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Objective: To determine whether doctors working in emergency departments are aware which of the common conditions seen have driving restrictions associated with them and whether they routinely advise patients of these restrictions.
Methods: 200 questionnaires were distributed to all grades of doctor currently working in 15 emergency departments in Wessex and the south west. The survey was anonymous so follow up of non-responders was not possible. Doctors were asked to indicate which of the 20 commonly seen conditions listed had DVLA guidelines restricting driving activity at least temporarily, and in which of these conditions they actually advised patients appropriately about their driving. In addition the MDU, GMC, and the Department of Transport web site were contacted to establish what they considered to be good medical practice regarding issuing advice about driving.
Results: 102 doctors (51%) responded to the survey. Knowledge regarding restrictions for various conditions varied, with 87.5% responding correctly about a first fit to only 7.8% regarding a collapse query cause. With regard to advising patients, 79.4% of doctors responding said that they routinely advised patients about stopping driving after a first fit, 32% advised patients after a single transient ischaemic attack, and only 7% after a collapse query cause.
Conclusions: Doctors working in emergency departments are aware of conditions that lead to an inpatient admission that have driving restrictions. However, knowledge of conditions where patients are likely to be discharged was not as complete and advice was less likely to be given to patients. Emergency department doctors need to be more aware of restrictions that apply to conditions where patients are to be discharged.
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Driving is an inherently dangerous activity associated with significant mortality and morbidity, leading to 3500 deaths and 40 000 serious injuries from road traffic accidents in the UK each year.1,2 The road traffic act 1988, section 92–94,3 deals with a person's fitness to hold/and or continue to hold entitlement to drive various categories of vehicles. Medical standards, set by the Department of Transport's medical advisory panels, are used by the medical advisers to the DVLA to decide whether a person is fit or unfit to hold a licence.4 These standards are published by the DVLA and guidelines issued to inform both patients and the medical profession of those conditions that necessitate a restriction in driving however temporary.
Previous studies, King et al,5 MacMahon et al,6 and Kelly et al7 have found knowledge among doctors to be poor. Few doctors questioned knew restrictions for common medical conditions and only 14% of syncope patients in one study could recall the doctor attending them inquiring about driving.6
Huge numbers of ill and injured patients attend the emergency department daily, a large proportion of these will be discharged with or without further follow up. It is essential the emergency department doctors are aware of conditions that may have driving restrictions. Especially relevant are conditions such as transient ischaemic attacks, collapses, and first fits where patients are likely to be discharged with outpatient follow up and investigation arranged if they have made a full recovery. These conditions often occur in comparatively young and previously fit people in who the need to restrict driving will not have crossed their minds.
The aim of this questionnaire was not to determine whether doctors knew the details of restrictions of each individual condition, guidelines are readily available in most departments and on the DVLA web site, but rather to discover if doctors currently working in emergency departments are aware when they should be referring to these guidelines and if they were informing patients routinely of these restrictions.
Two hundred questionnaires were sent to emergency physicians currently working in 15 emergency departments in Wessex and the south west. The questionnaire was comprised of two questions. The first asked doctors to indicate which of 20 listed conditions that are commonly seen in the emergency department had restrictions according to current DVLA guidelines. The second question asked doctors to indicate in which of the same 20 conditions, if any, they routinely informed patients of the appropriate restrictions. The survey was anonymous so it was not possible to contact non-responders, however a reply paid envelope was included with every questionnaire to encourage as many people to respond as possible. Doctors were requested to fill in the questionnaire without reference to the currently published guidelines.
In total 102 doctors (51%) replied to the questionnaire; 16 consultants, 16 specialist registrars, 20 staff grades, 41 SHOs, and 9 clinical fellows. The length of experience in emergency medicine ranged from less than six months to greater than 10 years. When analysing the replies, the conditions were split into four groups—neurological conditions, collapse query cause, cardiovascular conditions, and psychiatric/drug and alcohol related conditions. The results were as follows;
(1) Neurological conditions (fig1). Overall 87.5% of doctors were aware that restrictions applied to patients presenting with a first fit. However, when asked about a single TIA, a condition also likely to result in discharge and outpatient follow up if completely resolved, the overall percentage was only 51.9%, with the awareness amongst SHOs, clinical fellows and staff grades nearer 40%. Some 87.2% of doctors were aware that multiple TIAs were associated with restrictions and almost all were aware that straightforward vasovagal attacks carry no restriction to driving.
(2) Collapse query cause (fig 2). Knowledge of driving restrictions in this group of patients was poorer. When presenting with a loss of consciousness or altered awareness, likely to be unexplained syncope and with a low risk of recurrence (normal cardiovascular and neurological examination and normal ECG), patients should abstain from driving for four weeks and inform the DVLA. Only 7.8% of doctors in this survey were aware that there were any restrictions, with knowledge particularly poor among SHOs, staff grades and clinical fellows who are likely to see most of these patients. Patients who present with loss of consciousness or altered awareness, probably unexplained syncope but with a high risk of recurrence (abnormal ECG, clinical evidence of structural heart disease, syncope while lying or sitting or >1 episode in six months) are required to inform the DVLA. If a cause is identified and treated driving can begin after four weeks, however if no cause is found then driving is not permitted for six months. In this survey 44.6% of doctors were aware that restrictions applied to these two groups.
(3) Cardiovascular disease (fig 3). Of the conditions listed in this category, only unstable angina and myocardial infarction had any restrictions, both of these conditions will lead to admission and inpatient assessment. Overall 56.8% of doctors responded correctly to unstable angina, and 78.4% to myocardial infarction.
(4) Psychiatric conditions/alcohol dependency/drug misuse (fig 4). Overall 38.2% of the doctors who responded to the survey were aware that there were driving restrictions that applied to patients with severe depression. Some 55.9% gave the correct answer for acute psychosis, 53.9% gave the correct answer to alcohol dependency, 28.4% for persistent use of cannabis, 43.4% for heroin use, and 42% for benzodiazepine dependency.
The number of doctors who routinely explain relevant restrictions to patients was also studied (fig 5). Some doctors commented that for various conditions patients were likely to be admitted and it was therefore the responsibility of the admitting team to advise on driving. Similarly, some of the more chronic conditions such as alcohol and drug dependence may be more appropriately addressed by the patients' GP. However, it was considered important that emergency physicians should advise patients who present with conditions that have restrictions but who may be discharged from the department, for example; first fit, single TIA, and collapse query cause. (See table 1 for a summary of the guidelines for these conditions). Overall 79.4% of respondents informed patients of driving restrictions following a first fit. Only 32% reported advising patients after a single TIA, 7% advised patients after a collapse with low risk of recurrence, 31% after a collapse with high risk of recurrence, and 14.7% after a collapse where the cause had been identified and treated.
The 51% response rate to this study was better than that achieved in previous similar undertakings, previous response rates have been around 30%.5 Those who failed to respond could not be followed up because of the anonymous nature of the survey. There are numerous reasons why doctors may not respond, however as knowledge of the correct responses probably increases the incentive to respond, it is probable that those who failed to respond had less knowledge than those who did reply.
Conditions with no restriction to driving were intentionally included in the questionnaire to prevent doctors simply ticking each condition, however it is possible that this survey over-estimated knowledge. Firstly, it was not possible to determine whether anyone had consulted the DVLA web site or guidelines before attempting the survey, although, by making the survey anonymous, it was hoped that this would be avoided. Secondly, doctors may have guessed that conditions had restrictions associated, particularly as no details of restrictions were required.
Medical conditions probably play a part in causing major road accidents in less than 1% of cases.5 However, the literature on chronic illness and their contribution to road traffic accidents is conflicting. Waller8 concludes that drivers with diabetes, epilepsy, cardiovascular disease, mental disorders, and alcoholism averaged twice as many accidents per 1 000 000 miles of driving as a control group. His group of patients contained a large proportion of people with epilepsy. Ysander9 by contrast, in a study of drivers with chronic disease (mainly diabetes, cerebrovascular disease and renal disease) found that the percentage of accidents in the disease group was half that of the control group. The National Highway Traffic safety administration in Utah undertook a study looking at the same question.10 They found that when viewed as a group, drivers who were licensed with medical conditions had higher risks for crashes, violations and at fault crashes than the comparison group. Grattan and Jeffcoate found that 1.5 minor or serious injury accidents per 1000 were attributable to sudden illness of the driver or rider.11
Irvine suggested that when assessing a person's fitness to drive there are three key questions that should be asked,4 these are:
Is there significant evidence of a cortical impairment (for example, dementia, post-CVA, alcohol or drug misuse) such that a person is likely to be a source of danger at the wheel?
Is the person liable to sudden or disabling episodes of collapse, altered awareness, loss of consciousness or visual disturbance from whatever medical cause (such as sudden hypoglycaemia, epilepsy, cardiac arrhythmia, or Menieres disease)?
Does the person have an inadequate standard of vision?
If the answer is yes to any of these questions, the correct advice, which should be recorded in the notes, is for patients to:
Stop driving
Notify the DVLA
Notify their motor insurer
Section 94(1) of the road traffic act 19883 places a duty upon the holder of a driving licence to inform the relevant authority if at any time during the currency of the licence he suffers from a relevant or progressive disability. Under section 92(1), the definition of "relevant disability" includes any disability that is likely to cause the holder of the licence to be a source of danger to the public when driving a vehicle. Although the prime responsibility for informing the authorities lies with the patients, physicians have a duty of care to society that overrides right to confidentiality when the patient cannot or will not conform. Ultimate responsibility lies with the physician who knows the diagnosis.1
Doctors, who omit to advise patients appropriately, may be open to legal action. Thus if a medical practitioner fails to advise a motorist that they are unfit to drive because of a condition known to the medical practitioner, it is likely that the medical practitioner would be guilty of negligence in their duty of care. They would therefore be liable for any harm arising as a consequence of their negligence and could be sued on that basis. In a case sited by the DVLA a GP failed to advise his patient who had recently suffered from a TIA to stop driving and inform the DVLA and his insurance company. The patient had a serious accident involving several vehicles, and the insurance company failed to compensate on the grounds that his insurance was null and void because of his previous TIA. The GP was therefore responsible as he had failed to give his patient necessary advice and was subsequently prosecuted.5 In such circumstances it is up to the court to decide on liability and the amount of any compensation that might be due. One potential mistake is to assume that the patient drives only a car, and to base the advice on that. This study has not concentrated on drivers of HGVs or public transport, however, more stringent rules apply in these cases and should not be overlooked.
Causes of 2000 road accidents involving collapse at the wheel, based on reports to the police by the DVLA12
Epilepsy (38%)
Blackouts (21%)
Diabetic people taking insulin (19%)
Heart condition (8%)
Others (7%)
Anecdotally the cases in which the MDU have become involved usually involve GPs as they are traditionally in the best position to advise patients (direct communication from the MDU). However, in the case of conditions with short driving restrictions of only weeks or a few months it is possible that patients seen in the emergency department may not have any contact with their GP within the period of the restriction. The MDU were aware of a number of cases where insurers had failed to pay out because they felt the patient should have been advised not to drive by the doctor attending to them.
On the whole emergency physicians were aware of the restrictions for most serious illnesses that required hospital admission. While it is essential to be aware that these conditions will result in a restriction in driving activity, this advice is probably best left to the admitting teams rather than bombarding patients with information on admission. Of note however was the lack of awareness of restrictions associated with conditions where patients were likely to be discharged from the emergency department. These patients by definition are likely to have fully recovered from the initial event by the time of discharge and are more likely to continue to drive. It is this group that emergency physicians need to be aware of and advise them accordingly.
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As prior posts have emphasized, both parties' incomes are perhaps the biggest factor in determining child support in New Jersey. Generally, this income will be based upon a party's W-2 income. For instance, a teacher earning $50,000 per year will have gross income of $50,000 per year for child support purposes. But what about when salary isn't so easy to calculate? For instance, what if a party is recently out of work, or owns a business? That's when imputed income may be utilized by a Court or agreed to by the parties.
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Examples of Income Imputation
#1. If one of the parties to a marriage was a stay at home mom or dad, then their current gross salary would be $0.00. The Court might order, however, that this same person should now get a job. A divorce changes the parties' financial dynamics afterall, and generally increases the living expenses for the parties as well.
As the individual does not as yet have a job, an income may then be imputed for child support and other purposes. The amount of this income will be fact sensitive, and may include factors such as work history/experience, education, the type of work, and the amount of years since the individual last worked. At a bare minimum, minimum wage will likely be imputed, along with a yearly income of approximately $20,000.00.
#2. Another example would be when someone has been out of work for quite some time. If this individual used to earn $100,000 per year, the Court might now impute a lesser amount, to reflect the lack of present employment or hope of equal present employment. With the economy the way it is, and unemployment still exceedingly high, the New Jersey Courts have become more receptive to such issues.
#3. Finally, a business owner may have more income imputed to him or her than can be found on their federal income tax returns. Certain expenses that are marked as business expenses might be considered by the Court as personal in nature, and thus added back.
Although the above examples somewhat simplify the concept of income imputation, they do provide the basic framework of the concept.
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Paddled 2.5 hrs, slowly, with Gros Morne Adventures (recommended).
Crossed from Norris Point to south side, went short distance down South Arm, turned back.
Followed up with visit to local Marine Aquarium (also recommended) in Norris Point.
More later, with photos.
Stayed three nights at the Ocean View Hotel in Rocky Harbour, good place.
If in the area, don't miss Anchors Aweigh at the Ocean View, Monday, Wednesday and Friday evenings. Hours of rollicking good fun, a bit raunchy at times, even crude.
Took the boat tour at Western Brook Pond, also not to be missed.
Saw "The Belle of Bonavista Bay" at the Gros Morne Theatre in Cow Head; good show.
Love this province!
Haven't hit a moose, yet.
Off to St Anthony and L'Anse.
Saw L'Anse aux Meadows. Great place, great staff. Must see for anyone visiting Newfoundland.
St Anthony and Grenfell Interpretation Centre also great.
Skipped the boat tour (whales and bergs); saw a small berg beside Hwy 436 on the way back and have seen whales before. Went instead to the Grenfell house.
Off to Twillingate in the morning.
Arrived in Twillingate after 9.5 hrs on the road, including stops.
Hard rain in the northern pen, again the last 200 km or so. Had some sun in Gros Morne and were able to take some photos.
Several kayak outfitters on the south shore of Notre Dame Bay.
Tourist office said that last bergs were seen in Twillingate in early July. Said also that bergs still to be seen in St Anthony; cleared that one up.
Staying at the Anchor Inn, very nice and correspondingly expensive.
Eating too much but drinking good beer brought up from Total in Florida. Saving Gahan beer for reentry into Canada, thus making room for beer to be purchased in the US.
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With stunned disbelief I listened to the verdict in the Casey Anthony Florida murder trial. I knew the prosecutors had overcharged with the murder one indictment, but I certainly thought that aggravated manslaughter would be easily enough rendered. My shock lasted only a few minutes, just until I heard one of the alternate jurors make a more startling statement, to wit that the general reasoning, which focused on motive --- a factor not required under the law actually --- [the] jury [his implication] could not grasp how "such a good mother" could murder her child, and thus concluded she did not. Faulty reasoning because the major premise, "such a good mother" appears to be quite awry from the known facts.
Immediately the outrage was heard throughout the land and not surprising at all, of course. And almost as immediately the legal pundits weighed in with their analyses, some of it based on what one of them referred to as the CSI factor; I don't watch that show, but have heard of it. As I understand matters, the characters are involved with finding evidence in pursuit of the real culprits in a case, usually murder. Since the advent of DNA testing in real cases and the spurt of popular crime shows where technology is more and more used to prove guilt or innocence, much of it a bit far-fetched, at least for now, it seems that the public at large has unreasonable, unrealistic expectations as jurors.
This was the gist of some of the expert opinion, and I am inclined to agree with this assessment. Our whole culture has become unreal, unmoored from truth and its consequences, with emotion trumping reason all too often. Television has become more real than life as it exists itself. So this latest version of jury nullification ought not leave us jolted any longer.
Proof beyond a reasonable doubt has been transformed into absolute proof or nothing. Any doubt cast by aspersions or theories from the defense that conflict so as to spread confusion like a contagion is now considered too much doubt to deal with. "If it doesn't fit you MUST acquit" syndrome.
There were other aspects discussed, such as the ability of the defense team to spin doubt in the minds of the jurors with the cobweb of lies and distortions it put out as I just referred to. After the verdict one of the defense attorneys was heard to express his anger that the media had "painted his client as a s-------." Truth be told, no one had to do this or need even try, and no one did, for Casey Anthony's actions declared her unfitness for motherhood among other disturbing behaviors, whatever the jury may have thought according to that alternate, one of the minority of men on the jury, which was composed of more women than men. And this brings me to the woeful heart of this sordid affair in American jurisprudence or should I say disprudence?
One of the woman jurors said that she had a clear conscience because the case was composed of unproven theories in so many words. She wanted just something to use for conviction she said, meaning she knew Anthony to be guilty. Well, that is what a circumstantial case is based on; unless we have an eyewitness or a confession, most cases are circumstantial and rely on evidence coupled with
not purely speculative,
because there are no witnesses and sometimes DNA and other forensics cannot prove with 100% certitude; in fact there would be few convictions if we applied her standard.
Does she honestly think that the police and the DA's office go around trying to arrest and convict the innocent as a general rule? Scott Peterson, if he were female, would be free today if this juror had sat. In the Lacey and Connor Peterson deaths there was no proven means of death just like Cayley Anthony. This juror apparently did not consider that, and reasonably, too, although she could not vote to convict for the murder 1 charge, she had other options, such as aggravated child abuse or manslaughter. If chloroforming one's daughter in order to party is not child abuse I do not know what child abuse is. And who else used the chloroform? Sure chloroform traces can be found from innocent means, but what normal mother goes on the web to research chloroform unless she thinks she needs it? Who else had the motive? If the child died by accidental drowning, then why the need for duct tape over the baby's mouth and nose? Why the lying to cover it up and failing to report for a month? How much proof is required now? What message does this send to other like-minded sociopaths? Convicting her of manslaughter insures her life is spared, if some unthought of aspect appears later, the case can be reopened. Since she lied to authorities so grievously, jail time for quite some time seems appropriate enough. Legal eagles say that the prosecution promised what he could not deliver; well, the defense did the same. I cede that it is the prosecution that has to prove the guilt and not the defense; however, circumstantial cases go like this and when reason prevails, a [now convicted] liar and sociopath would not be given such wide berth,
if he were a man
[Scott Peterson]. At least the deliberations would have taken more than a day to really consider all the evidence. In fact it can be said without any exaggeration that the lies of a female sociopath were her trump card of all ironies. Because she lied so much and was so demure in court, out of character for her, she was able to outfox the truthful prosecutor, known for being honest. This is what we have come to. Witnesses testified to her good mothering; but then sociopaths are good at charming others and drawing them in to the point of view of the sociopath. Scott Peterson was thought to have been a good husband until after the fact. He was so believable! Yet he is on death row today, because he is a man. If Stacey had aborted her child, Connor, or killed him as a young boy she would not be given a death sentence, as the Susan Smith case reveals. Woman are rarely given the death penalty even for gross murder, but when they are it is not for killing their own children. The
fruit of abortion
I have heard no commentator in the media allude to this, so detached from the natural law we have become in just a single generation, thanks to the
Roe v Wade
decision and all its hideous "progen
y". Without realizing that he had, assuming he sincerely did not intend to reveal so much, one Fox legal analyst with his own show was adamant that women should not be given the death penalty for killing their children. I could read between the lines, subconsciously he tied it to the "right to abortion" which he clearly upholds, although there is no such right ontologically and naturally, it is all a legal fiction. Any lawyer who no longer recognizes the natural law as the bedrock for all positive law is no kind of lawyer at all. The natural law and reason are intertwined by necessity, for the natural law is naturally known by reason. Discard one, lose the other in time, it is unavoidable. We are now so detached from the horror of the aggravated child abuse that is abortion, that life is rendered cheap in the hands of women who destroy their souls as they defile their bodies to kill that of another, an innocent baby, a child in his own right. Men cannot abort babies they do not carry so they are not given the same psychological default line when we think of social and legal policy. But woman are; young children are simply thought of as extensions of the developing child in the womb on some level we may not yet articulate as I am doing here. This assertion may seem bold to you, even shocking, however, ask yourself why a quasi-medical social journal was able to run an article by an expert advocating the "right" to kill toddlers if the parents desire to. He did not loose his standing in his field and where was the uproar? You did not hear of this, you say? Well here is the answer to the question about outrage. You did not learn of this because there wasn't any. Policy wonks and pro-lifers like me are the only ones who knew and
as far as I know
I am the only one who knew of it that was alarmed. This, too, is the
fruit of abortion
Down deep we all know, except for the very young who know nothing else and are the victims of prejudicial soul-ravaging propaganda, that abortion is a great evil, the great evil of our time because it is so massive in scale; in fact the human mind cannot grasp the enormity of it all unless the conscience is willing to signal immediate remedy. This would take just too much time and effort for most of us, so we have habituated ourselves to a schizophrenic duality: on the one hand 51% of the country says it is pro-life and wants reduced abortion [not all of it, mind you, so much for being pro-life], yet we still have abortion. We simply seem to want it to just go away, have the moral crisis sort itself out on its own. Compare this to the efforts of the Tea Party
in re
economic policy and the success they are acclaimed for. As I wrote in another column, "guts for gas but no pluck for the preborn!"
Before children are despoiled and deformed in the government schools, even they recognize the baby in the womb as a real live baby. I know with certainty because of my work demonstrating with the graduated fetal model display we sometimes use. Instinctively a little one will unclasp her hand from her mother and run up excitedly to the display and with great excitement exclaim, "Look, a baby!" Indeed. And we who were educated before the all out assault on normalcy in the public school re-education internment camps, know it, too. We really, really do. And since the preborn child, who is always called a baby when the mother wants to give birth and only something else when she does not, looks so much like the baby you first hold in your arms, perhaps a little smaller and with less hair and more "wrinkles" under the surface where we are not always conscious of it being so, we associate the one with the other so easily, because it is normal to do so, for human life, human personhood, is a continuum. No Supreme Court can change this with any edict, although the country as a whole pretends that it can. This is why we experience such a duality in our national character and why abortion is the
sine qua non
dividing line, not class, not race, not gender, not anything else, but abortion. Everything else hinges on it. Those who are actively supportive tend to be the same with "gay marriage" and court "legislation" versus Congressional legislation since the courts have become so liberalized and thus political, not strictly constitutionally based. So to quiet our fears and salvage what is left of our shattered consciences we blame those who point out this ontological truth to us, rather than blame ourselves for our quandary. If abortion is not child abuse, the other forms become somewhat less appalling on some level, if not completely as yet.
the dichotomy in our so-called best in the world justice system, men are given harsher penalties with the same evidence or less against them than women are, and please, oh please, do not offer the occasional exception---there is always one, because this, too, is a normal part of life.
Abortion is not only the death penalty without a trial for the innocent, it is the very means by which we now make war on ourselves as a society, by reducing the normal and the pure to a quaint status
the abnormal and the depraved, so that now we accept the no-fault apology, the medical excuse for sin and other intolerable behaviors. Everything is the opposite of what is ought to be. As we accept---throwing up our hands in fake horror, more and more dislocation and the redefinition of normalcy, we are hardened and coarsened, become only a shadow of the dignity that the human person was created with. In this glass darkly we can but reason hesitantly and haltingly, if at all, because to do otherwise would mean we would have to change, and we are now super-addicted to everything that is our five ring national circus, and we would rather slay all social
rather than kill the grotesque. The absolute, horrifying
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Love to Cleveland
I've already mentioned how I don't really like Love for the Cavaliers, and I'll get to that shortly. But first, I think this whole process has given us an unprecedented look at just how powerful the league's best player at the peak of his influence and free agency can be. Lebron's process basically held up league traffic this summer as it did in 2010, and most of the news and insinuations from Brian Windhorst and others is that the Kevin Love trade was an 'owners deal' desired and pushed through by Lebron, with the GMs left to iron out the details.
But other than the potential for an amazing Uncle Drew episode now that Drew and Wes are united, I don't like the trade much for Cleveland, as I've said before. I understand that Lebron's going to be 30 before the year is out, and the Paul George injury shows just how quickly championship windows can close, but I'm left wondering just how much of a window Love's acquisition provides.
I haven't seen Kevin Love and Kyrie Irving play much. But I do know that both of them fit several molds that I'm wary of, when assessing players as superstars:
– best player on bad teams: neither player has ever made the playoffs. If you're going to go and anoint someone a superstar, they should be able to at least carry their teams that far. If people are going to call this Cavs the new big three, let's consider that Chris Bosh of the old big three twice carried his Raptors to the postseason, and Wade obviously took them much further (though Wade's credentials were never really up for debate). The additional downside to this is that I am especially wary of players like Kyrie Irving who build reputations based on flash. He hasn't always been healthy, and his raw productivity doesn't even separate him much from solid starters like Isaiah Thomas. But he's got a nasty handle and makes Brandon Jennings look like a puppet in the Rookie-Sophomore game. Ever played My Player mode in 2K? You get some points for highlight moments, but more points for the other stuff that helps your team win. The numbers indicate that Kyrie was a very mediocre spot-up shooter last year (31%), and he's not respected as a defender. In some ways he's like a point guard version of Carmelo – tantalizing talent and skill set, ability to make a ton of eye-catching plays and put up huge numbers (and therefore win the hearts and minds of the many casual fans and observers), but just not that great of a two way player. Love is more established, more decorated, and has an incredible offensive skillset at a position that seldom sees the kind of versatility he brings. I've got much more respect for what he brings to the table based on his productivity in the western conference, but there are serious concerns about his defense too, and he's not a rim protector. He's also likely not going to be as productive on a team as talented as this one, which brings me to my next concern, perhaps the biggest:
– fit. A big part of this is going to be on new coach David Blatt, a coach with a decorated foreign resume who has a reputation for wildly different stylistic adjustments based on his personnel. But my main concern with Love/Kyrie as your second and third stars is that they both do most of their damage in the same area: offense. Kyrie has more range than Wade and is of course still young, but he's accustomed to having the keys to a bad team. The Cavs may intend to keep the ball in his hands to take some of the burden off Lebron, but it will be a major adjustment for him to play effectively off the ball, make the most of the open looks that his teammates generate (I expect his spotup numbers to go up, but will they go up enough under increased pressure?) Love's remarkable range alleviates some of the concerns in this category for him, but he's also a player used to having plenty of touches. It's going to be a finicky juggling act to get everyone their opportunities and shots, and the pressure increases for each guy when you're getting fewer possessions, and you have such good players around you who would also use them effectively. What looks like an embarrassment of riches often ends up just a reminder that there's only one basketball out there.
Just remember that the initial Heat big three looked awkward and clunky on offense. There were some incredible plays that you can't scheme and draw up and are just a product of incredible talent given spontaneous expression, like those full court alleys between James and Wade. But all three players had to make MAJOR adjustments to ultimately make things work – James moved into the post and Bosh largely out of it, while Wade never added legitimate three-point range, which when combined with his physical breakdown led to people wondering if he should be a sixth man.
Defensively, too, the Heat were still forced to play a unique style to fit its stars' diverse talents. They aggressively trapped and chased out pick and rolls because of the transcendent mobility, athleticism, and instincts of their three stars. Bosh isn't a prototypical rim protector, but he's as good as it gets when it comes to bigs being able to close out and move to put out fires across the court. Wade is what I'd call an intangible defender, someone who might make fundamentalists cringe with his freelancing but always seem to have a hand in loose balls and blind-side steals, well-timed blocks and challenges at the rim. The two wings stars basically added a totally unexpected and unprecedented layer of potential rim protection from positions that seldom offer it. But even despite that, in crunch time Lebron, as the team's best 1-on-1 and perimeter defender, was often asked to lock up the opponent's most threatening player in any position on the floor – in consecutive rounds in 2013, that meant David West and then Tony Parker.
And with Lebron coming off one of his worst defensive seasons and his prime winding down, I'm not sure if you can ask him to do all of that anymore. He's lost plenty of weight this offseason, which doesn't figure to help him defend interior players. There's nothing exceptional or intangible about Love and Irving's defensive abilities – they should be able to refocus more energy in that direction with their offensive burdens lightened, but that again requires a series of challenging adjustments, and neither has shown any of the positionally unique/elite defensive skills that Wade and Bosh did. This may not matter in the regular season in a weak conference when people will be celebrating their highlight plays and gawking at their record and resurgence, but it will matter in the playoffs when they have to get stops and there are fewer possessions with more weight.
And this is largely why I don't like the trade. This new 'big three', when it hits its stride, should be offensively scarier than the old one. But it's not anywhere near its equal on defense. By all accounts, Wiggins is an unpolished offensive player, but an excellent defender given his instincts and ridiculous athleticism. A capable perimeter/wing defender has gone a long way in making teams contenders. Obviously, most of Wiggins' value comes from his superstar physical tools and potential, but he's also a young player who can take considerable pressure off Lebron defensively, which will become more important as Lebron ages. It also allows Lebron more freedom to focus on the help defense or interior disruption at which he also excels.
Offensively, not having Love doesn't make them quite as scary, but I can't imagine any attack featuring Lebron and Irving struggling to put up points, largely because of how malleable and unselfish Lebron is. If the pre-decision Cavaliers could score enough to consistently win 60 games, they can certainly do it now with Lebron a more confident, efficient, and versatile (the post) offensive juggernaut together with Kyrie. And if you're able to consistently generate open looks for incredible athletes who can hit spot-ups (Wiggins) or players evaluated as rangy stretch-4s (Bennett), it's not as if those two would have been useless on offense. But they wouldn't have NEEDED (or been used to having) the ball to do it.
So the big question for the new look Cavs is going to be: how do they defend? Blatt will surely have things up his sleeve, but will that be enough? If defense wins championships and fit matters, Cleveland may have dealt itself into a more tenuous position when it starts playing the games that matter in May and June.


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OK it's about schoolchildren, not financial trading or state secrets, but here at last is a real live example of SDN being applied to do something truly useful. And, being a school, they are not afraid to tell us about it! So here is a practical lesson on using OpenFlow to accurately and reliably beat threats to a network that is absolutely inundated with BYODs.
Ballarat Grammar in Victoria, Australia has 250 faculty and 1,400 students on site. Senior students and faculty members all have a school-provided laptop, otherwise the site is a blackboard jungle of unmanaged devices. The school tried everything – firewall, IPS antivirus etc – but were still bogged down with cyberthreats before they looked to an SDN solution.
Full marks for having already invested extensively in OpenFlow switches – the solution was installed in one break and the benefits were immediate and largely automated. What's more the system has brought the FaceBook Monster under control, while improving productivity and experience right across the board.
As Head of Technical Services at Ballarat Grammar, Greg Bell understands IT where it really matters – at the customer coalface. His detailed account of what is being done with SDN to increase security in the face of the BYOD Beast will be a lesson to us all.
Panelists: James Walker, President, Cloud Ethernet Forum; Leigh Wade, Director, Strategic Business Development, Asia Pacific, Infinera; Nan Chen, President, MEF; Executive Vice Chairman, CENX; Syakieb Ahmad, Vice President, PT AXIS Telekom Indonesia; Passakorn Hongsyok, Department Director, International Business, UIH
Introduced & Chaired by: Clive Longbottom, Service Director, Business Process Analysis, Quocirca
The pressures of social networking, mobility, big data and cloud services mean that the IT department's role is shifting from infrastructure and application provisioning to becoming a business growth driver. The need is for a more flexible and adaptable datacentre: where servers can be provisioned as dynamic workloads shift and change; where systems can be configured, replicated and deployed across the enterprise.
Today's IT teams need new ways to achieve this. Datacenter orchestration promises a simpler means to automate IT services across the board – from merely reducing routine repetitive tasks, up to creating an automated datacentre delivering harmonious, responsive cloud services. That must sound like music in their ears – but who plays it best?
Our panel comprises leading players in the datacentre automation and orchestration business, together with their counterparts in the SDN/NFV arena. Put the two together and let's see if we can come up with an even better way to increase business efficiency, agility and scale while managing compliance, reducing complexity, and leveraging existing datacenter investments.
Panelists: Gowthaman Manickam, Regional Service Director, BT Advise (Compute); Erik Papir, Worldwide Director of Technical Marketing, HP; Sachin Vasudeva, Director of Product Management & Strategy, Juniper Networks; Amit Sinha Roy, Vice President, Marketing & Strategy, GES, TATA Communications
Introduced & Chaired by: Dustin Kehoe, Associate Research Director – Telecommunications, IDC
"Will we see clouds of 1 billion VMs in the next 10 years?" – perish the thought, along with other ghastly "impossibilities" such as a world containing as many mobile phones as people, and where Internet traffic doubles every second year.
As SPs migrated to native Ethernet services, datacenter managers loved the resulting simplicity and scalability – but it has not been plain sailing all the way. With virtual machine populations already running into the millions across geographically dispersed datacenters, technical challenges are emerging around VLAN scaling, layer 2 performance and resilience across very large domains, plus consolidating storage network technologies onto Ethernet.
This looked like a new task for the MEF – famous for having enhanced and standardized Carrier Ethernet to create services suitable for geographically-dispersed enterprises and mobile operators.
Panelists: James Walker, President, Cloud Ethernet Forum; Nan Chen, President, MEF; Executive Vice Chairman, CENX; Syakieb Ahmad, Vice President, PT AXIS Telekom Indonesia; Passakorn Hongsyok, Department Director, International Business, UIH
How would folks react to a water company that sold water as polluted as the typical spam and malware riddled Internet connection?
They'd spend money on filters and purifying tablets, get angry and probably keep looking for better ways to buy water.
That's just how it works with the data Cloud: customers have to invest heavily in third party anti-virus and security systems, so they have less to spend on services; they get angry and keep looking for better, or at least cheaper, services and providers.
Dr Zhang and his team have developed technology and practice allowing ISPs "to deliver cleaner traffic to the end user", as described by the Ogren Group. Security, as a service provided by the carrier, can save an enormous amount of time and capital, allowing customers to spend more on services. It can drastically reduce churn – for who would turn their back on a service that delivered really clean, cost-effective connectivity and slashed spam?
When the cloud itself provides the cleaning, customers will choose to "distil" their data through it for safety and compliance. Security ceases to be an expensive, upfront cost – it's now a continuously managed, elastic service.
NetEvents has a great track record for introducing "hot to watch" security solutions. We introduced the APAC press to fledglings TippingPoint, which was later sold to 3Com to become their "crown jewels" for the HP acquisition. Next we introduced you to Nir Zuk inventor of the Firewall and founder of Palo Alto Networks which went on to be one of the most successful IPOs of 2012, rocketing to a valuation of $4bn+ within a few months of their listing. Then early this year at our event in Thailand we brought you FireEye which, with the exception of Twitter, has become one of this years' most successful IPOs, soaring to an EyeWatering valuation $4.5bn. We now suggest Wedge Networks could be next making waves. According to Dr. Hongwen Zhang, it's already happening…
Introduced & Chaired by: Tim Dillon, Research Director Asia, Current Analysis
How does an IT department ensure compliance and protect mobile devices roaming beyond the network perimeter? At the other end of the scale: how does a parent limit their children's exposure to unwanted Internet content and protect home PCs and tablets from malware without it becoming a full time job? As the number and scope of threats escalate, can this still be done efficiently and economically?
From large to tiny, businesses of all sizes can exploit cloud services to advantage, but many hesitate to leverage the full benefits for fear of data loss and unauthorized access. Should they rely on providers' own cloud security solutions to solve these challenges, or should they opt for the services of an independent security specialist?
Governments' latest Cloud traffic privacy and monitoring regulations mean that these intriguing questions have become critical. Our team includes champions of both approaches, and we call on Tim Dillon to provide the latest data on cyberthreats and emerging trends before asking them to debate the safest, and most compliant, solutions.
Panellists: Jatin Dhawan, Senior Consultant, Professional services, BT Global Services; Bryce Boland, Vice President/CTO, Asia Pacific, FireEye; Amit Sinha Roy, Vice President, Marketing & Strategy, GES, TATA Communications; Dr Hongwen Zhang, Chief Executive Officer, Wedge Networks
Thursday 21st November
Introduced & Chaired by: David Coyle, Managing Vice President, Gartner
Gartner is predicting that most enterprises will have adopted cloud computing in some form by the end of 2013. "In some form" is the topic this session will address – be it public, private or some hybrid form of cloud.
Consuming IT services through the public cloud offers economies of scale and frees up resources, while a private cloud trades greater CapEx and specialist skills against the benefits of direct control. Both have their advantages and in fact the majority of CIOs are not only going for the hybrid mix but also looking for a flexible approach – such as multi-tenant datacenters – allowing freedom to switch cloud providers as the market evolves and they learn from experience.
According to IDC, future IT investments will be increasingly evaluated in terms of strategic business goals (reaching 90% by 2015). This means that the role of the CIO is becoming more strategic – and IT decisions ever more critical. We have selected a panel with the expertise and experience to point the way.
Public? Private? Or some form of Hybrid? How to choose wisely.
Panellists: James Walker, President, Cloud Ethernet Forum; Tawhid Rijwanur Rahman, General Manager – Service Planning, PDD, Technology, Grameenphone; Doug Wills, Senior Director, Product Marketing, JUNOS & SDN Juniper Networks; Nitin M. Jadhav, Associate VP, Trimax IT Infrastructure & Services
Introduced & Chaired by: Mayank Kapoor, Industry Manager – Data Centre and Cloud Computing, Information & Communication Technologies, Frost & Sullivan
Can enterprises resist the Cloud's "seductive vision" of pay-as-you-go resources on demand with instant provisioning? Frost & Sullivan's Mayank Kapoor thinks not. They are already embracing SaaS, and are planning to spend even more on cloud-based services during the next two years – up to a third of their budgets in some cases – citing easier capacity management and CapEx savings as key incentives. What NEW Cloud-based apps and services are proving to be most popular and essential to Enterprises?
Who is best placed to exploit this hunger? Telecom operators already own an infrastructure of high-speed networks, data centers, holistic service management and existing billing and settlement systems – but are they offering the SLAs that business demands?
Easier said than done? Or are the big boys just too slow on their feet? Mayank Kapoor puts this challenge to our panel – ranging from telcos, through cloud providers to OTT service providers. Which organisations are best placed to adapt and benefit most by fully embracing the trend towards Cloud-based business models?
Panellists: Bernie Trudel, Cloud CTO, Cisco; Tawhid Rijwanur Rahman, General Manager – Service Planning, PDD, Technology, Grameenphone; Teddy Ko, AVP, Cloud and Data Centre services, PCCW; Amit Sinha Roy, Vice President, Marketing & Strategy, GES, TATA Communications; Chris Rezentes, Network Planning Lead, South Asia, Verizon
Introduced & chaired by: Clement Teo, Senior Analyst, Asia Pacific, Forrester Research
Some tried to dismiss it as an academic exercise – but SDN is going mainstream, with a host of OpenFlow enabled products on the shelves and major deployments already delivering quantifiable results. And yet its potential is so radical, that it retains that aura of mystery – so we invite Clement Teo to launch this session by outlining the latest and forthcoming developments.
While SDN descended from ivory towers, NFV has grown from grassroots. Yet they meet on common ground, with exciting opportunities for marrying the two approaches for even greater benefit – as in an SDN quarantined path to a virtual firewall anywhere in the system.
So today's focus is on benefits. For telcos and service providers, programmability, virtualization, and intelligent flow management enables greater value at lower cost per bit. For the enterprise and for datacenter environments, they help achieve more with less, even as the size and complexity of their networks increase. Soon IT will be able to modify the network in minutes, rather than hours or days, to keep pace with user requirements and be more responsive to business needs.
Our panel represents all these interests, and has positive stories to tell about the rewards they got from early adoption. Clement Teo will conclude by asking them share the other half of the story: the lessons learned and the advice they offer to help the rest of us plan effective migration strategies towards virtualized networking.
Panellists: Bernie Trudel, Cloud CTO, Cisco; Erik Papir, Worldwide Director of Technical Marketing, HP; Leigh Wade, Director, Strategic Business Development, Asia Pacific, Infinera; Nan Chen, President, MEF; Executive Vice Chairman, CENX; Sakri Rifkin, General Manager – Network Architecture & Technology Planning, Telekom Malaysia Berhad
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If you had earlier applied to the Directorate of Technical Aids Corps recruitment advertisement in October 2012 this will interest you.
The Directorate has released its list of shortlisted candidates and the days they are scheduled to hold their interviews in Abeokuta, Ogun State.
Information published on the Directorate of Technical Aids Corps website states thus;
1- The Directorate of Technical Aid Corps (TAC) hereby invited the listed candidates for TAC Recruitment Interview, scheduled to take place from 27th January – 9th February 2013at the june 12 Arts & Cultural Centre, Kuto, Abeokuta, Ogun State.
2- Short-listed candidates are advised to carefully note the specific dates on which to appear before the panel of interviewers and therefore ensure strict compiance. Individual Candidates are requested to bring along with them Original copies of thier credentials and valid practicing license where applicable. Please note that the interview starts at 9:00 a.am everyday as indicated in the dates alloted to individual states as stated.
3- All candidates should note that their transportation to and from Abeokuta as well as accommodation would be at their own expense.
To download and view the entire list and dates click Directorate of Technical Aids Corps Interview Shortlist and Dates


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Nel Lines (Nautiliaki Etaireia Lesbou: shipping company of Lesbos) has been serving with its modern Fleet the Greek community and millions of tourists visiting Greece for 35 years. All conventional passenger-ferry boats and high speed passenger-ferry boats are certified by ISM. Nel Lines, that is one of the leading Greek companies in the field of passenger- and vehicle transportation, has had an active presence on all routes of the north-eastern Aegean Sea and recently started to operate on the Cycladic market. Nel Lines executes itineraries from Piraeus to Chios, Mytilene and Syros and from Lavrion to the eastern, central and the western Cyclades. With Nel Lines passengers are offered a very high standard regarding Accommodation and passage.


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K. P. Mohanan has taught at the University of Texas at Austin; MIT; Stanford University; and at the National University of Singapore (NUS). He has made significant contributions to linguistic theory; he co-designed with Tara Mohanan an Inquiry-Oriented undergraduate program in Linguistics; and has worked extensively with the nature of academic knowledge and inquiry, against the backdrop of human beliefs. He joined the IISER-Pune Faculty in 2011, where he continued his work till he retired at the end of 2016.
Tara Mohanan is well respected internationally for her work on theoretical issues in semantics, syntax, morphology, and phonology, based largely but not exclusively on phenomena in Hindi and Malayalam. She did her PhD in Linguistics at Stanford University. At the NUS, where she taught for 16 years, she co-designed with K P Mohanan an Inquiry-Oriented undergraduate program in Linguistics. She has a rare range in educational experience that spans experimenting with Inquiry-Oriented activities in 2nd Grade to advising PhD scholars writing a doctoral dissertation.
Madhav Kaushish founded SmarterGrades, an online, adaptive numeracy learning portal in 2011 with funding from the Ewing Marion Kauffmann Foundation. He then worked with Universal Learn Today (The educational wing of India Today) as a Curriculum Developer and Mathematics Education Specialist, and later as their Manager of Online Educational Product Development. He then worked as a consultant for UNESCO MGIEP. He started work on his PhD in Mathematics, with a focus on Mathematics Education, in 2016 at The University of Arizona, Tucson.
MSc, IIT Madras
Jayasree Subramanian has taught in schools and colleges. Associated with Educational Initiatives, she has worked on the development of diagnostic assessments, teacher assessments, learning modules for an adaptive learning tool, and evaluation of educational programmes in the government school space. She has been working with ThinQ for several years, and is currently pursuing a PhD in Math Education at the Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education.
Vaideeswaran (Deesh) consults in the field of environment, climate change, and sustainable solutions. He has established his consulting practice, both in the development and business sector, and works both within India and in other developing countries. He has been a core consultant with the World Bank for more than 15 years. Further to that, he has a keen interest in facilitating innovative approaches in school education. He has been a guest resource person for more than 10 years in The School KFI, Chennai and has been continually engaged in sharing his expertise with high schoolers.
PhD, Computational Molecular Biophysics, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Vigneshwar Ramakrishnan is an Assistant Professor at SASTRA University, Thanjavur, teaching Bioinformatics. His research work focuses on investigating the mechanisms of protein-DNA interactions. With an interest in inculcating scientific thinking in young minds, he founded the "Science Arattai", an informal forum for science discussion, for undergraduate students at SASTRA, where alongside the knowldege component, he takes every available opportunity to build inquiry abilities into the curriculum.
Sriram Naganathan has been closely associated as a resource person with IgnusERG, a group of professionals working to improve the quality of education for marginalized children across India at elementary and secondary levels. When he finds time, he also teaches History at The School-KFI, Chennai. Sriram trained in Business Journalism at the Times Research Foundation in Delhi and was a Reuter Fellow at the University of Oxford, UK. He held editorial positions in publications such as Business India and Business World, and wrote for publications such as Asian Venture Capital Journal and Oxford Analytica before moving to the field of education full-time. Sriram also advises Venture Intelligence, which tracks deals in the private equity and venture capital ecosystem in India.
B.E.(Elect), COE Pune, Diploma in Advanced Computing, CDAC
Anjali Chipalkatti has worked on design and development of key indigenous solutions for Indian Defense. She has led IT portfolios for various multinational corporates as program manager with complete ownership of onsite and offshore operations.She is a founder member of Avakash Nirmitee, a group that engages in making documentary films on socially relevant subjects including education, and has been working as a science educator.
Aarthi Lourdes worked as an IT professional for 11 years before taking a break to catch up with life. Life happened during the break as she did ThinQ's IIE course and fell for it hook, line, and sinker. Around the same time, she also did her teacher training from The School - KFI to get an understanding of an alternative approach to educating children. Now she's happy working with ThinQ, and ThinQfecting everyone around her with the ThinQ-bug.
Ramesh has a range of experience from working in various fields - starting with troubleshooting electronic devices as a hobby from his school days, training and tech support in computer hardware and networking, facilitating personal development programs in Landmark Education (based on Werner Erhart's work), being a volunteer and trainer for a suicide prevention helpline, and doing photography and videography for social causes. He currently runs a school in Chennai, where he is initiating meaningful changes. He believes in using his life for causes that can make a difference to the world. He saw ThinQ as a good solution to ailing school academia, that bothered him all his life, and thus volunteers his time with ThinQ.
Pursuing a degree in Master's in Elementary Education (Ongoing at TISS, Mumbai)
Aditi discovered her interest in thinking about education during a sociology lecture in her undergraduate degree. Since then, she has been volunteering and interning with various organisations that work in education and began working with ThinQ in July, 2018. Here, she learnt ways to tap into her intellectual interests and pursue them wholeheartedly. She is also trained in Bharatnatyam and enjoys reading about philosophy.
MSc Biotechnology, University of Pune
Rashmi works as a curriculum and program developer at Agastya International Foundation, an NGO working in the space of hands-on science education for underprivileged children in rural India. After many years of research in Neuroscience at NCBS, Bangalore, Rashmi got very interested in school education and the neuroscience of how we learn. Rashmi believes that ThinQ was a transformative experience for her as it helped her overcome fear and insecurity associated with open exploration and begin to see it as an exciting journey. She is committed to developing an inquiry-oriented high school curriculum for Biology as well as pursuing research on how knowledge is created in the brain.
Sayali Tamane, after completing her Bachelors in Engineering, entered the developmental sector. She went on to complete her Masters in Educational Technology from the University of British Columbia and has been involved in the design and development of the 'Avirat' online training program for secondary school teachers across Maharashtra. She has worked as a member of the Board of Studies for creating the textbooks for 'Self Development and Art Appreciation' for grades 9th and 10th for the Maharashtra State Board. She has been working on educating students from underprivileged background for several years. She currently works as a consultant in education and educational technology for different non-governmental organizations.
MA (English), Pune University; Post-Grad. Diploma (Communication Media for Children), SNDT University; School Psychology, Jnana Prabhodhini, Pune
Committed to the cause of education, Malati Kalmadi worked as a teacher for three years before becoming Trustee at Kannada Sangha, Pune, which runs the Kaveri Group of Institutes (KGI). She continues as a Trustee today, playing a significant role in keeping KGI motivated in accepting change and being creative, and building a culture of trust. She has been the guiding force in bringing to KGI a vision of learner-centeredness and a safe environment, as well as in initiating programs that offer students a wide spread of arenas for overall development. Malati is also an Ex-Senate member of Pune University; Director at Anjali Morris Foundation that works with children with Learning Disabilities; Trustee of the University Women's Association, Pune, which works for the welfare of women and the girl child; Life Member of INTACH, a national body for Culture and Heritage; and a Member of 'Connecting,' an NGO that works for the Prevention of Suicide among Youth.
Jeevan Mendoza, a Jesuit priest, is currently pursuing licentiate studies in philosophy at the Gregorian University, Rome. He worked for six and a half years in Nandurbar district of Maharashtra in the field of elementary education; the work included training bare-foot teachers in innovative and child-friendly teaching methods. He also actively promoted children's literature in tribal villages and made the library a more child-friendly space, given the constraints of rural infrastructure. Firmly convinced about the significance of critical thinking and reasoning in education, he endeavours to promote these abilities wherever possible.
MA, M.Phil (History), JNU, Delhi
Vagish Jha has worked with alternative school education, educational programming and marketing, audio-video media, digitizing archives of valuable documents and audio-visual resources, radio programming, and social communication and community development. He was an Education Development Specialist with Learn Today, the educational wing of the India Today Group, until he took over in 2017 as Assistant Vice President, Academic Lead, IL&FS Education.
Kuany is a Prevention of Violent Extremism through Education (PVEE) Specialist at UNESCO Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development (MGIEP). A global nomad from South Sudan, he completed his high school education in Kenya while a refugee. He is self-educated in global geopolitics, philosophy and trained in the Paul-Elder Framework for Critical Thinking, and most importantly, ThinQ's Inquiry-Orientated Education — which he describes as the most dispassionate and rigorous method for any seeker of the truth.
An activist by nurture, at UNESCO MGIEP, Kuany is in charge of #YouthWagingPeace, TAG e and the overall PVEE coordination. He also works on the Institute's flagship Libre Project, World Rescue Game and youth-led monitoring of the Sustainable Development Goals. His book, The Enlightened Darkness is an intimate meditation on the causes and consequences of the Sudanese Civil War. He is currently working on his second book, ACHOL, on the customs and traditions of South Sudanese tribes. He hopes to use the proceeds from the books to support orphans' education in South Sudan.
Kuany derives his motivation from a high school teacher who once told him that he will ''never amount to anything in life.'' He rejoices in the GOOD things of the mind — good books, good coffee, good music, soccer, and enriching conversations, and solitude.
Rayn Samson is a homeschooled student who never gave any formal exams until, at the age of eighteen, he decided that he wanted to pursue higher education. He studies with the help of tutors as a private candidate and plans to start his undergraduate degree in 2019. Before taking up studies full-time, he used to play semi-professional football in and around Pune, and continues to live and promote a physically active lifestyle.
After graduating in mathematics, Nilabh ran a democratic community school in rural Bihar. Later, he did masters in Women's Studies from TISS.He also went to Alpen-Adria University for course in Human Ecology, Environmental Science, and Sociology as an exchange student and interned at Teach For Austria, and ILB, Vienna. On returning to India, he joined Eklavya to work in school education in tribal area of Chhindwara, MP. He has a deep interest in Democratic Schooling, Language, Mathematics, Science, Inquiry Oriented Learning, Education, and developing teaching-learning material for young learners.


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Clif Builders taste amazing, crafted with top notch ingredients to help achieve ultimate body fitness and provide lasting energy. Consists of complete protein, carbohydrates and fat to help muscle recovery. The ingredients give your body the protein it needs to help build & repair muscle and carbohydrates to replenish energy stores.


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Following local, state and federal directives, ALL OPERATIONS ARE CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. We look to reopen as soon as it is safe to do to. For more information, CLICK HERE.
As a member of MVP Athletic Club you are entitled to more than the best athletic club in Central Florida. We continually strive to provide great value to you, our valued member, through service, facilities, classes and programs. In a promise to support our local community, we have formed partnerships with the following local businesses.
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In keeping with Daemen College commitment to environmental sustainability, we encourage you to complete and submit your application online using one of our application options listed below.
Apply Online for First Year, Transfer and Graduate Programs
Application fee: Free
Daemen offers Rolling Admissions and is still accepting applications for the Fall and Spring 2020 semesters.
Daemen College offers three, first year, application options; Early Decision with 4-year tuition guarantee, Regular Decision and Rolling Admissions
- Early Decision Application Deadline: Friday, November 1st, 2019
- Decisions released: Late November 2019
- Early Decision Deposit Deadline: December 20th, 2019
- Please go to daemen.edu/earlydecision for more information
- Regular Decision Application Deadline: Monday, November 25th, 2019
- Decisions released: Late December 2019
- Regular Decision Deposit Deadline: May 1st, 2020
Rolling Admissions: Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis any time after November 25th. Once an application is complete, students will receive an admissions decision within a 1-3 weeks time, depending on the time of year and amount of applications to review.
Please note that some programs have seat capacities and may fill with Early and Regular Decision applicants. These programs include: physician assistant , physical therapy, nursing, animation, and pre-veterinary 3+4 with Lincoln Memorial University.
Apply by Mail
Application fee: $25
If you would like to apply by mail, you can download a copy of the application below and send it to:
Daemen College Office of Admissions
4380 Main Street
Amherst, NY 14226
The applications listed below can be used to apply to Daemen College.
- Daemen College Printable Undergraduate Application (PDF)
- Daemen College Printable Graduate Application (PDF)
- Daemen College Printable Transfer Application (PDF)
Graduate Program Application Services
Students seeking direct entry into the Physician Assistant, Physical Therapy, and Athletic Training graduate programs should apply using the application services listed below. All other graduate students should apply to Daemen directly by mail or online.
Physician Assistant Studies, M.S.
- Daemen College is a participant in the Central Application Service for Physician Assistants (CASPA). Applicants for admission to the MS degree track must apply through CASPA.
Direct Entry Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT)
- Applicants for admission may apply online through PTCAS to enter directly into the professional phase of the entry-level Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) program.
Athletic Training, M.S.
- Applicants seeking direct entry MSAT Program may apply through the centralized application service, ATCAS.


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Douglas Zena 25 is the most versatile pad offered in our Douglas Zena line. Its low profile, light weight construction caters to all skill positions. Is recommended for the qb, running backs, wide receivers, defensive backs, line backers, and kickers.
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Cerulean Gallery
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The Cerulean Gallery is a contemporary fine art gallery located inside the Canyon Exploration Building in Historic Downtown Amarillo. The gallery features the works of local and national up-and-coming and established artist. They have nine exhibitions annually. The Cerulean Gallery is open: Monday - Friday 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM Saturday is by appointment only Closed Sunday
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Australia is known for many things including the Great Barrier Reef and the outback. Australia is also home to some of the best surfing beaches in the world. Even if you are not keen for a surf, the beaches are breathtaking and worth a visit. The Sunshine Coast stretches from Brisbane to Noosa and encompasses […]
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Australia may be on your bucket list but feel a bit daunting- it's vast and isolated and full of deadly animals. Here is an easy itinerary to suit every traveler. This includes mainly the East Coast of Australia.


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Number of times in my life I have thought to myself "oh boy! I can't wait to do some pilates!"
Zero. Zero times.
About once a year I get tired of having "lower abs, RPrin!" yelled at me ten times a week and start doing pilates. And then I start whining about it almost immediately.
I ... I really hate pilates. This has been discussed many times in the past. But unless and until some sort of magical ab workout materializes that can be done for half an hour every Wednesday and doesn't involve planks and that horrible arm pumping business I am sort of stuck with it. Because honestly, I am too lazy to do ten minutes every night before bed, or any of that nonsense. That's right, ballet, I am too lazy to do you properly. Am I ashamed? Maybe, but I am also quite literally amazed that I get out of bed some days, so I figure I am ahead of the game.
In other sort-of health news:
My ulcer is checking in to make sure I haven't forgotten it. Which hardly seems fair because the ulcer is directly related to the drugs I take for my arthritis. Which I have been forgetting to take on the regular. I have GOT to get my shit together, this is ridiculous. You can't have BOTH an ulcer and a flare up. PICK ONE RPRIN.


text: Aerodynamics, Doppler radar, laser tracking, and big data! Gary and Chuck find out how science has guided the evolution of golf, from why balls have dimples to how clubs are designed, with astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson and, from the PGA Tour, 3x world golf champion Geoff Ogilvy. Don't miss an episode of Playing with Science. Subscribe to our channels on: TuneIn: tunein.com/playingwithscience Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/playing-with-science/id1198280360 GooglePlay Music: https://play.google.com/music/listen?u=0#/ps/Iimke5bwpoh2nb25swchmw6kzjq SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/startalk_playing-with-science Stitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/startalk/playing-with-science NOTE: StarTalk All-Access subscribers can watch or listen to this entire episode commercial-free: https://www.startalkradio.net/all-access/golf-science-with-geoff-ogilvy-and-neil-degrasse-tyson/


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That's being overcautious: In a new University of Minnesota study of 45 survivors ages 34 to 75 (all of whom had their lymph nodes taken out; 13 already had lymphedema), researchers found that those who lifted weights twice weekly for 6 months experienced no more swelling in their arms than their nonlifting peers. Even the women with lymphedema reported that lifting didn't worsen symptoms.
It's important to start with easy-to-lift weights and progress in very small increments, says study author Rehana Ahmed, PhD.
To train safely:
• Seek guidance from a physical therapist who has worked with cancer patients. • Stop if you feel pain or become tired.


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Glenvale Villas is a community that offers a low care nursing and ageing in place facility for the elderly community. We see ourselves as an active community of Australians. While residents can expect care and assistance, they have as much independence as they desire and are encouraged to live life to the fullest. We see this stage of life as one that can be fulfilling, where new friendships are encouraged and everyone can get their emotional, physical and psychological needs met. Visit our website to find out more.
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