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Cut leaves from felted crochet squares in a rich red color for a pretty autumn garland. Hung from a mantel or wound around candles, this Felt Leaves Garland is perfect for autumn decorating. You can also use this garland to decorate your Thanksgiving table or add some color and style to a window or mantel display.
- 3 skeins RED HEART® "Eco-Ways Bamboo Wool™" in Cayenne (A)
- 3 skeins RED HEART® "Eco-Ways Bamboo Wool™" in Dill (B)
- 5.5mm [US I-9] crochet hook
- Yarn needl
- 10 Chenille Stems, 6mm, in same color as B
- Fabric glue
- Leaf Template
Gauge: 14 single crochet = 4"; 16 rounds = 4", before felting.
Felted Branch is 3/4" wide x 40" long.
Each Felted Leaf is 4" wide x 33/4" long.
Square (Make 9)
With A, chain 21.
Row 1: Single crochet in 2nd chain from hook and in each chain across – 20 single crochet.
Rows 2-18: Chain 1, turn, single crochet in each single crochet across.
- Fasten off.
With B, chain 2.
Round 1: Work 5 single crochet in 2nd chain from hook.
Round 2: Single crochet in each single crochet around.
Continue to repeat Round 2 until piece measures 38" from beginning.
Fasten off, leaving a long tail.
Thread tail through remaining stitches and pull to close.
- Knot to secure.
- Weave in ends.
Place all pieces in washer along with one flat bed sheet.
Place settings for hot wash/cold rinse, lowest water level, and heavy duty agitation. Run through full-cycle twice.
Lay flat until completely dry, pulling Branch to 40" if necessary.
- Using leaf template and sharp scissors, cut out 9 leaves from squares.
- Cut each chenille stem in half. Glue half of each stem to back of each Leaf. Allow glue to dry. Wrap stem of each Leaf around Branch at even intervals. Bend leaves to desired position.
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Duquesne University Receives Two More Patents
Duquesne University has received two more patents, based upon faculty research.
A patent was recently granted for making materials that are capable of detecting lead and quantifying how much lead is in water. These compounds developed by Dr. Partha Basu, award-winning professor of chemistry, are his first innovations leading to a patent.
These extremely selective compounds can identify as little as 10 parts per billion of lead—thus, are more sensitive than the limits set by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. This new material can identify and quantify lead in the presence of other metal ions—an important differentiation from other lead sensors currently on the market.
The substance, which selectively detects lead, provides results within an hour and is easily read by a fluorescent violet glow that shows detection of lead, which presents a health problem, especially to the brains and nervous systems of children.
The compound could be useful to consumers as well as to industrial and municipal water system monitors. Basu is interested in seeing a startup company form around this technology.
Another patent, one that involves a sequence of peptides related to proteins and protein structures, was created by former chemistry and biochemistry faculty member Charles Dameron. This novel biological technology provides ways to examine pathways within cells. This sequence has a potential value for drug discovery.

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I feel terrible tonight. I just started day 1 of week 3 and I couldn't even finish my walk/run intervals. I got cramps, my feet hurt, I thought I was going to throw up. Remember that scene in Shag when Pudge and LuAnne are driving away from Pudge's house and they throw the Metri-cal out of the car? (if you don't remember or have never seen it, shame on you - put it in your queue RIGHT NOW!) Well, "Yuck, yuck, yuck."
I just felt like I had no energy after a while. I did walk for 4 miles (well, about 1.5 of that was walk/run), but when I got home, I sat down at the kitchen table and waited for the room to stop spinning.
I felt so good after Monday's run, like I was on top of the world. Tonight I am the soap scum that has built up around the bottom of the world.
I guess I should stick to running in the morning.


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The "Rise of China" poses a major challenge for next president.
China is emerging as the world's "second superpower," with global power on par with the United States. The "Rise of China" has been named the top news story of the 21st century by the Texas-based Global Language Monitor, as measured by number of appearances in the global print, on the Internet, and in social media.
Economically, International Monetary Fund is predicting that China's GDP will overtake that of the United States in 2016. Arvind Subramanian, author of "Eclipse: Living in the Shadow of China's Economic Dominance," believes that China will direct the world's financial system by 2020 and the Chinese renminbi will replace the U.S. dollar as the world's reserve currency in less than 15 years. The United States has borrowed more money from China than any other foreign country and in 2011, the U.S. trade deficit with China reached almost $300 billion.
Militarily, China is going through the world's biggest military expansion and its defense budget has experienced double digit growth for more than two decades. Lawrence Saez at London's School of Oriental and African Studies argues the United States will be surpassed by China as military superpower in 2031.
While China's People's Liberation Army is still the largest army in the world, China's real military strength increasingly lies somewhere else - China is intent on acquiring what the Pentagon's strategists described as "anti-access/area denial" capabilities: to use pinpoint ground attack and anti-ship missiles, a growing fleet of modern submarines and cyber and anti-satellite weapons to destroy or disable another nation's military assets from afar.
Is China a friend or adversary? That was one of the questions in the third U.S. presidential debate at Florida's Lynn University on Oct. 22.
In the 90-minute foreign policy debate between President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney, both candidates expressed their worries over Beijing's actions. President Obama labeled China as an "adversary." Sought to project a tough stance on China, Obama cited his administration's declared military and diplomatic pivot toward Asia as sending a "very clear signal" to China the United States is an Asia-Pacific power.
The real action in recent Sino-U.S. relations, however, "was not the China-bashing in the third election debate between Obama and Romney in Florida," writes Peter Lee of Asia Times, "it was the little-noticed concurrent visit to China of a high-powered team of retired U.S. diplomats." The team, consisting of former Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage, former National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley, former Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg and former Assistant Secretary of Defense Joseph Nye, has had a tough time in Beijing.
The high-level U.S. bipartisan group, with sanction from Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as a quasi-official delegation, was sent to Beijing to clarify Obama administration's strategy for Asia - the "pivot" of military forces, diplomatic and economic initiatives, and strategic attention and to convince the Chinese leaders that beating up on Japan and other America's allies in Asia-Pacific would entail serious consequences.
"The team's task is almost impossible," reports Peter Lee, "Beijing is in no mood to support U.S. pretensions to being the only, indispensable honest broker in the region. Beijing wants to punish the United States for the pivot. The Chinese have made it clear it is in no mood to welcome the United States to the Diaoyu/Senkaku party, certainly not in the form of a quasi-official delegation." Instead, Beijing is testing Washington's determination to carry out the pivot policy and expecting the United States to back down from its forward position in the Asia-Pacific. "The previous assumption that China was merely a paper tiger both unwilling and unable to retaliate in any meaningful way," says Peter Lee, "will have to be reexamined."
While the rise of China leaves the rest of Asia wary and how China will use its newfound power, especially its military power, will determine the global security of the next several decades, it is a fact the rest of the world has to come to terms with.
As a result, it is hardly surprising that China's neighbors are worried about the dragon's new teeth. Obama administration's rebalancing toward Asia may go some way toward easing those fears, but it is not enough and the confidence of America's Asian allies is still eroding. The region is waiting to see if the next U.S. president, as the leader of the incumbent superpower, can take the Chinese bull by the horns and restore America's leadership role in the Asia-Pacific.
Dr. Xiaoxiong Yi is the Director of Marietta College's China Program.


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Oilers launch online Locker Room auction
Auction in support of Edmonton Oilers Community Foundation
All the proceeds of the auction will go towards the Edmonton Oilers Community Foundation who will direct the proceeds to charities in central and northern Alberta whose core focus is youth, education, health and wellness
Highlighted items include an original Edmonton Coliseum chair autographed by Gretzky, Messier, Coffey, Kurri, Anderson, Fuhr; a Jordan Eberle autographed Team Canada jersey and a Replica Stanley Cup autographed by Gretzky, Messier and the rest of the Boys on the Bus.
"This online auction is a great opportunity for fans to secure one-of-a-kind Oilers memorabilia while also supporting charities in northern Alberta," said Edmonton Oilers Community Foundation Executive Director Natalie Minckler.
This auction is the last Edmonton Oilers Community Foundation online auction of the season. Bidding begins at 3:00pm MDT on May 20th and closes at 8:00pm MDT on June 3rd with staggered end times. Follow this link regularly until June 3rd to bid on your favourite items.


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Definition of satinwood in English:
1 [mass noun] Glossy yellowish timber from a tropical tree, valued for cabinetmaking.
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- The latter is composed of two major blocks, a horizontal one lacquered white, juxtaposed with a more vertical unit made of Madagascar ebony with satinwood and maple interiors.
2The tropical hardwood tree that produces satinwood.
- Two species in the family Rutaceae: Ceylon satinwood (Chloroxylon swietenia), native to India and Sri Lanka, and West Indian (or Jamaican) satinwood (Zanthoxylum flava), native to the Caribbean, Bermuda, and southern Florida.
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From the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, and State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York; and Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island.
Grant Support: Dr. Katz was supported by the National Institute on Aging (grant R21 AG025246).
Potential Financial Conflicts of Interest:Consultancies: P.R. Katz (Omnicare Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee board member).
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Marginalization of physicians in the nursing home threatens the overall care of increasingly frail nursing home residents who have medically complex illnesses. The authors propose that creating a nursing home medicine specialty, which recognizes the nursing home as a unique practice site, would go a long way toward remedying existing problems with care in skilled nursing facilities and would best serve the needs of the 1.6 million nursing home residents in the United States. Reviewing what is known about physician practice in nursing homes and hospitals, and taking a lead from the hospitalist movement, the specialty would be characterized in 3 dimensions: the degree of physicians' commitment, physicians' practice competencies, and the structure of the medical staff organization in which they practice. Challenges to the adoption of a nursing home specialist model include mainstream medicine's failure to recognize the nursing home as a legitimate medical practice, the need for the nursing home industry and policymakers to appreciate the links between physician practice and quality, and assurance of financial viability. Implications for quality of care, health policy, and research needs are discussed in this article.
A recent Institute of Medicine report (1) highlights the disturbing trend of a net reduction in board-certified geriatricians and a reduction in the number of physicians entering geriatric fellowships. Clinical and leadership positions in nursing homes are often filled by geriatricians (2), and to address the shortage of geriatricians in nursing homes, the Institute of Medicine recommends expanding the role of midlevel providers, such as nurse practitioners. Rather than accepting that disengagement of physicians in nursing home practice is inevitable, we make the case here that quality of care in the nursing home is directly linked to physician practice, and that only by moving toward a nursing home specialist model will the needs of residents with complex postacute problems, who are burdened by multiple comorbid conditions, chronic illness, and functional limitations, be met.
The nursing home population of the United States stands at 1.6 million and will double by the year 2030 (3). Even with declining disability rates and increases in housing options, the lifetime risk for nursing home admission remains high at 46% (4). Nursing homes have become an integral and unique component of the health care continuum in the United States, in part because they accommodate increasingly frail residents whose hospital stays have been dramatically shortened (5). This "sicker-but-quicker" trend has manifested as increasing functional dependence, comorbid conditions, and use of "high-tech" interventions in both short- and long-term nursing home residents (6). A large proportion of deaths overall occur in nursing homes (7), and expenditures currently exceed $120 billion per year—a figure projected to almost double by the year 2015—with Medicaid footing 44% of these costs (8–9). Of all Medicare fee-for-service dollars, 7% are spent in nursing homes (10).
Despite these trends, the quality of care in nursing homes remains inconsistent and in many respects suboptimal (11). Nursing home practice is only 4% of work time among the 20% of physicians who practice in a nursing home, one third of whom are internists (12). Often rooted in reality, perceptions among nursing home physicians of excessive regulation, paperwork, professional liability, and lack of nursing support remain barriers to developing a widespread nursing home specialist culture (13). Perhaps more important, many physicians still find it difficult to overcome logistic challenges (for example, caring for a sufficient number of patients while traveling from one facility to another), even though reimbursement for nursing home visits has increased. Without salary derived from administrative duties associated with being a medical director, many practitioners find nursing home care untenable. Waning interest in primary care and geriatrics (14), coupled with few credible role models (15), further constrains physician involvement in nursing homes. In a survey of graduating residents, fewer than 15% felt "very prepared to provide nursing home care" (16). Finally, fear of cost increases and underappreciation of the link between physician care and quality may obviate support from the nursing home administration.
Taking a lead from the adult and pediatric hospitalist movements (17–18), we propose that creating a nursing home medicine specialty would remedy the problems with care in skilled nursing facilities. On the basis of existing literature (19–21), we propose that the specialty be characterized in 3 dimensions: the degree of physicians' commitment, physicians' practice competencies, and the structure of the medical staff organization in which they practice.
Commitment is conceptualized as the physicians' degree of involvement in nursing home care, recognizing the links between quality of care and the time spent in a given nursing facility and with individual residents. We think that nursing home specialists could practice under many different models, ranging from a full-time practitioner to a primary care physician in the community who devotes 1 day per week to nursing home residents. However, we propose that nursing home specialists devote at least 20% of their practice to nursing home care. Recognizing that physicians may visit multiple facilities, the time spent in any given nursing home should equate to at least 4 hours a week. Arguably, this is the minimum amount of time necessary to become facile with processes of care and the site-specific culture.
Competency in nursing home medicine would be defined by training or experience in handling complex medical care in a highly regulated, interdisciplinary care context that accommodates both postacute and long-term care. Training should be flexible enough to attract the broadest cross-section of primary care physicians, because limiting recognition initially to board-certified geriatricians or to certified medical directors would needlessly exclude other qualified practitioners. Future training might include an additional "mastery" year of residency training, flexible nursing home fellowships that would accommodate both early and midcareer candidates (22), or a certification process similar to that for medical directors. Examples of specific competency domains for training and certification include management of issues related to quality improvement, transitions of care, frailty, polypharmacy, and cognitive and behavioral disorders.
Nursing home medicine would also require a more structured, "closed" medical staff model, which restricts privileges to a limited number of providers. Support for a structured model can be found in the work of Roemer and Friedman (23) and others (24–26) who have shown an association between structured medical staff and quality of care. In our own work, which examines the impact of medical staff organization in nursing homes, physicians working within a closed staff model seemed to be more committed, knowledgeable about long-term care practice, and available (20). Existing policies, regulations, and care standards that define the role of the attending physician and medical director in the nursing home reinforce such a model (27–28), as do programs for formal certification of medical directors (29).
Change in the practice of nursing home medicine will occur only if organized medicine addresses several issues. Mainstream medicine must reinforce the nursing home as a legitimate medical practice site. Recruitment and retention of a competent, trained workforce will demand incentives (for example, loan forgiveness) and assurance of financial viability. In the Netherlands, nursing home physician specialists exist and are fully subsidized by the government (30). Health care reimbursement in the United States is clearly more complex than in the Netherlands, but options include increasing Medicare reimbursement for cognitive services, developing organizational efficiencies under the current reimbursement system, implementing new policies that reward providers for enhanced quality and cost savings (that is, decreased hospitalizations), and making pay-for-performance both equitable and feasible in nursing homes without electronic medical records. Market forces may eventually provide incentive to reward nursing home specialists for the value inherent in their practice specifically related to enhanced quality of care in the nursing home and during care transitions.
Such organizations as the American Medical Directors Association and the American Geriatrics Society are critical in defining the physician's importance to the nursing home. Their efforts, however, must complement those of broader-based medical organizations, such as the American Medical Association, American College of Physicians, and American Academy of Family Physicians. These organizations, representing most primary care physicians in the United States, can enhance legitimacy of the nursing home specialist, help define career paths, establish curriculum, and craft relevant policy and regulations that preserve medicine's role in nursing home care. Nursing home practice accommodates a flexible rounding schedule and requires little overhead, in keeping with younger physicians' demand for work–life balance (31). The specialty could be marketed as having these attractive features coupled with the opportunity to manage a diverse patient population with postacute and long-term care needs in an easily navigable environment. Many of these same characteristics helped attract practitioners to hospital practice and fueled the growth of hospital medicine as a specialty.
Literature reporting on increased patient satisfaction and lower hospitalization rates in nursing homes that employ nurse practitioners and physician assistants have not considered physician involvement as a moderating variable (32). Physician care positively influences residents' hospitalization rates, functional status, and satisfaction (33–35). Marginal physician involvement impedes communication and integration of the physician into the nursing home culture, with detrimental patient outcomes (36–38). We contend that rather than accepting a diminished presence of physicians in nursing homes and finding alternative care models, it is time to fully consider, appropriately fund, and test the nursing home specialist model (39–40). If nearly half of the baby boomers spend some time in a nursing home, the question "Is there a doctor in the house?" will take on new urgency and meaning.
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TO THE EDITOR: The proposals by Katz and colleagues (1), about physicians as nursing home specialists, provide a worthy and laudable vision for future possibilities. While it was correctly acknowledged that some of the positive characteristics in nursing home practice, for example "˜little overhead' and others, have similarly attracted practitioners who became hospitalists, an important factor in growth of hospitalists was the role of administrative support. Such support in nursing homes may be lacking if outcomes like "˜increased patient satisfaction and lower hospitalization rates' (2) are perceived by administrators as more economically attainable with nurse practitioners and physician assistants. It may be added that physician involvement, cited as a "˜moderating variable', will need to prove its convincing value in quality of care more broadly, for any economic reluctance to be superseded. As the comprehensive value of physicians is appropriately appreciated, such recognition by non-medical decision makers would allow nursing home specialists to follow the hospitalist experience.
Another factor impacting on clinicians' likelihood of choosing such a career is the exposure of students and residents to others in this field who can act as role-models. The limited familiarity currently would have to reach a certain critical mass to have a meaningful effect on trainees.
Despite the challenges, our profession should strive to ensure Katz' proposals prove not quixotic but visionary.
1. Katz PR, Karuza J, Intrator O, Mor V. Nursing home physician specialists: a response to the workforce crisis in long-term care. Ann Intern Med. 2009;150:411-3. [PMID: 19293074]
2. Caprio T. Physician practice in the nursing home: collaboration with nurse practitioners and physician assistants. Ann Long Term Care. 2006;14(3):17-24.
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The authors cite a "waning interest in primary care" as one of the reasons to develop nursing home physician specialists. Since it has traditionally been primary care doctors who have provided the major portion of nursing home care, any decline in their numbers will naturally diminish their availability.
It should be mentioned however that one of the reasons why primary care waned over the past several years is because seeing patients in the nursing home added too much work to the already hectic lives of primary care doctors who had trouble enough trying to keep up with hospital rounds and their office patients. With the advent of hospitalists, some got a little relief.
To say that we need nursing home specialists because there is a lack of interest in primary care may lead future historians of medical history to draw the wrong conclusions. If nursing home specialists (and hospitalists) had existed thirty or so years ago, primary care might have evolved then into what it has become now for those who still practice it""an office-based profession. It might have remained a popular and vital area and the primary care crisis as we know it today might not exist.
I agree with the authors' insights . Nursing home specialists like hospitalists are a good and a necessary idea.
As an afterthought , the title of the article would have had more meaning (to me anyway) if it had stated that nursing home physician specialists are a response to the primary care crisis instead of the workforce crisis.
The "workforce crisis" that the authors used in their title is true but it takes emphasis away from how the decline in primary care is primarily responsible.
Although well intentioned, making skilled nursing facility (SNF) practice a specialty might impede entry of practitioners into long-term care, which could be a big tactical error. I witness fine practitioners start to attend residents of SNFs, then become quite attached to this practice setting. They ask questions, become informed, and then proceed to do an excellent job. The level of mentoring involved matters, as well as the emphasis placed on excellent care. Lack of exposure to SNF practice implicates training programs as a cause of long-term care practitioner scarcity. Paperwork involved in providing care to SNF residents deters many. The American Geriatrics Society focuses much attention on the mentoring/teaching roles that geriatricians provide, as well as the regulatory and documentation burden that inhibits viable practices in long-term care. More advocacy from a wider range of medical societies would be great!
Medical director roles improve overall quality of care as well, if SNFs choose active Medical Directors instead of the typical rubber-stamp models. Full integration of the expertise of good medical directors rests heavily on corporate leaders and administrators of SNFs. Encouraging SNFs to fully embrace federal regulations pertaining to expanded roles of medical directors in quality assurance would improve overall quality of health care delivery in SNFs. The American Medical Director's Association spearheads the effort to promote excellence in SNF care delivery on multiple levels.
Greater involvement in nursing home care also could increase home visits. Our frail patients, their families and the health care system are better served if more practitioners include home visits in their practices. SNF care expense as well as cultural mores deter admittance to nursing homes for some groups. The Independence at Home model saves money, increases satisfaction with health care, and provides an exciting option to provision of excellent care. The American Academy of Home Care Physicians advocates this mode of health care delivery, and many patients and insurers embrace it wholeheartedly (http://www.aahcp.org/iahpr.pdf).
Perhaps physicians need a change in self-perception and training. Mid-level practitioners function well in most settings, and benefit from the accessibility of a physician when facing difficult clinical cases. If mid-level practitioners could provide most routine care, and physicians attend for more complicated care, then our scarcity might be transformed into abundance. But prior to instituting another specialty, we should look to the resources already available, and encourage wider participation in long-term care rather than a narrower entry gate.
The suggestion by Katz and colleagues (1) of creating a Nursing Home medical specialty in the hope of ameliorating the serious shortage of physicians in long term care is creative and bold. It is a natural outgrowth of the field of geriatric medicine and is an appropriate response to the quite modest manpower progress (2), though vigorous academic growth, experienced thus far within the field of geriatric medicine. In addition to this new specialty idea, Katz et al disagree with the Institute of Medicine's recommendation (3) to expand the role and supply of mid-level providers, such as nurse practitioners, in the nursing home as a response to the need not met by physicians. We believe that this acceptance of a "2- level" health system - nurse practitioners, as primary care for the frail elderly in nursing homes and physicians as primary care for most everyone else - needs to be openly discussed for its clinical and ethical implications.
When in 1968, the American Board of Internal Medicine approved as an innovation, the first U.S. residency-fellowship in geriatric medicine, (created by one of the authors, LSL), the primary site of the geriatrics training program was indeed the nursing home (4, 5). Geriatric medicine was defined in the residency-fellowship, as focusing on those multiple "sites and phases" of illness and of health which physicians and the health establishment did not usually embrace. Today there are millions of sub-acutely ill older persons admitted every year to the nursing homes directly from the hospital. Most are complexly ill, recover and return home though many remain for life-long care Needed in the nursing home are large numbers of astute clinicians, their teams and enlightened medical directors. Yet too few physicians select careers in geriatrics and too many fellowship positions remain unfilled (2).
The shortage of physicians in nursing homes can be explained, in part, by the modest financial rewards, the emotional difficulties for some which out- weigh the positives, and the understandable need to deny one's own ultimate aging, frailty and mortality.
The development of a Nursing Home specialty, together with the vigorous struggle within geriatric medicine to keep the field alive and move geriatric knowledge, approaches and skills into the hands of all clinicians, will likely improve the relationship and balance between physicians and their nursing homes. Our nursing home patients remain hopeful of receiving the care they expect and deserve from their "doctor".
1. Katz PR, Karuza J, Intrator O, Mor V. Nursing home physician specialists: a response to the workforce crisis in long-term care. Ann Intern Med. 2009 Mar 17;150(6):411-3.
2.Butler RN. Thoughts on the development of geriatrics. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2007,Dec,(55)2086- 2087.
3.Institute of Medicine. Retooling for an Aging America: Building the Health Care Workforce,Washington, DC; National Academies Pr. 2008.
4. Libow LS. A fellowship in geriatric medicine. J Am Geriatr Soc. 1972, Dec, 20(12):580-4.
5. Libow LS. A geriatric medical residency program. Ann Intern Med. 1976, Nov; 85(5):641-647.
Dear editor:
The nursing home in the U.S. and other countries entails a heterogeneous population of short-stay and long-stay residents. Short-stay residents include individuals who come for rehabilitation after a hospital admission, respite stays and palliative care or end of life. Long-stay residents include individuals with cognitive, physical or a combination of impairments that require extensive assistance with activities of daily living. Providing excellent care to these individuals requires extensive knowledge not only of chronic disease management, acute disease management, and geriatric syndromes but also knowledge of the capabilities of the health system, its regulations, and the advantages of the interdisciplinary care team. In this setting physicians need to be adept at quality improvement, transitions of care, dementia diagnosis, the appropriate use of medications, and dementia behavioral management.
New models of care are emerging. In North Carolina we have two thriving long-term care specialty practices. We have many physicians who spend 20% or more of their professional time caring for nursing home patients. We have an active state chapter of the American Medical Directors Association (AMDA). Currently 62 physicians in our state have completed the requirements to become certified medical directors through a process provided by AMDA. We believe that excellent care means being in the nursing home on a predictable schedule so that members of the interdisciplinary care team can discuss relevant issues, family meetings can be scheduled and routine care can be provided and discussed with nurses and other care providers.
Physicians are the best trained practitioners to manage the care of nursing home patients. This care may be provided in collaboration with nurse practitioners and physician assistants, but should not be abdicated to non-physicians providers without physician involvement. There are excellent and experienced nurse practitioners and physician assistants who are providing comparable and in some cases better care, than what is currently provided by physicians. However, the complexity of the clinical cases, the frequency of care transitions to the hospital, home and other intermediate settings, the expectations of patients and their families, and the leadership needed to ensure quality healthcare in the nursing home requires that physicians remain in a role of providing and managing care for individual patients in the nursing home.
We are strongly in favor of creating a nursing home specialty that would highlight the degree of involvement in nursing home care, recognize the unique competencies of these physicians, and require a medical staff model that fosters the specialty and improves the quality of care provided to individuals in need. We are not in favor of hindering physicians who only spend a small percentage of their professional time in nursing homes. Moving toward creating a nursing home specialty should be done in such a way that would not in anyway restrict young physicians or experienced physicians from participating in nursing home care even at a level of less than 20% of their time, especially if this will eventually lead to a greater time commitment or will fulfill a need in a rural setting. Since physicians-in-training currently receive little exposure to this care setting, it will continued to be important for physicians at all experience levels to have the opportunity to tryout this practice setting, hopefully with the availability of appropriate mentors.
The authors, Katz, et al, present a provocative and appealing model to address the present challenge and looming crisis of attracting committed and trained physicians into nursing home care (1). The barriers to such practice are already assumed. Drs. Katz, Karuza, Lawhorne, and Schnelle, in a 2006 report noted that only 1 and 5 physicians who were identified as primary care stated that they had any involvement in nursing home care and of those that did, the average was only 2 hours per week (2). Furthermore, the survey of the American Medical Directors Association, the national association of approximately 4000 nursing home medical directors, found in their survey published in 2006 that 18 percent of member respondents had reduce their attending physician hours in the preceding three years, and 7 percent had stopped working as an attending in nursing home entirely (3). While assumptions abound as to why physicians do not seek to provide care in nursing homes, one point that the authors make clear is that nursing home care is not just like other settings of health care. Although the individual patients are often the same ones that primary care physicians saw in their office the week before, or even discharge from the hospital the day before, the domain of the nursing home poses for many physicians a complex and highly regulated world. It is team-based, a dynamic that many physicians have little experience or comfort with. It requires knowledge of the regulatory world, the skills of functional assessment and rehab and requires the ability to integrate patient and family goals into care plans that may extend into years, rather than the few days typical of the acute hospital. In addition, the population served is not homogenous by age, goals of treatment or functional limitations. In many ways the nursing home is the ideal setting to apply clinical skills in the care of complex patients in the context of person-centered values over an extended time frame. But without the knowledge, vocabulary and training that follows any unique delivery of care system or specialty, the challenge for most physicians is simply daunting.
So, would specialty recognition, defined time requirements for on-site service and "closed" medical staffs provide the bridge to cross this perceived chasm for physicians? While I believe such a concept has considerable appeal and potential, it is important to point out that not only do other significant barriers continue to exist as a deterrent to physician nursing home practice, but that this set of recommendations creates some challenges as well. The first issue is that of liability risk. M. Kapp, JD, in his 2008 issue brief to the California HealthCare Foundation noted that while not the sole reason physicians avoid NH care, liability risk is often mentioned as a negative factor4. While specialty status might afford some theoretical "protection" to lawsuits, the incentives for including the attending physician in such litigation are often entirely separate from his/her level of training or experience. Success in attracting significant numbers of physicians who would wish to identify themselves as "SNFist" or nursing home specialists, will require both torte reform and demonstration that the real and perceived risks are balanced and manageable (and insurable by liability carriers).
Another barrier to advanced training requirements and closed staff models are often the very nursing home leaders (owners, executive officers, and administrators) themselves. In communities with competitive markets and excess available nursing home beds, the performance measure for success is "a head in the bed." Thus, a "good" physician is one that provides a volume of admissions, and allows the NH to primarily manage the care. While we all recognize the short-term thinking of such logic, and know that well-trained, committed physicians will far better support the success of the nursing home over time (both financially and in regulatory compliance), it is often difficult to get the NH to end a relationship with a physician who provides poor quality of care but can be counted on for frequent admissions.
Lastly, the authors seek to compare the advantages to the growing prevalence of the hospitalist model to the described nursing home specialist model. It is important to note that, while much good has been part of this hospitalist trend, all is not perfect. The challenges of transitions of care are multiplied. Advance care planning is often moved to a lower priority after focusing on reducing the length-of-stay and moving the patient to the next level of care as quickly as possible. Families and patients bemoan the loss of physician continuity and remember when "my doctor used to see me here". Specialty designation will do little to resolve these challenges of fragmented care and the stated specific time requirements may be a disincentive to those few primary care physicians who are still willing to follow their own patient into post-acute and custodial long term care settings.
Clearly the challenges to attract physicians to the specialty nursing home care, with its unique settings and specific required skills, are significant. Yet it is unacceptable and unsustainable to continue to nursing home care as separated from the professional standards, peer review and specialty expertise found in "regular" medical care. Not only will the status quo further drive the work force crisis, but the quality of care delivered to these vulnerable patients will suffer. While I believe that full implementation of the elements defined by the authors will take decades to resolve and implement, the value to the development of a core curriculum and some level of professional recognition of advanced training in nursing home practice will have an immediate value to those who presently commit their professional services to the nursing home environment, and for those who are yet to join.
1. Katz P, Karuza J; Intrator O, Mor V. Nursing Home Physician Specialists: A Response to the Workforce Crisis in Long-Term Care. Annals of Internal Medicine. 2009; 150: 411-413.
2. Katz P, Karuza J, Lawhorne L, Schnelle J. The Nursing Home Physician Workforce. JAMDA. 2007; 7: 394-398.
3. American Medical Directors Association. "Medical Liability and the AMDA Physician" member survey. www.amda.com/about/liabilityfacts 2006.
4. Kapp M. Is There a Doctor in the House? Physician Liability Fears and Quality of Care in Nursing Homes. California HealthCare Foundation Issue Brief; September, 2008.
As a partly retired board certified internist and geriatrician who has spent most of the past dozen years primarily caring for patients in the nursing home setting, I was very interested to read the recent article by Katz et al, in the March 17 Annals. More than 80 percent of my "evaluation and management" encounters in a typical month are for patients in Nursing Homes, including subacute care, long term care, or hospice. I wish to offer some comments.
Firstly, do we really need another specialty type of certification, replete with more examinations, more requirements, more paperwork, more fees, and its own small bureaucracy to administer things? Would this form of "certification" then become a further barrier to keeping those doctors who already see nursing home patients "in the game" as well as a barrier to having more doctors become involved?
Secondly, I did not know that we were involved in a less than legitimate medical practice setting. Those of us who see nursing home patients come to that type of practice from a variety of levels of experience and different types of credentials, but share a commitment to caring for this very deserving and complex group of patients, often no longer "connected" to their previous primary care doctors and sent to our care from the hospital frequently with incomplete information. Much important history can easily be lost in the series of hand-offs from the community physician to the hospitalists and house staff and then from the hospital team to the providers at the nursing home who will often be caring for them for the rest of their lives.
It is true, though, that those of us who care for patients in the nursing home often feel, not that we are not legitimate, but that [to quote Rodney Dangerfield] "we don't get no respect." I believe that the best cure for this is the telephone---I feel better taking over the care of the patient when I have heard directly from the hospitalist or house staff team with their report on the patient and what needs to be done. The discharge paperwork, or electronic summary, can often be ambiguous or contain conflicting statements.
It is also true that nursing home providers need to pick up the phone and do their detective work, calling up the patients' family members and previous community doctors, as well as the hospital team, This may take extra time in the beginning, but prevent mistakes form being perpetuated "down the line."
Finally, I have had the rewarding privilege of bedside teaching of residents and geriatric fellows, as well as physician assistant and nurse practitioner students in the nursing home setting. Whether rounding with the nursing home practitioner for just a few days or for a month or longer rotation, this should be an important part of every new practitioner's training. Those numbers of elderly confined to the nursing facilities 1.6 million and growing will surely challenge us all.
I am grateful to be able to read an article about doctors who do what I and doctors like myself do. Nonetheless, I think it is important to state that we and our practice settings are "legitimate" in every sense of the word, and that creation of a new certification program, while an appealing idea in some respects, does not directly address the greatest need that nursing home practitioners have: improved communication with our peers in the hospital and community settings.
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You have decided to study at University of Ulm and you have applied for a course successfully! We are looking forward to getting to know you and to leading you through your studies! The semester opening will be on October, 17th and additional information about that will be available here very soon.
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I have a hard time understanding legislation in the abstract.
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Undergraduate Curriculum Committee Minutes
March 25, 2003
Members Present: Ronald Glass, Donald Socha , Terence Kelly, Travis McBride, Robert Klindworth, Adrienne Loh, Andrew Matchett, Dean Wilder, Kenny Hunt, Joseph Kastantin, Nick Osborne
Members Absent: Stephen Mc Dougal (exc), Brian Finnigan, Mary Heim, Jamie Lee Bergum
Consultants: Emily Johnson, Amelia Dittman, Charles Martin-Stanley, Diane Schumacher
Guests: Kathryn Hollon, Pamela Rodgers, Mark Sandheinrich, Edward Ripp, Thomas Volk, Donald Campbell
1. M/S/P to approve minutes of March 11, 2003, as amended.
2. Third Readings:
Proposal #34, Associate Degree, degree requirements, effective Fall 2003.
Pam Rodgers distributed revisions of the proposal and copies of the letters from the deans. Andy Matchett has contacted the deans in regards to where the associate degree should be housed. Liberal Studies has responded. Garth Tymeson and Dan Duquette will respond after they have met with their college. The issue of housing of this degree will be discussed once all of the deans have responded. M/S/P to approve the proposal.
3. Second Readings:
BIO 390, Latin and Greek Roots in Scientific Terminology, new course, 2 credits, effective Fall 2003.
Most scientific terminology comes to us as derived from Latin and Greek words. This course provides a solid background in scientific vocabulary by learning root words, prefixes and suffixes, as well as combinations of two or more root words and prefixes. Prerequisite: BIO 103 or 105. Does not apply toward biology major in any concentration. Offered Sem. II.
M/S/P to approve BIO 390 on the second reading.
4. First Readings:
Proposal #44, GTL 300, Gerontology Foundations, new course, 3 credits, effective Fall 2003.
Gerontology Foundations presents the fundamentals of basic physiological and psychological aging processes and of the social contexts of aging from a multidisciplinary perspective. It provides opportunities to 1.) explore myths and stereotypes of aging; 2.) examine the impact of ageism on both young and old; 3.) identify correlates and consequences of "the graying of America"; 4.) formulate personal attitudes regarding aging; 5.) become familiar with empirical data on aging from multiple disciplines. 8 week, UWLI ON-line offering.
UW-L has been asked to house this course from the System wide Consortium for Gerontology. This course may be looked at in the future as the foundations course for the gerontology program here on campus. Travis McBride, Pam Rodgers, Betsy Morgan, and Kim Vogt have all been contacted regarding the possibility of overlap and have agreed that the overlap is minimal with a focus on aging. M/S/P to approve this proposal on the first reading.
Proposal #45, College of Liberal Studies/School of Arts and Communication Core Curriculum, electives, effective Fall 2003.
Complete HST 152, Roots of the Modern
World Complete a HIS course at the 200/300 level.
These cannot be General Education
or CLS common core courses.
II.2. Add SOC 416 to list on p. 76.
Changes have been made to the core in order to make the program option more flexible. The committee is confused as to what the desired outcome for the proposal is with the way it is currently written. Pam Rodgers will take this proposal back to the CLS Core Curriculum committee to make revisions. This was the first reading; there will be a second reading.
Proposal #46, Change the name of the dept. to Military Science and Leadership and the prefix to MSL
M-S 315, Leadership Development Laboratory I, deletion, effective Fall 2003.
M-S 316, Leadership Development Laboratory II, deletion, effective Spring 2004.
M-S 415, Advanced Leadership Development Laboratory I, deletion, effective Fall 2003.
MSL 101, Foundations of Officership, title, course description, effective Fall 2003.
Introduces students to the competencies that are central to an Army leader's responsibilities. Establishes the framework for understanding officership, leadership, Army values and "life skills" such as physical fitness and time management. The course will help students develop the values, skills and attributes that characterize a leader in any profession. Offered Sem. I.
MSL 102, Basic Leadership, title, course description, effective Spring 2004.
Introduces students to the Army's basic leadership fundamentals such as problem solving, communications, briefings and effective writing, goal setting, techniques for improving listening and speaking skills and an introduction to developmental counseling. This course is designed to help students in the near-term as leaders on campus and, in the long-term, as more effective leaders and managers whether in military or civilian life. Prerequisite: MSL 101 or department chair approval. Offered Sem. II.
MSL 201, Individual Leadership Studies, title, course description, , effective Fall 2003.
The first of two intermediate Army leadership courses in which students identify successful leadership characteristics by observing others and themselves through practical exercises. Students record observed traits and the situations in which they occur in order to illustrate the concept and application of situational leadership analysis. The course is designed to facilitate students' development of a personal leadership style. Prerequisite: MSL 101 and 102 or department chair approval. Offered Sem. I.
MSL 202, Leadership & Teamwork, title, course description, effective Spring 2004.
The second of two intermediate Army leadership courses in which students learn how to build successful teams, various methods for influencing action, effective communication in setting and achieving goals, the importance of timing a decision, creativity in the problem solving process, and obtaining team buy-in through immediate feedback. Prerequisite: MSL 201 or department chair approval. Offered Sem. II.
MSL 301, Leadership & Problem Solving, 3 cr, title, credits, course description, includes M-S 315, effective Fall 2003.
The first of two advanced Army leadership courses in which students conduct self-assessments of leadership style, develop a personal fitness regimen, and learn to plan and conduct individual/small unit tactical military training while testing reasoning and problem-solving techniques. Students receive direct feedback on Army leadership abilities. Lecture 2, Lab 2. Prerequisite: Consent of the department chair. Offered Sem. I.
MSL 302, Leadership & Ethical Decision Making, 3 cr. title, course description, includes M-S 316, effective Spring 2004.
The second of two advanced Army leadership courses in which students undergo practical, "hands on" leadership training from the Army's small unit perspective with self, peer and instructor performance-oriented evaluations. Course is replete with opportunities to plan and conduct individual and collective military skills training to gain leadership and tactical experience. Upon completion of MSL 302, students will possess the fundamental confidence and competence of leadership in a small unit setting and will be prepared to execute all leadership and followership facets of the National Leadership Advanced Camp. Lecture 2, Lab 2. Prerequisite: Consent of the department chair. Offered Sem. II.
MSL 401, Leadership and Management, 3 cr. , title, course description, includes M-S 415, effective Fall 2003.
The first of two Army officer development courses in which students develop proficiency in planning and executing complex military operations, function as a member of an Army staff, and mentor subordinates. Students explore Army training management, methods of effective staff collaboration, and Army developmental counseling techniques. Lecture 2, Lab 2. Prerequisite: Consent of the department chair. Offered Sem. I.
MSL/HIS 402, American Military History, course description, effective Fall 2003.
A historical review and analysis of the development of military strategy and weapons; a detailed study of the history of the United States military; an analysis of contemporary, post-World War II issues; and a study of selected battles. Prerequisite: Consent of military science/history department chair. (Cross-listed with HIS; students may only earn credit in MSL or HIS.)
MSL 403, Officership, title, instructional pattern, course description, effective Spring 2004.
The second of two Army officer development courses in which students conduct case study analysis of military law and practical exercises on establishing an ethical Army command climate. Students must complete a semester long Senior Leadership Project that requires them to plan, organize, collaborate, analyze, and demonstrate their leadership skills. This course is designed to prepare the student to assume leadership roles as an Army officer. Lecture 2, Lab 1. Prerequisite: Consent of the department chair. Offered Sem. II.
MSL 499, Independent Study in Military Science and Leadership, title, course description, effective Fall 2003.
Students design individual plans of study in
consultation with a MSL faculty member. Designed for MSL students who have
excellent records in the department. Prerequisite: Department chair
approval. Repeatable for credit — maximum 3.
MSL 103, Basic Military First Aid, title, course description. , effective Fall 2003.
Introduces students to basic military first aid procedures. Students receive hands-on training and proficiency required of a military officer in the application of first aid procedures, as well as introductions to injury prevention programs and field sanitation techniques. Students may seek red-cross first aid/CPR accreditation through this course.
The change from Military Science to Military Science and Leadership is nationwide. These changes do not impact the program requirements. The department has combined the labs into the corresponding lecture courses. Now students will register for a lecture section and a lab section of the same course. The dept. says there is no overlap with MGT 412 or EFN 347/447. Committee members had the following comments. 1.) MSL 101 and 102 seem to be directed more to officership than the military in general. How will that impact enrollment? Should the title or description include something that lets students know it is still applicable? 2.) Perhaps the MSL 302 title "Leadership and Ethics" is too broad. Would "Leadership and Ethical Decision Making" be more appropriate? Major Ripp will discuss these comments with the department. This was a first reading. There will be a second reading.
5. Consent Agenda:
Changes to When Course is Offered
BIO 309/509, Entomology, offered occasionally.
BIO 321, Ornithology, offered occasionally.
BIO 417/517, Animal Physiology, offered occasionally.
BIO 422/522, Ichthyology, offered Sem. I, alternate years.
BIO 448/548, Aquatic Toxicology, offered Sem. II, alternate years.
CST 300, Theory and Research in Communication
Offered occasionally.
CST 460, Planning, Implementing and Evaluating
the Public Relations Campaign,
alternate years.
C-S 342, Software Testing Techniques, offered Sem. II, odd numbered years.
C-S 351, Simulation, offered Sem. I, odd numbered years.
C-S 352, Computer Graphics and Scientific Visualization, offered Sem. II, even numbered years.
C-S 353, Analysis of Algorithm Complexity, offered Sem. I, even numbered years.
C-S 431, Introduction to Robotics, offered occasionally.
C-S 443/543, Topics in Operating Systems, offered Sem. I., even numbered years.
C-S 446/546, Object-Oriented Software Development, offered Sem. II.
C-S 452/552, Artificial Intelligence and Pattern Recognition, offered Sem. I, odd numbered years.
C-S 453/553, Introduction to the Theory of Computation, offered Sem. II, odd numbered years.
C-S 464/564, Advanced Database Management Systems, offered Sem. II, even numbered years.
C-S 470/570, Parallel and Distributed Computing, offered Sem. I, odd numbered years.
C-S 471/571, Data Communications, offered Sem. I, even numbered years.
C-S/C-I 480/680, Survey of Computer Assisted Instructional Systems, offered occasionally.
ECO 400/500, Monetary Theory and Policy, offered occasionally.
ECO 409/509, Econometric Methods, offered occasionally.
ECO 435, Law and Economics, offered occasionally.
ECO 447/547, Urban/Regional Economics, offered occasionally.
FIN 364, Private and Group Pensions, offered occasionally.
FIN 410, Management of Financial Institutions, offered Sem. I.
FIN 426/526, Real Estate Finance, offered occasionally.
FIN 430/530, Financial Planning and Strategy, offered occasionally.
FIN 460, Seminar in Risk and Insurance, offered occasionally.
FIN 465/565, Health Care Financing, offered occasionally.
FIN 477/577, International Investments, offered occasionally.
FIN 480/580, Financial Management and Control, offered occasionally.
HED 345, Issues in Mental and Emotional Health, offered Sem. I.
SHE 310, Introduction to Curricular Processes and Instructional Techniques, offered Sem. I.
SHE 407/507, Health Education in the Elementary
offered Sem. I.
HIS 310, Native American History,
offered once
a year every three semesters.
HIS 320, Public History,
offered once every three
years semesters.
HIS 321, Wisconsin History,
once every two years.
HIS 390, Public History Research, Offered
once a year as arranged with instructor
HON 202, Body, Mind, and Well-Being, offered Sem. I.
PHL 303, Ethical Theory, offered Sem. II.
PHL 400, Ethical and Legal Issues in Communication Studies, offered occasionally
PHL 494, Advanced Topics in Philosophy,
and 496
PHL 495, Individual Study in Philosophy,
Offered Sem. I.
PHL 496, Integrative Seminar,
No more than six credits in PHL 300, 494, 495, and 496 are applicable to
a major or minor. Offered Sem. I.
RTH 203, Outdoor Recreation Skills for Persons with Special Needs, offered occasionally.
RTH 215, Adapted Aquatic Activities, offered occasionally.
RTH 332, Therapeutic Recreation for Persons with Physical Disabilities, offered occasionally.
RTH 496, Orientation to Internship in
Therapeutic Recreation,
Seven week course.
ANT 203, Culture and Ecology,
Offered Sem. II.
ANT/ARC 285, Archaeology of Mexico and Central
Offered Sem.II, even-numbered years.
ANT/ARC 454, Historical and Theoretical
Approaches in Anthropology,
Offered Sem. II.
ARC 250, Museum Studies,
Offered Sem. II.
ARC 315, Prairie-Plains Archaeology,
Offered Sem. II.
ARC/HIS 372, History of Women in the Ancient
Offered Sem. II. Offered once every three semesters.
ARC 403, Archaeology Lab Methods, Offered Sem. I., even-numbered years.
ARC 499, Senior Project/Thesis in Archaeology, Offered Sem. II.
SOC/ERS 280, Hmong Americans,
Offered Sem. II.
SOC/ANT 300, Latin America in Transition,
Offered Sem. II.
SOC 320, Demography,
Offered occasionally.
SOC 338, Sociological Aspects of Work and
Offered occasionally.
SOC/ERS 343, American Indian Contemporary
Offered Sem. I.
SOC/ANT 360, Catastrophies and Human
Offered occasionally.
SOC/ERS 363, American Indians and the
Offered every third semester.
Prerequisite Changes
CLI 410, Clinical Hematology,
Prerequisite: admission to CLS program
and CLI 390.
ANT/ARC 304, Hunter and Gatherer Societies, Prerequisite: junior or senior standing; ARC 200 recommended.
ANT/ARC 305, Indigenous Agricultural
Societies:Past and Present, Prerequisite: ARC 200
and ARC/ANT 304.
EDM 335/535, Introduction to Cataloging and
Classification, Prerequisite: EDM 319
EDM 402/602, Instructional Technology, Prerequisite: EDM 319
and EDM301.
These changes have been made by departments via the undergraduate catalog proofs. M/S/P to approve the proposal.
6. Old Business: CST has not proposed any courses to UCC, for which there will be enrollment restrictions as a result of implementing a program admission requirement.
7. New Business
Andy Matchett reported on his presentation of the criteria for reviewing proposals to Faculty Senate. The Senate did not take formal action; however, it requested that guidelines be created to allow departments to be prepared for questions that will be asked by the committee when bringing proposals forth. That was suggested in response to the issue of what is open for review when a change to an existing course is brought before the UCC. Adrienne Loh has volunteered to draft the guidelines based on the criteria and requested the committee email suggestions to her.
The meeting adjourned at 5:40 p.m. The next UCC meeting is April 8, 2003.
Diane L. Schumacher
UCC Secretary


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#Seawolves open 2014 season in Georgia
Feb. 20, 2014
Stony Brook, N.Y. -
Games #1-5: Georgia Tech-Kennesaw State Invite
Fri & Sun., Feb. 21 & 23 Shirley Clements Mewborn Field Atlanta, Ga.
Sun., Feb. 22 Bailey Park Kennesaw, Ga.
Stony Brook Seawolves (0-0)
Head Coach: Megan Bryant, 14th season
Career Record: 712-633-7
Record at SBU: 368-326-3
Preview: The Stony Brook softball team will begin the 2014 season in the Southeast at the Georgia Tech-Kennesaw State Invite. The Seawolves will play a total of five games against Georgia State, Georgia Tech and Kennesaw State. Stony Brook lost to Georgia State, 1-0, in 2005 and beat Kennesaw State, 1-0, in 2010. This will be the first contest against Georgia Tech.
About Georgia State: The Panthers enter this weekend with a 4-1 record, including a pair of wins against Indiana. Junior Lauren Coleman batted .563 with 13 RBIs in last weekend's tournament, which earned her Sun Belt Conference Player of the Week honors. Junior Callie Alford and senior Jessica Clifton were named to the preseason all-conference team. Georgia State was picked to finish eighth in the eight-team league.
About Georgia Tech: The Yellow Jackets will take a 6-1 record into the tournament. Georgia Tech, which has won six straight straight games, has belted nine home runs already. Junior Kylie Kleinschmidt is 5-0 in the circle with a 0.25 ERA. Senior Ashley Thomas was the 2013 ACC Player of the Year after hitting .417 with 30 RBIs last season.
About Kennesaw State: The Owls also enter the tournament with a .500 record or better, winning four of their first seven games. Kennesaw State won two of three from Tennessee Tech last weekend. Sophomore Kara Chambers is the team's leading hitter with a .478 average. Senior Amanda Henderson has earned three of the team's four wins.
Up Next: Stony Brook will head to North Carolina next weekend for the 49er Invite.


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Image Annotation: Histopathology of genetically engineered mouse oligodendrogliomas.A. Tumor showing cells with relatively uniform round nuclei surrounded by clear spaces. Such "perinuclear haloes" are a diagnostic feature of human oligodendrogliomas. B. Another common feature of these tumors is shown as tumor cells surrounding normal grey matter neurons (arrow). This is called "perineuronal satelitosis". C. GFAP staining of a mouse oligodendroglioma. As in the case of many human oligodendrogliomas, the tumor cells are negative for GFAP. The only positive staining observed in this field is seen in reactive astrocytes and in association with blood vessels (arrow).
Staining Method:
Species: Mouse
Organ: CNS
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An activity designed for guests who want to experience some Catalan vineyards. These tours at the D.Os of Priorat, Penedès and Empordà that include transport and a guided visit of the vineyards, wine tasting, lunch and a short trip to the nearby towns.
The tours can be done as a Group or individually.
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7291 - Street Rebel [Model D] - theme: Creator
Model D: http://www.brickshel...ator/_7291d.lxf
Errors: None
Notes: I don't even know what the heck this is supposed to be! Toa_Of_Justice linked to the plans here.
7292 - Propeller Adventures [Model D] - theme: Creator
Model D: http://www.brickshel...ator/_7292d.lxf
Errors: None
Notes: Rotating the engines proved too frustrating with the hinge tool, so I decided to investigate bricks that have their own hinge. Yay for rocking plates!
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This job was posted over 30 days ago. This means the position is now most likely filled & no longer available.
Location: Anywhere - Looking for: Artists
Posted by NukaSoft on
You need to have a decent skill level and the work ethic to perform extrordanairly on a day-to-day basis. You will be required to either Model Weapons, Buildings, and Props, or make Textures from UV Maps or Make Material Textures. It would help if you have experience with CryENGINE 3, although not needed. We are making a 3rd Person Tactical Shooter, and our Work Ethic is high, although we retain a professional, yet relaxed atmosphere. Join Nuka Today!
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Robin Thicke Just Made Everything Worse
10/13/2013 11:00 AM PDT, by Emily Trainham
Pretty much ever since Robin Thicke's "Blurred Lines" song came out, people have been calling him out on how creepy it is. The video, the song, everything: it's a big ol' pile of creepiness. But guys, we're just so wrong to think that, and you know why? Because Robin wrote the song about his wife! The whole song is about Paula Patton! That makes all the creepiness go away for sure!
"I wrote it about my wife. She's my good girl. And I know she wants it because we've been together for 20 years."
No, Robin, No. If you wrote this about your wife, then why are you just waiting until now to say so? And also, that doesn't even make sense: the whole song is about a woman who is with another man who tried to "domesticate" her, but Robin knows that she's an "animal" and he wants to "liberate" her because she "don't need no papers" and that man is not her "maker." Why would he write that about the woman he's been with for 20 years, since he was 16? And then what are all those blurred lines about? And on top of everything else that's wrong with this idea, let's not forget that Robin saying "she's my good girl" about his 37-year-old wife is one of the worst things he could have possibly said.
This would all be so much easier if he would just come out and say "yep, I'm a giant ball of scuzziness and ick," wouldn't it?
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The Republic of Croatia is a European country situated along the Adriatic Sea and its hinterland. It stretches from the slopes of the Alps and deep into the Pannonian Valley to the banks of the Danube and Drava rivers.
Like many countries in Western Europe, Croatia was founded on the ruins of the Roman Empire. When they arrived in the territory of present-day Croatia, the Croats were politicaly organized in principalities. In 925, Croatian King Tomislav united the principalities, establishing the first Croatian state. Later, Croatia retained its legal status and autonomy within the framework of the Hungarian empire, and the Habsburg Monarchy.
National parks
Croatia - Culture History
Croatia is indeed unique, not only for its crystal clear, clean blue sea, but also for a thousand years of different cultures that have replaced each other and sometimes assimilated in these areas. The Adriatic Sea is not only a deep gulf in the Mediterranean cut into the Continent of Europe thereby creating most economical trade route between Europe and the East, it is also the cradle of ancient civilizations.
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So about 6 weeks ago my MIL came over to my YDD"s birthday party. Upon walking in my house I said "Hi MIL, Hi FIL." They both looked at me and continued walking with no response. I was in the middle of icing my daughters cake so I continued to do what I was doing and then walked into my family room where MIL was giving ydd her present. I said "hi MIL" she looked up smirked and then again ignored..... Long story short they were at my house for 2 hours and didn't say two words to me (I know FAIL on my part by letting it slide but I didn't want to ruin ydd's birthday party at the time). Not only did the ignore me the entire time but also my ODD. I posted about this back then but dont know how to add the links to this thread....?
That night I called MIL and she went OFF on me calling me names, saying I was an embarrassement to her familiy.. bla bla bla.... she was horrid and disgusting all on speaker and DH was appalled at the things she said. She basically admitted to coming over and not speaking to me and ODD on purpose b/c in her words--- "You and your daughter come to my house all the time and dont say hi to me!".... UM NEVER have I came over and not said hi to you and if I did it surely was not on purpose to HURT you like you did to hurt me and my ODD. She hung up on me and we haven't spoken since.
About 3 days after that night DH and her were on a business trip (yes the work together, uuugh) and they ended up going out to dinner. DH told her that the way she treated me and odd was unacceptable and disgusting and the things she said to me were horrible. He told her she would not be in contact with us for a while and as far as they go they are co-workers and will not discuss anything personal... jsut business.
Anyways things have been low key since then (YEA), about 2 weeks ago MIL called my DH and said something along the lines of how she wanted to talk to us and this is a little ridiculous. UUmmm excuse me?! DH told her that b/c of her tone we were obviously NOT ready to talk!! And he cut off the conversation. Nothing has been said since until today... he came home from work (yes on Valentines day) and said MIL asked if we could go out to dinner with her to discuss all this. She actually said it nicely this time--- we dropped the subject for tonight b/c it's Valentines day and wanted to have a nice dinner. Now DH is in bed b/c he's sick and I'm trying to figure out where to go from here. Do I go out to dinner? How to end a TO? Has it been long enough? The thing that bothers me is that MIL and I have never had a relationship--we dont talk like at all. Everything goes through DH. EXCEPT that night of my ydd's birthday party I texted MIL and she called me back to tell me what a horrible person I am. So now before I go to dinner I feel like she should be calling ME and appologizing and askine ME to go to dinner with her. Why is she going through DH? B/c it's convinient b/c they work together? Should I go and give her to opportunity to appologize? or is it going to feel like I'm a kid again being lectured my my parents??? Not sure how to go from here....
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SIKESTON - Farrell Bost, 84, loving husband, father and grandfather, went to be with our Lord July 13, 2005, at the Hunter Acres Caring Center.
Born Feb. 12, 1921, in Cleveland, Ark., son of the late J.J. Bost and Pearline Summers Bost McCoy, he attended First Assembly of God and was a retired farmer.
On Aug. 14, 1945, in Cleveland, he married Geneva Halbrook. They moved to Missouri in 1948 and she survives of the home.
Other survivors include: three sons and two daughters-in-law, Robert Farrell Bost and Kenneth Ray and Sherry Bost of Sikeston and James Richard and Barbara Bost of Matthews; one daughter and son-in-law, Ruth Ann and Steve Shuffit of Sikeston; one half-brother, Fines McCoy of Scotland, Ark.; and four grandchildren, Joseph Alan Shuffit, Sarah Elizabeth Shuffit and Kenan Farrell Bost of Sikeston and Dora Jill Polk of Matthews.
He was preceded in death by two brothers, Ray Bost and Thomas Bost; one sister, Aliene McCoy; four half-brothers, J.C. McCoy, W.H. McCoy, A.D. McCoy and Lewis McCoy; and one grandson, Richard Glen Bost, who died in 1989.
Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. today at Ponder Funeral Home in Sikeston, where funeral services are scheduled for 2 p.m. Friday. Brother Ron Tate, pastor of First Assembly of God, will officiate.
Burial will follow in the Garden of Memories Cemetery in Sikeston.
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Snowboarding Forum - Snowboard Enthusiast Forums (http://www.snowboardingforum.com/forum.php)
- Boards (http://www.snowboardingforum.com/boards/)
- - Smokin Superpark CTX? (http://www.snowboardingforum.com/boards/37002-smokin-superpark-ctx.html)
Smokin Superpark CTX?
I'm looking for a twin park/all mountain board mainly for jumps and a few boxes hear and there, jibbing really isn't my thing. I know it's supposed to be a park killer but my main concern is will it be too soft for all mountain? I weigh 180 and have been thinking the 156 would probably what I would go for. If you've ridden it, how was the stability and dampening, edge hold with the magnetraction, and flex?
YouTube - BoardInsiders's Channel
I love my Buck Ferton and the flex is exactly what I wanted. I was pained to decide between the Superpark and the BF. I'm glad I went with the BF because my local hill doesn't have the large jumps and I don't have the skill for something stiffer. I'm 175lbs and here is me pressing my 155 BF keeping in mind that the Superpark is one step stiffer. YouTube - John Nose Press to Tail Press
the superpark is the board Smokin Jay himself rides and Jay dont ride no noodle. It will be more than acceptable for what you want...
If I had smaller feet I would ride a superpark with clash rocker, instead I ride the Big Wig which is the mid version. SMOKIN's are known to be damp and smooth. If you want a do it all board that doesn't have a weakness, this is it. There is no way you could not be blown away by the quality and performance. Advice go one size smaller. Check out on burritosandsnow.com the Smokin 2012 graphics. I think in time people on this forum will realize that SMOKIN is very similar to Never Summer which is an awesome company. I have a F-1 and it is a stupid good board. The reason I say that is that both are hand made in the states, both have three year guarantees. Both have the smooth damp feel and are in general more stable than many other manufactures. I hope more people ride these boards they are truly awesome and impressive.
If you get the super park I hope you write a review.
Smokin is the Never Summer of California.
I want to ride one with their clash rocker to compare it with my NS boards.
Ive got plenty of time on both and they ride really similar. I think the smokin boards have a much stronger base but the rest of the construction I think is a little better on the NS boards. They are both rock solid boards and I wouldnt hesitate to he either. Ive got 6 boards but all I ride are smokin, NS and Venture.
My setup this year is a smokin M.I.P and I love it! It's so damn stable it's like cheating on a backseat landing. It's perfect for the pipe also and it pops like a dream.
It was either the Buck Ferton or the M.I.P for me but since I have an Evo with dual camber, went with a flatkick this time instead.
The superpark is a bit stiffer so I'm sure it will be a great all mountain shredstick also.
Sorry to bring this thread back to life but, I am deabting between SMOKIN superpark and buck ferton and I really dont know which one to get! I was also considering the never summer EVO and was wondering which SMOKIN board comapres best to the EVO?
Thanks guys
The Buck Ferton is softer than the SuperPark. That is the difference really. As far as how it compares to the EVO the SuperPark is stiffer and the Buck Ferton is softer. Superpark is pretty is more damp and both Smokin boards have Maga-Traction. The NS has Vario grip which is very good but not as good as the smokin on icy conditions.
Good Luck!
All three kick ass.
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Is Europe Guilty of Human Rights Abuses During the Crisis?
Are European governments guilty of human rights abuses against their own citizens during the region's economic crisis?
A new report from the Council of Europe suggests they may be. While human rights have suffered as a byproduct of the downturn, much of the damage is the result of austerity policies adopted by governments in response to the crisis, the report says. Cuts in public spending, regressive tax increases, reduced job security and pension cuts are all to blame, according to the report, released on Tuesday by the Council of Europe's human rights commissioner Nils Muižnieks.
The whole spectrum of human rights has been affected – from the rights to decent work, an adequate standard of living and social security to access to justice, freedom of expression and the rights to participation, transparency and accountability. Vulnerable and marginalised groups of people have been hit disproportionately hard, compounding pre-existing patterns of discrimination in the political, economic and social spheres…. Economic policy is not exempt from the duty of member states to implement human rights norms and procedural principles.
Tough words. Will there be any consequences? Possibly: While the Council has limited power to change national policies, its best-known body is the European Court of Human Rights, which enforces the European Convention on Human Rights. The Council also enforces the European Social Charter, an international treaty ratified by 33 of the Council's 47 members that guarantees economic rights.
People can bring complaints under these treaties to the Council – a transnational organization that includes countries stretching from Western Europe to Russia, Azerbaijan and Turkey – and governments are legally bound to abide by their decisions.
For example, Greek unions have challenged cuts to pension benefits as part of the country's bruising austerity program. The European Committee of Social rights, the part of the Council that enforces the European Social Charter, ruled in April that the cuts violated the "right to social security."
One of the report's key messages to European policymakers is these treaties must be kept in mind when designing bailout programs and setting broader economic policy. Moreover, the responsibility for any violation extends beyond the national government that commits it.
This obligation of international co-operation and assistance implies that Council of Europe member states may incur responsibility for relevant human rights violations if their conduct – whether individually, through lending policies, through financial governance agreements such as the EU Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance, through regional institutions like the European Union, or through international financial institutions like the IMF – foreseeably impairs the ability of other governments to protect and fulfill economic and social rights for all.
Tuesday's report can also be used to support litigation before the Council, says spokesman Andrew Cutting. So, enterprising lawyers take note: European human rights law may be a growth area in the years to come.
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Should be no problem.
Have you inventoried the tape first?
"Jay Walton"
>When trying to catalog a travan 8GB tape originally backed up with Backup
>Exec, the catalog option is dimmed both when using the right click method
>and the tools method. Does the trial version not permit cataloging or am
>I just overlooking something?
>Jay Walton