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"Dr. Inal was a superb teacher, an outstanding researcher and a close personal friend," university president Dr. Daniel H. López said. "The entire New Mexico Tech community is saddened by his death and he will be sorely missed."
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Dr. Inal and his wife always helped international students at Tech, welcoming them into their home and treating them like family.
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A permanent pacemaker is a small device implanted in the chest to send electrical signals to start or regulate a slow heartbeat. It's most often placed in the chest area just under the collarbone. A pacemaker may be used if the heart's natural pacemaker (the SA node) is not working properly causing a slow heart rate or rhythm, or if the electrical pathways are blocked.
Another specialized type of pacemaker, called a biventricular pacemaker, is used for ventricles that don't contract at the same time. This can worsen heart failure. A biventricular pacemaker paces both ventricles at the same time, increasing the amount of blood pumped by the heart. This type of treatment is called cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT).
An implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) looks similar to a pacemaker, though slightly larger. It works very much like a pacemaker. However, the ICD can send a low-energy shock that resets an abnormal heartbeat back to a normal. It can also send a high-energy shock if an arrhythmia becomes so severe that the heart can't pump at all.
Many devices combine a pacemaker and ICD in one unit for people who need both functions. After the shock is delivered, a "back-up" pacing mode is available if needed for a short while.
The ICD has another type of treatment for certain fast rhythms called anti-tachycardia pacing (ATP). This is a fast-pacing impulse sent to correct the rhythm. This can be used instead of shocking the heart in some cases.
Pacemakers are most often used when your heart beats too slowly. ICDs are advised if you are at risk for potentially fatal ventricular arrhythmias. There may be other reasons for your healthcare provider to advise placement of a pacemaker or ICD.
When your heart's natural pacemaker or electrical circuit malfunctions, the signals sent out may become erratic: either too slow, too fast, or too irregular (arrhythmia).
Arrhythmias can cause problems with contractions of the heart chambers by:
Not allowing your heart chambers to fill with enough blood because the heart pumps too fast.
Not allowing enough blood to be pumped out to your body because your heart pumps too slowly or too irregularly.
The heart is, in the simplest terms, a pump made up of muscle tissue. The heart's pumping action is regulated by an electrical conduction system that coordinates the contraction of the filling and pumping chambers of the heart.
In an adult, the sinus node generates a steady electrical stimulus. The right and left atria (the two upper chambers of the heart) are stimulated first and contract a short period of time before the right and left ventricles (the two lower chambers of the heart). The electrical impulse travels from the sinus node through the atria to the atrioventricular node (also called AV node), where impulses are slowed down for a very short period, then continue down the conduction pathway via the bundle of His into the ventricles. The bundle of His divides into right and left pathways, called bundle branches, to provide electrical stimulation to the right and left ventricles.
At rest, the heart normally contracts about 60 to 100 times a minute, depending on your age and physical condition. Each contraction of the ventricles is one heartbeat. The atria contract a fraction of a second before the ventricles so their blood empties into the ventricles before the ventricles contract.
Under some abnormal conditions, certain heart tissue is capable of starting a heartbeat, or becoming the pacemaker. An arrhythmia (abnormal heartbeat) occurs when:
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In any of these situations, the body may not get enough blood because the heart cannot pump well. The effects on your body are often the same, however, whether the heartbeat is too fast, too slow, or too irregular. Some symptoms of arrhythmias include:
Low blood pressure
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The symptoms of arrhythmias may look like other medical conditions. See your healthcare provider for a diagnosis.
A permanent pacemaker or ICD has 3 main components:
A pulse generator with a sealed lithium battery. The pulse generator produces the electrical signals that make the heart beat. Most pulse generators can also receive and respond to signals that are sent by the heart itself.
One or more wires (also called leads). Leads are insulated flexible wires that conduct electrical signals between the heart and the pulse generator. One end of the lead is attached to the pulse generator and the electrode end of the lead is positioned in the heart. In the case of a biventricular pacemaker, leads are placed on both ventricles.
Electrodes, which are found on each lead.
Pacemakers can "sense" when the heart's natural rate falls below the rate that has been programmed into the pacemaker.
Pacemakers that pace either the right atrium or the right ventricle are called "single-chamber" pacemakers. Pacemakers that pace both the right atrium and right ventricle of the heart and require two pacing leads are called "dual-chamber" pacemakers. Pacemakers that pace the right atrium and right and left ventricles are called "biventricular" pacemakers.
Your doctor will insert the pacemaker or ICD in the cardiac catheterization, or the electrophysiology lab. You are awake during the procedure, although your doctor will provide local anesthesia over the incision site. He or she will also sedate you to help you relax during the procedure. You may need to spend the night in the hospital so that your doctor can make sure the device is working properly.
Shown here is a chest X-ray. The large, white space in the middle is the heart. The dark spaces on either side are the lungs. The small object in the upper right corner is an implanted pacemaker.
Your doctor will make a small incision just under the collarbone (clavicle). He or she will insert the pacemaker/ICD lead(s) into the heart through a blood vessel that runs under the collarbone. Once the lead is in place, your doctor can test it to make sure it is in the right place and is working. He or she then attaches the lead to the generator (battery), which is placed just under the skin through the incision made earlier. Your doctor will close the incision with stitches, stapes, or a medical adhesive (glue) and apply a dressing. Once the procedure has been completed, you will go through a recovery period or several hours.
There are certain instructions related to having an implanted permanent pacemaker or ICD. For example, after you get your pacemaker or ICD, you will get an ID card from the manufacturer that includes information about your specific model of pacemaker and the serial number as well as how the device works. You should carry this card with you at all times so that the information is always available to any healthcare professional who may have reason to examine or treat you.
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text: « back to directory print Adam Kolber Professor of Law 250 Joralemon Street Brooklyn, NY 11201 (718) 780-0649 | Email | CV Areas of Expertise Criminal LawHealth LawBioethicsNeuroethics Education A.B., Princeton UniversityJ.D., Stanford Law School Biography Courses Publications Noteworthy Bioethics and Public Policy This course examines the legal regulation of medical decision-making. The central focus is private decision-making by individuals, but public decision-making about the allocation of medical services will also be addressed. Specific topics include the doctrine of informed consent, decision-making for incompetent patients, physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia, reproductive decision-making, and the sale/donation of body parts and services. In examining these various issues, students will consider the extent, content, and consistency of current law, the factual assumptions and policy goals on which legal regulation is based, the impact of technological innovation, and directions for legal reform. Grading and Method of Evaluation: Letter grade with pass/fail option. With the instructor's permission, a limited number of students may write a paper to satisfy the Upperclass Writing Requirement in lieu of taking a final examination. Criminal Law This course consists of an introduction to the criminal process and the role of the Constitution in reconciling the authority of government with the rights of the individual. The primary focus of the course is, however, on the substantive aspects of the criminal law. The role of the criminal law as the principal means of social control is explored, as well as the limitations on legislative power to define and punish criminal behavior. Cases and statutes are studied to develop a critical understanding of the fundamental concepts of criminal responsibility. The course includes the study of some specific crimes such as homicide and conspiracy, as well as the general principles of jurisdiction, accessorial liability, justification and the impact of mental disease, intoxication and mistake on criminal responsibility. Grading and Method of Evaluation: Letter grade only. Final exam. Health Law This course will survey legal issues related to the delivery of health care. Topics typically include access to health care (e.g., rights to treatment, health care for the indigent); the doctor-patient relationship (e.g., malpractice, competency, informed consent, confidentiality); bioethics issues (e.g., end-of-life decisionmaking, reproductive rights); and public health issues (e.g., vaccination, the Affordable Care Act). Grading and Method of Evaluation: Letter grade with pass/fail option. Take-home exam. Law and the Brain Seminar This course applies insights from the mind and brain sciences to questions of law and policy. Among the topics we will discuss, most fall into one of two categories. The first set concerns issues of responsbility. Some claim that a more scientific understanding of the mind and brain calls into doubt our traditional notions of responsibility. In this light, we will consider the proper scope of the insanity defense and of retributive punishment in general. The second set concerns legal and ethical issues raised by emerging technologies. For example, we will examine pharmaceuticals that enhance memory and cognition beyond our natural abilities. We will also consider the possible use of brain imaging evidence in the courtroom as a method of detecting lies, uncovering bias, or measuring pain. No prior science background is assumed. Grading and Method of Evaluation: Letter grade only. A paper is required which may be used to satisfy the Upperclass Writing Requirement. No third credit option. Related Links: Faculty News Curriculum


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The faith and practice of the Eastern Orthodox Church will be the focus of a series of presentations at Hope College on Monday and Tuesday, Feb. 23-24.
The event is titled "Encountering Eastern Orthodoxy: An Introduction to the Faith and Life of the Eastern Orthodox Christian Church," and will examine the Orthodox Christian faith as a way of life. It is hosted by the college's Orthodox Christian Fellowship student organization in partnership with the Religious Life Committee at Hope, and co-sponsored by the departments of philosophy and religion, the general education program, and the offices of student development and campus ministries.
"Orthodox Christianity is a very important tradition but little known to many Catholic and Protestant Christians," said Dr. Steven Bouma-Prediger, who is a professor of religion and chairperson of the college's department of religion as well as a member of the Religious Life Committee. "This series of events promises to make better known the theological and liturgical riches of our Orthodox brothers and sisters."
The two-day program will consist of three lectures and one panel discussion intermingled with worship services in the Orthodox Christian tradition.
Although "Encountering Eastern Orthodoxy" has been planned for the campus community, the public is invited and welcome. Admission is free to all events, although a free-will offering to benefit Orthodox Christian Fellowship at HopeCollege will be taken after the lecture on Monday evening.
The opening lecture, "The Vision of Eastern Orthodox Christianity," will be presented by the Very Reverend Fr. Thomas Hopko on Monday, Feb. 23, at 4 p.m. in the Phelps Hall Otte Room.
Hopko is dean emeritus of St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary in Crestwood, N.Y.; has served as a priest in the Orthodox Church in America (OCA) for 44 years; and has taught courses in dogmatic theology, practical theology, homiletics and spirituality at St. Vladimir's Seminary since 1968, serving as dean from 1992 to 2002. He lectures widely, is the author of many articles and essays, and has written several books (which have been translated into many languages) including "The Lenten Spring," "Speaking the Truth in Love," "The Winter Pascha," "Christian Faith and Same-Sex Attraction," and "All the Fullness of God." He and his wife, Anne Schmemman, live in Ellwood City, Pa., and have five married children and 15 grandchildren.
The opening lecture will be immediately followed by a Vespers service in the Phelps Hall Otte Room on Monday, Feb. 23, at 5:30 p.m. The liturgical day begins at sunset with Vespers, a penitential anticipatory service which includes one of the oldest hymns of the Church, "O Gladsome Light."
Hopko will deliver the event's second lecture, "The Practice of Eastern Orthodox Christianity," on Monday, Feb. 23, at 7:30 p.m. in the Maas Center auditorium.
The second lecture will be immediately followed by a Small Compline service in the Maas Center auditorium on Monday, Feb. 23, at 9:30 p.m. A shorter prayer service comprised of the reading of three psalms, the Doxology, the Nicene Creed and other prayers, the Small Compline is read just before the faithful depart to sleep.
On Tuesday, Feb. 24, the program will resume with a Matins/Orthros service in the Cook Hall lounge at 8 a.m. The Orthros or Matins service is sung early in the morning and is comprised of the Royal Troparia, the reading of six psalms, the chanting of hymns which celebrate the theophany and the resurrection of Christ, the Gospel reading, Psalm 50 (51), The Magnificat, and various texts appointed for that day.
The third lecture, "Monasticism: A Live Orthodox Christian Option," will be presented on Tuesday, Feb. 24, at 11.a.m. in the Cook Hall lounge by Mother Macrina of Holy Dormition Orthodox Monastery in Rives Junction. Mother Macrina has been an Orthodox nun for nearly 12 years, having entered the monastic life after a successful real estate career in Minneapolis, Minn.
A panel discussion focused on "Living the Orthodox Faith Today in America" will take place on Tuesday, Feb. 24, at 1:30 p.m. in the Cook Hall lounge.
The panelists will include Fr. Thomas Hopko, dean emeritus of St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary in Crestwood, N.Y.; Mother Abbess Gabriella, who is the Abbess of Holy Dormition Orthodox Monastery in Rives Junction; Fr. Stephen Van Bronkhorst, who is spiritual advisor to Orthodox Christian Fellowship at Hope College and attached clergy at Holy Cross Antiochian Orthodox Mission in Dorr, and Khourieh Sue Van Bronkhorst, who is a Spanish teacher in the Grand Rapids School system, who are husband-and-wife former missionaries to Chiapas, Mexico, and Ecuador; Themis Fotieo, who is a parishioner of Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church in Grand Rapids and lay educator whose church vocation is to introduce seekers to the Orthodox Christian faith; Fr. Joshua Frigerio, who is Pastor of Holy Ascension Orthodox Church (OCA) in Albion; and Joanne Gabl, a Hope junior from Saline who is president of Orthodox Christian Fellowship at Hope. The panel will be moderated by Christina T. Stavros, M.Div., a 2001 Hope graduate who is the advisor for OCF at Hope College and works in the Office of Student Affairs and Services of the Michigan State University College of Medicine in Grand Rapids, and Dr. Jack Mulder, assistant professor of philosophy at Hope and chair of the Religious Life Committee.
Orthodox Christian books, icons and other devotional items will be available for purchase at all of the events. The items will be supplied by Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church and St. Nicholas Antiochian Orthodox Church, both located in Grand Rapids.
Cook Hall is located at 115 E. 10th St., between College and Columbia avenues. The MaasCenter is located at 264 Columbia Ave., on Columbia Avenue at 11th Street. Phelps Hall is located at 154 E. 10th St., on 10th Street at Columbia Avenue.


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MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. – Georgia College cross country will compete in the NCAA Southeast Regionals Saturday, Nov. 3 when they make the trip to Charlotte, N.C. The women's team will run a 6K race, while the men will run a 10K.
The women's team last ran at the Peach Belt Conference (PBC) Championship Oct. 20, where a triad of runners led them to a fifth place finish. Freshman Taylor Roeck (Cumming, Ga.), freshman Lena White (Smyrna, Ga.) and junior Allison Lones (Kathleen, Ga.) all had finishes that stand in the top-10 in GC history for 6K races.
The team has finished eighth or better in all but one race this year, with their best finish coming at the Mercer RunFit Invitational Sept. 15 when they came in 2nd of 19 teams.
The men's team finished sixth at the PBC Championships, being led by Philip Laskey (Marietta, Ga.), who has finished first on the team in every race during the 2012 season.
The young harriers have relied on freshmen, with five of seven runners being in their first year. James Ryden (Atlanta) is one of those freshmen and had his best race of the year at the PBC Championship, finishing 23rd of 84 runners and second on the team.
The men's team has finished seventh or better in all but one race during the 2012 season. Their top finish as a team came at the Jaguar Invitational Oct. 5, when they finished fourth of 11 teams.
The men's team finished 14th of 24 teams at 2011 NCAA Regional, while the women finished 13th of 26 teams.
The men will run their 10K race at 10 a.m., with the women following them at 11 a.m. with the 6K race. Both races will be run at McAlpine Creek Park in Charlotte, N.C.
The Georgia College Department of Athletics, two-time winners of the PBC Commissioner's Cup, sponsors 11 varsity athletic programs at the NCAA Division II level. As a Division II program, Bobcat Athletics prides itself on balancing the life of the student-athlete, evidenced by the teams' multiple appearances in post-season competition as well as documented academic success and community-service involvement. Sign up at www.twitter.com/BobcatSports and www.facebook.com/gcbobcats for up-to-the-minute reports, and visit www.GCBobcats.com for more information, and to nominate your favorite former Bobcats and Colonials to the GC Athletics Hall of Fame.


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A new research brief examines the workforce impacts of existing defined benefit pension plans to assess the likely effects of a switch to defined contribution individual accounts or cash balance plans.
The National Institute on Retirement Security's "The Great Recession: Pressures on Public Pensions, Employment Relations and Reforms" found that public employers would attract a different labor force if they switched retirement benefits away from pensions because public employees would be less committed to their employers and thus less likely to invest in nontransferable skills that are critical to delivery of taxpayer services.
Not having a steady pension plan would also increase employee turnover, the report found. DC accounts and cash balance plans no longer defer compensation into the future and thus offer fewer economic incentives to employees to stay with public employers.
Moving away from a pension structure would result in higher costs for public employers and employees because of higher investment and administrative costs for alternative retirement plans. When asked, public employers and employees overwhelmingly choose to stay with pensions rather than moving to alternative benefits, illustrating the high value of pensions to public sector employers and employees.
"The Wall Street crisis hurt all investors, including pension systems that saw drops in their funding levels," said Diane Oakley, executive director of the National Institute on Retirement Security. "As a result, policymakers in nearly every state examined and enacted large-scale reforms to their workforce retirement plans – and nearly every state and locale maintained its pension plan. The research finds that this outcome isn't surprising because private and public pensions have a strong track record of simultaneously meeting employers' recruitment and retention needs and employees' economic security needs."
Christian Weller, study co-author and public policy professor at the University of Massachusetts-Boston and senior fellow at the Center for American Progress said, "State and local budgets are under intense scrutiny. Spending on public employee retirement benefits, in particular, is caught in the crossfire of these fiscal and political debates. There are some proposals for a radical switch from pensions to individual savings plans. Our research suggests that policymakers understand the value of existing pensions as recruitment and retention tools. They also are worried about the substantial costs of switching retirement plans. It is no surprise that policymakers generally rejected proposals to radically alter retirement benefits."
The National Institute on Retirement Security is a non-profit organization established to contribute to informed policymaking by fostering a deep understanding of the value of retirement security to employees, employers, and the economy through national research and education programs.


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WASHINGTON, January 4, 2010 – At a field hearing at the University of Chicago on December 21, 2009, the Federal Communications Commission voiced its commitment to provide broadband opportunities to small businesses – in spite of the feeling that small businesses are sometimes forgotten. "When discussing the digital divide, small businesses are often overlooked," said Norma Reyes, commissioner of the department of business affairs and consumer protection for the city of Chicago. " Small businesses are really the engine of job creation in the U.S., and they have been for a long time," FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski explained at the hearing. Keep Reading


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Cairo's Tahrir Square, the epicenter of the protests that ousted Egypt's longtime dictator Hosni Mubarak, is again filled with angry demonstrators fearful that their first democratically elected leader, Mohammed Morsi, is himself intent on becoming a dictator.
Morsi feels, with some justification, that a judiciary still heavily stocked with Mubarak loyalists is out to thwart his political agenda, which seems to consist largely of allowing his allies in the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood to write the constitution and laws that will determine Egypt's future.
Morsi's critics say he has concentrated on these internecine political battles to the exclusion of dealing with Egypt's serious long-term economic problems.
At the end of the week, Morsi granted himself the legal protections typical of a dictatorship: He made himself and his decrees immune from judicial oversight and gave himself broad and ill-defined authority to crack down on any "threats to the revolution." Maybe Morsi didn't intend it that way, but this is a standard template of legislation that allows dictators to lock up their opponents indefinitely and, mind you, there is no judicial review.
The courts had earlier blocked a constitutional panel and dissolved the lower house of parliament as unrepresentative. Morsi extended judicial immunity to the new panel drafting a constitution and to the upper house, dominated by Morsi's own Islamist Muslim Brotherhood party.
That prompted the resignation of one of his top aides and a denunciation by Mohammed El Baradei, a former top U.N. official and Morsi ally, that the Egyptian president was intent on making himself "a new pharaoh."
Morsi's performance in office is of more than academic interest to the United States. Egypt is one of the largest recipients of U.S. aid and was instrumental in brokering a ceasefire, however fragile, between Israel and Hamas in Gaza. The ceasefire has been a ray of sunshine in a situation that is threatening to turn dark and bloody. The fact is we need a motivated Morsi in the Mideast.
But his unpopular decrees provoked the largest demonstrations since those against Mubarak as well as the burning of several Muslim Brotherhood facilities and attacks on Brotherhood members leaving Friday prayers.
Most discouragingly, Morsi trotted out the old Mubarak justification that these dictatorial powers were necessary to guide Egypt to a new democratic future -- a future that somehow never seemed to come until mass rioting brought it about.
Average Egyptians can be excused for suspecting that they may have exchanged one dictatorship for another.
Dale McFeatters is a senior writer for the Scripps Howard News Service.
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Miranda Lambert Says Blake Shelton Is a Little Jealous of Her New Baby
No, Miranda Lambert is not pregnant -- but that doesn't necessarily mean that her hubby, Blake Shelton, isn't a bit jealous of the 'Fastest Girl in Town' singer's new 'baby.'
Lambert has opened her own boutique store, the Pink Pistol, in Tishomingo, Okla. on Black Friday, and despite initial encouragement from her husband, Lambert is beginning to question the validity of Shelton's support for what he refers to as her "big pink baby."
"I think he regrets encouraging me to open it now because he never sees me," Lambert shares with a laugh (quote via Hays Post). "But when we're home, Blake's in the woods and he loves huntin' and being in the woods and now I've just really found something that sort of gives me a new energy and that really occupies my time when I'm not on the road."
The store, which opened on Nov. 23, is what Lambert refers to as a distraction from the demands of her superstar singing career. "My hobby happens to be singing and songwriting, which is also my job. So, I needed a little bit more distraction," shares the reigning CMA Female Vocalist of the Year.
Aside from the support of her devoted husband, Lambert also relies on her team to ensure that the store is a success, even when she is unable to physically be around. "I feel sorry for the people around me, because they're having to execute them. But, you know, that's what they do," she explains.
Quality 'distraction' time will likely be few and far between leading into the new year, with Lambert set to launch her Locked & Reloaded Tour with Dierks Bentley in early 2013. The two superstars will kick off the highly-anticipated music outing on Jan. 17 in Columbia, S.C.


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Gary Dornhoefer
Fans of old-fashioned, gritty, hard-working hockey players loved the style of Gary Dornhoefer, who will be forever remembered as one of the key figures on the famed "Broad Street Bullies" with the Philadelphia Flyers in the 1970s.
Dornhoefer combined a rough-and-tumble style of play with a degree of talent that made him a very effective performer for the Flyers. He played two years of junior with the Niagara Falls Flyers of the Ontario Hockey Association while his NHL rights were owned by the Boston Bruins. He made his pro debut with the Bruins in 1963-64, playing in 32 games, scoring 12 goals and ten assists. Over the next two years he was inserted into the lineup for just 30 games and was left unprotected in the 1967 NHL Expansion Draft. The Philadelphia Flyers selected him with the 13th pick overall, and from there his career was defined.
In that first year with Philadelphia, Dornhoefer played 65 games, and had 13 goals and 43 points while accumulating 134 minutes in penalties. Two years later he reached the 20-goal plateau for the first time in his career, ending the season with 26. By 1971-72, the Flyers organization was clearly looking to enhance its rough style, and that was echoed in Dornhoefer's increase in penalty minutes. He sat for 183 minutes in the box that year. Playing a more physical style of play had its advantages and Dornhoefer noticed he was being given more room to move around in front of the opposition's goal. In 1972-73 he had the best offensive year of his NHL career, averaging better than a point per game, when he potted 30 goals and 49 assists for 79 points in 77 games. Dornhoefer was part of the Stanley Cup winning Flyers in the 1973-74 and 1974-75 seasons.
The Flyers advanced to the Cup finals again in 1976, looking for their third consecutive title, but the Montreal Canadiens were in the process of building yet another dynasty, and with Ken Dryden once again tending goal for the Habs, the major Flyers advantage, goaltending, was nullified. The Canadiens won what would be their first of four consecutive Cups that spring.
Dornhoefer would play another two years with the Flyers, before hanging up the blades at the conclusion of the 1977-78 season at the age of 35. After hockey, Dornhoefer got in to broadcasting, working with Hockey Night In Canada as well as Flyer broadcasts.


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Melee fighter Caddoc and ranged weapons master E'Lara may look like prototypical fantasy characters, but they are anything but, the devs say. And just as the main characters challenge fantasy game archetypes, so does Hunted: The Demon's Forge. More below:
Hunted: The Demon's Forge is being developed for Windows PCs, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3. The game is set for a May 31 launch.
Sharkey says: The Bard's Tale is one of my all-time favorite franchises, so I'm hoping Fargo makes a triumphant return with Hunted. Looks like it will be a fun co-op romp. Fingers crossed inXile delivers.


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Take a good look at today's Graduation 2012 special section. It's full of the graduates from all four county high schools.
After their respective ceremonies today they'll toss their mortar boards high into the air as they celebrate their graduation with the friends, family, teachers and administrators who helped them along the way.
For nearly 80 years, Small's Food Center, has played a vital role in the Kershaw community.
The grocery store, which Curtis Small opened in 1933, is still going strong, thanks to Small's son, Ronnie, and their family commitment to quality over the decades.
Recently, the food center was saluted for its solid place in the Kershaw area business community.
2012 marked Ronnie Small's 50th year involved with the thriving business known for its high-quality selection of food and goods, as well as its friendly service.
In the spring of 1985, Dr. Gordon Klatt, a colorectal surgeon from Tacoma, Wash., sought to raise money for the American Cancer Society in honor of his patients.
For 24 hours, a dedicated Klatt walked around the track at Baker Stadium at the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma.
Throughout the night, his friends paid $25 each to walk or run 30 minutes with him.
He walked about 83 miles and raised $27,000 to fight cancer.
The youth ball season is under way around the county.
As an annual rite of spring, many area youngsters, girls and boys from a variety of ages, will be involved with baseball and softball games from the county Panhandle to southern Lancaster County and all points in between.
It's a new season and the optimism is high.
There will be plenty of games on the diamonds for these youngsters from now to mid-summer to be a part of this season.
Some seminars might seem like just a way to pass time. But you might have a hard time convincing Lancaster County Sheriff's Deputy Brandon Rollins of that.
Last fall, while he was on a dinner break with fellow drug task officers at a Lancaster restaurant, someone tried to rob the restaurant. The incident led to shots and Rollins was wounded. He grabbed his side and realized it was serious, but the knowledge he gained from a seminar by longtime police trainer Dave Smith last year proved vital in his will to survive.
Whether it was a foreign country or in his native Palmetto State, John Platt was active in spreading love through the work of God.
Platt, who served 15 years in Lancaster at the Moriah Baptist Association, gave 52 years of his 78 years to serving God and spreading his word, no matter where he was.
A cancer victim, Platt died earlier this month.
The personable Platt had a knack for achieving mission work through his strong leadership and passion for his ministry.
The 2012 University of South Carolina Lancaster baseball season has been one of glowing proportions on the diamond.
The Lancers, who are in their fourth year of play in National Junior College Athletic Association Region X, are having a landmark campaign.
The Lancers started off strong, winning eight straight games to open the season.
It was obvious coach Steve Williams' team was going to be a force to reckon with this season.
Any doubting Thomases about the prowess of the royal blue and gold soon saw how strong the Lancers were.
Big Thursday of Lancaster Inc. brings together area University of South Carolina and Clemson supporters.
When they leave, as strange as it may seem, both groups of backers are likely sporting smiles – toothy grins worth of a good day.
The Big Thursday Scholarship Committee has produced plenty of big smiles over the last few years.
The committee works to help county students who attend the University of South Carolina Lancaster and Clemson University.
It's been quite a senior year for Indian Land High School star athlete Rondreas Truesdale.
The record-setting quarterback produced a stellar football season, leading the Warriors to a 7-4 mark and a second straight home berth in the Class AA Upper State playoffs.
He led the state in rushing 2,210 yards and scored 37 touchdowns this season.
Truesdale also became the fifth Warriors' player to earn selection to the annual North-South All-Star football game at Myrtle Beach last December.
Come mid-December, Buford High School head football coach Mike Wells is in for a real gridiron treat.
Wells, a veteran of 28 years in prep coaching, will experience one of the top benefits of being a high school football coach in the Carolinas as the Whare Shoals native will serve as a coach on the S.C. Shrine Bowl staff.
The Shrine Bowl is the annual all-star football game, which features the top senior players in the Carolinas.
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LAS VEGAS – Have you ever wanted to take your 60-inch flat screen down from your living room wall to take it with you to the bathroom or the back yard?
Sharp introduced a concept line of flat-screen HDTVs here at CES to try to find the answer to that question.
The key word here is "concept," and just like automakers do at big auto shows, Sharp is showing off an Aquos Freestyle line to get some reaction. These models are powered by rechargeable batteries that last about two hours and work off your home Wi-Fi network.
The company said you could go take a Freestyle up to about 90 feet away from its base and supposedly still see the clear HDTV picture, although during one demo at Sharp's booth, the picture went blank when a fashion model carrying one of the TV models turned on stage.
The line starts with a 20-inch version, which comes with a carrying handle. There were also 32-, 40- and 60-inch models, but no handle.
Because they are still concepts, Sharp didn't place any kind of price tag on the Freestyles. There's no target date for when these wireless TVs might actually go on sale, and they may never make it to market.
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The Magellanic Stream
These companion images show wide and close-up views of a long ribbon of gas called the Magellanic Stream, which stretches nearly halfway around our Milky Way galaxy.
In the combined radio and visible-light image at top, the gaseous stream is shown in pink. The radio observations, taken from the Leiden-Argentine-Bonn (LAB) Survey, have been combined with visible-light views from the Mellinger All-Sky Panorama. The Milky Way is the light blue band in the center of the image. The brown clumps are interstellar dust clouds in our galaxy. The Magellanic Clouds, satellite galaxies of the Milky Way, are the white regions at bottom right.
The image at bottom, taken at radio wavelengths, is a close-up map of the Magellanic Stream that also was generated from the LAB Survey. Researchers determined the chemistry of the gas filament by using Hubble's Cosmic Origins Spectrograph (COS) to measure the amount of heavy elements, such as oxygen and sulfur, at six locations (marked with an "x") along the Magellanic Stream. COS observed faraway quasars whose emitted light passes through the stream and detected the spectral fingerprints of these elements from the way they absorb ultraviolet light. Quasars are the brilliant cores of active galaxies.
The astronomers found a low amount of oxygen and sulfur along most of the stream. This matches the levels in the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) about 2 billion years ago, when the gaseous ribbon was thought to have been formed. As the SMC plows though the galactic halo, its gas is torn out via processes called ram-pressure and tidal stripping. The observation identifies the SMC as the primary source of lost gas in the stream.
The team, however, also discovered a much higher level of sulfur in a region closer to the Magellanic Clouds. This measurement corresponds to the current amount of heavier elements in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). The observations offer evidence that the LMC also has contributed material to the stream. The pink circles at right mark the location of the Small and Large Magellanic Clouds.
Credit for the radio/visible-light image: David L. Nidever et al., NRAO/AUI/NSF and A. Mellinger, LAB Survey, Parkes Observatory, Westerbork Observatory, and Arecibo Observatory;
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Arian Foster said reports last month about him being on crutches for a calf strain were overblown.
"Yeah, it's going good man," Foster told FOXSports.com during an appearance to tape a commercial. "It's just a small calf strain. News is dry in the offseason, so it made headlines."
Asked if he'd be ready for training camp in late July, Foster replied: "Yeah, more than likely."
While picking on the media in the offseason is an easy mark for players, the fact is, his injury must have worried someone for him to not be certain about his condition a month from now.
And it was apparently serious enough for him to crawl into a hyperbaric chamber.
"I try to get in there once a day. I try to get in there for 45 minutes or an hour or two hours. Some guys believe in it, some guys don't," he said. "It creates the white blood cells in your body and helps with oxygen flow to promote the healing process and recovery. I feel like it works."
Obviously, news is dry in the offseason, so Foster's aggressive and unconventional treatment of an injury that's barely worth mentioning makes headlines.


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A Comparison Between Wireless CROS and Bone-anchored Hearing Devices for Single-Sided Deafness: A Pilot Study
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People with single-sided deafness (SSD) have significant hearing loss in one ear and normal or near normal hearing in the other ear. Those living with SSD experience several communication difficulties, particularly when listening to speech in the presence of background noise. This problem is worse in situations where the noise is on the side of the good ear and the speech is on the side of the poor ear.
The Bone-anchored hearing device (BAHD) and the Contralateral Routing of Signals (CROS) hearing aid are two intervention methods designed to improve hearing in people who have significant hearing loss in one ear only. The BAHD is a surgically implanted device which also includes an external processor; sounds from the poor ear are transmitted to the good ear through skull vibrations. The CROS does not involve surgery; instead a hearing aid is fitted behind each ear, and the sounds on the side of the poor ear are wirelessly transmitted to the good ear.
The majority of previous studies comparing the BAHD to the CROS have used older CROS models with basic technology and a wire along the neck to send sounds from the poor ear to the good ear. There is a lack of studies comparing newer digital wireless CROS hearing aids to the BAHD. The current research will compare the effect of the BAHD and CROS hearing aid on speech perception scores when listening to speech in quiet and in noise. The research will also investigate participants' reported benefits with each device during everyday situations. In order to compare the BAHD and CROS, individuals who already have been implanted with a BAHD will be given a trial period with a new wireless digital CROS hearing aid.
The research hypothesis states that the CROS hearing aid will be as equally beneficial or greater than the BAHD in improving hearing and participant benefit. If the findings support the hypothesis that the CROS offers just as much benefits as the BAHD, or is an even better alternative, more individuals with SSD may choose to avoid surgery and decide to receive a CROS hearing aid instead.
|Condition or disease
|Unilateral Hearing Loss Unilateral Deafness
|Device: CROS hearing aid Device: Bone-anchored hearing device (BAHD)
|Not Applicable
Users of the BAHD will be given a 2-week trial period with the Unitron Tandem CROS hearing aid. Participants will be randomly assigned to wear either their BAHD for two weeks or the trial CROS for two weeks. There will be a total of three visits made to the clinic.
During each visit:
- Participants' hearing will be tested (either with the BAHD, the CROS, or without wearing any device).
- Speech perception ability will be tested in quiet and in noise conditions (either while wearing the BAHD, the CROS, or no device).
- Participants will be asked to complete two standardized questionnaires on the perceived benefits that the BAHD or the CROS provides.
In addition, participants will be asked to fill out a short diary form every day, for a two-week period, to report the situations in which they wore the device.
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Actual Enrollment :
|9 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Single Group Assignment
|None (Open Label)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|A Comparison Between Wireless CROS and Bone-anchored Hearing Devices for Single-Sided Deafness: A Pilot Study
|Study Start Date :
|January 2013
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|October 2013
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|October 2013
Experimental: CROS hearing aid
The CROS uses two hearing aids that fit behind each ear. The hearing aid fitted with a retainer earhook on the side of the poor ear houses a microphone and a transmitter. The hearing aid fitted on the normal ear side houses a receiver that is connected to a slim tube and open ear tip. The CROS does not amplify sound but rather transmits sound from the side of the unaidable ear to the contralateral ear, overcoming the head shadow effect that presents with SSD.
Device: CROS hearing aid
Participants were randomly assigned to be fitted with the CROS hearing aid either at the end of the first visit or at the end of the second visit. They were given a 2-week trial with the CROS and asked to refrain from wearing their BAHD during that time. At the end of the first visit, four participants were fitted with the CROS hearing aid and were subsequently tested with this device on their second visit, at which time they were instructed to use the BAHD for the next 2 weeks. This protocol was reversed in the other four participants, with testing after each device experience. Both devices were compared on head shadow effect reduction, speech perception measures in quiet and in noise, self-assessment questionnaires, and daily diaries.
Other Name: Unitron Tandem 4 CROS hearing aid
Experimental: Bone-anchored hearing device (BAHD)
The BAHD (such as the Baha by Cochlear or Bone-Bridge by MED-EL) also helps to alleviate the negative effect of head shadow and the difficulty with speech perception in noise that present with SSD. Also known as an osseointegrated aural prosthesis, the BAHD is implanted in individuals with SSD to stimulate the ear with the normal cochlea. The BAHD requires that a titanium screw be surgically implanted in the temporal bone on the side of the poor ear. This titanium screw is connected to a percutaneous abutment. An electromechanical sound processor (external transducer) is coupled onto the abutment and can be removed when necessary. Sound can now be routed to the better ear by transcranial bone conduction.
Device: Bone-anchored hearing device (BAHD)
All participants had received BAHD implantation prior to the study. They were randomly selected to continue wearing their BAHD for 2 weeks following the end of the first visit or the end of the second visit. Both devices were compared on head shadow effect reduction, speech perception measures in quiet and in noise, self-assessment questionnaires, and daily diaries.
- Number of 5 Key Words Within 6 Sentence Lists Repeated Correctly in the Presence of Multitalker Noise [ Time Frame: The QuickSIN unaided was administered at baseline, an average of 2 weeks (with CROS or BAHD) and an average of 4 weeks (with opposite device not previously tested). ]One speech-in-noise test (QuickSIN) presented four lists of six pre-recorded sentences at 50 dB hearing level (HL) in soundfield. Multitalker noise was presented together with the target sentence and increased at a fixed number of dB with the completion of each sentence. The multitalker noise was initially presented at 25 dB HL (signal-to-noise ratio - SNR of 25 dB), and increased by 5 dB after each sentence until the multitalker noise was of equal intensity with the final sentence (SNR of 0 dB). In one condition, two lists of sentences were presented to the participant at 0 degrees with the multitalker noise delivered at 90 degrees to the poor ear. In the other condition, two different lists of sentences were presented to the participant at 0 degrees with the multitalker noise delivered at 90 degrees to the better ear. The two scores derived from the two different lists of sentences presented within each condition were averaged. A low score indicates better performance.
- Percentage of Words Recognized [ Time Frame: Word recognition testing (unaided) occurred at baseline, an average of 2 weeks (with CROS or BAHD) and an average of 4 weeks (with opposite device not previously tested).. ]Word recognition was tested with the recorded version of the Central Institute for the Deaf (CID) W-22 (Auditec of St. Louis), with a different list of 25 monosyllabic words presented at 50 dB HL in three randomized listening conditions. In the first condition, one list was presented at 50 dB HL at 90 degrees to the poor ear in quiet. In the second condition, the words were presented at 50 dB HL at 0 degrees while multitalker noise was presented at 45 dB HL at 90 degrees to the poor ear. In the final condition, the words were presented at 50 dB HL at 0 degrees while multitalker noise was delivered at 45 dB HL at 90 degrees to the better ear.
- Speech Spatial Qualities Questionnaire (SSQ) [ Time Frame: Administered at the end of a 2 week trial with the CROS and at the end of a 2 week use of the BAHD. ]The Speech Spatial Qualities Questionnaire (SSQ) was given to assess the self-perceived benefits provided by the device that was worn the previous 2 weeks. The SSQ requires participants to rate their perceived hearing ability for 49 scenarios using a 10-point scale, ranging from 0 ("Not at all") to 10 ("Perfectly"). A score higher than 0 for each listening scenario shows some benefit of the device, while a score of 10 indicates the device was extremely beneficial. Therefore, a lower score indicated poorer self-perceived benefit from the device (representing a worse outcome), while a higher score indicated greater self-perceived benefit from the device (representing a better outcome). To obtain individual scores for the SSQ questionnaire, the ratings for each listening scenario were summed. The mean, minimum and maximum scores for each subscale of the SSQ across all participants were also determined.
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Adults with unilateral deafness (hearing loss in only one ear) who received BAHD surgery less than 3 years ago
- Severe to profound hearing loss in the poor ear and normal hearing in the good ear
- English speaking
Exclusion Criteria:
- Adults who underwent BAHD surgery more than 3 years ago
- Adults with hearing loss in both ears
- Adults who received a BAHD to treat a condition other than unilateral deafness (such as bilateral conductive hearing loss)
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01715948
|Principal Investigator:
|Manohar Bance, FRCS
|Capital Health, Canada
|Principal Investigator:
|Rachel Caissie, Ph.D.
|Dalhousie University
|Principal Investigator:
|Jennifer Finbow, B.Sc.
|Dalhousie University
|Responsible Party:
|Manohar Bance, Staff Physician Division of Otolaryngology, Nova Scotia Health Authority
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01715948 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|First Posted:
|October 29, 2012 Key Record Dates
|Results First Posted:
|April 5, 2016
|Last Update Posted:
|April 5, 2016
|Last Verified:
|March 2016
|Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement:
|Plan to Share IPD:
Keywords provided by Manohar Bance, Nova Scotia Health Authority:
CROS hearing aid
Bone-anchored hearing device
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Hearing Loss
Hearing Loss, Unilateral
Hearing Disorders
Ear Diseases
Otorhinolaryngologic Diseases
Sensation Disorders
Neurologic Manifestations
Nervous System Diseases
Signs and Symptoms


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U.S. Schools: Not Ready For Linux
US schools are not yet ready for Linux. Yes sad to say, it is not because they can't do Linux or don't need a feasible, safe and renewable source for technology. US schools are not ready to accept Linux because they don't feel the need.
1. Teachers Resistant to Change
You may be shocked to know that most teachers really look at technology as an evil requirement. Teachers feel overburdened with creating lesson plans, managing ever increasing problems with students, left with little energy or desire to learn new technology. Even proposing the idea of Linux will be met with heavy resistance just because it means change.
2. Teachers are Not Accountable for Technology
Teachers must be held accountable for their implementation of technology into the classroom curriculum. Just because you take kids to a computer lab it does not mean that they learned anything from that time. Teachers must have a clearly outlined requirement for what they are responsible to teach to students in technology. Many school districts have technology goals but the teachers are not really held accountable to achieve the goals. Goals need to be measured on a regular basis. You can argue their are Federal mandates for technology but all that is talk because on the local school system level…no one checks if teachers are doing anything worth while in technology. In reality, most teachers are not doing anything new in technology so how could you ever suggest Linux.
3. School Boards are Technology Clueless
In fact, if you look at schools systems closely you will find that many school boards have people on them that are completely unqualified, especially in technology. I have been to countless school board meetings trying to explain and demonstrate technology goals especially as they relate to Linux. I understand that school board positions are thankless and most people would not even consider it but if you want technology and Linux in schools you must get people on school boards who have an understanding of the technology needs and how Linux can meet those goals.
4. Change the Grant Process
Grants are the worst thing that could ever happen for a school district. First, almost all grants are directly tied to Microsoft software. Second, most school districts use grants to purchase technology they cannot sustain. So that, they have a surge of technology and in a few years they are back to total junk. If school districts see technology as important they need to budget for training and equipment. I have never seen a grant for Linux! Each time I have written a grant and suggested Linux it has been challenged, challenged by individuals who really have no idea about Linux or technology. If you want to see Linux in schools create some Linux grants.
5. Create a Technology Plan
Schools need 5 year technology plans that they are forced to implement and be accountable for. Sure, ERATE requires a technology plan for schools but most teachers have never seen the plan and no one implements the plan. And once again there is no accountability for the plan. The school slaps together a plan and submits it to the state and it is given a rubber stamp. Here in Montana the schools send the technology plans to the state and it was discovered that the state did not even read the plans…just approved them.
Water runs down hill and sad to say that describes the US school system. Until we as Americans can individually and as a country demand more out of schools and educators, Linux is only a remote option.
March 8, 2009 at 1:57 pm
You may want to clarify this by saying U.S. Public Schools.
There is a record of numerous private schools successfully incorporating Linux into their plans.
As long as the administration is ready to support the staff and students in training and support, it is not much different than when the school transitions from XP to Vista.
Big Bear
March 8, 2009 at 2:52 pm
"If you want to see Linux in schools create some Linux grants"
Nope, create Linux jobs. When Linux becomes a required skill to get a job then you'll see education react to the market need. Right now, I do not want my children to waste their time learning useless skill (that des not helt to get a job in real life).
I tried to look for a non software/server admin jobs in my local area that require Linux. The result is ZERO jobs.
March 9, 2009 at 12:47 pm
In Norway there's a program for use of Linux in schools, which had some success, especially after Microsoft started a campaign against pirated software which forced the schools to pay for all software. Though, there are huge problems with interoperability, as the wider networks around the schools use Windows. This goes both for kids with Windows at home, as well for the muncipal and national networks that schools have to connect to.
March 9, 2009 at 7:22 pm
I see thin clients as a better idea for schools, with a web browser on them and some sort of remote application protocol (could be RDP, VNC or even just X11, or all the above). Get the teachers to deploy and manage the thin clients because they are pretty simple and if one gets broken just replace it. The thin clients could run linux but it wouldn't really matter much what they ran.
Someone else (not the teachers) should manage the central servers where any actual applications live and network links are relatively cheap so this doesn't have to be onsite at the school (but it could be). Schools don't need all that many applications, just the basics really. They just need stuff that's simple and stable.
When it comes to teaching, don't teach any technological details, certainly don't even think about teaching OS level stuff. Just use the browser as a means to an end so students can do research through google, wikipedia, etc. Any technological specifics you try to teach will be out of date too fast. Better to teach basic principles, maybe a little bit of Java programming to get the idea of how programs work, some spreadsheet to get the idea of using maths in a grid, and perhaps a very elementary network or something relating to communications.
The rest of the time is better spent learning maths, science, history, and the traditional subjects. Someone who understands principles can pick up any specific technology very quickly.
March 10, 2009 at 7:31 pm
The poster "Parent" reveals the root cause of the sad situation in public schools. "Parent" is the prototypical parent who cares enough to vote in school board elections, and could also represent the typical board member. Linux is a "useless skill" because these people are not technical people, and they hold onto false assumptions, partly based on MSFT FUD but also their own experiences and prejudices.
First off, the use of Microsoft infrastructure is NOT universal in the job market, not even in non-IT careers. "Parent" doesn't get that–all they know is that they have Windows on their own PC, and they spend a lot of time on Windows manipulating MS Office documents at work–if they use a PC on the job at all.
If you child held a summer job at a fast food restaurant or as a cashier in a department store, they've already dealt with non-MSFT computer systems (ranging from Linux to SCO UNIX to IBM Mainframe apps through a 3270 terminal emulator. If you work at a bank you probably use a terminal emulator or a web front end to interact with a mainframe app. If you work for a large enterprise you will no doubt cross paths with an ERP application that runs on a big IBM system or even Linux. Windows is NOT universal, and even in your all Windows school students will certainly NOT learn how to use all the applications they will encounter in their careers, Windows-based or not.
Secondly, and more importantly, is that this is GRADE SCHOOL we are talking about–NOT a vocational school, or an industry training centre that churns out MCSEs, or a night-study course at the Library. This is where children are supposed to "learn how to learn"–develop critical thinking skills, how to be analytical, how to be creative. At that level, it is extremely short-sighted to teach a particular technology "skill" at the expense of learning how to use technology in general. I was introduced to computers with the PET, Apple II and C64. At home, I learned CP/M and later got an Atari 800 then an ST (deliberately chosen BECAUSE they were different from school, so I could get more variety). Finally towards the end of Grade IX at school we got our first serious exposure to MS-DOS (v2.11 by that time). I graduated Grade XII before windows 3.x became truly widespread and got my degree before the Win95 hype had died down (doing the majority of my schoolwork on HPUX and Sun workstations, where I learned the UNIX command line and how to navigate the CDE desktop). Almost NONE of the "hard skills" I learned are relevant anymore, so why worry about what kids learn today? The end result for me is that I can adapt to new environments very easily and accept change.
Such a viewpoint as "Parent"'s does a HUGE disservice to students. Microsoft is not an open system, it is not modular, it is not transparent and it is not built to inter-operate by nature, so it is inherently a POOR choice in an educational environment. When you learn Windows you learn little of value about computing–you learn how to be an Office drone. In a few years, their relevant "hard skills" will be OBSOLETE. They learn touch-typing in an outdated version of MS Word, then they are thrust into a job where they have to learn how to use SAP, custom apps, newer versions of Office, everything. Chances are these kids have Windows at home anyways, so by exposing them to alternatives at school you are preparing them for the inevitable situation of having to adapt to differing technologies.
Education in technology since I finished school has degraded SO severely it is upsetting to me. Well intentioned as it is, this misguided notion that children in primary school need to learn Windows to obtain "employable skills" has damaged our education system. Kids graduating grade XII now have known nothing but Windows–they've been eased from Windows 9x to XP and all the while learn NOTHING about programming concepts or computer architecture beyond the very basics. As a result 95% of them are "computer grandmothers" (you know, the stereotypical technophobic old lady that is held as the "acid test" of user-friendliness). Too many kids have MSFT locked into their brains to the point that they're uneasy even with MAC OS X (unless it's on a "cool iPhone"), part of a nasty feedback loop that produces future backward-thinking teachers, administrators and parent hard-wired to dismiss (often superior) alternatives to MSFT.
If only educators would fight such asinine thinking. No teacher would suggest we drop Shakespeare from the high-school curriculum to devote more time to writing project status update reports, memos and executive summaries, nor would they suggest cutting abstract math skills to focus on reconciling their bank statements or balancing a till. Writing an essay on Macbeth or silly positional papers? Finding the maximums, minimums and intercepts of a polynomial? Calculating derivatives? Solving a set of linear equations? Geometry? PAH! What a waste of time! Nobody does that on the job, why do high-school students waste their time learning that? If educators and school boards faced those arguments from "Parent" they'd dismiss him out of hand as ignorant and short sighted. Why is it that with technology it is suddenly considered not only an acceptable attitude but also a wise and prudent one?
March 15, 2009 at 6:24 pm
To quote a teacher in Maine that IS using Linux in his school, "We don't teach a child how to drive a Ford, or a Chevy, we teach them to drive a car." The same concept is used in his school. He has Linux desktops all around with the ability to run Linux applications, OR remote desktop into a Windows terminal server. Plus, here in Maine, we also have Mac iBooks in 7th and 8th grades. All three technologies live happily together, BECAUSE of Linux. The common storage server is a Linux server. Open Office is installed on all three as well.
It is really about stretching the school budget dollar. Either pay hundreds, thousands of dollars for licensing fees, or adopt free software, cut costs and maybe even lower taxes. (Sorry, got carried away with the taxes comment)
March 17, 2009 at 10:55 pm
MSH #7 above – Well done!
April 2, 2009 at 8:19 pm
I work in a Microsoft dominated school District. Our network admins are all Microsoft only types. Our Technology Director is a Microsoft only guy. All I hear is MS, MS, MS… We spend about $112,000.00 per year for our MSA license. Just finished a technology assessment that shows how many of our schools do not meet the minumum State standards, 64%. WE can't afford new computers, we are buying 3 year old off-lease. And yet we cling to the mantra that we must teach Windows on a Microsoft platform to our children so they will be able to get jobs when they graduate. Yeah, if they need to know Office 2003 on a Windows Xp machine set to Windows 98 classic view with a desktop shortcut to everything they may need to do, we have them all prepared alright. One of our school board members dared to suggest a Linux alternative. He was soundly dismissed as a heretic.
July 19, 2009 at 5:05 pm
One poster mentioned that they have never seen jobs advertised in their area for people that work with Linux. I think this will change. Many governments are operating with Linux. It is also becoming more popular in developing nations. In Germany, India, China, the Middle East, and South Asia it is becoming very useful.
RE: teachers resistant to change. The administrators have to take a hard line on this attitude in order to make any changes in schools, especially with ICT. I have seen schools and companies do this successfully.
Re: IT skills at school vs. real life. Yes, many of the things taught in schools are skills based, not concept based. Mixing concepts of deeper thinking, flexibility, and other life skills into the lessons will help. This is not an easy task, and schools are resistant to this as well. At the same time, something such as HTML, database structure, and ethics can be thoughtful and meaningful lessons that allow students to at least understand how these things work. Reflective thinking is an important life skill as well, and is useful in any subject area. Hopefully the skills plant the seeds for some students to be motivated to learn more in their own time, just as they do with reading, sports, humanities, art, etc.
Good luck to everyone on the ongoing changes to make computer instruction meaningful and relevant, regardless of the country you are in.
June 4, 2010 at 5:23 pm
I think that schools (especially high schools) should use Linux.
Linux is becoming more and more popular and in by the time this generation finishes with school and goes out to the real world for jobs, I bet they will suggest you to learn Linux. And learning it is definitely not useless and it is fairly simple. I am a 10th grade high school student and couple of days was all it took for me to learn how to operate it.
March 17, 2011 at 10:32 pm
The comments here are inspiring!! I might have to steal some ideas and use them. I own a small tech support company and I'm hoping to start selling sleek Linux-ready desktops (mini-ITX) to industries such as education. I'm trying to put together some ideas as far as what to offer for support and training. I've worked for schools and after-school clubs with Linux and LTSP. I have a good idea on what might actually work as a business model to aid in promoting the use of open source software in society as well as give the future of our planet something they can be proud of..Hoepfully. 😉
September 10, 2011 at 1:06 am
I don't think that teaching kids a nonstandard operating system will do them any harm. Linux has a lot of commonality with windows, people who are good with linux adapt to windows very easily, people who learn only windows, have a hard time adapting to linux because linus is much much harder to use than windows. The kids will be fin no matter what OS you teach them, in fact my elementary school used nothing but macintosh, and I ended up just fine. (just about anything > macintosh.)
March 10, 2009 at 1:15 am
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