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As the holidays approach I'm reminded how families get along (or don't). Our work families are no different. Coworkers with different styles and priorities forced to work together can test patience and professionalism. So long as the work gets out accurately and timely, the ends may justify the means, but we've all worked with a tech (or are one!) whose work habits grate nerves.
Here are a few morphotypes:
Dull would our workplace be if we were all the same. And surely each of us annoys someone. How do you work?
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Every meeting takes at least an hour, not including prep, finish, and homework time. Many meetings run over. They are, as Charlie Kim describes in the Huffington Post, red wine discussions (might as well drink, because nothing will be accomplished) or lectures (why attend at all?).
I've been working hard to break that, at least in the lab. Instead of monthly staff meetings, we do this:
These action meetings result in decisions that directly affect how work is performed on the bench. Recently, for example, we decided to change the time of day that certain reports are run to reduce afternoon bottlenecks. Not only does this involve everyone in decisions, the next month the action is reviewed to see if it's working. If it isn't, another decision is made.
I don't know if this would work on a broader scale, but I don't see why not. Traditional staff meetings consisting of reviewing minutes, old business, to-do lists, attendee reports, etc. are boring to run and torture to sit through. But changing this culture is tough. Most people who go to meetings hate them but assume they are what they are.
I can't imagine anything would get done on the bench if before each decision was made techs had to review the minutes of the last decision, old business, to-do lists, etc. Instead, of course, the daily work is done while dozen of decisions are made on the fly. And if those don't work, different decisions are made. It's time we pushed action meetings up the ladder. Isn't it?
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One size fits all is an advertising gimmick, but we all know it isn't true. Shelves are too high, microscopes are too low, and there is never enough room for paper. But the reality of our workspace is that it has to be designed to fit most people. This can be difficult in today's laboratories.
For example, according to OSHA a computer monitor should be placed at least 20 inches away so the top of the screen is at or below eye level. That's fine if you're a twenty-something telemarketer, but a data manager monitor attached to an instrument will often be to one side or at angle. And what about those huge monitors, or those users with bifocals or trifocals? According to one site, a monitor will need to be adjusted in both cases so the user's neck can remain in a neutral position.
If your laboratory is like most, there's a wide age gap between existing staff approaching or exceeding retirement age and new graduates in their twenties. There is no one size fits all computer station.
And as it turns out, chairs, countertops, drawer handles, and everything else we use on a daily basis is designed according to anthropometric tables. Anthropometry (Greek for "man measure") is the science of measuring size and proportions of the human body. As another site points out, designing a space for an average body only accommodates half the population; the best solution is to design adjustability into any workspace.
"Average" should include clothing and personal protective equipment, too. For example, fluid-resistant coats and face shields may restrict movement and field of vision, reducing the size of a work area.
Finally, there are gender differences to consider in not only anthropometrics but physical workload capacity. One study in The Spine Journal concludes, for example, that men generate greater compression loads on their spines during equal lifting. Women are at greater risk for injury, however, especially when lifting is asymmetric or heavy. This single study suggests there may also be no one size fits all for occupational ergonomic issues.
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Our tendency to comment results with disclaimers is strong. Examples:
There are a few schools of thought here. One is that if all but one result are affected e.g. a potassium on a chemistry panel, the result of the panel may provide value to the physician. Another is that bench techs should disclose problems that may affect results to protect themselves legally and ethically. And yet another is to let the physician decide whether to use the results or ask for another specimen.
The concept of "value added" is defined as "The enhancement a company gives its product or service before offering the product to customers." It creates a competitive advantage by bundling or offering features that customers want.
Flexible report formats, report distribution options, and custom panels are all examples of value-added laboratory services. All things being equal, physicians want the cheapest, fastest, and most reliable testing performed. They rely on laboratories to collect and process samples using state of the art techniques to provide accurate results. They have to, when you think about it. Laboratory medicine has dramatically increased in complexity in the last few decades, something family practice or ED physicians can't keep pace with.
And we should keep in mind there is nothing unique about our services. Except for STAT situations, a physician will leave the choice of site to the performing lab or specify a lab to use. One doc's idea of "value added" may be different than the next or the laboratory.
The value of our product is reliability. A disclaimer detracts from that value except in emergent situations where a new specimen can't be obtained. Even worse, a disclaimer may not travel with a result if it is later viewed in cumulative format or mined. Despite best intentions to be professional and give a physician what he or she wants, do disclaimers add value?
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Do you remember other kids eating dirt when you were young? It was commonplace to make mud pies, jump in puddles, and put tadpoles in pockets. We all played outside in dirt and grime, bit fingernails, ate baloney and cheese sandwiches without hand washing, drank from the garden hose, and played on the floor in retail stores. It never occurred to any of us that we could get sick, and if we'd been told we all would have laughed, anyway.
Today we're cleaner and filthier than ever. Everywhere I go I see alcohol based cleansers, hand washing signs, and wipes to clean, scrub, and disinfect our hands and fingers and everything we touch. People seem angry that they have to touch anything touched by anyone else. This seems bizarre to me, but that's beside the point.
In the midst of all this many of us carry technology that might change how we do everything: a smartphone.
Smartphones are being used more and more by physicians, presenting security risks but also infection control issues. These aren't new. As one California hospitalist points out, "we've had infection control issues with stethoscopes since they were invented." Smartphones aren't the only surfaces that aren't religiously cleaned.
In one study 200 smartphones were swabbed, including 50 in a surgical unit. Sixty percent showed contaminants, 20 phones had negative culture growth, and no resistant or pathological strains were recovered. It turns out that proper hand hygiene makes smartphones safe, just like many medical devices.
Interestingly, the site EngagingPatients.org suggests that patients use smartphones to notify the staff, adding, "there are progressive hospitals that are offering something like this for their clinicians, but very few offer this option to its patients. This is very interesting given the literally tens of thousands of apps pushed at patients for use outside the hospital."
Are we too paranoid about what may become the dominant technology used by line staff? Smartphones instantly connect us not just to an information grid, but to each other and patients. And when was the last time you saw someone clean a keyboard?
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I once watched on television a fascinating experiment in which a stranger pretended to be sick on the street of a big city vs. a small town. City dwellers ignored the man, who lay on the ground writhing in pain, but almost everybody in the small town stopped to help. It's part of the magic in small towns, that our tribe is small, our interests are local, and our resources are limited. Most people are known by most people, which can be problematic in a rural hospital.
For example, we have to be mindful of confidentiality traps. In a metropolitan hospital it's entirely possible that staff would know almost none of the patient names, but in a rural hospital exactly the opposite is true. There is a high expectation of privacy in hospitals, more in the countryside. It's tempting to see an acquaintance outside of work and ask about a condition or family member's condition. But we have to maintain confidentiality.
A more dangerous trap is avoiding positive patient identification because "we know our patients." I've heard this mantra repeated as a virtue many times in my career in small hospitals, and it's never made much sense to me. It isn't just a name that we verify, after all, but a second identifier, physician, and perhaps the procedure. We must know that we have the right patient and the right order.
For example, we ask every patient to state his or her full name, date of birth, and the name of the physician who is to get the report. Even when we know the patient personally, we have found spelling and other errors. Sometimes, as when a person remarries, the name is completely different.
The laboratory seems alone in this concern. As a patient I was rarely asked my name, much less date of birth, and my wristband was seldom checked by non-laboratory employees. Perhaps, we don't want to offend our neighbors, create a more homey atmosphere, or not appear to be stupid. All of which is irrelevant. Positive patient identification is an industry standard that should be followed.
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The latest personal protective equipment guidelines from the CDC for Ebola emphasize training in donning and doffing PPE, no skin exposure, and a buddy system to make sure the process is followed. As their site states, "Focusing only on PPE gives a false sense of security of safe care and worker safety. Training is a critical aspect of ensuring infection control." And while Ebola is an unusual threat, this principle applies to everything in the laboratory. It should be a wake up call.
Laboratories deal with many threats, such as multidrug resistant organisms, fungi, parasites, and viruses. Many of these are bloodborne pathogens like Ebola. Are we as careful with these specimens or as careful when we don't know the status of the patient? Healthcare workers sometimes don't wash hands long enough, snap on and off gloves, don't use hoods and shields, leave skin or mucous membranes exposed when handling materials, or discard PPE inappropriately. All specimens are potentially infectious, and many infections are deadly.
While PPE is used to protect us, we use it to protect our patients, too. Isolation precautions can also be carelessly followed, increasing the risk of infection. In your facility, for example, are all physicians trained and observed in donning, doffing, and use of PPE when entering isolation rooms? Are family members and visitors trained, observed, and monitored? I can't imagine busy nurses or infection control practitioners have the time.
As our hospital's Safety Officer I work closely with our infection control nurse, and we've discussed hand washing stations for visitors. There is a cultural tendency to treat the public as guests in these settings instead of a potential threat, as though forcing them to follow protocol is a breach of trust. We all need to change this mindset.
I recall the early days of HIV when an ugly sense of paranoia existed. HIV was a wake up call to realize that many agents, such as hepatitis, are more common and equally infectious. Laboratories are much safer now. Ebola is another wake up call that we shouldn't miss.
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Data is what we do. From collection times to bread and butter lab test results to quality control to maintenance to report distribution and all that's in between, laboratories collect and document more data than more departments. One of the challenges in quality assurance is choosing what to measure.
The push from the QI (or whatever the acronym du jour is) mavens is to improve. Collect the data, make a change, measure the impact, rinse, repeat. That's easy, because it's how laboratories are designed. These cycles are built into what we are, again perhaps more than most departments. Technology and data and constantly changing.
I've seen a lot of numbers bragged about that amount to little more than statistical variation, such as a minor drop in injuries, falls, or turnaround time. Most trained technologists are very good at spotting genuine shifts and trends, although the cause isn't always obvious. A less obvious but more dangerous tendency is to use vanity metrics.
A vanity metric is "feel good" data that serves no constructive purpose. A common example is number of visitors to a website, which may or may not correlate with a business bottom line but feels good to talk about. They are common with internet startups in citing registered users, downloads, etc. but are not as useful as active users vs. the cost of getting these new customers. The latter are described as actionable metrics.
The late Steve Jobs was apparently fond of using vanity metrics to change reality to motivate employees in the face of insurmountable odds, what Bud Tribble at Apple coined Jobs' "Reality Distortion Field" back in 1981.
But we're treating patients and not selling pretty hardware. It might motivate lab employees to think a turnaround time has decreased or volumes have increased, but our reality hinges on producing the highest quality at the lowest cost. As such as we need to avoid measuring useless, touchy-feely statistics that don't tell us what we need to know: how to improve patient care. That usually involves removing the rose-colored glasses and putting on the black and white safety goggles.
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A study at Michigan State University found that three second interruptions doubled error rates; longer distractions increased errors. Another study in Australia found that nurse medication errors increased twelve percent for every interruption. And a study at Oregon State University showed that 8 out of 18 surgical residents made serious errors when distracted.
In the laboratory we think of distractions as part of the job. But distractions cause errors.
I've never worked in a lab where I wasn't constantly interrupted by telephone calls, buzzers, STAT work, and chit chat. Most labs are chaotic, noisy places geared around getting work done with minimal error. Yet distractions that cause errors are built into the system.
The Wall Street Journal reports that distractions are increasing in the workplace, partly because of a reliance on internal email and meetings to communicate. One professor at the University of California at Irvine found that workers typically have three minutes of uninterrupted time on a task.
Bench techs loading specimens, monitoring instruments, and verifying results who are constantly interrupted and distracted may have less time than that. Many tests are built around a prep-wait-offload cycle, and those wait times vary from a few minutes to hours. A distraction at either end can be disastrous.
Not all distractions are equal. Many techs will cite telephone calls, but any event that derails a planned prep-wait-offload cycle counts. This includes instrument problems, critical values, failed quality control, nosy colleagues, and even bathroom breaks. Once away from a task, it is even easier to be further distracted and forget one's place.
While everyone works this way, that doesn't make it right, especially if it causes serious errors. We all are too busy on the treadmill to step off. It's a logical quality improvement goal in labs, but I've never seen a process designed with a "no distraction" ground rule. We all assume it's impossible.
But why? It's not an unreasonable thought. If possible it is not valued despite the evidence that it contributes to medical errors. Phones ring, pagers beep, timers ding, busybodies chatter, and have you checked your email today?
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The late oil well firefighter Red Adair said, "If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." During staffing shortages or budget crunches it can be expedient to hire a warm body but disastrous in the long run. Amateurs often don't know what they don't know, think they know more than they do, and lack an ability to self-correct behavior that all professionals possess. Amateurs just don't "get it."
Anyway, it's a great quote. While it's easy to toss around labels like "professional" and "amateur," what do they mean?
Merriam Webster defines professional as "characterized by or conforming to the technical and ethical standards of a profession" and "exhibiting a courteous, conscientious, and generally businesslike manner in the workplace." An amateur is "a person who does something poorly; a person who is not skillful at a job or other activity" and "one lacking in experience and competence in an art or science."
Sure, amateur isn't a compliment, but we hire plenty of them. I've seen managers hired because they applied (one euphemism is "stepped up to the plate," like that's a qualification for the job), techs hired out of desperation, and travellers hired without a lot of searching or screening. Some -- not all -- exhibited amateurish skills in making decisions, leadership, bench competency, and ethical behavior.
We all recognize an amateur decision or level of skill, yet it's a taboo subject. I even hesitate to write about it. But I've worked for and beside professionals and amateurs, and there is a difference between the two. This is also distinctly different from an inexperienced person, who should not be promoted or placed in a position where he or she can appear to be an amateur.
I've never seen it or asked it during an interview, but questions like "Do you consider yourself a professional, and why," "How do you define professionalism," and "Give examples of your professional behavior" all work. Assuming someone is professional because he or she has a degree or resume can be an expensive mistake.
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Our current hematology analyzer was a big step up from a Sysmex K4500 with a 3-part differential to a Sysmex XT-1800i with a 5-part differential. I remember arranging a conference call between the bean counters and the pathologist to explain why the difference was important. Since then we have successfully eliminated percentage differential reporting, bands on scans, and reduced manual differentials to one or two a day. Automated counts have arrived.
I've had my eye on analyzers for a year or more, and it's time to upgrade again. The new analyzers perform a 6-part differential, adding an immature granulocyte (IG#) parameter. This has been available on the 1800 under the "Research" tab, but it isn't anything we have used. Reporting it routinely will be useful.
In cases of SIRS (systemic inflammatory response syndrome), the IG count can differentiate between infected and non infected patients; one source cites a sensitivity of 89.2%. Another study points out the correlation between bacteremia and the IG is high, correctly stating that the so-called "shift to the left" is difficult to measure using manual differential techniques. A hospital in St. Louis found a significant correlation between manual counts that included myelocytes, metamyelocytes, and promyelocytes and the IG parameter on the Sysmex XE-2100.
I'm evaluating two instruments: the Sysmex XN-1000 and the Beckman-Coulter DxH-600. This is very early in the process, but my understanding is that the latter does NOT report an IG parameter. If anyone has experience with these two analyzers, please comment below. I'd love to hear about it.
My point isn't to proselytize so much as observe that laboratory medicine follows this steady progression toward better accuracy and precision using automation. Tests have gotten better over my career, and the jump to reliable cell counts is huge compared to the old manual dilution - stopcock days on a Coulter counter. And that was really cool compared to manual counts using spit tubes (yes, they were as disgusting as that sounds). Choosing technology is about recognizing that growth curve as much as anything else. The IG parameter is just one example.
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A hospital's culture defines how it responds to customers and crises, whereas a cult is defined by the dictionary as "a group or sect bound together by veneration of the same thing, person, ideal, etc." Cults have ideology, rituals, and symbols. Most hospitals have a cult of busy.
The NZ Herald points out that a cult of busy could be a smokescreen for other issues: fear of getting fired, lack of direction, lack of skills, or boredom. Being busy sends a message that you matter more than those who aren't. But there's a difference between working harder instead of smarter.
Author Tim Kreider correctly writes in The New York Times that whining "Busy!" is "a boast disguised as a complaint." This is behavior we have all chosen as a reassurance of self worth, perhaps; if we are constantly busy we must matter. "Obviously your life cannot possibly be silly or trivial or meaningless if you are so busy, completely booked, in demand every hour of the day," Kreider writes.
This isn't to say techs don't work hard. Lab techs work hard! Everyone has days that are busier than others. Departments can be understaffed or overwhelmed with workload. Doing more with less is always a challenge. But serious professionals approach this with a "How do we get this done?" attitude.
Trying to do everything at once to be "busy" is a different attitude. We've all met these people who chronically overbook their lives, subsisting on caffeine, sugar, and bragging to anyone within earshot how busy they are, how much work they haven't yet done, and how little time they have. They always find time to complain, don't they?
When that person is your boss it's a nightmare. Maybe, you work or have worked for one of these cult leaders. If so, please share your stories in the comments.
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In 2011 I blogged about using a binary search algorithm to find a point of failure when performing a sample lookback with a large number of samples. In dealing with sample lookback and revising our own policies since then, we've hit a few snags:
Most sample lookbacks occur in chemistry, but many times they don't at all. Techs used to repeating a control may not think to perform a lookback if they need to replace or rehydrate reagent to obtain acceptable QC. But it's a good analytical phase quality indicator and a chance to educate techs. Quality control records can be audited, etc.
If quality control is performed weekly or monthly on qualitative kits, a sample lookback may be impossible. In these cases values have to be pulled and a decision made regarding recollection and retesting, essentially an internal recall. It can be difficult to know how significant these failures are, because there often isn't enough data.
Blood bank lots are spot checked with daily quality control; new vials opened may not be checked unless it's a new lot or a new day. Tube testing reagents are reliable or contain procedural controls, but most techs I've known are nervous enough in blood bank that any lookback would entail repeating all testing. I've never seen a lookback in blood bank, but I do occasionally see product notices about reaction strength e.g. we might see weaker reactions with control cells for a particular lot.
Point is there is no "one size fits all." A technologist suspecting a method failure has to investigate and decide if and when the method failed. That takes time. Maybe, a lot of time. If one is working alone or in a lab that is short staffed, time is a luxury.
I'd like to see information systems or middleware smart enough to analyze and perform virtual sample lookbacks. Does such software exist?
NEXT: The Cult of Busy
In my last blog I said computers are stupidly reliable. They do whatever they are told, over and over. And they don't get bored or make mistakes. It's easy, for example, to create little programs that send keystrokes to applications. I use a freeware program called AutoIt for Windows (there are others, such as AutoHotkey) to create simple and effective time savers, including:
... and many others. While I have a programming background in a half dozen or so languages, you don't need to understand a lot of programming to use a tool like AutoIt. Its BASIC-like syntax is straightforward, and Notepad is all you need. These "virtual keystroke" programs can save time and money.
To give it a try, download and install AutoIt from the "Download AutoIt" button. Don't worry about the add-ons and tools, you won't need them.
AutoIt has many built in "functions," bits of code that do one of three things: run a task, change a value, or return a value. You can write your own functions -- effectively expanding the AutoIt language -- and while cool, that's for geeks. Let's face it, it's silly to spend weeks learning something that will save minutes. You need a fast solution.
Their documentation contains good instructions. But here's a trivial example from one of their tutorials, which you can save as a text file called npad.au3, that sends a message to Notepad:
WinWaitActive("Untitled - Notepad")
Send("This is some text.")
WinWaitActive("Untitled - Notepad")
Send("This is some text.")
From here it's a hop and skip to automating Excel, maintenance programs, and your laboratory information system. The Send function is powerful, sending any keystroke or combination of keystrokes. (You can send mouse clicks, too.) That's what I call smart computing.
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Back in the day we imagined computers were smart. In a 1964 Twilight Zone episode called "The Brain Center at Whipples," a CEO who heartlessly replaces workers with robots is himself replaced by Robby The Robot from the 1956 classic Forbidden Planet. Capek to H.A.L. to Nomad to Tron's Master Control -- science fiction is a junkyard of them -- machine intelligence is smarter than us and invariably malevolent, paranoia culminating in the 1999 thriller The Matrix.
All fiction, luckily. Fact is computers are stupid.
Merriam-Webster defines "stupid" as "not intelligent: having or showing a lack of ability to learn and understand things." (The fourth definition includes "exasperating," and they are that, too.)
This is important to remember, since we live in a time when staffing shortages and expansion of information technology gives computers greater authority in laboratories. Autoverification, report distribution, complex reflex rules, and middleware save time by performing routine, mundane tasks. Software increasingly aspires to a role of laboratory assistant. But that doesn't make it smart.
Fast Company lists these four things that we do better:
Still if there is anything a computer does, it typically does it better than us. Computers are known for speed, accuracy, and reliability. Many laboratory tasks are algorithmic; our skills will have to evolve to building these in software. This includes Excel spreadsheets, middleware and data manager rules, custom scripts that automate simple tasks, and much, much, much more. IT professionals don't have the knowledge to make it happen.
Are lab techs being trained for a future in which stupid computers will have to be used intelligently?
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Wish we knew a little more about what phones they're going to get. I'm on AT&T, but not an iPhone user, so am very interested in finding out more. Seeing 8M available gives me some hope that they won't be backordered or out of stock. I guess more news is forthcoming, but this is a decent sign if the devices will be ready.
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Skype DMG wont mount
I have multiple dmg's on my desktop all of which mount except one. Skype.
I am running Mac 10.4.11 and there is multiple articles on the internet where dmg's wouldn't mount but it was too wide ranged. I downloaded an old version of skype for 10.4.11 via mac.old-apps. And the worst part is: Its worked fine in the past. I've mounted it previously but i was new to Mac and never copied the application into the Apps folder. One day i got on and it just wouldn't mount. I would click on it and it would look like it was going to open but it wouldn't.
I have a eMac PowerPC g4 processor if it matters
"I've mounted it previously but i was new to Mac and never copied the application into the Apps folder."
I didn't know what it was asking me to do so i would just double click on the icon and Skype would open. Since then I have figured out what it was asking but i cant now because the dmg wont mount. Hence the question.
It might be corrupted. Try downloading it again.
already did. twice
Is Skype open? If so then do the following:
Quit out of it and then eject the Skype icon on your desktop. Mount the Skype dmg. Drag and drop into your applications folder.
except for the fact that it wont mount
version 18.104.22.1680 bc its compatible with Mac 10.4.11
Try this <= version and see if it works.
Have you tried downloading it with something other than Safari?
nah all I have is Safari and Light Browser bc i couldnt find a browser i liked that supported PPC with 10.4.11
Im currently trying to download using TenFourFox (Firefox)
Nope didn't work. When I opened it from the downloads list though, it said it was verifying and checking volumes and stuff, and at the end it said "Mounting" but when the dialogue box closed, no disk image
Do a get info on the .dmg. Does the 'Open with' say DiskImageMounter?
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The image above doesn't look all that appealing, but Sony says it's a prototype. It will do most of the same things that Google Glass does such as superimposing images, videos, and text. It also includes a 3 MP camera, accelerometer, gyroscope, brightness sensor, and a compass. Battery life is one of the biggest complaints with Google Glass, so Sony has added a bulky battery pack that is wired to the glasses. I'm not sure that is the answer. The prototype will connect to smartphones running Android 4.1 and higher.


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As expected, crews today finished removal of asphalt from the City Hall parking lot and will soon begin hauling in base rock for that lot, as well as the new East Lot under construction adjacent to City Hall. Meantime, Team McEuen engineer Phil Boyd said Friday that when complete, the McEuen Park upgrade will include parking for 45 boat trailers; 23 in the new East Lot, 19 in the parking facility and three handicapped spots near the launch. The project remains on schedule and Boyd does not anticipate looming rain to hamper efforts.
Riverstone West, LLC is asking Kootenai County to pay more than $20,000 a year to use a parking lot for community busing services, after the company has provided the lot for free for several years. The county can hardly be bitter, said Commissioner Dan Green. "I guess it's always nice getting it for free, we'll be disappointed we have to pay, but it's the gentleman's property," Green acknowledged. For roughly five years, developer John Stone has allowed vacant lots at the Riverstone development to be used for Citylink buses to pick up and deposit passengers. Riders have also parked their cars there. Those activities have been situated for about four years at a 1.4-acre dirt lot at East Seltice Way and West Riverstone Drive/Alecia Warren, Coeur d'Alene Press. More here. (Coeur d'Alene Press photo)
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Will the real birthday boy please stand up? Eminem turns 40 today.
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And, if they did come out with a camera specced like that I personally wouldn't buy it, even at $1,999.
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In my limited use of the camera for the last couple of weeks it looks to be a more solid build than the original 7D. AF is excellent in stills but I have not tested the video aspects completely.
My issue with the camera lies with its interaction with the Canon flashes. The bulk of my work day is spent shooting interiors and exteriors and I have a excellent system worked out with my workhorse original 7D.
Almost all of the interiors that I shoot are HDR (with flash) and also shot hand held with the camera set to fire at maximum fps bracketed in order to capture the exterior of the property. The original 7D was and still is excellent for this because the 600EX-RT or the 580EX flashes won't interfere with the operation of the camera.
Once the flash has been exhausted the camera will continue firing bracketed sequences in order to capture the window exposures. Only when the flash cycles back on after 2-3 seconds will the camera default back to a lower shutter speed. I was drooling over the specs of the 7D2 because I could now bracket up to 7 exposures at 10 frames per second.
I was dismayed to find out that the flashes will shut down the auto bracketing option as soon at it is put on the hot shoe and even if its is turned off. I've tried everything I can think of to work around this problem, so now I am back shooting with the 5 year old 7D with 240,000 exposures and counting.
But, this discussion demonstrates my entire point... the fact that a crop sensor is approaching three year old full-frame sensor performance, to me, is mind blowing.
Perhaps I'm easily amused.
However the X100 sync is a work a round that has it's own limitations, anything short of a true shutterless sensor read exposure and very short flash duration is. The real game changer in this area for serious pros has not been the X100 but the Profoto B1 Air kit, sync at any speed and any aperture, true HSS with a decent amount of power.
And now the Chinese are coming out with their own versions of powerful HSS enabled integrated battery powered studio strobe crossovers at a fraction the price, that is where the strobists that want to push boundaries should be looking, not at leaf shutter hacks.
Very good point regarding what the best option for strobists may be. There are definitely limitations even with the x100 setup. However, the kit you're referring to starts at just shy of $4,000. I would love to have it. But for mere mortals like myself, a used x100 runs about 400-600 bucks nowadays (x100s for 800-950).
Haven't read anything about the chinese knockoff versions. But you definitely have my interest piqued. Although I don't know what price range they would fall into as even 25-50% of the cost of the name brand kit would be too expensive more many.
BTW, can you point me in the right direction with some names of the knockoffs? Thanks in advance.
Incremental sync speed is vastly over rated and not the panacea many seem to think it is. Besides, the 1D from 2002 synced at 1/500 and the 1D MkIV syncs at 1/300 AND, speedlites like the 600-EX-RT, 580 EX II, Nikon SB910 etc have full power flash duration in the 1/250-1/350 range anyway, shorter shutter speeds actually cut your power even when you are not in HSS.I disagree. A FF camera with a sync speed @ 1/500th at that price would be a game changer. The X100 is already a hit with many strobists. It means I can stress my speedlites less, better battery life, and less headaches of battery pack swaps.
(c) wireless remote control (without resorting to the battery draining WiFi feature)
How do you do that?
RC-6 is supported on the M (wireless infrared)
That's not really 'remote control' it is just a remote release. My understanding is the M has been remote control via USB crippled too.
I didn't address the merits of it. RC does stand for remote control and infrared is wireless so the statement is valid. And I have used it on a few occasions since there is no other supported external method to trigger as you noted.
I have used both USB and iPhone controls on my 6D; either would be nice to have with the M. Maybe in the next version.
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RCED-92-159: Published: May 19, 1992. Publicly Released: May 19, 1992.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO assessed the Coast Guard's nine housing acquisition projects from 1990 through 1992 to determine whether the Coast Guard followed requirements to: (1) demonstrate the existence of a housing shortage; (2) ensure that it selects the least costly alternative for providing housing to its members; and (3) periodically reassess the local housing market.
GAO found that the Coast Guard: (1) did not adequately analyze the local housing markets to demonstrate that housing shortages existed and did not support statements about high rental costs or insufficient housing availability with cost or commuting data; (2) did not demonstrate how some of the data it included in project files supported its conclusions for approving housing acquisition projects; (3) failed to develop cost data to compare leasing, purchasing, and construction alternatives; (4) excluded some costs or used different costs and discount rates in its estimates for constructing or purchasing housing; (5) attributed such errors to the lack of detailed housing guidelines, inexperienced housing officials, and a shortage of planning personnel; and (6) typically approved housing acquisition projects 3 years before receiving funding, but did not follow requirements to periodically reassess local conditions to ensure that the housing need still existed.
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Status: Closed - Implemented
Comments: The Coast Guard now requires market analyses for housing planning proposals and pending projects. It also conducted comparable cost analysis and market studies for all pending and future housing projects. In addition, it has implemented measures to revalidate approved housing projects at least every 2 years.
Recommendation: To assist the Coast Guard in making more informed housing acquisition decisions in the future, the Secretary of Transportation should direct the Commandant of the Coast Guard to comply with the requirements in the housing manual by: (1) analyzing the local community's housing market and relating market availability to specific housing needs; (2) evaluating all housing alternatives and using complete and comparable cost analyses; and (3) periodically reassessing the need for housing during the housing acquisition process.
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Comments: The Coast Guard has re-emphasized the need for its units to follow the policies and procedures prescribed by its housing manual.
Recommendation: For current projects not yet under contract, the Secretary of Transportation should direct the Commandant of the Coast Guard to delay purchase or construction decisions until the Coast Guard complies with policies and procedures required by its housing manual.
Agency Affected: Department of Transportation
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Nothing changes the world as quickly and inexorably as war. In warfare, the future course of entire civilizations, regions, and continents can be determined in as little as a few hours.
Throughout history, specific individual battles have turned the tide of historical events, triggering changes that have given us the world we know:
Nothing changes the world as quickly and inexorably as war. In warfare, the future course of entire civilizations, regions, and continents can be determined in as little as a few hours.
Throughout history, specific individual battles have turned the tide of historical events, triggering changes that have given us the world we know:
In addition to causing changes on a global scale, military engagements have often produced monumental effects within individual cultures:
In these battles and many others, if it were not for the particular outcome that transpired, history might have turned out very differently. As such, looking closely at military engagements provides a vital key to historical causation—showing us how and why events unfolded and civilizations developed as they have.
A penetrating look at military conflicts also acts as a corrective, allowing for a more accurate view of major events and the forces underlying them. As a case in point, the Battle of Waterloo is commonly thought of as the downfall of Napoleon; yet his losses at the earlier Battle of Leipzig unquestionably doomed his ambitions and were the true marker and determinant of his fall. Similarly, a 1939 battle in Mongolia that is all but forgotten played an extremely significant role in both the outbreak and the outcome of World War II.
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Through his powerfully evocative words, aided by specially made maps and animations of the engagements, Professor Aldrete brings the battlefield events alive with gripping vividness, taking you blow-by-blow through the unfolding of each conflict. Throughout the lectures, he reveals rich historical background material that highlights the high drama, poignancy, and scope of the human experience of war.
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Dr. Gregory S. Aldrete is Professor of Humanistic Studies and History at the University of Wisconsin, Green Bay, where he has taught since 1995. He earned his B.A. from Princeton University and his master's degree and Ph.D. in Ancient History from the University of Michigan. Honored many times over for his research and his teaching, Professor Aldrete was named by his university as the winner of its highest awards in each category, receiving both its Founders Association Award for Excellence in Scholarship and its Founders Association Award for Excellence in Teaching. That recognition of his teaching skills was echoed on a national level in 2009, when he received the American Philological Association Award for Excellence in the Teaching of Classics at the College Level-the national teaching award given annually by the professional association of classics professors. The recipient of many prestigious research fellowships including five from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Professor Aldrete has published several important books in his field, including Gestures and Acclamations in Ancient Rome; Floods of the Tiber in Ancient Rome; Daily Life in the Roman City: Rome, Pompeii, and Ostia; The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Daily Life I: The Ancient World (as editor); Unraveling the Linothorax Mystery: Reconstructing and Testing Ancient Linen Body Armor (with S. Bartell and A. Aldrete) and The Long Shadow of Antiquity: What Have the Greeks and Romans Done for Us (with A. Aldrete).


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The American Academy of Arts and Sciences released a "Humanities Report Card" Tuesday to accompany its earlier, lengthier Heart of the Matter report on the state of the humanities and social sciences. The academy described the report card as a "snapshot of the current data illustrating where the humanities are today."
The report card is made up of infographics, data for which mainly were drawn from the academy's existing Humanities Indicators statistical database. John Tessitore, director of programming for the academy, said the document is meant to be accessible to the general public, which has taken a keen interest in the original report, as well as academics and others involved in the humanities. It's also meant to drive traffic to the Humanities Indicators, he said, which paint a much more detailed, data-driven portrait of the humanities in schools, colleges, work and other aspects of American life....
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If mincing at home cube all your pork meat and lard/fat into rough 1.5cm pieces. Mix them very well and then feed through your mincer on the medium setting and then through the fine setting to achieve an even mince mixture. Be sure to keep the meat as cold as possible at all times. Afterwards clean your mincer and pieces extremely well to remove all bacteria.If not mincing your own meat go straight to step 2
In a large mixing bowl place cold pork mince (both the fat and lean meat) followed by, black pepper, cayenne pepper, pan toasted cumin seeds, fine garlic, sea salt then the cold water and sherry.
Put on plastic gloves and mix all the ingredients very well for around 4 minutes ensuring that all the ingredients are mixing evenly (you can also use a machine such as a kitchen aid with the paddle attachment if you desire) and the filling is binding well it needs to be very sticky and holding together consistently to ensure a nice and smooth sausage at the end. Leave to one side in covered in the fridge
Take out sausage casing and rinse under cold water to remove excess salt, locate the end of it and tie a knot. Then locate the other end and leave it to one side in a small bowl this is the end you will fill from.
Select a nice, spacious and easy-to-clean bench area in your kitchen (the process can be messy). Open your piping bag and place the large nozzle inside of it, put pork and spice mixture into the bag until it's about half full then twist the end of bag. When you begin squeezing try to get as few air pockets as possible into the sausage casing. Place the end of the sausage casing without the knot over the end of the piping bag and hold very tight with one hand whilst squeezing with the other.
Medium pressure is best so the casing doesn't burst (if it does just cut the casing, refill the piping bag and start the process again). It will be easier if you have a friend or family member to squeeze while you smooth the mixture down, however it's not essential. While you are squeezing, push the filling down to the end of the casing where the knot is. Don't worry too much if there are small pockets as you can later remove them with a pin prick.
The casing should be full, make sure you leave around 1 cm of room to tie the links in between each sausage you form, each sausage should be around 12 cm long and fill the casing right up in width keep refilling the bag until all the mixture is inside the casing.
To tie the links just twist the casing at 12cm intervals and give a good 4 or so twists to make sure they hold in place.
Next take a wire drying rack like a cake rack will be fine, place over a baking tray then place your fresh sausages on it the best they will fit without loosing there shape, then leave then uncovered in the fridge over night.
In the morning pack them away in plastic container and store on the fridge they are now done and ready to cook the final product is well worth the effort!
Sautéed Red Cabbage With Sultanas::
Heat oil in a large non-stick sauté pan over medium-high heat until hot but not smoking.
Add onions and cook 5 min stirring occasionally, then add cabbage and cook until it has softened slightly, about 15 minutes. Stir in lemon juice, vinegar and sugar. Season with pepper & salt. Cook until cabbage has wilted and shallots have softened, 10 to 12 minutes more. Stir in raisins; serve hot.
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Peel potatoes and cut into rough 2cm pieces. Cook in a large saucepan of boiling salted water for 20 minutes or until very tender but not falling apart.
Drain potatoes well. Return to saucepan over low heat. Shake pan gently until any remaining water evaporates. Using a potato masher, roughly mash potatoes but leave some pieces bigger giving it a rustic texture.
Melt the butter and hot milk on the side and then add to potatoes. Mix with a wooden spoon until so that all the butter & milk absorbs but don't break down the bigger pieces for the texture. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Serve hot
To cook the dish::
When ready to cook this dish follow these directions in order to serve everything hot and ready to go at the same time:
Prepare the Sautéed Red Cabbage with raisins first following the recipe above.
Then keep it hot covered in a pan ready to be served.
Prepare the Rustic Mashed Potatoes following the recipe from above.
Also keep it hot covered in a pan ready to be served.
Take fresh sausages from fridge and cut them in the centre of the 1 cm links.
Put a drizzle of Olive oil in a large fry pan and cook sausages on a medium heat for around 6-9 minutes each side depending on thickness till golden brown but still juicy, if need be prick the sausages with a small fork or pin before hand to prevent bursting.
Serve your Red cabbage on one side of the plate and even amount of Rustic mash on the other then place two of your homemade sausage on top whole or
Garnish with extra butter on the mash and some fresh herb over the dish such as fresh thyme and parsley, if desired
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Syrian rebels attempt to force Obama info ousting Assad
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PanARMENIAN.Net - Syrian rebels seem to have become wearied of waiting for Assad forces to be bombed and decided to use a well-proved "weapon" – accusation of using chemical agents.
According to some sources of the so-called Syrian opposition, the Assad forces used poisonous shells while attacking rebel positions in Damascus suburb of Al Kabune. To prove their claim, the rebels cite a video featuring a person being examined by doctors after having been poisoned by some agent. No official response followed the statement. Earlier, Al Arabiya TV channel reported the deaths of 56 over the past day, which, however, were unconnected to the use of chemical weapon.
Looks like Syrian rebels will stop at noting in forcing Obama to oust Assad, although the U.S. is planning no such step. As Obama repeatedly stated, the strike aims at punishing, rather that ousting Assad. However, the militants, unsatisfied with such an outcome, continue spreading deliberately false reports, in full knowledge that the media will be thriving on another report of "murdering of peaceful population." No one seems to care about the fact that the militants have more than enough blood on their hands - Assad is the only "source of evil" in the world and he needs to be punished.
Unfortunately, logic does not seem to be either the rebels, or the U.S. president's forte. Why poison one's people with gas when government forces are gaining ground against rebels? And it's utterly unclear why Obama chose this method to make Iran and South Korea (which the U.S. believes to be guilty of developing their own nuke programs) "see reason."
Somehow, Pakistan and Israel are allowed to have nuclear weapons, yet the countries of "evil" are not. And what further defies understanding is that the Christians, whose fellow believers are being killed and tortured, are the ones to write about Assad's "atrocities." However, the misfortunes of the Near East Christians remain unheeded these days, with rare articles being published. In September, only one serious article was released in The American Conservative.
"So here is the nightmare. If the U.S., France, and some miscellaneous allies strike at the regime, they could conceivably so weaken it that it would collapse. Out of the ruins would emerge a radically anti-Western regime, which would kill or expel several million Christians and Alawites. This would be a political, religious, and humanitarian catastrophe unparalleled since the Armenian genocide almost exactly a century ago," Philip Jenkins said in his article Syria's Christians Risk Eradication.
"Around the world, scholars and intellectual leaders are debating how to commemorate the approaching centennial of that cataclysm in 2015. Through its utter lack of historical awareness, the United States government may be pushing towards not a commemoration of the genocide but a faithful re-enactment," the author said.
In his weekly address to the nation, Obama reiterated that the Syria strike aims to protect the U.S. interests in preventing Syria crisis from turning into another Iraq or Afghanistan. Yet every one of the U.S. President's steps is proving the opposite.
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