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Alas, My Love The Cad The Challenge The Chance The Choice The Conquest The Devil's Bargain Gypsy Lover The Return of the Earl A Regency Christmas To Tempt a Bride To Wed a Stranger
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Geoffrey Sauvage, Earl of Egremont, remembers Daisy well and has admired her courage in the face of adversity. He is glad to introduce her to his friends and society in general. His friend Leland Grant, Viscount Haye, however, is deeply suspicious. He suspects Daisy of deceits and dastardly plots and believes she has dishonorable designs on the Earl. He vows to uncover the truth and protect his older friend.
Meanwhile, Daisy is beginning to realize that Geoff isn't as antique and infirm as she had hoped back in Australia and maybe she might want to rethink her plan.
Few authors in the historical romance genre are as honest in their portrayal of the Regency setting as Ms. Layton. She introduces her readers to the seamier side of the era. A large part of the population lived in deplorable conditions and dire poverty. Her readers get a glimpse of the reality, not only the fantasy, of the time.
The main characters in How to Seduce a Bride, Daisy, Geoff, and Leland are multi-dimensional. In spite of her pitiable history, Daisy is less than a completely sympathetic character. Her self-serving and calculating plot to marry the good-hearted Geoff makes her hard to like much less to hope she'll succeed. My unenthusiastic reaction to this book, however, goes deeper than mere discomfort with an unsympathetic heroine.
It's tough when you've loved an author's books for years, followed her from traditional Regencies to super Regencies to historicals, consider one of her novels to be among the best romances ever published, have a score or more of her books stashed under your bed, and then said author produces a book like How to Seduce a Bride. Compared with Love in Disguise, this is the literary equivalent of the poor relation with questionable legitimacy.
The plot and character parallels between How to Seduce a Bride and Love in Disguise struck me within a few chapters. In Love in Disguise the lovely, well-educated daughter of a wealthy tradesman falls in love at first sight with a handsome but impoverished nobleman who in turn loves the daughter of an aristocrat and a taciturn friend of the nobleman loves the tradesman's daughter and in addition there's a complicated subplot involving danger and the criminal underworld headed by an enigmatic crime lord who understands more than just about anyone else. It features solid character development, a plot that doesn't announce the denouement in the first few chapters, and a completely satisfying romance.
How to Seduce a Bride has reduced the number of characters and pared the non-romance subplots to a minimum, but the love triangle still features a wealthy beauty with humble origins and two noblemen and the question which one will she choose in the end. It's not much of a mystery in How to Seduce a Bride – even a novice reader unfamiliar with romance traditions should be able to figure out who gets whom before too long. Various characters from several other recent works by the author clutter the list of players but add little to the action.
If you're a reader who is not well acquainted with the author's impressive backlist, you may find How to Seduce a Bride a good choice. Ms. Layton's characters are well drawn and her use of setting is skillful. But if you've had a long relationship with the author's works, you may be disappointed in this latest effort. Compared to her previous works such as The Abandoned Bride, The Fire-Flower, Love in Disguise, and multiple others, How to Seduce a Bride is Layton Lite. In comparison to other romances being published today, it may qualify as acceptable, but it's a long way from a keeper.
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Lucy Kester, MBA,RRT, FAARC, Doug Orens, RRT, MBA, James K. Stoller, MD, The Cleveland ClinicFoundation, Cleveland, Ohio.
BACKGROUND: Although radiofrequency (RF) systems have proliferated with the intention of simplifying thedelivery of care in many clinical settings, little information is availableregarding the impact of such RF systems on the actual delivery of patient care.Having used a handheld management information system in our Respiratory TherapySection for 15 years, we wished to assess the impact of an RF system versusour existing handheld devise-based system on the delivery of respiratory therapy(RT) services. Presently, the sequence of events in our institution for placingRT orders is as follows: 1. A physician writes an order for an RT treatmentor an RT consult, 2. A unit secretary transfers the order to a computer orderentry system and places a copy of the printed orders in the unit?s RT notebook,3. The order entry system interfaces with the RT Section management informationsystem (CliniVision, Nellcor/ Puritan Bennett, Carlsbad, California) thereby?notifying? RT of the order, 4. Therapists pick up ?new notifies? in the RTSection at the beginning of their shift and at mid-shift. Prior to making assignmentsfor the next shift, all therapists must be paged to report the number of neworders added to the workload as well as orders that have been discontinued.
Methods: A single nursingunit dedicated to pulmonary and ENT care was selected for the RF trial. Baseline(pre-RF) data were collected over three separate 1-month intervals (Sept.?97,Feb.?99, Feb.?00) with the main outcome measures being the time between notificationof RT orders and the time treatments were started and RT consults were completed.Activities required for making assignments for the next shift were manuallytimed. Starting 6 weeks after therapists (3 to 4 per shift) were trained touse the RF system, similar data were collected while using the RF system fortwo 1-month intervals (Feb. and Mar. ?01).
Results: Table 1 presentsoutcomes using the handheld (HH) vs. the RF systems.
TABLE1. (time in hours) | HH System | RF System | P value |
Number of patientswith RT orders | 195 | 149 | |
Mean time (±SD) from notify to start of therapy | 4.7 (±8.8) | 3.1(±6.7) | 0.026 |
Number of patientswho waited >8 hrs for therapy | 32 (16.4%) | 14 (9.4%) | 0.083 |
Number of consultevaluations | 139 | 82 | |
Mean time (±SD) from notify to consult eval. | 10.0 (± 30) | 2.2 (±2.4) | 0.003 |
Number of patientswho waited >8 hrs for eval. | 26 (18%) | 3 (3.7%) | 0.013 |
Shift Assignments(time in minutes) | HH System | RF System | D (min) |
Calculating andassigning workloads | 31.6 | 29.6 | - 2 |
Time for handheldupload | 28.3 | 0 | - 28.3 |
Time for down-loadinghandheld computers* | 10.0 | 0 | - 10 |
Time for printingreports (*done during printing) | 11.7 | 14 | + 2.3 |
Total timefor shift assignment | 81.6 | 43.6 | - 38 |
Conclusions: Compared witha handheld system, use of a radio frequency system for processing respiratorytherapy orders was associated with several benefits: 1. Reduced interval betweenreceipt of an order for RT and delivery of the treatment, 2. Reduced intervalbetween request for and completion of a RT consult, 3. Reduced proportion ofpatients for whom the interval between the order and a consult evaluation exceeded8 hours, 4. Shortened time for supervisors to make shift assignments. Theseresults invite further assessment of the clinical benefits associated with accelerated delivery of respiratory therapyservices.


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Rated 5 out of 5 by LouC The staff are fantastic!
I was unsure what to expect on my 1st visit to Bali & am now busy planning my next trip. From the moment we arrived we were amazed at the accommodating & friendly staff, nothing was too much trouble & everyone we encountered greeted us with a smile. The hotel is in a perfect location with the beach across the road, mall & market shopping on your doorstep. Both Bene & Feast restaurants have great menus with delicious food & the breakfast buffet is one of the best I've experienced. Well done Sheraton, I'll see you again soon!
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Rated 5 out of 5 by MikeGags The only place we'll be staying in Bali
I confidently recommend the Sheraton as the place to stay in Bali. You will not be disappointed
From when we arrived, the staff were welcoming and friendly.
The hotel has a similar atmosphere to that of a resort, but being in the middle of the main hotspot around Kuta.
The Sheraton will be where I stay when I return to Bali and have already suggested it to many friends.
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Located in heart centre of Bali, great location, with the Beachwall mall, many shops and open until 12am
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Rated 5 out of 5 by spencertorpy Very good Hotel
Nice upgrade for Platinum as well as good Platinum recognition. The hotel is new and very comfortable. Quiet room I was worried after reading previous reviews. Excellent staff. Always greeted. Excellent breakfast buffet. Great View and location. Lots of restaurants and bars within short walking distance. Nice mall next door
I Ordered a 500ml draft beer at Bene's and the glass was full. I told the waiter there was less than 400ml in the glass. He disagreed. I then kept the glass and ordered a bottle. I then poured the bottle in the glass to prove there was less than 400ml and the waiter then agreed. In Canada management could be shot for such a large mistake ( Just kidding ). I hope they correct this issue. The restaurant still charged me the same price. The food was good.
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The sauna is never on and takes 20 minutes to warm up. Not always convenient. Also the water in the shower at the spa is cold. The change room in the spa needs more attention.
The internet is very slow after 8am in morning.
Over all I would recommend the hotel and the Cons can be easily fixed
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Rated 5 out of 5 by Agiku Hotel for everything
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Fantastic hotel, great location and incredible staff that anticipated our needs during our stay.
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We stayed a week in mid October. Location is great for access to Kuta and across the road from the beach. Your choices are seclusion in the sun chairs across the property to the hustle and bustle of the streets around the property. Entire staff was attentive and professional with all guests.
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In the Mideast, faint rays of hope
Grass-roots activists with cellphones are leading a drive for change.
The Middle East has long been associated with suicide bombs, intractable conflict, and dictators. But in her fifth book on the region, Dreams and Shadows: The Future of the Middle East, veteran journalist Robin Wright takes up a new thread for the region's 21st century: positive, home-grown change.
Skip to next paragraphThe Middle East is seeing a growing backlash against decades-old authoritarian regimes and Islamic radicalism, says Wright, who first reported from the region in 1973 and now covers US foreign policy for The Washington Post. People across the region are now pushing for Option No. 3: human rights, freedom, and democracy – and often at great risk.
Wright's journalistic skills are on full display in these 400-plus pages. Absorbing accounts of brave activists are interwoven with relevant context and history in clear, vivid language. These elements make the book an engaging read, and a useful one for people who want to better understand this important part of the world.
The region's energetic reformists won't necessarily succeed, Wright warns. "A trend struggling for decades to take root has finally begun – and, I stress, only begun – to have impact.... When I started out on this latest journey, the region was full of dreams. As I finished it, serious shadows loomed in many places."
These shadows are what usually dominate Western headlines: insurgents killing civilians in Iraq, Egypt's leaders manipulating election laws to stay in power, the Syrian regime jailing dissidents indefinitely.
By drawing attention instead to the people who no longer want these forces to dominate their country, Wright provides a refreshingly different account of the region – even though hers is a cautious optimism at best.
The obstacles vary by country, as do the cultural and religious landscapes in which they operate. Wright acknowledges the region's diversity by tackling the Palestinian territories, Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Iran, Morocco, and Iraq separately.
A few common threads pull these areas together, though. Many of the region's dreamers are youths, who make up a majority of the populations. Technology is another driving force, as mobile phones and the Internet help activists better monitor their governments and coordinate their movements.
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On June 18, the United State Senate and House of Representatives filed the final Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) legislation (The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Safety and Innovation Act, S. 3187) including important provisions to mitigate drug shortages. In addition to addressing drug shortages, the bill would create user fee programs for generic drugs and generic biologic drugs, or biosimilars, and include provisions that focus on the safety of the drug supply chain, among other issues. The House passed the bill on Wednesday, June 20, and the Senate is expected to take up the bill the week of June 25.
In recent weeks ASH had been leading advocacy efforts to ensure that biological products were included in the bill's requirement that manufacturers provide advanced notification of stoppages or interruptions in production that could result in a drug shortage. In addition, ASH sought to remove the exemption of products derived from human plasma proteins and recombinant products replacing human tissue – products used for the treatment of hemophilia and other bleeding disorders – from the early reporting mandate in the House and Senate bills.
The advanced notification requirements in the final legislation apply to drugs which are "life-supporting, life-sustaining, or intended for use in the prevention of or treatment of a debilitating disease or condition including drugs used in emergency medical care or during surgery that are not radio pharmaceutical drugs." While the legislation does not include biological products in the advanced notification requirements, it gives the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) the authority to apply these requirements to biological products including plasma protein therapies and their recombinant analogs by regulation if it would benefit public health.
The treatment of biological products in the final legislation reflects the significant difference between the House bill, which included biologics in this section, and the Senate bill, which limited the advanced notification requirements to sterile injectible products. The House and Senate resolved their differences by leaving the decision to the HHS Secretary and the regulatory process. Based on discussions with FDA on the legislation, agency officials have supported the inclusion of biological products in the advanced notification requirements. ASH's advocacy was influential in removing the exemption of plasma protein therapies and their recombinant analogs from the advanced notification requirements in the final bill.
Over the past 18 months, ASH has worked closely with Congressional leaders as they have developed drug shortage legislation. ASH has made several recommendations on ways to prevent and mitigate shortages, including to: increase FDA authority, require that the Secretary disseminate information about drug shortages to patient and provider organizations, enhance inter- and intra-agency coordination on drug shortages, require that the Agency Strategic Plan consider the impact of drug shortages on research and clinical trials, examine the impact of current FDA requirements on shortages, and provide economic incentives to manufacturers of critical drugs.
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Greetings from a gorgeous morning at Broncos headquarters. Seeing the majesty of the day's dawn makes me want to become a morning person … eh, maybe not.
The Broncos' first practice will begin at 8:30 a.m., without Tony Scheffler, Brandon Marshall and Rod Smith in uniform, but with splendid conditions, as temperatures will rise from the upper 60s into the mid 70s during the course of the two-hour session.
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You'll also see some different names around the main site over the days and weeks to come, as we have one new full-time hire to produce and edit all of our on-line video and a pair of college interns who will be writing stories, gathering quotes and helping bring you the stories from Dove Valley.
Handling video will be Kasey Byers, a product of the University of Montana who brings experience from stations in Missoula, Billings and Fargo, N.D. You'll hear his voice on Broncos TV at various points over the weeks and months to come.
Our two interns are Christopher Smith and Charlie O'Brien, from Samford University and Arizona State University, respectively. They'll be handling some of the features and notebooks on the main site, while also having responsibility for updating the players' biographies and statistics every week during the season — a pretty bulbous chore, even after the roster is trimmed to 53.
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Enhance transit safety and security systems by integrating voice and data technologies and by leveraging video-based systems.
Experience with emerging transit ITS technologies and trends.
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Transit agencies have used technology to improve the safety and security of their operations for decades. Video technologies have been used in and around transit facilities to monitor weather and other environmental conditions for safer operations of rail and passenger terminal services. Technologies such as radio communications systems, video surveillance systems, automated vehicle location systems, and other advanced technologies have helped monitor situations onboard vehicles and in transit facilities. Communications and video technologies continue to greatly improve transit operations, helping to reduce accidents and other unintentional causes of harm, and improving prevention and response of intentional acts of crime and violence. The following lessons provide insight and examples for onboard systems and transit station facilities.
- Integrate voice and data systems to provide interoperable communications with other onboard systems. Central to most transit agency's onboard safety and security systems are voice communications. There have been many regional, state, and federal efforts to achieve interoperability of radio voice communications among agencies that operate large fleets of vehicles, such as police, fire, and emergency medical teams, and operating agencies such as public transit. Local first responders and public transit are often left to use proprietary, non-compatible electronic radios with non-standardized data definitions and are unable to communicate across agency or organizational boundaries during a crisis. The lack of standardization results in inefficient redundancies and the inability to leverage large radio infrastructure investments such as transmission towers, electrical switches, and power generation equipment.
- In Cedar Rapids, Iowa they have implemented a system that uses wireless Internet access hubs and inexpensive wireless modem cards on transit vehicles to provide seamless Internet access throughout the transit corridor. This system provides a virtually endless variety of data and information packages that can be communicated to and from transit vehicles providing an interoperable platform for voice and data communications.
- Enhance overall transit safety and security programs by implementing video assessment systems. Transit management can achieve significant returns on most of its safety and security investments by deploying a video assessment system that leverages an agency's other safety and security assets. The primary advantage to video assessment systems is their ability to record and archive information for real-time and archival use.
- For example, the New Jersey Transit (NJT) video assessment system is effective because of the interdisciplinary, multi-agency, multi-jurisdictional way in which it is used. The functional requirements for the system were defined under the direction of the NJT police chief, who worked closely with the head of the Information Technology Department who, in turn, specified the technical aspects of the system. The police chief chose requirements not only from transit operations, but from strong working relationships with the New Jersey State Police, Amtrak, New York City Metropolitan Transportation Authority, and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.
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Disrupted Circadian Rhythms in a Mouse Model of Schizophrenia
Disrupted Circadian Rhythms in a Mouse Model of Schizophrenia
Current Biology, Volume 22, Issue 4,
Pages 314-319,
Publication Date 19 January 2012
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Benjamin Edwards
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Henrik Oster
Rachel Butler
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Michael H. Hastings
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MRC Functional Genomics Unit, Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PT, UK
Nuffield Laboratory of Ophthalmology, University of Oxford, Levels 5 and 6 West Wing, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headley Way, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK
Division of Neurobiology, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 0QH, UK
Circadian Rhythms Group, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Am Fassberg 11, 37077 Gottingen, Germany
Lilly, Erl Wood Manor, Sunninghill Road, Windlesham, Surrey GU20 6PH, UK
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Present address: Centre for Neuroscience, Biosciences Division, SRI International, 333 Ravenswood Avenue, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
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► A mouse Snap-25 mutant shows abnormal circadian behavior reminiscent of schizophrenia ► The phase advance of activity is mirrored by SCN output and corticosterone release ► Importantly, the core molecular clock of the Snap-25 mutant is not affected ► We discuss a link between neurotransmission, circadian defects, and schizophrenia
Sleep and circadian rhythm disruption has been widely observed in neuropsychiatric disorders including schizophrenia [1] and often precedes related symptoms [2]. However, mechanistic basis for this association remains unknown. Therefore, we investigated the circadian phenotype of blind-drunk (Bdr), a mouse model of synaptosomal-associated protein (Snap)-25 exocytotic disruption that displays schizophrenic endophenotypes modulated by prenatal factors and reversible by antipsychotic treatment [3,4]. Notably, SNAP-25 has been implicated in schizophrenia from genetic [5,6,7,8], pathological [9,10,11,12,13], and functional studies [14,15,16]. We show here that the rest and activity rhythms of Bdr mice are phase advanced and fragmented under a light/dark cycle, reminiscent of the disturbed sleep patterns observed in schizophrenia. Retinal inputs appear normal in mutants, and clock gene rhythms within the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) are normally phased both in vitro and in vivo. However, the 24 hr rhythms of arginine vasopressin within the SCN and plasma corticosterone are both markedly phase advanced in Bdr mice. We suggest that the Bdr circadian phenotype arises from a disruption of synaptic connectivity within the SCN that alters critical output signals. Collectively, our data provide a link between disruption of circadian activity cycles and synaptic dysfunction in a model of neuropsychiatric disease.


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Barbie knitting kit! It's missing one of the two spool knitters but the box is of course what is even harder to come buy, & believe it or not somewhere in my collection I have the missing spool knitter that I picked up a few years ago loose at a yard sale, so I just have to put it all together.
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A gun control measure was defeated Wednesday in the Illinois House. The proposal, modeled after New York's law, would have let sheriffs decide whether an applicant has a compelling reason to carry a gun in public. Proponents like Democratic Representative Christian Mitchell of Chicago say it's a way to take regional differences into account.
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Given warm weather she can spend time on her physical training both on and off the water. Farrah varies her routine. She has been been focusing on Formula windsurfing kit. However, the Rolex Miami Olympic Classes Regatta (OCR) and 2010 RS:X North American Championships are just around the corner so she's now back on the RS:X Olympic equipment. The OCR is the women windsurfers' U.S. team qualifier, so it's a mega important event.
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In 2006, Museum of London Archaeology excavated a burial ground at the Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel. What they found was both extraordinary and unexpected. The excavation revealed some 262 burials.
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- DEATH DATE: February 01, 2013
- EDUCATION: City College of New York, New York University
- PLACE OF BIRTH: The Bronx, New York
- Full Name: Edward Irving Koch
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"If you agree with me on nine out of 12 issues, you should vote for me. If you agree with me on 12 out of 12 issues, you should see a psychiatrist."
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the outspoken Koch became a media figure and commentator. He died on February 1, 2013, at age 88.
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Edward Irving Koch was born on December 12, 1924, in the Bronx, New York, to Joyce Silpe and Louis Koch, who had immigrated to the U.S. from Poland. During childhood, Edward relocated to Newark, New Jersey with his parents and two siblings; there he would go on to attend South Side High School and, after the family moved to Brooklyn, become a student at City College. Koch was drafted to serve in World War II and stationed in Bavaria for a time before being discharged as a sergeant in 1946. Upon his return to the states, he attended New York University's law school and was admitted into the bar.
Living in Greenwhich Village, Koch worked as an attorney before entering New York City politics as part of the Village Independent Democrats. He made a name for himself defeating Tammany Hall political-machine member Carmine DeSapio in a 1963 district race. Koch moved on to City Council and then served in the House of Representatives from 1969 to 1977.
Winning Mayoral Seat
In 1977, Koch won New York's mayoral election, defeating Abraham D. Beame. New York City was on the verge of fiscal ruin, and the Koch administration administered a number of budget cuts and austerity measures that placed the city back on financial track. Koch's tenure was also known for barring job discrimination due to one's sexuality, creating thousands of housing units, renovating abandoned buildings and creating a style of campaigning that focused on appealing to individual voters. He also encouraged New Yorkers to persevere during a 1980 transit strike, a feat he saw as one of his proudest moments.
Controversial Administration
Koch won three mayoral terms, with landslide votes in his second and third election wins. Yet his administration faced much controversy. Outspoken and not afraid of confrontation, Koch was known for making barbed, hostile comments that often alienated fellow politicians and much of the general public. The city also underwent a great deal of racial unrest during the '80s, mitigated by what were thought to be racially motivated killings in Bensonhurst and Howard Beach. Soaring homelessness, the AIDS crisis, the drug epidemic and rampant corruption on a municipal level all placed a negative light on the administration.
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Koch was defeated in the 1989 Democratic primaries by David N. Dinkins, who went on to become the next mayor. After his final term, Koch returned to working as an attorney and kept very busy in a number of high-profile media positions that included writing columns, doing adjunct professor work, starring in commercial advertising spots and appearing on TV and radio as a commentator.
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Other countries appear less constrained when developing new ideas for getting feedback
What a cool idea! That approach invites feedback from customers while the experience is still fresh in their minds, which increases response rates — a problem with most customer satisfaction surveys — and the quality of responses — i.e. no memory bias. The data can provide fresh feedback to an agency about trends or even differences among employees, which allows managers to more effectively use the performance information for learning purposes. And it makes the customer feel valued.
I have witnessed other examples of government customer service innovations in developing countries recently.
While at a conference in Saudi Arabia (read my posts at "The Lectern" blog on FCW.com), I came across two examples. While withdrawing money from an ATM, the machine also offered an option of paying parking fines and some government license fees. And in a keynote address at the conference, management guru Tom Peters talked warmly about a recent experience going through passport control in Singapore, where employees placed a bowl of candy at the counter. He said he would remember the thoughtfulness of that tiny gesture — his slide was titled "the one-cent candy" — for a long time.
Those are all examples of simple steps — particularly the Chinese and Singaporean ones — that governments could take to improve service. Shouldn't the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency try them here? And the smiling/frowning faces could be useful for measuring the quality of many real-time services offered by government agencies, such as departments of motor vehicles — I would love to see those results — and local Social Security offices.
One interesting question is why countries often regarded as being far behind the United States in the overall quality of public-sector management, with the exception of Singapore, have developed innovations that we haven't. One possibility is that they are designing procedures and approaches for the first time. Influenced by ideas of customer service in government that have spread there from the West and less encumbered by existing practices, they are less constrained when developing new ideas. We should take the opportunity to learn from them.
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It sounds like the public sectors in those countries have learned more from the private sector in the US than our own public sector has learned. Is it just me or the US public sector is getting worse as it spends faster and grows bigger.