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Research Interests:
Cell based therapies for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
Gene based therapies for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
Effects and mechanisms of action of CO2 in the Critically Ill
Role of sepsis and mechanical ventilation in pathogenesis of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
Acute pain management following major Surgery
Evaluation of medical equipment, particularly novel Airway-related devices.
Detailed Description: My major laboratory research interests are centred on investigation of the pathophysiology of, and development of therapeutic strategies for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS), a devastating disease which causes severe respiratory failure in critically ill patients, and for which there are currently no specific therapies.
A major research theme is the therapeutic potential of cell and gene based therapies for ARDS. A second major interest is the study of the effects and mechanisms of action of hypercapnia and acidosis in the setting of Critical Illness.
I have clinical research interests in the fields of Anesthesia and Critical Care Medicine. Specific interests include investigation of novel approaches to postoperative analgesia, the evaluation of novel airway devices, and translational studies in the critically ill.
Cell and tissue culture: Human pulmonary epithelial cell cultures, mesenchymal stromal cells
Procedures: Assessment of lung function, assessment of hemodynamic function, Elisa, immunohistochemistry, in vitro electrophysiology, in vivo electrophysiology, qRT-PCR, RT-PCR, vessel cannulation, western blot
Amplifier, benchtop centrifuge, blotting apparatus, culture hood, fresh tissue sectioning systems, infusion apparatus, low- and high-speed centrifuge, low and ultralow freezers, plate reader, stirrer/hot plate, water baths
Rajdeep Gill (MSc Physiology)
Within the Department of Physiology:
Brian Kavanagh
Committee member/Officer of national or international scientific organization:
Deputy Chair, Acute Respiratory Failure Section, European Society of Intensive Care Medicine.
Deputy Chair, Irish Critical Care Trials Group.
Member, Research Committee, European Society of Intensive Care Medicine.
Member, Editorial Board of Intensive Care Medicine Experimental.
Member, Editorial Board of Journal Perioperative Medicine.
Member, Anaesthesia and Perioperative Medicine Section, Faculty of 1000 Medicine


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As I sit here thinking about what to write about…I feel a little stumped. I could just skip writing anything until something comes to me? Then I start thinking why do I have this need to talk to the people about their health and well being? As a fitness professional it is my responsibility to teach fitness and health. It's my responsibility to help motivate people to get started, and to keep going. It's my responsibility to give people hope…
An individual does not have to stay overweight. An individual does not have to stay in pain. An individual does not have to keep repeating the poor lifestyle choices they keep making. Individuals have to change if they want to change!
This is what's missing in so many genre's…individuals taking "responsibility" for their own health and well being. I say this with a very sincere heart. Anyone can change and be responsible. Anyone can get educated on health and fitness on the Internet. Anyone should be able to look in the mirror and say, I better get busy doing some things different. If an individual can just get started there is always hope!
Taking responsibility for your body, the way you move it (or lack of moving), the way you feed it, the way you hydrate it, the way you rest it, the way you clean it or anything else is all on you! You are in charge of that body and your health. As for me the trainer or any other trainer, we are here to guide you, help you be accountable, be part of your team working together.
As I close, I do not feel so stumped. I will get out there and get my workout in, eat well, put in a good day at the office, and help whomever crosses my path…this is my responsibility.

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How to Save a Life
Dear Susan, I have to admit it: the death of Kate Spade last week scared the bejeezus out of me. Why? I have always loved her designs, I admired her business, she was only a couple of years older than us, and she was an older mom. Yay. She seemed like a great role model… Continue reading How to Save a Life


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Laurie Berstene, Coordinator
Are you an adult interested in learning more about the Catholic Faith or about becoming Catholic? Great!
The Catholic Church offers a process called RCIA (the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults) whereby you can learn about the Catholic Faith and, if you choose, become a member of the Catholic Church.
At Our Lady of Hope Fr. Saunders leads a weekly RCIA class on Thursday evenings from 7:30-8:30pm. It's a class for everything you wanted to know about the Catholic Church but were afraid to ask! The class begins in September and ends at the Easter Vigil Mass (when those who choose to join the Catholic Church will do so).
This class is perfect for anyone (Protestant, atheist, or other) considering joining the Catholic Church or interested in learning more about Catholicism as well as Catholics who want to learn more about their faith.
Invite your friends and neighbors to attend the class with you! For more information or to join the class please call the parish office at 703-433-6770 or email at email@example.com.
You can view the complete RCIA video series at Catholic Straight Answers.
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Your attention, please.
Today, as we've all heard, is the deadline to enroll in Obamacare, or as we've been told it's actually called, national health care and insurance.
As of Fri., March 28, only 6 million of the over 300 million of us citizens here in the United States had done so.
Even some of us who already have health insurance through our jobs, and some of us, especially those with spouses and children, who are paying out money every month in addition to our employers' very generous contributions.
For the millions of people who have lost jobs and their health care coverage in the last 7 seven years, Obamacare has been problematic since the gitty-up.
How do we enroll in good faith in insurance programs when we know before we even click that button on Healthcare.gov that we can't make the first premium?
How the hell do we have to pay penalties on our income taxes for health care coverage we already know we can't afford?
Damn skippy! We'll get right on this after we kite the rent check and mint some new money with the laser printer.
Florida's Boston Tea Party
Like many other governors, Florida Gov. Rick Scott has been outspoken about Obamacare and whether or not the Sunshine State will participate by building an insurance exchange or any other way.
His math is real easy to do.
There's no money to expand Medicaid to more people than have it now, and most people with low incomes still don't qualify because they don't have kids or they aren't old enough or sick enough.
When you read the Eligbility Notice generated by your application on HealthCare.gov, you'll find a pissy little note from not necessarily the Prez (but from "HealthCare.gov") that says because your state has chosen not to expand Medicaid, even though you're probably eligible for free or deeply-discounted coverage, your state has chosen not to make it available to you.
If you live in a state like Florida where you're lucky enough to have a governor who said no, your pay-off is in the second paragraph of the "What are the results of my application?" section of your notice.
It reads: "You are not required to pay a penalty for not having health insurance because of your income and because the state of FL declined to expand Medicaid to cover individuals in your situation."
You don't have this disclaimer in writing with a date on it unless you complete an application through the Health Insurance Marketplace.
You know, that place called HealthCare.gov.
Thank you, Governor Ricky!
President Obama is not a bad guy
Your Examiner prefers to think that the Prez is not evil and that he's not just another policy wonk over-invested in the insurance industry.
So like while he's new to the whole President bag, he got (and took) some really bad advice, and it's snowballed on him.
While in its current reincarnation government-sponsored national health care is non-viable, still it's a noble idea.
Studying to lower insurance costs through national clearinghouses is what state governments and private employers have been all about for years.
We get better coverage as employees at a much-reduced rate to we and to the bosses.
It sounds like a good idea because it is.
That signing up for insurance through the national marketplace has turned into the three-ring circus it has should have put the Prez and the pols on notice almost immediately.
We the People have said no.
Please get on board with us and our governors and join our Boston Tea Party.
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The University of Mississippi Museum in association with
The Master Gardeners of Lafayette County present
Faulkner's Rowan Oak, Historical Landscape
April 5, 12, 19, 2018
Thursdays at 12:00 noon–1:00 p.m.
April 5
Inspiration for a Garden through Faulkner's Writing
Sherra Owen, Master Gardener, is a retired educator from Union County, MS. She is an Audubon Master Naturalist, a member of the Union County Garden Club, and a member of the Mississippi Native Plant Society. Sherra was instrumental in helping to design the Faulkner Literary Garden at the Union County Heritage Museum.
April 12
Trees for Generations: How to Leave a Lasting Impression
Nathan Lazinsky, assistant superintendent of Ole Miss Landscape Services, is a licensed Landscape Horticulturist, as well as a certified arborist with a tree risk certification.
April 19
Rowan Oak's Landscape through a Photographer's Lens
Ed Croom is a retired botanist from The University of Mississippi and a talented photo journalist. His photography has appeared in USA Today, The Scientist, and The Saturday Evening Post. He is the author of The Land of Rowan Oak—a collection of images highlighting the gardens, flowers, and trees taken over a 13-year period on the historic grounds of Rowan Oak.
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When I feel like a loser mom, I tend to reach out to moms in any way I can, through Facebook groups, mom friends or just calling my mom. I can't tell you how many times I have admitted something to another mom only to find out she does the exact same thing. It could be something as small as hiding chocolate from my kids to something as serious as experiencing panic attacks. And every single time, it is a huge sigh of relief because I no longer feel like I am the only mom that seems to be flailing through my days. There are so many moms feeling isolated and judged because they think they are the only ones struggling their way through motherhood. I am here to tell you we all struggle and maybe if we moms openly admitted some of our perceived "faults" to other moms in our lives there might not be so many of us badgering ourselves in silent. So with that said, I truly hope you can relate to at least one of these.
- Motherhood is messy in more ways than one. There will be tears, bruised egos, disappointments, spilled milk, dirty dishes and piles of laundry. None of us make it out unscathed. Save a piece of your sanity and just embrace it. And remember, sanity is relative.
- It's difficult to say no, even when it is necessary. For some reason, a lot of us moms have an innate need to take care of everyone and try to make them all happy; the kids, our partners, our parents, the PTA… The lists go on and on and we think we can take it all on, all by ourselves.
- Every mom loses her cool at some point. There are only two kinds of moms; moms that have lost it and moms that will lose it. We all have our breaking points. For some of us, it happens daily and for others it is rare but it happens to every last one of us.
- There are times you won't have a clue what the hell you are doing. With all the help books out there you still won't be able to figure it all out. Every situation is different, every child is different and every parent is different. Unfortunately, there is no way you will know the answer for every thing that comes your way and some times you will just get it wrong.
- A vice is a necessity for surviving motherhood… Chocolate, coffee, wine, the Kardashians. It's called a coping mechanism and everybody needs one. Pick your poison and throw the guilt out the window.
- There is no such thing as a work/life balance. Some times you will be a rockstar at work while your home is falling a part and some times you will rock motherhood while everything else falls to the wayside. It's an impossible standard and you should just let that idea go before you make yourself feel like a crazy, inadequate mess.
- You can't do it all. When you try to juggle it all, it is inevitable that you will drop the ball on something and maybe even everything all at once. Moms are super but we are not superhuman.
- Anxiety and motherhood are often hand-in-hand experiences. However it manifest (headaches, backaches, heat flashes, hyperventilating or full on panic attacks), know that you are not alone. Acknowledging it doesn't make you incompetent, it makes you human. The pressures of being a mom can send even the most put together woman into a tail spin.
- Engaging kids at their every waking moment is an exhausting and often boring pain in the butt. Today's "parenting gurus' have guilted us into thinking we need to use every single minute to engage with our kids. Kids need to learn to play on their own and figure some things out without you guiding their every move. Throw some toys on the floor and go finish your coffee while it's still warm.
- T.V. is sometimes a necessary babysitter. When you are in the midst of trying to pull dinner together and one kid needs help with homework, the other is literally climbing the walls and the baby is clinging to your leg screaming…What the hell are you suppose to do?
- It's easy to forget your other half in the mix of it all. Relationships are hard work and adding kids only makes them harder. It is easy for kids to become all consuming and you end up tired, touched out and just don't have much left for anyone else. You have to make time to get some loving from your partner because both of you deserve it.
- Mom is often last on the list. We are caretakers but it is so easy to push taking care of ourselves to the end of the list. Then we end up a burned out mess with nothing but resentment to give to everyone else. It happens. You have to give yourself a break.
Elisha Beach is a stay-at-home mom to four kids and four step-kids…Yes, you read that right—eight kids. She is a wife, home cook, taxi driver, herder of children, terrible housekeeper and founder of The Mom Forum. For more of her mom truth, you can follow her on Instagram or tweet her on Twitter.
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Italian American Fare
Bring the flavors of Little Italy to the table tonight with a hearty helping of broiled sausages and peppers.
menu tips:
- Amplify Your Entrée
Toss other veggies into the pan to broil along with the sausage, peppers, and fennel if you'd like a fuller dinner. Red peppers, thinly sliced eggplant, and even cherry tomatoes would be nice complements.
- Make the Most of Leftovers
Beyond sandwiches, sourdough bread (even slightly stale) is perfect for making French toast or even bread pudding.
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I drew a couple of hearts on the cement and we were filling them in and with a bucket munchkin would drop some water on the drawings. Not too much, but just enough to get them moist. As soon as the water falls on the chalk drawing you can see the texture and color change, even mix with other colors on the cement.
It was fun to see the water dry on the chalk and the colors change again.
Pretty soon with enough chalk layers and water the chalk on the floor felt like goopy paint to the touch. It was so much fun!


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Does Marvel Want Johnny Depp To Play Dr. Strange?
As we all know, Marvel are busy planning their third phase of movies and while the likes of 'Ant Man' have been confirmed, there is still a lot of debate as to which characters will score their own origin movies. Dr. Strange is one character being touted to get his own movie and Latino Review claims that, not only is a Dr. Strange movie going ahead, but Marvel know who they want to play him. That man is the one and only Johnny Depp....
Of course, Depp has strong links to Marvel owners Disney having starred in Pirates of the Caribbean, Alice in Wonderland and....um, Lone Ranger. But here's Latino Review's spin on things:
"A well-connected source informed me tonight that Johnny Depp has taken a meeting with Marvel to discuss taking on the role of Dr. Strange. The 50 year-old actor is a comic book fan, and is said to be very interested in jumping onto the Marvel machine."
LR continue to suggest that the appointment of Depp would result in some script tweaks as Marvel initially intended to feature a 30 year old Dr. Strange ahead of a 2016 release. But would a Johnny Depp Dr. Strange movie satisfy fans? Sure enough he is one of the biggest, most charismatic stars in the business and he certainly possesses all the hallmarks of a superhero as charismatic as Marvel's doctor. But early reaction from fans has been incredibly negative, thanks in no small part to the bad taste left in their mouths from last year's Lone Ranger movie. But is this reason enough to write off Depp? Absolutely not.
For those not familiar with Doctor Stephen Vincent Strange, he is the charismatic neurosurgeon turned sorcerer who often featured in Marvel Comic's more whacky storylines. Eventually Strange came into contact with the Avengers, which would suggest that an appearance in the 3rd Avengers movie would not be out of the question should his origin story get the green light.
Latino Review may often be accurate with their predictions, but they are the epitome of a well oiled rumor mill, so as always one should take this with a pinch of salt.


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[Content Disclosure: 99% Poker, 1% whining]
The first RunGood challenge from the gang at PokerListings will have its grand finale next Saturday. I will be there cheering on some of my poker buddies but alas, it will be from the rail. I finished up a perfect 3 for 3 in goose eggs when I busted early in yesterday's third round of qualifying. To save me from the ignominy of reporting the disaster, anyone interested can read the report from Matt of PokerListings. Some big bucks will be on the line Saturday and I intend to be there for serious sideline harassment as would be appropriate for this great finale.
There is rumor of a second RunGood event coming later this year and I have been told there may be "Mercy Invitations" for those of us who played like guppies in this tournament. Thanks again to the Good Run staff at PokerListings for a fun series of events.


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With a view to provide a platform for swift discussions, news and views on the latest happenings in the Indian IPO markets, we've created Indian IPO Blog Groups on WhatsApp!
All you need to do is to message your request along with following details to number given above and you're ready to go.
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Today it's more vital to have protection on your PC since you never know when the cyber criminals will strike. Malware is any of shape malicious programming not simply infections, spyware and worms that can disturb, harm or increase approved access to a computer. So on the off chance that you need to ensure your PC and information put away on your Windows PC, look at the best malware removal tools in 2018.
Also Read Best Two Ways to Restore iCloud Backup to iPhone without Losing Data
Bitdefender Anti-Malware
Bitdefender has a committed anti-malware engine to enable you to stay away from a infection in any case, and clean up any current issues. BitDefender's best highlights is the capacity to scan files or folders that look somewhat suspicious by essentially relocating them onto its home screen. Its Protection Shield will caution you to any malicious endeavors to trade off your PC.
Malwarebytes Anti-Malware
With profound scans and this is the best free malware scanner with every day updates. Malwarebytes Anti-Malware ought to be your first port of call on the off chance that you think a malware infection. You can confide in it to recognize and expel new dangers since it's updated day by day.
Adaware Anti-Malware
Adaware Antivirus Free is another awesome alternative in case you're building a anti-malware toolkit starting from the earliest stage. It incorporates a virtual domain where suspicious projects can be dissected to check whether they carry on like malware. The malware would then be able to be securely contained and removed.
Comodo Antivirus
Truly outstanding in AV for Windows 10 also iOS this is accessible for both business and individual use. The client can have a wide element from Comodo that offers an Internet Security Suite that shields you from amid browsing and keeps you secure while performing delicate transactions on the web. A standout amongst other things about Comodo Antivirus Software is that it comprises of Multi-layered levels of malware evacuation and protection to protect your PC.
Emsisoft Malware Removal
Emsisoft Anti-malware ensures clients against different malware including Trojans, conceivably undesirable projects, spam and other cyber threats. Emsisoft updates its database hourly which empowers the security against the most recent malware infections. What's more, scan are quick. Notwithstanding, the speedy scan probably won't uncover all infections, however the full output shows OK recognition rates.


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Jed McCaleb looks forward to cryptocurrency technology revolutionalizing the world market.
Jed McCaleb has always had the passion for using innovative technology to reduce human suffering. He is the Chief Technical Officer at the company he co-founded Stellar.org. He is responsible for spearheading the company to reach its maximum technical development. He has pioneered several successful projects namely eDonkey, Mt. Gox, and Ripple. eDonkey was rated as the leading file-sharing platforms of its time Mt. Gox was started in 2011 and was the first Bitcoin exchange platform. The idea for Stellar Development Foundation came about as a result of Jed McCaleb trying to solve the aspect of the financial infrastructure that rendered most people with little or no resources. Jed McCaleb is positive that the modes of global payments, stock markets, and fundraising were bound to change with the change in technology. Sharing with CNBC.com Jed McCaleb spoke how the payment network in the world was evolving. The Stellar organization is an example of a platform bound to bring revolution in the market. The system offers room for trading using currencies that are backed by the government including dollars and euros. The network also has a less time for settling transactions that are faster than other cryptocurrencies such as bitcoins. A system for payments that are of cross-border in nature is being developed IBM using the network provided by Stellar. A financial firm that conducted research reported that the offering of coins had raised over $9billion in just four years and this indeed shows that it is a new system for raising funds. This type of model for fundraising is more effective as the sales of tokens are transacted directly to the investors. The investors can then buy digital coins and in the long run contributing to a project. Jed McCaleb looks forward to those assets that are not in crypto form have a possibility of being made digital by using the same principle and technology. Some organizations have already started this venture of using bitcoins to buy stocks. Jed McCaleb argues that in the future the market would be so flooded that a centrally controlled system would not be able to handle and looks forward to funds being tokenized.


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By Armaan Uplekar
For many writers, there's few things as crippling as a case of writer's block. It can stunt your productivity, dampen your voice, and shake your confidence in your abilities. Every writer, at some point or another, is forced to grapple with a time where their own words may not come forth so easily. You're ready to write, the computer is up and running, but your brain is not. Self-doubt begins to creep in and you decide, before you do anything, that you need another coffee.
Moments like this can feel like running headlong into a brick wall. There's nothing more frustrating than staring at a blank screen, willing yourself to write, but feeling unable to do so. Thankfully, there are a few tried and true methods that can help you shake your writer's block and get you back on track with your project.
Try Writing Exercises
An excellent way to chip away at your writer's block is to try your hand at writing exercises. Exercises can loosen you up creatively, and give you a necessary, immediate outlet to practice your craft. "Freewriting" is one example of an exercise that encourages you to write quickly without giving you a chance to second-guess your output. Try setting a timer for yourself, and then forcing yourself to write without regard for editing. The goal is to get words on the page without overthinking your process.
If "freewriting" isn't for you, try doing some writing based off prompts. Prompt-based writing is another way to exercise your brain and get your words down on paper. Since the writing is purely exercise-driven, it can alleviate some of the self-imposed pressures you might be putting on your own work, and jog some new ideas loose.
Create a Routine
Routines are an excellent way to prime yourself to get back into the rhythm of writing. If you find yourself beset by writer's block, try committing yourself to a schedule. Structure your allotted writing time around activities that either inspire you or make you feel energetic.
Try writing after a workout, or after reading the morning news. Set a timetable and schedule for when you write, and force yourself to be productive by establishing a word-count or allotted time limit. While this might not seem immediately gratifying, you will eventually train yourself to think creatively with certain stimuli. Routines can give momentum to your day and your process and cause you to think of your projects in a new, workmanlike light.
Read and Research
Sometimes, the best course of action can be to absorb other's words in order to inspire you to write your own. Put the pen down, and pick up a screenplay from a writer you admire. Take note of how they economize their word usage, and how their scripts read. Take note of the pacing of these scripts, and the way they block out their action and dialogue on the page. These small takeaways can have a significant influence on the way you write, and can inspire you to bust through your block.
You can also throw yourself back into your research. If you find yourself stumped by a particular plot point, research can help you come up with new ideas and workarounds that might inspire you and create new solutions to problems that might be plaguing your story. As important as it is for writers to write, its equally important for writers to read voraciously and consistently, and to learn from others. Reading others' work is a great way to get a sense of what you may be missing in your own.
Workshop and Get Feedback
We often become so taken by our own story, we are left unable to see the forest through the woods. Maybe you're several drafts deep on a project and unsure where to take things next. Maybe you feel drained of new ideas, and need some fresh inspiration to reach your next breakthrough. Workshopping your writing is an important part of the creative process. It allows you to put your work directly into readers' hands and receive their feedback. Never forget that screenwriting is a format designed to cater to an audience, and it's important to keep the audience's point of view in mind as you write.
Workshopping can give you new ideas on how to pare down overwritten dialogue or add clarity to a tricky action scene. Readers' feedback is an important asset to any writer because it allows you to view your work from a new perspective. This perspective can be crucial to working out the kinks and shortcomings in your project, and give you a second wind as you move into your next draft. Sometimes you will find the answer to your script problems are right there in front of you, in plain sight to see. But it sometimes takes a fresh set of eyes to make you see the obvious.
Fake It 'Til You Make It
You've come to a point where you can't write anymore. You spend hours staring at a blank page in Final Draft, second-guessing and shooting down every idea that you come up with. You're frustrated with yourself, with screenwriting and with the entire process. And any advice you've tried to follow has left you empty-handed.
It may sound counterintuitive, even painstaking, but sometimes the only way to go is through. Writing isn't always a purely creative process. It's a craft that requires dedication and time to hone. Even if the words come slow -- even if you doubt every word you put on the page – you need to commit yourself to writing.
Writing through your block can be a frustrating, lethargic process. Do not expect instantaneous results. But over time, your commitment to your craft will yield results. You will likely become less precious about your writing, and shake off the self-doubts that keep you from working at your full potential. By committing yourself to writing, even when it may feel painful, you may eventually learn how to overcome the writer's block that's been plaguing you.
The next time you don't know what to write or where to begin, just remember that procrastination is not the answer. By keeping these five tips in mind, you'll keep yourself productive and find the break-through you've been waiting for.


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Labor's Revival Depends on Workplace Organizing, Not
Electoral Politics
by Randy Shaw
Organized labor is in crisis.
And some, including longtime labor commentator Harold
Meyerson and SEIU President Mary Kay Henry, believe
unions should undertake a strategic shift and
prioritize electoral politics over workplace
organizing. Meyerson recently wrote in the Washington
Post that weak labor laws have "forced" unions to "go
outside the workplace," and touts SEIU's plan to
canvass door- to- door in 17 cities in order to build a
"mass organization for the unemployed and underpaid."
According to SEIU's Henry, "we realized we could
organize one million more people into the union and it
wouldn't in itself really change anything. We needed to
do something else -- something more." But after unions
invested over $300 million in the 2008 elections and
got little in return, prioritizing resources outside
the workplace is a doubtful strategy for building
worker power. And while SEIU has lost confidence in the
power of workplace organizing, UNITE HERE, the National
Nurses United, the ILWU, IBEW, NUHW, UFCW, CWA and many
other unions have not.
The decline in union membership to less than 7% of the
private-sector workforce has led to an important
rethinking of how unions can regain power. But SEIU's
assessment that the future lies in building some new
and amorphous "mass organization" that will help elect
and then pressure pro-union politicians reflects a
strategy that has already failed, and ignores that
union power is based much more on the success of
workplace organizing.
SEIU's Failed Strategy
Mary Kay Henry's belief that a million more members
wouldn't make much of a difference is a sharp departure
from SEIU's announcement at its 2008 convention that it
would change America by adding 500,000 to its ranks
between 2008 and 2012 (it has since added about 50,000
annually). It also appears to conflict with her
predecessor Andy Stern's recent assessments as to why
labor failed to win passage of the Employee Free Choice
Act or any meaningful labor law reforms in the past two
Interviewed by Leon Fink in the current issue of Labor,
Stern attributes this failure to overestimating labor's
ability to sway Democratic Senators when unions have
only 6.2% private-sector membership. Stern made similar
comments to Ezra Klein in the Washington Post on
February 24, when he explained the lack of legislative
success by noting that unions lack sufficient
"penetration in an industry to be disruptive," and that
this lack of density has contributed to the fact that
the "Democratic Party hasn't embraced unions in the
last 20 years."
In other words, Stern argues that unions failed to win
labor law reform not because they have not been
effective at electing Democrats, but rather because
they are unable to get Democrats to back such reforms
due to unions lack of membership density.
Stern makes a great case for unions prioritizing
workplace organizing. Yet SEIU began moving away from
such work and toward electoral outreach only months
after their 2008 convention ended, and now Mary Kay
Henry is investing even more SEIU resources away from
the membership gains that are key to boosting union
political clout.
SEIU's Undemocratic "Mass Organization"
Meyerson views SEIU as perhaps the "best-funded and
most strategically savvy of American unions," an
assessment - that if ever true - is long outdated.
SEIU's decision to place its third largest local,
SEIU-UHW, in trusteeship, and then attempt to takeover
UNITE HERE just as SEIU's resources and labor unity
were most needed for passing labor law reform hardly
qualifies as "strategically savvy."
Yet old perceptions die hard, particularly among
journalists and academics who hitched their wagons to
Andy Stern and SEIU's vision of a revived labor
movement (I once shared this admiration, and my book on
the ongoing legacy of the UFW has a chapter on how UFW
alums and SEIU leaders Eliseo Medina and Steven Lerner
engineered a brilliant University of Miami janitors
organizing campaign in 2007). These outdated
perceptions may explain Meyerson's lack of curiosity
about Mary Kay Henry's plan to enroll the unemployed
and underpaid in a mass organization (presumably under
SEIU's control) in which they will have no say in
decision making because they are not SEIU members.
It should be obvious to anyone who works in any of the
low-income minority communities that any door-to-door
canvass asking people to join an organization where
they have no decision-making power is a guaranteed
And I think SEIU understands this. That's why the
17-city effort that Meyerson sees as part of a
"strategic shift for American labor" is really only a
glorified voter outreach program, an activity that SEIU
increasingly prioritizes over workplace organizing.
Further, the AFL-CIO's Working America program has done
a door-to-door canvas for years. For all of its
benefits, it has not boosted its dues paying membership
or labor's national legislative clout.
Voter outreach is different from organizing. It builds
no membership base, does not empower those contacted,
and fails to address what even Andy Stern sees as
labor's biggest political obstacle: a lack of dues
paying members.
In 2005, Stern and SEIU sought to address this number
one priority through creating the Change To Win labor
coalition. But Change To Win - now down to SEIU, the
Teamsters, UFCW, and the UFW - seems to have no role in
this latest "strategic shift" by SEIU.
Workplace Organizing Still Going Strong
Contrary to Meyerson's conclusion that "unions are
going outside the workplace" because "they have no
place else to turn," workplace organizing remains the
priority of most American unions. In fact, the two
targets of SEIU attacks - the former SEIU-UHW
leadership now with NUHW, and UNITE HERE - both
prioritize new organizing, with the former winning an
organizing drive for union representation at Santa Rosa
Memorial Hospital, part of the St. Joseph's Health
System chain in California. SEIU built a statewide St.
Joseph's campaign for years before abandoning it in
In my own conversations with labor officials in many
unions, there appears almost a consensus that more
workplace organizing - not less - is key to labor's
future. Many feel that unions have invested far too
much time and money in electoral work that has not
produced promised results, at the expense of ongoing
worker organizing to build membership.
So SEIU's assessment that it should focus outside the
workplace is an outlier that conflicts with the lessons
other unions have learned from the Obama era. And it is
hardly a "new" union strategy. Cesar Chavez moved the
UFW away from organizing and toward electoral politics
in the 1980's, and the union has yet to recover.
I suspect SEIU's focus outside the workplace will not
extend much beyond the 2012 elections, and that its
convention next year will again vow to organize
hundreds of thousands of new members in the next four
years but with much less credibility than when it
passed the same resolution in San Juan, Puerto Rico in
June 2008.
Randy Shaw is the author of Beyond the Fields: Cesar
Chavez, the UFW and the Struggle for Justice in the
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Launches a new network of distribution partners in the region
Pelican BioThermal, a global leader providing the largest range of innovative temperature-controlled packaging solutions serving the life sciences industry, has expanded its operations in Asia with the launch of a new network of distribution partners in the region.
Pelican BioThermal has joined forces with the region's distinguished distributors, Pharmaserv Express of the Philippines and CMC Element of China, to further enhance its operations in Asia. Pharmaserv Express works closely with national health services to skillfully transport pharmaceutical products throughout the complex geography of the Philippines. CMC Element distributes a variety of healthcare products, including pharmaceuticals protected in temperature-controlled packaging, across the vast Chinese market using their extensive network.
The latest development demonstrates Pelican BioThermal's continued growth in Asia and follows the company's recent launch of its new operational facility in Singapore.
The new industry partnerships with these key distributors signals another major development in Pelican BioThermal's expanding presence and support network in Asia, further enhancing the extending range of products and services offered by the company in the region. In particular, the new distributors enhance customer support for global customers shared with Pelican BioThermal, by offering local hours, local language and local service and inventory at the point of final distribution of pharma products.
The increasing network of distribution partners complements the company's newly established Asia headquarters, which is co-located with Pelican BioThermal's authorised distributor for Singapore, Enviropac.
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Mineral exploration company, Magnetite Mines has high hopes for what it expects to be one of the world's largest magnetite iron ore sites.
The site is at Razorback and part of the Mawson iron ore site, which stretches from an area south of Broken Hill in NSW to north of Burra in SA.
Feasibility studies are already underway, and the next step is to secure $4b in financing to mine the deposit. Discussions are underway with the South Australian Government and Chinese investors about the project.
Chairman of Magnetite Mines, Gordon Toll hopes that construction of a mine could get underway next year.
Mawson Iron Ore Project. Source: Magnetite Mines
"Right at the beginning of any mining project, there's a huge amount of earthwork that needs to be done, and there's earthworks contractors here in Broken Hill," Mr Toll said.
Given that Broken Hill is a mining town, the potential new mine is an exciting prospect for the skilled locals looking for work. Broken Hill Councillor Darriea Turley has said that the city will push for local involvement in the mine.
Residents and businesses at Broken Hill have been briefed about plans for the potential mine. Stay tuned for any project developments and potential job opportunities at the site.
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David Ford11/01/2009
"Relax," created by Kansas City artist David Ford, is an image constructed from several layers of both reality and painterly illusion. A hand-painted translucent sign spells "relax" in light yellow, lower-case letters. Drips of paint are almost a successful distraction from the subtle gradations of blue along the edges of the sign, which is held up against a real blue-sky by the arms of a young black woman. Close observation, however, reveals another layer of illusion in the clouds painted by the artist.
Ford has been making political art in public spaces for 25 years. His work covers a range of disciplines and cultures functioning in what he describes as "multiple dimensions." Ford has developed an intriguing approach, culling and combining images and information from a variety of sources, always keenly aware of the context from which they come and the meaning they carry.
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2017 Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid
New 2017 Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid at Lakeland Chrysler Jeep Dodge for Greenville, PA
The 2017 Pacifica Hybrid is here! It is the first hybrid minivan ever made in America. Other minivans' driving ranges pale in comparison to the Pacifica Hybrid's, with its total driving range estimated at 566 miles, according to Chrysler. The Pacifica Hybrid shares the same sleek body of its non-hybrid version but it has plug-in electrical capability. The Pacifica is a brand-new model for 2017, and it has been designed with a wider stance and an independent rear suspension, which is a new component for a Chrysler minivan. The Pacifica designers did not hold back on equipping the minivan with advanced high-tech features either. An 8.4-inch color touchscreen with the latest Uconnect infotainment system showcases in the front, and the Uconnect Theater rear seat entertainment system is available in the rear, sure to delight the children. Add to this all the numerous safety features including the substantial $7,500 federal tax credit offered, and the Pacifica Hybrid easily becomes a very wise minivan purchase.
Under the Pacifica Hybrid's Hood
The 2017 Pacifica Hybrid's power source comes from a gas engine and two electric motors. The gas engine is a 3.6L V6 engine adapted for plug-in hybrid technology. The gas engine functions mostly as a generator, and it sends power to the wheels only in certain situations. The two electric motors power other components. One powers the wheels and the other powers the batteries and the driver aid features. The motors and engine are all paired to a single input electrically variable transmission. The lithium-ion battery in the Pacifica Hybrid is located below the second-row seats, and when fully charged, it can power the minivan for 33 miles. With an available 240-volt Level II charger, it takes approximately two hours to charge the battery. Or, with a regular household outlet, it will take 14 hours to fully charge the battery. With a fully charged battery and a full tank of gas, the Pacifica Hybrid can travel up to 530 miles, making road-trips extremely economical. To give you extra peace of mind, the battery warranty lasts for ten years and is transferable.
Design of Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid
With so much focus on the hybrid technology, one might expect the Pacifica Hybrid to be fairly basic on the interior. This is not the case, for the Pacifica Hybrid's interior feels posh, and it is stocked with an array of standard features. Two trim levels are available, the Premium and Platinum. The Premium's standard features include: a 6.6-kWh onboard charger, LED daytime running lights, leather upholstery, heated power-folding side mirrors, heated front seats, 17-inch wheels, foglights, second-row power windows, power-sliding doors and liftgate, keyless ignition and entry, tri-zone automatic climate control, a 60/40-split folding third-row seat, an 8.4-inch touchscreen with Uconnect, Bluetooth, and a six-speaker audio system with satellite radio, and auxiliary and USB input jacks. Moving up to the Platinum trim offers more luxury items such as upgraded leather upholstery, a heated steering wheel, hands-free sliding doors and rear liftgate, the Uconnect entertainment system in the rear, a 13-speaker Alpine audio system, and more.
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GARRETT STONE is a cowboy with a ranch on the brink of financial disaster and a family reeling from the death of his father. The last thing he needs is an ex-lover resurrecting painful memories. MATT WALKER left after a summer of intense loving to pursue his dream of being a photojournalist. Years later, at the peak of his career, a near-fatal accident makes him reconsider his priorities, and he returns to Garrett's ranch hoping for a second chance. But Garrett is determined to protect his heart this time around.
Matt's persistent pursuit of his sexy cowboy, and Garrett's inability to forget the love of his life bridges the distance between them. Faced with a long, tall cowboy, rescued horses, rattlesnakes, and an idyllic summer on an Idaho ranch, Matt is determined to win back his cowboy's heart.
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SIERRA has made its mark as a promising and progressive enterprise by winning the prestigious "RASHTRIYA UDYOG RATAN AWARD 2014" for its excellent achievements in acquiring a large client base,
SIERRA ODC Private Limited (US: SIERRA Infosys) today announced; it has become an approved Facilities Management (FM) software vendor with the State of Texas through the Texas Department of Information
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Flyer Drupal Implementation
In 2009 I was commissioned by a local small business to create a webpage for them to display their weekly flyer. The solution I developed was using Drupal CMS to save on license costs. The final product allows for simple upload of a PDF file to automatically create a web embedded version.


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Tailgating v.s Games, Which Is More Important?
The Broncos play on Thursday, the University Of Wyoming Cowboys play on Saturday. All this talk about football might have you thinking about one thing, TAILGATING!
According to Weber Grill, these are the "must haves" when it comes to successful tailgating: food, (well, duh) followed by a grill to toss that food on, a cooler filled with ice, alcoholic beverages to put in that iced cooler, (don't forget a designated driver) comfortable lawn chairs, and a good windbreaker or jacket in case it gets cold. What surprised me was, 50% in this Weber poll said the one thing that really isn't a must have in tailgating...tickets to the game! REALLY? You mean you'd go to the stadium where the game is about to begin, and hang out with all of your friends who actually have tickets, and then when it's over, you say good bye to all your tailgating game goers and go home? Wouldn't you rather stay home and toss on your own tailgating party in your back yard if you didn't have tickets to the game? I've never done that before, have you?
This also has me wondering, what's more important to you? The game or just the tailgating?


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Miraji is mostly Arabian: a country ruled by a Sultan where Djinn still walk the earth (occasionally falling in love with mortal women, of course) and camel caravans cross shifting sands. But there are trains and mining towns that sound awfully Western, and some of the human-eating ghouls in the shadows are Skinwalkers. I think what I love about the setting is that Hamilton draws from all kinds of sources to come up with something that has familiar resonances but feels entirely original.
The heroine, Amani, is a gun-toting hellion who leaves everything behind to gallop off on a magic horse with a rakish foreigner. She's impulsive, ruthless, not a little bit selfish—but I was rooting for her. She doesn't know it, but she's on a journey to find something larger than herself to believe in, and I was with her every step of the way.
It helped that I was entirely in love with Jin. I think Amani and Jin are going to be on top ten lists of great couples: the sparks certainly fly between them! Jin is mysterious, conflicted, has a hidden agenda, can't seem to keep away from Amani–plus he's got awesome cheekbones and a great smile, so, yeah. I'd follow him across a desert.
Not much happens with the magic at first—though there's plenty of action—, but once we meet the magical beings they're very cool. I loved the different powers and limitations everyone had; it was all very evocative and colorful. There's a Rebel Prince, a nasty army commander (who is actually the Rebel Prince's brother), plots and counter plots. Things really start getting interesting at the end, and I'm quite excited to see where the sequel goes.
Reminded me a bit of The Blue Sword and Graceling. Spicy lamb tagine served over couscous.
I was impressed with the writing in this debut novel. Alwyn Hamilton might live in London, but she was born in Toronto, so I'm claiming her as Canadian! I'm now over my goal of 13 Canadian books reviewed between July 1 and June 30: this makes number 14.
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Robin, born and married in South Africa, headed to Australia with Kevin in 1983, a move that saw the couple add a daughter and their beloved yacht Poco to the family. A number of years sailing between Australia, Africa and Asia followed, enabling Robin to exhibit her work far and wide, picking up commissions en route.
'Existence' is Robin's ninth exhibition in Phuket and those who follow the artist will easily recognise her style and depiction of her subjects. That's not to say that new surprises won't be on display, though.
"My style changes with my mood, the subject matter, the light available at the time I am painting or simply whatever medium I have on hand at that moment," Robin says.
"My work varies from total realism – particularly with my animal or human portraiture – to impressionism," she adds.
A tribute to Robin's revived life as an artist, as well as life in general, 'Existence' promises to suit all manner of creative tastes. There are a few of her much loved graphite drawings, pen and ink drawings, a number of oil paintings and her ever-interesting collages, all with their added 'Gillow' touch.
Most intriguing of all, though, are her abstract works and use of oil pastel on canvas, the latter being the newest addition to the artist's creative palette.
One of the larger works and more abstract pieces on display is 'ADRIFT'. Completed earlier this year, it expresses Robin's emotions when the opportunity resurfaced for her to paint again.
"With my husband's continued health improvement, I could float free from the restrictions the situation had placed on us as a family and create again," Robin says.
"There is more to this work, but I leave you, the viewer, to contemplate its full meaning," she adds.
One of Robin's more realist works, titled 'LIFE'S EDGE', was coincidentally completed the day of her husband's stroke. Not one to dwell on the negative, she instead sees this piece as having taken on further meaning; as a beginning rather than a loss or ending; the ebb and flow of the tide bringing new life.
It will be a while before Phuket residents and tourists will have a chance to view Robin's work again as the latter half of 2019 will see Robin and her husband returning to Australia for several years. While there, Robin will prepare work for a number of exhibitions along the east coast (from Queensland south to Melbourne, Victoria).
She will also return to animal portraiture, in particular equine portraiture, one of her favourite creative past-times for which she is renowned in Australia, South Africa and Kenya.
These works will depict the stud farms – racing or otherwise – event venues and the horses themselves, her aim being to both publish a book of the works as well as exhibit the collection before returning to Thailand in a few years' time.
'Existence' will be on display at Mom Tri's Wok Gallery Kitchen, located at 32/78 Patak Rd, Rawai, between Feb 1 and March 31. For more information, or for an appointment to visit the studio, contact the artist directly on +(66) (0) 81 797 1421 or at email@example.com


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The Rum Diary (trailer)
Is it me, or does this look remarkably bland? Even with Johnny Depp? Maybe it's just that its story cannot be boiled down into a snappy trailer? One hopes, anyway…
If you weren't aware that Johnny Depp had a new movie coming out, you might want to blame — or thank, as the case may transpire — Disney. Listen to this charming tale from Mediaite:
Disney Bans ABC Affiliates From Talking To Johnny Depp About His New Movie
Did you know that Johnny Depp has a new movie out now in which he plays another wacky, rum-swilling drunk? Well, if the Walt Disney Company has its way, you'll never ever know. That's why they're using the magic of corporate synergy to ban all of their Disney-owned ABC affiliates from talking to Depp about his new movie, The Rum Diary.
Yes, apparently someone at Disney is terrified, just terrified, that the public may somehow confuse a 1950s-set, hard R-rated, Hunter S. Thompson adaptation about a naive journalist going up against a slick real estate developer in Puerto Rico with one of their Pirates of the Caribbean movies. Clearly an easy mistake to make. So a clause in Depp's Pirates contract disallowed their affiliates from talking to the actor or even videotaping him at the movie's Austin Film Festival premiere.
Maybe Disney needs a nice refreshing rum drink and a day on the beach.
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Twitter is the predominant 'microblogging' platform. Microblogging is a form of sharing thoughts, links and messages in short sentences and phrases. Twitter itself restricts updates to 140 characters initially basing itself on the model developed in SMS messaging systems.
Think of it like Facebook's 'update' bar without the rest of Facebook and you might be getting close (indeed, Facebook's revamps are not entirely coincidental to the success of microblogging). It's more than telling people what you're eating for lunch, it is about sharing links having conversations, getting feedback for ideas and reflecting thoughts in 'real time'.
There are as many different ways of using Twitter as there are people using it. Initially, I started using Twitter as a kind of 'RSS feed' meaning that I followed a lot of organisations such as The Kings Fund, MIND and the Department of Health as well as the BBC and checked on useful links they would post.
Then, some of the people updating their feeds added a bit more 'personality'. There might be the odd question of people asking 'What do you think of this proposal?' or 'Here's a horribly prejudiced article from the Daily Mail – what does everyone else think?' and it became irresistible to reply.
Then more and more individuals found their way on to build and share links they found interesting and to comment on the links and the articles or just provide a commentary on what was happening and what they were thinking. For me, Twitter comes into its own during 'live' events such as when the General Election results were coming in last year or while watching Question Time and you can give a feel of the general thoughts of a wide range of people and the sense of a shared communal commentary.
Twitter allows for public updates and that's what it was mostly designed for but you can also send messages to specific individuals provided you both follow each other. This allows for greater privacy and interaction on many different 'layers'. Twitter also allows for 'pseudonyms' and anonymity in a way that Facebook doesn't.
It's beauty and it's success is it's simplicity. You write a message and publish it. You put @ before someone's name to reply to them personally and a D before their name to send them a private message.
Ultimately, it's something that is hard to explain until you try but the most important thing to remember about Twitter is that although it is still a minority 'platform' – a lot of 'influencers' use it. That is why it is mentioned on the BBC News and in Newspaper and Magazine articles. People who create and shape opinions use Twitter and it is by far the most effective way to gain a 'voice' about what you do and what you want to say.
As well as accessing it through the main website (where you go to sign up), there are various programmes designed specifically to update and manage Twitter. I use Tweetdeck on my home PC but there are many others. More importantly it is also possible to access via mobile phones which give it an immediacy. As well as text, there are ways that pictures can also be shared.
One proviso I would add is that it is sometimes easy to become complacent to the 'privacy issues' when coming to grips with new communication methods. It can seem as if you are having a private conversation with one other person but remember unless you specifically use 'direct messages', everyone can see what you write. It isn't a place to explain in detail the people you might visit during a day at work or to discuss who annoys you at work or the type of people you don't like working with – particularly if you are remotely identifiable.
As a platform though, I have found that it has richly complemented my blogging. I can have more interaction with readers and other organisations and social workers, users of social work services and carers around the world immediately. As it is a platform beloved of media, you can often find channels directly to politicians, journalists and people to whom you may not otherwise have contact with and that allows us the power to put our own thoughts across. I might put ideas on Twitter that wouldn't make it to a full post or thoughts that come to me during the day but mostly I use it as commentary and reaction. As the user base has grown, I can see an extension of a social work/social care community that has helped me consider situations, thoughts and approaches from different angles. It has also eased some of the commuter boredom and bus rides/waits between visits during the working day but more than the blogging, possibly because of the ease of access and the low 'entrance' barrier, I feel I 'get to know' people through the platform.
There are a few conventions that exist on the platform such as the idea of using 'hashtags' to 'tag' a post or a link. This allows subjects to be 'collated' so for example, #bbcqt (BBC Question Time) is a good way of collecting all posts about the latest 'episode' or #socialwork if there is a post of interest related to social work. I'm not a great user of hashtags to be honest as I feel they can clutter my view but that's just me.
Another convention is on Friday to suggest people for others to follow – known as 'Follow Friday' and 'tagged' with #ff Again, I'm not too good at actually doing this because I usually want to suggest too many people.
You can follow me here but I have also put together some lists which might be worth following if you are starting out. Lists are good ways of sifting through some of the potential information overload and organising groups of people into different 'categories'.
These are my lists which might be good ways of 'starting out'.
One for Social Work (social workers or issues related to social work)
One for Social Care (broader list of social care campaigners, people and organisations)
One for Mental Health (users, professionals and organisations related to mental health)
One for Politics (journalists, campaigners and organisations related to political views).
Obviously there is some overlap.
Yesterday, I asked on Twitter for suggestions of ways that social workers and social work students found Twitter helpful and here are a selection of their responses
@OSPEuk I use twitter to set tasks/ forward useful info / journals to social work students &a ct as virtual off site practice educator
@tasha_adley gives those debating entering the profession more of a genuine insight into the career and good reading material
@mzsocialworker1 to "meet" others SWers from all over the world, to build an online peer-support network, to access interesting blogs and SWinfo
@dougaldoug Partly as a news feed (that's main reason I use twitter generally),partly to get insight into SW's experiences in a new way
@tostaygold advice & support from peers; I find particularly beneficial as nqsw when finding feet
@andrew_ellery limits feeling isolated. Source of realtime news. Puts sw's in control of image portrayed 2public. Share international knowlege
@wiggyhug Twitter has helped me to connect with other social workers who want to harness social media= so I'm less isolated. + I feel more informed
@lizzydripping to share and access interesting documents and news, peer support and contact with people whom i would not have access to
@fluffosaur to find other social workers! to communicate with organisations (@tactcare, @natfin1 etc.), event planning
This is a brief guide related to my own use of Twitter but I'd welcome comments about the experiences of others. If you want to read more, there is a great article here about how to use Twitter.
You can read the rest of my series on Social Media and Social Work here.
Part 1 – Blogging
Part 2 – Social bookmarking
Next week, I'll be looking at Social Networks such as LinkedIn and Facebook and Forums


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ASU Electronic Theses and Dissertations
This collection includes most of the ASU Theses and Dissertations from 2011 to present. ASU Theses and Dissertations are available in downloadable PDF format; however, a small percentage of items are under embargo. Information about the dissertations/theses includes degree information, committee members, an abstract, supporting data or media.
In addition to the electronic theses found in the ASU Digital Repository, ASU Theses and Dissertations can be found in the ASU Library Catalog.
Dissertations and Theses granted by Arizona State University are archived and made available through a joint effort of the ASU Graduate College and the ASU Libraries. For more information or questions about this collection contact or visit the Digital Repository ETD Library Guide or contact the ASU Graduate College at email@example.com.
- Thompson, Marilyn
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- 1 Liu, Yanqin
- 1 Mongeau, Paul
- 1 Roberto, Anthony J.
- 1 English
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- 1 Aging
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- 1 end-of-life care
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- Mobile Crowd Sensing in Edge Computing Environment
- The Effect of Disability on Subjective Well-Being across the Adult Lifespan: The Moderating Roles of Age at Disability Onset and Disability Type
- Mechanically Active Heterogeneous Polymer Matrix Composites
- Attribute-Based Encryption for Fine-Grained Access Control over Sensitive Data
- 并购背景下教育行业品牌价值研究
This study aimed to understand the factors that influence Chinese American older adults' advance care planning (ACP) on end-of-life care. The Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) and Health Belief Model (HBM) were primarily applied to explain Chinese American older adults' intentions toward two behaviors: 1) discussion of end-of-life care plans with family members and 2) completion of an advance directive (AD). Additionally, acculturation and family cohesion were considered to examine their impacts on the TPB and HBM. A cross-sectional survey was conducted through face-to-face interviews on a sample of 298 community-dwelling Chinese-American adults aged 55 and older living in the …
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- Liu, Yanqin, Roberto, Anthony J., Mongeau, Paul, et al.
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Sunday, 20 November 2011
Requested materials
But I am!
Now we have an agency in San Francisco requesting to see my little book, and so I have gone out and purchased a box. And I get to finally use that puffy envelope that I bought, expressly for this purpose, about a year ago. All I needed was an agency that wanted to see it (by post), and BOOM! Now I have one.
Now comes all the little giddy moments involved with printing and preparing the manuscript, and writing the author bio that they asked for (which was far harder than it should ever be), and looking for a picture for the author bio (which was even harder than writing it, because all of my pictures seem to be horribly awful), and putting all these oodles of pages into the pre-destined puffy envelope to go inside the holy box. And then I get to write "Requested Materials" on the outside of that box. This is something I've wanted to do all my life. I mean, there's sky-diving, and then there's this.
I will be doing this on Thursday, which, for my American readers, will be Thanksgiving Day. I have the day off from work as I do every year, and so I'll actually have time to get to the post office before they close. I think it will be an especially special day of thanks, as I will be giving thanks to a particular literary agency in San Francisco for wanting to see my book. I think that's a good thing to be thankful for. I can also give thanks to all my peeps out there, my friends and family and neighbors and beta readers all, because they were the ones who helped shape this little book from its primitive beginnings to the Faberge egg it now is. (Not to say it can't still use improvement, of course. Of course. I wait for agents and editors to tell me their thoughts.)
And so now, as of Thursday, I sit back and find something else to do for three months!
Happy Sunday, everybody.
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An interdisciplinary team of autism experts and mechanical engineers at Vanderbilt University has created an interactive robot that can help children with autism learn.
NAO (pronounced "now") is the little robot "front man" for an elaborate system of cameras, sensors and computers designed specifically to help young children learn how to coordinate their attention with other people and objects in their environment. This basic social skill is called joint attention. Typically developing children learn this skill naturally. Children with autism, however, have difficulty mastering it and that inability can compound into a variety of learning difficulties as they age.
Writing in the March issue of the IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, the researchers report that children with ASD paid more attention to the robot and followed its instructions almost as well as they did those of a human therapist in standard exercises used to develop joint attention skill.
The Vanderbilt team developed the robot system and used it to demonstrate that robotic systems could play a crucial role in responding to the "public health emergency" that has been created by the rapid growth in the number of children being diagnosed with autistic spectrum disorder.
Today, one in 88 children (one in 54 boys) is being diagnosed with ASD. That is a 78 percent increase in just four years. The trend has major implications for the nation's health care budget because estimates of the lifetime cost of treating ASD patients ranges from four to six times greater than for patients without autism.
"This is the first real world test of whether intelligent adaptive systems can make an impact on autism," said team member Zachary Warren, who directs the Treatment and Research Institute for Autism Spectrum Disorders (TRIAD) at Vanderbilt's Kennedy Center.
The initial impetus for the project came from Vanderbilt professor of mechanical engineering and computer engineering Nilanjan Sarkar, whose original research involved the development of systems to improve the man-machine interface. He did so by outfitting computer and robot users with biosensors and analyzing variations in such readings as blood pressure and skin response to evaluate their emotional state. The information was used to program computers and robots to respond accordingly.
Sarkar became interested in the possibility of applying his research to children with ASD after his cousin was diagnosed with the disorder.
At the time, several experiments had been conducted that suggested young children in general, and young children with ASD in particular, found robots especially appealing. "We knew that this gave us an advantage, but we had to figure out how to leverage it to improve the children's social skills," Sarkar said.
"You can't just drop a robot down in front of a child and expect it to work," added Warren. "You must develop a sophisticated adaptive structure around the robot before it will work."
Sarkar and Warren assembled a team to develop this structure, which they named ARIA (Adaptive Robot-Mediated Intervention Architecture). Based on current research, they decided that a robotic system had the greatest potential working with young children. That research has shown that early, individualize intervention is the most effective current approach for helping children with develop foundational social communication skills.
The researchers built an "intelligent environment" around NAO, a commercial humanoid robot made in France, whose control architecture was augmented for the purpose. The small robot stands on a table at the front of the room. Flat panel displays are attached to the side walls. The chair where the child sits faces the front of the room and is high enough to put the robot at eye level. The room is equipped with a number of inexpensive web cameras that are aimed at the chair. Their purpose is to track the child's head movements, so the system can determine where he or she is looking. To aid in this effort, children in the study wore a baseball cap decorated with a strip of LED lights that allowed the computer to infer where they are looking.
NAO has been programmed with a series of verbal prompts, such as "look over here" and "let's do some more," and gestures such as looking and pointing at one of the displays, that imitate the prompts and gestures that human therapists use in joint attention training. The protocol begins with a verbal prompt that asks the child to look at an image or video displayed on one of the screens. If the child doesn't respond, then the therapist provides increasing support by combining a verbal prompt with physical gestures such as turning her head or pointing. When the child looks at the target then the therapist responds with praise, such as telling the child, "good job."
The set-up allowed the researchers to test the relative effectiveness of the robot-based system and human therapists in joint attention training with a dozen 2- to 5-year-old children, six with ASD and a control group of six typically developing children. They alternated short human-led and robot-led training sessions and compared how the children performed.
The test found that the children in both groups spent more time looking at the robot than they spent looking at the human therapist. During the human-led sessions, the children in the control group spent significantly more time watching the therapist than the children with ASD did. In the robot-led sessions, however, both groups spent about the same amount of time looking at the robot.
"The children's engagement with the robot was excellent," Crittendon said, "and we saw improvements across the board in both groups," said team member Julie Crittendon, assistant professor of pediatrics.
Because ASD affects each child so differently, a key to ARIA is that it allows the robot to robot adapt its behavior to each child automatically depending on how he or she is responding
The researchers believe the cost of robotic systems like this one will decline in the future, making it easier to pay for it by supplementing, not replacing, human intervention. "A therapist does many things that robots can't do," said Sarkar. "But a robot-centered system could provide much of the repeated practice that is essential to learning. The cost of robotic systems like this will continue to come down in the future so it should easily pay for itself by supplementing human intervention."
Warren hopes that robotic systems can act as an "accelerant technology" that actually increases the rate at which children with ASD learn the social skills that they need. Encouraged by the success of this current study, Sarkar and Warren have started developing robot-mediated autism intervention systems that will address other deficits of children with autism such as imitation learning, role playing and sharing.
The research was supported by a Vanderbilt University Innovation and Discovery in Engineering and Science (IDEAS) grant, National Science Foundation award 0967170, National Institutes of Health award 1R01MH091102-01A1 and by the Meredith Anne Thomas Foundation.
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Sometimes smart phones disappear. The trouble with these phones is they tend to be small, expensive, and full of personal information, since they carry so many different apps, programs, and abilities. So in response to the fact that phones fall out of pockets in taxis and couches, Verizon has launched a free app for its […]
Sometimes smart phones disappear.
The trouble with these phones is they tend to be small, expensive, and full of personal information, since they carry so many different apps, programs, and abilities. So in response to the fact that phones fall out of pockets in taxis and couches, Verizon has launched a free app for its Android and Blackberry phones to help in their recovery. Check out the list of phones with which the app is compatible.
The app is part of Verizon's Total Equipment Recovery plan. That basically means it's included in Verizon's phone insurance package, which costs about $10 a month and appears on your regular bill. Paying ten bucks a month sounds like a pain, until you factor it against the cost of a replacement phone – which can run the gamut of prices and be especially sobering if you're not buying one with a plan.
Verizon's recovery app is pretty nifty. Once you set it up, it runs in the background. When your phone disappears behind enemy lines, you can hit the Internet and track it using its GPS. If the phone has been stolen, you can lock it remotely from any computer. If you don't think there's any chance of a successful rescue, you can choose to wipe the phone of your sensitive information. Oh, and if it really is just lost between the cushions, the app can activate an alarm to help in narrowing down the piece of furniture in which it has become lodged.
Similar app already on the iPhone
Apple fans might not know it, but the iPhone has a similar capability. Find My Phone is a free app that functions almost exactly the same way the Verizon app does. It includes all the same locking, tracking and erasing features.
Find My Phone uses Apple's MobileMe service to work, and technically, the app isn't strictly necessary for it to work. The catch is, MobileMe costs about $99 a year. Paying that rate makes the rest of the MobileMe available to you – which includes things like online disc space, file-sharing, and syncing contacts.
It's nice to have the option to send your phone what is essentially a self-destruct code, but for both Verizon and Apple, it'll cost you. And as far as the iPhone is concerned, there really isn't a viable alternative to Apple's Find My Phone.
Sure, the App Store features a lot of other phone GPS trackers and many tout to be useful if your phone is stolen, but they all have one fatal flaw – the perp would have to turn the app on in order for it to track him.
Apple doesn't allow third-party applications to run in the background on an iPhone. Consequently, you can't just leave a GPS tracker on all the time, and therefore, you can't just fire up a web browser to figure out exactly where your phone is. The person using the phone would have to do you the favor of opening the GPS tracker app.
The same is true for any iPhone remote wipe apps. There are a few out there, but just like the GPS trackers, they won't save an MIA phone unless someone is kind enough to open the app. You're better off saving your money.
If a smart phone carries important information and its owner is paranoid about loss, the best solution is to pony up and let Apple or Verizon take care of it. Apple's MobileMe has a lot of other cool features, and Verizon's doubles as phone insurance in case the missing mobile can't be saved.


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"Shut Up and Play the Hits," the documentary about beloved New York dance-rant institution LCD Soundsystem's final show at Madison Square Garden and the attendant personal aftermath now has both a website and trailer.
Check it out below and watch the ... sniff... tear-jerking performance footage and cameos from Reggie Watts, The Arcade Fire and (in voiceover form) journalist Chuck Klosterman. There are also lots of wonderful shows of frontman James Murphy sleeping in and wandering around looking lost, which is a pretty apt metaphor for how his fans feel in his absence.
The documentary was directed by Dylan Southern and Will Lovelace and was produced by Luis Ochoa and Thomas Benski of Pulse Films, who all directed and produced the acclaimed Blur documentary, "No Distance Left to Run." It will have its official premiere on Sunday, Jan. 22 at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival.