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At Avaya, Inc., a Basking Ridge, N.J., company spun off from Lucent Technologies earlier this year, Authorized Business Partners (ABP) are fully supported with structured cabling training from the company's SYSTIMAX Group. ABPs are contractors that have met certain longevity, quality, and financial performance requirements, and are committed to selling, designing, and installing specified volumes of SYSTIMAX products. According to Doug Kulm, senior product training manager, the SYSTIMAX courses are longer and more in-depth than many of the other courses typically offered in the industry. The SYSTIMAX Structured Connectivity Solutions (SCS) training program consists of three separate courses that are routinely updated as new technology is introduced. Experienced instructors teach these monthly courses in Orlando, Atlanta, Parsippany, Dallas, San Francisco, and Chicago. On-site courses are also taught at authorized ABP locations. "How to Position and Sell SYSTIMAX SCS" is a two-day course about how to sell the company's structured connectivity solutions in a competitive environment. "The focus of the course is to teach SYSTIMAX SCS representatives to step-up from responding to requests for quotes (RFQ) to positioning their firm and SCS with information technology (IT) decision-makers," Kulm said. Lessons include network evolution and the importance of cabling on network decisions, how SYSTIMAX SCS provides high-performance solutions, and how to sell SCS against the competition. "Each student is challenged to apply the knowledge gained from the course in the development of sales strategies and presentations," Kulm added. About 25 percent of class time is spent analyzing the competition, developing sales strategies, and creating effective presentations. "Upon completion, students have the ability to analyze the strengths and weaknesses of the competition, discuss value versus price, develop strategies for demonstrating the value of Lucent's SYSTIMAX SCS, and to analyze customers' applications and develop presentations that demonstrate an understanding of the customer's business," Kulm said. For four days, attendees of the "SYSTIMAX SCS Design and Engineering" course learn how to select the appropriate SCS components required for the implementation of particular network applications. "The class begins with the introduction of RFQs, which serve as the basis of the course's design exercises," explained Kulm. After every lesson, each student participates in a design exercise that requires him or her to configure a particular element of the cabling system as specified in the RFQ. Besides an introduction to RFQs, lessons include evaluating architectural considerations, horizontal cabling design, intra- and inter-building backbone cabling design, cable termination, and administration system design. Students who complete this course learn to estimate the horizontal cabling requirements for several types of commercial buildings, to design fiber and copper intrabuilding backbone systems for a multi-story commercial building, order all termination hardware for equipment and telecommunications rooms, and provide a complete material list for the project. "Students who complete this course are also awarded a certificate of completion and are assigned a unique SYSTIMAX SCS Designer registration number," Kulm added. "SYSTIMAX SCS Installation" is a three-day course that teaches the methods used for the installation of both twisted-pair and fiber components of the SYSTIMAX Group's structured connectivity products. A thorough explanation of the installation procedures for Category 5E and Avaya's GigaSPEED cables, modular outlets, and patch panels, as well as the company's 110 cross-connect systems and its VisiPatch components are included. Avaya's GigaSPEED 81 series of copper cable is designed to improve private local area networks' (LANs') downtime, increase data transmission speed, and lower administrative costs. The VisiPatch patch panel system is a high-density solution designed for the improved organization and management of building telecommunications wiring systems. "Testing of twisted pair and fiber optic circuits is also explained," Kulm added. Lessons include information on unshielded twisted-pair (UTP) cables and terminating hardware, terminating multi-pair, 25-pair, and four-pair UTP cables, fiber optic cables and terminating hardware; installing various fiber optic connectors; and fiber optic testing procedures. About 50 percent of the course time is hands-on and includes practical installation exercises to reinforce classroom learning. "Students that successfully complete this course are awarded a certificate of completion and are assigned a unique SYSTIMAX SCS Installer registration number," Kulm explained. The registered "Designer" and "Installer" designations are important because, in order to receive the 20-year warranty and applications assurance, the installation must be designed by a registered designer, supervised and/or performed by a registered installer, and inspected by a representative of Avaya, Inc. "The SYSTIMAX SCS training program consistently receives high ratings from course participants. Our goal is to continue to offer the best possible, sales, design, and installation training to our authorized business partners," Kulm concluded. For more information, visit www.lucent.com/systimax/training.html. BREMER is a freelance writer based in Solomons, Md. 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From perilous dreams, the horse king
rose, so sure he'd be remembered
in the daylight.
He declared that everything was
indeterminate, unnecessary or incomplete,
and with batteries, many A's,
he asserted iron-clad existence.
The once and never horse, ambivalence
on a bike, mentioned in a margin
for his bravery, and in a footnote,
impartially decapitated by a jury
of his peers.
the horse and I
Strangers were my scenery, the flitter
of my world. Off the powdery track,
I followed string connecting saplings
and wound round ring-barked trees,
an incidental isostatic tour.
Every creature was held entranced
by the horse king's royal harness.
Fish leapt from the rivers to flounder on his shore,
and in his hair, the sparrows wove their nests,
their guano piled high upon his head.
At night, the king slept soundly,
resting on the skeletons of his enemies,
while a kangaroo and scrawny emu
stood guard beside his bed.
By day, he wore a fake mustache and
focused conversation on his decibels.
He called nothing into question,
into answer—even less,
and he never knew my name.
While I did the dishes,
Athena welded up a nameless horse,
and when she pressed a tiny lever,
her equine miniature pranced across the table.
Look at you, all incoherent haze
and frozen vegetables flambé.
Let some drift away,
there'll still be plenty left.
Are you talking to me, or
do you mean the horse?
Now the horse king's gone, lost with
all the kings and horses.
But I remember winter thoughts and gasoline,
when radios cracked the air like glass,
when the sun was in the lightning,
and he was somewhere else.
- the horse king is a tossed salad of past friends and not friends, and me
- Commonwealth Coat of Arms
artwork burnt dreams (part above)

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My Walk to Work, 2008-2009
For five years, I lived ten blocks from my office -- my apartment and the office were both on Main Street, just a short walk from each other. I made that walk year after year and saw plenty of weird and wonderful things, primarily in the morning -- leftovers of whoever had spent the night out. I finally started taking pictures of these things with my camera phone around 2008, a year before I moved to a new house. I no longer walk to my office (it's a 45-minute bus ride now), but here, I've collected some of my favorite photos from that old walk. Sorry about the camera quality -- it's kinda what you get when you're on the go.
In case you're wondering, this was all going down in inner southeast Portland, Oregon. It's a transitional area between light industrial and commercial buildings (think warehouses, bakeries, distilleries) and the beginning of a residential neighborhood.
The Free Box
October 6, 2009
The flier on the front says "Free Box: The Magazine #3." Below, it says "Neighborhood Issue: 'Free Box' travels the world! Furnishing your home with freedom." Initially I was a little scared to open the Free Box, but then took to doing it every time I passed -- because, yes, there was always free stuff in there. I even took to putting my own free stuff in there. The problem with the free stuff was that it was often pretty useless (like a single shoe). But hey, free shoe.
Inside the Free Box
October 6, 2009
Here's a typical example of what's inside the Free Box. Some crazy pajama bottoms, a sheet/curtain, and a newspaper. Written inside the box: "Please don't be a dick! Thank you. Come again."
Outside(r) Art
August 28, 2008
I passed this guy's house many times, and often there'd be a piece of art like this on display out by his car. I finally met him the day I saw this one -- I just had to ask. He said was a retired teacher, trying his hand at painting. He'd put his art outside, figuring that if somebody liked it, he or she would probably knock on his door and they could talk about it. Apparently he got visitors several times a week.
Beach Graffiti
July 10, 2008
Seen on a utility box. I like the birds.
Rant on a Van
August 6, 2008
This was written on the window of a van crammed full of stuff -- boxes, bags, a lamp. It reads (errors intact): "Nice try on the theft, now I have you on camera for two vans and the tools you took the first time. Best of all you left your finger prints on the bolt cutters you handeld. Be a man and come during the [day?] since you are the worst thief in the world. The ignition is very simple if you have a brain." Note that I inserted the word "day," as I think that's what this guy was getting at. I looked behind me and indeed, there was a security camera there.
Christmas in June
June 4, 2008
I lived next to a photography studio, located in a big warehouse. They did all kinds of weird stuff in there involving props. On one notable occasion, they shot a calendar involving firemen, and managed to get a fire truck inside the warehouse. After each shoot they'd leave most of the props just sitting on the curb and people would take them (sometimes I took them -- I got some decent shelves from one shoot). Here's an example of one that made me wonder: what photo shoot required a live fir (cedar?) tree -- looks like a Christmas tree to me -- in June?
Twin Dogs Waiting
June 11, 2008
I saw these little guys several times, waiting outside a coffee shop. They were very friendly. They're tied to an Oregonian newspaper box.
Blue Rubber Glove
July 9, 2009
Hey, free blue rubber glove!
Free Baguettes
June 23, 2009
Outside a catering company's kitchen. They'd make the food there, then drive it to events. The leftover food was sometimes kinda weird. I think I see some asparagus in there too. Note that these green containers are Portland's composting bins.
Free Bread
June 8, 2009
Another example from the same place, several weeks earlier.
Drifts of Cherry Blossoms
April 28, 2008
There's a period of a few weeks each year when the cherry blossom petals fall and collect in drifts on the street. Here are a few shots from my front steps and the sidewalk by my apartment.
Snow Day
December 22, 2008
I couldn't walk to work that day.
Mix CDs
November 18, 2008
A bunch of home-burned CDs. I thought about taking one, but the titles were all very inscrutable...and these were sitting outside a sorta hippie-ish brewpub so I figured it probably wasn't my jam.
Trees Awaiting Planting
January 8, 2009
Some trees waiting for a chance to grow.
Mental_Floss Magazine in Convenience Store
September 20, 2009
I stopped by a convenience store and noticed that our magazine was on the front display, on par with Details, GQ, and Elle. We have better placement than Wired and Scientific American! Take that, publishing industry!
Cicero Quote & Graffiti
October 27, 2009
Two photos. First, the inscription above a boarded-up school. Second, graffiti in the entryway.
Coat Hook
December 30, 2009
Not technically on my walk to work -- this was seen in a restroom at the PDX airport. I have to wonder why they had to label it. Lawsuit after somebody poked an eye out? Also, why so many screws?
All images © 2011 Chris Higgins.


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Mr. James A. Toomey for plaintiff in error.
[222 U.S. 365, 367] Messrs. Charles B. Aycock andE. F. Aydlett for defendants in error. [222 U.S. 365, 368]
Mr. Chief Justice White delivered the opinion of the court:
Gring, upon the theory that Federal questions were wrongly decided against him, seeks the reversal of a judgment for $300, damages occasioned by the running of a tugboat, of which he was the owner, against a marine railway, the property of the defendants in error, who were plaintiffs below. The railway was situated on the shore of the Pasquotank river in the harbor of Elizabeth City, North Carolina. The injury to the railway was committed on the night of December 24, 1905. The supreme court of North Carolina, in affirming the judgment of the trial court, rendered on the verdict of a jury, stated these facts:
The marine railway had been in existence for eighteen years prior to the injury complained of. The railway extended to the margin of the channel, and between the end of the railway and the opposite side of the channel, which was buoyed, there was a space of 540 feet, constituting the usual highway for navigation. The night upon which the tug collided with the bridge was 'a bright moonlight night, and there was also a bonfire on shore and a line of electric lights which lighted up the harbor.' The conduct which occasioned the running of the tug against the railway was thus stated: 'The evidence is that the tugboat, which was bound down the river, instead of following the usual course, ran diagonally towards the shore, and, striking the marine railway of plaintiffs, damaged it. The captain of the tugboat testified that he knew the locality well, having passed it more than two hundred times. After the injury he offered to pay damages, but the parties could not agree upon the amount.' [150 N. C. 138, 63 S. E. 609.] Commenting upon the facts thus stated, the court observed: 'Clearly the proximate cause [of the injury] was the negligence of the tugboat in not proceeding upon its course in a channel 540 feet [222 U.S. 365, 369] wide, but going several hundred feet out of its way, and driving inshore against the marine railway.'
In disposing of a contention concerning an alleged harbor line established under the act of Congress of March 3, 1899, chap. 425, 10, 30 Stat. at L. 1151, U. S. Comp. Stat. 1901, p. 3541, and the proposition that the railway, because it projected beyond said assumed line, was a public nuisance, and therefore the complainant was entitled to negligently and wantonly injure it, the court said:
The only one of the assignments of error filed at the time this writ of error was sued out which in the remotest way relates to a Federal question is the third, which is concerned with the reasoning of the court just referred to, and is based upon the assumption that there could be no recovery because of the asserted establishment by the Secretary of War, some time between 1900 and 1902, of a harbor line under the authority of the act above mentioned. In argument the proposition to which the assignment relates is, that the court erred in not deciding that any structure projecting into the river beyond the established harbor line was illegal and a public nuisance, which the plaintiff might wantonly injure or destroy. As we have seen, however, the court found as an undisputed fact that the railway in question was constructed and had been in operation many years before the establishment of the alleged harbor line. Under this condition the court was obviously right in holding that the railway had not been located in violation of the act of 1899, and was equally obviously right in deciding that the plaintiff had no right to recklessly injure it. The basis of the assumed Federal [222 U.S. 365, 370] right rests upon the plainly erroneous assumption that the act of 1899 was intended to or did operate to paralyze all state power concerning structures of every character in navigable waters within their borders, and to destroy automatically all vested rights of property in such works, even although acquired prior to the act of 1899, under the sanction of state authority. Cummings v. Chicago, 188 U.S. 410 , 47 L. ed. 525, 23 Sup. Ct. Rep. 472. See also Lake Shore & M. S. R. Co. v. Ohio, 165 U.S. 365 , 41 L. ed. 747, 17 Sup. Ct. Rep. 357.
In view of the character of the case, the facts found by the court below, and the absolute want of merit in the Federal question relied upon, we are of opinion that the grounds relied upon for review are of so frivolous a nature as not to afford the basis for the exercise of jurisdiction, and our decree therefore will be,
Dismissed for want of jurisdiction.
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East living room wall:
Good luck - I am sure your next place will slowly evolve too - you've got great taste so you won't go wrong.ReplyDelete
What a huge change, I can't believe you had to repaint the walls. Good luck on your mov, I'm sure you'll grow to love it once you've made it yours.ReplyDelete
i feel like i might've said this already but with your skills you can jazz up any unlovable place into an adorable little abode. don't worry! <3ReplyDelete
Man, that was a boring house before you moved in and made it your own! I know you can do it with the new place, too, it'll just take time. Don't rush yourself.ReplyDelete
You, of all people, can make your cozy place... even with square white walls. The creativity inside of you can't help but spill out- good luck with the move this weekend! :)ReplyDelete
I'm sure you'll love the new place too - but it is hard to leave when you've put so much work in! I love the wall color you've used in the living room - so dramatic!ReplyDelete
moving is always hard, but it's such a great motivation to take fresh new look at your things. hope it all goes well!ReplyDelete
Love the before and afters! You really made builders grade work with style. I am impressed because the 'before' photo's are all too common. I love character and charm which is tough to add to a new build but you managed to do it with ease.ReplyDelete
Good luck. I am sure you will make the most of it.ReplyDelete
Don't try to do it all at once, but your so creative that you will make it a home soon. Have a good move.ReplyDelete
Good luck, you will do fine. Just take your time.ReplyDelete
What a beautiful job! For sure you'll make an excellent work in your new place. I'll be in touch to see it.
Kisses from Venezuela,
i LOVE the dark paint in the living room!!ReplyDelete
Don't worry, you will get it done. I have been slowly decorating our little place for about a year. It has taken a while because of full-time work, but it is getting done, and I like our little space :)ReplyDelete
This is very nice. I love every room that you have. It's not over decorated. It's just enough to make yourselves feel comfortable being at home.ReplyDelete


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Compression ?
Are they transmitting two images ( L and R )
I'd have thought that there is going to be a lot of similarity between the L and R, and so only the difference would have been transmitted.
After all, MPEG uses I, B and P frames, is there not a 3D equivalent standard that is used to minimise the extra band width ?


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(updated) – 32nd Annual Ho-Ho-Hoe Down
December 30, 2022 @ 8:00 pm - 10:30 pm$12.00
Friday Night Dancing Renton at the Rockin' Horse Dance Barn
32nd Annual Ho-Ho-Hoedown
Friday, December 30th 7-10:30pm
7pm Lesson: Country Two-step
8pm Dance: Variety of Dance Music
8:30 Potluck: Bring a food item to share. (we supply dessert and the utensils & plates)
Come get your Holiday Photo with this Quilted Wall Hanging made for the Barn by our very talented dance friend Lorna K.
A Big heartfelt "Thank you" to Lorna!
"Learn to Dance" PRE- Dance Lessons
Friday Night Dancing offers dance lessons before the dancing starts. For a list of what dance lessons will be taught please scroll down to the listings by date for details.
- Time: 7:00 – 8:00
- Price: $15.00/person (Dancing afterward is included 8-10:30pm)
Friday Night Dancing plus Events
If you are looking for a fun, friendly and welcoming venue for Friday Night dancing you should try the Rockin' Horse Dance Barn in Renton, Washington. With the largest real hardwood dance floor in the area and the widest variety of music the Rockin' Horse Dance Barn attracts dancers from all over the Puget Sound area. Nestled on the edge between urban and rural Renton it has the rustic feel and yet it is modern and close proximity. Located just 3 miles off I-405 between Highway 900 and NE 4th St in the East Highlands of Renton.
Variety of Music:
Country, Swing, Ballroom, Nightclub, Top 40, Latin and Line Dancing
Partners & Singles of all skill levels 18 and over.
- Practice what you are learning in classes or just come have fun.
- Smoke & Alcohol-Free!
- Large 4,000 sq.ft. Hardwood Dance Floor!
- Lots of Free Onsite Parking!
Open Friday Night Dancing Time:
- Time: 8:00 – 10:30pm
- Price: $12.00/person
What Should I Wear?
- Casual to Smart Casual
- Men are in black jeans or dark slacks and nice shirts.
- Women wear jeans, skirts and dresses.
- To help save our beautiful dance floor, please bring your clean & dry dance shoes and change once you are in the building.
- If the night has a dress code that will be noted in the advertising.
- For examples of possible dress code events see Special Events below
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Special Events
The Rockin' Horse Dance Barn also has Special Events for the Holidays, Special Occasions and Fun Theme Dances.
Here are examples of possible special events
- Red & White Ball
- Halloween Dances
- Wild Wild West Dance
- Holiday Ball
- Christmas Dance
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Sergio Garcia to pay dearly for his 'racist' remark about Tiger Woods
The Spaniard has failed to learn from history in making his 'fried chicken' remark but Tiger Woods believes he was sincere in his apology
Sergio Garcia could have stopped after he whined about fans of Tiger Woods making too much noise on the golf course. He should have stopped after saying Woods is not a nice person who has been lying to the media since the first time he stepped into an interview room.
That he didn't close his mouth may end up to be Garcia's biggest regret in a career already chock full of them.
"The problem is, I'm one of the guys that has to say something," Garcia said the other day. "A lot of people think about it, but don't want to say anything."
Okay, Sergio, you've had your say. That line about the fried chicken, though, I hate to tell you, it's already been used.
Now it's time to shut up.
No need for further apologies like the one you made on Wednesday about your attempt at a joke being totally stupid and out of place. Unlike you, we figured that out easily enough when Fuzzy Zoeller said it at the Masters 16 years ago.
Just go away, somewhere where there's not a microphone in sight. Put away the sticks, and take the summer off.
Doesn't matter much anyway because Woods is so far under your skin that there is no way you're going to beat him in the US Open, the British Open, or any other Open. Anyone needing further evidence should go looking for golf balls with the initials SG on them in the pond surrounding the 17th green at TPC Sawgrass.
Yes, this was all kind of funny up to a certain point. No one calls out Tiger Woods - at least on the golf course - and the thought of Woods and Garcia sniping at each other as the season heated up was an entertaining one.
The petulant child taking on the arrogant superstar. If nothing else, it was something to fill time while waiting to see if Woods was ever going to win another major championship.
Then Garcia upped the ante by making it real personal and really ugly.
Regrets? Sure he has some now, but the line in England about his dinner plans with Woods didn't come out of nowhere.
Black people and fried chicken, get it? Nudge, nudge, wink, wink.
My initial thought was that this could only happen in golf, an insular sport that has never been terribly welcoming to minorities. Turns out, though, that there are soccer fields across Europe where people actually laugh at this kind of racist drivel.
But for it to happen twice in golf means the lessons of the past simply haven't been learned. And for it to come from Garcia, who has spent his career unsuccessfully chasing Woods, shows both a stunning lack of maturity and a complete ignorance of how racial stereotypes can cause real pain.
To give Garcia some credit, he said he was sick to his stomach when he realised what came out of his mouth. Indeed, this was more stupid than it was racial, a juvenile attempt to upstage Woods for his continuing smugness about beating Garcia this month when the Spaniard self-destructed in The Players Championship.
That doesn't make it right, but it does put it in context. This wasn't Zoeller, who understood stereotypes well, and this isn't 1997, when even fewer blacks played golf than play today and the PGA Tour was a lily-white affair. There still aren't any black players other than Woods competing at the highest level, but the tour is arguably more diversified with an infusion of Asian players since that time.
This is also not the same Tiger Woods who famously left Zoeller hanging for weeks before responding to his efforts to apologise. This time Woods quickly got on Twitter to say the remark was hurtful and inappropriate but that he thought Garcia's apology was an honest one.
"I'm confident that there is real regret the remark was made," Woods said.
What Woods really thinks about Garcia probably won't be put on Twitter, though it's been clear there has never been any love lost between the two men since they duelled in the 1999 PGA Championship and Garcia appeared to try and egg Woods on. Like Woods, Garcia was a teen superstar-in-waiting, but he's never come close to fulfilling his promise as a rival to the great one, largely because his wandering mind tends to overwhelm his immense talent.
Just how fragile the Spaniard can be is not only reflected in his record, but his constant griping about the game that made him rich. When he lost the British Open in 2007 he said the golf gods just didn't want him to win, and at the Masters last year he was so down in the dumps he said he would never win a major.
At The Players a few weeks ago he self-destructed when given a chance coming down the final holes with a chance to beat Woods. Lately, he's been self-destructing just thinking about Woods, who seems to torment him even when he goes to sleep at night.
Woods, for his part, seemed to welcome the feud, at least until Garcia stepped over the line. And it did add some spice to a vanilla tour.
Now we'll just have to be satisfied listening to them blandly thank sponsors and volunteers as they cash million-dollar cheques.
"Get over it, we're out of junior high and high school," tour player Tim Herron said. "Just go play golf."
Not a bad idea, even if the advice comes a bit late for Garcia. Though the head of the European Tour said he won't be punished, Garcia will pay dearly for what he said. He'll forever have to be subservient to Woods, never again be able to say anything even remotely negative about his erstwhile rival.
And for Garcia that may be the worst punishment of all.


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I'd like everyone to meet Jenny!
1. Tell us about your personal breastfeeding experience with your children:
My daughter joined our family via adoption when she was 10 months old. I had followed the Newman-Goldfarb Protocols for Induced Lactation for the previous 12 months so that I'd be able to breastfeed her. I amazed both my husband and myself when I was able to bring in a significant milk supply by the time we traveled to Ethiopia to pick her up. I knew at 10 months old, there was a chance she would not accept nursing at the breast. In fact, she didn't. My daughter had been bottle fed since birth and quite possibly had never seen a breast in her life. She regarded mine as if they were alien beings and wanted nothing to do with them. But boy did she love her momma's milk from a bottle! So for many many months I pumped around the clock and fed her my milk from a bottle, then later in a sippy cup. To make a long story short, just after she turned two years old, and just when I'd about had it with pumping and was considering stopping, my daughter decided to latch to the breast. It took about 3 weeks for us to learn to nurse comfortably and regularly. Now we are nursing pros. Even though my daughter had already been home with us for over a year when she started nursing, it has still been a wonderful part of our bonding and attachment to each other. There is a mutual vulnerability and respect when she nurses. And there's a one-of-a-kind connection that we both recognize. It's beautiful.
2. What is your view of breastfeeding in public, and why?
(A quick word about breastfeeding in Italy, which is where I live. People here couldn't care less where I feed my daughter. I love it! If they see us they look, notice, smile, acknowledge and move on. It's just considered a natural beautiful thing and not indecent in the least. Living here, it's become very clear to me how hung up the American society is about breastfeeding in public.)
Breastfeeding in public: As a lactation consultant I have always encouraged moms in this area. I had to put my own courage to the test when my two year old finally started nursing. I chose my "first time" carefully. We went to a park on the military base where I work. Ha! Lucky for me it was deserted. We sat down on a bench in the middle of the playground and I nursed my toddler. We saw only one person the entire time my daughter nursed. I don't think the person was even close enough to realize what we were doing. Still, it was a bit nerve-wracking and I spent the time furtively looking around, checking for observers. Since then we have nursed at the pool, the park, the food court, restaurants, shopping centers and my office at work. My view is, my daughter deserves this milk, it's not at all about me and my comfort level. That attitute got me over any public shyness very quickly. When nursing around Americans I do try a little harder to be discreet than when I nurse around Italians or other Europeans. And if I do feel a bit uncomfortable, I just look at my daughter and ignore what's going on around me. But you know, one thing I've noticed is I have NOT gotten any odd looks or comments from anyone, even on base. I know Europe is breastfeeding friendly in general, but who would have imagined a military base could be? How cool.
3. What is your view of sustained breastfeeding, and why?
There is a great fact sheet on Extended Breastfeeding at Kelly Mom. It lists several benefits of sustained breastfeeding to both mother and child. The most impressive benefits in my opinion are the nutritional and immunoprotective. Did you know that a nursing toddler can get about 1/3 of her daily calories from breast milk? Isn't it interesting that non-nursing toddlers get sick more often and their illnesses last longer than nursing toddlers? I also really like the practice of allowing the child to decide when to wean. So much of nursing my daughter is about her comfort and security. As her mother it comes naturally to provide her as much of that as she needs. So you can guess by now that I am in favor of sustained breastfeeding. Actually, I should say I am in favor of child-led weaning, at whatever age the child is when s/he decides to end nursing. No age limit.
4. What is your view of adoptive breastfeeding, and why?
Adoptive breastfeeding amazes me. Physiologically I think it is literally incredible that a woman who has never even been pregnant is able to bring in a full milk supply in order to nurse an adopted infant or child. It's also evidence of the immense well of love, adoration, determination, empathy, and respect that a mother has in regard to her children. It comes from the deepest mothering instinct a woman can have – to protect and nourish a vulnerable young one. You know how touching those photos are of a mother dog who adopts and nurses an orphaned kitten? Or the story of the 130 year old giant tortoise in Kenya that adopted the baby hippo in the aftermath of the 2004 tsunami (www.owenandmzee.com)? Those stories are so moving because they underscore one of our greatest fears, being alone with noone to love and care for us, and illustrate the mutual joy of adoption. While adoptive breastfeeding is a phenomenon most Americans are surprised to learn of, many many adoptive mothers have discovered the healing and bonding powers of their breastfeeding relationships with their children.
5.Is there anything you find unique about your breastfeeding story with your children?
Each mother and child's breastfeeding story is personal and unique. 🙂
6. Is there anything you wish you did differently?
Nope! My daughter learned to nurse on her own time, when she was ready, and she'll continue to nurse as long as she wants to. This experience has been incredible for our whole family, even my husband and teenaged stepson. My stepson is learning what breasts are really for, that it's natural and normal to nurse your baby/child. What a healthy thing for a teenaged boy to learn! Breastfeeding is so special to my daughter that she often wants to share her milk with her other parent, her dad. She'll point to my other breast while nursing, wanting her dad to nurse too (no,we don't do that, but we think it's so sweet of her to offer!). Or, she'll want her dad or brother to sit right next to her while she nurses so she can put her arm around his neck or play with his hair. There are so many awesome things about my daughter breastfeeding. At the very least this has been a wonderful bonding experience for all of us, we wouldn't change a thing!
7. Is there anything you would like to add?
I am a wife, mom, nurse and internationally certified lactation consultant. I live and work at a US military base in Italy. My daughter is featured on my public blog at www.mygirlscurls.blogspot.com.


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A 23-year-old man who as a high school student fathered a child with his teacher has been indicted on two counts of murder after his former lover and their son were found dead, according to a Manhattan district attorney spokesman.
The bodies of Felicia Barahona, 36, and her 4-year-old son, Miguel, were found Monday in Barahona's upper Manhattan apartment.
Barahona, unconscious and unresponsive on her living room floor, had a telephone cord wrapped around her neck. The child was discovered underwater in a bathtub. Both were pronounced dead at the scene, police said.
Isaac Duran Infante, whose relationship with Barahona five years ago while he was a student and she was a teacher led to her being fired, was arrested Tuesday.
"He admitted to us he went there because of that, to end the life of Felicia Barahona," Chief of Detectives Robert Boyce told reporters Wednesday, referring to the suspect. "While he was there he decided to kill his son as well."
Infante told police he felt antagonized by Barahona, who he said dressed the child in girls' clothing, Boyce said. Another possible motive involved "monetary issues," according to Boyce.
He had been arraigned Wednesday without entering a plea and was ordered held without bail, said his lawyer, Allen Farbman.
Barahona died from strangulation and Miguel of asphyxia, according to Julie Bolcer of the New York chief medical examiner's office.
A 911 call from the building superintendent brought police to the apartment Monday.
The tragedy came more than four years after Barahona's dismissal, after her relationship with Infante was discovered.
DeWitt Clinton High School in the Bronx terminated her teaching position in 2012, saying she had invited a high school student to her home multiple times since late 2011. The sexual relationship with the student resulted in her pregnancy, a Special Commissioner of Investigation for the New York City School District (SCI) report shows.
The SCI report, released in 2012, never identified the student by name. Police investigators this week confirmed that Infante was the student and the father of Barahona's child.
The 2012 report stated that teacher and student had sexual encounters about five times a week and the student eventually moved in with her in January 2012. The report was specific in its details: "When he tried to use a condom, Barahona told him that she did not like condoms and not to worry," it said.
The SCI report also said Barahona planned to marry him and had bought wedding rings before they ended the relationship.
The report mentions Barahona had a younger daughter when she met Infante. According to the report, he did "not get along" with her daughter, one of the reasons for their breakup. Other reasons included Infante drinking alcohol in Barahona's apartment and his intentions to take the baby he had fathered to visit his family, according to the report.


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By Martin Arauxo From The Saker
Obama ambassadorial appointee and LGBT activist, James Wally Brewster has endeavored to promote alternative lifestyle values in the conservative Dominican Republic.
Ever since Ambassador Brewster (who donated heavily to Barak Obama) arrived in the D.R. he has been pushing against the traditional values of the majority, by openly and steadily attempting to steer the nation into accepting ultra liberal North American culture.
He took under his stewardship the various LGBT groups on the island nation and has now set up an exclusive LGBT chamber of commerce for them (in spanish).
Using the tremendous resources of the State Department, USA ambassador Brewster has coordinated with USAID to channel the not too shabby sum of one million dollars to this boutique chamber of commerce, but also to (and here's the kicker) to any political candidates who are openly LGBT or support their agenda, this was all celebrated ironically on the so called Zero Discrimination day, sponsored by the UN .
USAID Director in the D.R. Alexandria Panehal, explicitly stated that this was to advance the "LGBT agenda" (English) in the country by supporting candidates who back their roadmap.
Ambassador Brewster who is married to Bob Satawake (both wealthy Chicago businessmen) have continuously defied the country's traditional culture by enforcing the LGBT agenda, the non-career diplomat has threatened to take away visas from those who also oppose his anti-corruption drives which involved further meddling of a foreign ambassador into the private affairs of a sovereign nation.
Evangelical leader Ezequiel Molina, protested that it is part of "USA's desire to establish it's empire and apply it to smaller countries", here (in spanish).
Social commentator Rafael Ventura (in spanish), also railed against "the discriminatory nature towards heterosexuals" of an exclusive LGBT Chamber of commerce, cryptically stating at the end of his heated rant "that pretty soon if you are not LGBT they might even have you killed".
Senators and congressmen also cautioned about the supposed desire to finance candidates who support the LGBT agenda, since this goes against the constitution of the country which forbids foreign financing for political candidates.
After a storm of criticsim erupted, the State Department put out a video stating that they do not financially support political candidates in foreign countries, this was done to attempt to quiet down the tempest aroused by this news.
However the plans for the exclusive LGBT chamber of commerce proceeds apace.
Dominican lawyer and political analyst Manuel Miranda provides the following viewpoint.
"This is merely an excuse for USA to further ebb away at our sovereignty. The LGBT agenda is being pushed to counteract the continuous demographic growth in the 3rd world in the long run. It has already been achieved in Europe and North America. This also a way for the Democratic Party to in some way obtain more fresh donors and votes for their candidates. Now they are talking about financing Pro-Gay political parties, hogwash this is simply the purchase of political parties, they can now impose their legislators, ministers of cabinets, judges, diplomats and presidents. These will not only carry out their agenda, but will be game pieces that shall be used to further meddle in every other issue that regards our sovereignty. They will not only have an exclusive LGBT chamber of commerce that responds directly to them but sympathizers who due to the indirect financing by way of the political parties will also tow the line of Uncle Sam".
For more on this story go to: http://thesaker.is/activist-usa-ambassador-pushes-aggressive-lgbt-agenda-in-the-caribbean/


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OCEAN CITY – Senior week is in full swing this week, but you don't have to tell that to the Ocean City Police Department (OCPD).
The streets of Ocean City were swarming this week with high school graduates celebrating their recent accomplishments. While some have been behaving and attending the planned Play It Safe events, others have been running afoul of the law and the Ocean City police have been busy keeping them in check.
The OCPD alone made a total of 58 arrests between the hours of 7 p.m. on Tuesday, June 10 and 7 a.m. on Wednesday, June 11. Of those arrest, 20 were made by plain clothes officers working undercover on the Boardwalk and on municipal buses. According to an OCPD press release, nearly all the plain clothes arrests were made on the south end of the Boardwalk and charges included theft, strong armed robbery, public consumption, disorderly conduct and possession of CDS.
One notable incident of the night on Tuesday was a fight on the Boardwalk on 7th Street. Shortly after midnight on June 11, officers were dispatched to a fight in progress and arrived on the scene and attempted to arrest two subjects who were involved in the fight. A crowd of approximately 300 to 500 people surrounded the officers and would not back away, according to police reports. Additional manpower was called in to break up the crowd.
Once police swarmed, the crowd flocked north to 9th Street and another fight broke out and the crowd surrounded the officers again. For a second time, more officers were called in including K-9 and mounted patrol units to break up the crowd of teenagers and young adults and restore order. Three arrests were eventually made for disorderly conduct and fighting.
Throughout the night on Tuesday and early morning hours of Wednesday, 27 of the 58 individuals arrested were charged with drug possession. The remaining individuals were arrested for incidents such as disorderly conduct, malicious destruction of property, indecent exposure, public consumption and attempting to drive a vehicle under the influence of alcohol. A small number of arrests also came from charges of assault and theft.
Sixteen of the 58 arrested individuals were juveniles and 12 of the arrestees were female. Police reported the "overwhelming majority of victims and suspects were impaired by drugs and/or alcohol," according to the OCPD press report.


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A German court on Friday ruled that Apple's iPhone and iPad devices infringe a Motorola patent and issued an injunction against sales of the products in Germany, in the latest move in a long series of legal battles between the companies.
The Mannheim Regional Court also ruled that Motorola is entitled to a damages award. The ruling is against Apple's European sales company and only impacts products sold in Germany.
However, Apple can appeal the ruling, requesting a stay of the injunction in the meantime, according to Florian Mueller, who has been closely following patent lawsuits in the mobile industry. Mueller is a patent expert who sometimes does consulting work for companies including Microsoft.
Apple did not reply to a request for comment about its intentions, though it told All Things Digital the company was planning to fight the decision. "We're going to appeal the court's ruling right away," according to the spokesperson. "Holiday shoppers in Germany should have no problem finding the iPad or iPhone they want."
Should Apple make the appeal but the court decline the stay, Motorola must post a €100 million ($134 million) bond before the court will enforce the injunction, Mueller said. He posted the ruling, issued in German, on his blog.
This battle—one of several ongoing between the companies around the world—is over a Motorola patent that is essential to GPRS, a radio communication standard. Motorola has been negotiating with Apple since 2007 over a license to the technology, according to the company. "We will continue our efforts to resolve our patent dispute as soon as practicable," Motorola said in a statement.
This injunction follows a preliminary injunction issued against Apple by the same court last month related to the GPRS patent and another. That judgment is scheduled to be reviewed by the German court in February, according to Mueller.
Other legal battles between the companies include a suit Apple filed in Germany over Motorola's Xoom, complaints both companies have brought against each other in the U.S. International Trade Commission, and U.S. court lawsuits over phone technologies.


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KRUGER, AUGUST, farmer and blacksmith; b. 26 Aug. 1845 in Germany; d. 27 March 1908 in Krugerdorf, Ont.
Having immigrated to Canada, August Kruger bought land in 1879 at Germanicus, a scattered rural community of German settlers in Renfrew County, in the Ottawa valley. He was skilled as a blacksmith, and this trade helped to augment his farm income. His first wife died in 1881, when she fell down a well, leaving him with two sons. He subsequently married Louise Mueller, and they would have five sons and a daughter. According to a granddaughter, Kruger's decision to leave Germanicus and explore northern Ontario was prompted by the attraction of stone-free land and by the difficulty of finding farms for his many sons in the area where he lived.
Land had been opened for settlement in 1891 at the head of Lake Timiskaming, in the Little Clay Belt region, which was soon to develop as the most important new area of colonization in eastern Canada. In 1905 Kruger, at age 59, and his son Frank took the newly constructed, provincially owned Temiskaming and Northern Ontario Railway to New Liskeard, then the end of the line. Continuing north by boat and on foot, they located in Chamberlain Township, where they built a small house and a blacksmith's shop before sending for the rest of the family. In 1907 the Pembroke Deutsche Post reported that the Krugers' "new homestead" comprised 820 acres.
In addition to establishing a farm in the bush of "New Ontario," Kruger and his sons worked on the extension of the TNOR in 1906. A station was built on their property and Kruger Sr made railway spikes and shod horses. They were visited by young men from Renfrew, who saw for themselves that the land was level and well watered. German-speaking families soon created a pioneer community, Krugerdorf, in the vicinity of the station and the Kruger homestead, and were joined there by adventurous settlers from the Toronto region who were British in origin. The newcomers found that crops grew well in the rich clay soil. The Krugers were prominent in the new settlement, establishing a sawmill on the Blanche River and later a threshing mill. A cavalcade of German families came from Renfrew in 1910 but this influx was not witnessed by August Kruger. He had died two years earlier, following a kick from a horse, and his body was taken back to Renfrew for burial in the Lutheran cemetery near Germanicus.
Little remains of Krugerdorf, which began to decline in numbers in the 1920s. Although the soil was good, killing frosts shortened the season and markets were distant. Farmers earned extra money in the wintertime in lumber camps but the mines of the north offered more permanent employment.
[Details for Kruger's biography were provided by a granddaughter, Alma Kruger Allsopp of Kirkland Lake, Ont., in an interview on 4 May 1981. b.b.l.-w.]
C. C. Farr, The Lake Temiscamingue district, province of Ontario, Canada . . . (Toronto, 1894; repr. Cobalt, Ont., n.d.). B. [B.] Lee-Whiting, Harvest of stones: the German settlement in Renfrew County (Toronto, 1985); "Krugerdorf," Beaver, outfit 314 (1983–84), no.4: 35–39.
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There's just no debating it: True artists recognize and are usually fans of other artists. Musicians, writers, and actors all have their idols, and so do the big-name old-time customizers. Among those unsung idols is Dick Dean, sometimes known as the most famous ghost-builder that ever lived. We'll explain that last contradictory statement later on in this story.
Hold it! What's that? Some of you in Magazine Land don't have a clue as to who Dick Dean is? Well, here's a hint. Think of television and movies and some of the weird cars you've seen on the silver screen, both big and little, over the years. Think of Batman or The Monkees, or Jurassic Park's fabulous machines. While you digest that, we'll get on with the story.
The fact that Dean became an automotive artist and a gifted designer with the keen ability to execute his ideas in metal seemed to be preordained. Dick was born in 1933 in Wayandotte, Michigan, 20 miles south of the heart of the automotive world: Detroit. It didn't hurt the design urge that his dad, Vick, owned a Nash dealership, which meant there was no shortage of cars to look at. It was body repair, or the lack of it, that provided Dick's early training.
Dean tells the story, "Dad's body men could remove and replace fenders, bumpers and anything that unbolted, but little else. He used this outside fellow, who owned a tin building with a dirt floor, to do the serious repair that called for replacing quarter-panels and lead work, and his name was Bill Hines. Bill let me hang around and watch him work, and he taught me how to work lead and do other neat custom tricks."
High-schooler Dick, already an art and drafting student at Roosevelt High, signed on at the Ford Trade School because his life's ambition was to be a model-maker for Henry's giant company. "This was an enjoyable experience for me, but the program was closed down after my first full semester. Ford was phasing out their apprenticeship program, something they would regret later." Dean goes on to add that his grades were so exemplary the school honored him and two other outstanding students with a small wall of fame, and Dick says that the recognition was a pretty big deal.
Instead of being frustrated with the Ford Trade School closure, Dick mastered pinstriping and began earning extra cash. He also started chopping tops, which very few people were doing at the time. "I had a hacksaw and Hot Rod magazine as a guide," the legend explains. "My first chop job was Teddy Z's Model A. I also learned how to cut flat glass and chopped a few '40 Fords." About this time, Dick bought a well-used $25 Hupmobile (stamped from old Cord body dies). "Bill Hines painted the car for me after I worked on the body for two years to get it just right."
Dick also acquired a '32 Ford sedan and traded the fenders to a friend named Gooch for a one-day torch rental to do a Deuce channel job. He also needed new wood for the floor, so he used some matched-grain birch cabinet doors he found sitting in the family's basement. The high-dollar custom-made doors were intended for his mother's cabinets. Obviously, she was not happy when she found out. Dick still pleads "not guilty by reason of hot rod insanity."
Any plans for an automotive future were put on hold while Dean and others worked as Uncle Sam's policemen in the Korean conflict. A cargo plane's cockpit took the place of the Hupmobile's mohaired interior for a while as Dean flew the unfriendly skies, hauling war equipment. The reward for this stint, besides becoming a pilot, was the G.I. Bill, which sent Dean off to Pasadena, California, and famous designer Strother McMinn's classroom at the Art Center College of Design. Of this experience Dick relates, "McMinn was a really cool fellow and very patient. He was such an influence on me to this day. Hey, he taught Harry Bradley how to draw cars, and look at the career he's had."
In 1954 Dick Dean married his wife, Jeanne, and was working at a "real" job at a steel mill in Michigan as a recorder until one night when a good friend was killed by a runaway ladle of molten steel. "I went home and told my wife that I was going to quit the mill job and open a custom shop, since I was working with cars on the weekends anyway. I rented this little two-stall shop and built a customized '53 Ford pickup as my rolling advertisement. South End Kustoms was a struggle to keep in business, but we held on and my luck changed. It was 1959 at the Detroit Autorama when I met George Barris.
"I built and entered an orange-and-white '57 Ford hardtop that I called 'Orange Peel.' The custom had neat little tricks that George liked, such as the stacked taillight lenses and the front grille treatment. Barris said, 'If you ever get to L.A., I'll give you a job.' This was February. We were in L.A. in April, and true to his word, George gave me a job at $175 a week, and there was plenty of work to do."
Here Dean began his "ghostbuilder" period, working on some of the best customs ever to roll out of the Barris shop, including the "Ala Kart," "Golden Sahara," and the "Barris Air Car." Dick also likes to point out, "People forget we also built some nice cars that never became famous in that time period."
Dick left the Barris employ for nearly three years to build a five-seat Mercedes-Benz-styled Studebaker for Jack Ryan. The salary was enormous, and the design work was done by none other than Strother McMinn, Dick's former professor. Clearly, Dick had made a name for himself, if not with the show-going magazine-buying public, then with his peers in the custom car world. A case-in-point was when Dean Jeffries suggested that Dick should join forces with him to see what would happen. What happened was the "Manta Ray," "Monkee Mobile" and "Green Hornet Car," as well as many other cars for television. The collaboration lasted for two years, and at the end Dean went to work for Barris again and forty more cars were built. It's also of note that during the early-to-mid '60s, the original "Batmobile" was built, and it debuted along with the "Munster Koach" and "Grampa's Dragula." This trio became etched in the minds of young television viewers and their offspring, thanks to reruns.
Dick still builds projects for Barris. Some of the latest creations were for The Flintstone's film, and Dick also did the remote-control Ford Broncos for Jurassic Park. He also did the cars for the Power Rangers. When asked about Barris, Dick said, "He was a great styling influence, he paid me well, and the checks never bounced."
When customizing hit rock-bottom in the late '60s, Dean the designer capitalized on the dune buggy craze by building a GT-inspired "Shalako Buggy," which he sold in kit form or as a turnkey drive-away car. After that, Malcolm Bricklin contracted Dick to develop his far-out sports car concept into an actual driving and manufactured vehicle that, sadly, didn't find a market.
Today, Dick estimates he has chopped about 1,000 tops from straight posts to lean-back. He also specializes in '49-'51 Mercs and has done nearly 300. As a matter of fact, on any given day in Dick's San Jacinto, California, shop, there are usually several Mercs, getting whacked. Of course, that's not all he does. Not by a long shot. When he is not creating another fantastic car for a customer or for the entertainment industry, Dick is working on one or two neat rides for himself, and for his other hobby, he builds and flies radio- controlled model aircraft that are works-of-art in their own rights.
At 65 years of age, Dick doesn't plan on closing the shop soon, he's still having fun. Dick has a sense of humor and talks about hilarious and historic stories about hot rodding and customizing that would fill volumes. In short, we don't want to embarrass Dick, but he's an automotive treasure.
Other writers have dwelled on Dick's man-behind-the-scenes "ghostbuilder" persona as though he was robbed or cheated of fame and fortune. Of this Dean says, "If people want to give me credit, that's fine. But if I didn't need money to raise my family, I would have built those cars for free. That's what I enjoy."
As this story is being written, Dick Dean is preparing for a trip to Afton, Oklahoma, where he will be inducted into the Starbird Hall of Fame. He'll have a larger section of the wall this time around, compared to the one at Roosevelt High decades ago when he was an aspiring designer. This one will mean just as much, if not more. You don't get space on this Wall of Fame unless you're the customizer's customizer, and as Dick says, "I've had a hell of a lot of fun doing this kind of work." Very few people can say that.
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Relation between online "hit counts" and subsequent citations: prospective study of research papers in the BMJBMJ 2004; 329 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.329.7465.546 (Published 02 September 2004) Cite this as: BMJ 2004;329:546
- Thomas V Perneger, professor of health services evaluation (thomas.perneger{at}hcuge.ch)1
- Accepted 10 July 2004
Evaluation of published medical research remains a challenge. Two classic yardsticks are the citation count (the number of times a given paper is cited by others)1 2 and the impact factor of the journal that published the paper (which reflects the average number of citations per article).2 3 However, the citation count can be assessed only several years after publication, and the impact factor is not paper specific and is thus virtually meaningless in assessing any given paper.3 Another measure, which can be obtained rapidly and is paper specific, is the "hit count" (the number of times a paper is accessed online). Whether this count predicts citations is unknown. I examined this issue prospectively in a cohort of papers published in the BMJ.
Methods and results
The study used articles published in volume 318 of the BMJ (1999) in sections titled Papers, General Practice, and Information in Practice. The hit counts (full text articles, HTML version) for the main body of each article within a week of publication were provided by a BMJ staff member because the "hit parade" posted on the journal website was found to be unreliable for 1999. I obtained the number of citations on 24 May 2004 from the ISI Web of Science, an internet service to which the local medical library has a subscription.1 I also recorded for each paper the study design and the number of pages.
Nine papers were excluded because they did not report research (but reported discussions of, for example, NHS management and statistics methods). The remaining 153 papers comprised 29 randomised trials, 11 systematic reviews, 41 prospective studies, 8 case-control studies, 41 cross sectional surveys, 6 qualitative studies, and 17 other designs (such as economic analyses or case reports).
What is already known on this topic
The value of a research study is traditionally assessed through citation counts or by the impact factor of the journal that published the study
Citation counts can be obtained only years after publication, and the impact factor is not paper specific
What this study adds
For a cohort of papers published in the BMJ in 1999, the hit count on the website in the week after online publication predicted the number of citations in subsequent years; the hit count is a potentially useful measure of the scientific value of a research paper
The average hit count for the papers in the first week after publication was 685 (SD 410; 25th, 50th, and 75th centiles 437, 578, and 795 respectively; range 175 to 3181); the average number of citations in the five years after publication was 32.5 (SD 37.5; 25th, 50th, and 75th centiles 9.5, 22, and 42.5 respectively; range 0 to 291). Only one paper was never cited. The hit count was associated with the number of subsequent citations (Pearson correlation coefficient: 0.50, P < 0.001). The result was similar for logarithms of the counts (r = 0.54, P < 0.001) (figure). For every 100 additional hits, 4.4 additional citations (95% confidence interval 3.1 to 5.7) accrued over the five years.
The average hit count for randomised trials or systematic reviews was 832, for prospective or case-control studies was 747, and for cross sectional, qualitative, and other studies was 545 hits (P = 0.001). Longer papers attracted more hits than short papers (an extra 54.4 hits per page, P = 0.004), but this association became non-significant after adjustment for study design.
Citations were predicted by paper length (an extra 9.3 citations per page, P < 0.001) and study design (randomised trials and systematic reviews yielded 46.0 citations, prospective and case-control studies 38.9 citations, and other designs 19.3 citations (P = 0.001). When the hit count was included as predictor, however, the effect of study design became non-significant; only page length (an extra 7.3 citations per page, P < 0.001) and the hit counts (an extra 3.7 citations per 100 hits, P < 0.001) remained as independent predictors. These variables explained 33% of variance in citation counts.
Papers that attracted the most hits on the BMJ website in the first week after publication were subsequently cited more often than less frequently accessed papers. Thus early hit counts capture at least to some extent the qualities that eventually lead to citation in the scientific literature.
My hypothesis is that "scientific value" explains the association between hits and citations. Online readers judge the scientific value of an article from the title and the abstract, and if this assessment is favourable, they access the full paper. The paper's scientific value also leads to citation by other researchers.4 This hypothesis is supported by the greater frequency of both hits and citations for papers that used the most scientifically rigorous study designs, such as randomised trials.
The number of early hits is a potentially useful measure of the scientific value of published medical research papers. Publication of hit counts by online journals should be encouraged.
Daniel Berhane from the BMJ provided valid hit counts for the journal's website.
Contributor: TVP is the sole contributor.
Funding None.
Competing interests TVP is the editor of the International Journal for Quality in Health Care.
Ethical approval Not required.


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Scattered throughout the Talmud, the founding document of rabbinic Judaism in late antiquity, can be found quite a few references to Jesus–and they're not flattering. In this lucid, richly detailed, and accessible book, Peter Schäfer examines how the rabbis of the Talmud read, understood, and used the New Testament Jesus narrative to assert, ultimately, Judaism's superiority over Christianity.
The Talmudic stories make fun of Jesus' birth from a virgin, fervently contest his claim to be the Messiah and Son of God, and maintain that he was rightfully executed as a blasphemer and idolater. They subvert the Christian idea of Jesus' resurrection and insist he got the punishment he deserved in hell–and that a similar fate awaits his followers.
Schäfer contends that these stories betray a remarkable familiarity with the Gospels–especially Matthew and John–and represent a deliberate and sophisticated anti-Christian polemic that parodies the New Testament narratives. He carefully distinguishes between Babylonian and Palestinian sources, arguing that the rabbis' proud and self-confident countermessage to that of the evangelists was possible only in the unique historical setting of Persian Babylonia, in a Jewish community that lived in relative freedom. The same could not be said of Roman and Byzantine Palestine, where the Christians aggressively consolidated their political power and the Jews therefore suffered.
A departure from past scholarship, which has played down the stories as unreliable distortions of the historical Jesus, Jesus in the Talmud posits a much more deliberate agenda behind these narratives.
Peter Schäfer is Ronald O. Perelman Professor of Judaic Studies and Director of the Program in Judaic Studies at Princeton University. His books include Mirror of His Beauty: Feminine Images of God from the Bible to the Early Kabbalah (Princeton) and Judeophobia: Attitudes toward the Jews in the Ancient World, which has been translated into several languages.


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