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LEAD Week
Duke Law's orientation program stays true to the School's message of lawyer education and professional development summarized in the Duke Law Blueprint to Lead, which distinguishes Duke Law for its focus on leadership training and development.
2019 Schedule of Events
Tuesday, August 20: EMBODY integrity, BUILD relationships
Registration and Welcome Breakfast
8:00 a.m.
Third Floor Loggia and Star Commons
- Register on the Third Floor Loggia then join your LEAD Fellows and classmates in Star Commons for a light breakfast.
Welcome to Duke Law School
9:00 a.m.
Star Commons
- Associate Dean for Admissions and Student Affairs William Hoye and the Office of Student Affairs will welcome you to the Law School.
Dean's Welcome
9:40 a.m.
Star Commons
- Dean Kerry Abrams will welcome you to Duke Law and talk with you about success in law school, your career, and beyond.
Meet Your LEAD Fellow
10:30 a.m.
Various Locations (See Breakout Schedule)
- Gather with your LEAD Fellows to get answers to questions related to the schedule, parking, university resources, and things to do in Durham. You will participate in activities with this group throughout LEAD Week, and your LEAD Fellow will continue to act as an advisor and social activities planner for your group throughout your first year. You can read more about the 2019-2020 LEAD Fellows here.
Professionalism Luncheon
12:15 p.m.
Washington Duke Inn
Dine with members of the Law School community, including our featured speaker, Porter Durham '85, AB '83, P '17, who will also lead students in the Duke Law School pledge.
(If you would like to request a vegetarian/vegan entrée, please complete this form to receive a "vegetarian" card to set at your place setting.)
The Honor Code & University Standards
Cohort A: 2:00 p.m. - Room 3041
Cohort B: 3:30 p.m. - Room 3043
Assistant Dean for Student Affairs Lewis Hutchison will introduce the Law School community's expectations relating to the Honor Code and university standards.
Introduction to Academic Technologies and the Law Library
Cohort B: 2:00 p.m. - Room 3043
Cohort A: 3:30 p.m. - Room 3041
Staff from Academic Technologies and the Law Library will introduce you to research and technology services at the Law School; there will also be time available for individual assistance with completing the online computing orientation and/or a tour of the Goodson Law Library.
New Student Welcome Social
5:30 p.m.
The Devil's Krafthouse
- Celebrate the beginning of your Duke Law experience. Hosted by the Law School Alumni Association and the Duke Law Alumni and Development office.
Wednesday, August 21: ENGAGE intellectually, BUILD relationships
Continental Breakfast
8:00 a.m.
Star Commons
Class Preparation and Case Briefing*
Cohort A: 8:30 a.m. - Room 3041
Cohort B: 9:30 a.m. - Room 3043
Being prepared for a law school class may be very different from the kind of daily academic preparation to which you are accustomed. This session, lead by Professor Joseph Blocher, is designed to make your faculty's expectation clear, and to provide instruction on how to meet those expectations so that you can be your most successful from the beginning. Please read Desnick v. American Broadcasting Companies in advance of this session.
Assignments: Learn how to brief a case.
- You can begin to do this in a couple of ways. "Open Book: The Inside Track to Law School Success", Barry Friedman and John C.P. Goldberg, Second Edition, 2016, is helpful text that is often recommended by professors who teach Legal Analysis, Research, and Writing (LARW). If you are able to purchase the book before LEAD Week begins (perhaps through an online bookseller), we recommend that you read "Guide to the Book" (p. xix), and Chapters 5 and 6. We think you will benefit from reading the rest of this book as you move through your first semester, especially when you begin to outline your courses and prepare for exams.
- In addition (or in lieu of reading "Open Book"), you should read the introduction to Torts: Doctrine and Process (2016), Donald H. Beskind and Doriane Lambelet Coleman. Professors Coleman and Beskind have given us permission to post their very helpful guide to briefing cases on the LEAD Week website. The password to access this case was emailed to you.
- Carefully read and brief the case. Professor Blocher will teach Desnick v. American Broadcasting Companies. You should brief the case before class using the tools you have learned from "Open Book" and the materials from Professors Beskind and Coleman.
- Assignments: Learn how to brief a case.
Note Taking 101*
Cohort B: 8:30 a.m. - Room 3043
Cohort A: 9:30 a.m. - Room 3041
- Note taking can be a challenge for those not accustomed to the unique format of a typical law school class. Professor Casey Thomson will walk you through effective strategies to adapt your note-taking methods to succeed in this new environment.
Sexual Misconduct Prevention
Cohort A: 10:30 a.m. - Room 3041
Cohort B: 11:30 a.m. - Room 3043
- Victoria Krebs, Associate Dean of Students for Title IX Outreach and Response, will provide a review of the Student Sexual Misconduct Policy to include prohibited conduct, reporting, and confidential support services. You should have received notification of a required online Title IX, Sexual Misconduct Prevention training module separately. You must complete this 1-hour online course before attending LEAD Week. More information on the prevention training modules can be found here.
Introduction to Academic Affairs and Professional Development*
Cohort A: 11:30 a.m. - Room 3041
Cohort B: 10:30 a.m. - Room 3043
- Assistant Dean Amanda Lacoff will provide a brief overview of academic advising, degree requirements, and resources.
Professor Don Beskind, Associate Dean Liz Gustafson, and the Career & Professional Development Center will introduce students to the Professional Development Credit required for graduation. The Credit is designed to help students maximize the value of their academic and professional experiences via the exercise of self-assessment practices and goal-setting to prepare them for entry into the legal profession.
- Assignment: Please come prepared with a brief description or definition of what professionalism means to you, both in the context of law school and as a lawyer after graduation. To provide some context for developing your description, you may wish to consult the Blueprint to LEAD here and the Law School's mission statement and learning outcomes here, in addition to your own personal aspirations and ideals of professionalism. We will discuss your descriptions on Wednesday, August 21.
Lunch with Classmates
12:30 p.m.
Star Commons
Legal Analysis, Research and Writing Classes
LARW Sections 1, 4, 5, 8: 1:30 p.m.
LARW Sections 2, 3, 6, 7: 3:15 p.m.
Various Locations (See Breakout Schedule)
Diversity and Inclusion and our Community Part I *
LARW Sections 1, 4, 5, 8: 3:15 p.m.
LARW Sections 2, 3, 6, 7: 1:30 p.m.
Room 3041
- Ebony Bryant, Director of Diversity Initiatives, will show us how to support a respectful and inclusive learning environment while minimizing roadblocks.
Duke Bar Association BBQ
5:00 p.m.
Marcy's Garden
- Meet your Duke Bar Association (DBA) mentors and representatives over a meal in Marcy's Garden (the front lawn of the Law School).
*Indicates Professional Development course credit.
Thursday, August 22: SERVE the community, LEAD with intention
Continental Breakfast
8:00 a.m.
Star Commons
Screening of The Trials of Darryl Hunt
Cohort A: 8:30 a.m. - Room 3041
Cohort B: 8:30 a.m. - Room 3043
- As portrayed in this award-winning HBO documentary, Darryl Hunt was convicted of a rape and murder he did not commit and served 18 years in North Carolina prisons before being released in 2003 based on DNA evidence.
Wrongful Convictions Panel
Cohort A: 10:30 a.m. - Room 3041
Cohort B: 11:30 a.m. - Room 3043
- Exoneree, Howard Dudley, Mark Rabil, the attorney for Darryl Hunt, Professor Jamie Lau, supervising attorney for the Wrongful Convictions Clinic, will answer your questions about wrongful convictions.
Public Interest and Pro Bono Opportunities
Cohort B: 10:30 a.m. - Room 3043
Cohort A: 11:30 a.m. - Room 3041
Assistant Dean Stella Boswell and Director Kim Burrucker from the Office of Public Interest and Pro Bono will introduce ways to contribute to the community through pro bono and public interest work.
Community Service Kick-off and Lunch
12:30 p.m.
Marcy's Garden
- Pick up your lunch in Star Commons, head to the front lawn to pick up your t-shirt under the tent, and then join your LEAD group for an afternoon of service.
25th Annual Dedicated to Durham
1:30 p.m.
Locations Throughout Durham
- Work with fellow students, faculty, and administrators to make a difference in your new community. Be sure to bring closed-toe shoes and clothes that can get dirty.
Friday, August 23: ENGAGE intellectually, LIVE with purpose
Lunch with Classmates
12:00 p.m.
Please pick up your lunch on the Third Floor Loggia and join your classmates in the classroom where your next session will be held.
Living with Purpose
Cohort A: 12:30 p.m. - Room 3041
Cohort B: 12:30 p.m. - Room 3043
- Tiarra Wade, Assistant Dean of Students for Duke Reach, and QuiAnne' Holmes, Student Development Coordinator, for DuWell, will present concepts helpful during your time in law school and beyond.
Legal Analysis, Research and Writing Classes
LARW Sections 1, 4, 5, 8: 1:30 p.m.
LARW Sections 2, 3, 6, 7: 3:15 p.m.
Various Locations (See Breakout Schedule)
Diversity and Inclusion and our Community Part II*
LARW Sections 1, 4, 5, 8: 3:15 p.m.
LARW Sections 2, 3, 6, 7: 1:30 p.m.
Room 3041
- Drawing from Wednesday's session, Ebony Bryant, Director of Diversity Initiatives, along with Professor Lisa Kern Griffin and Professor Guy-Uriel Charles, will discuss classroom dynamics and how to use potential disagreements and conflict to work constructively with others for the benefit of the community.
LEAD Week Cookout
5:00 p.m.
Marcy's Garden
- Celebrate the end of LEAD Week and the beginning of law school with your fellow students, faculty, and administrators.
*Indicates Professional Development course credit.


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Survey Information Sheet for Managers/Professional Supervisors of Newly Qualified Social Workers in Aotearoa New Zealand
Are you a social work manager or professional supervisor? Have you managed or supervised a Newly Qualified Social Worker in Aotearoa New Zealand within the last two years? If so, we would love to hear from you.
We are a team of researchers interested in finding out more about the experiences of Newly Qualified Social Workers in their first years of practice. Our team is made up of Neil Ballantyne from Open Polytechnic, Liz Beddoe from Auckland University, Kath Hay from Massey University, Jane Maidment from Canterbury University, Shayne Walker from Otago University and Zoe Mayhew, Research Assistant. The aim of our research is to find out:
- How well prepared are Newly Qualified Social Workers to enter professional social work practice?
- How is the learning for Newly Qualified Social Workers being supported and enhanced in the workplace?
To answer these question we invite you to take part in an anonymous, online survey. It should take ten minutes of your time and, to recognise your efforts, you will be able to enter your name in a prize draw for a $50 book voucher.
To meet the entry criteria for this survey you must be a:
- Manager or supervisor who has managed or supervised a Newly Qualified Social Worker (a social worker who has been qualified for two years or less) in Aotearoa New Zealand within the last two years.
Participants who complete the survey can, by posting to a separate email provided at the end of the survey, make contact with one of the researchers to go into a draw for a $50 book voucher. It will not be possible to connect your email to the survey content and so your information will be kept anonymous.
To complete the survey please visit:
THE SURVEY WILL CLOSE ON FRIDAY 22nd of SEPTEMBER 2017
Download a PDF of this information sheet.
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Turkey Spinach Meatballs
This is another quick and easy healthy dinner option, although I will say when working with lean turkey the finished product can be a bit dry. Serve with the easy homemade cranberry sauce (also posted below) for a simple, tasty solution to this problem. You'll also notice below, that a few of the ingredients are specified "to taste". I lightly sprinkle these over the meat before mixing. Read More →


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Death: Still alive and trying to write the perfect science fiction novelette.
Comments: David W. Goldman is an American science fiction author. Although he was educated in Boston, he has since moved to Portland, Oregon, started a software company, found himself a day job, and focused his creative efforts on writing science fiction. His efforts paid off, and in 2012 he was nominated for a Nebula Award for his short story The Axiom of Choice.
Goldman has a website named Stories by David W. Goldman, and you can also find him on Facebook.
My reviews of David W. Goldman's books:
Other books by David W. Goldman that I have read but not reviewed:
Short fiction by David W. Goldman appearing in works that I have reviewed:
The First Conquest of Earth found in Analog Science Fiction and Fact: Vol. CXXXI, Nos. 1 & 2 (January/February 2011)
A Talent for Vanessa found in Analog Science Fiction and Fact: Vol. CXXX, No. 5 (May 2010)
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Nextam Partners Ltd
Nextam Partners Ltd ("NPL") is an independent investment manager based in London, authorised and regulated by the UK Financial Conduct Authority.
As part of Nextam Partners Group, NPL shares the same core values of integrity, trust and global expertise.
The company:
1. Acts as Investment Manager to Pactum SA, a multi-compartment Luxembourg based SICAV/SIF
2. Acts as Investment Manager to the Globersel Pactum Natural Resources fund, a long biased alternative UCITS fund investing in global equities within the natural resources space (fund presentation, prospectus, monthly report)
3. Acts as one of the Investment Managers to Nextam Partners SICAV, a multi-compartment Luxembourg based UCITS
4. Offers investment services to third party investment managers of Nextam Partners SICAV
5. Provides financial planning and wealth management advice to ultra high net worth individuals and institutional clients (Professional Clients or other Eligible Counterparties)


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go with friends who make healthy choices, researchers say.
If you're trying to lose weight, you may want to find a slim friend to dine out with. That's the conclusion of a new study by University of Illinois researchers.
Announced in October 2013, this is one of several studies showing that our dining partners may greatly affect our food choices. Choosing fries when you know you'd be better off with a side salad? Look across the table—what did your friend choose?
What the Study Found
For the study, University of Illinois food economist and lead study author Brenna Ellison and colleagues analyzed lunch receipts from a full-service restaurant for a period of three months. In the restaurant, the first group (the control group) received menus with the item and price, only. A second group received menus with calorie counts for meal. A third group had both the calorie counts and a "traffic light" color-coded symbol indicating calorie ranges: green meant the item had 400 calories or less; yellow meant the item had between 401–800 calories; and red meant the item had more than 800 calories.
In addition to analyzing the lunch receipts, Ellison also went under cover to observe at the restaurant, and got information directly from the servers. Results showed:
- Participants in the third group using the color-coding and who were also part of a large party generally made the healthiest food choices, suggesting there was some peer pressure to order lower-calorie items.
- When groups of people ate together and had to state their food choice aloud, they tended to select items from the same menu categories.
- People were happier if they were making similar choices to those sitting around them.
- No matter how someone felt about the category originally (red, yellow, or green), even if it was initially a source of unhappiness—such as the items in the salad category—this unhappiness was offset when others ordered within the same category.
Given the findings, Ellison noted, "…it would almost be better to nudge people toward healthier friends than healthier foods."
Earlier Study Shows Similar Results
There are a couple of takeaways from this study. First—additional clues like the "traffic light" color-coding indicating calorie amounts can help people make healthier choices. Recent research from Texas Christian University, for example, gave 300 people, aged 18 to 30, one of the following three menus:
- without calorie labels,
- with calorie labels,
- with labels showing how many minutes of brisk walking would be required to burn the calories consumed.
The people given the last menus consumed fewer calories than the people in either of the other two groups.
The second takeaway from this study is that our choice of dining partners can have a huge influence on what we eat. In a 2012 study published in the journal PLoS One, Dutch researchers invited 70 pairs of women to dine together in a laboratory set up to look like a restaurant. When they observed these women, they found the following:
- Women mirrored each other, taking bites of food at roughly the same time and mimicking each other's overall eating behavior.
- This mirroring activity was three times more common at the beginning of the meal than the end. Researchers theorized this may be because the women were trying to make a favorable impression on each other at first.
- The findings showed that people tend to adjust their food intake, up or down, to match that of their eating companions.
Another study published in 2012 indicating similar social influences over our food intakes. In that study, published in the Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, people who were considered "people pleasers" were more likely to eat more candy when they wanted to put someone else at ease.
How to Resist When Eating with Friends
There are a number of other studies indicating the same thing—eating with people who make unhealthy choices will push you to do the same, and eating with people who make healthy choices will likely be good for you.
Still, we can't always choose. There are family occasions, business dinners, and more where we are with people who may be setting a less-than-optimal example. What do we do then?
Here are some ideas. Try them out and see if you can hold true to your dieting ideals next time you're faced with friends choosing high-fat, high-sugar, and high-salt options:
- Order first. This way, you won't have a chance to be influenced by what others are getting.
- Don't ask. Refrain from asking what your friends or loved ones are having. Make your best choice on your own, and stick to it.
- Choose when to splurge. If you go out with the same group of friends on a regular basis, choose one time to splurge and enjoy something similar to what your pals are ordering, and make healthy choices for the rest of the month.
- Bring at least one healthy friend. Bring along your fit friend when you can, as it's always easier to stick to your guns when you have a friend along with you.
- Remind yourself of your priorities. If you know your friends are going to be making choices that don't fit with your goals, remind yourself beforehand, and rehearse how you're going to deal with it at the restaurant.
- Choose the restaurant. If you can make a choice of a restaurant that has healthy choices you like, you'll be less likely to cave in and choose other, less healthy items.
- Invite people over. One of the best ways to avoid unhealthy eating with friends is to invite them over and cook. That way, the choices are yours!
Do you have tips for early morning activities that promote success? Please share.
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Debra Levey Larson, "Peer pressure can influence food choices at restaurants," University of Illinois College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences, Press Release, October 25, 2013, http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-10/uoic-ppc102513.php.
Preidt, Robert. "Eat Less if You Know Time Needed to Burn Calories?" 23 April 2013. WebMD. 26 April 2013. http://www.webmd.com/diet/news/20130423/knowing-time-needed-to-walk-off-calories-may-curb-appetite.
Amanda Gardner, "Are Your Friends Making You Overeat?" CNN, February 1, 2012, http://www.cnn.com/2012/02/01/health/friends-making-you-overeat/.


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Crossroads Christian School
Advisory Board
The concept of the school advisory board is based on a belief in the importance and power of shared leadership. The CCS advisory Board is equally represented by parents, students, faculty, administration, and the community. The AB works together to provide advice regarding school policies in accordance with the mission of the school and acts as a critical friend to the Head of School and Administration.
Board Members will:
The role of the Advisory Board is an important one. The primary function of the advisory board is to provide advice and assistance to the principal leadership team. Advisory board members offer their experience and expertise to strengthen the decision-making process. This assistance is provided for purposes such as planning policy, development, finance, public relations, marketing, development, fundraising and assessments as necessary.
Shannon Mitchamore………………………………………………..Chair
Brad and Laura Chesak……………….…..………….…………..Member
Kyle and Lori Clark………………………..………………….……...Member
Jeff and Joni Council………………….…..………………………..Member
Toby and Brandy Garza……………….…..………….…………..Member
Michael and Leela Hallett………….…..………….…...………..Member
Stephanie Nalls………………………………………………….……..Member
Lara Parker…………………………………………………………..…..Member
Marco and Monica Porras……..……………………...………....Member
Andy and Michelle Ruterbories……………..…….….……....Member
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Just a few brief notes before I go spend my Saturday in the sun beside someone else's swimming pool in a place cooler than hellish Rosario.
First, I've uploaded a couple of short videos of Fito Páez's concert at the Flag Memorial (Fito Páez en el Monumento, and again Fito Páez en el Monumento) to YouTube, so you can see a bit of what it was like. Check them out. They're fragments, not whole songs.
Second, I've replied to one comment at the Daylight Messing Time post regarding the absurd time zone change starting tomorrow, with further info on the government's energy saving "plan" (the word is a stretch).
Third, I've also replied to comments regarding transport subsidies and prices unrelated to reality in Argentina. Since this is a past post, you may miss my carefully-crafted, thoughtful reply if you don't check it out again.
Lastly, there may or may not be an "old year's balance" as in 2006; I can't promise anything. So in case we don't see each other until 2008, have a Happy New Year!
29 December 2007
Just a few brief notes before I go spend my Saturday in the sun beside someone else's swimming pool in a place cooler than hellish Rosario.
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7 May 2015
Please come and visit our stand on May 7th 2015 during the 17th Journées Solution Bancaires at BFM in Geneva!
It is with pleasure that we will present you our services in details and will arrange individual visits of our data centre.
Among our current customers, we host several banking companies. We are highly expert in this specific sector.
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Liven Up Your PowerPoint Presentations With LiveWeb
If you use Microsoft PowerPoint then I'll bet that you occasionally need to visit a website from within PowerPoint. What this has meant in the past is that you insert a weblink into the slide, then during the presentation when you get to that slide you click on the link and a browser will open giving you access to the page you requested.
The problem with that is when you are through with the page you have to close or minimze the browser and go back to your presentation. Wouldn't it be great if there was a way to open a browser right in the slide and you didn't have to leave your presentation?
As it turns out there is! LiveWeb will do just that and it comes in varieties that will work with every version of PowerPoint from PowerPoint 97 up to and including PowerPoint 2007. Oh and by the way, it's also free! (It does require however that PowerPoint be on the presenting machine. The free PowerPoint viewer will not work).
You need to download and unzip a small file which contains a 'ppa' file (PowerPoint addin). Follow the easy to do directions and the addin is installed. One gotcha, though. Make sure that you disable macro security first or it won't install. To do that, open PowerPoint, go to "Tools", then "Options" and click on "Macro Security". Then select "medium" or "Low". Then finish the installation and you are good to go.
The way you use it is simple. Just start building your PowerPoint as you normally would do. When you get to where you want a web page, go to "Insert" and select "Web Page" from the drop down menu. An easy to follow wizard will take you through the process or you can do it manually. You can also decide whether you want the slide to be dynamic or static. In other words, each time you run the presentataion the addin can go and get the current web site or it can use the same static page.
When you are finished a new slide appears that you can modify or not. You may want to add a slide title, navigation buttons or other things that you might normally do. When you run the presentation and get to the slide you set up, a browser opens up right in the slide that displays the web site.
Here is how our favorite blog appears in a PowerPoint slide:
This has really helped my PowerPoint presentations move along quicker and I sure couldn't complain about the price!
I am always on the lookout for cool PowerPoint freebies, so let me know what you have discovered…
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Saturday 1 January, 2011
New website: Morsels of Evidence
Morsels of Evidence is a new website dedicated to providing brief, digestible and clinically relevant articles on contemporaneous published evidence from medical journals to Australian general practitioners working in primary health care. It is hoped that this will help assist GPs to practice evidence based medicine by translating findings in medical research to clinical practice suggestions.
Each article is prefaced with an "evidence cookie"; an evidence based summary that can be absorbed in a glance. A more detailed summary follows for those whose appetite for knowledge has been whetted.
The first evidence based morsel will be published next week on 5th January 2011, and further articles will be published on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.
Morsels of Evidence: http://evidencebasedmedicine.com.au
Saturday 6 January, 2007
The new cervical cancer vaccine
Original article by: May Su :: Printer friendly
There has been much in the media recently about the new cervical cancer vaccine, "Gardasil". The first vaccine was initially produced in the 1990s by a team of researchers in Queensland, headed by Professor Ian Frazer; who received Australian of the Year in 2006 for his work. The vaccine was then marketed by CSL pharmaceuticals and released in 2006. It is a vaccine aimed at preventing infection with the human papilloma virus (HPV), also known as the wart virus.
There is a clear relationship to human papilloma virus (HPV) and the development of cervical cancer (1). There are more than 100 different forms of human papilloma virus (HPV), but not all of them are linked to causation of cervical cancer (2). HPV 16 and 18 are indicated in causing over 70% of cervical cancers detected. The other genotypes linked to developing cervical cancer are types 45 and 31. Types 6 and 11 are linked to the clinical manifestation of genital warts and are low risk for developing cervical cancer.
Monday 27 November, 2006
Topical corticosteroids
Original article by: May Su :: Printer friendly
Topical corticosteroids are used for a variety of dermatological conditions – dermatitis (atopic eczema), psoriasis, or in conjunction with anti-fungal agents for severe tinea.
There is a confusing array of topical steroid preparations available in Australia. The question is which to use, and when.
Potency is dependent on the type of corticosteroid, the vehicle it is applied with (i.e., lotion, cream or ointment) and whether an occlusive dressing is used.
Potency is directly proportional to the risk of side effects associated with their use. It is preferable to use the lowest potency agent required to effect treatment.
Sunday 19 November, 2006
Management of obesity
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As medical students and doctors we know that obesity is bad. It leads to all sorts of problems – hypertension, hypercholesterolaemia, diabetes, ischaemic heart disease (and other vasculopathies), arthritis, obstructive sleep apnoea, gastro-oesophageal reflux disease. Certainly there is a much higher mortality and morbidity associated with being overweight or obese.
We have been aware of the term "metabolic syndrome" (also known as syndrome X, insulin resistance syndrome) since the 1970s. This is characterised by a group of metabolic risk factors in one person leading to an increased risk for diabetes type II, and for vascular disease such as ischaemic heart disease or cerebrovascular disease (1) (2). The biological reasons for why it occurs is poorly understood, however we are aware that abdominal obesity and increased insulin resistance plays a key factor.
Sunday 8 October, 2006
Dealing with borderline personality disorder
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There is the hypothesis that borderline personality disorder may not be a true personality disorders but rather a form of post traumatic stress disorder. Regardless, a person with borderline personality disorder will present with particular characteristic traits which can be difficult to manage.
Borderline personality disorder
Characterized by: instability of mood, poor self-esteem and self-image, and poor impulse control (1). These mood fluctuations may occur over the space of hours or days, as opposed to the mood fluctuations that occur in bipolar affective disorder. There is often a great fear of abandonment, and higher sensitivity to rejection (or perceived rejection). This can manifest as more unstable interpersonal relationships. The term "splitting" refers to these intense by transient relationships, which can suddenly switch from idealization to contempt.
"The Creation of The Medicine Box" published
This book, "The Creation of The Medicine Box" is a comprehensive documentation of the design, goals, development and construction of this website. It contains a review and analysis of the state of the project after six months from its launch in April 2006.
This report was in addition written and designed as a guidebook to the development of online medical education resources.
"The Medicine Box" represents a significant body of work. We hope that you find both this book and the website worthwhile.
"The Creation of The Medicine Box" has been published as a hard cover publication through Lulu.com. It can be purchased here for $US 17.95.
It can also be downloaded as a PDF ebook [4.2 MB].
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Tuesday 26 September, 2006
How to manage difficult patients
Original article by: May Su :: Printer friendly
There are many reasons why patient interactions can be frustrating or difficult. Most commonly these can be traced to factors relating to the patient, the physician, or the health care system (1).
The management of a "difficult" patient requires time, good communication and firm limit setting.
"Difficult patients" are common and unavoidable. That being the case, "avoidance" should never be the goal of management. More often than not, these patients have real physical and/or psychological health needs. Try to restrain yourself from the all too easy temptation of categorising "difficult" with "undeserving" or tossing them into the "too hard basket".
Wednesday 13 September, 2006
Menopause – a summary of management
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Menopause usually occurs in women aged between the ages of 45-55 years. In general women in their peri-menopausal years are more likely to seek medical advice than the post-menopausal woman.
Saturday 29 July, 2006
How to manage workplace conflict
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Bullying and other workplace conflict is a common scenario as a medico – from patients, from nurses and from other colleagues. There has been increasing media coverage on this regarding in particular the NHS medical system in the UK, and our own more close to home situation in Queensland (1). In a study of the National Health System (NHS) in Britain released in 2002 specifically of junior doctors, 37% of respondents identified as being bullied in the past year and 84% had experienced one or more bullying behaviours (2).
Bullying should not be accepted passively
Saturday 10 June, 2006
Beware of serotonin syndrome
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Serotonin syndrome is a medical emergency. It usually occurs when several serotonergic agents are used simultaneously or concurrently and is due to excess serotonin in the central nervous system.
Serotonin syndrome is a clinical diagnosis and a high index of suspicion is required:
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Hi my dear MUO friends,
my question sounds a bit stupid, but… well… It doesn't work! I want to delete a public calendar from my list of calendars in Google Calendar. So I go to settings -> Calendars and click on unsubscribe on the right side in the lower half of the page. Everything fine so far, it disappears. But the next time I come back to Google Calendar (or if I reload), the same public calendar is again there!! I've tried it with different browsers, so I really can't understand what the problem might be…
Let me illustrate once more what I do to make sure you understand the situation: On the calendar settings page, I remove ALL calendars in the "other calendars" section by clicking on all unsubscribe. buttons. Going back to the main calendar view, obviously there are no calendars in the "other calendars" section under "my calendars" on the left side. Everything is fine. But if I reload the calendar, I get a full SEVEN calendars back into that section! The seven calendars are "Contacts' birthdays and events", "Finnish Holidays", "German Holidays", "Sunrise and sunset for Helsinki", and "Week Numbers" – the "Finnish Holidays" and "German Holidays" calendars both appear twice!
I have added those calendars myself in the past but for some reason they are now somehow "hard-wired" or hard-coded into Google Calendar, so that I just can't remove them. I made an experiment to add another public calendar, in this case "Indian holidays", into Gcal in order to see whether it would also stay hard-wired in the list. But that one I was able to remove successfully. Only the calendars which I added myself many years ago I cannot remove now. And why do the Finnish and German holiday calendars appear twice??
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September-We are doing a school wide service project for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. Student and staff donated a dollar and have their name hung on the wall in the cafeteria. The grade level with the most dolls will win a Popsicle party. Last day to donate your dollar is Sept. 28, 2012! This increases our social pathway by helping others.
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Give freely from your wealth to alleviate the suffering of the poor; that is the easiest way to define the virtually unknown virtue of Munificence. A person truly practices Munificence when he/she uses his/her wealth to alleviate the suffering of the poor, while acknowledging the merit of poverty for oneself in regards to eternal life. Remember, you can't take it with you!
As with the virtue of Magnanimity, with Munificence, intention matters. The primary purpose must be to alleviate the suffering of the poor; to address poverty. If the primary purpose for donating from one's wealth was for a tax deduction, then the person would not be munificent, albeit generous.
As a society, we should be slapping ourselves in the face asking ourselves why munificence is 1) unknown within common vocabulary, and 2) why giving to the less fortunate is not as prevalent as we would like to see. Greed is a vice for which we have no room within our society. The well-being of all mankind should be our number one objective, in the name of Christ.
Jesus, an example of Munificence
Jesus is the best example of Munificence in action. Although He was poor Himself, He gives from the riches of His love and mercy to forgive sins, heal the sick, and feed the hungry. St. John Chrysostom says it better than I ever could:
No sin is so great that it can conquer the munificence of the Master. Even if one is a fornicator, or an adulterer… the power of the gift and the love of the Master are great enough to make all these sins disappear and to make the sinner shine more brightly than the rays of the sun…Did you see the abundance of His goodness? Did you see the munificence of His invitation? 'Come to me,' He says, 'all you who labor and are burdened.' His invitation is one of kindness. His goodness is beyond description. 1
From the vast wealth of Jesus' limitless love and mercy, we the poor, have our suffering alleviated. Our poverty of spirit is replaced by His grace.
How Can We Become Munificent? Give!
From our own monetary wealth, we have the ability to alleviate the suffering of those less fortunate. Most of us are not Bill and Melinda Gates, with billions to donate for the benefit of those suffering in third world countries. Yet, we are all called to give from our surplus; to give until it hurts, so that we can better understand our fellow man's plight. St. Francis de Sales, says it best:
Always dispose of a part of your means by giving freely alms to the poor, for you impoverish yourself by that which you give, and the more it is the more you are impoverished. Undoubtedly, God will restore it to you in this world as well as in the next, for nothing brings such prosperity as almsgiving, but meanwhile you will be the poorer for what you give. 2
I can personally attest to the truth of what St. Francis de Sales speaks of in this passage. Over a decade ago, while visiting a friend in Jacksonville, FL. I attended Sunday services with her at her Baptist church, and heard a sermon on tithing. It got me thinking about whether or not my husband and I should tithe. Lent was soon approaching. My husband and I took the plunge and began to tithe as our Lenten sacrifice. To this day, we still tithe, even in the hard times. God provides, for His munificence is limitless! Can you spare some money from your wealth and alleviate the suffering of the poor? Be munificent – Give!
1 Chrysostom, John. Daily Readings from the Writings of St. John Chrysostom. Anthony M. Coniaris, Editor. Minneapolis: Light and Life Publishing Company. Pp. 4 and 17. Print. 1988.
2 de Sales, Francis. Philothea or an Introduction to the Devout Life. Charlotte: Tan Classics p. 168. Print. 2010.
Note: There will be no post published on Wednesday of this week, as I will be attending the Catholic Writers Guild conference in NJ. Post publication resumes on Monday of next week.
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Low-cost carrier Ryanair has been awarded more than US$284,000 (£217,000) in damages by a US district court, against a Twitter user who had threatened to commit a terrorist attack on one of its aircraft.
The tweet, posted in February 2016 under the handle @GunnexGod, read:
"Hello @Ryanair, you have 15 minutes before I commit the biggest terror attack the UK has ever seen on one of your planes. Be ready"
Ryaanir obtained a number of subpoeanas from Twitter, enabling it to identify the user as a Brian Lake from Pennsylvania, and was awarded US$284,148 in damages, including punitive damages, by the US District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.
Ryanair welcomed the ruling, and in a statement the carrier's spokesperson Robin Kiely said:
"We welcome this US District Court ruling. The safety of our customers, people and aircraft is our number one priority and we will not allow anyone to impugn, threaten or undermine our 32-year unblemished safety record and will pursue any 'anonymous' social media offenders through the courts."


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Green Frame 'Tribute'
Post pictures of your twin cylinder Bevel Drive Ducati (pre-1985) along with a description here.
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Green Frame 'Tribute'
Time for a pic after running out of fuel on a test ride…
- 750 SS Greenframe - the holy grail
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You lost the license plate as well...
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well it was a test ride I must admit...no plate yet but at least I have a permit to ride around and test how long until I run out of fuel!
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Oneida Nation Representative Published in The Washington Post
January 5, 2015 | Category: Blog
A compelling op-ed by Oneida Indian Nation Representative and leader of the Change the Mascot campaign Ray Halbritter was published in The Washington Post this week.
In the piece, Halbritter notes the progress made during the 2013 NFL season in the movement to change the offensive name of Washington's NFL team.
Read the full piece below:
Year of reckoning for the Washington 'R-word'
By Ray Halbritter, Published: December 27
As the Washington football team's season draws to a close today, it is safe to say that the year has been entirely forgettable when judged only by the team's win-loss record. However, when judged by what rose up to challenge that team's continued promotion of a racial slur, the year will be remembered as a pivotal moment and a triumph.For decades, courageous civil rights activists have organized to pressure Washington's owners to stop using the R-word as part of the team's name. The merits of their argument are obvious. The word is a slur that was screamed at Native Americans as they were forced from their lands at gunpoint. It is a word that, according to public-health experts, continues to have deleterious cultural, psychological and social effects on Native American communities. So while famous segregationist George Preston Marshall saw nothing wrong with using the R-word when he owned the team, civil rights leaders such as Suzan Shown Harjo have been rightly saying that it is unacceptable for a professional sports league to continue promoting such a derogatory epithet.
As self-evident as that should be in the 21st century, the Washington team has long counted on the political, media and sports worlds to ignore the name-change campaign for fear of incurring the wrath of the NFL and the current owner, Dan Snyder. But this year, the league's fear-enforced stonewall was shattered as a diverse coalition of civil rights groups, public-health organizations, religious leaders and sports icons was joined bygovernors, the D.C. Council, Republican and Democratic members of Congress and eventhe president of the United States in saying that now is the time for a change.
Taken together, this coalition's collective message has been clear: 2013 is the year the campaign against the NFL's use of this racial slur coalesced into a permanent movement. It is not going away until the team either stops using the epithet or, if it won't do the right thing, the league steps in to take corrective measures.
So far, the team's and league's reactions to this new reality have been predictable, and predictably disappointing, as they continue to urge the public to ignore the growing outcry against the name and hope that the issue will fade away.
In response to the radio advertisements the Oneida Indian Nation has aired in support of this cause, I have been asked why changing a football team's word is such an important cause. My answer is simple. The NFL is a $9-billion-a-year business and among the most powerful cultural forces in America. For many people, their most direct contact with the very idea of Native American culture is the Washington team's name. On billboards, on T-shirts, on hats and on countless TV screens every week, millions of people are told that we are a mascot.
Because such a message comes with such terrible consequences for Native Americans, changing the name is not some minor issue. It is critical. Indeed, precisely because it is so critical, this campaign is not going away, no matter how much the NFL or Snyder wants it to. Quite the opposite, in fact.
The close of the 2013 NFL regular season is merely the end of the beginning of an effort that will continue to grow in the offseason and, if the name remains unchanged, return next season even stronger.
The writer is Oneida Indian Nation representative and leader of the Change the Mascotcampaign.


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Two additions to the therapeutic armory to treat HFrEF3' education - Apr. 1, 2016 - VBWG Meeting at ACC 2016, Chicago, IL, USA - Scott D. Solomon, MD - Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
Scott D. Solomon describes the two new pharmacologic therapies for use in patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction that have been approved by the FDA in the past year: the heart-rate reducing agent ivabradine and sacubitril/valsartan, a combination of an ARB and a neprilysin inhibitor.
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Vascular Biology Working Group Meeting at ACC 2016, Chicago, IL, USA
Scott D. Solomon, MD - Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA


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The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways; the point is to change it. - Marx
The papers and the internet are buzzing with moral outrage. The ideologues of the present age seem to be encouraging a witch hunt against poets who plagiarise.
Now I would be a conspiracy theorist, if I was to put this witch hunt down to the recent change to a reactionary government. I will note that our current junta sees research as something to be mocked, and that the initial article was printed in that mouthpiece of the reactionaries, The Australian (note that on principle I will not link to this article, you can find it if you want.) I would be happy to put his down to coincidence. I would be equally happy to say, as have many over weight, alcoholic, cynical, television detectives have said, I do not believe in coincidence. I would venture to guess that the artless reactionaries will be happy to use these incidents to justify a cut in funding.
I, for one, will not join this conga line of moral condemnation of the so-called plagiarists. I do want to think about the chummy, vanilla custard culture that the present hierarchy of arts bureaucrats has created. Most importantly I wish to offer some simple (possibly simple-minded) solutions.
I find it surprising that -- if these plagiarisms are so egregious and so corrosive of the public good -- the errors were not noted earlier. Why for example did it take almost three years to notice the errors in the poem that won the Rosemary Dobson Prize in 2010? Why was this found out from a self titled poetry sleuth and not from someone within the prize giving community?
As I am not in this inner clique of the cool kids who make these decisions and award these prizes, I can not comment on their thinking. I am, however, able to make some comments, based on the actions they have taken, and the artifacts of their thoughts.
It seems to me, from my outsider point of view, that the main attribute for a prize winning poem is that the poem sounds like something the judges have heard before, something that has that pleasant overcoat of familiarity. Noting, as Jane Caro did (in noting a twitter post), that there were more ex-students from Riverview in the Abbott cabinet than women, we can also note that the bulk of poetry prize winners come from a similarly small (dare we say privileged) pool. Not only in numbers of actual poets but more importantly the winners are drawn from a similar pool, and are unified thematically and stylistically.
In my utopia, which would be happy and have many good laws, and which we will call Tomton, poetry and art would have a different position that they do in our society. Living in smaller, more sustainable cities and towns, hearing poetry, seeing art would be as easy as floating down to the local centre on a post-coital Sunday morning to get the newspapers, coffees, and cheese danish. For art would be all around. Music would be floating from the open windows of the many well maintained and charming communes. Artists would have decorated the walls, even the streets. No more would our eyes and minds be assaulted by crass advertising for things we have no need nor use for. Children would run and play and we would see and hear their unselfconscious, spontaneous art (the best art of all.) An orchestra would play in the local square, the concert would be never ending as musicians would come and go as they pleased. Poets would be declaiming their work, standing on tables in the cantten, while dancers flowed around the amused diners. A line of excited poets, bongo players, and dancers would snake out the door. All eager to speak, to play, to dance. All eager to contribute, all shouting for joy at this democracy of art. All encouraged.
Sadly all we have is capitalism. And with this way of life we gain competition, and hierarchy, and a constant chasing after.
But in the short term, some suggestions.
Maybe we can have an occasional Jubilee Year. Prizes and competitions would not be allowed to have any entrants from those that work or teach at university. One year moratorium on entries from those who have a degree in a creative writing. Maybe we can do this once every five or seven years, or the various prizes can take turns in seeking entries from outside the university axis.
With the continual "jobbing" of culture, from so-called plagiarists to cynical provocateurs, maybe the contests would do just as well to pick a random poem from out of the proverbial hat. The role of the judge could be no more than one of narrowing down the list of entires from the original (here I am making up numbers) 500 to a more manageable 50, and then rewarding one at random. Software can be quickly hacked up that would generate the appropriate random numbers, so there would be no need to even narrow down the entries.
The picking out of poems at random will ensure that there are no hurt feelings. New poets would not be discouraged, and so would not drop away.
On a more practical note I simply point the reader to any number of plagiarism detection applications. Like the bogus speed cameras that work to limit speeding, even a public announcement that such software may be used will go a long way to limiting such errors.
While on the subject of software I would promote the idea of free software. Anyone can use any poem and a poet even rewrite the original, but they would then have to print the original work alongside the new work. This would of course obviate the need for poetry sleuths and plagiarism detectors and would have the added benefit of introducing the audience to more poetry.
Getting back to Tomton, we should have poets on every street corner not only reading their works, but engaging a interested audience. An audience that is hungry for culture and art.
You may have noticed that I always used the word error to describe the plagiarisms. As plagiarism is not a crime, and is even a more or less modern idea, I wanted to use a word that did not have any moral overtones. Error seemed best to me, in that the poets erred in not noting the original lines and images. If the poet was to read his or her poems to an audience and that audience was able to speak with the poet in an honest, open, and back and forth way would this have happened?
A great deal of this scandal seems bound up in issues of IP. After a decade in the IT industry I never want to hear another word about intellectual property my life!
My beef is not with the individual poet, but rather with the poetry superstructure we have built. If we can change the way we reward poetry we can go a long way to seeing that these sorts of issues never arise again.


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One Friday in late February, my program took us on a day trip to Jerez de la Frontera and Cádiz. Jerez de la Frontera is known for a few things: gypsies/flamenco, horses, and sherry.
But especially the sherry. Free wine tasting, here I come!
Jerez de la Frontera has a world-renowned wine industry. Jerez is what the word "sherry" is named after, and this famous wine originated here. So, naturally, we went on a tour of one of the oldest and most famous bodegas in Jerez. Followed by that free wine tasting I mentioned. Weeeeeeee!!!
The bodega was really cool though. I saw tons of large wine barrels piled pyramid-style on top of each other, and the rows were endless. Someone could get tipsy just by walking into the bodega. As soon as you cross the threshold, the smell of wine and fermentation smacks you in the face. It was intoxicating (Haha! Get it?!?!).
After the tour of the bodega and the wine tasting, we went on a small tour of the city of Jerez itself. Our guide was a gitana! She was so cool. She knew everyone who passed by on the street, and she was very welcoming and warm. She explained some of what it means to be a Gypsy, including their belief that they are citizens of the world. They don't believe they are better than anyone, but they also believe they are no worse. The Gypsy population in Jerez is one of the most well-integrated in the world: they own businesses, their children go to universities, and they aren't looked upon like a scourge. When the people of Jerez talk about their Gypsies, it's with pride. Jerez also has some of the best Flamenco in all of Spain.
I was only in Jerez for a couple of hours, but if I get the opportunity I'd love to return. I want to eat Gypsy cuisine, watch a Flamenco performance, and enjoy a copa of wine. 🙂


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One of the curious discoveries I made while listening to the book was that "companies are people too" in their tendency to lack focus.
Straddling – keeping existing strategy intact while trying simultaneously adopt a strategy of a competitor. This position is not sustainable as there is no trade off with other positions. Trade off represents an opportunity.
Example: a traditional airline is trying to copy discounter airline approach for a specific market without changing its operational cost structure. The approach did not work, as the efficiency of a discounter airline was based on optimization of the entire operation.
Interesting concept: similarly to "Minimal Viable Product," any initiative can have a "Minimal Viable Progress."
From the perspective of leadership, the author recommends leading a team on a principle of "less but better," bringing right people through hiring process even if it takes longer, and clarifying roles in a team.
Ha! I think I am somewhat close to the underlining principles 🙂 Though there is always a room for improvement.


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The 2016 U.S. presidential campaign has come to a simmer, and candidates from both major parties are already talking up ways to help the working poor. Exactly how many people are in this socioeconomic group, however, has long been a subject of scholarly debate. Now, a trio of sociologists has taken a fresh look at the question and come up with more than 100 answers—the best of which are lower than official estimates.
"Measurement assumptions have important implications for the estimates of the size as well as the distribution of the problem across different racial and ethnic groups," says Brian Thiede, a sociologist at Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, and lead author of the study, published online before print in Work and Occupations. Differing assumptions—such as about who is poor and who is a worker, for example—have produced a wide range of answers, varying by up to 16%, write Thiede, Daniel Lichter of Cornell University, and Scott Sanders of Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah.
In a bid to do better, the researchers first set out to identify the assumptions used in previous studies that might swell or shrink the number of people considered to be working poor. One issue is who should be counted as a worker. For example, they found that studies typically didn't count people who are past retirement age but still working to supplement their income.
They also examined how researchers defined who was poor. Some studies considered only the earnings of a working head of household, for instance, whereas others tallied the total earnings of all members of a household—which could shrink any estimate.
The definition of poverty has long been debated, the researchers note. The official U.S. definition of poverty, for example, is based on an absolute dollar figure. (In 2015, it is $11,770 for a household of one in the 48 contiguous states, and a bit more if you live elsewhere or count other family members.) But some studies define poverty differently, using methods recommended by the National Academy of Sciences' Panel on Poverty and Family Assistance. Although these methods add in-kind income and support provided by government health care programs, they also subtract certain tax payments and work expenses. The net effect tends to increase estimates of the working poor.
Other studies use a relative benchmark for poverty: for example, placing the poverty line at about one-half of the median household income of a nation or region. As the median rises or falls, so does the poverty line.
This concept of relative poverty is not new, notes David Brady, a sociologist with the WZB Berlin Social Science Center. In 1776, Adam Smith, the pioneering 18th century Scottish economist, wrote in his The Wealth of Nations that "a linen shirt … is, strictly speaking, not a necessary of life. … But in the present times, through the greater part of Europe, a creditable day-labourer would be ashamed to appear in public without a linen shirt." Brady says that "most international social science, and arguably the best social scientists of poverty even in the United States, are converging on [using] a relative measure of poverty."
These two approaches produced very different results, Thiede notes, when the researchers applied them to the census data. When using the absolute poverty threshold, the researchers concluded that about 4.3% of working-age persons worked year-round yet lived in poverty in 2012. In contrast, using a relative poverty threshold of about one-half the median U.S. income, the poverty estimate for year-round workers increased to 11.7%. (The poverty rate among the total population, which includes nonworkers, is much higher.)
Once the researchers had identified the various assumptions, they began to experiment. They used different combinations of assumptions about work and poverty to calculate estimates of the working poor. Overall, they came up with 126 estimates, ranging from 2.5% to 18.5% in 2012.
Some measures that produce these estimates are better than others, however, the authors argue. Using statistical analyses and other methods, they ranked the combinations of factors, looking for those most likely to reflect the real world. The highest ranked combination for individuals, they found, defined a worker as someone who worked more than 17 hours a week; adjusted income to a full-time, full-year equivalent; and set the poverty threshold at 125% of the official threshold. Using those assumptions, the researchers estimated that 12.4% of American workers were poor.
In contrast, the lowest ranked combination of assumptions produced an estimate of 9.2%. It defined a worker as someone who worked more than 35 hours a week for more than 50 weeks per year, did not adjust income, and based the poverty threshold on 50% of median family income.
In a separate step, the researchers also calculated that between 9.3% and 11% of working family heads are poor. That translates to between 6.4 million and 8 million workers and—when their household members are included—between 20 million and 24 million persons living in poor families with a working head.
These numbers are smaller than the 10.6 million working poor estimated by the federal government in 2014. The gap is partly the result of a broader federal definition of who is a worker. Still, the study "seems very solid and robust scholarship to me," Brady says.
The results highlight the fact that work alone is not enough to avoid poverty, Thiede says. "It's a fairly significant problem and [the findings are] contrary to the ideological assumption that work is a universal, automatic path out of poverty," he says.
That's a topic that's likely crop up again in coming months, as presidential candidates hit the 2016 campaign trail.


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Acts 17
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Paul and Silas Start a Church in Thessalonica
17 After Paul and Silas had gone through the cities of Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to the city of Thessalonica. The Jews had a place of worship there. 2 Paul went in as he always did. They gathered together each Day of Rest for three weeks and he taught them from the Holy Writings. 3 He showed them that Christ had to suffer and rise again from the dead. He said, "I preach this Jesus to you. He is the Christ." 4 Some of them put their trust in Christ and followed Paul and Silas. There were many Greek people and some leading women who honored God among those who had become Christians.
The Jews Make It Hard for Paul and Silas
5 The Jews who did not put their trust in Christ became jealous. They took along some sinful men from the center of town where people gather and brought them out on the street. These angry men started all the people in the city to cry out with loud voices. They went to the house of Jason hoping to find Paul and Silas there and bring them out to the people. 6 But they did not find them there. Then they dragged Jason and some other Christians out in front of the leaders and cried out, "These men who have been making trouble over all the world have come here also. 7 And Jason has taken them in. They say there is another King called Jesus. They are working against the laws made by Caesar."
8 When the people and city leaders heard this, they were troubled. 9 Then they made Jason and the others pay some money and let them go.
Paul and Silas Go to Berea
10 At once the Christians sent Paul and Silas away at night to the city of Berea. When they got there, they went to the Jewish place of worship. 11 These Jews were more willing to understand than those in the city of Thessalonica. They were very glad to hear the Word of God, and they looked into the Holy Writings to see if those things were true. 12 Many of them became Christians. Some of them were respected Greek women and men. 13 The Jews of Thessalonica heard that Paul was preaching the Word of God in Berea. They went there and worked against the missionaries by talking to the people. 14 At once the Christians sent Paul away to the sea-shore. But Silas and Timothy stayed there.
Paul Preaches on Mars' Hill in Athens
15 Those who took Paul brought him to the city of Athens. Paul sent word with them that Silas and Timothy should come to him as soon as they could. Then they left. 16 While Paul was waiting for Silas and Timothy in Athens, his spirit was troubled as he saw the whole city worshiping false gods. 17 He talked to the Jews and other people who were worshiping in the Jewish place of worship. Every day he talked with people who gathered in the center of town.
18 Some men from two different groups were arguing with Paul. The one group thought that men might as well get all the fun out of life that they can. The other group thought that wisdom alone makes men happy. Some of them said, "This man has lots of little things to talk about. They are not important. What is he trying to say?" Others said, "He preaches about strange gods." It was because he preached of Jesus and of His being raised from the dead.
19 Then they took him to Mars' Hill and said, "We want to hear of this new teaching of yours. 20 Some of the things you are telling us are strange to our ears. We want to know what these things mean." 21 The people of Athens and those visiting from far countries used all their time in talking or hearing some new thing. 22 Then Paul stood up on Mars' Hill and said, "Men of Athens, I see how very religious you are in every way. 23 As I was walking around and looking at the things you worship, I found an altar where you worship with the words written on it, TO THE GOD WHO IS NOT KNOWN. You are worshiping Him without knowing Him. He is the One I will tell you about.
24 "The God Who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth. He does not live in buildings made by hands. 25 No one needs to care for Him as if He needed anything. He is the One who gives life and breath and everything to everyone. 26 He made from one blood all nations who live on the earth. He set the times and places where they should live.
27 "They were to look for God. Then they might feel after Him and find Him because He is not far from each one of us. 28 It is in Him that we live and move and keep on living. Some of your own men have written, 'We are God's children.' 29 If we are God's children, we should not think of Him as being like gold or silver or stone. Such gods made of gold or silver or stone are planned by men and are made by them.
30 "God did not remember these times when people did not know better. But now He tells all men everywhere to be sorry for their sins and to turn from them. 31 He has set a day when He will say in the right way if the people of the world are guilty. This will be done by Jesus Christ, the One He has chosen. God has proven this to all men by raising Jesus Christ from the dead."
32 Some people laughed and made fun when they heard Paul speak of Christ being raised from the dead. Others said, "We want to listen to you again about this." 33 So Paul went away from the people. 34 Some people followed him and became Christians. One was Dionysius, a leader in the city. A woman named Damaris believed. And there were others also.


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BALTIMORE (WJZ) — There was a massive hazmat spill on I-95 and 895 in Northeast Baltimore Wednesday night. Right now, both of those roadways are completely shut down.
Kai Jackson has more.
A hazmat crew, Baltimore City police, the Department of the Environment, MdTA officials and Baltimore City firefighters are on the scene for an overturned tanker truck that spilled an unknown amount of non-toxic ink, later identified as printer ink. It happened at the Fort McHenry toll plaza around 9 p.m. Wednesday. Even though the ink is water-based, it's still considered a hazmat situation.
Preliminary reports from emergency crews on the scene say the driver may have been inebriated. Crews have drained the truck's fuel and are working on righting the truck. The driver wasn't hurt, and neither was anyone else.
The printer ink has covered the I-95 roadway and has run onto I-895, as well.
Units are assessing the quantities of 55 gallon drums that are leaking ink and establishing a footprint of the area involved.
The Department of the Environment is doing most of the cleanup. Officials say that will likely take until early Thursday morning.
Stay with WJZ and WJZ.com for more information on this developing story.


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Session 1 – Teamwork Challenge (Mandatory)
Session 1 brings the class together for the first time, breaking the ice and exploring team building and leadership skills. There are
Session 1 brings the class together for the first time, breaking the ice and exploring team building and leadership skills. There are
Session 2 is held with students and parents and provides further orientation to the program. Personality styles are identified. Students with their
Session 3 helps students begin to understand what makes an effective leader. Students will explore different leadership styles and learn how all
Students develop an understanding of the importance of branding to leadership, learn how to be intentional about being oneself, as well as
Session 5 prompts students to consider various dimensions of diversity to develop an appreciation of the ways in which people are different
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Companies love milestones nearly as much as bees love honey, so it doesn't come as much of a surprise that Microsoft would take advantage of Build 2013 to announce as much positive news as it possibly can. This time, MS head Steve Ballmer has revealed to us that he expects the Windows Store to hit the 100,000 mark (in terms of total apps) sometime this month. Sounds about right if you monitor services like MetroStore Scanner to get a good feel for the OS's progress: it lists over 95,000 apps, which certainly fits the bill.
Additionally, Microsoft also claimed that the very same Windows Store has witnessed app downloads in the vicinity of "hundreds of millions." This vague indicator is not as impressive as it could certainly be if an actual number was attached, but we have a feeling that our friends in Redmond are trying to keep the specifics as hush-hush as possible.


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Such a great find! We do tend to overcomplicate things – this saying really simplifies it and hits what is important!
I completely agree with this! Such great advice that everyone should really focus on more! Love this!
TRUTH TRUTH TRUTH! Complaining about and whining about people doesn't help anyone at all. And sometimes it gets you in trouble too. 🙂
Such a perfect simple reminder!
What a great reminder to have hanging in your house!
The best motto! xo, Biana –BlovedBoston
What a great mantra to have every day!! I will remember this!!
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I always love your perspective and this is all so true 🙂 It's so simple and really not difficult to live this way. I totally believe in being intentional and manifesting what you want, living as if you already have it and it will come to you 🙂 It's always worked for me! Oh and being kind, always be kind 🙂
You are so cute. I love your whole attitude on everything. Also Francesca's ALWAYS gets me with their cute little knick-knacky things. (Aaand the clothes..)
Happy early birthday! And I want that sign for my office!
I definitely agree with your advice! It's all about kindness and hard work (:
Love this! I always carry the taylor swift quote "being good to people is a wonderful legacy to leave behind" with me. Kindness is everything 🙂
So true. They go hand in hand too. If you work hard but don't treat people the right way you won't get as far as you will being nice. Such a good message!
It really is so simple but so true! You can be the hardest worker, but you also have to be nice to people because people help you to get where you're going along the way!
That is such great advice. Happy birthday week! 🙂
It really is so simple. Great reminder to hang in your home!
Love this!
Thanks for inspiring me on this rainy Tuesday all the way in Shanghai, China!!
Absolutely! So simple but so easily forgotten.
Yes! I love this.
YES! YES! YES!! Such wise advice <3
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I was a teacher for almost 30 years. Those 4 words make the BEST and most comprehensive set of "classroom rules" in pretty much any classroom! Kids being noisy? The question becomes, "Are you 'being nice' to your classmates who are trying to work?" Kids messing around…"Is that working hard?" Only rules you really ever need! Can't think of a classroom situation (or a real life one, for that matter) that's not covered! Excellent post!
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TUESDAY, May 27, 2008 (HealthDay News) -- A common genetic variant increases the risk of lung cancer, even in nonsmokers, researchers report.
The findings -- that certain forms of the alpha1-antitrypsin gene double someones risk of developing lung cancer, regardless of whether he or she ever smoked -- could help explain why some nonsmokers develop the disease, said study author Dr. Ping Yang, of the Mayo Clinic.
The study also sheds light on why some smokers never develop lung cancer while others do, added William Phelps, scientific program director at the American Cancer Society.
"Part of the reason may be changes like this that are fairly common in the population," he said. "It is a common mutation that adds a modest amount of risk."
Alpha1-antitrypsin (AT) gene deficiencies are among the most common genetic disorders in the United States, affecting at least 10 million Americans. An estimated 11 percent to 12 percent of lung cancer patients in the study carried the defective gene variants, said the study authors, who published their findings in the May 26 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine.
According to Yang, the link between AT deficiency (ATD) and lung cancer involves another disease called chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). People with COPD are at greater risk of lung cancer, and the diseases often coexist in families, suggesting a genetic link. People with two abnormal copies of the AT gene develop early onset emphysema and ultimately COPD. But those with just one bad copy often have no symptoms at all, the study authors said.
"These carriers may be more vulnerable to carcinogen-containing tobacco smoke than non-carriers in developing lung cancer, especially when their alpha1-AT levels are compromised under physiological stress or have sub-clinical lung tissue damage," Yang explained.
For the study, Yang and her colleagues recruited 1,856 lung cancer patients and two control groups -- 902 unaffected siblings and 1,585 age-, gender-, and ethnicity-matched "community residents." Then they collected blood samples, determined the alpha1-AT status, and used statistical analyses to tease apart the effects of each variable.
The researchers saw a 70 percent increased risk of developing lung cancer among alpha1-ATD carriers, regardless of smoking history. The number increased to 100 percent for the unrelated control group -- that is, the risk of developing lung cancer doubled for those who are alpha1-ATD carriers. COPD was an independent risk factor, accounting for about a three-to-five-fold increase in risk on its own.
"Our results demonstrated that the alpha1-ATD allele can double an individual's lung cancer risk regardless of smoking history, and also confirmed that COPD is an independent risk factor for lung cancer," Yang said.
Phelps said the findings add up on a molecular level.
"It mechanistically makes sense to me in that a subtle deficiency in this gene could increase damage to the lungs. And in many types of cancer, when you see chronic damage and inflammation, that can lead to cancer," he said.
Just as the chronic liver damage that results from hepatitis viruses leads to inflammation, tissue damage, and sometimes cancer, so too might a lack of alpha1-AT lead to lung cancer, he said.
"The most interesting thing is there are a fair number of people in the population who have this mutation and don't know it, because it won't be clinically obvious. And yet it appears to double their risk of lung cancer based on this study," Phelps said.
Yang said that, although ATD appears to correlate with a high risk of lung cancer, the time is not yet right for genetic testing. Instead, she suggested that a multi-gene diagnostic test, evaluating alpha1-AT in the context of other lung cancer-related genes, might be "more sensitive and specific in predicting lung cancer risk."
"Smoking remains the overwhelming risk factor for lung cancer development," she said. "Although this study helps explain why people who have never smoked can develop lung cancer, it does not represent a pass for smokers. It doesn't mean that people who don't have the gene won't develop lung cancer."
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To learn more about lung cancer, visit the U.S. National Library of Medicine.


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Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Sneek Peek
It's that time again... sneek peeks of the delish Feb. Bad Girls Kit!!! Here are a few of my layouts in peeky form.... You are SOOOOooo gonna love this kit. So bright and cheerful. It's SWEET!
The big reveal will be soon so stay tuned!!! Hope those girls at CHA are having a great time and loading up on the goodies for our future kits!!! I have been so excited about what I've gotten to work with so far! It's so good to be BADDDD...
4 comments:
- Gine said...
love your sneek peaks...
- January 27, 2009 at 9:51 PM
- Unknown said...
Those peeks are beautiful! I can't wait to see everything!
- January 28, 2009 at 7:22 AM
- Kataroo said...
fun and bright just what we all need, can't wait!!
- January 28, 2009 at 7:46 AM
- On my way... said...
Love love love all the bright colors!!! And the B&W photo's below are beautiful - I have a 20 month old son, I'd love to have another boy (I have 2 older brothers, not sure I'd know what to do with a girl!!) but don't think it's on the cards unfortunately...perhaps by the time he's 4 I'll have convinced hubby otherwise, lol.
- January 30, 2009 at 6:02 PM
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L'expérience en bref
Type d'événement
Déjeuner, Européenne
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I had a rainy day in London and this was an amazing experience. As I was alone, I thought it might be awkward but not at all. David made everyone feel welcome and ensure we were taken care of. The food was amazing and what a great way to see the city within a few hours. Highly recommended.
Spent and evening aboard the Bustronome with my partner for her birthday. The visit was easy to arrange and adding in wine pairings to our booking was easy to do on the same day. The staff on the bus were friendly and welcoming and kept our glasses well topped up throughout (with excellent balance despite some occasional bumps, not a drop spilt!). Food was spot on from start to finish, particularly to garlic & tomato cheesecake, cod fillet and ballotine of chicken. The set-up on the bus was very intelligent with a clever array of equipment on each table to keep glasses and cutlery well fixed. We loved seeing London this way and had such a great evening. The added touch of birthday song and candle during the dessert were also greatly appreciated. Thank you again.
Great experience Beautiful drive around the city at night. The food was great with some good wine pairings. A really great and unique way to dine and watch the city.
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Sound off! Who else here has an excellent recipe for fillet of sole??
What's your go-to method to insert foot in mouth?
What's your go-to method to insert foot in mouth?
Life2Short saidI'm an over-sharer
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It generally falls on me to initiate and keep a conversation going. It s awkward that I'm basically talking to myself. I would appreciate someone sharing anything!
Life2Short saidI'm an over-sharer
Trontastic saidI make a massacre of intelligent conversations, by going off on random tangents no one asked for, and not shutting up where necessary.
Life2Short saidThe best advice I ever got was to ask the other person questions about themselves. It's hard to put into practice but once you're in the groove it just feels much more balanced. And occasionally you get to chat with someone who has the same passionate interests as you and everyone else just steps back and watches you go. That happens with me and cars if I bump into another car guy who's OCD like me
chuckystud saidWhen you're gifted, and I know plenty of folks who are, you have a tendency to deliver information in more detail, and at an advanced cadence. This often overwhelms, or turns offs, folks who don't want that info, or can't handle that info. It takes a real effort, sometimes, to dumb down communications.


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My first online purchase from Target and it couldn't have been a better buy! Inspired by the likes of Balmain and Phillip Lim, the Go International Bandleader vest ($35) is a choice layering piece. Yes, apparently it's sold out everywhere in stores and people are selling them on Ebay, but it's now online, so get it while you can! Heard they run big, so I bought an XS. Score.
The other day Fashionista brought up a great topic about what you do when either a stranger or friend insults you on your outfit because they plain old don't like it or the more probable reason, they just don't get your style. It's worth reading, as well as the comments. One commenter put it best when she said that she dresses for herself, and no one else. Amen.


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Number of questions and time available
In PA, are there 75 general questions plus 20 questions divided between 2 case studies? And will I have 3 hrs and 15 minutes, plus a 15' break (or is the break included in the total time)? Also, are the questions that don't count, included in the 75 questions? Thanks in advance!
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The 15 minute break will pause your timer (3:15 + 0:15), but you cannot access questions during the 15 minute break. You are not guaranteed to only have 20 case study questions. I think I had 22 on my PA exam, but I had 27 on my PDD exam.
The questions that "don't count" are mixed in with the rest of the exam. You will never be able to tell the difference between those questions and the rest.
Thank you, Ethan. I was trying to figure out if I could pre-decide how much time to allocate to general questions and how much to case studies. From what you said it sounds like I won't be able to do that, unless I was to scroll to the case studies, and count the number of questions, at the very beginning of the exam.
Just a quick recommendation: I personally found the PA exam case studies to be pretty time intensive. I took three 5.0 tests: PA, PPD, and PDD. I would leave a minimum of 90 minutes for PA if you can. It's possible that with PA being my first test, the case studies took me longer because I spent time navigating documents and so forth. The questions weren't hard, but they required looking through zoning documents, drawings, and codes and that just takes time. I think I personally had 20 case study questions on my test - 10 each.
Good luck!
My 27 case study questions for PDD seems like an outlier compared to everyone I have talked to, so I wouldn't expect to see that many for PA.
I try to average about 1 minute per question for the multiple choice and at least 1.5 hours for the case studies. I like to have plenty of time to review my questions at the end so you can adjust these time constraints whatever suits you best.
The thing I've found the most helpful is to skim the case studies right off the bat, and list any resources on my scratch paper which could be useful for questions on the rest of the exam. I also find this list faster to access when I'm actually working on the case studies, since it's right in front of me.
I'd also literally skip over (not flag) any questions which require the calculator, and do those all at the end. But I would write all the numbers down just to make sure I check them all. While some folks might see this as risky, I've found the exam summary makes it quite easy to locate all the "unanswered" questions. So I can use the summary to quickly plow through the math questions together as a group. That's how my "math brain" works, and I judge I've saved a lot of time with that approach since I started it a few exams ago.
But as is mentioned, It's imperative to always be VERY AWARE of the clock and never get too sucked into a single question. It just ain't worth it, since they are all worth the same. I remind myself there will only be one "correct" answer, but it could be surrounded by several "right-ish" answers (perhaps in a different context), but that's the way the industry works anyway so I try to enjoy the ride.
Glad to report I passed PA! Thanks again for the advice. I had really meant to follow it and leave enough time for the case studies, but I ended up doing a thorough job with the questions, and ended up running out of time before I could even read the last 7 or so questions of the 2nd case study. But I passed! I must have answered right a very high percentage of the questions I did answer! On to my last 2: PPD and PDD. So far I have been studying on Ballast. Is it adequate for PPD and PDD as well?
Hi Lucilla,
Conrats on the PA pass. I am taking my PA exam this coming Monday and am very nervous, so far i have completed PCM, PJM, CA. I feel that this test (PA) is scattered between all the study materials....I see that you have been studying from Ballast. I have the weekend to crash review, do you recommend Ballast as a last chance study review?
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