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A spot check by the Bar Standards Board on BPP Law School revealed some serious concerns about the college's ability to cope with the extra numbers on its BVC course. Corinne McPartland tackles dean Peter Crisp on the report's findings
BPP Law School has been put under the spotlight after the Bar Standards Board (BSB) published a report on its 'triggered visit' to the institution, which was prompted by the fact that its Bar Vocational Course (BVC) was oversubscribed.
During the visit the BSB spoke to students and staff about the concerns it had over how the extra students would impact on resources, staffing and the overall learning experience for candidates.
But chief executive of BPP College and dean of BPP Law School Peter Crisp thinks that the BSB spoke to students "too early into their BVC" to get an accurate picture of their learning experience.
"They spoke to a small select group of students in the third teaching week. I don't know, maybe you can make that sort of judgment, but for me it would be difficult to make that sort of judgment so early on," he insists. "We do listen to students' comments very carefully, but I think you have to listen to them at the appropriate moment when they've had the time to make the judgments."
Whatever the case, the BSB did pay BPP an unexpected visit and it did publish a report of its findings. So I went along to BPP's Holborn branch to see if the education provider had taken any notice of what the report had to say.
No room at the lecture theatre
Probably the most alarming finding was the BSB's concerns over the suitability of the main lecture theatre in Holborn. The report states: "Comments from students regarding the lecture theatre were highly negative. One student said that people actively avoid it. Another said: "If people aren't sitting on the floor, then you know everyone isn't there".
But walking into the lecture theatre Crisp assures me that as soon as the school realised it had oversubscribed students, it recognised that the learning space would be too cramped for them and subsequently made plans to split lectures in half.
"We were concerned because the lecture theatre technically seats 320 students but if you've got 314 or so students on the BVC, that means you've only got five or so spare seats, which isn't practical. So by the third week of teaching we decided to run the classes twice. The issue then disappeared," he insists.
Another point that comes up in the report in relation to the lecture theatre is health and safety. "With only three fire doors, would people be able to evacuate quickly?" the report asks.
Crisp assures me that the school takes health and safety very seriously and has been "rubber stamped" by officials who say the room meets all requirements. And to be honest, looking around the room, three doors seem sufficient. How many more does the BSB want?
The library caused great concern in the report and was subsequently our next stop. Crisp wastes no time pointing out the huge flat-screen TV at the entrance to the library, which shows students how many computers are available and in which rooms. At the time, only 20 per cent of the computers were being used. But then that was mid-week at 10am.
"There's never a time when there isn't a computer available and students can borrow laptops. The entire building is WiFi," Crisp explains as we continue our tour through the school's vast library facility.
The BSB recommended that BPP review its library stock and send it a report on provision, which Crisp assures me it has done.
The school has now purchased extra access to online versions of texts, allowing unlimited users simultaneous access at any one time. It has also placed some copies of heavily used books on short-loan (hourly or overnight) to make sure all students have fair access to them and has even purchased extra copies of some titles.
BPP also insists it now regularly sends emails to students reminding them to let library staff know if they are having problems getting hold of materials.
"I think it's impractical to have 50 sets of any one title when it's only being used at certain times," claims Crisp. "But then again, if we do need to spend the money, we'll spend the money."
Next on the tour is an extensive look around BPP's teaching rooms, which are used for small group sessions and its impressive advocacy facilities. The report mentioned that some students complained about the standard of teaching and in particular some felt they had been "left to their own devices" when it came to using the white book.
"We spend two terms getting to grips with the white book and the idea that students are left to their own devices is simply not true," insists Crisp. "At the stage they were quizzed on this they would have probably only had one class on civil procedure. There were going to be more classes."
Real-time problems
Okay, so I was getting the point that a lot of things that came up on the report were down to students being new, but what about when the panel witnessed for themselves some classes in action?
The reports points to "large problems with the DVD equipment" and lecturers "forgetting" to use the school's random name-calling policy to measure attendance.
This can all be explained, insists Crisp. The DVD problems were all down to the fact that the computers had been moved around during the summer months because the wiring at the back of the PCs had been 'boxed' in a bid to be more aesthetically pleasing. But this then caused "technical difficulties" at the start of the term – a problem that has now been rectified, he says.
And the BSB's condition that the school finds a "more effective way to measure attendance" has also been met. Now BPP passes around a sheet for students to mark off individually. But even this may have its problems, admits Crisp.
"We thought name-calling was quite an effective way because you don't know who is going to be called. But the BSB said it wanted a more precise approach, so now we pass around a register, which isn't without its issues. I don't think any system is foolproof."
It was also noted that, alongside positive comment, there were some issues raised in the external examiners' reports referring to the consistency of assessment and marking.
"Rereading the reports, there's no concern expressed by any of the external examiners on over-marking that we can see. The overall tenor is that the marking is good, consistent and fair," responds Crisp. "The only issues raised were by one person, who asked how we distinguish between a marginal fail or poor fail in professional ethics.
he second was by another who said he would like to spend longer on borderline fails, rather than reviewing very clear fails. This isn't the same as saying that he had anxieties about our marking of the borderlines."
But according to one current BVC student, the marking is still something that causes major concern.
"You don't want to complain until after you finish the course because the marking is really terrible. Tutors have their favourites and award accordingly," she alleges.
The student also recalls a time when one friend complained to a senior member of staff but she was "screamed at and really torn strips off".
Number crunching
But how did this all come about? How did BPP, one of the biggest BVC providers in the country, manage to get itself into this mess?
The school is officially authorised to take on a maximum of 264 full-time students a year and 96 part-time, but how could it exceed that number by 55?
"As far as we're concerned last year was just a blip," explains Crisp. "On one level it's flattering that so many people want to come to BPP - and the best students too: nearly 25 per cent have first-class degrees."
But the school will not have to worry about making the numbers fit for the next three years. The BSB has also requested in its report that BPP employs the services of an independent statistician for three years to prevent it once again exceeding its certified intake.
"The statistician is looking at our offer patterns and acceptance rates over the past few years to help us predict enrolments," says Crisp. "It is, all in all, a very positive report and I'm pleased that it confirms that the oversubscription was inadvertent on our part."
But whatever way Crisp wants to look at it, the BSB report could not have come at a worse time. It has undoubtedly thrown a spanner in the works of BPP's long-term goal of transforming itself into a full-blown university.
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Ph.D. DissertationRadiation-Induced Charge Trapping Studies of Si and SiC Based MOS DevicesPh.D. AdvisorLeonard Feldman, PhysicsCommittee MembersDaniel Fleetwood, Electrical EngineeringRonald Schrimpf, Electrical EngineeringNorman Tolk, PhysicsGreg Walker, Mechanical Engineering----------------------------------------Abstract. Ionizing radiation exposure of metal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS) devices can alter their electrical performance, sometimes leading to failure. Permanent failure modes such as total dose effects due to continuous exposure to radiation and temporary effects from transient high-energy particle radiation, viz. single event effects, are some of the most commonly studied device failure mechanisms in the domain of radiation effects and reliability. Radiation species in the form of electrons, photons, neutrons, protons and other heavy ions are omnipresent in a space environment. Electronic systems in satellites deployed in space and in other areas, prone to radiation exposure, run the risk of suffering from these aforementioned damage events during everyday operation. Hence it is important to establish radiation-hardened electronics in satellites used for inter-planetary space exploration, communication, navigation and surveillance purposes.
Metal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS) devices are the most ubiquitous components used in modern day electronic equipments. Poly-Si/SiO2/Si has been the device configuration of choice for the electronics industry for almost four decades. The demand for faster and more robust processors requires the need to replace these conventional materials for future device technologies. Hafnium oxide with metal gates has already been announced as the material that will power the future technology scaling for low power devices. SiO2/SiC based devices are possible candidates for the upcoming high power device technologies. The generation, evolution and annealing of processing related, as well as radiation-induced defects, have been well understood from the perspective of current poly-Si/SiO2/Si MOS system. However similar proficiency in understanding the radiation effects in advanced Si based technologies for future low power applications and SiC based high power technologies is still lacking.
This dissertation provides significant insights into the charge trapping characteristics in these devices exposed to high energy ionizing radiation. Charge trapping is studied as a function of dose and gate oxide fields with extensive materials characterization performed before irradiations. The results provide additional information for establishing reliable design rules for future MOS devices intended for both, high and low operating voltage when exposed to a radiation environment.
Reconfiguration and dissociation of bonded hydrogen in silicon by energetic ions. Rao, SVSN; Dixit, SK; Lupke, G; Tolk, NH; Feldman, LC, PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 83, 045204 , (2011)
Impact of Proton Irradiation-Induced Bulk Defects on Gate-Lag in GaN HEMTs. Kalavagunta, A; Silvestri, M; Beck, MJ; Dixit, SK; Schrimpf, RD; Reed, RA; Fleetwood, DM; Shen, L; Mishra, UK, IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON NUCLEAR SCIENCE, 56, 3192-3195 , (2009)
Modeling the Radiation Response of Fully-Depleted SOI n-Channel MOSFETs. Esqueda, IS; Barnaby, HJ; McLain, ML; Adell, PC; Mamouni, FE; Dixit, SK; Schrimpf, RD; Xiong, W, IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON NUCLEAR SCIENCE, 56, 2247-2250 , (2009)
Gate-Length and Drain-Bias Dependence of Band-to-Band Tunneling-Induced Drain Leakage in Irradiated Fully Depleted SOI Devices. Mamouni, FE; Dixit, SK; Schrimpf, RD; Adell, PC; Esqueda, IS; McLain, ML; Barnaby, HJ; Cristoloveanu, S; Xiong, WZ, IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON NUCLEAR SCIENCE, 55, 3259-3264 , (2008)
Increase in oxide hole trap density associated with nitrogen incorporation at the SiO2/SiC interface. Rozen, J; Dhar, S; Dixit, SK; Afanas'ev, VV; Roberts, FO; Dang, HL; Wang, S; Pantelides, ST; Williams, JR; Feldman, LC, JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, 103, 124513 , (2008)
Total Ionizing Dose Effects on Strained HfO2-Based nMOSFETs. Park, HW; Dixit, SK; Choi, YS; Schrimpf, RD; Fleetwood, DM; Nishida, T; Thompson, SE, IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON NUCLEAR SCIENCE, 55, 2981-2985 , (2008)
Dopant segregation and giant magnetoresistance in manganese-doped germanium. Li, AP; Zeng, C; van Benthem, K; Chisholm, MF; Shen, J; Rao, SVSN; Dixit, SK; Feldman, LC; Petukhov, AG; Foygel, M; Weitering, HH, PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 75, 201201 , (2007)
Doping-type dependence of damage in silicon diodes exposed to X-ray, proton, and He+ irradiations. Caussanel, M; Canals, A; Dixit, SK; Beck, MJ; Touboul, AD; Schrimpf, RD; Fleetwood, DM; Pantelides, ST, IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON NUCLEAR SCIENCE, 54, 1925-1930 , (2007)
Effect of energetic ions on the stability of bond-center hydrogen in silicon. Rao, SVSN; Dixit, SK; Lupke, G; Tolk, NH; Feldman, LC, PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 75, 235202 , (2007)
PbS/PbSe structures with core-shell type morphology synthesized from PbS nanocrystals. Koktysh, DS; McBride, JR; Dixit, SK; Feldman, LC; Rosenthal, SJ, NANOTECHNOLOGY, 18, 495607 , (2007)
Radiation induced charge trapping in ultrathin HfO2-based MOSFETs. Dixit, SK; Zhou, XJ; Schrimpf, RD; Fleetwood, DM; Pantelide, ST; Choi, R; Bersuker, G; Feldman, LC, IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON NUCLEAR SCIENCE, 54, 1883-1890 , (2007)
Homogeneously alloyed CdSxSe1-(x) nanocrystals: Synthesis, characterization, and composition/size-dependent band gap. Swafford, LA; Weigand, LA; Bowers, MJ; McBride, JR; Rapaport, JL; Watt, TL; Dixit, SK; Feldman, LC; Rosenthal, SJ, JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 128, 12299-12306 , (2006)
Synthesis and optical properties of PbS/PbSe nanocomposite particles. Koktysh, DS; McBride, JR; Dixit, SK; Feldman, LC; Rosenthal, SJ, ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 231, , (2006)
Total dose radiation response of nitrided and non-nitrided SiO2/4H-SiC MOS capacitors. Dixit, SK; Dhar, S; Rozen, J; Wang, SW; Schrimpf, RD; Fleetwood, DM; Pantelides, ST; Williams, JR; Feldman, LC, IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON NUCLEAR SCIENCE, 53, 3687-3692 , (2006)
Vibrational lifetimes and frequency-gap law of hydrogen bending modes in semiconductors. Sun, B; Shi, GA; Rao, SVSN; Stavola, M; Tolk, NH; Dixit, SK; Feldman, LC; Lupke, G, PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 96, 035501 , (2006)
Controlled synthesis, structure and properties of tin sulfide nanoparticles. Koktysh, DS; McBride, JR; Sriram, D; Feldman, LC; Rosenthal, SJ, ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 230, U2095-U2095 , (2005)


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I briefly touched on how I wash Bunny's hair before, but I've perfected the system since then and I really wanna share it with you all!
A week worth of shed hair and a Lego thing for comparison
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Hair before washing in braids
The whole process started with dirty hair that had been in braids for more than a week. She and I carefully removed the cornrows one at a time, then working through any strands that were stuck together.
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She had two or three knots throughout her whole head, but that's it!
This is what her hair looked like right after washing
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Our Church's Faithful & Devoted Inaree Evans Has Passed Away June 4, 2012
Our faithful and devoted church member Carrie Inaree Evans, also affectionately known as "Blondie", 85, passed away Monday, June 4, 2012 around 1 PM at Shands at UF in Gainesville from complications of injuries received in an automobile accident on May 27th. Inaree has been a member of the San Mateo Presbyterian Church since she was a young child, and had taken care of the flowers for the church for well over 50 years. We will all miss her cheerful ways, all her dedication to the church, and the church will certainly feel empty without her sitting in that front pew of the section that her and her loving husband Hank would be at every Sunday morning. She is in God's hands now and is without pain from her injuries suffered in the auto accident over Memorial Day Weekend. We will miss you Mrs. Inaree.
She was born in Yelvington and lived there and at her beach house at Crescent Beach her entire life. Inaree was a graduate of Hastings High School and years ago worked as a beautician. She had also worked with the family business, Evans Fernery.
Inaree was the longest standing member of the San Mateo Presbyterian Chuch. Over the years, she had served as an Elder, past president of the Women of the Church, Sunday School teacher, church historian, and was in charge of the floral decorations.
Inaree also served as secretary for the San Mateo Christian Union, aka, San Mateo Cemetery and was a former member of the San Mateo Woman's Club. Inaree enjoyed fishing and gardening, especially growing her beautiful azaleas.
Inaree and Hank made sure that there were flowers in the church and for the functions held at The Potter's House, usually fresh flowers cut from their own gardens. They would come every Saturday to decorate the Sanctuary to be sure that all was in order for Sunday service. When the monthly fellowship luncheons after Communion Sunday were held, again, Inaree and Hank came out on Saturday to decorate all the tables and serving tables with flower centerpieces, and again, mostly cut from their own personal gardens. They would also decorate the tables for the chicken and fish dinners, and any other special event that was being held in The Potter's House.
Inaree and Hank's family had a fernery years ago, and they had over 400 azalea shrub bushes and countless camellias that were taller than their home, as well as a large assortment of greenery and florals. Inaree was so creative in her designs of floral arrangements and centerpieces, each one more beautiful than the last. The variety of flowers and greenery was amazing. And Hank was always by her side assisting her.
Inaree brought me several photos of her magnificent yard full of azaleas so that they could be scanned and put on this website so that their beauty could be enjoyed by all. You can see the photos of her beautiful gardens on another page on this website.
Inaree was also very active and devoted to the Presbyterian Women's Group, helping with the yard sales and any other fundraiser event or charitable cause that the group undertook. The Women's Group made a lot of donations and contributions to our Church as well as other charities and missions around the world, and Inaree was always there to help accomplish their goals. The Presbyterian Women's Group also puts together the monthly fellowship luncheons after Communion, and Inaree was an active participant in organizing, decorating, and just getting things done.
She is survived by her loving husband of 65 years, Belford F. "Hank" Evans, a son, Belford F. Evans Jr. and wife Robin of Yelvington; two brothers, Thomas Cain of Palatka and Russell Cane and wife Terri of Crescent Beach; a brother-in-law, John Norris of Branchville, SC; two grandchildren, Christopher Evans and Dorothy Inaree Jensen and husband Joshua; five great-grandchildren, Wyatt, Isaiah, Isabella, Weston and Paisley; and numerous nieces and nephews.
We will have more information about her life posted here soon, as well as information about services honoring Mrs. Inaree. If you have any remembrances and memories about Inaree, we would be glad to share them with the congregation. You can leave your comments on this post.
Visitation for Carrie Inaree Evans will be held for family and friends on Thursday, June 7, from 5 pm to 7 pm at the Johnson-Overturf Funeral Home located at 307 South Palm Avenue in Palatka, FL (386) 325-4521. Memories and condolences may be left for the family at www.johnsonoverturffunerals.com. Arrangements are under the direction of Johnson-Overturf Funeral Home in Palatka.
Funeral services will be held Friday, June 8, 2012 at the Johnson-Overturf Funeral Home at 10 AM with the Reverend Chuck DeVane officiating. Burial will follow at the San Mateo Cemetery located on San Mateo Cemetery Road just off of SR 100. A luncheon will be served immediately after the graveside services, approximately 11:30 AM, at the San Mateo Presbyterian Church fellowship hall The Potter's House located at 201 Currie Road and SR 100 in San Mateo. Flowers are gratefully accepted or you can make a memorial donation to the San Mateo Presbyterian Church, P.O. Box 57, San Mateo, FL 32187 in Inaree's memory.


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Inflation tax and money essentiality
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- About CAEP
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Canadian Emergency Department Information Systems (CEDIS)
Quick Links:
- Introduction
- Defining Standardized Canadian Data Elements - CJEM 2001
- Presenting Complaint List
- Canadian Emergency Department Diagnosis Shortlist
- ED Quality Indicator Report
- Authorities
- Work in progress
- Relationship to CIHI
- Next Steps
- Contact National CEDIS Working Group
- CEDIS Members
- Links to other data sets
- Example Reports
There is growing belief in the need for comparative standards and benchmarks in health care. However, Canadian hospitals gather few emergency department (ED) data, and most cannot track their case mix, care processes, utilization or outcomes.
Consequently, CAEP has identified a need for a national ED information strategy and, along with the National Emergency Nurses Affiliation (NENA) and l'Association des médecins d'urgence du Québec (AMUQ), established a joint working group on Canadian Emergency Department Information Systems (CEDIS).
The objective of the CEDIS working group is to develop a comprehensive national ED data set that meets the information needs of Canadian ED's.
Such a data set will enable regional, provincial and national comparisons, for evaluation, quality improvement and research applications in both rural and urban settings.
The eventual CEDIS goal is not to insist that all EDs capture mandatory data elements by a particular date, but rather to establish a standard so that, as ED information systems evolve, they do so in a convergent rather than divergent fashion, striving for the same information goal, albeit at different rates.
CJEM Article
For a complete discussion of the CEDIS project, see the article in the October 2001 issue of the Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine:
A Consensus-based process to define standard national data elements for a Canadian emergency department information system
G. Innes, M. Murray, E. Grafstein, for the Canadian Emergency Department Information System (CEDIS) working group. Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine 2001;4:277-284
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Presenting Complaint List
NACRS coded CEDIS complaint list ONLY (v2.0), 2011-2012
In 2009 NACRS adopted the CEDIS complaint list as an alternative to 'Reason for Visit' for emergency reporting.
CEDIS presenting complaint list (v1.1.1), CJEM 2008;10(2):151-61
The CEDIS Presenting Complaint list was updated in 2008 in conjunction with the revision of both the Adult and Paediatric CTAS guidelines.
PCL Bulletin
To see how the CEDIS complaint list is incorporated into the Canadian Triage and Acuity Scale (CTAS), please view the documents on the CTAS page click here and also consider viewing the 2008 Complaint Oriented Triage (COT) teaching/reference tool, please click here.
Canadian Emergency Department Diagnosis Shortlist
CED-DxS The Canadian Emergency Department Diagnosis Shortlist
The CEDIS Diagnosis Short List (CED-DxS) will be updated every three years in alignment with the ICD-10-CA revision cycle.
Minor changes may be applied annually if deemed critical to the quality of the data being collected.
Requests for revisions must be submitted on the Submission Request Form below and emailed to firstname.lastname@example.com.
All requests will be evaluated for approval.
Development of a Consensus on Evidence-Based Quality of Care Indicators for Canadian Emergency Departments
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Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians
L'association des médecins d'urgence du Québec
National Emergency Nurses Affiliation
Society of Rural Physicians of Canada
The Canadian Emergency Department Information Systems (CEDIS) Data Project is a work in-progress. Feedback is encouraged and should be directed to the The CEDIS National Working Group (c/o Dr. D. Sinclair)
CEDIS Data Elements
An initial draft of data elements has been generated, and may be viewed online or downloaded as a PDF
CEDIS Data Legends
Data Legends define the range of input for specific data elements:
Relationship with CIHI
The mission of the Canadian Institute for Health Information [CIHI] is to maintain a comprehensive health data base to help health care leaders make informed decisions. As part of this mandate, CIHI has developed the National Ambulatory Care Reporting System [ NACRS] ED data set. The purpose of such a data set is to provide administrative data to health care managers and planners to understand ED utilization and processes. The NACRS data set is presently used in Ontario for all Emergency Departments, and also in selected EDs in Nova Scotia, and BC. The NACRS data set was designed to provide the minimum data set that most EDs could reasonable supply in an accurate timely fashion. It has limited utility in the daily management of a crowded ED, and in particular does not capture many discrete time intervals critical in the analysis of ED patient flow.
The CDEIS working group recognizes CIHI's central role in health information. As such, we believe it is critical to collaborate. For this reason, the CDEIS data set includes all core NACRS elements, and the working group, on behalf of our national organizations, intends to provide CIHI with ongoing feedback regarding important ED elements and definitions, so there are no major discrepancies between the two systems. We have recently added a member of CIHI staff responsible for NACRS to the working group. However, we also believe the CDEIS data set outlined in this document offers the greatest potential to improve clinical care, ED management and emergency health services research.
Next Steps
Dissemination, feedback and revision:
Working group members will communicate the preliminary CEDIS data elements to their constituencies, including emergency nurses, pediatric and adult emergency physicians, researchers and ED administrators. The preliminary data set will be published to solicit stakeholder feedback. National and provincial emergency care organizations will be asked to endorse and promote it. Based on the outcome of this consultative process, the CEDIS document will be modified and disseminated as a national emergency care position paper.
Contact National CEDIS Working Group
To obtain information about CEDIS or to provide feedback:
Dr. Eric Grafstein
Chair, National CEDIS Working Group
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
The CEDIS working group is comprised of:
- Chair Dr. Eric Grafstein (Vancouver, British Columbia)
- Andrew Affleck (Thunder Bay, Ontario), Marie-Claire Baby (Saint-Nicolas, Quebec), François Belanger (Calgary, Alberta), Jerry Bell (Regina, Saskatchewan), Michael J. Bullard (Edmonton, Alberta), Jonathan Dreyer (Arva, Ontario), Jane Findlater (Fredericton, New Brunswick), Doug Sinclair (Toronto, Ontatio), Brian R. Holroyd (Edmonton, Alberta), Michael K. Howlett (Truro, Nova Scotia), Grant D. Innes (Vancouver, British Columbia), Sherry Kennedy (Toronto, Ontario), Michael J. Murray (Phelpston, Ontario), Charles R.Y. Norman (Brandon, Manitoba), Thomas A. Rich (Calgary, Alberta), Brian H. Rowe (Edmonton, Alberta), Julie Spence (Toronto, Ontario), Bernard Unger (Montreal, Quebec), Traci FossJeans (St. John's, NL), David Warren (Dorchester, Ontario), Sherry Uribe (Kelowna, British Columbia), Colleen Brayman (Edmonton, Alberta), Gabe Wollam (Newfoundland)
Links to Other Data Sets
The following were studied in developing the first draft of the CEDIS data set.
- Acute Health Division, Department of Human Services, Victoria, Australia. The Victorian Emergency Minimum Data set (VEMD): Version 6, 2001/2002.http://www.health.vic.gov.au/hdss/vemd/index.htm
- The National Center for Injury Prevention and Control. DEEDS data elements for emergency department systems: Release 1.0. 1997 http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/pub-res/deedspage.htm
- The Canadian Institute of Health Information. National Ambulatory Care Reporting System (NACRS) Implementation http://www.cihi.ca/
Example Reports
The following reports are examples that are being created in various emergency departments across Canada. The reports are not CEDIS endorsed, they are examples only.
- Calgary Health Region Emergency Department Performance Measures
- Example Reports from an Ontario Hospital
- Providence Health Care ED Report card 2004-05
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Parents: Traditional, stereotypical Asian overprotective parents, somewhat religious.
I'm an university student at a decent school in my second-to-last year of my degree. My grades are mediocre-to-solid if not great (spoiled by one particular year), with a healthy amount of relevant work experience. I'm generally logical to the point of that I'm told I'm being cold; in reality, while I'm as emotional as the next person I just try very very hard not to let that affect my judgements.
My relationship history is very sparse. I had a brief fling two years back with a guy I sort of worked with (same workplace, didn't see each other very much). He was (much) older, charming, very similar interests and while in general I knew it wouldn't work in the long term I still put a lot of stock into it. Until I discovered he had a girlfriend. I was furious, hurt, the whole nine yards, and somehow through a mix of guilt and pain and genuine like for the guy still tried to remain friends. He took that as to mean that I'm okay being the other woman and tried sexing me up a few times, which was met with very angry refusals. This fling, coupled with an overwhelming courseload and the job and first time moving out to dorm led to my mental health spiralling downwards and I pretty much bombed that year, failed two courses, and flunked out of my honours degree (back to major now). Stupid? Yeah, what can I say, he was my first kiss. And up until now, he was the only person I've ever touched in a sexual sense.
Anyway. I've since then gotten my act together (ditched the jerk and didn't look back, plus took a year off getting relevant work experience far away), thought a lot about what my dealbreakers are in a relationship and generally love myself through my single life. I'm okay with being celibate and single (one of my rules for myself is that I will not have sexual relations with anyone I'm not in a serious relationship with, although I don't care if other people have casual sex as long as they're safe about it). I consider myself liberal, even if the choices I make for myself are on the conservative end; I don't begrudge others for my choices.
So now that I'm back home, I've gotten my head screwed on right and am at least solidly trucking along in my life again, I've met this really lovely guy my age and we've been dating for...close to half a year now. He is aware of my sparse sexual history and why (I've alluded to the important parts, he never asked for more details and just accepted it), has no problems with the fact I'm a virgin, and seem more than happy to show/teach/explore. We've never had an argument (granted, relationship's still young); there's been hurt feelings once or twice but was resolved, our communication seems solid (although generally I bring up things I think are issues and the boy wasn't even aware that it was worth worrying about, but we've both told each other straight up to bring up anything we're concerned about) and generally speaking we're really quite happy together.
However, my parents are (understandably) wary. They don't precisely know that previous jerk played a large part in my breakdown, but they know there was a guy and it ended badly and it was roughly around the same time. Not hard to connect dots. And that this current guy is my first serious boyfriend, the first one they've met...they're going a little crazy. Particularly worrying for them is a) sex and b) staying over.
I view sex (not that I've had it, being a virgin) as a bonding experience, something fun to share between you and your partner. Parents are of the view that sex is sacred/for marriage/etc. The notion of me staying over at my boyfriend's place is unthinkable, inappropriate, etc. etc. what have you. Sleeping around leads to diseases, girls get hurt more easily than guys, yadda yadda.
I'm aware that it's unlikely this guy will be my life mate. I'm not concerned about that--life is a journey, this is an experience, what have you. I'm happy with him now. I am educated on sex ed in school, and read pretty thoroughly on my own outside of school; I haven't slept with my boyfriend yet but I insisted both of us get tested before we even got to handjobs (we're both clean). We've talked frankly about options for contraception and what would happen if I was to accidentally get pregnant even despite precautions. And no, I still haven't slept with him yet. I'd like to think the both of us are being mature and careful here.
Obviously, given my parents' views on sex and intimacy I'm not exactly about to tell them in full detail why I'm not worried about STIs and pregnancy, because that'd be outright admitting that I intend on sleeping with him. Speaking in the theoretical does nothing to assuage their fears, because "it's different when it's happening to you, and accidents happen". They're convinced that I'll turn into a sobbing wreck if the boyfriend leaves me/if we break up, and doesn't believe me when I say that "I promise, I'll survive". I'm not saying it won't hurt; of course it will. But through the first disaster of a fling I went through a lot of (online, through reading the Green and another level headed advice community) therapy, did a lot of thinking, and generally came to the conclusion that relationships add to my life but cannot
my life and that I am a perfectly lovable, self-sufficient human being
on my own.
And having worked towards that, I worked my way out of my downward spiral.
I'm generally pretty much a straight arrow; drinking/drugs/staying out uber late partying has never appealed to me, and generally speaking save for that school year of insanity I think I've a pretty level head on my shoulders, and I wish I could get my parents to just trust me a little more. I'm at the point where I feel cornered and defensive about my choices and if something does go wrong, I'd never tell them because I don't feel like I'd get any more than "we told you so". These conflicting beliefs come to a head whenever I bring up my boyfriend in a slightly more serious context: Staying over at his place for the night, go out with him for a late date and/or out with friends (I have a curfew for midnight), what have you. To them, dating a boy means hand holding and dates once a week and god forbid we want to do anything else more sexual than that.
I get that they're worried and scared for me. I really do. And I know that it's not only a generation gap, but the cultural gap plays a huge part in it too. But at the same time, I'm getting tired of being patronized to and that "it's your first serious relationship, it won't last, it won't even matter in a few years". Be that as it may (or may not), this guy is important to me
Complicating the problem is that we have a serious language barrier; I grew up in the Americas and English, while not my first language, is my primary language. Theirs is Chinese. There are some concepts like intimacy != sex that I cannot articulate in Chinese for the life of me, and I'm at my wit's end as to how to make them trust me, and my boyfriend, a little more.
Yes, he has met them. No, they haven't said much (language barrier, again; the parents feel awkward, say hi, and get out of our way).
I don't feel it's fair to tell the boyfriend "no, there's no way I can sleep over at your place until after I graduate because my parents feel uncomfortable" when I don't share their beliefs (and it's our relationship, not theirs, right?). But to them, it's family first, and he might abandon me but they never will. I'm already feeling a little starved for attention because I rely a
on physical contact (kisses, touches, hugs...not even sex) to feel close, and school schedules between the boyfriend and I (different schools, 1.5 hours between our homes) make that very difficult already. But to hear them say "concentrate on school, he's just a boy" (and yes, I do study a lot) and "it's not
for you to stay over, why do it? It's not necessary and it's inappropriate" just drives me a little crazy because these are my (our) needs in our relationship, not theirs.
Neither me nor my boyfriend like the idea of sneaking around behind their backs; to us, nothing we're doing is anything to be ashamed of (and lies have a habit of being exposed and blowing up anyway). But this does mean that it's turning into open discussion which seems to go in nothing but circles.
So, hive mind, what's a girl to do? For the record, yes, I am contemplating moving out for next year to dorms again, but 1) I don't know if this relationship will last that long (although I sure hope it will) and 2) that does nothing for the
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University-aged students contemplating sex should not be living with their parents. Done and done, move out asap. Choose a nice student neighborhood, vet your roommates through church or whatever, but there's also no reason to choose a dorm.
posted by
on October 27, 2009
Have sex in the day time instead.
Seriously, though I am a parent and I support safe sex in a safe place (ie at home, provided it's not too noisy) I don't think you're going to be able to change your parents' views.
You could try "mum & dad, I love you very much, and I respect you. That's why I'm letting you know that I plan on staying with a friend tonight instead of trying to get home after dark."
If they say "OMG, you're having sex," you could say "that's none of your business, that's private etc," but then you risk the line "It's house, while you're in our house, you live by our rules and you will be home by 6pm." That's a hard one to argue, because, uh, yeah, their house, their rules.
Also, introduce your guy to your parents as your friend. Don't get them all riled up and confused with the word boyfriend. Seems to me that it's a kindness not to involve them in your relationship ideas/plans.
So, sex in the daytime at your boyfriend's place. It's just as good.
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I'm Asian American with parents who are very conservative in their beliefs about love and sex, probably along the same lines as your parents. My advice to you: Keep your parents out of your love/sex lives and LIE about it.
Your parents will probably either never learn to treat you equally as an adult or take more than a few weeks to do so. They're your parents and are pretty much going to stay in that role their whole lives in relation to you. It took a long time for me to get this, but I find that it's easier to go with the flow than against it.
I'm 27 and every time I go home or talk with my mom on the phone and she asks if I have "ever done Bad Things," ie have sex, I ALWAYS tell her "No." This is despite their knowing that I've worked for a Safer Sex organization for four years and an LGBT organization for two. I'm not even sure if she actually believes me but it calms her down - thus, I am in zero danger of getting STDs or getting pregnant - and then the conversation moves on from there to another topic entirely.
If you can afford it - or your parents are willing to help you - and you can deal with it psychologically, then move out. This will make having a love life easier. And tell your parents that you will visit them at regular intervals. If it's not getting pregnant or getting herpes, my parents are afraid of losing me to a boy, that I will choose my boyfriend over them.
Regarding your boyfriend and future partners; sorry, but they are going to have to suck it up and move at your pace. You are going to have to tell him "no, there's no way I can sleep over at your place until after I graduate because my parents feel uncomfortable." Your parents love you fiercely and there is nothing you can do to convince them to move at the pace your boyfriend demands. After all, to them, who is he to dictate your relationship with your parents?
To conclude:
1. Your parents, like most Asian parents, take Being Parents seriously regardless of how old you are. In your relationship to them, you will always Be A Child, in which being an adult does not compute.
2. Lie about all sexual activity and seriousness of relationship to them; you are not having sex and you are not serious about this boy.
3. Move out if you can and regularly visit your parents and make them feel like they've done a good job of parenting and that you haven't forsaken them for your boyfriend. Do what you can to make them not worry about you, but don't overstretch yourself.
4. Keep doing what you're doing.
Following this will enable you to pursue your current relationship as well as any future relationships. If a guy demands to "out" your relationship, he's not worth the hassle.
You sound like an awesome and smart girl who's made some mistakes but learned from them. Like an responsible adult, you deserve a relationship that's fulfilling romantically and sexually. However, to your parents you aren't a responsible adult - and therefore undeserving of such "adult" pleasures - until you graduate and get a good job.
For now, you and your boyfriend are going to have to deal with "sneaking around." You might feel bad about it initially, but from my experience, it's a lot better than trying to confront your parents with it. With mine, it'd be like wringing water from a stone.
Feel free to email me at come dot back dot harold at gmail dot com if you want any more long-winded advice.
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what mlo said!
posted by
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I was in a
similar situation in college. Based on my own experience with my parents they will never stop worrying. In my own situation this meant that I had to just not talk about big parts of my life with my mom, because she refused to trust my judgement and level-headedness. Fortunately, I lived four hours away at college during the year and only at home during the summer. Because I had a similar curfew rule, I was never able to spend the night at my boyfriend's place, and because I was always home by midnight I think my mom allowed herself to believe that I had complied when she forbid(!) me to have sex and so she didn't bring it up directly, although she would complain if I spent "too much" time at my boyfriend's. Basically, it turned into a don't ask, don't tell situation, although I have no doubt there were times when I did have to outright lie to her, because my boyfriend and I were having sex; we just did it during the daytime. So I hate that that has to be my advice: lie and live your own life, but you really sound like you have your head on straight and this is not an argument with your parents you're ever going to win.
posted by
on October 27, 2009
Seconding what mlo said. I was in your shoes a few years ago. My mom is also Asian, and assumed that me having a boyfriend meant that I slept around with all my male friends and wanted to drop out of college. Eventually she came around, but it took a couple of years, I guess once she realized we were really serious. But for now, as long as you are living at home you will never win the argument, so start lying. Spend the day at his place, if either of you has access to a car, all the better.
posted by
on October 27, 2009
My mother expected me to live up to her totally wacked-out religious ideas, it was a huge stressor to me when I was young. Then one of my brothers gave me the same advice you were given upthread -- lie. So I did.
And lo, it was good.*
I'm pretty sure she knew I was lying, and of course over the long haul it came out anyways, when I'd come home drunk or whatever. But it stopped just all kinds of guilt and shaming from her, and all kinds of arguments, arguments I'd never have won, because she had Jesus on her side, blah blah blah -- it was total jive.
And sex in the daytime does in fact rock, and you can sleep in his arms with the afternoon sunshine spilling through the window in that thin golden way that it does in autumn, and awaken and kiss on his arm, etc and etc.
It sounds like your culture is way different from mine -- melting pot Americn -- but it also sounds like it's given you lots of good things. And though there are definitely strings attached to it, you know for a fact that they love you, and they want the best for you -- that knowledge is more valuable than most other things to be found on this planet.
I think you can have it all; stay at home and keep them happy and save you lots of money and keep harmony in your family, lie to them about what you're doing with your sweetie because they'll go berserk if you don't, you'll get their love and support and live much of the life you want at the same time.
I'm not a fan of lying (I'm actually sortof appalled that I'm writing this here, but it is what I did and it seemed to be the only way out, perhaps it was) but the fact is that what was going on in my family -- and what it sounds like is going on in your family -- there was really no other way to keep the peace
posted by
on October 28, 2009
Seconding this:
My advice to you: Keep your parents out of your love/sex lives and LIE about it.
and the rest of mlo's comment so hard.
I've just married into having (not quite as conservative but quasi-religious) Chinese parents, and the first thing I am rapidly learning is that it's pointless having conversations with them where you disagree, because the way it seems to work is that The Parents Are Always Right. They mean well and are nearly always thinking about your welfare, so take comfort in that.
IMO there's no shame in lying in this case - your sex life is not their business, you're old enough to make these decisions for yourself and if they won't disengage themselves from that part of your day, you have to do it for them. Considering you've had bad reactions to stress in the past, give yourself a break! It's OK to take the easy way out.
If you get caught out, all you have to say is "Mom, Dad, I know you love me and want me to be safe, but I'm happy, I'm doing well in life, and who I spend my time with is none of your business" and refuse to discuss it any further.
"Yes, he has met them. No, they haven't said much (language barrier, again; the parents feel awkward, say hi, and get out of our way)."
Just a sidenote to say I know how this is, and I also struggle with it - but food, learning bits of Chinese, and time do wonders.
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I'll bet that even when your parents realise that you are *gasp* having a sexual relationship with someone, they'll continue to lie to themselves about it.
I know two sets of parents (one Asian, one white-Catholic) who allowed themselves to think that when their daughter moved in with their boyfriend, they slept in separate rooms. To maintain this fiction in their world, they never even entered the home that their daughter lived in, at least till they got married.
posted by
on October 28, 2009
Hi anon!
gives you some great advice here, but I just wanted to add this: though I'm not Asian-American, my mom wasn't so different from your parents when it came to my first sexual relationship, when I was about your age. I wasn't allowed to sleep over; she said it "looked bad" and "wasn't necessary", et cetera et cetera. And there's something in your post that reminds you of me back in those days, namely the length to which you go on about how responsible you are. Because of how critical my own family is (up to, and including, stuff about sex), I've often found myself defensive in situations when it wasn't necessary, in part because their anxieties rubbed off on me and, deep down, had somewhat convinced me that I was doing the wrong thing. I just wanted to chime in and tell you that you don't need to defend yourself, to us, to your parents, to yourself--it sounds like you have your head screwed on straight and are making good, smart choices. Trust in your own intelligence and responsibility that you know what is best for you better than anyone else can.
posted by
on October 28, 2009
My parents are staunch Christians, I am not. I went to church every Sunday up until the second year of college out of obligation because I love and respect my parents a whole lot and because they would think that I would be Damned To Hell if I didn't go to church. So I mechanically went to church every Sunday, went through the motions. In the last two years of college, I started going to church sporadically, and tried to be evasive whenever they asked me how my faith was going. After I graduated, I completely stopped going to church. When they asked me about church, I would lie.
Lying greatly affected my relationship with my parents. I began to avoid/ dread their calls. Up until then, other than the Christianity factor, my parents and I had a great relationship where I would tell them
about my life. That sense of openness and sharing was destroyed when I started to lie about this major change. I was angry and defensive with my parents all the time, for reasons hard to describe here, but I think it had to do with the fact that I had a major change in my life which I couldn't share it with them.
In the end, I came to a conclusion that this all was ridiculous. I am an adult, and they can't control my life decisions. So I told them, very calmly and slowly, that I thought a lot about it, and I wasn't going to church anymore as I didn't believe in Christianity. They were understandably very, very upset, and occasionally call me on Saturday nights in to persuade me to go to church the next morning. But, strangely enough, our relationship has improved. I don't have carry the burden of lying, I can tell them everything, and I don't have to worry about covering my tracks.
So, if you're okay about the lying, lie. But realize that
if you do explain it to them
, if your relationship with your parents has enough love and understanding in the first place, while they might disapprove your actions and your choices when you explain to them, they will realize that these actions and choices are not worth destroying your relationship with them. Explaining is never as bad as you think.
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Tuesday, August 19, 2014
rick rack
As I took pictures I saw two blocks are flipped and need to be picked out and re-oriented (they aren't seen in the pictures).
Faculty week begins so my summer of sewing comes to a halt.
I do have LOTS of binding ahead and will have plenty to show over the next few months.
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Monday, August 18, 2014
Block Party 2014
A lovely day where we celebrate our neighbors.
Our block of LeClaire has one of the longest running block parties in Chicago--this was our 57th.
Our block of LeClaire has one of the longest running block parties in Chicago--this was our 57th.
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Tuesday, August 05, 2014
broccoli and pasta
This is a dish of Andy's mother. He tried to describe it for many years but I could never get it right. My last visit with her I asked her to make it as I watched.
I made this in a large sauce pan on the stove.
You don't drain the pasta--the water is totally absorbed.
Saute in olive oil:
One onion finely chopped
2 cloves garlic minced or a teaspoon of garlic powder
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
1/2 pound (1/2 box) acini di pepe #20
Add to pan and brown slightly.
Add 1 quart water and bring to boil
Add one head of broccoli chopped pretty small, stems and head both
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Cook until done.
Stir often, add water if needed.
Stir in 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese--use shaved if you can get it
Salt and pepper as needed
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Friday, July 18, 2014
size determined by running out of fabric
Maybe Moda Bella Caribbean?
Well, I'm out and decided to finish it up at this size.
I think I need to buy a bolt of a solid fabric I love and make a bigger one.
My favorite piece--the 1 is One duckling swimming in a dish from the Tasha Tudor book.
Posted by Lynn Dykstra at Friday, July 18, 2014 7 comments:
Wednesday, July 09, 2014
a shoebox full of two inch squares
I am working with two inch cut squares since the box is full.
The solid is Kona Celadon.
While I am sewing these, I am also cutting down scraps, so the box seems to be getting fuller...
I am putting these together in rows of 6 patches, making 36 patch blocks that finish 9 inches.
I have about 20 blocks completed and will continue until I run out of the celadon.
Kathie over at Inspired by Antique Quilts is making a postage stamp quilt from 1 1/2 inch cut squares and gave me the inspiration to start this.
Posted by Lynn Dykstra at Wednesday, July 09, 2014 6 comments:
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