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What are some of the technological advances that happened during your childhood? What types of technology do you enjoy using today, and which do you avoid?
As I am in my 20s, I guess have grown up taking advanced technology for granted. It is interesting to look back and see how technology has improved in the last 30 or so years.
These are my experiences with technology, during my childhood and today.
As I am in my 20s, I guess have grown up taking advanced technology for granted. It is interesting to look back and see how technology has improved in the last 30 or so years.
These are my experiences with technology, during my childhood and today.
VZ200 and Commodore 64- I very vaguely remember older members of my family occasionally playing games with these, otherwise I don't remember much about them.
Apple II E - they still had a few of these at school when I started but I don't remember ever using them.
Macintosh Classic - these were introduced in 1990 and they are mostly what I remember using in my earliest years of primary school. I remember using the drawing software programs, particularly Kid Pix.
Macintosh Color Classic - introduced in 1993, my school had one of these in the computer room. I remember students took it in turns to have a go on the colored Mac, playing with titles from the Living Books series including: Just Grandma and Me, Arthur's Teacher Trouble and The Tortoise and the Hare. According to the Wikipedia entry for the Living Books series these were introduced in 1992 and 1993.
I continued to use Apple Mac's during Primary School. In my later years of Primary school we had a PC at home. During High School I only ever used PCs, both at school and at home. I have been using the Internet since 1999.
In 2003 I bought my own computer - a Desktop PC running Windows XP with an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) monitor, which I thought was exciting at the time because most computers I'd ever seen before had CRT (Cathode Ray Tube) monitors.
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In about 2004, I enthusiastically purchased a Pocket PC/Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) - A Hewlett-Packard iPAQ 2210. I used Pocket Genealogist software on it. I was quite happy with most aspects of the PDA. However, there were some things about it which frustrated me:
- it was difficult to use outside in bright light
- every time the batteries ran down all data was lost (this was very annoying)
- the rubber on the edges started to come off not long after I bought it
- I found the on-screen keyboard difficult to use. I actually bought an external keyboard but it was awkward to use too.
I still have my iPAQ but I haven't used it for several years and I am not sure it would still work. I must get it out and try it again some day soon.
In about 2005 I bought my first Laptop Computer (13" Display, Intel Pentium M Processor 1.8 GHz, 512 MB RAM, 80 GB HDD, Windows XP). I was very pleased with this and only replaced it last year. It still works but is very slow.
In 2008 I replaced my desktop PC with a newer generic PC running Windows Vista, with a 22" LCD monitor. I am still very happy with it and use it often.
Last year (2010) I purchased a new Dell Inspiron Laptop computer running Windows 7. I really like it and I'm using it right now! It's pink!
Film cameras were used when I was younger. I bought my first digital camera in 2003, a Canon.
Music Players
When I was young we had cassette players. I received my first CD player in 1997. I bought my first digital audio player (an iPod Nano 4th Generation) in 2008.
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I have fond memories of my family's AWA color television. It served well for many years and we replaced it about 10 years ago.
During my lifetime video technology has moved from VCRs to DVDs and now Blu-Rays. I don't have any Blu-rays or a Blu-ray player though, only DVDs.
(I am in no way associated with any companies, my recommendations are my own and based on my experiences.)
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Questions About Academic Standards
Q. What are academic standards?
A. Academic standards are public statements regarding what all students should know and be able to do in academic subjects: mathematics, science, English, history, geography, arts, and second languages.
Academic standards are carefully constructed in order to adequately prepare students for productive work and lifelong learning. Solid standards help students develop skills and increase their knowledge.
Q. Why do we need standards in schools?
A. We need standards for excellence and for fairness. No Child Left Behind established the policy that students in high-poverty schools should be held to the same high standards as all other students.
We haven't had fair, open, and public statements about what all students should know and be able to do. Instead, we have had a kind of unspoken understanding about what some, but not all, students should know and be able to do. This means we've created different expectations for different students. In today's demanding world, every young person needs to possess the knowledge and problem-solving capabilities that once were reserved for a select few.
Q. Who sets academic standards?
A. Academic standards are developed at the state level by groups of scholars, teachers, and policymakers who have agreed about what all students need to know. Some states set standards low so that high percentages of students can pass a statewide exam. But low expectations cheat students, who need to be held to high academic standards.
Q. How can we help students who are behind not fall further behind?
A. High academic standards alone can't do the job. We have to ensure that teachers have the knowledge, skill, and materials they need to teach all students to high levels. We have to reward schools where students make progress. We have to help schools that aren't working and impose substantial consequences if they don't improve. Many students will need special help to reach the standards, but they can and must reach them.
Q. Won't standards force all students into the same mold?
A. No, quite the opposite. If you know where you want to go (that's what standards are—the academic destination), you can get there by many different routes. All subject areas contain information that all students must learn, but teachers can teach and students can learn in many different ways. Standards free up the creativity in teachers and in students. For example, teachers might create lessons using textbooks, interviews, newspapers, and public documents. But all students must learn to read well. All must learn algebra. All must learn to apply the scientific method. No exceptions. No excuses.

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WAG Of The Day: Who's Dating This Volleyball Hottie?
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Andrea Bargnani' stands 7 feet tall, so the fact that his girlfriend is a 6 foot volleyball player makes sense. It also helps that Nabila Chihab is beautiful, athletic, and of Moroccan / Italian descent. Bargnani is the center for the Toronto Raptors Raptors. The couple is reportedly living together and have been dating for a couple of years now.
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Being religious means asking passionately the question of the meaning of our existence and being willing to receive answers, even if the answers hurt. — Paul Tillich
Talk about the quote. Paul Tillich was a religious philosopher who lived from 1886 to 1965. He seems to be saying that being religious means asking and trying to answer big questions. Do you agree with that? Do you think most Unitarian Universalists agree with that?
We talked about big questions in general and one in particular: "Where do we come from?" We heard a song that includes the question and says "life is a riddle and a mystery." We talked about some of our own answers, and we heard a story that explains everything by saying it is "turtles all the way down." We set up our WCUU television studio and did a WCUU broadcast about some UU ideas about where we come from.
What do family members and friends have to say about the question: "Where do we come from?"
Find your own way to have fun with questions. Play a question-based game, like Jeopardy. Try some riddles. Or, play Twenty Questions: One player thinks up the name of a person, place or object that others have to guess by asking "yes" or "no" questions. Whoever gets the answer (by asking "Is it so-and-so? (or such-and-such?)" is the winner and gets to think up the next challenge. Consider a round or two of Twenty Questions about people and things connected to your religion and congregation.
Photograph something that makes you ask a question. What might that be? A grand piano in the middle of a field would make you ask, "What is that doing there?" Maybe you look out a window and see a bird feeder that makes you ask, "What kind of birds come there?" or "Does it need to be filled?" Bring your photo to the next session of Riddle and Mystery.
Visit a place that can help you answer big questions. What will it be? A church? A museum? Where else can you go?
The sessions of Riddle and Mystery all begin with a chalice lighting ritual. Many other UU events also include rituals. Rituals are not just for religions. Families have rituals, too — ways they usually act together on certain occasions. You might have rituals that you follow together on holidays like Hanukkah or Christmas. Some families share the ritual of beginning each meal by saying grace, or thanks. What are some of your rituals? Where did they come from? Are they connected with your religious ideas? Do they help your family affirm or celebrate something else?
Take a family walk to look at the sky on a nice, clear night. What do you see? What questions come to mind? Think if you were a cave person who lived many centuries ago and never saw a science book. Would your questions be different? Would the places you looked for answers be different?
Share the song from the session with your family. It is ""Where Do We Come From?" Maybe you can borrow a copy of Singing the Journey to look at the music together; the song is Hymn 1003.
Look around your home for images of people working for economic justice. Include books, magazines and newspaper articles, as well as congregational and community service projects that involve your family members.
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The Vancouver Canucks are 1-2 in shootouts this season, but they're going to need to look beyond the music industry to solve their problems. Michael Bublé came to join the Canucks at practice today and had the chance to take on Roberto Luongo in the shootout.
While his attempt on goal wasn't half bad, the end result was painful to watch as Bublé went careening into the boards after his shot on goal. Corey Schneider's chagrined body language says it all if you ask me. Take a look…
Bublé had a pretty good time, calling it the greatest day of his life. For those of you who don't know the guy is a pretty big hockey fan and a part owner of the Western League's Vancouver Giants.
If you're wondering, Bublé somehow hit the post on that effort and he regrets not beating Luongo upstairs. I'm willing to bet that if he had gone Backhand Shelf he would have had a contract with someone by now. It's not often that you can find an anthem signer/right winger in the same person.
No word on whether Bublé – who didn't wear a visor – had concussion-like symptoms after his tumble. If Luongo has a meeting with Brendan Shanahan over the incident, it will surely be to sip eggnog and listen to Mr. Bublé's delightful Christmas catalogue.


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In the city for the 17th International Children's Film Festival India, Nandita Das, who is taking things slow right now, gets candid about how motherhood has changed her life
You are not really used to media attention...
Yes, I run away from journos. I only like to speak when I have something to speak. If I talk all the time, it will be pretty much the same always.
Is motherhood a reason that you have not been directing or acting lately?
For sure, because motherhood involves a lot of attention, time and energy. You have to be with the baby all the time. I was in fact, supposed to do Deepa Mehta's "Midnight's Children" and that time, I thought I can do it. But even with my baby being six months old, there's no way I could be away for long hours. I realized I will feel guilty both as an actor and mother if I do so. So, I decided not to do the film.
Right now, I have 10 scripts with me, but I just haven't had the time to read them. I want to give a public apology to all those directors. I have been there too, with my directorial, "Firaaq" — I used to give the script to an actor and wait to hear from them, constantly wondering if they will like it or not. I feel terrible that I have not been able to respond to directors who have been offering me scripts, but my role as a chairperson for the 17th International Children's Film Festival too takes a lot of my time.
I do hope that after this, I can start reading the scripts. I will hopefully get back to acting in another year and a half.
How has your son Vihaan, changed your life?
Motherhood has changed me in a big way. I don't think I even knew what motherhood was all about earlier. I wasn't really ready to be a mom then. I used to think 'Oh it's just a cultural calculation that you have to be a mother by a certain age and blah blah'. But when it actually happened, it had a great impact on my life.
Watching a child grow is an amazing experience. Everyday, the child is doing something new and the kind of wonder he has when he sees everything for the first time is beautiful. As adults, we lose that ability and that's why we are so cynical. I think to have that childlike wonderment, to be able to enjoy new things and to be able to have that positive attitude is so important. My child is my constant reminder of that.
Also, children are so spongy, they absorb everything you say and do. This realization pushes you to be a better human being. You learn to face contradictions and question yourself — like if I want my child to read, I have to read first. If I want to talk rudely and I want my child to be gentle, it's not going to happen. In so many ways, Vihaan has helped me become a better person.
When you travel, you take him along?
Always, because I am still nursing him. And he is very delightful, he likes it. I was actually going to bring him to the press conference as well, But I didn't since it got postponed to the afternoon, which is his nap time.
As an honorary chairperson of the Children's Film Society what is that one vision you have for children's films?
Children are dependent on us adults. We should realize the importance of what we feed our children — be it the kind of education, films or exposure. My vision is to make people understand the impact of different mediums on children and look for ways to improve it.
While " Harry Potter" has made Daniel Radcliffe an actor, in India, we need a Hrithik Roshan to do a "Krrish" or a Shah Rukh Khan to do a "Ra.One" to cater to kids' interests...
Even "Harry Potter" is a commercial film. I don't even want to make a " HP". We have great literature here... lovely 'grandmother stories' that children love listening to. Story-telling is such a powerful medium. And if these stories go to the big screen, can you imagine how huge it will be! There is no dearth of great stories here, it's just that the people who have the money also have to have the faith in making them and distributing them. So, it's a long battle but I think slowly and steadily, we will get there.
As a director of "Firaaq" — a film inspired by real life — what do you think of the filmmakers who jump to direct a film no sooner an incident occurs?
It's one thing to sensationalize and another thing to relate to it. The Gujarat riots happened in 2002 and I had given a series of talks in colleges about public identity and the notion of the other. But I felt it wasn't enough. I wanted to talk more about it. And that's how "Firaaq" was born. When you make a film on real life incidents, there is nothing good or bad about it, because it depends on the intent. And you can easily make out whether one is genuinely trying to bring to light a subject that is of importance or doing it just for making extra bucks. We need to be open to those who are genuinely doing it because otherwise how does cinema help in deepening our understanding about everything that is happening in the world? There are facets of life that are disturbing and need to be talked about.
When you direct again, would your subject be on similar lines?
I want to choose a subject that I can relate to, something that is dying to come out in the open. But as of now, I don't even know what that subject would be. I don't know how soon I will direct because direction does take a lot of time. I know there are those who think of a story, they write it in two months and they are already shooting. There's nothing wrong in that, but I am in no hurry. I am not interested in proving anything — neither as an actor or as a director. I do whatever I feel like doing at my own time and pace.
You have a totally different kind of films attached to your name... is it a conscious decision?
I read scripts with an open mind. If I relate to the synopsis, I read the script. If I think the script is interestingly written, if it reflects the director's mind, if it is something I feel I can connect to, and if the director can translate that script into a film, then I do a film. But it's not like my judgment has been right every time. There are films I have not been happy about as well. But at least I feel that I did it for the right reason — that is more important. Actors are perceived to be larger than life but they are a very small part of the whole process of filmmaking. I know I have been portrayed as a very serious actor, director, but mainstream cinema is not something I grew up with, so I just haven't quite developed a taste for it. It does not mean I am calling it good or bad. It's just that it does not speak to me in the same way like some other films do.
Again, that does not mean that I have no funny bone in my body. I do have.
So, would you never do an all-our commercial film with a superstar?
I don't take up films looking at the actor. When I did "1947 Earth", I didn't know Aamir (Khan) was to act in it. So, for me, the main thing is the story and the director.
How do you react when you hear — Nandita Das acts for award-winning films only?
If my films have won awards, it is good. But that's not why I do those films. Some of my better films have not got awards. I think awards are not to be taken seriously beyond a point.
Social work is close to your heart, your opinion on the Anna Hazare movement...
A lot of people tell me, you must be acting and then doing social work, but actually it's the opposite. I was involved in human rights activities much before I got into acting and it has impacted my choice of films. My well-wishers have told me that had I gone to Mumbai years earlier, I'd have done extremely well. I've been unambitious, but happy that I've lived life on my own terms. As for the Anna Hazare movement, I've nothing against it. But I don't like the fact that it has to be the Janlokpal Bill or nothing else. Our Constitution is the best in the world, so there should be space for more discussions.
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Start your evening with one of four unique Tira-Gostos, or appetizers. One of the most popular items is the Casquinha de Siri ($8.95), which is baked shredded crab meat tossed with finely diced green peppers, onions, a little garlic and cilantro.
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Tempero do Brasil is open Tuesday through Sunday from 5 p.m. -- 10 p.m. and is located at 5628 University Way NE. Large groups should make reservations at (206) 523-6229, and more information, including a menu, is available online at temperodobrasil.net.
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A local group is calling on Santa Barbara County leaders to change the way they handle drug and alcohol abuse. Families act says recent numbers from the county coroner's office show drug and alcohol-related deaths tripled from 2008 to 2009. They say rehabilitation should be the main focus.
In recent weeks, we've seen record pot busts and drug overdoses in Santa Barbara County. The latest numbers from the coroner's office show, there were 115 alcohol or drug related deaths in 2009. That number nearly tripled the 39 from 2008. Overdoses almost doubled, jumping from 33 in 2008 to 62 in 2009.
"Most people who abuse drugs are self medicating for other cocurring mental illness or physical illness," said Jean Lott of Lompoc, a mother of a drug user.
The grassroots group Families Act says something needs to be done to treat the county's drug problem. . .not lock it away.
"They're not just somebody we can throw away or lock away and forget about. These are members of our society that deserve our compassion and our dollars," said Janice Shea, a treatment manager at the Hotel de Riviera in Santa Barbara.
The county's drug and prevention office says it's state funding has been cut more than 30 percent in the last four years, but estimates about 10 percent of the county has a serious drug or alcohol abuse problem.
"If there's money for prisons and jails, there is money for treatment," Lott said.
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Defenders say Pius XII did as much as he could to defend Jews against the Holocaust, so taking the name could identify the new pope as one of a conservative group that has pushed for him to be made a saint. Jewish groups have urged the Vatican not to canonise him, at least until wartime records are clearer.
After his election in 2005, German cardinal Joseph Ratzinger said he chose the name Benedict to honour Saint Benedict of Nursia, "whose life evokes the Christian roots of Europe", and Pope Benedict XV who sought reconciliation during World War One.
The Latin maxim "nomen est omen" - a name is a sign - is as valid today for popes as it was for ancient Romans whose emperors took new names or titles when they assumed power.
Key figures in the Bible also changed their names, including Saint Peter the first pope and Saint Paul, the missionary to the Gentiles, so there is a Christian precedent as well.
The first pope known to have changed his name was John II in 533. He was called Mercury by his family but thought the Christian pontiff should not have the name of a pagan Roman god.
This became more common after an 18-year-old with another pagan name, Octavian, was chosen in a rigged election in 955 and decided to take the name John XII. A man named Peter opted for Sergius IV in 1009, avoiding comparison with the first pope.
Cardinal Angelo Roncalli reportedly spent the evening before his election as John XXIII in 1958 thumbing through a list of popes to check what earlier Johns had done. He chose the name because his father had it and it recalled the Apostle John.
When Albino Luciani was elected in 1978, he took the first double name in papal history, John Paul I, to show he wanted to combine John XXIII's reforms with the more traditional stand of his immediate predecessor, Paul VI (1963-1978).
When John Paul I died 33 days later, Cardinal Karol Wojtyla of Poland honoured him by taking the papal name John Paul II.
It is unlikely another pope will call himself John Paul any time soon. If Wojtyla goes down in history as John Paul the Great, as his supporters call him, a successor taking his name could risk being known as John Paul the Less.
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DAYTONA BEACH, FLORIDA, March 20, 2013 – The LPGA today announced a multi-year partnership with PassportsandVisas.com, naming the travel service company the Official Passport and Visa Provider of the LPGA. As part of the deal, PassportsandVisas.com is expected to process more than 500 visas annually for LPGA players, caddies and staff as the Tour continues to showcase the best female golfers across the globe. The LPGA Tour will stage events in 14 different countries in 2013 and will have 27 nations represented by active players this season.
"PassportsandVisas.com is a perfect fit for the LPGA's global brand," said LPGA Chief Marketing Officer Jon Podany. "They will play a vital role in helping our players and tour personnel travel efficiently. I have already experienced their impressive customer service and timeliness in securing my visa for Australia."
PassportsandVisas.com utilizes a state of the art, web-based technology platform in conjunction with a high level of personalized customer service to ensure timely and accurate processing of Visas and Passports
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The company has been recognized by major news organizations including the Washington Post, New York Times and USA Today and was ranked No. 1 by the U.S. Passport Service Guide in a survey of 40 expediting services.
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Category Archives: Rural
The "Next Best Thing" to Being There: Robots Expand Physicians' Reach
Telepresence robots are expanding access to specialists in rural hospitals experiencing shortages of physicians, and in other hospitals throughout the country, reports the Associated Press.
Devices such as the RP-VITA, introduced earlier this year, can be controlled remotely with a desktop computer, laptop, or iPad, allowing physicians to interact with patients through video-conferencing via a large screen that projects the doctor's face. An auto-drive function allows the robot to find its way to patients' rooms, and sensors help it avoid obstacles. It also gives the physician access to clinical data and medical images.
Dignity Health, a hospital system with facilities in Arizona, California, and Nevada, started using telepresence robots five years ago to promptly evaluate patients who had potentially suffered strokes. Dignity now has robots in emergency rooms and intensive care units at about 20 California hospitals, giving them access to specialists in areas such as neurology, cardiology, neonatology, pediatrics, and mental health.
The Country Doctor: Study Anticipates a Disappearing Breed that Doesn't Bode Well for Rural America
Rural counties throughout the United States may be hardest hit by the country's anticipated shortage of primary care physicians (PCPs), according to a new study from the WWAMI (Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana, and Idaho) Rural Health Research Center at the University of Washington School of Medicine.
Researchers point to several factors that have implications for rural counties: PCPs deliver the majority of health care in those areas; a substantial percentage of primary care providers in the United States are approaching retirement age at the same time that fewer new medical school graduates are opting for primary care specialties; and demand for health care services is expected to increase as the population ages and millions gain health insurance coverage as a result of the Affordable Care Act.
The study, which used data from the American Medical Association and the American Osteopathic Association 2005 Physician Masterfiles, found a higher percentage of PCPs near retirement in rural counties than in urban ones, with the percentage increasing as the degree of rurality increased. (Physicians 56 or older in 2005 were considered to be near retirement and were the primary focus of analysis.) The 184 counties in the top 10 percent of near-retirement PCPs were characterized by lower population density and lower socioeconomic status, as measured by low education, low employment, and persistent poverty.
Fresh Fruit, Broken Bodies
Seth M. Holmes, PhD, MD, is an alumnus of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health & Society Scholars program and an assistant professor of public health and medical anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley. The following is an excerpt from his recently published book, Fresh Fruit, Broken Bodies: Migrant Farmworkers in the United States.
"The first Triqui picker whom I met when I visited the Skagit Valley was Abelino, a thirty-five-year-old father of four. He, his wife, Abelina, and their children lived together in a small shack near me in the labor camp farthest from the main road. During one conversation over homemade tacos in his shack, Abelino explained in Spanish why Triqui people have to leave their hometowns in Mexico.
In Oaxaca, there's no work for us. There's no work. There's nothing. When there's no money, you don't know what to do. And shoes, you can't get any. A shoe like this [pointing to his tennis shoes] costs about 300 Mexican pesos. You have to work two weeks to buy a pair of shoes. A pair of pants costs 300 Mexican pesos. It's difficult. We come here and it is a little better, but you still suffer in the work. Moving to another place is also difficult. Coming here with the family and moving around to different places, we suffer. The children miss their classes and don't learn well. Because of this, we want to stay here only for a season with [legal immigration] permission and let the children study in Mexico. Do we have to migrate to survive? Yes, we do.
Influencing Young Doctors
The news media has recently covered some innovative programs that are influencing the choices and attitudes of the next generation of doctors.
American Medical News reports on the Buddy Program, which pairs first-year medical students with early-stage Alzheimer's patients and their caregivers. The program empowers patients, and also serves as a valuable learning tool for the students, heightening "their sensitivity and empathy toward people with the disease." The program was developed at the Northwestern University Alzheimer's Disease Center in Chicago; Boston University, Dartmouth College, and Washington University have replicated it.
NPR reports on a program at the University of Missouri School of Medicine that is encouraging more young doctors to pursue primary care in rural areas. During the summers, the school has been sending medical students to work alongside country doctors. While school officials caution they can't be sure about the reasons, they have discovered that students who took part in the summer program were more likely to become primary care doctors who practice family medicine. Some 46 percent of participants are choosing to work in the country after completing their medical training.
Read more about the Buddy Program in American Medical News.
Read more about the University of Missouri's summer in the country program on NPR.org.
"My Definition of Diversity Was Altered When I Had the Opportunity to Experience Life Differently"
Cindy Anderson, PhD, RN, WHNP-BC, FAHA, FAAN, is a professor and associate dean for research at the College of Nursing & Professional Disciplines, University of North Dakota. A Robert Wood Johnson Nurse Faculty Scholar, she received a Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing from Salem State College, and both a Master of Science degree in parent-child nursing and a PhD in physiology from the University of North Dakota. This is part of a series of posts looking at diversity in the health care workforce.
I was born and raised in the Boston area which we always referred to as the "melting pot." My grandparents emigrated from Eastern Europe and I grew up hearing stories of the "Old Country" which included both fond memories and atrocities that drove them to leave their homes and find a better way of life in America. As a second-generation American, I have always embraced the common and unique perspectives of others from a variety of backgrounds.
I began my career as an Air Force nurse, advancing my opportunity to engage with others from varied backgrounds and cultures. In the course of my career, I found myself stationed at the Grand Forks Air Force Base in North Dakota. My initial perceptions were based upon the stereotype that North Dakota was a rural, isolated state with little diversity. My misperceptions were quickly reversed when I had a chance to engage with the community. My awareness and respect for the unique diversity of rural North Dakota has steadily grown over the last three decades which I have been fortunate to spend in this great state.
Graduate Medical Education Funding Is Not Helping Solve Primary Care, Rural Provider Shortages, Study Finds
From 2006 to 2008, 158 of the country's 759 residency sponsoring institutions and teaching sites did not produce any primary care graduates, according to a study published online last week by Academic Medicine. Less than one-quarter of medical school graduates entered primary care during those years.
The study also found that physician shortages in rural and underserved areas persist; only 4.8 percent of 2006-2008 graduates practice in rural areas. Nearly 200 institutions produced no rural physicians, more than half produced no Health Service Corps graduates, and 283 produced no physicians practicing at Federally Qualified Health Centers or Rural Health Clinics.
Graduate medical education (GME) distribution is uneven, the researchers found, and provides more support to subspecialty programs than to primary care programs. The top 20 primary care producing institutions (where 41 percent of graduates were in primary care) received $292 million in total Medicare GME payments, while the bottom 20 (where only 6.4 percent of graduates were in primary care) received $842 million in these funds.
A Personal Mission: Bridging the Oral Health Care Gap
Monique Trice, 24, is a University of Louisville School of Dentistry student who will complete her studies in 2015. Trice completed the Summer Medical and Dental Education Program (SMDEP) in 2008 at the University of Louisville site. Started in 1988, SMDEP (formerly known as the Minority Medical Education Program and Summer Medical and Education Program), is a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation–sponsored program with more than 21,000 alumni. Today, SMDEP sponsors 12 sites, with each accepting up to 80 students per summer session. This is part of a series of posts looking at diversity in the health care workforce.
Diversity is more than ethnicity. It also includes geography, perspective, and more. I was raised in Enterprise, Ala., which is in Coffee County. The community's demographic and geographic makeup set the stage for an oral health care crisis. Here's how:
- Enterprise is a community of 27,000 and just 15 licensed general dentists, three Medicaid dental providers, and zero licensed pediatric dentists to service Coffee County, a population of 51,000. In 2011, Alabama's Office of Primary Care and Rural Health reported that 65 of the state's 67 counties were designated as dental health shortage areas for low-income populations.
- According to this data, more than 260 additional dentists would be needed to bridge gaps and fully meet the need. For some residents, time, resources, and distance figure into the equation, putting dental care out of reach. In some rural communities, an hour's drive is required to access dental services.
- Lack of affordable public transportation creates often-insurmountable barriers to accessing dental care.
Growing up in a single-parent household, my siblings and I experienced gaps in dental care. Fortunately, we never suffered from an untreated cavity from poor oral health care, but many low-income, underserved children and adults are not so lucky.
Building a Statewide Nursing Education Framework: Maine's Nursing Student Placement Program
Sherry Rogers, RN, MSN, NEA-BC, is Chief Nursing Officer at Redington-Fairview General Hospital in Skowhegan, Maine. She is co-chair of Maine Partners in Nursing Education and Practice, a project of Partners Investing in Nursing's Future, which is a partnership of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) and the Northwest Health Foundation.
Maine is a rural state with the least dense population among states east of the Mississippi. The greater Portland area in southern Maine contains 20 percent of Maine's residents, while northern counties have fewer than one person per square mile. A drive from the state's southernmost hospital to its northernmost school of nursing would take approximately seven hours by car. The rural nature of Maine provides unique challenges to the state's 13 nursing schools when it comes to placing students in their needed clinical hospital rotations. I am helping to oversee a program aimed at overcoming those student placement challenges.
Our project, called Maine Partners in Nursing Education and Practice, partnered with the Maine Department of Labor to link the state's schools of nursing with hospital clinical rotation sites by implementing a Maine region of the Massachusetts Centralized Clinical Placement (MCCP), a web-based program that streamlines the scheduling and management of clinical nursing education placements between health care organizations and nursing programs. The system is owned by the Massachusetts Department of Higher Education (DHE) and can be viewed at www.mcnplacement.org.
Sharing Nursing's Knowledge: What's in the Latest Issue
Have you signed up to receive Sharing Nursing's Knowledge? The monthly Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) e-newsletter will keep you up to date on the work of RWJF's nursing programs, and the latest news, research and trends relating to academic progression, leadership, and other critically important nursing issues. These are some of the stories in the February issue:
RWJF Scholars Work to Strengthen Rural Nursing
Remote communities like Crawford, Colo. and Chokio, Minn. now have improved access to local health care, thanks to programs that are offering distance education and other innovative ways to educate nurses. Suzan Ulrich, DrPH, CNM, FACNM, associate dean of midwifery and women's health at Frontier Nursing University and an RWJF Executive Nurse Fellow, is just one of the RWJF scholars working to increase access to high quality nursing care in underserved and hard-to-reach rural areas. Several Partners Investing in Nursing's Future programs—from Alaska to Wyoming to North Carolina—also are focused on improving care in rural communities.
RWJF Nurse Scientist Discovers New Health Benefits of Tai Chi
During her 15 years studying and practicing nursing in Hong Kong, Ruth E. Taylor-Piliae, PhD, RN, FAHA, learned firsthand about the health benefits of Tai Chi, a Chinese martial art involving slow physical movements, extended concentration, and relaxed breathing. A cardiovascular nurse scientist and RWJF Nurse Faculty Scholar, Taylor-Piliae was well aware of the health benefits of Tai Chi and wondered if the practice carried similar benefits for stroke survivors, a population she studies in her research. She conducted a study on the effects of Tai Chi in adult stroke survivors, often prone to losing their balance, and found that the practice may reduce falls.
Oral Health: Putting Teeth Into the Health Care System
Last week, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) and The Alliance for Health Reform sponsored a briefing to discuss oral health care in the United States, particularly for children and other vulnerable populations.
The discussion was co-moderated by David Krol, MD, MPH, FAAP, RWJF Human Capital Portfolio team director and senior program officer. "Oral health is an integral part of overall health," he said. It faces the same challenges as overall health care, including "racial, ethnic, geographic disparities in disease and access to care, financing challenges, issues of determining and maintaining quality of care, and workforce controversies." Krol said he would like to see "all conversations on health and health care… naturally include oral health."
In 2009, preventable dental conditions accounted for more than 830,000 emergency department visits nationwide, Julie Stitzel, MA, of the Pew Center on the States' Children's Dental Campaign told the audience. Children were the patients for 50,000 of those visits. "There's a real opportunity for states to save money because these visits, again, are totally preventable," she said. "We know that getting treated in an emergency room is much more costly than the care delivered in a dental office, and states are bearing a significant share of these expenses through Medicaid and other public programs."


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It was no surprise that Digital Comics was the talk of San Diego last month at Comic Con 2010. The majors like DC, Marvel and IDW and smaller publishing houses like Top Shelf and Boom! Studios all made
announcements. The business of Digital was also discussed on several panels, and booths hosted by distribution companies like ComiXology, Graphic.ly, PanelFly, iVerse (Comics+) and Long Box Digital were all busy showing off the latest apps. Today on the podcast, I talk about this new comic book reprint form and get you caught up with the latest news.
As some of you know I started a Digital Comics blog called DGTL Comics not too long ago. Unfortunately I have not had the time to devote to it. I even wanted to do a weekly podcast, but other activities have hindered me to really do much of anything. However there is some good news to come out of this. First, the DGTL Comics Twitter feed will still be going strong, so be sure to follow that for easy links. Second, I'm going to start guest blogging at Digital Comics Review very soon and perhaps I'll be posting a podcast with industry leaders and passionate fans. Lastly, I'll be adding a Digital Comics news feature to the Collected Comics Library Podcast on a regular basis. Three great ways to keep up to date with Digital.
Getting back to what I know best – there is some printed Collected Edition news including an update on the delayed Captain Marvel Monster Society of Evil, historian Rick Marschall and Rosebud Archives have teamed up with Fantagraphics for a new line of books and DC Comics restructures the Earth One GN line before it even gets started, all this and the New Releases of the Week.
Links of Note:
Marvel Comics Trade Paperback Timeline
Rosebud Archives
When Words Collide Comics – Don't Cry: The iPadization Of The Medium by Timothy Callahan, Staff Writer CBR
Val's Digital Comics Page
The Uncertain Future of the Printed Word
The Quarter Bin
Collected Comics Library iPod App
Digital Comics Review
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Just rooted my first two rex's and now got a beauty in a trade! These are awesome & much easier than I thought!
I would love some more rex leaves or plantlets, dragon or angelwing cuttings or plants, rhizomous begonias. They do not have to be named but if possible I would love a picture just to make sure I'm not duplicating what I have. I have to offer: Plumeria cuttings (NOID - gold, 3 different rainbows)
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I've got a few I'd be interested in trading for some epi's or other begonia's. I'm looking for begonia with silver leaves and some epi's in rose/coral/peach. Let me know... Beg. Immense (large leaves, green) Lori |
Here is a link that might be useful: some pictures here, can supply others
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I have kinky/curly hair. It's not something I'm ashamed of, it's just
how my hair grows. I don't like perms (burning, they smell, too
expensive), I don't want a weave, and I won't wear a wig. When I was a
kid, not having straight hair was a crime against God and country, but
these days people are a little more laid back if you're hair twists
instead of bounces...
Recently, a spate of natural hair
care salons have opened across New York. The newest entrant is Miss
Jessie's, founded by Miko and Titi Branch. The curl bar is the offshoot
of the popular Miss Jessie's product line, which I first encountered at a
Ricky's drug store last year. I had a such good enough experience with
the Creme de la Curl hair cleanser that I would definitely drop by the
Curl Bar for a treatment.
You can find out more about Miss Jessie's Curl Bar here, and snag some free samples of Miss Jessie products here.
You can check out the full examiner story (including a link to my interview with Amoy Pitters) here.


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Major League Gaming hosts WoW competition
The circuit will be played on HP Blackbird 002 computers, so I guess you won't have to worry about frame rates (that thing has 1 GB of VRAM). The competition will be 3v3, just like Blizzard's tourney. Only 32 teams will be allowed to register, and you need to have an account set up on MLG's site first; registration opens May 15. They say "more details on rules and the official format will be released on May 15th" -- maybe Blizzard will let them use a special tournament server? At any rate, it looks like Blizzard may have been more successful at turning WoW into an esport than we thought.
[Thanks, Jeff]
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