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U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Federal law does not prohibit employers from asking about your criminal history. But, federal EEO laws do prohibit employers from discriminating when they use criminal history information. Using criminal history information to make employment decisions may violate Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended (Title VII).
The fact that an individual was arrested is not proof that he engaged in criminal conduct. Therefore, an individual's arrest record standing alone may not be used by an employer to take a negative employment action (e.g., not hiring, firing or suspending an applicant or employee). However, an arrest may trigger an inquiry into whether the conduct underlying the arrest justifies such action.
In contrast, a conviction record will usually be sufficient to demonstrate that a person engaged in particular criminal conduct. In certain circumstances, however, there may be reasons for an employer not to rely on the conviction record alone when making an employment decision.
Several states' laws limit employers' use of arrest and conviction records to make employment decisions. These laws may prohibit employers from asking about arrest records or require employers to wait until late in the hiring process to ask about conviction records. If you have questions about these kinds of laws, you should contact your state fair employment agency for more information.
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Israel is currently sounding off over what it views as the limited effectiveness of economic sanctions as a way of stopping Iran's nuclear weapons program. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has criticized President Obama's failure to specify what would provoke a U.S. military strike against existing Iran's nuclear facilities.
Mr. Obama's current wait-and-see policy is clearly the wrong approach. Iran has no moral right to weapons of mass destruction, while Israel does have a moral right to prevent Iran from obtaining them.
The Obama administration clearly must do more then just talk. Given the stakes involved, doing nothing is not an option.
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Douglas DA drops charges in Carson case
Murder solicitation charges have been dropped against a former state worker. Todd Robben will be released from Carson City Jail, Douglas County District Attorney Mark Jackson announced on Thursday.
Robben has been in jail since last summer after he was arrested for allegedly trying to intimidate Carson Justice of the Peace John Tatro. Jackson dropped that charge in March.
In January, he was charged with attempting to solicit someone to kill Tatro.
"Based upon a full and complete review of all the evidence and the existing constitutional, statutory and case law, I filed a notice of dismissal today in the Carson Township Justice Court," Jackson said. "I met with Judge Tatro and informed him of my review of the case prior to filing the dismissal."
Robben is battling what he sees as unfair treatment first by the Nevada Department of Taxation, where he once worked, and then by the criminal justice system. He was fired from his position by taxation officials and lost at all levels in his attempt to appeal that termination. He has been convicted of disorderly conduct stemming from his attempt — he says — to serve a subpoena for a friend on then-director of Nevada Department of Transporation, Susan Martinovich.
Jackson was appointed special prosecutor after a ruling that the Carson City prosecutor's office had a conflict in handling the case. Reno Justice of the Peace Harold Albright was assigned to the case to eliminate the conflict in having the case heard by a Carson justice of the peace.


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After finishing my dining room table I needed to find some chairs to go with it. I wasn't sure of the direction I wanted to go and decided to hold off until I found just the right fit. I scoured the internet looking for inspiration when I stumbled upon this image. I just loved how the turquoise looks so vibrant against the natural wood and the black. Knowing full-well that I would most likely not be able to afford chairs like that I thought I may be able to achieve a similar esthetic if I searched for some parson chairs. I was originally going to get some chairs from Ikea but at $50 a chair it was more than I really wanted to spend. Then I came across these parson chairs on craigslist for $40 for the entire set. PERFECT!
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Working in physics: How to become a European champion
Researchers around the world have just submitted the first proposals for funding from the European Research Council. Martin Griffiths looks at what exactly the new council offers and how you go about getting your hands on the cash.
Anyone who has tried to apply to the European Union for money for science will know what is involved: big collaborations, a focus on applied research and lots of bureaucracy. But that is all set to change with the arrival of the European Research Council (ERC), which was launched with great fanfare in Berlin in February at a meeting attended by 300 scientists plus German Chancellor (and former physicist) Angela Merkel.
The ERC, which has a total budget of €7.5bn for the next seven years, is designed to support fundamental research in all fields of science and technology, including social sciences and the humanities. With large grants going directly from the European Union (EU) to individual researchers for the first time, the new research council is being billed as the European equivalent of the National Science Foundation in the US. The ERC aims to help research in Europe compete with that in the US and Japan by introducing pan-European competition for grants and boosting investment in research and development. Currently, Europe spends only 1.9% of its Gross Domestic Product on R&D, compared with 2.7% in the US and 3.2% in Japan, but the EU wants Europe's total investment to rise to 3% by 2010.
Scientists have long dreamed of a pan- European research council but a political head of steam only began to build in 2002. It has taken five years to hammer out the details of how the ERC will be funded and governed, and how its money will be allocated. The funding for the ERC will come from the EU's €53bn Seventh Framework Programme; but unlike previous framework programmes, the ERC will emphasize fundamental over applied research and individuals over large collaborations. Furthermore, decisions about what to fund will be made by scientists, not bureaucrats. The ERC's strategy is set by a council of 22 scientists headed by biologist Fotis Kafatos from Imperial College London together with Daniel Esteve, a physicist working on quantum electronics at CEA Saclay in France as a vice-chair.
Starting out
There will be two types of ERC grants: "starting grants" are aimed at researchers who completed their PhD between 2 and 9 years ago (or up to a maximum of 12 years for women who have taken a career break); while advanced grants are intended for more established researchers. The starting independent researcher grant, to give it its full name, is the first to get under way, with the deadline for the first set of research proposals at the end of April having just passed. But do not worry if you feel that you have missed the boat this time: there will be another call for starting-grant proposals next year.
The starting grant is intended to support researchers who are planning to set up or are already leading their first research team. A key theme is independence – the ERC wants to allow outstanding researchers to take decisions about the direction of their team's research and their budget independent from their university. This significantly extends the idea of the European Young Investigator (EURYI) awards, which the European Science Foundation has offered since 2003. These grants are worth about €1m over five years, but only 20 or so researchers each year are able to benefit from them.
Funding from the ERC is available to researchers from anywhere in the world, as long as they plan to work within an EU institution. The ERC thus hopes to attract the best new talent from around the globe, as well as tempting back some of the many European researchers who have moved elsewhere.
Rewarding excellence
In the first call for proposals about 200 grants are available with funding per grant of €100,000– €400,000 per year for five years. There is a two-stage application process: first an outline proposal is submitted; then, for the successful applicants, a full proposal and an interview are required. Applications must be submitted online, in English, by a single principal investigator in association with a host institution. Several thousand applications are expected from the first call, which will be whittled down to those from about 500 researchers who will be asked for their more detailed proposal by September.
Each proposal will be evaluated by one of 20 panels of about a dozen experts in fields ranging from genetics to economics. An encouraging sign for the fledgling ERC is that 95% of the scientists asked to join these panels accepted the invitation. Physicists are most likely to send their proposals to one of three specialist panels: "fundamental constituents of matter" (chaired by Massimo Inguscio of the European Laboratory for Non-Linear Spectroscopy in Florence, Italy); "condensed matter in physics and chemistry" (headed by Robert Blinc of the Jozef Stefan Institute in Slovenia); and "universe science" (led by Catherine Cesarsky, director-general of the European Southern Observatory).
The ERC insists that the sole criterion for selection is scientific excellence, both of the principal investigator and the proposed project. This will mean abandoning the long-established principle of juste retour, whereby EU member states receive an amount of funding proportional to how much money they put in. Specific points for assessment listed by the ERC are the quality of the principal investigator's research output (based on their five most important papers), the groundbreaking nature of the project being proposed and the potential for the principal investigator to become independent. Physical sciences will get 45% of the money, life sciences 40% and social sciences and the humanities 15%, but within these broad categories, proposals from different fields will have to fight it out based on scientific merit.
Champions League
As the deadline for the second stage of the starting-grant applications arrives in the autumn, the first call for proposals for advanced grants will be issued. Full details have not yet been released, but there will be about 300 grants, each of €100,000 to €500,000 per year for five years. Although these grants are targeted at researchers who have already established themselves as independent, world-class leaders, scientists at any stage of their career may apply. From 2008 there will be annual calls for both starting and advanced grants with about a third of the money going to the former, and the rest to the latter.
As well as providing scientists with hefty sums of money, the awards are sure to confer a good deal of prestige. After all, successful researchers will have won out against thousands of others across the continent. These are still early days for the ERC, but it may soon become, in the words of Merkel herself, "a Champions League for research" where the cream of Europe's scientific talent can compete for big money.
About the author
Martin Griffiths is Reviews and Careers Editor of Physics World.
This article originally appeared in the May 2007 issue of Physics World
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SAMJ: South African Medical Journal
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SAMJ, S. Afr. med. j. vol.102 no.7 Cape Town jul. 2012
System burning out our doctors - study
Chris Bateman
Three-quarters of doctors, mostly juniors, at Cape Metropole district and community level public health facilities are suffering clinically significant burnout, more than half are emotionally exhausted and 64% have developed a 'callous or depersonalised' perception of their patients.
These are the findings of a 2010 study by Dr Liezel Rossouw, of the Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care at the University of Stellenbosch, who began her probe after encountering a 'perplexing' attitude towards patients among her colleagues at community health centres. 'I thought this was quite a paradox, since surely we become doctors to help our patients,' she said, admitting that she suspected burnout to be the cause.
Among the most shocking findings in the study of 132 doctors was that only five per cent felt they were 'engaged' in their work and that the 'burnout' sufferers were using no form of treatment, indicating high levels of denial or stigma. Rossouw singled out community service doctors and medical officers as suffering the greatest stress, with resultant depression and burnout. Their more experienced colleagues displayed higher resilience, described as the most important modifying factor. (Res ilience is characterised by past successes, the strengthening effect of stress, the recognition of limits to control, engaging the support of others, an actionoriented approach, a tolerance of 'the negative effect', adaptability, optimism, faith and a sense of humour.)
Address systemic faults - or keep shedding doctors
It is the first study of its kind in the country and she and her co-authors (an impressive array of the top psychiatry and family medicine lecturers on Rossouw's campus, namely Professors Soraya Seedat, Robin Emsley and Sharain Suliman of the Department of Psychiatry and Dr Dirk Hagemeister of the Division Family Medicine and Primary Care) say addressing the causal factors could have a profound impact on the outward migration of doctors and enhance primary health care delivery across the country They called for similar studies in other (mostly less well-equipped and worse-managed) metros and provinces to enable comparisons and input to a nationally coordinated intervention. 'These results highlight the urgent need for policy makers to address the work circumstances of these medical practitioners and create a system that would enhance motivation and job satisfaction,' the report says. The authors classified burnout as 'a persistent, negative, workrelated state of mind in "normal" individuals that is primarily characterised by exhaustion and is accompanied by distress, a sense of reduced effectiveness, decreased motivation and the development of dysfunctional attitudes and behaviours at work'.
Just under three times as many doctors experienced moderate depression when compared with the life-time prevalence of depression documented in the general South African population (27% versus 9.8%) and three per cent suffered severe depression. The number of hours worked (84% worked overtime with 54% working 64 or more hours of overtime per month), the work load, working conditions and public systemrelated frustrations were ranked as the most important factors contributing to burnout. Those who worked longer hours felt they accomplished less, as demonstrated by lower personal accomplishment scores with decreased productivity after a certain number of hours worked, indicating an urgent need for revised after-hours protocols. The authors found that the longer a doctor was qualified or worked in the primary care setting, the lower the levels of emotional exhaustion and depersonalisation experienced - adding weight to ongoing calls for employing and retaining more seniors to supervise and support their junior colleagues.
Workshop evokes delegates
The research was presented at a 'Burnout and Wellness in the Doctor' workshop held at the national congress of the South African Academy of Family Physicians at the River Club in Observatory, Cape Town, on 11 May this year. Rossouw urged participants to initiate support for their younger colleagues given that none of those who took part in her study had returned to use the psychology services offered. Getting management to see that doctor support would increase the quality of patient care was 'crucial'. However, unless this was doctor-driven, little change was likely, she added. Dr Maria Christodoulou, Programme Co-ordinator of Integrative Medicine at Stellenbosch University and a highly respected 'health coach' among her peers, described burnout out as 'cortical hi-jack' - a disconnect between cognition and important feedback from the emotional centres.
'When we burn out, the fire goes out, the passion is gone. We become so disconnected from the energy, fire and vitality that reside in us that we turn into an empty shell operated by cognitive function. The way to get back on line is to get back in touch with the internal, to rediscover our passion and realign with the values that brought us to the profession in the first place.'
Christodoulou, who took a year off from her private practice after suffering burnout, said she had learnt a lot about the complexity of managing depression and 'the different ways it shows up and the different contexts more likely to invoke burnout. I also know from coaching people that solutions and strategies for burnout are unique to the individual. Defining what that looks like for each person might be the most important thing.'
Dr Rafiq Lockhat, a clinical psychologist in private practice and former senior lecturer at the University of Cape Town, warned that 'the collective' would not fix the problem. 'It starts with setting (personal) boundaries.' More senior healthcare workers needed to lose 'that almost sadistic, punishing mentality, where the predominant thought is "I went through that. If I suffered why must you have an easier time?" We need to overcome obstacles to reach the goal of engagement instead of just coping and trying to survive.'
Displays of vulnerability rare in doctors
Christodoulou added: 'We're measured by the number of patients seen, time spent at a desk and patient outcomes from biomedical parameters - where is acknowledgement for the engaged, warm time spent listening, and the care?' One way to change things would be to 'humanise the doctor; to be more honest and vulnerable with one another and our patients. Everyone relates in some way. But we're scared to do that in an environment that measures us by our credentials rather than the quality of care we provide.' To much laughter, she added: 'Have you ever been on a ward round where the consultant talks about the mistakes they made ... discusses all the things that went wrong?' Under any other circumstances, some of the things doctors did within the scope of their practice would be considered criminally insane. 'Sticking knives into people; there's something profound about our license and capacity to do that. We need to teach students the skills to manage the complexity of the emotions our work evokes. We've taught them to shut down. If we could just be present to ourselves and our own emotions whilst functioning professionally ... you can imagine what kind of doctors we'd turn out.' She said research in the corporate world had shown that simply being in a position of power had the capacity to influence the mood and emotional wellbeing of everyone who worked under someone. When that 'superior' walked into a room, within five minutes the mood and emotional wellbeing of everybody present could change (for good or bad). A 'dissonant' leader, not attuned, non-empathic or emotionally absent, caused poor performance and behaviour in an organisation. 'What would it be saying if the dysfunction in our health system is a reflection of our lack of attunement, empathy and presence?' she asked, urging: 'what you say and how you show up and what you tolerate is either contributing to systemic dysfunction or not. What are the values and principles you hold? Define the strategies for making them real in your environment and surround yourself with supportive people. This needs to be doctor-driven. It's not just "they must change things"'. Christodoulou described burnout as 'a very successful intelligent strategy of body and mind demanding that we rediscover our passion'.
Professor Craig Househam, Director General of Health for the Western Cape, lauded Rossouw's work, saying many complaints received by his administration related to the manner in which patients were treated by health professionals, including doctors. A 'significant' investment had been made in an employee health and welfare programme provided by an external service provider whose own findings supported Rossouw's. In a single year (2011/12) over 4 600 problems related to provincial health employees were 'managed'. The most frequent included relational, organisational and legal issues and stress, spread across the entire service platform which employed over 29 000 people of all categories, mostly from the Metro District Health Services but also from the psychiatric hospitals and Groote Schuur Hospital.
'In each case the employee is offered assistance which may include counselling (either individual or group), coaching or referral,' Househam said, adding that serious consideration was being given in the province's 2020 health services strategy to how, with the help of external expertise, the culture of the organisation could be changed and improved.
It took the deaths of 121 babies after an outbreak of diarrhoeal disease in the poorly served Ukhahlamba District of the Eastern Cape to highlight how disillusioned and unsupported its health care management really was. Managers and staff at various admitting facilities were overwhelmed by a sudden surge of dehydrated babies for nearly four months from January 2008, triggered by terminally decayed township water reticulation and purification systems. Veteran rural public health clinician, Dr Tim Wilson, was sent in by Pretoria to come up with ways to prevent a repeat. He called in Tanya Jacobs, an East London-based social scientist with a Master's degree in Public Health. She tackled the cynicism, demotivation and lack of caring with an interactive workshop. Jacobs reported that the impact of burnout on service delivery included a near-total breakdown in communication, lack of co-operation, demotivated teams, no implementation of decisions, plans or projects, little cohesion or participation, no trust and a 'silo' approach to doing things, plus the concomitant poor productivity.1
Of 22 junior doctor respondents at the Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital in 2011, 100% experienced a high degree of burnout, namely emotional exhaustion, depersonalisation and reduced accomplishment. Of those surveyed 95% expressed an intention to leave the hospital. The study had a 60% e-mail questionnaire response rate.2
The 'health and wellness' helpline for Western Cape Metro health staffers is 0800611093.
1. Bateman C. Re-invigorating long-neglected rural health workers. S Afr Med J 2011;101(6):618-620. [ Links ]
2. Stodel JM, Stewart-Smith A. The influence of burnout on skills retention ofjunior doctors at Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital: A case study. S Afr Med J 2011;101(2):115-118. [ Links ]


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Need Trainer Recommendation Please!
Hi there, new to the board so please forgive me if this is not the right forum.
I have a rescue, rising 3 sheltie X who is generally a wonderful boy. When I got him he was a hollow shell of a dog, and although it took a little while, he has grown comfortable and confident and is now devoted to me. Very much a one person dog. He is good with basic obedience, excellent off leash, gets 2-3 off leash hikes a week and shorter intown onleash walks the rest of time. I try to find a quiet part to toss a ball around sometimes. He eats kibble, but good quality food (I'd love to go raw but don't have the freezer space and can't afford to buy it in small quantity). He is excellent with the resident cat and lives alone with me, a single woman. Good, respectful, playful and fairly submissive among other animals.
HOWEVER he is a daemon on a leash with other dogs around. He barks and carries on like a banshee, lunging, panting, pulling etc. He is better off leash, although still not good. He barks and carries on if introduced off leash, will get in a strange dogs face barking then turn tail and run if the dog move towards him at all. He is also very clingy with me, trying to climb up my leg. I have no doubt he's worse on a leash because he feels trapped and unable to run. Once he has met a dog and gotten over the initial stress and reaction, usually takes about 15min-30min then he is excellent about playing and chasing other dogs, play bows, will bark but its to instigate play, no other signs of aggression, no toy agression, will still perform basic obedience commands with other dog present, will allow me to pat and play with the other dog. He does show some signs of resource guarding of ME with one dog in particular which he took a long time to calm down around. This dog likes to play keep away with the ball while my dog seems to be playing at keeping the other dog away from me. When we visit my mom and her geriatric jack russel he is very respectful of Maverick's space, toys etc and is clearly submissive to him.
I need help socializing him with other dogs. From what I can tell he honestly does not know how to introduce himself and get acquainted with a new dog. His first reaction is to bark, even in close quarters, rather than sniff. I do not expect him to be perfect about meeting dogs on leash but I want to be able to walk him without his craziness when seeing a new dog. The history I have on his is that he was second dog in the home to an older, established dog. Older dog taught the puppy to bark at anything and everything that moved. Dogs were tied outside of a house most of the day, seldom or never walked. My dog was chewing up kids toys when in the house (he almost never chews with me, but loves his toys and treat puzzle balls). Although I was never told that he was attacked, I suspect that he may have been attacked by a large black dog, since these are the hardest type of dog for him to calm down around (and no its not an owner thing, I love what many people call the 'agressive' black dog breeds, it took me a while to even notice a co-relation).
When exposing him to dogs, positive association with treats does not work, he is not food motivated at all unless he is amusing himself indoors with a treat ball. I try to make him 'work' and focus on obedience when another dog is around, but he is immediately focused on the dog and not me, regardless of the distance. As soon as he is aware of the other dog, he pays me no attention, even if the dog is far enough back that he doesn't bark at it. I try positive attention with dogs at a distance but he doesn't even notice. I am trying not to create a negative association by punishing him so right now I pretty much just ignore him as much as possible and keep the leash short enough that I basically drag him past the dog. We do the same thing jogging and biking (with a harness of course).
I'm tired of apologizing to random dog owners for my dog's behaviour! I've tried all of the straight forward approaches that I know of and although he is improving, it is not at a significant rate. I need help but I want to make sure I have a good trainer that understands the needs of adult dogs who have not been socialized as puppies. I have heard of many 'training' schools but they only take puppies! I thought I found a trainer, but he wanted $200 and hour for a 2-3 hour session, which he said was enough to 'fix my dog' so long as I follow through. I do not believe that my dog will be 'fixed' in 3 hours. I am looking for ongoing lessons that help me handle him and a trainer that will work with our changing 'issues' because I am sure that as we work on one problem, other things will surface. I don't begrudge anyone an honest days work, but $200 an hour seems extreme to me.
So I am hoping for recommendations for a trainer, prefer in the Kitchener Waterloo are of SW Ontario but consider neighbouring towns for the right trainer. Please feel free to email me with any trainers to AVOID since posting those names is probably a BB no-no <personal email removed...pls PM the OP>
Can you also comment on what I should be expecting to pay? What would you think is the best format for lessons? Weekly private with the ability for the trainer to bring another dog? Or longer sessions? Should I expect a trainer to have their own facility or should s/he be coming to me? What is normal for trainers outside of puppy classes?
Thanks so much for your input and help.
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Welcome to the board, Lightening! I'll ask our administrator, Marko, to enable your private messaging as soon as he logs on so that members can PM you with suggestions.
Enjoy your stay!
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Hi lightning,
My partner went to school with this fellow and he is an excellent positive trainer who deals specifically with dog-dog aggression.
Good luck!
Oh sorry, didn't realize we weren't supposed to post personal emails. PMs are great too!
Millitnt - Greg doesn't do lessons, he does 2-3 hour sessions for $400-$600. His references are great and I'm sure he knows his stuff, but I just don't see how I will have enough of a handle on his behaviour in 3 hours to never need help again (he does provide phone and email support, but how do you address behavioural issues over the phone?). I've always heard that training sessions should be short and positive and I think a slow and steady approach is likely going to be best on account of Lightening's situation and history and my ability to adapt to his needs as he changes and improves over time.
I want someone to work with Lightening and I on an ongoing basis, and for a more reasonable price. While I don't mind investing that amount in the long run, I can't afford it in a lump sum and would rather not put all my eggs in one basket.
Please, anyone else with suggestions, I'd really appreciate hearing them! And I believe my PMs are enabled so feel free to contact me that way as well!
I had a fabulous trainer with my last dog and he - unfortunately for us! - moved to Guelph. If that's close enough for you, let me know and I'll dig up his contact info for you.
Membership in http://www.cappdt.ca/public/jpage/1/p/Home/content.do might give you a place to start looking. Trainers list their specialties and unless outright aggression (which it doesn't sound to me. It sounds simply like a dog that needs normal training he should have gotten at an earlier age) is a problem you might fit into regular classes. Lunging and going wild on the leash might just be poor manners, lack of training and/or poor socialization. I'd ask to view a class first, discuss your needs and often a trainer will volunteer to meet with you and dog initially or allow you to audit a first class with your dog for free. That's what I've found anyway.
Hi Lightening,
We had great sucess with our Golden using Barkbusters. All the training was done at our home and the trainer was able to bring her dogs to use as controlled distractions. Our guy used to go nuts at the sight of another dog but he as been really good since we had the training. If your guy was anything like ours you are going to have to see whatever trainer you choose multiple times.
Barkbusters charges a one time fee and then comes back to see you for the life of your dog. It took about 4 sessions for us to really get Finnegan under control but each time the trainer came there was great improvement. Plus if Finnegan ever decides to go back to his old ways our trainer comes back to see us free of charge. We payed $495+gst at the time and got a good 8 hours of training plus the ability to get more help if we need it.
Whoever you choose good luck!
Out of curiosity, how did they teach Finnegan to become less reactive to other dogs?
I've heard different people take a variety of stances on BB but I haven't talked with anyone who has had them as a trainer.
First we were taught that we had to start making things more on ours terms. We would only pet him, give him food, played with him when we wanted to and not when he was demanding it from us. This really improved his overall general obedience. Next was we learnt how to get Finnegan to choose us over other distractions. We started with toys and treats and if we called him he had to choose us over those items. To stop Finnegan from going to the object we would use a growly type noise and a hand clap if necessary to break his focus on the object and when he would turn to look at us we would call him into us and when he came he got lots of pets. Everytime he chose us over something he got lots of pets.
Once we got good at that, the trainer brought her dogs and we repeated the same thing. Finnegan was on a long leash for safety reasons at first. By watching his body language I could tell when he was getting to interested and getting ready to escalating into Cujo mode. I would give him the growly noise to break his focus and then call him to me for pets. The key was I had to start correcting him for even looking at the other dog at first because he would go from 0 to 10 on the freak out scale so quickly. Now he can walk by most dogs without any issues at all. Certain dogs with particular body language peak is interest more then others and I have to give him the growl once in a while.
It is hard to explain everything we were taught but the key was to start getting Finnegan to choose us over other lesser objects and then work up to the object being another dog, because if your dog isn't going to give up a treat for you it most likely won't give up another dog.
I have read some other posts regarding Barkbusters and during my experience at no time did we do anything physical other then the petting when Finnegan did what we wanted him to.
Hope that helps
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Monday, August 04, 2008
okay, get a life girl.
Since I've been back in L.A. I can't seem to get in the rhythm of things, though I have a lot to do. I just keep dawdling, teasing the Los Angeles Library photo search to find new and odd images to look at. This photo was taken by Ansel Adams!! The info about it is here.
Maybe I need a new look-- The new me? Or maybe not. I cracked a coconut yesterday for a special recipe-- maybe I should have held onto the shells.
I've got some story ideas for these girls, but not the impetus to get started. They look landlocked too.
I don't know if you can read the small print here but the third button is an ozone button. So you have the option of fragrance or ozone.
10 comments:
- RHS said...
I like the pics. :-)
I've always heard a picture is worth a thousand words.
Which means you've added several thousand words in a very short time.
- Aug 4, 2008, 7:03:00 PM
- Aug 4, 2008, 9:09:00 PM
I did a little research and found out that if you're sick and tired of Happy cologne, you can purchase Hoyt's. (shown in your photo). Douse yourself with it before attending the next horse race, as it's good for gambling luck.
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- Aug 4, 2008, 9:25:00 PM
Another wonderful source for photographic time travel is to be found at:
I can spend hours viewing these old photos scanned at high resolution--they are windows into worlds that are gone forever.
- Aug 4, 2008, 10:44:00 PM
- Namowal said...
Too bad we don't have permission to borrow these photos for Painter and Flash projects.
Not that I might do it anyway...
I agree with linda-
Hand over the new Whinsey and Anita project and no one gets hurt.
- Aug 5, 2008, 8:34:00 AM
- Mean Jean said...
Baby moon hubcaps.
- Aug 5, 2008, 2:27:00 PM
- RHS said...
Thanks for pointing out the shorpy.com website "Anonymous" it's very cool.
Also I concur.. Whinsey & Anita story now, or their could be trouble. :-)
- Aug 5, 2008, 5:28:00 PM
I told Linda I might get to meet you, and she said "You lucky duck!"
- Aug 6, 2008, 9:29:00 AM
I told Linda I might get to meet you, and she said "You lucky duck!"
- Aug 6, 2008, 9:29:00 AM
- Sally said...
Linda, the Hoyt's info is wonderful. How did you happen to come upon that? Childhood memory?
anon, the shorpy site is great. I especially like early color pictures because they have such a strange "you are there" feeling.
Namowal, looks like your ancestral home. I wouldn't worry about copyright issues with those pictures from the public library.
Mean Jean, would you wear an outfit like that?
Thanks all for the encouragement. We'll see.
(This is the second time I wrote this comment-- the first one wiped out with a comment that blogger wasn't working at present.)
(wrote this last night, just posting now.)
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Estratest Side Effects
Generic Name: esterified estrogens / methyltestosterone
Note: This document contains side effect information about esterified estrogens / methyltestosterone. Some of the dosage forms listed on this page may not apply to the brand name Estratest.
For the Consumer
Applies to esterified estrogens / methyltestosterone: oral tablet
Oral route (Tablet)
Estrogens increase the risk of endometrial cancer; monitor for abnormal vaginal bleeding. Estrogens with or without progestins should not be used for the prevention of cardiovascular disease or dementia. Increased risks of myocardial infarction, stroke, invasive breast cancer, pulmonary emboli, and deep vein thrombosis in postmenopausal women (50 to 79 years) have been reported. An increased risk of developing probable dementia in postmenopausal women 65 years or older has also been reported. This product contains an estrogen and androgen, not a progestin. This combination should not be used during a known or suspected pregnancy.
Along with its needed effects, esterified estrogens/methyltestosterone may cause some unwanted effects. Although not all of these side effects may occur, if they do occur they may need medical attention.
Check with your doctor immediately if any of the following side effects occur while taking esterified estrogens / methyltestosterone:
More Common
- Absent, missed, or irregular menstrual periods
- acne or oily skin
- decreased breast size
- enlarging clitoris
- hoarseness or deepening of the voice
- menstrual changes
- stopping of menstrual bleeding
- unnatural hair growth or loss
- Continuing nausea
- cough
- dark-colored urine
- difficulty with swallowing
- dizziness
- fast heartbeat
- fever
- hives
- itching
- light-colored stools
- loss of appetite
- puffiness or swelling of the eyelids or around the eyes, face, lips, or tongue
- purple or red-colored spots on the body or inside the mouth or nose
- shortness of breath
- skin rash
- sore throat
- tightness in the chest
- unusual tiredness or weakness
- vomiting
- wheezing
Incidence Not Known
- Abdominal or stomach bloating, cramps, or pain
- anxiety
- bleeding from gums or nose
- blistering, peeling, or loosening of the skin
- bloating
- bloody or cloudy urine
- burning, crawling, itching, numbness, prickling, "pins and needles", or tingling feelings
- change in vaginal discharge
- changes in skin color, pain, or tenderness
- chest pain or discomfort
- chills
- clay-colored stools
- clear or bloody discharge from nipple
- confusion
- constipation
- convulsions
- darkening of urine
- decrease in amount of urine
- diarrhea
- difficult, burning, or painful urination
- difficulty with breathing
- difficulty with moving
- difficulty with speaking
- dimpling of the breast skin
- dizziness or lightheadedness
- double vision
- eye pain
- fainting
- fever
- fluid-filled skin blisters
- frequent urge to urinate
- headache
- heavy bleeding
- inability to move the arms, legs, or facial muscles
- inability to speak
- indigestion
- inverted nipple
- irregular heartbeats
- itching of the vagina or genital area
- joint or muscle pain
- large, hive-like swelling on the face, eyelids, lips, tongue, throat, hands, legs, feet, or sex organs
- light-colored stools
- loss of appetite
- lump in the breast or under the arm
- mood or mental changes
- muscle cramps in the hands, arms, feet, legs, or face
- muscle pain or stiffness
- nausea
- noisy, rattling breathing
- numbness and tingling around the mouth, fingertips, or feet
- pain
- pain during sexual intercourse
- pain in the ankles or knees
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Incidence Not Known
- Blemishes on the skin
- brown, blotchy spots on the exposed skin
- decreased interest in sexual intercourse
- depression
- headache, severe and throbbing
- inability to have or keep an erection
- increase or decrease in weight
- increased hair growth, especially on the face
- increased in sexual ability, desire, drive, or performance
- increased interest in sexual intercourse
- irritability
- leg cramps
- loss in sexual ability, desire, drive, or performance
- loss of hair
- mental depression
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- redness of the skin
- swelling or inflammation of the mouth
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For Healthcare Professionals
Applies to esterified estrogens / methyltestosterone: oral tablet
Cardiovascular side effects have included increased risks of myocardial infarction, pulmonary embolism, deep and superficial venous thrombosis, stroke, and increased blood pressure.[Ref]
Oncologic side effects have included increase risk of breast cancer[Ref]
Genitourinary side effects have included changes in vaginal bleeding pattern and abnormal withdrawal bleeding or flow, breakthrough bleeding, spotting, dysmenorrhea, increase in size of uterine leiomyomata, vaginitis, including vaginal candidiasis, change in amount of cervical secretion, changes in cervical ectropion, ovarian cancer, endometrial hyperplasia, endometrial cancer, and cystitis-like syndrome. Side effects involving the breasts have included tenderness, enlargement, pain, nipple discharge, galactorrhea, and fibrocystic breast changes. Side effects of androgen therapy are amenorrhea and other menstrual irregularities, and virilization, including deepening of the voice and clitoral enlargement. The latter usually is not reversible after androgens are discontinued.[Ref]
Gastrointestinal side effects have included nausea, vomiting, abdominal cramps, bloating, cholestatic jaundice, increased incidence of gallbladder disease, pancreatitis, and enlargement of hepatic hemangiomas. Additional side effects have included alterations in liver function test, rarely hepatocellular neoplasms, and peliosis hepatis.[Ref]
Dermatologic side effects have included chloasma or melasma that may persist when drug is discontinued, erythema multiforme, erythema nodosum, hemorrhagic eruption, loss of scalp hair, hirsutism, pruritus, acne, and rash.[Ref]
Ocular side effects have included retinal vascular thrombosis, steepening of corneal curvature, and intolerance to contact lenses.[Ref]
Nervous system
Nervous system side effects have included headache, migraine, dizziness, mental depression, chorea, nervousness, mood disturbances, irritability, exacerbation of epilepsy, and dementia. Additional side effects have included increased or decreased libido, headache, anxiety, depression, and generalized paresthesia.[Ref]
Hematologic side effects have included suppression of clotting factors II, V, VII, and X, bleeding in patients on concomitant anticoagulant therapy, polycythemia, and aggravation of porphyria.[Ref]
Hypersensitivity side effects have included urticaria, angioedema, and anaphylactoid/anaphylactic reactions.[Ref]
Respiratory side effects have included exacerbation of asthma.[Ref]
General side effects have included increase or decrease in weight, edema, arthralgias, and leg cramps.[Ref]
Metabolic side effects have included reduced carbohydrate tolerance, increased serum cholesterol, retention of sodium, chloride, water, potassium, calcium, and inorganic phosphates.[Ref]
1. "Product Information. Estratest H.S. (esterified estrogens-methyltestosterone)." Solvay Pharmaceuticals Inc, Marietta, GA.
2. "Product Information. Estratest (esterified estrogens-methyltestosterone)." Solvay Pharmaceuticals Inc, Marietta, GA.
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Ryan Greer doesn't view himself as a movie star, so you can't blame him for being a bit surprised by the reaction he got the other day at Dave's Ice Cream in Waimanalo.
The young women working behind the counter recognized him right away as the star of the locally made indie film "One Kine Day." And even though the film has been a hit with film festival audiences since 2010 and available as a Redbox rental since last year, the 26-year-old Greer has not become a household name — except maybe in Enchanted Lake, where he grew up.
But public awareness of "One Kine Day" has ascended to new levels since it became available last month on Netflix.
"It was so fun," Greer said of that day in Waimanalo. "The girls that worked there were so fanning out. They were, 'Oh, my God, I can't believe you are here.' I said I'm just a regular guy who grew up in Kailua, but it didn't seem to matter."
Greer played Ralsto, a young ne'er-do-well skater who discovers his 15-year-old girlfriend, Alea, is pregnant. The film, which takes place up and down Oahu's Windward side, follows Ralsto as he tries to raise money for an abortion. It's sad and charming and honest all at the same time.
"One Kine Day" is Greer's only film credit, shot in the summer of 2009 while he was a student at Portland State University. He graduated last year with a biology degree and a career arc that may take him to medical school instead of acting classes.
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He likes to point out to fans the places he has worked in Kailua and that they've probably already met.
"Most of the people who recognize me are from Hawaii or my town or towns nearby," he said. "I just feel like one of them. They are people I probably interacted with at some point. It's not like I am some special person. I'm just their neighbor."


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Her research focuses on regime shifts — large, abrupt, long-lasting changes in the dynamics of coupled social-ecological systems that can have dramatic impacts on human economies and societies. Biggs aims to contribute practical scientific theory, methods and insights that can improve society's ability to anticipate high-impact tipping points, and build resilience to undesirable changes. Her core research activities focus on the following key areas:
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- Developing methods for assessing which areas on Earth are most vulnerable to particular regime shifts, using GIS and remote sensing methods.
- Examining the economic trade-offs associated with balancing the risk of potential regime shifts against the benefits of ecosystem exploitation, in collaboration with researchers at the Beijer Institute for Ecological Economics.
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She also investigated, using social science methodologies, factors that encourage innovation and transformation in ecosystem management based on case studies in South Africa, Wisconsin and Sweden.
Prior to her PhD studies, Biggs spent four years at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research in Pretoria, South Africa, working on the Southern African Millennium Ecosystem Assessment.
She was particularly involved in the scenario planning aspects of the assessment, as well as issues of cross-scale links. Her Masters thesis, which was tied to the Millennium Assessment, involved the development of a new policy-relevant indicator for assessing biodiversity condition, namely the Biodiversity Intactness Index (BII), published in Nature in 2005.
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The United Nations' Agenda 2030 marks significant progress towards sustainable development by making explicit the intention to integrate previously separate social, economic and environmental agendas. Despite this intention, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) which were adopted to implement the agenda, are fragmented in their formulation and largely sectoral. We contend that while the design of the SDG monitoring is base...
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A Dinner of Unconditional Love
It's all too easy to ignore problems that are literally a world away. Let someone else worry about sick or starving children, abject poverty or remote villages where the water is polluted and drought has ruined another year's crops. We have jobs, carpool, spa dates and hair appointments that keep us on the run … who has the time to deal with it?
Dr. Rick Hodes, for starters. The Johns Hopkins-trained internist went to Ethiopia in the mid-1980s to help victims of the famine — and never left. Likewise, Noel and Tammy Cunningham, the owners of Strings restaurant in Denver, have never been able to turn a blind eye to things like poverty, hunger and insufficient medical resources. And instead of just shaking their heads or wringing their hands, they actually take steps to alleviate it.
Noel Cunningham was a founder, 23 years ago, of Taste of the Nation, a fundraiser embraced by the restaurant industry nationwide that has raised $78 million for agencies working to end hunger and poverty. He hosts an annual Mother's Day brunch for low-income seniors whose families cannot or do not spend time with them. And he closes the restaurant for one night every year so that Project PAVE can have its Secret Chefs dinner.
The couple's interest in combating hunger led them to Ethiopia, where they were profoundly affected by both the extreme need and the spirit of the people. They've brought money and supplies, and rolled up their sleeves to help build homes, schools and wells.
On one of their visits they met Dr. Hodes, medical director in Ethiopia for the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee and an attending physician at the Mother Teresa Mission in Addis Ababa, treating children with heart disease, spine disease and cancer. None have the money to pay for their care.
He does much more than give them a shot or a pill and send them on their way. He has legally adopted five of the children, all of whom received life-saving surgeries in the United States. He also cares for up to 20 foster children at a time.
Last Thursday night, 950 people came to the Sheraton Denver Downtown for A Dinner of Unconditional Love, which raised about $500,000 for Hodes' work in Ethiopia. Hodes and two of his children — Mesfin and Dejene — were there for the event that Noel Cunningham chaired with Jennifer Kraft and Elaine Gantz Berman. The Bermans are friends of Hodes, and Steve Bermany, a pediatrician who is director of the University of Colorado's Center for Global Health, helped arrange the free surgery that one of Hodes' young patients, Akewak Behailu Wondimu, received last year at The Children's Hospital in Aurora.
The crowd included many of Denver's most prominent — and caring — souls: Bill and Jeannie Ritter, who'd delayed the start of the first real real vacation they'd had in the four years he was Colorado's governor so they could be there with a couple of their children; developer/philanthropist Larry Mizel and his wife, Carol; Allied Jewish Federation president Doug Seserman; national JDC board member Joyce Zeff; developer Robert Loup and his wife, Robyn; Walt Imhoff; Celeste and Jack Grynberg; Sally, John, Martha, Tom, Margie and Ken Gart; and Kim Schneider Malek and Charles Malek, who'd opened their home to Akewak Wondimu while he was in Denver for his surgery.
The JDC's chief executive, Steve Schwager, was there, too, as was Marilyn Berger, who wrote a book about Hodes, "This Is A Soul." Regis University president Michael Sheeran conferred an honorary doctor of humanitarian medicine degree on Hodes and Prudence Mabhena of Zimbabwe, subject of an Academy Award winning documentary, "Music by Prudence," sang "Amazing Grace" and the Beatles' "All You Need is Love."
Prudence, 21, was born with arthrogryposis, a "cruel" disorder that left her with, among other things, no legs, badly twisted arms and a spine bent permanently forward. She is being evaluated for corrective surgery at The Children's Hospital.
"They are going to save my life," she happily told everyone.
Others there to support the cause were Rabbi Steve Foster; Bev Sloan, Andy Levy and Keri Christiansen from The Denver Hospice; Amy Venturi; Colorado State University chancellor Joe Blake; Judy and Ken Robins; Mile High United Way chief Christine Benero; Denver City Councilwoman Carol Boigon; Lisa and Rich Cohn; attorney Dan Muse; Harriet and Dr. Donald Aptekar; Lyn and Dr. Michael Schaffer; bankers Jay Davidson and Nick Lepetsos; Doug Jackson of Project CURE; Goodwill Industries vice president Mike Pritchard and his wife, Marcia; liquor distributor Michael Geller; David Miller, president of the Denver Foundation, and his wife, Rose Community Foundation VP Lisa Farber Miller; Josh Hanfling; Elaine and Dr. Richard Asarch; Jim White from Volunteers of America; Galloway Group's Jean Galloway; Barbara Grogan with daughter Holly Goodreau; restaurateur Michael Ditchfield; Dawn Nakamura Kessler and her husband, Dr. Randy Kessler; and attorney Sheldon Friedman, who seemed to sum it up for everyone when he said: "This is one good cause we can all be proud of. I know I'm so impressed that I'm almost on my way to Ethiopia."
Noel Cunningham, though, said it best when he shared with the audience that "One of the dreams that I have is that when we leave here tonight, we will leave filled with the same kind of unconditional love that Dr. Rick has. So when you see a stranger, look him in the eye, not at the ground. He won't bite."
Joanne Davidson: 303-809-1314 or email@example.com; also, GetItWrite on Twitter


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(Reprinted from March 31, 2008)
Spring is finally here!
We may still have a snowstorm or two, but today it is spring. When you live in the mountains of Colorado with their variable weather conditions, you learn to take the good days when they come, and today it is spring. Going out to fill the birdfeeders, I found yellow-green daffodil shoots poking up 3 inches out of the newly bare ground and pushkinia in bloom along the side of our stone wall.
Spring is here — no doubt about it — and I am grateful.
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Imagine walking into a corn field and sticking a spade into a 1 inch crack, only to find its deep enough to swallow the entire thing. That's what happened to Chad Colby, of Cross Implement Inc. in Illinois, this week. He was walking a field with one of his growers discussing the same topic that is on the mind of most of the Midwest: Will the rain come in time?
Farmers throughout the country are living on a finite timeline. Counting the number of days they can survive without a rain. Brian Scott, a farmer near Monticello, Ind., says the weather has got to turn around soon. In fact he says that if it doesn't rain by July 4, things are going to get really ugly really fast. "I don't think it will be dead, but it's going to be hurt awful bad," he says.
Scott says the crop started taking a turn for the worst early in the week. "Here in our neighborhood, we turned the corner Saturday, everything was looking pretty good and now it's losing a little bit every day," he says. Lack of rain is the major factor for most farmers as the heat hadn't really started hitting the Corn Belt hard until this week.
He says he's had two inches of rain since March 20. "The last two rains have been 2/10, it's been two weeks and the last rain didn't really count," Scott says.
Lack of rain and warm nights are sending the corn crop into what Colby refers to as suicidal mode. He says 10 days ago the crop looked great; it was going to be a year for the record books. Today he says it's standing on a cliff with one foot over the edge trying to decide if living is worth it.
The USDA confirms that most of the crop has taken a turn for the worse in the past ten days. Crop condition around the country fell from 60% good to excellent to 56% good to excellent. A far cry from last year's rating at this time of 70% good to excellent. Reuters reported that this condition score is the worst since 1988, a year burned in farmers' minds and a memory resurrecting itself throughout farm country.
Colby remembers 1988. He was a teenager working on his family farm. "One thing that seems to be very different is that it hasn't been very hot," he says. "In '88 it was ridiculously hot for a long time and that's what did the damage. Now, it's been dry and the heat just came, but it might be what puts us under."
He adds that the current farm economy is different than it was in 1988 or even 1983. "Guys have a lot more protection now than they did back then," Colby says. "I don't think this crop is going to put any guys under, I think it's going to mean longer vacations in the fall after a short harvest."
Colby and Scott both have hope the crop could turn around, but both are real about the solemnity of the situation. "It's serious there's no question about it," Colby says. "I think there are pockets of hope in some places and in others I think it's going to get scary fast."
While Scott was early to the field, he doubts it gave him any advantage of guys that planted later. "A lot of it is putting on tassels now, but if it doesn't rain it doesn't matter," he says. Unfortunately the U.S. drought monitor says the dry, hot weather isn't going away any time soon.
NOAA predicts that the drought will stay or intensify through September 30 for most of the Midwest. Will this be the biggest crop ever planted and the smallest ever harvested? Only time will tell.
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Nov 25, 2013
From staff reports
Attention 1963 and 1988 OHIO graduates! The Ohio University Alumni Association (OUAA) will honor Bobcats celebrating their Golden and Silver anniversaries since graduating by hosting regional events in Ohio and California in January.
The Class of 1963 will gather for a Golden Brunch and the Class of 1988 will enjoy a Silver Dinner Reception – each in both Cleveland and Newport Beach, California. Alumni will meet, mingle and share a meal while reflecting on the impact Ohio University has had on personal and professional development over the last 50 or 25 years respectively. The Alumni Association leadership will provide updates to campus and community news.
All family members and friends of the honored alumni are welcome and encouraged to attend. This will be a wonderful opportunity to celebrate and to be recognized!
For more information, contact Dawn Werry, OUAA's director of external relations, at email@example.com or 740-593-4300.
Jan. 9
Cleveland Botanical Gardens
Cleveland, Ohio
Jan. 11
Island Hotel Newport
Newport Beach, Calif.