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text: Alumni Respond to Mike Chambers Curt Leonard ('80) My classmates and I are thrilled with the news regarding Dr. Michael Chambers' return to the university. We remember him as an excellent classroom professor with his teaching fresh, challenging, and always Bible-based. Dr. Chambers is a person of Christ-like integrity and high moral character, and we can hardly wait to greet him and his family with a heartfelt "welcome back." Nils and Ingie (Ravdandal '82) Taranger Dear Mike and Pam, When you told us that you were leaving Kissimmee, Florida, it felt similar to a death, like a part of us would be missing, and, quite honestly, we were grieved. We remember feeling like it was the saddest news we had heard in quite a while. When you told us that you will be returning to Kissimmee, Florida, it felt like a revival, like a very special part is being restored, and quite honestly, we can hardly contain our joy. It is the best news we have heard in quite a while! Doyle Adams ('83) I began attending Johnson University Florida (then Central Florida Bible College) as a freshman in 1979, the same year that Michael Chambers joined the [Florida] faculty. I didn't know him at the time but as I would learn in the months and years to come he would impact my life in so many positive ways. To borrow a slogan from the sports world, I wanted to 'Be Like Mike.' Scott Eynon ('84) This is the best news I've heard in a long time! Mike is a brilliant thinker, a strategic leader and a trusted friend to those who know him. There could not have been a better choice for this important role. I am beyond excited and grateful for this news! Jim Book ('87) Johnson University Trustee I want to take this opportunity and congratulate Johnson University in their choice in Dr. Michael Chambers as the new Chancellor for the Florida Campus. I had the privilege of having Mike as a professor when I was a college student and then the joy of working on staff with him for seven great years while at FCC (now Johnson University Florida). Mike is a man of great character and conviction and one of the most humble men I have known. He models Paul's admonition to Timothy as a man who has "watched his lifestyle and doctrine closely." Upon graduating from college I remember sharing with a fellow classmate that if Jesus were to come back to earth to start his earthly ministry again, Michael Chambers could be one of His disciples! Joe Caputo ('88) I am so thrilled about Mike Chambers coming back to lead Johnson University Florida! Besides his obvious credentials and faith in Christ, Mike and Pam were instrumental in my walk with Jesus. When I came to Johnson University Florida (then Central Florida Bible College), I was a new Christ follower and terrible student. I had the privilege of spending time in their home, as in those days we had "families", and the Chambers were our "parents." The Chambers gave me a great example of a Christian home, one I never had. Mike showed me what a dad, husband, and man of God looked like outside of the classroom, for which I am forever grateful. As a new believer, every class was special, but sitting under Mike's Evidences, Apologetics, and Ethics classes answered questions I desperately needed answered. These classes were foundational in my faith, not just things I had to learn as a student. He was always accessible to answer questions, even the seemingly most elementary ones, and help us grow to follow Jesus in faith and with reason. Two final ways that I feel Mike discipled and made an impression on me were also outside of the classroom, and coincidentally later in my years at Johnson University Florida. Our senior class of '88 had the opportunity of going to the Holy Land together, led by Michael and Roger Chambers. Spending over two weeks with the Chambers and traveling under those very transparent conditions shed even more light on the authentic Christ-like character, humor, minds, and patience of these men for me. I thank God for the ongoing perspective that doing life and learning with the men on that trip has given me through the years. Just a few months later our student body grieved the death of our friend Roger Chambers. During this difficult time, I remember Mike Chambers' leadership in a very personal way, as a Dean of Students, yes, but even more as a man of God and friend. Mike taught me that following Jesus is a real, gut-level, and very possible thing to do, especially in the hardest of times. I am praising God for Johnson University Florida and for the men that have led her, specifically Mike Chambers. I thank God for the real, down to earth way that Mike showed me Jesus during the years I spent around him. And I can't wait to see what the Lord will do in His Kingdom through the Chambers and their ministry at Johnson University Florida. Allen Gonzalez ('90) I can't tell you how proud I am of Johnson University for choosing Dr. Michael Chambers as the Florida campus chancellor and vice provost. What better choice could be made than to take someone with such a rich history and past with Johnson (formerly Florida Christian College) and place him at the helm. There are many in the state of Florida, both alumni and church leaders, who remember and respect the many years of service of "Dean" Chambers (it will be difficult to refer to him otherwise). That being said, not only am I proud of this decision, but elated that such a dear friend of the college is returning to contribute in such big ways. Welcome back Dr. Chambers. Tim ('91) and Mary (Marhall '91) Bolen Dr. Mike Chambers has always been a standard of professionalism, academic excellence, and biblical integrity. We were so thrilled when we heard that Mike and Pam had received and accepted this call to ministry at our alma mater, an institution we love, and continue to serve and support as parents of two current JUFL students. We believe with all our heart this to be a divine appointment, and that Johnson has hit a grand slam with this choice. The best days of Johnson University Florida are in front of us, and the Chambers are the ones to lead at such a time as this. We thank and praise God for this provision, and pray God's blessings of wisdom and grace upon our school, upon her students, and upon the fruitful ministry of Dr. Chambers as he serves in a spirit of grace and truth. We are still "Strong in the Scriptures", but, in our opinion, we just got a little stronger. Jeff Robinson ('92) I cannot think of anyone more capable and prepared for this position. May God bless you richly as you continue to do His work, now back on the Florida campus. You have our complete support and our prayers will be with you! Gary Henline ('93) Mike Chambers was one of the kindest, godliest men that I had as a professor. I'm excited to see him coming to JUFL, with his wealth of knowledge and wonderful spirit, it will be a great blessing to the students now and in the future. Phil Kornegay ('94) I first met Mike Chambers at a campus ministry retreat at the University of Florida. I had a long list of troubling questions that Mike patiently answered that weekend. I was inspired by his knowledge of the scriptures, impressed by his explanations of why the Bible is trustworthy, and amused by his understated sense of humor. As a student at Johnson University (then Florida Christian College) several years later, his classes challenged my thinking and moved me to pursue a deep relationship with God. I'm sure that Mike's leadership will impact today's Johnson students in the same way. Marty Shackelford ('95) As a professor, Dr. Michael Chambers displayed to me wisdom above mere knowledge. He inspired us to think in deeper waters than we might normally like to tread. In addition to his professorship, he has been a heartfelt and thoughtful counselor to many struggling with personal and spiritual matters of the kingdom. The times he took to listen to my problems and lend encouragement are forever cherished because his advice has held to be both true and insightful to this day. My wife and I are excited that a new generation of students, faculty and administration will be blessed by his leadership and his vision. God's blessings on the University's bright future! Pete Ramsey ('96) In my lifetime I have come across no more than a handful of men of whom I would consider to be complete examples of what it means to be a humble servant of God, and Dr. Mike Chambers is one of those men. In all sincerity, when I wrestle with decisions or emotions or spiritual events in my life, one of my thoughts that I contemplate in the process is trying to speculate what Dr. Chambers might say or do in this situation. I know no man more balanced when it comes to spirit and intellect than Mike. He is truly a follower of the ways of King David as a "man after God's own heart." I guess I should start wearing a "WWMD?" bracelet, huh? Heather and I are so excited for Dr. Chambers to be back in Florida serving at JUFL. The future is bright indeed in the Sunshine State. May the zeal of dear JUFL never cease!! Paul Peppard ('98) I am very excited that Dr. Michael Chambers is returning to Central Florida to lead Johnson University Florida! I have always respected him, whether he was in the classroom or around a campfire with a group of middle-school teenagers. He brings with him a clear sense of our mission, a strong sense of scholarship, and proven skilled leadership. He is a dedicated servant of God and Kingdom work. Welcome home, Mike and Pam! John Meisenbach ('01) I am so excited to welcome Dr. Michael Chambers as chancellor and vice provost to our college. He is a proven educator, concerned teacher, and humble servant of the Lord. One of the best decisions the college has ever made! WELCOME!! Shawn Grant ('02) In my pursuit of academic achievement, I had the opportunity to study under noted scholars from a handful of colleges and universities. Mike Chambers remains one of the finest professors I had the privilege to study under. During my time as a student, Dr. Chambers inspired us to take seriously the life of the mind and the work of the kingdom. I am thrilled to know that future generations will now have the same opportunity. Welcome back Dr. Chambers, we eagerly anticipate your return. Justin Cobourne ('03) I am thoroughly excited about the return of Dr. Michael Chambers to my alma mater! I always had great admiration for his wit and candor during our class sessions. I am thrilled that the current students will be able to benefit from his wealth of knowledge, as well as his great character and integrity. David C. Fitzgerald ('05) I am thrilled to see the direction that Johnson University Florida is heading. With godly men such as Michael Chambers in leadership I have no doubt that he will help guide the university into a new era and continue to challenge the student body to stand strong on biblical principles. Jeff Terpstra ('06) Dr. Michael Chambers was one of the best professors in the classroom that I was blessed to have. The class often tried to get him off track by convincing him to tell us about his doctoral work or rumors of his black belt in karate. When he would entertain our requests we learned about some of the background of academics and the tireless work ethic that he had. Those times of personal connection and transparency are some of the sharpest memories of my time at Johnson University Florida (then Florida Christian College). Even when we threw a party to commemorate his receiving a doctoral degree, he went right on teaching in scrubs and a facemask. I know Dr. Chambers will be an excellent chancellor and vice provost and will continue to have a Jesus-like influence on the hearts and minds of college students.


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I believe Mozilla renamed the Personas project to themes or something like that because they wanted to create the Persona project.
Which is an implementation of the BrowserID-protocol they created.
The BrowserID protocol is basically a VerifiedEmailAddress protocol which is an improvement over the protocols like OpenID for signing up and signing in to websites.
I don't think every developer is working on the same thing at the same time.
It was a developer submitted patch, likely an unpaid developer's patch.
If I'm unpaid, I don't really much care for what direction others (who are not paying me a salary for my time) think I should go in.
This is exactly the crap that consigns such open projects to mediocrity or worse again and again and again... It's not a positive, it's a negative, plain and simple.
Are you going to pay him to do it?
I look at you and all I see is someone who seems to feel entitled to someone else's leisure time. Just be happy someone decided to spend their leisure time productively.
I know that, when I program something, if I couldn't do what I wanted, I'd probably be playing games or reading sci-fi instead.
If someone decided to stick little flower stickers on my car for free I wouldn't thank them for it despite their generosity.
Producing a good product is as much about what should be left out of it as what should be put into it. And seriously, theming should be left out of a productivity application, especially one that needs as much work as LibreOffice. It's like lipstick on a pig.
Developer clearly stated that he did this project because it seemed to be fun. So either he did this project or didn't do anything for LibreOffice at all. What seems to be better?
BTW it's so very frustrating when other people tell you what you should do with your free time. So, what are you doing for LibreOffice? You don't know programming, you say? Why don't you stop doing whatever crap you're doing now and start learning programming so you could be useful for something finally? And after you learn programming, let me choose you some really important project you'll work in your free time.
I am not telling someone what to do with their time; I am telling someone what they did with their time was useless and made a product worse.
Also, judging a product does not require, not only being able to create the same product, but actually participating in the creation of the product. I can tell you a Yugo is a completely shit car without ever needing to have built an engine or an entire car.
In other words, you have what books on building successful projects (open source or otherwise) describe as a "toxic attitude".
Does his work make LibreOffice a crappier product that I am less likely to use or recommend?
Absolutely 100%.
As I said, it's this silly notion that any work done is good work because eventually an infinite number of devs with craptons of spare time will eventually do the work that needs to be done that makes a lot of OSS software mediocre, tedious, or entirely unusable.
Why does it make it crappier? Is it forcing you to use Personas? No. Did it take resources away from something else? No.
When somebody gives me stuff for free, stuff that took a lot of work, I generally keep my mouth shut about things that I don't like that doesn't affect the functionality I need. It's called "Not looking a gift horse in the mouth"
Try showing some appreciation for the LibreOffice devs hard work.
If I'm not using, it's just bloat. And if I were to recommend it (again, I'm now less likely to), I may have to support someone else needlessly using it.
Also, no, I'm not thankful for things that I don't need and actively do not want just because they are free.
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No, quite the opposite. Whenever I show up at parties a collective moan of, "Crap, it's the guy who thinks OSS devs wasting time and resources on skinning makes OSS projects look like shit," rings out, the music screeches to a halt, the alcohol stops flowing, and everyone goes home.
Oh wait, not that... No one at a single party I've ever gone to has ever cared about or been influenced by my opinion of OSS devs spending their time on inanities.
I mean that you seem to be the type to shit on other people's conversations because somebody has different priorities than you.
I mean, what if the guy who made the change did it as an exercise in practicing UI design for the sake of just learning something? Does it even matter to you?
Are you going to walk into his party and do an upper-decker* just to feel smug?
"Hey. Look at this cool model rocket I built."
"Pfft. Who cares. We already have rockets that can send probes to the outer plants. You've contributed nothing."
*(If you don't know, you might not want to look that up)
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I believe it has its own internal icon theming which offers three choices: Oxygen, Human, and Tango.
(On my system, I'm using Elementary as the icon theme and LibreOffice's automatic mode chooses Tango as the closest available option. Manual selection is available through Tools > Options > View)
Also, a lot of distros package all three separately, so a system may not have all of them available by default.
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Check this out:
It worked. I've got Faenza as my icon set now for LibreOffice - it looks stunning.
That is because Libre Office does not use GTK. It has its own toolkit so it makes direct theming changes not work all that well
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One of the biggest problems of OpenOffice is that it uses its own GUI toolkit. I really which they would port it to uses GTK or QT.
At least GTK and QT apps can now read the same theme info, QT apps looks just fine under Gnome and well, have not tried GTK under KDE, but I assume that GTK is smart enough to do the right thing.
Anyway, QT does have its problems, but it is a better toolkit than the OpenOffice widget set.
You assume too much.
Qt has QGtkStyle as an officially-supported component.
The GTK+ equivalent is a 3rd-party project that seems to have withered on the vine and the only build of it I've seen for modern Ubuntu is as part of the Trinity PPA. (Trinity is the KDE 3 fork)
Fun to see all the anger on this post. I agree graphical changes to the UI shouldn't be the highest priority on this project, but this was one guy's contribution and it's cool. Also, I will receive it for free, which is also cool and thanks to the generosity of that one hacker, who has done some other useful things as well.
That said, I worry LibreOffice is kind of floundering these days. I wish them well but their time should be spent on things like .docx compatibility (I know, it's impossible). I've switched to www.softmakeroffice.de instead and like it: it's fast and its compatability with .docx is really excellent. The things I liked most about StarOffice and then early versions of Libreoffice were the things that made it different from Word: the side toolbar, and really prominent stylists and navigator, the database interface on the top of the screen and the message window at the bottom. I've gotten bored with it since it has turned into something so similar to Word. Maybe the birds on the toolbar will make the difference, ha ha ha.
I agree. Some how people assume that if this guy is adding these features in his own time it takes time out from the overall project.
Isn't this the point of open source if you don't like something contribute and get it added. So a portion of OS News readers don't like it, they don't have to use that feature at all.
From the look of his blog his main skills are in tinkering with the UI. Who knows what his skills will be like in a years time.
Libre Office could use a UI upgrade and no one is going to learn those skills overnight.


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National Players 65th Tour Announced
Martin Platt, Artistic Director of Olney Theatre Center, and Jason King Jones, Director of National Players, are pleased to announce the titles for the 65th anniversary tour of National Players. For the first time this century National Players will tour with three productions, Shakespeare's Macbeth and Comedy of Errors, and Homer's Odyssey.
National Players has not presented Macbeth since the 1979-80 Tour 31. "The Scottish Play," as it is superstitiously called by theatre artists, is one of Shakespeare's most popular tragedies. It follows the story of a Scottish anti-hero and his quest to seize and retain power by any means necessary. Macbeth will be directed by Casey Kaleba.
Comedy of Errors, Shakespeare's shortest play, is a raucous tale of mistaken identity and twins separated at birth. Directed by Jason King Jones, the ninety-minute slapstick romp is ideal for families and audiences of all ages.
For the first time in National Players' history, the company will bring to life Homer's epic poem of Odysseus's remarkable voyage. Odyssey, a new verse play, written and directed by Jones, is a dynamic piece of ensemble storytelling that continues Homer's ancient oral tradition with striking clarity.
"We are very excited to branch into new territory," says Jason King Jones, Director of Education and National Players. "It's great to tackle works we haven't done before. All three of these plays speak to the present day in different ways, and we're thrilled to share them on Tour 65," says Jones.
Two radically different Shakespeare plays and a new approach to an ancient text: this is a perfect example of National Players' mission to stimulate young people's higher thinking skills and imaginations by presenting classical plays in innovative and accessible ways. National Players has brought theatre to unlikely corners of the nation for the past sixty-four years, and productions of this caliber are sure to fuel it for its next sixty-four.
"Whether it is Charleston, South Carolina, or Yankton, South Dakota, National Players truly belongs to the nation—as it has throughout its remarkable history," says Jones.


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The Financial Times Engages in Class Warfare!
Who milked the most from America's biggest bankruptcies?
On July 27, Bill Keller published an engaging New York Times column urging readers reeling from recent large-scale bankruptcies, accounting scandals, and falling stock prices to look on the bright side. Companies will now have to start behaving more responsibly, Keller argued; there will be "fuller disclosure and tighter accountability," and the culture will no longer swoon over corporate titans. Evidence to support Keller's thesis emerged today when the Financial Times Web site posted one especially valuable index of recent corporate corruption—the amount of money that top executives and directors have received during the past three years from the 25 largest companies to go bankrupt during the past 18 months. "In just three years, they grossed about $3.3 billion before their companies went bust, having wiped out hundreds of billions of dollars of shareholder value and nearly 100,000 jobs," writes the FT's Ien Cheng. Six months ago, that's a sentence you would have read in Mother Jones. Now it's a sentence you read in a conservative financial daily.
But you don't just want the aggregate figure, do you? You want rankings of who squeezed the most cash out of the biggest companies. And the FT is happy to oblige. The big winner is Gary Winnick, founder and chairman of Global Crossing, who's grossed $512 million since 1999, a period in which Global Crossing has lost $9.2 billion and eliminated 5,020 jobs. No. 2 is Lou Pai, chairman of Enron's Energy Services subsidiary, who's grossed $270 million while his company has lost $18.8 billion and eliminated 5,500 jobs. (According to the Houston Chronicle, Pai needed to get liquid in 2000 because he left his wife for a former topless dancer.) No. 3 is former Enron CEO Ken Lay, who's grossed $247 million.
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Smokers across the country are kicking the habit.
But in Indian country in New Mexico, health officials are not finding any evidence of a decrease in adult smoking cigarettes rates. And with one in four adults estimated to be current smokers, American Indians have one of the highest smoking cigarettes rates in the state for the first time in the state's history.
"There is some reason for concern," said Wayne Honey, an epidemiologist for the New Mexico Health Department. "Nationally there is a decline in smoking cigarettes rates among American Indians as there is in all the other groups. But we are clearly not seeing that decline here."
Honey authored a report on adult behavioral risk soon to be published on the health department's website. The report will state that American Indian smoking cigarettes rates should be monitored.
Statewide, about 15.8 percent of Anglo adults smoke cigarettes and 24.1 percent American Indians smoke, according to the report.
What is alarming about the difference in smoking cigarettes rates between American Indians and Anglos is that current statistics were not always the case.
Anglo people in New Mexico have higher rates of lung cancer than American Indians, according to health department reports. Lung cancer rates are good ways to determine who was a current smoker 25 to 30 years ago because the cancer takes years to develop, said Dr. Susan Baum, the medical director for the state's Chronic Disease Prevention and Control Bureau.
"Up until very recently the American Indian adult smoking cigarettes rate was essentially the same, and historically it was even considerably lower, than some of the other races and ethnicities," Baum said. "Just for the past couple years the American Indian smoking cigarettes rates have been significantly higher than the (Anglo adult smoking cigarettes rates.) I'm assuming that may be because the (Anglo) rates are decreasing."
Among all New Mexico adults, the smoking cigarettes rate went from 24 percent in 2001 to 18.5 percent in 2010, according to health department statistics.
The discrepancy in smoking cigarettes rates among the two races could be partially explained by age differences. But there are also differences in cigarettes control policies between state and tribal governments.
"Smoking is associated with age, we know that younger populations are more likely to smoke cigarettes than older populations," Honey said. "The American Indian population, on average, is younger than the Anglo population is."
There are three significant differences between cheap cigarettes polices on the Navajo Nation, the largest American Indian tribe, and in the state: Government cigarettes store taxes, tobacco education programs funded with settlements with big tobacco companies and workplace smoking cigarettes laws.
Cigarette Tax
At $1.66 per pack, New Mexico taxes discount cigarette online about 30 cents more per pack than the nationwide average, according to Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, a national anti-tobacco organization.
Some of the revenue from that tax funds cancer treatment centers and other health facilities around the state, according to the New Mexico Department of Taxation and Revenue's website.
The state has a program where tribal and pueblo governments can impose a $1.66 tax and receive state cigarette stamps. Enacting a qualifying tribal cigarette tax allows tribes and licensed tribal retailers to purchase cigarettes online from New Mexico distributors without paying the state cigarette excise tax, S.U. Mahesh, a spokesman for the department, said in an email.
There are 21 pueblos and tribes that have enacted a qualifying cigarette tax and are part of the program and the Navajo Nation is not one of them, he said.
The Navajo Nation imposes a cigarette tax of five cents per pack, said Deswood Tome, a spokesperson for the nation.
The revenue from that tax — which in 2011 fiscal year was $158,045, according to Navajo tax records — goes to the tribes general fund and is not specifically earmarked for tobacco education or treatment, he said.
In additional to funding cancer treatment, increasing the cost of buy cigarettes has been proven to deter smokers, Baum said.
Big tobacco bills
Most states in the country, including New Mexico, receive big payouts annually from big tobacco companies because of lawsuits filed by state attorneys.
Since 2000 New Mexico received tens of million of dollars each year because of the state's settlement with big tobacco companies. New Mexico received $38.6 million in 2011, according to Tobacco Settlement Revenue Oversight Committee documents.
The money helps cover the health care costs for smoke-related diseases and funds tobacco education prevention programs.
New Mexico Tobacco Use Prevention and Control is an entire state agency funded with money from the big tobacco settlement. The organization provides tobacco education and cessation services, according to its website.
"None of the tribes or pueblos receive this money," Mahesh said of the settlement funds. "They were not party to the lawsuit settlement."
The Navajo Nation has not made any settlement with any big tobacco company to cover the cost of smoke-related illnesses and there is no pending litigation, Tome said.
Workplace smoking cigarettes laws
The New Mexico Legislature passed a clean air act, which bans indoor smoking cigarettes in most buildings in the state, in 2007.
The result of the law is that 92 percent of New Mexico residents are protected from second hand smoke cigarettes in the workplace, according to health department statistics.
Exempt from the clean air law are tribal buildings. And most Indian casinos in the state have held on to at least designated smoking cigarettes sections.
The first attempt at passing a clean air act on the Navajo Nation ended when Nation President Ben Shelly vetoed the bill because tribal casinos were exempt from the law.
"The president has taken a very aggressive position on smoking cigarettes," Tome said. "We're battling with diseases like diabetes and obesity and ... smoking cigarettes is a habit that the president wants to catch at the youth level and stop it there. The president wants to see a healthy Navajo Nation in every respect."
The new Navajo Casino near Farmington, expected to be completed in January, will allow smoking cigarettes when it is first opens. But it might not be smoky for long.
In August 2012, Tome said Shelly will introduce an initiative to ban indoor smoking cigarettes in all buildings on the Navajo Nation.
"It's an initiative to say we're going to go smoke cigarettes free in all public places and that includes casinos in resorts," Tome said. "Voters will decide their future in that respect."
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New Ideas for Space Exploration: Center for Space Nuclear Research (CSNR) Dr. Steven D. Howe 9/04/09 Current NASA Plan: Exploration Systems Architecture Study (ESAS) Design and build Ares-I- solid rocket 1 st stage, Lox/Lh2 second stage – both are new systems
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Lunar Orbit
Capture (LOC)
Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
Orbit (TLO)
Low Lunar Orbit (LLO)
Trans Lunar
Injection (TLI)
Current propulsion technologies are insufficient for human expansion past the Moon
we need the "steamship" equivalent to the sailing ships of the past
what is the next propulsion technology - fission, fusion, electric propulsion, sails, beams?
According to the Independent Review Panel convened in 1999 to review the propulsion technologies examined in the NASA Advanced Space Transportation Program:
"The Review Team categorized fission as the only technology of those presented [45 concepts were presented] which is applicable to human exploration of the near planets in the near to mid-term time frame…"
The CSNR proposes that the Nuclear Thermal Rocket (NTR) is the only near term option for improved transportation of humans to other planets
In short, the NTR opens up access to the entire solar system for humans and robotic probes
The distribution and encapsulation of radioisotope materials and nuclear fuels in an inert carrier matrix will address several issues and requirements for space power applications:
Potential to address non-proliferation security requirements.
The ability to survive re-entry into Earth's atmosphere and impact under accident conditions.
Assembly & handling safety
Reduction in material self interaction such as -n reactions.
Self-shielding properties.
The SPS acquired with a INL LDRD grant enables fabrication of tungsten parts at nearly full theoretical density
In 2007, DOE will purchase the last 10 kg of Pu-238 from Russia (ref- Robert Lange, DOE/NE,ANS Space Nuclear Conference, June, 2007)
Total of 24 kg will be in the US inventory
Four Flagship missions are currently in pre-design which may consume most, if not all, of the PU-238 available to NASA
NASA recently called for proposals for Discovery class missions that would use Advanced Stirling Radioisotope Generators (ASRGs)
Without a restart of Pu-238 production in the US, no missions will go beyond Mars after ~2017
However, over 1800 other radioisotopes exist that might be applicable to exploration missions
Radio-Isotope Heated Jet Engines for Titan Flight Applications
Image courtesy of http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/news/events/titana/index.cfm
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UO2 fuel,
stainless steel clad,
NaK coolant
Most of the mass is in the radiators
Shield mass depends on distance and burial option
Estimated cost is $1.8BFission Surface Power (FSP)
Reactor at Full Power In Transit
NASA's Mars Architecture Study (Dec 2007) concluded that the NTR was required for human missions to Mars
National Research Council committee (S. Howe served as one of 23 members) that reviewed the NASA Exploration Technology Development Program (ETDP) just reported (8/21/08) that the one technical gap in program was no funding for the NTR.
Tungsten based fuel may solve 1, 2 and 3
Supplying the Lunar Base would address 4, 5 and 6
4 years running
Nationwide search
Accept applications for 2 months
Unique research projects each year
Provide Student Fellows an in-depth understanding of nuclear reactor and radioisotope power and heating technologies applied to space exploration
Gain experience using complex computer codes that will be applicable to modeling nuclear systems
Speaking and writing experience (weekly presentations by students)
Exposure to INL and Idaho Falls
Produce sufficient information for production of unsolicited proposals to federal agencies
Provide pool to fill "Next Degree" opportunities
Identify good fits to INL and not-so-good fits
Funded by a combination of
CAES program development - $25K
INL NGNP program – $25K
105 applications – due to USRA broadcast to members
Accepted 14 Fellows represent 10 states and 12 universities
4 PhD candidates, 9 MS, 1 undergraduate, 1 DoE intern
5 Nuclear eng.,
4 mechanical eng.,
2 physics,
1 aerospace eng., 1 chemical eng., and 1 computer science
Working on "challenging" topics attracts the students
Mobile lunar base, nuclear rockets, decoupled fast reactors, isotope powered UAVs and UUVs, "smart" shields, comet interceptors, Mars Hopper
Build technical workforce in the CSNR and provide a feedstream into INL
Difficult to develop projects in CSNR without feasibility studies
Hard to do feasibility studies using INL staff without funding
Shortage of NE graduates- getting worse
Students are tempted to leave early for a paycheck
Desire is to attract top quality students from around the country to INL/CSNR by engaging them in space exploration projects
Many students do not automatically see INL and Idaho as a premier research location
NxD students work ½ time at industry competitive salary on CSNR or INL project and ½ time on their next degree
Able to retain school affiliation or enroll in Idaho Universities
Number of NxD students increased to 7 in FY09
3 PhD and 4 MS
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Did you see that President Obama's renaming of Mt. McKinley up in Alaska was called a "political stunt" ? You could find "stunt" in big letters on the Beacon Journal's front page, courtesy of an "irritated" former Rep. Ralph Regula, 90, a Republican from Navarre who has fought the name-change idea well before Obama entered office.
It figured. Obama's opponents have found him to be a convenient lightning rod for anything that goes wrong in our daily lives, from rain delays in baseball games to pie crust that sticks to the pan. In this instance, however, the president's co-conspirator is Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski, a Republican who introduced legislation in January to change the name to Mt. Denali. (Her name never appeared in either BJ story this morning.) She had this to say about Obama's "stunt":
"For generations Alaskans have known this majestic mountain as 'the great one'. I'd like to thank the president for working with us to achieve this significant change to show honor, respect and gratitude to the Athabascan people of Alaska."
In the two long BJ articles, however, I did read of how other Buckeye Republicans wailed at Obama's action to placate those constituents who might want to pile on. . Rep. Bob Gibbs, of Lakeville, called it an "insult to all Ohioans" . Rep. Jim Renacci, of Wadsworth, said Obama was guilty of diminishing the nation's "values" – as if the GOP controlled Congress hadn't already done so. Sen.Rob Portman a Cincinnatian who tagged along for the ride, wasn't very happy either. Nor was Gov. John Kasich.
Unsurprisingly, some of the strongest complaints came from McKinley's adopted hometown of Canton, a name which has Chinese roots thanks to a surveyor named Bezaleel Wells in the early 1800s. Canton is the traditional name of Guangzhou, China. But we can't imagine any Ohio city named Guangzhou. The mountain was later tagged for McKinley.
I have a solution to mollify the outraged governor. Why not name one of those Indian mounds in Ohio after the governor. Mound Kasich?
That's not a typo.
One has to wonder if McKinley was a DEM President if the Ohio GOP would still be shedding all those crocodile tears…
john curry
I have a solution to pacify these poor offended Republicans. Why don't we take Ohio's tallest "mountain" (Campbell Hill – Bellefontaine – 1.550 feet) and rename it Mt. Boehner? Then maybe they would quit whining!
John Barkan
In Lake County there is "Little Mountain", even has a road named for it. I could see it renamed "Little McKinley" which would be apropos for his presidency!
Susan Riley
Alaskans favored the official name change, President McKinley was never in Alaska, so what's the big deal?
This complaint is nothing more than some wanna-be's getting their names in print.
Stephen Beard
A minor correction, not a big deal, but it is simply Denali, not Mt. Denali.
Beautiful commentary that gave me a much-needed smile.
But it might make them cry.


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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Voting-rights groups that virtually stopped registering voters in Florida for a year as they challenged the state's new restrictions on elections now are scrambling to get people there registered for the November 6 election.
The effort in Florida - a large, politically divided state that is crucial in the nationwide race between Democratic President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney - comes two weeks after a federal judge rejected strict limits on voter-registration drives that have led to a big drop in Floridians signing up to vote.
The Florida law was so limiting that groups such as Rock the Vote and the League of Women Voters, which have helped to register millions of voters in the last two presidential elections, essentially halted their registration drives in the state.
Now, with the restrictions lifted and Florida's October 9 deadline for registering to vote in the November election looming, such groups are fanning out across the state to find new voters.
Massive voter drives across the country in 2008 helped put millions of people aged 18 to 29 on voting rolls. That age group - which makes up roughly one-quarter of the U.S. electorate - voted 2-to-1 for Democratic President Barack Obama then, helping to propel him to victory over Republican John McCain.
This year, campaigns and civic groups have faced challenges in signing up voters because of laws passed largely by Republicans who took control of legislatures in 20 states after the 2010 elections.
Besides limits on voter registration, the laws also have included requirements that voters produce a photo ID and limits on early-voting periods aimed at helping working-class people cast ballots if they can't get to the polls on Election Day.
Dozens of legal battles are being waged over such voting laws in courts, and judges have tossed out a few - including registration limits in Florida and a photo ID requirement for voters in Wisconsin, another state that could be key in deciding the race for the White House.
Republicans say the laws are aimed at preventing voter fraud; Democrats and other critics say they are designed to reduce voter turnout among groups that typically back Democrats.
"Over the past two years we've seen this wave of tremendously creative and tremendously destructive laws ... that make it harder for people to vote," Michael Waldman, president of the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University law school, said on MSNBC.
"The scariest was the effort to stop voter registration," said Waldman, whose group represented the League of Women Voters and Rock the Vote in a lawsuit against the law in Florida, which had nearly 11.5 million registered voters at the end of July.
Heather Smith, president of Rock the Vote, said the nonpartisan group's efforts have been complicated by the legal wrangling over Florida's voting laws.
"It's more than just the numbers" of voters, she said. "It's the volunteers. Having put our volunteer programs on hold means we weren't able to engage and train and build these teams."
Rock the Vote and the League of Women Voters stopped registration drives in Florida last year when they went to court to challenge the state law.
The law required the groups to turn in voter registration forms within 48 hours after applicants completed them - a tough deadline to meet for groups involved in large registration efforts. Groups missing the deadline faced fines of $1,000 a day.
Two weeks ago, a federal judge issued an injunction preventing the state from enforcing the law. But because the law was in place for about a year, its impact was stark, especially among Democrats.
The Florida Times Union has said 11,365 people registered as Democratic voters in the 13 months that ended at the end of August, compared with an average of 209,425 for the same periods before the 2004 and 2008 presidential elections.
Meanwhile, 128,039 Republicans have registered in the state over the past 13 months, up from an average of 103,555 in the same period in 2004 and 2008, the newspaper said.
Though they do not make their numbers public in terms of party differences, Rock the Vote and the League of Women Voters register people who vote mainly for Democrats or independents.
Democrats tend to focus much more heavily than Republicans on recruiting new voters, and groups such as the League of Women Voters and Rock the Vote aim at low-income and minority citizens who may not know how to register or young people who have never voted.
Republicans, on the other hand, traditionally rely on their supporters to register on their own. Party activists work mostly on getting registered Republicans to show up at the polls.
Elisabeth MacNamara, president of the League of Women Voters, said 30 local chapters are registering voters in Florida, trying to make up for lost time.
"They are targeting under-served communities," she said. "They're working at bus stops, community colleges, baseball games, naturalization ceremonies and other events."
Analysts say the lost year of registration is significant.
"Democratic registration is way down," said election law specialist Rick Hasen. "You might count the court victory as a win for Democrats. In fact, it should be seen as ... perhaps a loss."
MacNamara said her group, formed 92 years ago by women who fought for the right to vote, faces challenges in other states.
"We are concerned that because of the flurry of new laws, some of which have passed, some of which have (been overturned) ... that voters may be confused," MacNamara said.
In Pennsylvania, Rock the Vote is helping people register to vote and get the type of photo IDs a new law requires voters to show at the polls.
Under the law, which was passed by the state's Republican-controlled legislature and is being challenged in court, students can vote if they have a photo ID from their university but the ID must have an expiration date.
More than 80 percent of the colleges in Pennsylvania don't issue ID cards with expiration dates, so Rock the Vote has organized an effort to get expiration dates on student IDs.
"It's a total shame," Rock the Vote's Smith said of the new law, which requires voters to show a state driver's license, government employee ID or non-driver ID issued by the state.
In Pennsylvania, Obama has led Romney, a former Massachusetts governor, in opinion polls. But the state's voter ID law could hurt Obama.
A state estimate this year indicated that more than 758,000 Pennsylvania voters did not have the type of ID required by the law, and that many were lower-income, young or minority voters who tend to vote for Democrats.
Republican Mike Turzai, majority leader of Pennsylvania's state House, seemed to dispel the idea that the voter ID law was not rooted by politics when he said in June that it "is going to allow Governor Romney to win the state of Pennsylvania."
Smith said that voter registration rates have been down this year nationwide, but that the pace has picked up.
"The last few weeks people have started to pay attention" to the election, said Smith, whose group registered a record 2.25 million young voters nationally in 2008 and has a lower target this year, 1.5 million. "We have a lot of ground to make up."
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Just How Good Are Electric Barbecue Grills and Where Can They Be Used?
Posted by Tom Aikins on Friday, January 8, 2016 Under: Cooking
These are good questions and I'll do my best to answer them. My first observation is that an electric barbecue grill will never produce the amount of heat that a decent charcoal or gas grill will produce. This is not necessarily a bad thing, and in fact can be an advantage particularly to anyone that's new to the art of barbecue.
If you are a hardy soul, one who enjoys outdoor cooking regardless of the weather, and wouldn't even consider grilling indoors, the tool for you has got to be a charcoal grill. If however, you're the sort of person who enjoys entertaining friends when the weather is good and prefers a more laid back approach to barbecue, this article may benefit you.
When considering an electric barbecue grill, one of the most important factors is the wattage of the grill. The lower the wattage, the slower the cooking and the slower the grills ability to replace heat if the unit is in a draught. This is much less important if you are grilling indoors. Ambient temperature under cover and lack of a cross wind is always an advantage indoors if you have a low wattage product.
In good weather conditions in a sheltered area, it is possible to have an outdoor family barbecue using electricity, but there is another way that an electrical barbecue can benefit you too.
We all look forward to a nice family barbecue, but sometimes plans have to change because of the vagaries of the weather. In circumstances like this you can move your barbecue into the kitchen and use the electric one. Because electric barbecues do not produce dangerous waste gases, like all others do, they are safe to take into the house. You do not need to remember to buy special fuels, as long as you have mains power they are ready to go inside of five minutes.
If you are a newbie to cooking barbecue, electric is perfect for you. Because electric grills do not produce a naked flame, and cook more slowly, you should never experience the horrors of a burnt black charcoal coloured steak that is raw in the middle. This is a very common problem experienced by the inexperienced when using a charcoal or gas barbecue for the first time.Modern electric barbecues come in all sorts and sizes, some meant for use on a table top and others that have legs and can be used both ways.
Sometimes local voltage has an effect on available wattage. It is a fact that if you have 120 volts mains power and a 2,000 watt grill you will require just over 16.6 amps to run it, whereas, the same wattage at 230 volts mains power requires under 9 amps. Also the 120 volt barbecue requires heavier cables than the 230 volt version to carry the extra load. This is why 2,500 watt barbecues are far more common in the UK than they are in the USA.
Modern electric barbecues cost very little and are extremely useful even if you never actually use them as a barbecue. You may choose to acquire one simply as an addition space for the kitchen, and this is fine. But, find a nice day and take the grill onto the patio and have a go at a small barbecue for just your very immediate family. You will find it a relaxing and very pleasant experience and wonder why you'd not done it before. Give it a go!
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By Chris Campbell ~ Posted Tue, 07/20/2010 - 3:50pm
(Julie) Coming up on Need to Know, Gwen Ifill'srecent visit to Rochester
(Gwen) I'm one of those strange people who likes politicians in addition to liking politics because I think that the bulk of the politicians I've covered have the best interests at heart.
(Julie) We talk about politics, journalism and her book, the breakthrough. Also, as Doctor Brad Burke get's ready to return as full time CEO of the University of Rochester medical center how will his experience as a patient change what he does.
(Brad) When I was in the ICU I had been there about 10 days and this nurse came up to me who was on a break and she said to me, Dr Burke, you look like you need your hair washed.
(Gwen) We should make sure we're consistent and that is something that you accumulate over time. I've worked in journalism for now for 30 years. If you added up all the experience of Jim Lehrer and Ray Suarez and Jeff Brown and Margret Warren, Judy Woodrif and me, we don't want to do that. It's a lot, but we then can share that with people when we are sitting there planning a story for the day the 4 or 5 producers and reporters in my office are likely to be a web producer, a reporter who has a rolodex full of experts, a senior producer who's trying to figure out how to make it work in the entire program and when you put all of that together it's pretty dynamic.
(Julie) This reminds me a little bit about the struggle you refer to in your book a lot, the book, The Breakthrough, about the old guard of blacks who were intimately involved in the civil rights movement and the new guard who benefited so much from those older folks, but now want to take the reigns and put their own ideas into effect. What is it about this kind of friction that appeals to you?
(Gwen) The friction in a political sense is for power. It's a new guard that comes over and says I want to run things. It's not that kind of friction in our news room because no one wants to run it really, everyone just wants to get the work done. But it's still the change between the way it's always been done and the way it's going to be done now. In the case of political power, the case, and this is true among African Americans and everyone seeking political power, the people who are trying to rise up and take the reigns often meet resistance from people who don't want to give it up. At the news hour, Jim was the one who led the revolution. In politics these are guys who are saying I just got here. I just marched for this opportunity. I knocked on the doors and you should respect me and step aside. These are often their children who say you raised me to say I could do anything and now it's my turn. It's what happens with politics. It's what happened in Boston when the Brahmans had to give way to the Irish that had to give way to the next minorities who rose up and wanted power. It happens in the African American community too.
(Julie) You are a political journalist. This is obviously something that you like to watch happen and write about.
(Gwen) I'm a junkie actually. I'll just admit it. I love it and I think it matters. I think there's a real connection between what happens in politics and some of the unsavory things that happen often behind closed doors or just out of view and what happens in our lives. When I went to college in Boston in the middle of the school busing crisis, I saw with my own eyes that the decision about whether a child could get educated or not had to do with what happened behind closed doors of the Boston School Committee. That had more to do with politics than with education. But you had to understand one to gauge the result. That's the way I always think about politics. Even if it's about health care. If the health care bill dies in Washington, it might have as much to do with whether a member of the house feels they can be re-elected and hold on to their political power as it does about whether we think people should have health coverage. So, it's possible to say that I think we should all be covered by health care but I also think not this health care because it might get me booted out of office. It's our job as the observers, hopefully as the non-passive observers to figure out when those two things actually connect and why one effects the other.
(Julie) And you have spent a lot of time in your work connecting the dots between politics and everyday people's lives. What's happening on main street. Do you think that, in your experience, you've covered politicians now for decades, do they understand the connection? Do they connect the dots between their actions and the dinner table?
(Gwen) Most of them do. I'm one of those strange people who likes politicians in addition to liking politics because I think that the vast majority of the politicians I've met, talked to, covered have the best interests at heart. They got elected for idealistic reasons at all. Sometimes they get corrupted once they are there. The fun ones are obviously the rouges. The ones that are doing crazy things that make you go I don't believe that. And we pay a lot of attention to the rogues. The truth is, there are 535 members of the house and senate and we probably cover 40 of them when you get right down to it. There are still 500 folks out there who are doing constituent service and trying to represent the best interests of the people at home. It's not that we need to cover them. It's news. We don't cover people who do their jobs, we cover people don't do their jobs. We irregularity, not the regularity. I believe that most of them are people doing it for the right reasons.
(Julie) Candidate Obama was very effective at getting people to think that he understood the connection between what he would do in office and their lives. Is president Obama as successful at that?
(Gwen) He's clearly not. He's having a really hard time. Especially lately where he is running up against an anger in the nation which is rooted in things he feels he cannot control which is the Economy. He's been there a year now. You can no longer say, which he has been saying, that it's really hard. Yeah, but you're the president. You wanted to be the president. You spent a lot of money to be elected president. So, we're not going to have a pity party about that. And he does pull himself up short before he gets to that. but the frustrations are that, and I think they are basic political frustrations, everyone doesn't agree with his approach. and everyone doesn't think that it's the right way to do it. Everyone has different drivers at home that make their decision on whether to support him or not. Now that he is dealing with two wars, he's dealing with international crisis like Haiti which was never on anyone's radar. He's trying to figure out how to get us out of an economic collapse and then take on a healthcare bill and climate change and who knows if illegal immigration is part of it too. It's a lot, and he made a judgement early on that he was going to take it all on. There was nothing he couldn't afford to address. Maybe there's a few things like gay marriage. He decided not to address that. But as a result, it's all a lot of juggling and sometimes balls crash to the floor.
(Julie) I want to ask you before we go, one of the conclusions you reached in your book was that President Obama's election released this pressure valve that allowed America to talk about race. A year later, is that still the case? Has that been a lasting effect of of his campaign?
(Gwen) We're still talking about it. Not always in a healthy fashion as we saw when Harry Reed made some slip up and everybody got outraged and upset about it in a way that I didn't quite get. I didn't know what he said that was that outrageous expect that he dared to characterize someone by their race which for some reason, some people think is taboo. They think that we are post racial now and we should never mention race which is never what President Obama said and it's never what any of these breakthrough candidates that i wrote about have ever said. They key, and I've had this in countless conversations around the country since the book came out, it's been so interesting. The key is, how do we talk about race in a way that's not always negative, accusatory, finger pointing? When you have that kind of conversation about race there's always going to be friction. But if you have a conversation about difference in which you say here's how we can value difference, and then move on, I think that's going to be a healthy one. I've discovered a lot of people want to find a way to that conversation. We are fraught with so much baggage in this country about the way we've always talked about race for decades and centuries that we're not there yet. But i keep hearing people who want to find a way and have that conversation. We take a few steps forward a few steps back, but we're moving in the right direction.
(Julie) Ok. Another book on the way?
(Gwen) Oh Julie, please. It was enough to get this one done.
(Julie) Thank you so much for your time today.
(Gwen) Thank you Julie.
(JUlie) GWEN IFILL, WHO RECENTLY TRAVELLED TO ROCHESTER AND W-X-X-I. ANOTHER RECENT NEED TO KNOW INTERVIEW WITH DR. BRAD BERK DREW A LOT ATTENTION. WE RECEIVED NUMEROUS E-MAILS, PHONE CALLS, FACEBOOK MESSAGES AND MORE NOTING HOW INSPIRATIONAL DR. BERK'S STORY IS. AFTER A TRAGIC BICYCLE ACCIDENT LAST MAY LEFT HIM WITHOUT FULL USE OF HIS ARMS OR LEGS, DR. BERK IS NOW PLANNING TO RETURN TO WORK AS C-E-O OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER. HERE IS AN EXCERPT FROM THAT INTERVIEW.
(Dr.Berk) I knew It was Bad. I was worried that I was going to die right there. That my diaphragm wouldn't work and Just die there.
So I knew it was really bad, after a little while a policeman came and literally ten minutes later the ambulance came. So by then I was feeling much better I was going to make it. The only distressing thing was that the mercy flight that was coming couldn't land where I was I was hoping they could but they couldn't so I had to get in the ambulance they took me a half a mile of road where there is a big field that's where the helicopter landed and they put me in the helicopter, so I was feeling that I was going to get to the hospital and they were going to do what they were going to do. And I told my wife, i Said " I am so sorry because I knew what was coming and I knew that she would have to drive back.
(Julie) I read something where your daughter on the day of the accident told you "everything is going to be okay" and you said "No its not going to be okay" And she said it's been a lot of hard work since that day", What did she mean, what did it do to you and your family?
(Dr.Berk) This is definitely a family experience, My wife moved down to NJ for the three months I was there. part of the reason we went there is because my son lives in Jersey City about 20 minutes away so he would come every Wednesday and have dinner and have boys night out, He'd come on the weekends so this was a big family experience my daughter Mariah she got very involved. She went to the Bagel Bin in Brighton and got interviewed by a number of the radio stations, tv stations. They had a big display there for people to put cards and well wishes in. My youngest daughter Sarah, she ran the NYC Marathon and raised money for the Christopher Reeve foundation for final spinal cord research. I cried when I read her bulletin which really she wanted to do something that was as challenging as the challenges I was facing
and her successfully doing the marathon was a sign to me to successfully complete this.
(Julie) And not only did she complete the marathon she was one of the top furriers for the Reeve Foundation. You've said that the outpouring of support has been very humbling, can you describe the sort of reactions people have had?
(Dr. Berk) It's been truly an outpouring there have been thousands of messages posted on the internet site that we set up. At the hospital 10,000 people are wearing these BC buttons around all the time. and people I haven't seen in 10 or 20 years sent me cards and e-mail's. friends of mine would come to visit me some of them came multiple times and they're just fantastic. That support, it was humbling just to know some people were caring the letters were so heartfelt, so sympathetic and in the beginning a little reluctant to accept all this sympathy. But then I learned over time that people want to help. They really do their just so warm hearted so good at giving to people. I've always been a health-care provider never a recipient, so it took me a while to learn how to be a good recipient. Now when someone comes up to me I always stop and explain the questions, I always have enough time for people who care. because for me that's my way of giving back for the support I've had.
(Julie) How do people treat differently than before the accident?
(Dr. Berk) A couple ways the one that you always hear about and read about is just being in a wheelchair. Your small. One of the nice things about this wheelchair is you can raise it up. It has an electric motor I can get up to 5'2 It makes a big difference when your in a crowd you're down there, people don't see you as much. Raising up is a big deal. That's kind of the most obvious one everyone talks about being in a wheelchair. I think that the two way communication that occurs from being in a chronic situation where your injured or ill you really learn to depend on people. And you quickly establish these interactions with people where your communicating your needs and their communicating their wishes to you. You establish a quick emotional bond, so I think the good thing has been a real interest on my part to understand how that emotional bond is created and to create it with people all the time. Part of the reason I want to come back as CEO is I think the medical center would really benefit from attention to that area. I've been taking to nurses and talking to the strong commitment group and alot of that is to make health care providers jobs' better by facilitating their interactions with their patients.
(Julie) What did you experience as a patient that really bothered you and made you think that this needs attention?
(Dr.Berk) Was I noticed was not the bothering side It was the positive side. There were a group of people that I would say had caring hands they instantly came up to you as a patient and touched you and looked you in the eye. established as in still compassion and directions. The two words of to use our compassion and attentiveness the store that the best exemplifies that this was in the I see you I've been there about 10 days and is a nurse came up to me who is taking over of the break and she said that may Dr. Burke you really look like you need your hair washed. Has anyone done that and I said No is that possibly and she said yes. She went she got as bag and they have for ICU patience and washed my hair. That was the most pleasurable thing i experienced in 10 days. I'm not sure she even knew the fact, but the only part of my body that could feel was my head. She had done something incredibly nice to the one part of me that could feel. That kind of compassion, that tenderness, that spontaneous, is there something I could do to make you feel better that's what I'm talking about. It's really the positives. Of course I made her feel so good cause I told her that was the greatest. You have no idea how good that felt. She felt really good that she had done that. It's that two way interaction that's so incredibly important for both the patient and the provider.
(Julie) DR. BERK RECENTLY ANNOUNCED HE WILL RESUME HIS LEADERSHIP OF THE MEDICAL CENTER IN JUST A COUPLE OF WEEKS.THAT DOES IT FOR THIS EDITION OF NEED TO KNOW. NEXT WEEK, WE BRING YOU ANOTHER REPORT IN WXXI'S OCCASIONAL SERIES ON PUBLIC HEALTH CHALLENGES FACED BY THE ROCHESTER CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. THIS TIME WE EXAMINE CHILDHOOD OBESITY AND HOW IT IMPACTS LEARNING. AND WE HAVE AN INTERVIEW SCHEDULED WITH ROCHESTER SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT JEAN-CLAUDE BRIZARD. THANKS FOR JOINING US. I'M JULIE PHILIPP. HAVE A GREAT WEEK.
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