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Dumb Politics, Smart Business
"[In 1996], Fox launched just a few months after MSNBC, which--due to the backing of Microsoft and NBC News--was deemed by media critics as a more credible competitor to CNN. But Murdoch had given Ailes a mandate: Do whatever you can to beat CNN. And Ailes thought he had a solid strategy to do so, reasoning that the conservative hordes who flocked to talk radio were being underserved by CNN, which had a perceived liberal bias. Give those conservatives a home on cable TV, Aisles' reasoning went, one that serves up both openly conservative opinion and conservative-slanted reporting that is thinly veiled as "straight" news, and they'll become habitual watchers."
-- Joe Muto, "An Atheist in the FOXhole: A Liberal's Eight-Year Odyssey Inside the Heart of the Right-Wing Media," pg. 57. (Yes, I'm reading this book at lunch every day.)
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Here is mine friendt, custos Arne, who has made a road for himself, for to drive along his own genius to the demple of fame.'
The agitation caused by the Schut and custos affair had subsided.
It must have been her doing, else the custos would never have refused such a tempting offer.
The custos read it all over slowly and carefully, weighing every word.
The custos received us with as much freedom as the dignity of his numerous offices would admit of.
The fourth dignitary is the treasurer (custos, sacrista, cheficier).
The Tower recognized no authority of jurisdiction except in its own constable, who was qualified as custos turris.
There were only two letters in the bag, with a newspaper; and all three were for the custos himself.
He was custos of the imperial library at Vienna, and was a popular author.
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South Dakota Safety Council: Alive at 25
In May of 2008, the South Dakota Department of Public Safety helped launch Alive at 25. It's a classroom-based defensive driving course designed for people under the age of 25. This course has a proven track record for diminishing crash statistics among those who take the class. However, this course does not qualify for the purpose of reducing the number of days a minor must hold an instruction permit. The course also does not qualify as a waiver for the knowledge or drive tests.
Educational Opportunities
The links below are a few examples of the online driver education courses available. The State of South Dakota does not review, approve, or certify any online courses and, although these courses can be a great tool, they do not qualify for the purpose of reducing the number of days a minor must hold an instruction permit (the permit still needs to be held 180 days versus 90 days for a state-approved driver education course). The online courses also do not qualify as a waiver for the knowledge or drive tests.
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Karen Mills, President Obama's head of the Small Business Administration, has announced that she will be stepping down after four years on the job.
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Are we just human-sized bundles of molecules locked in orbit, with the occasional collision to add change and meaning?
We are facing years of sluggish growth and elevated unemployment with occasional dips into recession.
The notorious vixen has been in her share of controversies before—and had even supported the occasional dictator.
Julien had trouble competing in the flamboyance category with his occasional air show mate, Bessie Coleman.
His occasional lazy generalizations regarding a supposed Arab psyche are also not of much use.
I take it we want to play an occasional rag on the Gold bedroom?
This was safe practice, be the cause of her occasional discomposure what it might.
The bird is apparently an occasional migrant to western Micronesia.
An occasional letter from her might have prevented this step.
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Mastery of emotional balance can be yours with a simple technique and plenty of practice
You've been there, buried in work with rapidly approaching deadlines. Or the car breaks down on the freeway. Or the furnace goes out in the dead of winter. Or the kids run screaming through the house, markers in hand as you trip over a toy, spilling groceries across the kitchen floor. Real life: raw, frustrating and painful.
I've spent a lot of years reading spiritual texts and practicing numerous meditative and contemplative techniques. I like the meditative frame of mind, I like the anchor it provides to deeper places and I enjoy the occasional transcendent experience, but life can throw you off balance.
Life is work and family and chaos. Every day my sanity is tested. Every day I need to reach in and find calm and emotional balance.
I integrate centering moments into my day with a technique I call Flash Mindfulness.
I started the technique years ago as a mason laborer.
I spent one hot summer carrying brick and bags of cement over job sites, mixing mortar and keeping a crew of masons supplied as they worked.
The job paid well but it was brutal. Every day was a physical challenge and an emotional gauntlet. From dawn to evening I had a gang of blue-collar guys screaming at me, cursing me and berating me in fantastically crude, imaginative ways.
When my anger and frustration rose toward an unmanageable level, I began a purposeful practice of taking several deep breaths and changing my perspective. It worked. Everyone lived through the summer. I never broke a shovel over anyone's head, despite the daily temptation.
At the end of the season, the crew even bought me beers, toasting me as one of their best laborers. It was a hard experience but I walked away stronger and learned to stay calm one brick, one exercise at a time.
I kept working to control my temper. Every time I let anger overcome me, I later reviewed my failing and continued refining the technique. As the technique matured, I used it to combat stress, anxiety and other emotional obstacles.
The technique boils down to four simple steps:
- Trigger
The trigger is the most important part of the technique. Emotion tends to narrow the focus of your mind, blotting out everything but its focal point. You have to remind yourself again and again to pay attention to your emotions and notice a coming storm.
When you're becoming angry, stressed or emotionally overwhelmed, note the moment by naming the emotion. Say Angry, Stressed or Worried to yourself. Naming the emotion gives you power over it. With that power you trigger the technique.
- Breath
Take two or three long, deep breaths as you imagine your mind's eyes rising through the air. With every breath, a single point of awareness ascends into the sky or to the ceiling.
- Perspective
From above, imagine yourself looking down on the scene. See yourself and others standing about small and fragile, squabbling and crying like children or bugs or bunnies or whatever little thing you wish.
See it for what it is: nothing in the greater world, nothing worth fighting, crying or worrying over, just tempests of emotion.
Exhale. Imagine the emotion blowing away,
Inhale. Imagine a cool stream of calm and strength flow in.
- Descent
Imagine your mind's eye descending, holding that higher perspective.
Roll your shoulders, shake your head and move on with the day.
That's it.
Play around with the components. Find what works for you. If you learn to recognize the rise of an emotional storm and pull the trigger, you're most of the way to mastery.
The whole exercise should take less than 30 seconds, yet with it you can remove the clutter of hampering emotion, regain your balance and earn more space for calm and happiness.
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Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen was the first museum in the Netherlands to launch its own video channel on the Internet. Since October 2009 ArtTube is regularly updated with up-to-the-minute and historical videos on art and design.
'From ... with love' series
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen's staff often travel for work. In the "From .. with Love" series they report back from their trips.
New on ArtTube: From Stockholm with love
A video about the research on the paintings of Anthony van Dyck for the exhibition Masterwork or Copy? Until 14 February the results are on view at the museum.
Boijmans Megastructures
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen presents more than twenty-five exhibitions each year. Boijmans Megastructures show the work behind the scenes and in addition pays homage to these men and women for all their strength, expertise and inventivity.
The ArtTube-team is shooting a new Megastructure-video about the exhibition Divided Divided, including an interview with the artist. The video will be launched shortly after the opening of Divided Divided and will be on view at the exhibition.
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 '''[[Conference_Handbook|Conference Handbook]] - Tutorial Chair Duties'''

 The Tutorial Chair is responsible for requesting tutorial proposals and making final selections. When appropriate, the tutorial chair can recruit a small committee to help evaluate the proposals and make final decisions. In years when more than one person co-chair, this might not be necessary.

 The Tutorial Chair decides on dates for tutorial proposal submission, for making decisions, and for the deliverables from presenters. Dates should be coordinated with the conference chair and local organizers. The main things to find out is when the one page tutorial abstracts go out to press from the publications chair and when
 the local organizers plan to print the handouts for the tutorial. Soon after the tutorials are accepted, a short description should be sent to the local organizers to pos on the conference website and to the publicity chairs for further dissemination.

 Special presentation and computer requirements should be communicated to the local organizers.

 Samples calls for bids appear in [[Tutorial calls for proposals (Conference Handbook)|calls for tutorial proposals]]. Information about recent tutorials and attendance can be used to decide which tutorials are likely to be of interest. Balance between different topic areas and diversity in presenters is desirable, but not strictly necessary.

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Guideline Information for Providers
Safe Prescribing Saves Lives
Chronic pain is common, multidimensional, and individualized, and treatment can be challenging for healthcare providers as well as patients. In response to the critical need for consistent and current opioid prescribing guidelines, the CDC released the new Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain.
Since 1999, opioid prescriptions have quadrupled, and over 183,000 people have died from prescription opioids.1,2 These new recommendations focus on clinical practice and provide evidence and guidance to improve how these drugs are prescribed—and ultimately improve patient care.
What is the purpose of the new guideline?
The guideline helps providers make informed decisions about pain treatment for patients 18 and older in primary care settings. The recommendations focus on the use of opioids in treating chronic pain—pain lasting longer than three months or past the time of normal tissue healing. The guideline is not intended for patients who are in active cancer treatment, palliative care, or end-of-life care.
Opioids pose a risk to all patients. The guideline encourages providers to implement best practices for responsible prescribing.
Use nonopioid therapies
Use nonpharmacologic therapies (such as exercise and cognitive behavioral therapy) and nonopioid pharmacologic therapies (such as anti-inflammatories) for chronic pain. Don't use opioids routinely for chronic pain. When opioids are used, combine them with nonpharmacologic or nonopioid pharmacologic therapy, as appropriate, to provide greater benefits.
Start low and go slow
When opioids are used, prescribe the lowest possible effective dosage and start with immediate-release opioids instead of extended-release/long-acting opioids. Only provide the quantity needed for the expected duration of pain.
Regularly monitor patients to make sure opioids are improving pain and function without causing harm. If benefits do not outweigh harms, optimize other therapies and work with patients to taper or reduce dosage and discontinue, if needed.
What's included in the guideline?
The guideline addresses patient-centered clinical practices including conducting thorough assessments, considering all possible treatments, closely monitoring risks, and safely discontinuing opioids. The three main focus areas in the guideline include:
- Determining when to initiate or continue opioids for chronic pain
- Selection of non-pharmacologic therapy, non-opioid pharmacologic therapy, opioid therapy
- Establishment of treatment goals
- Discussion of risks and benefits of therapy with patients
- Opioid selection, dosage, duration, follow-up and discontinuation
- Selection of immediate-release or extended-release and long-acting opioids
- Dosage considerations
- Duration of treatment
- Considerations for follow-up and discontinuation of opioid therapy
- Assessing risk and addressing harms of opioid use
- Evaluation of risk factors for opioid-related harms and ways to mitigate/reduce patient risk
- Review of prescription drug monitoring program (PDMP) data
- Use of urine drug testing
- Considerations for co-prescribing benzodiazepines
- Arrangement of treatment for opioid use disorder
What's new in the CDC Guideline?
Dosage Recommendations
The dosage recommendations for exercising caution are lower than older opioid prescribing guidelines. Higher doses of opioids are associated with higher risk of overdose and death—even relatively low doses (20-50 morphine milligram equivalents (MME) per day) increase risk.
Assessing Risks and Harms
Previous guidelines focused safety precautions on "high risk patients," however, opioids pose risk to all patients, and currently available tools cannot rule out risk for abuse or other serious harm. The CDC guideline provides recommendations on providing safer care for all patients. The guideline also encourages use of recent technological advances, such as state prescription drug monitoring programs.
Monitoring and Discontinuing
The guideline provides more specific recommendations compared to previous guidelines on monitoring and discontinuing opioids when risks and harms outweigh benefits.
What else is CDC doing?
The new prescribing guideline is just one of the strategies to reduce the number of people who suffer from opioid use disorder or overdose related to these drugs. Other efforts include:
- Enhancing and maximizing the use of PDMPs
- Helping states scale up effective programs through the Prevention for States program
- Conducting policy evaluations
- Developing and implementing Rapid Response Projects
- Improving data quality and tracking trends to monitor the epidemic
COCA Call Webinar Series
CDC's National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC) has partnered with CDC's Clinician Outreach and Communication Activity (COCA) and the University of Washington to present a webinar series about the CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain. This series is intended to use a data-driven approach to help providers choose the most effective pain treatment options and improve the safety of opioid prescribing for chronic pain. The primary objective is to provide informative, case-based content that will demonstrate and instruct participants on how the 12 recommendations of the CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain can be incorporated and applied in a primary care practice setting.
The COCA Call series will be held live on the specified dates below, from 2:00 to 3:00 PM ET. Click on the webinar title for participant information and materials, as well as the archived, on-demand recordings after each live webcast.
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|June 22, 2016
|Overview of the CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain
|July 27, 2016
|Nonopioid Treatments for Chronic Pain
|August 3, 2016
|Assessing Benefits and Harms of Opioid Therapy
|August 17, 2016
|Dosing and Titration of Opioids
|November 29, 2016
|Assessment for Opioid Use Disorder and Referral to Evidence-Based Treatment
|December 6, 2016
|Risk Mitigation Strategies: PDMPs, UDT, and Naloxone
|December 13, 2016
|Effective Communication with Patients About Opioid Therapy
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Additional Resources
Poison Help & Treatment Locator
If you suspect your patient has a substance abuse issue, refer them to SAMHSA's National Helpline at 1-800-662-HELP (4357) or SAMHSA's Behavioral Health Treatment Services Locator.
- Rudd RA, Seth P, David F, Scholl L. Increases in Drug and Opioid-Involved Overdose Deaths — United States, 2010–2015. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. ePub: 16 December 2016. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm6550e1.
- CDC. Wide-ranging online data for epidemiologic research (WONDER). Atlanta, GA: CDC, National Center for Health Statistics; 2016. Available at http://wonder.cdc.gov.
- Page last reviewed: February 9, 2017
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Gabriela ?Gabi? Perezutti may live in New York City now, but her identity lies deep in Uruguay, her childhood home. Gabi?s style incorporates traditional equestrian and gaucho influences, but blends in the edgier elements of NYC. Candela has evolved into a unique woman?s ready-to-wear line and footwear collection ripe with gaucho sway and signs of modern urban life.


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London's Ruby Goe's brand new single "Badman" is as completely unexpected as it is completely genius. The track starts slow with downtempo baselines then teases Calvin Harris' style synth and piano work but never fully breaks into your typical euphoric club-anthem production—Instead, it maintains a steady groove and an alluring vibe throughout the song that showcases Goe's sultry voice over afflicting lyrics of betrayal and loss."You're a Badman bury me under the willow, your betrayal hitting me, blow by blow" she croons as the stuttering pianos slowly burn in the background.
The video, shot by fashion photographer Thomas Knights (Vogue Italia, LOVE, Dazed & Confused) continues the story as we follow Ruby strutting alone in the dessert then later, true to the lyrics, she meets her demise as she's buried alive under a willow(?).
During my brief introduction to Ruby Goe last year (here) I mentioned that I was expecting great things from her…this track solidifies that statemet.
Ruby Goe has arrive. So "Get on it, on it!"
"Badman" will be released in July via Ruby's own record label Goe Music with a remix package that include tracks by Roska, Tuff Love, Surge and EelEye follow by her debut album later in the year.
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First Cruise Made Me Hungry For More!: Carnival Spirit Cruise Review by Podie
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First Cruise Made Me Hungry For More!
Destination: Alaska
Embarkation: Vancouver
I was super excited to be one of the first to board. We took a quick tour of the ship and went up to the Lido deck for lunch. The Asian meal was decent. We could finally enter our cabin at 1:30, we heard a thump not two minutes later, and our luggage arrived! We were unpacked and ready for adventure by 2 PM. I toured the spa but never found the time or money for a treatment. At our early dinner More seating we discovered our travel agent (also on board) had gotten us one of the tables at the aft windows so we had a wonderful view for sailaway at 6 PM. Aside from a few minor problems here and there, our dining room experiences were all excellent.
I just couldn't drag myself away from the balcony with binoculars, long after my husband was asleep. It was absolutely gorgeous out there. It was never very cold on our cruise so the balcony was great. We were up at 6 each morning, when room service arrived. We watched cruise director Chris and his assistant on their morning show and it was entertaining. I used a treadmill in the fitness center, which had great views, but that was the only day there wasn't a line for treadmills. I didn't feel well and realized I hadn't taken Bonine. I took it every morning after that and didn't have a problem after that, even on our last sea day, which was a little rough. We ate at the hamburger grill but weren't impressed.
It was pouring when we got to Ketchikan but soon brightened up. I don't like to shop so I knew I needed to get out of town and had arranged for a three hour tour with Ketchikan Taxi Cab. David Freeman picked us up at 10:30 and we had a great three hours a Potlatch Park, Totem Bight, and Settlers Cove, after which we surprised a black bear alongside the road. The naturalist, Michelle, had told us we had no chance of seeing bears because none would have come down the mountains yet, but to be honest I wasn't very impressed with her. We ate lunch at Cape Fox Lodge, where the food was great - I highly recommend it. We walked past all the diamond and jewelry places and got back on the boat.
That night we ate at the Nouveau Supper Club, which was very good although I thought the lobster had been better in the dining room the night before. There was a complete rainbow in the sky as we left, which I considered a good omen. The next morning we arrived in Juneau, which started out drizzly but turned beautiful. We rented a car from Rent-a-Wreck and drove up to the Shrine of St. Therese, which was serene as we walked the labyrinth, then ate at Hot Bites (good but slow) in Auke Bay Marina, then boarded our 1:30 PM Harv an Marv whale watching tour!
This was certainly one of the highlights of the trip and I recommend it to everyone. With only six of us on board a very smooth boat, we saw many humpbacks and sea lions. Afterward we visited Mendenhall Glacier, returned the rental car, and ate dinner at Hangar on the Whark, which was excellent but I was so full I had to walk two miles on deck before I would allow myself to rest!
It was a gorgeous day when we arrived in Skagway and we picked up our Avis rental car at 8:30 and headed north. Just past the border, we stopped to watch and photograph a brown bear at the side of the road. I guess he got tired of that because he took a step toward the car and swiped at us, so we moved on. We also saw Dall sheep as we entered the Yukon, visited the town of Carcross, turned around at Emerald Lake, and ate at Cinnamon Cache, which was good. We returned to Skagway in time to eat at Bonanza, walk around, and see the movie about the Gold Rush at the Visitors Center, which was excellent.
We saw lots and lots of whales traveling from Skagway to Sitka, although the naturalist gave us very little direction. You couldn't miss the blows, and at one point a baby humpback was trying to breach. That was something. It was sunny and in the 70's in Sitka. We were on the first tender out and we ate at the Westmark Hotel as we waited for our cruise with Capt. Davey. In our three hours with him we saw a humpback as well as a gray whale, lots of otters, seals, and bald eagles, and adorable puffins. It was a magical day and I hated to see it end. Our second and last day at sea was rough so we hung around on Lido with our binoculars. I hadn't eaten many meals up there and was shocked at the crowds at the buffets. I wondered why they braved the crowds for mediocre food when the dining room served a great breakfast, lunch and dinner? I must say I was a little disappointed with the food on the Lido deck.
I was sad to leave the ship but debarkation was extremely well organized. We were ready at 7 AM as instructed and our group was calledat 7:30. Our shuttle (Girdwood) picked us up at 8:45 and we were at the airport by 10:30 picking up our rental car. We spent the next two days in Denali.
I would not hesitate to cruise Carnival again. In fact, I'm looking into doing the Legend next! Less
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A collection of true stories from around the world, LIVING PROOF showcases cats and kittens with a range of histories who have survived sometimes near-fatal, but always remarkable adventures, to enjoy a happy ending!
Publisher: EXISLE PUBLISHING (December 29, 2010)
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Contrast of Chinese and U.S. student disciplines becomes red-hot topic
March 23, 2011Jing Gao11 Commentscadre, corrupt officials, Education, elementary school, government official, school disciplines, schoolchildren, students' code of conduct
From Sina
A microblog post has called Chinese netizens' attention to another difference in education between China and the U.S. – elementary school disciplines. An overwhelming majority said the Chinese version rings hollow and has no substance as to regulating student behavior. Some net users even said that the perfectionistic code should be used to educate corrupt officials instead of school children, who are mostly innocent and honest.
Disciplines of a U.S. elementary school
1. Always refer to a teacher by title and last name.
2. Get to class on time or a little earlier.
3. Raise your hand when you want to ask a question.
4. You may speak to the teacher from your desk while you are seated.
5. When you are absent, you must make up the work you have missed. Ask either the teacher or a classmate for the work.
6. If you expect to be away from school because of an emergency, tell your teacher in advance and ask for the work you will miss.
7. All assignments you hand in must be your own work.
8. Never cheat on a test.
9. If you are having difficulty with a class, schedule an appointment to see the teacher for help. The teacher will be glad to help you.
10.Students must bring a note for a parent explaining any absence or tardiness.
11.The only acceptable excuse for absence is personal illness, a death in the family, or a religious holiday. It is illegal to stay home from school for any other.
12.When a teacher asks a question and does not name a particular student to answer it, anyone who knows the answer should raise one hand.
Chinese disciplines for elementary school students
Most Chinese netizens find the U.S. version detailed and executable. Its everyday language and simple and understandable requirements can help children cultivate good habits.
In contrast, the Chinese version is very abstract, dogmatic and hollow. Some net users think that based on their half-baked vocabulary and limited perception, schoolchildren can barely comprehend what these disciplines really try to say.
In addition, net users pointed out that the Chinese version is so demanding that one has to be a saint to live up to all requirements. Benchmark Chinese adults against the code, and many of them will fail.
Many school principals and teachers in Shanghai, while conceding that Chinese school disciplines do seem abstract, say that parents and netizens may not the whole picture.
"Apart from the disciplines, each school actually has its own detailed rules and regulations," Wang Ping, principal of Ruijiner Road Elementary School, said that arriving school on time, raising hands to ask a question and so forth have been detailed in the school rules. "That the country devises macro disciplines does not come into conflict with detailed regulations tailor-made to meet local and a specific school's needs."
Wang Ping also said that, at the start of the first semester of the first graders, students study the disciplines under teachers' instruction to strengthen their comprehension of the articles. They also study the school's detailed regulations to substantiate the macro concepts.
"The U.S. student disciplines seem more like Chinese code of conduct for students." Many teachers felt this way. They think that the Chinese disciplines are a set of guiding principles which represent the general course, and that it is impractical to make the disciplines meticulous.
"The establishment of the student disciplines demonstrates the country's educational ideal…and shows the country's expectation for the new generation of talents," said Wu Zengqiang, director of the research division of Shanghai Academy of Educational Sciences, "Great differences exist between China and the U.S. in terms of cultural traditions and expression." However, he also admitted that the heated discussion surrounding of the two countries' student disciplines reflects the hope that our education can be more down-to-earth, have fewer slogan and less dogmatism, and be more viable.
Selected comments from Sina.com
新浪山东菏泽lianxiang722: It should be written on the handbook, "Don't be a corrupt official after you grow up."新浪河北保定妄行: Ours is virtually a guidance on becoming a saint. As we grow up, the expectations gets lower and lower."6, Engage in labor. Be frugal and pristine. Depend on yourself to do things you are capable of."—This alone can fail within a second all cadres who have secretaries.
新浪湖南长沙网友walker: If one is standardized and institutionalized by disciplines in all aspects from childhood, how can there be any room for free personal development??
新浪广东深圳网友: The disciplines for Chinese school children are impossible for us to comprehend for the rest of our lives. So esoteric….新浪四川德阳网友Dream: This one must be supported.I call on those who study abroad to compare and introduce more advanced methods of foreign countries. After all, the new China has grown from learning.
新浪韩国kyonggi-do人卜已占: Damn. Is the Chinese one for real? So demanding. A person has to be practically a perfect one to fulfill it.
新浪浙江绍兴邮电局机: I think the Chinese one is better. It has depth and quality. The U.S. one is like fast food, with no nutrition. School children can take time comprehending it. They don't have to get it after one teaching. Otherwise, what's the point of studying it?
新浪湖南郴州sutailao: I didn't know that our country has been educating people to love the country and the party, to abide by laws from their childhood. The U.S. version didn't mention a word about it. We can compare adults of the two countries. Americans outperform Chinese adults in comparison when it comes to law-abiding, let alone love for the country. How many Americans have you seen embezzle colossal sums of money and flee abroad? Why our education that teaches the positive ends up the opposite? Who can explain it? Shouldn't Chinese education be called a failure?
新浪河南郑州一闪: Americans abide by laws? Then How do you think the tens of thousands of victims who die from gun shots each year and their friends are going to react to you?
新浪北京大兴网友bolk001: Having lagged behind is not terrible. What's terrible is the mentality that denies having lagged behind.
新浪黑龙江哈尔滨网友: To teacher: I have fulfilled all of it. But I still have no house, no cash or wife! I can't afford to see a doctor. I have deep love for all. Who has deep love for me?
新浪北京大兴网友: Why having deep love for a certain Party has become a discipline? Shameless and despicable.
新浪湖南岳阳网友王水: Obviously all school children are going to be cultivated to become our country's great cadres.
新浪湖南郴州网友sutailao: To require so much meaningless stuff of a child who has just got exposed to the society in all aspects would end up blotting out a child's natural instincts. This is China's education!
新浪北京: Any disciplines in China needs just one article to cover all: "Always listens to the Party!!" Any more would be superfluous words.
新浪宁夏石嘴山网友vvislovelycow: If one can fulfill them, one can be an excellent party cadre.
新浪广西mhz19620317: This reflects our country's characteristics: fake, big, hollow.
新浪浙江杭州网友james3619: No adult can abide by such a "discipline," let alone school children.
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Yes… and no not quite. Yes because the system is indeed very different and yes because the Chinese education system does seem to be a hot topic of discussion at the moment, online as well as offline. But also no not quite because I feel that this article does not seem to have a good eye on everyday practice in education in present day China, at least as far as I know.
Whilst studying among Chinese students in a university in China, I have learned these two things. First, rules in the way the are written do not reflect the way in which they are followed in practice. That is not strange: the article itself mentions how one has to be a saint (some kind of Lei Feng?) to follow the rules in a perfect way. So in practice the rules are only followed in a so-so way. I first noticed that in spite of the sign in each and every classroom saying "Speak standard Chinese", a lot of students and professors still use dialectish ways of speaking. My Chinese fellow students do take classes that seem to aim at turning them into good citizens, but they seem to be attending those classes with a 'yeah yeah whatever' attitude. Ordinary students do not seem to care about the "hollow and dogmatic" rules as much as the quoted netizens or the author of the article does.
And second, the "hollow"ness of the way in which the rules are written, is completely in line with the way in which textbooks and even newspapers are written (at least in many cases). If you don't believe me, open any edition of the Renminribao (which I secretly nicknamed the newspaper that nobody reads), or read my Journalism textbook of last semester.
With regard to the "dogmatic" appearance of the Chinese rules, I wonder why the American rules are not considered dogmatic. The U.S. rules are written a lot more understandibly, but any explanation as to the background of the rules is absent, just as absent as in the Chinese rules.
The appearance and many rituals may be very different in schools in the two mentioned countries at the opposites of the globe (and perhaps at opposite ends of the cultural spectrum), but the ground principle is the same: stay away from trouble and behave yourself when you are in school.
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Moral distress is a serious problem among nurses that must be addressed for their sake as well as the sake of their patients.
According to the AACN, moral distress occurs when "you know the ethically appropriate action to take, but are unable to act upon it or you act in a manner contrary to your personal and professional values, which undermines your integrity and authenticity."
"Critical care nurses work in a high stress environment, where they face daily challenges," said Debra S. Wantz-Bucher, DNP, MSN, RN, CCNS, operations manager nursing education and adult ICU, Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA. "Moral distress can cause significant harm to caregivers and patients alike when left untreated."
Factors & Impact
Several factors can contribute to moral distress including, but not limited to, intense patient situations (e.g. end of life care), lack of collaboration, and disrespectful communication.
"When caregivers do not feel safe in their work environment to do what they know is right, every member of the healthcare team and the patients they serve suffer," stressed Wantz-Bucher. "If you become a victim of repeated moral distress it erodes at you as a person and can cause a variety of issues."
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Untreated moral distress can result in emotional exhaustion, increased absenteeism, low morale, chronic discontent, and job dissatisfaction, according to Wantz-Bucher, which can lead to compassion fatigue and eventually burn out.
In turn, these symptoms can contribute to staff turnover.
"Recruitment and retention are big issues in nursing," she noted. "We want to recruit nurses and more importantly we want to retain those nurses once we orient them."
High staff turnover not only costs institutions financially, it also costs facilities in terms of unit morale and patient safety.
"When caregivers are not satisfied at work, the entire continuum of care feels the effects, which is why it is so important that leaders are aware of the signs," said Wantz-Bucher.
Recognizing Distress
Nursing leaders must recognize the signs and symptoms of moral distress.
According to Wantz-Bucher, there are four domains of signs and symptoms: physical, emotional, behavioral and spiritual.
"You may be more forgetful than usual," she continued. "Critical care nurses are dealing with life and death. They must be at their best both mentally and physically."
Emotional symptoms include anger, fear, guilt, depression and oftentimes resentment.
"An overreaction could be a warning sign for nurse leaders," noted Wantz-Bucher. "I always become suspect when I see a nurse react in a way that I don't feel is appropriate given the circumstances at hand."
"When that happens I take a step back and ask myself, 'what just happened here,'" she added. "In terms of behavioral signs and symptoms that's a little more difficult."
Behavioral signs require leaders to know their staff well. Nurses under moral distress may begin to show signs of addictive behavior and a lack of boundaries. Staff may overstep and become a little too close to patients or they may move in the opposite direction and become detached and indifferent.
"Spiritually nurses may feel disconnected from people and face a crisis of faith," explained Wantz-Bucher. "Moral distress can cause caregivers to feel out of control and begin to question why they are doing what they are doing."
"You should never dread going to work," she emphasized. "When a nurses tells me she cries on her way to work every day there is something seriously wrong."
Combating Distress
Once leaders identify moral distress in their unit, it is important to not only find the solution, but also the cause.
"Every individual is different," said Wantz-Bucher. "As leaders we must help them identify what is wrong and see how it ties to moral distress and workplace events."
At Geisinger, employees have five free counseling sessions at their disposal. In addition, the ICU has champions that watch out for the signs of moral distress among their colleagues.
"These nurses have a particular interest in a healthy work environment and have been trained in identifying moral distress," said Wantz-Bucher. "The staff knows they can go to these people when they need help coping with an event or issue."
Whether it is a workplace bully or the death of a patient these nurses are always available to help. "When a fellow nurse shares a concern, if necessary, the champions will make leadership aware of the problem."
Wantz-Bucher recalls a recent example. "A young pregnant woman was admitted to the ICU and fetal demise occurred," she said. "This event had a huge impact on the staff, especially new nurses on the unit."
"They were very distressed by what they had observed and were feeling extremely bad, so they went to their champions, who in turn, came to me."
Wantz-Bucher's team can also find relief and support through a peer protected program known as "the circle." Nurses can sit with the chaplain and talk about all that happened. She then provides a debriefing and strategies to cope.
"Sometimes all a nurse needs is the opportunity to talk to one another and validate that they aren't the only one's feeling this way," Wantz-Bucher said. "The circle provides them this chance."
"If the spiritual care provider believes that there is a nurse or nurses in this meeting that are really having a hard time, they come to me," she added. "I then confidentially help them get whatever it is they need to get back on the path of good health."
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While nursing leaders play an important role in identifying with moral distress, they also have the power to make a difference before incidents occur.
"Preventing moral distress depends on communication, positivity and respect," stressed Wantz-Bucher. "Leaders must recognize the situations that could potentially lead to moral distress while fostering an environment where staff members feel comfortable communicating within their unit and beyond."
Situations will occur that can negatively impact the team, but as long as those concerns are expressed in a timely, respectful manner the issues can be resolved and the unit will move on stronger than ever.
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HARRISBURG — Testimony at a preliminary hearing Wednesday in a pay-to-play scandal at the Pennsylvania Turnpike included allegations of gifts to agency officials.
During the third day of the hearing, expected to last through Friday, testimony began to emerge about agency officials and vendors also raising campaign money, mostly for top Democrats.
Prosecutors allege officials rigged contracts in return for campaign donations and gifts, travel and perks from turnpike vendors. Six defendants face charges at the hearing before District Justice William Wenner.
Former turnpike CEO Joe Brimmeier, 65, of Ross; former agency chairman Mitchell Rubin, 61, of Philadelphia; and former Senate Democratic leader Bob Mellow, 70, of Scranton are among the defendants. They include former Turnpike Chief Operating Officer George Hatalowich, 47, of Harrisburg; Dennis Miller, 51, a vendor; and vendor consultant Jeffrey Suzenski, 63, of Pottstown. They face charges from bid rigging and bribery to conspiracy. Suzenski faces one count of restricted activities.
In testimony on Wednesday, former turnpike chief of staff testified that Miller, a vice president of Ciber Inc., told her that he was embarrassed that a holiday gift he gave Hatalowich didn't compare well with gifts others gave the official.
Deborah Davis, the former staff director, did not specify the gift and under cross-examination said she did not know its value.
Davis testified that Brimmeier invited her to attend a $5,000-per-person fundraiser for former Democratic Gov. Ed Rendell's 2006 re-election when she asked how she could help. She said she attended but believed she was not able to pay the full amount.
Under cross-examination by Brimmeier's attorney William Winning, Davis testified that Brimmeier did not pressure her in any way.
Davis said she had concerns about a 2005 computer project that Ciber Inc. won with a bid higher than five other bidders, including IBM and Deloitte Consulting.
At the start of meetings on the project, Miller and Hatalowich would begin "talking about the night before and the dinners," Davis said. Sometimes they talked about poker games, she said.
"George (Hatalowich) had a very personal relationship with Dennis (Miller)," she said.
James A. Smith, a former senior vice president of Buchart Horn Inc., an engineering firm, testified it was important to attend fundraising events or firms "probably wouldn't be noticed." He said Hatalowich in 2006 asked him to contact "four or five people" from other engineering firms to let them know about a Rendell fundraiser.
Rendell has denied any involvement or knowledge of the pay-to-play allegations.
A Ciber subcontractor, George Droll, testified Miller asked him to donate $1,000 to ex-Senate power broker Vincent Fumo's re-election campaign. Droll said he "had no idea who Fumo was." The Philadelphia Democrat is in federal prison on separate corruption charges.
Droll wrote the check but declined when Miller asked him to run a trip to Mexico for turnpike officials.
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Defense attorneys said there is a First Amendment right to donate to campaigns.
Hatalowich twice asked for tickets to Pirates games and an apartment for guests, said John J. Porter, the Western regional manager for McTish Kunkel & Associates in Pittsburgh. A string of emails shown on a large screen in the courtroom showed their discussion about tickets occurred with other dialogue about when the turnpike would announce projects that would interest McTish.
Under cross-examination, Porter said Hatalowich did not provide details about contracts or who won the bidding.
Through questioning, William Fetterhoff, Hatalowich's attorney, also established that the tickets added no extra cost for McTish since they regularly bought season tickets.
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VILLAGERS in Zimbabwe now have a source of clean and fresh drinking water thanks to the fundraising efforts of staff at a Wirral pharmacy.
Staff from Medicx Pharmacy at The Warrens Medical Centre in Thingwall have donated money to its water cooler supplier, AquAid, for 18 months and raised enough money for a second 'Elephant Pump'.
Installed by The Africa Trust charity, it means villagers in Manicaland, Zimbabwe, will now be able to enjoy clean and fresh drinking water from a pump that carries the message 'A gift from your friends at Medicx Pharmacy.'
Gina Evans, pharmacy manager, said: "It's wonderful to think that a community in Zimbabwe has its own fresh drinking water thanks to the donations we have made by buying water for our patients to drink.
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With just three points separating the top three teams in the overall standings of the GT1 class in the Le Mans Series, Round 5 of the championship at Silverstone is set to be crucial.
Larbre Competition arrive in the UK lying third overall, but having produced a strong performance in the last round at Spa-Francorchamps, where they took second place despite a stop/go penalty and some misfortune during the race's numerous safety car periods, hopes of a first win of the 2007 season remain high.
Having secured podiums at every round so far, victory in Northamptonshire would undoubtedly strengthen the team's championship credentials. Two of the drivers in the team's leading Car 50 gained valuable track-time in last weekend's Silverstone 24 Hours, with Fabrizio Gollin and Gabriele Gardel finish fourth overall and second on class in a BMW M3, and confidence is high.
Fabrizio Gollin: "The championship is so close and so we are very determined to get a good result at Silverstone. I feel that we will be very close to the pace of the Saleen and if we can have the luck which deserted us at Spa then there is no reason why we can't take maximum points."
Gabriele Gardel: "We're delighted to be running the same basic specification of car we had at Spa because we were much more competitive there. We desperately want to win the title, for me it would be my third in a row which would be an achievement I would be very proud of."
Christophe Bouchut: "We've made a couple of modifications since Spa so I think the car will be better at Silverstone. It's a demanding circuit and setup is always tricky because the final part of the track is quite slow and technical, but then there are some very fast sections and long straights. It's a question of finding the right aero package for the car."
Car 51 meanwhile also enjoyed its most competitive outing of the season at Spa in the last round of the championship, running as high as fourth before settling for sixth place. Britain's Gregor Fisken arrives at his home race having won his class in the Silverstone 24 Hours last weekend, with all three drivers looking for the car's best result of the season.
Gregor Fisken: "To be able to race in front of my home crowd and also my family and friends is always very special, but to do it in an Aston Martin, at the marque's home circuit, is extra special. Aston Martin has such a rich heritage of long distance GT racing in the UK and to play my small part in that history by racing the DBR9 at Silverstone is something I am not only looking forward to, but will be immensely proud of."
Gregory Franchi: "I love Silverstone. It's a very fast circuit, but also very flat and smooth and I think it will really suit the Aston Martin DBR9. We want to finish the European season on a high and so our target for the race is to beat the Corvette and score some solid championship points."
Steve Zacchia: "We showed at Spa that the car was competitive and so we are confident heading into the race at Silverstone. Obviously we'll have to work hard to make sure the set-up is right, but we want to score as many points as we can this weekend, whilst a podium finish would be a real bonus."
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The reason USC didn't hire Norm Chow on Thursday was simple: New coach Lane Kiffin didn't want Chow.
Although USC officials contacted Chow this week and said they wanted him to return as the Trojans offensive coordinator, it became apparent in Kiffin's first 36 hours on the job that he wanted someone else.
Sources said Kiffin left a message with Chow on Thursday, apparently fulfilling his word to athletic director Mike Garrett that he would attempt to lure the UCLA offensive coordinator.
But the pair didn't even speak on the phone or face-to-face. Just like when they worked together as assistant coaches at USC.
There was no full-court press or enthusiastic effort to get Chow back to the school where he coached two Heisman Trophy-winning quarterbacks. It was more of a gesture to say something was done when it wasn't.
And if USC really wanted Chow, Kiffin would need to do a whole lot more because of the strained relationship that existed between the pair when Chow left in 2005. In a famous episode, Kiffin started cleaning out Chow's office while he interviewed with the Tennessee Titans five years ago.
In order for Chow to return to USC and work under Kiffin, there would need to be a heart-to-heart talk between the duo, in order to prove they could co-exist. Not even the lure of $1 million per season, according to sources, was enough to get Chow across town.
It never even got close, despite those erroneous reports Tuesday night that Chow already agreed to return to USC. That only served to needlessly raise the hopes of USC fans.
Kiffin signaled his intentions during Wednesday night's news conference at USC when he hinted that he wanted to call plays.
"That would be my guess, because that's what I've always done," he said.
He also professed to not have any problems with Chow.
"I've seen Norm a couple of times," Kiffin said. "I think the world of Norm. And I don't have any issues with Norm."
But it's one thing to say `Hi' to someone and another to work with him on a daily basis.
The idea to bring Chow back clearly appealed more to Garrett than Kiffin. Now he can hire someone such as Jim Chaney, his offensive coordinator at Tennessee, who didn't call plays.
The inability to land Chow also takes some luster off the idea of a Dream Team coaching staff. So far the only stars are defensive coordinator Monte Kiffin and defensive line coach Ed Orgeron.
That means Lane Kiffin will run the offense. And the rumored choice to be offensive-line coach, Tim Davis of Minnesota, will probably not come to USC now that Chow will stay at UCLA.
That might be good news for current offensive line coach Pat Ruel, who wasn't taken to Seattle by former USC coach Pete Carroll.
In two days, the shape of Kiffin's program is taking shape. He will have his marquee names on defense while he directs the offense.
Sort of the opposite of Carroll, who brought in Chow to handle the offense while he ran the defense when he got hired nine years ago.
Garrett said Wednesday night that Chow's return would need to be the "right fit."
It obviously was not. For Chow. Or Kiffin.


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