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Denver 911 Apologizes for Deadly Instructions
Jimma Reat was shot and killed when 911 ordered him back to road rage scene.
April 4, 2012 -- A Denver man who called 911 to report a threatening road-rage encounter reluctantly followed a 911 dispatcher's order to return to the scene of the crime, where he was fatally shot while waiting for police.
Jimma Reat, a 26-year-old immigrant from Sudan, was traveling with his brother, cousin, and other passengers early Sunday morning, when a road-rage incident occurred at around 4 a.m., according to ABC affiliate KMGH.
Reat's cousin, Ran Pal, called 911 and reported that the occupants of a red Jeep had thrown bottles at their car, breaking the windows and threatening the people in the car, according to the report. Denver police confirmed the report but have not publicly released the name of the caller.
Reat, Pal and the others in the car had left Denver and were traveling home when they were instructed by the 911 dispatcher to return to within Denver's borders in order to receive police assistance, according to Denver police.
The group traveled back to Denver to wait for police assistance, but were fired upon by the occupants of the Jeep, which had arrived at the same part of the city, police said.
According to the Denver Post, the 911 dispatcher and Reat argued about the instruction to return to the scene of the altercation, with the dispatcher threatening to withhold police assistance unless Reat drove back to Denver.
Colorado Wildfire Deaths Blamed on 911 Malfunction
"The call transpired very quickly," Carl Simpson, executive director of Denver 911, told ABC affiliate KMGH. "It got sideways very quickly. I am deeply saddened by the events that transpired. This call left me very saddened for the family."
Of the dispatcher, Simpson said, "I do know he didn't follow procedures."
Simpson told the Post that the dispatcher followed "lower level policies," in which he would typically advise a motorist to return to the scene of a minor accident for police assistance. But, he said, the dispatcher should have been aware that this was a "higher-level" event.
The dispatcher has been placed on leave while authorities investigate the 911 call.
The Jeep was found abandoned in Denver Sunday, and was later reported stolen by its owner, according to ABC affiliate KMGH. Police are still searching for suspects in the shooting.
The victim was not believed to have been involved in any gang activity, police told KMGH.
Ernie Franssen, the Denver 911 operations manager, apologized for the incident during a news conference Monday.
"We're absolutely apologetic for the circumstances of the call," Franssen told KMGH. "We want to give due diligence to the employee and make sure that we did or didn't follow the policies as they are written, and we want to take a look and listen to it ourselves and be able to speak to the employee."
Franssen told ABC News today that the department would be looking at its own policies for 911 calls like Pal's.
"We have policies that say we could have responded outside of Denver or could have involved another jurisdiction," Franssen said."Some policies were not followed. There were a number of policies that were followed."
"But we are deeply saddened by events," he said, "and sorry for family and community and sorry for the outcome, absolutely."


text: Wednesday, July 03, 2013 Mandate for Employer-Provided Health Insurance Delayed Until 2015 Businesses with more than 50 employees have an extra year to begin offering health coverage required by the Affordable Care Act (ACA). A post on the US Treasury website announced the deferral yesterday. Noting that the vast majority of businesses affected by the requirement already provide health insurance to their workers, Assistant Secretary for Tax Policy Mark Mazur said the delay will allow time to simplify the reporting requirements and enable employers to adapt their reporting systems and health coverage. Next year will be a testing and transition period, with employers encouraged to start reporting on their workers' health coverage in 2014 in preparation for full implementation in 2015. Comments This is a good news especially for a worker like me. Posted by Ashley Dawn on 7/4/2013 2:01 AM As a small clinic owner with four employees I do not offer a group plan but I have offered my employees to pay for 70% of their health insurance expenses. Is that acceptable? Posted by Andreas on 7/6/2013 11:38 AM Until physical therapy services are reimbursed at a minimum rate,I don't see how anyone can offer to their employees any health insurance. Posted by Lana on 7/8/2013 12:22 PM I am glad to hear of this delay. I am hopeful that ACA will have continued delays. The logistics of ACA is incredibly complicated and is not affordable for anyone. Beginning with the State Exchanges, software programs to design, hardware requirements to be able to utilize the new soft ware, the cost to buy these "mandates", new literature that must be designed and printed by the insurance companies and the government, the documents for the employer to have written instructions for their employees..... This list is endless. All leading to more expense and reasons for insurance companies and the government to raise premiums and taxes, respectively. Will our reimbursement go up because of these excessive monetary damages? Further, the delays need to include the small businesses under 50 employees. These small businesses will be placed under too much financial burden to provide insurance to their small employee groups(ie under 50 employees as defined by ACA). Posted by Janene on 7/17/2013 1:31 AM

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'Graceland' Star Aaron Tveit Previews the Season Finale
Although fans of USA Network's "Graceland" may know Aaron Tveit as their favorite the top-of-the-class F.B.I. rookie agent, he's also a singer, a fact that this reporter suggested become a part of his character, Mike Warren in season two.
"It would be funny and Mike can do a lot of things but I don't know if singing would be one of them," Tveit said during his recent visit to the Journal offices in Beverly Hills where he made sure to mention his coming album from his six night stint singing on Broadway. "I mean, I could see [Paul] Briggs playing the Japanese flute, so I guess you never know."
Earlier this week, the network announced a season two order for "Graceland," which follows six undercover Federal Bureau of Investigation, Drug Enforcement Agency and U.S. Customs agents sharing a beachfront house at an undisclosed location in Southern California.
In advance of the season one finale of "Graceland," which airs Thursday night, Tveit sat down with the Journal to discuss what happens when Mike ultimately fulfills his duty at the house, the advice he took from "White Collar's" Matt Bomer, and the good versus evil fight that could be brewing inside his character.
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This isn't even really a recipe, but it's delicious, and deserves to be spread around. My roommate Shayla has lately gotten me into filet mignon. The grocery store near our house will cut it to order, which sort of evens out the rediculous prices, becuase you can ask for a piece just the right size. A little salt and pepper and a good sear is all that they need. And, of course, a side.
I love me a boiled potato. You may have noticed. They are creamy and simple and good, and can take a range of flavors. This one is perfect because it works warm, or you can prepare it a day ahead and take it as a picnic or lunch. It works for one or ten. What more could you want, really?
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Email archiving implementation: What you need to consider
Selecting an email archiving application based solely on functionality may result in unexpected administration costs. Considering the following 10 points before deploying an email archive can help you hang onto your loot.
What you will learn from this tip: Selecting an email archiving application based solely on functionality may result in unexpected administration costs. Considering the following 10 points before deploying an email archive can help you hang onto your loot.
As storage shops implement email archiving, many of them are confronting issues related to a company's industry or the capabilities/maturity of the IT organization and its email user community. If financial compliance is a key driver, the emphasis will be on proof points and mandated retention policies. For organizations susceptible to expensive legal discovery actions, retention and ease of retrieval will be paramount; firms with similar requirements might also need sophisticated search criteria.
Other implementation issues are related more to company size than to specific industries. An organization will typically draft a list of requirements the projected archival application must support. I recommend you also take a moment to consider the impact on operations and administration that might occur depending on how the vendor has architected its application.
The best practices presented here -- which are focused on archiving for Microsoft Exchange -- will ease some implementation, operational and maintenance concerns.
1. Archive database management. Archiving applications write data to a database, which means that some of the tables require regular housekeeping. For example, the archiver might maintain a table that contains "questionable use" emails. If not serviced regularly, this table might increase the size of the database to a point where it affects the overall application. Some issues to consider include determining what the appropriate safety overhead is and if the suspect table can trigger a threshold alarm. Find out how the alarm works and determine who will address it.
2. File purging and housekeeping. If data is written to an unstructured file, look for those functions that require regular purging. An example here is the Exchange journal. Consider the operational impact on the chosen storage tier if archiving isn't possible for a period of time. An operational threshold metric should be set to trigger an emergency alert if regular journal purging fails to occur. This may happen if the archiving environment itself experiences server, network or storage failures.
3. Archive file structure. The archiving file structure is where the actual data is kept and, hopefully, it's in a single-instanced store. In large organizations, there will be tens if not hundreds of Exchange servers. An archiving application will likely be able to run on multiple servers in some ratio to the Exchange servers, but find out if the archive and index data is written to a single data store. If not, consider the additional management effort required to manage this type of environment, particularly as it scales.
4. Application availability. Email is increasingly a mission-critical application, and many organizations look to clustering or other high-availability techniques to keep their Exchange environment operational. An archiving application may also require similar availability (if only to maintain journal purging capabilities). The architecture to support this can add significantly to operational overhead. Unless some kind of automated failover capability is included in the archiving product, Windows clustering or a similar technology can double the number of servers to be managed.
5. Load balancing. With multiple archiving servers supporting multiple Exchange servers, load balancing can become a key issue. Manual load balancing is time consuming and an inefficient use of resources. Look for some form of automated load-balancing capability, either through traditional middleware or, preferably, within the archiving application.
6. Index rebuild. Even in the best-run environments, an index will occasionally become corrupted. When this index points to literally millions of email entities, a rebuild can be a nightmare. Issues to consider include the following: Are rebuilds transparent to users? Is Exchange operation compromised? What's the impact on journal purging during an index rebuild? When the index is finally rebuilt, does Exchange or the archiving software need to be rebooted? Index rebuilding can significantly affect administration overhead, recovery times and end-user service levels.
7. Client agents. To achieve high levels of user transparency, some products require the installation of an agent on each Exchange client (Outlook). This might make life easier for users, but it can be a major burden for IT administrators, particularly in companies that don't have efficient methods for pushing out client agents. Installing client agents is an ongoing process that will need to be repeated for many revisions and changes to the archiving software or Exchange.
8. Reporting and metrics. With email archiving, you'll be dealing with an astonishing amount of information that's saved daily in an endlessly expanding archive. To manage the environment, you need to know the number of emails and attachments (and their size) moving through your Exchange, archiving and tiered storage. Managing user-retrieval needs and allocating appropriate class of service means you need to have an aged analysis of email and be able to determine the last-accessed date for each age group. A comprehensive metrics component will help you effectively administer the archiving environment.
9. Backing up the archive. Once data is archived, it doesn't make sense to keep backing it up in full every week. Archived data can be backed up to two or three copies, and then not require attention until the media refresh threshold is reached. An archiving application must allow archived email to be moved down through storage tiers based on age, where only the top tier is backed up regularly. In addition, find out if the archiving product requires services to be manually shut down before backup takes place.
10. Scalability. The main scalability issue is how much hardware the archiving application requires to support the Exchange environment. This may be expressed as the number of Exchange servers that can be supported by an archiving server, or how many archiving servers are required to support a particular number of mailboxes or emails. Whatever the metric chosen, it's important to consider what happens when email growth is projected out three to five years. If the key metric -- such as the number of Exchange servers or mailboxes -- doubles, will the archiving solution also need to double?
Managing an archiving environment isn't only about making users happy with transparency, risk managers happy with retention, legal people happy with search criteria and IT people happy with a smaller Exchange database. You also need to understand the investment you may need to make in additional administrative overhead to manage your archiving environment.
By considering these 10 issues, along with archiving feature and function requirements, you can align your understanding of the process with vendor statements and real-world results.
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Great American Pony Drive II - Long Hard Ride
We Tag Along With The Great American Pony Drive II For The 40th Anniversary Mustang Show
We're definitely excited about this run, since we are tagging along with the folks from the Great American Pony Drive on a small portion of their adventures in America. Though Primedia and Mustang & Fords are not affiliated with the Great American Pony Drive II, we are planning to pony up our $15 and join the drive. Their whole drive (should you choose to accept the challenge) will encompass 10,450 some odd miles, and a schedule that will cover this country from sea to shining sea, and from the gulf to the great lakes. If you do their whole trip we recommend you have a lot of vacation time and plenty of expendable cash, as you'll be on the road for two solid months-sounds like a good PBS special to us. There are already 163 people signed up on the official site (http://www.ponydrive.us) to do at least one part of the trip; of those, 18 are planning to do the entire trip!
Well, there is a first time for everything. We've never done a trail this long before. We'll travel an estimated 615 miles of interstate to get to the final destination, then, crazy whack jobs that we are, we'll join the Mustang Club of America folks for their Thursday evening jaunt to downtown Nashville. when it's all said and done, we'll head back to Florida on the Monday after the 40th, probably taking two days to return. needless to say, you'll want to slot a good portion of time for the trip.
So plan on coming to the Mustang 40th with us-we'll only get to do this once. Obviously, since this show is the Mustang 40th anniversary we'll be going to, well, a Mustang-only show. we're not saying you can't bring your Falcon, Fairlane, Comet, Galaxie (you get the idea) along for the trail, just that you won't have a place to show at the end. Now, if you just want to drive your Ford on a nice vacation trip that happens to encompass Nashville, then sail on brother (or sister), and we'll welcome you with open arms. Look for more info next month!
The Trail-ERRR Drive
Pony Drive II: Tuesday, April 13, 2004 (overnight stay, leaving Wednesday morning. We recommend you arrive in Ocala after lunch onTuesday.)
Pony Drive II Cost: $15. See the info packet section for details.Departure time: 8:00 a.m. (estimated) from Ocala, Wednesday,April 14.
Start Location: We join at NationalParts Depot, 900 SW 38th Ave.,Ocala, FL on the 13th.
End Location: Nashville, TN.
Up Coming
Next month we have two trails-one at the beginning, and one near the end of the month. The first is set in the beautiful Maryland countryside; the other is at our nearly-annual trek to the Shelby Spring Fling in Nashville, Indiana. This will be our fifth trail at the Spring Fling, and for this one we're heading back to Monroe, Indiana. Hopefully, this year it won't rain.
The first trail will be set in Rockville, Maryland, and will have Montgomery college as our starting point. next month we'll give more precise directions to the site. The fine folks of the National Capitol Region Mustang Club (NCRMC) are planning a show for the Sunday after our trail, so we urge you to stay to enjoy it and the campus setting.
The Trail
Info Packet for Pony Drive II
Copy this info and mail it to the address below. you can check out the updates at www.ponydrive.us, and register at http://18.104.22.168/ponydrive/pony_prereg.htm.
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This preregistration is to allow people all over the world to sign up early and reserve a participant number. Numbers will be assigned in the order received by date and time. Once you are registered for the Participant Package, you can come in and out as your schedule allows for the entire Pony Drive. There is no additional need to sign up again. Your ID card is valid for the entire 8 weeks, no matter what portions you plan on traveling with the Pony Drive.
Mail to: Pony Investments, Inc., 3184 NW 113 Avenue, Sunrise, FL 33323.
We start at Montgomery College's parking lot on Campus Drive, off Route 355 in Rockville. Proceed on Campus Drive towards Mannakee Street and turn right. Continue straight (through circle) until it ends at Route 28. Turn left on Rte. 28 and then right on Great Falls Road (Route 189). Stay straight on Falls Road until it ends at MaCarthur Blvd, turn left. Road splits-keep to right on Clara Barton Parkway. Turn right onto Chain Bridge and cross Potomac River. Just after the bridge, turn right onto Chain Bridge Road (Route 123). Bear right onto Georgetown Pike (Route 193). Stay on Georgetown Pike to Drainsville, which ends at Route 7. Turn right on Rte. 7 and head west to Leesburg. Go past Leesburg (bypass route if applicable) and make a right on Charles Town Pike. Stay on Route 9 until it meets at Route 340 north bypass. There will be some turns to stay on Rte. 9. Stay on Rte. 340 and cross over bridge into Maryland. Harpers Ferry will be on the left before the bridge. Continue on Rte. 340 until it meets Route 15. Go south on Rte.15 to Route 28 east at Point of Rocks. Stay on Rte. 28 (there will be some turns) until South River Road (Route 112), turn right. Turn left on Route 190 southeast to Potomac, turn left onto Falls Road. Take Falls Road up to Rte. 28 and turn left on Rte. 28 shortly after passing Route 270. Turn right on Mannakee Street-go around circle and continue straight on Mannakee St. Turn left onto West Campus Drive and back to the parking lot at Montgomery College.
The Trail
We'll cue up at the Brown County State park show site parking lot after the drivers' meeting. Heading out of the park, turn right and head east on State Road 46. At State Road 135, turn right and head south until US 50. We'll turn left on US 50 into Brownstown, where we'll pick up State Road 39 south. Heading south on 39, we'll go through Tampico, then turn left on State Road 56 and head west. We'll take State Road 56 through Scottsburg and on into Madison. In Madison, we'll cue up in a parking lot where we'll meet the local police for the escort into town. We'll have the riverfront park reserved for us and plenty of local eating establishments within walking distance. After lunch, we'll receive the Mayor for a few niceties and maybe a trophy or two. around 2:00, we'll make the trip back to Nashville via State Road 7, north through Columbus to State Road 46, west into Nashville and the park.
Official Disclaimer
As we say at the beginning of each trail, we are going to a specific location. If you choose to follow our route, you do so of your own free will. Should something befall you while on the trail, you are solely responsible for your actions and deeds. Mustang Monthly and Mustang & Fords are not responsible.


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Educators hate mandated testing.
Hate. Hate. Hate it.
It's like fingernails on a chalkboard (for those of you younger than 35… chalkboards were used to write on and deliver notes to students before your fancy whiteboards and SMARTBoards came along).
Yet, I think schools perform at a higher level because of testing (not a popular position, I know).
That being said, I disagree with many of the decisions by the people (politicians) who have put testing in place.
The truth is people perform better when they are evaluated.
I don't like it. You don't like it. Nobody likes it.
I've never met anyone who said "Yeah, it's time for my evaluation. Sweet!"
I can't say testing has made students smarter, but I think it's made teachers and administrators more accountable.
I also think it's a mortal lock that everyone involved, from politicians to testing companies, has benefited more than kids from all this "testing business".
Don't kid yourself, it's big business. Really big.
Those who demand more testing also seem to believe scores are a reflection of student intelligence. Higher Scores = Better Teachers and Smarter Students.
I don't buy this.
As educators, we face challenges that can't be tested.
I think the number one challenge for education and educators in this country is poverty.
My late father-in-law used to say he could drive through any community and tell you their test scores. He called it his "Garage Door Theory".
More garage doors equaled higher test scores.
Communites with large houses with three car garages did better than communities with smaller houses and fewer garages.
Maybe his theory was a bit simplistic. Or maybe he was more correct than most of us want to believe.


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Pokemon is filled with such awesome characters that will be remembered forever. Yesterday I uploaded a tutorial on Meowth, and to be honest I thought it was going to do a lot better then it has as far as the number of views. Today I want to show you guys "how to draw Team Rocket", step by step. Team Rocket is one of the first characters to be written into the Pokemon anime and manga. They are supposed to be a trio that consists of Jessie, James, and of course Meowth. Jessie is the purple headed female that has an over exaggerated mind, and a real strong sense of control. James on the other hand is more subtle and has emotional issues as well. Team Rocket's whole objective is to some how steal all of Ash's Pokemon. Because they were defeated by Ash Ketchum, they have made been determined to follow him and his pet Pokemon Pikachu everywhere they go. They are constantly scheming and conniving their way through their long travels, and even get disappointing when success has been so close but somehow always slips out from their hands. I love the three because they are so incredibly insane, and hilarious at the same time. I don't think that Pokemon would be the same if they were no longer written into the anime or manga. In the beginning I always thought that the Jessie and James where brother and sister because they fight so much. One of things that I love, is their opening statement whenever they are introducing themselves; "To protect the world from devastation, To unite all peoples within our nation, To denounce the evils of truth and love, To extend our reach to the stars above, Jesse, James Team Rocket, blastoff at the speed of light, Surrender now or prepare to fight (Meowth), that's right"! Well have fun with this tutorial on how to draw Team Rocket. I will be back in a jiffy with more coming your way. Peace peeps!
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Getting Things Done: Chunk Down, Prioritize and Get Started
What does your to do list look like?
Many people carry around to do lists that contain broad goals and vision statements. These items are not specifically actionable and lead to a to do list that feels more like a lead weight than a simple map for the day's activities.
While tracking such goals are an essential element to success, they don't really belong on a to do list.
We live in busy times and a productivity tool that isn't helping you get things done is like a boat anchor tied around your neck.
So what should you to do list look like?
According to Getting Things Done author David Allen, an effective to do list should only contain items for which you can take action. For example if you need to get the oil changed in your car but you first need to find the coupon you saved, "find oil change coupon" should be on your to do list.
This follows for anything you want to get done that represents a multi-step process.
Following this model I keep a simple spiral notebook to help me track my larger projects. At the top of a clean page I write my goal. On the next line I write the very next thing that could be done to take a step towards that goal. Just knowing what that is takes a big load off my mind.
If I can think of more sequential items I'll add those to the page is well. The trick is to think in terms of the sequence you need to follow to reach the goal. Sometimes it helps to imagine yourself already having achieved the goal and been thinking of the tasks in reverse order.
What ever works for you, just do it.
When I'm planning my next day, I will transfer some of those next step items to my to do list for the day. This leaves me with that to do list which contains things that I can actually do. Typically I will transfer no more than six things to my to do list. Whatever doesn't get done goes to the list for the next day.
This way I get to experience the brief endorphin rush associated with checking items off my to do list without the dread of carrying around a list with hundreds of items that I could never possibly complete in a single day.
Sound off. What does your to do list look like?
Is it just a big old mess?
Do you try to keep everything in your head?
Do you follow David Allen's Getting Things Done model or have you found something else that works?


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Jockeying for the American Presidency: The Political Opportunism of Aspirantsby Lara M. Brown, Ph. D.
Welcome to Lara M. Brown, Ph.D.
...a website dedicated to Flaming Moderates.
I created this website to highlight the nexus between politics, policy, history, and political science. My hope is that it will help you navigate the world of partisan politics with its overheated rhetoric a little bit better.
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The Azamara Journey has been the best cruise ship we have been on so far, so much so that we are doing it again on the Azamara. Quest in November this year. Searching for other cruises to have a change, does not come up to scratch from passengers reviews, compared with the Azamara . This makes us very wary to make other choices in fear of disappointment and wasted money, and passengers should be aware of hidden cost on a lot of other cruises, which to us this is false advertising, the Azamara price included everything, and there was no extra cost at the end of the trip We are in our early 60s and prefer children free cruises and noisy teenagers. In other words we like being part of the baby boomers. This is what the Azamara have and it's heaven, we just don't want to get off. So if anyone can come up with other options as close or better than this, we will take it on board (Pardon the pun)Read more
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It was great to be greeted back on board by crew members who remembered us from previous cruises. From the Captain down, all the crew were friendly and attentive. Food and service were top-class. Entertainment was excellent, but the pianist, Richard Rubin, deserves a particular mention for his talent and humour. Overall this was a superb cruising experience, and we will return to Azamara Journey in the future.Read more
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We have just returned from a back to back cruise from Venice to Barcelona and return to Venice. Ship was exceptional and the crew were a very welcoming group including the captain. There must be a smile test to be able to join the crew of this ship as we got plenty of them - what a happy cheerful lot. Food was delicious (too good) and mainly dined in the windows area, as the food there was as good or better than other areas and so much quicker. Many missed out on shows by dining at the other restaurants as they were too late finishing to see them. Our cabin was perfect - mid ship and would ask for the same cabin if travelling again. Service of food and drinks was exceptional, with waiters remembering what you liked to drink and eat. Travelling times were good at night time, especially when there was nothing really to see and then we were in at port early, ready to take another day of sight-seeing in a different city or village. Entertainment was very good, couldn't ask for more and the organization on board was tops compared to another cruise liner we were on earlier this year. The organized departures from the boat each day, whether it be by tender or groups for tours was well done. I certainly liked the size of the ship and would not like to go on anything bigger - we have been on smaller river cruises and it compared well to them. Congratulations Azamarra - Journey on giving us a great trip.Read more
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In my new job at Fitbit, I've primarily been working on an eCommerce web application in Java, but in support of a data migration/business intelligence project, I also find myself suddenly working in Python, a language I've never previously used, pulling data out of Google protocol buffers. So I'm learning two new things at once, and enjoying it. I can't share any of that code of course, but I might post some code in Python here eventually, and/or some code demonstrating the use of protocol buffers in Scala or Java.
Meanwhile, in one of my primary "extracurricular" activities, I'm also taking up a new musical instrument. For a couple years now, I've been involved in a group called "The Sing", which meets weekly and, as the title suggests, sings! In that time, I've sung in a variety of genres, sometimes accompanying myself on piano (not very well…), and sometimes recruiting a friend to accompany me on guitar. But as I'm doing mainly music that makes sense with a guitar, I've decided to learn to play it.
So about a month ago I bought a guitar, and have been picking it up gradually on my own, learning chords and a little finger-picking, developing callouses, and stumbling through Phil Ochs' "Too Many Martyrs" and "A Toast to Those Who Are Gone", Tom Paxton's "The Last Thing on My Mind", and the Grateful Dead's "Ripple". I've also signed up for Introduction to Guitar on Coursera starting in mid-October. Maybe in a couple months I'll be ready to play in public. Not *too* public, but in the weekly sing, among friends. Not giving up my day job!


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Mature squash bugs resemble stink bugs a little bit, but you will know it's them when you find them on your squash and melons, some of their favorite foods.
The squash bug is common throughout the United States, and it is one of those creatures that truly has a logical name. The Anasa tristis is a true bug, and you surely want to "squash" it when seen.
Although many insects are referred to as bugs, only the insects in the order Hemiptera are true bugs. One of the characteristics of a bug is that insects of this order have piercing-and-sucking mouthparts, which work like a straw to suck plant sap.
Squash bugs are found from Canada to Central America, and are often mistaken for stink bugs. They even emit a foul odor when disturbed and squashed, just like a stink bug; however, true stink bugs are in a different bug family.
Adult squash bugs are rather big, about 5⁄8-inch long and approximately 1⁄4-inch wide. Adults have wings and are brownish black, sometimes mottled with gray or light brown, and have a flat back.
Here you can see the different stages of a squash bug's life cycle, from eggs (left) to larva to adult.
The eggs, which are laid in the spring, are elliptical, 1⁄16-inch long, and yellowish to bronze or brick red. They will darken in color as they mature. They are usually laid in clusters of anywhere from 12 to 20 eggs on the undersides of leaves and in between leaf veins. An average female can lay up to 250 eggs.
When the young first hatch they have a light green-blue abdomen and black heads and legs. As the nymphs grow larger, they first turn light gray and then progressively brownish gray, with black legs and antennae. Usually only one generation per year is expected, except in the southern United States, where there can be two generations in one season.
As you can determine from its name, squash would be this insect's favorite food. They prefer yellow summer squash, winter squashes such as 'Hubbard', and some types of pumpkins. There are a few varieties of squashes that don't seem to show up on their menus as often. These include Royal acorn and butternut. They also seem to not be a big fan of zucchini squash.
This close up shows you the sucking part of the squash bug, which helps classify it as a true bug.
Squash bugs are very shy, and they will scamper away when approached. They like to hide in plant crowns, beneath damaged leaves or any protected spot. Early detection of adult squash bugs is very important, since once they come to town they are difficult to kill and can cause considerable damage with their feeding.
Squash bugs' feeding on the leaves will cause spots that are initially yellow, then they turn brown and eventually black and crispy. This is from them sucking all the nutrients out of the plant and leaving it to starve. If the population of squash bugs is so bad that they destroy the plant, especially late in the season, they will turn to the fruit. As they feed on the fruit it will cause scars and sunken areas that make the fruit unmarketable and susceptible to rot.
To control squash bugs, one of the most important things to do is maintain healthy plants. Putting plants in the proper place, watering correctly and not overfertilizing are all important. Healthy plants are usually less attractive to pests and they can actually tolerate some squash bug feeding without you losing your entire crop.
Sanitation is crucial. Adult, unmated squash bugs overwinter in the shelter of dead leaves, vines or pieces of wood and will fly to vines when they start to grow in the spring. You can actually use this bit of their habit against them. Adult squash bugs can be trapped beneath shingles or cardboard placed under the plants. This leaves them susceptible in the morning. You can also disrupt the cycle by plowing over your squash garden, or by rotating your crops.
These brown spots are the first sign that squash bugs have been sucking the nutrients out of your squash leaves.
Prevention is your best bet, but if it comes down to using insecticides, there are several out there that are labeled specifically for squash bugs. You will want to scout them out early in the season. Early detection is important because the younger nymphs are easier to control with insecticides. Spray in the early morning hours or the late afternoon – this is the time when the beneficial insects in your garden are less likely to be harmed by the insecticide. Make sure you read the warning labels and follow them explicitly. Beware of the chemical option however, as squash bugs develop resistance to insecticides very quickly.
Within the past decade a disease has been associated with squash bugs — cucurbit yellow vine disease (CYVD). The bacterium is transmitted by the squash bug. It can inflict heavy losses to melons, pumpkins and squash. The affected plants usually exhibit stunting, yellowing and gradual decline beginning about 10 to14 days prior to harvest. The squash bug can also carry the bacterium through the winter and continue to spread it the following spring.
As you can see this "true bug" can really be a nuisance. If you find yourself in the company of it and only have a few vines to worry about, take the title of this article to heart and squish those squash bugs!
A version of this article appeared in Carolina Gardener Volume 24 Number 5.
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From 1991 to 1997, Lessig was a professor at the University of Chicago Law School. He then became the Berkman Professor of Law at Harvard Law School. In 1999-2000, he was a fellow at the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin before moving to Stanford in 2000.
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Fixing California's Existing Homes
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In 1999, California adopted the first phase of its HERS program. Unlike HERS programs in the rest of the country, which generally focus on whole-house analysis, the California program focuses on field verification and testing of specific features identified in the state's Title 24 energy code. It is currently limited to new construction, building alterations and additions, and HVAC change-outs. All that is about to change with California HERS Phase II, which is currently undergoing public review by the California Energy Commission (CEC). Old Homes, Bad Homes The CEC is coming to grips with the fact that there are more than 12 million homes in California, over 70% of them built before 1978, the year Title 24 was enacted. The bulk of these older homes have serious deficiencies, things that home performance contractors have known about for a long time—low insulation levels, leaking ducts, single-pane windows, and leaky building envelopes, to name a few. The state is developing a methodology, called HERS Phase II, for evaluating these homes. This methodology will be used to perform a whole-house analysis and assign a California HERS index to the house. This index can be used as the basis for financing an energy-efficient mortgage (EEM), comparing ...
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TAHOE/TRUCKEE, Calif. – What is animal communication? There are few words in our language that can help explain what animal communication is all about. Intuition and telepathy are the two best.
Intuition is: "the ability to perceive or learn things without conscious reasoning." During our lifetimes, we all experience knowing something without understanding how it is we know it. However, we are confident what we know is true.
Telepathy is: "feeling at a distance, communication by means other than the normal sensory channels and transference of thought." Telepathic communication is a natural ability we all have, some of us just use it more than others.
When I communicate with animals, I receive messages intuitively and telepathically. This allows me to communicate with them either in person or remotely (they can be anywhere in the world or may have passed on from this world). Animals send me visual images, feelings, thoughts, ideas, and sensations. Sometimes, I receive words at other times they come with a sense of knowing how they fit together to form the communication. Animals are capable of communicating very deep feelings and often communicate with great wisdom or insight.
I am a Reiki master teacher and an animal aroma-therapist. I incorporate my animal communication skills to assist animals in releasing their tension or body ailments, which can help to promote healthy immune systems. Animals, like humans, experience emotional issues. Left untreated these can manifest into physical ailments. Communication with an animal to find out what their problems may be gives us the opportunity to address their issues promptly and productively.
How can animal communication help people with their pets?
• Understanding your pet's personality and needs can help you to make adjustments in your pet's world. Often the results are dramatic and can create for you a new perspective of your pet.
• It can help your animal regain their health and well-being. Frequently, we struggle to determine what is really ailing our animals. Why not ask them directly and eliminate the guesswork?
• It can eliminate destructive, painful emotional or behavioral issues. It is common for me to be called as in as a last resort. Individuals who are considering surrendering their pets to animal shelters or worse, contemplating euthanasia. Instead of having to take these drastic steps, we are able to communicate with their animal and frequently resolve their issue(s), thereby allowing their pets to remain in the home and live a happy life.
• Giving assistance with death and dying: This can be one of the most difficult times families share with their pets. It can be comforting and reassuring for both people and their pets to be able to ask your companion and friend if they are ready to move on and what it is they need to help let go.
– Cindy Hartzell is an Animal Communicator, Reiki Master Teacher, Animal Aroma-therapist, and Equine Experiential Learning Coach. Contact Cindy at 530-386-3639 or visit http://www.heartsoulcrittertalk.com.


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Quality awards: Enterprise arrays
We present the results of the first-ever Diogenes Labs-Storage magazine Quality Awards. In the inaugural product category, enterprise arrays, see how users rated the major array vendors and which vendor came out on top.
Storage vendors, like other purveyors of high-tech products, tend to tout their wares with lengthy laundry lists of product specs: speeds, feeds and features--the traditional "wow factors" of technology marketing. While raw capability may be a good gauge of a product's potential usefulness, nothing compares to the test of time and real-world user experiences. The Diogenes Labs-Storage magazine Quality Awards endeavor to quantify those factors by giving storage pros a chance to share their hands-on experiences related to several key storage product categories. In the inaugural installment of the Quality Awards process, respondents completed a survey on enterprise-class storage arrays and then several survey respondents were interviewed.
As the only award attempting to quantify the quality of storage products, the Diogenes Labs-Storage magazine Quality Awards differ significantly from other industry awards. Other awards are primarily popularity contests, with users typically voting for the product with which they are most familiar. As such, these awards become little more than proxies for market share, with established market leaders frequently snaring top honors. The Quality Awards seek users who have practical experience with specific products to gauge their levels of satisfaction.
Four main factors contribute to a purchase decision: suitability, price, TCO and reliability. This model fits nearly all products, from mice to mainframes. Of these factors, reliability is the most difficult to quantify. On the Quality Awards survey, service and reliability questions were posed in five critical categories:
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- Product features
- Product quality
- Product reliability
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The winner is ...
No need to waste time with envelopes. The winner is Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) Corp.'s Lightning storage arrays. In what could be considered a runaway, HDS' Lightning received the highest ratings from users for product features, quality, reliability and technical support. "The HDS products are the best of breed in service, reliability and set the standard in disk products," notes one survey respondent.
Other storage arrays included in the survey were EMC Corp.'s Symmetrix line, Hewlett-Packard (HP) Co.'s XP arrays, IBM Corp.'s ESS and DS series, and Sun Microsystems Inc.'s StorEdge 9900 series. Given that the second and third place vendors, Sun and HP, respectively, resell versions of Lightning in this category, it's fair to say that HDS "swept" the award (see "Overall ranking," this page).
Sales competence
The sales process initiates the user's product experience, sets expectations, and may determine whether a product is perceived to be successful or not. In many cases, a vendor's sales reps are the primary points of contact for users. Successful sales organizations are consultative in nature, and ensure that their products are appropriately matched to a user's needs. Sales organizations focused on "meeting quota" will be less particular about assessing the application environment. In this section of our survey, we asked respondents to evaluate sales teams' knowledge of customers' businesses and industries, whether they keep their customers' needs foremost, and how easy or difficult it is to negotiate with a vendor's sales team.
Mike Bottger, technology consultant at National City Bank in Cleveland, notes that neither of his array vendors--HDS and IBM--oversold their products. "Whatever we agreed to, whatever we signed on for, each has delivered," says Bottger.
A link between sales competence and product satisfaction was revealed. Sun netted the highest score in the sales competence category and placed second overall, while HDS placed second in the category and was the overall winner (see "Sales force," this page).
Of course, some users simply don't rely on their sales reps for technical prowess. "The sales support team is usually a little bit light, so it's better that we talk to the engineers or even the product managers," notes a senior storage architect at a large communications and Internet service provider. "From a technical standpoint, they're not deep enough," he adds.
Product features
In polling respondents about array product features, we focused on software. We asked users to provide their assessment of array management tools, remote replication software, snapshot software and mirroring software. The intent was to evaluate how well particular products met the responding organization's needs, rather than to simply compare feature lists.
Because EMC pioneered much of the functionality found in enterprise-class arrays, conventional wisdom holds that EMC would lead in array software functionality. However, our survey indicates that other vendors have closed any gap that might have existed and have overtaken EMC. While not specifically faulting EMC's feature set, "EMC storage is too proprietary for our continued use," one survey respondent says.
HDS led this category with a score of 5.68, while EMC lagged the field with a 5.40, but this was the narrowest range of any category. Given the scant differences in scores, we conclude that all of the products generally meet user requirements and expectations. Nevertheless, when respondents rated vendors on "This product's management features meet my needs" and "This product is interoperable with other vendor's products," EMC was the only vendor to receive ratings below 5.0 (4.99 and 4.79, respectively). EMC earned a very high 5.97 for "This product's remote replication features meet my needs," while HDS scored a 5.98 for "Overall, the product's features meet my needs." Sun was the only firm to exceed a 6.0 rating for a question in this category, with a 6.14 for "This product's remote replication features meet my needs" (see "Product features," this page).
Product quality
Storage array quality was measured by asking questions relating to ease of installation, installation without defects, ease of use and the degree to which vendor intervention was required. The category had the widest scoring spread, with HDS (5.88) taking top honors and EMC placing fifth (4.46) (see "Product quality," this page).
However, a closer look at the questions may indicate that the difference isn't as profound as it might appear. For example, when respondents were asked if "This product did not require professional services," EMC ranked at a very low 3.22; however, one must recognize that EMC offers a "high touch" service model that many users find attractive. (All products in this category have a high services component.) Thus, the question might be unfavorable as it relates to EMC's business model. Still, we would expect the results of this question to be offset by EMC's scores for the related questions: "This product was installed without defects" (5.39), and "This product was easy to get up and running" (4.45). Presumably, significant vendor involvement would shield users from most problems, resulting in a higher score. HDS led the pack on both of these questions, with high average scores of 6.28 and 6.14, respectively.
The key question in this category was "This product delivers good value for the money." EMC users responded with a 4.55 rating, while HDS users gave it a 6.07. HP users were also pleased with their systems' value, scoring the question at 5.73.
Product reliability
To assess product reliability, we asked respondents to tell us how well products met their service expectations. We didn't ask about specific uptime numbers because many organizations don't produce metrics with this level of precision on a subsystem basis. Instead, we asked whether the product met service level requirements, their downtime perceptions, frequency of required patches and the level of disruption caused by product fixes.
"The products and feature sets themselves have delivered as promised," notes National City Bank's Bottger of his firm's IBM and HDS arrays.
This was the only category in which a vendor exceeded an overall score of 6.0--HDS received a 6.14 (see "Product reliability," this page). HP, IBM and EMC all scored above 5.50--a very good score. Sun had a respectable 5.41, but the surprise was that Sun didn't track with HDS and HP given the near-identical hardware. Sun's score was pulled down by a 5.0 rating for the question: "This vendor offers comprehensive upgrade guidance." Thus, inadequate upgrade guidance and resulting problems could result in missing some service level requirements that may be unrelated to the product itself.
Technical support
Of course, all enterprise array vendors claim "world-class technical support" and, based on the survey results, each seems to deliver satisfactorily. HDS again led the group with a 5.76. When asked if "The vendor provides support as contractually specified," the lowest rank was still a very high 5.71 (Sun). We conclude from the data that technical support isn't a differentiating factor for any vendor, and that IT groups will be well supported regardless of which system they choose (see "Technical support," this page).
Interestingly, vendors received the highest scores for "The vendor provides support as contractually specified," which suggests that expectation levels related to support are fairly well defined by vendors and understood by users. However, responses to questions in the rest of the category indicate that users aren't entirely pleased with support beyond what was contractually agreed upon. For example, the overall average scores for support issues requiring escalation and resolving problems in a timely manner were on the low side at 5.16 and 5.32, respectively (see "Technical support ratings (average for all vendors)," this page).
The quality and bureaucracy of tech support is also a point of contention. "We've checked all the easy stuff, so if we're going to open up a call, we have the facility to get to someone who can really help us drive down to the resolution of the problem," says a senior architect for a communications and Internet services provider. Supporting documentation may also be a problem. "The organization of their [EMC's] documentation on the Web site leaves a little bit to be desired," adds this user. "It's all there; it's just a little hard to find." Still, he has only praise for his local support, which he describes as "outstanding."
Head-to-head comparison
Seventy-three percent of our respondents worked with only one vendor's products. Twenty-one percent used two different vendors' products, 5% had products from three vendors and 1% had four different vendors' products. "We're going to maintain a dual-vendor presence," says National City Bank's Bottger. "Our philosophy is to leverage a dual-vendor approach to leverage contracts, technologies, etc."
To compare vendors directly, we examined the 27% of cases in which respondents used more than one vendor. This comparison was based on the average rating assigned by the user for each vendor.
We find the "head-to-head" comparisons from these respondents to be particularly insightful because they're truly comparative, rather than an assessment of perception. Of the 25 IBM respondents who use another vendor's product, IBM was preferred in every case. Similarly, Sun was preferred in every such case (nine respondents). HP was preferred in 23 out of 25 cases, HDS in 33 of 41 cases, and EMC in 17 of 52 cases.
Diogenes Labs and Storage congratulate HDS as the winner of the Quality Awards for enterprise-class storage arrays, and thank the hundreds of users who took the time to thoughtfully respond to our survey.
Respondents were asked to rate their level of agreement or disagreement with a series of evaluative statements in each of five categories using a 1.0-8.0 scale. A response of 1.0 indicated strong disagreement, while 8.0 indicated strong agreement. Because the 1.0-8.0 scale doesn't accommodate a neutral response, all responses indicated some degree of either favorable or unfavorable experiences. Responses were required for all questions, although "Don't know" and "Not applicable" responses were permitted. With 4.5 as the mean on this scale, scores below 4.5 are generally negative while those above are generally positive. However, the vast majority of average scores fell between 5.0 and 6.0. Thus, any score near or above 6.0 could be considered exceptional, whereas a score of less than 5.0 would be an area of concern. The survey included products from the top five companies generally recognized as enterprise-class storage vendors. Vendors whose product lines were represented in the survey had no prior knowledge of the survey, and didn't influence the selection of specific products included in the survey.
Survey respondents
The users contacted for the survey were drawn from the ranks of Storage subscribers. In total, 300 respondents indicated that they used enterprise-class storage from at least one of the five vendors in our survey. The survey has a margin of error of +/-6% with a 95% confidence factor.
Approximately 79% of the respondents identified themselves as operationally oriented individuals (e.g., storage managers/administrators, systems administrators, programmers/analysts)--those most likely to have practical experience with the systems. Fewer than 5% identified themselves as a CIO or CTO, while nearly 16% indicated "Other." Small- to medium-sized businesses--defined as companies with less than $100 million in revenue--accounted for a surprising 27.1% of the total number of enterprise-array users. Respondents were fairly evenly distributed by company size (revenue), but 58% represented only five industries, the largest of which was the financial services sector.
The Diogenes labs-Storage magazine Quality Awards
The Diogenes Labs-Storage Quality Awards is a joint project of Storage magazine and Diogenes Analytical Labs. It's an ongoing process that surveys users to gather their perceptions related to service, reliability and quality of key storage infrastructure products. The enterprise array award is the first installment of this effort; next month, Storage will report the results for backup and recovery software. Other major product categories will be addressed in the coming months.


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Unilever is helping to develop the environmental scientists and toxicologists of the future by teaching a full module as part of Lancaster University masters degrees.
In a unique collaboration between industry and academia, scientists from the multinational giant taught a group of Lancaster University students over ten lectures and five workshops during a five-week programme on 'Safety and Environmental Impact Assessment: An Industrial Perspective'.
Students were able to receive a unique insight into real-world issues that industry is tackling. The module covered the link between science theory and industry by examining chemical and environmental impact safety assessments.
The course was delivered exclusively by Unilever scientists who have internationally pioneered state-of-the-art biological approaches that look at the risk from chemical exposures in the environment and in consumer products.
Professor Frank Martin, of Lancaster University's Environment Centre, said: "It was a really remarkable industry-led module taught exclusively by people from different disciplines in Unilever.
"This unique collaboration enabled the students to have novel insights into the real-life relevance of the theory they are studying at Lancaster University. Unilever's involvement has enabled the students to see that this is a hugely important area for industry and that there will be a lot of opportunities for them as they start their careers.
"It is fantastic that a large company like Unilever is engaging with academia. It is enormously beneficial for our students and we hope that it could lead to more opportunities for us to work together in the future."
Lancaster University masters student Stefan Schade, who studied the module, said: "This collaboration between Lancaster University and Unilever is putting the very wind in the sails of a new generation of toxicologists and is setting a benchmark for other academic institutions with its highly quality syllabus."
The Unilever-taught module adds to links between the two organisations, which has included collaborative research projects and workshops to help prepare graduates for the jobs market.
Professor Paul Carmichael from Unilever said: "We believe this is the first course of its kind teaching 21st century safety sciences with an industrial relevance and it comes at a time when toxicology is dramatically changing.
"It is a win-win for all involved with Lancaster students fast-tracked to the new ideas and processes and thereby becoming an informed cohort of safety and environmental scientists who can actively contribute to the future needs of Industry."
To find out more about Unilever visit http://www.unilever.co.uk/ and www.tt21c.org


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The eve of the wedding...
Oberon – William Towers
Bottom – Sir Willard White
Tytania – Anna Christy
Lysander – Allan Clayton
Demetrius – Benedict Nelson
Theseus – Paul Whelan
Puck – Jamie Manton
Helena – Kate Valentine
Hermia – Tamara Gura
Flute – Michael Colvin
Snug – Grame Danby
Snout – Peter van Hulle
Starveling – Simon Butteriss
Quince – Jonathan Veira
Cobweb - Alexander Lee
Peaseblossom - Luke Saint
Mustardseed - Luke Dugan
Moth - Dominic O'Donnell
Changeling boy - Dominic Williams
Hippolyta - Catherine Young
Christopher Alden (director)
Charles Edwards (set designs)
Sue Wilmington (costumes)
Adam Silverman (lighting)
Boys of Trinity School, Croydon (chorus master: David Swenson)
Orchestra of the English National Opera
Leo Hussain (conductor)
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Anna Christy (Tytania)
That said, the darkness is really the thing. Alden daringly – and no, I am not using the word 'ironically' – reimagines the opera in terms of a mid-twentieth-century boys' school. I immediately thought of Britten's own – and Auden's – Gresham's, a connection reinforced both by Charles Edwards's superb set designs and a mysterious figure strolling around, observing, and to a certain extent participating, suggestive of Britten himself. (More of that figure anon.) Just in case one were in any doubt, the inscription above the school entrance forbiddingly – invitingly for some? – reads 'BOYS'. The fairies are the younger boys, with Puck an older, apparently knowing member of the community. Oberon and Titania are an especially twisted master and mistress, free with their favours, clearly in competition for the favour of their charges. A nice touch is Titania's schoolmarmishly wooden beating time for the fairy choruses. When Puck gets things wrong, he is subjected to a spanking by his master Oberon, who may already have transferred his affections to the Indian Boy. Clearly Puck will have to redouble his efforts, though his relationship to the Britten-like figure seems to grant him extra kudos. Lysander and Hermia explore their sexual awakening behind the dustbins, whilst the sadistic rejection of Helena by Demetrius and her masochistic response are especially cutting and credible, given his status as a highly popular member of the rugby team. Sue Wilmington's costumes, here and elsewhere, strike just the right note. One can quibble, no doubt, about what the girls are doing there at all, but their presence does not really jar, and girls have a habit of sneaking in to such environments, wanted or otherwise. During their explorations, the boys are initially as inclined to play with each other, similarly the girls, as old habits die hard. The magic, when it comes, is all, or at least mostly, to be attributed to whatever it is that Oberon is smoking. Puck passes around the cigarette to devastating effect. It may sound contrived, but it really works on stage. And he threatens to set the entire school ablaze at the end of the second act.
|Paul Whelan (Theseus) and Jamie Manton (Puck)
Glyndebourne's Billy Budd, proved a haunted and haunting Theseus: this Duke will linger long in the mind. Jamie Manton was equally impressive as Puck, his adolescent cockiness twisted into something almost too painful to watch; memories of Manton's fine performance will doubtless prove equally difficult to dispel. Magic, as the production suggested, only takes one so far: to treat it is a refuge from reality is at best irresponsible.
Underpinning this real company success were the excellent contributions of Leo Hussain and the ENO Orchestra. Hussain, making his ENO debut, conducted as if he were a knight of the realm, so readily did Britten's style and structure speak from his baton. One would not have been surprised to discover that it was a Sir Colin, or a late Sir Charles, save that neither of those conductors, I suspect, would have warmed to Alden's production. Magic was there: those harps, the woodwind, the slithering fairy-music. We were left in no doubt, however, that malevolence was always present too. (What, after all, is a forest? It is hardly a place of straightforward comfort. Think of Hansel and Gretel.) Above all, and this is crucial in music that can otherwise tend to meander, Britten's score was shown to be constructed. The booers would doubtless have preferred not to be reminded of Britten's twelve-note experimentation, but so much the worse for them. Boys from Trinity School, Croydon, proved impressive too, clearly well coached by their Director of Music, David Swinson.


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Brief training program improves resident physicians' empathy with patients
Resident physicians' participation in a brief training program designed to increase empathy with their patients produced significant improvement in how patients perceived their interactions with the residents. This contrasts with several studies showing that empathy with patients usually drops during medical school and residency training. The report from a team of Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researchers will appear in the Journal of General Internal Medicine and has been released online.
"The most exciting message from this study is that empathy can be taught and, most importantly, that improved empathy can be perceived by our patients. Many medical educators have thought that you are either born with this trait or you aren't," says Helen Riess, MD, of the MGH Department of Psychiatry, who led the study. "We are also very happy to see that participating residents liked the training and found it interesting and helpful."
Several studies have found that medical training is often accompanied by a drop in empathy the ability to understand and respond to another person's feelings and some have pinpointed the third year of medical school, when students first become involved in patient care, as the most vulnerable period. Riess notes that possible contributors to the decline in empathy among medical trainees include self-protection against their own emotional distress and a desensitization that results from performing many potentially painful procedures. A lack of overt empathic behavior among senior residents and other role models, along with the escalating demands of training on residents' time and energy, could be additional contributors.
Recent studies have revealed the neurobiological basis of empathy for example, showing how areas of the brain involved in the perception of pain can be activated simply by watching a loved one experience painful sensations. Building on this information, Riess developed a protocol involving three 60-minute training sessions that begin with focusing on the neurobiology of emotion and go on to address recognition of facial expressions and other non-verbal emotional cues, emotional self-awareness and strategies for dealing with challenging patients or delivering bad clinical news. The sessions also include techniques for recognizing the impact of stress and fatigue on one's own behavior and regulating personal stress responses.
The current study, which followed an earlier pilot trial, enrolled 99 residents and clinical fellows in Medicine, Surgery, Anesthesia, Psychiatry, Orthopædics and Ophthalmology from MGH or the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary. Half were randomly assigned to participate in the empathy training sessions while the others continued their standard program. At the outset of the study, several of the patients seen by each study participant completed a standard assessment of their most recent interaction with the physician. The survey called the Consultation and Relational Empathy Measure asked patients to rank how well the physician did in "making you feel at ease," "fully understanding your concerns," "showing care and compassion" and similar measures.
The three training sessions, all conducted by Riess, were delivered over four-week periods to groups of 6 to 15 residents in the same specialty, starting within a month of the initial patient ratings. One to two months after training sessions were completed, another group of patients was asked to assess their interactions with their participating physicians both those who completed the empathy training and the control group. In addition, participating residents completed before-and-after tests of their knowledge of the neurobiology and physiology of emotion, assessments of their ability to decode facial expressions and the value they placed on empathic communication, along with self-assessment of their empathy-related attitudes and skills.
Study participants who completed the training course showed significant improvement in patient ratings of their empathic behavior, while the control group showed a decline in empathy during the study period. Training-group participants also had significantly greater improvement in knowledge of the mechanisms underlying empathy and in their ability to perceive and decode facial expression of emotion. There were no differences between the groups in self-reported attitudes about the importance of empathy or in improved empathy outside of patient interactions. Participants in the training course were overwhelmingly positive about the benefits of the course.
"This is the first study to show that a neurobiologically informed training program results in statistically significant improvement at the level of patient perception, without necessarily increasing the time physicians spend with patients," Riess says. "We were pleased to find this improvement could be accomplished with only three 60-minute training modules, something that is critically important with the time constraints faced by all training programs. Because it would be difficult to offer this training to all of our residency programs, we've created a web-based version to enable medical providers and residency program directors everywhere to incorporate this training into their programs."
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Monday, February 5, 2018
10:30 am
Bill Memorial Library
The Bill Memorial Library in the City of Groton is now taking registration for our Wonderful Winter Story Time, a story program for children ages birth through age 5, with a caregiver. Story Time meets every Monday at 10:30 a.m., beginning on January 22, 2018 through March 12, with no session on President's Day, February 19. Story Time features stories, songs with live music, and finger plays in the Children's Room. Registration is required and space fills up quickly; please stop by the library or call 860-445-0392 for further information or to register.
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This homemade costume for girls entered our 2011 Halloween Costume Contest.
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My four year old daughter, Jailyn is absolutely in LOVE with 101 Dalmations and has been watching my childhood VHS copy over and over again for what seems like forever! Anyone could dress up as a Dalmation but I had never seen anyone as little or as adorable as her dress up as the evil Cruella herself! They do NOT make that costume for small children soo I put the pieces together myself by studying scenes from the movie. I found the dalmation print and my great friend at Bee's Bowtique made the wrap for me! She was a total hit and it was soo much fun to do together!
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Does God still perform miracles?
Question: "Does God still perform miracles?"
Answer: Many people desire miracles from God. They want God to perform miracles to "prove" Himself to them. "If only God would perform a miracle, sign, or wonder, then I would believe!" This idea, though, is contradicted by Scripture. When God performed amazing and powerful miracles for the Israelites, did that cause them to obey Him? No, the Israelites constantly disobeyed and rebelled against God even though they saw all the miracles. The same people who saw God part the Red Sea later doubted whether God was able to conquer the inhabitants of the Promised Land. This truth is explained in Luke 16:19-31. In the story, a man in hell asks Abraham to send Lazarus back from the dead to warn his brothers. Abraham informed the man, "If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone rises from the dead" (Luke 16:31).
Jesus performed countless miracles, yet the vast majority of people did not believe in Him. If God performed miracles today as He did in the past, the result would be the same. People would be amazed and would believe in God for a short time. That faith would be shallow and would disappear the moment something unexpected or frightening occurred. A faith based on miracles is not a mature faith. God performed the greatest "God miracle" of all time in coming to earth as the Man Jesus Christ to die on the cross for our sins (Romans 5:8) so that we could be saved (John 3:16). God does still perform miracles—many of them simply go unnoticed or are denied. However, we do not need more miracles. What we need is to believe in the miracle of salvation through faith in Jesus Christ.
The purpose of miracles was to authenticate the performer of the miracles. Acts 2:22 declares, "Men of Israel, listen to this: Jesus of Nazareth was a man accredited by God to you by miracles, wonders and signs, which God did among you through him, as you yourselves know." The same is said of the apostles, "The things that mark an apostle—signs, wonders and miracles—were done among you with great perseverance" (2 Corinthians 12:12). Speaking of the gospel, Hebrews 2:4 proclaims, "God also testified to it by signs, wonders and various miracles, and gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to His will." We now have the truth of Jesus recorded in Scripture. We now have the writings of the apostles recorded in Scripture. Jesus and His apostles, as recorded in Scripture, are the cornerstone and foundation of our faith (Ephesians 2:20). In this sense, miracles are no longer necessary, as the message of Jesus and His apostles has already been attested to and accurately recorded in the Scriptures. Yes, God still performs miracles. At the same time, we should not necessarily expect miracles to occur today just as they did in Bible times.
Recommended Resource: All the Miracles of the Bible by Herbert Lockyer
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Tab 4 10 Plus
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