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Is there any place better to be a kid than on the East End? Summer on our narrow stretch of island offers many fun camp experiences.
The Dorothy P. Flint 4-H Camp, which celebrates its 90th anniversary this year, is a 140-acre residential sleepover camp located on the Long Island Sound in Riverhead. Camp runs from June 30 through August 23 with weekly sessions available. Activities include kayaking, swimming, hiking, baseball, basketball, horseback riding, ropes challenges, volleyball, soccer, archery, woodworking and arts and crafts. Special soccer and music programs are also available.
Get to know the DPH 4–H camp at the two remaining open houses—May 29 and June 7 from 1–4 p.m.
Visit dpf4hcamp.org for additional information.
Is Junior more into the arts? East End Arts will bring back its award-winning Arts Camps, taking place throughout July and August for children and teens ages 5 through 14 on the grounds of the East End Arts School, located at 141 East Main Street in Riverhead. Pre-registration is required; limited space is available.
Kids can enjoy a Renaissance Kids Camp, a two-week art, music and theater camp for ages 5–8 that runs from July 21–August 1. Campers are introduced to a broad range of artistic and creative experiences through a camp-wide theme, which is "Going Back in Time! A Visit to Colonial America" this year. Kids will take an imaginary trip back in time, singing, dancing, acting and creating just like the early settlers did in Colonial America. Each day includes visual arts with painting, sculpting and craft activities, music where campers sing, dance and try musical instruments, and theater, which includes stories, puppetry, role playing, character creation and other dramatic play activities. Camp concludes with a performance, art show and potluck lunch for campers, staff and families.
The Renaissance Summer Arts Camps are designed for ages 9–14 and run Monday–Friday from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. The East End Arts School offers a camp experience where campers will learn and grow creatively in the arts. Programs last one week or two weeks, and are designed to bring out each camper's unique, artistic ability in a fun, supportive atmosphere. Instructors are professionals who work every day in the subject areas they teach. Group sizes are small to allow for personal mentoring. Sessions include a number of fine art, theater and music themes.
For more information, visit eastendarts.org/education/summercamp.html or contact the East End Arts School at 631-369-2171 or email@example.com.
Let's dance! The Eglevsky Ballet in Bethpage offers summer intensives under the artistic direction of Laszlo Berdo in classical technique, pointe, modern, character, variations, men's classes, Pilates and pas de deux. Choose from two options: The summer intensive is a four-week, full day program; or the August intensive is a two-week, half-day program. The four-week program has housing options available.
Visit eglevskyballet.org or call 516-746-1115 for additional information.
Since 1980, Future Stars has been providing families in Westchester, Manhattan and Long Island with the finest, most comprehensive, specialty day camp programs in the New York metro area. Future Stars' mission is to teach, inspire and motivate each and every camper, and they do this with experienced teachers and certified coaches who share Future Stars' enthusiasm for coaching children.
Camp runs from June 16 to August 29. Flexible weekly scheduling is available. Each camp week is Monday to Friday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Facilities also include eight state-of-the-art outdoor tennis courts (four Hard Tru, four Deco Turf) a collegiate size basketball court, 25-meter swimming pool, indoor running track, pitching/batting cages, aerobic and exercise studio and a fitness/wellness area. Outdoor fields for soccer, softball, lacrosse and field games are on site.
Future Stars Southampton at North Sea Park offers numerous sports and specialty camp programs for boys and girls ages 3.5–15. Summer 2014 will offer seven program options to choose from. Sports camp programs include baseball, basketball, lacrosse, multi-sports, soccer and tennis. The Little Stars program is a specialty program for younger children (ages 3.5–5), designed to meet the diverse needs of these campers.
Future Stars also offers a tennis program at Aspatuck Tennis Club, a privately owned Tennis Club located in the heart of the Village of Westhampton Beach. Camp hours are from 9 a.m.–2 p.m.
Visit fscamps.com or call 914-273-8500 for additional information.
The Long Island Aquarium and Exhibition Center has camps for all budding marine biologists. Adventure Days programs add interactive excitement to summer vacation. Children ages 2–14 explore the wonders of the marine environment through age-appropriate learning and activities.
A tour boat adventure, close encounters with marine creatures and the chance to catch fish on a deserted island are just some of the fun activities offered for children 8 and younger. Older children can collect and identify marine specimens on the aquarium's tour boat, hike the Pine Barrens, climb a rock wall, go canoeing and kayaking, take a Shark Dive and Snorkel Adventure, and more. A variety of program themes, dates and times are outlined on the website.
Visit longislandaquarium.com or call 631-208-9200, ext. 426 for additional info and registration.
If Junior is more of a thrill seeker, sign him or her up for a summer of adventure with Peconic Water Sports RIDE Camp. Campers spend their days on the water with professional coaches working to learn a variety of water sports including wakeboarding, water skiing, wake surfing and tubing.
Peconic Water Sports teaches campers the value of teamwork and confidence when learning. Camp runs Monday–Friday from 9 a.m.–12:30 p.m. all summer long. The camp is based out of Southold, but pickup is available from Shelter Island and Sag Harbor (reservations required).
For more information, call 609-937-9801 or visit peconicwatersports.com/kids-camp
Sag Harbor Park Tennis offers a summer program from June 30–August 29, on a daily or weekly basis from 9:45 a.m.–3 p.m. In addition to tennis instruction, the camp includes an all-sports hour filled with a variety of fun sports and games outside the tennis courts, utilizing the park facilities to incorporate sports and games that help build tennis skills. Enjoy soccer on the fields for footwork, basketball on the court for hand-eye coordination and games of capture the flag for agility and strategy, just to name a few. Tennis aficionados, ages 4–16, can enroll in tennis lessons offered throughout the summer. And, there's a free junior clinic open to ages 17 and under on Saturdays from 1–2 p.m. from May 26–August 31. You must be a member and/or a Pierson School tennis team member to partake in the free junior clinic. Membership is not required to partake in the camps, but members get a discount.
For more information, call 631-725-7275, email email@example.com or visit sagharborparktennis.com.
The World Cup is this summer! Luckily, Super Soccer Stars, the country's largest and most popular soccer program, returns this year. Serving the area for over nine years, Super Soccer Stars makes the world's most popular sport fun and simple with a variety of popular programs overseen by skilled coaches in Bridgehampton, Montauk, Sag Harbor, Southampton and East Hampton.
The fun begins Memorial Day Weekend with a free Summer Kick-Off with the Children's Museum at Mashashimuet Park in Sag Harbor from 10 a.m.–12 p.m. May 24 and May 25. Both soccer and the arts are offered—kids play soccer with Super Soccer Stars' top coaches; and for those youngsters who want to build, decorate and fly their own cool kites, they can do so with the help of the Children's Museum staff.
Throughout the summer Super Soccer Stars will be offering a variety of weekend classes, indoor mini camps, outdoor camps, and birthday parties designed for kids ranging in ages 2–12, as well as fun pre-soccer Kick & Play programs for children 12–24 months. Kids and their friends can also schedule their own private soccer classes.
Super Soccer Stars will also be celebrating the World Cup with its own World Cup Camp 2014, providing a unique opportunity to broaden a child's global knowledge and cultivate personal development, in addition to Super Soccer Stars' ongoing development of its students' soccer skills and teamwork. Coaches will "visit" a selected country each week, teaching facts and fun information about the highlighted country, hosting its very own World Cup Finals. Kids 3- to 5-year-olds get in on the World Cup action through lessons that include flags, language, and other age-specific cultural elements.
For more information, visit supersoccerstars.com/hamptons2014 or call 212-877-7171.
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Coalition of unions for federal workers detail what they think makes a successful telework policy
The Obama administration may have embraced telework, but that willingness is not translating into more federal employees teleworking, according to labor unions that represent those workers.
So, this week about a half-dozen unions offered Office of Personnel Management Director John Berry some help in developing policies that would help ratchet up the numbers of teleworking feds.
A coalition of seven unions — including the International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers, the National Association of Government Employees, and the National Federation of Federal Employees — sent Berry a letter requesting a seat at the table as agencies work to develop federal telework policies and expand telework options.
As part of his telework program, Berry earlier this year announced the creation of an advisory group of key telework program managers who would help formulate standards for agency policies and programs.
"Creating and implementing a successful telework program would obviously require the involvement of the unions representing federal workers," the letter stated. "We can provide unique insights into identifying employees that are best suited for telework."
The Nov. 10 letter also offered a short list of initial suggestions to get the ball rolling. The unions said a successful telework policy should:
"We are hopeful that given your support for telework we can finally put in place a working telework program," the unions told Berry. "Our labor organizations would like to work with you to ensure that your efforts of providing meaningful telework opportunities to federal workers are a success."
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While some claim managers micromanage, here they have to baby-sit those workers who do not want to produce, especially the "Senior" unoin employees, yet get telework forthe same reason. That leaves everyone else holding the bag with the workload that gets passed on. Not to mention the teleworkers who claim they no longer have to meet face to face with partners and customers because they are not here. While they are home smoking at their computer screen in their sweats, guess who is left with that work now. At least your micromanagers make sure the mission comes first.
The only people that are "allowed" to telework at my agency are managers that have had some type of surgery. Employees that want to telework are flatly told "no", unless you are one of the good old boys/girls. The managers we have are such micromanagers, and control freaks it is unbelievable!
Our AFGE Local negotiated an MOU to telework "up to" three days per week. Our managers don't bother with that language allowing the minimum ONE day per week. Gets better --> Reasonable Accomodation: COMPLETELY IGNORED. They would rather have excessive absenteeism and maintain their micro-managing control-freak behavior than allow the union-negotiated three telework days for an employee with persistent chronic health issues.
The unions know that most agencies do not want to telework. The old ways of doing things still prevails in most agencies (micro-manage). A good manager would embrace a new tool to see if it worked for them.
It would seem that with pay-for-performance going away and pay-for-showing-up coming back in, the unions don't even want to have to show up for pay.
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West Thumb Geyser Basin offers great views of Yellowstone Lake as well as many amazing geothermal features. Beautiful springs, geysers, fumaroles, bubbly things. Well worth the trip.
The West Thumb Geyser Basin is not as showy as some of the other geyser basins in the Park but it is a nice "leg-stretcher" walk and a good introduction to Yellowstone's thermal features. Yellowstone Lake makes for a beautiful backdrop as you walk around this geyser basin. It is an easy stroll around the boardwalk and is not a...
Coming in from the south entrance of Yellowstone, this is really the first geyser basin that you hit. It is small and contained compared to what you will see but the location, right along the lake, is lovely and they have a wonderful boardwalk that makes it easy to explore this area. We went 2x during our visit. We were...
The geysers seemed very quiet and somewhat dormant compared to others in the basin and what seemed to be more activity here in the past. Some vents dried and quiet. One small change though can change the geothermal area.
The West Thumb Geyser basin is easiest to approach from the south gate and is past the Grant Village Visitor's Center, go another 1.7 miles to the Grand Loop Road then turn right and drive a few hundred feet to the trailhead and parking lot. The road is well marked. As you enter the park you are given a map...
Yellowstone is magnificent and at every turn, amazing. But of all the amazing sights, what moved me most was the hot thermal waters spilling into colorful mats and then emptying into the cold alpine waters of Lake Yellowstone. I could stand at gape at the colors and the always-changing layers of steam for days, weeks, months....
This is a very easy set of two loops (inner and outer) which wind among the pools, geysers, mud spouts, etc. It is really very interesting and worth taking a walk around.
We had visited Yellowstone many times and thought we had seen most of the sights, but this time we visited the, perhaps, little known geysers in this section of the park. Situated on the shore of Yellowstone Lake, this area is one that should not be missed, due to the very pretty views and the geysers, themselves. You won't be...
This was the last area we visited in Yellowstone and was quite mediocre in comparison to the Old Faithful area and Grand Canyon of Yellowstone. Might have been more impressed if we had seen this first.
We took the ranger tour of the basin. It lasted about an hour and a half but was well worth it. Understanding the basin is a must!
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Now that some new major transactions have emerged, and financial recovery appears slowly moving forward, utility mergers are beginning to appear likely again. Although regulatory hurdles still impede new transactions, some changes at the federal level are reducing concerns about market power and competition. Plus, changing market conditions and new compliance requirements are strengthening the case for scale economics.
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A fierce debate has erupted in the utility policy community, with battle lines drawn within FERC itself. In the effort to improve system efficiency, two competing alternatives stand out: to build the smart grid on large-scale demand response (DR) programs, or to build it around consumer behavior in retail markets.
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Utilities are taking advantage of a sweet spot in the capital markets, pre-funding and refinancing at record low rates. But cheap money won't resolve overhanging uncertainties preventing cap-ex projects and M&A deals. Greater certainty in America's economic and policy outlook will clear a path for strategic change.
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Not all DOT 4 fluids are alike, fyi, not even close. But yes, both the blue and gold versions of ATE have a higher boiling temperature, which means you're less likely to get a soft pedal after hard driving on the track (your next problem will probably be brake pad fade). That said, you definitely won't see a benefit unless you're on the track; the OEM fluid is more than up to the task of "spirited driving", and in fact it'll even handle track duty while you're a novice if the track isn't too hard on brakes.
If you've never driven really hard and noticed your brake pedal go significantly spongy on you, you don't need to upgrade your fluid. And in fact unless you need it, switching to ATE could be DISadvantageous because the general recommendation is to bleed ATE fluid every quarter or after every 2-3 track days, whichever comes first, so if you're not tracking you just have more maintenance with no payoff (EDIT: On a pure DD that never goes on a track, you could probably use the OEM fluid maintenance interval with ATE.) If you DO track and you don't want to deal with that kind of maintenance, you can use Castrol SRF which only needs to be changed every year or so even if you have tons of track days in that time -- but whereas ATE is about $15/bottle, SRF is about $70/bottle. But if you don't bleed/change your own brake fluid, the savings on mechanic labor might make SRF cheaper.
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Ambulatory Pediatrics, the official journal of the Ambulatory Pediatric Association, is a peer-reviewed publication whose purpose is to strengthen the research and educational base of academic general pediatrics. The content areas of the journal reflect the interests of Association members and other health professionals who care for children. These areas include such diverse topics as pediatric education, emergency medicine, injury, abuse, behavioral pediatrics, holistic medicine, child health services and health policy, and the environment. The journal's particular emphases include an active forum for the presentation of pediatric educational research in diverse settings, involving medical students, residents, fellows, and practicing professionals. The journal also emphasizes important research relating to the quality of child health care, health care policy, and the organization of child health services. Ambulatory Pediatrics provides a forum for careful systematic reviews of primary care interventions and for the presentation of important methodologic papers to aid research in child health and education. As the official journal of the Ambulatory Pediatric Association, Ambulatory Pediatrics publishes policy statements, communications from the Board of Directors, and notices of important Committee and Special Interest Group projects.
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ABSTRACT: Overweight children are at increased risk for many medical problems. Trauma is the leading etiology of childhood morbidity and mortality. No previous study has evaluated the association between overweight and acute ankle injuries in children. We hypothesized that being overweight is associated with an increased risk of ankle injury in children. We conducted a case-control study in an urban pediatric emergency department. Subjects aged 5 to 19 years were recruited from June 2005 through July 2006. Children with acute ankle trauma were enrolled as cases. A convenience sample of children with a chief complaint of fever, headache, or sore throat was enrolled as controls. Demographic information and anthropometric measurements were obtained. Age- and gender-specific body mass index percentiles (BMI-Ps) were calculated using pediatric norms. Multivariate unconditional logistic regression was used to assess the relationship between overweight and ankle injury, adjusting for demographic variables. Through medical records, we obtained demographic information and weight, but not height, of all cases that were not enrolled. This allowed us to conduct a sensitivity analysis in which we combined the enrolled and nonenrolled cases into a single case group and made increasingly more unlikely assumptions about the height percentiles of the nonenrolled cases. One hundred eighty cases and 180 controls were enrolled in the study. We observed a significant association between overweight and ankle injury (multivariate-adjusted odds ratio 3.26, 95% confidence interval, 1.86-5.72; P value for trend <.0001). Although this result may be an overestimate of the magnitude of the association due to a possible bias in the selection of cases, sensitivity analysis demonstrated the robustness of the statistical significance of the finding. Overweight children may be at increased risk of ankle injury.Ambulatory Pediatrics 01/2008; 8(1):66-9.
Article: Continuous source of care among young underserved children: associated characteristics and use of recommended parenting practices.[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: The aim of this study was to 1) assess sociodemographic and health characteristics associated with having a continuous source of care (CSOC) among young children and 2) determine the relationship between having a CSOC and use of parenting practices. We conducted a prospective, community-based survey of women receiving prenatal care at Philadelphia community health centers. We conducted surveys at the first prenatal visit and at a mean age +/- standard deviation of 3 +/-1, 11 +/- 1, and 24 +/- 2 months postpartum, obtaining information on sociodemographic and health characteristics, child's health care provider, and 6 parenting practices. Group differences were tested between those with and without a CSOC by using the chi-square test for categorical variables and the Student's t test for continuous variables. Logistic regression analysis was conducted to adjust for potential confounding variables. Our sample consisted of 894 mostly young, African American, single women and their children. In the adjusted analysis, mothers of children with a CSOC, when compared with those without a CSOC, were more likely to have a high school education or less, be born in the United States, have a postpartum checkup, have stable child health insurance, and initiate care for their child at a site other than a community-based health center. Use of parenting practices was similar for children with and without a CSOC. Maternal nativity, postpartum care, child health insurance, and initial site of infant care were associated with CSOC, but infant health characteristics were not. Use of parenting practices did not differ for those with and without a CSOC.Ambulatory Pediatrics 01/2008; 8(1):36-42.
Article: Somewhere between a boy and a girl.Ambulatory Pediatrics 01/2008; 8(1):1-3.
Article: The impact of health insurance gaps on access to care among children with asthma in the United States.[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: Health insurance coverage is important to help assure children appropriate access to medical care and preventive services. Insurance gaps could be particularly problematic for children with asthma, since appropriate preventive care for these children depends on frequent, consistent contacts with health care providers. The aim of this study was to determine the association between insurance gaps and access to care among a nationally representative sample of children with asthma. The National Survey of Children's Health provided parent-report data for 8097 children with asthma. We identified children with continuous public or continuous private insurance and defined 3 groups with gaps in insurance coverage: those currently insured who had a lapse in coverage during the prior 12 months (gained insurance), those currently uninsured who had been insured at some time during the prior 12 months (lost insurance), and those with no health insurance at all during the prior 12 months (full-year uninsured). Thirteen percent of children had coverage gaps (7% gained insurance, 4% lost insurance, and 2% were full-year uninsured). Many children with gaps in coverage had unmet needs for care (7.4%, 12.8%, and 15.1% among the gained insurance, lost insurance, and full-year uninsured groups, respectively). In multivariate models, we found significant associations between insurance gaps and every indicator of poor access to care among this population. Many children with asthma have unmet health care needs and poor access to consistent primary care, and lack of continuous health insurance coverage may play an important role. Efforts are needed to ensure uninterrupted coverage for these children.Ambulatory Pediatrics 01/2008; 8(1):43-9.
Article: Commentary: caring for the psychosocial needs of children: from advocacy to structural change.Ambulatory Pediatrics 01/2008; 8(1):8-10.
Article: Associations between housing instability and food insecurity with health care access in low-income children.[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: Homelessness and hunger are associated with poor health care access among children. Housing instability and food insecurity represent milder and more prevalent forms of homelessness and hunger. The aim of this study was to determine the association between housing instability and food insecurity with children's health care access and acute health care utilization. We conducted a cross-sectional analysis of 12,746 children from low-income households included in the 2002 National Survey of America's Families (NSAF). In multivariate models controlling for important covariates, we measured the association between housing instability and food insecurity with 3 health care access measures: 1) no usual source of care, 2) postponed medical care, and 3) postponed medications. We also measured 3 health care utilization measures: 1) not receiving the recommended number of well-child care visits, 2) increased emergency department visits, and 3) hospitalizations. Our analysis showed that 29.5% of low-income children lived in households with housing instability and 39.0% with food insecurity. In multivariate logistic regression models, housing instability was independently associated with postponed medical care, postponed medications, and increased emergency department visits. Food insecurity was independently associated with no usual source of care, postponed medical care, postponed medications, and not receiving the recommended well-child care visits. Families that experience housing instability and food insecurity, without necessarily experiencing homelessness or hunger, have compromised ability to receive adequate health care for their children. Policy makers should consider improving programs that decrease housing instability and food insecurity, and clinicians should consider screening for housing instability and food insecurity so as to provide comprehensive care.Ambulatory Pediatrics 01/2008; 8(1):50-7.
Article: Do pediatricians think they are responsible for identification and management of child mental health problems? Results of the AAP periodic survey.[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: Childhood psychosocial problems have profound effects on development, functioning, and long-term mental health. The pediatrician is often the only health professional who regularly comes in contact with young children, and it is recommended that health care supervision should include care of behavioral and emotional issues. However, it is unknown whether pediatricians believe they should be responsible for this aspect of care. Our objective was to report the proportion of physicians who agree that pediatricians should be responsible for identifying, treating/managing, and referring a range of behavioral issues in their practices, and to examine the personal physician and practice characteristics associated with agreeing that pediatricians should be responsible for treating/managing 7 behavioral issues. The 59th Periodic Survey of members of the American Academy of Pediatrics was sent to a random sample of 1600 members. The data that are presented are based on the responses of 659 members in current practice and no longer in training who completed the attitude questions. More than 80% of respondents agreed that pediatricians should be responsible for identification, especially for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), eating disorders, child depression, child substance abuse, and behavior problems. In contrast, only 59% agreed that pediatricians were responsible for identifying learning problems. Seventy percent thought that pediatricians should treat/manage ADHD; but for other conditions, most thought that their responsibility should be to refer. Few factors were consistently associated with higher odds of agreement that pediatricians should be responsible for treating/managing these problems, except for not spending their professional time exclusively in general pediatrics. These data suggest that pediatricians think that they should identify patients for mental health issues, but less than one-third agreed that it is their responsibility to treat/manage such problems, except for children with ADHD. Those not working exclusively in general pediatrics were more likely to agree that pediatricians should be responsible for treating and managing children's mental health problems.Ambulatory Pediatrics 01/2008; 8(1):11-7.
Article: Use of a psychosocial screen to detect children with symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder: an exploratory study.[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: The aim of this study was to evaluate the sensitivity and specificity of the parent and youth versions of the 17-item Pediatric Symptom Checklist (PSC-17) for identifying children with symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Cross-sectional convenience samples of children aged 8 to 10 years treated at a primary care pediatrics practice in New York City were recruited. The PSC-17 and its 5-item internalizing subscale were used in both parent- and youth-completed formats. Posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms were identified with the University of California, Los Angeles posttraumatic stress reaction index (UCLA RI), used as a structured interview with the child. One hundred fifty-six children enrolled in the study. Twenty-two percent of children met the UCLA RI cutoff for likely PTSD. The youth version of the PSC-17 and its 5-item internalizing subscale identified these children with sensitivities of 78% and 75% and specificities of 77% and 77%, respectively, relative to the UCLA RI. The parent version of the PSC-17 and the internalizing subscale had poorer sensitivities of 44% and 25% and similar specificities of 79% and 92%, respectively. Symptoms of PTSD can be identified using the youth self-report version of the PSC-17. A 5-item subscale of the PSC-17 also performed well and can readily be used in primary care settings.Ambulatory Pediatrics 01/2008; 8(1):32-5.
Article: Residents' asthma communication skills in announced versus unannounced standardized patient exercises.[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: The aim of this study was to test the hypothesis that pediatric residents would display similar levels of asthma interpersonal and communication skills in announced versus unannounced adolescent standardized patient (SP) encounters. We conducted a prospective repeat measures experimental study at a pediatric residency program at an inner-city children's hospital. A cohort of residents (N = 18) was subjected at random to 3 SP exercises: announced and being directly observed by faculty, announced and not observed by faculty, and unannounced and unobserved. Six adolescent SPs were trained to complete checklists that included items like asthma daytime and nighttime symptoms, exercise-induced symptoms, triggers, and asthma education. For the unannounced exercises, SPs were inserted into residents' regularly scheduled clinics. Standardized patients rated residents immediately following each exercise. Residents were rated by faculty following the observed encounter. Faculty rating validated SP ratings on the observed encounter. Differences in proportions of categorical variables were tested by chi-square analyses. Fifty-four resident-SP encounters were analyzed. Residents consistently displayed significantly lower levels of desired behaviors in interpersonal and communication skills in the unannounced SP encounters on 10 of 14 checklist items. For example, residents asked about exercise-induced symptoms 90% of the time in announced/observed encounters versus 95% in announced/unobserved encounters versus 72% in unannounced/unobserved encounters (P = .001). There were no significant differences in residents' behaviors in the announced SP exercises (whether observed or unobserved). In this study, residents demonstrated lower levels of asthma communication skills during unannounced SP exercises. By using unannounced SPs, we were able to assess residents' interpersonal and communication skills in real clinical settings.Ambulatory Pediatrics 11/2007; 7(6):445-8.
Article: Assessing reflective writing on a pediatric clerkship by using a modified Bloom's Taxonomy.[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: Reflection enables learners to analyze their experiences and capture the wisdom that lies within. Effective teaching requires reliable methods of assessment. Several methods of assessing reflective writing have been described; however, they often require significant training, and reliability has seldom been assessed. This study was designed to determine the interrater reliability of a method of assessing reflective writing by using a modified Bloom's Taxonomy. Twenty-one third-year medical students maintained reflective journals throughout their pediatric clerkship. A coding schema based on Bloom's Taxonomy was developed to assess the level of cognitive processing evident in the journals. Journals were independently assessed by 3 raters. Percent agreement, kappa statistics, and intraclass correlation coefficients (ICC [2,1]) were used to assess interrater reliability. Three hundred eight entries from 21 journals were assessed. Percent agreement ranged from 78.2% to 100%. Kappa statistic for each level ranged from 0.57 +/- 0.04 to 0.73 +/- 0.04, and for the highest level of processing evident it ranged from 0.52 +/- .04 to 0.58 +/- 0.04. ICC (2,1) for each level of cognitive processing ranged from 0.62 (F = 6.20; P = .000) to 1.00, and for the highest level of cognitive processing evident, it was 0.79 (F = 12.42; P = .000). Substantial to almost perfect agreement was attained. Reflective journals allow learners to revisit their experiences for critical analysis and deeper learning. This study describes a reliable method, based on Bloom's Taxonomy, of determining whether learners have achieved higher order thinking through reflective journal writing. This method can provide a baseline for facilitating higher order processing, critical thinking, and reflective practice.Ambulatory Pediatrics 07/2007; 7(4):285-91.
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ABSTRACT: There has been limited study of the association between media exposure and behavior in children younger than age 3 years. We sought to study this association in toddlers and determine whether the association varied depending on media content. We carried out a secondary analysis of a cohort of Latino mother-infant dyads followed from birth to 33 months. We assessed media exposure at 21 and 33 months with a 24-hour recall diary that included information about the duration and content of each program watched. Behavior was assessed at 33 months by the Child Behavior Checklist. This analysis included 99 dyads. Results from multiple logistic regression analyses indicated associations of child behavior outcomes with 21-month total media exposure and both 21-month and 33-month exposure to noneducational young child media such as cartoons, after adjusting for maternal education, country of origin, and depressive symptoms, participation in a parenting program, and difficult child temperament. Media exposure has most consistent associations with aggressive behavior and externalizing problems. Media exposure was associated with externalizing behavior in Latino toddlers, with the strongest association for media oriented toward young children but without educational content. This finding has importance for both parents of young children and pediatricians as they provide anticipatory guidance.Ambulatory Pediatrics 05/2007; 7(3):232-8.
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Article: Bullying among children with autism and the influence of comorbidity with ADHD: a population-based study.[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: Bullying is a significant problem among school-age children. The prevalence and predictors of bullying among children with autism are not known. The objectives of this population-based study were to: (1) estimate the prevalence of bullying among children with autism in the United States, (2) determine whether the presence of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder/attention-deficit disorder (ADHD/ADD) increases prevalence of bullying among children with autism, and (3) determine risk factors of bullying behavior among children with autism. The National Survey of Children's Health, 2003 (NSCH), provided nationally representative data for children ages 4 to 17. We used multivariate logistic regression and Wald tests to determine whether children with autism were more likely to bully in the presence of ADHD/ADD. Taylor approximations were used to account for the complex sampling design. Children with autism had a high prevalence of bullying (44%, 95% confidence interval, 34-55). Parent report of ADHD/ADD appears to moderate the relationship between bullying and autism. Children with autism who did not have ADHD/ADD were not at greater risk for bullying compared with the general population. Children with autism and ADHD/ADD had increased odds of bullying (odds ratio 4.6, 95% confidence interval 2.4-8.6), even after controlling for household income, age, and gender. In addition to ADHD/ADD, living in a low-income household and younger age were risk factors for bullying among children with autism. Being female, however, did not decrease the risk of bullying in the autistic subpopulation. Children with autism and ADHD/ADD appear to be at increased risk for bullying behaviors.Ambulatory Pediatrics 01/2007; 7(3):253-7.
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ABSTRACT: The effects of the Work Hour Standard (WHS) on continuity of care and quality of education has stimulated much discussion, yet little is known about how it affects the resident-continuity clinic preceptor (CCP) dyad, the only longitudinal learning relationship in pediatric residency. This case study explored residents' and CCPs' perceptions of the effects of restricted work hours on their learning relationship. Direct observation of third-year pediatric residents (n = 10) and their CCPs (n = 10) was carried out in continuity clinic (CC) for 5 months; both groups attended clinic before and after the WHS. Semistructured, audiotaped interviews were conducted with residents before and after observation, and with CCPs after resident data were collected. Data from interview transcripts and observational notes were analyzed for major themes. To comply with the WHS, postcall clinic was eliminated and residents were rescheduled to another afternoon CC. The consequence of eliminating postcall clinic, disruption in the resident-CCP relationship, was perceived differently by residents and CCPs. From the residents' perspective, rescheduling CC in response to the WHS benefited their learning because it exposed them to different CCPs with different practice styles. From the CCPs' perspective, rescheduling CC frustrated their efforts to be learner-centered teachers and effective mentors. Intended changes to limit excessive work hours had unintended effects that were viewed more favorably by residents than by CCPs. Understanding the shared and different perspectives of residents and preceptors regarding WHS-related changes in CC extends the discussion of the effect of restricted work hours.Ambulatory Pediatrics 01/2007; 7(5):348-53.
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STATE COLLEGE -- He's already proven to be viable threat while running with the football.
But who knew Zach Zwinak was so capable catching it?
Certainly not him.
You see, Zwinak came to Penn State as a fullback who was more accustomed to having the football placed against his belly than thrown against his chest. And since he wasn't naturally gifted with the art of grabbing passes, he feared his body would be a repellent to balls thrown his way.
"At my high school, we didn't really throw the ball much," Zwinak said. "I didn't have any confidence in my hands. They were like brick walls."
Somehow, they softened, and not a minute too soon for the Nittany Lions.
Zwinak pulled in six passes for 52 yards -- second on the team Saturday -- while helping Penn State come back for a 39-28 victory over previously-unbeaten Northwestern.
Most importantly, he didn't drop one.
Mainly because he spent one long summer snaring hurtling objects.
"Tennis balls, footballs from jugs machines, (from) quarterbacks, seven-on-sevens," Zwinak said, rattling off all the drills he endured this past summer. "I needed it. I was really bad."
Now, he's really good.
The six catches Zwinak made against Northwestern came in handy and complemented his 121-yard rushing day.
"Zach's one of the hardest-working guys on the team, and one of the strongest," said Penn State quarterback Matt McGloin, a West Scranton High School grad. "I was proud of Zach, what he did today. He really focused on his (pass) protection and got out in the passing game. He had five or six catches, which was great to see."
It was even better when the Nittany Lions were watching Zwinak run with the ball.
He ran four times for 32 yards on Penn State's 40-yard scoring march in the second quarter, including an 11-yard burst and a drive-culminating 1-yard plunge over the goal line for the game's first touchdown.
Zwinak didn't start the game -- it's always a competition during the week of practice for playing time and starting roles in Penn State's backfield -- but he sure finished it with a flourish. Penn State shied away from Saturday's starting tailback Bill Belton through the second half, and relied on Zwinak to help overcome a deficit that reached 11 points.
"Zach, we felt, was running the ball downhill," Penn State coach Bill O'Brien said. "We felt his physical presence in this type of game was something we wanted to go with."
So the Lions went with Zwinak again and again.
The red-shirt sophomore running back took six handoffs for 37 yards and added a six-yard catch to cover more than half the yardage on an 80-yard touchdown drive that lifted the Lions into a 17-14 lead midway through the third quarter.
Zwinak also gained 15 yards on the ground and added 26 more yards on three catches during a touchdown drive that pulled Penn State within three points midway through the final quarter, and added a 16-yard rush on the Lions' go-ahead touchdown march.
"It's a confidence-builder," Zwinak said. "The coach trusts you enough to go in and make the plays. I go into each game hoping I'll get a play or two. Whoever's making the plays, he's going to keep calling your number. We have a lot of great running backs. I'm happy they allow me to do it."
Said O'Brien, "We always try to achieve some type of balance."
After working double-duty to provide balance between Penn State's running and passing games, it's a wonder Zwinak didn't start wobbling.
With his 34 touches Saturday, Zwinak handled the ball almost as much as McGloin and center Matt Stankiewitch -- who exchange every offensive snap.
"I'm hurting, too, a little bit right now," Zwinak said with a grin. "Just sore."
But it's the kind of pain he worked to achieve during a summer of sweat he endured with hopes of playing a bigger part in Penn State's offense.
"It feels great," Zwinak said, "but I can't do it alone."
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The lost lion of Paris: the extraordinary story of George Dukson
Georges Dukson was one of the great heroes of the Resistance. But when the French capital was liberated, General de Gaulle wanted him out of the picture. Matthew Cobb investigates a tragic injustice
Wednesday 12 August 2009
It is 3pm on Saturday 26 August 1944. Paris is liberated. Under a blazing sun, General Charles de Gaulle, in full dress uniform, is standing at the Arc de Triomphe. He is at the head of a massive parade to celebrate the end– the previous day – of Nazi rule in the French capital. He also wants to show who is the new master in the country.
To the left of de Gaulle is Georges Bidault, head of the Conseil National de la Résistance; to the right, de Gaulle's personal delegate, Alexandre Parodi. Behind them can be seen the leading figures of the Free French army and the Resistance. Out of sight, behind the camera, are four tanks of General Leclerc's 2nd Armoured Division, which the day before had entered Paris and helped seal victory. Beyond them, a million joyous Parisians line the sides of the Champs Elysees. This is a moment, and an image, that will go down in history.
But there is another figure in this iconic photograph, taken 65 years ago this month (and shown right). On the right there is the only black person in the photo – indeed, one of the few black people on the demonstration. He is wearing a mixture of civilian clothes and military puttees. His right arm is in a sling. In every respect he is different from the smartly-dressed white men who dominate the demonstration.
His name was Georges Dukson, he was only 22, and he was not supposed to be there.
Caught up in the enthusiasm of the moment, convinced that he had as much right to be there as anyone else, Dukson had simply invited himself on to the head of the parade. His presence was completely unscripted, a piece of spontaneous bravura, and it was soon snuffed out by protocol. Newsreel rushes show Dukson being unceremoniously kicked off the march, at gunpoint, shortly after the photo was taken. Despite being a true representative of the Resistance rank and file, he had no place on de Gaulle's demonstration, which was supposed to be tightly organised.
The Parisian Resistance radio station, which had broadcast throughout the fighting, bringing Parisians hour-by-hour updates on the imminent arrival of Leclerc's troops, had called the population on to the streets. A US army plane, carrying a newsreel team, circled low overhead, capturing the images for audiences the world over. So many people turned up that de Gaulle's plan for a classic military parade was rapidly transformed into what one eye-witness, Simone de Beauvoir, called "a magnificent, if chaotic, popular carnival".
The Resistance members who lined the demonstration – and who, the day before, had been fighting the Germans in the streets – were not the disciplined troops de Gaulle wanted to see. Even the Tricolour flags were not all quite right – a massive banner in the Spanish Republican colours of violet, red and yellow stretched across the Champs Elysées, highlighting the presence of over 300 Republicans in the ranks of the Leclerc Division.
At first, de Gaulle was furious. "What a shambles! Who's in charge here?" he barked, tearing a strip off Resistance leader Jean de Vogüé and reducing him to tears. But when the Free French leader saw the enthusiasm of the hundreds of thousands of Parisians, he soon realised that something quite extraordinary was happening – he later claimed that his presence on the march showed he was "the instrument of destiny".
Even if not everyone shared de Gaulle's sense of his own importance, one participant described the amazing emotions unleashed by Liberation: "What overwhelming joy after four years of sadness! How the impetuosity contrasted with German rigidity! There was an explosion of jubilation, perhaps not from the whole of France, but from the true France, revolutionary France, which appeared all over the country, smashed the barriers of ordinary life and spread, messily and chaotically."
Throughout the parade, the tumultuous chaos and indiscipline of the crowd irritated de Gaulle. At one point, de Gaulle noticed a young résistant, one of the thousands who had risked their lives in the fighting, and who were lining the Champs Elysées. The young man wore an FFI (Forces Françaises de l'Intérieur) resistance armband, had a cigarette hanging from his lips, and was mad with joy. De Gaulle beckoned him over and spoke a few words into his ear; the résistant returned to the edge of the crowd. "What did he say to you?" he was eagerly asked. "Don't smoke on the procession," was the reply.
Was de Gaulle aware of Dukson's audacity in getting to the front of the parade? Perhaps. As he later wrote in his memoirs: "Some people with minor walk-on roles joined the cortege of my comrades, even though they had no right to. But no one paid them any attention." Dukson was undoubtedly the most notable of those "people with minor walk-on roles"; but he was not ignored, he was thrown off the procession. His face did not fit, even though, like many other resistance fighters who were also absent – women, communists, ordinary workers, foreigners – he truly had a right to be there.
In the week of bloody street fighting that preceded the German surrender, Dukson had played a vital role for the Resistance in the 17th arrondissement in the north of Paris, earning the title "the Lion of the 17th". When fighting broke out near his home on 20 August, Dukson rushed to help out and was put in command of a contingent of FFI Resistance fighters.
Together with his comrades, Dukson destroyed several German troop lorries, and even captured a tank, leaping on to it and killing the driver. In the spectacular newsreel footage that was taken during the Paris insurrection (see independent.co.uk/liberation – and overleaf), Dukson can be seen grinning on top of the vehicle.
When the Resistance seized a new tank from a factory, they sent it out on to the streets to help the uprising; Dukson's group, armed only with revolvers and grenades, bravely accompanied it. On 21 August, Dukson was wounded in the arm by a bullet, and he was again filmed on the newsreel, being helped by his comrades, clutching his rifle.
As a consequence of his bravery, Dukson was rapidly promoted to the rank of sub-Lieutenant, and his fame soon spread through Paris. Holding court each night in a bar on the rue de Chéroy, he became a minor celebrity. Signed photographs of him were sold for 100 francs. You had to pay only 15 francs for a photo of de Gaulle.
It was in that bar – now boarded up – that the journalist René Dunan met Dukson during the fighting and immediately fell under his spell. After the war was over, Dunan wrote down Dukson's "magnificent and sad story".
In 1939, when the Second World War broke out, Dukson lived in Gabon, in what was then French West Africa. As his father had in 1914, Georges joined the French Army to fight in Europe. Captured shortly before the fall of France in 1940, Sergeant Dukson spent two years in a German prisoner-of-war camp before escaping and making his way back to France. Exactly how he managed this feat – a black man on the roads of Nazi Germany would surely have attracted attention – has been lost to history, but by 1943 he was a fugitive in occupied Paris.
While the Nazis goose-stepped along the streets, rounding up Jews and members of the Resistance, Dukson simply tried to survive. He also fell madly in love with a girl who worked in a pharmacy and courted her with black market steak and other gifts. He even gave her a stolen fountain pen, but she returned it, saying it was too valuable, and broke his heart.
Then came the Paris insurrection of August 1944, and Dukson's moment of glory. President Roosevelt, who was deeply suspicious of de Gaulle, had initially wanted to impose a military government on liberated France, but the ability of the Resistance to take power as the Nazis retreated, combined with the real popular support for de Gaulle, made this a non-starter. De Gaulle, meanwhile, wanted to ensure that he, and not the Resistance, would be in control when peace came. That meant imposing his authority and taking the guns out of the hands of the Resistance fighters as soon as possible.
Until the Paris Resistance launched its insurrection, the Allies intended to bypass the city. But the possibility that the Resistance might take control in the capital led the Allied High Command to send General Leclerc's armoured division, along with an American column, into Paris. On 25 August, the Free French troops commanded by General Leclerc finally drove into the capital to complete the liberation begun by the Parisian population.
But although black soldiers from French West Africa had formed the original heart of de Gaulle's Free French army – nearly 20,000 had joined up by October 1942 – none of Dukson's comrades from Africa were with Leclerc. We now know that the British and the Americans wanted Paris to be liberated by white faces, and took steps to remove African soldiers from the Leclerc division. (It was The Independent , reporting the work of the historian Olivier Wieviorka, that broke this story in January 2007.) Allied High Command claimed that the Parisians would be hostile to black fighters.
Dukson's role, and his fame in the capital, proved that the Allies were wrong about this – but to no avail. The appalling way in which hundreds of thousands of Free French Arab soldiers were treated was highlighted in the harrowing feature film Days of Glory (2006). The story of the African fighters, and of men like Dukson, has yet to be told.
Dukson was not the only African in the Resistance. Of the 1,030 members of the Order of the Liberation created by Charles de Gaulle, 14 were African. Hundreds of other black people played vital roles in the struggle. Most are long forgotten.
Addi Ba, born in French Guinea in 1913, helped set up one of the first Resistance camps in the Vosges, and spied on German positions, noting down the details in Arabic he had learnt from the Koran. When the camp was attacked in July 1943, Addi Ba was captured and horribly tortured, then executed five months later.
On 20 June 1944, 53 Senegalese soldiers imprisoned in Lyons were freed by a Resistance raid, and joined fighters in the mountainous Vercors region above Grenoble, where they were warmly welcomed by the local population. When the Nazis eventually overran the Vercors, in July 1944, many of the Senegalese soldiers escaped and went on to take part in the liberation of Lyons. Other black Resistance fighters joined in the fighting to liberate Agen in the South West.
Probably the most famous black Resistance fighter was the American singer and dancer, Josephine Baker. She joined the Free French, first as a nurse, then as a member of the Air Force. At the same time, she carried out underground work for Free French Intelligence, and was eventually awarded the Croix de Guerre.
But there were to be no medals for Dukson. In the chaos that followed the Liberation of Paris, he took over an abandoned German garage and started selling the supplies he found there. Then he began "requisitioning" goods for the black market. Arrested on the orders of the Military Governor of Paris, he was shot and wounded while trying to escape, was taken to hospital and died on the operating table.
Despite his sad end, Dukson's role in the liberation of Paris represented the true spirit of the Resistance. In those famous images, full of pomp and politics, populated by white men in suits and uniforms, Dukson's unscripted appearance, bloodied but unbowed, audacious and full of verve, showed the role of ordinary French people in liberating their country. And that, no doubt, at least partly explains why he was so unwelcome.
Around 2,000 Parisians died in the struggle to liberate Paris, along with perhaps 800 résistants and over 100 Free French and American soldiers. Like the death, the credit for the liberation was shared – the Allied advance had shaken the German garrison and made the insurrection possible; the Parisian résistants had sensed the time was ripe to free the city; and the Free French army provided the weight to put an end to the fighting.
For de Gaulle, the outcome could not have been better. Acutely aware of the power of symbols, he had been able to enter Paris as a hero, surfing on the wave of a popular uprising, but firmly based on the traditional power of the army.
In the heroic days of August 1944 a new French myth had been forged; at its heart was de Gaulle. Throughout the war he had belittled, ignored or undermined the Resistance, yet he had finally ridden it to power, brushing aside those ordinary people whose sacrifice had helped bring about Liberation – people like Georges Dukson.
Matthew Cobb is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Manchester and the author of 'The Resistance: The French Fight Against The Nazis' (Simon & Schuster, £17.99). To order a copy for the special price of £16.19 (free P&P) call Independent Books Direct on 08430 600 030, or visit www.independentbooksdirect.co.uk. To see archive film of the march, go to independent.co.uk/liberation
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The Chevalier de Saint-George (1745-1799)
Illegitimate son of a slave and a plantation owner, Joseph Boulogne, his given name, came from Guadeloupe. Taken to Paris at 14, he became a superb swordsman and an even better composer, known as "The Black Mozart". Fêted at court, he later supported the Revolution. In 1792 he became colonel of a corps of 1,000 black troops, the Légion de Saint-George, defeating counter-revolutionary forces. He later narrowly escaped the guillotine, dying in poverty.
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A Senegal-born slave taken to Saint-Domingue (later Haiti), Belley managed to purchase his freedom, fought in the Haitian revolution of 1791 and in 1793 was elected (as member for Saint-Domingue) to France's National Convention. He also sat on the Council of 500. He took part in the debate in February 1794 in which the Covention voted to abolish slavery, but lost his seat in 1797. He spent the last three years of his life in prison in France after taking part in an ill-fated expedition to return Saint-Domingue to French rule.
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Félix Eboué (1884-1944)
Born in French Guyana, Eboué was a respected colonial administrator, appointed governor of Chad just before the Second World War. Following the armistice of June 1940, he ensured that, in contrast to many of France's African colonies, Chad aligned itself with General de Gaulle's Free French rather than the Vichy regime – which sentenced him to death in absentia. Eboué's brave move was crucial in giving de Gaulle legitimacy and a power-base in Africa. Made governor-general of French Equatorial Africa and later a member of the Council of the Order of the Liberation, Eboué died a few months before the liberation of Paris. His ashes rest in the Panthéon, yet he has faded from public memory.
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