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He watched her verbally blast the actor playing her husband during one of the play's critical moments and the air in the theater crackled with the tension. There'd been no blast like that on the day she'd ended their engagement four years ago. She'd been so controlled and icy, it had taken him days to thaw out. His treatment had been well deserved, however. He'd treated her like crap; he knew it, she knew it and so had the readers of the nation's tabloids chronicling the breakup because Morgan was as famous in his world as she was in hers.
He was Master Chef Morgan Todd, dessert virtuoso to the rich and famous. No Hollywood party was complete without his signature confections and when the First Lady of the United States had needed to impress the French president, she'd called on him. Thanks to his hard work, he had one of the country's best-rated cooking shows on cable, a partnership in two exclusive dessert restaurants in Vegas and South Beach and cookbooks and bakeware bearing his name. He'd begun his career in college, peddling his version of his mother's prize-winning coconut cake to help with the costs of tuition, and the rest, as they say, was history.
Now, at the age of thirty-seven, his name was a household word, and his life was so well ordered and profitable he was making money while he slept. But he'd begun to question where he'd be in twenty years. Economically he'd be fine; the rich would continue to indulge their appetites for fun, fashion and food no matter the economy, but who and where would the man inside himself be? Ideally, relaxing on his laurels and enjoying a wife and kids. That thought brought him back to the woman onstage. In hindsight, she was the only woman he'd ever needed. However, when they were together he'd been too much of a cheating fool to understand that. In his perfect world, Dina would be his wife and the mother of his children, but because of the way he'd screwed up during their engagement she'd been refusing his calls since their breakup four years ago. That was a long time to be angry, but when a woman sees pictures of her fiance and his latest side dish splashed across the front pages of the tabloids she has reason to be mad and to stay that way. He sighed. To have her in his life again would be sweeter than anything he could create, but for that to happen he'd have to convince her that in spite of everything. He'd never stopped loving her.
After the show, a weary Dina sat at the vanity mirror and removed her makeup. Dressed in a loose silk robe, she tissued off the paint, glad to be free of it and the wig she wore each night over her short pixie-cut hair. The cast and crew had put on another stellar performance and the audience had given them a standing ovation in response. She loved her work, especially when everyone involved put the show first and left their egos at the door. The production had a great director, producer and the other actors in the cast were all heavyweight talents she enjoyed sharing the stage with. A knock at the door made her check her robe to make sure she wasn't exposed. "Come on in."
Reflected behind her was her agent and good friend Maureen Anderson.
"How'd you like the show?"
"Fabulous—just fabulous."
Dina finished the makeup removal with a towel and tossed it into the hamper by her seat. Maureen had a tendency to complain about everything, from the shortcomings of Dina's understudy Rita, to the snarled NYC traffic to and from the theater, to the temperature outside. She'd claimed to have enjoyed tonight's performance, but Dina could tell by her expression that something was up. "So, why the face?"
"I'm still having issues with you taking the week off, honey. Do you know how much money the show may lose with you not onstage? The ticket holders aren't going to be happy to find out they've come all this way just to see your understudy."
Dina sighed. "My being away for one week is not going to send the producers to the poorhouse, and Rita will do fine in the role."
"She can't even get to rehearsal on time."
Dina loved the fifty-five-year-old Maureen. She was efficient, organized and could be a pit bull when called upon, but she was such a worrywart that she sometimes drove Dina insane.
Maureen continued. "What if the producers like her and decide to give her the part permanently?"
"You just said the girl can't make it to rehearsal on time. I don't think my job's in jeopardy, but if that happens. I'll find work somewhere else."
The answer didn't appear to satisfy Maureen but it stopped the fussing. which was all Dina had been after. "Aren't you the one who's been saying I need a vacation?"
"I was talking about in the spring. not the week of Thanksgiving."
"Maureen. this show's been running over a year. I missed three performances last winter because of the flu. but other than that I've been going nonstop, two shows a day, This wedding is important to me, and remember, I told you and the producers last spring that I was going to go,"
Maureen didn't respond,
"Besides, you should take some time off, too, Go see your sister in Atlanta, It's Thanksgiving. Eat some turkey, Have some fun. D,id she say anything else to you about this man she wants you to meet?"
"No, because I told her I wasn't in the market,"
"Don't Maureen me, You need to be worrying about being in the same place with The Buttercream Player all week," she said, helping herself to one of the shrimps sitting on ice in a silver bucket on the table, The dish was one of the buffet selections Dina received after each performance,
The Buttercream Player was Maureen's playful sobriquet for Dina's ex-fiance, Morgan Todd, His sister Jasmine was getting married, and because Dina loved Jas like family she was flying home to Detroit in the morning for the wedding, Dina assumed Morgan would be leaving his Pop-Tarts long enough to fly in for the celebration, too, but she hadn't spoken to him in years. When they crossed paths she planned to be polite, but that would be extent of her interactions with the man she'd loved most of her life and who'd treated her heart like something you put in a garbage disposal. "I'm a Tony-winning actress. I'll just pretend he's not there."
"Uh-huh. When was the last time you two were in the same room?"
"The day I gave him back his ring four years ago."
"Then you might want to prepare yourself."
"For what?"
"He's waiting outside in the hall."
"Excuse me?"
"He wants to see you."
She shrugged. "Could have something to do with you not taking his calls for the past four years." "He can kiss my ass."
"That could be one of the reasons he's here, too, but I'll let him tell you."
Maureen had always had a soft spot in her heart for Morgan, even when Dina wanted him boiled in oil. "Why didn't you just tell him I was unavailable?"
"You know I can't resist dark chocolate, especially when he dangles two front-row-seat tickets to his show. He may be persona non grata, but the man can cook."
"You took a bribe."
"I did," she confessed with mock sadness.
Dina didn't believe this. "With friends like you, I don't need any enemies. Go home, and send Mr. Pop-Tart in. I'll call you tomorrow after I land in Detroit."
"Love you." Maureen trilled as she headed to the door.
"Liar." Dina tossed back teasingly.
In the silence after Maureen's departure. Dina studied her reflection. Morgan. Inwardly, she wasn't prepared for this. She'd purposefully avoided all contact since giving him back his ring, mainly because of how much she'd been hurt. Outwardly, her face was shiny from the makeup remover and there was a stocking cap over her hair. She wasn't looking her best, but she decided, so what. It was only Morgan. He'd have two minutes to say whatever he'd come to say and then get gone.
A quick two knocks sounded on the door. "Come in."
Her first thought was that she hated that he was still so damn gorgeous. Rich brown skin. The razor-cut moustache framing his lips and flowing down to the short clipped beard on his chin made him look like a twenty-first century gun-slinger. The eyes on hers were as potent as they'd ever been. Dark chocolate, indeed.
"Hey, Dee Dee."
Dark chocolate voice, too. "Morgan." "Great show."
"Thanks. What brings you by?"
"Was in town, thought I'd catch the show. Jas said you were headed home for the wedding so I wanted to see if you'd like to hitch a jet ride home."
She'd been in love with him since the age of twelve. In the handsome planes of his face were remembrances of how he'd looked as a teen, as a high-school senior in his football uniform and the day he'd proposed. "You own a jet now?"
"No, it belongs to one of the corporate sponsors of a competition my network will be taping while I'm in Detroit."
"What kind of competition?"
"Holiday-themed cakes. Four contestants. Ten thousand dollar grand prize."
Silence filled her dressing room. They were studying each other. She wondered if he was replaying their past, too. She looked away and removed the stocking cap over her hair. "Any other passengers?"
She noticed that he was checking her out subtly, as well. The casual arms-crossed stance was as familiar as the way her traitorous heart was pounding. "When are you planning on leaving?"
"Told Mom and Jas I'd be in tonight."
"My flight's in the morning."
"That's what Jas told me, but you can always use the tickets another time. If you fly tonight, you won't have to deal with LaGuardia, baggage claim or security, and we can be home in under an hour."
It was tempting, but that's how the devil worked. "Thanks, but I'll wait for my flight in the morning."
"Chicken." he called softly.
She met his reflection in the mirror. Parts of herself were angry that she was still attracted to him in spite of the hurts of the past. "Not chicken. I've gone on with my life."
"Then flying home with me shouldn't be an issue."
The quiet tone touched her in places she thought she'd locked up good and tight. "It isn't. I have to finish packing. Take care of some things."
Another knock sounded. Exasperated, she called again. "Come in."
Arthur Stevens stepped inside. "Hi, doll."
Arthur was a fifty-something-year-old international investment banker she'd been seeing for the past eighteen months. He was a nice sweet man.
She avoided looking at Morgan. "Hey, Arthur. How are you?"
He noticed Morgan and stopped. He looked quizzically between the two of them. "Am I interrupting something?" "No."
Recognition slowly dawned on his face. "You're Morgan Todd. aren't you?" He held out his hand. Morgan shook it. "Yes, I am. And you are?" "Arthur Stevens."
Dina saw the question in Morgan's eyes but she didn't offer an explanation because he wasn't owed one.
Arthur appeared uncomfortable. "I can call you later, Dina."
"No. you're fine. Morgan came by to offer me a jet ride home, but I told him I'd wait and take my flight in the morning."
"A private jet is less of a hassle, though." She wondered why Arthur seemed to be taking Morgan's side.
Morgan appeared buoyed by the support. "See, even your friend here agrees."
Her pointed look his way earned her a chocolate smile.
"Arthur's my date for the wedding." she said holding Morgan's eyes.
The smile faded. She liked that.
Arthur added. "I have to be in Copenhagen for the next few days, but I plan to be back in the states in time to make the wedding. I met your mom and sister over the summer. They're both very nice ladies."
Dina saw the surprise fill Morgan's face and that pleased her, too.
"You've been to Detroit?"
"Yep. She took me home to meet her parents. We had an interesting visit."
What Arthur didn't say was that it was so interesting that Dina's mother Lynne wanted him shot. Arthur was a sweet man but he was also an over-the-top germophobe. By the time they left, he had the entire house smelling like bleach. "I see." Morgan said.
Dina was enjoying his bemusement. She had no idea what Morgan's real agenda was but she hoped meeting Arthur had put it in flux.
Arthur asked. "So what airport are you using?"
Morgan answered.
Arthur turned to Dina. "Then how about I run you home? You can pick up your bags and my driver can zip us out to the airport. You don't really want to mess with LaGuardia if you don't have to, do you?"
No, and she didn't want to fly on a plane alone with Morgan, either, but in reality he was the lesser of the two evils. She really didn't want to deal with LaGuardia. "Sounds good."
Morgan looked as if he wanted to appeal the plan, but she ignored that and said to him, "We'll meet you there in an hour or so. Now, both of you out, so I can get dressed. Arthur get his number just in case we run late."
"Will do, doll."
Morgan appeared to be frustrated but Dina ignored that, as well.
Posted November 23, 2011
I am not a fan of short stories but enjoyed both of these.
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Posted November 22, 2011
The first story was good, not a I can't wait to turn the page, but the second story was not even good. Not the 4 stars that I thought.
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Posted December 12, 2011
I really enjoyed this holiday themed book. I usually shy away from compilations because there does not seem to be much character development, however, I really enjoyed this book. It was my first time reading Beverly Jenkins. I have since purchased another book by her. Elaine Overton is one of my favorites Second Chance Christmas was a delight.
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The Recreated World: A Research Question | While reading this article about the prospects of a nuclear Iran, I noted that Kennedy estimated the odds of a nuclear war during the Cuban Missile Event as "''between 1 in 3 and even." Using either that or some other potential apocalypse, can you think of fictional scenarios in which the… | Jonathan Goodwin | 03/13/06 | 10 | 03/15/06 |
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Some Brief Notes and Queries on Teaching Borges | I've taught some of Borges's fictions in two out of three of my last classes and am spending this week on "The Immortal," "The House of Asterion," "The Zahir," and "The Aleph." I'd be interested in hearing from any of you who've taught Borges, particularly in an introductory course. How did… | Jonathan Goodwin | 03/11/06 | 9 | 03/13/06 |
Judging a Book by Its Bibliography | Ever do this? I understand it's kind of a joke about how you know you've arrived as a graduate student, etc., but it's always seemed to me to be the logical way of reading a scholarly book. Generally speaking, you can reconstruct the argument of a book from its list of… | Jonathan Goodwin | 03/06/06 | 24 | 03/09/06 |
Totality and the Genes of Literature | "Suppose at this juncture we were to state the blindingly obvious: that, whatever their other properties, literary texts do not possess genes" (59). So begins the "Perils of Analogy" section of Christopher Prendergast's response* to Moretti. Notwithstanding the Paris Review interviews, it does seem difficult to maintain that literature has genes.… | Jonathan Goodwin | 01/16/06 | 25 | 08/31/11 |
Graphs, Maps, Trees Files | The first posts in the Graphs, Maps, Trees event will appear later today. We are pleased to be able to offer PDFs of the original NLR articles Thanks to Jacob Stevens at NLR, Verso, and Franco Moretti for allowing us to make these files available to our readers through the end… | Jonathan Goodwin | 01/11/06 | 2 | 01/04/07 |
Franco Moretti's Graphs, Maps, Trees: A Valve Book Event | On January 11, we will begin posting a series of short essays and comments on Franco Moretti's Graphs, Maps, Trees, an event similar to those past on Theory's Empire and The Literary Wittgenstein. Several Valve regulars will contribute, and we also hope to have pieces from Cosma Shalizi and Scott McLemee.… | Jonathan Goodwin | 01/02/06 | 18 | 02/01/06 |
Nick Gillespie Goes to MLA | I've always enjoyed the increasingly addled articles about the MLA guaranteed to appear around this time every year. And here's a piece by Nick Gillespie at Tech Central Station, which has the trustworthy imprimatur of James Glassman, author of Dow 10,000!, so you know to expect good things. Not "bitch-slaps," or,… | Jonathan Goodwin | 12/28/05 | 22 | 01/01/06 |
Book and Volume | Nick Montfort, who wrote the (or at least "a") book on interactive fiction, has recently released Book and Volume, which is set in nTopia, has allusions ranging from Pynchon to Gygax, and feels very PKD--I mean that neutrally. My discussion is going to include some mild spoilers. | Jonathan Goodwin | 12/21/05 | 0 | |
Eighties and Nineties Political Censoriousness: Where? | From a long review of John Worthen's D. H. Lawrence: Life of an Outsider: Now that the eighties and nineties fashion of censoriously political reading has come to seem a narrow cut, and nearly as dated as those postwar clichés about the sickness of civilized humanity, Lawrence can be rescued from… | Jonathan Goodwin | 12/12/05 | 3 | 12/17/05 |
It Starts with the Loss of a Semicolon | The most famous paragraph in "bad writing discussions": Theodor Haecker was rightfully alarmed by the fact that the semicolon is dying out; this told him that no one can write a period, a sentence containing several balanced clauses, any more. Part of this incapacity is the fear of page-long paragraphs, a… | Jonathan Goodwin | 12/10/05 | 14 | 12/14/05 |
Reading List Suggestions for Entering College Students | Jane Kotulka is preparing a college prep reading list for students at Bassett High School in Bassett, VA. Her query was forwarded to our faculty list:I am working on a college prep reading list for our students. We want to prepare them for their college career. Do you have a freshman… | Jonathan Goodwin | 12/07/05 | 22 | 12/09/05 |
Fuller's Dover Testimony | Michael Bérubé's been wondering about how Steve Fuller, a leading figure in the sociology of science, could testify on behalf of ID proponents in Dover and also be blurbed on the back of a volume by Meera Nanda, criticizing the reactionary tendencies of post-modernism. The ACLU has made Fuller's testimony available,… | Jonathan Goodwin | 12/04/05 | 59 | 12/13/05 |
The NYU Strike | Word on the street is that Alan Sokal and Andrew Ross both support the striking graduate students, whereas it seems that Paul Boghossian, who has a piece in the Theory's Empire volume you may remember from a while back, supports the administration. David Velleman, also of NYU's "ranked the undisputed number… | Jonathan Goodwin | 12/04/05 | 5 | 12/05/05 |
PSA/A New Review of A New Kind of Science | Many of you may remember Prof. Synecdoche. He seems to have deleted his blog. Unfortunately, it's been replaced by a porn-spam blog. So, I'd advise everyone to de-link. Polymath Cosma Shalizi has an entertaining review of Stephen Wolfram's A New Kind of Science. I have a paper in various stages of… | Jonathan Goodwin | 10/26/05 | 28 | 10/31/05 |
Remembering Wayne Booth | Anthropologist Alex Golub has posted a remembrance of Wayne Booth. I never met Booth, though The Rhetoric of Fiction, A Rhetoric of Irony, and The Company We Keep: An Ethics of Fiction were all influential books I read as an undergraduate. The latter volume, in particular, seemed very alien to me… | Jonathan Goodwin | 10/13/05 | 1 | 10/15/05 |
Reactions | Here are some selections from an ALSC Forum, presented, with the occasional comment, for your reading pleasure. --- Wilbur's stockboy reading Playboy on his lunch break shows (even though his choice of reading matter hardly counts as literary reading) a kindred absorption. It is as if the stimulus (to the eye)… | Jonathan Goodwin | 10/08/05 | 39 | 10/11/05 |
A Question about Public Libraries | Should public libraries primarily invest in materials their patrons want to read or things that they are good for them to read? (And who would make this decision, the Coast Guard?*) Or, perhaps, a mixture of both--but in what proportion? Have you been in a small-town public library recently? I know… | Jonathan Goodwin | 09/22/05 | 13 | 09/26/05 |
What's New in NLH? | New Literary History is a journal I find consistently interesting. I previously wrote a brief overview of an issue of Social Text, and these types of informal introductions to the contents of recent journals in the literary and cultural studies are one of the many delights you can look forward to… | Jonathan Goodwin | 09/20/05 | 2 | 09/22/05 |
Class and the Literature Professor | Scott McLemee writes about academia and class in today's InHiEd. He discusses an article by Eric Hayot over at Printculture. Hayot has a bulleted list of cultural pointers that I'd like to review: It helps to know something about wine, because you will need to bring wine to people's houses if… | Jonathan Goodwin | 09/20/05 | 8 | 09/21/05 |
Another Journal Etiquette Question | GZOMBIE observes:I dread cranky readers' reports, though. The earlier version of this article was criticized for getting key factual claims wrong, but it was the reader (and not me) who had those facts wrong. Dude, I've looked at the primary documents, and I know what I'm talking about. I've been going… | Jonathan Goodwin | 09/18/05 | 2 | 09/19/05 |
Defining Literacy Down | There's an article in the Post about the apparent resurgence of the core curriculum across the country. First, I'd have to say that I have met several faculty, students, and alumni from Oglethorpe, and I wouldn't say that it is "little-known." In fact, it's the only college mentioned in the article… | Jonathan Goodwin | 09/06/05 | 13 | 09/13/05 |


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Managing Mental Health in the Community is a guide to best practice in the management of community care for people with mental health problems.A major theme is how to balance the 'triangle of care' that represents the needs and concerns of the user, carer (professional or family) and community. Rather than focusing on the mechanics of the task, this book aims to encourage reflective practice amongst staff, managers and policy-makers.The experienced practitioners who contribute not only challenge some of the assumptions prevalent in the field, but also present some tried and tested interventions used to enable users, staff and managers to function more effectively in community settings.They consider:* how community care has developed* the fundamental concepts of community care* how management is affected by practice* how care systems are designed.Managing Mental Health in the Community should be essential reading for Mental Health Practitioners, Managers, Social Workers, Policy-Makers, Organizational Consultants and all those professionals who are committed to improving the quality of mental health services provided in the community.
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Making submissions to public consultations on Government policies. (self.AustralianPolitics)
submitted 1 year ago by allyerbase
This started off as a discussion on the draft legislation to repeal the carbon tax, accessible here, however I thought it would be more relevant if it was a general discussion on how you can be part of policy formation in Australia.
There was a discussion a while back on how individuals can have input into the formation of policy - this is one of the ways you can get involved. A public consultation is your government openly asking for your opinion. If you have something to say, now's the time. Don't sit back and do nothing, and then whinge about it for the next 4 years.
That said, how your opinion is received by the government is dependent on how you put your submission together.
So I thought it may be of interest to start a discussion on how people can go about putting together a submission.
Step 1 - Read the Submission Guidelines, and follow them. The people handling the consultations are going to be inundated, and they most likely won't hesitate in ditching your submission without reading should it not conform to the guidelines.
Step 2 - Research the subject and know what you're talking about. You're essentially telling the elected leader of this country how you think he should formulate a core policy for this Government, and it will be reviewed by (and publicly available to) experts in the field. If you make a claim, either back it up with a reputable reference or make sure you're comfortable with your name being attached to it in the public sphere, because that is exactly what's going to happen. And with a subject as polarising as the carbon tax as an example, if you make a stupid error or assumption, there's a chance some shock jock or tv talking head will single it out as an example of how the people supporting x position don't know what they're talking about.
Step 3 - Group together with like-minded individuals, an expert in the field, or a community group/NGO which represents your views. You're more likely to be taken seriously as an organisation or by being lead by an esteemed individual in the field. "Concerned Citizen #1,638 with no professional reputation in the field" is not going to have as much impact as "Climate Coalition" or "Ku-ring-gai Environmental Association" or "Professor John Expert PhD AO and Concerned Citizen #1,638"
If you're a uni student, your uni will probably have a government relations department, and some leading academics with interest in the consultation area. Approach them and ask how you can get involved.
Step 4 - Use professional and respectful language. Emotive and hyperbolic language, despite how clever you think it makes you sound to either extreme end of the political spectrum, simply undermines your credibility. Rise above it.
Also don't take this as your opportunity to jump on your soapbox and spew forth your political barbs. It's not. Whatever your political leanings, the people dealing with actually formulating the policies are professionals that are highly qualified and experienced in both politics and policy. They don't care what you think of the Government or the PM. That's irrelevant to the consultations, and will most likely see your submission turfed (or at least disregarded).
Note the specific areas that are up for consultation, and stick to them. Don't be tempted to force your pet subject into a consultation that is irrelevant.
I'm sure there are some great resources out there on how to put a respectable and effective submission together. This page has a good outline on how you should go about responding to Government Consultation. From the UK but the same principles apply.
Would be very interested in hearing other suggestions from people in the policy/government sectors.
[–]dominoconsultant 1 point2 points3 points 1 year ago (0 children)
google search against gov.au for "call for public comment"
[–]Right_Cross 1 point2 points3 points 1 year ago (1 child)
If you are opposed to something, finding areas where it goes against existing laws or policies can be more effective than giving your opinion (or an expert opinion) as to why it's a bad idea.
For example if the government wanted to build a highway through your backyard, however this defies local and state zoning restrictions, you should bring up which ones and try to find out why it was the zoned the way it is in the first place. Then look at anything special about your land from relevant environmental authorities (endangered species habitat etc). Then look for any broader policies about moving heavy haulage away from residential areas, increasing rail transportation, reducing health implications from pollution etc.
Using the government's rules and previous precedents are a handy way of building an argument.
[–]allyerbase[S] 0 points1 point2 points 1 year ago (0 children)
Good point. I would suggest however that for those type of campaigns to be effective they'd require grass roots support and a media campaign as well, or indeed be a totally separate campaign to the public submission.
Once again, if the points don't fall within the specific areas open for consultation, and the government isn't interested in hearing your point, they can rebuff it on the 'does not meet the criteria of the public consultation' grounds.
And no doubt you won't be advised of your submission's status until the close date of the consultations, leaving all your hard work for naught.
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When I graduate from residency and pass the ABEM qualifying exam, I'll be ready to start my own career as a board certified emergency physician. After four years of medical school and three more of residency, the powers that be will have deemed me ready to care for the ill and injured across the country — but not in my home state. I'll be permitted to infuse inotropes and lead resuscitations in New Jersey, but it will be unlawful for me to prescribe laxatives in Pennsylvania. I can strive to save lives in Alabama, but I am barred from doing the same in Florida. The problem, you see, is that I'm a DO.
I should start off by saying how proud I am to have graduated from an osteopathic medical school. An institution that had no compelling reason to accept me readily brought me into their academic fold, and I thrived on every moment of their tutelage. The mornings of manipulative medicine instruction shaped my role as a physician just as the long nights of anatomy lab did. Osteopathic principles infused into every patient-centered lesson helped mold me in the vision of Andrew T. Still, MD, DO, and I truly believe that my daily patient interactions are influenced by my osteopathic education. Nonetheless, I opted to enter an ACGME-accredited program for my residency training. Many reasons led me to forgo the AOA match and enter an MD program — the same arguments that are played out daily on Internet message boards and in the minds of the thousands of emergency medicine applicants each year — but the only reason that matters, of course, is that it was the right program for me, the place where I could best learn the art and science of emergency medicine.
To maintain some measure of osteopathic distinctiveness, the osteopathic licensing boards of four states (Pennsylvania, Michigan, Oklahoma, and Florida) typically require completion of an AOA-approved internship prior to granting a permanent medical license. The remaining 46 states make no distinction between the medical degrees, but these four stand fast in their requirement. The AOA instituted Resolution 42, or the "hardship resolution," in 2000, which grants credit for internship to ACGME trainees, allowing them to apply for licensure in the four states. Resolution 42 provides a mechanism for DO graduates to remain part of the osteopathic family, but it places perhaps onerous requirements on emergency medicine trainees, sometimes requiring replacement of elective time — designed to help residents pursue a niche interest or sharpen a relevant skill — with a rotation of questionable benefit to the emergency medicine curriculum.
My co-residents, the residency faculty, and the hospital staff treat me no differently as a DO in an MD program. Most patients are unaware of the difference or at worst simply ask what the letters behind my name mean. By and large, the only entities that force a distinction are the four state boards that would deem me unfit to treat their citizens. Graduate medical education is undergoing a long-awaited evolution toward a combined certifying organization, so it is peculiar indeed that such restrictions and requirements still exist in these states.
It's gray outside. Every day, thick clouds block the winter sun. The trees have lost all of their leaves, and the suburban lawns blend into the cracked sidewalks and streets. In college we called this time "The Dark Ages," the seemingly endless and dreary stretch between the color and joy of the December holidays and the sunny promise of spring.
The Dark Ages seem to have come early this year for some reason. I began my ICU rotation in early December, after a November ED month marked by mistakes and frustration. I was excited. With #FOAMed heroes so heavily represented by the critical care crowd, I was ready for a revelatory experience, prepared for the first steps toward fellowship and broader horizons from the ICU. But I was never able to throw off the heavy yoke of my emergency department disappointment.
My mind would wander on rounds, always returning to the difficult cases I'd faced just a few days earlier. I questioned myself, relived the moments I could have — should have — done better. I presented my patients each morning, and was struck by how frequently their courses had been set long before they landed in their glass-walled suites. So many of their paths were determined not by vents and vasopressors in the ICU, but by the hands and hearts of the ED or by the astute ears of the responding paramedic or the experienced eye of a downstairs provider. I was simultaneously proud of my role while ashamed at my performance.
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I first met heroin when I was a brand new medical student at the local needle exchange program. This organization provided free and clean needles for intravenous drug users. It was early March when I first set out to volunteer with the needle exchange. Cutting classes for the day, I drove downtown to search for the program offices. I made lap after lap around crumbled, aging buildings before I spotted the sign, a fading yellow placard that swung lazily from rusted chains. I pressed the lock button on my car's keyless entry remote a few extra times.
It took a few minutes to enter the exchange office, requiring passage through three locked doors, each guarded by a suspicious, jaded secretary who needed wooing before granting access. Finally, I entered the wood-paneled cavern that the program had claimed, an aging mix of law library and crack den. A spandex-clad receptionist pulled herself out of her chair to greet me. "They're ready to go in the van out back. You'd better head out there."
I settled in for the short ride to the exchange site. The setup was simple. Nestled in an overgrown field south of the city, far from the eyes of potential businessmen and graciously ignored by the municipal police, we set up three tables. "Customers" would approach the first table and hand over a single dirty syringe. Then they would proceed to the middle counter, where a selection of BD's finest awaited, categorized by volume and gauge. A point of the finger (no words uttered here), and each would receive 200 tiny needles. The last table held the accouterments that these venous veterans required: tourniquets, alcohol wipes, and sterile water for injection.
I was amazed by the diverse clientele that shuffled through our makeshift bodega. Lady Liberty's huddled masses were present, of course, but it quickly became apparent that heroin use was much more universal than I thought. When a brand-new Jeep Cherokee pulled up with mom, dad, sister, and brother each claiming their 200, I began to see just how deep the rabbit hole went. Heartbreaking stories continued to fly through, staying only long enough to secure their supplies for the week. Brothers. Families. Prostitutes and their pimps. Sunken eyes told tales of debilitating dependence and more than a few brushes with death.
We were forbidden to ask if anyone wanted medical help or counseling. Such intrusiveness would drive the population away, I was told, and leave more users stuck with dirty needles, increasing the risk of HIV and hepatitis transmission. I sat off to the side, my bright green scrubs making my purpose clearly evident. If anyone needed help, "They'll ask us," the NP informed me. And a few did. Of the hundreds of tempest-tossed who passed through, a handful asked a quick question, "Where can I ... uh ... you know ... talk to someone?" A knowing smile from the sage nurse and a ready pamphlet satisfied those concerns. One or two had a rash or bump they wanted checked, and we had to summon an ambulance for one gentleman with all the hallmarks of cellulitis and sepsis.
I went back a few times. Soon enough, though, my eyes started falling on more and more discarded needles in the gutters and on the side of the road. Whether there were more to be seen or I was just noticing them for the first time, I knew that I was part of the supply chain. Study after study will demonstrate that needle exchange programs drastically decrease the rates of HIV and other needle-borne disease, but I struggled with the collateral damage. The needle exchange and I went our separate ways.
I reunited with heroin and its victims when I began residency. Every day, I encounter casualties of addiction. Overdoses, abscesses, and endocarditis are familiar diagnoses. It's the odd shift when there is not at least one drowsy patient in the hallway bed. Opioid abuse is so common, in fact, that I've sought additional resources to understand these patients a little better. I toured the city with the local state police commander, my eyes open wide as he showed me the dark alleys and barred porches where the transactions are held, taking notes as he recommended expecting certain adulterants if my patient came from one part of the city versus another. I've scoured online message boards, learning about "greasing," "morning shots," cotton fever, and lime juice cookdowns.
It seems that heroin has become as much a part of my learning journey as chest pain, shortness of breath, and nonspecific belly pain. What was once a brief exploration of a not-too-distant underbelly is now an important consideration nearly every time I walk into the ED. I'm thankful for the peek into the world the needle exchange offered me, and can only hope that we can part ways again.
What have your encounters with heroin patients been like? What do you think of needle exchange programs?
I've spent the past few weeks away from the emergency department. Having tackled my first three months of residency, the schedule now has me rotating through one of our hospital's critical care units. I show up every day and take my spot among the ranks of internal medicine residents who keep the hospital floors humming.
It's a different experience from what I'm used to. The hours are longer, but usually not as hurried as my shifts in the ED. Where I might strive to see and disposition 20 patients from the department, it's a busy day on the floor when I see more than a half-dozen. The day progresses differently, with plenty of time for in-depth discussion and comprehensive dissection of each case. Attending physicians and senior residents spend countless minutes exploring subtopics and clinical questions, and it's a new experience to see where patients go and what happens to them once they leave the ED. Perhaps more importantly, this serves as an essential opportunity to form closer relationships with the admitting teams and consulting services that I often see so transiently while on shift.
It's a mixed bag. I'm dismayed each morning by the rounds that seem to never end, but I revel in the incredible conversation and seemingly endless knowledge of my team members. I enjoy the broad differential entertained by the inpatient teams, but sometimes I become exasperated with what occasionally feels like zebra hunting. Still, I suppose, the medical safari has opened my mind to a host of maladies and broadened my differential for the future.
The patients and pathologies I have the chance to see each day are motivating and captivating. I've learned the value of exploration, and have come to appreciate the lengths to which the inpatient diagnosticians go to ensure the best for my patients. As October comes to an end, however, I'm eager to make my way back to the emergency department, and can't wait for the familiarity and flow I've come to love.
Fellow interns, how is your first year going? Senior residents, any advice for us newbies?
With July come and gone, my fellow interns and I are starting to feel (slightly) more confident in our newfound roles as emergency medicine residents. I still haven't figured out how to get surgery to come downstairs quicker, but I can at least direct my patients toward the bathroom without consulting a tech first (just around the corner, across from the stretchers). Each day holds its own lessons, excitements, victories, and disappointments. So far, it's everything I'd hoped for.
Our residency orientation closed with a presentation by one of our seasoned attendings called, "The Ten Commandments of Emergency Medicine." These maxims, which at this rate would take up more than a few stone tablets, yield advice ranging from "ovaries complicate things" to "be on the lookout for the Holy Grail." (http://bit.ly/1pXI96J.) It's the perfect lecture before we hit the department, a mixture of sage guidance and lighthearted warnings for the new interns. One commandment in particular, though, has stuck with me: an admonishment to "spend our coins wisely."
It's an apt metaphor. We all begin with a certain number of "coins in our pocket," or mental energy and motivation, at the beginning of each day or shift. They're a fluid resource. A difficult patient or situation may try to steal our coins, just as a great case or well-timed cup of coffee can replenish the stack. A bad day's sleep on a string of nights might start your coffers lower than usual. It might cost a few coins to fight GI on the NG tube or to try to sell a social admit to a grumpy medicine resident.
I think about the coins metaphor often as I move throughout my day, and I've brought the imagery home so my wife understands when I tell her I'm running low on coins and don't have the energy to do this task or to argue that point. I've had more than a few shifts where nothing seems to go right, where all of the answers I offer are wrong, where my lumbar punctures resemble more of a merlot than a champagne tap, and where my patients get stuck in a holding pattern I just can't seem to break.
But I'm finding I have coins to spare even on the worst days. Maybe it's because I'm still just so excited to finally be where I am. More than likely, it has something to do with the safety net I know is all around me: a smiling third-year by my side with every critical patient, a seasoned nurse to help at every turn, and a collected attending I can always catch out of the corner of my eye, keeping one of theirs on me at each step. So far, at least, I've been able to spend my coins freely, and I'm fortunate enough that the incredible people with whom I get to work ensure that my change purse remains full.
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The Effect of Extra-curricular Activities on Academic Achievement
xmlui.metadata.dc.contributor.author | O'Dea, James W. | |
Date Accessioned | 2006-11-20T21:01:47Z | |
Date Available | 2006-11-20T21:01:47Z | |
Date of Issue | 1994-05 | |
xmlui.metadata.dc.identifier.other | 1994 .O2 | |
Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/2092/453 | |
Description | vi, 44 leaves. Advisor: Michael Johnson | en |
Description | The problem. Is there a difference in the grade point average between students who participate in extracurricular activities and those who do not participate? Procedure. Four hundred twenty-four seniors at Valley High School in West Des Moines, Iowa made up the study group. Each senior completed the Fall Senior Information Sheet which gathered information about their participation in extracurricular activities. The grade point averages were obtained from office records. Specific criteria were developed to establish a group of involved students and a group of those not involved in extracurricular activities. The difference between groups was statistically analyzed using a t-test. Findings. The probability of the t-test was less than 0.000499. A significance level of 0.01 was established for this study. Conclusions. There is a significant difference between the grade point averages of those involved in extracurricular activities and those not involved in extracurricuiar activities. Recommendations. Additional research is recommended to determine if extracurricular activities have an effect on such variables as attendance, discipline, school size, and self-esteem. Do the types of activities have an effect on GPA? A study of the effects that withdrawal from extracurricular activities has on the previously mentioned factors could be interesting. | en |
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Publisher | Drake University | en |
xmlui.metadata.dc.relation.ispartofseries | Drake University Theses, School of Education;1994 | |
Subject | Student activities--Evaluation | en |
Subject | Academic achievement--Evaluation | en |
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Carter, Richard G. and Hurdle, D. P. (1983) Wave power absorption by a small body moving in surge. Applied Ocean Research, 5 (1). pp. 24-29. ISSN 0141-1187
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A proposed wave energy converter consists of an array of small floating bodies moving in surge and restrained by dampers. The hydrodynamic behaviour of one such body is studied theoretically and experimentally. Approximate agreement between theory and experiment is reported. The absorption length of individual bodies is small but it is suggested that their relatively low cost may make an array of these devices competitive with other types of wave energy converter.
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Journal or Publication Title: | Applied Ocean Research |
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Deposited On: | 27 Jul 2009 15:30 |
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As a webmaster, the majority of the websites I create for people are forum-based or have ties to forums. I'm seeing it harder not only for myself but those I'm creating sites for to generate quality content on said forums with steady traffic. These range from outdoor living to automotive to business promotion type communities.
In my personal opinion, it's largely in part to the "Facebook" way of communication that people have grown so closely to over the past few years.
Is it the "Wall" layout that gives information whether you care about its relevance at all that just seems to make things easier for people to grasp. Facebook groups are so cluttered and have no organization but people flock to them.
Am I delusional or is it just simply getting harder to get people to take a few seconds to sign up for a forum these days? Even on forums with Facebook and G+ logins...
Your thoughts?
Any helpful tips for conversion on forum based websites in 2014? :)
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3:11 pm on Mar 16, 2014
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Apart from WW I used to follow 5 regularly and of those one has closed, one is pretty well dormant, one going that way and the other two are active with a solid core of old hands but few new members.
Not a statistically valid sample but I get the impression generally that they are in decline. A pity, I prefer a forum format as a way to keep track of several discussions.
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3:20 pm on Mar 16, 2014
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I think there's still room for them. Social media may have taken away some of the necessity, but tends to be "bite size" chunks of information. If you want to have a 2-way lengthy discussion then forums work, imo. I visit 3 often, all webmaster related.
Msg#: 4654454 posted
9:22 am on Mar 18, 2014
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Until forum developers finally include a decent mobile application with their software forums will continue to loose share. Forum spam isn't helping either...
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10:25 am on Mar 18, 2014
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I think it's just part of the continuum of ever-improving ways of information sharing. Remember, forums only took off because they were an improvement over the old usenet way of shared conversations... I visit about 10 regularly, and they're still the most effective collection of shared expertise that I know of.
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roshaoar, I view this quite similar. I visit several forums each day, but this is what I do for a living these days. :) It's the average population in my opinion that don't want to be bothered by registering for a "FORUM"..
Are there any suggestions as to how to engage and promote user content instead of forums on a community based site?
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10:40 am on Mar 18, 2014
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social media isn't really a replacement for forums, so i wonder why they have taken over. most people on facebook only talk with people they already know. so it's not much help if they want to find out about... google's search algo.
i think people just look up all the answers on the internet now, and they havent got the patience to post a question and wait for a reply in a forum.
i have noticed this in my forum especially... a lot of the time someone will post a question and never return. not even to read the answer. it's almost as if they waited 30 secs, didn't get a reply, and gave up.
there's not much you can do to combat that. it's just the way it is these days
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10:48 am on Mar 18, 2014
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londrum.. That's the frustration I'm talking about.
People have just gotten internet lazy! :)
So, I'm trying to stay with the times by diversifying ways to interact with people and promote the sharing of information and social interaction.
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6:10 pm on Mar 18, 2014
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Until forum developers finally include a decent mobile application with their software forums will continue to lose share.
All the apps in the world won't change the central fact: it is difficult and unpleasant to type on a tablet, and next to impossible on a phone.
Can we stipulate that nobody, anywhere, wants to read a forum written primarily in cellphonespeak?
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I use my phone for forums all the time, in fact I'm using it now. My view is mobile applications and notifications have taken root in peoples lives. Unless forums can match that level of penetration the decline will continue. Look at sums companies are willing to pay for successful apps these days. What does that tell you?
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10:05 pm on Mar 18, 2014
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Thi is an interesting discussion, and it's something that every forum participant, poster or lurker, ought to have a view on.
It's true, that there are many, many new places to post and to contact others, and even the manufacturers and developers run their own Q&A forums. There's twitter, of course, and, there are blogs that people follow.
I don't believe forums are a thing of the past as they provide a number of important aspects, not least the independence from large ecosystems, such as Facebook. They also provide users with anonymity, which you won't get with a FB discussions.
Additionally, Facebook, twitter, G+ and others using a similar format provide streams, as opposed to the structured post and thread style of a forum.
Forums are Moderated to retain the standards, and there are some great examples of forums that retain house rules to help avoid the free-for-all of twitter, FB and others.
There's no question, Forums can do better, and improve to meet the demands of today's 140 character-minded participannts.
Has that given you something to think about?
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10:53 pm on Mar 18, 2014
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Forums shouldn't be a thing of the past but they are a "PC thing" which is old fashioned. Babies and bathwater come to mind.
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3:22 pm on Mar 19, 2014
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Engine, my wheels never stop turning. Of course it gives me something to think about. :)
I have two forums sites that do OK for what they are. Numbers aren't high but activity is up. However, they've been up for 10+ years so it has the user-base that's USED to forums.
piatkow mentioned the PC crowd. I agree and have hope for ways around it. I have a SMF site where I just added a mobile theme and made an Android app that pretty much is just a wrap of the mobile theme that allows users to register, post, upload pics and files, private message, etc... I think IPB and vB also have ready-made apps. I did this so we'd gain the user-base that refuses to hop on PC. We'll see how that goes. Currently that website has a PC to Mobile % of 60/40.
Engine, I agree too. The focus has to be on point and moderated when it strays off topic. The lurkers come for information and if they can't see what they're looking for within the first 10-15 seconds of coming to the website, they're on to the next.
I'm curious as to if anyone has created their own social experiment to find out in the same community niche which software gains more users and has more participation. (For a new website)
For a short while I had a Kunena powered board and I ran JomSocial for community interaction with pictures, video, groups, blogs, etc... After years of people being used to "Forums" only, the JomSocial was never utilized by the masses. My take out of that was DON'T change stuff around after people have gotten used to something else. So that website is now the SMF powered site with only a gallery as an addon.
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5:50 pm on Mar 19, 2014
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The PC, or desktop aspect is a challenge, but not for the reasons of ui on a smaller screen. Of course, that smaller screen needs to dealt with, and is relatively easily doable. The real problem is that mobile is more difficult to comment and discuss, and it favours a short 140-character comment. Commneting on-the-move is easier with mobile, and sometimes the longer replies that a re required on a forum is more of a challenge.
Mobile is a nut to crack, and there are ways to deal with that.
Lurkers are one of the bigger challenges because they like to read but not contribute. Encouraging them to discuss is something that always needs attention.
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6:04 pm on Mar 19, 2014
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there are little things you can do to make it easier on mobile
like not forcing people to register... let guests post. most people aren't going to bother filling in all those registration forms on mobile
i also feed in a lot of the info so they don't have to type it out.
if they are coming from a product page, for example, i will pull all the product info through with them to the posting page, so it appears at the top of their post already. makes it a little bit easier
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6:08 pm on Mar 19, 2014
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Forums aren't dead, but they need to evolve. So far, no social network offers the depth of community and richness of content, new and archived, of a good forum.
On the other hand, few people "live" in one forum the way they used to.
I think to keep up one has to think in terms of community rather than purely forum. Some people may want to form groups for special interests, others may want to create content, etc. Gamification is a more recent approach to something forums have done for years with member levels, reputations, etc.
While a few sites may choose, say, Facebook integration vs. a hosted discussion, there's a big risk in that. Ease of use and access is great, but you have no control over your content or what changes could be made in the future.
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I read few papers related to PCR, some mentioned primer binding is specified primarily by 3`end sequence of the primer,while other mentioned that even single nucleotide variation in primer can change the patterns of amplified DNA when viewed after DNA electrophoresis. So plz help me....
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primer binding
Started by where am I?, Jun 15 2009 12:27 AM
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