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Biomarker Analysis of Stored Blood Products: Emphasis on Pre-Analytical Issues
AbstractMillions of blood products are transfused every year; many lives are thus directly concerned by transfusion. The three main labile blood products used in transfusion are erythrocyte concentrates, platelet concentrates and fresh frozen plasma. Each of these products has to be stored according to its particular components. However, during storage, modifications or degradation of those components may occur, and are known as storage lesions. Thus, biomarker discovery of in vivo blood aging as well as in vitro labile blood products storage lesions is of high interest for the transfusion medicine community. Pre-analytical issues are of major importance in analyzing the various blood products during storage conditions as well as according to various protocols that are currently used in blood banks for their preparations. This paper will review key elements that have to be taken into account in the context of proteomic-based biomarker discovery applied to blood banking.
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For 11 games, Sharks left wing Ryane Clowe was making an impact. Crashing the net. Banging bodies. Scoring goals. Getting in an opponent's face.
Now, he's playing a waiting game.
Waiting for the swelling in his surgically repaired right knee to subside. Waiting to begin rehab. Waiting - two months? four months? - until he can return to action.
"The first couple of days, it was tough mentally to deal with," said Clowe, who stayed behind Thursday when the team traveled to Anaheim for tonight's game. "Now I'm just focused on rehab and, when I do come back, that I'm ready to go."
The loss of Clowe hits the Sharks at a vulnerable position because they have only two other true left wings - Milan Michalek and Patrick Rissmiller. Forwards frequently change positions, however, and that's how the Sharks are surviving the situation.
Clowe tore two knee ligaments in the third period Oct. 27 in Columbus. It drew little attention at the time because it happened away from the puck.
"It was kind of an innocent play," said Clowe, 25. "I was forechecking on the defenseman - I think it was Ole-Kristian Tollefson - and he saw me coming. I was trying to finish the hit and he tried to protect himself and he stuck his rear end out."
The damage occurred, Clowe said, when his skate blade got caught in a rut just as his knee ran into Tollefson's rear end.
"The impact and force kind of stopped me right away," Clowe said. "I knew when the hit was finished that something was wrong.
Clowe went directly to the bench, and after the next whistle he attempted to put a little pressure on his knee.
"I tried to skate, but I just couldn't do it," Clowe said.
Once the injury was diagnosed, it was Clowe's decision whether to undergo surgery.
"Maybe if I was on the last leg of my career, I could just play out the string and rehab the knee," he said, "but at this point, it was smart to get it fixed and put it behind me."
Team physician Arthur Ting performed the operation at his Fremont clinic, using Clowe's patella tendon to repair the ACL.
Clowe knows the timing of the injury isn't ideal. He was off to a strong start with three goals and three assists, and he was evolving into one of the team's tougher physical presences.
"I don't think it's ever a good time, but it's especially bad at the start of the season, when you're feeling your best," he said. "But I do feel I'm in really good hands."
A native of Newfoundland, Clowe plans to stay in San Jose while his knee heals rather than "go back to the rock to hibernate."
His teammates know they'll miss his contributions.
"He does it all - he's physical, he fights, he scores," center Joe Thornton said. "He gets in the dirty areas."
Once, hockey teams shunned injured players, worried that their misfortune would rub off on others. But the Sharks want Clowe around the practice rink and many of his teammates have offered to help him during his recovery.
"Maybe when they get home from this road trip, I'll call the guys for some home delivery," he joked.
But there's another hockey tradition when it comes to injuries.
"Life goes on," Thornton said. "Injuries are part of the game and when one key guy goes down, 20 guys have to pick it up for him."
Let Coach Ron Wilson put it more directly.
"That shouldn't have any effect on us," he said when asked about the impact of Clowe's loss. "That's a cheap excuse if that's what anybody says. He's an important player, but we have plenty of other people and it's an opportunity for others to step up."
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SHADOWS ACROSS THE CITY; Nine Miles Away
By ERIKA KINETZ
Published: September 23, 2001
NINE miles lie between the World Trade Center and Highbridge, a Bronx neighborhood of 34,000 just north of Yankee Stadium. The streets here are a jumble of bright sunflowers, broken glass, six-story brick apartment buildings, neat row houses and sagging porches. An occasional rooster pecks at the sidewalks, most of which are cracked with weeds.
By other measures, Highbridge seems more distant from the city's financial core. Although once a solidly middle-class neighborhood, Highbridge has a median family income of $20,700, compared with $48,200 citywide. The unemployment rate is nearly three times the city average. Nearly 40 percent of families in Highbridge are headed by single mothers. The neighborhood, once mostly Jewish and Irish Catholic, is largely Dominican and Puerto Rican. Most other residents are black.
News of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center struck some Highbridge residents like news of another country. They could see smoke pluming in the sky, but the intimacy of the tragedy reached them by television. Others in the neighborhood witnessed the sick, hard rain of terror firsthand. Still others have yet to come home.
But the story of how the attack on the twin towers rolled through this stretch of New York begins the same way it began at ground zero: with the clear blue of an average late-summer morning.
Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001, started with the usual pilgrimages.
At 7:15 Al Smith looked out the window of his third-floor apartment on Anderson Avenue and called out to Gilbert Ruiz, who was on his way to work in the kitchen of Windows on the World.
''Have a good one, man,'' Mr. Smith shouted as he waved goodbye.
At 8, Abdoulaye Kone, a pastry chef at Windows on the World, called his wife, Celestine, from work. Mr. Kone, who is from the Ivory Coast, told her he loved her and asked her to call him later to let him know how the children were doing.
At 8:30, the students at the Family Life Academy Charter School in the Latino Pastoral Action Center gathered for their morning assembly.
Then, at 8:48, the day abruptly changed.
A custodian from the Pastoral Action Center who had stayed home from work called in to report that a plane had crashed into the trade center. Isabel Gutierrez, director of the school, was in the assembly when her secretary told her the news.
''I didn't say anything,'' Ms. Gutierrez said a few days later. ''I did not want to alarm the teachers because they were dealing with the kids.''
Dana Gerendasi, 26, a new teacher at the school, led her first graders back to their classroom. When she checked her cellphone messages just after 9:30, she heard her husband say: ''Dana, it's me. I don't know if you heard, but two planes went into the World Trade Center, and ----'' Then he was cut off.
After Mrs. Kone, the pastry chef's wife, took her son and daughter to school, she came home and turned on the television set. She saw an airplane crash into the building where her husband worked. ''I immediately got on the train and I walked from 14th Street there,'' she said.
The Same Conversation, All Over the Neighborhood
By midmorning, Highbridge was strangely still. Delivery trucks did not bang down the pitted streets. The skies were silent. The salsa music that typically spills from windows could be heard only occasionally.
People pooled on street corners. One vast, dispersed conversation settled over the neighborhood. The words seemed familiar -- airplanes and television, God and war -- but the situation did not.
In this strangely focused public discussion, some turned to private metaphor.
''All I could think about was my video game, because that's the way I'd play it,'' said Glenn Wilson, 23, a construction worker who spent the morning with friends in front of the A&N Deli and Grocery on Ogden Avenue, listening for news. ''I know strategic warfare. The Pentagon? That's the defense right there. The twin towers? You take out the money, how you going to build up? The next is transportation.''
Police officers told business owners around 170th Street and Jerome Avenue to close up and go home. Jack An stayed because his liquor store is encased by bulletproof glass.
Members of a construction crew working at the Pastoral Action Center listened to the news in Spanish on their radios. The only television in the building was tuned to Univision, the Spanish channel. But Ms. Gerendasi, the first-grade teacher, does not speak Spanish. Her cellphone was not working.
''I couldn't even teach because I had to go out and keep crying,'' she said. She tried to stay calm. She told her charges: ''Everything is fine. Your parents will explain everything to you.''
News trickled into the school as parents picked up their children. Ms. Gerendasi heard that the United States Supreme Court had been bombed. The Pentagon was gone. Camp David had been bombed. The White House and the Empire State Building were next. The reservoirs were poisoned.
She hugged the children. She hugged the parents. She said she hoped to see them again. Then she went home to her husband.


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By Sgt. Daniel Blottenberger, 18th MP Bde. PAO, MND-BFebruary 25, 2008
CAMP VICTORY, Iraq - More than 1,000 Iraqi Police recruits cycled through the small-arms range at the Furat Iraqi Police Training Academy here Feb. 19.
The IP cadre jumped from recruit to recruit while providing assistance to those on the range; for many of them, the event was the first time they had the opportunity to fire their assigned weapons.
Thus it went throughout the day as the new recruits underwent weapon familiarization, which is but one of many tasks recruits receive instruction on during their IP Basic Recruit Training.
"With IP cadre overseeing the training, the day went by without incident," said Sgt. 1st. Class Stephen Horn, noncommissioned officer in charge of the Furat IP Training Academy. Horn is a Multi-National Division - Baghdad Soldier assigned to the18th Military Police Brigade.
"Things are going a lot better then day one here," said Horn, a military police Soldier and a native of Forest, Miss., who said he has seen vast improvements in the training once the IP cadre arrived from the Provincial Directorate of Police, Patrol Headquarters Baghdad.
"The IP cadre are doing a very good job keeping things organized and keeping the recruits motivated," said Horn.
Horn has had his share of experience of training young Soldiers in the past, having previously served as a drill sergeant at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., where he taught U.S. Military Police students the basics on how to conduct police operations.
Prior to moving to the range, the recruits went through a weapons training and range safety class.
During the range familiarization, the IP cadre required the recruits to fire 25 rounds from the kneeling position and 25 rounds from the prone position with AK-47 assault rifles.
"The pre-training for the range by the cadre paid off and made things run smoothly," said Al Gauthier, an Iraqi Police Advisor's liaison officer. Earlier in the year, Gauthier trained the IP cadre on how to conduct the training.
"This is the first time many of these recruits have fired a weapon," said Gauthier, who added that his IPA team trained the IP cadre team during a train-the-trainer course months ago and that the cadre has come along way in their ability to train IP recruits.
While observing the Furat IP Academy, Gauthier said the IPA's main objective is to mentor, offer advice and instruct Iraqi law-enforcement recruits.
"This cadre is the best we have trained thus far. They are very professional and squared away," said Gauthier, a native of Bowie, Md., and former Prince George's County, Md., police officer.
Gauthier and his team are now limiting their involvement in the training, he said, and they are very pleased in the job the cadre is doing in training the IP recruits.
"Personally, I take a lot of pride in this cadre. I put a lot of time into their earlier training," said Gauthier, who has been part of IP training for more than a year.
The IP cadre were required to attend, and be certified at, an intensive 80-hour train-the-trainer course. They were then required to complete months of on-the-job training at Patrol Headquarters Baghdad and Camp Fiji, where they trained more than 4,000 IP recruits going through BRT.
The cadre had to earn their certifications by going through the course in a "go" or "no-go" system. Several did not make it through, said Gauthier.
Since the cadre have proven they are able to train IP efficiently, they have been tasked to head the new Furat IP Training Academy that trains more than 1,000 IP recruits per class. They are preparing for their biggest class yet - 1,500 recruits - which begins in March, said Gauthier. It will also mark the third class under which 'Sons of Iraq' recruits are undergoing in their bid to become IP.
"The cadres are ready to take on the challenge. They are very motivated and take a lot of pride in their work," said Gauthier, about the upcoming class at the Furat facility.
Gauthier said that he and his team see a lot of promise and fulfillment in their work alongside the IP cadre they trained.
"This IP cadre is highly effective, efficient and professional," said Gauthier, "It will, in turn, enhance individual performance, safety, unit effectiveness and mission readiness of the Iraqi Police force."
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The first Basingstoke Tweetup (a Twitter meet-up) was considered a good success by all. Although only 12 out of 20 planned attendees arrived, it probably made for a better event as there was time and opportunity to chat to each and every other person there.
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A reader at Neatorama reveals the dark Masonic secret of the Toblerone logo: a hidden bear! If you look closely at the mountain that's on every bar of Toblerone chocolate, you can see a bear standing on his hind legs. It also looks like there's a goldfish cracker near the base of the mountain, but that might just be because we're hungry. [Neatorama]
I think the "goldfish cracker" is the bear's other leg.
I think your goldfish is the bear's left leg (as if he's taking a step). He's got a disembodied left arm, too.
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An official with the Humane Society of the United States calls it a "modest reform," but a local farmer describes it as a "big scam."
Both were referring to an initiative by the Ohioans for Humane Farms group to place a measure on the November ballot which would require that the Ohio Livestock Care Standards Board act on "critical issues" regarding livestock in the next six years. The measure would also give the board "some needed direction," according to the Ohioans for Humane Farms website, www.ohiohumane.com.
Voters in the state passed Issue 2 in the November 2009 election, creating the board to establish and implement standards of care for livestock and poultry. The initiative aims to amend the state's constitution, but would not prevent the board from doing its work, according to campaign manager Karen Minton, state director for the Humane Society of the United States, which is not affiliated with the local group.
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Brady Campbell, 17, spends time with Berkshire gilts at his family's hog farm in Waterford Tuesday. The Ohioans for Humane Farms group has started an initiative to place a measure on the ballot which would amend a measure approved last year to establish the Ohio Livestock Care Standards Board.
"This measure doesn't in any way, shape or form overturn Issue 2," she said. "The only way for us to give this board minimum standards to work from is to go into the constitution and amend it."
The manner in which cows, poultry and pigs are caged as well as the manner in which on-farm cows or pigs are killed are just a few of the issues the amendment would require the board to address within six years.
"We have over 27 million animals in this state who spend nearly their entire lives in cages and crates barely larger than the animals themselves," Minton said. "So what this language will do is give these 27 million animals enough room to stand up, lie down, turn around and fully spread their limbs."
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About Issue 2
Passed 2,020,851 to 1,148,538 in the November 2009 election.
Established an Ohio Livestock Care Standards Board to create and implement standards of care for poultry and livestock, maintain food safety and encourage locally grown food.
Comprised of 13 members, representing family farms, statewide organizations that represent family farmers, Ohio consumers and others.
Source: Times research.
About the proposed amendment
The Ohioans for Humane Farms group has started an initiative to place a measure on the ballot which would amend the constitution to require the board to set standards regarding the treatment of cows, poultry and pigs on family farms within six years.
More than 400,000 signatures have already been collected, and 402,275 are needed by June 30 in order for the measure to be placed on the ballot.
Paid and volunteer signature collectors are in every county throughout the state collecting signatures.
Source: Times research.
She added that the board would also be required to put provisions into place that would prohibit cows that are too sick or weak to walk or raise their head from being transported, sold or received for slaughter.
"Nobody wants to eat meat from an animal that's too sick to raise its head," Minton said.
She said thousands of people from Ohio and other states are in every county in the state collecting signatures so the measure can be placed on the ballot. Some of the signature gatherers are paid; others are volunteers.
"We have well over 400,000 at his point," she said. "We're required to submit to the Secretary of State's office 402,275 valid signatures in order to get it onto the ballot."
A number of organizations, including the national Humane Society and the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) have endorsed the ballot measure.
But the Ohioans for Livestock Care group has created a movement against the initiative, and is circulating a petition which voters can sign showing their support for the Livestock Care Standards Board.
Joe Campbell, who helps run his family's hog farm in Waterford, called the initiative a "big scam." He said he voted for issue 2 and he doesn't want to see the humane farms group dictate what the standards board does.
"They want to do away with animals - they want you to go out and eat grass," Campbell said.
Issue 2 was seen as a way to head off a ballot issue like the Humane Society has gotten passed in some other states. Agricultural officials and local farmers argued that the Humane Society's restrictions would create too great of an economic burden, although its impact on smaller, family-owned farms in Washington county was considered minimal.
Chris Hartline, who operates the Hartline Valley Farms dairy farm in Marietta with a few other individuals, said she also voted for Issue 2 and she's opposed to the new initiative.
"We established this board to make sure that farms - all farms - in Ohio are treating their animals humanely," she said. "If the H.S.U.S. comes in and wins, it's gonna skyrocket the prices and put farmers out of business."
Kari Burkey, the organization director for the Ohio Farm Bureau, said she's opposed to not only the initiative, but the tactics of those collecting signatures.
She said last week there were two people at the River City Farmers Market at the Washington County Fairgrounds attempting to collect signatures, and they were "very manipulating."
"They don't always give the exact details of what they're collecting for," she said.
Burkey argued that the measure would "supersede" the board Ohioans voted to establish, and that the board hasn't had time to do any work.
"If we want to continue to eat agricultural products, we need to stay unified and let Ohioans make decisions about agriculture and not out-of-state activists who don't understand why we have certain practices in place," she said.


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I continue to watch with disgust as the Republican party continues to pander to its right wing and hold the country hostage over the Affordable Care Act. I know how complicated health care is and I am not an expert on its implimentation but I do know it has positively affected my family so far. It has allowed my children to stay covered under my plan until they are 26. This is enormous because emplyers are not offering health care or are cutting back. They now will have an option to pick a plan that works for them when the need exists. Judging by the number of people inquiring or signing up across the country there clearly is a great demand for this plan. I could only guess that the main objective of the tea party is to have this plan fail so President Obama does not succeed as his legacy will be tarnished. Well, despite roadblocks at every turn, and very little help from the partisan Republican party, he has managed to turn around an economy that was on the brink of collapse, reversed the negative unemployment trend,got us out of Iraq, killed bin laden and many al-Queda leaders. So maybe the Republican party should ignore the tea party and give the president a chance with health care, he has a heck of a record of getting things done. With little help I might add.
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Genie Abrams will be a great Newburgh City Councilwoman.
She returned to her hometown of Newburgh 12 years ago to revive and restore this city. She founded and led the Newburgh Lyceum, a good-government group which studied issues affecting the city and which sponsored debates among candidates for local and regional office. She helped revive the Heights Neighborhood Association, which fights for safer, cleaner streets, a brighter future for our youths and better value for the city's taxpayers. She can be found in Ward 2 almost every day, talking to neighbors, picking up trash, and cutting back branches that block drivers' views. She loves this city and it shows.
I was friends with Genie's parents in the 1950s when her dad, Albert J. Abrams, was city manager and her mother a reporter for the old Newburgh News. They were both devoted to Newburgh, and Genie carries on that tradition.
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Roxanne Donnery places people and principles before party loyalty. Roxanne's record is such that her candidacy has drawn the endorsement of community leaders as wide-ranging as Republican Town Supervisor Frank Fornario, and the Hudson-Catskill Central Labor Council's President, Sparrow Tobin — who made reference to Roxanne's clear position on local job growth: "When it comes to serving the people of Orange County, Roxanne Donnery has been on the right side of every major issue facing us."
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I am writing in support of Andrew Regenbaum for New Windsor Town Council. I have experienced his leadership first hand as the parent of a swimmer and a volunteer with the Sea Dragons, the local swim club of which he is president. His planning and guidance directed stunning growth for the Sea Dragons and provided significantly increased participation opportunities for the youth of our community. Andrew was always personally involved in any issues that arose. He would work with all parties involved and always put the best interests of the children first. His dedication is tireless and his responsibility is admirable.
Andrew's positive leadership and personal integrity are just what New Windsor needs. He does not criticize; he focuses on issues and solutions. We need a leader who is part of the community, who volunteers his time and seeks to help sustain a community with a prosperous future. He is part of it after all and sees the strength and beauty of New Windsor as a place to call home and raise his own children. We need a man with this kind of vision, priorities and dedication. On November 5th I will be voting for Andrew Regenbaum for New Windsor Town Council.
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Promoting UX within your company: what is your strategy?
Hello everyone. I'm back after a long time without posting here.
Yes, having internal workshops is a start. The goal is to educate non-UXer's about your process. Once you have your few workshops, you can start with smaller projects so everyone gets a feel for what you do and how UX gets incorporated into the process. But if you're pressed for time, start off with a project right away and show and tell the PM where UX is most useful.
Ho, please see the other response. This post was duplicated by accident.
Thanks Ho for your inputs and suggestions. It helps to know that promoting workshops are a good start and strategy. One of our initial challenges is really to educate non-UXer's colleagues. From the short time we've been with the company we've had good luck to right away show the value of UX and design research to our directors and stockholders through a real project we are working on at the moment, but the large IT team is still aside from this understanding. Patience is the key.
My team and I create comprehensive UX strategy foundation documents for clients that express the many facets of UX rationale to stakeholders and business partners in easy-to-understand diagrams and common business language:
- Alignment between UX and business strategy
- Behavioral segmentation, or personas, and usage scenarios
- Multichannel purchase model
- Prioritization of new features and functionality, Road Map
- Competitive benchmarking
- Web analytics
- Role of social / mobile / local considerations in UX release planning
From the foundation document, we create presentations, workshops, and models to use when meeting with cross-functional teams.
Paul, thanks for sharing this comprehensive list of UX strategies, a good start that can help us keep our feet on the ground. Since we are starting fresh, one of our to-do-list items is to create all UX documentation, including UI and interaction standards/patterns, so we can guarantee quality delivery across all sectors of the IT team.
I've worked in a couple of companies who had similar situations as yours. Here's my experiences:
The biggest issue then was that although the rest of the company may welcome UX, they didn't have a clear landscape idea of the very concept of UX -- they still thought of design as something intangible, artistic, or ambiguous.
One thing I did that I find very effective/potential is to start small and tangible - to explain to them the "measurable/quantitative" aspect of design -- which they may find easier to relate to what they do. They got to understand that design is not only something artistic and beneficial, but also something measurable and tangible, and they got to know why it's benficial by substantial (though small) examples.
I pinpointed certain small factors/issues in the current work process or whatever going-ons in the company, and then used quantitative methods to measure it, proposed and implemented improvements, and finally presented those improvements in measurable terms. By those presentations (either in the actual working environments or in workshops or meetings, etc.), people gained the idea that design is also something really tangible, things they can easily relate to. Thus: start tangible.
Another related thing is to actually collaborate (whenever possible) with a few people on a few small things. When they got to see by themselves how UX could help by small examples, I found they become much much more easier to understand what I do and how I do it. Thus: start small.
Thanks Kingofark for sharing your experience with us. I like what you said and your strategy is very wise, in the sense that keeping our goal of starting small will let us making adjustments as we go, responding to what is needed and sensing better what and where the opportunities for creating a UX culture within our company are. Measurement is key and we still don't have our means to use it, but we plan to soon, implement analytics and run our first usability tests. By now, we've so far done qualitative research (ethnographic type), when we got a very good response from our stakeholders since this study was able to reveal the project's real design problems and opportunities.
I am a firm believer that one of the responsibilties of the UX team is to educate those that do not understand. An open house with a prefacing communication campaign helps greatly. You could also partner up with another, since you are small to provide a more thorough venue of what services you and your team provide and the wonderful value add. Of course snacks and swag always help. There are some pretty cool ways to 'propagandize' the UX service. It just takes some ingenuity and of course some help.
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Hi JC,
Indeed, I also believe that one of our (UX team) major responsibilities is to educate colleagues and bosses of what is UX. From my own experience, it occurs naturally when we show ROI based on concrete contributions we make. Luckily we've already been able to do so...
I never thought of doing an open house... it is an interesting idea though. Thanks for suggesting it. Have you done one? If so, how it was and what were your ingenious ideas? (Just curious!).
I will echo what others have said about bringing people into your design process. As much as possible, get out there and make your process transparent. Bring people into your design workshops and give them the chance to be creative. Put your sketches and diagrams up in a public place so everyone can see and talk about them. There are probably working groups and workshops on topics other than UX in your company -- volunteer to be a part of these and then use your UX techniques to facilitate, lead discussion, brainstorm, and prioritize.
Don't waste your time trying to "educate" your co-workers. They are intelligent, busy people who will not appreciate being lectured to. Instead, find out what makes their jobs difficult and try to fix it. Likewise, if you want buy-in from management, figure out how to make the company run more smoothly. How? Same way you solve every design problem: research, brainstorm, try things, repeat the successes.
Hi Kim,
I'd say I agree with and like all you said. Particularly I find very useful your point of "not trying to educate my co-workers", thus respecting busy, intelligent people. It is so true and unfortunately we do run into trouble when acting like we UXrs own the "truth" about processes, solutions and so on. Great reminder. Thanks.


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NFL has considered widening the playing field 35 feet, and reportedly may revisit the idea
The NFL reportedly might consider widening the playing field to Canadian Football League standards, a drastic idea that would be one of the bigger rules changes the game has seen in a long time if it comes to pass.
The National Football Post reported that the league has talked about widening the field sideline-to-sideline from 160 feet to 195 feet, which is the CFL standard, and the league might look into the idea again this offseason.
[More NFL: Michael Vick, Eagles agree to restructured contract]
The National Football Post said the competition committee discussed the idea a year ago. In theory, a wider field would be safer for a league that has much bigger and faster players than it did decades ago.
Im not so sure we shouldnt think about widening the field, former competition committee member Bill Polian told the National Football Post. Its a radical idea, but I think its worth thinking about. You would have more space and perhaps a safer game. I say that based on my CFL experience. There are less collisions of that type in the Canadian game.
The idea of a wider field is radical, and although the league needs to improve player safety, it seems like changing the dimensions of the field would take a lot of convincing to a league that doesn't make major modifications very often.
The National Football Post story made the counter-argument that the wider field might not necessarily help player safety, because players would have more room to build up speed and have bigger collisions.
[Jason Cole: Michael Vick makes wise move to take paycut, stick with Eagles]
There would be many logistical issues. Many stadiums were built with the 160-foot wide field in mind, with every foot of possible room used for seats that generate revenue. Widening the field by more than 10 yards might make the playing area inside the stands a bit snug. Also, for teams that use the fields for college or high school state playoff games, converting between the two would be a difficult task. Also, there's the fact that it's hard to imagine the NFL changing one of the basic foundations of the game after so many years with the same size field. The last change this drastic might be when the league moved the goal posts from the goal line to the back of the end zone in 1974.
Changing the width of the field would be a major change to the game, and while it doesn't logically seem very likely to happen soon, the NFL needs to look at every possibility to quell the negative publicity over player safety issues
well, what say you?? I dont know yet.
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Hmm, player safety or opening the field up for more exciting, revenue generating offense....I wonder what their real thought is.
Also, doesn't the CFL use 12 guys on the field at once to compensate for the additional space?
A Black Belt is just a White Belt who didn't quit.
Really? Make the field wider for player safety. I don't think its needed. There is only a few players that hit hard nowadays. How many years before it turns into 2 hand touch or flag football.
I have a feeling in 5 years I won't be watching the sport formerly known as football.
Never happen. Meanwhile, all the players complaining about the penalties for these bang bang plays
better not get on this concusion gravy train after they've played the last game.
I always thought the main reason for the bigger field in the CFL was because there are only 3 downs, and thus more space on the field equals longer plays. There are definitely many more blown coverages and missed tackles because of the space afforded the players.
I really don't see how it would work with a 4 down NFL.
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He's a 10 year old who memorizes information intended for intelligent adults. He doesn't understand what he knows.
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Ann Romney to hold fundraiser at George W. Bush's home in Dallas
Updated at 11:04 a.m.: George W. Bush spokesman Freddy Ford just sent word that the former president will be busy on Tuesday and won't join his wife, Laura, and Ann Romney for a women's lunch fundraiser at his home.
But Ford added that Bush and the former first lady are "happy to host Mrs. Romney at their home."
Original post: Ann Romney — wife of the GOP presidential nominee, Mitt — is slated to hold a fundraiser next week at former President George W. Bush's Preston Hollow home.
NBC News, citing a Romney spokesman, reports that former first lady Laura Bush will host the luncheon on Tuesday, although it's unclear if the former president will be in attendance. A Bush spokesman didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.
The event – which will precede another Romney fundraiser that night, with both Mitt and Ann, at Dallas' Hilton Anatole — is part of the candidate's tour of the region to collect crucial funds for the final weeks of the campaign.
And the gathering, which comes on the heels of Laura Bush joining Ann Romney in Oklahoma City on Monday for a similar event, also marks a small, but significant step in the public relationship between Mitt Romney and the last Republican administration.
George W. Bush has stayed mostly out the political fray since leaving Washington, saying earlier this year that he's glad to be out of the "swamp" of politics. And with Bush still unpopular in the polls, Romney has been largely content to keep his distance.
Romney rarely mentions Bush, as Democrats try to link Romney to the economic troubles of the last GOP White House. And Romney certainly isn't deploying Bush in swing states, like President Barack Obama is doing with his Democratic predecessor, Bill Clinton.
But there has been a warmer embrace of late — not a huge surprise, given that the Bushes and Romneys are, by all accounts, friendly.
Bush and his wife, Laura, visited Romney's Boston campaign headquarters in July. And while Bush and his father, former President George H.W. Bush, both skipped the GOP convention last month in Tampa, they featured prominently in a 5-minute video tribute.
And regardless of Bush's approval ratings — and the inherent political calculations that requires of Romney — the former president still has vast fundraising connections, particularly in donor-rich Texas.
So Tuesday's event at the Bush home — which will be closed to the press, per NBC News — could be a key cash infusion ahead of the presidential campaign's home stretch.


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- Size (LWH): 7.75 inches, 1 inches, 4.5 inches
- Weight: 2.24 ounces
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- Custom-designed protection for iPhone 5 and iPhone 5S
- Back panel flips out to act as a stand and allow easy docking
- 2-In-1 hard/soft construction - hard exterior, soft, protective rubberized interior.
- Raised bezel keeps screen safe and pristine; rubberized covers shield buttons
- Cushiony inner layer absorbs shock from occasional bumps and drops
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CandyShell: Mighty slim protection
Our patented CandyShell is the best of both worlds: an iPhone 5/5s case that looks as good as it protects. Its patented dual-layer design has been drop tested against military-grade protection standards, yet it's slim enough to slide in and out of pockets with ease.
Impact resistant & shock absorbent
Hard shell exterior guards against impact, while glossy finish keeps CandyShell as smooth and slim as ever. Soft, rubbery interior and reinforced corners absorb shock from occasional bumps and drops.
Protects phone's screen, sides, and edges
Raised bezel protects screen from impact and adds grip so your phone can lay face down on tables or dashboards without sliding. Rubberized button covers offer serious protection while keeping buttons fully accessible.
CandyShell Inked
High-resolution graphics wrapped around a sleek, military-grade protective case with a durable coating for patterns that won't fade or scratch. Help your iPhone 5/5s make an impact, and take one, with CandyShell Inked from Speck.
CandyShell + Faceplate
All-over protection complete with our CandyShield faceplate, an integrated screen protector that allows a natural touch response with TrueTap technology. Full coverage and easy access to Touch ID fingerprint sensor wrapped in one military-grade protective case. Help your iPhone 5/5s face its fear of falling with CandyShell + Faceplate from Speck.
CandyShell Card
Card-carrying case complete with military-grade protection. Ditch your wallet during your morning jog, a day at work, or a night on the town with a convenient side-loading slot that holds up to 3 cards and cash. Carry more with less with CandyShell Card for iPhone 5/5s from Speck.
CandyShell Grip
Military-grade protection with raised rubber ridges for the perfect no-slip grip. The CandyShell Grip case is ideal for serious texters, hardcore gamers, or anyone who wants a better grip on their phone. Give your butterfingers a break with CandyShell Grip for iPhone 5/5s from Speck.
CandyShell Flip
Innovative flip-back panel allows easy docking & access to ports while providing military-grade protection, so you can plug in bulky headphones, adaptors, and chargers without removing your case. Give your phone easy access without compromising on protection with CandyShell Flip for iPhone 5/5s from Speck.
Give your iPhone 5/5s slim-fit, polished protection that won't cover up the beautiful design of your new phone. Let the style of your iPhone 5/5s shine through with GemShell from Speck.
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Now, about the case itself. This is my 3rd Speck Candyshell case. For my iPhone 4S, I had the Candyshell and the Candyshell Flip, and both provided excellent protection. I drop my iPhone about once a week, and there is never any damage to the phone or the case from these drops.
The candyshell flip case for iphone 5 is made of identical material and has the same design as the one for the 4S. On all of my Candyshell cases for 4S and 5, the earphone hole is big enough for apple earbuds but too small for many other earphones, and the hole for the lightning connector isn't big enough for Apple's new lightning-to-30-pin adapter. But the "flip" feature solves both problems. The bottom section of the "flip" case folds all the way back, not just half-way (as shown in the photos at Speck's website).
If you read a lot of customer reviews of Candyshell cases, you will see one common complaint: very fine scratches accumulate pretty quickly on the Candyshell's glossy surface (which is mainly just the back of the case). The scratches are more noticeable on darker color cases than lighter ones. To me, this really isn't a big deal: After some time, they form a kind of patina on the back of the case, which makes it less shiny. When I'm holding the phone, the back is facing away from me, so I don't see it. Other people may see the back of your case, but not close up so they probably won't notice these super-fine scratches. I don't think these scratches significantly reduce the case's aesthetic value. But this is just my opinion. Some people are pretty upset about this, and their opinion is just as valid as mine.Read more ›
What I like about this case:
It has the rubber lip around the edge of the screen, so if (when, inevitably) the phone is dropped it protects the screen from hitting. This feature works great. The rubber inside and hard bodied outside provides great protection without being too bulky.
The folding bottom half. A lot of cases don't allow for your phone to dock properly, or fit certain headphone jacks tightly, because the case gets in the way. If you use the apple adapter piece to turn your old iphone/ipod charger into a new lighting charger it will never work with most cases because it is wide bodied, and the case only has a small hole. This folds down for easy access, and the crease where it folds is built well and strong enough to last through multiple flips a day.
It's stylish without being gaudy. I like that it can be feminine, with the pink accents, without being covered in rhinestones, graphics, or give on protection for the sake of style.
Where this case if flawed:
The edge around the bottom front of the phone's rubber quickly began to tear and break away. It began folding INSIDE when the bottom was flipped closed within a month or two. Within about 4 months, right outside the retailers exchange period, the actual hard plastic shell underneath the rubber broke (right around the hole for the charger).Read more ›
For reference, i purchased this case on February 14th, 2013. The case lasted 4 months before pieces started coming off. The fading started much quicker.
So, if you only want a case for a month or so, it may look good for that long. But if you're like most of us, looking for a case for longer use, you will probably want to skip this one.
UPDATE - I contacted Speck about the case. They have a 1 year warranty on products. BUT, they said there are a lot of counterfeits out there (amazon, eBay, etc...). I could send it to them with a warranty claim, but if its fake, of course I would be out of luck. If its real, they would replace it. I probably will not send it back, but beware unauthorized sellers. You could be buying a fake.
The seller mine was from was JC Home, fulfilled by Amazon.
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Case fits iPhone 5s as described. Color is very nice and true to picture. Great to be able to sit it on a charger dock and not have to take the case off, as docks do not work... Read morePublished 14 days ago by S Walker
My iphone has survived many drops, goopy kid fingers, throws from the baby, etc. This case is worth more than it costs for sure!Published 15 days ago by alicia healey
I don't like writing bad reviews, but sometimes it's necessary. My daughter dropped her phone while it was in the Speck case. The phone not only cracked, but the face shattered! Read morePublished 18 days ago by Amazon Customer
I always love the CandyShell Flip cases. It helps if you connect to an audio output often, especially when you're driving. I hope these cases will always be available. Read morePublished 27 days ago by Stacey Preambo
These cases are fabulous. This is my second Speck case and I would highly recommend it. I have dropped my phone many times and have had no issues. Read morePublished 1 month ago by K. Hop


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Rafe ducked a playful fist that Dirk threw at him.
"Now we get to see who the best man is. We've got a bet going on who is going to get their sixth chevron first."
"You still fighting the girls", Becca kidded, "or have you gotten to the big boys yet?"
Dirk got a little red but Rafe took it in stride. "I don't have to worry about it. Everyone is still challenging me. I haven't gotten to challenge anyone yet."
He grinned at Becca, "I would challenge you if you hurry up and train some more newbies."
She grinned back. "Perhaps we can always arrange something unofficial."
This was a side to Becca that Tobal hadn't really seen before and it interested him and disturbed him at the same time. They filled their mugs and rejoined the crowd. There was a drum circle forming and the sound was deafening in the small building.
Tobal and Becca slept together that night. They cuddled for a long time and shared stories about things they had done and things they wanted to do. The energy between them was different and when Tobal asked about having sex Becca murmured "not tonight. All I really want to do is just hold you and sleep with you."
With that cryptic answer circling in his brain they kissed, embraced and fell asleep entwined in each other.
The next morning was bright and cold and there were sun dogs circling the sun promising even colder weather. They joined their friends for breakfast and soon Becca was on her way to base camp to continue training with Loki, her third newbie and Tobal set out on the trail toward sanctuary.
As he snow shoed toward Sanctuary and pulled his sled he wondered at the strangeness of how things had been with him and Becca last night. He had certainly not been prepared for it and didn't really understand it. It seemed things had been all right but then again it seemed there had been something wrong. He hoped she hadn't changed her mind. Perhaps she was sleeping with Loki, the newbie, she was training. He instantly crushed that thought. He knew it was not true, but he just didn't understand and because he didn't understand he felt a little hurt. He had been expecting something like last month and it had not happened.
As he neared Sanctuary his thoughts turned to the subject at hand. He now had four chevrons with only two more before he was eligible for the Journeyman degree. As he headed toward santuary he felt kind of strange because Sarah had really been the last person he had trained and that had been in September and October. He didn't really count Crow since Crow had taught him much more than he had taught Crow. That meant he hadn't been doing much training in four months and he was determined to get going on it again. He wanted to get this training over with and be partnered with Becca more permanently if she was still interested.
He thought of the ways he had changed in the past years and the things he had done. He had gained a reputation as a very good trainer.