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The other day I found myself in a discussion with a prospect regarding the merits of capturing complete stack traces for every transaction that flowed through their production system. You see AppDynamics doesn't do that; we capture problematic business transactions, and this bloke seemed concerned someone would one day ask him for the details of a specific transaction that our method would leave him underprepared to fulfill. As the conversation played on, we explored the cost – both literal, in the sense of hardware required for data warehousing, and virtual, like the compounding impact additional polling during bad times has on performance. Ultimately we arrived at the conclusion that understanding your haystack is better than having the haystack. This point can be subtle, so let's explore how we got there…
Since AppDynamics automatically baselines business transactions, we can very quickly tell the difference between a normal transaction and an outlier, or in the context of this analogy: hay vs. needles. When we encounter a piece of hay we record the metadata of the transaction. You know: how long the strand is, where it resides, who put it in the stack, etc. In fact, the part of me that humbly struggles with homonyms likes to think of this as a piece of "hey." I imagine someone (a business transaction) flying past me on the highway and waiving "heeeyy!" as I feverishly jot down some key details about their ride. For the most part I already know enough about them, they're speeding along unabated, just like the plethora of friends to follow, no need to dig too deep, just note the event so we can better understand our "heystack."
In contrast, when a particular transaction performs several standard deviations outside of the norm, or perhaps worse than a given threshold, we need to know more than "it's slow." This is where the context before content idea really starts to come into light. Because we know what a good piece of hay looks like, and because we understand how our virtual haystack looks at any given moment, we have the context to both appreciate and spot the needles – the need for content. Needles are special. They're shiny. And you probably want to trade them for hay. So we need to know all their specs. We need content.
No worries, that's why AppDynamics captures complete transaction flows for these items. But what if – returning to the highway analogy for a moment – a funeral procession (a bout of bad performance) drives by? The act of gathering information during this kind of needle storm could exacerbate the issue and result in exaggerated wait times, inaccurate information, and a unnecessarily pitiful user experience. Well we have the context to understand when that's happening so AppDynamics will automatically throttle back needle gathering to ensure our application never negatively impacts yours. Remember the ultimate goal here is to ensure you have all the tools you need to deliver an exceptional user experience, in the short and long term.
Thinking about the long term for a moment … we should probably use this information to improve the performance of the application. So let's pass the data about the problems along, shall we? But … if all you ever gave your team were needles, they might forget what hay looks like. This lack of context could hinder their ability to remediate issues. To mitigate these risks, AppDynamics will snag the occasional piece of hay… just for comparison's sake and ensure your team, your developers, have all the context and content they need to improve the performance of your applications.
So as you can see, you don't need to house an entire haystack to effectively identify and remediate problems. With a clear understanding of what the haystack would look like – a holographic haystack, if you will – a few pieces of hay for reference, and a spotlight on all your needles, you'll have everything you need to see, act, and know more quickly than ever before.
Also check out how Citrix uses AppDynamics to capture business transactions, increase visibility, and lower their MTTR for their complex applications.
Take five minutes to get complete visibility into the performance, and start finding those needles, of your production applications with AppDynamics today.
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September 22 is World Rhino Day, and wildlife celebrity Joan Embery was good enough to talk to International Expeditions about the current state of elephant and rhino conservation efforts in Africa.
The Nile crocodile is Africa's largest reptile and it is certainly up near the top in being one of the most dangerous animals on the continent. A large Nile crocodile may reach close 20' in length and as they grow beyond 12 feet in length, their girth and massive body proportions greatly increase with the additional growth. Truly magnificent creatures, Nile crocodiles will prey on virtually any animal that ventures near the water.
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The cheetah is an attractive cat found over much of the savannah regions of Africa but also in some of the desert areas of Africa and the Mideast. The cheetah is the fastest land animal on Earth. To witness their incredible speed during a hunt is a sight to behold and will amaze even the most seasoned scientist, naturalist and guide.
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By any other name
It was two weeks ago, late Friday afternoon and I was just putting the finishing touches on a spreadsheet or some such when my phone buzzed angrily. I don't know why I hate the sound of my phone no matter what the ringtone is. I guess I just don't look forward to phone calls. "Ally" it announced in bright white letters. I'd better take this.
"Hi Ally" I said in my most cheerful voice.
"Hi" the voice on the other end was quiet, small and unassuming. The voice of a person who is used to slouching just a little to avoid looking conspicuously tall. The voice of someone used to being in the background, trying not to rock the boat, used to barely being seen.
"I got a letter from my father"
My heart sank. I snuck into the nearest meeting room and sat down. This was a sit-down kind of conversation. "I'm so sorry to hear that… uh… well, I guess I'm sorry to hear that because I assume it's bad but it may not be bad, right?"
"It's bad… I'm either his son or I must leave the family"
My heart leapt and sank again "yeah… that's… pretty bad"
She has received a letter from her father pretty much rejecting her in no uncertain terms.
That's the first time I've used a pronoun to describe Ally in this post. What gender did you assume Ally was? Does it matter that she's a girl now, or that she was born a guy?
You see, Ally could be short for "Alice" or "Alex". I met Ally as Alex. A rather awkward 20-something guy who occasionally liked to wear a dress. I now know her as Alice: a 20-something woman growing in confidence every day.
I am extremely sensitive to pronouns. I was one of the first people who started insisting on using "her" and "she" to refer to Ally, even though she said she "didn't mind" when people "got it wrong". To be honest, it's not easy to remember to do it after you've known someone as a guy for so long. It still feels a little odd sometimes, but I believe it's important, very important, possibly even life-changing.
I encouraged her to make the step, to fully transition to a woman, challenging her assumed limitations in my own casual way. I further encouraged her to come out to her parents, to write them a letter, to tell them the truth, the whole truth.
Because as we all know the truth hurts, the truth is dangerous and scary, but the truth will set you free.
The truth is that Ally was born male in every way, except for the heart and mind. As a child she asked her mother "so, when do I become a girl?" from the tender age of 12, she would wear dresses when no one was looking. The truth is she wasn't always very good at it. I have vivid memories seeing her in a very small skirt and cringing.
It didn't work. Not back then.
And it doesn't work for many transgendered people.
Do you think that transgendered person walking down K-road with her makeup all on crooked and her wig awry does that because she wants to look silly? I don't think so. No one really wants to look silly. Not most of us anyway. It's a need, a desperate need to be a woman: to manifest that internal change to the rest of the world as best they can, but many can't.
It starts inside, and that's where it started for Ally. Only 2 years ago I saw a massive shift in her outlook when she realised that it didn't matter how she looked. What mattered was who she was, and that was all about who she was on the inside and nothing more. Paradoxically, once she had made the internal decision, the external came easier, because she didn't need to try so hard. When you truly are a woman on the inside, you can be a woman in slacks and a tee shirt.
Fuelled by a swell of support from people like me, and a growing desire to be honest with her family, she "came out" to them , pretty much the same way I did: in person, with a letter.
Only difference is: I was accepted.
I feel like such a charlatan: filling her mind with positive stories. Encouraging her with thoughts of unconditional love, acceptance and support, those things I now take for granted from my family. Sure, there have been times when I have felt alienated from my family, times when I have felt isolated, disconnected, misunderstood, times when I have been angry or sad, but never in my life have I ever felt unloved.
This was Ally's cross today, her impossible burden: the prospect of loss of the unconditional love from her parents. I got off the phone and spoke to my boss Irene.
"You seem angry, Stephen…"
Angry? Yes, I suppose I was. My voice broke with barely controlled emotion and my hands shook. How could anyone reject their own child? Don't even the most despised people love their own children?
"Look, I'm sorry, I have to go, she needs to talk"
I picked her up and we drove around to my favourite viewpoint on Davenport. As we watched the city twinkle like distant stars, she poured out anger, frustration, anxiety, sadness. I felt useless. I still do. They say that one of the hardest things is to watch someone suffer and know you are powerless to help them. This is something only she can endure, and something she must live with, terribly alone.
We stopped off at a nice restaurant for dinner , it dawned on me, as we sat down at a table with a single rose in the vase that today was valentine's day.
"I've never had a proper valentine's day" she said absently
"Me neither" I reflected.
We sat and talked and I wondered if anyone was curious about our genders. Or whether anyone cared.
"You know" I said, trying to sound profound. "this rose is beautiful because of its imperfections, not in spite of them. It's beautiful and flawed, just as we are beautiful and flawed, just as life is"
She took the rose home with her. It now symbolises something for us both: the fragility and strength that comes from a resolution.
"You know, the worst case scenario happened to me today, and I'm still here." Ally's voice broke with determination.
It's a start, by any other name.
8 Responses to "By any other name"
Peter Lineham Says:
March 1st, 2011 at 9:02 am
ally is a wonderful example of courage for us all
Liz Hermse Says:
March 1st, 2011 at 10:54 am
What is there to say when reading this? Ally's bravery is to be admired - she is a beautiful woman, I thought when I saw her for the first time. Stephen your support - and all our support - will help her through this.. hopefully her family will eventually get used to the idea.
Lex Says:
March 1st, 2011 at 8:23 pm
That was nice Stephen.
Steffinie Marriner Says:
March 1st, 2011 at 8:23 pm
It is heart breaking that Ally has to go through this. I feel for her very much having been rejected by my family also. it becomes more bearable as time goes by but never fads away that feeling of being along unloved by your own family. Stephen I thank you for being there for Ally in a time she needed a shoulder.
love Steffinie
sarah weston Says:
March 2nd, 2011 at 6:50 pm
i tend to agree wit Steffinie on this and
and good on her it what great and nice Stephen see acc i still care for you and most peole from this distance one thing i will say to ally please keep going to acc in st mathews you will not find a better lot of people and a better lot of loveing and careing people at acc i know you are not relugoius but please keep going to acc and my prayers are with you ally
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Apr 15, 2010, 6:00 AM EDT
It's very trendy to be down on the Lakers right now. They've given everyone plenty of reasons the last month — spotty execution, horrible outside shooting, questionable defensive rotations and a general malaise.
See, there I go doing it — we act as if these Lakers are that other team in LA. The Lakers won 57 games and won the West going away, despite a number of injuries. (Kobe had a number of injuries all by himself, it just doesn't keep him out of games). It's trendy to think the Lakers will fall short, and plenty of people are rooting for the Lakers to self destruct in a spectacular, Lindsay Lohan fashion.
But the reality is, these Lakers can win it all. They did it last year with almost this exact same roster. They know what it takes to climb the mountain. They can flip the switch from how they have played recently. The question is will they.
The reasons they can win are well known.
They have the best starting five in basketball, when healthy. Kobe Bryant is… well, Kobe Bryant. Injured or not, he is Kobe Bean Bryant. He's a step slower but he gets to his spots on the floor still, and he hits shots nobody else wants to take.
For the last couple weeks, Pau Gasol has been best Laker going. He is scoring 26 a game and shooting 65 percent in the five previous games leading up to Wednesday. He is boarding. He is defending. He is draining the midrange jumper. He is finding space in the offense. He is looking like one of the best fours on the planet.
Andrew Bynum will be a key for the Lakers — when he's healthy their defense improves dramatically. Let's face it, at this point Derek Fisher is often little more than an orange traffic cone for speedy guards to dribble around. The Lakers need Bynum to intimidate in the paint.
Ron Artest was brought in to play lock-down defense on wings (he'll get his first chance against the NBA scoring leader in Kevin Durant) and to provide more hair colors to the Lakers. He has done both during the season, and he can be a better defender in the playoffs where play is usually allowed to be a little more physical.
There's Lamar Odom and his amazing gifts, which become less enigmatic in the playoffs. Fisher, for all his aging, can be trusted to hit the big shot. Luke Walton is back and with it the second unit looks far more smooth.
What gets overlooked with these Lakers is that when healthy, when focused, this was one of the best defensive teams in the league. They were for much of the season. If they return to that form they can shut teams down.
What really is the Lakers calling card is they have the mental game down. It hasn't looked that way lately but they do. Phil Jackson has two hands full of rings for a reason. Kobe is tough. Gasol is mentally tough. The Lakers have won a title, been to the Finals two straight years. They know what it takes more than any team in the West.
When you have the mental game to go with all that high-priced talent. You can win it all. They just have to flip the switch.
- Chris Humpherys - Apr 15, 2010 at 10:04 AM
Can L.A. flip the switch?
I'm not questioning this team's desire. I'm just wondering if teams like Orlando, Dallas and Cleveland want it more.
Here's my playoffs breakdown if you're so inclined.
- Atomsk - Apr 15, 2010 at 10:38 AM
"Kobe is tough. Gasol is mentally tough"
- exhelodrvr - Apr 16, 2010 at 11:10 AM
FYI, Lindsay Lohan is about to make a comeback!!
- nimrod - Apr 16, 2010 at 5:55 PM
I am a Laker Hater with a capital "H"!! But I am an objective fan of the game of basketball who so happens to reside in the LA area.
I think that the Cavs will implode and choke like they did last year and not even make it to the finals. With all the star power and team chemistry that exist in Cleveland they will be under the most pressure to win a championship.
In order for L.B.J. to legitimately earn the 'greatest' moniker and game cred, Lebron has to win it this year. After being in the finals once and getting to the Eastern finals twice, it's time for 'Bron to take it to the next step. Pressure is a funny thing, you know, and I feel strongly that the Cavs will buckle under again.
Orlando will emerge out of the East to face the Lakers in which the Purple and Gold will win in 7.
- kevin - Apr 17, 2010 at 3:36 AM
People are creatures of habits>>>>> LBJ will continue to lose it at the apex, the olympics, the finals, LBJ just can not get it done, it is his character. Kobe was the difference this past Olympics.
The Lakers will continue to allow teams to linger when they could have closed the deal, and the Magic will continue to find a way…not to say that Hawks, Mavericks, Denver and Spurs are non factors, but, anything is possible if Lakers overlook their opponents!!! They have a history of it!! Kobe has a history of it!!! Kobe's teams have lost a series after being up 3-1, they have lost to Detroit after being unanimously chosen favorite, again favorites against Boston two years ago….and now they are favorites again….it never worries me when they are the underdog, it is when they are FAVORITES that I am most rattled. It is a trademark of Kobe.
I LOVE Kobe, Idolize his dedication, but, it is his nature to beat down naysayers and relax on top. He loves proving people wrong. KOBE>>>ITS A NEW GAME!!! YOU ARE NOT ON TOP NOW>>> YOU MUST PROVE IT AGAIN!!!! Show the world you ARE as none other can be. WIELD YOUR TEAM AS only you can!!!
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If T.J. performs in practice - assuming that he "clearly shows he's better than Schaub" during this "audition"; there's still time for him to screw up - then continuing to show he's better during camp/practice won't be a problem. If by some chance, T.J. suffers from the dreaded "sophomore slump" - and we've all seen rookies take a step back in their 2nd season - then Kubiak will roll with Schaub and Yates gets a year to mature.
Think of it this way, if I'm Kubiak, I got 5-8 games worth of "film" on Yates. OTOH, I've got almost 5 years of "film" on Schaub. In my mind it's just irresponsible to make that call without doing an A-B comparison of the two guys in camp.
And I've been one of the guys complaining for years about Schaub's lack of mobility and arm strength. But I'm not ready to kick Schaub to the curb until I see much more from Yates.
Making that call before you have to - next training camp - is what doesn't make any sense.
Loyalty to any one sports team is pretty hard to justify. ...the players are always changing, the team can move to another city, you're actually rooting for the clothes when you get right down to it.
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Tj is going to have 5 games, plus at least one play-off game. When it's all said & done, I think we should have enough info to know if that is the direction we want the team to go.
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Next season is next season, right now Schaub doesn't mean anything to the Texans other than as a coach and mentor to TJ. So far TJ has done well. If he continues to do well and gains some valuable playoff experience while winning the Super Bowl, then we'll have a QB contriversy. Until then, it's all talk.
My own opinion is that TJ is the future of the Texans. Whether this starts next year or when doesn't matter, but I think we've got Schaub's successor running the show right now.
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Still, it's a good problem to have now.
& so it begins
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I started off as a Schaub basher. To compare Matt's stats to TJ's now for the sake of supporting Matt is worth very little to me. Matt's career stats compared similarly to Sage's. Matt, however is a proven winner. There's a lot of Tebow fans who would stress the importance of that one.
I agree it's a premature debate, but voted anyway. I don't believe he's the quarterback of the future, so it seems moot to me, but.. "If" Matt could warrant any decent picks in trade... There's got to be some consideration. He's a 30 year old QB with some wear and tear on him. While he hasn't shown any decline in skill, I can't see him getting significantly better. If TJ unexpectedly flops in the next few games, I'll be surprised. I'm not ready to anoint TJ as the QB of the future just yet. I'd really be happy if we could find a way to trade up in the draft and go after RG3, but if Schaub stays, I'd still even be a fan of Tannenhill in a later round, who could sit back with TJ and compete for a 2013 takeover.
The Texans need to invest in QB. Elite QB's are what gets you through the playoffs... Poor TJ will have the deck stacked against him this year.
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Point taken.
Scratch "pro bowl" and insert "two time 4,000-plus-yd passer"
...and before Schaub was lost in 2008 (in game 11 I think), he had thrown for over 3000 yds for a per game average of 276 yds. Extrapolate that over 16 games and he, possibly, would have thrown for 4400+ yds. And even without those extra 5-1/2 games in 2008, Schaub had racked up 12,183 yds from 2008 -2010. That's over 4,000 yds/season.
...that hold any weight....?
does for me.
Loyalty to any one sports team is pretty hard to justify. ...the players are always changing, the team can move to another city, you're actually rooting for the clothes when you get right down to it.
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"Last year we knocked on the door. This year we beat on it. Next year we're going to kick the son of a ***** in!" - Bum Phillips, RIP 1923-2013
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As many have said, it's a bit premature to really have a solid argument for displacing Matt as next year's starter. TJ is certainly on the path for warranting much debate, which, given current circumstances is a luxury not many would have necessarily anticipated... Especially without #80 out there to give him a fighter's chance.
I personally believe that Matt is just as deserving of success as Andre, and it kills me to see him sitting in a scooter right now. I respect what he's given this team and in the manner he's done so. He isn't as athletic as Andre, but I would put him right there with Dre in respect to what he's done for this team. Matt's biggest weakness is bad luck.. Having Fat Albert roll him; Having Jared Allen snipe him; Examples of injuries that you can't say make him prone, but still had impacts on the team.
While I don't know that you shop him, but if some team offers a trade for some picks AFTER what everyone should be wishing, in that TJ continues to improve and learn in the games ahead.. maybe even simply wins a playoff game, you have to know that it isn't by mistake or luck. TJ has to be considered for being able to keep this team winning into 2012. I think you have to consider getting something out of Matt vs bet on him in what is a very uncertain future in terms of health and what it would take financially to retain him past 2012.
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T.J. came back to Earth today.
Jury still isn't out. He has three more chances to shine.
...or not.
We'll see.
Loyalty to any one sports team is pretty hard to justify. ...the players are always changing, the team can move to another city, you're actually rooting for the clothes when you get right down to it.
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This thread is ridiculous.
With Schaub this team is a Super Bowl team, Without we have struggled against mediocrity. Yates wasnt even a real good college QB.
Get real.iam p@ssed off we lost matt after finally having all the pieces. It just plain s@cks. Period.
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Like I pointed out recently, with TJ Yates under center...the Texans offense has stopped lighting up the scoreboard. It doesn't matter if its good defenses like those of Atlanta and Cincy. And now we see it doesn't matter if it's a 2nd-3rd string defense like that of Carolina's:
TJ Yates is no Matt Schaub. At least not yet.
But I hope TJ continues to learn from this and help pound on Indy next game and into this post-season.
It figures. The Rockets were on a hot roll in 2007, keeping neck and neck with the Lakers for Western Conference top seed. Then boom. Yao out for the year when he was playing well.
It sucks this happened again to the Texans who were on a roll keeping neck and neck with the AFC elites.
& so it begins
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Today, the Panthers looked better than the Raiders from week 5, if that means anything.
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Thought I'd give this thread a bump to see how people view the contractual status of Schaub right now.
I wrote in another thread that I see Schaub's contract as the biggest variable next off-season. I can't see Barwin & Brown receiving anything other than top-dollar for their positions based on their play, only serious loss of form/injury could change that.
Either we can pay it or we can't, we've shown that we are able to identify and coach up talent at OLB so I'd say, by the time negotiations come we may have the option to move Barwin on.
Schaub on the other hand will be an interesting call. He's earning what? $9mill this year? Which is a lot of money, but not a lot for a franchise QB. He's coming off a really nasty injury, and was clearly in the 'good but never going to be elite' catagory before that injury.
Do people see Schaub getting another contract with Houston? What price do you reckon that contract will cost? Would you be willing to lose one of Brown/Barwin, or both to ensure you keep him?
The problem is, you can get better at the position, although you're by no means guaranteed to, he's the wrong side of 30, and the O has shown it can tick over well without him.
Another factor is that we are highly unlikely to lock him up before next years FA, by the time he's proven himself fit enough to be worth a contract, it won't be in his interest not to wait it out.
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I don't see Kubiak and Schaub parting ways. Not making a play for Manning solidified that in my opinion.
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Well we have cleared up some space for next season by getting 'Meco's contract off the books. Schaub's contract is also up, and I assume we will have less "dead money" on the books as well. I don't think cap space will be quite as bad as it is this year, but we can't really know for sure.
It all really depends on how Schaub performs this year. If he can return to his pre-injury level of play then I think we have to find a way to keep him. If he can't, and Yates ends up getting a lot of snaps, then we might have to change directions. I really hope he just does well and re-signs with us for a similar contract amount.
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Most QBs get better in their 30's, idk how Schaub is on the wrong side of 30 when he still could have 5-6 quality years.
The injury was bad, but it seems like based off of what he's saying(although it could be smoke and mirrors), that he'll be close to 100% if not 100% by the time the season starts. Unless we just suck our way into a #1 pick and a younger, potential franchise QB falls into our lap we re-sign him.
I was on the opinion that we didn't fare very well without him last year. Yates did an honorable job, but our PPG fell very significantly and with Andre consistently banged up they just loaded the box trying to stop Arian. If we had the defense of 2010 we would not have made the playoffs with Yates those final 6 games, in my opinion.
I'm still on board for locking him up before next year while having a contract similar in stature to what Peyton had, not dollar wise, but a way to opt out of the contract after a year if his injury turns out worse than what we had imagined.
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The thread title says it all. That is why there continues to be a lot of angry losers here
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.....and by the looks of things, it may be another decade or so before they have anything other than Lehigh to celebrate.
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Helena Zinkham is Chief of the Prints and Photographs Division of the Library of Congress, where 15 million images are available for research, with more than one million online at www.loc.gov/pictures. Helena fell in love with pictures while working at the Maryland Historical Society in 1977 and to this day enjoys helping people discover the rich resources in public collections. Her resource lists cover such topics as online picture catalogs, newspaper photo morgues, and visual literacy techniques. Her print publications include "Taking Photographs to the People: The Flickr Commons Project and the Library of Congress" (2011); "Finding and Researching Photographs" (2009); the "Description" chapter in Photographs: Archival Care and Management (2006); and A Guide to Print, Photograph, Architecture and Ephemera Collections at The New-York Historical Society (1998).


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Cameron Lugo, student of Thomas Joiner, won the Senior Performance String Competition at the MTNA Southern Division Competitions, held January 16-19, in Knoxville. He will compete in the National Finals in Las Vegas in March.
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Hundreds of foreign doctors, including those from India and Pakistan, are routinely failing key medical exams in the UK, according to a British media report.
"Success rates are so poor that the medical associations want doctors to be allowed six attempts at passing the tests rather than the current four," The Mail on Sunday reported.
The findings raise fears that trainee medics, mainly from India, Pakistan and Nigeria, are not suitably qualified to treat patients despite spending three years working for the National Health Service (NHS) before taking the exam.
Until they pass the exams, which qualify them to practise independently as hospital physicians or GPs, trainees continue to see patients under supervision in placements at hospitals and general practitioner (GP) surgeries.
However, figures show foreign doctors are substantially more likely to fail than UK graduates, with communication cited as one of the problems.
Foreign medical associations are now demanding that doctors be given two additional opportunities to pass the tests amid claims that examiners may be discriminating against non-UK graduates, the report said. But their claims have been refuted by leading UK specialists who say a recent study showed "no substantial effects of gender or ethnicity on examiner/candidate interactions", and that passing the exams is dependent on having the appropriate skills.
"This is scandalous. If a doctor can go on failing, they shouldn't be treating patients in NHS," Joyce Robins, co-director of campaign group Patient Concern, said.
"There has to be a cut-off point and four attempts is only too many," he said.
Of the Indian doctors taking the test, 63 per cent failed at the first attempt. For those from Pakistan, there was a 62 per cent failure rate, while 68 per cent of Nigerian doctors failed at the first try.
"There is a very robust system of selection to get on to NHS training in the first place," Dr Ramesh Mehta, president of The British Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (BAPIO), saying the exam system was "faulty".


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Join us Friday April 3rd at 7pm for our Good Friday Service at Grace Community Church in Auburn. On Saturday April 4th at 10am we'll be having our annual Easter Egg Hunt for children ages 0 to 6th grade. Children will learn about the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ through an adventurous egg hunt. And then on Sunday April 5th at 6am we'll have our Sunrise Service at Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Sabattus. Our Easter Worship Service will begin at 10am that Sunday.
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Tag Archives: debonair
JNC RADIO: Sing along to the The Auto Show Song
Originally released in 1964, "The Auto Show Song" was composed by famed Japanese songwriter Tetsuro Hoshino and performed by action movie star/singer Akira Kobayashi (there are a lot of crossover entertainers in Japan). It was an old standard of the Showa Era, and sounded … Continue reading
EVENTS: Showa Kinen Park Car Show
Today's guest writer is Chris Nicholson, who keeps the cars running at the Lane Motor Museum. Chris recently attended a classic car show in Showa Kinen Park. Every trip to Japan is full of wonder, and every trip to Japan is too … Continue reading
Ten years, 100,000km of Mitsubishi ownership
Back in 2010 Mitsubishi went around Japan looking for the most loyal members of the triple diamond clan. They sent journalist Hirohisa Kaneko across the country looking for individuals who had owned their Mitsubishis for either 10 years or 100,000km … Continue reading
EVENTS: Yokohama Hot Rod and Custom Show
Step into Mooneyes' Yokohama Hot Rod and Custom Show and you might think you've stepped through a wormhole to 1960s America. Every style you can imagine, from high-boys to lowriders, is represented, including ones actual Americans no longer care about. Raked … Continue reading
EVENTS: Mooneyes Hot Rod & Custom Show
There's no event on Earth that captures the the fusion of Japano-American car culture quite like the Mooneyes Hot Rod & Custom Show. Everything from Baja Bugs to T-Buckets are represented, with the majority of cars shown are imports to … Continue reading
GRAND TOURING: Tohoku, Part 02
In Part 01 of our Grand Tour through Japan's Tohoku region we headed north from Tokyo, past tsunami-devastated villages and deep into Aomori Prefecture. Normally on such trips the nostalgics we encounter are the most beloved — Skylines, rear-drive Corollas, Honda … Continue reading
Grand Touring: The Kii Peninsula via the newly opened Shin-Tomei Expressway
Earlier this year the first section of the Shin-Tomei Expressway opened for traffic, marking a new era for Japan's highway system. Naturally we went exploring, taking this newest road to one of the oldest inhabited regions of Japan, the Kii Peninsula.
EVENTS: 2012 Mooneyes Street Car Nationals, Part 02: Sedans
The Mooneyes Street Car Nationals may take place in Tokyo, but unlike the typical kyuusha gathering the SCN is a celebration of Amesha Kulture. That's why you're more likely to spot a Chevrolet Corvair Greenbrier van than a G-nosed Z, and … Continue reading
Your gallery of Superdeformed Nostalgics is here
In case you were wondering where you could get your favorite nostalgic drawn in superdeformed anime style, your prayers have been answered. This unnamed master of Choro-Q style illustrations is a master of the form. Peep the gallery and video … Continue reading
What a Japanese Redneck Would Drive
Whilst browsing The Intarwebs last weekend we came across this feat of fabrication. Why anyone would ute the Triple Diamond's executive town car is something we, sadly, do not have the answer to. What we do have is a Mitsubishi Debonair … Continue reading