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If city officials tried to make the exams for public school gifted and talented programs less susceptible to test preparation, in order to level the playing field, would anxious parents back off the tutoring?
That's the question city parents are asking themselves, as they decide whether to enroll their children in test-preparation classes this fall, for G&T; tests starting in January.
Gifted and talented programs have become so popular that last spring there was a 47 percent increase in the number of children eligible for seats in the five most competitive citywide programs. More children were eligible for seats in district programs, too.
Several parents told SchoolBook they believe this is why the city changed the exams.
"To me it seems perfectly appropriate that if you only got a limited number of seats and you're qualifying two or three times that number, it makes sense to have the test more difficult," said David Gordon, whose daughter Sophia did not qualify for a G&T; kindergarten program but he's looking to have her tested again next year for first grade.
This year, the Department of Education is replacing one of the two exams used to determine all gifted and talented placements with the Naglieri Nonverbal Ability Test. It will count for two thirds of a child's score. The remaining third will be determined by verbal test items from the Otis-Lennon School Ability Test (OLSAT), which used to be given much greater weight. The D.O.E. said the OLSAT includes tasks such as detecting likenesses and differences, recalling words and numbers, defining words and following directions.
The D.O.E. did not comment when asked if the Naglieri test was introduced to reduce the number of eligible students. However, city officials have described the change as an attempt to level the playing field, because the old system gave an advantage to children whose families exposed them to lots of reading or early education.
"We think this is going to create opportunities for kids who speak other languages or haven't had as much preparation to display their strengths," said Chief Academic Officer Shael Polakow-Suransky, in an interview with Schoolbook earlier this fall.
Suransky said he believes it will be harder for parents to prepare their children for the Naglieri test because it relies more on conceptual and spacial skills which aren't taught in formal settings as opposed to upper and lower-case letters, a subject often taught in pre-kindergarten classes.
But that hasn't deterred the test prep companies.
Michael McCurdy, CEO and co-founder of TestingMom.com, which provides practice tests on its web site, said switching to the Naglieri test is a "significant" change.
"The types of questions that are on the Naglieri aren't types of questions that most children have ever been exposed to in any shape or form," he said.
A sample question on McCurdy's web site asks a child to look at five squares that are each partially shaded to figure out which one is different.
McCurdy said his two year-old company has seen a surge in interest from parents, and will hold "emergency" meetings this week in Manhattan to explain the change in the exams. The Department of Education is also holding information sessions this week.
Bige Doruk, C.E.O. and president of Bright Kids NYC, which offers private tutoring and books, said the Naglieri is much more difficult than the test it replaced, which is called the Bracken School Readiness Assessment.
"It's harder than teaching a child numbers and letters," she said, adding that she agreed with the D.O.E. that Naglieri is a "better" test that's used by many other cities.
But she disagreed with those who say you can't prep for a test that includes pattern recognition. "If you have a child that does a lot of puzzles at home they can recognize patterns easier," she explained, adding that some children have more natural abilities than others or develop them at an earlier age.
The test prep industry for young children has been growing in New York City, and some parents believe it's become a necessary, if unfortunate, fact of life in place where well-regarded neighborhood schools are bursting at the seams and threatened by budget cuts. The G&T; programs are viewed as havens for extra enrichment.
Lisa Chamberlain said she would love for her daughter to attend kindergarten next fall at the Brooklyn School of Inquiry, a gifted and talented program that's in high demand, because she worries her local school, P.S. 10 Magnet School of Math, Science and Design Technology, is overcrowded. She's not sure if she would shell out the money for private tutoring but she is looking at online test-prep.
"I would say there's no harm in prepping for anything," she said.
However, Nilde Leo – whose daughter attends kindergarten at P.S. 122 Mamie Fay in Astoria – said she would not pay for a test prep class in order to get her into the school's gifted and talented classes. "They're five, they should be playing," she said, adding "the homework she's getting is enough from school."
David Gordon, who said his five year-old daughter is happy in kindergarten at P.S. 278 Paula Hedbavny in Inwood, said he will have her tested again just to give her more options next year. He said he and his wife don't want to pay a thousand dollars for tutoring at Bright Kids, but he will look into other options. He also expressed concern that the city's attempt to level the playing field by changing a test won't work so long as middle and upper-class parents continue to pay for test prep.
"I think that test prep should be available to everybody," he said, adding that private tutoring only puts up another road block between children of different socioeconomic groups.
Children as young as four years old can be tested for kindergarten up to third grade programs starting in January. The deadline for registering for the exams is November 9.


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Discussion in 'Pistons and NBA' started by dozero, Jul 13, 2009.
He does love his future 2nd round picks. Seems like every other trade has to include one.
To be fair, one of his 2nd rounders was Memo, who made the All Star game. And his second round picks this year look good.
There is something funny going on, because we have signed none of our picks, not even Daye who it is a foregone conclusion that we will sign him.
LOL, or not have to worry about all the red tape. So much easier creating a team in NBA live . . .
Would you sit out if you were Daye right now? What if he gets injured?
He must have purchased insurance with an advance against his rookie scale salary. That's my guess anyway. As nice as Joe may be, I wouldn't risk millions on his word. That would be bad business.
so how do the rooks effect the cap right now? they all have pretty easy to figure out salaries its not like other sports that have tons of wiggle room. do any of them have cap place holders till they sign, I doubt the 2nd rounders do, but how about the 1st rounder one? All 3 look like they have actual futures in the league.... one can dream but wouldn't it be sweet as they fill out that we just drafted our future 3 4 and 5 in one draft... If that were to happen Joe's draft grade would have to go thru the roof.... lol
We hold a salary exception (if we are over the cap, we are still allowed to sign him) for Daye's contract. I was trying to sort out what that means, say if we were to trade his rights but years of fluoridation in the water have reduced my attention span to about 11 seconds. For every empty roster spot (up to 12 or 13) we get charged with a minimum type salary. Since the second rounders would sign for a minimum, then I suppose Joe will look to sign them after SL as it doesn't affect our current cap space (as I understand it). Typically, Joe has signed his 1st rounders before SL, and his second rounders after SL. Not sure why Daye is not signed yet.
Would it be possible that he is so busy dealing with the rest of the roster moves and coaching change that he just has not dealt with it yet?
It's a pretty standard contract, one would think his assistant Scott Perry could handle it, as it was something Perry may have taken care of during his brief hiatus in Seattle. The whole point of the rookie scale, is that there is a max value on rookie deals, which scales down as the picks get later in the draft. Teams can sign their players for less than the rookie scale, but it almost never happens. So no, I don't think Joe being busy would push this back.
Do you think that Joe is showcasing Daye's skills. If this is the case, he is putting on a helluva show for his potential suitor(s). It is very unusual that Daye isn't signed especially when you look at the time frame for when he signed his 06/07/08 picks.
;) Certainly the emergence of Summers, who was a Pistons alternate choice at 15, but drafted 35, has taken the pressure off of Daye to be a home run.
Can Joe choose to not sign Daye (I know that is doesn't make sense)? What are his obligations after drafting him?
Read #41 and # 42 NBA Salary Cap FAQ
Thanks. I guess this is the shortest answer: So, as I understand it, Joe is obligated to make him an offer. The lowest offer Joe could possibly make would be 80% of the number determined by the rookie draft order scale. If Daye doesn't like the low offer, he can hold out. The most Dumars could offer would be 120% of the amount determined by the scale. If Daye didn't like the Pistons, he could still hold out and re-enter the draft next year. I wonder if Joe is trying to lowball Daye with something below the standard and Daye is saying "screw you, watch me play, then you'll pay me 120% dawg."
It seems like you could create a computer program to find loopholes in the CBA and this patchwork of rules. Whenever you have this many exceptions (infield fly-rules galore) then it means that many loopholes have already been found. This thing is swiss cheese and there must be more holes. Someone needs to rent out Deep Blue and program in the rules and let it go to work. We'd have Kobe within a week and would probably only end up giving away contract rights to our future strength and conditioning coach.
found a question in todays mailbag on the pistons site that answers it pretty much. our first rounder has a cap number, but when we sign him we can go up to 20 percent over it... so until Joe uses our cap space he won't sign the player incase we sign him for more then his cap number, we can sign our 2nd rounders even once we hit the cap. PISTONS: Pistons Mailbag Michael (Broadview Heights, Ohio): Can you go over the salary cap when you sign your draft picks? If so, does that mean you get a mid-level exception then? Langlois: Yes, sort of. A cap hold of $1.4 million was assigned to Austin Daye when the Pistons exercised the 15th pick. He can sign for a certain percentage over that amount and likely will. The second-rounders will merely sign for the NBA minimum and minimum contracts can be signed even by teams that started the summer under the cap but have spent their way up to the cap. That's why none of the three rookies will sign until after Joe D has used the rest of his cap space to sign another veteran big man.
it seems to be sure JoeD has his mind to spend all remaining Capp Spayce.
Drew Gooden, welcome to Detroit!!!
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After a tired travel check into this private beautiful comfortable amazing room. Rest, recharge in a comfortable queen size bed and get ready for your New York City vacation. An air mattress or futon is provide for any extra guests staying. Shared kitchen and bathroom. This is a private room for 2 guests or a total group of 4 guests.
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Ideally Located in Canarsie Brooklyn close to shopping, restaurants, bars and entertainment. Sample the tasty spicy west Indian dishes and tropical strong drinks. Sing at Karaoke bars and dance the night away. On street parking . Laundry and dry cleaning service are within walking distance, two blocks away. Below is listed neighborhood restaurants and bars. Just a few blocks away. Footprints Cafe Jamaican Cuisine)- Sunday live jazz night, Monday karaoke night, Tuesday comedy night, Wednesday reggae night, Friday and Saturday seafood night. Fisheye Bar and Grill (Caribbean and Seafood Cuisine). Sally's Restaurant and bar. Burger King and Dunkin Donuts. Pizza shops and Chinese restaurants. You are welcome and I look forward to hosting you!
The neighborhood is quiet and residential, made up of two family homes. It affords a lovely, enjoyable walk and shopping experience. There are restaurants, fast food joints, supermarket and drug stores that are within walking distance. Visit the Kings Plaza or the Gateway Shopping Malls just a bus ride away. Take the L train or the number 2 train to Manhattan and visit Time Square and tour the city.
You can take a taxi from JFK or Laguardia Airport. The taxi will take you to the apartment in 25 minutes.
For public transportation: Take the L train to Canarsie - Rockaway station, the last stop in Brooklyn. Then take the B6 bus to East 81 Street. The bus ride is about 4 minutes.
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the room was nice and clean and comfortable.Sorry that we can´t tell that about the kitchen, restroom and bathroom. Nora was kind and very helpfull.
People should know, that there were many , often changing guests, for whom the kitchen was too small( only 4 chairs, one knife, and one fridge, stuffed with food, from often gone guests. But in all it was ok.
Good was, that the bus stop was near by also many delis, to buy some food.
Guests should know, that only coloured people live there, We did not have a problem with it, many of them were very kind to us.
Nora and Christopher are very nice. Apartment is clean, calm neighborhood. We felt very safe and welcome during our visit in NYC.
Nora and Christopher were really two good hosts. They were kind and with their driver Larry, they tried everything too make us a comfortable stay. Towels, Netflix, a bath and a Kitchen to share with the other visitors are definitely a plus!
The room was clean and has a huge bed. Maybe a something store your clothes would make it better.
The neighbourhood is ok, maybe you should take a taxi if you're are coming late nights out of Manhattan - or driving to the Subway Station and then take a cab.
In daylight everything worked out well and with the metrocard for 31$ a week (good advice of the hosts), you can drive every bus and sub in or around New York. At least it will take you 30-40min to Manhattan from the E.81st Street.
If i/we would come back? Sure, we would!
It was a great pleasure to stay with Nora and Lary.
Lary took us arround and showed the area - really great
Nice room, clean, well maintained!
My friend and I would like to thanks our hosts for wonderful holidays in Brooklyn, NY, from our hearts. Nora, Larry and Brian were incredibly hospitable and friendly. Nora made a wonderful Thanksgiving dinner for all the guests and there was a free bar in the house. The whole family were always ready to help, very responsive and kind people. The house itself is very cosy, our room ( Gold room) had a little balcony, a TV with lots of films for choice, the bathroom was shared but always clean, Brian kept on cleaning the shared areas every day, the kitchen was spacious and it was very pleasant to spend evenings there drinking tea or wine and chatting with our neighbours (all tourists got friends thanks to our hosts who made the Thanksgiving dinner for us all and made us meet each other). I would highly recommend this place even though it's rather far from Manhattan. The area is full of restaurants, supermarkets and shops. The neighbourhood is quiet and safe.
Thanks for your friendly welcome and hospitality. Good place to stay despite the distance to downtown.
We had a great time in nyc. The room was big and clean and we had an own bathroom. We were able to use the kitchen. The neighborhood was quiet. Everything you need, like a supermarket, as well as the bus stop was a five minutes walk away. It took us 50 minutes to get to the town. Nora and Larry were very friendly. They showed us around when we arrived and even showed us the busstop and the next subway station. We had a great stay!
Our stay at Larrys and Noras house was 4 days long and very nice. We had a neat decorated room with an own bath and got as a welcome present some snacks. Unfortunately we could not get to know them ourselves. Yet Larry was open for all questions via Wimdu and his assistent took care of us very well. It took us approximately 45-60 minutes to go to Manhattan and the next grocery store is 5 walking minutes away. The neighborhood was very nice and quiet. We can really recommend this accommodation. Thank you, Larry, Nora and Brian!
Nora and Larry are very cheerful and helpful people. The suite is clean and very pleasant.
The only disadvantage of this Wimdu offer for people who want to visit NYC is the house's location: it takes about 1 hour to go from the house to, say, Times Square. Although it's not such a big deal since transportation services work all night, this amounts to a great amount of subway time at the end of the stay.
But still, the Emerald Suite is definitely a great offer regarding its very moderate pr e and its quality!
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It's a forged knife, and the thickness at the handle is meaningless - it's an artifact of the process of making the knife. It has no effect on the geometry of the knife. Neither is the thickness of the spine by itself a good indicator of how a knife will perform. Of much more importance is the grind - is there a distal taper, how thin is the knife behind the edge, is the blade flat ground or convexed? I once had a custom chef's knife that was, for all intents and purposes, a flat plate of steel with no perceptible grind at all. It had a sub 3mm spine, so by your criteria, it should have performed well, but it was one of the worst performing knives I've had the misfortune to use.
Unfortunately, it is difficult to measure these things but easy to measure spine thickness, so spine thickness has become an easy way to compare knives, although not a very useful one, in my experience. The same thing happened with Rockwell hardness where it was widely held that the higher the HRc the better, but thankfully that has lost its popularity.
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From myself I could just add that even though you could buy a knife thinner from a custom maker it is very possible it will perform the actual cutting worse than thicker [theoreticaly] japanese knife
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[I'll update my google spreadsheet and post up a final materials & cost assessment here after I finish the build]
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Double DIN bezel (This is actually a USDM part number, not the JDM one, FYI), P/N 66065SC130:
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Last Tuesday the people of the nation spoke clearly and quite eloquently. They said they wanted a voice in their own lives and destinies…they wanted democracy and not some system where decisions are based on the power of wealth. They said that the ordinary citizen would not be ignored or shuffled off to the fringes. The working class stepped up, the young stepped up, the poor stepped up, minorities stepped up and women stepped up, as did many others, to say that people are more important and trump money, wealth and profit.
I was inspired. I had been concerned that people were not going to see through the charade of manipulation and half-truths dominating much of the media. I was concerned that too many would be intimidated into powerlessness by the massive financial resources poured into the campaigns. I should not have been concerned. People saw through the rhetoric and were pushed too far and angered by the blatant attempts at manipulation and voter suppression. The ordinary American citizen stood up and was counted.
Now those same citizens have to finish the work. Big money lost this round, but will simply regroup and find other, more devious, ways to corrupt the democratic process. We must get big money out of our political process.
We must insist that those who have benefited the most, financially, from the system we have all built together, rejoin our community and go back to the old ways of sharing the increases in productivity with the workers as they did during most of the last century. We must re-establish a progressive tax system and go back to the old taxes for the wealthy, which have been reduced by more than 60 percent over the last 60 years.
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Charming Bairro Alto Apartment
Size60 m²
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|Rua Luz Soriano, 1200-248 Lisbon, Portugal
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The one bedroom sleeps 2 guests, and a sofa bed in the living room sleeps 2 more. Both rooms also have a flat-screen TV. Wooden floors throughout give a warm feel, and the colourful, open kitchen allows for self catering. The bathroom includes a walk-in shower.
Alfama is the oldest part of the city and is just over 10 minutes' walk away. It contains the Castle of St. Jorge and the medieval Lisbon Cathedral. The main square of Lisbon is called Rossio and is a 10-minute walk away as well.
The Bairro Alto is Lisbon's most popular nightlife area, full of restaurants, bars, and clubs. Only 5 minutes away on foot is a trendy area with many upscale shops.
House rulesNo smoking. No pets.
Flexible check-in and check-out may be possible depending on availability.
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Reviews of this property
The apartment is in a very good location - walking distance to most places including good cafes, restaurants, bakeries, little supermarket and the metro and 28 tram stop !
It was clean and well equipped and the bed was big and comfortable.
Some cosmetic updates are needed - in the bathroom and bedroom, the stained walls and missing tiles let down the otherwise very pleasing and modern appearance of the space - but I'm sure Miguel will see to these when he is less busy.
I would recommend this place as a good value and pleasant place to stay in Lisbon.
Apartment in a good area but overall with many flaws.
Humidity a bit obvious to all parties (the wall of the bedroom and in particular in the bathroom).
The bathroom, in particular, does not have a good ventilation system and this in some cases is very obvious, with the bad smell that is formed.
In general, the apartment would be great but needs a refresh.
PSVolevo to point out to the owner that the shuttle service Airport / apartment (with his brother's car) to 25 Euro seems excessive to say the least, when the taxi takes 10 Euro.
Nice appartement in the heart of Bairro Alto. Full and even nicer furnished, enough space for 2 people or more. Huge bed, size 160cm x 200.
We had a wonderful stay at Miguel's apartment. It is practical, well furnished and the location is absolutely brilliant. We walked everywhere, except when we visited Belem:)
The bed was extremely comfortable and if you need to catch up on your sleep just close the window shutter all the way down - this makes the bedroom pitch black - we slept till 10.30 on our first day thinking it was only around 7am, bliss!
Amazing stay in Lisbon. Check-in without problems, the same like the check-out. Apartment very nice, tidy and I felt like at home. Close to the Undergroundstation (500m) a lot of Restaurants and Bars arround. Only thing you should keep in mind: it is a aparment without a view over Lisbon. Its more italian like in a small street, but with a very nice atmosphere.
Beautiful apartment located in the heart of Lisbon. The Bairro Alto is very lively at night, restaurants and bars all over the place.
Only 5 minutes walk from the Baixa / Chiado metro and very close to other means of transport (bus, tram). In addition, a small supermarket at the bottom of the street, which is very convenient.
The apartment is very well appointed with everything you need (hairdryer, towels ...).
Perfect apartment for 1 week in Lisbon, Miguel is nice and helpful. Thank you Miguel!
Très bel appartement situé en plein coeur de Lisbonne. Le quartier du Bairro Alto est très vivant la nuit, des restaurants et bars à tous les coins de rue.
A seulement 5 minutes à pieds du métro Baixa/Chiado et très proches des autres moyens de transports (bus, tramway). De plus, une supérette se trouve en bas de la rue, ce qui est très pratique.
L'appartement est très bien agencé avec tout le nécessaire (sèche cheveux, serviettes...).
Appartement parfait pour 1 semaine à Lisbonne, Miguel est gentil et serviable. Merci Miguel!
Thanks too Miguel very nice guy we enjoyed our stay in Lisbon the appartment is super in a very cool area i would go back again, i recommend that place to everybody.Thank you
The apartment holds promise what the images here. Really very tastefully decorated and comfortably furnished. Anyone looking for an apartment with a terrace and views of Lisbon is wrong here, but who wants to enjoy the city life in Bairro Alto is right here. We have enjoyed the time and can only recommend the apartment.
Die Wohnung hält was die Bilder hier versprechen. Wirklich sehr geschmackvoll eingerichtet und komfortabel ausgestattet. Wer einen Wohnung mit Terrasse und Blick über Lissabon sucht ist hier falsch, aber wer das Stadtleben in Bairro Alto genießen will ist hier genau richtig.
Wir haben die Zeit sehr genossen und können die Wohnung nur empfehlen.
Miguel welcomed me to his lovely apartment that is situated right in the centre of Bairro Alto where dozens and dozens of fab restaurants are virtually on the doorstep. Miguel recomended two that I went to and they were excellent. The apartment was perfect for a one week visit. Thank you Miguel.
A cute apartment, offering great comfort with all amenities necessary, nestled amongst the winding streets of Bairro Alto (which is ranked No.12 on TripAdvisor among 184 attractions in Lisbon!) Great bars, restaurants and public transport all in walking distance. Highly recommendable and would definitely stay here again! Thanks Miguel
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WHAT TECHNOLOGY WANTS. Kevin Kelly. x + 406 pp. Viking, 2010. $27.95.
Whether it's intended to be so or not, the title of Kevin Kelly's What Technology Wants is a provocation to most historians of technology, who would reply almost unanimously that technology has no wants or desires. Each tool or machine has latent uses, but each is only an inert object until human beings decide whether and how to use it. In contrast, Kelly talks about technology as a composite whole that emerged before human beings existed and that facilitated their rapid domination of the planet. For him, technology has intentions, and it is radically accelerating evolution.
Kelly has been thinking about technology for most of his life, first as a backpacker wandering the Third World, later as one of the pioneers of what became the Internet, and finally as one of the founders and editors of Wired magazine. He overcame his early suspicion of Western technology largely as a result of his encounter with interactive computer technologies. He was one of several in the counterculture to move from working on the Whole Earth Catalog to celebrating the Internet as a new online facilitator of grassroots movements.
Kelly argues that all technologies, from the stone ax to the computer chip, should be seen as a collectivity—the technium, which is "the greater, global, massively interconnected system of technology vibrating around us" and includes "culture, art, social institutions, and intellectual creations of all types." He coins the term because he wishes to emphasize the idea of technology as an overarching entity that constitutes the equivalent of an evolving "seventh kingdom of life," one that "predated our humanness." Indeed, the "root of the technium can be traced back to the life of an atom." A bird's nest and a wooden shack, a beaver's dam and a dam built by engineers are all manipulations of natural materials to gain an environmental advantage. Rather than see technology as an expression of culture, Kelly argues that a garden, for instance, whether created by ants or human beings, is natural. Yet at the same time he sees technology as primarily being the projection of human ideas, in a process that accelerated suddenly 50,000 years ago when people acquired language. "The invention of language marks the last major transformation in the natural world and also the first transformation in the manufactured world," says Kelly. It was manifested first in the conquest of the habitable world by Homo sapiens and second in the continual addition of new inventions. These in turn assured that material progress has kept accelerating. Moreover, Moore's Law and its like suggest that technology obeys its own laws of development. Therefore, we must "listen to the technology" and learn where it is taking us.
Arguing for convergence and the inevitability of certain paths of development, Kelly draws an analogy with biology: "Again and again evolution returns to a few solutions that work." He is convinced that natural selection is not based on random variation that might lead anywhere, but rather is directional, and he argues that technology also evolves along preordained paths. Technology can thus be said to "want" to develop in certain directions. He thinks the rough sequence of major inventions is largely invariant, and that such devices as the electric light bulb were inevitable, even if the specific details of their form were not. In support of this claim, Kelly points to the frequency of near-simultaneous invention of the same device and to parallels between technical developments in widely separated ancient societies. He seems to believe in something close to platonic forms: "Inventions and discoveries are crystals inherent in the technium, waiting to be manifested."
Kelly claims that what technology wants is to keep evolving, in order to increase each of the following: efficiency, opportunity, emergence, complexity, diversity, specialization, ubiquity, freedom, mutualism, beauty, sentience, structure and evolvability. He does not see inherent contradictions in this list. Will more ubiquitous technologies increase beauty? Does increasing complexity produce greater efficiency? Do more structure and more specialization really ensure more freedom? Does more diversity enable more mutualism (whatever that term means)? Kelly's list seems arbitrary. One might argue with equal plausibility that what technology wants is to eliminate or to dominate human beings and link up with "the technium" in the rest of the universe. Why assume it is benign?
Kelly sees progress, connections and inevitabilities where others would see problematic change, discontinuities and puzzles. If technological sequences are inevitable, then why did the Mayans, the Aztecs and the Incas all fail to develop the wheel? If technological progress is beneficent, then why have we developed so many poisons, computer viruses and weapons of mass destruction? If such progress is inevitable and accelerating, how to explain periods of stagnation or even backsliding, as when the Japanese briefly adopted the gun but then gave it up again for several centuries?
Kelly's book is the latest example of the sort of argument once made by Marshall McLuhan, later favored in the writings of Alvin Toffler, and praised in the 1990s by Newt Gingrich. Those making such arguments seldom look closely at any particular technology, preferring to generalize about a wide range of tools, machines and practices. The almost invariable point is that technologies have an "inevitable" impact on a rather passive humanity, who need not worry because the trajectory of progress is assured. Such authors usually make many pronouncements, and Kelly is no exception—his include "technologies are forever," "Homo sapiens is a tendency, not an entity," and "the universe is mostly empty because it is waiting to be filled with the products of life and the technium."
The notion that technology has its own agenda, forcing inevitable progress, is a dangerous one. If you believe it, then there is little need for—indeed, little point in—regulation or oversight. Either get out of the way or help technology do its thing. Or, alternatively, you can believe in this idea and therefore fear technology. Kelly devotes a chapter to the Unabomber and agrees with him, in part: "The Unabomber is right that technology is a holistic, self-perpetuating machine." But Kelly argues that there is no need for a Luddite response, for the technium increases choice and fosters diversity more than it constrains freedom. Paradoxically, he also thinks that humanity is at a tipping point "where the technium's ability to alter us exceeds our ability to alter the technium." If the machinery is taking over, why should we expect our choices to expand?
For Kelly, not only is the glass half full, but also the invention of the glass was inevitable, the water is safe to drink, its level is rising, and it is part of an inevitable evolution toward more complex technologies to supply us with better fluids. Kelly seems to worry little about whether the glass may be half empty, the water may contain toxins, the mass production of glasses may pose a problem of waste, or our current consumption of water may be unsustainable. What Technology Wants is a book for people who believe, or want to believe, that technology is a coherent whole, that it grows out of nature and natural law, that it has its own trajectory, that it expresses a beneficent intentionality, that the sequence of its forms is inevitable, that the direction of its growth is predetermined and leads toward ever greater complexity and diversity, and that human beings have benefited and will continue to benefit as the technium accelerates. I am not convinced that any of these propositions are true, although Kelly does deserve credit for stitching together this synthesis that suggests the ideological links between the counterculture of the 1970s and the technoculture of Silicon Valley. I do not think there is any such thing as "the technium," a woolly concept that is so capacious that it includes almost everything and therefore can define nothing. And even if I did believe that it existed, I would not argue that it "contains more goodness than anything else we know." Nor do I agree that "we can see more of God in a cell phone than in a tree frog." Most cell phones are on the scrap heap within two years of their manufacture, whereas tree frogs, which are disappearing at an alarming rate, survived millions of years before human beings began to wipe out species and destroy whole ecologies.
Kelly does acknowledge precisely this point early in the book:
Nothing we have made approaches the endurance of the least living thing. Many digital technologies have shorter life spans than individual mayflies, let alone species.
Likewise, he acknowledges global warming, nuclear weapons and other technological dangers, as though admitting their existence somehow neutralized them. I find myself thinking of the Beatles song "Getting Better": Paul McCartney keeps insisting, "It's getting better all the time," but John Lennon interjects, "It can't get no worse." An argument for technological determinism could use a bit of that irony.
David E. Nye teaches at the University of Southern Denmark. He received the Leonardo da Vinci Prize in 2005 for his many books on technology and culture. His recent work includes Technology Matters (2006) and When the Lights Went Out (2010), both from The MIT Press.
You can find this online at http://www.americanscientist.org/bookshelf/pub/getting-better-all-the-time
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Did you ever hear of or have a healthy hive just crashing for no apparent reason? I did. And thats why I think genetic selection and splitting off your survivor hives will be the key to beekeeping in the future. Whether you use FGMO, small cell, or anything else, it wont matter in the long run, without survivor bred bees.
I will say that those using small-cell regression are selecting survivor traits as part of this procedure. And maybe that has more to do with it than anything else. FGMO, and others do not.
Even low mite levels can cause a hive to crash. I believe achieving low mite counts will limit the damage but the damage will still be there. I'm talking about the 12 to 20 (you hear different numbers published) viruses that the mite and other parasites can inject into the hive. Research and the understanding of these viruses is very incomplete. I never even heard of "disappearing bee syndrome" until this year.
The one thing you hear about is that no matter what method you use, ie. small-cell, etc, you will still have a small amount of mites present. One mite infecting one bee, feeding and infecting one queen, perhaps means infected brood and a dead hive. Researchers are not even sure in some cases how these viruses spread throughout the hive.
Remember, its not the mites that are sucking these bees to death all the time, its what is transmitted by them. Genetic selection and being able to cope with these viruses is the next step as total elimination of mites is useless.
This is from a beekeepers thoughts, not a research scientist. so what do you think or know?


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Not being an artist, I don't have anything terribly useful to add to those art guidelines, but I would say this to aspiring 2000AD script-writers:
Take the "twist ending" of your Future Shock and put it at the bottom of page one. Then explore the ramifications. Instead of the punchline, make the twist your premise. Trust me, your story will be 1000% more interesting, and more personal. Find your own voice.
It also occurs to me that I sent a "mission statement" to all the established 2000AD writers and artists as soon as I was appointed Editor in the year 2000, right when Rebellion bought the comic, and it hasn't been easily accessible online since.
Somebody quoted me the "shot glass of rocket fuel" line at Thought Bubble last month, and it's being discussed on Twitter right now, so I thought it might be worth publishing that mission statement in its raw, unedited form. I'm not the same man I was back then (I would hope I'm slightly more self-aware and diplomatic these days) but, for what it's worth, it was very much written from the heart.
Here's how I felt about 2000AD in July 2000:
A call-to-arms for 2000 AD's creators
"2000 AD just isn't as good as it used to be." That seems to be the consensus opinion of the 25,000 readers who have stuck with us over the last 23 years… not to mention the 100,000 who have abandoned the comic during that time. Sure, nostalgia plays a part, but that's not the whole story. On the whole, I think 2000 AD is better right now than it has been for several years – but at the same time, I can read progs from 20 years ago that still pack more of a punch than some of the stuff we're publishing now. So what's gone wrong?
2000 AD was created with a powerful sense of energy and vision – you can still feel it in those early progs. But over the years, that original vision has become diluted. For quite a while now, 2000 AD seems to have been running on autopilot, and somebody needs to stand up and question whether it's actually heading in the right direction.
I believe that if it ain't broke, don't fix it. But if it is broke, we'd better figure out what's wrong, and fix it - sharpish! That's what this document is all about. I believe we can make 2000 AD a lot more fun and exciting than it is at the moment.
What follows is basically my vision for the future of 2000 AD, and the kind of stories I think we should be publishing. It would be naïve of me simply to try and set the clock back to 1977 – the world, the market and the readers have obviously changed radically since then – but a lot of the core values of those early days are sorely missing now. 2000 AD used to appeal to readers young and old alike – and it should do again. I really believe that if we can put some of that energy, that imagination and that attitude back into the great work we're already doing, we can once more make 2000 AD a creative force to be reckoned with.
2000 AD readers talk about getting their weekly 'hit' or 'fix' of Thrill-power, and they're only half joking. The comic should be a drug; a jolt of raw, unrefined energy and imagination. We aren't there just to raise a faint ironic smile on the readers' lips; we should blast them into a whole new reality! 2000 AD should be fast, dense, bizarre, twisted, funny, insane, rebellious, dark, ironic, imaginative and exciting! We should blow the readers' minds wide open, and give them something they can't get anywhere else!
What we should not be is bland, derivative and familiar. 2000 AD should be the comic other people copy, not the other way round.
We may all have different ideas of what 2000 AD is all about, or what it should be. I think it's the editor's job to provide a vision for the comic, a common goal for us all to aim for. So let's get down to the basics, and build it up from there.
2000 AD IS A SCI-FI ACTION COMIC. The three pillars of its foundation are sci-fi, action (ie. violence!) and humour. Any story that doesn't include all three is liable to run into trouble… unless it's very, very good! Almost all the stories in 2000 AD include some element of humour, but out-and-out comedy strips that don't put an emphasis on physical action and jeopardy tend to get crucified by the readers.
I want to make the readers happy… because I'm one of them. I'm a 2000 AD fan. I want to publish the kind of stories I like. The kind of stories that blew the back of my head off 20 years ago, and have kept me hooked ever since. Let's give 2000 AD its balls back.
What follows is a general call-to-arms for every 2000 AD creator. Much of it is undoubtedly grandmother/eggs stuff, but it never hurts to re-state the obvious…
One of the reasons ex-2000 AD writers have been so successful in the American comics market is that 2000 AD (and the whole British boys' adventure market of old) teaches writers how to condense. When you can tell a complete action story with a beginning, middle and end (and a point!) in five pages, you've cracked the art of comics writing. So let's keep it dense, tight, snapping along at a cracking pace. Never use two panels (or pages, or episodes!) where one will do. In comics, less really is more. Condensing the action down into the least possible number of panels actually increases the drama; it's like a form of distillation. Boil that barrel of beer down into a shot-glass of rocket fuel!
Atmosphere is all well and good, but when it takes six panels for somebody to find their car keys, the readers just aren't getting their money's worth.
The best 2000 AD series are based around a single character with a strong defining motivation, simple enough to be summed up in a single sentence. For example, "He's Dirty Harry in New York of the future; judge, jury and executioner!" or "He's a genetically engineered soldier who goes AWOL to search for the traitor who killed his fellow GIs;" or "She's an ordinary girl living in a futuristic slum who dreams of just getting out."
Plot and setting are important, but still very much secondary to the core character concept: Who is the hero, and what does he/she want?
There are too many 'talking heads' stories in 2000 AD. There's nothing wrong with good dialogue and character interaction, but conversation itself must never be the be-all and end-all of the story. Stories must unfold though visual action, not verbal exposition. The rule of thumb is; no more than three balloons/captions per panel, and no more than 25 words per balloon/caption.
If a casual browser leafs through the pages of 2000 AD and just sees a succession of talking heads, he'll probably put it straight back on the shelf. If he sees big, eye-grabbing visuals, weird locations, cool-looking hardware and exciting action, he might just stop and read it long enough to decide whether he wants to buy it.
This applies to characters as much as situations. 2000 AD used to be full of bizarre-looking aliens, cyborgs, robots, freaks and mutants – and they were the heroes! Nowadays, most of our characters look like they just stepped out of a mainstream Hollywood movie. Let's remember to create characters with a bold and unique visual style.
Comics is a visual medium, and we've only got five or six pages to grab the reader and give him that hit. Writers need to give the artists plenty of incredible, dynamic images to draw which will fire their imaginations. Okay, so we can't expect a big, in-yer-face 'money shot' (so to speak) on every page… but let's aim for one on every other page, where possible – especially for the cliffhangers. Speaking of which…
2000 AD is an action comic, remember. It's in danger of becoming too 'sophisticated' for its own good. Sure, a touch of knowing irony is one of the key ingredients for a successful 2000 AD story - but at the same time, we should never be too 'sophisticated' to go for the big, cheesy, grab-'em-by-the-balls cliffhanger. There used to be an energy and rawness to the action which is missing nowadays. It's all part of the 'hit' the readers crave – they want thrills, dammit!
End every episode on a high note, and leave the readers gagging to find out what happens next. It's the only way to maintain a weekly readership. If they don't care, why should they pick up the next issue?
Another of the dangers of becoming too 'sophisticated' or, dare I say it, 'mature' (shudder) is that it can stifle the imagination. If, when you're writing a story, there's a little voice inside your head saying, "Yeah, but that would probably never happen in real life," take it out and shoot it! We need to take the readers to the weirdest, most whacked-out fringes of our fevered imaginations. That's what they're paying us for!
We should give the readers something they can't get anywhere else – be it movies, TV, video games, whatever. When 2000 AD looks bland and conventional compared to the average computer game, we're in trouble. First and foremost, let's BE ORIGINAL!
So there you go, that's what I'd like us all to aim for. Shouldn't be a problem – most of the creators I've spoken to have echoed similar sentiments. The fact is, everybody loves 2000 AD – they just don't all love what it has turned into. I think the comic has been steadily improving over the last few years, so we're heading in the right direction. Now that 2000 AD has a new look, a new editor and a new owner, let's have some fun with it!
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The Song Remains The Same, (The Rover intro) Sick Again, Nobody's Fault But Mine, In My Time of Dying, Since I've Been Loving You, No Quarter, Ten Years Gone, Battle of Evermore, Going to California, Black Country Woman, Bron-Y-Aur Stomp, White Summer ~ Black Mountainside, Kashmir, (Out On the Tiles intro) Moby Dick, Jimmy Page solo, Achilles Last Stand, Stairway to Heaven, Whole Lotta Love ~ Rock and Roll.
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Press Reviews: MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, NYC [6/7/77]- The cheers and fireworks were deafening as Led Zeppelin's sold-out six-concert engagement got off to an explosive start here. Newer "heavy metal" rock bands have been racking up impressive attendances and grosses in recent years, but few in operation today can match the crowd impact of these nine-year veterans of the large scale concert tour. Zeppelin's main strength is still the skill of its individual musicians, notably lead guitarist and mentor Jimmy Page. His versatility was demonstrated by facile fingerpicking on the twelve-stringed electric for "The Song Remains The Same," as well as tasteful acoustic backing of Robert Plant's lead vocal on "Going To California," part of an acoustical set that included the very unusual "Battle of Evermore" from the band's [fourth] album.
John Paul Jones is a jack of all trades, playing a solid, reserved bass in addition to various keyboards, strings and bass pedals. His feature of the evening was the dreamy "No Quarter," for which he played synthesized piano in the midst of the effective dry-ice fog.
The concert's major energy contributor was drummer John Bonham, who specialized in imaginative embellishment and occasional telepathic explosions of rhythmic chaos with Page.
Special lighting effects included a pyramid of green lasers surrounding 'a solitary Page, and directed spots which gave Plant the look of a blue elf with flaming I golden hair at the outset of the three-hour set's close, "Stairway To Heaven." The show was not without its weak points, however. The sound was completely unbalanced for the first twenty minutes, creating a very disturbing distortion at high volume. Once the mix was clear, there were additional slow spots, especially lengthy, self-indulgent solos by Page and Bonham.
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Press Review: Some rock bands have fans, others have admirers and still others have followers. But Led Zeppelin is the last great rock band who's minions can be considered true believers.
Believing in Led Zeppelin makes its audience a unified community, which is rare in rock these days. The decline of rock as a social phenomenon and its development as big business has made the likelihood of such sentiment obsolete. Led Zeppelin is the only exception. The nearly 20,000 believers who filled Madison Square Garden light night (June 7th) for the first of six sold-out shows were part of rock's largest fraternity. A passion for Led Zeppelin is enough to establish communications, if not necessarily friendship, among a large segment of today's teenagers.
The audience displayed restraint that bordered on saintliness during the one-hour delay before the concert started. No announcement or explanation was offered. But a substantial number of people did show stupidity bordering on sadism in greeting the band with an assault of fireworks that made the Garden seem like Da Nang, The explosions faded after a few songs when singer Robert Plant exerted his moral authority by requesting that those offenders "cool the firecrackers – no more of those exploding things."
After that, most of the explosions were from the stage, where Led Zeppelin proved that it was worthy of the adoration bestowed upon it. The 8-year old band virtually invented what has become known as heavy-metal rock, an English combination of blues structures and ear-splitting volume. But the band has grown with the times. Rather than relying on its earlier style of rock-to-break-your-kneecaps-with once represented by songs like Whole Lotta Love, Led Zeppelin performed a nearly three-hour set notable for its variety, sophistication and depth.
Each member of this quartet added something special to the band's sound. Singer Robert Plant, a tall, muscular, golden-haired man whose unbutton shirt proudly revealed the best developed pectoral muscles in rock, sand with his usually effective rasp. He maintained pitch and melody well and exuded by a gregariousness and intensity. Lead guitarist Jimmy Page is one of rock's legends. His playing was busy, wiry, sometimes scattershot. On In My Time of Dying, he continually shifted the emphasis of the dynamics until he built to an attention-riveting, machine gun-like finish.
No Quarter was the vehicle for versatile John Paul Jones. On that tune, he performed on keyboards, alternating between spacey abstraction and kinetic surges of energy. His performance blended the styles of Keith Jarrett, Huey Smith, Beethoven, and B. Bumble and the Stingers. Drummer John Bonham, meanwhile, played with deceptive subtlety. His cannonball approach made use of empty space on In My Time of Dying, that propelled the other musicians without overpowering them.
So while many in the audience enjoyed the show simply because being there conferred status on the high school ladder, Zeppelin pleased its older fans by playing with both complexity and poignance. (D. Marsh, Newsday- June 1977)
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This is the first of a six-night stand in New York and a really good show at that. In My Time Of Dying was dedicated to the British Queen. "Tonight is the beginning of the celebration of Queen Elizabeth II's Silver Jubilee, and that's heavy thing for us, so we'll do this one for Liz!" said Plant to the noisy audience. Kashmir is a little sloppy but the whole show is really powerful and Jimmy is on fire in Achilles Last Stand. The drumming is very sloppy in Stairway To Heaven and everyone chases each other through Rock And Roll, which makes for a very bizarre arrangement.


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Frequently Asked Questions - Sterilization — Packaging and Storage
- What types of packaging materials are available for sterilizing instruments?
- Types and Use of Sterilization Packaging Materials
- Can cassettes be used for sterilizing instruments?
- How should items be stored following sterilization?
- What is the shelf-life of sterilized instruments?
- References
What types of packaging materials are available for sterilizing instruments?
Packaging materials (e.g., wrapped or container systems) allow penetration of the sterilization agent and maintain sterility of the processed item after sterilization. Materials for maintaining sterility of instruments during transport and storage include wrapped perforated instrument cassettes, peel pouches of plastic or paper, and sterilization wraps (which can be either woven or unwoven). Packaging materials should be designed for the type of sterilization process being used. Packaging materials also should be appropriate for the items being sterilized. For example, nonpaper materials should be used to package sharp instruments which can easily puncture paper packaging. Avoid using metal closures (e.g., staples, paper clips) that can puncture packaging materials. A chemical indicator/integrator should be placed among the instruments, inside the package, as well as on the outside of each package (see FAQ Sterilization – Monitoring).Top of Page
Types and Use of Sterilization Packaging Materials
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|Should allow steam to penetrate.
Paper peel packages
Wrapped perforated cassettes
|Dry heat
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Should not be destroyed by temperature used.
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Aluminum foil
Polyfilm plastic tubing
Wrapped perforated cassettes
|Unsaturated chemical vapor
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Vapors should not react with packaging material.
Plastics should not contact sides of sterilizer.
|Wrapped perforated cassettes
Paper peel pouches
Can cassettes be used for sterilizing instruments?
The use of instrument cassettes facilitates instrument processing and can greatly enhance the organization of instruments. It also keeps all the instruments for a specific procedure together from the chairside procedure through cleaning, rinsing, drying, and sterilization. Following completion of dental treatment, instruments can be arranged in the cassette, transported to the instrument processing area, and placed in the ultrasonic cleaner as a unit. The cassette also can be rinsed and dried in this manner. In addition, a cassette system can reduce direct handling of potentially contaminated instruments before sterilization. Furthermore, instruments prearranged in the cassette will require less handling following sterilization.
Different types of cassettes are available. It is important to follow the manufacturer's recommendations for cleaning, wrapping, and sterilizing the cassettes. Perforated cassettes are preferable, since completely solid containers will not allow steam or chemical vapor to reach the contents and allow sterilization to occur. Cassettes can occupy more space than individual packages, so you should consider the size of the sterilizer and amount of storage space available before purchasing any cassette systems.Top of Page
How should items be stored following sterilization?
Sterile items and disposable (single-use) items should be stored in an enclosed storage area (e.g., cabinet or drawer). Dental supplies and instruments should not be stored under sinks or in other locations where they might become wet. Sterilized items should remain wrapped until they are needed for use.
Unwrapped items are susceptible to contamination. Avoid storing items loose in drawers or cabinets because unwrapped items cannot be kept sterile. Items stored in this manner are subject to contamination from dust, aerosols generated during treatment, and the hands of personnel who must handle them.Top of Page
What is the shelf-life of sterilized instruments?
Sterilized instruments should be stored in a manner that preserves the integrity of the packaging material. Storage practices can be either date- or event-related. Although some facilities continue to date every sterilized package and use shelf-life practices (first in, first out), other facilities have switched to event-related practices. This approach recognizes that the product should remain sterile until some event causes the item to become contaminated (e.g., a package becomes torn or wet). The quality of the packaging material, the conditions under which items are stored and transported, and the amount that they are handled all affect the chances that the package and its contents will remain sterile. All packages containing sterile items should be inspected before use to verify barrier integrity and dryness. Any package that is wet, torn, dropped on the floor, or damaged in any way should not be used. The instruments should be recleaned, packaged in new wrap, and sterilized again.
Even for event-related packaging, the date of sterilization should be placed on the package. If multiple sterilizers are used in the facility, the sterilizer used should also be indicated on the outside of the packaging material. This information can facilitate retrieval of processed items in the event of a sterilization failure.Top of Page
Selected References and Additional Resources
Association of Operating Room Nurses. Recommended practices for sterilization in perioperative practice settings. In: Fogg D, Parker N, Shevlin D, eds. Standards, Recommended Practices, and Guidelines, Denver: AORN, 2002;333–342.
Butt WE, Bradley DV Jr, Mayhew RB, Schwartz RS. Evaluation of the shelf life of sterile instrument packs. Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology 1991;72:650–654.
CDC. Guidelines for Infection Control in Dental Health-Care Settings, 2003. MMWR, December 19, 2003:52(RR–17).
Harte JA, Molinari JA. Instrument Processing and Recirculation. In: Molinari JA, Harte JA, eds. Practical Infection Control in Dentistry, 3rd ed. Baltimore: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2010;221–231.
Klapes NA, Greene VW, Angholz AC, Hunstiger C. Effect of long-term storage on sterile status of devices in surgical packs. Infection Control 1987;8:289–293.
Mayworm D. Sterile shelf life and expiration dating. Journal of Hospital Supply, Processing, and Distribution 1984;2:32–35.
Miller CH, Palenik CJ. Instrument processing. In: Miller CH, Palenik CJ, eds. Infection Control and Management of Hazardous Materials for the Dental Team, 2nd ed. St. Louis: Mosby, 1998;135–174.
Miller CH, Palenik CJ. Sterilization, disinfection, and asepsis in dentistry. In: Block SS, ed. Disinfection, Sterilization, and Preservation, 5th ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2001;1049–1068.
Molinari JA, Rosen S, Runnells RR. Heat sterilization and monitoring. In: Cottone JA, Terexhalmy GT, Molinari JA, eds. Practical Infection Control in Dentistry, 2nd ed. Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins, 1996;149–160.
Schwartz RS, Butt WE, Bradley DV, Mayhew RB. Safe storage times for sterile dental packs. Military Medicine 1992;157:406–409.
Schwartz RS, Davis RD. Safe storage times for sterile dental packs. Oral Surgery 1990;70:297–300.
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