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I hope they dont have to put her to sleep
I'm stressed out about my gun at the moment. What started out as curiosity over a few burs revealed I may have a bent frame.
I had some guys at work look at it today, and it appears my poor little Sig may be really up the creek at the moment. Apparently there is a knick on the barrel that is caused by the extractor rod, which shouldn't be hitting the barrel that way. It's like a little slice, and that was my main concern because it's new. But when they looked into it mine is doing just that. And because of how badly worn my frame is and where it is worn (plus some burs, gashes, and shaved metal on the slide) they think I may have a bent frame. I didn't notice it, but apparently the frame is shaving metal under the slide, too. So we're visiting a gun smith next week and if he says the same thing she's going back to the factory. I hope it is something that can be repaired. This was my first handgun and she's been a duty gun since I bought her. She doesn't owe me a thing and I'm not mad. Sad, but not mad. It really is a bad thing to get emotionally attached to a gun.
I'll keep you updated.
I hope they dont have to put her to sleep
This could just end up costing far too much. I'd have to perminently retire her and that leaves me without a carryable gun, so guess what I'd have to do? I don't have the money to buy a decent gun. I want a P99 and I also want a Sig P220 Equinox, can't afford either one. And I won't just buy any old gun. But I don't want to be without, either.
Put the one you WANT on the layawake plan somewhere BEFORE this one goes anywhere. Mebbe youll have it paid off before ya think.
Dang I hate to here that Sucklead. I just wouldn't do a lot of range time with it untill I got a new one. It still does fair at the moment doesn't it? Shoot you work for a gun shop. They'll set payments up for you won't they? Good luck.
Do you get handguns at dealer's cost?
Also, does the gun work at this moment? If so, then you can trust your life to it. Just do not fire it at the range anymore until you get it all sorted out.
If you must practice...rent a gun (I know...$$$).
What is dealer cost on a CPO Sig? I would guess $400 or lower. Can you get that deal going?
It works just fine at the moment. The last time I had it out on the range nothing felt different. But all these scars and gashes are new, that much is for sure. Which is why I can't figure out what I did to it. Heck, it's been run over by an armored truck on a cement floor and everything was thumbs up afterward, so what could I have done that was worse than that?! LOL! It's been two years and about 3000 rounds since that happened, so I doubt it's a delayed reaction.
Have you considered an XD9, SuckLead?
www.topgunsupply.com is an excellent source for XD/Glock stuff.
cheaperthandirt.com is good, too.
The XDs don't do much for me. I like the guns and all, but I just am not a huge fan of polymer.
To be honest, we just got this new financing company on contract and I am considering ordering my P220 Equinox and financing it. Our last one wouldn't finance handguns, but this one will, and they give you 12 months to pay it off. I may be able to handle that.
have you put any super hot loads though her lately that would possibly cause the recoil to be too much than it is rated for?
No, I haven't. Just normal ball ammo.
I think I know what did it. It dawned on me the other day. I think at least some people are aware of the anti-gun situation in my home, and my father's stance on handguns. I had to move back home, so my guns, except for the long guns, are hidden tightly. Since I need this gun for work I carry it back and forth in my purse, and on occassion it has spent far too long in my purse.
Now, my purse is pretty much a messenger bag, if you know what those are. Well, the other day I flopped the bag down on my passenger seat in the car without the gun in it and it registered in the car's system as a person. The passenger seat belt thing started blinking. With the amount of time the gun spends in my purse and the occassion that I forget it is in there, I think the constant weight of the purse may have caused an issue.
I have a phone appointment tomorrow with SigArms to see if we can figure out what the problem is, what it will cost to fix it, and how long I'll be unarmed. I spoke with the rep today about the P220 Equinox and I can get it at a ridiculously good price... that I still can't afford. And I can't finance it, apparently, because they want money up front and won't work with the financing company. So I'm SOL in that department.
You can do one of two things.
1) Put it in the classifieds and rip off some poor sap.
2) Trade it in at a shop for about half what it's worth (whether it works properly or not) and have enough for a down-payment.
I'm not going to get rid of it. Even if it ends up a safe queen only. I'd rather just get a holster for my 686 and call it a day. Hard to explain, but me and this Sig have been through far too much together for me to sell it.
Either way. A trade in, with the condition it is in just on the exterior, would probably only get me about $200. I'm probably being harder on it than the average dealer would be, but that's my job.

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Note how the pattern of the floor covering appears as flat as the pattern in the wallpaper, even though the floor would be sloping away from us in perspective. The all-over wallpaper pattern and the narrow, scroll-like format of the composition reflect Bonnard's interest in Japanese art.
As in many of Bonnard's paintings of nudes, the figure is turned away from the viewer, pensive, pre-occupied. Interesting details at the edge of the composition are typical of his work, and here the mirror image of the model catches our eye at the top right.
Like a picture within a picture, a mirror introduces a new perspective into a painting. Bonnard, more interested in ambiguity and suggestion than accuracy, plays around with the mirror image:
In 1935 Bonnard wrote in a letter to Matisse: 'I agree with you that the painter's only solid ground is the palette and colours, but as soon as the colours achieve an illusion, they are no longer judged, and the stupidities begin' — stupidities, such as worrying about the correctness of a reflection?


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Pentagon disinvites Franklin Graham from prayer service over Islam comments
posted at 8:56 pm on April 22, 2010 by Allahpundit
The Pentagon never invited him in the first place — a prayer task force that partners with the chaplain's office for the National Day of Prayer event did — but either way, the boot has now duly been given. I get why a military that includes members of all faiths might not want a guy who's pronounced Islam "evil" speaking at one of their semi-official functions. What I don't get is where this sudden sense of propriety comes from, since of course this is the same military that was content to look the other way while jihadist fanatic Nidal Hasan ranted openly to colleagues about why infidels should be beheaded. Apparently, that sort of nuance can get a man promoted to major these days.
Plus, needless to say, now that goofing on Mohammed is officially verboten on certain American television networks, no one's much in the mood for another story about "sensitivities."
Earlier Thursday, Graham stuck by his remarks about Islam, including that Muslims are "enslaved" by their religion,
Franklin, the son of famed evangelist Billy Graham, told Fox News that he loves Muslim people and wants them to know that God loves them, even if they can be saved only through Jesus Christ…
After the 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States, Graham said Islam "is a very evil and wicked religion." In a later op-ed piece in The Wall Street Journal, Graham wrote that he did not believe Muslims were evil because of their faith, but "as a minister … I believe it is my responsibility to speak out against the terrible deeds that are committed as a result of Islamic teaching."
It's all about tolerance, right? Not quite:
The Military Religious Freedom Foundation raised the objection to the appearance, citing Graham's past remarks about Islam, in a letter sent Monday to Defense Secretary Robert Gates.
Mikey Weinstein, president of the foundation, said the invitation offended Muslim employees at the Pentagon because Graham never retracted or apologized for his description of Islam as evil. Weinstein said the invitation would endanger American troops by stirring up Muslim extremists.
South Park redux: Silence the critic or risk being bombed. "Tolerance" is nothing but a garnish.
Here's Graham talking to WaPo about his views on Islam. Exit quotation from this allegedly retrograde avatar of archaic intolerance: "[I]f you look at what the religion does just to women, women alone, it is just horrid. And so yes, I speak out for women…"
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Original post made by Enrique Martinez, Alamo, on Jan 15, 2008
Dear neighbors,
Late last year, we shared postcards from towns named Alamo and Poplar and one unique postcard stood out among the rest. The Alamo California postcard had six images of sites that symbolized the community. A unicorn on a roof, a flashing casino sign, a lake and submarine, and a large Frog sitting on a bridge pillar were some of the images. It was created in humor because Alamo California did not have a postcard and it is the largest Alamo in North America.
A postcard symbolizes a community and visually defines a community's character for residents and visitors. So, my question is if you were creating your community's postcard today, what would symbolize your community?
Enrique Martinez
Alamo Texas
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on Jan 15, 2008 at 8:05 am
Dear neighbors,
As part of the Alamo Towne Fool, a group of humorists in Alamo California, we created the Alamo Postcard with all the images we see in our imagined vision of our region. As I walk each day, I have started a new Alamo Postcard with images that symbolize my view of Alamo.
There is really a large horse on top of the old post office, now a shoe and harness repair shop. If you need your harness repaired, you now know where to go or possibly borrow one to wear when you are just horsing around.
The six images I choose for the new Alamo California postcard symbolize Alamo to me, The waterfall on San Ramon Creek, a bench on the Iron Horse Trail, the plastic animal farm, the cellular redwood tree, sunrise on Mt. Diablo, and a lone, remaining walnut tree.
A community is all its people, its neighborhoods, and a warm hello. Unfortunately, that can't be totally captured on a postcard.
How do you picture your community?
Hal Bailey
All things Alamo & Pop(u)lar
a resident of Alamo
on Jan 15, 2008 at 6:48 pm
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Dear neighbors,
Our community of Alamo Georgia just had custom postcards printed from our digital photographs. We were able to focus on our history and heritage as a community rather than creating postcards for the local hotels and drugstores. We sell the postcards at our history center and have had to reorder three times to fill visitor demand.
Express what is important to your group and community.
Chandra Wells
Alamo Georgia
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a resident of another community
on Jan 16, 2008 at 7:55 am
Dear neighbors,
What a challenging thought. I had to stop for awhile, take a walk, and consider what creates and defines the Alamo Region of California?
My conclusions are likely not unique. Our region is defined by neighborhoods gathering in common interests and supporting each other to maintain and grow the character of our community of neighborhoods. Important events are the day-to-day meetings of many neighbors in our community business district most often at Yellow Wood, a local coffee house.
My postcard pictures would be of where our people meet without planning and share their interests without public review. The Iron Horse Trail, Yellow Wood, various school yards are where we meet and Mt Diablo dominates what we see.
Think of your community as a story told on a postcard to someone who has not visited your community. What pictures and words tell that story?
Alise Thompson
Alamo Region in California
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a resident of Danville
on Jan 16, 2008 at 7:58 am
What's all the focus on Alamo?
The name of the paper is The DANVILLE Weekly and Danville is the certer of our region. Alamo is just a handful of neighborhoods that Danville will eventually annex.
Stop thinking you are so important, Alamo!
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a resident of Danville
on Jan 16, 2008 at 4:15 pm
Posted with permission of the author
Dear neighbors,
In reviewing the picture of the Alamo California waterfall, Mt Diablo, Las Trampas wilderness, and the skyline of Alamo, I believe the Alamo Postcard is complete. The beauty of a community is the canvass on which we all should paint our appreciation of where we live.
AS I look at pictures of Alamo Georgia, Nevada and Texas, I see our neighbors in those communities enjoying the view. I would suggest that our surroundings do much to define us individually and as a community.
Grace Fortus
Danville California
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For Laurie Utter, the summer of 1997 will be remembered as the summer she spent studying deregulation of the telecommunications industry in the European Union while getting her travel fix.
An MBA student at the College of Business and Administration at CU-Boulder, Utter is participating in the London Seminar in International Finance and Business. The month-long seminar, under the direction of long-time CU business Professor Michael Palmer, focuses on international finance and strategies for European businesses.
The program is in its 16th year and Michael Delaney, director of CUs study abroad office, says its popularity has been steadily increasing. The College of Business has the greatest percentage of students who choose to study abroad due to this and other programs, Delaney said. They seem to recognize early on that they will be doing business in a global market, and this is one way they prepare themselves for that challenge.
The 30 CU-Boulder students in this years program will hear lectures from some of Londons financial, political and governmental leaders and will go on field trips to Lloyds of London, the Central Bank of England, a foreign exchange dealing room and the houses of parliament. The students will live in a dormitory at City University in London.
Students have each started an international research project to finish in London. Utters telecom deregulation project will analyze the marketing demands of European countries that are required to deregulate by the end of 1998.
Her research coincides with her present job at SK Telecom in Boulder, which trains South Korean telecommunication executives as they, too, prepare for deregulation.
SK Telecom is a joint venture of CUs colleges of business and engineering. Groups of 10 to 15 South Korean businesspeople spend three months in Boulder taking courses in English, business and telecommunications.
American case studies, such as the Baby Bells, are used to teach South Koreans what they can anticipate as they face deregulation. For information on this program, contact Dr. Yong-Soon Kang, 417-1996. For information on the London Seminar, contact Utter at 443-4372 or Michael Palmer at 492-4415.


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"CMS has unfairly shifted the burden and risk of potential loss for patient non-payment of premiums to physicians," the letter states. "This financial burden will be untenable for many physicians."
AMA plans to develop tools to help physicians navigate the complexities of the ACA grace period.
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It's hard to get more quintessentially New England than "The Cape." Characterized by rocky shorelines, stalwart lighthouses, and bays bobbing with sailboats, Cape Cod looks like a scene lifted off a postcard. All walks of life converge here: From the wealthy families and US presidents who summer in Hyannisport to the lobstermen who troll the shores of Falmouth and party-goers seeking the nightlife of Provincetown, Cape Cod is ready to greet any weary traveler with open arms—and perhaps a serving of delicious fried scrod.
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With the only milestone remaining being the April 10th locals workout (mostly late round and / or UDFA prospects) draft boards are mostly solidified. Projections have been made, targets sighted and we all await with baited breath. So without further ado, my final mock for the 2013 NFL Draft (complete with alternative picks):
1) Damontre Moore (DE) - Having addressed the DT position thoroughly for 2013, I think the Giants are going DE in the first round. I don't think Werner falls to us and Tank Carradine's ACL is going to make picking him in the first prohibitive at best. Datone Jones projects as more of a 3-4 DE (or 4-3 DT) so they don't go there. I really like Alex Okafor (my preferred pick), however I think the Giants will see Moore as a young Osi who they are looking to replace. Accordingly, the Giants desperately need a speed rusher on the outside and this goes hand in hand with their publicized plans to swap JPP to the strong side. Alt Pick: Alex Okafor (DE)
2) Khaseem Greene (LB) - I'm really iffy on this pick due to both Greene being projected as a WILL backer (which we have multiples of) and the fact that his weakness is stacking/shedding which makes his versatility limited to WILL backer only. However he is an absolute ball hawk and the Giants finally feel pressured enough to dedicate a high pick to the LBing corps. With Arthur Brown roaring up the charts (my preferred pick here), I think he is gone by this pick leaving Green as the next highest projected LBer. Accordingly, the Giants have already had Greene in for a workout. Alt Pick: David Amerson (CB).
3) Brian Winters (OT/OG) - This would be the really smart pick for the Giants. They need stability and answers on the oline. This was helped by the second contract signing of Will Beatty and the re-signing of Kevin Boothe. Now they need to address both their RT spot and the possible departure of Chris Snee after the 2013 season. Brian Winters has played mostly LT, but projects as a RT or OG and is considered one of the true five position offensive linemen in the draft. There are stength concerns with Winters (9 reps at the Combine before a pec strain stopped his lifting and no lifting at his pro day). The OL depth in the draft drops off sharply after Winters so this is where we improve. Alt Pick: Ryan Swope (WR)
4) Blidi Wreh-Wilson (CB) - Does Wilson fall to the fourth round? Most likely not. A bit raw but athletically gifted and the kind of size the Giants like at the corner spot. Breaks well on the ball which makes him a really good candidate as a zone corner. Struggles in man coverage a bit and is though of as more of a project than starting potential which may have him slip a bit. He also has a little injury history from 2011 which I believe he's proven he's past but again, may make him slip just a tad. If that scenario plays out and he's available in the fourth for us, I think we pounce on him. Alt Pick: JJ Wilcox (S)
5) Nick Kasa (TE) - Wait ... we just signed Brandon Myers and have Pascoe and Robinson, why are we drafting a TE?! Bear Pascoe has proven a reliable lunch-pail type of player but his longevity as a Giant is nearing an end. Eventually the Giants are going to want to get younger here and find a player with a bit more upside than Pascoe. Nick Kasa translates as the exact type of lowkey TE the Giants love to develop (even going so far as being compared to Kevin Boss). Alt Picks: Marcus Lattimore (RB) / Bennie Logan (DT)
6) Denard Robinson (WR) - Converted QB with blazing speed. In the era of tricked up offenses, I can see the Giants taking a late round flyer on a joker type player. Think Antwan Randel-El. Alt Picks: Dewayne Cherrington (DT) / Jonathan Stewart (LB) / Rontez Miles (S)
7) Miguel Maysonet (RB) - Late round prospect to push Darell Scott in camp. Offers so-so straight line speed but flashes explosive power and acceleration for his size (think Bradshaw). Already been invited to the Giants' April 10th locals workout. Alt Pick: Gilbert Pena (DT) / Steve Beauharnais (LB)
7) Patrick Omameh (OG) - Michigan OG that's already been worked out by the Giants. Alt Pick: Nick Williams (WR) / Vinston Painter (OT)
love the mock. would be extremely satisfied if they went in this direction. the only think i would change is gowith your alternate picks in the 2nd and 4th.
i like amerson and think that greene is extremely overvalued in the 2nd. and with a CB in the second id rather see wilcox in the 4th.


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The primary objective of this program is to provide an intensive, integrated, clinically oriented educational experience in nuclear medicine. The program seeks to:
Meeting these objectives requires adequate staff, equipment and space, sufficient case material, and importantly, a stimulating educational environment.
All primary teaching personnel are full-time members of the academic faculty of Wake Forest School of Medicine with an active interest in teaching at the resident level. The faculty composition is relatively stable. The major changes in faculty are a new director of the Nuclear Medicine Section, a new director of the Residency Training Program, and a new Radiopharmacy instructor.
The patient volume is adequate for exposure to all areas of clinical nuclear medicine. All nuclear imaging, in vitro studies and therapeutic administrations at the WFU/Baptist Medical Center are performed under the direction of nuclear medicine and all are utilized for resident education. Wide ranges of studies are performed. Especially active areas include skeletal, cardiac, renal, pulmonary, and PET imaging procedures. A relatively large number of hyperthyroid and thyroid cancer patients are seen for treatment and follow-up.
The hospital has provided excellent resources to assist us in accomplishing our objective. Recent additions including two gamma cameras, upgrades for dedicated nuclear medicine computers, a PACs system which provides access to all digital imaging done in the hospital, and an information system, which allows online access to all inpatient and some outpatient records. These hospital wide systems are very helpful in correlating nuclear medicine studies with other clinical and imaging information.
There are two tracts offered subspecialty training in Nuclear Medicine. One is a one-year program that combines training in diagnostic radiology with one year of training in nuclear medicine. The second is a two-year program in nuclear medicine, which is offered to physicians who are board eligible in any medical specialty.
The two-year nuclear medicine residency is organized to provide in depth training in clinical and investigative nuclear medicine. Applicants are taken outside of the match and are chosen on the basis of their prior experience and interest in pursuing a career, which though it may not be confined to nuclear medicine will consist in large part in the practice of nuclear medicine.
The first year emphasizes the core material, which provides the basis for the practice of clinical nuclear medicine, through lectures and conferences as described below.
Radiology/Nuclear Medicine Core Curriculum Lecture Series. This didactic curriculum is presented in a series of daily lectures (7:30 AM Mon-Fri except Wed) presented by the entire faculty of the Department of Radiology including the nuclear medicine faculty. This lecture series covers not only a discussion of the performance and interpretation of diagnostic imaging but also pertinent pathologic and patho-physiologic bases underlying the studies. Correlation with findings on other imaging modalities is also included. During the two-year cycle approximately 25 hours are devoted specifically to nuclear medicine topics. Nuclear medicine procedures may be covered in other lectures as well when multimodality correlation is discussed. These lectures are especially useful to non-radiologist training in nuclear medicine because it gives them a good background for correlation of nuclear medicine studies with other imaging modalities.
Interesting/Proven Case Conference. This is a daily conference, which is held from 12:30-1:30 p.m. Here residents are presented with unknown cases and are asked to discuss the pertinent findings. All sections in radiology participate and multimodalities are shown in most conferences. Every other Friday the conference emphasizes nuclear medicine. The nuclear medicine residents are primarily responsible for organizing this conference with the assistance of other radiology residents rotating on nuclear medicine at the time. The residents present the cases to their peers and quiz them on technical aspects of performing the studies as well as interpretation, differential diagnosis and further work up. After the cases are discussed as an unknown, the nuclear medicine resident reviews the pertinent teaching points for which the case was chosen. The role of the faculty in this conference is to act as a reference to answer questions which the nuclear medicine resident cannot. Residents attend this conference both years. Approximately 32 conferences will be devoted to nuclear medicine.
Basic Science Seminar Series. This is a 1 ½ hour session presented weekly to the residents assigned to nuclear medicine by the basic science faculty. It emphasizes instrumentation, computer science and radiopharmacy. Occasionally topics related to radiation protection are included. The series includes lectures, discussion, and laboratory demonstrations. These conferences are repeated every eight weeks. The nuclear medicine resident attends two cycles each year for a total of 48 hours.
The Clinical Review Conference. This is a 1-1 ½ hour session presented weekly to the residents usually at 7:30-8:30 AM Wednesday. This conference is organized around organ systems and covers both imaging and non-imaging diagnostic techniques as well as therapy. The format is usually socratic with intensive questioning of the residents on technical aspects of performing the studies (radiopharmaceuticals, dose, patient preparation, imaging protocols, etc) as well as imaging interpretation and clinical correlation. An extensive file of cases is maintained specifically for this conference. This collection is separate from other teaching files. This conference is on an 8-week cycle. During the two years of training, residents would participate in approximately 100 hours.
The Physics/Radiobiology Course. It replaces the Core Curriculum in the summer. It is a daily lecture series lasting about 1-1 ½ hours. It covers radiobiology, nuclear physics, statistics and mathematics of radiation protection. While the radiology residents attend all of these sessions, the nuclear medicine residents attend those sessions specifically related to nuclear medicine (45 hours).
The Journal Club meets monthly and is devoted exclusively to discussion of nuclear medicine articles. Papers are presented by each of the residents (usually clinical or clinical research oriented articles) and selected faculty (clinical or basic science articles) depending on their expertise.
The residents are encouraged to attend interdepartmental conferences such as endocrinology, cardiology, oncology, epilepsy (EMU) and medical and surgical grand rounds when pertinent topics are presented.
In addition to the lecture and conferences listed above, the residents work in the general nuclear medicine and PET clinical areas acting as "senior" residents and functioning as consultants to "junior" residents. While in the general clinical area, diagnosis and therapy of thyroid disease as well as cardiac imaging are emphasized while in PET; FDG imaging in Oncology is emphasized with some studies of myocardial and cerebral glucose metabolism.
Specific blocks of time are dedicated to:
1. Radiopharmacy/Radiation Safety 2 weeks 2. Instrumentation/Computer Science Single photon 2 weeks PET 2 weeks 3. Nonimaging lab procedures 1 week 4. Cardiac stress lab 4 weeks 5. Procedure technology 2 weeks (works with technologist in each area)
Other duties and responsibilities begun during the first year include participation in he Quality Improvement Committee, Instruction of medical students and participation in the nuclear medicine call schedule (one week out of three) with faculty backup.
The second year builds on the foundation laid during the first year with continualreinforcement of the core material learned the first year and attention to the lessfrequently utilized nuclear medicine procedures. Other duties started during thefirst year are assumed with greater responsibility. They include:
a. Participation in the sections Quality Improvement Committee. While the residents reviewed protocols and suggested improvements during the first year under the direction of a faculty member, they are expected to do that on their own during the second year.
b. In addition, residents are given the opportunity to prepare and deliver formal lectures to nuclear medicine technologists, medical students and other house officers.
c. A second research project should be accomplished during the second year. This can be either an extension of the previous year's project with a new or expanded focus, or an entirely new project. Either way it should be the resident's project with little direction from the faculty.
d. Attendance at interdepartmental conferences should be more frequent during the second year of residency. The second year resident may act as the section's representative at those conferences.
The following educational facilities are available to the residents throughout their training.
a. Audiovisual Lecture Series. This consists of a series of tape lectures prepared by the faculty and available for independent review. These cover most common Nuclear Medicine procedures and encompass approximately 44 hours.
b. The Nuclear medicine Computerized Teaching File. This was developed "inhouse" by Dr. Cowan and is maintained in the Nuclear Medicine area. Both dynamic and static images are available including SPECT and 3-D volume preprojections. This is one of the most popular educational tools.
c. Departmental Teaching File. This collection of cases on all radiologic modalities including nuclear medicine is maintained in the general departmental and learning center.
d. Sectional/Department Library Facilities. There is an extensive collection of textbooks, monographs, and journals in the Nuclear Medicine Conference Room. This is supplemented by additional nuclear medicine material in the main departmental library. Internet access to online teaching files from other institutions is also available in the nuclear medicine conference room.
National Meeting Attendance. Residents are provided financial support for the costof one educational meeting annually. Residents who present papers receiveadditional support.
Residents initially rotating on Nuclear Medicine are allowed an orientation period tobecome more familiar with the clinical problems. Residents on the service functionas a team with senior residents providing guidance and assistance to the beginningresidents. Faculty supervision is always available. During these initial rotations,introductory discussions are provided on radiopharmacy, instrumentation, and allcommon clinical procedures.
As the resident gains familiarity with the usual techniques, he or she assumes more independent responsibility for handling patient studies. Residents begin to participate in conference preparation and teaching file preparation. They provide preliminary reports on stat procedures and work closely with the staff technologists in tailoring procedures to the individual needs of patient problems.
Upon completion of the initial three-month rotation, residents begin providingemergency on-call coverage for Nuclear medicine, approximately one week out ofthree. This call schedule continues throughout the residents training period. Also,after their initial three months, they are expected to function more as a consultantto the other house officers, to assist in the work-up and admission of patients onthe inpatient Nuclear Medicine service, to supervise rotating diagnostic residents,and to assume more responsibility for conference presentation and preparation.
They participate in quality assurance activities and are responsible for protocolreviews at the bimonthly QA meetings. They function as back-up on-call supportfor the third-year resident covering Nuclear Medicine and provide physiciancoverage in the Nuclear Medicine clinic during Saturday mornings in rotation withthe faculty.
At least one attending physician is present during the normal operating hours in the clinical area for resident supervision and consultation. All studies interpreted during this period are read in conjunction with attending and the final report generated by the resident, is reviewed and approved by the attending physical before dictation. Emergency after-hour procedures are initially interpreted by the Radiology resident on call for Nuclear Medicine. On the weeks when the nuclear medicine resident is on call, h/she serves as back up to the radiology resident for consultation, advice or assistance in difficulty cases. An attending is available by beeper if needed. Oncall studies are reviewed by the attending physician the following morning and any corrections are discussed with the resident and the ordering service.
All the nuclear medicine training is conducted at the Wake Forest University/NorthCarolina Baptist Hospital Medical Center. Some nuclear medicine studies performedat outside hospitals are read a priori in this department or reviewed in thisdepartment. Residents are also encouraged to moonlight in area hospitals in orderto maintain their proficiency in other imaging or clinical areas but this is not part ofthe formal residency training.
Pediatric patients account for approximately 10% of the total hospital admissionsand approximately 10% of the nuclear medicine studies. We do nuclear medicinestudies on approximately 470 pediatric patients annually so that over the entiretraining program, the Nuclear Medicine resident would be exposed to more than700 pediatric examinations.
Pediatric urological procedures represent the most common study due to anextremely active pediatric urologic clinic. A wide variety of pediatric patients,including pediatric oncology provide a full spectrum of pediatric cases.
During lectures and conferences throughout the training program, pediatricapplications are presented in conjunction with organ-oriented topics. In addition tothe time spent in Nuclear Medicine, residents attend formal lectures and informalcase presentations given by the Pediatric Radiology section. These sessionsemphasize correlation of multiple imaging modalities in the pediatric patients.
The Nuclear Medicine Section participates in all quality assurance activities of theDepartment of Radiology. In addition, quality assurance issues are specificallydiscussed at a bi-month sectional meeting in Nuclear Medicine attended by faculty,selected technologist staff, and residents during both years of training. Selectedmonitors are reviewed at these meetings and appropriate actions taken. Examplesof recent projects include: patient satisfaction evaluation, completeness ofinpatient hospital records, review of radiation exposure of occupational personnel,accuracy of resident interpretation of "on call" studies, review ofmisadministrations/incidents, and systematic review and updating of protocolmanual. Residents assist in data collection and participate in discussion anddecisions. At each session, the resident has the primary responsibility forsystematic updating of the procedure protocol manual through a series of reviewsand presentations to the entire group usually working with Dr. James Ball duringthe first year and on his/her own the second year.
Resident participation in all conferences is expected and required. Residents arefreed from clinical responsibility on Nuclear Medicine during conference and lecturepresentations with clinical coverage being provided by appropriate faculty. Whilemany of the conferences are didactic presentations by faculty, at some of theconferences and seminars, residents are called upon for oral discussions. Residentsdo have a primary responsibility for the presentation of the following conferences:
1. Nuclear Medicine Proven Case Conference 2. Journal Club
Due to the relatively small size of the program, written attendance at lectures is not formally documented, but the faculty is well aware of absence of Nuclear Medicine residents and appropriate action is taken if necessary. Logs are kept of resident attendance at the Clinical Review Seminars and of cases presented by residents at the Interesting Case Conference.
The clinical imaging facility in the Nuclear Medicine Section is available forinvestigative protocol studies in both hospitalized and outpatients.
An additional research lab measuring 23 by 14 feet is also available. It has a largearea of counter space and extensive storage space for equipment and reagents. Ithas a sink and multiple outlets as well as a ventilated hood and a sink with naturalgas outlets.
The PET Center contains approximately 12,000 square feet of space. This includes:
1. Cyclotron: Siemens/CTI RDS 112, 11 MeV negative ion cyclotron and radiopharmaceutical production and delivery system.
2. Radiochemistry lab: Facilities for both high and low level radioactivity radiopharmaceutical production and research including two hot cells, four mini shielded cells, and four shielded fume hoods. A separate area contains three unshielded fume hoods and a laminar flow sterile hood for nonradioactive processing and chemistry.
3. Organic Chemistry lab: Includes three fume hoods and analytical instruments for radiopharmaceutical research and development including FTIR, HPLC, GLC, and TLC scanner.
4. PET scanner: GE Advance PET Scanner.
5. Image interpretation room: There are multiple updated Sun SPARK 5 review stations for processing and review of studies as well as stations for programming.
The Bowman Gray School of Medicine animal facility is staffed by trained veterinarians and has special areas for the housing of animals containing radioactive material. The Medical Center provides a biostatistician for assistance in data analysis and paper preparation. The departmental and Medical Center libraries provide assistance in computerized index searching and biographical verification. The Audiovisual Center is available for assistance in illustration preparation.
The resident's workday begins at 7:30 AM each weekday morning for the initial corelecture presentation. They are expected to be present in the clinical area until atleast 5:00 PM daily during the week. Depending on the clinical demands at thattime, residents may work beyond the 5:00 PM completing interpretation of theday's work. It is rare that this would require presence beyond 6:00 PM, however.Also on occasion, visiting professor lectures are held in the evening and they wouldbe expected to attend these as well.
During both years of training, the nuclear medicine residents are on call one week at a time, approximately one week out of three to provide back-up coverage for the third year Radiology resident. Call is taken from home and beepers are supplied. Faculty supervision is available for the nuclear medicine resident. In addition to providing back-up call for night time procedures, the nuclear medicine resident on call would also handle Saturday or Sunday day time procedures that might be required, again with faculty back-up. All emergency studies are reviewed by faculty prior to final distribution of the report.
Residents are evaluated at the end of each quarter by a formal written evaluationfilled out by all clinical faculty involved in resident education. These evaluationforms are reviewed with the resident. If any concerns or deficiencies are noted,these are discussed personally by the Program Director with the resident.
A copy of these evaluations is maintained in the resident file. These evaluations are based on personal observations by the faculty in their daily work with the residents, on the performance of residents during the seminar and conference questioning sessions and on an annual ABNM inservice training examination.
The educational experience provided by each section of the Radiology Department is also evaluated by each resident quarterly. These are reviewed by the Chairman of the Department of Radiology and suggestions, compliments, or criticisms are related to appropriate faculty/service, especially the Program Director. Faculty members are evaluated annually by the residents in a questionnaire from the Chairman of the Department of Radiology. The Chairman discusses areas of concern with the individual faculty members.
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Although raw manure can be used as fertilizer, the high levels of nutrients and pathogens can contaminate water and threaten public health. California's State Water Board estimates that nitrates have contaminated 600 miles of drinking water in the Central Valley. In addition, the pathogens in raw manure, such as E-Coli or Salmonella, pose a public health risk.
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EAST HAMPTON -- It has now been more than a month since a local 30-year-old mother went missing.
Despite the passage of time and despite the fact that there have been no sightings of or contact by the missing woman, police say they remain optimistic that Jini Barnum will be found.
"We always have to be optimistic," Police Chief Matthew A. Reimondo said on Thursday.
Barnum was reported missing by her live-in boyfriend on July 29. That was six weeks after Barnum had given birth to the couple's baby.
Barnum had been out Saturday, July 28, apparently celebrating the baby's birth with friends.
when Barnum came home that evening, however, she and the boyfriend, Anthony Garafalo got into an argument.
Garafalo said Barnum stormed out of their home at roughly 11 p.m. on the 28th.
Garafalo said he thought she just intended to walk off her anger. But Barnum did not return and by the next day, Garafalo became concerned enough that he contacted police and reported her missing.
Approximately two weeks later, police announced that they had concluded Barnum's disappearance was the result of "a criminal act."
Meanwhile, police have learned the identifies of several people with whom Barnum was believed to have spent time of the Saturday of her disappearance, Reimondo said.
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Asked if he had requested and/or conducted an aerial searches for Barnum, Reimondo said no.
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Reimondo also rejected as untrue a published report that police had ruled Garafalo out as a suspect in Barnum's disappearance.
"I don't know where they got that one from," Reimondo said. "Nobody has bene ruled out."
Police had first spoken to and later questioned Garafalo. Sgt. Garrit A. Kelly said at least initially, Garafalo was "cooperative."
But on Aug. 3, Garafalo was taken into custody by the Department of Corrections and charged with violating the conditions of his parole.
Garafalo had served eight years in prison in connection with the assault and rape of a hearing impaired woman he met at a bar in Hartford.
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Re: st: Testing non-proportionality in a discrete-time survival model in which the main effect of time is treated as continuous.
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Re: st: Testing non-proportionality in a discrete-time survival model in which the main effect of time is treated as continuous.
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Answers to questions you didn't ask:
1. If you do conditional logistic regression, you don't need a model for the 'time' variable. You can still add the interaction of Wages with the time dummy
2. You can test the fit of your model with Stata's link test. You can also test the fit of the polynonomial model by comparing the 13 parameter model and the 4 parameter polynomial model The reason is that the model with a parameter for each term represents a saturated 12-th order polynomial. However this eight d.f.test is apt to have low power; you don't all those extra terms.
3. In general, I cannot recommend that you use fourth-th order polynomials; They can be so curvy that they can give inaccurate predictions at the extremes of time. I recommend restricted cubic splines, see -mkspline-, which are linear at the endpoints; have limited curvature in the middle; and have low effective dimension.
4. The odds ratio of the logistic model is not a good approximation to the ratio of conditional probabilities when those probabilities are high. If this is the case at some times and covariate patterns, a discrete hazard model would be better; see -pgmhaz-.
4. If your endpoint is 'term' and not an actual date of drop-out, you have have truly discrete data. If the data could have been grouped in other ways, in weeks, for example, then the logistic model is inconsistent. That is, if the model with certain parameters holds for one grouping, it will not hold for an arbitrary regrouping. In contrast, the parameters of a theoretical grouped or discrete hazard model are invariant to how the intervals are formed.
5. If wages change over the course of a student's school career, then initial wages might not be too relevant to drop out decisions much later. This problem would be curable with time-dependent covariates
6. Consider a frailty model. If there is a relatively large drop-out rate early, survivors could be very different. See -pgmhaz-.
7. If the drop-out rates are very heavy in the first two terms, then you consider one model for those terms and one for the remainder. Arguing against that is your finding that the only interaction is with Wages.
On Nov 16, 2007, at 1:32 PM, Kevin Daley wrote:
Hello, I have a question which, I must warn any reader, is not
strictly to do with Stata, and is largely statistical. That being
said, I would really appreciate the input of any users familiar
with the estimation of discrete-time event-history/duration models.
I'm running a discrete-time survival analysis of time-to-drop-out on a sample of adult students. While many people following the same methodological approach (I'm running a logit model on a data- set arranged in person-terms at risk of drop-out) will model the "main effect" of time using a series of dummy variables, I have opted to use a more parsimonious specification, treating time as a continuous variable, and modeling the hazard through a fourth order set of polynomial terms. This lets me cut down the number of parameters by 13 and successfully addresses the problem of very low risk sets and/or low hazard probabilities in the later terms-so I would very much like to keep this specification if possible. The problem that I have run into is this: one of my predictors (wages) has a strong effect, but when hazard profiles categorized by wages are compared, it becomes clear that this effect is only truly pronounced in the first two terms. After the second term wages tend no!
t to predict much of a difference in the vertical elevation of these hazard profiles. In other words, my model needs to adjust for the non-proportionality of the effect of wages on the hazard of drop-out. Most of the material written on this model, however, only deals with such adjustment when time has been specified using the abovementioned dummies (one creates interactions between the predictor and the time dummies). I have come up with a solution that seems to work quite well, but I'm not sure if it is statistically legitimate. Because the magnitude of the wage effect in the first term and that in the second term are quite close and the tiny amount of vertical differentiation after the first two terms remains fairly constant over time, I simply created a dummy variable dividing the sample into observations from term 1 or term 2 and observations in any other term. I then multiplied this dummy by my continuous wage variable and entered this interaction (yet not the tim!
e dummy) into the model already including the polynomial specification
of time and the wage variable. All variables are highly significant. Am I breaking some basic rule of statistics, however, by using an interactive term derived from a different specification of the variable (time) than the main effect included in the model?
Some researchers adjust for non-proportionality using an interaction based on a continuous specification of time (or the log of time) when its main effect was categorized, so it seems that the reverse would be just as reasonable (an interaction derived from a categorized effect of time while the main effect was modeled as a continuous variable). Again, however, I may be quite wrong and would appreciate being corrected in as great detail as possible as well asreceiving any suggestions for how I might better adjust for non-proportionality in this case. Thank you very much (if you managed to finish this monster email that is).
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Sunshine State is home to some of the country's most diverse and special ecosystems—and most extensive development. As human communities encroach on the wild lands that remain, people are coming into closer and closer contact with wildlife, including the endangered Florida panther. As a result, collisions with motor vehicles and conflicts with livestock hinder panther recovery and decrease human tolerance for sharing the landscape with this top predator. Defenders recognizes that helping people coexist with the Florida panther is vital to building the acceptance and support needed to save the species.
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Florida panthers historically roamed the forests and swamps of eight states throughout the Southeast. Persecution, hunting, clear-cutting and other human activities associated with European settlement and expansion caused panther numbers to drop precipitously. Thanks to state and federal protections, the population has increased from a low of perhaps 20 individuals a few decades ago to an estimated 100 to 160 panthers. With all of these animals in a single breeding population with limited range in the state's southern tip, Florida panthers remain one of the most imperiled animals in the world.
Public lands in south Florida are not extensive enough to support the existing panther population. These wide-ranging predators need a system of public and private lands for territory, prey and mates and to expand their range northward into suitable habitat. With their habitat usurped by housing projects and fragmented by roads, panthers are frequently encountering people, livestock and motor vehicles.
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With reports of panther depredations on livestock on the rise, and collisions with motor vehicles now the leading human cause of panther deaths, strategies to coexist with these rare felines are more important than ever. Through partnerships, education, research support, public outreach and advocacy, Defenders is working to foster understanding of Florida panthers and to help humans and panthers share the landscape. We've already made significant progress:
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- Provided support and trail cameras to University of Florida researchers investigating depredation patterns on private lands by tracking panthers and calves.
- Helped organize and fund the annual Florida Panther Festival, an event held in collaboration with other nonprofits, government agencies and businesses to build acceptance by celebrating the panther and sharing information about living with our native wildlife.
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SAN FRANCISCO -- In the third at-bat of his first big league game, Adam Duvall crushed a two-strike slider through the cold night air and into the left field bleachers. Duvall became the 13th Giant to have his first big league hit also be a homer in his debut, and he was surrounded by a crush of reporters and cameras afterward.
"I'm just one man," Matt Cain said in a singsong voice as he walked past. "Just one man!"
That was the problem for the Giants.
Duvall's homer was their lone run in a 3-1 loss to the Cincinnati Reds on Thursday night that was the third in the first four days of this 10-game homestand. The Giants have dropped 12 of 16 overall, and after a win by the Los Angeles Dodgers, their lead in the division is down to just two games for the first time since May 11.
"We're just not swinging the bats very well," manager Bruce Bochy said. "As a group, we're not clicking right now."
The Giants had dropped the first game of a series five consecutive times. Mike Leake had little trouble making it six, striking out a career-high 12 in eight innings. Leake gave up just four hits while improving to 4-0 with a 0.87 ERA in four career starts at AT&T Park.
Through six innings, though, Ryan Vogelsong was just about Leake's equal. A day after Tim Lincecum's no-hitter, Vogelsong gave up five hits and one earned run before a heavy workload ended his night. Vogelsong was predictably hard on himself.
"I rubbed up against him before the game," he said of Lincecum. "It didn't work."
Bochy made a point of shifting the blame elsewhere.
"We got a great start from Vogey," he said. "We've got to get the bats going. We're playing some good teams and facing some great pitching tomorrow (in MLB ERA leader Johnny Cueto), the next series and going forward. It's going to be vital we get going."
After four scoreless innings, the Reds finally did in the fifth. Jay Bruce hit a one-out double, and, after a strikeout of Ryan Ludwick, Vogelsong gave up an RBI double to Zack Cozart.
"I worked my butt off to strike out Ludwick. He's given me trouble in the past," Vogelsong said. "Then you hang a curveball to the eight-hitter and give up a double that scores a run. That chaps my butt a little bit."
The Reds tacked on two runs in the seventh, becoming the second team all season to score off right-hander Jean Machi. Brandon Phillips' solo homer ended Machi's 25 1/3-inning scoreless streak.
Only strong arms on the infield kept the Reds from adding on. Speedster Billy Hamilton tried to tag up from third on a very shallow pop-up to right in the sixth inning but was thrown out by second baseman Joe Panik. Shortstop Brandon Crawford made a strong throw in the eighth to cut down Phillips at the plate.
The throws wouldn't figure into the result, and neither would Duvall's homer, a shining moment on a night otherwise devoid of them. The 25-year-old was called up Wednesday and was an emergency fill-in for first baseman Michael Morse, who was sick. Duvall struck out in his first career at-bat and popped up in the fifth, but he got all of an 0-2 pitch in the seventh. Still, he thought it might not be enough.
"To be honest, I was just hoping it would go out," he said. "I've heard a lot of talk that it doesn't fly here. It's hard to hit one out."
That's true, especially at night. But Duvall, the Pacific Coast League home run leader (23) at the time of his promotion, might be one of the rare exceptions.
His parents watched from seats alongside the home dugout, along with about 10 other friends and members of his family. Duvall wasn't sure if he remembered to look for Mom and Dad after the solo blast.
"It was kind of all a whirlwind," he said. "I'm not sure what I saw. I just made sure to touch all the bases."


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