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DISABILITY DAY: Returns to The PROBIZ14-May-2012
Sussex County Cricket Club, along with the Sussex Cricket Board, will once again be holding the Santander Disability Cricket Day at The PROBIZ County Ground, Hove, for the second year running.
The event will take place on Thursday 24th May between 9.30am and 1.30pm as a prelude to the Clydesdale Bank 40 floodlit clash with Yorkshire Carnegie which takes place later on the same day.
Disability Day was a huge success last year at Sussex with a range of different activities held on the outfield, including The England Physically Disabled squad who played against Portslade 1st XI, whilst Sussex's Visually Impaired Squad faced a SCCC Staff Team.
Cricket for disabled participants has grown significantly over the past few years and Sussex are once again using this day as a launch pad to get more people involved. There will be the chance for those with a disability to be coached by professionals, play in small sided games and there will be lots of fun activities around The PROBIZ for young people and adults alike.
In attendance on the day will be Les Randall, Assistant Coach of the England Learning Disability Squad, and Fred Bridges, who is a member of the England Physically Disabled Team.
Roger Newman, Sussex Cricket Board's Development Manager, said, "Disability Day was a real success for us last year and we're indebted to our Community Partners Santander who have made it possible for us to host this event at Hove once again.
"We're committed to encouraging people with disabilities to take up cricket in a variety of capacities and this event allows us to showcase how everyone can get actively involved.
"Anyone of any age is welcome, it's a completely free event and hopefully as a result of the day, many more people will get involved in cricket".
The ECB Cricket Factory, table cricket and face painting are included in the activities, whilst food and drink will be available all day.
Entrance into the ground for Disability Day will be free of charge, as will any coaching provided. If you would like any more information, or would like to come along, please contact Roger Newman by calling 01273 827104 or via email – firstname.lastname@example.com


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CT20: Travel Places and Watson Associates to sponsor Sussex in the Caribbean06-Jan-2012
Sussex County Cricket Club are delighted to announce the support by local companies Travel Places and Watson Associates as the team fly out to take part in the Caribbean T20.
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Following the earlier announcement of Afinis becoming Sussex's main sponsors for the trip, both Travel Places and Watson Associates have joined as sponsors as the Sharks look to begin 2012 in style.
Travel Places, who specialise in providing travel solutions for major sporting events around the world and are based locally in Worthing, will be sponsoring the back of the Sharks' shirts in Antigua and Barbados.
Watson Associates, the Registered Auditors, Accountants and Business Advisers have had a presence in East Sussex for over 50 years and currently have offices in both Brighton and Hailsham. They will be sponsoring the cap that the Sharks will be wearing during the tournament.
Speaking today, Dave Brooks, Chief Executive of Sussex CCC said, "The Club would like to thank both Travel Places and Watson Associates for the financial support offered in challenging economic times. Their involvement makes this trip possible for Sussex, as our young team look to gain valuable experience playing Twenty20 cricket in an alien environment, and in alien conditions, though in a competitive format".
Sussex's squad fly out this weekend ahead of their opening match on Tuesday when they face the Netherlands at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua.
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STUMPS: Absorbing day at Hove as Sussex look to lay foundations02-May-2013
Sussex laid strong foundations on Day Two at The BrightonandHoveJobs.com County Ground as they ended the day 129 for 1 against Warwickshire, 324 runs behind their visitors.
The day began with the reigning champions resuming on 276 for 4 following the slow pace of yesterday's play and the key man of Jonathan Trott still at the crease.
But he was the first man to go this morning as Chris Jordan (pictured), buoyed by his form lastnight, used all of his pace and bounce and the England man hung his bat out to dry and feathered behind to Matt Prior. The same combination accounted for former Sussex gloveman Tim Ambrose, who had been lucky to survive the Jordan onslaught on Wednesday evening, and he eventually departed today for a thirty-ball duck.
Laurie Evans was bowled by the spin of Monty Panesar for 19 after he and Chris Woakes had begun to build a partnership but it was Tom Milnes who really got to grips with the bowling, along with the latter, before James Anyon rearranged his stumps. His knock of 42 though was his best so far in the LV=County Championship cricket.
Woakes has been long-talked about in England circles for his ability with both bat and ball and an innings of 72 here, as he put on over 100 with Milnes, did his chances no harm at all until he was bowled by Panesar attempting a big shot across the line.
The innings was wrapped up when Prior took his record-equalling sixth catch in the innings, dismissing Boyd Rankin off the bowling of James Anyon. He joins a list of eight further Sussex 'keepers who have claimed six dismissals in a first-class innings. Ben Brown, playing in this match as a batsman, is also on the list.
Jordan finished the innings pick of the Sussex bowlers with figures of 4 for 73 whilst Anyon and Panesar took three and two wickets respectively as the Bears were bowled out for 453.
Sussex looked to make hay in the gorgeous late evening sunshine at Hove and the opening partnership looked set for big score. Both Chris Nash and Luke Wells looked untroubled until the former flashed at one from Chris Wright which edged low down into the slip cordon. The ball appeared to be juggled from Will Porterfield's boot to Varun Chopra who did the rest to cling on.
Sussex (129 for 1) trail Warwickshire (453 all out) by 324 runs
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Annual Festival of Trees raises money for Emporia State scholarshipsNovember 27, 2012
The community is invited to participate in the fifth annual Festival of Trees, a fundraiser that benefits the general scholarship fund at Emporia State University.
The concept is simple — artificial trees are set up in the Memorial Union and various organizations adopt them. The adopting organizations don't pay a fee, but they do provide all the decorations for the trees, which then are auctioned off.
Organizations compete in various categories — Greek Life, general Recognized Student Organizations, ESU Offices/Departments, Multicultural Organizations, International Organizations, Athletic Teams, Preschools and Community Businesses/Organizations with the best tree in each received a plaque. A team of judges also will award an overall best of show and runner-up. Those organizations will receive cash prizes of $100 and $75, respectively.
Any group wanting to adopt and decorate a tree should contact Roger Heineken at (620) 341-5291 or email@example.com. The trees will be set up Dec. 3 with decorating beginning at 3 p.m. that day and continuing through noon Dec. 6.
At noon on Dec. 6, the silent auction for the trees begins and runs through 1 p.m. Dec. 8. In the past, successful bidders have donated their trees to hospital waiting rooms, nursing homes, shelters and other community-service organizations.
On Friday, Dec. 7 the Festival of Trees program begins at noon with live entertainment, door prizes and a visit from Santa Claus.
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The 13th Founder Showcase, which took place on Wednesday, March 27th, featured one of the closest competitions in Founder Showcase history, both in numbers and friendship. Realty Mogul and Embarke, both Southern California Founder Institute graduates and TechStars alumni, dominated their respective heats and impressed onlookers with their innovative concepts. After a nail-biting final voting round, the judges awarded Realty Mogul as the 13th Founder Showcase champion.
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The public assistance system is supposed to offer a bridge between poverty and self-sufficiency. Families receive benefits such as Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) or Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to soften the impact of loss of income. The programs are intended to be limited in duration and provide a very modest amount of financial support. Some families are fortunate to also receive a housing voucher or a child care subsidy to help offset basic expenses. Eligibility for benefits varies by program and is based on different criteria, most of which are linked to personal income. This study asks: what happens when benefits are cut before individuals reach economic stability? This is frequently called the "benefits cliff."» Mehr lesen
Comparing the Performance of Two Different Customer Order Behaviors Within the Hierarchical Production Planning Thomas Felberbauer, Klaus Altendorfer, University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria. Winter Simulation Conference, 2014.
A hierarchical production planning structure enables manufacturing systems to handle customer disturbances with different measures on different planning levels. Two different kinds of customer order behavior can be observed and are as well discussed in literature.» Mehr lesen
Discrete Choice, Agent Based and System Dynamics Simulation of Health Profession Career Paths T. Flynn, Y. Tian, K. Masnick, G. McDonnell, E. Huynh, A. Mair, N. Osgood. Winter Simulation Conference, 2014.
Modelling real workforce choices accurately via Agent Based Models and System Dynamics requires input data on the actual preferences of individual agents. Often lack of data means that analysts can have an understanding of how agents move through the system, but not why, and when.» Mehr lesen
Reflections on Two Approaches to Hybrid Simulation in Healthcare Joe Viana, University of Southampton. Winter Simulation Conference, 2014.
Hybrid simulation, the combination of simulation paradigms to address a problem is becoming more popular as the problems we are presented with become more complex. This is evidenced by an increase in the number of hybrid papers published in specific domains and the number of hybrid simulation frameworks being produced across domains.» Mehr lesen
Modeling Country-Scale Electricity Demand Profiles M. Pruckner, D Eckhoff, R. German, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg. Winter Simulation Conference, 2014.
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Towards Closed Loop Modeling: Evaluatng The Prospects for Creating Recurrently Regrounded Aggregate Simulation Models Using Particle Filtering Nathaniel Osgood, Juxin Liu, University of Saskatchewan 106 Wiggins Road, University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon. Winter Simulation Conference, 2014
Public health agencies traditionally rely heavily on epidemiological reporting for notifiable disease control, but increasingly apply simulation models for forecasting and to understand intervention tradeoffs. Unfortunately, such models traditionally lack capacity to easily incorporate information from epidemiological data feeds.» Mehr lesen
Increasing rail capacity utilization in port of Hamburg by early provision of information for import containers Ralf Elbert, Fabian Walter, Chair of Management and Logistics, Technische Universität Darmstadt. AnyLogic Conference 2014.
Various actors are involved in hinterland transportation of incoming rail containers along the maritime transport chain. To coordinate each actor's logistics processes, and therefore to improve utilization of existing transport capacity, the early provision of information, e.g. in form of estimated time of arrival (ETA), is inevitable.» Mehr lesen
Quantitative analysis of bidding strategies: a hybrid agent based–system dynamics approach Arash MAHDAVI and Makarand HASTAK, Purdue University
Economic slowdown and construction demand shrinkage reduces the profit backlog for construction contractors and bites into their profit margin. The resulting fierce competition for jobs forces construction companies to look for more sophisticated analytical tools to analyze and improve their bidding strategies. For each contractor, bidding strategy is a decision-making process that is driven by the firm's financial goals with the final objective of maximizing the firm's gross profit and surpassing the breakeven point. This paper proposes a methodology to model and analyze different bidding strategies with hybrid agent based-system dynamics (ABSD) simulation.» Mehr lesen
Comparison between Individual-based and Aggregate Models in the context of Tuberculosis Transmission Tian, Y. and Osgood, N., Proceedings, The 29 th International conference of the System Dynamics Society. July 2011, Washington, D.C.
The desire to better understand the transmission of infectious disease in the real world has motivated the representation of epidemic diffusion in the context of quantitative simulation. In recent decades, both individual-based (such as Agent-Based) models and aggregate models (such as System Dynamics) are widely used in epidemiological modeling. This paper compares the difference between system dynamics models and agent-based models in the context of Tuberculosis (TB) transmission, considering smoking as a risk factor.» Mehr lesen
Representing Progression and Interactions of Comorbidities in Aggregate and Individual-Based Systems Models Osgood, N. Proceedings, The 27th International Conference of the System Dynamics Society, July 2009, Albuquerque
Healthcare simulation models have attracted significant offered important insights in to health policy selection. More complete accounting for the cost and health implications of upstream interventions is hindered by the need to consider impact on, and interactions between, multiple comorbidities. Within this paper, we explore several distinct approaches for representing comorbidities, some of them at the aggregate level, and some of them at the individual level. All of these representations have the virtue of being declarative, in that they allow the user to focus on what is to be characterized, rather than how it is to be implemented. Our exploration suggests that while several aggregate representations of comorbidities are possible, they suffer from a variety of shortcomings, ranging from low fidelity to combinatorial blowup. While individual-level representations impose a heavy performance load, greater difficulties in calibration and less rapid analysis, such representations do offer greater transparency, modifiability, scalability, and modularity, and ease of representing transmission and influence networks. With much to recommend each approach, further research is needed to shed additional light on the tradeoffs and identify situations where one representation is preferable to another.» Mehr lesen


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Horizon winners have ties to Emporia State UniversityJanuary 20, 2012
Two of the 2012 Kansas Cable Telecommunications Horizon Award recipients earned degrees in 2010 from Emporia State University, home of the nationally accredited Teachers College.
Stephanie Beardslee, a science teacher at Emporia High School, earned her bachelor of science in education in biology and earth science. Katelyn Kennedy, a first-grade teacher at Emporia's Walnut Elementary School earned her bachelor of science in elementary education.
The Kansas Cable Telecommunications Horizon Awards are sponsored by the Kansas State Department of Education and the Kansas Cable Telecommunications Association. This program recognizes exemplary first-year educators. The program each year selects four elementary and four secondary classroom teachers from each of KSDE's four regions of the state.
The Kansas Cable Telecommunications Horizon Award program allows all school districts in the state an opportunity to nominate one elementary and one secondary teacher for the award. To be eligible for the award, teachers must have successfully completed their first year of teaching and have performed in a way that distinguishes themselves as outstanding. The program is a regional competition with four regions corresponding to the state's U.S. Congressional districts. Four elementary and four secondary classroom teachers may be selected for the award from each region. Beardslee, Kennedy and Peterson were named in Region 1.
Each teacher was informed of the award Jan. 17 with a telephone call from Diane DeBacker, Kansas commissioner of education.
"It is a pleasure to offer my congratulations to the recipients of the Kansas Horizon Award," DeBacker said. "Hearing about the passion, commitment and dedication demonstrated by these early-career educators is truly inspiring. I am excited about the future for Kansas education knowing we continue to bring individuals of this caliber to the teaching profession."
These two teachers, along with the rest of the 31-member 2012 class of Horizon winners, will be honored at a luncheon Feb. 24 during the Kansas Exemplary Educator Network, or KEEN, state education conference.
Horizon Award winners are invited to join KEEN, a network of educators from around the state who have been formally recognized for exemplary performance. Members of KEEN have an opportunity to network with other outstanding educators and participate in a number of professional development programs throughout the year.
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ESU theater program earns awards at regional festivalFebruary 21, 2012
An Emporia State University theater professor earned an excellence award on the same state on which he performed as a high school student during a regional theater festival last month.
Jim Bartruff , director of ESU Theatre, was awrded the 2012 Golden Medallion during the Region V annual meeting of the Kennedy Center American Theatre Festival at Iowa State University Jan. 15 through 21. The award is presented to those "who have demonstrated a strong commitment to the values and goals of KCACTF and to excellence in educational theatre." It is the most prestigious award presented by KCACTF.
The presentation ceremony was on the stage of the Ames City Auditorium. Bartruff, who graduates from Ames High School, performed on the same stage as a high school student. In his acceptance speech, he spoke of his appreciation for the training he received there
A total of 20 ESU students were among the nearly 1,600 students and faculty from more than 50 colleges and universities in Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota to attend the weeklong festival.
The festival opened with accolades for three Hornets:
- Brianne Simon, a 2011 graduate from Rosalie, Kan., received a commendation for her set design for "Barefoot in the Park" presented by ESU Summer Theatre.
- Senior Ross Rundell of Salina was cited for his sound design for last spring's production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream. "
- Amanda Dura, costume shop manager from Emporia, received commendations for two of her designs, "Barefoot in the Park" and "Eurydice."
Nine ESU students participated in the Irene Ryan Scholarship auditions:
- Noah Mefford, junior from Burlington
- Lindsay Ward, alum from Gardner
- Kangwon Song, senior from Pusan, South Korea
- Casey McCabe, senior from Gardner
- Annie Rosenbrook, junior from Merriam
- Trinity Standrige, junior from Olathe
- Marah Melvin, junior from Iola
- Elise Blann, senior from Newton,
- Andrew Walker, junior from Wichita
A total of 299 students from the region participated in the auditions. All were nominated for their outstanding work during productions in 2011. Song was one of 64 students who made it to the second round of competition. He performed his selection with Daniel Reardon, sophomore from Overland Park.
Song also earned best in the region for his design of the poster for "Eurydice." Simon's set design for "Barefoot" earned a second place award. Also entered in the design competitions were Yui Watanabe, senior from Chiba, Japan, for costume design; Josh Taylor, senior from Salina in lighting design; and Chris Peterson, senior from Rose Hill, who also presented his portfolio along with Rundell. Rundell's portfolio and presentation earned first place.
During the festival, students have various opportunities to participate in stage performances. Bartruff, who is a member of the regional selection team, was chosen to direct a concert reading of "The Book of Adam" by Matt Fotis. The play, a national award-winning comedy, was the featured performance of the festival on Monday night. ESU's McCabe was one of the cast members.
Natalie King, a junior from Wichita, and Ward also performed in roles for the Faculty Directing Showcase.
Two from ESU, senior Gabe Moyer of Olathe and alum Laura Dossett of Jenks, Okla., competed in the outstanding student director competitions.
Finally, five students competed in the Stage Crew Showdown, a competition with 15 teams who demonstrated skills in knot tying, stage lighting, prop settin and costume quick changes. The team, which made it to the top four, was Cara Lohkamp, junior from Maize; Mefford; Aubrey Near, sophomore from Independence; Rundell; and Taylor.
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Emporia State alumni to be inducted into Kansas Teachers' Hall of FameMay 25, 2011
Two Emporia State University alumni are among nine educators who will be inducted into the Kansas Teachers' Hall of Fame in Dodge City on June 4.
Stanley D. Roth Jr. of Lawrence earned a bachelor's degree from ESU in 1957 and a master's degree in 1959. He enjoyed a 40-year career teaching biology in Lawrence — 38 years at Lawrence High School and two years at Free State High School — before retiring in 1999. He currently is an adjunct researcher at the Kansas Biological Survey.
A native Emporian, Judith Weigand Day-Trenary of Arkansas City earned a bachelor's degree from ESU in 1958, a master's degree in 1975 and an education specialist in 1984. She spent her career teaching in the Arkansas City school district and continues to substitute teach after her retirement.
The Kansas Teachers' Hall of Fame was established in Dodge City in 1977, the first state teachers hall of fame. During the past 34 years, more than 358 educators have been inducted.
Nominees must have been K-12 or vocational school teachers or administrators for at least 25 years in Kansas. The eight criteria for selection include showing evidence of outstanding teaching or administration, positive interactions with students and parents and continued pursuit of educational opportunities throughout their careers.
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PARKING: Restrictions for Lancashire and Unicorns Matches07-May-2012
Due to the poor weather at The PROBIZ during the West Indies match, the marquee at the Cromwell Road End of the ground will remain in place for the LV=County Championship match against Lancashire this week, as well as the Clydesdale Bank 40 match against the Unicorns next Sunday.
The marquee will provide extra cover for supporters should the weather remain poor. This will mean there will be no public parking available at the ground on any of these days. There will be a limited number of disabled spaces available and supporters are asked to arrive when gates open, as spaces are allocated on a first come, first served basis (9.30am LV=CC, 12.15pm CB40).


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Broad and Prior undergo surgery
England seamer Stuart Broad and wicketkeeper Matt Prior will both begin rehabilitation programmes after their respective knee and Achilles operations.
The England and Wales Cricket Board issued an update on Broad and Prior's progress following their surgery on Thursday.
Broad, 28, is hoping to be ready in time to join England's World Cup preparations in a tri-series against hosts Australia and India in January.
Stuart Broad, right, and Matt Prior have undergone their respective surgeries
Prior, 32, has missed much of the summer, having decided after England's Test defeat against India at Lord's in July that he was not physically able to stand up to the rigours of international cricket until his injury issues were addressed.
Thursday evening's press release read: " The ECB medical team today confirmed that England and Nottinghamshire bowler Stuart Broad has undergone an operation on his right patella tendon.
"Broad will begin a rehabilitation and recovery programme ahead of the tri-series against Australia and India early next year.
"England and Sussex wicketkeeper Matt Prior has undergone surgery on his left Achilles and will begin a rehabilitation and recovery programme with England and Sussex over the winter period."
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Emporia State adopts two programs to increase student retention and improve academic successApril 4, 2012
Emporia State is the first university in Kansas to implement two programs in tandem to address the primary causes of academic failure and dropout — financial issues and the misuse of alcohol.
Through a partnership with EverFi, Inc., the university will implement two of the company's learning platforms, AlcoholEdu® and Buttonwood™ Personal Finance and Student Loan Management with first-year students beginning in Fall 2012.
"Coming to college is a huge step for students," said Lynn Hobson, Emporia State associate vice-president for student life. "As they become adults and learn to take control of their lives, we want them to have as many tools as possible to weigh decisions that could impact their futures."
AlcoholEdu® is the only program scientifically proven to reduce the negative consequences of drinking that impede academic performance, such as missed classes, injuries and sexual assaults. The program incorporates the latest evidence-based prevention methods to create a highly engaging user experience that inspires students to reflect on and consider changing their drinking.
It uses proprietary adaptive pathing to provide a highly personalized experience to all students, based on their drinking choices and readiness to change. The 2.5-hour course has a federal government study and eight published articles documenting its efficacy at reducing alcohol-related negative consequences.
Buttonwood™ is a turnkey solution to empower college students with the financial skills necessary to successfully manage their finances and loan responsibilities while in school and beyond and to minimize dropouts and student loan defaults through education.
The platform includes a compressed and sophisticated new-media presentation of key financial literacy concepts, complemented by an interactive, highly customized gaming simulation that provides a different experience for each individual. Buttonwood™ adapts to each user so that the educational content around loan management is most applicable to them.
In addition to adopting these critical programs, Emporia State has a created College Experience Seminar, a pilot program for Fall 2012 aimed at new students who have not declared a major. Students will earn one credit hour by completing the curriculum that focuses on social integration, personal efficacy, academic success and exploration of majors.
Emporia State's adoption of Buttonwood™ personal finance program comes just weeks after the Kansas Securities Commissioner and Kansas Banking Commissioner announced a major statewide financial literacy initiative in Kansas schools, in partnership with local sponsor Capital City Bank. Together, they will bring the high-school based EverFi™ Financial Literacy learning platform to public high schools across the state, at no cost to the schools. Gov. Sam Brownback spoke at the launch event Feb. 28 at Shawnee Heights High School in Tecumseh to show his support for financial literacy education across Kansas.
About Emporia State University
Founded in 1863 as Kansas State Normal — the state's premier institution to educate teachers — Emporia State University offers 42 undergraduate and 27 graduate degrees in the School of Business, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, School of Library and Information Management and The Teachers College. SLIM also offers a Ph.D. program.
The university is ranked as a Tier 1 Top 100 Regional University in the 2012 edition of "Best Colleges" compiled by U.S. News & World Report. The publication also cited ESU's School of Business as a best value for both in-state and out-of-state students.
About EverFi, Inc.
EverFi, Inc. is the leading education technology platform company to teach, assess, and certify students in critical skills. EverFi's education learning platforms include Financial Literacy, Student Loan Management, Digital Literacy, Cyberbullying, Alcohol Abuse and Sexual Assault Awareness, and additional product areas to be announced in early 2012. The company is already powering a national movement in 50 states that enables adults and students to learn using the latest technology, including rich media, high-definition video, simulation, diagrams, and avatars. More than 3 million students have completed EverFi platforms.
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ENGLAND: Matt and Monty to tour India18-Sep-2012
Sussex's Matt Prior and Monty Panesar have been included in the England Squad to tour India whilst Ben Brown and Chris Nash are in the Hong Kong Sixes squad.
The England selectors today announced a 16-man Test squad to be captained by Alastair Cook for the forthcoming four-Test match series.
The squad includes two uncapped batsmen, Somerset's Nick Compton and Yorkshire's Joe Root, and three spin bowlers; Samit Patel, Panesar (pictured) and Graeme Swann.
Kevin Pietersen, who was omitted from England's last Test Match of the summer against South Africa, has not been included in the squad.
England Test Squad to tour India
Alastair Cook (captain) Essex
James Anderson (Lancashire)
Jonny Bairstow (Yorkshire)
Ian Bell (Warwickshire)
Tim Bresnan (Yorkshire)
Stuart Broad (Nottinghamshire)
Nick Compton (Somerset)
Steven Finn (Middlesex)
Graham Onions (Durham)
Eoin Morgan (Middlesex)
Monty Panesar (Sussex)
Samit Patel (Nottinghamshire)
Matt Prior (Sussex)
Joe Root (Yorkshire)
Graeme Swann (Nottinghamshire)
Jonathan Trott (Warwickshire)
England Performance Programme Squad to tour India
Jos Buttler (Somerset)
Gary Ballance (Yorkshire)
Scott Borthwick (Durham)
Danny Briggs (Hampshire)
Varun Chopra (Warwickshire)
Matthew Coles (Kent)
Jade Dernbach (Surrey)
Ben Foakes (Essex)
James Harris (Glamorgan)
Simon Kerrigan (Lancashire)
Craig Kieswetter (Somerset)
Stuart Meaker (Surrey)
Azeem Rafiq (Yorkshire)
Toby Roland-Jones (Middlesex)
Ben Stokes (Durham)
James Taylor (Nottinghamshire)
Chris Wright (Warwickshire)
England squad for Hong Kong Sixes
Tournament to be played at Kowloon Cricket Club, October 27th and 28th.
Josh Cobb (Leicestershire) – Captain
Adam Ball (Kent)
Keith Barker (Warwickshire)
Ben Brown (Sussex)
Chris Nash (Sussex)
Tom Smith (Lancashire)
Ross Whiteley (Derbyshire)
Andy Hurry – (Somerset) Manager
England Test Squad – Tour Itinerary
25 England squad leaves UK
26-28 Training at ICC Global Cricket Academy in Dubai
29 England squad arrives in India (Mumbai)
30-1 Nov Tour match (opponents TBC), Mumbai (CCI) (0400 GMT)
3-5 Tour match (opponents TBC), Mumbai (BKC) (0400 GMT)
8-11 Tour match (opponents TBC), Ahmedabad (SPS Navrangpura) (0400 GMT)
15-19 1st Test, Ahmedabad (Motera) (0400 GMT)
23-27 2nd Test, Mumbai (Wankhede Stadium) (0400 GMT)
5-9 3rd Test, Kolkata (0400 GMT)
13-17 4th Test, Nagpur (0400 GMT)


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Hello everyone,
as some of you posted in other threads there was a pretty nasty change in Google+ communities recently, well its a few weeks actually. When you start a hangout and invite the Treeleaf community you see an alert top right "You just made this video call public" and as some of you expreienced, its indeed public and after having visitors more than once which started a wild discussion while I was sitting I thought its time to further investigate this.
To make it short: There is no quick and easy fix currently, the only way would be to start over with a "new" community. My proposal is to do exactly this, creating a new community which has the right settings (no, they cant be changed later on), so our hangouts are private (which means only visible to community members).
If its ok with Jundo I can take care of that in January, and find a way to make it as smooth as possible for everyone. This is just my idea, please feel free to discuss ...
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Take a kid to the ESU basketball games on WednesdayFebruary 3, 2012
Children 12 and under get in free with paid adult admission to Wednesday's Emporia State basketball games against Southwest Baptist University.
The women tip off at 5:30, and the men at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 8.
General admission tickets cost $8 for adults, $6 for children age 13 through high school and seniors 65 and older. Reserved seats cost $13.
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THIRTEEN children were among Sikh asylum seekers trapped in a shipping container with a corpse at Tilbury Dock.
The 34 stowaways found fleeing Afghanistan yesterday included 13 children aged between one and 12 and nine men and eight women aged between 18 and 72.
Four survivors, whose details are yet to be released, will remain at Southend Hospital overnight.
More tests are needed to determine what killed the dead man, who is believed to be in his 40s, after a post mortem carried out at Basildon Hospital failed to establish a cause of death.
An international homicide probe has been launched to snare the human traffickers exploiting the group, who may have been fleeing persecution at the hands of Muslim extremists.
Essex Police and Crime Commissioner Nick Alston said: "This incident should highlight for us the evil of the abuse and exploitation of vulnerable people of all sorts and in many different circumstances.
"The police and partner agencies are continuing to investigate the circumstances of those found in that container. But we can be sure that almost all cases of human trafficking involve exploitation by callous organised criminal gangs.
"Much of the great harm caused by human traffickers is unseen by most of us; and it too easy not to care. "I am determined that human trafficking and other hidden harms, those crimes that seemingly don't impact on most of us ever, but where the lives of the vulnerable are made wretched and frequently ruined, are brought in to the open.
"It matters because of those ruined lives; and because evil criminals and violent perpetrators are profiting from that harm."
Essex Police and the Border Force have begun questioning the group at an immigration reception centre near the port after they were treated for dehydration and hypothermia at hospitals in Southend, Basildon and London.
Officers from the Kent and Essex Serious Crime Directorate are working with Belgian police, Interpol and other international agencies to net the gang who helped the group into the container, which arrived at Tilbury from Belgium yesterday morning.
Superintendent Trevor Roe, of Essex Police, described the stowaways as "victims" and pledged to bring the criminals who exploited them to justice.
He said: "It is a homicide investigation. We will be looking to see where the origin and the gangs or whoever may be involved in this conspiracy to bring these people in this way over to this country. "Clearly we need to try and bring them to justice."
The homicide investigation could lead to murder or manslaughter charges, although police have no suspicion anyone in the container killed the dead man. Belgian police have CCTV of a lorry delivering the shipping container to the Belgian port of Zeebrugge, where it departed for Tilbury, but are yet to identify the driver or company involved.
The immigrants were sealed in the 8ft by 20ft container for at least 12 hours as the footage showed it arrive at the port at about 6pm on Friday(AUG15) before being loaded just after 8pm.
Police are checking chemicals, believed to be cleaning products, found in the container but they are not thought to pose a risk to health.
Supt Roe said: "Now they are well enough, our officers and colleagues from the Border Force will be speaking to them via interpreters so we can piece together what happened and how they came to be in the container."


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New Emporia State logo, design lets university honor its heritageJuly 16, 2012
A new logo and website design unveiled today by Emporia State University honors the institution's past while looking ahead to its 150th anniversary celebration beginning Feb. 15, 2013.
"From the moment I arrived at Emporia State six months ago, I wanted us to brand the university in a way that reflected its quality, history, heritage and traditions," said Dr. Michael D. Shonrock, Emporia State president. "What better way to express these attributes than to use the university's 150th anniversary logo on all our materials — including our stationery and website?"
As part of planning for the university's sesquicentennial, Emporia State Art Director Kat Dorcas designed a special logo.
"This was a collaborative effort that just grew after Kat designed the 150th logo," said Bill Noblitt, director of marketing and media relations, who oversaw the new branding. "Kat and our webmaster Umair Abbasi worked together to design the new look for the website."
The new logo incorporates the Emporia State seal, which features a line drawing of Plumb Hall, the school's administration building. The branding effort also includes the wordmark, "Changing Lives Since 1863," a value that Shonrock has emphasized since taking the helm on Jan. 3.
The university's Power E, which was launched in 1998, will continue to be seen on promotional and novelty items and used by the athletic department.
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Book signing planned to celebrate Emporia State University's historyApril 1, 2013
An on-campus book signing is the next special event as Emporia State University celebrates its 150 years. Steven Hanschu compiled "Emporia State University: The Campus History Series," which includes a foreward by Dr. Michael D. Shonrock, Emporia State president.
Hanschu will sign copies of the book from 11 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. Thursday, April 4, in Skyline Dining Room at the Memorial Union. Everyone who purchases the book (Arcadia Publishing, $21.99) and lunch in Skyline Dining that day will receive a 20 percent discount on the book plus a free dessert with their meal.
The book uses photos culled from University Archives as well as yearbooks to tell the 150-year history of Emporia State University. The project was a labor of love for Hanschu, reference and local history librarian in University Libraries and Archives, whose tenure at Emporia State stretches back 40 years to his time as an undergraduate.
In fact, Hanschu's time as a student encompasses three of the university's identities. Hanschu earned a bachelor's degree in sociology/anthropology from Kansas State Teachers College in 1974, a master of library science degree in 1976 from Emporia Kansas State College — our name in 1974-77, and a master's degree in history in 1978 from from Emporia State University.
Hanschu began working as a student library assistant in Spring 1972. He continued as a student employee until he was hired full-time in 1978.
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MONTREAL — A literary battle of sorts between those in favour of naming a proposed new high school in Côte St. Luc after Mordecai Richler and those stumping for Irving Layton has taken on unexpected intensity.
The name-calling erupted after the English Montreal School Board (EMSB) launched a public contest to name the former Wagar High School, which it hopes to reopen for the 2014-2015 academic year.
The EMSB suggests Côte St. Luc Parkhaven (the street the school is on), Wallenberg, after the Swedish diplomat credited with saving tens of thousands of Hungarian Jews during the Holocaust, or going back to Wagar.
However, www.NameTheSchool.com allows for other suggestions, and Beverly Akerman, a research scientist, author and mother, fired the first shot by making a case for Mordecai Richler, who died in 2001.
Layton's oldest son, Max Layton, who lives in Ontario, is dead-set against this, and wants the school named for his father.
The naming contest closes on Nov. 30.
Akerman, who thinks Richler was "the greatest English Montreal writer of the 20th century," is running a campaign on Facebook. Notables who agree with her include Gazette cartoonist and Richler friend Terry Mosher (Aislin), Richler biographer Michael Posner of Toronto, and Mordecai's cousin, Howard Richler.
Max Layton, a retired high school teacher, pointed out to The CJN: "Our family lived in Côte St. Luc throughout the 1950s and into the 1960s. It was during this time that Dad wrote many of the signature poems for which he later became famous."
Montreal writer Glen Rotchin, winner of two Canadian Jewish Book Awards, is in the Layton camp.
Max Layton continued: "In fact, some of these poems specifically refer to Côte St. Luc, and it is at our little house, at 8035 Kildare Rd., that poets such as Dylan Thomas, Al Purdy, Milton Acorn and Leonard Cohen often met.
"Mordecai Richler had nothing to do with these gatherings or with Côte St. Luc."
Max Layton suggests that Richler would be more suitably memorialized by naming something for him in the St. Urbain Street area, which he made famous.
"Naming a high school in Côte St. Luc for Mordecai Richler would be as completely inappropriate as naming a high school in the St. Urbain area for Irving Layton."
After much public discussion, the City of Montreal last year, on the 10th anniversary of his death, decided to renovate and rename the gazebo on Mount Royal for Richler, a project that has yet to get underway.
The elder Layton, who died in 2006, also spent his final years in Côte St. Luc as a resident of Maimonides Geriatric Centre. The city already commemorated him. In 2007, Côte St. Luc named a street in a new development Irving Layton Avenue.
One EMSB commissioner, Julien Feldman, has proposed that the Bancroft campus on St. Urbain Street, near the former Baron Byng High School, be renamed for Richler. It currently houses both Bancroft Elementary and MIND High School, and enrolment is growing because of the influx of young people into the Plateau.
The Côte St. Luc EMSB campus is currently called the Giovanni Palatucci Facility for an Italian policemen who rescued Jews during World War II. It houses John Grant High School for children with special needs, Marymount Adult Education Centre and the EMSB's book processing centre.
Whether there ever will be a mainstream EMSB high school in Côte St. Luc again still remains to be seen.
Two years ago, the board failed to garner much parental support for the project, despite having the backing of the city of Côte St. Luc, which is eager to attract young families.
Among its special features would be Jewish and possibly other heritage programs, as well as a sports concentration and enriched science curriculum.
Wagar High School, whose enrolment was at one time solidly Jewish, closed in 2005. In addition to the general decline in the anglophone population, the trend toward private education was cited as a major factor in its demise.
The EMSB plans to hold a public information meeting next spring for parents. The high school would only open if a "critical mass" of students register by that fall.


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Sussex's Second Eleven are playing a four-day friendly match with Middlesex this week at The BrightonandHoveJobs.com County Ground, Hove, which begun this morning.
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DUBAI: Sussex prepare for Emirates Airline Twenty2022-Mar-2012
Sussex have landed safely in Dubai and their first assignment will be to prepare for the Emirates Airline Twenty20 which takes place on Friday at The Sevens Stadium.
The Sharks will face Durham Dynamos tomorrow for a place in the final of the tournament which takes place later in the day. The match starts at 10.30am (6.30am GMT).
There is a quarter-final between the Fly Emirates XI and Lancashire Lightning taking place at the same time for the right to face the MCC XI in the other semi-final.
The pre-tournament Press Conferences took place yesterday and both skipper Michael Yardy and Chris Nash had the chance to head to the Porsche Dubai showroom, one of the sponsors of the tournament.
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Leadership, scholarships highlight upcoming Hayes LectureOctober 1, 2012
Drawing on his distinguished career in the U.S. Army, an upcoming speaker at Emporia State University will connect education with leadership skills and national security. Col. Cameron A. Leiker, a 1990 Emporia State graduate, will deliver the second Sam E. and Jeannene Hayes Lecture Thursday, Oct. 11, 2012.
Leiker currently serves as director of Human Capital Enterprise and Strategy, Plans and Initiatives for the Training and Doctrine Command Personnel and Support Element (TRADOC) at Fort Eustis, Va. From 2008-2011, Leiker commanded the Army's largest battalion, the Headquarters Command Battalion at Fort Myer, Va.
Emporia State will have a series of assignments for Leiker when he returns to his alma mater. He will speak to students attending a workshop at 2 p.m. in Butcher Hall, Room 119.
"My focus is about the basics of leadership, helpful skills, risk management, and some lessons I've learned over the years," said Leiker.
Leiker's evening lecture, "Building Dynamic Leaders for the Future," takes place at 7 p.m. in the Memorial Union's Webb Hall. The public is invited to attend free of charge.
Emporia State students attending the workshop or Leiker's evening presentation are eligible to apply for one of five $1,000 scholarships to be awarded next spring. Last year's inaugural Hayes Lecture speaker, Doug Smith and his wife, Nan, of Leawood, Kan., provided funds to create the scholarships. To be eligible for a scholarship, students must attend the lecture and complete a scholarship application, which includes a series of essay questions.
Leiker is the son of Wayne and Edith Leiker of El Dorado. He earned Distinguished Military Graduate honors from Emporia State when he graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics in 1990.
The lecture series' namesake, Dr. Sam Hayes (BS 1962) of Mission Hills, Kan., is past president of the Missouri Dental Association and is a retired Captain of the U.S. Navy Reserve. He served as chair of the ESU Foundation Board of Trustees in 2001 – 2003.
Hayes and his wife, Jeannene, established the lecture series as a way to engage Emporia State's alumni in highlighting their successes. Individuals whose leadership qualities, skills and accomplishments have led to distinction are featured in each annual lecture.
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Former San Francisco 49ers offensive tackle Kwame Harris confirmed he's gay in an interview with CNN.
While the NFL has yet to have a current openly gay player, Harris wishes he had been more open about his sexuality while still playing.
"I want people, whether gay athletes, athletes still in the closet, or youths who are not sure what their sexuality is to know those are common feelings," Harris said. "Don't feel alone in having them."
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The former athlete went on to encourage other athletes to be themselves, but understood how hard it can be in a locker room. "You want to escape the despair and turmoil, and your mind goes to dark places," he continued. "I'm happy today, and I'm glad they were just ideas and I didn't act on any of them.
"The cost was great [to] not speak candidly ... open about myself in complete manner. If I could have done it different, I would have hoped I found the strength."
Former San Francisco 49ers offensive tackle Kwame Harris confirmed he's gay in an interview with CNN.


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Investigating Output Accuracy for a Discrete Event Simulation Model and an Agent Based Simulation Model Mazlina Abdul Majid, Uwe Aickelin, Peer-Olaf Siebers. 2009 INFORMS at University of Warwick, June 25-27, Coventry, U.K.
In this paper, we investigate output accuracy for a Discrete Event Simulation (DES) model and Agent Based Simulation (ABS) model. The purpose of this investigation is to find out which of these simulation techniques is the best one for modelling human reactive behaviour in the retail sector. In order to study the output accuracy in both models, we have carried out a validation experiment in which we compared the results from our simulation models to the performance of a real system. Our experiment was carried out using a large UK department store as a case study.» Mehr lesen
Dynamic Learning in Human Decision Behavior for Evacuation Scenarios under BDI Framework Seungho Lee, Young-Jun Son. 2009 INFORMS at University of Warwick, June 25-27, Coventry, U.K.
A novel approach to represent learning in human decision behavior for evacuation scenarios is proposed under the context of an extended Belief-Desire-Intention framework. In particular, we focus on how a human adjusts his perception process (involving a Bayesian belief network) in Belief Module dynamically against his performance in predicting the environment as part of his decision planning function. To this end, a Q-learning algorithm (reinforcement learning algorithm) is employed and further developed.» Mehr lesen
Modelling and Analysing Cargo Screening Processes: a Project Outline Peer-Olaf Siebers, Uwe Aickelin, David Menachof, Galina Sherman, Peter Zimmerman. 2009 INFORMS at University of Warwick, June 25-27, Coventry, U.K.
The efficiency of current cargo screening processes at sea and air ports is unknown as no benchmarks exists against which they could be measured. Some manufacturer benchmarks exist for individual sensors but we have not found any benchmarks that take a holistic view of the screening procedures assessing a combination of sensors and also taking operator variability into account. Just adding up resources and manpower used is not an effective way for assessing systems where human decision-making and operator compliance to rules play a vital role.» Mehr lesen
The Impact of Human Decision Makers' Individualities on The Wholesale Price Contract's Efficiency: Simulating The Newsvendor Problem Stavrianna Dimitriou, Stewart Robinson, Kathy Kotiadis. 2009 Winter Simulation Conference (WSC'09), December 13-16, Austin, TX, USA
Suppliers and retailers in the newsvendor setting need to submit their pricing and inventory decisions respectively, well before actual customer demand is realized. In the literature they have both been typically considered as perfectly rational optimizers, exclusively interested in their own respective benefits. Under the above set of conditions the wholesale price-only contract has long been analytically proven as inefficient.» Mehr lesen
Toward Simulation-Based Real-Time Decision-Support Systems for Emergency Departments Yariv N. Marmor, Segev Wasserkrug, Avraham Shtub. 2009 Winter Simulation Conference (WSC'09), December 13-16, Austin, TX, USA
Emergency Departments (EDs) require advanced support systems for monitoring and controlling their processes: clinical, operational, and financial. A prerequisite for such a system is comprehensive operational information (e.g. queueing times, busy resources,…), reliably portraying and predicting ED status as it evolves in time. To this end, simulation comes to the rescue, through a two-step procedure that is hereby proposed for supporting real-time ED control.» Mehr lesen
First Steps Towards a General SysML Model for Discrete Processes in Production Systems Oliver Schönherr, Oliver Rose. 2009 Winter Simulation Conference (WSC'09), December 13-16, Austin, TX, USA
In many areas of science, like computer science or electrical engineering, modeling languages have been established, however, this is not the case in the field of discrete processes (Weilkiens 2006). There are two reasons which motivate such a development.» Mehr lesen
Are Simulation Standards in Our Future? Hans Ehm, Leon McGinnis, Oliver Rose. 2009 Winter Simulation Conference (WSC'09), December 13-16, Austin, TX, USA
This panel seeks to initiate a discussion within the production system simulation community about a fundamental change in the way we think about, teach, and implement production system simulation. Today, production system simulation, while based on formal simulation languages, is largely an artistic process.» Mehr lesen
Simulating The Effect on The Energy Efficiency of Smart Grid Technologies Albert Molderink, Maurice G.C. Bosman, Vincent Bakker, Johann L. Hurink, Gerard J.M. Smit. 2009 Winter Simulation Conference (WSC'09), December 13-16, Austin, TX, USA
The awareness of the greenhousegas effect and rising energy prices lead to initiatives to improve energy efficiency. These initiatives range from micro-generation, energy storage and efficient appliances to controllers with optimization objectives. Although these technologies are promising, their introduction may rise further questions. The implementation of such initiatives may have a severe impact on the electricity infrastructure. If several of these initiatives are introduced in a combined way, it is difficult to analyse their overall impact.» Mehr lesen
Real Options and System Dynamics Aproach To Model Value of Implementing a Project Specific Dispute Resolution Process in Construction Projects Carol C. Menassa, Feniosky Peña Mora. 2009 Winter Simulation Conference (WSC'09), December 13-16, Austin, TX, USA
This paper presents a methodology to study the effect of different resolution strategies on the value of the investment in a project-specific dispute resolution ladder (DRL) using option/real option theories from financial engineering, process centric modeling, and system dynamics methodology.» Mehr lesen
Hybrid Simulation and Optimization-Based Capacity Planner for Integrated Photovoltaic Generation with Storage Units Esfandyar M. Mazhari. 2009 Winter Simulation Conference (WSC'09), December 13-16, Austin, TX, USA
Unlike fossil-fueled generation, solar energy resources are geographically distributed and highly intermittent, which makes their direct control difficult and requires storage units. The goal of this research is to develop a flexible capacity planning tool, which will allow us to obtain a most economical mixture of capacities from solar generation as well as storage while meeting reliability requirements against fluctuating demand and weather conditions. The tool is based on hybrid (system dynamics and agent-based models) simulation and meta-heuristic optimization.» Mehr lesen


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In the mainstream media, it's said, if it bleeds, it leads.
But if it's feverish, phlegmy, nauseated and has the potential to create massive global casualties, then it doesn't just lead, it dominates. This spring, the New Mexico media wasn't immune from H1N1/swine flu obsession—from reporting every suspected case to hosting online polls over the best swine flu pun (Aporkalypse beat Snoutbreak more than 2-to-1, according to New Mexico Independent reporter and former SFR Total Pig columnist, Gwyneth Doland).
"Every five years there's always one—bird flu, mad cow disease, swine flu—and you'll see the same reaction and coverage to create a sense of excitement," Albuquerque-based freelance writer Christopher Ortiz, whose blog, stuffjournalistslike.com, named "Pandemics" No. 25 on its list, tells SFR. "I think the public reacts to the coverage, not vice versa."
As of June 5, New Mexico had 156 total confirmed cases of swine flu, with no deaths, according to the New Mexico Department of Health. Globally, the World Health Organization estimates 19,000 cases in 64 countries and 117 deaths. WHO may soon declare H1N1 a "phase six" full pandemic, the highest rating on its alert system.
Yet, it seems the media has all but forgotten about the pandemic.
"You can only talk about it like it's the Second Coming for so long," Ortiz says. "Much like how everyone gets all excited over a newborn baby but, after a few weeks, the baby is old news, but it's not like the baby doesn't exist or is any less exciting. In fact, it's probably more so."
Santa Fe County Office of Emergency Management Director Martin Vigil cautions the pandemic is far from over and may come back with a vengeance in the fall.
SFR took advantage of the temporary calm to investigate what swine flu taught New Mexico and what's in store for the next flu season.
Swine Flu Sucks
When news of the swine flu-related deaths in Mexico City broke, Americans braced for the plague. But, as the weeks passed and it became clear swine flu wasn't anymore deadly than regular flu (0.2 percent mortality rate for H1N1 compared to 0.1 for seasonal influenza), the public began to shrug it off.
While University of New Mexico student and swine flu survivor Kara Griego agrees the initial coverage was overblown, she says the illness is far from mild.
"Seriously, it just felt like a train hit me," Griego, 21, tells SFR. "I started hallucinating because the fever was so high, and I was just sweating profusely and wasn't able to breath. It was horrible."
Griego took a week off from work to stay with her parents and, even though she's recovered, she says she's still suffering from a suppressed immune system and catches every bug.
According to Dr. Mack Sewell, the state epidemiologist in the New Mexico Department of Health, the number of youth affected by swine flu came as a surprise. He cites US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data that shows 71 percent of those affected were under 25.
"This virus has a huge predilection for younger people," Sewell says. "Older people probably have been exposed to something similar in the past and have some degree of protection."
Swine Flu Is Still Unpredictable
New Mexico is home to several top epidemiological experts, due to the pandemic research conducted at Los Alamos National Laboratory, particularly in computer modeling. However, these experts were somewhat at a loss to predict how the virus would spread because its properties were still largely unknown.
Dr. Tim Germann, the LANL scientist responsible for the EpiCast pandemic mapping system, tells SFR that predictions were made too early to be reliable and only now is data emerging that will help researchers adapt their computer models to H1N1.
"The big uncertainty is how many people have been exposed without becoming sick," Germann says. "It may be that there are a lot more people who have been exposed and developed resistance that we don't know about."
Researchers in Australia have adapted the EpiCast software in order to map out potential scenarios as the southern hemisphere enters the winter flu season. In the meantime, Germann predicts the northern hemisphere's warm summer weather, along with schools' summer breaks, will result in a drop in New Mexico cases, which will return in the fall.
In the meantime, LANL is working with University of California, Los Angeles to develop inexpensive, rapid testing kits in order to get quicker, more accurate data. That would have been helpful for Griego: H1N1 wasn't confirmed in her case until after she recovered.
Swine Flu Is Viral
H1N1 has found a second infectious life through Twitter. Comic Baratunde Thurston confessed at an event in New York City last week that he was responsible for the swine flu's satirical Twitter account, which collected more than 1,500 followers in a few weeks.
When the swine flu news began to grip the public's imagination, the Santa Fe County Sheriff's Office launched its new multimedia alert system several weeks early. The service is called Nixle and allows the public to sign up for email or text message alerts for everything from arrest reports to infectious disease outbreaks.
Currently, more than 350 people have subscribed to the service. Yet, the alert system's Twitter feed is where Santa Fe County Sheriff Greg Solano says he's noticed an uptick in attention.
"Just every day, I'm getting sign-ups after sign-ups," he says of the page, which has accumulated 100 "followers" since late April. "It's kind of a pyramid growth that's happening through Twitter."
Swine Flu Sneaks Up
Having survived the first wave of the pandemic, New Mexico government agencies have only months to prepare for what may be a harsher flu season in the winter.
According to Vigil, Santa Fe County has been preparing for a flu pandemic since 2005 and coordinated the first hospital drill in the state. Within days of the Mexico City outbreak, Vigil had met with the Santa Fe Fire Department to assess the mask and glove supply, and began discussing continuity of operations for county government.
What took the county officials by surprise was that the New Mexico Department of Health didn't keep them in the loop.
"We were literally getting our intelligence off the national and local news media before we ever had information coming out of the Department of Health," Vigil says, echoing sentiments also expressed by Solano. "As we addressed that to the Health Department, it never seemed to improve that much."
Vigil also says the county was told far too late that the DOH would not assist them in providing personal protection equipment, such as masks and gloves, to crucial county employees.
"We've received no direct funding to develop those capabilities," Vigil says. "The funding went all to the state, so that was a huge reality check on our part, that we were on our own."
To prepare for the next cycle, Vigil says the county is working under the assumption that between 30 and 40 percent of staff may be incapacitated by swine flu and is preparing strategies for emergency staffing.
The big hurdle, he says, will be with the public.
"Even with all the public information, it will be a huge challenge to get human behavior to align itself with [influenza precautions]," he says. "For example, I saw very little environmental surface cleaning as I traveled through the community in Santa Fe."
For SFR's special swine flu correspondent Doug Robert's intelligence brief, visit SFReeper.com.
In the mainstream media, it's said, if it bleeds, it leads.


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