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Doubling applications, which he suggested, would be a dramatic shift for a college that typically sees single-digit growth in applications.
The University of Chicago, where Greene recently served as executive vice president, has tripled its number of applicants since Greene's (and President Robert Zimmer's) arrival in 2006, resulting in a more diverse student body by key measures—socioeconomic, racial, ethnic, and geographic. It has also soared in the rankings, from 15 to number five in U.S. News & World Report (under only Princeton, Harvard, Yale, and Columbia), created three major institutes, and opened two academic centers in Asia. Could growth like this be possible for Colby with this new president at the helm? By all accounts, yes.
Greene's record shows that he doesn't just talk big. He does big.
But even a few conversations about the power of education make it clear that to Greene these accomplishments are a means to an end, not an end in themselves. Colby wouldn't be increasing applications to grow the student body, but rather to ensure that more people are aware of the opportunities available here. Strong numbers reflect an institution's ability to attract and educate the best students from all over the country and the world, regardless of their family history or financial resources. As one of seven children who worked his way through college and later through master's and doctoral programs at Harvard, Greene views his work as his calling.
"Education is the route to changing your life. It's the route to changing the lives of many who come after you. There is nothing in the world that we've seen that has the same power," he said. "Every time you're able to alter the life course of a student in a positive way, you have the chance of altering the life course of many thousands of others over time."
Greene is quick to note that Colby does this extraordinarily well, pointing specifically to the lifelong connections between students and faculty. His job, he says, will be to harness Colby's strengths and unique characteristics to turn the College into "an even better version of itself." According to many who have worked with Greene over the years—at Smith College, Brown University, and University of Chicago—he is just the person to do it.
"Every time you're able to alter the life course of a student in a positive way, you have the chance of altering the life course of many thousands of others over time." —President David A. Greene
David A. Greene
Education and Career
- Doctorate, Administration, Planning, and Social Policy, Harvard University (2002)
- Master's, Administration, Planning, and Social Policy, Harvard University (1994)
- Master's, Human Development and Psychology, Harvard University (1991)
- Bachelor's, History, Hamilton College (1985)
- Executive Vice President, University of Chicago, 2011-2014
- Vice President for Strategic Initiatives, University of Chicago, 2006-2010
- Vice President, Campus Life and Student Services, Brown University, 2003-2006
- Assistant to the President, Brown University, 2001-2003
- Assistant to the President, Smith College, 1996-2001
As summarized by former White House advisor David Axelrod, with whom Greene worked to establish the Institute of Politics at the University of Chicago: "He's a great strategist. He is great in his interpersonal relationships. He gives his full attention to people and to problems," he said. "I think the president of a college sets a tone, and he is just a palpably decent, warm, thoughtful, caring person. … To get those qualities with someone who also has the ability to drive a strategy, to drive initiatives to completion, is really a great gift. You don't find that combination."
Or, as former Secretary of the United States Treasury Henry Paulson said of Greene: "He's a unique talent, and I've never run into anyone with his range of abilities at any academic institution."
Paulson's knowledge of Greene comes from working closely with him to establish the Paulson Institute at the University of Chicago, which, under Greene's leadership, went from concept to reality in four months. Partnerships with Paulson and Axelrod were just two of Greene's many programmatic accomplishments in Chicago—accomplishments that Greene says serve as a glimpse into the type of initiatives he might pursue at Colby. Greene led the university's affiliation with the Marine Biological Laboratory at Woods Hole and worked with faculty to create the Becker Friedman Institute for Research in Economics. He led efforts to create a government relations presence in Washington, D.C., and teaching and research centers in China and India. And he oversaw a wide-ranging effort to revitalize parts of the University of Chicago's surrounding neighborhood, Hyde Park.
"He will have a well-defined vision, ambitious goals, and an uncompromising commitment to achieve them."—Mary Lou Gorno, University of Chicago trustee
The Hyde Park accomplishment was one that kept Waterville leaders hanging on Greene's every word during lunch with him at Colby in February. While the event served essentially as a meet-and-greet, it didn't take long for Greene to launch into ideas about how the College, other key stakeholders, and the city could work together to build on the area's assets. He spoke with great specificity about the challenges of bringing retail establishments and a hotel to 53rd Street in Chicago and how the right incentives stimulated additional investments. But more than anything he talked about the fundamental importance that partnerships and collaboration would have to play in a revitalization effort. Ultimately his interest in building on Waterville's strengths—like most, if not all, initiatives he's likely to undertake—relates directly to providing the best possible experience to Colby students and faculty.
Where he has been most successful in his career, Greene said, has been in "working with faculty and students in developing their ideas and bringing them into even a much greater reality than they might have imagined themselves."
David Greene as Leader: Colleagues Weigh In
A long-term visionary, defined by his values, friend to students, gracious, enormously energetic, thoughtful, probing, disciplined.
Robert J. Zimmer
President, University of Chicago"He's going to approach whatever he does with a few qualities. One is non-complacency. He's going to, I believe in a collaborative way, insist on Colby achieving great things for itself. Again, in the context of the values of Colby, what Colby wants to be. … He's going to approach all of this with an enormous amount of energy and drive. … He's also just an enormously gracious individual who's great fun to hang around with. So he's going to present that same combination of values, energy, and lack of complacency and at the same time do it in a way that's very gracious and very comfortable for people. I think it's going to be a great run."
Brenda A. Allen
Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, Winston-Salem State University (Greene's colleague at Smith College and Brown University)"He's a real forward thinker. Very strategic, very, very smart, but I think more than that he is a collaborator. So he's a leader who really pays attention to who's in the conversation and to making sure that voices are heard and weighed and, at the same time, really able to move an agenda forward. I think those are some of the best qualities that you can have in a leader today."
Former colleagues from Brown and Chicago talk about his direct and impassioned involvement, about his ability to motivate others, and more than anything about his problem-solving mentality. He has an inquisitive mind, said Lina Fruzzetti, a professor of anthropology at Brown, "but also a mind that understands problems and can work them out. He can untangle them in ways that are very effective."
Greene's work to develop academic centers in China and India for the University of Chicago tested that ability, and he approached it intellectually and culturally as well as practically, according to Dipesh Chakrabarty, a professor of history with whom Greene developed the center in India. "He would often ask me … what was going on in the streets of Mumbai, for instance," he said. "I could see that he was using time in India to understand the place so that he had a perspective, he had a sense of the context in which he had this project of building a university center there."
"There's no spin to him; you don't have the sense that there are things he's not saying. He's just a very honest, direct person." —David Axelrod, director, University of Chicago Institute of Politics; advisor to Presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama
According to faculty and administrative colleagues in Chicago, Greene applies this approach—immersing himself in a subject and talking with stakeholders to develop a deep understanding that informs his actions and decisions—throughout widely differing projects with diverse players. "His ability to listen and figure out what your concerns are, as well as his very pragmatic view about … the best way to get things done—I think that combination is what makes him very, very valuable," said Nobel laureate, Professor of Economics, and Director of the Becker Friedman Institute Lars Peter Hansen. "And he appreciates academics. He understands what they're about. He wants to nurture their strengths."
Early this year Greene spent days on Mayflower Hill gathering information so he could do just that. He visited multiple times to meet with students, faculty, and administrators. And although many were eager to hear him talk, he was eager to listen. "I want to know everything," he said to a group of student government leaders over dinner. "What's really important to you about Colby? If you could change some things, what would they be?" The students were measured about sharing areas in need of improvement, and it sometimes took a little prodding on Greene's part. "What's most important to me is your candor."
At a meeting with student leaders of Pugh Center clubs, Greene got candor.
Students launched into complaints about the campus shuttle (the Jitney) and spoke passionately about concerns that the College wasn't doing enough to recruit students from traditionally underrepresented backgrounds or geographic areas.
"My view is we've got a lot of work to do on this," said Greene, adding that he values a community that includes not only people from diverse backgrounds but also people with differing political viewpoints.
Winston-Salem State University Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Brenda Allen, with whom Greene worked at Smith and Brown, said Greene has the background to get that work done. "I think he has had a lot of experience watching the diversity conversation take off in places where people probably never thought it would happen," she said.
As the Pugh Center dinner and dialogue progressed, students seemed energized. "You have a lot of amazing views," said Victoria Falcon '15. But Greene wasn't looking for praise. He was setting the tone for a presidency that he says he hopes will include honest, open dialogue at every turn. Sometimes, he said, that means having difficult conversations. "There are ways of critiquing one another, there are ways of critiquing ideas, there are ways of really working together to find the best way forward where it's not personal," said Greene. "It's really about doing the best thing for this institution." Carolyn Greene, his wife of almost 19 years, said, "He's completely open to listening to everyone, talking with everyone. Debating back and forth—he's not afraid of that."
Also prior to taking office July 1, Greene spoke with dozens of faculty members, some of whom have recently expressed concern about governance at Colby. Around a boardroom table with administrators, he stressed the importance of supporting the strong ideas of staff members. And after a meeting with student athletes, he reported hearing from yet another constituency about how tightly Colby holds its resources. "It's a more common theme than I would like at Colby. Too many people feel like they're stretching too far, [like] they don't have the resources to be able to do their very best work."
Greene is eager to address this issue of frugality. "We need to be a place that's always creative, always innovative, always in the lead. And to be able to do that I think we need to free up some of this sense that there's too much constraint. That's going to be a real challenge for us," he said. "We're going to need support from our friends to be able to do that. And we're going to have to take some risks to be able to do that. But if we … provide the right incentives for people to really let their minds go about what's possible here, then we'll see great things. And that would be worth the investment."
"He has a very high bar for excellence," said University of Chicago Vice President for Communications Julie Peterson, who has worked closely with Greene since 2007. "He will always challenge you to make it better, aim higher." And he will also be right there, with his sleeves figuratively rolled up, ready to go. The academic centers in Asia are one example, said Peterson. Greene met with foreign leaders, navigated government processes, put together the proposals, worked with the architects, met with donors. "He made that happen through the sweat of his brow."
"I've seen him over a period of a dozen years … and he just is an amazing talent. Colby's very, very lucky to have him." —Robert Zimmer, University of Chicago president
Said University of Chicago President Robert Zimmer: "There are many, many steps to doing these complicated projects. And again, because he's so talented, he's able to do all of these things—from working with the faculty, working with the students, to [navigating] real-estate issues and the fundraising and the facilities—he did it all. And this required an enormous amount of determination."
Greene's work ethic was one of many reasons Zimmer brought him from Brown to Chicago when he returned to become president. Another was Greene's ability to understand institutional culture. "I think that's one great advantage for David going to Colby," Zimmer said. "I'm one-hundred-percent confident that he will be attuned to understanding fully the culture and values of Colby and how to proceed inside that environment and do great things for it."
Accomplishing great things for Colby will mean doing some things differently, Greene told administrators. But like the admissions application numbers, changes will be a means to an end, not an end in themselves. "We don't just make Colby a better place to make Colby a better place," said Greene. "We do it because the students who are here can go on and do unbelievable things if we provide them with the rigor, and the training, and the kind of academic experience that will allow them to do extraordinary things in the world. And it's the same thing with our faculty."
"My job is fundamentally about enabling the excellence of the faculty, enabling the excellence of the students," he said, "so that Colby can meet its mission at its absolute highest level." Or, as he asked rhetorically of students in the Pugh Center, "What can [Colby] be? What do we want it to be—and how do we fight for it?"
He smiled and said, "I can't wait to get here."
At Home on the Hill
The Greene family arrives eager to become part of the Colby community.
What does David Greene want the Colby community to know about him? "I'm going to live and breathe Colby College," he said on a visit to campus in February. "That means it's going to take everything I have. My family's extremely important to me, my work's extremely important to me. And those will be the two loves of my life."
So who is this other love—the Greene family?
While in graduate school at Harvard, David Greene met Carolyn Umphries, a University of California, Berkeley, graduate also pursuing her master's degree. She was a first-generation college student doubting that she belonged there. The son of a college president (his father, Richard Greene, was president of St. Thomas University in Miami and of Goddard College in Plainfield, Vt.), David Greene was a staunch advocate for educational access who worked three jobs—including waiting tables at Legal Sea Foods—to make ends meet. "He never complained about it," Carolyn Greene said. "He is one of the hardest workers I've ever known."
They both believed in the power of education to change lives. "He has an unbelievable passion for education," said Carolyn Greene. "He believes that every student should have an opportunity, even people like me" whose family histories didn't include higher education.
Fast forward 24 years. The Greenes have three children, Madeline, 16, Nora, 14, and Declan, 13. Expect to see them all over campus, their mother says. "Campuses have always been a part of their lives," said Carolyn Greene, "and to actually have this as their backyard—I think is going to be a great merger." They might even bring their 5-year-old French bulldog, Rhody, to a lacrosse game. ("I think he's the real boss of the family," she said.)
Despite the obvious challenges of moving three teenagers from Chicago to Waterville, the Greenes were eager to start the next chapter, Carolyn Greene said. "I had some families say, 'Are you going with him?'" she said. "Are you kidding? You don't get it. The Greenes move as a unit."


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What Are Pick up Stitches?
Pick up stitches are strands of yarn that have already been knitted in a garment or other project. A knitting pattern may instruct something like "pick up and knit 40 stitches," which means that the knitter is to first insert one needle into the specified number of yarn strands on an already knitted edge. Once these strands are placed, or "picked up" onto one needle, the other can be used to knit the 40 stitches. Picking up stitches on a finished edge and knitting another section may also be done in creative, experimental knit projects, often to get a change in stitch direction and/or color.
For instance, a one-piece patchwork style of placemat, table runner, pillow cover or blanket throw can be created by knitting a square, then picking up stitches from one of its sides. Depending on the chosen side for the pick up stitches, the stitch direction may change or stay the same. If the knitter desires, a totally different pattern as well as color and direction may be used for the next square made from the picked up stitches.
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Thabit Ibn Qurra's DE IMAGINIBUS
translated by Christopher Warnock
Self Published by Christopher Warnock
Reviewed by Deborah Houlding
Available for purchase from
Renaissance Astrology internet site
Price: $29.95
Christopher Warnock is one of the leading contemporary names in the study of Hermeticism and Renaissance ceremonial magic. As well as running horary and electional courses, he also runs one of the few credible courses to expressly unite astrology with 'planetary magic'. It is really not possible to delve far into the realms of traditional astrology without considering its relationship to sympathetic magic, and Warnock is right to suggest that the Hermetic gnosis, which is so fundamental in the tradition, can only be discovered through a balanced reflection upon the principles that wind through astrology, magic and alchemy.
Regardless of whether it is consciously realised, every time we cast a horary chart, or create an electional chart, or indeed, every time we consider the notion of planetary 'signatures' (whereby core-planetary energies are expected to express themselves through mundane objects that share a similarity in shape and form); or wear gems or colours to amplify planetary energies, we are practising a form of sympathetic magic which assumes that 'like produces like' and 'effect resembles cause'. Astrology has largely developed out of this sort of understanding, and it was the origin for beliefs such that Mars and the fixed stars which shine with a red hue are conducive of heated passions which causes our faces to flush red; and bloodlust, which causes the spilling of red blood; so that the colour red is universally symbolic of strong and active life force or the danger that accompanies intemperance. The reality is that most astrologers are in some sense acting as magicians whether they consciously seek to reclaim that heritage or not.
De Imaginibus
is, after the
, considered the most widely known source for a direct insight into the world of medieval and Renaissance astrological magic. This is the first English translation, which has been rendered from a 14th century Latin reproduction of the original manuscript. Thabit ibn Qurra was a notable 9th century sage, a native of Harran and a member of the dedicated star worshippers of the Sabian sect. He was trained in mathematics and medicine, and later rose to the position of court astronomer in Baghdad. Through him we gain an insight into the mind and activities of a 9th century practicing astrologer, which is nothing if not magical in itself.
In order to apply the instruction in
De Imaginibus
one is first expected to be versed in the art of creating fortuitous elections, and in this regard the book is very instructive, but not recommended for beginners. Not that anything in the book is overly complicated; in fact it is a fascinating and thoroughly enjoyable read, exemplified throughout by Warnock's narrative where he captures the main points to be considered. But to delve into this subject without an earnest attempt to understand its principles would be foolish.
From the foundation of electional astrology, the book reaches out into the employment of talismans imbued with planetary powers. There are nine chapters, covering everything from the expulsion of Scorpions and pests, the receiving of wealth and profit, and the concord and separation between two people. By accepting that 'like attracts like', the astrologer is deemed to be drawing maximum focus upon the election and fully exploiting its potential.
This is not a large work and teeters between being described as a pamphlet and a book. There are 64 fairly large-set A5 pages. However, the content is quite unique and especially valuable for those who wish to study this specialist branch of astrology in detail. I'm especially impressed with Warnock's narrative which, whilst not being particularly voluminous, is incredibly sound and insightful. He clearly demonstrates his expertise and experience in this field. His translation makes a valuable addition to the texts that are currently being rediscovered for the benefit of students of traditional astrological philosophy; and anyone who has that sincere interest will no doubt consider this book a treasured glimpse into a magical astrological world.
Deborah Houlding
October, 2005
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Aer Lingus says two passengers also felt sick on aborted flight
Boston-bound flight was forced to return to Dublin on Sunday when cabin crew staff fell ill
Aer Lingus flight EI-139 left Dublin at 4.23pm on Sunday with 280 passengers but just over two hours into the journey the pilot had to make a U-turn after "a number of cabin crew members" fell ill. Photograph: Alan Betson
Aer Lingus has said two passengers complained of feeling unwell after one of its flights was forced to return to Dublin on Sunday when cabin crew staff fell ill.
Three transatlantic flights were cancelled after the Aer Lingus flight to Boston was forced to turn back.
Aer Lingus flight EI-139 had left Dublin at 4.23pm on Sunday with 280 passengers but just over two hours into the journey the crew had to make a U-turn.
The pilot reported that "a number of cabin crew members" had fallen ill, and it was now understood that seven of the eight flight attendants on board had complained of feeling unwell.
Two passengers later reported feeling ill after the aircraft returned to Dublin and were offered medical assistance.
The Airbus A330 landed back in Dublin at 8.40pm and was met by medical personnel. The cabin crew members were assessed and given the all-clear by medics before being allowed home.
Engineering staff inspected the jet in an effort to establish why the flight attendants became ill.
Aer Lingus is continuing its investigation into the incident. One possible cause being considered is whether the crew members were affected by fumes in one of the aircraft's galley areas.
The cancellation of three flights affected hundreds of passengers, some of whom had to cancel or reschedule their travel plans.
Sunday night's flight EI-138 from Boston, due in Dublin at 8.05am yesterday, had to be cancelled because no aircraft was available.
The airline then cancelled its Dublin to New York EI-109 service yesterday while the Airbus A330 assigned to that service was seconded and used as an additional flight on the Boston route.
The aircraft at the centre of Sunday's incident returned to service yesterday and operated as flight EI-139 departing shortly before 5pm.
The second Airbus A330 flew affected passengers on to Boston at 4.30pm, operating as flight EI-2139, while others were accommodated on the EI-135 Shannon to Boston service.
However, as a result of the New York flight being cancelled some customers were forced to rebook flights.
The airline's New York service from Shannon (EI-111) flew via Dublin to take on some passengers while others, but not all, were accommodated on flights via other European hubs.
Some were due to continue to New York on today's EI-105 service.
Aer Lingus said that it had no choice but to do this as it was short an aircraft.


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The CoderDojo is a free kids programming club that is truly an international movement. James Whelton started it in Ireland less than two years ago and has overseen its growth to 130 dojos across 22 countries. Due to its tremendous success, Forbes recently featured him as one of the top 30 social entrepreneurs under 30!
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The sports world continues to react to Tuesday's terrorist attacks in New York and Washington with several sports suspending play in the United States and worldwide. Many sports are saying that playing games would not be appropriate at this time of national mourning.
The National Football League, Major League Baseball, the National ice Hockey League, and Major League Soccer have all called off competition in the wake of Tuesday's tragedy.
The NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue said that playing games so soon after such a devastating event would not be appropriate. The decision was made to cancel all 15 games Sunday and Monday night after consultation with the team owners and players' union.
"We made our decision with the unanimous support of our owners and our players," said Mr. Tagliabue. "It was a very intensive period of consultation and trying to be certain to be sensible, sensitive, and right, not necessarily quick or certainly not superficial."
The New York Giants were scheduled to play a home game at Giants' Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, just across the river from the former World Trade Center. The stadium parking lot has been a staging area for the rescuers working at the site of Tuesday's attacks. Quarterback Kerry Collins of the New York Giants said taking the field this week would have been next to impossible.
"How can you think about anything else, how can you talk about anything else?" he asks. "You know the first time I was able to get a glimpse of it today I looked, you know. And to think that we were going to get ready to play this week and our heads and our hearts be in it - we would just be fooling ourselves."
U.S. College football called off all games this week and Four games were canceled including the U.S. Naval Academy against Northwestern.
All four Professional Golfer's Association tour events were called off and the LPGA canceled the Safeway Classic in Oregon. World number one golfer Tiger Woods pulled out of the Lancome Trophy tournament next week in Paris and the Ryder Cup competition remained in doubt.
Major League Soccer canceled the final 10 games of the regular season and the European Football Union postponed more than 40 UEFA Cup matches.
The National Basketball Association canceled a goodwill exhibition tour of China and Taiwan. The National ice Hockey League canceled Saturday's exhibition game between the Stanley Cup champion Colorado Avalanche and the Swedish champion club Djurgarden. However, the Avalanche will play games Sunday and Tuesday.
In auto racing, NASCAR canceled the New Hampshire 300 stock car race and the Indy Racing League postponed the Chevy 500 in Forth Worth, Texas. A planned Indy-car race in Germany and the Italian Grand Prix at Monza will proceed as scheduled. A special lap of remembrance will be held at the German 500 race and Formula One champion Michael Schumacher's red Ferrari car had its nose painted black in Friday's practice.
The Tour of Spain cycling race continued, with riders observing a moment of silence to remember victims of the attacks. In tennis action continues in Brazil and Tashkent, Uzbekistan. However, the Davis Cup qualifier between the United States and India originally scheduled for September 21 to 23 was postponed until October.
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6. Assume this asteroid has the shape of a sphere. A rock sitting on the surface of the asteroid has a weight of 100 newton. What would the weight of this rock be if it were moved to a distance above the surface equal to the radius of the asteroid? It may be helpful to draw a picture to better visualize what is going on. How is the mass of the rock affected by its change in position?
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Paula Deen looked a little slimmer than usual at an appearance this weekend, a month after revealing to the public that she'd had Type 2 Diabetes for three years while simultaneously championing gluttonous foods.
"I've dropped two pant sizes and I feel great!" Deen told People at the South Beach Wine and Food Festival on Sunday, explaining that she'd been taking a walk every day and eating smaller portions during meals than she used to.
However, the Southern food aficionado has not completely changed her tune. At the brunch she hosted at the festival, she served up fattening fried chicken and waffles and a caloric strawberry margarita mousse.
Furthermore, Deen admits that she is not technically watching her weight.
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Deen was skewered in the press last month when she revealed that she'd been diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes only after being outted by The Daily. Deen admitted that she got the diagnosis three years prior, but kept it a secret while remaining the posterchild for buttery and sugar-heavy Southern dishes.
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I decided to stop my workout, and just focus on stretching and getting everything loosened up. I wanted to work on increasing mobility in my joints, then increasing flexibility. It seems logical that a good foundation of mobility and flexibility should be in place before you pound your body with tons of work.
I did some research, and ended up finding a book called "Becoming a Supple Leopard".
What an unbelievable resource of information this was! I read it in two days, and quickly realized how much range of motion I was truly missing in my body. The book goes on to break down mobility issues in different parts of the body and how to fix them. It walks you through the correct form to use when doing everything from squats and bench press to any sort of pulling and pushing exercise. A lot of it is based around what the author calls "smash and floss" which is using a massage ball to help loosen congested muscles.
After figuring all this out, I decided to take a step back and get the mobility back in my joints and increase flexibility before I starting to do any sort of strength training. I started with the Smash and Floss with the massage ball, and I was amazed at how many huge knots and how much congestion I had in my shoulders and neck. I was so tense that I felt like I was in a constant shrugging position. I used the massage ball every day for about 6 months. I also regularly did some of the mobility exercises from the book, got a massage once a month, and made some adjustments to my computer work station.
I never realized how important maintaining good posture while working at my desk was until I actually set it up the right way. Below is a graphic showing correct posture while sitting at your computer.
I use a laptop for work, so I bought a stand that holds the laptop up off the desk, and brings it up closer to my line of sight while looking forward. I also bought a wireless keyboard, and trackpad so that I don't have to hold my arm up on the laptop trackpad anymore. I am now basically setup exactly how it is pictured above.
Since I have made these changes and continuing with the exercises, I can't even begin to tell you how much better I feel. The pain in my shoulder is gone, the knots in my shoulders are loosening up a lot. I have increased mobility both in my shoulders and my hips, and I can even get into a deep squat position now. All of this equates to being much more flexible. I feel like I'm surfing better too (Bonus!).
I know this doesn't seem like it has a lot to do with curing a hernia naturally, but I believe that it is going to be a long process. Once I started feeling the pain in my shoulder I knew that I would have some work do to. You see, my hernia is super annoying, but there is no pain associated with it. It is manageable. The pain that I was feeling in my shoulder was having an affect on everything I did, especially surfing. So I decided that I would take care of the things that were causing acute pain, and get my mobility back, then refocus on the hernia once I was not in pain anymore. I am at the point now where I feel like I can start focusing on strength, but still feel like I need to continue focusing on mobility too. I found a program that I have been doing for the past few weeks. It's called surf training success. It is exactly what I was looking for, blending mobility, flexibility, cardio, and strength. It is broken up into three modules, and builds upon itself as you get more fit through the program. So far it has been awesome.
There is a simple exercise that is part of the first module of the program where you stand with your back flat against the wall, place your elbows out at 90° and your knuckles above your head and against the wall. Then, raise your arms while dragging your hands and forearms on the wall. I couldn't believe it, but the first time I tried it I could not do this! I would get my hands up a little bit and feel extreme tightness in my shoulders, and I couldn't get my arms to slide up the wall without my back arching, or my elbows coming off the wall. Here's a video of Chris Mills from Surf Training Success showing the wall slide in action. Skip to the 6:00 mark:
I'm getting much better at it now since everything is loosening up. I also find that I am much looser after surfing than I used to be.
My hernia still completely sucks, but I feel like I'm making a step in the right direction by taking care of my body. Once I have a solid foundation, I will start to hit the hernia hard. I'll keep you posted. If you have any information that you think will be helpful please post a comment or start a thread in the forum.


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Explaining Wins: I Knew It!
Yesterday I reviewed some excellent work by Patrick in regards to the "low usage, high efficiency" player myth. The basic claim is two-fold. Many claim that Wins Produced overvalues these players. And with that claim comes the implication that being this type of player is easy. Patrick pointed out very simply that these type of players are rare and I showed that they were also not the players leading the way for top Wins Produced players.
Hoopdon, who comments frequently, wrote a follow up post. His goal was to explain how low usage, high efficiency players benefit by playing by high usage players or good systems. I am going to do a critique of his post for this post (meta, I know!) and hopefully explain some of the problems with trying to explain things the way Hoopdon did.
Sample Size
I'll be honest, I was upset when I started reading Hoopdon's post
Many claim efficient low-usage players can be vastly overrated by WP, while high-usage less efficient players can be underrated. I don't generally agree with the premise, however there are certain cases where it can be true. This isn't so much a function of WP being crap, but like in any holistic statistical metric, certain data points will fall outside the norm for whatever reason.
Now, this isn't strictly false, but I was irritated by how this was presented. Our point yesterday was to very clearly say – these players are rare and a majority of low usage players aren't high efficiency, and even the low usage / high efficiency players aren't highly ranked! This start, completely ignores that point. The "in certain cases" language is completely off to me. The truth is that there are 8 players that fit this mold and only 3 of them are in the top 20. Starting with this premise ignores the data. There have been 308 players to play 400+ minutes this season. 8 is not a large group by any means.
And there's something key behind this. With only 8 data points (and Hoopdon only reviews 5) it is hard to draw a huge conclusion from this group. Moving on.
What are you controlling for?
In examining Hoopdon's analysis, his explanations went like this:
- Sefolosha and Collison beneffited from playing next to Westbrook/Harden/Durant
- Boris Diaw benefited from going to San Antonio's system
- Jason Kidd benefitted from playing next to Dirk Nowitzki, under Rick Carlisle
- Tyson Chandler is hard to explain
And as Dave mentions in our comments, Hoopdon does this by providing large snapshots in player careers. Now, our issue is pretty clear. Hoopdon is attempting to explain player performance for a very limited group of players to very specific things. Specific coaches, teams and players are singled out. In examining the five players, here are just a few things I noticed
- The players play different positions
- The players ages (Sefolosha enters his prime right as he improves)
- The teams they played for (Kinda mentioned with Spurs, but others?)
- Other players (Durant and Dirk are singled out, what about the other players?)
- The player them self (Some players change)
I like looking into issues like these. As I've explained with my recent fascination with Andre Drummond, outliers are fun. The thing is, to make broad sweeping explanation requires controlling for all the things that might impact the outcome. A recent example is the Celtics win streak (snapped by the Bobcats, hah!) Here is some logic you could employ:
- In games where Rondo played, the Celtics had a losing record.
- In games where Rondo did not play the Celtics had a winning record
- In games where the Celtics play without Rondo and against Byron Mullens, they lose.
From this data can we make the claim, the Celtics should play without Rondo and never want to play against Byron Mullens? No! Not unless we control for everything else. And as we pointed out as the start of the Celtics win streak, there were other things at work. And this is a reason trying to explain small sample sizes can be rough. So many things change that trying to pin down the explanation on one thing is difficult.
Now, year to year, we have an out. We do notice players tend to be consistent. But that doesn't mean they don't change. And yes, further analysis can reveal specific things that impact that change, some of which are reviewed in the great book Stumbling on Wins (Age is huge, and yes we do notice Greg Popovich and San Antonio do improve players) The key is, when we do this analysis, we examine the whole population, specify the variables we want to control for and see if the results exist and if they are meaningful.
And that's really our problem with analysis like above. To try and explain low usage / high efficiency players by cherry picking their situations and pointing to things you think matter doesn't work. Yes, it can be the start of the analysis but it is not conclusive. And notice how Hoopdon wraps up his point
So what does this all mean? Well, it means that low-usage players can be risky gambles. Put them in the correct situation, and the production can be staggering. Put them in the wrong situation, and it could get ugly.
Wait, what? We've examined 5 players, with many variables to control for. As far as I can tell, this hasn't been done. Can we really make a judgement on all low-usage players based on cherry picking the data for five players? No! Even the individual analysis of each player is by no means conclusive. For example, Jason Kidd's efficiency was between 50.0% and 57% with Dallas, that's a pretty big range. Can we really hand wave and say Dirk and Carlisle made him better?
Now, this is coming down a bit hard on Hoopdon. Let me be clear. I am very happy with his analysis. I like where it is going. The mistake is by stopping far short of sufficient to make a conclusion and not just making a conclusion, but making a huge conclusion about both a class of player and a metric. And I will also say that hopefully Hoopdon wants this type of feedback. If not, well I hope you enjoyed the post anyway.


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2009 swine flu pandemic in Spain
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In March and April 2009, an outbreak of a new strain of influenza commonly referred to as swine flu infected many people in Mexico and parts of the United States causing severe illness in the former. The new strain was identified as a combination of several different strains of Influenzavirus A, subtype H1N1, including separate strains of this subtype circulating in humans (see Human influenza) and in pigs (see Swine influenza). Spain was the first country in continental Europe to report cases of swine flu, in late April 2009.
|2009 swine flu pandemic in Spain
Confirmed cases
|Swine flu
|Virus strain
|Index case
|Arrival date
|27 April 2009
|Confirmed cases
First cases in EuropeEdit
On 27 April, Spain confirmed the first case of Swine influenza in Europe. The patient was a 23-year-old man that had returned from Mexico on the 22nd and was in hospital with flu-like symptoms. The case was confirmed in Almansa, in the province of Albacete.
On 28 April, a second case was confirmed in Valencia. The patient had traveled to Mexico with the first confirmed patient. Other cases in Valencia and the Basque Country were reported soon afterwards.
By 30 April, there were 13 confirmed and 80 unconfirmed cases throughout Spain.
By 5 May, there were 73 confirmed cases, of which only nine had not travelled to Mexico in the previous four months.
By 29 April 2009, Spain had confirmed 1,536 cases and 300 deaths, as well as reporting 155,051 unconfirmed cases.[2]
The Health and Social Policy minister, Trinidad Jiménez, announced that all passengers coming from Mexico, United States, Canada, New Zealand, Colombia, France and Israel have to fill a form during their flight.[3]
There was a reinforcement of medical teams in all airports to handle possible swine flu cases.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs recommended cancelling any travel to Mexico unless strictly necessary. It also recommended reevaluating the need to travel to the United States.
Affected areasEdit
|Autonomous Community
|Laboratory confirmed cases
|Other possible cases*
|Deaths from possible cases*
|Community of Madrid
|Canary Islands
|Balearic Islands
|Valencian Community
|Castilla-La Mancha
|Region of Murcia
|Basque Country
|Castilla y León
|La Rioja
|(*) Not all cases have been confirmed as due to this strain. Possible cases are cases of influenza-like illness (ILI) that have not been confirmed through testing to be due to this strain.
Confirmed casesEdit
- There are 969 confirmed cases, with the latest all taken by awaiting samples. The Spanish government has affirmed the situation is under constant monitoring and control, recommending the population not to panic.
- Madrid has the greatest number of confirmed cases.[4]
- The North African Spanish cities of Ceuta and Melilla and also La Rioja have not reported any confirmed cases[4] of swine flu.
A 19-year-old woman in Spain became the first patient in continental Europe who died because of swine flu.[5] A second death was confirmed on 9 July in the Canary Islands, it was a 41-year-old man with a chronic disease.[6] The second affected land in Europe has reported seven death cases up to 29 July.
Madrid outbreakEdit
In early June Madrid suffered an outbreak of swine flu among school children. By 9 June over 100 school children in Madrid had been confirmed to have swine flu.[7]
Confirmed cases by autonomous communityEdit
On 21 August 2009 the first death occurred in Andalusia when a 39-year-old woman, 39 weeks pregnant, died six days after being admitted to the Hospital Valme in Sevilla. On the same day, a 50-year-old woman died in the Hospital de La Línea (Cádiz) after being admitted on 3 August. [2]
On 23 August, a morbidly obese 20-year-old woman died after being admitted to the Hospotal San Cecilio de Granada on 19 August. This was the third fatality due to H1N1 that weekend.[3]
Community of MadridEdit
On 22 May 2009, the Ministry of Defence quarantined the Military Engineering Academy in Hoyo de Manzanares, where there were six confirmed and a further five suspected cases.[8]
On 1 June 2009, the Community of Madrid Health Office (represented by Juan José Güemes) confirmed two cases at the Isaac Albéniz secondary school and announced that this number could increase considerably in the future. The school head reported 25 cases, but these have not been confirmed.[9]
On 9 June 2009, the Community of Madrid Health Office confirmed 121 cases in 17 schools.[10] On 11 June 2009, there were 139 cases confirmed in 22 schools.[11]
On 29 June 2009 a 20-year-old woman died after giving birth, becoming the first to die of H1N1 infection in Spain.[12]
On 16 July, the fourth death in Spain and second in the Community of Madrid occurred. A 71-year-old man with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease died in the Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid.[13]
On 24 August 2009, a man died in a Madrid hospital (although his identity was not revealed on his family's request). This was the sixteenth death due to the H1N1 virus in Spain. [4]
Canary IslandsEdit
On 9 July 2009 the second death occurred in the Canary Islands. A 41-year-old man died in the ICU of the Hospital Universitario de Gran Canaria Doctor Negrín in Las Palmas. His rapid deterioration was due to a previous condition.[14]
On 12 August, the tenth death due to H1N1 occurred in Spain with the death of a 30-year-old man, admitted to the Hospital Insular de Gran Canaria on 20 July, who also showed additional risk factors.[15]
On 17 August, an 11-year-old boy died of a chronic illness which was aggravated by the H1N1 infection.[16]
Balearic IslandsEdit
On 16 July 2009, the third death occurred in the Hospital Son Llàtzer, Palma, Majorca. The deceased was a 33-year-old Nigerian woman with no previous health issues.[13]
Valencian communityEdit
On 20 July 2009 in Teulada, Spain a man who had been on dialysis since 1993 died. This was the fifth death at the national level.[17]
On 27 July 2009 the sixth person died: a 53-year-old man, in the Hospital La Ribera in Alzira, Valencia. He had a serious prior pathology.[18]
On 10 August the ninth person died: a 28-year-old woman admitted to the Hospital 9 de Octubre in Valencia.[19]
On 14 August the eleventh victim died, a 31-year-old pregnant woman in an irreversible coma in the Hospital General, Castellón de la Plana.[20]
Castilla-La ManchaEdit
On 29 July 2009, a 34-year-old man died (the seventh in Spain) in Villarrobledo, Albacete. He had been admitted on 12 July with a serious illness.[21]
On 4 August 2009 the first death in Catalonia and eighth in the country occurred. The patient, a 35-year-old woman, died in Girona after being admitted to hospital two days before.[22]
The first case of H1N1 in Galicia was recorded on 29 April 2009 in the province of Ourense,[23] although it was not confirmed until several days later.[24] The victim was a woman who had recently travelled to Mexico.
Patients with similar symptoms to those of H1N1 had been recorded previously and were considered as possible cases at the time. The first was detected in Mos[25] on 27 April 2009 in a middle-aged male patient[26] who had arrived from Mexico several days beforehand. The first flu case in Spain was confirmed on the same day in Almansa, but was unrelated. On 1 May 2009 another new suspected case appeared in A Coruña,[27] also in a Mexican person. Several days later these cases were confirmed to be unrelated to H1N1.[28]
On 27 August 2009 a 33-year-old male died in Vigo due to complications from flu, although he suffered from other serious conditions.[29]
See alsoEdit
- ^ Daily official flu situation in Spain report by the Ministry of Health and Social Policy of Spain Archived 17 July 2009 at the Wayback Machine 15 July 2009
- ^ "Informe de la situación de la pandemia del ministerio de sanidad" (in Spanish). msps.es. 23 July 2009. Archived from the original on 14 December 2009. Retrieved 5 September 2013.
- ^ Los aeropuertos españoles, 'blindados' ante la epidemia, In Spanish
- ^ a b c Last official data given by the Ministry of Health and Social Policy of Spain Archived 14 May 2009 at the Wayback Machine 12 May 2009
- ^ Reuters, June 30, 2009
- ^ http://www.20minutos.es/noticia/478076/0/muerto/gripe/canarias/
- ^ "Taiwan News, June 10, 2009". Archived from the original on 11 September 2009. Retrieved 16 June 2009.
- ^ Infodefensa: Defensa pone en cuarentena la Academia Militar de Ingenieros de Hoyo de Manzanares por un brote de gripe A
- ^ "Dos casos de gripe porcina confirmados en un instituto de Leganés y 42 en estudio". Retrieved 25 August 2016.
- ^ "Comunicado del 9 June 2009 de la consejería de salud de la comunidad de madrid". madrid.org.
- ^ "Nota de prensa del 11 de junio del ministerio de sanidad". msc.es. 11 June 2009. Archived from the original on 15 June 2009. Retrieved 13 June 2009.
- ^ "Primera victima mortal en España por gripe". RTVE. 30 June 2009.
- ^ a b El País (16 July 2009). "Dos nuevas muertes elevan a cuatro las víctimas en España".
- ^ 20 minutos (9 July 2009). "Un hombre de 41 años, segunda víctima mortal de la gripe A en España". Retrieved 9 July 2009.
- ^ "Muere un hombre en Gran Canaria, décima víctima mortal de la gripe A en España". 12 August 2009. Retrieved 12 August 2009.
- ^ Un niño de 11 años, duodécima víctima mortal de la gripe A en España
- ^ Fallece en Alicante la quinta víctima de la gripe A en España
- ^ Muere en Valencia un hombre de 53 años con gripe A, el sexto fallecido en España
- ^ Una joven fallecida en Valencia, novena muerte por gripe A en España
- ^ Una mujer que estaba embarazada es la undécima víctima de la gripe A en España
- ^ Un hombre de 34 años de Villarrobledo (Albacete), séptima muerte por gripe A
- ^ "Una mujer de 35 años fallecida en Gerona, octava víctima de la gripe A/H1N1 en España – Sociedad_Sanidad – Sociedad – abcdesevilla.es". Retrieved 25 August 2016.
- ^ A Consellería de Sanidade estuda un segundo caso sospeitoso de gripe humana de orixe porcina en Galicia[permanent dead link], web do Sergas, 29 April 2009
- ^ A ourensá con gripe A continúa illada e con tratamento antiviral, La Voz de Galicia, 3 May 2009
- ^ Detectado en el centro de salud de Mos el primer posible caso de gripe porcina en Galicia, La Voz de Galicia, 27 April 2008
- ^ La Consejería de Sanidad estudia un posible caso sospechoso de gripe humana de origen porcina Archived 30 November 2009 at the Wayback Machine, web de Sergas, 27 April 2009
- ^ La Consejería de Sanidad estudia un tercer caso sospechoso de nueva gripe en Galicia[permanent dead link], web do Sergas, 1 May 2009
- ^ Comunicado da consellería polo brote de gripe polo novo virus AH1N1[permanent dead link], web do Sergas, 2 May 2009
- ^ [1] Muerte de un hombre en Galicia por influenza A H1N1
External linksEdit
|Wikimedia Commons has media related to 2009 swine flu outbreak in Spain.
|Wikinews has related news:
- Swine Influenza official data (in spanish) – Ministerio de Sanidad y Políticas Sociales. Gobierno de España
- World Health Organization (WHO) Swine Influenza page – Updates periodically and links to archived WHO releases (in English)
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Swine Influenza (Flu) (in English)
- Medical Encyclopedia Medline Plus: Swine Flu (in English)
- Medical Encyclopedia WebMD: Swine Flu Center (in English)
Spanish Health ServicesEdit
- Ministry of Health and Social Policy of Spain official website, Special about the swine flu (in Spanish)
- Department of Health of the Basque Government (in Spanish and Basque)
- Official website of the Basque Health Service/Osakidetza (in Spanish and Basque)
- Department of Health of the Generalitat of Catalonia (in Spanish, English, and Catalan)
- Enciclopedia Médica Medline Plus: Gripe porcina (in Spanish)
- Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS): Gripe porcina (in Spanish)


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That was the claim of prime minister Henry Puna and finance minister Mark Brown as they hosted a press conference at the Office of the Prime Minister yesterday.
Puna described high-powered Cook Islands delegation's visit to New Zealand last week as a "calculated move". The delegation included internal affairs minister Albert Nicholas, health minister Nandi Glassie and six heads of ministries.
"That was deliberate part of our strategy, to give meaning, from our perspective, to the Pacific Reset," Puna said.
"Up until now we've always done business with New Zealand through the foreign affairs ministry, but we thought there's got to be a better way. And that is to go directly to the ministries and the agencies.
"That was the context of our visit: wanting to push for a direct ministry-to-ministry, agency- to-agency relationship. And that was hugely successful."
Puna pointed to Glassie meeting with his New Zealand counterpart, David Clark, while he himself was able to sit down with Chris Hipkins in his capacity as the education minister, as just a couple of examples.
During the trip, the delegation took up where they left off in March during New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern's visit to the Cook Islands. They discussed a number of issues, from pension portability to Te Mato Vai and the provision of temporary housing in New Zealand for Cook Islands medical patients on referrals.
Whether it was deliberate or not, Puna said they were also privileged to be present when the bill to achieve pension portability was introduced into the New Zealand parliament.
"The surprising thing was that all sides unanimously supported the bill. To me, it says a lot (about) how things have changed the last two to three years. The House also acknowledged me and the delegation."
The bill will go to a select committee before returning to parliament to be passed.
Te Mato Vai was another topic for discussion, pre-empted by Puna in a speech before the Joint Ministerial Forum meeting at Waitangi, saying that New Zealand and China were integral to the water mains project's completion.
"We need to ensure that our original intentions of ensuring the success of the project are seen through, and New Zealand shares that. I'm pleased they've committed the initial funding for the second stage, and they've also signed the grant for the Manatoa cable," Puna said.
Discussions with New Zealand social development minister Carmel Sepuloni regarding temporary housing for Cook Islands medical patients was another top issue for Puna and the delegation.
The PM said the issue particularly affected the Auckland Cook Islands community, and those who travelled to New Zealand for medical treatment and had no family or relatives to rely on.
"That's something that we will give absolute priority to in the next couple of weeks, so that we can have a tangible and concrete plan of action in place to address this issue."
The delegation also met with members of the Cook Islands community.
Brown led a group to Auckland to renew discussions with leaders of the Cook Islands business community.
"We explained to them the new engagement that New Zealand is putting into place with the Pacific countries, but specifically in the Cook Islands," Brown said.
"We as a country have had three meetings since the (new government) came into power late last year, which shows the depth of our relationship. I think we've also set the tone and the framework for how New Zealand wants to engage with Pacific countries."
The state visit began with a meeting with Cook Islanders in Wellington, which met with such a huge response that some people had to be turned away.
"The room was well overcrowded with 140 people. For us, it signifies that there is a lot of interest in New Zealand on the Pacific Reset," Puna said.
Brown said meeting with the Wellington and Auckland Cook Islands communities was a great opportunity to discuss issues further and correct any misconceptions.
- Conor Leathley
More news from the press conference in tomorrow's CINews.


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