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Revelle to Huskers: Soar with Your Strengths
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A compelling thing happened Sunday night when Tom Osborne introduced Shawn Eichorst to more than 550 Nebraska student-athletes at the Nebraska Champions Club, and Eichorst, in turn, introduced a new tradition to the NU Athletic Department's bi-annual student-athlete meeting after he spoke - a keynote speech from a current head coach.
Just moments before the Husker men's basketball team took Michigan State to the wire on a BTN telecast inside a large room across the street from Memorial Stadium, Nebraska's legendary head softball coach took Osborne and Eichorst to a place where both feel comfortable and want to be ... focusing squarely on the magic that can happen when individuals and teams focus on their strengths instead of their weaknesses.
"I spent more time thinking about what I wanted to say than preparing what I did say," Rhonda Revelle said Monday. "I spent a long time meditating on why Coach Osborne was so successful. Those offensive lines he had were as strong as they could be, so the running backs could do what they wanted to do. Watching those teams play was like watching a symphony because they were always focusing on their strengths."
Reinforcing Strength Meets the Energy Bus
Revelle made sure she also connected with Eichorst, who has launched his first year as NU athletic director/Osborne successor with a guidepost book entitled The Energy Bus - which became a holiday gift for every full-time member of the athletic department. "It fits in with America's obsession to fix our weaknesses instead of focusing on our strengths," Revelle said. "I wanted all of us to leave the room thinking about how much we can soar with our strengths, not because we ignore our weaknesses but because we can manage them and keep them under control."
Somehow, after Osborne received a long, spirited, heartfelt standing ovation precipitated by Nebraska's new athletic director early in his speech, Revelle found her own stride in the final, keynote delivery. She had an authoritative, animated attitude for an audience that included the vast majority of student-athletes representing 22 of Nebraska's 24 varsity sports.
Revelle was active, anecdotal and atypical, and she finished her address with a flourish. For extra oomph, she placed her hands over her mouth, looked skyward and used her makeshift megaphone to yell the extended Gooo....Bigggg.....Redddd, which was immediately followed by a captive audience screaming a quick-hitting GO BIG RED! right back at her.
Connecting with All Husker Student-Athletes
Let the record show that Rhonda Revelle seemed to connect with all Nebraska student-athletes who favor Sunday night bi-annual gatherings over mandatory 7 a.m. weekday meetings twice a year.
"Darn right I yelled Go Big Red after she did," Nebraska golfer Aaron Wong said of Revelle. "She was great talking about what it takes to be great. She's a phenomenal coach, a phenomenal speaker. I was so pumped about what I heard, I almost screamed at the end. I had so much adrenalin in me hearing what she said, I told the softball players I wanted their coach's autograph, and I'm going to watch them play."
A national top 100 prep freshman recruit from Chandler, Ariz., Wong has not met Revelle, but he was aware of her reputation. When I wasn't improving my putting like I thought I should in the fall, I told Coach Coach (Bill) Spangler, and he called me out on it. He told me to think about my strengths, not my weaknesses and how if I hit the ball longer, I would have shorter putts. He told me that is how softball thinks and why they're always so successful. They work really hard on their strengths."
Imagine Power to Strengthen What's Right
Revelle opened her speech with the ultimate challenge. "Imagine thinking about what would happen if we studied what is right with people versus what is wrong with them?" she said, adding that's exactly what the Gallup Organization did - spent decades researching and asking questions of 250,000 highly successful people in all walks of life.
What did Gallup find in its broad-based research?
"They found that, as a society, we're obsessed with fixing our weaknesses," Revelle said. "They also found that if we spent the majority of our time and energy on fixing a weakness, that, at best, improving a weakness will lead us to average."
Revelle used herself as an example. "My absolute best in science classes was very average, no matter what I did," she said. "As a pitcher in high school, I got so busy comparing myself to others, and judging myself for what I did not have - like a blazing fast ball - that I almost lost what I did have - pin-point precision and mental tenacity. Fortunately, I recovered enough to still be recognized by college coaches and play and graduate from a great university...the University of Nebraska!!"
Don't Ignore Weaknesses; Manage Them
You can't ignore your weaknesses, but you can manage them. "In my case, my best pitch was my change-up, which was the exact opposite of a blazing fast ball," she said. "Because my change-up was so effective, it made my fast stuff seem faster to the hitter than it actually was. That's how I managed my weakness of not having a lot of speed. With those science classes...well, I managed by doing all the 'extra credit' stuff that could help bolster my grade and then made sure that I got the best grades I could in the classes I was stronger in to keep my GPA at a high level."
To reinforce her point, Revelle talked about teams from China winning more Olympic gold medals in ping pong than any other country. She related how China's latest gold medal winner played only a forehand shot. His opponents knew he could not play a backhand, but he'd trained his forehand to the point where he believed it was invincible and that he could not be beaten.
"The study of strengths helps us understand the difference between good and great," Revelle said, pointing out how world-class marathoners could handle pain better than good marathoners. "The good marathoners disassociate with the pain in order to cope with it," she said. "They want to ignore it...push it out of their mind...bury it. The great marathoners associate with the pain in order to constantly monitor their body's signals. They focus on their aching legs and remind themselves to stay loose and relaxed."
Focusing on Weakness a Life of Its Own
According to Revelle, highly successful people/teams look at the world in a different way than average people/teams. "To understand greatness; we must study greatness," she said. "To develop strengths, we must focus on strengths. If we focus on our weakness, it takes on a life all its own.
"Our mind is our strongest muscle, and our body wants to please our mind. So, whatever our thoughts are locked in on, our body is grinding away to prove our mind right," she said. "To make the thoughts of our mind a reality, we can think about our weaknesses all the time, and that could be a recipe for disaster."
Bottom line, Revelle recommended that all student-athletes in the room develop a strategy to manage their weakness and that, in turn, will allow them to unleash their time, energy and enthusiasm while sharpening their strengths.
Do a Little a Lot; Don't Do a Lot a Little
According to Revelle, everyone is blessed with certain gifts and strengths. She pointed to China's Olympic ping pong dynasty, Nebraska's national championship debate teams and world-class piano players as individuals/teams that are always focused on their strengths and managing their weaknesses. "Do a little a lot and watch your strengths sharpen rather than do a lot a little," Revelle said. "Our strengths are usually our passion, and our passion is most likely our strengths.
"If we're passionate about sharpening our strengths to be razor-sharp, then the sky's the limit to what we can become and what our teams can become," Revelle said. "So find your passion and soar with your strength!"
Aaron Wong wasn't the only one in the room grasping Revelle's fundamental thoughts. "That was great thinking and great motivation," said Nathan Wong, Aaron's twin brother. "I had no idea, no clue that Coach Revelle was so legendary, but I do now. I mean, I'm so lucky to be able to learn from the best that I thank God every day I'm here. It was a beautiful speech ... very inspiring."
Quarterback, Swimmer, Infielder Agree
Tommy Armstrong, Nebraska's talented redshirt freshman quarterback, was equally motivated listening to Revelle. "All of us have to focus on our strengths, whether we're a freshman, sophomore, junior or senior," he said. "Coach Revelle has the same philosophy Coach Osborne has. He always got as much out of his football teams as you could get, yet in a very loving way. The more I listened tonight, the more I thought about how true it is to keep taking your greatest strengths up a notch and not letting your weaknesses get in the way of that."
Kelsey Larson, a senior First-Team Academic All-Big Ten swimmer from Newport Beach, Calif., considered opportunities at Harvard and Brown before choosing Nebraska, and Sunday night's session only strengthened that decision. "Nebraska has been everything I thought it would be and more," Larson said. "When we're surrounded by greatness, it's up to us to find and reinforce each other's greatest strengths and manage our individual weaknesses one day at a time. We're all looking for that extra edge, and when you listen to Coach Revelle, I think we can all help each other find it."
Revelle's relevance was not lost on Mattie Fowler, the sophomore infielder and 2013 team co-captain on the softball team. "We have the privilege of being motivated by Coach Revelle every day, so we were excited for the rest of the athletic department to be influenced by her enthusiasm," Fowler said. "She did an incredible job of speaking and got a great response from the athletes. I just thought it was a great way to bring the athletic department together and to kick off the semester!"
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Voices from Husker NationJust read this inspiring report. Great job. I am a BIG fan of Rhonda's and got to know her when she signed up for our annual bicycle tour, Tour de Nebraska, about four years ago. She's become a dear friend and built-in counselor/therapist! I posted the link to this article on the Tour de Nebraska FB page and my personal FB page. I am also happy to know that Shawn Eichorst recognizes Rhonda's extraordinary talents. GO BIG RED!! Susan Larson Rodenburg, Lincoln, Nebraska


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The City of Laurie will be having a special election Tuesday, June 4, to break the tie vote on a use tax that was proposed in the April 2 election.
The ballot issue proposed a local use tax at the same rate as the local sales tax, currently at a rate of 2 percent, to replace an old sales tax on out-of-state purchases of tangible personal property that total more than $2,000.
The decision in Street v. Director of Revenue in 2012 changed the existing practice of many cities and counties by prohibiting collection of a local sales tax on a vehicle purchased from an out-of-state vendor. Collections were subsequently ended in March 2012.
As a result, Laurie officials have estimated its loss of revenue at approximately $4,000.
The vote in Laurie tied at 92. On the Morgan County side of the city, 92 voted for the measure and 90 against. On the Camden County side, only 2 voters cast a ballot, both against the tax.
The tax measure previously failed in Laurie in the August 2012 election. In last summer's election, the city was the only to have a use tax measure on the ballot. This time around, four entities pursued the tax as well.
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Morgan and Camden counties will work together on the single-issue election to utilize only one polling place, likely at the Elks Lodge - if available - where the majority of city residents usually vote in a regular election.


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BOSTON—Police have nabbed the 19-year-old suspected Boston Marathon bomber, after a day-long manhunt that completely shut down the city of Boston and several suburbs.
An ambulance arrived at the scene to take the suspect, Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev, to a hospital. A volley of gunfire had been heard in the Watertown area around 7:00 p.m., and police told residents to stay inside and shelter in place as SWAT teams rushed in.
Tsarnaev was found in a boat in the yard of a home on Franklin Street, close to where he and his older brother engaged in a shootout with police nearly 24 hours earlier. Police could be heard calling to him to come out with his hands up.
A neighbor told ABC News that the homeowner had discovered Tsarnaev when he saw blood on the outside of his boat and then lifted the cover to find a person inside.
Watertown residents--finally able to leave their homes around 8:45 p.m.--broke into cheers and applauded police officers after word spread that the suspect was in custody.
Just a few hours earlier, police announced that the 19-year-old suspected bomber had so far eluded capture after fleeing from police on foot early Friday morning.
Thousands of law enforcement officers conducted a nearly 24-hour door-to-door manhunt for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who is believed to have helped his brother plant two bombs near the finish line at Monday's Boston Marathon that wounded more than 170 people and left three dead.
Officials announced at 6:00 p.m. news conference that they had been unable to apprehend the suspect, despite combing through a 20-block area of the Boston suburb of Watertown and shutting down the city's entire public transportation system in an effort to prevent him from fleeing. They said they did not know if he had a car, or if he was still on foot.
Gov. Deval Patrick lifted his previous "shelter in place," or lockdown, order for the city of Boston and many surrounding areas of the city at 6:00 p.m.. But Patrick urged Bostonians to continue to be "vigilant" as the "very dangerous" armed suspect has not been apprehended.
An overnight police chase and shootout left Dzhokhar's 26-year-old brother, Tamerlan Tsarnaev dead and Dzhokhar on the lam.
Federal investigators had released photos and videos of the two men hours earlier, showing them in the vicinity of the marathon finish line before the twin explosions. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was seen placing a backpack on the ground minutes before the blast, investigators said.
One police officer was killed and another seriously wounded during the violent spree. The city of Boston and its surrounding areas ground to a standstill for hours as police went door to door searching for the suspect in the suburb of Watertown.
Police said they had uncovered several improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in Watertown and in the brothers' home in Cambridge.
Tsarnaev is a student at the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth. The Tsarnaev family is originally from Chechnya, a volatile and once war-torn southern Russian republic. The family fled to Kyrgyzstan and eventually immigrated to the United States as refugees about 10 years ago.
Marathon bombing suspect Tsarnaev (FBI)
Tamerlan Tsarnaev, the dead suspect, studied at a local community college and was a Golden Gloves boxer. He also reportedly had a wife and young child. The FBI questioned him two years ago for terrorist ties at the request of a foreign government, but cleared him, according to the AP.
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who was remembered by former classmates as bright and personable, posted links to pro-Chechnyan independence sites on his social media page, and listed his world view as "Islam." It's unknown if either the separatist politics of Chechnya or their religion had anything to do with the suspects' motivations.
Tsarnaev appeared to be posting to his Twitter account even after the marathon attacks, writing in his last post on Wednesday, "I'm a stress free kind of guy." His posts covered everything from cute photos of his cat to rap lyrics.
In an interview with The New York Times, the suspects' father said Tamerlan had been unable to become a U.S. citizen because he was arrested for hitting his girlfriend, and that he traveled to Russia last year to live for six months and renew his passport. Dzhokhar is a naturalized U.S. citizen.
The suspects' uncle, when told that one of his nephews was killed by the local CBS News station, replied that he deserved it.
"He deserved his. He absolutely deserved his," Ruslan Tsarni said. "They do not deserve to live on this earth."
Later, in an emotional press conference outside his home in Maryland, Tsarni said his nephews had brought shame upon his family, and called them "losers." He speculated that they were not "able to settle themselves" and were "angry at everyone who was able to." He said he did not believe they were motivated by radical politics in Chechnya or their Muslim religion.
"Dzhokhar, If you're alive, turn yourself in and ask for forgiveness from the victims [and] the injured," he said. "He put a shame on our family. He put a shame on the entire Chechnyan ethnicity. Turn yourself in."
He added that he hadn't been in touch with the family for several years but would not say why.
"I'm ready to kneel in front of them and ask their forgiveness," Tsarni said of the victims of his nephews' crime. "I respect this country; I love this country ... this country that gives everybody chance to be treated like human being." Other family members, including an aunt and the brothers' father, said they did not believe the brothers could have planted bombs.
The University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth announced shortly after 10:30 a.m. on Friday that they were evacuating the entire campus after learning Tsarnaev is a registered student there.
Earlier, at sunrise Friday, Gov. Patrick ordered a shutdown of all public transit and for residents in the city of Boston and on its edges to stay indoors. Amtrak also shut down all trains between Boston and New York.
"We cannot continue to lock down an entire city or an entire state," Massachusetts State Police Col. Timothy Alben told reporters. He added that he believes the suspect is still in the state, but would not elaborate.
Boston and the surrounding areas of Watertown, Waltham, Belmont, Cambridge, Newton, Allston and Brighton were placed on lockdown for most of Friday. A no-fly zone was declared over Watertown. The city of Boston was eerily quiet for much of the day, the city's busy intersections totally abandoned.
The mayhem began at approximately 10:20 p.m. Thursday in Cambridge when police said the bombing suspects shot and killed an MIT campus officer, Sean Collier, 26. The terror suspects then carjacked a Mercedes-Benz SUV with the driver inside and fled, eventually letting the driver go unharmed.
The suspects were then spotted in Watertown, where federal agents swarmed in. At approximately 3:30 a.m., Massachusetts State
Slain MIT police officer Sean Collier. (Middlesex DA)Police issued a plea on Twitter for residents of Watertown to lock their doors and not open them for anyone, as dozens of police officers, many of them off duty, searched backyards and exteriors of houses there, and a police perimeter of several blocks was established.
Worried residents were also told to turn off their cell phones out of fear that they could trigger improvised explosive devices.
The suspects exchanged dozens of rounds of gunfire with patrol officers, and lobbed IEDs out of their vehicle, injuring several officers.
Tamerlan Tsarnaev was shot by police and brought to Beth Israel Medical Center. He arrived at the hospital under cardiac arrest with multiple gunshot wounds and blast-like injuries to his chest. The second suspect fled on foot.
A transit police officer, Richard H. Donohue, was seriously wounded during the exchange of gunfire, officials said.
K9 units and SWAT teams searched homes on Spruce Street as officers with a police robot searched an SUV that the suspects had abandoned. Multiple devices were left in the road and two handguns were recovered, according to police scanners.
"We believe this to be a terrorist," said Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis, of Tsarnaev. "We believe this to be a man who has come here to kill people. We need to get him into custody."
Police in Watertown, Newton, Brighton and Cambridge were put on high alert. "Units use caution," an officer said. "He might have an explosive object on his person."
Police were able to track down images of the suspects after a victim of the attacks, Jeff Bauman, came to them with a description,Bloomberg reported Thursday. Bauman's legs were torn apart by the bomb.


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There was a surprising casualty in yesterday's PopCap layoffs. George Fan is best known as the creator of one of PopCap's most endearing games: Plants vs Zombies. And although the company is moving ahead with a sequel to the game, according to a report by 1UP, Fan was part of yesterday's layoffs. (His LinkedIn page has not been updated, however.)
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After watching Helene break down while telling me her story of Czechoslovakia and her inability to return home to her family, I sat in the van and looked across the vineyards in silence. My attempt to console her, while heartfelt, just added to the heartbreak of those few minutes.
When she had composed herself, she started the van and we continued our work of hauling grape-filled bins out of the fields. It was 1968, and I was just a few months into a winery internship that had proven to be one adventure after another. And now I was sitting next to the most beautiful woman I'd ever seen.
Her admission of sadness and of almost complete hopelessness had created a special bond between us. This heavy silence was something I would never forget for the rest of my life.
We bumped along at the ends of rows of vineyards and followed the pickers from site to site. Once the van was groaning with filled bins, we would head back to the crush pad of the winery, then return to the vineyards to repeat the loop.
It was a gorgeous, warm and achingly blue-skied day. The cold morning had melted into a scene of outrageous fall colors. Everywhere one looked, there was russet and gold. The men had stripped to the waist and were moving slowly in and out of the vines. I remember how quiet and pastoral this all seemed to me. There was no other place I wanted to be, no other work I wanted to do, and no one else I wanted to be with at this magical time than Helene.
As we headed from the winery back to the vineyards, Helene suddenly started shaking her hand violently, trying desperately to fend off a yellow jacket. With quite a bump, we slid into the soft gravel at the side of the road, almost flipping the van onto its side. It was clear that the yellow jacket had stung her several times and Helene was in trouble.
I scrambled from my side of the now heavily listing van, afraid that any movement would send us over. When I went to her side, she seemed in shock. Her hand had already swollen to almost half again its size! I had a hard time trying to open her door because of the list of the van and yelled to her to slide over to my seat. I then jumped up and through the open window.
We sped to a small clinic. Helene tried to act calm as she told me where to turn, but I realized she was having a bad reaction to the stings and that it was imperative that we get there quickly.
By the time we arrived at the tiny clinic, Helene was pale and shaky. She was immediately escorted to a back examination room. I was sick with worry. Helene said she knew the "old" doctor who ran the clinic and was "happy" that he was going to attend to her.
It seemed an eternity waiting at the front entrance. Thankfully, I could hear very friendly chatter and some light laughter coming from the room and began to feel much better. In fact, the nurse in the front office smiled and nodded to me in a very reassuring way, which relaxed me.
When Helene came out she was smiling, cooing, actually, and looking up not to some "old" doctor but to a young, handsome (also smiling) Dr. Kildare-type who spoke to her very quietly and gently — in Czech! What were the chances?
Yes, she told me later, he was born in Prague, found his way to Paris, had completed his training, was single and was subbing for less than a week in the clinic. They were having breakfast the next morning.
I just stood there, dumbstruck.
Lorn Razzano is former owner of the Wine Cellar in Ashland and still works there part time. Reach him at email@example.com. To read previous columns on his adventures as a wine intern in France in 1968, go to www.dailytidings.com/razzano.
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After watching Helene break down while telling me her story of Czechoslovakia and her inability to return home to her family, I sat in the van and looked across the vineyards in silence. My attempt to console her, while heartfelt, just added to the heartbreak of those few minutes.


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Recent News
Posted on: 13 May, 2014
WHAT: Emergency Response Exercises
WHEN: May 20-21 (setup is on May 19)
WHERE: East Central University's Sports Complex (mainly Norris Field)
WHO: ECU, ECU Police Department, Oklahoma National Guard, Oklahoma Highway Patrol, Oklahoma Incident Management Team, Ada Police Department, Lighthorse Police Department, Ada Fire Department, Pontotoc County Sheriff's Department, Pontotoc County Emergency Manager, Mercy Emergency Management Services
Posted on: 13 May, 2014
ADA – East Central University's Veterans Upward Bound Program, through the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education and the state of Oklahoma, received free laptop computers for use with veterans and military-related individuals.
A distribution ceremony was held on April 30 at the State Capitol with Maj. Gen. Rita Aragon as the keynote speaker.
The Christina Foundation donated the computers to the state of Oklahoma, according to Amy Ewing-Holmstrom, CareerTech military transition coordinator.
Posted on: 13 May, 2014
ADA – Major General Rita Aragon will be the keynote speaker as the East Central University Veterans Upward Bound Program staff hosts a Veterans and Military Appreciation Day on Thursday, May 15, in the Chickasaw Business and Conference Center on the ECU campus.
The event is free and open to the public.
Aragon, secretary for veterans and military affairs for the State of Oklahoma, will deliver her message shortly after 11 a.m.
EDUCATION CAN CHANGE LIVES – STATE SEN. SUSAN PADDACK, FIRST GENERATION COLLEGE GRADUATE DELIVERS EMOTIONAL SPEECHPosted on: 13 May, 2014
ADA – A lifetime of struggles, setbacks, victories and stalemates are nothing new for State Sen. Susan Paddack.
She's battle-tested and analytical, intelligent and savvy and she was moved to tears May 2 when recalling she is the first in her family to be college educated.
"You'll have to pardon me if I become a little emotional," the five-term political leader said choking back tears, "but I was the first person in my family to receive a college education."
Posted on: 08 May, 2014
ADA – Stadium Drive in Ada, between 14th and 18th Streets is closed due to road construction. Please plan accordingly if you are attending East Central University's commencement ceremonies on Saturday, May 10, at the Kerr Activities Center.
Posted on: 07 May, 2014
ADA – Bachelor's degrees will be awarded to 505 students and 183 more will be granted master's degrees as East Central University conducts two commencement exercises on Saturday, May 10, at the Kerr Activities Center.
The first ceremony is scheduled for 10 a.m. while the second will take place at 2 p.m.
Posted on: 02 May, 2014
ADA – Former Oklahoma Gov. George Nigh, a 1950 East Central University graduate, presented the prestigious George Nigh Award to Noelle Hurt-Bryan on Friday, April 25.
Each year top seniors are selected to apply for this award and, after a rigorous application and interview process, the 2013-14 recipient ascended to the top for many reasons.
Posted on: 01 May, 2014
ADA – Former East Central University student Rhonda Ragsdale will be presenting a lecture entitled "Black Towns and Resistance in the Americas" on Wednesday, April 30, at 10 a.m. in the Estep Multimedia Room inside the Bill S. Cole University Center on the ECU campus.


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Remember the scene in the 1979 movie ... And Justice For All where Al Pacino, who is playing an attorney, loses it in court?
Well, according to The Wall Street Journal, some lawyers took that scene to heart and over the years civility has sharply diminished among legal professionals.
Reporter Jennifer Smith writes:
"Take, for instance, lawyer Marvin Gerstein of Illinois, who has been disciplined three times for his profane epistolary style, according to the Attorney Registration & Disciplinary Commission of the Illinois Supreme Court.
"Over the years, Mr. Gerstein has sent letters to legal adversaries calling them, variously, a 'fool,' 'idiot,' 'slimeball,' and other names unfit for publication. He has also suggested opponents have their heads inserted so far into an unpleasant place that they 'think it's a rose garden,' language that an expert witness for Mr. Gerstein said served a business purpose by vividly demonstrating the point."
So, what's the solution, you ask? Well, for some it involves creating a video and implementing civility training, but in New York, it's a show!
In December, the New York Inn of Court — a group that promotes excellence, professionalism and ethical behavior among lawyers and judges — put on "A Civility Seder."
The group's website described it as:
"An entertaining and informative examination of appropriate conduct in the profession. The Musical Team recognizes that December is not a typical time for a Seder; however, this timeless tale of a band of lawyers' exodus from the bondage of bad behavior into the Land of Civility is appropriate any time of the year. You don't have to be courteous to attend."
Will any of this work? We will have to wait and see, but per the Journal, at least one firm has resisted the urge to be nasty.
" 'I tell all the lawyers in my firm, you're not a fighter, you're a lover,' said Stephen Susman, a founding partner at litigation boutique Susman Godfrey LLP, which has a tradition of inviting opposing counsel to its holiday party. 'You will get more results with sugar than with vinegar.' "
From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Melissa Block.
And I'm Audie Cornish.
When it comes to courtroom antics, some of you may think of Al Pacino in "And Justice for All."
CORNISH: While that makes for good drama, lawyers have been worried about a growing lack of basic civility in the courtroom. The American Inns of Court is an organization devoted to, among other things, promoting professionalism among lawyers. One branch in New York City recently held a courtroom behavior refresher course, put to song.
CORNISH: And called it "A Civility Seder."
JUDGE RICHARD SULLIVAN: (Singing) If lawyers were more civil, yazzel, daddle-daddle, daddle, daddle, daddle, daddle, dum. They would treat their brethren with respect, wouldn't always yell, object. Oy.
CORNISH: Joining me now is Bruce Turkle, a lawyer and the man behind "The Civility Seder." Bruce, welcome.
BRUCE TURKLE: Thank you.
CORNISH: So this song that you guys played in the course was called "If Lawyers Were More Civil." People might remember the tune from the musical "Fiddler On The Roof." What's the point you're trying to drive home here?
TURKLE: I think the point was, I actually had written that with Judge Sullivan in mind, who performed it, who's an amazing jurist as well as a real talent. This song, like many of the songs in that presentation, we're approaching civility in the courtroom and among attorneys from different angles.
And what he was trying to get across was from a view from the bench, that if lawyers behave more properly - if there was more decorum, if there wasn't so much infighting amongst themselves - that judges could get on with the business at hand and not have to bother themselves with things like a denial of a request for a short adjournment or a very basic discovery dispute that really takes the judges time and really should be resolved between the attorneys.
CORNISH: So help us understand, for those of us who aren't totally familiar with some of these legal terms, what kind of behavior is considered rude in court or otherwise?
TURKLE: I think in court, the types of things that judges typically, you know, do not like to see is instead of addressing the judge, attorneys start sort of hectoring with each other; that the subject matter of why you came to court that day was something that they thought could be resolved between the attorneys. It didn't warrant having to take the judge's time with. You know, it has to be within the limits of professionalism.
CORNISH: Here's the thing, does anyone want a polite lawyer? I mean, isn't the whole point of having one who's going to be a kind of bulldog on your behalf?
TURKLE: Well, I think that's, you know, those who write about this talk about the fact that many times, the contentiousness, the nature of the adversarial system isn't in response to what clients are looking for. But I think that what I am speaking of is acting in a civil and professional manner.
I'm not saying that they have to be polite and be opening the doors for people. But I think that they have to respond, they have to wait their turn, they shouldn't be speaking all over the other attorney. I think that they shouldn't be involved in, you know, sort of name calling or are editorializing about, you know, the arguments that are being raised. And that's different than merely being polite.
CORNISH: Bruce, so another song that you play your presentation...
UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN: (Singing) There was no hector in the land of civility, land of...
CORNISH: And I was wondering if you could talk a little bit about the lyrics. Would you talk about in this song?
TURKLE: Sure. That was our finale. It's to a song from "Hair," "Aquarius." And the nature of "The Civility Seder, which it was a presentation we made at our end of court, is that it was the Exodus as you find in the Seder, the Passover Seder. But our exodus was from the land of Scorched Earth, where you had these no-holds-barred attorneys and they find, you know, righteousness. And so, by the end of our presentation, they are now able to exodus from the Land of Scorched Earth into the Land of Civility.
CORNISH: That sounds epic. Bruce Turkle, a lawyer and the man behind "The Civility Seder." Bruce, thanks so much for talking with us.
TURKLE: My pleasure. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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Head Coach Dan Kendig and the Nebraska women's gymnastics team announced the Huskers' 2013 schedule of meets on Thursday. The Huskers, who finished No. 8 nationally in 2012, will face nine opponents that finished in the top 25 last season, including five that finished in the top 15.
The regular season should serve as an excellent tune-up for the defending Big Ten champions, as the Huskers will face all seven of their league opponents throughout 2013. The Big Red will welcome Michigan State, Illinois, Penn State and Iowa to the Bob Devaney Sports Center, while hitting the road to face Michigan, Ohio State and Minnesota.
Nebraska will add match-ups with several quality non-conference opponents this spring, including road meets against California and Arizona. The Huskers are also slated to face Centenary and 2012 NCAA Super Six competitor Arkansas in conjunction with NU's road meet against Minnesota. NU will host the annual Masters Classic in February, which will pit Nebraska against Boise State and Iowa State.
The Huskers will kick off the season on the road, facing the Michigan Wolverines on Jan. 12 in Ann Arbor at 4 p.m. Nebraska will return home the next weekend to welcome Michigan State to the Devaney Center on Jan. 19 at 6 p.m.
The Big Red will take to the road again the following week, journeying to Columbus, Ohio to face Ohio State on Jan. 25 at 7 p.m. The Buckeyes finished No. 10 nationally last season and took second at the Big Ten Championships.
Nebraska will return to the friendly confines of the Devaney Center the following week to begin a two-meet home stand. The Huskers open the month on Feb. 1, hosting Illinois at 6 p.m. Nebraska will also face Penn State on Feb. 10 at 2 p.m.
The Huskers head west to challenge Arizona the next weekend, battling the Wildcats on Feb. 16 at 4 p.m. in Tucson, Ariz. NU will return home on Feb. 22 to host the Masters Classic, welcoming Boise State and Iowa State to Lincoln for the 6 p.m. meet.
Nebraska will host its final home meet of the season on Monday, March 4, competing against Iowa at 6 p.m. The meet will also serve as Senior Night for the Huskers, honoring Janelle Giblin, Kassandra Nathe and Brittany Skinner.
The Huskers will hit the road again for their final two regular-season meets of 2013, first traveling north to face Minnesota, Arkansas and Centenary in Minneapolis, Minn., on March 9. The meet is slated for a 6 p.m. start. NU will journey west for its regular season finale, challenging California on March 16 at 7 p.m. The meet will run in conjunction with a men's matchup between the California men's squad and the 2012 Big Ten champion Illinois Fighting Illini.
Nebraska's postseason action will begin on March 23 as the Huskers return to the conference championship stage to defend their 2012 crown. The Big Ten Championships will be held in East Lansing, Mich. NU's conference championships will be followed by the NCAA Regionals on April 6, and the NCAA Championships April 19-21 in Los Angeles, Calif.The 2013 Huskers will return three All-Americans from last season's squad that finished No. 8 nationally. Senior Janelle Giblin, junior Emily Wong and sophomore Jessie DeZiel will help lead Nebraska as the team vies for its second consecutive Big Ten Championship and makes a run at the NCAA Championships in April.


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Last weeks 'Bits n Bobs' Christmas Cake Bar special drummed up so much interest from you lot, I this week decided to take a look at some more of the festive market offerings. If like me you aren't the biggest fan of mince pies, then I'm sure you will agree that all these different seasonal cakes are a welcome addition to our supermarket shelves. I don't know what you all think, but this year in particular there seem to be a load more limited editions this year - with likes of Mr Kipling, McVities and Burtons all throwing out seasonal flavours.
Today in 'Bits n Bobs' we touch upon offerings from Cadbury, McVitie's and good old Mr Kipling. Given I am reviewing so many today I will keep the words light, but wont skimp on the pictures :D As ever all your thoughts are very welcome - I wouldn't expect anything less than all your candid views :D
Mr Kipling Frosty Fancies
Kcal 106 Fat 2.7g Fat(sats) 1.2g Carbs 19.5g (per cake)
'Golden sponge with a vanilla flavoured topping, covered in fondant icing'
I found these on sale in my local Tesco marked on a £1.00 'special offer', which bought me eight individual cakes. My British readership will be aware that these Frosty Fancies are a variation on the iconic 'Frech Fancy' (familiarise yourself HERE), which is a cake that has been made by Mr Kipling since the dawn of time.
Suffice to say the presentation was suitable, yet lacking any real imagination, and the taste panel said they thought the cakes looked 'boring' and 'plain' compared to the original brightly coloured varieties. Taste wise the cakes weren't differentiated from the originals in any manner aside from the small portioning of vanilla topping versus the traditional buttercream. Experts told me (I don't ever eat the originals myself!), that the vanilla cream was superior as it was more flavoursome and less sweet. I would have perhaps been able to appreciate this myself had it not been for the near throat burning sensation caused by the icing and ever so sugary inner cake. These were fine, but certainly not a 'must-try'.
6.3 out of 10
McVitie's Penguin Yule Logs
Kcal 110 Fat 5.5g Fat(sats) 2.7g Carbs 10.2g (per mini roll)
'Chocolate sponge logs with a creamy filling'
If you thought my bargain hunting skills were being pushed to the max finding all these £1.00 deals then you are all going to be super impressed to hear that I found these on a £1.00 BOGOF offer! Indeed, just one single British pound got me twelve of these Penguin Mini Rolls. These were first introduced last year for Christmas 2009 - See HERE.
Wrappers aside these mini rolls looked absolutely identical to the Cadbury Mini Rolls, with the white icnoic filling peeking out of the swirled sponge layers. To make things interesting I did attempt to pass these off as Cadbury Mini Rolls with some work colleagues who I conducted a blind taste test with (I removed the wrappers!). Within a group of six, two of them remarked upon the fact that the outer chocolate wasn't Cadbury chocolate, and they said that they didn't think they were as nice. The other four were probably just being polite, as I similarly thought the more generic sweet milk chocolate made these a little less superior to the immediate Cadbury alternatives. Nothing horrible but stick with the Cadbury ones. Another point - where was the traditional dusting of icing sugar to create the traditional snow 'Yule' effect?
6.6 out of 10
McVitie's Galaxy Mistletoe Kisses Cake Bars
Kcal 147 Fat 7.9g Fat(sats) 4.1g Carbs 13.5g (per cake bar)
'Chocolate cake bar, with chocolate sponge, chocolate cream and caramel, covered with Galaxy chocolate'
Whilst the above Penguin Yule Logs were available last year, these Galaxy Mistletoe Kisses Cake Bars are a new 'innovation for 2010' from McVitie's. Price aligned with the rest of the market £1.00 bought me a pack of five of these - note these were biggest sized cake bars I have reviewed for a long while (each weighing 31.0g!).
Propositionally these were a simple cross breed between the Galaxy Mistletoe Kisses bar, and the normal Galaxy original/caramel cake bars - what on earth was there ever going to be here not to like? Well I'm pleased to say nothing at all. The taste panel loved these cakes, and there were several positive remarks about the extra chocolatey caramel moistening the sponge layer expertly. The outer chocolate was crisp to the bite and delivered the creamy sweet Galaxy experience that was expected with it's delightfully soft melting mouth feel. For a cheap Christmas themed cake offering I would recommend these.
8.1 out of 10
Cadbury Festive Cakes with Flakes
Kcal 120 Fat 6.1g Fat(sats) 3.1g Carbs 10.2g (per cake)
'Golden sponge with a layer of white chocolate cream, covered in Cadbury chocolate, dusted with icing sugar and topped with a Cadbury Flake'
Shock horror I had to pay a little more than £1.00 to buy these and ended up forking out a whole £3.00 for a two pack multi-buy deal. I don't think even Cadbury can claim these are a new 'innovation' for 2010 - I've even seen very similar cakes (minus the icing sugar) appear during Easter time down the years.
Before eating these I was little concerned that they were going to be more of the same in regards to the Cadbury Snow Star Cakes (See HERE), which were by all means pretty poor. Luckily my taste panel and I were in agreement that these Flake Cakes were superior to those last lot of Cadbury cakes I shared with them. The main reasons cited for the perceived superiority were the thicker exterior milk chocolate, the Flake piece and more subtle white chocolate filling. My own opinion was indeed that these were better, but they were still not as good as the likes of the Galaxy Mistletoe alternative above. Flake fans might think they are more than worth a look at.
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Thursday, November 08, 2007
One of my PET PEEVES (and yes, there are a lot of them) is blood pressure. We get these people all day long sent to the ED because their blood pressure is "high". A few weeks ago, the dental assistant wasn't going to even let me see my dentist because I hadn't taken my meds that day and I don't like dentistry....so my pressure was 167/101.
Tonight, I had a typical scenario. A patient with blood pressures ranging from 170's / 100's was sent to the ED by his chiropractor. Turns out that they guy's arms had been tingling for 2 weeks (coincidentally about the same time the chiropractor started using some traction device that stretches the guy's neck). But TODAY, his blood pressure was high and he was rushed to the ED.
Of course, every headache patient has an elevated pressure, and most of the "total body tingly" patients have an elevated pressure. Our nurses freak out when I try and discharge anybody with a high pressure, and one local EMS service even gives sublingual nitroglycerine to anybody with an elevated pressure! I just don't get it.
Hasn't the evidence been pretty clear for about 15 years that urgent treatment of blood pressure is dangerous and contraindicated? (unless the diastolic is over about 130 or there is any evidence of end organ damage).
I get concerned when the patient has chest pain, shortness of breath, or neuro symptoms, but otherwise, I couldn't care less about the blood pressure. It's an outpatient workup, and treatment.
I try to educate patients, but I might as well try and educate the shrub in my front yard.
I get these people all day long who check their blood pressure 6 times a day and come to the ED the minute one reading is "high". By the time I see them, they've convinced themselves that they have all kinds of symptoms, and the blood pressure just must be the cause.
What do you guys do? (I don't mean Etotheipi.....I'd assume 0/0 is his normal patient).
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Same thing you do...if they have symptoms, I work them up; if they don't, I educate them and discharge them without workup.ReplyDelete
Sometimes I treat their BP, sometimes I don't. That depends on a lot of factors.
I see my pcp for my bp! Even when it goes high. My obgyn asked my pcp to change my bp meds for trying to get pregnant. My bp went sky high. I didn't go to the ER, I called my PPC. She had me come in, evaluated and back on to the old med I went. Which was determined is ok for pregnancy, not just the best one.ReplyDelete
The only time anyone freaked about my bp was when I was pregnant. They harassed my dr 10 times a day about it. He kept telling them, you don't understand. She was running a higher pressure before delivery w/2000mg aldomet and 60mg of procardia. I took her off all meds to see what it would do. This is good because it is not going higher. The nurses just didn't get it and were very uncomfortable with it. Eventually I went back on meds but still.
- Anonymous7:42 AM, November 08, 2007
what's this "blood pressure" thing you guys keep talking about?ReplyDelete
if i'm in a good mood or have time i give my "blood pressure is analogous to the pressure in your plumbing system... over time blah blah blah" at which point their blood pressure is decreased due to boredeom.ReplyDelete
etotheipi, when asked about blood pressure, says, "it's probably a tumor."
- ndenunz8:58 AM, November 08, 2007
Being any internist, I, too, am the recipient of patients with blood pressure "emergencies". They are sent over to be worked in that day by their dentist/surgeon/chiropractor with an elevated blood pressure but no symptoms. It seems that these practitioners just want them out of their office as quickly as possible.ReplyDelete
I usually wind up doing nothing acutely. I take the episode into consideration at their follow up visit and adjust medication if necessary.
- Anonymous9:07 AM, November 08, 2007
I love it when their B.P. is high and it's *suddenly* a big deal and then when you go over their meds and find out they are on meds for their B.P. they say 'oh I didn't feel like it was high so I didn't take them/refill them'ReplyDelete
but it's suddenly a crisis now? grr.
Thought you might find that interesting.
"One local EMS service even gives sublingual nitroglycerine to anybody with an elevated pressure!" That's just freaking weird. Their medical director is weird for putting that in their protocols...
treatment of htn on the EMS side is fraught with difficulties. our system doesn't treat without symptoms and even then it's a call in order as the proper med is dependent on the symptoms. that being said, chest pain with a pressure that will support nitro is given nitro.ReplyDelete
I'm with the treat/workup if there are symptoms of end-organ damage (altered mental status, headache...maybe, chest pain, shortness of breath, neuro symptoms), and the "let me tell you about blood pressure...." discussion if not.ReplyDelete
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Glad to know I'm not on an island alone. Some of my partners (FP trained) won't let a patient leave the ED unless their BP is normal "because they might have a stroke and then we're liable".ReplyDelete
I've never seen the point of making the number look good for discharge and sending the patient out with no treatment for blood pressure. This duality of treatment opinions just confuses our nurses.
I appreciate the internist perspective and enjoyed the link.
I actually get a patient sent to the ED about once a month from a PCP's office for asymptomatic hypertension. Usually at 5:15, with a long list of BP meds, a longer handwritten list of 24 time per day BP readings, and a nice note by the PA/NP.ReplyDelete
No symptoms except anxiety. I usually prescribe no more than two BP checks a day, and some reasurrance (barring other symptoms, etc).
As a PCP, I see these people in the office and have long-winded circular conversations about it being important to control your BP on a long-term basis but that a few high readings are generally not something to worry about.ReplyDelete
I answer lots of questions which prove that they can't hear me.
Then I forbid them from checking their BP more than twice a week. Whoever invented the home BP monitor should be shot.
I always tell patients that if they're in enough distress for some other reason to come to the emergency department, that it's ok if their BP is a bit high, because of pain/paranoia/white coat htn, etc, and just to monitor for other symptoms and follow up the next day or 2 with their PCP if they're still concerned.ReplyDelete
where I draw the line is when the patient comes in after talking to their PCP, who negligently sends them to the emergency department to be worked up for the hypertension, which is something that can be done as an outpatient by a competent physician. what? you think i'm going to get the plasma renin level back any faster than you, considering it's a send out? or my pheo workup is going to pan out any differently?
see, now i just worked myself up into a mood. now i know why this is the best blog in the medicoblogosphere!
either shot, or forced to walk around with one that goes off every 15 minutes and forced to keep meticulous records of same.ReplyDelete
I simply tell them I can make their blood pressure normal, but the trade off will be getting around in a wheelchair, having a rubber tube stuck in your urethra, and not moving one side of your body when you have that stroke due to dropping your pressure too fast. Most are fine to leave at that point.ReplyDelete
The best way to treat these pts, besides telling them the dr who sent in is, (well I won't go there right now) to give your nurse 10mg of Valium..ReplyDelete
Y'all know I love my ED nurses, but I don't have freakin' clue what they are taught in nursing school about HTN!!!But clearly they are taught something different than we are!
i don't discharge my patients unless their bp is 120/80. it takes some neat alternating doses of clonidine and fluid boluses to get it just right then we turn off the monitor and discharge the patient immediately.ReplyDelete
- DevilDoc10:18 PM, November 08, 2007
Asymptomatic patient triaged level 2 with BP 180/100: I stopped taking my BP med and I checked my BP at WalMart and it was high.
Me (looking for Candid Camera guy): What...did...you...expect?
Patient: I just wondered if I should start taking the medicine again.
Sometimes I wonder how they're going to find their way home.
I don't have freakin' clue what they are taught in nursing school about HTN!!!ReplyDelete
We're taught what BPs are important in what situations (eg. fever and BP of 60/40 or htn/brady/irreg breathing or BP of 190 in a new embolic stroke patient=good or BP of 190 in intracranial bleed patient=bad) and possible or common treatments thereof. Then the usual education about what htn is a risk factor for. I don't think I was specifically taught when to NOT intervene in the face of abnormal vital signs; that's sort of the whole nursing judgment thing.
The new nurse is supposed to be able to identify abnormals, evaluate if the abnormal is significant for that patient, and what to do about it.
Sometimes I will officially ask if we need treatment for an abnormal blood pressure so I can document that I asked, not necessarily thinking anything needed to be done.
k: You clearly went to an excellent nursing school. We have 2 nursing schools in my town, and 1 in each of my previous practice locations. They were all taught that high blood pressure was immediately bad....not the situational interpretation (which is correct).ReplyDelete
The lack of consistency among the way the docs deal with the issue seems to contribute to the confusion.
Unless I am working with a seasoned crew, I find myself uttering the phrase "I don't care what his blood pressure is, he has a broken XXXX" at least three times a week.
Here's the analogy I use...."if you were walking to your car tonight after your shift and I jumped out from behind a tree with a knife and screamed.....would it then be appropriate medical care for me to start you on beta blockers for your elevated heart rate? "
no, but i will demand dilaudid.ReplyDelete
You can have droperidol. It's so strong, even the FDA warns us about using it.ReplyDelete
i'm allergic to droperidol and haldol and i have prolonged QT and i'm allergic to nsaids and tylenol and geodon. last time they gave _____(insert non narcotic medicine here) to me i nearly died and my throat closed down on me and exacerbated my chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, irritable bowel syndrome, and borderline personality disorder. so really, the only thing that works for me is dilaudid and a stiff double shot of fine scotch. will be by soon to see you.ReplyDelete
i'm allergic to droperidol and haldol and i have prolonged QT and i'm allergic to nsaids and tylenol and geodon. last time they gave _____(insert non narcotic medicine here) to me i nearly died and my throat closed down on me and exacerbated my chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, irritable bowel syndrome, and borderline personality disorder. so really, the only thing that works for me is dilaudid and a stiff double shot of fine scotch. will be by soon to see you.ReplyDelete
k: You clearly went to an excellent nursing school.ReplyDelete
Not so fast there.
I also had to study and test on reflexology and learn and demonstrate the fundamentals of 'healing touch' and 'the M technique.' I always thought the M technique sounded like some sort of dirty maneuver to achieve an orgasm, but it was less exciting than that. The unit on aromatherapy was also tremendously beneficial. Or something.
Of course, most of us wanted more than a 1-time practice on IVs and basic skills like that, but it was better in the long run that I could manipulate the energy fields of my patients rather than quickly and effectively insert an IV in a time of need.
"Should I insert the IV and hang this life-saving antibiotic or just run my hands over their body? I'm confused."
Most nursing is learned after you work, but I at least knew how to not kill someone or, more difficultly, let them die or get much worse due to inaction.
And, in nursing school, pain is what the patient says it is, patients are never drug-seeking losers.
nurse K,ReplyDelete
in all seriousness. either go to med school, get your NP, or go make a million dollars doing something else. i agree with erdoc85 that something in your background has made you exceptional. you have managed to increase your clinical judgement and skills in spite of the primacy of paperwork skills in today's nursing schools. please let us know when you get back up in the blogosphere, and, in the meantime, consider this blog your home away from home. also, if you need any soprano-like assistance with your arch nemesis then DRX may be able to assist.
I switched away from medical skool idea when I got knocked up at an inopportune time in my life. I was a pretty damn good neuroscience undergraduate student prior to the imminent need to graduate and make money ASAP rather than fartin' along in academia for another 8 years.
It would be a disservice to my son to go to medical skool at this point (or really any point), but in perhaps another couple of years, I'll go get my NP so primary care doctors can tell me I'm merely another indicator that the fall of the primary care physician is around the corner or something. I've also considered the MHA program in town so I can carry my clipboard around and yearn to resuscitate someone again.
I know what you mean, but understand that the fact that I went into nursing isn't a disappointment nor an indication that I have failed.
dear nurse K,ReplyDelete
you misunderstand me. you are a credit to the nursing profession and individual nurses have my respect until they do a bunch of stuff to lose it. i merely mean that with the focus on clipboard nursing you must want to scream. at least on the 'provider' side we have a bit more autonomy, though less and less every day due to aforementioned paper people. i would strongly advise my kids against med skool and anyone who asks about it i try to steer in other directions. as Oldfart has mentioned recently, i love my nurses, they save my ass every day and save lives every day. i am not impressed with myself because of the letters after my name, i am impressed with myself because of my gargantuan penis.
i merely mean that with the focus on clipboard nursing you must want to scream.ReplyDelete
I get riled up for the following reasons: (1) Too many patients (real patients, that is) vs. too few beds (2) Too many BS patients trolling for narcotics and being verbally abusive to me (3) Certain combinations of doctors and nurses which could be considered 'the perfect storm' (4) Holding patients in the ER for hours on end due to "budgetary concerns" which preclude staffing the hospital adequately for admits while we're working short too (5) Doctors who treat me like I'm a retard or who over-treat BS or minor complaints beyond the point of reason, especially during a #1 type of situation
i am impressed with myself because of my gargantuan penis.
So that explains the excessive overuse of lower case letters. You're attempting to achieve equilibrium between large and small.
K: We're complimenting you. You have obviously got the savvy that ER docs love to work with.ReplyDelete
Were it not for good nurses, I could not begin to do my job. I just have to know who they are and who they aren't. Our hospital is dealing with shortages by hiring lots of GN's. Of the 10 or so hired in the last year, only 1 is worth her weight in formalin swimming maggots. I think you should have to spend a year on the wards before you get to the ED.
Used to be that the CERN was a big deal and those were always our best nurses. But the test is hard, it's expensive, and it doesn't get you any more pay...so it seems like nobody takes it any more.
I agree with you. Most nurses learn the important stuff after nursing school. (hell, medical school didn't make me into a competant doctor...residency did that). No human being is more idiotic than an RN, PhD. I have met more than my share of those folks. They have constant rainbows shooting out of their asses. But they couldn't draw a blood specimin from a vein the size of my finger.
And P.S. I have worked with NP's. My opinion would have been different had I not had lots of involvement with them, but I think they are great. Most are smart, caring, and reasonable.
Something else you said caught my attention:
"Nurse K said...
I got knocked up at an inopportune time"
Do you mean you weren't on your back? (j/k)
They have constant rainbows shooting out of their asses. But they couldn't draw a blood specimin from a vein the size of my finger.ReplyDelete
Oh, certainly. Try sitting through any nursing lecture ever. I couldn't decide whether to laugh or cry half the time. To make things worse, they are all hardcore socialists too. What's worse than a rainbow-out-of-your-ass ivory-tower communist who can't start an IV nor rapidly assess and treat a patient? NOTHING. They'd be the perfect nurses for a 3rd world communist regime, in fact.
The PhD nurse would be evaluating the patient's home living conditions and psychosocial stressors rather than, like, pushing the amp of epi during the v-fib. Meanwhile, I'm arguing about the necessity to assess and treat skin integrity RIGHT THIS SECOND while yelling out heart rhythms and compressing the chest.
Do you mean you weren't on your back?
What is this back stuff you're talking about? I ain't no Amish. Do people really do that anymore? Huh.
K: Thanks for the great laugh!ReplyDelete
Definitions of gargantuan on the Web:ReplyDelete
elephantine: of great mass; huge and bulky; "a jumbo jet"; "jumbo shrimp"
Perhaps the patients elevated BP is a direct result of gazing at your crotch?
jumbo shrimp??
The first word that popped into my head when I saw "gargantuan penis" was "perforation"...and then Tom Jones music started playing in my head.ReplyDelete
From the point of view of an ICU nurse, some of this is the fault of administration. I can't count how many times in a day I have to go to the doc and say these words..."I know this is a non-issue, but policy says I MUST report it to you". An example, an 1 month old infant, s/p open heart surgery and ECMO X3 days. Develops a sternal wound infection and is in the ICU vented with an open chest and wound vac. All wound cultures negative, so started on Vanco and Gent. Per ID, we want Vanco troughs to be 10-15. Of course, to the lab, this is in the range of a critical alert. The lab calls to report to me a value of 13.1. Policy says I MUST report this to the MD. I go to the ICU doc and say, "I know this is exactly where we want this to be, but by policy I have to immediately report it to you". I have to chart the exact time the lab called me and the exact time I reported it to the MD. The time frame, by policy, is 10 mins. Does this not make me look like a nurse who doesn't know his patient? Have never worked in the ED, but am wondering if the same is true with the HTN issue?ReplyDelete
dear martygrn,ReplyDelete
please see this...
the answer is yes. our lab will call us with 'critical' glucose levels all day but will 'recheck' an abnormal troponin to make sure it's not an error. yes, i'm serious.
it's not unusual... (then again i guess it is for an asian guy)ReplyDelete
On another subject, I also know exactly what you mean about PCP's sending their patients to the ED. However, I must also add that I also have some criticism for "SOME" ED Docs. Let me start by saying I work in a Pediatric ICU in a stand-alone children's hospital. Had a situation the other day that went like this:ReplyDelete
Parents take their 3-week old infant to their pediatrician with c/o fussiness, no PO intake and no sleep X12 hrs. Significant for a 3 week-old. PCP examines the baby and notes a "slight tachycardia" so sends them to the ED....at a hospital that does not have pediatrics!! They contact our Cards attending on-call and give the same report and even add, "but the baby looks ok overall". We agree to accept the baby and ask that he be flown to us, since it could likely be a cardiac issue. The baby arrives to us, flight crew has intubated and administered Adenosine X3. On monitor, baby is in SVT with a rate of 350, CRT of 7-8 secs, unable to obtain BP and no peripheral pulses. Flight crew reports that this is the condition they found the pt in on arrival to the other hospital. The other hospital had not even put the baby on a monitor. Reported HR as >200 by apical ascultation. We started an aline to get a BP of 32/17. Administered adenosineX4, bolused and started an amiodorone drip and attempted to cardiovert X2. Here is my question...for an ER doc with little to no experience in Peds, is this what should be expected? Also, why would the pediatrician send the family to an ED without peds?
911DOC - Do I understand that your 'yes' answer to me is saying that it does make me look like a nurse who doesn't know his patient?ReplyDelete
martygrn, if you're taking care of the kinds of patients you describe the answer is "no". You clearly know your stuff! I have a background in ECMO and know the level of dedication it takes to do what you do. 911 wasn't "dissing" you. It goes back to another issue.ReplyDelete
To answer your question, it makes no sense for a pcp to send a kid to an ED without peds coverage. Those of us trained in EM seldom ever see kids like you describe (thank God). While they are "the norm" for you, they are a rarity in the non-specialty world, and though I can fault someone for not putting a monitor on a patient and having accurate vitals, I can't fault them too much for not knowing what to do next.
Thank God for people like you who fly in and help us with these patients!
dear martygrn,ReplyDelete
my 'yes' to you simply meant that the lab messes with us just like the paper nurses and regulators mess with you.
i will slightly disagree with erdoc85, i think it's a huge miss for the kid not to be put on a monitor. at that point, even though we would not know what to do off the top of our heads, speaking personally, i would have pulled my pals reference, started lines, and followed the instructions, intubated, and called the helicopter.
as to why the pediatrician would send the child to the ER please see my theory on this here...
and as erdoc85 says, it was merely poor wording on my part. i most certainly was not criticizing you! you rock.
So it's true what I've heard? Can you unequivocally confirm the stereotype?ReplyDelete
cause I've had my eye on a couple lately but I wouldn't want to be disappointed.....
which stereotype is that?? the one about all ER docs having gargantuan penises? yes, it's twoo, oh, it's twooooo, ach du leiber! care for another schnitzelgruben??ReplyDelete
"no, eight's my limit baby."
sorry, got caught up in a blazing saddles moment...
yes, it's true. just ask our pathologist who is an expert...
I was expecting some heart warming story about how ER docs' penises are so large that Path can tell one just by measurin' it. I got sucked in (hehe) to the comments which were all about circumcision. Here's my vote, trim that sh*t off!! Looks like a mole with it and smegma is a total turn-off. Despite what the internet claims.ReplyDelete
Is Smegma useful? Yes, certainly. It lubricates the cavity between the foreskin of the penis and the glans, thus allowing smooth movement between them during intercourse. (Not in my woohoo)http://www.cirp.org/library/normal/wright1/
Wellll now, inn't that speschal? Hmmm?
I was re: to your re: re: to Asian men.....
my mistake. i'm not asian. i'm from ivory coast.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous10:07 AM, November 13, 2007
I'm pround to be a penis expert.ReplyDelete
Egad! I've crossed over to the Dark Side.......help meeeeeeeeReplyDelete
- Anonymous7:44 PM, November 15, 2007
Come now microdicks...get over yourselves.ReplyDelete


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Padres - 100 400 00 - 5 7 0 Red Sox - 000 010 0 - 1 10 2And the game was called shortly before 7 PM.
The Yankees (43-29) beat the Reds this afternoon in the first game of their day-night doubleheader, so they and the Red Sox (44-30) are currently tied for first place. (Update: New York lost the nightcap, so Boston has a one half-game lead.)
6:10 PM: The game is in its fourth rain delay, with the Red Sox preparing to bat in the bottom of the eighth. It has been raining all afternoon, sometimes quite hard. The start of the game was delayed 35 minutes. The two earlier in-game delays came in the top of the third (38 minutes) and in the middle of the fifth (31 minutes).
Lackey (3.1-4-5-4-4, 83) had a rough fourth inning, allowing two singles, two walks (one with the bases loaded), hitting two batters (one with the bases loaded), and throwing a wild pitch (with the bases loaded). Lackey's portion of the inning went: BB, HBP, 1B, K, BB (run), HBP (run), WP (run), 1B (run). The Blamethrower may say later today that the ball was watery and wet. He's right, but that is far from the whole story of that inning. He finished the day having thrown 48 strikes and 35 balls.
Adrian Gonzalez is 4-for-4, with one RBI. Dustin Pedroia has singled twice and walked. ... Boston squandered a bases loaded/one out situation in the first when David Ortiz grounded into a double play. Kevin Youkilis GIDP with two on to end the seventh.
In three starts since coming off the disabled list, Lackey has a 5.03 ERA (19.2 innings, 17 hits, 4 walks, 15 strikeouts). Boston has won all three games: 6-3, 16-4, 10-4.
Like all of the Padres' starters, Richard has received very little run support (see RS/GS). In his nine losses, San Diego has averaged only 2.3 runs. Richard has a 4.18 ERA in his last six starts, but the team has lost all six games: 4-0, 2-1, 4-3, 3-0, 2-1, 6-5.
AL East: Yankees/Reds at 12:30 and 7 PM. Rays/Brewers at 2 PM.


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