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It may seem that an average casino is operating at a loss. In most countries, a better part of revenue of gambling houses is taxed from 75% to 90% (75% in Russia and 90% in the United States). In addition, considerable amounts of money are spent on on staff salaries and maintenance of the house. As a rule, the above average establishments offered free drinks and light snacks to their guests, while those spending or winning a certain amount are granted a free night in partner hotel. So how do they generate cash?
Casino games give their owners an advantage due to the difference between the expectation and the assigned rate, and the greater the number of games played, the higher the profit. Consider the case of roulette: in the European version of the game the house edge is 2.7% (in the American variant with an extra zero the number equals 5.26%). If a player bets on red $100 in 37 games, his theoretical loss will be $100, since the probability of zero is at least close to one. It is pretty clear that in a real game, everything could happen differently, but these values - theoretical and actual losses – converge with the number of games, and this is manifested in mathematical house edge. Here's how to calculate the gambling house advantage for the European roulette with one zero: deduct 36 (payout) from 37 (the number of cells) and you'll get 1 (casino profit). To determine the house edge, divide 1 by 37 and multiply by 100% (1/37 x 100% = 2.7%).
A known law of large numbers, according to which the more we play the game of chance, the more predictable the total result is, works flawlessly and has a particular mathematical basis, which underlies the return to owners of casinos and slot machines. In the early days of gaming due to random fluctuations the casino could have suffered the losses, but by the end of the day, weekor month, when thousands of games are be played, the law take its course and leave the desired part of the the money in the pocket of the owner. Usually casino succeeds even more than expected by mathematicians, oftentimes due to rookie players. The exception to the general rule is obvious in blackjack and poker – this is where a skillful player may get the advantage.
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Dr. Patrick Hunt, Stanford University, speaks. Hannibal, a Carthaginian commander who lived ca. 200 BCE, is considered one of the greatest military commanders in history. His use of the environment in his warfare against Rome in the Second Punic War—often called the Hannibalic War—set precedents in military history, utilizing nature and weather conditions as weapons to complement his generally smaller forces. This strategic marshaling of nature could be described as a "second, secret army," as demonstrated in his battles at Trebbia, Trasimene, and Cannae. Admission with advance registration: $5, general public; $2, Museum members; $10 at the door based on availability. To register, visit www.penn.museum/greatbattles.
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Imatinib Performs Well in Patients after 5 Years
There was some good news last week for patients with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML), said Dr. Brian Druker of Oregon Health & Science University Cancer Institute at the ASCO annual meeting.
The first piece of good news is that imatinib (Gleevec) is "performing extremely well" in patients who have taken the drug for 5 years or longer, according to Dr. Druker, who led the development of imatinib for CML. The first study to assess the drug's benefit after 5 years found that nearly 90 percent of patients who received imatinib as their initial therapy were still alive. The survival rate was 95 percent when only CML-related deaths were included.
The drug was well tolerated over the long term: Only 5 percent of patients stopped taking it because of side effects. And after about the third year of taking the drug, the risk of relapse appears to begin to decrease. Moreover, the better a patient's response to the drug, the less likely it is that the patient will progress to advanced disease.
The second piece of good news is that "another drug is coming along" for patients who cannot tolerate imatinib, Dr. Druker noted. On Friday, the FDA's Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee recommended accelerated approval of dasatinib for treating CML that resists prior therapy, including imatinib.
Combination trials will be undertaken, said Dr. Druker, who is planning a head-to-head trial comparing the drugs as first-line treatments. The question of which one to use will come down to response rate and tolerability, he said. Citing imatinib's impressive record over the long term, Dr. Druker has decided to use it as the first-line therapy for now. "But if dasatinib turns out to be better," he added, "I will go with it."
Adjuvant Gemcitabine Extends Survival for Pancreatic Cancer
Even if a patient's pancreatic cancer can be removed surgically, surgery alone rarely provides a cure. New results from a large randomized trial presented at the ASCO annual meeting suggest that the addition of the drug gemcitabine to adjuvant chemoradiation therapy using 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) for patients with pancreatic adenocarcinoma can significantly extend survival compared with adjuvant chemoradiation therapy using 5-FU alone.
In the RTOG 9704 trial, investigators randomly assigned patients to one of two groups: surgery, followed by gemcitabine given both before and after chemoradiation (experimental arm); or surgery, followed by 5-FU given both before and after chemoradiation (control arm).
Patients with tumors in the pancreatic head (the most common location) and patients with tumors in the pancreatic body or tail were included in the trial. Because of potential differences in the biology of tumors located in the body or tail of the pancreas, investigators increased the number of patients to be enrolled in the trial in order to have enough data to analyze patients with pancreatic head cancer as a subgroup.
More than 400 eligible patients participated in the trial. The addition of gemcitabine-based therapy significantly extended survival for patients with pancreatic head tumors: Those who received gemcitabine had a median survival of 20.6 months and 32-percent 3-year survival, compared with a median survival of 16.9 months and 21-percent 3-year survival in those who received only radiation therapy and 5-FU. But, when patients with pancreatic body or tail tumors were included in the analysis, the increase in survival was no longer significant.
"The addition of gemcitabine to postoperative adjuvant 5-FU chemoradiotherapy improves survival in patients with pancreatic head adenocarcinoma," stated Dr. William Regine, chief of radiation oncology at the University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, who presented the results of the study, adding that future clinical trials can now build on this new treatment regimen to better improve survival for patients with this rare but deadly malignancy.
Breast Cancer Drug Anastrozole Increases Bone Loss
Women who take the drug anastrozole, an aromatase inhibitor, to prevent the recurrence of breast cancer should have their bone mineral density monitored and should take calcium and vitamin D supplements during therapy, researchers said at the ASCO annual meeting.
They made the recommendation based on a 5-year study showing that anastrozole was associated with a steady decline in bone mineral density. The bone loss was, on average, about 6-7 percent, or about twice the amount that would normally occur over that period.
However, no patients whose bone mineral density was normal at the start of the study developed osteoporosis after 5 years of treatment. To develop the condition, a woman would need to lose 15-20 percent of her normal bone mass.
The results are from the Arimidex, Tamoxifen, Alone or in Combination (ATAC) trial, which previously showed that anastrozole was superior to tamoxifen in preventing recurrences in women following surgery and radiation for early-stage breast cancer. Anastrozole is generally better tolerated than tamoxifen with fewer gynecological or thrombo-embolic complications, but is associated with more fractures and osteoporosis than tamoxifen, which preserves bone, according to the researchers.
"The overall risk-benefit ratio still favors taking anastrozole over tamoxifen," said Dr. Robert E. Coleman of the University of Sheffield, in the United Kingdom, who presented the findings at ASCO. But he said that women should have their bone mineral density measured at the start of treatment and then monitored every 1-2 years on therapy.
Treatments at End of Life Grew More Aggressive in 1990s
By the late 1990s, cancer patients were more likely to receive aggressive treatments near the end of their lives than patients who were treated at the start of the decade, researchers reported at the ASCO annual meeting. The findings, from an effort to identify quality measures for end-of-life care, confirm previous reports of a trend, for some physicians, toward intervening aggressively to treat patients very near death.
The trend includes an increase in the use of chemotherapy on patients within 2 weeks of death; an increase in multiple emergency room visits and admissions to intensive care units during the last month of life; and a greater proportion of patients admitted to hospice within 3 days of death.
Dr. Craig Earle of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and his colleagues analyzed statistics from NCI's Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database and Medicare billing records on 215,000 patients who died of cancer between 1991 and 2000.
Dr. Earle's team first described this trend several years ago. Although the aggressive treatments were not necessarily inappropriate, Dr. Earle says, they were often given to patients who had little or no chance of benefiting from them.
By developing quality measures for end-of-life care, the researchers intend to help physicians determine the most appropriate treatments for these patients. They also hope to raise awareness about issues related to end-of-life care.
Chemotherapy for NSCLC Benefits Elderly Patients
New data presented at the ASCO annual meeting on June 2 provided evidence that chemotherapy following surgery for elderly patients with non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) improves survival, without an increase in treatment-related toxicity or hospitalization compared with younger patients.
Dr. Carmela Pepe of Princess Margaret Hospital in Toronto presented a retrospective analysis of the results from a clinical trial led by the National Cancer Institute of Canada in which patients with NSCLC had been randomly assigned following surgery either to chemotherapy with vinorelbine and cisplatin or to observation alone.
In the retrospective analysis, the investigators looked at whether the trial's previously reported overall survival advantage for the surgery plus chemotherapy group held even if the patients were elderly. They also examined whether there were differences between the elderly and younger patients in terms of the number of chemotherapy doses they received, the intensity of the doses, or the side effects.
Sixty-six percent of elderly patients who received chemotherapy were alive 5 years after treatment, compared with 46 percent in the surgery-alone group. This survival advantage was seen even though elderly patients received fewer - and less intense - doses than younger patients. Elderly patients who received chemotherapy were no more likely to experience toxic side effects or be hospitalized during treatment than were younger patients.
These results indicate that "Platinum-based chemotherapy can be given safely to elderly patients without significant risk of increased toxicity," said Dr. Pepe. "Therefore, adjuvant chemotherapy should not be withheld from elderly patients on the basis of age alone."


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(a) What are the State agency's responsibilities in ensuring that nutrition education is provided? The State agency must establish an overall nutrition education plan and must ensure that local agencies provide nutrition education to participants in accordance with the plan. The State agency may allow local agencies to share personnel and educational resources with other programs in order to provide the best nutrition education possible to participants. The State agency must establish an evaluation procedure to ensure that the nutrition education provided is effective. The evaluation procedure must include participant input and must be directed by a nutritionist or other qualified professional. The evaluation may be conducted by the State or local agency, or by another agency under agreement with the State or local agency.
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The Oregon Zoo aims to be a model of sustainable conservation of natural resources and to become the greenest zoo in the world.
The Oregon Zoo moved to its current location in 1959. A significant part of zoo infrastructure dates to the 1950s and 1960s and is in need of repairs or renovations. In 2008, voters supported a $125 million bond for zoo improvements. Sustainability is at the forefront of the 20-year master plan for these improvements. Here are already-implemented improvements and others still to come:
The Veterinary Medical Center (VMC), opened in 2011, gave the zoo its first opportunity to build an entire building using sustainable materials and practices at every step. In 2012, the VMC received a LEED Gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council.
- In the VMC, glass walls in south-facing office areas allow the sun to light the spaces. Lights are grouped and controlled by sensors. If ambient light from windows is bright, artificial lighting dims; if it's overcast outdoors, lights brighten. Motion, sonic and infrared sensors regulate lighting as well.
- Mounted on its roof are 37 light tubes that minimize the need for artificial lighting in windowless areas.
- Roof-top solar panels preheat the VMC's water, working in conjunction with the gas heating system.
Across the zoo, electricity use has been reduced through common-sense efforts such as campaigns to encourage employees to rethink habits about leaving on lights, computers or equipment such as animal heating pads when not needed. Also implemented zoo-wide: automatic shut-off of administrative computers, light sensors in 90 percent of offices and replacement of fluorescents with LED lights.
Feasibility studies are underway in 2012 for a zoo-wide geothermal heat exchanger.
In 2011, the zoo found ways to save over 12 million gallons of water each year.
- The Penguinarium's former water system required a constant flow of fresh water to keep the pool free of the scum generated by oils in penguin feathers. The 25,000-gallon pool was also drained weekly for cleaning. The result: each year, 7 million gallons of water were dumped into Portland's sewer system. In 2011, a reverse osmosis/sand filtration system was installed in the Penguinarium. Annual water usage since its installation: 225,000 gallons.
- In 2011, a concentrated effort to detect and repair leaks resulted in a 5-million-gallon reduction of water used in the first six months since repairs began.
- In the Veterinary Medical Center, the 17,500-square-foot main roof sends precipitation to a 30,000-gallon water silo; the water is used to flush toilets, hose down animal holding areas and irrigate new landscaping.
In all areas, keepers and other staff are asked to question the use of any resource, including water; for example: Does a hose need to run the entire time an enclosure is being cleaned? The goal: question all practices and innovate ways to reduce resource use.
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- 91 percent of construction waste was recycled during construction of the VMC.
- Since reduce-reuse-recycle efforts began – including moves toward paperless offices – waste hauled offsite has dropped 80 percent.
- Food waste has dropped 80 percent due to composting.
- Onsite manure composting turns 100 percent of herbivore manure into nutrient-rich compost used by horticulture staff. Excess is shared with the adjacent Hoyt Arboretum.
- Vendors are discouraged during the bid process from using wasteful packaging.
- Visiting school groups are advised to pack low-waste lunches.
Green roofs and native plantings
- A green roof on the Veterinary Medical Center's south side and adjacent paved surfaces drain to a water swale that filters pollutants before the water flows downhill and off site.
- A future 30,000-square foot Conservation Discovery Zone will be covered by a green roof of native plants.
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RIT responsibilities vs. civilian rescue
I have a member on our dept who is causing quite a stir. He is stating to the other members that if he is assigned to be on RIT and he is activated as such, then if he comes across a civilian downed first while attempting to find the downed ff, he will rescue the civilian first. I am under the impression that the RIT is for FF rescue only. S&R teams are for civilians. I need some help here, can anyone give me a brief description of their dept SOG's concerning this? I would be happy with any comments on this topic. Thank you brothers!!!
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Rescue preferences?
Hmmm, pretty simple really. You're asking a technical question, so yes RIT or whatever you call them (RIC, others), is inserted for missing Personnel. But that isn't the answer to your question. One of our interns was with a neighboring MICU crew for his internship. They were responding to "x-hundred" block of some street...they pass an injured guy, and my co-worker says" hey there he is". Well, the Paramedics continued on to the address assigned them, and said "he'll have to get his own ambulance". Well it's sadly a true story (yes there was also a hurt dude at the given address), but they should have assisted the first injured guy.
So, if your RIT guy is free-lancing, that should be controlled. If he runs across an injured occupant and assists them, he's right. There's your answer. Remember, SOP's, SOG's, MOP's, whatever, are guidelines so certain things aren't overlooked. If these guides ever limit one from doing the Firefighter's job, the problem is in the interpretation.
And don't forget the Sisters.
We addressed that in training....are solution was to radio the position of the downed civillian and move on to the firefighter. The reasoning we used is that when a firefighter was down we would get a second team moving to the firefighter and they could take care of any downed civillian. PS we come first!IACOJ Membership 2002
Mike IAFF
The beatings will continue until the morale improves
The purpose of the RIT, RIC, or FAST is to help FF's. You have them staged for that sole purpose. If your RIT uses search ropes like we do and all of the departments around us the civilian will be easy to find if you radio there location.When opening up the roof remember plywood comes in 4' X 8' sheets.
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I agree. The rit should go to the FF. For all of the above reasons. Sorry we have no sop's on this to offer you. However the firefighter you mention may need to be reminded of how he would feel if he were the downed FF and was put in that position.
My question is how many guys are you running rit. If you have 3 or 4 it may be feasable to leave one rit member behind until another team comes to get the vic. and than the rit member would proceed along the search rope until he met the rest of the team. Some of this will depend upon what you already have in place. But the bottom line to me is the rit keeps going until they get their FF's or they are told to switch out.
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Brothers and Sisters, Thank you! I was beginning to think I had missed something in the classes I have taken on RIT. I am the training officer on the volunteer dept where this situation arose. We have minimal SOG's and RIT is not yet one of them. All we are going on is training that a few of us have for now. I know the Chief is working on an SOG as we speak. Now there are other guys questioning this topic also and wondering what to do. My career dept couldn't believe this was brought up. My arguement is that a ff may be a more viable rescue considering gear, scba, etc. than a civilian who has been in those conditions since before we were notified of a fire without protection. Not to mention the brotherhood thing!!! I told this individual that I am not going to tell his wife and kids that he is not coming home because I choose a possible, questionable, civillian rescue over him. I WILL NOT live through the rest of my life dealing with that in my head. Anyway, please keep the comments coming, If there is anyone out there that agrees or disagrees with me or the other posts, please let me know. Maybe I am missing something or don't see the whole picture. I just need to know. I am going to introduce him to this thread this week and then it may sink in on what RIT is all about. God knows I've tried everything else.
Thank you very much Brothers AND Sisters!!!
We operate our RIT for ourselves. We addressed it in training that we are for FF rescue ONLY and likewise our tools are for RIT use ONLY not to be borrowed by non-RIT FF's.
Granted there are a myriad of reasons a FF could need assistance but lets look at it as something has gone south inside and your guy is overcome and down. If he is in this situation in Full PPE with SCBA, is the civilian a viable rescue that is worth giving up on your own guy and potentially adding to the loss of life. Not to me. It may sound cold and un-caring, but my guys are exactly that.. MY guys and I am going to help them. We operate with a search rope with distance knots, etc so if we did come across this scenario we would radio to the outside that we had located a civilian victim at approximately the 75' mark, send in a crew to extract him/her we are proceeding our search for OUR OWN!!!
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I find it hard to believe that this is even a discussion. A person is a person. Our first priority is always to rescue. You may be there to assist a FF, but leaving a civilian there is beyond reason, and my morality.
Prioritising comes into play, of course you make the sprained ankle wait for the coronary.
Leaving a person in a burning building, with no PPE, no training, and no one looking for them is manslaughter.
Im sure d downed FF would want a civilians life to come firs, otherwise they wouldnt be a FF
You always carry out the task that you are assigned.....RIT is there for firefighters. 1.You... 2.Your Brothers.......3. Civilians.......4. Pets....In that order.IACOJ Membership 2002
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i'm sorry guy but i have to agree with berwyn fd. The rit team is set up a certain task but rescue is rescue. If that was me i would consider rescuing both of them as quickly as possible. Long before there was Rit, ric teams there were back up teams, and rescue teams. the whole fancy RIT team is great but we must remember that a life is a life and that is a fact. As the chief of a vol. dept. it would be pretty for me to tell the family of either of them that i left them to find sombody else. YOU must figure out a way to get them both our QUICKLY.
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Holly cow was that ebonics!! Realy I am not even sure that I got the point of the last post. Could you please repost what you are getting at little clearer.
I'd say it's a definite.. It depends! Who needs you more? Firefighter out of air and outside on a balcony or a civilian found in the interior hallway?
I started learning and teaching RIT on a local level in the mid 90's. It was great to see so much interest in taking care of each other. Some great stuff has come out in the past 10 years or so and the best thing is that just about all of it has been grassroots... designed, figured out and implemented by US!
I have seen some trends that are probably a result of all this interest. Mainly (and it's a good thing) not a whole lot of practical RIT rescues to draw experience from. Scenarios like this are interesting to talk about, but honestly, why waste your time? There is a ton of training information out there, you can find a good handful of them a year when you take out heart attacks and traffic accidents. NIOSH reports, NFPA reports, USFA reports.. learn from the guys that died. Talk about the things that kill guys every year.. collapse, rapid fire growth, lost and out of air. How many times do you think you'll get a viable civilian and a firefighter down? Try the Powerball for better odds. Talk about how to find a brother, how to get him on air, how to keep him alive. When we get good at everything else, you can worry about multiple rescues. What next? Whether to rescue a guy from my company or mutual aid?
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we come first...always...if you're sent in on r.i.t. or f.a.s.t. jobs, that's your Job you are responsible for finding the downed ,lost, or trapped firefighter(s).as for leaving a man behind with a civilian who may already be dead?i don't think we would leave anyone with the victim unless it were another firefighter who was in distress.radio contact with ops and 2nd fastteam monitoring progress ,need for additional tools,ground ladders to be placed to allow for rapid exit
[QUOTE=sevenfingers]One of our interns was with a neighboring MICU crew for his internship. They were responding to "x-hundred" block of some street...they pass an injured guy, and my co-worker says" hey there he is". Well, the Paramedics continued on to the address assigned them, and said "he'll have to get his own ambulance". Well it's sadly a true story (yes there was also a hurt dude at the given address), but they should have assisted the first injured guy./QUOTE]
Ummm, no. If you stop for the second patient you are abandoning the first. You radio the location of the second and continue on your way.
As for RIG (RIT), it is for FFs, period.Fire Marshal/Safety Officer
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10-25-2005, 12:53 PM #16Originally Posted by Dave1983
Did your classes cover what to do if that pesky civilian getting in your way while you're ritting is awake? What if they grab your ankle when they realize that you plan to leave them inside this burning building? Should you kick them in the face, or reach back and use a tool?
Your order to place a line to protect a stairway... you start to do your task and another officer tells you to go get a pike pole. Which do you do first? do you know the reason for the line...can you make your own judgement on the two orders. If you answered yes to this question, you need to go back to probie school. You complete your assigned task in the order in which it was given...if you don't than you had better let someone know that the assignment wasn't completed because some ones life may depend on it!
If you are assigned to the RIT your job is firefighter rescue... end of story!IACOJ Membership 2002
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Firefighter Rescue First!!!!!!!!!!
Maybe if the fire attack crew quit and did something else (take pictures, what ever) the whole incident will get better! I don't think so!
The WORD for the day is DISCIPLINE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!! When YOU are assigned a task you need to finish the task. You need to be at your best at your task. The civilian will still be there when you RESCUE YOUR OWN FIRST!
Are you really so simple that you think abandoning a person in a burning building and getting a pike pole are similar priorities? Again, wow.
I guess if we were pulling ceilings next to each other and I fell through the floor, you wouldn't rescue me because you're NOT on the RIT team.
Neither of you answered whether you'd punch that coughing grandmother you came across in the gut to get her off you so you could complete your assigned tasks in the order that they were given to you. "Sorry lady my job is firefighter rescue... end of story!" "Suck it up, old girl, haven't you heard? The WORD for the day is DISCIPLINE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!"
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I would have to stick with the job at hand, and report the location of the victim and move on to my objective. When you have your RIT tool cache, do you let other companies use the RIT tools.....no...The tools belonging to the RIT team and stay with RIT as do the most important tools...."RIT personnel"
If you have only 1 RIT team and they are called to duty, where would you be if they went off on another objective and informed you they couldnt rescue the downed Firefighter. ITs a tuff job, but we must take care of our own first. I'm not going to get into logistics of how we mark or tag the victim but we all have different ways of working the job. Just remember we all have opinions, respect it.
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Dawn Bullion, Senior Staff Assistant, and Dr. Eric Thomas Weber, Assistant Professor, both in the Department of Public Policy Leadership, were honored in May of 2011. Bullion received the Outstanding Staff Member Overall for 2010-2011 at the annual Staff Appreciation Day's Outstanding Staff Awards Ceremony.
Morality, Leadership, and Public Policy, Dr. Weber's second book, is released in the summer of 2011
The Continuum International Publishing Group of London, winner of the 2011 Independent Publisher of the Year Award and the 2011 Ingram Academic and Professional Publisher of the Year Award, has released Dr. Eric Thomas Weber's second book, Morality, Leadership, and Public Policy, in the summer of 2011. You can read endorsements by the President of the Policy Studies Organization of Washington, D.C., or by the Executive Director of the American Philosophical Association on Weber's Web site here. You can also find the book available online at Amazon.com here. The book will soon be available at the university's library here.
Description: "In Morality, Leadership, and Public Policy, Eric Weber argues for an experimentalist approach to moral theory in addressing practical problems in public policy. The experimentalist approach begins moral inquiry by examining public problems and then makes use of the tools of philosophy and intelligent inquiry to alleviate them. Part I surveys the uses of practical philosophy and answers criticisms - including religious challenges - of the approach, presenting a number of areas in which philosophers' intellectual efforts can prove valuable for resolving public conflicts. Part II presents a new approach to experimentalism in moral theory, based on the insights of John Dewey's pragmatism. Focusing on the elements of good public inquiry and the experimentalist attitude, Weber discusses ways of thinking about the effective construction and reconstruction of particular problems, including practical problems of public policy prioritization. Finally, in Part III the book examines real-world examples in which the experimentalist approach to ethics proves useful, including instances of "bandwidth theft" and the controversies surrounding activist judges in the US Supreme Court."
Department receives grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF).
The Department of Public Policy Leadership (PPL) and the Mississippi Geographic Alliance (MGA), both at the University of Mississippi, collaborated with Mississippi State University and the University of Alabama-Huntsville to receive a $1 million grant through the National Science Foundation's Climate Change Education Partnership program. The overall goal of the program is to establish a coordinated national network of regionally- or thematically-based partnerships devoted to increasing the adoption of effective, high quality educational programs and resources related to the science of climate change and its impacts.
Titled the Climate Literacy Partnership in the Southeast United States (CLiPSE), this two-year, Phase 1 project will develop the foundation of a partnership that will work across the Mid South to increase and improve climate change education for children and adults through formal and informal learning environments (K-12 schools, institutions of higher education, professional development providers, museums, nature centers, community organizations, and churches). CLiPSE involves climate scientists, learning scientists, and partnership development practitioners, and David Rutherford, PPL Assistant Professor and Co-PI on the project, will lead the partnership development team. Rutherford is also MGA Executive Director and will work with the National Geographic Society and its nationwide network of Geography Alliances to build the CLiPSE partnership.
The main purposes that NSF specifies for the Phase I program are (1) to establish a strong network of individuals and organizations mobilized to increase and improve climate change literacy, and (2) develop, first, a strategic plan for Phase I that will guide development of the partnership, and then, a second strategic plan for a five-year, Phase II grant that builds on lessons learned in Phase I and will guide an extensive implementation of climate literacy. The CLiPSE project, by working with six states in the Southeast during Phase I, will be extremely well-positioned to compete successfully for a Phase II award in 2012 and expand the project across the entire Southeast region.
On July 25th of 2010, The Clarion Ledger published an article interviewing Dr. Rutherford about the Mississippi Geographic Alliance. You can open a printer-friendly Adobe PDF version of the article by clicking here.
Rawls, Dewey and Constructivism, Dr. Weber's first book, is released in September of 2010
The Continuum International Publishing Group of London released Dr. Eric Thomas Weber's first book, Rawls, Dewey and Constructivism, in September of 2010. You can read the editor's blog and press release about the book by clicking here. You can also find the book available online at Amazon.com here. Also, the book was reviewed on Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews here.
The book covers two of the most influential political philosophers of the twentieth century, John Rawls and John Dewey. Rawls developed a fascinating theory of justice, and in doing so depended on some important theories about how we come to know justice. Dr. Weber notes some difficulties in Rawls's work and shows how insights from Dewey's work can help resolve these underlying issues. The relevant theories are referred to as "constructivism," which is a term that we use to describe one outlook on how we come to know things, what philosophers refer to as "epistemology." You can read more about the book also on Dr. Weber's Web site here.
New Students
Welcome to Our New Students in 2011
The following were our new students in 2010 for the 2010-2011 academic year:
Students' Success
Two PPL Students Make Front Page News in The Jackson Advocate
In April of 2012, PPL majors Mary Alex Street and Caleb Herod made the front page of The Jackson Advocate in recognition for their acceptance to Teach for America and for choosing to serve in the Mississippi Delta's schools. To see the piece as an Adobe PDF file, click here or on the thumbnail image of the piece on the right-hand side.
For more information about Teach for America, visit their Web site: http://www.teachforamerica.org/. Also, in April of 2012, Dr. Weber published a piece in The Clarion Ledger of Jackson, MS, highlighting the reasons for hope about Mississippi schools evident in bright graduating seniors like Street and Herod. That article is available as a scanned PDF file here: "Teachers Offer Hope for Mississippi."
Graduate in Marketing & Communications and PPL Takes Job as Policy Analyst for the TX Senate Education Committee
Upon graduation from the University of Mississippi in 2010, Market and Communications major and PPL student Claire Graves went on to earn her Master's degree at Vanderbilt University in education policy.
In April of 2012, as she neared completion of her Master's degree, Claire accepted a job working with the Texas Senate Education Committee in Austin, Tx.
Congratulations, Claire!
PPL Student Awarded National Scholarship
In March of 2012, Chancellor Dan Jones and other university leaders met with PPL student Taylor Cook to congratulate her on winning a Udall scholarship. The Udall is a national award "given annually to college sophomores and juniors who are committed to careers related to the environment, tribal public policy or Native American health care," according to the UM press release.
The university created a video, interviewing Taylor. You can watch that video here or by clicking on the image on the right. The photo below is of the group that met to congratulate Taylor as a surprise.
Six PPL Students Inducted into UM Hall of Fame
In January of 2012, Chancellor Jones honored ten students with induction into UM's Student Hall of Fame. Six of these were PPL students.
PPL Student Elected to Hometown Schoolboard
We are pleased to announce that Zack Huffman, a Public Policy Leadership major, will be seated as one of the youngest school board members in Mississippi history.
Three PPL Students Inducted into UM Hall of Fame
On Friday, February 4th, 2011, Chancellor Dan Jones honored ten Ole Miss students with induction into UM's Student Hall of Fame. Three of these were PPL students.
Fellowship Gives PPL Student Taste of Doctors' Real-World Ethical Dilemmas
PPL and Philosophy major John Montgomery is one of two fellows in the Student Fellowship in Bioethics pilot program. It is a joint venture of the University Medical Center in Jackson, MS, and the College of Liberal Arts in Oxford, MS.
The UM Newsdesk interviewed Montgomery. "Our lives are affected now and in the future by the bioethical standards set by our health care system and our government," said Montgomery, who is contemplating a political or legal career. "The unique understanding and perspective provided by this fellowship will enable me to make informed decisions and arguments about bioethical issues in either of these fields." To read the full article as a Web formated Adobe PDF file, click here.
PPL Students Inducted into Phi Beta Kappa in 2010
The following PPL students have been honored to be named Phi Beta Kappa:
Congratulations, Chad, Josh, Elizabeth, Jake, Carmen Rae, Katie, and Marie!
PPL Students and Lott Scholars Awarded Taylor Medals in 2010
The following Lott Scholars and PPL majors are 2010 Taylor Medalists. The Taylor Medal is the university's highest academic award. The awards will be conferred at Honors Day on April 8th. This year's list includes three Lott Scholars:
Congratulations, Chad, Elizabeth, Jake, and McDaniel!
Chelsea Caveny Awarded Truman Scholarship, then Mitchell Scholarship
From her Truman application information:
RELATED EARLIER POST: PPL Students Rachel Willis and Chelsea Caveny Named Finalists for Truman Scholarships
Chelsea Caveny and Rachel Willis have advanced to the finalist stage of the 2010 Truman Scholarship award process. Read the full Daily Mississippian article here.
The university's Newsdesk put together a story on these two exceptional students here.
Congratulations, Chelsea and Rachel! It is a big honor to be finalists. We are extremely proud of both of you.
Six PPL Students Inducted into Ole Miss Hall of Fame
Of the ten outstanding seniors inducted into the Ole Miss Hall of Fame, six have majored or minored in Public Policy Leadership. According to the Ole Miss Newsdesk story:
"Chancellor Dan Jones bestowed the honor Friday (Jan. 22) in a campus ceremony at the Ford Center for the Performing Arts, noting that the selection is based on a student's academic achievement, community service, extracurricular activities and potential for future success. The Ole Miss Hall of Fame has recognized students with outstanding achievements since 1930. 'The selection of these outstanding students into the Hall of Fame is a reflection of their impact on life at this university,' Jones said as he offered congratulations to the students and their families. 'They will continue to make an impact on their communities and the world as they take their talent, skills and commitment to the next phase of life. I join the entire university community in congratulating them.'" (Full story here)
PPL Student Awarded Truman Scholarship
PPL and Economics double-major Jake McGraw has been awarded a prestigious Truman Scholarship in 2009 from the Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation. You can read the Ole Miss News Desk story here or open a printable PDF file of the story here. On the News Desk's page, you'll find a YouTube video presentation of the story, which you can also find here.
PPL Students Elected to Student Government Offices
Artair Rogers (right) was elected President of the Associated Student Body for the 2009-2010 year. Click here for a printable PDF version of The Daily Mississippian's story about the election.
Martin Fisher (left) was elected Secretary of the Associated Student Body.
We are proud of our students for all their involvement in campus affairs. Congratulations Artair and Martin!
Research Recognition
At the Honors Convocation ceremony in February of 2010, PPL student Taylor McGraw was awarded a Barksdale Award to support his work on a book in the summer. According to the Newsdesk press release, Dean Sullivan-Gonzalez explained that "In New York, Taylor will listen to the stories of how certain people came to the Big Apple and what their lives are like. He will certainly come away with a richer sense of common and uncommon humanity."
In the spring of 2009, Vince Chamblee was recognized with the prestigious Barksdale Award. Vince is a double-major in Economics and Public Policy Leadership. In the spring of 2009 he is interning in the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh, Scotland. If you click here you can read a about his internship in a note he drafted for the Ole Miss Public Relations department. Dr. Debra Young, Associate Dean of the Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College explains that "Basically, the Barksdale is an outright award of $5,000 to pay for the project the student proposes." Dr. Doug Sullivan-Gonzalez, Dean of the Honors College describes the guidelines for the award in this way: "We ask students to design independent projects that will let them explore personal goals and test themselves in the real world." Dean Sullivan-Gonzalez described Vince's project at the award ceremony as follows:
"Vince proposed an economist's exploration of the problem of human trafficking. He will travel first to Geneva, Switzerland, to interview people responsible for creating global policy. Then he will backpack through rural Ethiopia, working with a grassroots educational initiative; that work is followed by a stay in Dubai to participate in research at the Dubai Ethics Resource Center. Vince is seeking corporate perspective and human understanding of this heart-breaking global problem."
Also, in April of 2009, Vince received word that his paper, "The Disparities of the Wealth of Nations: A Democratic Duty to End World Hunger," was accepted for presentation at the Ohio State University Undergraduate Philosophy Conference in Columbus, OH. Vince will be traveling to Columbus for the event on May 1st and 2nd, 2009.
Vince wrote the paper for Dr. Weber's Ethics and Public Policy course in the fall of 2008.
Vince applied for travel support from the Office of Student Affairs and was awarded a grant. He also has secured support from the Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College to attend the event. Congratulations, Vince!
Jake McGraw was honored in Feburary of 2010 to have his paper accepted for presentation at the 2010 Pacific University Undergraduate Philosophy Conference. His paper is called "Equal Opportunity for Quality Education in Madison County, Mississippi." Jake wrote this paper for the Ethics and Public Policy course he took in the Fall of 2009. This paper is an important part of Jake's honor's thesis, which he will defend in April of 2010. Congratulations, Jake!
Link to the conference Web site:
In April of 2008, two PPL students presented papers at Pacific University's Undergraduate Philosophy Conference in Oregon. Scarlett Andrews and MeaghanGandy wrote their papers in Dr. Eric Thomas Weber's Honors 101 course in the fall of 2007, taught in the Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College. Click here for more information on the students' presentation. The department of Public Policy Leadership supported the students' travel to and from the conference. We are proud of these students' early success.
On left: Meaghan Gandy.
Also, Scarlett Andrews has been awarded the Rose Bui Scholarship "in recognition of academic excellence." Congratulations, Scarlett!
Four Oustanding Freshmen Awarded 2011 Lott Leadership Scholarships
Six Oustanding Freshmen Awarded 2010 Lott Leadership Scholarships
Six Oustanding Freshmen Awarded 2009 Lott Leadership Scholarships
Four Oustanding Freshmen Awarded 2008 Lott Leadership Scholarships
Summer Internships
Many students in our department have been chosen for exciting internships. We list here only a few examples of the great opportunities that our students have pursued.
Lott Leadership Exchange Program to South Korea
For more information on this program and the various study abroad programs available through the University of Mississippi, click here.
|Freshman Selected for National Honors Society
Katie Watson, freshman PPL major, has been selected to serve as President of Alpha Lambda Delta at Ole Miss, an honors society for freshmen.
Public Policy Leadership Students Head to the Conventions!
|Student Debate in '08
Members of the College Republicans and the College Democrats organized a student debate, held on September 4th, 2008, with the help of Dr. Eric Thomas Weber. PPL student Brent Caldwell led the College Democrats team, and PPL student Tyler Craft led the College Republicans. Weber moderated the event with the support of Drs. Melissa Bass, David Rutherford, and Christian Sellar in preparing the debate questions. Click here for a press release describing the lead up to the event, click here. For the Daily Mississippian's article on the debate event, click here.
Debate News and Our Students' Exposure
Some Exciting Past Events
Keith Hennessey, Economic Advisor to President Bush, Meets with Students
On October 31st of 2008, PPL students had the opportunity to have lunch with Keith Hennessey. Mr. Hennessey is "Assistant to the President for Economic Policy and Director of the National Economic Council (NEC)" (NEC Web site). Our students and Director Hennessey discussed the state of the economy and measures that are in development for addressing it.
Senators Lott and Daschle
On September 21st, 2007, students in the department of Public Policy Leadership had the opportunity to have lunch with these two American leaders, after which an open forum was held for the discussion of bipartisanship, leadership, and public policy.
We were also fortunate to have a number of surprise visitors, including Senator Bill Nelson of Florida, Governor Haley Barbour, and former Governor William Winter.
Click here to learn more about this recent event, and to see photos of it.
Invited International Scholar
Josef Joffe, author of Überpower, visited Ole Miss on September 27th, 2007, gave a public lecture, and met with students in the department of Public Policy Leadership as well.
Joffe is publisher-editor of the German weekly Die Zeit. Previously he was columnist / editorial page editor of Süddeutsche Zeitung (1985-2000).
His essays and reviews have appeared in: New York Review of Books, New York Times Book Review, Times Literary Supplement, Commentary, New York Times Magazine, New Republic, Weekly Standard, Prospect (London).
His second career has been in academia. A visiting professor of political science at Stanford since 2004, he was Payne Distinguished Lecturer there in 1999/2000. He is also Distinguished Fellow of the Institute for International Studies and Abramowitz Fellow of the Hoover Institution, both at Stanford. In 1990/91 he taught at Harvard, where he is also an Associate of the Olin Institute for Strategic Studies. He was Visiting Lecturer at Dartmouth (2002), Princeton's Woodrow Wilson School (1989 and Professorial Lecturer at the Johns Hopkins (SAIS) in 1982-1984. He has taught at the University of Munich and the Salzburg Seminar.


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That is, the amount of Crit on an iLevel 200 chestpiece is always going to benefit you more than the amount of Armor Pen because you get more Crit per "item budget" point. ESPECIALLY for classes like Rogues, Enhancement Shamans and Hunters, who get Crit from both Agi and Crit rating, and who benefit hugely from pieces with both of those stats on them.
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Mr. Gold and Belle reunite
A little sketch I did in class from my fic-
"She handed him one of the mugs to dry.
It slipped through his fingers when she let go.
It landed on the floor, cracking.
Belle bent to pick it up with a gasp. "I'm sorry, I thought you had it-."
She looked up at him, bringing the mug into the light. "It's – It is chipped," she stuttered and he found himself staring at Belle the night she had broken the tea cup. The first night with the golden dress – he blinked, and she was crouching there in jeans, bringing the chip up along with the mug this time. "We can glue it-," she invented, looking at the mess in distress, "I'm sure you have glue here somewhere," she muttered, moving away, maneuvering around him.
One blink she was in the ball gown, the next she was back in her blue button up shirt. How could she not remember? How could she not remember?
He couldn't stand it anymore – her forgetfulness, the inability to recognize him, not being able to remember his name –
He followed her, stopping her abruptly, reaching an arm between her forward progress and placing it against the wall. The other he placed on the other side of her, fingertips brushing the walls. She looked around to find herself cornered. She looked at him from within his cage. Frightened, anxious –
"Mr. Gold?" she breathed.
Mr. Gold, he scorned. "What is my name?" he demanded, staring into her face, willing her to remember.
"I – I don't know – you've never told me your name," she stuttered.
His eyes bored into hers. "What is my name Belle?"
She seemed at a loss for words, her mouth moving in inexplicable trembles, "It's – It's –"
He captured her mouth with his, using up every inch of his bravery, his pent up frustration spilling out, longing with every fiber of his being for her to remember. He breathed in her life, her vivid light, tasting every bit as sweet and kind as she had in the past. Sweeter.
He hesitated, waited for her to pull away, to cry out in protest, but instead she looped her arms around his neck, pressing her lips to his, continuing, moving with him. She wasn't running, she wasn't hiding, one of her hands curling in his hair, the other hand still full of mug. With a shuddering sigh, he took control once more, moving closer, his hands flat on the wall, ardently perusing her until she broke away.
She took a deep, trembling breath, looking down at her feet, gasping. He searched for her response, watching the wheels turning in her head until she looked up at him, her face full of understanding, of recognition, of realization.
"I know," she peered at him, her gaze piercing his soul, "I remember your name."
He kissed her again, conflict burning through him. She wrapped her arms around his neck once more, pulling him closer so that he had to push against the wall to keep from crushing her. She was too far away- one of his hands wrapped around her waist, pulling her into him. She inhaled sharply, deepened the kiss.
His brain finally caught up with his body, forgotten somewhere back in the crescendo of the crashing cup. He pushed away from her frantically, banging against the counter when he couldn't go any further.
"No," she whispered, stepping forward, following him.
"How-," he stammered, swallowing, "How-?"
"Everything- I remember everything." She smiled, pushing his hair back from his face, "True love's kiss will break any curse, Rumpelstiltskin.""
Well, I substituted the cup for the mug, but you get the gist, yes?
Fic: The Impossible Truth (2/26)
Title: The Impossible Truth
Author: ShipperGirl (aka Mrs. Naara)
Rating: PG
Summary: She escaped and ran through the rain in stolen hospital scrubs, finding someone she knew long ago. He was lonely, reclusive, and harsh. She took it upon herself to give him a happy ending. She didn't know that she'd be getting hers as well.
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Rudermensch: October in the Chair
October was in the chair, so it was chilly that evening, and the leaves were red and orange and tumbled from the trees that circled the grove. The twelve of them sat around a campfire roasting huge sausages on sticks, which spat and crackled as the fat dripped onto the burning applewood, and…
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USJ-R-based band gives concert to raise fund for ill bandmate
Wednesday, September 17, 2014 While Josenians are cheering wildly to keep tournament hopes of their respective colleges alive in this year's intramural games, a group of musicians are making good music at the lobby of the University of San Jose-Recoletos (USJ-R) to save a life. This as USJ-R-based Cinnamon Band…Read More »
USJ-R turns 30, celebrates Intrams 2014
Tuesday, September 16, 2014 After jogging the length of the football field, a business administration student clad in yellow basketball jersey climbed up the stage and lit the torch, and the capacity-filled football grounds erupted in jubilation. With that, the University of San Jose-Recoletos (USJ-R) officially opened its 30th University…Read More »
USJ-R Jaguars qualify for semis after dispatching CIT-U Wildcats, 68-63
It is official: the University of San Jose-Recoletos (USJ-R) Jaguars are advancing to the semi-final round as the number 3 seed regardless of the outcome of their next game against the currently number 1 Southwestern University Cobras tomorrow, September 13. Rookie forward Kevin Villafranca broke out of his scoring slump…Read More »
SSC 33rd Congress approves six new scholars
Wednesday, September 10, 2014 Six deserving yet financially challenged students can now continue their studies after securing scholarships from one of the offices of the University of San Jose-Recoletos (USJ-R). This as the university's Supreme Student Council (SSC) 33rd Congress formalized the arrangement by signing a memorandum of agreement with…Read More »
Jaguars still second despite loss against Warriors
Wednesday, September 10, 2014 Despite their 47-67 loss to University of San Carlos Warriors last night, the University of San Jose-Recoletos (USJ-R) Jaguars still hold the second spot in the 14th season of Cebu Schools Athletic Foundation, Inc. men's basketball. Last year's finalist, the Southwestern University Cobras and the resurging…Read More »