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|International Conference on Technology and Information Systems
20th November 2010
|Inaugural Session
Welcome Address
Dr. K. N. Kaul,Principal, DAV College, Amritsar.
Sudharshan Kapoor, Chairman Local Committee, DAV College, Amritsar.
Chief Guest
Dr. S. K. Sama, Vice President, DAV College Managing Committee, New Delhi.
Presided Over By
Sh. M. L. Aeri, Director (Colleges), DAV College Managing Committee, New Delhi.
Guest of Honour
Dr. K. S. Kahlon, Dean, Faculty of Eng. & Tech, GNDU, Amritsar.
Keynote Speaker
Dr. G. D. Sharma, President, Society of Educational & Economic Development,Former Secretary UGC.
Keynote Speaker
Dr. S. Raviraja, Faculty, Dept. of Comp. Sc & IT, University of Malaya, Malaysia.
Vote of Thanks
Er. Amardeep Gupta, H.O.D., Dept. Of Computer Sc.
|Session 1B : Web Weave & Data Deck
Dr. Jasmeen Fatima, Chairperson of Session.
ICT023 Analysis and Study of modeling techniques for open source software
Sanjeev Kumar Kaushal I ,Head, S. L. Bawa DAV College Batala.
ICT040 Effective Image Mining from Web
Poonamdeep Kaur, Guru Nanak Girls College, Model Town, Ludhiana.
ICT052 A Framework of Object Oriented Design Metric to reduce the test effort of Software Systems
Amandeep Kaur, Sushil Garg, RIMT-IET, Mandi Gobindgarh.
K. S. Kahlon, GNDU Amritsar.
Hardeep Singh, Assistant Professor, Training & Placement Officer.
Bikram Pal Singh, Training & Placement, Baba Kuma Singh Ji Engineering College, Amritsar.
ICT042 Comparison and Issues in Cloud Computing Technologies
Avtar Singh, National Institute of Technology, Hamirpur.
Kamlesh Dutta, National Institute of Technology, Hamirpur.
ICT032 Discovery of Users Visiting Characteristics Pattern Based on Web Usage Mining
P.K. Agrawal, Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology, Delhi University, New Delhi, India.
Dr. Satbir Jain, Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology, Delhi University, New Delhi, India.
ICT113 Metrics and Models in Software Reuse Technology
Kuljit Kaur, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, India.
Parminder Kaur, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, India.
Hardeep Singh, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, India.
Prof. Prateek Bhatia, Thapar University, PatialaI.
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Add in major differences between hospitals in data-gathering, record-keeping, terminology and willingness to divulge patient outcomes, and the reliability of broad quality assessments becomes even more suspect.
That is not to say that accurate quality assessments are undesirable. Since the advent and demise of the Cleveland Health Quality Choice program in the 1990s, this newspaper has supported the idea of creating and refining the kinds of apples-to-apples comparisons that give stakeholders in the medical system solid insights into hospital quality.
Now comes Consumer Reports magazine, the venerable publication that tests everything from toaster ovens to hybrid cars, to try to rate -- with a single number -- patient safety at 1,159 U.S. hospitals.
In Northeast Ohio, Summa Wadsworth-Rittman Hospital scored 64 points out of a possible 100. MetroHealth Medical Center scored 43. University Hospitals' main campus checked in at 41. The Cleveland Clinic got a 39. The best score in the nation was a 72.
Consumer Reports crunched numbers on readmission rates, communications about medications and discharge instructions, hospital-acquired infections, overuse of CT scans, complications and mortality.
Each of those categories is, of course, important. But the rankings reflect, to a great extent, differences in the hospitals' missions that can greatly impact the measured variables, including readmissions, complications and mortality. Smaller community hospitals simply don't face the challenges that a Clinic, a UH or a MetroHealth deals with day in and day out.
The quest for reliable, timely, publicly accessible data on hospital quality -- including the safety issues Consumer Reports raises -- must continue. The conversion to electronic medical records will help to make gathering and interpreting data easier, and that's good.
Hospitals, meanwhile, have to work ceaselessly to combat serious problems like medical errors and hospital-acquired infections.
We should not expect to see a day, though, when the vast complexities affecting hospital patient outcomes -- even in a single category like safety -- can be meaningfully expressed in a single number on a scale of 1 to 100.

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Pencils (and iPhones) as Modern Miracles
Leonard E. Read, I, Pencil . Leonard Read's classic essay, on which CEI's animated film is based. "I, Pencil, am a complex combination of miracles: a tree, zinc, copper, graphite, and so on. But to these miracles which manifest themselves in Nature an even more extraordinary miracle has been added: the configuration of creative human energies—millions of tiny know-hows configurating naturally and spontaneously in response to human necessity and desire and in the absence of any human masterminding! … Man can no more direct these millions of know-hows to bring me into being than he can put molecules together to create a tree."
Milton Friedman, Free To Choose Network "I, Pencil" video from Free To Choose, Vol. 1 – The Power of the Market – With Spanish subtitles: Libre para Elegir, The Atlas Network. Opening installment of Milton and Rose Friedman's classic PBS miniseries on how the economy works, in which Friedman, like Read, uses the pencil as an example of the division of labor creating value. "Literally thousands of people cooperated to make this pencil. … When you go down to the store and buy this pencil, you are, in effect, trading a few minutes of your time for a few seconds of the time of all those thousands of people." Also available (for free to K-12 teachers in the U.S.) as a teaching unit DVD: The Price System .
Milton Friedman and Rose D. Friedman, Free to Choose. Chapter one summarizes I, Pencil and connects its insights to a number of real-world issues. The rest of this classic book is also well worth reading.
Thomas Thwaites , How I built a toaster—from scratch . Designer Thomas Thwaites tries to make a toaster from scratch—from extracting iron ore from a mine to acquiring oil to make plastic—with interesting results. "If you look around us, much of what surrounds us … started life as various rocks and sludge buried in the ground in various places in the world. But of course, they don't look like rocks and sludge now; they look like TV cameras, monitors, annoying radio mics. And so, this kind of magical transformation is what I wanted to get at with my project, which became known as the toaster project. And it was also inspired by …. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy … the hero of the book, a 20th century man, finds himself alone on a strange planet, populated only by a technologically primitive people. And kind of assumes … he'll become their emperor, transform their society, with his wonderful command of technology and science and the elements, but of course, realizes that without the rest of human society, he can barely make a sandwich, let alone a toaster."
Isacc Morehouse, Capitalism is Beautiful. In this brief essay, Isaac Morehouse of the Institute for Humane Studies contemplates—and celebrates—the ways in which capitalism helps people build a moral social order by encouraging and facilitating voluntary cooperation, as well as mutually beneficial exchange. "A group of volunteers cleaning up and rebuilding homes after a disaster is beautiful. But consider that the same disaster, if markets are allowed to operate, will cause millions of people living thousands of miles away to reduce their consumption of needed water, plywood, generators and flashlights so that those in the affected areas can get enough. It will induce complete strangers, some of whom don't even know of the disaster, to channel their energies toward the production and distribution of goods to the victims of the storm."
iPhone 5 Travels 20,096 Miles Before Ending Up in Your Hands. An informative and entertaining graphic illustration of the miracle of coordination and value creation that is iPhone 5's global supply chain.
Virginia Postrel, Why We Prize That Magical Mystery Pad. Syndicated columnist Virginia Postrel considers how innovators in a market economy can create extraordinary goods and services that we come to take for granted as they become widely adopted. "Extraordinarily rare even among the most accomplished seamstresses, chefs and carpenters are those who spin their own fibers, thresh their own wheat or trim their own lumber—all once common skills. Rarer still is the Linux hacker who makes his own chips. Who among us can reproduce from scratch every component of a pencil or a pencil skirt? We don't notice their magic—or the wonder of electricity or eyeglasses, anesthesia or aspirin—only because we're used to them."
Michelle Malkin, The miracle of a lead pencil. Bestselling author and syndicated columnist Michelle Malkin discusses the lessons of I, Pencil and its continuing value to educators today. "'I, Pencil' teaches … It is individuals, cooperating peacefully and voluntarily, working together without mandate or central design, who produce the world's goods and services."
Economics of Pencil Making. The Story of Pencils. A nuts-and-bolts explanation of the complex process involved in making the humble pencil.
Free To Choose Network, Free or Equal. Swedish author, historian and globalization advocate, Johan Norberg discusses the lessons of I, Pencil and how markets and competition encourage peace and prosperity.
Lewis Foster, I, Pencil Family Tree and Documentary. A project of the Foundation for Economic Education that maps out everything that goes into the making of a pencil; also features an enhanced video of Milton Friedman's use of a pencil as an example of the division of labor.
The Institute for Faith, Work, and Economics, I, Smartphone . A reworking of I, Pencil that uses a more technologically advanced product as an example of the wealth created by the division of labor and market exchange.
Spontaneous Order & Emergence
F.A. Hayek, The Use of Knowledge in Society . In this classic 1945 essay published in the American Economic Review, Economics Nobel Prize Winner F.A. Hayek explains the decentralized nature of knowledge in society. "The peculiar character of the problem of a rational economic order is determined precisely by the fact that the knowledge of the circumstances of which we must make use never exists in concentrated or integrated form but solely as the dispersed bits of incomplete and frequently contradictory knowledge which all the separate individuals possess."
Russ Roberts, A Marvel of Cooperation: How Order Emerges without a Conscious Planner. Roberts makes much the same point as Hayek while inspiring a sense of wonder at what people can accomplish when they work together peacefully.
Norman Barry, The Tradition of Spontaneous Order. This lengthy essay (about 50 pages) traces the long history of spontaneous order from the Middle Ages through the 20th century. Along the way, the reader meets many of history's important thinkers.
The Institute for Humane Studies, Spontaneous Order and the Market Process. St. Lawrence University economics professor Steven Horwitz discusses in depth the economic concepts articulated in I, Pencil.
Russ Roberts, The Price of Everything: A Parable of Possibility and Prosperity "Improbable as it might seem, perhaps the most important fact for a voter or politician to know is: No one can make a pencil. That truth is the essence of a novella that is, remarkably, both didactic and romantic. Even more remarkable, its author is an economist. If you read Russell Roberts's The Price of Everything: A Parable of Possibility and Prosperity you will see the world afresh. . . ."–George Will, Newsweek
F.A. Hayek, Individualism and Economic Order. A collection of Hayek's most famous articles, including "The Use of Knowledge in Society", "Economics and Knowledge", and more.
Thomas Sowell, A Conflict of Visions: Ideological Origins of Political Struggles. Sowell compares the constrained and unconstrained visions of the world. The unconstrained vision believes in the power of intellectuals to plan and achieve desired social results. The constrained vision, similar to Hayek, believes the world is too complicated for such plans to work, and prefers ever-evolving, bottom-up spontaneous order processes.
William Easterly, The Rich Man's Burden: Why the West's Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So Much Ill and So Little Good. The title, drawn from Kipling, refers to the West's haughty condescension towards the Rest. Easterly draws a dichotomy between Planners — top-down, grandiose, and bureaucratic — and Searchers, who take a more bottom-up, humble, and effective approach to aid.
Virginia Postrel, The Future and Its Enemies. The future belongs to dynamists – people who are open to economic, cultural, and technological change, even though nobody knows quite where we'll end up. Its enemies are stasists, who prefer the comfort and security of the world they know and wish to stop the changes wrought by spontaneous order processes.
Michael Shermer, The Believing Brain. This book is about how the brain forms beliefs. Our brains have hardwired traits that Shermer calls "patternicity" and "agenticity," which means that our brains find patterns in everything, and also assume that someone is behind those patterns. This is an evolutionary explanation of why most people are skeptical, if not hostile, to the idea of spontaneous order.
Dispersed Knowledge & Connectivity
Matt Ridley, Collective Intelligence on the Edge and Humans: Why They Triumphed . Syndicated columnist Matt Ridley explores the notion of "collective intelligence"—the knowledge dispersed throughout society which only trade can bring together, allowing people to put it into action. "Human achievement is based on collective intelligence—the nodes in the human neural network are people themselves. By each doing one thing and getting good at it, then sharing and combining the results through exchange, people become capable of doing things they do not even understand. As the economist Leonard Read observed in his essay "I, Pencil" (which I'd like everybody to read), no single person knows how to make even a pencil—the knowledge is distributed in society among many thousands of graphite miners, lumberjacks, designers and factory workers."
Matt Ridley, When Ideas Have Sex. At a July 2010 lecture at Oxford University, Ridley explores the self-reinforcing cycle of innovation that results when people and ideas interact with each other. "Ask yourself how long you would have to work to provide for yourself an hour of reading light this evening to read a book by. If you had to start from scratch—let's say you go out into the countryside, you find a sheep, you kill it, you get the fat out of it, you render it down, you make a candle, etc., etc.—how long is it going to take you? Quite a long time. How long do you actually have to work to earn an hour of reading light if you're on the average wage in Britain today? And the answer is about half a second."
Matt Ridley, The Rational Optimist: Everybody is working for everybody else. And at Zurich Minds. Ridley highlights how market interactions depend on people doing things for each other, enabling the average person today to enjoy luxuries that were once the province of nobility. "Louis XIV … had 498 people to prepare his dinner every night. But you know what? Every single one of you has 498 people to prepare your dinner tonight. They're working in cafés and bistros and restaurants and shops all over town, but each of them is ready at an hour's notice to give you an extremely good meal that is probably less likely to have salmonella in it than Louis XIV's did."
Matt Ridley, The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves. In a way, this is Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations as written by an evolutionary biologist. Connectivity is the key to prosperity. People trade much more than goods when they interact. They also trade ideas. The more people interact, the faster new ideas can meet each other and evolve, and the faster technology advances.
Adam Smith, The Theory of Moral Sentiments. Man is an inherently social animal. This insight of connectivity is at the core of Smith's impartial spectator theory of morality.
Adam Smith, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. The division of labor, trade, and other economic essentials only work in social settings. And social settings only work when people are left relatively free. This lengthy book is not for beginners, but it's also much more approachable than its reputation suggests.
Innovation through Cooperation & Trade
Frederic Bastiat, "There Are No Absolute Principles." . In this short chapter from Economic Sophisms, Bastiat reflects on how astonishing it is that a city as big as Paris, which has no farms and nobody in charge of food distribution, is somehow fed every day.
Free Trade teaching unit DVD is available for free to K-12 teachers in the U.S.
The Institute for Humane Studies, "Trade is Made of Win," Part 1: Wealth Creation. and "Trade is Made of Win," Part 2: Cooperation and "Trade is Made of Win," Part 3: Conservation . In this three-part series, Samford College economics professor Art Carden debunks the myths that trade creates winners and losers, social conflict, and waste. Rather, he explains how voluntary trade benefits all parties involved, increases social cooperation, and allows for more efficient use of resources. "Trade is a positive sum game, meaning that when people can trade, they can produce more stuff than they would be able to if they didn't trade." "Also, trade conserves wealth. If we want to produce a given quantity of output, we can produce it using fewer inputs, using fewer resources if we have an opportunity to trade."
The Institute for Humane Studies, Does Trade Promote Peace . Duquesne University economics professor Pavel Yakovlev discusses an often overlooked benefit of free trade: its ability to promote world peace. "If you look at countries that trade a lot with each other, these are some of the countries that import many ideas from the rest of the world. So free trade comes with not just goods … but it also comes with exchange of ideas and culture, making countries more tolerant of each other's differences and more understanding."
Martin Wolf, Why Globalization Works.A classic discussion of the genre that reads well.
Donald J. Boudreaux, Globalization. Boudreaux combines clarity and passion with a deep knowledge of the subject.
Jagdish Baghwati, In Defense of Globalization. Baghwati's classic mix of erudition and wit finds that if a society is to be free and prosperous, it must also be open to the world.
Dan Griswold, Mad about Trade. A heartfelt and clearly written defense of free trade.
William Easterly, The Elusive Quest for Growth. Why are some countries rich while others are poor? How can poor countries become rich? Easterly finds that diagnosing the problem is easy, but implementing the solutions is much more difficult. Easterly is a well-known critic of top-down foreign aid. He argues a bottom-up approach is much more effective.
Creative Destruction & Progress
Marian Tupy, The Miracle that Is the iPhone (or How Capitalism Can Be Good for the Environment) and Dematerialization (Update). Using the iPhone as an example, the Cato Institute's Marian Tupy explains how market innovation leads to "dematerialization"—doing more with less—which means more efficient use of resources and a healthier environment. "Dematerialization … should be welcome news for those who worry about the ostensible conflict between the growing world population on the one hand and availability of natural resources on the other hand. … dematerialization will better enable our species to go on enjoying material comforts and be good stewards of our planet at the same time."
The Institute for Humane Studies, An Introduction to the Industrial Revolution. Steve Davies of the Institute for Economic Affairs points out how the industrial revolution unleashed unprecedented economic growth and innovation. "In the course of the 19th century, average incomes per capital in the United Kingdom rose by a factor of six. In other words, people in 1900 were six times better off than they had been—or their ancestors had been, rather—100 years earlier."
The Institute for Humane Studies, Are Entrepreneurs Modern Day Heroes? . University of San Diego law professor explains how entrepreneurs thrive by meeting other people's needs. "Entrepreneurs have the opportunity to match their passions and their strengths with some unmet need in society. And the classic entrepreneur is somebody who is able to identify where there's a need that hasn't been met and rush in there and try to provide it."
Deirdre McCloskey, Bourgeois Dignity: Why Economics Can't Explain the Modern World. What caused modern prosperity? McCloskey thinks it was a change in rhetoric and public opinion around the time of the Enlightenment. Institutions, markets, and all the usual economic explanations certainly matter. But first, people had to lose their hostility towards commerce and a bourgeois lifestyle. McCloskey is a superb writer; this book is a joy for anyone to read.
Thomas K. McCraw, Prophet of Innovation: Joseph Schumpeter and Creative Destruction. This superb Schumpeter biography is a much easier read than Schumpeter's books. McCraw masterfully blends Schumpeter's very eventful life story with clear explanations of his ideas and works.
Joseph Schumpeter, Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy. Schumpeter's most famous work contains his creative destruction theory that was so central to his thought.
Through the Economic LensFaustino Ballvé, Essentials of Economics. Educated in Spain and England, Faustino Ballvé taught and practiced law in Mexico City, when Ludwig von Mises spoke there on a lecture tour. Mises's talks sparked a new intellectual energy in Ballvé, who then carried on a long correspondence with Mises. The result of his studies and correspondence is this splendid book. First published first in 1956, it had a massive impact in Latin America, and was translated and published in English in 1965. At only 129 pages, it is a concise and accessible, yet comprehensive introduction to economic theory for all audiences.
David D. Friedman, Hidden Order: The Economics of Everyday Life. One of the best introductions to economics ever written. Full of compelling and often counterintuitive examples, such as how the U.S. grows many of its cars in Iowa (p. 70).
Steven Landsburg, The Armchair Economist. Another introduction to economics, on par with Friedman's. A new edition, published in 2012, updates and expands on the original.
Thomas Sowell, Basic Economics. Slightly more technical than Landsburg or Friedman, but Sowell's legendary clarity makes this book excellent for its intended audience of beginners.
Thomas Sowell, Applied Economics. A sequel of sorts to Basic Economics that applies the theories and principles from that book to several real-world policy issues.


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Agents of Mexico's INM immigration agency rescued 16 Salvadoran migrants who were abandoned by traffickers in the southern border state of Chiapas.
The group included six women and a minor, the INM said.
Traffickers left the undocumented immigrants inside a van parked at one end of a soccer field in the municipality of Comitan.
"According to the testimony of some of the Central Americans ... they were abandoned on the sports field by the people who were taking them to the U.S.," the INM said in a statement.
The agency provided the migrants with food, water and medical attention and put them in contact with the Salvadoran Consulate in Chiapas to "expedite the process of repatriation," the statement said.
Tens of thousands of Central Americans undertake the hazardous journey across Mexico each year on their way to the United States. The trek is a dangerous one, with criminals and corrupt Mexican officials preying on the migrants.
Gangs kidnap, exploit and murder migrants, who are often targeted in extortion schemes, Mexican authorities say. EFE


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|By sexy sadie on Sunday, May 26, 2002 - 05:18 am: Edit
Hi, I'm a sophomore at nationally recognized public school. My high school has a lot academic competition but a lot of people get A's (mostly though by taking less than hard classes) and sends a lot of people to the Ivies etc. This year alone we are sending people to every Ivy, Stanford, and MIT including five off to Harvard, out of a class of 500-600. All these people worked hard to get there, but, knowing that, I say this because colleges seem to look to our school to fill a few spots every year. I am wondering my chances of admission at these top level schools and what I can do to increase my chances over the next 1.5 years. Here is a summary of my academics/ECs:
4.0, taking nearly the hardest soph. schedule possible (enriched (and accelerated) math, AP bio, enrich composition, a zero hour half the year and all else regular--I have to take regular due to course choice and standards for graduation)
My junior year I am planning on taking the hardest courseload possible with AP Chem, AP US History, Enr. Precalc, Enr. Lit, Enr. Spanish 4, Newspaper, and AP Psych.
*Debate (2nd year, lettered, JV/V, some awards, break rounds at smaller tournaments, speaker awards, NFL awards)
*Speech (1st year)
*Newspaper staff (1st year--also 1st yr possible, since the school is 10th grade thru 12th, will be Features editor next year)
*Youth group (2nd yr, leadership positions including regional community service director, chapter secretary, and chapter health awareness chair, potentially running for regional prez junior year, probably can get excellent recommendation from advisor, active member)
*Spanish club (active, 1 year, received Outstanding Spanish 3 award for class)
*Gifted Site Advisory Board (student rep., advises parent/teacher board on gifted activities)
*Model UN (1st year, on the court of justice, plans to run for president next year)
*Lacrosse (1st year, JV, with plans to make varsity next year, but could be tough because most of the team is not graduating, team won state championship this yr)
*Key Club (fundraising chair, active member, have coordinated programs, plans to run for higher position next fall, community service hours)
*Buddy program (thru youth group, spent time with a 4th grader throughout year, community service)
*identified at a Gifted and Talented student since kindergarten
*Mock Trial (1 year, last year, lettered)
*choir/ensemble/two musicals (last year--since then have dropped music interest due to lack of time, and no extreme interest)
*cross country (last year, 1 year, dropped due to time constraints, and just d/n love)
*house league soccer (summer before 9th and 10th, fun!!, but nothing big)
*random one-time volunteeer activities through school and youth group (last year, this year)
*two pieces published in award-winning HS lit. magazine (this year, plans to continue submitting and/or apply to staff)
Test Scores
the only scores I have so far is the PLAN (P-ACT) score at 28 (they predict 30-33 my junior year) and my SAT II writing score (taken this year) at 800
Summer Activities
*Camp (last year did some community service through, otherwise very fun, but not big for colleges)
*An institute for talented youth at a top tier, but smaller school (2 years, summer before 9th and before 10th, not too selective admission, but fun to take and interesting classes)
*Debate camp (3 weeks, this year, hopefully will give me a better edge on competition next fall)
*International convention (for youth group, this year, allows me to seek higher offices)
*summer lacrosse league (this year)
*work at day camp for kids (this year)
*considering journalism workshop/camp
*looking at various volunteer options (plan to get enough hours to letter in community service)
*possible weighlifting letter (this summer)
I know this is like a book (SORRY), but I just wanted to give you a good idea of what I have. I sincerely love all the things I do--I can't help but be busy. If you don't know what my "hook" is, or whatever it's called, well--I'm going for a passion for writing. I plan to develop this and get published in more places. Also, a passion for law--that's what the future looks like to me. I hope to also become an Editor in Chief of the paper and/or debate captain, but competition is stiff. Input greatly appreciated!
|By KnightWhoSaysNi on Sunday, June 02, 2002 - 06:45 pm: Edit
Sounds to me like you're on the road to the Ivies. Keep it up. And think about starting a community service project this summer to "distinguish" yourself from the others.
|By sexy sadie on Wednesday, June 05, 2002 - 08:36 pm: Edit
other responses? c'mon people, have some opinions!
|By bumping on Monday, June 10, 2002 - 10:24 pm: Edit
bumping this up for more replies (maybe)
|By Erin on Saturday, June 15, 2002 - 11:39 pm: Edit
Sorry but uhh....How can you letter in mock trial? That's a crock, since when do schools award letters for non-academic feats?
|By sexy sadie on Monday, June 17, 2002 - 09:02 pm: Edit
you can at my school
|By scott (Mdude) on Sunday, July 07, 2002 - 12:40 am: Edit
original poster, what school do you go to? Actually, it's not such a good thing that so many people go to Ivies and other prestigious schools as you claim, because then those colleges have less of a reason to distinguish you from the peers at your school. If you went to a Podunk school where the average SAT score was 890, they would probably be more willing to accept you because you're a diamond in the rough. If colleges look to your school to fill spots, you better MAKE SURE that you are an exceptional student because you don't want to fall by the wayside with a fairly high score of, say, 1320.
Your ACT score is really not high right now (it's only around a 1250 SAT equivalent) and the assumption that you may be able to raise it up to a 33 (which is an SAT equivalent of about 1480) is kind of unrealistic.
|By ron on Wednesday, July 10, 2002 - 03:01 pm: Edit
I say you look fine and are definetly on the right track and if you really need some good advice there is no need to buy A is for Admission---the insiders guide to getting into ivy league schools and the ones right below the ivies--go to your library and rent it and skim it for advice. I am sure that you will find more helpful advice in there then anyone can tell you. I am in the midst of reading it and can say that there is defintely some shocking points and amazing tips that I wish I had read earlier. Good luck and keep up the well-roundedness ( I know it isn't a word.) If you have any advice for me (under how am I doing/do I stand a chance) or want a personal opinion or anything just IM me or write back.
|By Mark on Wednesday, July 10, 2002 - 05:10 pm: Edit
sadie, I will be junior at a nationally recognized public school too, so I know what you're talking about. My school sent 26 students (out of 240) to all the Ivies plus MIT and Stanford last year, icluding 9 at Cornell alone (it is less selective). Your course load seems very reasonable for applying to selective schools, but I must tell you that where I live many students take 3 years of precalc/calc beginning in soph. year and including AP Calc AB or BC and AP Stat. Of course this is not a big deal since you want a career in law (me too!). Colleges are able to tell whether you are taking the most rigorous courses available, which it seems you are.
Looking at your ECs/Summer Activities, I have this non-expert advice: Do NOT mention the Gifted student since kindergarten, Gifted Site Advisory Board or plain summer camp on your application, it makes you seem privileged, which is not a good thing. Also think about leaving out the "random one-time volunteeer activities" unless it was something MAJOR. Your other ECs are great. Just keep trying for those leadership positions, and don't feel obliged to mention every EC on your app. of which you are not a leader (some membership-only things with several yr. commitments are fine, but you have a ton). And house league soccer? Don't know what it is, but sounds better suited for an app. essay, if anything at all.
Your SAT II Writing is as good as it gets, but you'll be taking your others w/o score choice, so study a lot for them. I'd recommend, based on your schedule, SAT II chem, US History, and Math 2C (1C is easier math, but has no curve, 2C has a much more generous curve). Good luck.
|By sexy sadie on Saturday, July 20, 2002 - 06:33 pm: Edit
All right, so I'm back, thanks for everyone's help. A few updates: I got my SAT II Bio score back, a 770, and all Im going to take next year is Math 1c and/or 2c, and then I'll be done with the subject tests! Weeeeeeee.
Also, I decided not to do the weighlifting thing, I can't attend the journalism workshop, I'm going to be a delegate the international convention for my youth group, and I had an awesome time at debate camp--learned a lot.
In response to Scott, about my ACT/SAT score, I think while it may be difficult to raise, it shouldn't be too bad. In 9th grade, I took a practice SAT I and scored a 1330, so I think I will be able to get in the 50% range for some selective colleges. However, you could be right. I just hope you aren't =).
In response to Mark, cool that you are on the same track. About the gifted thing, I've worked to try and let people that aren't recognized as gifted into the program. I think it's dumb that is selective and all that bullshit. At meetings I act as a kind of lever against these really annoying "my child is special" parents. But I have no idea how to write that out on my app. Hmm.
Anyway thanks! More comments are surely appreciated.
|By sexy sadie on Sunday, July 21, 2002 - 06:33 pm: Edit
here's a small, insignificant update (actually a HUGE DETERMINING FACTOR haha) -- I got a 5 on the AP bio exam. =)
|By George Kimble on Monday, July 22, 2002 - 11:04 pm: Edit
College admissions are frustrating, aren't they? My family has had it's run ins with the Ivies.
Just to give you an idea of how screwey things are. . .
A cousin of mine grew up in the mideast. This kids (single language, english) mother worked with him ALL DAY all the time. Kid turned out a genious. . . Perfect SAT, ACT, SAT II. Kid spoke three languages (english, pharcy(sp?), French) by the time he was seven. Doing summer research (and pulling down 20k a summer) in high school. Got connected to a nobel prize studying at Cal tech.
Sounds like a human dynamo, but... Rejected at Princeton and Yale.
His little brother had similar test scores, but was not the great mind of the first. Still, with a 1580 SAT and 35 ACT Yale and Princeton didn't want him.
But, on the other hand, Four of my cousins have gotten accepted to Yale and went. Highest SAT score in the bunch: 1410. They are somewhat of a legacy - Father played football in the 60's. It's sad how political the whole thing is.
Well, I think Ill cut it off here. . .
|By MG on Tuesday, July 23, 2002 - 05:44 pm: Edit
Whoa, whoa. Your cousin, the one in the mideast, was rejected by both of those schools? There HAS to be something else in the mix. Students with research EC's such as his are bound to be auto admits, even at Yale and Princeton. Could you possibly provide more information? Perhaps the essays and recs were somehow messed up. I'm really curious about this situation. Thanks!
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Senate Bill 215 by Sen. David Heitmeier, D-New Orleans, is an attempt to find a stable funding source for the ferries given those realities. The bill would create a ferry system with its own dedicated accounts, funded with $4 million a year from the Department of Transportation and Development and $800,000 a year from motor vehicle tag fees for trucks and trailers in New Orleans.
About 1 million people a year travel on the Canal Street to Algiers ferry each year and a "large number" use the Chalmette ferry, Rep. Jeff Arnold, D-New Orleans, told the House Appropriations Committee on Tuesday. But the service has been expensive to operate because of the age of the ferries, which drives up their personnel and maintenance costs, Arnold said. "Some of them are twice as old as I am," he said.
The appropriations committee approved the measure unanimously, sending it for a final vote in the House. The Senate has already approved the measure, but the upper chamber will have to agree to amendments added by the House before the bill goes to the governor's desk.
The bill would allow a local public agency, most likely RTA, to take over the operation of the ferries and would permit that organization to determine the fares.
It's not clear how bringing in RTA would affect fares on the ferries, which are now free for pedestrians and cost $1 for vehicles. The bill allows the agency taking over the service to set its rates, and Arnold suggested that by combining the ferries and RTA, riders would be able to get transfers from public transit lines when they want to cross the river.
As part of last year's debate over the CCC tolls, which ended with the election eliminating them in May, lawmakers separated the ferries from the operations of the bridge. The plan was to privatize the service but no potential buyers stepped forward when the transportation department put the service out to bid last year.
The uncertainty over funding is what sparked Heitmeier's bill, Arnold said.
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Gravity, 270 - 10 mins
Pravacum, 270 - 4 mins
Gravity, 250 - 20 mins
The area to be prepped for a breast surgery ...
shoulder, upper arm and extending down to the elbow, axilla and the chest to the table line and the shoulder opposite from the infected side
amount of gross organic debris or the number of microorganisms on an object at any given time
What should be labeled on an item for sterilization?
1. Contents of the package
2. shelf-life
3. date of sterilization
4. ID of sterilizer
5. cycle number
6. employee initials
7. department to be sent to
Name the performance characteristics of packaging materials.
1. efficiency
2.ease of opening
3. sterilization suitability
4. strength
5. barrier efficiency and support impermeability
6. seal integrity
7. safety
8. sterility maintenance
Name the disinfectant efficiency factors
1. concentration level of agent
2. number and type of microbes present
3. contact time
4. physical factors
Presoaking in a detergent is an advantage, why?
keeps organic debris moist while loosening dried-on debris
What are the methods of sterilization?
steam, chemical agents, high velocity electron bombardment, ultraviolet radiation
What are the principles of the decontamination room environment?
1. filtered air is exhausted outside the facility
2. the minimum air exchange rate is 10X p/hr
3. Tempuratue between 64-70 degrees F w/ a humidity of 35 - 72%
4. negative air pressure is maintained
What provides rapid reduction in skin microbial counts and should be removed in 2-3 minutes to prevent skin irritation?
What performance standards should sterilization packaging meet?
1. maintain sterility
2. allowing opening while maintaining sterility
3. allow for pentration of the sterilant
What is the perimeter that is considered sterile inside the sterile wrap?
Everything except the 1" border around the edges.
When opening a sterile package, what is the order of the flaps?
Away from you, Sides and then toward you
What is the order for opening the initial sterile field?
back table, basin, instruments and gown & glove
Where can an unsterile person touch sterile drapes and how can they help drape the patient?
below table level they can touch; they can help by plugging in cords and suction and straigtening the bottom of the drapes.
Which antiseptic must be used several days in advance of surgery to build up a cumulative antimicrobial effect?
How long should the cuffs on the towel drapes be and which why should the fold be?
2" cuff, 3 toward yourself and 1 away from you
What is the order of placing towel drapes?
side closest to you, superior, inferior and side farthest away from you
Gas Sterilization Adavantages:
1. can be used to sterilize materials too heat sensitive for steam sterilization
2. less corrosive on metals
3. less damaging to sensitive plastic and rubber materials
Gas Sterilization Disadvantages:
1. personnel hazards are created by the use of EtO gas
2. the Eto sterilization processf is damaging to certain materials, requiring the availibility of more than one alternative process
3. Aeration times required with the EtO sterilization process can be extraordinarily lengthy - up to 21 days with internal pacemakers
What type of packaging material is least effective at providing a bacterial barrier when compared to other wrapping materials?
In steam sterilization what factors are critical to the outcome of the sterilization process?
1. Time
2. Contact
3. Tempurature
4. Moisture
5. Pressure
Enzymatic Cleaner
breaks down organic debris, usually used as a soaking solution, requires dilution in warm water because it increases the speed of chemical reaction
Manual Detergent
used for hand cleaning & presoaking, must be diluted, safe for use on most materials, mechanical action is required for soil, must be throughly rinsed
Washer-Decontaminator Detergent
Liquid solution available in 3 different pH levels.
1. neutral pH - less corrosive to instruments but less effective
2. moderate pH- low level alkaline, may be combined w/ surfactant & chelating agents, safe for use on stainless steel instruments but could be harmful to the chromium oxide layer that protects the instruments from corrosion
3. high pH- most effective for removing heavy amounts of soil, can be corrosive to stainless steel, must be neutralized in a neutralizing rinse to prevent damage to the instruments
Step One - Rigid Containers - Sterilization Recommendations
can be safely sterilized in the same load with other supplies. the containers should be places on shelves beneath absorbent items to prevents condensate from the containers dripping onto the absorbing items
Step Two - Rigid Containers - Sterilization Recommendations
drying phase should be increased to allow for revaporization of moisture and condensation on the outside and inside of the container
Step Three - Rigid Containers - Sterilization Recommendations
prevaccum sterilization should be used instead of gravity because of the increased difficulty of adequate air removal
Step Four - Rigid Containers - Sterilization Recommendations
gaskets should be inspected and replaced if torn or cracked or nonpliable
Step Five - Rigid Containers - Sterilization Recommendations
disposable filter should be replaced after every use
What are the cycles for a washer - decontaminator?
1. Pre-rinse cycle - enzymatic solution
2. Cleaning Cycle- detergent solution
3. Final Rinse - hot water, 180-195 degrees F
4. Dry Phase - high tempurature dry air
What are the cycles for a washer-sterilizer?
1. Pre-rinse - removes blood and tissue
2. Automatic Detergent Injection - injects the measured amount of detergent
3. Fill Phase - chamber is filled with water for total immersion and cleaning
4. Wash Phase - water is agitated for soil removal, machine controls water tempurature
5. Post-Rinse - loose soil and detergent film are rinsed off
6. Sterilization Phase - steam sterilization
7. Lubrication - "milking"
8. Drying
Thermal sterilization items
most metal surgical instruments, powered instruments (per manf. instructions), microinstruments (per manf. instructions)
Gas sterilization items
powered instruments, delicate instruments, fiber-optic instruments, lensed instruments, plastic, rubber porous instruments, moisture or heat sensitive instruments
Chemical sterilization items
lensed instruments, fiber-optic instruments and cables, heat-sensitive instruments
What is the instrument cycle in order?
1. Inspection - decontamination room, cleaned and disinfected
2. Moved to clean processing area where they are reassembled and sterilized.
3. Prepared and stored in sterile supply room where cases are pulled.
process in which most but not all microorganisms located on animate surfaces, such as skin, are destroyed
the destruction of all microorganisms, including spores, on inanimate surfaces, through the use of steam or chemical sterilization, electron bombardment or irradiation
how does an ultrasonice washer work?
uses high-frequency sound waves which are converted to vibrations in the solution. these waves travel through the cleaning agent, causes molecules to be set in rapid motion forming microscopic bubbles on the surface if the instruments. The bubbles enlarge and become unstable and implode causing a vacuum dislodging minute particles of soil and organic material from the instruments.
Technique for pouring fluids onto the sterile field:
1. Verify the "five rights"
2. Verify Pt. allergy status
3. Circulator should approach the field maintaining @ least a 12 inch distance.
4. The STSR and circulator will verify the solution (name, strength and exp. date)
5. Hold the solution approx. 12 inches above the container.
6. Once poured perform ad third visual/verbal verification.
7. Recap fluid and dispose. NEVER recap and reuse.
8. STSR labels fluid.
9. Fluid is prepared for use.
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Shawn Pelton believes in giving back.
Last week the longtime Saturday Night Live drummer donated one of the kits he played on the show to his alma mater, the Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana. Pelton earned a Bachelor's Degree and Performer's Certificate from the school's Jacobs School Of Music in 1985, where he studied with Kenny Aronoff, among others.
According to wthr.com, Pelton – who played with many of the top names in music, including Johnny Cash, Elton John, Sheryl Crow, Billy Joel, Van Morrison, Rod Stewart, Pink and Kelly Clarkson – says the Jacobs percussion faculty "is a real dream team that offers everything for an aspiring performer.


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KENTWOOD--After a failed attempt to open a new company at the same location, the owner of the defunct Lincoln Brick & Supply business has shut the doors for good.
The new business, BrickCraft of Michigan LLC was operating for a short time at the 4025-4035 Broadmoor Ave. SE, but the investor backed out of buying the assets Thursday.
"It's done," said former owner Fritz Kruer, whose grandfather, George, started the company 85 years ago. BrickCraft was launched in February by Bill Mast, president of Visser Brothers Inc. of Grand Rapisd, with many of the same Lincoln Brick employees.
"The Vissers decided to back out," Kruer said.
Kruer said they decided it was too large an investment. Mast and other representatives from Visser Brothers were unavailable for comment Friday.
"There's so much uncertainty; they didn't feel comfortable putting that much money at risk," Kruer said.
Earlier, Bank of America sued Lincoln Brick for about $3.5 million in debt, eventually liquidating the assets of the business at 4025-4035 Broadmoor Ave. SE and its Saginaw and Dearborn locations earlier this month.
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Los Angeles Lakers star shooting guard Kobe Bryant has suggested that fans should vote for Portland Trail Blazers floor general Damian Lillard instead of him for the 2014 NBA All-Star Game, via Eric Pincus of Hoopsworld.
Kobe Bryant suggests fans vote for Dame Lillard for All Star instead of himself - he'd rather see the league's younger stars honored— Eric Pincus (@EricPincus) January 6, 2014
In just six games played during the 2013-14 season, Bryant averaged 13.8 points, 6.3 assists, 4.3 rebounds and 5.7 turnovers per game while shooting 42.5 percent from the field and 18.8 percent from three-point range.
According to the second returns of NBA All-Star balloting, Bryant is the leading vote-getter in the Western Conference backcourt with 723,031 votes.
The Black Mamba missed the first 19 games of the season while recovering from an Achilles tear he suffered in April. In his sixth game back against the Memphis Grizzlies, he suffered a fracture of the lateral tibial plateau in his left knee. Bryant still has at least a few weeks left on his original six-week recovery timetable.
Lillard, meanwhile, has helped lead Portland to a 26-8 record. He's averaging 21.3 points, 5.8 assists and 3.5 rebounds per game while shooting a scorching-hot 44.3 percent from downtown.
The Trail Blazers point guard also drained back-to-back game-winning shots against the Detroit Pistons and the Cleveland Cavaliers in December:
According to the second returns of All-Star balloting, however, Lillard ranks eighth in the Western Conference backcourt with 105,880 votes.
This is a classy move from Bryant, considering that the NBA legend may not even be healthy enough to play during All-Star Weekend. He said the following, according to Sean Meagher of The Oregonian:
I probably won't be able to come back (to the Lakers) soon enough to be able to make my stamp or be able to make my mark on a game. So my advice would be to focus on younger players, the Damian Lillards of the world, because they're more than deserving to be out there and playing that weekend.
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Tensions between the House and Senate over the state budget escalated Monday, with leaders trading barbs as the major spending bills of the session remained stuck in a House committee.
Senate President Joel Chaisson II, D-Destrehan, said it was "unacceptable" for the House to keep the budget bills bottled up in the Appropriations Committee and sent a letter to House leaders warning that the delay could compromise the Senate's ability to finish its work on the budget before lawmakers must adjourn June 21. "Your actions in delaying the bill could have far-reaching ramifications regarding our ability to finish our work on time," Chaisson wrote in a letter to House leaders co-signed by Senate Finance Committee Chairman Mike Michot, R-Lafayette.
Traditionally, the House finishes its work on the budget and sends it to the Senate before Memorial Day weekend. But that schedule now appears out of reach unless the House is willing to waive its own rules, which is highly unlikely.
House Speaker Jim Tucker, R-Algiers, replied that the House is doing the "responsible" thing by holding on to the spending bills until an agreement has been reached on what money can be used to plug the various financing shortfalls plaguing the state. "I think the key word is 'responsible,'" Tucker told his colleagues during a short floor speech.
The dispute centers on what combination of the state's "rainy day" fund and other pots of money will be used to fill a $319 million midyear budget shortfall and balance the $24.2 billion operating budget for the fiscal year that starts July 1. While both chambers have signed off on a resolution that would take $198 million from the rainy day account to help patch the current-year deficit, they differ on when the money needs to be paid back.
House leaders say the state Constitution requires that the rainy day fund be refilled next year using money from a tax-amnesty program. The Senate's leadership says the account does not have to be fully replenished until state revenues rebound to their post-Katrina peak of 2008.
Before the rainy day money or the tax-amnesty funds can be spent, they must first be officially recognized by the Revenue Estimating Conference, a four-member forecasting panel that has become the main battlefield in the dispute.
Chaisson, who sits on the forecasting panel, said he sees no reason to incorporate the rainy day funds into the current year's official forecast if it has to be paid back in the budget cycle that starts July 1. "It's pointless. Absolutely pointless," Chaisson said.
He said the rainy day money might be needed next year if the state's financial picture continues to deteriorate.
Tucker said the rainy day money can be used only in the current year, and that the House will only agree to use the money if it is paid back right away.
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That's the dilemma the Trail Blazers face as they awake this morning and peek at the NBA standings in the wake of Monday night's 94-89 defeat against the Houston Rockets.
Mathematically, the Blazers still have a microscopic chance at making the playoffs for the fourth consecutive season. But, in reality, the Rockets all but delivered a fatal blow to those miniscule hopes with a thorough, easier-than-it-sounds victory before an announced sellout crowd at the Rose Garden.
"I think we have eight (games) left," Blazers guard Jamal Crawford said. "And I'm pretty sure we have to win all eight. Honestly. We have to win out. There's no other way."
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The Blazers could have helped their slim chances with a win against the Rockets (32-25). Instead, they watched Houston point guard Goran Dragic zigzag around the Rose Garden floor, swishing threes and handing out assists. They watched former teammate Marcus Camby collect rebounds and flash the "Three Goggles" after making three-pointers — no, that's not a misprint. And they watched Kyle Lowry and Chase Budinger combine for 28 points, eight rebounds and five assists and own the Blazers' second unit.
Dragic, who will be one of the most appealing unrestricted free agents on the market after the season and almost certainly will be a target of the Blazers, toyed with Blazers guards all night. He finished with 22 points, seven assists and three steals, while making 4 of 6 three-pointers, in 41 minutes.
"I told the guys, I think he's playing a little bit like (San Antonio All-Star Manu) Ginobili out there," Blazers interim coach Kaleb Canales said.
Meanwhile, Camby, who was greeted to a nice ovation during pregame warmups, was not only up to his old tricks (grabbing 11 rebounds) but also showed off a new wrinkle. With the shot clock running down during a Houston possession in the first quarter, Camby launched a three from the top of the key .¤.¤. and swished it. Afterward, as he ran down to the other end of the court, he flashed the "Three Goggles" as many in the crowd booed.
The move was met with a collective groan in the Blazers locker room, with LaMarcus Aldridge saying "he couldn't care less," and Wesley Matthews shrugging it off.
"I was just surprised he made the shot," Matthews said.
Even more surprising would be a playoff berth for the Blazers. Games like Monday night epitomize why it's impossible to imagine them fulfilling Crawford's required 8-0 finish. Their perimeter defense was hideous (Houston made 10 of 19 threes), their offense was erratic (the Blazers scored just 17 first-quarter points) and they couldn't close.
After Houston built as big as a 14-point lead, the Blazers stormed back with a late run, trimming the lead to 88-81 with less than two minutes left. But Aldridge missed one of two free throws with 1:46 left and, after a Raymond Felton steal, the Blazers blew an easy fast break opportunity that would have cut the lead to five points.
After Felton's steal, Crawford missed a streaking layup as Lowry went up to block the attempt, and J.J. Hickson missed two rebound put-backs. Crawford said Lowry told him and an official after the play that he fouled Crawford during the layup attempt. It would be the Blazers' last gasp in the game — and, most likely, their season.
Three days after the Blazers fired coach Nate McMillan and traded away Camby and Gerald Wallace at the NBA trade deadline, Matthews was asked if he thought the Blazers had enough talent to make the playoffs.
"We have the talent," Matthews said. "The question is: Do we have the time?"
That was March 18. The question has a clear answer this morning.
Notes: Starting forward Nicolas Batum did not play because of left quad tendonitis. He's day-to-day. ... With the loss, the Blazers suffered a season sweep to the Rockets. ... Crawford, who leads the NBA in free throw shooting percentage, went 9-for-9 Monday and is shooting 92.8 percent from the free throw line. ... Aldridge, who finished with 20 points and six rebounds, has scored at least 20 points in eight consecutive games. ... Felton had 14 points and eight assists. ... Hickson had 12 points and 10 rebounds off the bench.
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What Rachel Maddow's Defense of Keith Olbermann + MSNBC Gets Terribly Wrong
It's not terribly surprising to see Rachel Maddow come to the defense of suspended MSNBC colleague Keith Olbermann. After all, he played a huge — some would say "key" — role in ushering her into a time slot on his cable network. So they're friends. And, she owes him, I guess. But I also believe she truly believes it's B.S. to see MSNBC boss Phil Griffin suspend Olbermann (whom Griffin really doesn't personally like) over campaign donations to Democrats he hosted on his show. But here's the deal: MSNBC suspended Olbermann not because he donated to political candidates, but because he violated NBC News policy by not getting permission ahead of time. (Whether MSNBC does not have to adhere to NBC News' policies is another matter.) And Rachel, let's not use the ethics policies of Fox News to argue the difference between right and wrong. That's a losing battle. But yeah, it's pretty silly to watch an obviously partisan pundit get canned for supporting certain candidates, when the thousands of dollars he personally sent their way is nothing compared to the tens of thousands of dollars in campaigning and exposure he gives these candidates by having them on his show … and agreeing with them. Moreover, Rachel argues that while FNC acts as a fundraising tool for Republican candidates, MSNBC is not the equivalent because it is a news, not a political organization. Except, uh, it is the equivalent when it is: MSNBC hosts regularly help candidates raise funds using is network, and to turn a blind eye to it shoots the entire argument in the foot. Should Olbermann be back on air? Yeah probably, because NBC News' ethics policies for clearly partisan talking heads don't make sense. But neither does Rachel's argument about MSNBC being an island.
On the plus side, Olbermann's indefinite suspension meant Thomas Roberts was filling in, making it a two-hour gay block:
Yes and No… the minutiae of employee policy rules, especially in a mishmash of pyramidal corporate overlays hardly matter as much as the 'Personality' differences.
Read that political tendency differences.
What about the article yesterday on Think Progress defining that Steve Burke is now actual 'head' of MSNBC replacing Zucker. I think that is more important as he was involved in raising campaign funds for GWBush!
We could have real problems here with every progressive being 'fired' for some minute rule infraction and a whole new 'FOX/GOP/Corporate' Network being created by new owners COMCAST.
It is time HUFFPO and DKOS get together and form their own Progressive Cable Network!Nov 6, 2010 at 1:26 pm · @Reply ·
Thomas Roberts is so charming and hot. I think he did a good job hosting.
I think the most important story here is the one that's being largely ignored; That in the Citizens United States of America, a massive corporation like GE can funnel as much money as it wants to whatever candidate or cause it wants while simultaneously requiring it's employees to get the boss to sign a permission slip allowing them to donate chump change.
Stay classy America.
Personally, I feel this all comes back to the insanity of the Supreme Court recognizing Corporations as having the same rights as human beings, which then logically leads to the idea they have freedom of speech and the ability to pour undocumented millions into whatever politicians they wish to buy.
Tip of the hat to Lorion for linking the background information on who's driving MSNBC these days…
I'm getting awfully sick of corporate dickheads who imagine they own their employees.
Contractual provisions are ultimately void and unenforceable if a judge refuses to allow the state to enforce them. It's irrelevant that everybody enthusiastically agreed with the specific terms at signing. Enforcing MSNBC's contract would compel the government to infringe on Mr. Olberman's First Amendment rights, and this it cannot do.
I hope Olberman sues the shit out of MSNBC.
He'd be doing us all a favor.
Thomas Roberts definitely has the ASS-ets to grab my attention nightly, not just from his hosting turn on Countdown, but of course from this 2007 pic of his tasty looking backside from Manhunt:
@the crustybastard: I suppose you'll be wanting the scared of muslims guy to sue NPR then?
Money makes the world go 'round. It's TV – everybody has a money agenda.
The main thing that FAIR has exposed is that both GE and Comcast make political contributions…to Republicans. Olbermann was suspended for making donations to a particular party that management didn't like.
General Electrics donations actually lean left, generally giving between 60 and 65 percent to democrat.
@Ian: Lovely
I'm not a huge fan of Olbermann's because I think he's too often over-the-top and his "Special Comments" are ineffective because intends them to impress rather than be clear and to the point; he writes like he's trying to be Edward R. Murrow for a Twitter audience. But I still emailed Griffin to protest his "suspension" because Olbermann was one of very few who were critical of the Bush administration when nearly every media voice was a cheerleader and he often speaks out in support of gay rights.
Keith Olbermann donated money to an opponent of Rand Paul? Well, what a shock! I'd imagine there are some people who were really surprised by this, right after their mommy helped them change out of their jammies and into their school clothes. Keith Olbermann (and Rachel Maddow) are not reporters, they're liberal commentators and it's hypocritical in the extreme for GE, Comcast, or whoever else funds MSNBC to prevent their on-air "talent" from donating to politicians when those corporations do the same thing on a FAR larger scale. If denying Olbermann, Maddow or anyone else the ability to participate in the political process isn't un-Constitutional, it should be. The "Fairness Doctine" isn't just dead, it's decomposed.
And there IS a difference between Olbermann and Maddow and their alleged Fox News counterparts. The MSNBC commentators have liberal political ideologies but, using a framework of FACTS, they frequently criticize Obama and many other Democrats for failing to match them. At Fox News they use a framework of blatant and easily exposed lies to NEVER criticize Republicans, several times in the past actually identifying Republicans embroiled in scandal AS Democrats, "accidentally" of course. If John Boehner were to suddenly reveal that he dines on the flesh of infants, Fox News names like Beck and O'Reilly would assure their audience that baby-meat is delicious, nutritious, and the Biblically sanctioned "the new white meat." Oh, and Boehner would be captioned as "Democrat" in the legend under his picture.
It's ok, Keith is a multimillionaire. He'll be fine, don't worry. Worry about those unemployed and with no money in the bank.
This blog lecturing Maddow is like 2-dollar whores lecturing about the importance of virginity.
Keith and Rachel in particular dig for, work with, and present verifiable facts and sources in presenting their viewpoint and analysis. The hallmark of a news organization.
Fox makes up and repeats its own fact free narrative. The hallmark of a shady and disingenuous political operation.
Rachel's points on this were spot on. Spot on.
Queerty shouldn't be commenting on whats right and wrong with MSNBC's journalism. This site itself seems like it's operated by incoherent bumbling queers who have never taken a class beyond English 101. Most of your content isn't profound or meaningful, but they help to push an agenda. With that said I usually find more sanity in the user comments than in actual articles.
Queerty is the Fox News of gay blogs. So Queerty, while I think you're journalistic trash you're also really good at what you do. Much like Fox News is really good at what they do, but aren't really a "news" source. Rachel Maddow's rant wasn't about Keith Olbermann, it was about the difference between Fox News and MSNBC. And while YES MSNBC does favor a progressive agenda it doesn't push it on it's audience like FOX. From 6am to 12am all of FOX's programming is manipulated to promote the republican party. MSNBC "leans" left, but doesn't baby and dumb down it's content like Fox (or Queerty). And had author of this post been more aware of the news he would of realized that Rachel's rant comes in a time of extreme scrutiny towards MSNBC. Yet all the while FOX News just get's a pass because we've come to expect that sort of nonsense from them.
You might not like what Fox says, Vagrant, but their reports are accurate (though slanted Right). You should be saying Queerty is the New York Times of gay blogs (with it's own gay Jayson Blairs).
It's interesting watching so many opinions on this thread espousing opinions without a basis in fact. Claiming something is reality just because it seems right reflects any number of logical fallacies.
The difference between Fox and MSNBC is that MSNBC bases stories on verifiable, multi-source fact, after which their commentary follows. Fox News just makes things up, cites itself as authority while masking that link as some anonymous source or dubious, mostly unverified sources without citing provenance. Their oft repeated "Some people say…" mantra comes directly from either their managment memo of talking points or sources like Brietbart, Drudge, or any number of Christian rumour mills. The death panels, Obama as socialist/marxist/communist/muslim/Nazi totalitarian nonsense, and their 35:1 or worse ratio Right Wing to liberal/progressive interviewee record are cases in point. Don't get me started on Hannity and O'Reilly's bullying or Beck's conflation of paranoia and rampant historical revision with reality. The point of the MSNBC ethics rules is transparency, full disclosure, and controlling the assurance of actual as well as the appearance of propriety toward preserving it's true stock-in-trade: credibility. Every thing Rachel said, including context, is absolutely spot on.
@JustWatching I can't say you're that accurate. I love watching Fox News, they have a great formula and it works well, but they do hack jobs of the accurate news you speak of. Just as an example during their "hard news hour" I saw a report about the California Gubernatorial Race. The reporter, Megyn Kelly, was pointing out how the both campaigns had spent $160million dollars. Now that's an accurate statement, however it's very important to point out that $140m at the time had come from Meg Whitman's (the republican) own pocket. Had it been reversed, Fox would have torn apart the democrat on air and unapologetically. And if you watch FOX there are countless of examples of this happening everyday. MSNBC has the balls the criticize their own. FOX doesn't. FOX has a grown man (Glen Beck) playing with puppets and talking about the NEW WORLD ORDER and and while advocating small government. MSNBC has Dylan Ratigan making coherent and great small government points like an adult. FOX has a one sided dumb down morning show where all they do is bad mouth the president. MSNBC has a diverse set of individuals who look at whats going on and talk about it from all points of views or angles.
So yes, FOX does report news accurately, but before it's presented to its viewers its grounded up and blended with republican talking points and served up as FAIR and BALANCED.
I'm sorry, did you watch a different Rachel Maddow Show than I did? Because you essentially agreed with exactly what she said. I dare say, you subconsciously picked up your points from Rachel Maddow herself in the last half of that segment when you were distracted and only half paying attention.
She said Olbermann got suspended for not following news policy. She used Fox to point out they had no such policy. The policy is what makes MSNBC different from Fox.
If someone does something 3 times, is that the equivalent of someone else doing the same thing 10 times? 20 times? What does "equivalent" mean?
Personally, I think it's Un-American to prevent American Individuals from their Rights AS Americans. That said, we all have worked for Eejits with illegal rules that you can't fight unless your parents were…Republicans(then you didn't NEED that job;>).
He should have asked and if they had told him "No" he should have thrown a public sh*tfit to Shame MS-NBC. Since that's the sort of thing more in line with his Personality, I wonder if there's more to this story…like he asked, they said "Yes" but since there was no signed Paperwork or tape to prove he got Permission. I've had that BS happen a few times over the last 4 decades at various jobs.
Personally? I've been sending e-mails to ALL MS-NBC Advertizers telling them we're Boycotting them until he's back.
rachel maddow is an evil troll. kieth has never got this much attention. because NO ONE REALLY WATCHES THERE DUMB SHOW!! they are very mean spirited and fustrated people on that network.i don't even think they like our country.
Charles, Rachel, an "evil troll"? I think not. Keith, which is misspelled by you as kieth, is more than just smart, he is astute, a word that likely goes over your head, and millions do nightly watch him. If you did, you would know he is smarter than any Fox "News" pretty face. Well, O'Reilly is not so pretty, but it is apparently a requirement that their guys look GQ buff and the gals look like they are about to walk down the aisle for some modeling show or beauty pageant (with as much leg showing as possible). And as for dumb, let's see… you misspelled Keith,, you said "got" when it should be "gotten," and you used "there" when it should be "their," and then you spelled frustrated as "fustrated." And you cannot blame it on poor typing skills–there for their? Right! Dumb? Look in the mirror before throwing stones. And, as for "our" country, that is the problem with America–people like you who cannot celebrate diversity of thought or apparently diversity in general. You are offensive. You are the one who comes across as un-American by being so narrow and biased.
Nobody watches her show in any case. She and Keith are in the ratings' dumpster. Pass the beer. Burp.
Did Keith make a mistake…yes. Should he be punished…yes…has he been punished enough (her point)…yes.
The Conservatives have been having a field day about this like they are Saints who have NEVER done such a thing. That was also part of her point.
Time to Move On. There is far more pressing news to be covered.
Bring Keith back….
Olbermann had 2 of the politicians on his show the exact same day he made the donations to their campaigns and didn't disclose that fact on air. I think journalists should be allowed to donate to politicians in their private lives, its public record. The news organization should allow someone else to cover that politician if they are in the news or at least have the host/journalist disclose the fact that they donated.
I hope they bring Keith back very soon. He did nothing wrong.
Queerty – you obviously did NOT listen to her. She acknowledges that Keith erred in not getting permission ahead of time quite clearly. The main point of her statement was to point out to us – the viewers, liberal and conservative – the difference between MSNBC and FN and how seriously they take their journalistic objectivity. She does call for him to be reinstated – that the point has been made – but at no time does she excuse what he did.
@James Davis: My dream for reincarnation would be to come back as Thomas Robert's anchor chair seat ;P
There is a distinction between the way Mr. Olberman was punished by his employer for privately spending his own money, and the way Mr. Williams was punished by his employer for going on television and professing that he views Muslims with suspicion.
This distinction isn't small. Too bad it eludes you.
Update: Olbermann will be back on Tuesday evening, per news reports.
The powers-that-be decided that his time on suspension was sufficient….
I'm glad he's returning I signed the petition demanding he be brought back and signed the congratulations card sent out by the progressive change campaign committee.
Big fact missing in this and many similar reports: re clearing it with mgmt. first before you donate: MSNBC policy states "should", not "must" avise mgmt. Therefore the suspension would be difficult to defend in a contracts court setting.
Announcement tonight is that he's back as of Tuesday. (1/4 million Facebookers signing for Keith within 72 hours probably scared a few advertisers.) But all "news" employees are now on notice: only donations to Republicans will be tolerated, if you value your career (Scarborough's donations were "cleared first", we're assured) . America's unique form of propaganda-news on one side, and self-censorship on the other continues.
This is a distraction form the fact that msnbc actually helped republicans take the House.
They put up only weak arguments, including Olberman's convoluted lectures, and gave nonstop coverage to republican candidates, knowing that even bad publicity is good publicity.
All commercial news companies work tirelessly to create an ignorant public. Msnbc does while pretending to be liberal.
This whole pretentious "conversation" about MSNBC cracks me up.
These people aren't "news professionals." They're political entertainers paid to tell you what you want to hear, so that you tune in and they can sell advertising to people who want to sell you shit.
FOX News is exactly the same.
The debate over "which is right and which is wrong" is pointless. Neither is a serious news or journalism source. Watching the boys at NBC pretend otherwise is just plain boring.


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'Two and a Half Men' removes Angus T. Jones from the opening credits
"Two and a Half Men" removes Angus T. Jones from the opening credits
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IRON MOUNTAIN - Along with the Dickinson Area County Band, the Dickinson County Community Chorus will sing at Lake Antoine on Sunday, July 13. The concert will begin at 7 p.m.
"Rain is predicted for Sunday, so bring your umbrellas and pray for sunshine. If we should have to postpone due to weather we will announce it," a spokesperson said.
The Dickinson County Community Chorus has been in existence for 47 years. The group has a long standing standard of excellence in choral music. The summer concert is under the direction of Crystal Hogan and accompanied by Janice Van Gasse.
"This summer's program is entertaining and familiar. You will be able to sing along with most or all of the songs. From Danny Boy to the Big Band sound and songs by Cohan, you are sure to enjoy every minute of this varied program," organizers said.
Other songs include a medley of songs by Rogers and Hammerstein, Sixteen Tons, The Star-Spangled Banner, America the Beautiful and two well known spirituals; "Every Time I Feel the Spirit" and "Peace in the Valley." "Peace in the Valley" will be sung in memory of Margaret "Magee" Johnson as this was one of her favorite songs.
"This summer the chorus is made up of 30 voices who are dedicated to making this concert excellent and upbeat. The group consists of a few charter members as well as many returning and some new members. The group continues to evolve and is always looking for new members. With many educated and trained musicians, novices have strong section leaders to help them become excellent chorus members," a spokesperson added.
If you can sing you can be a part of the Dickinson County Community Chorus. Feel free to join the group for the Christmas season Rehearsals will begin on Tuesday, Sept. 9, at the Presbyterian Church in Kingsford. Rehearsals are on Tuesday evenings from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.


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Avram Gottlieb, 50, received a life sentence for his role in the botched robbery of Jeffrey Scott Fine Jewelry in Franklin Township. After his appeals failed, Gottlieb filed a petition for post-conviction relief arguing that his defense lawyer was ineffective and asking for a hearing he hopes will lead to a new trial.
When a judge denied that last request, Gottlieb filed a motion for reconsideration, and Judge John Pursel ruled that "at minimum" Gottlieb is entitled to a hearing to review how Lewis White handled the case.
"We are very pleased that Judge Pursel took a close look at this case," said his current lawyer Sandy Larson.
Gottlieb was one of five defendants charged with felony murder, robbery and other offenses for the attack March 14, 1995, at Brenda and Jeffrey Wolf's store. The robbery went awry when Jeffrey Wolf drew a gun and fired, killing his wife and shooting a gunman, Marquis Kennon. Gottlieb was the getaway driver. He insists the incident was an insurance scam.
Pursel reviewed Judge Roger Mahon's decision, as well as the extensive transcripts, the brief Gottlieb filed, the papers Larson filed, the reply from Somerset County Assistant Prosecutor Matthew Murphy and the arguments he heard in Somerville on April 12.
"We are extremely concerned about the state's ability to respond to the defendant's latest claims against his former attorney who died many years ago and has no ability to respond," Murphy said. White died in 2008.
Pursel's decision should not be taken lightly, the state says.
When Judge Leonard Arnold sentenced Gottlieb in November 1997, Arnold called him " 'the most highly dangerous individual I've seen in this courthouse since I began here in this courthouse in 1970.' " Murphy said.
But Pursel took issue with Mahon's decision. Mahon "classified several actions by defense counsel as 'tactical' in nature. This court cannot agree with those determinations," Pursel wrote in his ruling on April 26.
White asked for more time to prepare for the 1997 trial. Judge Arnold's refusal was the court's error, Pursel said. "However, taking it one step further, it was ineffective assistance of counsel not to have filed an interlocutory appeal on the very realistic basis set forth by attorney White," Pursel wrote.
Larson said White begged for an adjournment. "He told the court he could not adequately prepare this case in the time period provided," she said.
There were other issues Gottlieb raised, including White's failure to view crime scene photos and obtain experts in firearms and other areas.