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The Happy Self® Saturday
This Event Is Completely SOLD OUT
Wainwright House - Rye New York
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A Whole Day Dedicated to YOU discovering your Happy Self®
It's a New Year.....come discover a New You!
Hi Everyone,
I am super excited to invite you to the Happy Self® Saturday Retreat. This is going to be an exceptionally wonderful event. The Wainwright House is a magnificent 16-room replica of a French Chateau and sits on five organic acres of land overlooking Milton Harbor on Long Island Sound in Rye, NY.
We have an amazing group of women all coming together to learn, grow and support each other. We are intentionally keeping this group small and intimate so that EVERYONE leaves with personal coaching and an action plan to positively impact their life in 2020.
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Tracy Fox
The Happy Self® Saturday is for YOU…
If you want radical positive change in just one day.
If you want to live to your highest potential and purpose.
If you want to manage your life instead of life managing you.
If you are a Mom who need some time to her self.
If you are an Entrepreneur who wants to reset for the New Year.
If you are a business person who desires time for fresh ideas.
If you feel like you don't have the tools to take the next steps.
If you want a deeper connection in your relationships.
If you want to get more done in your day and stay on track.
If you want to feel good about yourself.
If you want to make decisions easily.
If you need an exact action plan for success.
…Whether you are a stay at home mom, busy entrepreneur or corporate executive, everyone deserves a Happy Self Saturday.
Please See The Exact Schedule Below
What is included in the Happy Self®Saturday Retreat?:
A Morning Meditation
Over 5 Hours of inspired teachings by Executive Life Coach Tracy Fox targeted at you discovering your Happy Self
Mental exercises to fortify your mind & overcome barriers to success in any area
Daily, fun, step-by-step breakouts
Live Coaching and opportunities to participate
In-person networking connections with other amazing women
A Happy Self® Workbook
Buffet Lunch – Sandwiches, Salads, Sweets
A Walk on the Grounds Along the Water
Time For Reflection
Everyone Leaves with a Lord & Taylor Gift Bag & An Action Plan for 2020
(Tickets Are VERY Limited – Please Register Soon)
"Throughout the entire session the audience was engaged and transformed by the practical, useful and immediately applicable concepts that Tracy shared. Within a day of being a participant in her seminar I made some very positive decisions regarding my business and personal life that have been truly paying off. I reached out to her for some one on one coaching because I was so impressed with her insights. She is really very good at one-on-one as well. If you have opportunity to see Tracy Fox present and/or to engage her as a business/life coach, I would highly recommend her."
– Joy Baldridge, President Baldridge Seminars International
Event Schedule
9:00 – Program Open – Check In
9:30 – Morning Meditation Begins
10:00 – 11:30 – Program I – Make Your Dreams Come True!!
11:30-12:00 – Walk The Grounds Or Time For Reflection
12:00 – 12:45 Buffet Lunch
12:45 – 2:15 Program 2 – Overcome All Obstacles
2:15 – 2:45 – Afternoon Break
2:45 – 4:00 – Program 3 – Next Steps for Success in Any Area
Event Price
Questions and Answers
Where is the Wainwright House?
260 Stuyvesant Avenue, Rye, NY 10580. Wainwright is just 30 minutes from New York City, 15 minutes from the Westchester County Airport, and a stone's throw from routes 95 and 287. To find out more…./www.wainwright.org/
Can I bring a friend?
Yes…bring lots of friends but sign up soon as registration is very limited.
What should I bring?
Light comfortable clothes, writing utensils to take notes and an open mind & willing heart for all good and positive things.
What is your refund policy?
You can transfer your ticket to someone else but we are not issuing refunds for the ticket price of the Happy Self® Saturday Retreat.
What should I do if I still have questions?
Please Contact email@example.com and someone will respond within 24 hours.
Could you tell me more about Tracy Fox?
Tracy Fox has spent over 15 years with thousands of clients and countless hours brainstorming to create the BEST strategies for YOU to enjoy a Happy Self. Come experience this life transformation and immersion experience where you will be empowered to discover your highest purpose and potential.
Tracy has written 4 bestselling books, has spoken at over 100 locations including Lord & Taylor, Jersey Mikes National Meeting, Fairfield Prep School, Greenwich Bar Association, Grace Farms, & St. Luke's Women's Retreat. Tracy will bring all this collective knowledge and expertise to the Happy Self Saturday Retreat so YOU can have a transformative experience.
"Tracy is the real deal. Tracy takes a solution-based approach with her clients. She has years of experience in the field and has a proven track record of success. Tracy possesses just the right balance of active listening, offering advice, and action planning. The Happy Self Saturday is a must have experience for any woman who want to thrive in all realms of her personal and business pursuits!" (Sharon Perks)


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Our mission is to help our patients reach their optimum health with prevention, healing and/or transformation of their body + mind.
Regular acupuncture treatments can help your body's natural ability to heal itself, no matter what condition it is in. In order to help you receive as many treatments as needed without hurting your pocketbooks, we strive to provide Affordable treatments, All the time!
With the right combination of treatments, herbs and lifestyle recommendations, we believe we can bring forth the Wellness Within you!
No-Questions-Asked, Non-Discrimination Policy
We respect and value the diversity of our community. Wellness Within Acupuncture Studio does not discriminate based on race, age, religion, ability, marital status, sexual orientation, sex, gender identity, height, weight, national origin, language or education.

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SSL stands for Secure Sockets Layer and is the security standard technology when web server and a web browser establish an encrypted link. SSL keeps communications private and secure and out of the hands of the unscrupulous minded Internet thugs. VPN stands for virtual private network which offers a secure connection to the Internet by providing "tunneling" technology. Between SSL and VPN users are more than assured their connection to the Internet and the transfer of data is safe and secure.
Most browsers have SSL built into it and offers more flexibility and less administrative work for the user and couple with the benefits of VPN, takes security to the next level. To run SSL with a VPN does not require any specialized software. SSL provides data encryption and is used with online ordering and payment systems.
SSL uses public keys that are subject to encryption which requires two different types of keys, one of which is known to the first computer and the other is a key is sent to the second computer with which it will communicate. Once the data reaches the end of the network, it is no longer encrypted. That is where the VPN server takes over and keeps the data private and secure.
An SSL VPN is compatible with most standard web browsers and does not need any special software to make the program work. Wireless connections can also be used with an SSL VPN system and is ideal when connecting to a Wi-Fi hot spot or an unsecured, public network.
SSL VPN systems offer a secure and flexible option for telecommuters, travelers and contractors to connect to an internal or private network. This is a great way to put efficiency into a task and produce more work in a timelier manner.
It is important to make sure each computer has an up to date antivirus program to protect the computers from worms and viruses that do nothing but play havoc with computers and sometimes even destroy the operating system, rendering the computer useless.


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I designed MC33908 circuit according AN4766 to provide power to MPC5744p. When I debug the hardware, there is a strange phenomenon. When I first turn on the 12v switch power supply, then provide power the MC33908, MC33908 did not give its output. But when I truned off the switch power supply and power supply connector still connet to MC33908, then I turned on the power supply again. MC33908 can provide power to MCU and AUX devices. The system works fine. I tried many times, the phenomenon can repeatly appeared. I tested the circuit many times. There is no fault on circuit. Can someone tell me why MC33908 has such a phenomenon? What can I do to improve it?
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Le Marronnier, a small gîte free standing from the house, overlooks beautiful nature consisting of woods and vast grasslands where one might encounter roe deer early in the morning.
The cosy wooden interior is the perfect place to relax after a long hike exploring the winding paths in the surrounding grasslands and woodlands. Enjoy the beautiful sunsets over the countryside from your private terrace.
Close to Durbuy, it is the perfection location to go for a stroll in the streets of the old city and to try some of the local gastronomy.
Hesitate no longer and let yourself be carried away by the serenity of the location.
- one room with double bed (180x200cm),
- one drawing room with small sofa bed (140x200cm),
- one bathroom with Italian shower,
- one kitchen,
- flat screen TV, free WI-FI.
From 85 euros (depending on the time of year and duration).
Minimum 2 nights.
Taxes included in rates.
Bed sheets.
Arrival 5pm – Departure 11am
Capacity max 3 people (33m²)
The places are not suitable for children under 10 years old.
Out of respect for allergy sufferers, pets are not allowed.


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Paleo Diet - If are generally planning for you to do a diet that is carb free, it is good that to be able to information of the food may consume typically the next 1 week. A lower carb diet food list tells you a variety of food to choose from for you to enjoy can make.
Let's get started, the Paleo diet was initially popularized the actual mid 1970's when a gastroenterologist named Walter C. Voegtlin created a dietplan based towards the foods that the caveman enjoy ate during the Paleolithic Time period.
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During the 10-day retreats, one eats all vegetarian food in the morning and lunch time. The first time students are permitted a light snack during the evening while "old" students, those that have done at least one retreat, do not eat anything after mid-day.
When you over-focus on your food and body image, your world becomes very few. Time and consistency win every time on the technique to your needs. So, stop hunting for the latest and greatest (there 's no magic pill, sorry) you should living. The only drawback secret in order to use relax, believe it doesn't need to be this hard, eat real, whole foods, workout regularly, and get good pleasure. Repeat.
Eating Junk Food On A Gluten Free Diet
The Paleo diet goes by many names, including the Caveman Diet, the Hunter-Gather Diet, and also the Stone Age Eating routine. Regardless of the name you think of it as by, the great things about Paleo diet are a great deal of. Once you adjust to this different way of eating-and looking at food-you will begin to feel the difference in your internal system.
At first glance, an athlete can observe diet as extremely limited. The typical endurance athlete who chooses to wholly embrace it are forced to drastically alter his or her eating and shopping habits. One has to ask, perform the benefits outweigh the pricing? Studies are pointing to a resounding needless to say.
The food we consume today is way from might know about include from a healthy natural paleo diet food. This imbalance has led us to be victims to number of diseases and sicknesses which has deteriorated the amount of life. Through the years everything within our lives has evolved and the human race today is different from what it initially most likely was. The irony however is how the more we move forward the more we realise that you will turn past!
The Paleo diet is a safe diet to adhere to as it is possible to to consume a variety of meats and fish in fruits and vegetables. All the food is ready fresh without preservatives, sugars and all the nasty chemicals that are typically in processed healthy foods. Such tasty meals are roasted pork with carrots and potatoes. As it reaches to desserts you will eat such as strawberries as well as other delicious a lot of fruits. It simple to find all the basic foods needed as your local publication rack all have to have.
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Water does help as mentioned in researchers in Germany. It heightens the amounts of calories we burn minimum 30% assuming you drink 17 ounces of any water. Water is also an appetite depressent. It boots the nervous system which helps your blood pressure, alertness and levels.
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You can have unlimited supply; yes, only if a person the bucks to supplemental. Not to mention the cooking methods, you'll surely get annoyed with all the frying and also that need to attempt other ways like roasting, stewing, braising, and poaching together with some other ingredients to a new taste rrn your Paleo meal. So, to give you some applying for grants how to spice up your Paleo living while running a great ship, here i list some tips you might find helpful.
Paleo diet cookbook will tell you just how you in order to consume meat, as long as but there's more contain additives. If you take this route, the Paleo Diet Cookbook may possibly many recipes that will contain grass fed meat, or other alternative types of meat to make secure that you will get your omega3-6's, because these fatty oils are a main factor inside the entire idea behind the Paleo diet. Supply energy for your specific body, primarily because you is definately consuming any carbs, and tend to be extremely well suited for you personally heart, along with; pores and skin, hair, healthy nails, whilst your brain health (omega-9).
Pros And Cons Of Paleo Diet Plan
Are you interested in eating prefer your prehistoric grandpa and grandma? The Paleo diet might be merely the thing you are considering. There are some key differences between the Paleo diet along with the kind of diet most humans eat today.
Vegetables and fruits contain plenty of vitamins, mineral and paleo diet recipes fiber which provides some with the daily needs of your own. What's more, the fruits and veggies can also help to get rid with the body waste to take care of the "environment" people body scrub. In addition, some ingredient in the veggies can prevent some problem. Beef, veal and chicken contain less fat than other kind of meat but higher health protein. This can be of assistance to our weight loss. Now, you must get to know the cause why I inclined to introduce HCG diet and hcg success stories its food list a person. So far more hold you back?
Instead of growing strong as we evolved currently have grown weaker, the average life today is 50-60 which is half that of a cave man's! The secret behind their fruitful life was their food. Those meals is referred to as the paleo diet in recent times! It has been re-introduced in our lives in order we make the most of a healthy life during they has. We need to get out of a particular plastic world and back again to relationship. We have caused more harm to ourselves than good and time additional medications amends.
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Fermented and moldy foods are additionally a big no-no as far as a weight loss program completely void of yeast goes. This will mean that although you are on an anti Candida diet, cider or sauerkraut as well as all alcohol forms including wine or beer need to completely off your radar of foodstuffs. The same would be the case with mushrooms, cheese, nuts pertaining to example pistachios or peanuts, and smoked or pickled lean meats.
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A Paleo diet does not include from the more common ingredients, an individual should expect new flavors in meals. To help you with your meals, it is prudent you seek a Paleo cookbook that is now widely available thanks into the increasing popularity of the Paleo way of eating. Many give dieting up considering that they only have very limited choices with food and meals. So having an array of meals to pick out from will cause look toward eating obtain meals normally.
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Fairy Tales
1946 was a good year for fairy tales: World War II had ended in the late summer of 1945, and celebrations of life in the new year of 1946 mixed with bitter memories of the lost.
In 1946, Jean Cocteau's Beauty and the Beast made its debut in movie theatres. The computer generated effects of today still don't match the magic of his cinematic artistry and the mysterious delicacy of his style. Who could interpret the famous French fairy tale written by 18th century writer Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve better than he?
Antoine de Saint-Expurey, the famous French aviator-writer who wrote so eloquently of the beautiful and dangerous lives of the first pilots in Wind, Sand, and Stars, wrote about a different flight of the imagination in the fairy-tale The Little Prince, a tiny volume that was destined to become his most famous work, despite being published without his knowledge after his disappearance (and presumed death) on a reconnaissance flight over the Mediterranean a year prior.
Fashion in 1946 reflected the fairy-tale relief of a newly peaceful (and for America, newly prosperous) life with growing luxury: longer hem-lines, fuller skirts, and more fabric than had been seen in years.
Dior's 'New Look' was yet to debut in 1947, but as this evening dress by Lucien LeLong shows, the taste for fairy-tale beauty was already strong.
And in June of 1946, with the burgeoning post-war economy driving a new burst in American production, our Singer 15-91 sewing machine was made in New Jersey. And that is the stuff of fairy-tales for me and Mr Rat, because somehow it traveled to northern California and 71 years later turned up in the gutter across the street from our apartment. And in a fairy-tale appropriate turn of events, we rescued it from the doom of being left out for trash, cleaned it with care, and spent the last month sourcing parts to refurbish it, and now it runs beautifully again, and we are as pleased with it as can be.
Our main sources of information for refurbishing the machine came from a the book How to Select, Service, Repair and Maintain Your Vintage Sewing Machine by Connie McCaffrey, the very-comprehensive Singer 15-91 manual (which Mr Rat sourced and printed for free from the internet), and You-Tube tutorials. Our parts were mostly sourced from Ebay and we bought any tools we didn't have but needed to repair the machine from Harbor Freight. Altogether, we estimate that it cost about $60 to fully refurbish the machine and make it work again, even the lamp. Luckily the cabinet was still in pretty good condition, just rather scratched and cobwebbed, so all it took was a thorough washing with a barely damp clean rag and a gentle application of wood oil to make it look good again.
I've already sewn Mr Rat some pajamas on our new-old machine, and I'm pleased with how well it stitches. It came at just the right time, since my seven-year-old Singer Heavy-Duty was wearing out and skipping stitches, and I wasn't sure how we'd manage to get it fixed or replaced. Now we have a machine that is known for its durability and skill at stitching through just about anything, and best of all, we can care for it and repair it ourselves. A fairy-tale ending, indeed. Or perhaps a fairy-tale beginning.
Mrs Rat
7/5/2017 08:23:30 am
Thank you, Nicole! I agree---it makes me feel more confident sewing on our new machine knowing that we can fix it if it has any problems.
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Before arriving I had, stupidly, forgotten about the terrible flooding in December (2015). The effects were still very obvious, months on: whole streets of shops and houses closed, with workmen inside stripping everything out to refit. Sandbags and skips on the streets.
Strangely, a cafe right on the bridge, right next to the river, was spared. I had breakfast in there, sitting by a window which would have had water raging right outside it.
|This was all underwater.
|Dehumidifiers provided the chorus in the church.
|So many places affected.
|Taking a break from the clean up operation.
|They probably had fish swimming through the fryers..
|Somebody's new home?
|Looks so peaceful..
|This pub is now for sale. You may have trouble insuring it..
|View from the cafe that was spared. Even though the water would have been lapping at this window..


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Campbelltown Pizza Festival
The 2019 Campbelltown Pizza Festival will be held from the 3 - 24 July in venues throughout the City of Campbelltown. Heading into its sixth year, the festival continues to be an ongoing success with a majority of the venues booking out every year.
You will discover different pizzas from one venue to another, as this festival showcases the great depth of variety within the Campbelltown area. Come along enjoy a pizza, socialise with friends while enjoying the entertainment at each of the venues.
An initiative of Campbelltown Council to support our local businesses, this festival is unique in South Australia and further promotes Campbelltown as a food destination.
Download the 2019 Campbelltown Pizza Festival Program(8581 kb) to find and book a venue.
Buon appetito!


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2015 Ford F-250 SD XL 2WD
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South Hall Motors
South Hall Motors
3210 Poplar Springs Rd.
Gainesville, GA 30507
Visit South Hall Motors online at southhallmotors.com to see more pictures of this vehicle or call us at 678-971-4545 today to schedule your test drive.
- Air Conditioning
- Alloy Wheels
- Automatic Headlights
- Driver Airbag
- Driver Multi-Adjustable Power Seat
- Electrochromic Interior Rearview Mirror
- Electronic Brake Assistance
- Electronic Parking Aid
- Fog Lights
- Front Power Lumbar Support
- Front Side Airbag
- Full Size Spare Tire
- Keyless Entry
- Locking Pickup Truck Tailgate
- Passenger Airbag
- Passenger Multi-Adjustable Power Seat
- Pickup Truck Cargo Box Light
- Power Windows
- Second Row Folding Seat
- Separate Driver/Front Passenger Climate Controls
- Side Head Curtain Airbag
- Steering Wheel Mounted Controls
- Telescopic Steering Column
- Tire Pressure Monitor
- Towing Preparation Package
- Traction Control
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While two main stories have dominated the news about the 2017 DEF CON hacker's convention—the voting machine hacks and the arrest of the cybersecurity expert who stopped the WannaCry malware, there were other scary things at the annual conference, too.
So, briefly and before we get to those two stories, here are some other hacks that took place at the Vegas conference.
One guy hacked into a "smart gun" with a $15 magnet that was supposedly locked from firing, and fired it.
Hacking refrigerators and cars: Any network is a two-way street, whether it is a WIFI network, a cell network, a corporate computer network, or etc. That means that if, say, your refrigerator (a part of the Internet of Things, or IoT) and your computer are both hooked up to your home WIFI, a hacker could access your computer if he could hack into your refrigerator.
At DEF CON, masses of hackers got into all kinds of parts of the IoT, which was a point of emphasis for the conference. One group of hackers dropped zero-day exploits into more than 20 IoT-connected devices. Another group found dozens of home WIFI vulnerabilities in one cable box alone, some of which could allow control of other devices. DEF CON's sister conference, Black Hat, also had IoT exploit presentations, including an IoT hardware hacking toolkit and a way to exploit smart building protocols to take over a building (Die Hard, anyone?).
Next, cars. Following several successful car hackings starting in 2015, a Chinese group hacked a Tesla to access the brakes (while the car was driving), doors and lights. The result was actually hilarious—take the three minutes to watch: https://youtu.be/1e3dsJExIYk.
More serious, and out of the range of this company, a large area was set up that was filled with various kinds of voting machines, and participants were invited to try to hack into them. And they did. Easily, quickly, and, for in many instances, without leaving a trace. Hackers even "rickrolled" a voting machine as the conferences first voting machine hack, making it play "Never Gonna Give You Up" by Rick Astley. The machines were not password-protected, and were easily hacked by multiple people either physically or via WIFI. If you haven't read anything on this, you should.
As the conference was coming to a close, federal agents swooped in and arrested one Marcus Hutchins, a British citizen and employee of a British cybersecurity firm. Hutchins was the person who identified a weakness in the WannaCry virus and stopped the attack. Hutchins was arrested for, according to federal officers, creating a virus called Kronos that targeted banks. He pled not guilty and is out on bond and facing arraignment in Wisconsin.
This is a very complex case. Hutchins apparently admitted creating at least some of the code for Kronos as an experiment, but he is saying that it was misused and turned into bank hijacking software without his knowledge or participation—something he tweeted about in 2015. Definitely a case to follow.


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Too many parents sit back and wonder if their child is using drugs. At first they have a suspicion. It could be a change in behavior, new friends, or slipping in grades. After that, parents often play the waiting game. They debate whether or not they should confront their child. It may be a long time down the road before they drug test their child.
Do not wait!
Marijuana is everywhere. Prescription drugs are everywhere. Heroin is everywhere. Drugs are available to your child within the community, at school, or through friends.
The best tool to fight against home drug testing is the Teensavers Home Drug Test. It is affordable, lab-accurate, and simple to use. You can give it to your child in the privacy of your own home and nobody needs to know but your inner circle.
Just having one at home let's your child know that you could test at any time. That one piece of information may be enough to convince your child to say "no" when offered drugs.


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Part 2 of this series examined the contradictions and ambiguities in the Indian constitution.
A contradictory and ambiguous constitution has direct effects on the functioning of the judiciary and the legislatures. With no firm principles to guide them, judges have no standards other than their own convictions. With no clear limits on the powers of the legislature, legislators succeed in enacting laws with the sole purpose of extending their hold on power.
However it is the indirect effects of the constitution on the functioning of the executive (the bureaucracy) that this post seeks to examine. Consider a bureaucrat who sincerely intends to do his duty. His duty consists of implementing rules and policies decided by the legislature. The policies decided by a legislature concerned only with extending its hold on power cannot be implemented without violating the rights of individuals. The bureaucrat is left open to charges of discrimination or improper implementation if the victims of the policies seek justice. This creates a motivation to delay any required action or to push responsibility for it on someone else. Moreover the policies of the legislature are subject to arbitrary change as the balance of power shifts. The bureaucrat is then forced to reverse any actions he may have taken. The bureaucrat simply has no way to do his duties honestly. Any principled action he takes will earn him enemies from people in positions of power. Now consider a bureaucrat who has no scruples in doing whatever it takes to advance his career. All that he has to do is to ensure that he remains in the favor of his superiors and take as little responsibility as possible.
The arbitrary and unlimited powers conferred on the legislative and executive branches by the constitution make it impossible for the bureaucracy to function honestly. It is futile to complain that the bureaucracy is 'corrupt'. It is impossible to reduce 'corruption' in the bureaucracy or bring transparency to its functioning without a proper constitution. And it is impossible to have a proper constitution without a widespread recognition of the proper role of a government.
In a comment to Part 2 of this series Aristotle The Geek pointed me to this link to Ayn Rand's essay "The Nature of Government" hosted on this page of The Center For Civil Society.
Filed under: Concepts, Media articles | Tagged: Bureaucracy, Civil Service, Constitution, Government |


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Here's a little behind-the-scenes publishing info. Photo-insert placement is one of the hundreds of odd little decisions I make as a book's editor. Books aren't simply a bound-up stack of single pages; they're a bound-up stack of little booklets; each little booklet, called a signature, is a folded group of a certain number of pages. The number of pages per signature can be 16, 32, or 48 (or others, but these are what I deal with the most).
When a book has a photo insert, that special signature of glossy paper gets placed between the regular text signatures. At some point, a person from production will come to see me and say something like, "Where do you want the insert? The best breaks are at pages 138/139 and 234/235." The page numbers might not match what you would expect from the signature size if the book has front matter paginated with roman numerals.
The preferred placement for an insert is usually near the middle of the book, but it's also nice if it doesn't break a sentence, that is if the last signature before the insert ends with a complete sentence instead of in the middle of a sentence that's concluded after the insert. It doesn't always work out this way. Sometimes the only clean signature break is on, say, page 48 of a 336 page book, and it would just look weird having the insert that close to the front of the book.
Under those circumstances, I'll pick the signature break closest to the middle, but with some more preferences involved. If I have to break a sentence, fine, but I wouldn't want to interrupt a hyphenated word. That just seems rude somehow. These are the kinds of esoteric aesthetic decisions that go into making a book. I think they help, at least subliminally, the end experience for the reader by providing a nice flow while reading.


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Strength training (video)
Strength training uses weights or resistance to increase the strength and endurance of your muscles, as well as the strength of your bones. It is sometimes called resistance training or weight training.
The weights used in strength-training exercises include:
- your own body weight – e.g. push-ups and squats, yoga and pilates
- free weights – such as dumbbells and barbells, which you hold, or wrist and ankle weights, which you attach with straps
- weight machines – devices that have adjustable seats with handles attached to either weights or hydraulics
- elastic resistance bands – sometimes called TheraBands, these are like giant rubber bands that provide resistance when stretched; they are colour-coded according to the level of resistance.
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12th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C: June 23, 2013
Zech 12:10-11, 13:1; Ps 63; Gal 3:26-29; Luke 9:18-24
Right before today's Gospel reading comes the account of the feeding of the 5000 that we heard three weeks ago on the feast of Corpus Christi—when our Lord Jesus was surrounded by a great, hungry crowd of 5000 men, plus women and children, in a remote location, and he miraculously fed all of them starting with just five loaves of bread and two fish.
And after this, he took his disciples apart by themselves to pray. Because he has a very important question to ask them; and he wants them to be able to hear, not the din of the world, but the quiet voice of his Father and of the Holy Spirit.
And he asks them about the crowd: "Who do the crowds say that I am?" And they know: "John the Baptist; others, Elijah; still others, 'one of the ancient prophets.'" The crowd is partly right. They have recognized in Jesus the powerful words and miraculous deeds of a prophet; they have recognized in him the sense that something important is happening, that the long-awaited Messiah seems to be on his way. So close, and yet so far!
And so he moves on to the crucial question: "But who do you say that I am?" And in the silence of prayer, apart from the crowd, St. Peter is able to hear the voice of God the Father speaking to him the true answer; and he replies, "The Christ of God."—that Jesus is himself to long-awaited Messiah, the Anointed One descended from King David who will set free the People of God.
And at times we too need to come apart from the noise of the crowds to a solitary place, so that we too can hear more clearly what the Lord wants to say to our hearts. We too need to take time for retreats, for days of recollection, for regular times of quiet prayer at home or making a visit to a church before the Blessed Sacrament.
But we notice that, after St. Peter made this great, true, insightful confession, that Jesus rebuked them and directed them not to tell this to anyone. What?! Why? Well, it seems likely that the crowds, and the disciples themselves, starting from this true answer, would immediately fall into great error. Because they assumed that the Christ was going to be a military leader who would raise an armed rebellion to overthrow the control of the Roman Empire and restore the independent Kingdom of Israel, full of earthly glory.
In fact, they weren't completely wrong; indeed, it was going to be even better than they expected. He was going to be a victorious Savior. He was going to free them from a greater enemy—from sin and death and Satan—and not just the Roman Empire. He was going to win them a profound personal freedom, and not just political freedom. He was to transform the entire universe and not just the Holy Land. He was going to end all suffering and bring eternal rewards, not just earthly ones.
But the way to this victory was quite unexpected: not fighting and killing, but entering voluntarily into suffering and death itself. This path of obedient suffering would be his passageway through to the Resurrection. It would be hard to teach them this unexpected lesson; and harder still to enable them to keep their nerve and their faith when he actually entered into death to conquer it and pass through to resurrection life.
Have we learned this lesson? Of course we know that he did not drive the Romans from the Holy Land; but do we know that he has not come to give us the perfectly comfortable earthly life that we might want? This is something that Christian preachers on television sometimes get very wrong. Do we grasp that our Lord Jesus does not have the goal of giving us the perfect job, perfect house, perfect car, perfect health, perfect relationships?—but rather sets out to make us spiritual giants, good, strong, holy, loving, beautiful, fit for the Kingdom of Heaven before which this earthly life will pale in comparison?
And that leads to the third point: that this lesson also applied to the disciples themselves. It was not only Christ who was going to conquer by dying upon a cross; it was also them. "If anyone wishes to come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me." And that can be hard. We want to avoid suffering. We sense that we were not created to suffer; that it was not in God's plan of creation; and it was not! But sin and suffering are in this fallen world; and Christ's plan of salvation is also a plan for our lives in him.
In this fallen world, to love means to suffer. In this fallen world, to do the right thing means to suffer. And so we have the choice. Will we turn aside from love and goodness in order to try to avoid suffering? Will we cause others to suffer in order to avoid suffering ourselves? Will we try so hard to save our lives that we will lose them instead, in sin and meanness? Or: Will we follow our Lord Jesus? Will we choose love and goodness, and accept the suffering that goes with them? Will we do good to others, and not harm, even though it means that we will lose our lives one way or another? And will we thereby save our lives, as we become the saints that he wants us to be?
For we know that, in him, the way of the cross is the way of love, the way of holiness, the way to heaven and the resurrection.
So let us follow him into the silence of prayer; let us hear the voice of the Father and truly know who he is; let us correct our false notions of what he is about; and let us too take up our cross. For we have been baptized into Christ; we have clothed ourselves with Christ. And the way of the cross is truly the way of life.
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In August 2017, the Board of Directors of the Wisconsin Council of the Blind and Visually Impaired voted to change one word in the organization's mission statement. The board voted to replace the word "independence" with the word "empowerment." In this post, I explain why I proposed this change to the mission statement and why it speaks volumes about how we think about disability, autonomy, and community.
My own journey of coming to terms with my visual disability has involved changing the way I think about independence. For many people, when they think about the prospect of becoming physically disabled, they fear they would lose their independence. Yes, it is true that I have lost some independence in a traditional sense—I can no longer drive a car, read a print book, see people's faces when I pass them on the street, or read a menu in a dimly lit restaurant. But I have had to teach myself to think about these events not as "losses" but as opportunities to learn creative and collaborative ways of accomplishing tasks that do not rely on an unrealistic, flawed ideal of independence and autonomy.
Empowering myself to move beyond the ideal of independence has given me the opportunity to rethink what it means to be dynamically and unabashedly dependent—or as some call it, interdependent—with other human beings. In the process, I've gained perspective, patience, relationships, and creativity.
- Perspective – Not driving is hard—I will admit that. And asking for rides all the time is even harder. What I've gained from this experience, however, is a passion for walking, a deep understanding of the pressing need for safe, reliable, comprehensive public transit, time to think or read while I commute via public transit, and a critical eye toward urban environments. I know urban geographies in ways that drivers don't—when people ask me for directions, I can only tell them how to walk, bike, or bus there, and often I find that these routes are different, and they expose me to aspects of the city that drivers don't usually notice. One-way streets don't get in my way. Traffic isn't one of my daily frustrations. I notice uneven sidewalks and crosswalks lacking audible signals. I notice how disruptions like construction, sandwich boards, un-shoveled sidewalks and corners and misplaced bicycles and vehicles thwart people's paths and cause them to find new patterns in their travel. Through this perspective, I feel connected to urban environments in an embodied and political way, as my mobility literally depends on the connection between my feet and the pavement.
- Patience – A lot of things take me longer to do. It takes me longer to walk or ride the bus somewhere, locate items in a grocery store, find a specific shirt in my dresser, navigate the Internet, read, and write. It is easy to get frustrated with how long it can take me to do some things, but I've learned to prioritize and conserve my energy for the tasks I really want to be able to do. There are some things I just can't do on my own, or at all, and I've learned how to save my energy for the things I really want to find a way to do. Some tasks, like reading the cooking instructions on a package of frozen food or reading a print newspaper, I'm downright okay with not being able to do on my own. With the use of a magnification tool, I can read an expiration date, but if my husband is available, I have no problem turning the task over to him, and luckily, he never hesitates to help. Sure, there have been times when a group of friends decides to play a board game or go for a nighttime bike ride and I wish I could participate, but it's things like these that I have to let go. In a perfect world, all activities would be redesigned in ways that would allow me to participate, but I've learned that some things are worth my creative, adaptive energy and patience and some things are not. And that's okay. We do not have to be superheroes.
- Relationships – I've learned that the opportunity to collaborate exposes me to relationships I wouldn't otherwise have had the opportunity to learn from. At the same time that it's okay to let go of some activities or tasks, there are many goals and tasks that I do need help with. All our lives, we are conditioned to be as independent as possible. Living with a disability has forced me to ask myself, do I really want to live that way? Most of the time, I find that my experiences are richer because I need to involve another person. For example, when I design presentation slides, I need help from another person to tell me if the visual aspects look good. Usually, they don't, but in the process of collaborating with another person, I learn more about visual design from that person than I knew before. If I relied only on myself, even if I weren't visually impaired, I would never have been exposed to those ideas and I wouldn't have had the opportunity to connect with another person.
- Creativity – Disability has exposed me to creative ways of accomplishing tasks that I wouldn't have known otherwise. Losing my vision has taught me a resourcefulness that involves a combination of my own creativity and resources available to me. I've developed many of my own creative ways of accomplishing tasks, like following along on a GPS while riding the bus so that I know where I am, taking photos while traveling for the purpose of viewing sights in the distance, and using hiking poles to detect uneven earth while walking in Iceland. Sometimes, the decision to use resources comes naturally, but other times it does not. For instance, I recently bought a white cane because I had been hearing that it is a helpful communication tool. I have used it in airports, where I found it immensely helpful, but otherwise, I am still thinking through what people will think when they see me get off my bicycle and proceed to unfold my white cane. I have to remind myself, though, that this is just another creative (albeit confusing to your average on-looker) means of navigating the world that draws upon multiple, different senses.
People in the disability rights community often say that if we live long enough, we will all become disabled at some point or another. In this way, disability is a unique category that many people move in and out of throughout their lifetime. This is one reason why it is imperative that everyone participates in moving beyond the ideal of independence. While the idea of "independence" holds great value for many people, I believe it is time to empower ourselves to reach for something even more transformative. I believe that we need to empower ourselves to let creativity, relationships, patience, community, and perspectives push us to discover new ways of relating and accomplishing goals.


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Wednesday, December 31, 2014
What I Read (pronounced "red") in 2014
I still think there should be a new spelling for the past tense of "read." Anyway, here's what I red this year. My total number is deceptively low, because for the past four months a great deal of my reading time has been taken up with Shelby Foote's The Civil War, which is around 3,000 pages long, in three volumes. After four months and roughly 1,600 pages, I'm still in volume two. Add those pages to my total page count for the year, and it's a new record, around 15,000. That's well over 300 pages per book, also a new record.
Category names are self-explanatory. Each list is alphabetical by author.
Number One Top Favorite
Americana — Don DeLillo
Best of the Year
Americana — Don DeLillo
Mao II — Don DeLillo
The Book of Strange New Things — Michel Faber
The Late Parade — Adam Fitzgerald
Neverhome — Laird Hunt
Waterfront: A Walk Around Manhattan — Phillip Lopate
After Claude — Iris Owens
Burning the Days: Recollection — James Salter
Light Years — James Salter
The American Future: A History — Simon Schama
The Man in the Rockefeller Suit: The Astonishing Rise and Spectacular
Fall of a Serial Impostor — Mark Seal
Travels with Charley: In Search of America — John Steinbeck
The Goldfinch — Donna Tartt
Lucking Out: My Life Getting Down and Semi-Dirty in the Seventies —
James Wolcott
Honorable Mention
Quick Question — John Ashbery
Serenade — James M. Cain
Jamie Is My Heart's Desire — Alfred Chester
Underworld — Don DeLillo
Man with a Blue Scarf: On Sitting for a Portrait by Lucian Freud — Martin
Blood Will Out: The True Story of a Murder, a Mystery, and a
Masquerade — Walter Kirn
Madame de Pompadour — Nancy Mitford
Netherland — Joseph O'Neill
Forgetting Elena — Edmund White
Pretty Good
Ancient Light — John Banville
The Stench of Honolulu — Jack Handey
girls: A Paean — Nic Kelman
10:04 — Ben Lerner
Wait for Me! — Deborah Mitford
Vile Bodies — Evelyn Waugh
Somebody Owes Me Money — Donald E. Westlake
Meh, Not Bad
Wolf in White Van — John Darnielle
Nude Men — Amanda Filipacchi
Nightmare Alley — William Lindsay Gresham
The Folded Leaf — William Maxwell
BUtterfield 8 — John O'Hara
Cabot Wright Begins — James Purdy
Sophie's Choice — William Styron
A Game of Hide and Seek — Elizabeth Taylor
One Pill Makes You Smaller — Lisa Dierbeck
The Expendable Man — Dorothy B. Hughes
The Unknowns — Gabriel Roth
Three Bedrooms in Manhattan — Georges Simenon
Severe Disappointments
The Natural — Bernard Malamud
In Progress, Currently Enjoying
Bleak House — Charles Dickens
The Civil War: A Narrative — Shelby Foote
Dancing in the Dark — Janet Hobhouse
Mating — Norman Rush
East of Eden — John Steinbeck
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Monday, May 12, 2014
The Five Best Books I've Finished So Far This Year
The five best books I've finished so far this year:
The Goldfinch — Donna Tartt
Burning the Days: Recollection — James Salter
Lucking Out: My Life Getting Down and Semi-Dirty in the Seventies — James Wolcott
The Man in the Rockefeller Suit: The Astonishing Rise and Spectacular Fall of a Serial Impostor — Mark Seal
The American Future: A History — Simon Schama
My reading list of late is colon-happy. I've always wanted to read more non-fiction, but for some reason I keep putting it off. Which is funny, because I tear through non-fiction books many times faster than I read novels. Knowing that a story really took place (or that something as close to the story as the writer is willing and/or able to put into words took place) motivates me to keep turning the pages in a way that fiction can never quite do (though some, like my favorite book so far this year, come pretty close).
My big project this year is to reduce my "currently reading" pile from dozens to maybe three or five. My new rule is: I won't start a new book until I've finished two that I'm currently reading. My total at the moment is 59. So I finish two and it's down to 57. I start one and it's up to 58, but then I finish two and it's down to 56, and so on. Already this process has helped me stop making so many impulse purchases and borrowings. And I'm starting to feel less cluttered mentally.
The Goldfinch was one of the most pleasurable reading experiences I've had in a long time. According to my records, it's the longest book I've ever finished. (I am, however, currently reading two that are even longer: Bleak House and Underworld.) In January, just as I was getting near the end of the book, I got to see the actual Goldfinch painting during its brief stay at the Frick. I also saw Girl with a Pearl Earring. It's weird seeing a famous painting in person. You keep having to remind yourself you're not looking at a dorm poster, but at the real thing.
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Wednesday, January 1, 2014
The 60 Books I Finished in 2013
Happy New Year. Here are my ten favorite books from 2013. Nine of them were published in years other than 2013. I'm still reading The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt. It would be #1 if I had finished it by midnight on January 1. Instead it will be on next year's list.
1) Moby-Dick — Herman Melville
2) The Enchantment of Lily Dahl — Siri Hustvedt
3) The Flamethrowers — Rachel Kushner
4) Shadow Train — John Ashbery
5) The French Lieutenant's Woman — John Fowles
6) Turtle Diary — Russell Hoban
7) The Art of Fielding — Chad Harbach
8) The Lichtenberg Figures — Ben Lerner
9) Lightning Field — Dana Spiotta
10) A Long and Happy Life — Reynolds Price
Here are all the books I finished reading in 2013, in the order in which I finished them. Favorites in bold.
Lightning Field — Dana Spiotta
The Lichtenberg Figures — Ben Lerner
The Enchantment of Lily Dahl — Siri Hustvedt
Nervous Device — Catherine Wagner
A Little White Shadow — Mary Ruefle
Stranger in Town — Cedar Sigo
Dayglo — James Meetze
The Mountain Lion — Jean Stafford
Your Invitation to a Modest Breakfast — Hannah Gamble
Dear Jenny, We Are All Find — Jenny Zhang
The Mysteries of Pittsburgh — Michael Chabon
Legs Get Led Astray — Chloe Caldwell
And the Heart Says Whatever — Emily Gould
Invisible — Paul Auster
Million Poems Journal — Jordan Davis
Tenth of December — George Saunders
Shadow Train — John Ashbery
Veronica — Mary Gaitskill
Red Lights — Georges Simenon
Alexander's Bridge — Willa Cather
Journey into the Past — Stefan Zweig
The Ballad of the Sad Café — Carson McCullers
The Pumpkin Eater — Penelope Mortimer
How Should a Person Be? — Sheila Heti
The Art of Fielding — Chad Harbach
Wild — Cheryl Strayed
what purpose did i serve in your life — Marie Calloway
Rock Crystal — Adalbert Stifter
Cassandra at the Wedding — Dorothy Baker
Drinking with Men — Rosie Schaap
The Angel Esmeralda — Don DeLillo
Fatale — Jean-Patrick Manchette
Seven Days in the Art World — Sarah Thornton
Taipei — Tao Lin
Here and Now: Letters (2008-2011) — Paul Auster and J. M. Coetzee
A Hologram for the King — Dave Eggers
Tampa — Alissa Nutting
Unmastered — Katherine Angel
Life Itself — Roger Ebert
The Constant Heart — Craig Nova
The Pornographer's Poem — Michael Turner
Moby-Dick — Herman Melville
Balloon Pop Outlaw Black — Patricia Lockwood
Lolita — Vladimir Nabokov
The House of Mirth — Edith Wharton
Leviathan — Paul Auster
Meat Heart —Melissa Broder
The Deep Whatsis — Peter Mattei
Waiting to Be Heard — Amanda Knox
The Flamethrowers — Rachel Kushner
The Great Gatsby — F. Scott Fitzgerald
All That Is — James Salter
The French Lieutenant's Woman — John Fowles
A Long and Happy Life — Reynolds Price
Last Night — James Salter
Turtle Diary — Russell Hoban
The Cement Garden — Ian McEwan
Deliverance — James Dickey
The Seamstress and the Wind — César Aira
Fun Home — Alison Bechdel
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War has begun. Arin is in the thick of it with untrustworthy new allies and the empire as his enemy. Though he has convinced himself that he no longer loves Kestrel, Arin hasn't forgotten her, or how she became exactly the kind of person he has always despised. She cared more for the empire than she did for the lives of innocent people—and certainly more than she did for him.
At least, that's what he thinks.
In the frozen north, Kestrel is a prisoner in a brutal work camp. As she searches desperately for a way to escape, she wishes Arin could know what she sacrificed for him. She wishes she could make the empire pay for what they've done to her.
But no one gets what they want just by wishing.
As the war intensifies, both Kestrel and Arin discover that the world is changing. The East is pitted against the West, and they are caught in between. With so much to lose, can anybody really win?
"But it wasn't simply withdrawal, either, that racked her limbs. It was grief. It was the horror of someone who'd been dealt a winning hand had bet her life on the game, and then proceeded (deliberately?) to lose."
I've never made a secret of the fact that I've found the romance between Arin and Kestrel problematic considering the circumstances of their meeting, but The Winner's Kiss allows both to be on equal footing. Gone was the ickiness of a slave master falling for her slave, and instead readers get a story of two people separated by history who try to find their way back to each other. Their relationship is much more grown-up, and reads as being more believable than I found it previously. Not only that, but Marie Rutkoski does a wonderful job of exploring the relationships of all the characters, so that the stakes seem higher for all involved.
The story continues the dual perspectives between Kestrel and Arin, and picks up where readers left off in The Winner's Crime. Kestrel is being taken to the sulphur mines where she will spend the rest of her days enslaved. Meanwhile, Arin still believes the lies Kestrel told him, but devotes himself to freeing his people. Readers find their roles reversed, and this made Kestrel much more relatable to me. Instead of the naive, rich girl who thought she could play at war, readers get a woman transformed by the world who shaped her, and betrayed by those she loved.
Despite not being a fan of the romance, the main reason I kept reading this series was because I loved the political intrigue aspect of the plot. The Winner's Kiss continues to deliver on this front as Arin's war against Valoria comes to a head. Rutkoski creates so much tension in the story, that I was on the edge of my seat practically the entire time I read the novel. With the high stakes, and the fact that this was the conclusion to the story, I really felt as if anything could happen to any of the characters, and that no one was truly safe. While this was extremely frustrating for me, it was also wonderful. I never wanted to put the book down!
Now that I've finished, I can definitely say that I appreciate the series as a whole a lot more, and will probably read it again at some point in the future. Kestrel and Arin have grown so much over the course of the trilogy, that it would be interesting to read it with an entirely new perspective on them as characters. Maybe I'd enjoy The Winner's Curse a lot more. If you've loved this series from the very beginning, then you won't be disappointed. The Winner's Kiss was everything I could have hoped for, and more.


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Objective: The Pediatric Hospital Medicine Core Competencies (PHMCC), published in 2010, serve as the foundation for development of pediatric hospital medicine curricula to standardize and improve inpatient pediatric training and practice. Here the authors describe development of a PHMCC-based curriculum for faculty development, improved teaching, and evidence-based care, and as the basis for scholarly projects.
Methods: A 2-year repeating curriculum of 51 topics based on the PHMCC was designed, presented by hospitalists for division members at weekly division conferences, and recorded for asynchronous learning. Fourteen of those topics were created for online viewing only. Topic development included use of pertinent medical research, guidelines, and local experts. Presentations followed a standardized format and were reviewed by senior division members before delivery. Attendees evaluated all presentations.
Results: Twenty live topics were presented. All talks received ratings of 4.3 or higher (on a scale of 1 to 5) on evaluation by attendees, and 70% of presentations were reported as likely to change practice by 80% or more of attendees. Opportunities for increased mentorship were realized. The division was recognized for its work through an invitation to present topics 4 times annually at a community-wide continuing medical education program and regional pediatric meetings, and proposals have been submitted for national meetings.
Conclusions: The PHMCC-based curriculum has led to increased opportunities for education, mentorship, and improvement in the quality of care by attendees. Other academic divisions may benefit from a curriculum to enhance professional development and standardize clinical care and teaching.
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The Society of Hospital Medicine published the Pediatric Hospital Medicine Core Competencies1 (PHMCCs) in 2010. Contributed to by pediatric hospitalists, the PHMCC were formally validated by the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Academic Pediatric Association (APA), and the Society of Hospital Medicine. Although the knowledge, attitudes, and skills covered in the competencies can be attained through experience, independent study, and formalized training,2 they were designed to be the foundation for development of pediatric hospital medicine curricula.3 Ideally, the PHMCCs serve to standardize and improve inpatient training and practice.
The pediatric hospitalist division at Washington University School of Medicine has grown rapidly since it was established in 2009. Fifty-one hospitalists cover general pediatric inpatient and hospital-based services, including the emergency department, newborn nursery, procedural sedation, and interhospital transfers for 2 community-based hospitals and the quaternary children's hospital. Division members participate in quality improvement initiatives, clinical and academic leadership, and graduate and continuing medical education (CME).
The rapid growth of the division resulted in several challenges. Many hospitalists were recent residency graduates and none were fellowship-trained. The elevated ratio of junior to senior faculty presented challenges in mentorship. The broad range of clinical responsibilities presented a risk of unwanted variability of clinical care and teaching skills. However, like hospitalists across the country, division members were highly motivated to be clinically and educationally versed in the topics covered in the PHMCCs.4 Historically, the division's faculty development (FD) included journal club, a peer mentorship program, and orientation for new hospitalists. Although educational topics were delivered at division meetings, there was no formal curriculum and most activities were inaccessible to hospitalists working at night or off site.
In this article, we describe development of a curriculum based in the PHMCCs, tailored to institution-specific needs, and designed to address the previously mentioned challenges by enhancing FD through an asynchronous educational series delivered by the faculty themselves. This curriculum was designed to promote FD via mentorship and scholarly projects. We envisioned a curriculum that would empower hospitalists to "excel as educators," and foster a community that values both teaching and learning.5
In 2012, division-wide awareness of the need for enhanced faculty education and a desire for competence in the PHMCCs led to a targeted needs assessment by using several concurrent methods. Medical education literature and online academic pediatric resources were reviewed to determine if existing curricula might meet division needs. The APA FD goals provided a reference for curriculum goal development.6 Workshops at the APA Leadership Meeting and the Pediatric Hospital Medicine Conference provided design and leadership guidance. Hospitalist fellowship program curricula at other institutions were reviewed to establish resources required to develop a curriculum. A hospital medicine fellowship director (N.S.) helped identify techniques for maximizing the applicability and efficacy of the curriculum.
Internal consultation with the Department of Pediatrics Office of Faculty Development and senior faculty further defined the division's FD needs. Clinical needs assessment was done through peer-to-peer observation, interdivisional dialogue, and review of divisional clinical metrics, such as emergency department return visits within 48 hours. These visits were evaluated for variability in clinical care, and most common diagnoses resulting in return (Fig 1). Hospitalists' perceived needs and interests were assessed via an online survey and a focus group (Fig 2). This focus group ultimately became a planning committee for initial hospitalist core curriculum (HCC) educational content, program design, and implementation.
From this assessment, the planning committee developed goals and specific measurable objectives for the HCC (Table 1). With these in mind, the HCC was designed as a lecture series covering 51 topics and delivered over a repeating 2-year cycle. Most topics were presented as lectures given by hospitalists at division meetings and recorded for online viewing to provide asynchronous education. Additional topics were available online only. The live presentations were audio recorded with a synchronized video showing presented slides. Recordings were uploaded to a password-protected link on the division Web site for subsequent access.7
An advisory board (the board) was established consisting of faculty with varying levels of experience in education, mentorship, and research. Preference was given to senior hospitalists with education experience.
The board selected 26 HCC topics from the PHMCCs by reviewing the 54 chapters in the PHMCCs and the results of the needs assessment. The remaining chapters from the PHMCCs were removed or combined with another topic. PHMCC topics were removed from the HCC if they were deemed redundant based on education already in place, inapplicable to division needs, or incompatible with the HCC format. The board added 12 topics to those chosen from the PHMCCs based on the results of the needs assessment (Fig 3). To enhance buy-in, presentation priority was determined by highest perceived need based on data from the division survey. Topics were then divided into live or online categories. Most topics selected as online-only were subjects typically taught by subspecialists at Saint Louis Children's Hospital. Others were deemed unlikely to engage participation in a live presentation, but useful as a reference.
An example of this process are the topics on respiratory failure, oxygen delivery, and airway management from the PHMCCs. Oxygen delivery was combined with respiratory failure for live presentation. Topic development included the cognitive, affective, and psychomotor objectives from both. Airway management was removed because it was covered in pediatric advanced life support certification and advanced airway management training required for procedural sedation certification.
Because HCC topics were broad, board members each mentored 4 to 5 hospitalists through presentation development by using topic-specific needs-assessment data, published PHMCC goals and objectives, current medical literature, and guidelines to help determine their area of focus. These mentor assignments were based on topic knowledge and relationship with the presenter. For junior board members, peer-to-peer mentor assignments were preferred. The board met monthly to review the progress of topic development, and to troubleshoot challenges encountered in mentor relationships.
The needs assessment survey demonstrated that 47% of hospitalists felt improved education techniques would most strongly impact their development as a clinical educator (Fig 2). In response, the board created standards for presentations. Slide templates and ideal presentation length were recommended, presentation techniques were reviewed, and division-wide education on adult learning principles was provided.8,9 Emphasis was placed on the concept that presentations should be tailored to the needs of practicing physicians.
As HCC implementation began, board mentors collaborated with hospitalists developing presentations, supported the HCC goals and objectives, and emphasized scholarly opportunities that could stem from each topic. Previous surveys of pediatric hospitalists demonstrate that adequate mentorship is significantly correlated with overall career satisfaction,10 so the quality of this work was a priority.
Educational outcomes for each topic were measured starting at the lowest level of Kirkpatrick's Hierarchy: trainee's immediate reaction to the learning experience.11 Anonymous evaluations measured participants' immediate impressions and attitudes about the talk and recommendations. A 5-point Likert scale was used to evaluate organization, pacing and overall quality of the presentation. Assessment of anticipated practice change was included. This evaluation ensured CME credit for attendees and provided the board with a means for initial outcomes assessment. Mentors delivered feedback to presenters as a written summary of their evaluations.12
The Washington University Institutional Review Board determined this project to be exempt.
Over the first 12 months of the curriculum cycle, 20 topics were presented. Seventeen of these presentations are now available on the division Web site for viewing. Fourteen online presentations have been created.
Written evaluations of all live presentations rated the overall quality as very good (4) or excellent (5) on a 5-point Likert scale with an average score of 4.73. Participants anticipated making practice changes after most of the presentations (Table 2).
The HCC was recognized for excellence after division members presented their topics in other educational settings. This has led to invitations to present curriculum topics at community-wide CME programs and regional pediatric meetings. Topic-based workshops have been accepted at national meetings.
This article describes a curriculum based in the PHMCCs but designed to meet the faculty development needs on a local level. The HCC has developed into a high-quality educational program that benefits participants by developing strong mentorship relationships and promoting faculty development with regard to clinical care and teaching skills.
In the future, we will assess the effect of the curriculum on participant knowledge and confidence. Additionally, we will use existing clinical metrics and quality measures as proxies for change in provider practice and patient health outcomes.11 Tracking topic-based practice performance and patient outcomes remain a challenge.
Overall, the HCC is well received by participants despite the effort it requires, because support from the division director and the board focuses on the long-term professional benefits being realized. Attendance at live sessions is limited because many hospitalists work off-site or overnight. High-quality online educational modules are needed to serve the population of hospitalists who are unable to attend. Assessment of online materials requires quantifying their use to ensure that we achieve our goal of asynchronous education. Software capable of tracking use and embedding content-based questions has been identified for implementation.
In summary, we have found that a curriculum based on the PHMCCs has led to a more vibrant academic community with renewed dedication to education and quality care. Opportunities for the development of scholarly work related to the HCC topics are just being realized. Divisions similar to ours may benefit from this curriculum to enhance professional development and standardize clinical care and teaching.
FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE: The authors have indicated they have no financial relationships relevant to this article to disclose.
FUNDING: No external funding.
POTENTIAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST: The authors have indicated they have no potential conflicts of interest to disclose.
This project was presented as a poster at the Pediatric Hospital Medicine Conference, August 2013, New Orleans, Louisiana.
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- continuing medical education
- faculty development
- hospitalist core curriculum
- Pediatric Hospital Medicine Core Competencies
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