical modelling. The fact that the table didn't even have any form of key (primary or unique) means that it was never meant to be queried. You might have solved the performance problem by adding an index to the table, but there are obviously still gaping problems in relation to data integrity & query result predictability.
It's also worth mentioning that Microsoft has added a REBUILD option in SQL Server 2008 in the ALTER TABLE command so that heaps can be rebuilt without having to add a CIX.
I know very well that heap tables are not a good choice in a "regular" database. That said, as part of an ETL process, or as part of a sort of "logging" system that makes snapshot of external not-validated and not-normalized data, they could be a useful tool (or at least I thought that).
In my case, I added a non-unique clustered index and I solved the issue - however, dealing with an higher number of record than in my case this solution might be not ideal from a performance point of view.
REBUILD option in SQL2008: I will make some test to understand if it can be used for this scope even if you don't change anything (like the compression setting) in the table. Did you already tested it?
Thanks for your comment!
One way to rebuild a heap (again, not best practice), would be to create an exact copy of the heap with a different name, insert all the records into it, drop the original and rename the new table.
Also, if you are concerned about write speeds, you can create the clustered index, then drop it. This will rebuild the table as well.
Thanks For your Help
But also you can make REBUILD to this Heap Table By this Code
ALTER TABLE Table_Name REBUILD WITH (ONLINE = on)
By this Code you will reduce the Logical Read
probably this syntax was not available in SQL2005 when I wrote the blog post, and I never updated it - thanks for the comment!
Does this apply to SQL Server 2008 and higher? The KB article says it applies only to SQL Server 7, 2000 and 2005.
Probably is no longer an issue on SQL 2008 and higher, because I never encountered this problem again and the KB article doesn't apply to other versions newer than 2005.


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"This August, the OUP Philosophy team honors René Descartes (1596–1650) as their Philosopher of the Month. Called "The Father of Modern Philosophy" by Hegel, Descartes led the seventeenth-century European intellectual revolution which laid down the philosophical foundations for the modern scientific age" inform John Priest, Marketing Assistant at Oxford University Press.
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Born in La Haye, France, Descartes was educated at the Jesuit College of La Flèche and at the University of Poitiers. Much of Descartes's early work as a "philosopher' was what we now call scientific. The World, composed in the early 1630s, explored physics and cosmology, but Descartes cautiously withdrew it from publication in 1633 after the condemnation of Galileo by the Roman
Inquisition for his heliocentric hypothesis (which Descartes too supported).In the Discourse on Method, a popular introduction to his philosophy, Descartes developed his celebrated method of doubt. By doubting all his ideas, he reached one unquestionable proposition: "I am thinking", and from this that he existed: cogito ergo sum ("I think, therefore I am").
Developing the theory later known as Cartesian dualism, Descartes maintains that there are two different kinds of substance: physical, or that which has length, breadth, and depth and can therefore be measured and divided—and thinking substance, which is indivisible. Mental phenomena, for Descartes, have no place in the quantifiable world of physics, but have an autonomous, separate status. Fascinated by the problems of ascertaining natural knowledge, Descartes's metaphysics can be seen as an attempt to make a mathematical physics possible while paying tribute to traditional metaphysical and theological concerns like the existence of God and the immateriality of the soul.
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Milwaukee neighborhood continues battle against violence
A Milwaukee neighborhood is taking a stand following a fatal officer-involved shooting.
Donnell Carter, 39, was shot by police at a gas station near Sherman Boulevard and Burleigh Street.
The shooting was frustrating news in the Sherman Park neighborhood. Neighborhood organizers said they've had success in reducing crime there.
Sherman Park has a long history of community activism to fight the kind of violence that broke out there overnight. They said they won't let incidents like this discourage them.
Thursday morning's shooting made headlines, and not the kind most neighborhoods want.
"Everybody's just carrying guns," neighbor Deondre White said.
White was out for a walk with his newborn son, Keyon.
"He's 1 week old. I just feel like all the shooting, all the violence just need to stop. It's sad," White said.
Wendy Hamilton and Fred Curzan work for the Sherman Park Community Association. They said they refuse to let isolated headlines undo its three decades of work to revitalize the neighborhood.
"There's a lot of good things happening in the neighborhood," Curzan said.
In the last decade, the community association worked with city officials to end years of violent cruising along the same strip where Thursday morning's shooting took place.
As police investigate this latest shooting, painters were decorating the community association offices for the upcoming art festival Saturday. The group will hold a house tour.
"Sherman Park is a great place to live. We have some of the best housing stock in the city of Milwaukee, and we need owner occupants in this community so we can curtail the negative things that happened last night,' Hamilton said.
For more info on Sherman Park or the upcoming art and home tour events, visit www.shermanpark.info.


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MIT's Technology Review recently carried a review of some of the new features trailed for Microsoft's IE8 ,and for others in beta in Firefox. It looks like Microsoft are picking up on the trend for people to write their own add-on apps (in this case called Activities) which are well used in applications such as LinkedIn, Facebook and salesforce.com. The review focusses on Activities, and doesn't discuss other potential enhancements in 8. For example, says the review, Microsoft links a slew of Activities to its own email, blogging and news services. Of course, these pre-written Activities link to Microsoft's own services (e.g. Hotmail) but the API is open, and anyone can write one and publish it.
Firefox 3 has been out in beta for a while now (anyone using it? Give us a comment on your experience). Its enhancements are in a different direction, enhancing bookmark management and providing a level of offline support. This might resonate in the enterprise, where the move from replicated collaborative services (such as Lotus Notes) to browser-based applications killed off the ability to easily take your application with you on your laptop.
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• Review: New Microsoft browser eases Web sharing, use of multiple services Technology Review, 19 Mar 2008
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• Firefox 3 Beta 4 Release Notes from Mozilla, 10 Mar 2008, with links to download (in 40 languages)
• Mozilla Developer News (look for links to the Firefox 3 programme)