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Is the perfect computing device for clinicians not a "device" at all?
As you might expect considering my profession and where I work, clinicians frequently ask me, "What kind of computer is best for clinicians?" My answer typically goes something like this. "Well, it depends. If I'm out to dinner with my wife and on call, it's my smartphone. If I'm in the clinic running room to room, I would likely prefer a tablet. If I'm in my back office doing reports or research, I'd likely dock my tablet and work with a traditional monitor, mouse and keyboard. If I'm teaching or doing a presentation at grand rounds, I'd like to use a really big screen such as a projection system or PixelSense giant touch-screen. So, I guess what I'm really saying is that the best computer for a clinician really depends on what the doctor or nurse is doing and where. Basically, no matter what device you pick up, you just want to access the information you need and do your work."
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Yesterday, I participated in a meeting with some of my Microsoft colleagues from our product and business groups. The purpose of the meeting was to reflect on the current status of devices for clinical computing and then dive into a discussion about the future. Let me share with you what I shared with the team. An idealized future of clinical computing and clinical workflow would be one with no discernable dependence on devices at all. What did I mean by that?
Think about what clinicians do. First, we tend to be highly mobile. Healthcare professionals move around a lot and need solutions that move with them. Second, patient care involves much more than just consuming and entering data, although I'm sure many of my colleagues would say they feel more like data entry clerks than healthcare professionals these days. Yes, we consume and document lots of information, but we also use our hands, touch our patients, and examine them with instruments. We do procedures that often get messy or require a sterile field. We may be wearing gloves. It's a highly variable environment that doesn't always accommodate computers, keyboards and other devices. Thus, the perfect future device for a clinician is likely to be no device at all.
This brings us into an era of what is often referred to as ubiquitous computing and ambient intelligence. You can already see evidence of this with giant, gesture-based touchscreens built into walls and rooms that listen for our commands. You get a feeling for the future when we talk about the "Internet of Things", machine learning, cloud-based neural networks, and wearable sensors. That doesn't rule out devices entirely. The "device" might be something built into your clothing, worn on your wrist, or clipped to your lapel. It might sometimes be a heads-up display in the glasses or contact lenses you wear.
When I described all this to my colleagues and why I thought it simply was essential for the future of clinical computing and clinical workflow, one of them said to me, "It sounds like you are describing Cortana for healthcare." I thought about that for a few seconds and said, "Yes, I think that is exactly what I'm describing!"
Maybe I watched too much Star Trek growing up, but I believe clinical computing of the future requires an omnipresent virtual assistant like Cortana. She (or he or it) will be everywhere we go. She will be a cross between our personal assistant and a brilliant clinical colleague. She will access information, provide guidance, take notes, schedule appointments, make a call, do research, and basically be our wing-man. She will be in the exam room, in our back office, in our car, and in our living room at home. And it's not just healthcare professionals who will have access to this kind of technology. It will be every one of us in both our personal and professional lives.
That, my friends is the future of clinical computing, and it's a future that is closer than you might think.
OK. For now go out and buy yourself a great tablet. You need one. But someday we'll look back in the review mirror and today's tablets will appear as antiquated as the electric typewriter.
Bill Crounse, MD Senior Director, Worldwide Health Microsoft
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Gena Gelman reports, "As part of our outreach, we visited elderly Jewish Israelis, including a 94-year-old woman named Jael.* 'May I speak with you for a few minutes?' I asked her. Jael was as grateful for the company as she was for the food I'd just shared with her. She was wrestling with some physical ailments, so I asked if she could hear and understand me well enough. With some difficulty, she nodded yes. Then she pointed to her left leg, her left hand and her tongue. 'A stroke?' I asked. She nodded again. Despite her limitations, we were able to communicate through brief words and simple gestures.
"After a few minutes, I began to tell Jael about God's love, our sin and the forgiveness and reconciliation that He has made possible through the death and resurrection of the Messiah, Yeshua. Then I asked her a question: 'Tell me, Jael, would you say you're guilty of sin?' Jael made a sign with her hand as if to say, 'Well, maybe yes, maybe no.' 'Let me read you something,' I offered.
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Cloud use strategy: Celtics VP of IT builds on wins, cuts losses
Boston Celtics VP of IT leverages cloud use for business needs on and off the court and comes out winning -- even when he loses.
- Karen Goulart, Features Writer
How did Rajon Rondo become an NBA all-star? Raw talent, practice, great coaching and … the cloud. There was a time when Jay Wessland, vice president of IT for the Boston Celtics, kept away from cloud use -- but today some 50% of the organizations' applications and functions are cloud-based. For Wessland, being an IT leader means enabling all employees with the best technology to do their jobs; star point guards are no exception. And as in many businesses, his cloud journey started with email.
Despite being a huge international brand, the storied NBA franchise as a company is actually quite small -- an agreeable setting for a hands-on technologist like Wessland. When Wessland joined the organization, the Internet as we know it was still relatively new and cloud use was still on the distant horizon. A task like putting together an email system and handling email security himself was no big deal. When cloud became an emerging technology, he didn't see a reason to drop what he'd built for a buzzword. Then business technology took off, beginning with the explosion of email.
First foray: Trading DIY for SaaS
In those early days, he said, not much attention was paid to spam and email security. As email began growing toward the behemoth of an application it is today, Wessland's patience in dealing with it waned. The time and effort weren't paying dividends. There were too many points of failure in his mail flow; he needed to simplify.
Wessland's self-crafted system was spread out over a handful of servers and appliances. "When everything was working perfectly, my implementation worked really well," Wessland said with a laugh. But there were too many points of failure.
"Once a week something would crash and I have to reboot or restart a service; it was just becoming unwieldy."
Two vendors had reached out to Wessland soliciting their cloud based Software as a Service (SaaS) email security offerings -- Mimecast and Postini. He decided to give them both a call and kick the proverbial tires.
Value of cloud use goes beyond cost
The upshot? For about the same price he was paying for his on-premises tools and appliances, Mimecast did everything he was doing security-wise, along with archiving. The 30 minutes a day he was spending with email was cut to less than 30 minutes a week. He was sold.
Time is of the essence for Wessland, who, when it comes to leveraging technology solutions, is not so much concerned with cost cutting as with reliability, uptime and hands-off administration.
The infiltration of technology into every minute of the business day has meant that the mundane IT jobs must be handled as efficiently as possible to free up time for Wessland and his technology group to focus on helping the Celtics organization be as productive as it can be.
"It has required much more work; it requires more work every year, so the conventional sort of day-to-day IT time has to be driven down," Wessland said.
Win some, lose some, learn some
About half of the Celtics' applications are in the cloud, improving productivity for everyone, including the players on the parquet and the coaches on the sidelines.
Up until just this year, for example, when players wanted to review their performances, they would have to wait for video to be transferred to DVD, then distributed to each player. Former Celtics leader Kevin Garnett, an iPad user, wondered if players could somehow get quicker delivery on an iPad, and Wessland delivered. He's protective of details, but the organization partnered with a company that can provide video to mobile devices pretty much on the fly. Now, instead of waiting for DVD delivery and then hunting down a DVD player or scaring up a laptop, the SaaS app has players breaking down their gameplay on their iPads within hours.
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Another time-saving SaaS app scoring major points with coaches and scouts? All those X and O play sketches and game notes, once scribbled by hand, then scanned, saved and faxed, are now a thing of the past, thanks to a cloud-enabled app delivered to mobile devices.
Next up is a customer relationship management (CRM) implementation, with Microsoft and Salesforce.com contending for a shot at it.
"Both of the vendor finalists would result in cloud implementations," Wessland said, adding that the full-court press to the cloud dates back to that simple email decision way back when. "Largely because of the success of email security, as we move forward we're always going to keep looking for cloud solutions."
This is not to say that Wessland's cloud use experiences have been all sunshine. Even as he's seeking a cloud-based CRM, he's preparing to sever a cloud vendor relationship. Again, after the success of Mimecast, Wessland thought it made sense to try expanding cloud use out to Web security and found a cloud provider with a solution to handle antivirus, malware, Web filtering and URL control.
"It turns out it's been giving me fits having all that in the cloud because the browsers have to proxy out to that third party, and there's a number of Web apps that just don't like being proxied around the world like that," Wessland said.
The security snafus have resulted in some end users not being able to do their jobs. So much so that some employees have been given the nod to work outside the Web security app, meaning the technology group has to be more watchful, diminishing that prized IT value add. He plans to jettison the cloud solution and do Web security inline "in an appliance-like fashion."
"I just can't keep spending money on something I hate," Wessland said. And it violates his adopted professional oath: First do no harm. "The last thing you want is a security solution that's doing more harm than good."
Wessland, by the way, has no qualms about bringing this function back in-house -- you win some and lose some in IT, he said, just as his team does on the courts. Moreover, he has his backup plan.
"I've always been a big fan of moving forward on things, and if it turns out it was a bad decision or a bad vendor or a bad path, you correct it, you figure out a different answer," Wessland said. "I think that methodology is much better than spinning your wheels trying to make a decision and never taking that initial plunge. … I'm much more of a fan of 'Let's just do it; if it's wrong, we'll do something else.'"
Go Celts!
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This is the complete list of blog posts published on Transfer Ways.
Transfer Ways' blog covers the different ways to be successful in college. Blog posts are written by real transfer students with their own views and opinions that do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Transfer Ways. As a reader, we encourage you to select the best methods and tips that guide you to be successful.
Gap Years
What You Need To Do During Your Gap Year
Why it's Okay to Take a Gap Year
Guest Bloggers
6 Moving Hacks That Will Help You Relocate On The Cheap
How a Leave of Absence can Help you
Multitasking as a Non-Traditional Student
Transfer Advice: A Professor's Viewpoint, Part I
Transfer Advice: A Professor's Viewpoint, Part II
Why Summer is a Time for Rejuvenation
3 Ways to Get Ahead this Summer
3 Ways to Present Yourself Professionally
5 Tips to a Successful Transfer Orientation
5 Ways to Research a University
5 Ways to Stay Positive & Motivated throughout the Semester
How to be Happy for a New Semester
How to Get Leadership Positions After Transferring
How to Prepare for the Upcoming Semester
How to Pull Yourself Together After a Long Night
How to Work Full-Time & Go to School Full-Time
Rule of Thumb for Student Loans
Surviving a Long-Distance Relationship in College
For Colleges/Admissions Counselors
How To: Support First Generation College Students
The REAL Transfer Student FAQ's
2-year Colleges are Better than you Think
3 Lessons to Learn about Friendships in College
3 Steps to Help Refocus this Semester
6 Reasons to Make Sleep a Priority
A Holiday Gift Guide for the Lovely & Organized Nerd
Being Married & (Still) a Student
Holiday Gift Guide: For Mentors
Holiday Gift Guide: For College Students
Going to College as a First Generation Student
My Story: Going to College after Being Homeschooled
My Take on Different College Types
New Year's Academic Resolutions
New Year's Resolutions for Transfer Students
No Accomplishment is too Small: How a Rubik's Cube Turned into a College Degree
Quick, Easy, Dorm-Friendly Microwave Recipes
The Ultimate Student Commuter Guide
Top 5 Things I'd Do Differently if I Moved Across the Country Again
Online Programs
10 Reasons I Love My Online Program
How Temple's Online Program Works
Things I'd Change about my Online Program
Organization and Study Tips
3 Ways to Achieve Work-Life Balance
4 Reasons Multitasking is Awful
6 Reasons Good Grades are Worth it
Reasons to Transfer
4 Reasons to Love Associate's Degrees
Transferring from a 4-year College: Should You?
Transferring Credits
5 Painless Steps to Petition for Transfer Credit
Quarter to Semester Transfer Tips: Completing Your GE's
Transfer Credits: Manor College to Moravian College
Transfer Credits: Manor College to Temple University
Transfer Scholarships
How to Afford Your Dream College
My Story: The Jack Kent Cooke Scholarship
What Makes Someone a Jack Kent Cooke Scholar?
Transfer Struggles
#TransferHorrorStory Halloween Contest
6 Reasons to Stop Transferring
Comparing College Career Paths
I Regret Transferring to Temple University
What I Wish I'd Known Before Transferring
Transfer Tips
3 Great Schools for Transfer Students
3 Pitfalls to Avoid as a Transfer Applicant
3 Things to Do While Waiting for a Decision
3 Ways to Take Advantage of On-Campus Living
4 Tips to a Great Start as a Transfer Student
4 Ways to Be Less Lonely as a Transfer Student
5 Things to Consider if You're Transferring in January
5 Tips for Your First Week Back to School
15 Things You Need To Know About Transferring
Highlights for Spring Semester
How to Dominate Your Class Schedule
How to Best Utilize Your Fall Break
Lessons Learned After My First Year as a Transfer Student
Stop: Read These Tips Before Transferring!
Tips for Transferring Schools a Second Time
Top 3 Schools to Transfer to in California
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Archives for August 2013
College Planning: Know the Rules for Education Funding
As college tuition continues to skyrocket, it's becoming more important than ever to know how the various savings plans work. The following is a link to a handy reference that outlines the latest rules on the most popular college savings programs (529 plans, Coverdell savings accounts, and the Education Savings Bond program) and how to use them to save money on your children's education
In addition to details of each of the plans, the reference also contains information on Student loan availability and limits, Education tax credits, and Student loan interest and Tuition and fees deduction.
Whenever I have a discussion with someone about 529 plans and saving for their child's college costs I am almost always asked the same couple of questions.
What if my child doesn't go to college? You have a couple of options if your child does not go to college. Another family member can use the funds for education. That can include another child, yourself, or even nieces and nephews. There is no time limit to use the funds so you can keep the money in the 529 plan and use it to finance your grandchildren's education. Having the money compound tax free for 30+ years can generate a substantial amount of money. If you decide to take the money out of the account and not use it for education you will have to pay tax and a 10% penalty on the earnings in the account.
What if my child receives a scholarship? You can withdraw money from a 529 up to the amount of the tax-free scholarship without paying the 10% penalty. You still have to pay income taxes on earnings, but contributions can always be withdrawn tax and penalty free. You still may be able to find some qualified expenses that you could use the 529 money for and avoid some of those taxes. In addition to tuition, you can use the money for tuition, room, board, books and mandatory fees there.
Should I prioritize saving for retirement or my child's education? Retirement is probably many years away and we want to do everything for our children, but my advice is almost always to secure your retirement first. You can borrow to pay for college, but you cannot take out a loan to finance your retirement.
Are Fees and Poor Performance Destroying your 401k and Retirement?
Recently the media and some prominent financial industry groups have made the shortcomings of 401k plans more prominent.
In April, PBS Frontline produced a special titled The Retirement Gamble, primarily focusing on 401k plans and their inadequate performance.
The special is a great watch, but if you don't have the time to view it, two of the main points in the video are:
Costs Matter
You do not receive a bill for the fees and expenses in your 401k plan, but rest assured they are being deducted and have an overall impact on how much money you wind up with when you retire. Some of the fees you are being charged include fund expenses, administration, and asset management expenses. A recent AARP study concluded that 70% of Americans did not even realize there were fees associated with their 401k.
One of the reasons that I recommend IRA's over 401k plans is that most IRAs have no fees associated with them and you can add almost any type of investment in an IRA versus the 10-15 choices that you are usually limited to in a 401k plan.
Fiduciary Responsibility
If you are going to invest in a 401k plan ensure that you use a provider that agrees in writing to act in your company's 401k plans best interest. The unfortunate reality is that firms in the brokerage, banking, and insurance industry have no legal fiduciary obligation to their clients that would require them to place the interests of those clients ahead of all others, including their own. Instead they operate on a much lower "Suitability" standard. Their representatives are commissioned salespeople who are incentivized to sell products, especially the ones that generate the highest earnings for themselves and their companies.
You may think that you do not have any input on the decision your company makes with its 401k plan, but you would be surprised if you and other employees bring your concerns to your HR and finance department of your company.
Frontline is not the only outlet talking about 401ks. Jim Cramer, the host of CNBC's show Mad Money is not the biggest fan of 401k plans either. In a CNBC article, 401k Dirty Little Secrets, Cramer said "One of the basics of retirement planning – contributing to a tax deferred 401k plan – could come with a serious downside." "As much as I like the tax-favored status of 401k plans, I need to tell you something heretical, something almost nobody else will come out and say: Most company 401k plans stink." Many people think Cramer is a maniac for acting like he drinks a gallon of redbull right before he goes on the air on his show Mad Money, but he is spot on with his assessment of 401k plans.
Dan Solin of the Huffington Post recently wrote an article, 401k Participants Pay Dearly for the Crime of Underperformance on how 401k plans are usually loaded with actively managed funds which often underperform. It's no coincidence that actively managed funds almost always come with higher fees.
Corporate America has shifted the burden retirement to individuals. Companies offering guaranteed pensions are on the decline and ensuring a secure and safe retirement is up to you. The wrong decisions or not making a decision can cost you hundreds of thousands of dollars over your career.
Uncle Sam's Investment Portfolio
Before 2008, the federal government held less than $500 billion in cash, bonds, mortgages, and other instruments. Today, its portfolio has expanded to $1.1 trillion, financed mostly through borrowing.
Some of the debt was due to the financial crisis firefighting – but that debt has been sold off only to be replaced with a much bigger debt investment: student loans.
The Dangers of Investing in Cash
It is worth reminding ourselves that inflation is the major downside of holding cash. Even in the low-inflation environments in much of the developed world, returns on cash have not kept up with consumer price increases. So the value of cash diminishes in real or inflation-adjusted terms over time.
In the chart below the return on cash after inflation and taxes take their bite is a negative .8%. And that is taking into account a 3.5% historical annual return on cash. I don't think there are too many savings, checking, money market, or mattresses that are paying a 3.5% return on your cash.
What Is More Feared Than Death?
Among workers ages 40 and 50, nearly half fear the financial consequences of a critical illness- compared with just 29 percent who rate dying as their biggest concern, according to a new study.
That fear of a hit to the wallet being a bigger concern than dying is most pronounced among single workers, single women and single parents, according to the Sun Life Financail survey, "Well-Placed Fears: Workers' Perceptions of a Critical Illness."
For example, single women in that 40-50 age group are four times more concerned about the financial fallout of a critical illness than they are worried about being killed by it, the report found.
Detroit Goes Bankrupt
Earlier this month the city of Detroit filed for federal bankruptcy protection. Once, the city that defined industrial America, the Motor City's bankruptcy is the sad culmination of six decades of decline. With industry and population fleeing and the tax base eviscerated, they have experienced a downward spiral exacerbated by years of corrupt and incompetent governance.
Detroit's filing is the largest bankruptcy in history and stands out in size and scale, compared with other municipalities that have recently filed such as Vallejo and San Bernadino in California, or Jefferson County, Alabama.
What also distinguishes Detroit are competing obligations to bond holders and pensioners. Owners of the cities bonds are expected to battle with retirees and others for pieces of the city's diminished wealth. Some may say that if you were holding municipal bonds from Detroit you are going to get what you deserve, but it may also set precedent for any other cities that declare bankruptcy in the future.
There are two types of municipal bonds: Revenue bonds and General Obligation bonds. The owners of revenue bonds are guaranteed repayment solely from revenues generated by a specified revenue-generating entity associated with the purpose of the bonds. Examples include water and sewer utilities, toll roads and bridges, power plans, airports and seaports. General Obligation bonds are secured by a state or local government's pledge to use legally available resources, including tax revenues, to repay bond holders.
General Obligation bonds have always had precedence over other obligations, such as certificates of participation, leases, and pensions. The city of Detroit has proposed that all competing claims should be treated equally. A bankruptcy judge will rule if that will actually happen. The outcome of the bankruptcy process will dictate if the value of the full faith and credit pledge backing General Obligation bonds across the country will be diminished going forward. Recent history shows that we may be seeing a shift. In the case of General Motor's bankruptcy, pension obligations were given precedence over bond holders claims.
The bankruptcy filing may also be a test case for how far a major US city can go in dealing with a chronic problem facing many local and state governments: unsustainable pension costs. Many city workers across the US have assumed that their pensions were untouchable, even in bankruptcy. Retirees in Central Falls, Rhode Island agreed to 50% cuts in pension benefits, in many cases, after the small city filed for bankruptcy in 2011. By contrast the city's bondholders were paid in full.
Public pensions may lack the basic safety nets that private-sector benefits enjoy. Pensions granted by companies are typically backstopped by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp and regulated by federal law. Public pensions are not.
One lesson in all of this is to deal with the issues before the need to declare bankruptcy comes. Another take away from this is to review your municipal bond holdings. Muni's are very popular, especially with retirees because the interest earned from them is tax exempt. Investors have been desperate for yield in recent years and within fixed income, they have gone longer in maturity and lower in quality.
Other links about the Detroit bankruptcy you might find interesting
Now that Detroit's Gone Bust, these cities could be next
What Happens in a Municipal Bankruptcy
Detroit is Dead, Long Live Oakland County
Could a Detroit bankruptcy scenario happen here in NJ


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How Can I Become a Saskatchewan Land Surveyor . .
. . as a Foreign Trained Surveyor?
An applicant for a commission as a Saskatchewan Land Surveyor must first obtain a Certificate of Completion from the Canadian Board of Examiners for Professional Surveyors (CBEPS).
Land surveyors from non-Canadian jurisdictions may apply to the CBEPS for certain exemptions, based on the courses they have taken. Any remaining credits must then be obtained either by attending special courses sponsored by some technical colleges - but these are limited - or by a course of home study and challenging the CBEPS exams. Alternatively, applicants may apply to one of the recognized Geomatics Engineering degree granting universities (currently the U. of C. and U. N. B.) for credits toward a degree in Geomatics Engineering and a Certificate of Completion.
Having obtained a Certificate of Completion, an applicant must enter into an articling agreement with a licensed Saskatchewan Land Surveyor to become a Saskatchewan Land Surveyor in Training (SLSIT).
After completing at least of one year of practical experience, including at least nine months of field experience in Saskatchewan and a Professional Survey Project, the applicant becomes eligible to write his or her Professional Examinations.
Successful completion of the Professional Examinations is the final step to being granted a Commission as a Saskatchewan Land Surveyor.


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3 Questions with philosopher Kieran Setiya
How philosophy can address the problem of climate change
"[A]lmost anyone engaged with global issues of human well-being, the distribution of resources, or the future of society is doing moral philosophy. Even the most technocratic assessment of costs and benefits makes assumptions about the value of human life and the demands of justice. Making our ethics more explicit improves our moral thinking. This is particularly true when the questions are ones of public policy."
— Kieran Setiya, MIT Professor of Philosophy
Kieran Setiya is a professor of philosophy at MIT SHASS who explores questions of ethics (including climate change ethics), epistemology, and the philosophy of mind. He is the author of two books: Reasons without Rationalism and Knowing Right From Wrong. MIT SHASS Communications asked him to share his thoughts on how philosophy can help people tackle the problem of climate change.
How can an understanding of philosophy help people make better decisions about how to handle major global issues such as climate change?
Whether they acknowledge it or not, almost anyone engaged with global issues of human well-being, the distribution of resources, or the future of society is doing moral philosophy. The most technocratic assessment of costs and benefits makes assumptions about what counts as cost and benefit: about the value of human life and the demands of justice. As John Maynard Keynes wrote 80 years ago, those "who believe themselves to be quite exempt from any intellectual influence are usually the slave of some defunct economist" — or philosopher.
Making our ethics more explicit, being self-conscious about our principles and premises, improves our moral thinking. This is particularly true when the questions are ones of public policy, when they operate at scales that defy intuitive judgement, and when they threaten our complacent desire to maintain the status quo.
The problem of climate change is challenging in all these ways. It is unique, or unusual, in that it leads rapidly beyond the usual terrain of political theory to questions more abstract and existential. Why should we care about the survival of humanity? The answer makes a difference to our assessment of catastrophic risks. How should we think about decisions that affect the identity of future individuals? If we do not act on climate change, people born 50 or 100 years from now will lead impoverished lives. But they would have been no better off if we had acted otherwise: in that alternative history, they would not exist.
Along with problems of identity, there are problems of time itself: Economists often discount not only wealth but human welfare as they project into the future. Because it compounds year by year, the discount rate swamps other factors in the economic assessment of climate change. What forms of discounting are ethically defensible? Philosophers have been thinking about these questions for decades. Their ideas are relevant now.
"Is the obligation to act on climate change a matter of distributive justice, restitution, or insurance against catastrophe? Which should be our focus? These questions bridge theory and practice, moral principle and political strategy."
— Kieran Setiya, MIT Professor of Philosophy
What moral questions do we need to address as a society if we are to succeed in working together to meet communal goals such as the emissions reduction targets set by the Paris Agreement?
We know that climate change will cause tremendous harm and that the extent of this harm depends collectively on us. Many would agree that climate change is a moral issue and that we are obligated to act. But there is little clarity on the basis of our obligations or on what exactly they are.
Climate change will disproportionately affect the developing world, hitting India and Africa especially hard. In narrowly economic terms, a recent study saw the likely cost of 2 degrees of warming as 5 percent of GDP in India, 4 percent in Africa, but only 0.5 percent in the United States and less in China. These facts bear on questions of distributive justice, even apart from the causes of climate change.
When we turn to history, we find issues of corrective justice or restitution. More than half of all emissions have been caused by the United States and Europe, as they reaped the benefits of industrialization. How far can developed nations be held accountable for past emissions? Do our obligations now depend on the extent of our contribution to the problem?
And then there is the risk of global climate catastrophe. This is what lies behind the 2 degree target embraced by the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and others. Beyond 2 degrees, there is a danger of feedback in the climate system that would increase average temperatures by 5 or 6 degrees, threatening human extinction.
Is the obligation to act on climate change a matter of distributive justice, restitution, or insurance against catastrophe? The answers are not exclusive. Which should be our focus?
These questions bridge theory and practice, moral principle and political strategy. We need to address them in interpreting the "common but differentiated responsibilities" of the Paris Agreement. We need to address them in finding ways to motivate action in the present whose impact will only be felt by future generations. And we need to address them when we ask how far to compromise ideals of justice in the name of necessity.
How complicit should we be with energy companies whose business model rests on catastrophic levels of fossil fuel consumption? Or with corporations that sponsor climate denial? These are questions for institutions like MIT. At the same time, we face the challenge, as individuals, of maintaining hope for the future or continuing to act without it.
"I want my MIT students to think about ethics beyond the limits of problem-solving, to explore not just the demands of morality but ideals of human flourishing. What does it take to live a good and meaningful life? The value of philosophy is partly instrumental, a tool for innovation, creativity, and civic engagement. But it calls us to reflect on what matters in itself, not as a means to an end nor the answer to a need we would be better off without."
— Kieran Setiya, MIT Professor of Philosophy
How do you think the courses you teach, such as 24.02 Moral Problems and the Good Life, prepare MIT students to make valuable contributions to a better world — whether their field is engineering, science, or something else?
Teaching ethics is a risky business. If the end is to make people better, it is open to question whether moral philosophy is the most effective means. Some philosophers fear that it is counter-productive. As Annette Baier once complained, the standard introduction to ethics "acquaints the student with a variety of theories, and shows the difference in the guidance they give. We, in effect, give courses in comparative moral theory, and like courses in comparative religion, their usual effect on the student is loss of faith in any of the alternatives presented."
One of my aims in 24.02 is to present moral philosophy as something more than a stalemate of conflicting views. Moral argument is not a zero-sum game: it generates insight and illumination. At least when they go well, courses like mine prepare students to make a positive difference in the world in part by convincing them that it is worth thinking about ethical questions, that they can make progress in finding answers, and that doing so changes lives.
In the 2016 Senior Survey, more than 20 percent of MIT students said that working for social and political change is not important to them at all. I don't know what explains this statistic, but I make a point of exposing students to some of our most urgent moral challenges, including global climate change, and of confronting doubts about the efficacy of individual action.
At the same time, I want students to think about ethics beyond the limits of problem-solving, to explore not just the demands of morality but ideals of human flourishing. What does it take to live a good and meaningful life? The value of philosophy is partly instrumental, a tool for innovation, creativity, and civic engagement. But it calls us to reflect on what matters in itself, not as a means to an end or the answer to a need we would be better off without.
When we engineer prosperity and progress, when we struggle against injustice, what sort of lives are we fighting for? Lives in which philosophy has an enduring place. As Jonathan Wolff writes, with useful hyperbole: "Medicine helps us live longer; scientific advances save us time; but the arts and humanities make it worth living longer, with time on our hands."
Suggested links
The Human Factor Series
Kieran Setiya website
MIT Philosophy
Story: The moral calculus of climate change
In a "mathy" philosophy class, students explore the risks, outcomes, and ethical implications of living in a warming world.
Story: Good Thinking
MIT philosopher Kieran Setiya analyzes the sources of moral action.
Midlife: A Philosophical Guide, by Kieran Setiya
Princeton University Press
About The Human Factor Series
MIT is working to advance solutions to major issues in energy, education, the environment, and health. For example: How can we reduce morbidity and mortality in cancer cases? How can we halve carbon output by 2050? How can we provide quality education to all people who wish to learn? As the editors of the journal Nature have said, framing such questions effectively — incorporating all factors that influence the issue — is a key to generating successful solutions.
Science and technology are essential tools for innovation, and to reap their full potential, we also need to articulate and solve the many aspects of today's global issues that are rooted in the political, cultural, and economic realities of the human world. With that mission in mind, MIT's School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences launched The Human Factor — an ongoing series of stories and interviews that highlight research on the human dimensions of global challenges. Contributors to this series also share ideas for cultivating the multidisciplinary collaborations needed to solve the major civilizational issues of our time.
Interview prepared by SHASS Communications
Series Editor: Emily Hiestand
Editorial Team: Kathryn O'Neill, Emily Hiestand
Photograph of Kieran Setiya by Bryce Vickmark
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Asian Tribune is published by World Institute For Asian Studies|Powered by WIAS Vol. 12 No. 2901
In a major blow to the BJP, its former Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa was sent to jail on Saturday in connection with land scam.
Part 4: Rakhine Attempt to Whitewash Burman King's Crime
Khin Maung Saw provides a highly distorted rendition of the 1784 invasion of Arakan and tries to justify the brutal occupation by the racist and bigot Burman King Bodaw Paya by saying that it was all about reformation of the Buddhist Monk's order. To him, all those who fled were only 50,000. And obviously, to him, these were Rakhines (and no Rohingyas).
The inspiration that fuels the growing 'Occupy the Wall Street' movement, which has been spreading across major cities in America, finally crossed the Atlantic pool on Saturday, while giving the much-needed impetus to the like-minded European folks in a show of solidarity.
I was fortunate to have had the opportunity of watching Frost interviewing the president of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyew, in an Al Jazeera TV program known as 'Frost over the world'.
Will Duminda Silva be placed under arrest – or will he get away with murder?
The answer to this simple question would tell us much about the nature and the destination of the Rajapaksa regime. And the fate of Sri Lanka and Sri Lankans under Rajapaksa rule.
The three-day rail-roko (rail blockade) in the Telangana region called for by those demanding a separate state began on Saturday with protesters descending on railway stations and tracks in the hundreds and the authorities responding with massive arrests.
Among the many MoUs (Memorandum of Understanding) and agreements signed on 14 October between Sri Lanka and Vietnam is the MoU on Machinery Manufacturing Cooperation (MMC). "This MoU will facilitate bilateral cooperation on research and development and even training" revealed Rishad Bathiudeen, Minister of Industry and Commerce of Sri Lanka.
After India's most celebrated Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan becoming the brand ambassador for Geneva-based Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC), now Indian cricket players are to promote sanitation and hygiene in the country. Yusuf Pathan and Irfan Pathan have already shot a clip, in which they are asking people: "Adopt the WASH hatrick - sanitation, hygiene, clean water - for healthy living".
Pakistan had agreed to become a US ally and fight its war to save itself from getting bombed to Stone Age and to become stronger economically, politically, socially and diplomatically.
Minister Nimal Sripala de Silva, the Leader of the House and the one who led Sri Lankan side for negotiations, has urged Norway to consider banning LTTE. He has told that Norway's soil should not be made use for the terrorists to regroup themselves.
The Asian Tribune alerts Sri Lankan authorities, who seem to be in a deep slumber about the rejuvenated activities of the pro-Tamil Tiger (LTTE) elements, their ignorance that the colossal amount of funds collected in the European region are well used to destabilize the Sri Lankan regime, build a pugnacious policy stance against the Sri Lankan regime by the West, influence lawmakers and their policy staff in Western nations, bring law suits against Sri Lankan officials who were involved in the elimination of the LTTE terrorism and finally haul Sri Lanka to international court for alleged war crimes, crimes against humanity and even genocide.
It was called a victory for the minority Labour government, but in fact it was more a victory for the Environment. Like many other countries, Australia has been dragging on in its feet on the 'carbon emission control proposals' for over ten years, but finally took a bold decision to impose an effective tax on carbon emissions by big industries last week.
Sri Lanka - Colombo
India - New Delhi
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Why Mediware: Leverage Several Decades of Experience
Mediware's rehabilitation and respiratory team is backed by more than 25 years of experience and expertise. In December 2012, Mediware Information Systems, Inc., a provider of comprehensive healthcare IT software solutions, acquired MediServe. The rehabilitation unit still operates in Chandler, AZ. The merger will expand Mediware's 'Alternative Care Solutions' product line, which was formed to provide workflow, billing and reimbursement support for home infusion, home medical equipment and home health agencies. MediServe provides electronic documentation solutions for inpatient rehabilitation, acute care rehab, outpatient rehabilitation and respiratory care facilities to hundreds of organizations. The products, MediLinks® for Inpatient, MediLinks for Outpatient, MediLinks for Acute and MediLinks for Respiratory, along with several other modules are in more than 250 facilities across the U.S. The intimate knowledge of these industries, experience with the nation's top-rated organizations, medical technological expertise, clinicians on staff and years of intense research have contributed to the development of Mediware's software solutions.
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Pet Safety Harness Laws
You wouldn't ride in your car without a seatbelt on. Why would you let your pet ride without one? You don't have to: Pet harnesses are a set of straps that work together to best restrain your pet and attach to a seat's safety belt. Nearly half of the states in the U.S. have laws in place that require a restraint for your pet when traveling with you in your car [source: Pet Travel].
They may seem like overkill, but pet harness laws exist for good reason. In an accident, for example, your pooch can easily go flying and become seriously injured or killed. Even a sudden, hard stop can slam a pet into your seat, floor or dashboard. Not only can the impact hurt your pet, but it can hurt you or other people in your vehicle. Dogs in a car traveling 30 mph (48.3 kph) can slam into you with hundreds -- or thousands -- of pounds of force behind them, leading to disastrous injuries for you and your pet.
Your pet can be a distraction even in the safest of environments. Your pet might see another dog, get excited, and start running back and forth in your backseat or jump up into your lap. That's enough to cause an accident. Generally, cats aren't comfortable traveling in cars, so you should keep them in their carriers and use harnesses to restrain your canine companions.
We've explored how to prepare to travel with your pet, and you're going to need lots of preparation if you're heading to Hawaii. Read on to learn about Hawaiian quarantine laws.


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April 08, 2009
Jeremy Irons Revisits Brideshead
The original 1981 BBC miniseries Brideshead Revisited returns to television on here! TV, and Jeremy Irons — taking a break from starring on Broadway in Impressionism — takes a moment to revisit Brideshead. When Brideshead Revisited first aired on the BBC in 1981, it was truly a pioneering moment in film. Gay cinema had yet to be fully realized as a genre, the AIDS epidemic hadn't yet ravaged the gay community, and Jeremy Irons wasn't yet a household name. Brideshead instantly became a classic, and though the relationship between Charles Ryder and Sebastian Flyte didn't dissolve into an explicit, sexual tryst, audiences read between the lines — and got a good deal more than cinema had offered up in the past. Brideshead returns to television this month on here! TV, and Irons — now not only a household name but an Academy Award– and Tony Award–winning actor — took some time out of his busy schedule starring opposite Joan Allen on Broadway in Impressionism to revisit Brideshead with Advocate.com.
Advocate.com: When Brideshead Revisited first aired, did you have any idea the impact the film would have on its gay audience?
Jeremy Irons: It was not something I especially considered. I hoped it would be enjoyed by everyone. I was most concerned to capture the relationship with Sebastian accurately, believing that [Evelyn] Waugh wrote it to be a close platonic relationship of the type not easily understood by audiences increasingly exposed to relationships that are either gay or straight. It was a pioneering bit of filmmaking at the time. Was there any backlash? No, there was no backlash at all. We were fortunate that it was, it seems, almost universally admired as a series that captured a particular time in English life.
Have you revisited Brideshead since making the film? Brideshead was filmed at Castle Howard in Yorkshire. The house belongs to friends of mine, so from time to time I'm invited back. For some of the time we filmed there I stayed at the house. I do remember one night when I returned late from a night out, and I had been told the alarms had been left off and was asked to turn them on before I went to bed. However, someone must have turned them on before my return, for as I opened the front door all hell broke loose with sirens, bells, and flashing lights. In my slightly inebriated state I could not work out what to do, so as the household began to appear down the stairs I slunk off to my bed. As I dropped off into sleep I heard the police cars and fire engines approaching down the drive, answering the false alarm. There were some long faces at breakfast the next morning!
You've never been one to shy away from controversial subject matter — Damage and M. Butterfly come to mind. Why do you think audiences so often equate controversy with sexuality? Controversy is often caused by sexuality, since sex remains still somewhat of a forbidden fruit for many audiences. It is, after all, something most of us keep quite private, and probably rightly so. However, I see no reason to shy away from any subject that film storytelling should discuss. Lolita probably caused the most controversy, but since it is a classic work, and beautifully made, I have no regrets.
You're back on Broadway, working with Joan Allen in a play about art — and you just wrapped a film with her about the life of Georgia O'Keeffe. Have you two bonded over art, or is it just coincidence? It is pure coincidence that both the O'Keefe film and Impressionism are set around the art world, as it is that in both I play opposite Joan Allen. A happy coincidence since she happens to be one of America's most interesting actors, and a wonderful person to boot.
What's next for you? When the run of Impressionism ends I hope to go back to film for the rest of the year. I have a few projects lining up, though with the current economy, which affects film financing as much as anything, I shall be interested to see what makes it through.
Broadway and film star Jeremy Irons announced the second annual Theater Masters' Visionary Award winners on Thursday, May 14th. at a press reception. The 2009 Visionary Award Winners are Maria Alexandria Beech and Zayd Dohrn with New York's Primary Stages and The Dallas Theater Center as respective sponsoring theaters.
Winning playwrights are invited to attend Aspen Institute's noted "Aspen Ideas Festival," and are jointly commissioned by the nominating theatre and Theater Masters to write a full-length play that embraces timeless values and powerful issues.
Based in Aspen, Colorado, Theater Masters is a non-profit organization whose core mission is to seek and nurture the next generation of artists for the American Theatre and present their work. "Along with some of the country's finest regional theatre artistic directors, we are identifying remarkable writers who are some of the finest young playwrights in this country and encouraging them to write a new play inspirited by attendance at the Aspen Ideas Festival ," said Julia Hansen, Theater Masters founder and Artistic Director – and former President of New York's Drama League. "In many ways how I started the Drama League's "Director's Project" is how I am now fostering new playwrights — by discovering new playwrights with sponsoring theaters and guaranteeing the writers that their work will be seen."
Maria Alexandria Beech majored in Literature Writing at Columbia, where she completed an MFA in playwriting in 2007 as a recipient of the Williams Foundation Fellowship and the Dean's Fellowship. She has had many of plays produced and performed in New York, including Breaking Walls (The Cherry Lane Theatre, Cherry Pit Late Nite Series), The Soft Room (Culture Project's Impact Festival), Designer X, Your Face, and Bat In Iraq (presented by Blue Box Productions at Sticky at Blue), The Inventor Of Manatees (Flea Theatre as part of Stupid Plays). Her Spanish translation of The Cook, by Eduardo Machado, premiered at The Stages Theatre in Houston. In 2006 and 2007, Lima Beans, Breaking Walls, and Black Roses were semi-finalists in the Cherry Lane Mentor Project. Alex is a member of INTAR's Hispanic Playwright in Residence Laboratory where she recently completed Gloria, which will receive two staged readings in Caracas, Venezuela in November. She is also a member of The Dorothy Strelsin New American Writers Group at Primary Stages Theatre in New York, where her play, Saving The Lives of Strangers, has been performed in two staged readings. In addition, a new version of Breaking Walls will be presented in a reading at Primary Stages in the spring, and Los Animales will be presented at the One Minute Play Festival in October.
Zayd Dohrn received his MFA from NYU and is currently a Lila Acheson Wallace Fellow at Juilliard. His plays have been produced and developed at The Public Theater, Woolly Mammoth, Marin Theatre Company, South Coast Repertory, The Alliance, Kitchen Dog, Magic Theatre, Berkshire Theatre Festival, American Theater Company, Southern Rep, Boston Playwrights' Theatre, and New Jersey Rep. He is a recipient of Lincoln Center's Lecomte du Nouy Prize, the Sky Cooper Prize, the Jean Kennedy Smith Award, an IRNE for Best New Play, and residencies with Ars Nova, Chautauqua, and The Royal Court Theatre of London.
In 2008, Theater Masters initiated the Visionary Playwrights Award, in partnership with the Aspen Institute and three of America's top regional theaters: Steppenwolf Theatre in Chicago, La Jolla Playhouse in California, and Playwrights Horizons in NYC. .
Theater Masters Advisory Board includes: Chris Ashley, Alec Baldwin, Andre Bishop, Gordon Davidson, Scott Ellis, A.R. Gurney , Doug Hughes, Judy Kaye, Andrew Leynse, Samuel Liff, John Lithgow, Robert Moss, Brian Murray, Jack O'Brien, Neil Pepe and John Rando.
Sam Irons
DD: How would you describe your own personal style of photography?
Sam Irons: My work focuses on the landscape in which we live, that often goes unremarked and overlooked, and attempts to defamiliarise it – hopefully touching on a little of the mystery inherent in everything around us.
DD: Why do you think you were selected by LPA futures?
Sam Irons: I would like to think that my take on the world is original yet contains something that others recognise.
DD: What are you inspired by and which photographers do you admire?
Sam Irons: I am inspired by not understanding the world, the process of perception and photography's role in it. The Photographers I admire are those whose work seems to ask similar questions: William Eggleston, Jean-Marc Bustamente, Wolfgang Tillmans, Jeff Wall (amongst others).
LPA Futures, Open to public from 14 May to 10 June 09 ThePrintSpace, 74 Kingsland Road, London E2 8DL


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Kicking off a global launch consisting of more than 150 developer-focused events, Microsoft Corp. announced the general availability of Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4. The company also announced that Silverlight 4 will release to Web (RTW) later in the week. Together, these technologies simplify the entire development process, enabling developers to target new platforms and build high-quality applications. Developers will be able to download Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 in conjunction with the Microsoft Visual Studio Conference & Expo launch event in Las Vegas.
Read the press release, http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2010/apr10/04-11VS10PR.mspx
If you are an MSDN subscriber, later in the day on April 12th (US pacific time) you can download Visual Studio 2010 from MSDN.
more information on S. Somasegar's blog


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This deceptively simple condiment is as addictive as pesto and as transformative as a squeeze of lemon. Spoon it onto fish, chicken, steak, roasted vegetables, or even pasta.
- Yield
- Makes 2 cups
- 1/2 small bunch Swiss chard, preferably red or rainbow
- 1 medium shallot, finely chopped
- 3/4 cup (or more) extra-virgin olive oil
- 2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh chives
- 1 tablespoon (or more) red wine vinegar
- 1 teaspoon finely grated lemon zest
- Kosher salt, freshly ground pepper
- Remove ribs and stems from chard leaves and reserve. Finely chop leaves (you should have about 1 3/4 cups); thinly slice ribs and stems crosswise. Combine chard leaves and ribs and stems, shallot, oil, chives, vinegar, and lemon zest in a medium bowl; season with salt and pepper and toss to combine. Add more vinegar or oil, if desired.
Also Try it With:
Kale or large-leafed bunch spinach
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Nutritional Info
- Calories378
- Carbohydrates4 g(1%)
- Fat41 g(62%)
- Protein1 g(2%)
- Saturated Fat6 g(28%)
- Sodium241 mg(10%)
- Polyunsaturated Fat4 g
- Fiber1 g(5%)
- Monounsaturated Fat30 g


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The musings of a stay-at-home mommy who is learning to live simply, by God's grace, one day at a time.
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Papa and Nana (my parents) visit
Ronnie and Papa watching the Nascar race. Lightning McQueen watched too. :)
Elise loved climbing onto their bed!
Hanging out with Nana :)
My mom painted my kitchen for me!! She is awesome!!
My new butter yellow kitchen. I just LOVE it!!
I was able to paint most of the dining room myself, she only had to finish one wall for me. The green is NOT mint green, but it matches my jade-ite dishes. My neighbor is sewing curtains for me right now, I am very excited!
Wagon ride with Nana.
1 comment:
- wonderchris said...
Beautiful colors!! Love the green - doesn't look mint...I see the jade tones.
Looks like you had a wonderful visit!
- June 9, 2010 at 5:11 PM
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CAIRO — At least two South Korean tourists and their Egyptian driver were killed on Sunday when an explosion ripped through a tour bus in a resort town in the Sinai Peninsula, in what officials said was the first deadly attack on tourists by militants in Egypt in at least three years.
The bus, which had been carrying more than 30 people, was parked for a break in Taba, near the border with Israel, when the blast occurred. Officials said they believed an explosive device had been placed in the vehicle, possibly under the driver's seat. Photographs of the aftermath of the bombing showed heavy damage to the chassis of the yellow bus, which was engulfed by fire after the explosion.
Health and tourism officials said they had confirmed three deaths. A rescue worker quoted by The Associated Press said three bodies had been found, as well as the burned remains of one or possibly two other people. At least 17 other passengers were injured, officials said.
A spokesman for Egypt's interim president, Adly Mansour, called the bombing a "despicable act of cowardice directed at innocent tourists." There were no claims of responsibility, but the bombing appeared to offer worrying new evidence that militants who have been attacking Egypt's security forces for months were broadening their campaign against civilians.
Since the military ousted Egypt's last elected president, Mohamed Morsi, in July, jihadists operating mostly in the northern Sinai have carried out hundreds of bombings, assassinations and at least one attack using a rocket-propelled grenade. The victims have included soldiers, police officers and Christian residents.
In recent months, the attacks have spread beyond Sinai to other cities, including the heart of the capital, Cairo. At least six people were killed last month when bombs exploded outside a security headquarters and other buildings around Cairo. A Sinai-based militant group, Ansar Beit al-Maqdis, has claimed responsibility for several of the deadliest attacks, including the downing of a military helicopter late last month.
But militants had not directly targeted Egypt's tourism industry, a source of millions of jobs in the country, as well as vital foreign currency for the government. Over the last three years, the industry has been crippled by repeated bouts of political unrest that have emptied temples, museums and hotels around the country. The resorts in Sinai had remained a sole bright spot, drawing beachgoers on direct charter flights from Russia, Italy and other European countries.
Egypt's tourism minister, Hisham Zaazou, said the bus had been carrying more than 30 South Korean tourists and had traveled from Cairo to the Greek Orthodox Monastery of St. Catherine in Sinai. Preparing to cross into Israel, it parked near the Hilton hotel in Taba, where more than 30 people were killed in 2004 when a suicide bomber drove an explosive-laden truck into the lobby.
The authorities did not immediately release the names of the victims in the bus bombing.
"I am very sorry this happened," Mr. Zaazou said as he prepared to board a flight to visit the injured passengers. His office said he had canceled a trip to Luxor, where he was supposed to welcome a new flight carrying tourists directly from Paris.
"This will not reoccur," he added.


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The University of Guam celebrated the accomplishments of the largest graduating class in its history. UOG conferred 328 degrees, of which, 270 were undergraduate degrees and 58 were graduate degrees during Spring 2015 Commencement at the UOG Calvo Field House today.
The largest number of graduates came from the UOG School of Business and Public Administration, which conferred 99 combined undergraduate degrees in Business Administration, Accounting, Public Administration and Criminal Justice and 31 combined graduate degrees from its Professional Master of Business Administration and Master of Public Administration programs.
The School of Education conferred 47 total degrees one of which belonged to the valedictorian. Special Education major Cassandra Dimla noted in her valedictorian speech the importance of working with others and learning how to succeed together. "Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family. Whatever you call it, whoever you are, you need one. None of us would be where we are today without our constant supporters pushing us," she said.
During the ceremony, Frank Rabon received an honorary Master of Creative and Traditional Micronesian Knowledge for his lifetime of work in Chamorro dance. After brief remarks, his group Fafanaguen Pa'a Taotao Tano' performed a chant which stirred the capacity crowd in the Calvo Field House.
Commencement speaker David Cruz, a cast member of Bravo TV's The Millionaire Matchmaker, exhorted students to "Never let anyone tell you that your voice is not important or that your voice is ridiculous or too small. Each of your voices were carefully crafted and polished in these halls for you to take out into the world…Never apologize for using that voice either. Being able to challenge the status quo is the cornerstone of change in history."
The second commencement speaker was Jim Obergefell, the named plaintiff in Obergefell v. Hodges, the landmark marriage equality case currently before the U.S. Supreme Court. Recalling his remarkable journey beginning as a teacher of the German language to walking through the halls of the U.S. Supreme Court and presenting his testimony, Obergefell said, "My younger self would be surprised at what I've done, and the fact that I've had an impact far beyond a high school classroom. I'm pretty sure my younger self would be proud of the man I've become." His hope for each student was they would be proud of the man or woman they become.Enjoy the following snapshots!
|DEAL Faculty with UOG President Robert A. Underwood.
|DEAL Faculty are all smiles.
|SOE Faculty pose for the camera.
|A Celebration of Lasting Friendship
|UOG's Dr. Rivera's!
|Spring 2015 UOG Commencement Exercise
|UOG President Dr. Robert A. Underwood awards Master Frank Rabon with an honorary Master of Creative and Traditional Micronesian Knowledge for his lifetime of work in Chamorro dance.
|TESOL graduates pose for the camera!
Source: www.uog.edu