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Nicole Branagh
Hometown: Orinda, Calif.
Birth Year: 1979
Resides: Torrance, Calif.
Height: 6-2
College: Minnesota
Olympic History: 2008 Women's Beach Volleyball (5th place)
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INTERNATIONAL HIGHLIGHTS: 2012 – Placed fourth with Lauren Fendrick at the FIVB Bangsaen Thailand Open (10/23-28). It was the first time the team had competed together internationally. The team won $5,600... Prior to Thailand, competed in five FIVB events with various partners. Best finish was ninth in Stare Jablonki, Poland (8/13-18) with Kerri Walsh. 2011 – Nicole Branagh teamed with Angie Akers and competed in 14 FIVB World Tour events. Their best finishes were fifth places in Sanya, China and Stare Jablonki, Poland. As a team they won $41,450... 2010 – In the final FIVB World Tour stop of the season, Nicole partnered with Kerri Walsh to win the Phuket Thailand Open and a prize of $15,000. The team lost in the second round and had to win five consolation matches to make it to the semifinals... At the second-to-last FIVB World Tour event in Sanya, China, Nicole and Kerri Walsh placed fifth in their first international tournament together since playing in Dubai in 2008... Nicole partnered with Misty May-Treanor for nine FIVB World Tour events in 2010. Their best finish was a third in Stavanger, Norway (6/28-7/3)... They also finished fourth twice and fifth twice... Nicole and her partners won $67,325 on the 2010 FIVB World Tour. 2009 – Nicole and partner Elaine Youngs competed in five FIVB events. Their best finish was second in Klagenfurt, Austria (7/27-8/1)… They finished third in Gstaad, Switzerland (7/6-7/11)… They were fourth in Brazilia, Brazil (4/20-4/25)… They finished fifth at the FIVB World Championships in Stavanger, Norway (6/25-7/4)… The team finished ninth in Marseille, France (7/20-7/26). The team earned a total of $44,150 in international tournaments and ranked 29th by the FIVB. 2008 – Playing with Tyra Turner, Nicole finished on the podium in the final two events of the FIVB Beach season. The duo came in second in Thailand (Nov. 4-9) and third in China (Nov. 11-16) to close out the year... Following the 2008 Olympic Games, Nicole partnered with fellow Olympian Kerri Walsh to win the FIVB beach tour event in Dubai. The pair went 6-0 and did not lose a set. They beat compatriots Jen Boss and April Ross, 21-18, 21-19, in the final... Nicole and partner Elaine Youngs, who were ranked fifth, finished tied for fifth at the 2008 Olympic Games, falling in the quarterfinals (17-21, 13-21) to the fourth-ranked Chinese team of Xue Chen and Zhang Xi, which went on to win the bronze medal. Nicole was clocked with one of the fastest serves of the tournament at 49 miles per hour... Nicole and Elaine clinched the second U.S. women's beach volleyball Olympic spot at the FIVB World Tour Grand Slam event in Moscow on July 5. Going into the event, Nicole and Elaine led compatriots Jen Boss and April Ross by just 80 Olympic qualifying points. Although Branagh and Youngs won the silver medal, it actually secured enough points for the slot with a 21-17, 21-14 semifinal win in 37 minutes over fourth-seeded Brazilians Talita Antunes and Renata Ribeiro. Nicole and Elaine added another 160 points to their Olympic qualifying total for their best eight finishes on the SWATCH FIVB World Tour since May 2007. The win eliminated compatriots Jen Boss and April Ross from Beijing consideration, although there was one qualifying event left... Nicole and Elaine played in eight FIVB events in 2008 prior to the Olympic Games and won one gold medal (Barcelona), one silver (Moscow) and two bronze (Seoul and Paris). They have won $68,450... Nicole's serve was clocked at 85.7 kph (53.2 mph) at the SWATCH FIVB World Tour stop in Barcelona (May 26-30), where she was also named the most outstanding player. 2007 – Branagh and Youngs played in eight tournaments with one second-place finish (Phuket, Thailand) and two thirds (Fortaleza, Brazil; St. Petersburg, Russia)... Won $57,200... Finished season ranked 19th... Nicole's serve was clocked at 77.6 kph (48.2 mph) at the World Tour stop in Gstaad, Switzerland. 2006 - Played in eight tournaments but did not medal... Finished with one fourth and two fifths... Won $21,450... Finished season ranked 53rd.
DOMESTIC HIGHLIGHTS: 2012 – Finished second with Kerri Walsh at AVP events in Cincinnati (8/30-9/2) and Santa Barbara, Calif. (9/7-9)... Placed third at Jose Cuervo Pro Beach Tour events in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., with Tyra Turner (5/26-27) and in Manhattan Beach, Calif., with Brittany Hochevar (8/24-26)... Nicole and her partners won $22,500 for the season. 2011 – Finished third at the Jose Cuervo Pro Beach Tour event in Miami with Brittany Hochevar (9/16-18) and third at the Pro Beach Tour event in Hermosa Beach, Calif., with Lisa Rutledge (9/23-25)... Placed seventh at the Wide Open event in Cincinnati... Nicole and her partners won $8,625 for the season. 2010 – Nicole and partner Misty May-Treanor competed in seven 2010 AVP Tour events before it ceased operations in August. They won the first event in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (4/16-18) and the final event in Long Beach, Calif. (7/24-25). They also had two second- and two third-place finishes. They finished the season winning $48,500. 2009 – Branagh and Elaine Youngs competed in 15 summer AVP tournaments. They finished first nine times, including their first Manhattan Open victory as a team. The placed second four times and had one sixth and one seventh. Together, they earned $190,700 and finished as the top-ranked team on the tour. 2008 – Prior to the Olympic Games, Nicole and Elaine Youngs played in eight AVP tournaments, finishing first once, second three times and third three times. They have won $49,750. 2007 – Played in 15 AVP events, winning four, finishing second in seven and placing third in two. Also had two other top-10 finishes... Won $185,225 and finished season ranked 3rd. 2006 – Played in 16 AVP events with two second-place finishes and six third placings... Finished seven other times in the top 10... Won $65,850 and finished season ranked 8th. 2005 – Played in 11 AVP events but did not medal. Had eight top 10 finishes.... Won $14,712.50 and finished season ranked 21st. 2004 – Played in five AVP events with one top-10 finish... Won 2,430 and finished season ranked 43rd.
COLLEGE HIGHLIGHTS: While at Minnesota, she was a two-year second team All American and Big 10 Player of the Year in 2000... Was first-team all-conference three years after getting honorable mention her freshman season... When she finished playing, Nicole had tallied the most kills in Big Ten history (2,379), and ranked third in career digs in school history... Her career kill total was sixth in NCAA Division I history, yet she had played in fewer games than any of the top five.
OTHER VOLLEYBALL HIGHLIGHTS: Nicole was a member of the indoor U.S. National Team from 2001-2003, and played for the bronze-medal team in the Pan-Am Games in 2003. She played indoors professionally in Japan and Italy after graduation
PARTNERS: 2012 – Tyra Turner, Jenny Kropp, Summer Ross, Kerri Walsh Jennings, Lauren Fendrick 2011 – Angie Akers (international), Brittany Hochevar, Lisa Rutledge. 2010 – Kerri Walsh, Misty May-Treanor. 2009 – Elaine Youngs. 2008 – Elaine Youngs. Nicole also played international matches with Tyra Turner and Kerri Walsh. 2007 – Elaine Youngs. 2006 – Holly McPeak, Elaine Youngs. 2005 – Kerri Eich, Jeanette Hecker, Angie Akers. 2004 – Alicia Zamparelli, Danalee Corso, Lauren Fendrick.
PERSONAL: Born Nicole Christine Branagh in San Leandro, Calif. ... Parents are Tom and Diane Branagh... Nicole has one brother, John, and one sister, Denise... Nicole graduated from Miramonte High School in Orinda, Calif. ... She played both basketball and volleyball and also competed in track and field... Received her degree in public relations/advertising at Minnesota... Spent a season as an assistant coach at Cal-State Fullerton… She began playing beach volleyball competitively in 2004… Her hobbies are laughing, spending time with friends and family, travel and "anything outside"... Her favorite movie is August Rush and she likes all types of music... She says her parents are her role models.
HONORS: 2009 – AVP Most Valuable Player. AVP Best Offensive Player. AVP Team of the Year (with Elaine Youngs). AVP Crocs Cup Champion (with Elaine Youngs). 2008 – AVP Most Improved Player. FIVB Most Improved Player 2006 – AVP Most Improved Player. 2005 – AVP Rookie of the Year.
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Earlier start times for Everett high schools would save money, but could also hurt learning
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Cascade High School student Cassidy Fish (right) is the early riser in her family, typically up at 5 a.m., while her twin sister, Chandler (left, on couch), struggles to get up in the morning.
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Cassidy Fish, who is energetic in the morning, takes care of the family's two 4-week old ducklings, Jumper (left) and Wiz, in the garage and cleans their pen before school each day.
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Chandler Fish catches up on homework early on a recent April morning. She has a weeknight baby-sitting job and often doesn't get to bed until 11:30 p.m.
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Cassidy and Chandler's mother, Tina Fish, fixes breakfast for the girls while they do their chores and get ready for school on a recent April morning.
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Cassidy Fish, who goes to bed earlier in the evening than her twin sister, Chandler, is a fast starter in the wee hours of morning.
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Chandler grabs some breakfast as her mother, Tina Fish (background) puts straightens up the kitchen.
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Cassidy cleans her ducklings' water server and refills it, along with restocking their food, before school each day.
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Cassidy holds Brownie, one of the family pets (three cats and a dog) that she feeds on a recent April morning before school.
Chandler Fish, 17, is off to help set up the sound system for the school's jazz choir. Practice typically begins at 6:30 a.m., an hour before the bell rings for first-period class.
Twin sister Cassidy Fish, who also is taking courses at Everett Community College through the Running Start program, spends the time before school assisting a teacher or doing homework.
Cassidy is the Fish family's early bird, typically the first up at 5 a.m. "Usually by first period, I'm just wired and doing everything," she said. "Most of the kids are like, 'What the heck? How do you do that?' "
Her sister, Chandler, is by far the more typical teen, struggling to get up at 5:45 a.m. After a weeknight job of baby-sitting, she often doesn't get to bed until 11:30 p.m.
Cassidy said she can only imagine what it would be like if the Everett School District follows through on a proposal to start high school as much as 20 minutes earlier, at 7:10 a.m., beginning in the fall.
The district says it's considering changes to its schedules for high schools, middle schools and elementary schools to trim about $163,000 next year from a transportation budget of $7.2 million.
Cassidy said she often spots as many as eight students among her 30 first-period classmates either sleepy or dozing. "In my opinion … there would be a lot more kids sleeping in first period," she said.
Her observations aren't unusual. Snoozing in early classes is a problem reported at schools across the nation, said Kyla Wahlstrom, director of the University of Minnesota's Center for Applied Research and Education Improvement.
Studies show some 20 percent to 25 percent of students fall asleep if the first-period class starts by 7:15 a.m., said Wahlstrom, who has studied the ties between teenage sleep needs and academic performance over the past 15 years.
Part of the reason is how the brain programs sleep for teenagers, she said.
Melatonin, a substance in the brain that helps trigger feelings of sleepiness, usually is not secreted in teens until 10:45 p.m., she said. The maturing teen brain tends to remain in sleep mode until 8 a.m.
"The public doesn't get it; it's not a matter of choice," she said. "They say go to bed early; it doesn't work. They say, 'Get up! It's being lazy.' It doesn't work. It's a matter of what's going on in the body. This is about human biology."
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While the Everett School District is considering starting high school classes earlier, more than 250 districts across the nation went in the other direction, starting the first class between 8:30 and 9 a.m.
A Maryland-based grass-roots group, Start School Later, was launched to lobby for such changes. It has chapters in seven states, including Washington.
Schools that have made the switch to later high school morning bells often report improved attendance, more alertness, less sleeping in class and a drop in student depression, Wahlstrom said.
It's not just classroom teachers who have noticed a difference. Athletic coaches at Minnesota schools that made the change told Wahlstrom, "Gee, we've got kids who remember the plays. The practices don't have to be as long."
Changing the high school morning start time by one hour, from 7:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m., can mean a teen can grab about five hours more sleep each week. That translates into focus and concentration, which, when applied to homework, "leads to better grades," Wahlstrom said.
The trend has led some Everett parents to ask whether the school district is going the wrong direction with its proposals to start high school as early as 7:10 a.m. and elementary school as late as 9:35 a.m. in the upcoming school year. Middle schools' start times could range from 7:10 a.m. to 8:25 a.m.
"If we want to do what's best for the learning environment for kids, we should look at start times in a critical way," said Kim Guymon, who heads the Everett School Board Project, a citizens group. "I'm not sure starting elementary kids later and high school kids earlier is the right answer for that."
Studies on the effects of sleep deprivation date back to the 1980s. As the lack of sleep builds up over days or weeks, it can cause mental impairment similar to drinking before driving, researchers have found.
Stanford University's Dr. William Dement has said that there's almost a linear relationship with sleep at night and alertness in the daytime.
Almost 70 percent of high school students fail to get the recommended nine hours of sleep on school nights, according to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Wahlstrom used a two-year CDC grant to study four school districts that made the change to later high school schedules. "Early findings indicate that grades have improved," Wahlstrom said. Study results will be announced later this year.
Guymon said she understands the impact that later high school start times could have on schools and families.
"Yes, it would screw up our schedules," she said, "but our children will be more alert and ready to learn."
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When teens don't get the sleep they need, they experience feelings similar to jet lag or the fatigue of workers on night shifts, said Bora Zivkovic, a guest lecturer at schools and universities and an online editor at Scientific American. "That's how kids feel every day when they get out of bed too early," he said.
To fit kids' needs best, elementary students should start earliest in the day, followed by a later start in middle school and even later in high school, Zivkovic said.
Ideally, high school classes would start at 10 a.m., he said, but 9 a.m. "is probably as early as they can actually wake up and not miss completely what was taught to them in first period."
"The difference is dramatic," he said. "First period, you're talking into the air. Second period, they're waking up. It's so obvious the difference between first and second period in how much they can pay attention."
School districts aren't rushing to adapt schedules to such findings.
Many area high schools start around 7:30 a.m. In the Northshore School District, high schools start at 7:10 a.m., and some parents have been lobbying for change.
Transitioning to later high school start times triggers an avalanche of scheduling issues at school and home. And parents have their own concerns.
"I know three superintendents who have lost their jobs over this decision," Wahlstrom said. "You get some people storming the school board who say, 'This is a bunch of hocus-pocus.' "
Mary Waggoner, spokeswoman for the Everett School District, formerly worked at the Issaquah School District, which studied pushing back high school start times for two years.
The concerns raised there included: Students who work after school or were responsible for caring for younger siblings, and conflicts for students who participate in speech, drama and sports activities with other school districts.
If high schools were dismissed later in the day, it could mean that sports teams might not be able to find enough lighted fields to practice on, Waggoner said.
If school started later, students participating in after-school activities with other districts would have to leave school early to get to those events, she said.
"This really is a story of … all the schedules in a school district being connected," Waggoner said. "You move one piece and you can have unintended consequences for another piece.
"It wouldn't work for one school district among many to make the change by itself."
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Budget cuts are driving Everett's school schedule changes.
With the recession causing a series of annual cuts to state funding of public education, "you don't have the luxury of making those choices to do it differently and incurring more cost," Waggoner said.
The district spent $163,000 this year to add three new bus routes and modified four others at Cascade and Jackson high schools after traffic congestion caused scheduling delays for buses.
Switching school start and dismissal times would allow that money to be spent in the classroom next year instead of on transportation, Waggoner said.
It also would affect many of the district's 18,700 students and their families and could tip its own set of scheduling dominoes, some parents say.
"When you schedule a child, you schedule a family," Guymon said.
Students participating in before-school activities called zero period, such as Cascade High School's jazz band, now arrive at school about 6:20 a.m., said Bill Bledsoe, president of the school's band and color guard boosters.
"Instruments are up and ready to go at 6:30 every day, five days a week," he said.
If high school classes start at 7:10 a.m. next fall, students might be arriving at school at 5:55 a.m. for a 6:10 start, he said.
"I respect we want to cut about $160,000 from the budget," Bledsoe said. "I would say there are other ways to do it than starting school at 6 o'clock."
Tina Fish, whose daughter, Chandler, participates in jazz choir, said the time shift could either mean an earlier start for that group, too, or switching to an after-school practice.
Chandler also works as a sports trainer for Cascade's teams after school. "She couldn't do both," said her mom, who's president of the school's choir boosters. "It would be difficult for her to choose between things she likes so much."
Asahel Jenkins, 18, is a Cascade senior who as a member of the swim team had a 4:30 a.m. wake-up schedule for a 5:30 a.m. before-school practice. He said the proposal to start school at 7:10 a.m. "sounds awful, to be completely honest."
Even now, on some mornings it's hard to even eat breakfast because of the rush, he said. "If you move it back even further, I would be like a zombie."
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After more than a year of study, a school district in Jackson Hole, Wyo., took the plunge this school year.
High school classes that started at 7:35 a.m. were moved to 8:55 a.m. Middle school starts at 9 a.m. Elementary schools start between 8:15 and 8:30 a.m.
When the change was first proposed, parents and some students voiced many of the same scheduling conflict issues raised elsewhere.
"A lot of concerns come down to really adjusting the daily schedule, not only with school, but life," said Scott Crisp, Jackson Hole High School's principal. "It does change your daily flow, in particular if you have multiple students at multiple schools."
If students participate in high school sports, they leave school early as they've done in the past, he said.
The before-school zero period beginning at 8:10 a.m. allows students to take electives that they might not be able to fit into their schedules, but not core courses like science or math.
"You have to decide if your local community believes the research clearly demonstrates that a later start has positive impacts," he said. "There will be things that have to be compromised. I don't think you can change a start and end time in high school without some flexibility."
Some scheduling tweaks can be made without a total overhaul in school schedules.
Everett's Archbishop Murphy High School starts at 8 a.m., half an hour later than many high schools.
It has stopped offering academic courses such as chemistry and physics during the before-school period, which starts at 7:05 a.m. Only choir and band are offered now, said Steve Schmutz, Murphy's principal.
Switching to block scheduling, with classes offered on alternating days, allows students to squeeze in seven rather than six courses per year.
Jeff Russell, president of the Everett School Board, said he will ask fellow board members if they're interested in taking a look at high school starting times at their upcoming workshop.
"Any sort of dramatic change would be difficult to implement," he said. "If you're going to flip high school and elementary start times, one of the concerns would be parents getting elementary school kids to school at that hour, particularly walkers, in the dark."
Yet research on the effect of later high school start times is strong, Russell said. "You can't dismiss it simply out of hand. There needs to be a good rationale for not looking at start times in terms of academic achievement."
Wahlstrom, the Minnesota researcher, said school districts have found solutions for virtually every scheduling problem that arises from switching to later high school schedules.
Concerns about increased busing costs didn't pan out when two Minnesota school districts made the change. "It's just the buses ran at different times," she said.
Parents report an additional, unexpected byproduct of the scheduling change: Their kids are easier to live with.
The daily ritual of parents yelling at their kids to get up so they don't miss their bus has been replaced by kids having time to eat breakfast with their parents.
"There's conversation as opposed to yelling matches," Wahlstrom said. "It changes the whole dynamic. The children are less volatile, a result of that extra hour of sleep."
Once they've switched to later high school start times, it's rare for school districts to go back to early-morning starts, Wahlstrom said.
"The research is pretty clear," she said. "This is something that works to help teenagers develop their full potential. If we can do something better and smarter, why not go there?"
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While President Barack Obama is staying in office for a second term, some of his current political appointees will be leaving.
In order for his new crop of leaders to be successful, they will have to hit the ground running. But, that can sometimes prove difficult in a culture where federal career employees might have concerns about the looming leadership transition, said Tim McManus, vice president of education and outreach at the Partnership for Public Service.
The first 100 days are "crucial" for appointees and career feds alike, according to a working paper written by former political appointees Michele Flournoy and Margaret Spellings on behalf of The Boston Consulting Group.
"The key to that number is a recognition that it is going to take some time, so don't expect that you are going to come in on day one and change the world or change the agency or have it all figured out even if you are not going to change anything," McManus said in an interview on In Depth with Francis Rose. "It is a process of getting to know the organization, getting to know the ecosystem that you are dealing with, the culture that you are dealing with, understanding what has been done, how it's been done and that takes a little bit of time."
McManus advised career employees to adopt the outlook of a two-way street and to keep in mind that "Ultimately, we are all on the same team and our success is actually predicated on the new appointee's success."
He said those in career leadership positions need to recognize, "OK. This is someone new coming in. We actually need to reach out to them and help them understand this and the better the new appointee understands this and gets their feet under them, the more likely [our] agency is for success."
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Even though McManus sees more of a "softer transition" for appointees in Obama's second term, there could be instances of a "slow drawn-out process" of change for some agencies.
"There is no hard and fast cut-off date, and that probably makes some people a little more nervous about really what lies ahead. You don't know if it's going to be the end of January, or does it come next fall or a year from next fall," McManus said. "There also tends to be a a level of uncertainty for the career people because you don't know when or if the person you are working for or with is going to be there or not be there."
In previous administrations, some leadership at the top stayed in place for significant periods of time and even entire second terms. McManus pointed to the second Clinton administration where about 40 percent of top leadership turned over but 60 percent stayed. Of that 60 percent, a significant number stayed for the full second term.
As for the Bush administration, it lost about 65 percent of its top leadership in the second term. But of the 35 percent who stayed, most largely held out for the entire second term.
"You know that a transition may be possible and as days and months go on that will become a little clearer whether or not your agency is going to have some level of transition," McManus said. "Take stock of what your strengths are, take stock of what your weaknesses are and know that coming in so you can have those candid conversations with the new political leadership."
One advantage of a two-term administration is there tends to be a repeat direction when it comes to policy. McManus said it becomes advantageous for an employee to demonstrate to someone coming in that they are on board with that and that they know where to find the information to help the agency continue to do what it is doing.
McManus also reminded career employees that first impressions matter.
"Not only are they making first impressions on you, but you are making first impressions on them. So make sure you spotlight the things you really want to spotlight in those first moments because those are the things that are going to stick," McManus said.
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WASHINGTON, DC – July 24, 2013 – A new guide developed by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) and the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) will help physicians appropriately and accurately use laboratory tests for the diagnosis of infectious diseases. Laboratory test results drive approximately two-thirds of physicians' medical decisions.
Published today in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases, the recommendations provide guidance regarding which lab tests are valuable and should be used in specific contexts; which add little or no value; and how to appropriately collect and manage specimens.
Laboratory diagnoses directly affect patient care and outcomes, as well as hospital infection control, patients' length of stay in the hospital, costs and laboratory efficiency.
"Getting the right diagnosis is contingent upon laboratory results that are accurate and clinically relevant," says Ellen Jo Baron, PhD, who worked with J. Michael Miller, PhD, to shepherd the guide to completion after its inception by Gary Doern, PhD. "Physicians, their staff and microbiologists must communicate and work together to ensure the best outcome for patients, and this guide aims to help facilitate this collaboration."
Divided into sections on anatomic systems (including infections of the bloodstream, cardiovascular system, central nervous system, eyes, soft tissue of the head and neck, upper and lower respiratory system, gastrointestinal tract, abdomen, bone and joints, urinary tract, genitals and skin and soft tissues) and etiologic agent groups (tickborne infections, viral syndromes, blood and tissue and parasite infections), the guide helps physicians decide what tests to request when they suspect specific agents are causing disease. It also provides targeted recommendations and precautions regarding selecting and collecting specimens, detailing what is required for various cultures and tests, as well as the appropriate collection device, temperature and ideal transport time.
The guide suggests 10 tenets of specimen management that everyone involved – from physician to nurse to laboratory scientist – should follow for good patient care. These include:
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- Physicians should not demand a report of "everything that grows" as this could result in an inaccurate diagnosis.
- Avoiding contamination of specimens is key, and careful collection is crucial.
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- A specimen should be collected prior to administration of antibiotics, presence of which could lead to misleading results.
- Susceptibility testing should be performed on clinically significant isolates, not all microorganisms in the culture.
- Lab results should be accurate, significant and clinically relevant.
- The laboratory – not the medical staff – should be allowed to set technical policy. Good communication and mutual respect will lead to collaborative policies.
- Specimens must be labeled accurately and completely (for example: dog bite wound, right forefinger).
Guidance provided in the document is not intended to take the place of a doctor's judgment, but rather to support the decision-making process, which must be individualized according to each patient's circumstances.
The guide was conceived, organized, and initially managed by Gary Doern, PhD, and the 18-member author panel represents specialists with a variety of expertise, including infectious diseases, pathology and microbiology. In addition to Dr. Baron, the panel includes: J. Michael Miller, PhD; Melvin P. Weinstein, MD; Sandra S. Richter, MD; Peter H. Gilligan, PhD; Richard B. Thomson Jr., PhD; Paul Bourbeau, PhD; Karen C. Carroll, MD; Sue C. Kehl, PhD; W. Michael Dunne, PhD; Barbara Robinson-Dunn, PhD; Joseph D. Schwartzman, MD; Kimberle C. Chapin, MD; James W. Snyder, PhD; Betty A. Forbes, PhD; Robin Patel, MD; Jon E. Rosenblatt, MD; and Bobbi S. Pritt, MD.
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The 71st and current governor is Bob McDonnell, a Republican elected in 2009.
His wife, Maureen Gardner, is the First Lady of Virginia.
The state Constitution addresses the office of the governor in Article V, the Executive.
Under Article V, Section I:
The chief executive power of the Commonwealth shall be vested in a Governor.
Candidates for the office of Governor of Virginia must be:
- a United States citizen
- a resident of Virginia for at least five years at the time of the election
- a qualified elector of Virginia for at least year preceding the election
- at least 30 years old
Virginia belongs to the handful of states that hold off-year elections, that is, elections in off-numbered years that are neither Presidential nor midterm years. In Virginia's case, elections are held in the year after a Presidential and before a midterm; thus, 2009, 2013, 2017, and 2021 are all gubernatorial election years. Legally, the inauguration is always held the second Wednesday in the January after an election. Thus, January 8, 2014 and January 10, 2018 are inaugural days.
In the event of a tie between two candidates or a contested election, a joint session of the legislature shall cast ballots.
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Details of vacancies are addressed under Article V, Section 16.
If a Governor-elect dies, resigns, fails to qualify, or cannot take office for any other reason, the Lieutenant Governor-elect takes office as Governor and serves the full term. If the Governor-elect is only temporarily unable to take the oath, the Lieutenant Governor-elect serves as Acting Governor until the disability is removed.
At any time, a sitting Governor may transmit a written statement to both the President Pro Tem of the Senate and the Speaker of the House that she is temporarily unable to serve, at which time the Lieutenant Governor becomes Acting Governor. The Governor resumes her duties by making a second written declaration to the same two officers.
If the Attorney General, the President Pro Tem of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House are in agreement that the Governor is unable to discharge the office, or when a majority of both chambers of the General Assembly vote on the same, they shall communicate their decision to the Clerks of both the State Senate and the House of Delegates, at which point the Lieutenant Governor immediately becomes the Acting Governor.
The Governor may, in writing, attest to the clerks of both chambers that no such inability exists and resume her duties, unless the same officers who voted to suspend her challenge the declaration in writing with four days. at that points, the General Assembly convenes within 48 hours, if not already in session, and has 21 days to decide that matter, with a three-fourths vote required. If the legislature indeed votes to remove the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor ceases to be the Acting Governor and becomes the Governor. If the vote fails, the Governor immediately resumes her full powers.
The Lieutenant Governor also immediately becomes Governor upon the death, resignation, or disqualification of the Governor.
If, at the time a vacancy occurs, an emergency prevents the Assembly from convening, the preordained line of succession behind the Governor and the Lieutenant Governor is as follows:
- the Speaker of the House of Delegates
- the Delegate named to act as the Speaker's stead in the Rules of the House of Delegates
- the President Pro Tem of the Senate
- the Majority Leader of the Senate
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Other duties and privileges of the office include:
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- The governor has the legislative power to submit recommendations and to call special sessions when he finds them necessary (§ 5).
- The governor has veto powers over bills and appropriations. All bills must be sent to the governor before becoming law. The governor may sign the bill, let it sit unsigned for seven days after which it becomes law, or veto the legislation. After a veto, the bill returns to its house of origin and may be overridden by two-thirds of the vote in each house (§ 6).
- The governor also has the power to use a line-item veto. He may send legislation back to the legislature with recommendations and amendments, including severable amendments. The legislature must either approve the changes by a majority in each house, or override the veto with a two-thirds majority in each house (§ 6).
- The governor is commander-in-chief of Virginia's armed forces (§ 7).
- The governor may also communicate with other states and foreign powers (§ 7).
- The governor has the power to fill vacancies in positions unless the position is appointed by the legislature (§ 7).
- The governor may commute fines or sentences and issue pardons, excepting cases when the conviction was made by the House of Delegates. The governor may also restore voting rights and overturn other political penalties on individuals (§ 12).
- The governor must reside at the seat of government during his term (§ 4).
- The governor may require information, in writing and under oath, from any executive officer, officer of an administrative department, or officer of a state institution, on any aspect of that officer's duties and office (§ 8).
- The governor may require formal legal opinions from the Attorney General of Virginia (§ 8).
- The governor appoints all administrative officers, subject to the confirmation of the Senate or the General Assembly, as required by law, and provided the nominee have the legal qualifications for the office ((§ 8).
- Attesting to all commissions and grants made by the Commonwealth of Virginia (§ 17).
- See also: Comparison of gubernatorial salaries
The governor's salary is set by law and may not be raised or diminished effective during the current term.
As of 2010, the Governor of Virginia is paid $166,000 a year, the 5th highest gubernatorial salary in America.
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Patrick Henry Building, 3rd Floor
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Richmond, Virginia 23219
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Get your royal invitation inside the glamorous opening night of the big, Broadway musical Cinderella, starring Laura Osnes, Santino Fontana, Victoria Clark and more.
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