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All expectant parents hope that their babies will be healthy. Yet sometimes problems arise that require a newborn to be hospitalized. When this happens, the baby may be admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) for treatment.
It's almost always stressful when a baby is unexpectedly admitted to the NICU. But the doctors, nurses, and other caregivers in the unit will do their best to provide emotional support for you while caring for your infant's medical needs.
With equipment designed for infants and a hospital staff who have special training in newborn care, the NICU is an intensive care unit created for sick newborns who need specialized treatment.
Sometimes the NICU is also called:
Babies may be sent to the NICU if:
Only very young babies (or babies with a condition linked to being born prematurely) are treated in the NICU — they're usually infants who haven't gone home from the hospital yet after being born. How long they'll remain in the unit depends on the severity of their illness.
Although not all babies in the NICU have the same illness or condition, some diagnoses are common to newborns who need intensive care.
Here's a brief look at those conditions, what causes them, how they're diagnosed, how they're treated, and how long infants usually stay in the unit after they've been diagnosed.
One of the more common blood disorders, anemia is a low number of red blood cells in the blood. Babies who are anemic may:
Premature infants may develop anemia for a number of reasons. In the first few weeks of life, infants don't make many new red blood cells. Also, their red blood cells have a shorter life than an adult's. And the frequent blood samples that must be taken for laboratory testing make it difficult for red blood cells to replenish.
In full-term or preterm infants, hemolytic disease of the newborn (incompatibility between the blood types of the mother and baby) can lead to anemia.
A doctor can diagnose anemia with a blood test.
Minor cases are monitored closely, whereas severe cases (especially in those premature babies who weigh less than 2.2 pounds [1,000 grams]) may require red blood cell transfusions. Doctors also try to treat the underlying cause of the anemia.
By the time the underlying problem has been treated, the number of red blood cells in the infant's circulation stabilizes. As long as the baby is doing well and no longer has symptoms, then the doctors usually let the infant go home with close follow-up with the child's doctor.
Although it's perfectly normal for everyone to experience occasional pauses in breathing, newborns who don't take at least one breath in 20 seconds or more have a condition called apnea. During an apnea spell:
Apnea is usually caused by immaturity in the area of the brain that controls the drive to breathe (the brain doesn't "remember" to take a breath), although illness can also be responsible. Almost all babies born at 30 weeks or less will experience apnea, but apnea spells become less frequent with age.
To accurately diagnose apnea, doctors monitor a baby's breathing rate in the NICU and may order a polysomnogram, which involves attaching the baby to several monitors and observing the infant for about 8 to 12 hours. The pneumogram provides information about the baby's heart rate, breathing, and oxygen saturation in the blood.
In the NICU, all premature babies are monitored for apnea spells. The first line of treatment for apnea is simply stimulating the baby to help him or her remember to breathe. This can mean rubbing the infant's back or tapping the feet. However, when apnea occurs frequently, the infant may require medication (most commonly caffeine or theophylline) and/or a special nasal device that blows a steady stream of air into the airways to keep them open.
Babies remain in the unit until they've been apnea-free for 24 to 48 hours. Some may go home with an apnea monitor and on caffeine so parents can continue to watch for the condition. Many babies outgrow apnea by the time they're 10 weeks past their original due date.
This is an abnormal slowing of the heart rate.
Bradycardia often arises from other problems like low oxygen levels in the blood or apnea.
Taking the baby's pulse and monitoring in the NICU will confirm a diagnosis of bradycardia.
Bradycardia is treated by dealing with the underlying cause, such as apnea. In some rare cases, a heart defect may be responsible for the slower heart rate. For the appropriate care, babies with a heart defect need to see a pediatric cardiologist (a doctor who specializes in treating heart problems in children).
Usually, the length of the stay is determined by the condition causing the bradycardia, not the bradycardia itself.
Babies who still need oxygen at 4 weeks before their original due date are considered to have bronchopulmonary dysplasia — one of the most common chronic lung diseases in infants in the United States.
Bronchopulmonary dysplasia occurs in different infants for different reasons. It can happen in full-term as well as premature infants and doctors believe that it's due to an individual infant's response to a number of possible factors.
The combination of the premature baby's immature lungs and the treatments (including machines and oxygen) to help the little one breathe is thought to cause damage (or scarring) to the lungs. Infections and pneumonia can also lead to the condition. Milder levels of damage are called chronic lung disease of prematurity (CLD). As the babies mature, they grow more lung tissue, which can improve their breathing over time.
The diagnosis of bronchopulmonary dysplasia usually doesn't occur until 2 to 4 weeks into the infant's life. At that point, the doctors make a diagnosis based on whether there was lung damage or an injury at birth and whether the infant has needed extra oxygen for a prolonged period of time. Chest X-rays can also help determine the extent of the lung damage.
Bronchopulmonary dysplasia is sometimes treated with steroids to decrease the amount of scarring. However, because steroids can cause side effects, doctors usually wait as long as possible to begin steroid treatment. Steroids are never used without a complete discussion with the family as to potential benefits and risks.
Other, more commonly used medicines include diuretics (which make the child urinate, or pee, and help eliminate excess fluid that can build up in the damaged lungs) and bronchodilators (which relax the muscles that surround the airways and allow them to open up).
Babies with the disease also sometimes need ventilators (breathing machines) at home to help them breathe. And although it's uncommon, in severe cases, the surgical insertion of a breathing tube in the neck (called a tracheostomy) may be required so the baby can go home on a ventilator. Occasionally, babies need home oxygen therapy for several months.
Bronchopulmonary dysplasia is a serious condition that calls for longer stays in the NICU, sometimes up to several months. The smallest infants are usually the ones who develop the disease, so their stays are longer to make sure they're stable before they're discharged.
Hydrocephalus means "water on the brain."
A buildup of cerebrospinal fluid that surrounds the brain and the spinal cord causes hydrocephalus. It occurs when something — often bleeding from an intraventricular hemorrhage (see below) or an abnormality of the brain or skull — blocks the flow of the fluid. The buildup can create pressure that can damage the brain.
Doctors suspect hydrocephalus if a baby has a particularly large head or if head size increases rapidly. A computed tomography (or CT scan — a type of X-ray) can confirm this suspicion.
Less serious cases are usually simply monitored, but more severe ones require a surgeon to place a tube in the brain (called a ventriculoperioneal shunt, or VP shunt) that drains the fluid from the brain into the abdomen.
Again, this depends on the severity of the case. A serious condition may require a stay of several weeks or months, with later monitoring so as to recognize potential long-term side effects like mental retardation and seizures.
Intraventricular hemorrhage is bleeding in the brain. Severe cases may cause a drop in blood pressure or seizures. Other symptoms could include:
IVH usually occurs in premature babies because the vessels in their developing brains are especially fragile and can bleed easily.
It's diagnosed with an ultrasound of the head so that doctors can look for collections of blood in the brain.
There's no specific treatment for intraventricular hemorrhage, so NICUs try to prevent it by controlling babies' blood pressure. Once diagnosed, the problem is closely monitored with frequent ultrasounds. If serious, IVH leads to severe hydrocephalus, which can be treated with a surgically placed shunt.
This depends on the severity of the bleeding. Infants with serious cases may spend several weeks to months in the NICU and be at risk for conditions like cerebral palsy or seizures later in life.
Jaundice is a high level of bilirubin in the blood (bilirubin is a byproduct of the natural breakdown of blood cells, and the liver usually "recycles" it back into the body). Although mild jaundice is fairly common in full-term babies, it's much more common in premature babies.
Jaundice occurs when a baby has increased blood cell breakdown and the liver can't handle the extra bilirubin, which builds up, giving the skin and the whites of the eyes a yellowish color. Babies with jaundice are sometimes more sleepy than usual and, in severe cases, may be lethargic.
Although the yellow skin is a fairly good indicator, a diagnosis is made with a blood test to measure the bilirubin level.
Extremely high levels of bilirubin can cause brain damage, so infants are monitored for jaundice and treated quickly, before bilirubin reaches dangerous levels. Standard treatment includes providing adequate fluids and light therapy, in which the baby spends time under a special blue-colored light. Some cases may also require a blood transfusion.
Babies with this condition stay in the NICU until their bilirubin level drops, usually in about 2 to 3 days.
The most common intestinal condition in newborns, necrotizing enterocolitis occurs in about 1% to 5% of infants in the NICU and happens more commonly in low birth weight and premature infants.
It's thought that a number of factors can contribute to the development of NEC, which is the necrosis, or death, of parts of the intestine.
Although a full-term infant can get the condition, the more premature a baby is, the greater the risk for NEC — perhaps because the intestines aren't developed enough to handle digestion. Factors that are also believed to contribute include the introduction of milk feeding, damage to the intestines from an infection, and poor blood flow.
Babies with NEC may:
An X-ray of the abdomen confirms the diagnosis.
If there's no sign of a rupture in the intestines, doctors treat necrotizing enterocolitis by:
In the case of an intestinal rupture, a surgeon may remove the diseased section of the intestine or make an incision in the abdomen to allow the infected fluid to drain.
Recovering from NEC can take a long time. Babies may spend many weeks in the NICU readjusting to regular feeding.
The ductus arteriosus (DA) is a blood vessel in the heart that connects the aorta (which provides blood to the rest of the body) to the pulmonary artery (which sends blood to the lung). It allows blood to bypass the lungs while a baby is still in the womb.
The ductus arteriosus usually closes shortly after birth, which allows for normal blood circulation. But in some babies, most often premature ones, it remains open, or patent. Then blood flows through the ductus arteriosus and floods the vessels in the lungs, causing respiratory problems.
Those breathing problems are one clue that a baby has PDA. A heart murmur may also lead doctors to suspect the condition, which is then confirmed with an ultrasound of the heart.
Sometimes doctors can close the ductus arteriosus by administering medicine. But if that doesn't work, or if the baby is too sick to take the medicine, the infant will need surgery to close it.
Although recovery time varies from child to child, many babies bounce back from PDA treatment in several days.
A type of brain injury, periventricular leukomalacia occurs in the brain tissue that surrounds the fluid-filled cavities of the brain, called ventricles. This area of the brain is called white matter, in contrast to the grey matter that makes up the rest of the brain. So, the injury occurs to the white matter that provides connections between the brain and the muscles of the body.
PVL is thought to be caused by severe intraventricular hemorrhaging (bleeding in the brain).
Often no signs of PVL will be apparent in the nursery. Premature infants are at greater risk of having it, so doctors will frequently get studies like a head ultrasound or an MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) to look for periventricular leukomalacia. As the infant gets a little older, he or she may show signs of developmental delays.
There's no specific treatment, only close monitoring and support with therapists if a child does develop significant delays, usually after discharge from the hospital
Babies with this condition may be in the NICU for several weeks or months.
One of the most common and immediate problems facing premature infants is difficulty breathing. Although there are many causes of breathing difficulties in premature babies, the most common is called respiratory distress syndrome (RDS).
In RDS, the infant's immature lungs don't produce enough of an important substance called surfactant. Surfactant allows the inner surface of the lungs to expand properly when the infant makes the change from the womb to breathing air after birth.
Doctors suspect respiratory distress syndrome in any premature baby or in full-term infants who are breathing particularly hard and fast or require extra oxygen. A chest X-ray can confirm this diagnosis.
RDS is treatable and many infants do quite well. When premature delivery can't be stopped, most pregnant women can be given medication just before delivery to help prevent RDS. Then, immediately after birth and several times later, artificial surfactant can be given to the infant through a breathing tube.
Although most premature babies who lack surfactant will require a breathing machine, or ventilator, for a while, the use of artificial surfactant has greatly decreased the amount of time they spend on the ventilator.
Babies with serious cases usually require many days or weeks in the unit.
The eyes of premature infants are especially vulnerable to injury after birth. A serious complication is called retinopathy of prematurity (ROP), which is an abnormal growth of the blood vessels in an infant's eye (within the retina).
About 7% of babies weighing 2.8 pounds (1,250 grams) or less at birth develop the condition, and the resulting damage may range from mild (the need for glasses) to severe (blindness).
The cause of ROP in premature infants is unknown. Although it was previously thought that too much oxygen was the primary problem, further research has shown that oxygen levels (either too low or too high) play only a contributing factor in the development of the condition.
Because many very premature babies have some level of ROP, an eye exam by a pediatric eye doctor is standard at 8 to 10 weeks before the premature baby's original due date.
For slight damage, the eye doctor may just follow the baby with frequent exams. But if the damage is greater, laser surgery will be needed to prevent it from progressing.
ROP alone doesn't usually determine the length of a newborn's stay in the unit. It often occurs in conjunction with other problems, and those will be a greater influence on when a baby can leave. But babies generally recover from the laser surgery in 24 to 48 hours.
A very serious condition, sepsis is the body's response to infection that has spread throughout the blood and tissues. The body mounts a widespread inflammatory response to the infection that can quickly spiral out of control and cause even more harm.
Babies with sepsis may:
Sepsis is an infection caused by bacteria growing in the blood. The bacteria can get into the blood:
A blood culture — sometimes along with a urine test or spinal tap — is used to diagnose the illness.
When doctors suspect sepsis, they'll treat the baby with antibiotics until the lab results come back — usually for 48 hours. If those results are positive for sepsis, the baby receives antibiotics for 7 to 14 more days while being closely monitored.
Cases of sepsis are often severe (the infection can lead to meningitis, organ damage, and occasionally, death) and require a fairly long NICU stay, sometimes several weeks.
Rapid breathing in a full-term newborn (more than 60 breaths a minute) is called transient tachypnea. Until about 4 hours after the delivery, this can actually be normal.
After 4 hours after delivery, doctors start to look for a cause of the rapid breathing, such as pneumonia, a blood infection, or problems with the lungs, including underdevelopment.
Blood tests and X-rays can help diagnose the underlying condition.
The lung condition usually subsides within a few days with treatment. Babies are helped to breathe or receive oxygen, if needed, and the NICU staff closely watch their oxygen levels.
A stay of 24 to 72 hours is normal while NICU staff monitor the baby's condition.
In addition to specific diagnoses, infants in the NICU can experience general problems. For instance, newborns lose heat easily, and preemies in particular have trouble regulating their body temperature, as they lack the energy or fat reserves to generate heat and the body mass to maintain it. So NICU babies must be kept warm in warmers or isolettes.
High or low blood pressure can also be a risk for premature babies because their developing blood vessels can't handle changes in blood pressure and may tear more easily.
Some preemies have trouble feeding because they aren't physically coordinated enough yet to do it. Eating is the most energy-consuming process for a newborn, and babies in the NICU often don't have the strength or energy to feed on their own. Instead, they have to be fed through an IV line or a tube. And if the digestive tract isn't sufficiently developed to handle food, that can cause problems too, as seen with necrotizing enterocolitis.
A related condition is reflux. Although all infants have some reflux in the early months (hence all the spitting up), preemies have a particular problem with it because they have poor muscle tone. Sphincters are muscles, and when the one between the esophagus and the stomach is weak, it allows the acidic stomach contents to bubble back up into the esophagus. (A preemie's immature nervous system has trouble controlling the sphincter as well.) The acid irritates the esophagus, which can lead to feeding problems. Inhaling and choking on the reflux is a more serious risk.
Newborns who need intensive care are also vulnerable to infections. Their skin and mucous membranes — the body's primary lines of defense against bacteria and viruses — aren't well developed enough to provide adequate protection. With several immune-compromised babies in one space, infections that are introduced into the NICU can spread easily, and with nurses caring for multiple babies, the possibility of communicating infectious agents increases. That's why NICU staff are vigilant about keeping that environment as clean as possible.
If your baby is admitted to the NICU, you'll want to find out as much about his or her care as possible. Some questions to ask the doctor are:
You may also want to talk to the nurses to find out more about your baby's daily care and what to expect when you spend time with your little one.
Once you have the answers to these questions, you'll be on your way to helping your baby during his or her time in intensive care.
Reviewed by: Michael L. Spear, MD
Date reviewed: June 2008
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Jessica Lowe specializes in 18th- and 19th-century American legal, intellectual, and religious history. She received her J.D. with honors from Harvard Law School in 2002; after law school, she clerked in the District of Connecticut and on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. Lowe also practiced appellate law at Jones Day in Washington, D.C., where she worked on a number of cases before the U.S. Supreme Court. Lowe received her B.A. (high honors) from the University of Virginia in 1998, and also studied at Yale Divinity School (1999-2000), where she was a Marquand Scholar. She has held a number of fellowships, including an Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Fellowship and a Princeton University Center for Human Values Graduate Prize Fellowship, and in 2013 was a fellow at the Hurst Institute for Legal History at the University of Wisconsin. In 2011, she received the Association of Princeton Graduate Alumni's Award for Excellence in Teaching. She is admitted to practice in the District of Columbia and the Commonwealth of Virginia.
At Virginia, Lowe teaches legal history, constitutional history, and classes in crime and punishment. She is the founder of the interdisciplinary Legal History Writing Group, which brings together scholars from Law, History, Politics, and Religious Studies once monthly for informal discussions of works in progress, and co-coordinates the Law School's Legal History Workshop series. In 2013, she co-organized a conference commemorating the 100th anniversary of Charles Beard's An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution (1913). Lowe has also served as a fellow at Brown College, the undergraduate residential college, and is a member of the Early American Studies colloquium at the International Center for Jefferson Studies.
Lowe is currently at work on two book projects. One, based on her doctoral dissertation, is titled Murder in the Shenandoah: Commonwealth v. John Crane and Law in Federal Virginia, and is a history of a controversial 1791 Virginia murder case. The second, Sacred Texts, is a history of American biblical and legal textualism from the Revolution to the Civil War. In 2014-15, she will be a fellow with the Center of Theological Inquiry and Program in Law and Public Affairs in Princeton, N.J., as part of a grant from the John Templeton Foundation.

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We're two weeks from Opening Day! The tarp at Kauffman Stadium was inflated by a compressor to help expedite the snow removal. Let's take a look as the grounds crew and stadium services team pulled the tarp.
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I have a problem. I have this error message:
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I want to configure this but I don't know where can I configure this. Directly, in /opt/zimbra/postfix/conf ?
Normally, in transport, main.cf and master.cf but when I read the "ADMIN GUIDE" at page 47, it's say :
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Workers Compensation
If you have been injured on the job, workers' compensation laws may entitle you to certain benefits. These benefits can include payment of medical bills, compensation while you're unable to work, vocational rehabilitation, permanent partial disability benefits, or total disability benefits. Your employer's workers' compensation insurance is responsible for paying these benefits.
Injuries typically covered by workers' comp include:
- Traumatic physical injuries
- Repeated trauma injuries
- Mental injuries
- Occupational diseases
If You've Been Injured on the Job
If you're injured while at work or develop a job-related occupational disease, you should notify your employer as quickly as possible. Deadlines will vary from state to state, but your ability to receive benefits may be limited if you wait to notify your employer.
Try to find out the name of your employer's workers' compensation insurance carrier. (Your company may be required to post this information in a place that's visible to workers.) You should still seek medical treatment and apply for workers' compensation without this information, but it may be easier if you know the name of the insurance carrier.
You should promptly seek medical treatment for your injury. Make sure to tell the doctor that your injury occurred on the job or in connection with your job. Once you've sought medical treatment for your injury or disease, you should consider contacting a workers' comp lawyer to help guide you through the process of applying for workers' compensation.
After you've received medical treatment, make sure that you formally notify your employer, in writing, before the deadline to receive workers' compensation benefits passes.
Types of Workers' Compensation Benefits
Workers compensation laws vary from state to state. A workers' compensation attorney in your area should be able to explain to you the application process and the benefits to which you are entitled.
Although your benefits may vary depending on what state or federal law applies, workers injured on the job--regardless of whether your employer was at fault--may be entitled to benefits that include:
- Medical care
- Temporary or permanent disability benefits designed to at least partially replace lost wages
- Vocational rehabilitation
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If you receive workers' compensation following an injury, you cannot sue your employer for additional compensation in connection with your injury. You may, however, be able to file a lawsuit against others involved in your injury. For example, if you were injured in an automobile accident while working and the other driver was at fault, you might be able to sue the other driver. Or if your injury was the result of a defective machine, you might be able to sue the machine manufacturer. A workers' compensation lawyer can advise you of your legal options.
Workers' Compensation for Federal Employees & Others
Federal government employees, those who worked on nuclear weapons, maritime workers, and coal miners would be covered under one of several federal workers' compensation programs.
- The Federal Employees' Compensation Act covers federal employees and postal workers for job-related injuries and diseases
- The Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act covers U.S. Department of Energy employees, predecessor agencies, contractors and subcontractors who are ill as a result of working with nuclear weapons
- The Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act and related acts, including the Defense Base Act covers maritime workers
- The Black Lung Benefits Act provides compensation to miners totally disabled by black lung disease as well as their survivors
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Recently, I did a migration of users from Google Apps (G.A.) to an on-premise Zimbra NE install (7.2.2). My migration strategy was to add the G.A. account as an external IMAP account, sync over the mail, then delete the account setting (which moved the synced mail to the Trash folder), then moved the relevant folders back out of the trash. Worked flawlessly. But there was one quirk on which I wanted your opinions. The quirk is that when I right click on any of the folders in the ZWC that were synced over from G.A., they still show the "Turn sync off" option in the context menu. Any folder that is added from scratch does not show this option in the context menu.
My question is: Will this cause any unforeseen problems in the future, or is this just a glitch that will have no effect going forward?
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There is now a Zimlet Forum
Zimlets are a mechanism for integrating the Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS) with third party information systems and content. We also use the Zimlet approach to mash-up (intermix) user interfaces within the Zimbra collaboration suite itself, such as by mashing up calendar and contacts within your email.
Below is a first public draft of the Zimlet's specification.
Additional notes about the current implementation:
- form editor and submitForm method are not implemented
- JSP tags are not included in the build
- tooltip canvas type not implemented
- sticky tooltip is not implemented
- bool type for user property is not implemented
- enum is currently called select
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|Krueger takes first in District VOD speech
|Written by Holyoke Enterprise
Savanna Krueger of Holyoke claimed first-place honors in the VFW District IV Voice of Democracy speech contest.
Krueger gave her speech at the district meeting in Akron last Sunday, Jan. 13. Her essay has been sent on and is now competing for top honors in the state contest, which includes winners from the 13 districts in Colorado.
Also giving Voice of Democracy speeches and placing at districts were Matt Wilcox of Haxtun, second place; and Mary Lenz of Wray, third place.
While the Voice of Democracy contest is for high school students, the VFW's Patriot Pen is an essay and speech competition for students in grades 6-8.
Patriot Pen district winner was Bethany Gibbs, with Caleb Andersen taking second and Josi Kurtzer third. All three are from Haxtun.
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Fall Releases
Fall is around the corner, and it's a good time for beer. We'll be releasing the following four beers over the next couple of months, so be on the lookout. Mosaic Promise is our single malt, single hop beer brewed in honor of ArtPrize. It will be released starting on September 13 in Michigan, Wisconsin,…Read More »


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Set of 2 twelve inch inner tubes for the wheels of your Mountain Buggy stroller. The front wheel of your terrain will use 12" inner tubes, and the rear wheel will need 16" inner tubes unless you are using the 12" urban rear wheels.
The inner tube can be replaced by deflating the existing inner tube and removing this as well as the tirebefore replacing with your new inner tube, fitting the tire and the inflating the new inner tube with a manual hand pump . Be sure to inflate your new inner tube only to a maximum of 20-22 psi.
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DUMFRIES, Va. (WUSA9) -- An 18-year-old student has been arrested for bringing a handgun and knife to a school in Dumfries.
At 11:59 a.m. Thursday, police say Pope John Paul the Great High School staff reported that a student brought a handgun to school. The student reportedly showed the handgun to another student who then told staff.
Eighteen-year-old Joshua Matthew Aguilar was detained by school staff and the gun was confiscated before officers arrived, say police. Police say they later found that Aguilar also had a knife.
Aguilar was charged with possession of a firearm on school property and possession of a weapon [knife] on school property. He is being held without bond, say police.


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:rainbow:Nothing against the other "Mount Picture Thread" stickied to the top, but there are only so many ways to se a GEQ :john:
So lets see your Unistar, Discmount, T-Rex, Voyager.. you name it! Post it even if its some home-made rig. I love these kinds of threads! Thats probably why I start them :o


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Detroit, MI (Sports Network) - Henrik Zetterberg scored an empty-net goal in
the final seconds to complete a hat trick, as the Detroit Red Wings cooled off
the St. Louis Blues, 5-3, on Friday.
Zetterberg also had two assists for the Red Wings, who avenged a 6-0 loss to
these Blues on Jan. 19. Jonathan Ericsson recorded a goal and an assist.
Jimmy Howard made 23 saves for Detroit, which has won consecutive games for
the first time this season.
Kevin Shattenkirk, Matt D'Agostini and Patrik Berglund scored for the Blues,
who had a four-game winning streak snapped.
Jaroslav Halak gave up two goals on 11 shots before leaving late in the first
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ASHBURN, Va. (AP) - Brian Orakpo and London Fletcher could be leading a mass exodus from the Washington Redskins defense this offseason.
They are two of seven defensive starters set to become free agents at the end of the year.
Fletcher said Thursday it's "not ideal" to have so much of the defense not under contract.
Fletcher is 38 and has never missed an NFL game, but he's having his least productive season since the 1990s. He said there are several factors that could determine whether he returns.
There should be plenty of demand for Orakpo, who has 5½ sacks in the last four games.
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Project 505-Inch Short-Block - 505 Super VictorWritten by on March 1, 2009 Mancini Racing Cylinder Heads, A Street Roller Cam, And The New Super Victor Intake Work Together To Make 683 Hp On Project 505
The Plan
Mancini Racing recently started to offer killer deals on CNC ported heads, so we decided to see how they would perform on our 505-inch short-block. To top things off, we contacted Edelbrock for one of their brand-new Super Victor intake manifolds with the 4500 carb flange. Staying with the hot street plan, we hooked up with Comp Cams to get one of their Xtreme Energy street roller camshafts. We also took this opportunity to try out a Reher-Morrison shear plate, the new valve cover gaskets from Moroso, and some trick new valvespring retainers from Comp Cams.
The Short-Block
Project 505 was originally built for the Modern Max Wedge article that ran in the August 2007 issue of Mopar Muscle. It is based on a thick-wall, '77 production 440 block with a 4.250-inch stroke crankshaft from 440Source, a set of 6.800-inch-long Chevy rods from SCAT, and forged pistons from Diamond Racing. Those of you with sharp memories will recall that this short-block had 13.5 compression in the Modern Max Wedge article, but for this round of tests the compression dropped down to 12.5:1 with the Mopar heads. The pistons have stayed the same since the Max Wedge buildup, but the Mopar heads have an 84cc chamber as compared to the 75cc chamber in the Indy heads, so the compression ratio dropped a point.
This motor has seen a lot of dyno duty over the last couple of years so we learned to leave the short-block dressed up in dyno friendly parts such as a deep oil pan with a dual line Milodon pump, an external oil filter, a Jesel belt drive, and an electric water pump. These parts are not necessarily what you would find on a hot street car, but it's nice to have the durability that these parts bring to the table when we're doing a lot of dyno testing.
The Jesel belt drive for the camshaft is an expensive upgrade over a conventional timing chain, but it sure makes life easy on the dyno when we need to change cams or adjust the cam timing. One other item that we've been using lately on our dyno engines is a Jesel belt driven distributor. Once again, this is a fairly expensive upgrade from a stock type distributor, but the central location provides great access and we don't need to wrestle with the distributor every time we pull the valve covers to inspect the valvetrain. The belt driven distributor does not have any advance mechanism, so we're running a flat timing curve. As soon as the engine fires up, it goes straight to full advance and stays there throughout the entire rpm range. One thing we have noticed with this setup is that the timing is rock solid when checked with a timing light.
Headed In The Right Direction
The Mancini Racing-supplied heads are basically an aluminum version of the original 915 cylinder head with an improved port design for much better flow. These heads have a closed 84cc combustion chamber with a large quench area, and the valve diameters have been enlarged to 2.14/1.81 inches respectively. To produce these heads, Mancini Racing starts off with a Mopar Performance PN P5153524, which they then send out to Modern Cylinder Head for full CNC porting. The CNC porting increases the airflow to 325 cfm at .600-inch lift on the intake side, and 230 cfm on the exhaust side. These heads have a straight spark plug location that is similar to a stock cast-iron head rather than the angled plug that most aftermarket heads have. The straight plug design fits many header designs better than the angled plug heads since many headers were originally designed for stock heads.
The CNC porting that was performed on these heads increases the flow without significantly increasing the port size. There is an optional porting program that will open the heads up to the Max Wedge size, but we wanted to stay with the standard size on these heads since our focus was more on street performance than drag racing. The Max Wedge size ports will increase the airflow and the power output, but then you must use an intake manifold and intake gaskets with the larger Max Wedge sized ports. Since nobody has produced a factory bathtub type intake gasket with the larger Max Wedge port size, there is no good way to seal off the valley area when using Max Wedge ports on stock replacement heads. Maybe the aftermarket will finally step up and produce a stock bathtub type intake gasket with the larger port size so that people can start to bolt large runner, single carb intake manifolds onto stock type Max Wedge heads.
We know from experience that standard port sized heads on a 505-inch short-block will produce a torque peak around 4,000 rpm. Given that information, as well as the compression ratio and exhaust header diameter, we were able to call up Comp Cams and tell them what they needed to know to grind us a cam that would work well with our motor.
Camshaft And Valvetrain
We knew that the size of the cylinder head ports would limit the power peak to less than 6,500 rpm, so there wasn't any reason to install expensive valvetrain parts designed for speeds higher than that. The street roller camshafts from Comp Cams are designed to provide high power output from a cost effective and durable valvetrain. These street roller profiles are easy on the valvesprings, but you do still need to use a valvespring that is designed to handle the higher loads that a solid roller camshaft generates.
Comp Cams has a wide selection of street roller cams in their catalog, but when we contacted them about a cam for this engine, they told us that with 505 inches and 12.5:1 compression ratio, we would be better off with a cam that is a little larger than any of their current catalog offerings. Fortunately, Comp has a wide library of Xtreme Energy roller profiles on hand, so they were able to quickly come up with a profile that matched our needs. The cam that the Comp engineer recommended for us was just one size larger than the XR292R in their current catalog. Our cam, which most likely would be called an XR298R if it was in the catalog, uses a 4877 intake lobe and a 4878 exhaust lobe. We had the camshaft ground on a 108-degree lobe separation angle with the intent of installing it two degrees advanced. The cam lobe specifications are 260/266 degrees of duration at .050-inch lift with gross valve lifts of .627 and .637 inch with 1.60 ratio rocker arms.
The Mancini heads are designed to operate with flat tappet camshafts and a maximum of .600-inch lift as delivered, so we needed to replace the valvesprings with a set that would be compatible with our roller cam. The valvesprings that Comp recommended we use with their roller cam was PN 26094-16. These 26094-16 valvesprings are good for up to .650-inch lift, which was just perfect since the combination of 1.60 ratio rocker arms and the tight .016-inch valve lash on the cam gave us a net valve lift of .620 inch. We had decided to run 1.60-inch-ratio rocker arms rather than the stock ratio of 1.50, in order to make a little more power. In addition to the extra lift, the 1.60-inch rocker arm shifted the pushrods away from a clearance problem that we saw when we mocked up the engine with 1.50 ratio rocker arms.
Comp Cams has recently introduced a new tool-steel valvespring retainer that has some very nice features, so we wanted to give them a try as well. The unique shape and material of these new retainers results in a very lightweight design when compared to previous steel retainers. The retainers, which we used, were PN 1732-16 and they only weighed 22 grams each. This is within a couple grams of what titanium retainers weigh, but these tool-steel retainers are significantly less expensive than titanium. Not only are these retainers lightweight and relatively inexpensive, but the thin design provides a lot more clearance to the rocker arm. That is a win, win solution which is hard to beat.
For this buildup we went with a set of stainless steel rocker arms from Rocker Arm Specialist (RAS). These rocker arms aren't very well known in the Mopar world but they are a great product that we have used for many years in different project engines. The RAS rocker arms come complete with heavy-duty shafts and hold-downs, as well as high quality adjuster hardware. The stainless rocker arms have a roller tip and a bronze bushing for the shaft. They are an excellent choice for a street roller since they'll handle the high forces of a roller cam valvetrain and they have the ability to live for a long time on the street.
Intake And Carb
Edelbrock recently introduced two Super Victor intakes for the RB motor, PN 2891 for standard port heads and PN 2893 for the larger Max Wedge sized ports. For this motor we needed the 2891 with the smaller runners since our Mancini Racing heads had the smaller, standard-sized ports. The difference between the Victor 440 and the new Super Victor intake is that the Super Victor is slightly taller with a larger plenum that is designed for a Dominator carb.
The Super Victor intake weighs 14 pounds, and is quite tall with a pad height of 6.350 inches. That height is about .250 inches taller than the Victor 440, which is a fairly tall intake itself. The carburetor mounting flange is not angled on this intake since most race engines are installed fairly level in the chassis. The runners are about 7 inches long, which is fairly long for a single plane intake manifold. The carb flange is a modified cloverleaf design which might not mate up with most carb spacers, but that should be easy to fix with a grinder.
The fit and finish of this intake was very nice, so we didn't do anything other than bolt it on our engine right out of the box. The Super Victor is tall enough that you can peer down the runners from the plenum and see into the ports in the cylinder head. A close inspection showed that we did not have a perfect port match between the runners and the head ports right out of the box, but they looked close enough so we ran it untouched.
Our Holley Ultra HP Dominator has performed great during the last series of tests we conducted, so we just adjusted the jet size and bolted it back on this motor. We reduced the main jets by four sizes in order to lean out the carb to work with the smaller runners in the Super Victor intake, and then we were ready to go.
On The Dyno
The first order of business on the dyno was to check the cranking compression. We always check the cranking compression on new combinations in order to give us a baseline that we can keep track of over time. We considered it a good omen when all eight cylinders cranked right at 200 psi with very little variation between them. Our plan was to run all tests with the ignition timing locked in at 37 degrees of advance, so we played it safe and used race gas. It is possible to get by with pump gas at 200 psi of cranking compression, but we didn't want to push our luck during these tests since we knew we would be thrashing the engine.
The engine fired right up with a very healthy sound as soon as we hit the ignition switch. At a 2,000-rpm fast idle, the engine had a steady 15 inches of vacuum, but the vacuum number dropped sharply once the idle dropped much below 1,500 rpm. Of course, with a solid roller camshaft it isn't a good idea to allow the engine to idle much below 1,500 rpm, since the lifters need plenty of splash lubrication to keep them operating smoothly.
Once the engine had warmed up and everything passed a final inspection, we pulled the lever and watched the needle swing around the dial. With the standard port-window heads on 505 inches, we knew the torque number would be good, but we were still a little surprised to see 637 lb/ft at 4,000 rpm on one of the first pulls. The best torque reading we saw during the dyno pulls was 643 lb/ft at 5,100 rpm, but many of the pulls were in the 620 range. Peak horsepower readings were right around 680 at 6,000 rpm depending on the dyno pull. The very best number we saw was 683 at 6,200 rpm when using a Wilson spacer under the carb. Several other runs hit 680 or 681 at speeds between 5,800 to 6,100 rpm. It isn't uncommon to see the peak numbers vary a little during testing since there are so many variables involved. We tried several different carb spacers and played with a couple of different carbs during our test session, but nothing seemed to change the numbers much from the 640 lb/ft of torque and 680 hp levels. All in all, we were very pleased with the power that this combination made on the dyno-680 hp in a 3,400-pound car would give a 5:1 weight to power ratio which is enough power to run 10 flat quarter-mile times at 138 mph.
Wrap Up
This was one of those test sessions where we answered some questions and raised a few new ones. We certainly demonstrated that the street roller camshafts from Comp can make a lot of power without breaking the budget. In hindsight, we probably could have gone one size smaller on the cam and had a little more vacuum at idle without giving up much top end power. So if you're thinking of running a Comp street roller in your 500-inch daily driver, you might want to go a bit smaller than our choice. The nice thing about using a roller camshaft is that if your first choice wasn't perfect, you can quickly slide in a different camshaft profile and you do not need to buy new lifters.
We also learned during this series of tests that the new Super Victor intake is a very nice intake that was easily capable of making our power goals. We did not have a Victor 440 intake on hand to do a comparison test with, which in hindsight might have been interesting. We are now wondering what the power difference would have been between the smaller plenum Victor 440 intake and the large plenum Super Victor.
But this is the way it often goes with dyno testing. We usually learn a lot of interesting things, but we also often come away with some other items to ponder. Good thing there's a new issue of Mopar Muscle every month! That gives us the opportunity to keep trying new things and to tell you what we learn.
Mopar Performance has had an M1 intake manifold in their catalog for a number of years that has standard sized ports and a Dominator flange. PN P4529725 is the version that fits RB motors while PN P4529724 fits the smaller B motors. We thought it might be interesting to try the 725 intake on this motor while we had it on the dyno just to see how the older Mopar design stacks up against the new Super Victor.
The 725 intake is almost an inch shorter than the Super Victor, which means it might just fit under a stock hood. Since it is shorter, the 725 intake also has shorter intake runners, which in theory should move the torque peak up a little bit. When placed side by side with the Super Victor intake, we immediately noticed a few differences. Not only is the 725 intake shorter than the Super Victor, but the carb pad on the 725 intake is tilted forward at 3 degrees to keep the carb level in a production vehicle. The 725 intake also has built-in mounts for the factory style ignition coil, which is something that the Super Victor intake does not have.
We bolted the 725 intake onto our motor using the same Reher-Morrison shear plate combination and the same Holley 80672 Ultra HP Dominator carburetor. Everything on the engine, including the carb jetting, was left the same for the dyno pulls with the M1 intake since we didn't see any indication that anything needed to be changed from the settings used with the Super Victor intake.
The dyno results with the M1 intake were virtually identical to those obtained from the Super Victor testing. We saw a similar 640 lb/ft of torque at 4,100 rpm with maximum power down a tiny amount to 680 hp at 6,100 rpm. We were mildly surprised that the M1 intake generated basically identical results to the Super Victor intake, but not shocked. Both intakes have very similar shapes with the only difference being the slight difference in intake runners. The shorter runners of the M1 intake didn't affect the dyno numbers but it might change how the car launches off the line. Unfortunately, we won't know that until we do an intake comparison at the track.
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The cylinder heads we got are a package deal from Mancini Racing, and came ready to go with full CNC porting. These heads start off as Mopar Performance PN P5153524 castings and are ported by Modern Cylinder Head.The top end package we utilized consists of Indy valve covers with spray bar oiling, Moroso valve cover gaskets, RAS rocker arms, Smith Brothers pushrods, the Mancini heads, and a set of FelPro1105 head gaskets.The new Super Victor intake from Edelbrock has the larger plenum and bolt pattern for the 4500 Dominator carb. The plenum has a slight cloverleaf shape that probably will not match up perfectly with carb spacers. This is an easy fix: Carefully remove some of the inward points of the cloverleaf with a grinder; just be careful not to remove too much.The cylinder heads have the Mopar Performance logo on the end as well as the part number and a freeze plug. The flat end is a different shape than a production cylinder head, but an alternator bolted right on without any issues.The rocker arms are from Rocker Arm Specialist. These rocker arms are made from stainless steel and have a bronze bushing for the shaft bearing. Also visible in this picture is the lightweight steel retainers from Comp Cams and the new silicone valve cover gaskets from Moroso. We had the M1 intake manifold on the motor when this picture was taken.Here's a bottom view of the shear plate assembly from Reher-Morrison. This looks like an ordinary carb spacer from the outside, but the inside is shaped very different than a typical spacer.Paul Roberts from Gray's Automotive sets the valve lash before we fire up Project 505 on the dyno. The lash on the RAS rocker arms was rock solid after a dozen dyno pulls. The spray bars in the Indy valve covers provided a little extra oiling for the valvetrain during the long day of dyno pulls.We used the cam-lift checking tool from Mancini Racing to verify the lift of our Comp Cams street roller. With the RAS 1.60 ratio rocker arms, we were right at .627-inch gross lift on the intake valves. Notice that the special retainers from Comp Cams provide extra clearance for the rocker arm.
We used a full lineup of parts from Comp Cams for this motor. The camshaft is from the Xtreme Energy street roller family. We also used PN 829-16 Comp roller lifters, PN 26094-16 valvesprings, and the new PN 1732-16 retainers.Camshaft thrust is easily adjusted by changing shims behind the bearing retainer. We set up this motor with 0.007 inch of camshaft endplay.We used a T-fitting at the oil port in the back of the block to feed the spray bar oilers that are located in each valve cover. Using the spray bar oiling system drops the oil pressure by just 5 psi.We used the large-bore FelPro 1105 head gaskets in order to make sure that there wasn't any part of the head gasket overhanging the combustion chamber. These 1105 head gaskets work with 4.500-inch bores, so it was bigger than what we needed on the cylinder side, but we needed the extra clearance around the intake valve on the head side.The newest retainers from Comp Cams are made from high strength tool-steel. Due to their strength, they have a unique shape, because they can be thinner and lighter than the usual steel retainer. These steel retainers are only two grams heavier than a titanium retainer but they cost a lot less.We dialed in the Comp camshaft by using a large Moroso degree wheel and a custom dial indicator holder. This setup allows us to check both the exhaust and the intake centerlines with just one setup.We installed the camshaft with 2 degrees of advance. The Jesel belt-drive system allows for very quick and precise cam timing. This arrangement sure beats messing around with offset dowel bushings. Again, it's overkill for the street, but during dyno sessions, it makes it easier to test different timing choices of the camshaft.The front of the motor is a little busy with the MSD crank trigger, the Jesel belt drive, the Meziere reverse flow water pump, and the Jesel front mount distributor. These parts all work together to provide us with rock steady ignition and cam timing. Sure, it's a bit much for a street engine, but its durability and consistency removes any variables during dyno testing.A side-by-side view shows some differences between the Super Victor intake and the slightly shorter M1 intake. The M1 intake has a square plenum area and shorter runners. We didn't see much difference in power output between the different manifolds on this particular engine combination, but your results might vary.


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Tucker's team finished is coming off a 12-10 season in which it advanced to the Division IV sectional final against Malvern. Gone from the club are John Emmerling, Steve Mihalyo and Brannt Pieniazek (a second team all Eastern District selection).
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Herrington earned third team all-district honors, averaging 11.7 points and 9.3 rebounds. Colabella, the school's record-setting quarterback, and the sweet-shooting Carapellotti both were special mention choices in the all-district balloting. Fletcher and Martello both can light it up from behind the arc.
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I am getting a popup when I am using HTTPS access only
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Web-browser: Internet Explorer 6.x
Zimbra M2 Open Source on Fedora Core4
The certifiacte is accepted, and installed on client.
1. is it possible to fix the code so the "nonsecure" items are accessed using https?
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Sunday, June 7, 2009
Moral Question for Untenured Faculty
Anyway, here's a question:
Might there be a moral obligation for those who have jobs, are untenured, feel underplaced, and want to upgrade to not go on the job market this year? Vacated untenured lines are likely to simply dissolve (viz., untenured prof goes, the tt line goes as well), and the number of open untenured positions is already very low. So those who vacate untenured positions for untenured positions elsewhere are helping to shrink the overall number of jobs in philosophy.
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- June 7, 2009 at 6:34 PM
Two questions. Do you then think that graduate students should only apply to positions in departments where they think they would like to retire? Do you think that untenured faculty who are unhappy with their current jobs should stick it out for the good of the field? Neither, of course, would be good for the field.
- June 7, 2009 at 9:15 PM
- Spiros said...
Anon 9:15:
Two answers: No and no. Read the post again. Thanks.
- June 7, 2009 at 9:33 PM
First, what evidence do you have that "Vacated untenured lines are likely to simply dissolve"? Your argument rests on this claim, and I don't know if it is true or not.
Secondly, you seem to omit some people with much more serious moral obligations. Like the ones who were handed jobs on silver platters during the boom in the 60s and now might be reaching the point of retirement. I had to work hard for the job I'm at now, and I'm working even harder to get a better job, to build a better future for myself (better colleagues, students, funding, etc.) and my family (free education for the kids at a better school, a better part of the country, and so on). Trust me when I say that no one ever gave me anything. Why are you picking on me again?
I'm definitely going on the market this year. I'll put my departmental experience, my forthcoming publications, my maturity, and the fact that someone has already thought enough of me to give me a tenure-track position, against any grad student. May the best candidate win!
- June 7, 2009 at 10:16 PM
- Spiros said...
Anon 10:16:
First: the claim about vacated TT-lines dissolving rather than being filled relies on some pretty good inductive evidence about how universities behave in financially difficult times: dpts. that don't bring in their own funding get frozen, and if there's a way to shrink them, they get shrunk. This is already happening-- note the number of canceled searches last year. So I don't see this as a surprising premise. Hopefully it's not true. But it seems likely that it is true.
Second: not every case of not mentioning something is a case of "omitting" it. Perhaps the old timers who were handed their jobs should take (early) retirement. If you think so, make a case. But it's a separate question from the one I raised.
Good luck with the job search. But maybe there's something wrong with your going on the market. Maybe that wrong is overridden by other moral considerations (duties to one's family, etc.), but maybe not. Nothing you've said in your comment addresses that question.
As for the "Why are you picking on me again?," let me remind you that I have no idea who you are.
- June 7, 2009 at 10:35 PM
Another question: should search committees favor candidates who already have TT jobs over those who don't? Maybe at least SCs at PhD-granting institutions? If the answer to this is no, and the answer to the original question is yes (which fits my intuitions, I think), why the difference? I'm not sure I can think of a good reason why job seekers should be more self-sacrificing-for-the-benefit-of-the-profession than departments.
To answer the original question: yes! And the un(der)employed who aren't me have a similar obligation.
- June 7, 2009 at 11:31 PM
10:16 again. Thanks for your responses. So first, let's assume there's a good chance my line will be cancelled if I leave this place. Would there still be something wrong with my going on the market this year?
I argue no. I don't feel any particular duty to maximize the number of jobs in philosophy. Supposing I do have a duty to philosophy, it would be just to maximize the amount of good philosophy on the planet--something I feel I can do at a better institution with better students, better funding, etc. (Most of my work at the current place is spent teaching the students how to read and write!) And even this duty is, as you suggest, outweighed by the duty I feel to create better educational opportunities for my kids.
I know you're not picking on me specifically. I was referring to anyone who is under-placed, non-tenured, and working as hard as possible to improve their lot in life. Thanks for your consideration.
- June 8, 2009 at 7:05 AM
A meta question: Is there any reason, at this point, to bother considering questions of morality independent of laws, regulations, or other coercive scenarios? I've read a bunch of these sorts of threads, and it always seems as though the group identified as the one that has the potential obligation comes up with reasons why they're exempt. Anon 10:16, for example, seems to rely on the assumption that he/she is hot shit, and therefore the good he/she will do at a better school will outweigh the bad of any eliminated position. (Presumably the evidence that Anon 10:16 is hot shit will be provided by a job acceptance itself.) But who doesn't think they're hot shit in this business?
The only people who are going to make any difference with these sorts of issues are the ones aiming the streetcars.
- June 8, 2009 at 9:56 AM
More inductive evidence. Our department used 4 lecturers this semester and 4 adjuncts. Our dean said that we all had jobs if we needed them but when I landed a TT job they did not do a search for a new lecturer and the chair says that they will not hire a new lecturer (or any other position) in the near future.
- June 8, 2009 at 11:48 AM
- Spiros said...
Anon 7:05:
A duty to maximize x is different from a duty to not cause a reduction in x. Surely no one has a duty to maximize the number of jobs in philosophy. But might one have a duty to not act so as to *lower* the number of jobs in philosophy?
- June 8, 2009 at 12:20 PM
I'm a grad student who'll be on the job market next year, and I would love it if these people did not try to find better jobs when I am on the job market, because that would certainly improve my chances.
However, I'm kind of confused on where the morality enters into the equation. Certainly I would not say that an untenured faculty member has an obligation to stay in his job to ensure that the university does not simply cut his position. Would a Wal-mart employee have the same obligation if he knew that his job would be cut if he left? If not, then why do philosophers have this moral obligation? If so, well I guess I really don't understand what morality entails
- June 9, 2009 at 8:19 AM
A moral obligation?? C'mon. I can see a good argument for not spending money on various luxury goods (cable TV etc.) in order to prevent suffering overseas through donating to Oxfam instead.
But I have an obligation to remain in a job that's lot less satisfying to me for various reasons--e.g., less money, less desirable location, higher teaching load, fewer career opportunities for my partner--because taking another job may cause a reduction in the total number of TT philosophy jobs? Give me a break. What general ethical principle is that supposed to follow from?
- June 9, 2009 at 9:12 AM
The era when it was "easy" to get a TT job in philosophy ended in about 1970/71. One of the comments here hinted that they have a moral obligation to retire, but almost all the people hired in the sixties already have retired. Most of the remaining senior faculty slipped in more recently, when the market was less horrible than in other years.
The remaining senior faculty now are facing their own problems. Their retirement funds are in the cellar. They can't sell their houses to downsize or move to a retirement community. So they hang on in their jobs. But when they do finally retire, don't assume departments will get to hire someone new.
California (where 1/8 of all Americans live) is facing massive reductions in enrollment in all segments of public higher eduction (the community colleges, CSU, UC) because of the state budget crisis. Cutting enrollment means reducing the size of the faculty, through lay-offs of adjuncts and part-timers, golden handshakes, hiring freezes, etc. So don't look for California to be a source for faculty jobs for many years to come.
- June 10, 2009 at 11:45 AM
I always thought being a Philosopher was a state of mind, or being.
Geez, ya want a job? Go fuckin' work at waffle house!
- June 17, 2009 at 8:35 PM


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david.leitner says:
I think it would make RTM even more useful if a list of tags could appear next to the task lists. Especially if they could be dragged and dropped onto tasks. It;s not like it's hard to add tags now, but it's a click and some keystrokes, which for me is just enough time to get frustrated with sorting things. Still the best task program out there for my money though. Just want to see it better.
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