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By Jim Pedley | Managing Editor
The word Tuesday from Sprint Cup drivers taking part in the latest tire test at Indianapolis Motor Speedway was mission accomplished. All agreed that they now have a tire from Goodyear which will allow them to avoid the type of race-day embarrassment the sport suffered a year ago in the Allstate 400 at the Brickyard.
"I will guarantee it," four-time series champion Jeff Gordon said Tuesday when asked if fans will see a good race this year at Indy. "I'm 100 percent confident. I ran this tire as hard as I possibly could, put numerous laps on them. It's a dead issue."
In the hours after last year's race, which is one of the biggest and most important on the Cup schedule, the issue was lively and not lively in a good sort of way.
During the race, the tires were wearing to their cords after about 10 laps. The tires were not wearing as much as they were turning to powder. The short runs which ensued produced a race which had competitors and fans screaming for action.
"Last year was something that none of us wanted to see what happened last year, and I think that it was determined I think probably before that race was over that it's not going to happen again," Gordon said.
Goodyear took the biggest beating after the 2008 debacle.
Greg Stucker, director of race tire sales for Goodyear, said that in recent months, his company has conducted numerous tests at the 2.5-mile Indy oval. Over 30 drivers have been involved in those tests.
Stucker said after Tuesday's test, all the testing has paid off.
"I think we owe it to these guys (drivers) to make sure we've got something that's very raceable to put on a good show," Stucker said. "I just want everybody to know that we're very confident that we've done that and we're looking very forward to the race in about a month and a half."
Drivers on hand said they agreed.
Kurt Busch said, "I feel confident that Goodyear made dramatic improvement."
Kasey Kahne said he different between last year's tires and those tested Tuesday was "night and day different."
Gordon said, "This is going to be a race here it might come down to fuel mileage, it might come down to a lot of different factors, fastest car, not the fastest car, track position, a double fire restart with ten to go, but it's not going to come down to a 10-lap lap shootout on whose tires can last."
Up until Tuesday, there was considerable concern that the problem would not be solved by the time the series showed up at the Brickyard in July. Until the last two tests, the tires continued to prove unsatisfactory.
"Two weeks ago," Kahne said, "we didn't have a tire that we could race."
In talking about the tests, Stucker said. "We were here seven times before the end of 2008. We ran a lot of different compounds just to try to understand how different formulations reacted with the racetrack. I also mentioned some of the testing that has been developed, and we're utilizing that to kind of measure that debris and formulate what our approach was going to be to coming up with a recommendation. "So we kind of went down that road in early spring before the 500, and these last two tests really were to finalize recommendations two weeks ago and come here and confirm it with multiple cars this time. Really the last two tests we've really just been doing pretty nothing but running the race tire. That's all we did yesterday and today."
Leading Gordon to reiterate his contention that this year's Brickyard will not turn into a tire-based disaster.
"I told Stu Grant (of Goodyear) earlier, they've actually made it too good, it's that good," Gordon said. "And I'm 100 percent confident, and I can promise all the fans out there that if they want to come to the Brickyard and see a great race and be confident that the tires are not going to be an issue, you can trust me. I hope that's enough for them. But they've got it resolved for sure."
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- Christine Lagarde, the head IMF idiot, recently scolded the Greeks for not paying their taxes. Fair enough it seems, until you learn that she herself, and many other parasites like her at the IMF and the UN, pay no taxes. That's right, her overblown salary is all tax exempt. I'm sure the idiot missed the irony.
- NYC Mayor Bloomberg is pushing a new law to ban large sugary soft-drinks in that nanny-state hell hole. With apologies to the many fine people who live in our biggest city, I feel your pain. I live near Chicago, which is more of a criminal enterprise than a city. The imbecilic Mayor Boobberg is going to take care of those of you who might become obese without his iron fisted tough love.
- In a recent speech honoring a Polish war hero, President Obama referred to a "Polish death camp", as opposed to a Nazi death camp in German-occupied Poland. Oh c-mon, it's just a slip of the tongue! Everyone does it occasionally and it's perfectly excusable... as long as you are a Democrat. But the slip of the tongue was on the teleprompter, so it was a team slip. Oops.
- The new French government is putting a cap on "excessive corporate pay." Anything François Hollande - the goof who was just elected to lead the dumbest country in the Euro funny farm - makes over one Euro is excessive in my opinion. The few intelligent people left in that country are making their escape plans, but where to flee?
I try to make my comments about ideas rather than people, but sometimes the bad ideas and the bad people get mixed up in the same rancid stew. I apologize for the name calling. (Well, maybe not, I'm only semi-polite most of time anyway.)

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Walter F. "Tex" Bosse, 91, of Putnam Pike, Smithfield, formerly of Norton Drive, Cumberland, passed away Tuesday, July 2, 2013, at the Village at Waterman Lake, Smithfield.
He was the beloved husband of more than 67 years to the late Evelyn (Kling) Bosse. Born in Batesville, Ind., he was the son of the late Clemens Bosse and Ida Gesell Dieckmann.
He was a proud graduate of the University of Texas. He was an electrical engineer for the Sylvania Co. and later Amperex Co. for many years. He also worked as a stockbroker and for the city of Providence.
He was a member of the Arnold Mills United Methodist Church. He was an avid "birder" and "butterflier" and was a member of the Audubon Society of RI. He led a number of bird and butterfly walks throughout Rhode Island.
He leaves three daughters, Patricia Coogan of North Providence, Carol Bachman and her husband of Pascoag, and Barbara Kelly and her husband of Tucson, Ariz.; one son, Richard Bosse and his wife of Purcellville, Va.; and five grandchildren and one great-grandchild. He was the brother of the late Clarence Bosse.
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Of course we've been consumed with planning for Disney. I'm absolutely obsessed. We leave at the end of October.
|we're actually at 47 days and counting now
and of course the pirate costume for Pirate Night on the cruise ship
I think I'm more excited than Ireland. I've bought everything Disney... costumes, backpacks for the parks, glow sticks, shoes for walking, Smash book supplies, lanyards, pins for trading, and more.
So you see, there has been little time for crocheting or knitting socks. Now I'm obsessed with planning the excursions, and hotel the night before the cruise, and dining plans at Disney World. We are going on the 3 day cruise to the Bahamas first. Then we'll go over to Disney World for 6 days. I wish we could squeeze in a day to go over to Tampa and Clearwater Beach. We'll see.
I can't wait.
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I have a small room with dimensions: 3.55m L x 2.1m W x 2.35m H, needed for human speech. I have used 17m2 of acoustic absorption panels with NRC of about 1.05. Also, I measured the Rt60before treatment it was about 1.2s before treatment and became 0.2 after treatment. I have distributed the 17m2 of acoustic panels almost evenly over ceiling and the three wall. The forth wall left blank [Gypsum Board] to be background for the talker.
I am wondering when we started recording the sound, still the human voice is strong. Not as strong as it before treatment but still strong. Would anyone inform me what might be the reason behind this strong voice??? Do I have to use more panels??? is the geometry of room bad enough to cause this distortion even after treatment???


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Durhamfootman wrote:I did wonder that, but felt that if we were to award the same points as the men for the 50, then we might as well keep the 100 the same too, because I doubt that many centuries are scored.... yet we are trying to increase the points for the batters to improve the balance between bat and ball in what are essentially lower scoring matches
That was the main reason behind me suggesting including 25 and 75 in the bonus points
I agree about the 25, if I'm honest, but maybe we say 20/50, 30/75, 40/100?
or maybe we keep the landmark bonus points the same as the mens, but ramp up the SR points.....
10/70, 15/75, 20/80, 25/90, 30/100, 35/110, 40/120, 50/150+?
Proving to be quite tricky, really
Durhamfootman wrote:only you, me and BN have offered an opinion, so I reckon that we can decide for the inaugural women's ODI FL and then discuss it afterwards to see how it pans out
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Towson climbs above .500, tops Delaware
Tigers improve to 8-4 in conference play
Jerrelle Benimon had 21 points and 12 rebounds as Towson won its third straight game with a wire-to-wire 85-65 victory over Delaware on Wednesday night, sweeping the season series.
Benimon posted his 17th double-double of the season for the Tigers (13-12, 8-4 Colonial Athletic Association), who also defeated the Blue Hens 69-66 on Jan. 16.
Towson scored the first 11 points en route to a 33-23 halftime lead, then scored 52 second-half points on 69.2 percent field-goal shooting (18 of 26).
Delaware (11-12, 6-4) shot poorly, making only 9 of 30 field goals in the second half, a slight improvement over its 8-of-29 shooting in the first.
Jerome Hairston added 17 points, Marcus Damas 16 and Mike Burwell 12 for the Tigers, while Bilal Dixon grabbed 13 rebounds.
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The Central Connecticut women's basketball team fell to Quinnipiac by a score of 63-53 on Wednesday night. The Blue Devils (11-11, 5-6 NEC) and Bobcats (20-2, 11-0 NEC) played a physical contest with both teams playing hard under the basket. Performance at the free throw line was critical for both teams as 47 total fouls were called in the game.
With her first points of the game senior Jaclyn Babe reached the 1,000 point mark for her career.
CCSU and Quinnipiac played a close first half with the Bobcats taking a 29-24 lead into the break.
Quinnipiac opened the game with a 4-0 run, but the Blue Devils were able to tie the game with baskets by senior Kirsten Daamen and junior Jessica Babe. Unfortunatly, Quinnipiac followed with a 9-2 run that opened up a seven point lead with 10:31 left in the period. CCSU was not able to get closer than a three-point deficit over the remainder of the period.
In the second half, CCSU used a 6-2 run to close to a single point, but Quinnipiac answered with a 9-2 run. The Blue Devils would close the gap to two points again later in the period, but the Bobcats maintained the lead throughout the second half.
Jaclyn Babe's 1,000th career point came on a jumper at the 10:17 mark of the first half. Babe finished the game with 1,011 points for her career. She has scored 820 points with CCSU and had 191 during her first two years of college when she played at Duquesne.
Jessica Babe had a double-double for the Blue Devils with 11 points and 10 rebounds. It is her second double-double of the season. Babe's 11 points were two behind her sister's team-high 13.
Junior Lauren Arbogast with seven points and eight rebounds was CCSU's next leading scorer.
CCSU excelled at the free throw line in the game. The Blue Devils connected on 18-of-25 attempts, including a perfect 10-of-14 in the second half.
The Blue Devils return to action on Saturday at Mount St. Mary's. The game will tip-off at 2 p.m. and can be seen live on Cox (CT), ESPN3.com and on a delay on Fox College Sports.


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This one is prettier but IMO still doesn't look like the real thing.
|This is for the human owner of the doll.
The doll mentioned in my previous post is even worse than I thought. Look at this picture:
Here is an excerpt from the San Francisco Chronicle:
London's famous Hamley's toy store just introduced the Barbie-like doll that sells for 35 pounds ($75).
The toy store's website says that this doll "oozes British style"--although it seems that the doll's resemblance to Kate is less than striking. The doll has a horsey sort of look to her face; Kate is much prettier.
The doll is sporting a royal blue dress similar to the one Ms. Middleton wore when her engagement to Prince William was first announced last winter.
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A Thai inspired stir fry dish with a wonderful savory, sweet and spicy flavor combination made with colorful bell peppers, fresh pineapple and chicken.
A few months ago I was invited to a Thai Kitchen event where their chef demonstrated a few recipes using their new Thai Kitchen sauces and this was one of the dishes they made. They kindly shared the recipe with me which I slightly modified to give it more kick. If you don't like your food too spicy you can leave out the chili pepper. Serve this over jasmine rice for a complete meal, also great with shrimp!
Thai Chicken and Pineapple Stir Fry
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Servings: 4 • Size: 1 1/4 cups • Points +: 7 • Smart Points: 7Calories:276 • Fat: 7 g • Saturated Fat: 1 g • Carb: 22 g • Fiber: 1 g • Protein: 27 g Sugar: 14 g • Sodium: 593 mg (without salt) • Cholesterol: 83 mg
1 lb boneless skinless chicken breast, cut into 1-inch cubes
1 tbsp fish sauce
2 tbsp cornstarch
1 tbsp oil, divided
1 tsp minced garlic
1 tsp minced ginger
2 cups cubed assorted colors bell peppers (1/2-inch cubes)
1 red chili pepper, chopped (optional or to taste)
1 cup fresh pineapple chunks
1/3 cup Thai sweet chili sauce
cilantro leaves (for garnish)
Mix chicken and fish sauce in medium bowl. Add cornstarch; toss to evenly coat. Set aside.
Heat 1/2 tablespoon of the oil in large nonstick skillet on medium-high heat. Add garlic and
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Heat remaining oil in the skillet. Add chicken; stir fry 5 minutes or until cooked through. Return bell pepper mixture to skillet; stir fry until well blended. Garnish with cilantro.


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The National Labor Relations Board said a nonprofit organization was wrong to fire five workers for Facebook postings that criticized working conditions.
The agency also said that it had more than 20 cases involving worker complaints on the social network, the Wall Street Journal reported. The nonprofit, Hispanics United in Buffalo, N.Y., fired five employees after they "defended their work" by commenting on a Facebook post that employees didn't help clients enough. The nonprofit provided services for low-income clients.
The decision basically reiterates the NRLB's decision on a former case that labor law lets employees discuss conditions of their employment with coworkers without retribution. In the previous case, the NLRB said the company chose to enforce "overly broad" online rules for employees. The company settled and agreed to relax the rules and not discipline or terminate employees for discussing wages or working conditions while not on the job.
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It's good that the NLRB believes that employees should be able to discuss working conditions without being fired, but I don't think as many companies have the same policy. Let's hope that more workplaces create a useful policy regarding social networks such as Facebook, and aren't as quick to terminate employees for the equivalent of meeting for a beer after work.


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I'm holding a black tie party for my 30 and half birthday (my birthday is in January but I'm holding the party in July, for that reason it's 30 and 1 half).
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Casinò Royale Summer Party
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July 2nd 2011 from dusk till dawn
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text: Friday, June 24, 2011 POPTS Battle Continues: AB 783 Rescheduled for Hearing June 27 The ongoing legislative battle in California over physician owned physical therapy services (POPTS) will face a critical juncture on June 27. California Assembly Bill 783 has been posted for reconsideration in the Senate Standing Committee on Business, Professions, and Economic Development. If the legislation does not pass out of committee on Monday, it will not be able to be considered again until 2012. AB 783 would specifically add licensed PTs to the list of "healing arts practitioners" who may be employees of medical, chiropractic, and podiatric corporations. Meanwhile, the NBC affiliate in Los Angeles continues to cover this fierce legislative battle. Comments I would love to hear why the APTA has any stance on who owns a facility that provides Physical Therarpy. I sure dont want to be owned by Washington D.C.! which give it time, we will. I think we have bigger issue's to fry at this time. Posted by Blake Laing SPTA on 6/24/2011 11:08 PM Blake, because we do not yet have direct access in CA, PTs rely on physician referrals for patients. If physicians begin hiring PTs, it has been shown (refer to the NBC link) that they will over-prescribe physical therapy to their own facility to make more money. In addition to this, the quality of the physical therapist becomes questionable if he/she treats a patient who is not a candidate for physical therapy. It puts the PT in an ethical dilemma in more than one sense. Autonomous practices that have a long standing track record of excellence will be ignored by doctors because they will only refer in-house, regardless of the in-house service quality. That in itself is worrisome. Posted by Brent on 6/25/2011 11:44 AM It is time for the client to chose their own Physical Therapist. Physicians need to stop cannalicing money in their own pocket. Posted by Roel Fung-A-Wing on 6/25/2011 11:49 AM I've been in clinical PT for 49yrs and have worked in every type of facility - acute, chronic rehab, home care, POPTS (for 25 yrs), and finished working full time in my own practice for 12yrs. For the past 4yrs, I work part-time doing prn coverage - some of which is in a POPTS facility and some in private PT-owned offices. After approx 5 decades in clinical settings, I've "seen it all." There are as many instances of inappropriate over-utilization of PT services in PT-owned facilities as in POPTS facilities. The 2 POPTS facilities I've been associated with consistently told patients they had the right to use any PT office or facility they chose and were not strongly urged to use the POPTS facilities. I personally made that policy because as the chief PT, I was given the authority to design all administrative policies for the PT dept. My relationship with the physicians, as well as the staff PTs I hired, was always that of a professional colleague treating our patients as part of the team approach in rehab. I can understand the antipathy of the PT profession towards the POPTS concept. I realize the 2020 goals mandate the eradication of POPTS as an important cornerstone of the doctorate trend. However, not every situation can be "painted with same broad brush"- I know this is a common rejoinder by PT POPTS employees. Listen to an old relic in PT - be careful what you wish for. Posted by PT relic from the 60s on 6/25/2011 11:03 PM Relic from the 60s. I like you! I don't have the experience in PT but I do have many years in management. I have not seen a convincing argument of why one type of person can or cannot own a facility. Where money goes? Too much PT prescription? It sounds like people are jealous. If I went to school to become a DR. guess what, I have bills and I have money. I want to increase my earnings just like everybody else in this world. None of those issues are caused by a reason of being a DR., a PT of the street can do the same. I will listen to a relic! Posted by Blake Laing -> AHW_?L on 6/26/2011 9:53 AM In response to 6/25/2011 suggestion. There are few POPTS they give choices to patient .There may be written instruction in his POPTS but there is direct and indirect instruction for staff to direct patient to their own clinic. To see this pressure he has to look out of the box vision. More over mr relic salary check is signed by doctor owner of that POPTS. He has to talk for his bread. Doctors feels Physical therapy profession is cash cow for them. They are spoiling this profession. In my family I am the therapist and others are doctors . I know inside story of POPTS. POPTS should close. Physical therapy is independent profession . It should be own and run by therapist. Unless you have this mental set up you will never grow this profession.This is what happened for last 50 years. So goodby to POPTS . Posted by Deepak on 6/27/2011 8:56 AM To the PT relic, I would assert that you are not looking closely enough at situations. Although I respect your years of experience, my own experience as a former practice owner and the many meetings I have had over the years with other private practice owners in Illinois would suggest that your perspective is a naive one. The reality is that I never got a referral from any POPTS clinic in 6 years of practice. Most Chicagoland PT private practice owners were not receiving any referrals from orthopedic surgeons by 2007. They were referring all in-house. It's all about money and a also encompasses a lack of respect piece towards physical therapists. For the most part, we are not seen as professionals, colleagues or as having a respected diagnostic opinion in orthopedic care in the eyes of orthopedic surgeons. We are seen as an ancillary service which throws generic treatments at patients and can generate revenue. That is the truth. One more thing. A physical therapist who works in a POPTS does not have the power to voice opposition to his "boss" the physician like he/she would in a private practice because... they are their boss. Think about it, we have to adjust our tone, words, approach to our boss because they control our job and paycheck. Unfortunately, for example, that means that if you the PT are highly confident that a patient's condition can be completely helped by your care, but the surgeon recommends surgery, then you can only say so much because it's your boss. As a result, best care is compromised, you feel frustrated and unnecessary health care dollars are spent all because you couldn't speak up. That's the problem. Posted by Peter Zepelak on 6/27/2011 2:12 PM I am a physical therapist assistant who works in a POPTS, however I am employed by a private company who is contracted with the surgeons to provide physical therapy services in their clinic. Prior to this job, I worked in a hospital based outpatient physical therapy center, so I am able to compare firsthand some of the differences between the two. While I respect all of the above voiced opinions regarding this issue, I feel one facet of working in a POPTS has not been discussed. Ease of communication with the referring physician is vastly superior to working in a department where the physicians are not present. This frequent and easy to achieve communication, I feel, greatly enhances the physician/PT (PTA) relationship, improves quality of the rehab performed, AND patients love to see their clinician talking with their doctor regarding their care. Patients have told me this time and again, and they observing this communication leads to greater patient belief in the clinician and what they are asking them to do, ultimately assiting with obtaining a better outcome. As an aside, our Doc's tell the patients they have the right to recieve therapy anywhere, but may feel more comfortable because they know the therapists who will be providing the care and trust in the outcomes of the rehab. So, even though the Doc's are making money from the rehab, they also have faith that the therapists won't do anything to jeoporadize the surgical outcome. This type of relationship with the therapist's and Doc's is very tough to establish in a freestanding clinic. Posted by Trevor on 6/27/2011 7:01 PM I have been a PT for 32 years, and have practiced in acute care, in a private practice under another PT, and in a couple of different POPTS settings, before opening my own practice 23 years ago. The most difficult environments for me, from the perspective of providing quality care occurred in the POPTS settings. I understand that there can be some quality care provided in a POPTS, but the basic structure is improper. I can also tell you that when Stark I was in place, my clinic did very well. When Stark II changed the ownership, clinics sprang up all around us...every orthopedic surgeon, neurosurgeon, pain management doc, and most PM&R own their own. We get the patients that have been through these facilities and didn't get well. The majority of them report that they "did exercises, mostly on their own, which they could have done at a gym or at home". They all report that no one evaluated them nearly as thoroughly, or did the types of manual therapy that they receive at our clinic. And if that doesn't raise your level of concern, a patient shared her EOB's with me, and the insurance company paid the POPTS 2-1/2 times MORE for the same 3 CPT codes...evidence of less care, and the negative impact on the cost of health care...there is plenty of evidence out there, if anyone has the honesty and integrity to look! Posted by Patti L. Schwartz, PT on 6/27/2011 7:53 PM Many fine arguments on both sides. The one I don't hear is the fact that the physician(remember this is MD, DO, AND Chiropractor) determines who needs therapy, for how long, and whose pocket it fills. The private practitioner does have to please the referral practitioner in order to get more referrals, like the POPTS practitioner has to please the referring physician who signs the paycheck. The difference is the private practitioner pleases by quality work, the POPTS practitioner pleases by quanity work. Posted by Don J Hunter, PT, DPT,MTC on 6/27/2011 8:00 PM I respect the comments from those addressed to the 60s relic. I'm certainly not as naive as some may think. As for as my individual situation is concerned, I spent 25yrs of my career in one of the most respected ortho practices in a large east coast city, home of 2 prestigious medical schools where most of the docs in the practice trained. Both of these institutions have progressive PM&R depts where residents of all specialities rotated through and were trained in the team approach to rehab - where PTs were given the respect , attention and valued for their skills and opinions. The point is that myself and other PT staff members worked for surgeons who consulted us as well as we consulted them frequently in the post-surgical cases we treated. I maintained a list of 26 private PT practices in the metropolitan that we consistently referred patients as needed -by patient's requests and/or by our initiative based upon travel convenience etc. When we suggested a patient had reached maximum benefit, more often than not, the patient was discharged. I know that not all POPTS practices over the past 30 - 40 yrs the trend has grown, are ethical, quality- oriented, or even honest. However, one would think that a professional PT would be able to evaluate a bad situation and leave. I also know that some PTs knowingly involve themselves in unethical and illegal employment situations for the renumeration. Just look up your individual state's PT board disciplinary actions and be amazed,disgusted, dismayed by the action of some PTs. Just as some few PTs are rotten apples, some practices - POPTS and PT-owned practices are rotten. I do not find fault with profession's stance on the issue;however, I do find a lot of fault with the holier-than-thou attitude of many in our profession towards those of us who work or did work in POPTS situations. I can assure those who have commented about my postings that my reputation and those of some of my experienced co-workers has been outstanding amongst the largest orthopedic and rehab practices in our community, as well the regard of the many patients we have worked with over the yrs. Many of the large corporate practices that employed and still employ thousands of PTs around the country have horrible reputations for poor quality of care, over-utilization of therapy services, factory-type scheduling, etc,etc. I also know of many instances of PTs leaving these corporate mills after working in these offices. The point is that in many non-POPTS practices that are supposedly are more professional than POPTS are engaged in egregious behaviors that would make a con-man jealous. Where is the APTA on the issues in these corporate So-called rehab that many of us have complained about for the last 15+ years? Why has no "official" position been publicized on this on-going problem? Posted by relic from the 60s on 6/27/2011 10:59 PM First of all, I would like to apologize to "PT relic from the 60's." It was unfair and disrespectful for me to characterize you as naive. That being said, I hear your points and agree that there certainly is "corruption" on both the PT side and the POPTS side of the issue. However, the data supports that the abuse of services are happening to a much larger degree on the POPTS side of things (both in number of visits, reimbursement per unit, total health care dollars). Also, it is fair to ask if the APTA is doing anything to address proper billing and issues with regards to PT private practices but I think that the bigger issue here is the current affect of POPTS on our profession. Also, by no means do I believe that our problems will go away if and when POPTS goes away but I do think it will be a step in the right direction. It will hopefully be one more step towards autonomy and establishing ourselves as a respected profession in the medical community. I don't think we're there yet. Posted by Peter Zepelak on 6/28/2011 1:07 PM To Peter Zepelak No need to apologize. I certainly agree the goal of independent practice for our profession cannot be achieved without the decrease in POPTS practices, if not the outright elimination of them. But, as a PT moving closer to complete retirement ( hopefully not in the near future ), I feel some anxiety - at times- as the profession moves in a direction that will place us in direct competition with physicians. As strange as that is to contemplate, that will be just one of the effects as we separate ourselves from the cooperative/team approach. I don't suggest that independent practice is an unworthy goal for us: however, the devil is in the details, of course. What will be the effects of direct access upon those who do not want to be in private practice, in hospitals, ECFs, home care and other entities wedded to insurance co. who insist on MD referrals- even in states with direct access now. I am glad, as the 60s relic, that these problems will be up to you young turks to wrestle with. Posted by PT relic on 6/28/2011 7:34 PM When the insurance reimbursement becomes so miniscule that it is no longer feasible for the physician to have a therapy office, they will close. That will leave the DPTs of 2020 to have the therapy offices all to themselves. May sound cynical, but it is a business. When the physician can no longer make a profit, they will turn the business over to the DPTs. As an observation when I retired from acute care in 2010 I was making the same hourly salary as I was earning in 1982. 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Just ordered a Capricosa pizza, first time customer, first time ordering form here. What did I fi d in my pizza you ask, an inch long piece of plastic. Kitchen looked very disorganised and filthy. Most defiantly won't be ordering or eating fro here again.
We didn't even get to experience this restaurant thanks to their incompetent staff. We had booked a table 2 months ago for our anniversary for a Saturday night as we knew we would need to book in advance, but when we arrived, the restaurant was closed. They did tell us they would call us if the restaurant was not open that evening as it was Easter Saturday, but we never heard from them that they would actually be closed. Kind of ruined the evening. Nice work Amalfi, not happy.
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Jimquisition: The Beautiful Irony of PC Gaming
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I'll admit to being misinformed about PC gaming and Jim has indeed enlightened me. It's probably because everybody I know who games on their PC is constantly upgrading and bragging about it, and those who have a low end PC don't really game with it.
Well guess i'll find out soon enough. A friend is giving me their old PC for free and I'll be seeing what I can do with it.
Still, I will most likely be primarily a console gamer. Frankly I don't see how a mouse and keyboard can possibly be preferable to a controller. (though i'm sure pc gamers feel the opposite)
Well, of course the graphics are important but they arent the only thing and STALKER also proves his point, it is a more open minded game with a lot of stuff that is out of the ordinary (like bleeding, the dificulty of the game, some gameplay mechanics, etc).
That is why when pc gamers cry that a game has been tweaked for consoles (although a lot of times they dont have reasons for such claims) they mean that the game will be more basic and less innovative. Console games will usually hold the players hand while PC games (not all of them of course, but having STALKER as an example) will say "FUCK YOU" and drop the player in a game that is hard to master (Witcher 2 is like this too).
Not sure if it's been mentioned yet, but: Emulation.
I know I've seen 360's that can support it, and I'm not sure about PS3's, but Emulation both started and is at its strongest on the PC. And you wanna talk about true gems that are neither graphically astonishing or requiring a $3k computer to run, go no further. I have a 5-year old laptop, 512 MB RAM, about 1.6 GHz processor, and it can run SNES, N64 and PS1 Emulators without fail. If not for Emulation, I'd never have been able to play Earthbound, Xenogears, Seiken Densetsu 3, Banjo-Tooie, Conker's Bad Fur Day, the list goes on.
Not only is Emulation a great way to access the gems of the past, but it's also a VERY cheap way. Like I said, you don't need a whole lot of processing power to run emulators - a modern bargain-bin computer or equivalent older computer will do - and pretty much all of the ROMs on the Internet are completely free. I'm sure there will always be the nagging uncertainty of legality when it comes to emulation, but then most sites are pretty clear on what they can and can't offer. For instance, I believe ever since Nintendo started releasing their older games in their WiiShop, most ROM sites have had to take down various Mario and Donkey Kong properties. But that's a drop in the bucket compared to how much else is out there! If there's an older game you've always been wondering about, grab an Emulator, the ROM, and a PC Controller and have fun!
Doom is awesome. In fact, I did the same thing when I first got a 360. I stumbled across Doom in the XBLA, bought it, and played that while the new 360 games I had also bought sat somewhere still in their plastic wrap. And this is after I'd already played it countless times on PC and still had it there. And later I bought the Doom Complete Pack on Steam because it was on sale even though I only wanted Doom 3, Doom 3 RoE, and Master Levels for Doom 2. ...Some might say I have a problem, but fuck those people, it's Doom!
Anyway, I expected to hear "mods" or "keyboard+mouse", not graphics. If that's what some people want then. But whatever, I've been playing fine so far on a computer that's getting rather old now. I'll probably need to upgrade around the time where the heavy graphics get standard as new consoles come out and they push that tech further, but for now I can run even newer games pretty well so I'm happy. I want to upgrade more for better video editing and rendering power rather than games.
I want that pen.
Glory to the God-Emperor!
I think you missed the point of my post.
oh god where did he get that awesome chainsword?
I think YOU missed the point of asserting you can max graphics with the described rig, except you can't. So you made a point then disproved it.
Anyway whatever. I want challanging your point
It was just funny to hear. I CAN MAX THIS. EXCEPT THE SETTINGS ARENT ON MAX.
"Pen is mightier than the sword". Well the space marines proved that wrong.
I really want to hate you Jim. But you love PC gaming and now I am conflicted.
Infinity Ward also updates their engine for each COD, but it is fundamentally the same engine. There are clues that can tell you immediately if something is running off of the Source Engine for example.
Hm. Well as someone who has tried getting into PC gaming I have some issues with your statements Mr. sterling. For one thing when you say people can play most pc games what kind of games are you referring to? Anyone can play the endless sea of flash games but actual games that you buy welllll. Okay. So I have a new windows 7 computer right? Okay I didn't build it myself it was a gift from my father so it's new and I keep it running well. Okay then lets go and play Spore that game came out a year or so ago and I actually liked it. Won't really run on my windows 7. Okay. Lets play dragon age instead. It works! For a day. After a whole day of playing my computer needs to empty out all the cache and restart just to get rid of the lag the game gives me and this is even with special software just to run video games better.
Ya know that doom game you were talking about? I hate doom and all shooting games especially during that era but ya know what I did play back then? Point and click adventure games like pajama sam and cluefinders. and I can't really play those things on my windows 7 either. Luckily I have an old vista laptop that can play those games but still. New hardware sometimes has some serious roadblocks for old software. That said I can get privateer and some old games to run on my system but it's a shot in the dark to do so.
One of these days i'm going to buy a computer piece by piece and get all the specs checked out and even build it with my own two hands. That computer will get me into PC gaming no problem and pretty much any game new or old would run well and all these problems would go away. But so far that Computer has been estimated to be about 770 dollars. Kind of more expensive than say buying a PS3 getting a littlebig planet combo deal that bundles an extra controller. and then just getting a 50 dollar gift card for psn and going to town. You have some nice points but it still doesn't negate the fact that PCs are a variable system and nothing is quite concrete as it is when you get a console.
Human Revolution was a bad example.
I built my PC for $700 a few months ago to replace my ancient 6 year old gaming computer, and it's been able to run everything I've thrown at it so far. My most recent purchase (that was graphically intensive by any means) was Deus Ex: Human Revolution, which it was able to run maxed out without breaking a sweat, though I have also been recently spending time playing games that could run on a graphic calculator (The original Deus Ex, Telltale's adventure games, Bastion, etc) as well as revisiting some of my childhood games through emulators.
I find the beauty of PC gaming is that I can enjoy both modern and classic titles all on the same machine with the same control interface I've become so comfortable with, and I get to enjoy some of the quirkier games that have been PC-only or only found success on the PC platform.
Plus, modding. Let us never forget the wonders and joys of modding.
I don't know if anyone has pointed this out, but "Recettear: An Items Shop's Tale" is pronounced like Racketeer, which is a person who runs an illegal business. I know what you're saying to yourself, how the fuck do you know, Captain Fuckin' Know-it-all!?!
The easy answer is that I have played that game extensively and they make a joke about the name and what it sounds like in the first 20 minutes of the game. I was saying it that exact same way prior to that.
thats not ironic or hypocritical. Its two different facts
Unfortunately for me, I am an avid PC gamer with a PC incapable of running EYE or Amnesia, or some of my favourite games on above minimum settings.
The point was that it's a five year old computer and still does very well, sorry if missing the word "almost" invited derision. It's generally accepted in the PC community (at least among non-elitists) that when talking about maxing out a game you don't take native resolution and anti-aliasing into account.
There are a lot of graphics features that aren't considered necessary for something to be "maxed out", it's not used with the dictionary definition. Otherwise, there would be too many "Maxed out, but-" situations over (often trivial) changes that increase the cost exponentially, such as ubersampling.
Ok,so Jim's been kinda hit and miss over his tenure here, but all is forgiven for showing up with that chainsword. Where, how much, how soon? :D :D :D
Man if he's going to talk about not needing great graphics for a cool game should mention Civilisation or something of the like.
I bought KotOR off Steam and am replaying it RIGHT NOW. +1!!!
But I'll see your KotOR and raise you Loom. LOOM!!!!!!
See, a lot of console gamers are actually playing a lot of good old PC games and use console for latest AAA titles. Like myself. I play Quake, Amnesia, other good PC games on PC, I buy stuff like Bulletstorm or Batman for PS3.
Um...no, it's not. In the long run console gaming is FAR more expensive than PC gaming. Far more.
For example, to buy a new console within the at least the first year of release is every bit as expensive as buying brand-new hardware for a PC. Years later, the price of the console goes down but so too does the price of equivalent (and often times better) PC hardware. Ergo, your statement of "My Xbox 360 lasted me 4 years before I finally needed to 'upgrade' which even then only costed me $140 dollars" is a moot point. (also, upgrade? I literally laughed at this.) You paid $140 dollars for hardware that's at least 5 years old. I could spend that on upgrading a low-level PC and still end up with hardware far better than the 360.
Add to this the price of paying for things like Live, extra expense in the price of games, expensive proprietary control input devices, storage upgrades, other miscellaneous costs for services within consoles inherent closed systems, and console makers affinity for price hikes and in the end you pay far more over the years to game on something that has less than a third of the capabilities of a PC gaming rig. (and this doesn't include topics like modding, backwards compatibility, etc, etc)
I've often found those that say console gaming is "better" and/or "cheaper" are the same kinds of people that think like some of the die-hard Mac fans. I've met some that are convinced that once they buy a Mac computer, it's the only one they'll ever need. That somehow, Apple will "upgrade" the thing with software patches. And that these "upgrades" will allow them to run any bit of software for the foreseeable future.
Today's "newest" consoles are built on hardware that's well over half a decade old. Paying more than $100 for one (with controllers) is the exact same as someone needless spending $3000 on some top-of-the-line gaming rig. It's stupid either way.
It is Serious Sam. Well the 3rd HD remake.
Say hi to Bastila for me.
I see your Loom, and raise you The Curse of Monkey Island.
I think you're missing the point pretty hard. The point isn't that PC hardware being superior makes it a better/competitive choice for gaming. It's that regardless of hardware, a lot more games come out for it, and that because of that there's going to be a lot more diverse, creative, and interesting ones to be found. PCgaming strength lies not so much in what it can do better, as the things it can do that consoles simply can't. Licensing fees, the inability to offer the game as a downloadable title for consoles, and the huge financial risk they'd have to take in order to get the money to put their game on on enough shelves to cover the cost of doing so means small developers wanting to make a game pretty much have to do so on PC. And even with PSN and XBLA, that limits their audience and good bit and makes it hard to build a reliable fanbase. So if you want to access this huge stockpile of games, you have to go PC. And while a lot of those games suck, or are just average, with that many games there's going to be a lot of gems. Most of the good games for PS3 and 360? They're on PC too. Most of the good games on PC? Most console gamers will never hear of.
Sure, the PCs graphics might be better, but that's a pretty insignificant point when compared to the shitload of games I'd never have been able play if I stuck with a console. That, I believe, is what's meant by the title Irony of PC Gaming. It's like(Warning: Horribly exaggerated metaphor incoming) praising the smoothness of how a machine runs, when the machine in question cures cancer. Sure, you might be right that it runs really smooth, but if you want to tout it's quality, there's something a lot better to point out for that.
I can understand wanting a fast PC with good performance, but that is not quite my point. I think it can fall into ironic/hypocritical as many of the people who say that "graphics don't matter" go on to reverse that when talking about PC vs. Consoles, something I have seen many times.
I'm talking about those that just scoff at a PC port that doesn't allow for, I dunno, HDR lighting or something means that the developer are "dumbing down" for consoles, and label the fact that the PC version of the game can support 4xAA rather than the console version with 2xAA as the sole reason why it is superior. At the same time, some of them backtrack and say graphics aren't important, yet cite graphical capabilities as a reason for superiority.
I just find it odd, is all.
Do you even have a dedicated GPU?
You sir are wrong. PS3 plus gamefly = way cheaper then PC gaming. Unless I want to stick with flash games and gog. Then renting throws your whole argument out of the window. Game price goes from 10 more on console to aprox 45 less on console. Unless your the type of person who buys every game console is significantly cheaper in the long run
Well I'm mostly a console gamer but I have to say i find my self spending more and more time with my 6 year old comp playing games like Jim just mentioned so point well made
Well, for me it's matter of what I'm playing.
For something like a fighting game, racing game, platformer, or some action/adventure games a controller is preferred. However, for things like real-time/turn-based strategy games, point-and-click adventure games (durr), and especially first-person games, keyboard and mouse are much preferred. Controllers are just inherently flawed for the latter genres. Especially RTS and first-person games.
So while I will tend to prefer a keyboard/mouse setup, there are still plenty of games/genres wherein I would rather use a controller.
Also, what kind of hardware is in this friends "old" gaming PC? Depending on what's in there now, you could put a small amount of cash into it and upgrade it enough to run a fair number of today's newest titles.
This is actually how I became a fan of Jim, that he's a fan of the smaller (and for lack of a better word) Anime styled games. He wrote several articles on some of NIS America's recent work like Hyperdimension Neptunia and AT Qoga, and now a small shout out to Recettear... Maybe that could be another video, about how all of the people say JRPGs are dieing even when titles like Agarest War and Disgaea are becoming hits.
I do thank god for you Jim, I also thank him for the fact that there is an actual anime titled "Cat Planet Cuties" coming out next year thanks to our friends at Funimation.
To be honest I'd stroke that sword if I had one like it.
This is an antiquated view of PC gaming and one I see all to often on message boards and I'm not sure why that is... Most PC gamers own a gamepad too or at least an alternate input method.
I play a ton of games with a Gamepad (and have done for aeons). Fighting games, driving games, platformers and such like are all played on gamepad (other games I can think of are: Assassins Creed series and Just Cause 2).
What's more is that the PC allows for a far larger choice of control methods than any console does. I personally have 2 360 pads, a Megadrive 6 button, a Six-axis and Madcatz arcade stick all for use on my PC :)
As said I find it strange that people always seem held back by the control method when the PC is known for being a peripheral monster so to speak, and compared to consoles allows for a much broader range of 3rd Party hardware manufacturers, so it would sort of figure you could control it how you pleased.
I agree to Jim's view that some of the PC games that I enjoy don't look that pretty. But I get the feeling that the topic could be branched out in saying you don't need to make a game that fully uses the graphics capabilities of a machine all the time. Sure you can make it available to those who want to use it but other people can make games with other graphics and just be as good. Variety is the spice of life, after all!
Well of course "renting" will be cheaper. If you plan to only play a game once. I, and most gamers, prefer to actually OWN our games and play them whenever we wish. This is something even consoles can't do. Most new consoles aren't backwards compatible with their last generational brethren. Yet with my PC, I could go play some Doom, Half-Life, Starcraft, or even the DOS based Zork right now on the same rig I play Crysis, Portal 2, Deus Ex: HR, and Starcraft 2 on. Can you play every Xbox game on your 360 or every PS1 game on your PS3? I thought not.
So, no. My argument is not "thrown out the window". It only appears that way because you only play your games for a short time then move on to the next, popular title. Besides, what if you want to play a game again? Can you just go get the disc and pop it in your console? Oop! No you can't. You have to "buy" it again. Just to be able to play it once more. Seems to me that, in the long run, that'd be more expensive then owning the games on a PC. ;)
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Two Days Without Dewey
The Perry Branch of the Maricopa County Library District generated tonnes of buzz recently because they're not using the traditional Dewey Decimal System, opting instead to go with a "neighbourhood" set up more in tune with a bookstore.
I spent two days working this new and innovative branch. If you got the interest in what's happening in a Deweyless branch, read on.
Full disclosure: I work for MCLD.Opening a new branch library is not a thing to be taken lightly. After all, you're unleashing something onto the community, a time bomb of knowledge paid for by the taxes of a populace. With luck, the populace welcomes you with open arms, otherwise you get to hear people whine about taxes. So when you do this thing, you better be right.
But when you do something different, something no one ever attempted, you better make damn sure you know what you're doing. For instance, if you open a public library and forgo the use of the Dewey Decimal System, your instinct better be razor keen to the will of the patrons.
As to the will of the library community at large, screw that. Librarians, as a whole, are slow to change certain things. We readily adopt new technologies, and then vigourously apply them to centuries old methods of doing things. Whoever said that the more things change the more they stay the same must have done time in a library. We utilize all of our shiny new tech to automate a antiquated system. The DDC is over 130 years old, biased, and confusing to patrons. For those who think it isn't, try getting a patron to care about it. Melvil designed the system for librarians, and the system makes some sense to librarians.
To the patrons, it's anathema.
Or at least this is what the Maricopa County Library District banks on by opening the Perry Branch Library, a combination of a public and school library wholly abandoning the use of Dewey organization. I spent sixteen hours at Perry, working side by side with the staff during their opening days. My expertise covers Polaris ILS, the Class cash management software, public library circulation, and library technologies. I manage the Circ Department at the Southeast Regional Library, also a part of the Marciopa County system. We are library people of the highest order, pushing through day after day at the District's biggest and busiest branch. Because of this, my staff and I trained many of the people now working the Perry Branch. They too are library folk, our siblings.
The last two days marked their "soft opening†with a grand opening to be held later this month. Patron tensions ran high at Southeast Regional over the last few weeks. Many live out in that developing area of Gilbert, Arizona and the Perry Branch sits closer to a great number of our patrons. So it came as no shock to me that, a few minutes before opening the Deweyless library, a small group idled outside the great glass sliding doors, peering in and waiting.
Things remained on the task list even as branch manager Jennifer Miele unlocked the doors and welcomed our first patrons. Some shelves weren't yet fully organized. While all the sections stood completed, they weren't all in alphabetical order. The 3M SmartCheck and five bin sorter were offline due to connectivity problems. We let patrons know of these small issues as they entered. Their response was incredibly casual. Word got out long ago that the District arranged this library in a decidedly non-traditional sense. It's a library for the Chandler School District in the Town of Gilbert operated by Maricopa County. They expected strangeness.
Almost all the shelves in the library are shorter than the average library shelf. You can easily see from one end of the branch to the other. Laser printed signs designated areas of interest from Fiction to Mystery to Science to Art and beyond. The only thing detracting from a true bookstore atmosphere is the lack of a coffee shop. Patrons immediately began doing what MCLD Administrators assumed they would, they browsed. They looked everything over. We assisted them by locating items when they were unsure of a location, but the overall customer attitude was that this works.
A gentleman asked me for a book on dog breeds. When I escorted him over to the section dealing in Pets, he felt embarrassed. Not so because he didn't think to look there, but because he'd missed the sign. We had exactly what he was after. Other patrons mentioned that, despite the as yet un-alphabetized sections, they had no problems finding anything. Books on Astronomy were in the Science section. Patrons located their books about drawing on the Art shelves.
In short, they understood. They knew where things were by the subject signs taped to the shelves. (Better signs are on the way.) They happily made use of the self checkouts. By day two, the self check-in purred along and handled returns. We saw teens return the second day for the computers and the manga in the Teen Room. The main complaint: get the shelves alphabetized.
They're working on it.
Since the library also services the newly constructed Perry High School, they expect an explosion in circulation come the beginning of the school year. Believe it, bucko, they'll give Southeast Regional a run for the money. As it was, for a 28,000 square foot library, an opening day circulation of over 910 wasn't bad. Not bad at all especially when you consider that it was a soft opening without too much hoopla.
Patron response is positive and the staff is upbeat and ready to rock. As it stands, this will work.
Thanks so much for the report, GWD. I hope they have continued success. I think it's great!
Other than a lot of hype you gave two examples of people finding a generic book on a general topic. You can whine about 'antiquated systems' and if thats the only kind of reference you have then you can get away with that. But since this is in fact a public/school library I sincerely hope that you are "library people of the highest order" (whatever that means) cause you're going to have to be damn near clairvoyant to do serious research in an alphabetized collection.
Libraries slow to change? BULL
We embraced automation years before other industries. We embraced data standards years before other industries. We just have the foresight to not throw out a classification system because we are in love with hanging out at Borders. Borders makes a great bookstore but a crappy library. I'd like to see a survey of patrons and staff in about six months.
Size matters
One brief comment -- seems to me that the feasibility of a move like this depends in part on the size of the library in question: The bigger the library, the less likely the bookstore model is to work.
Re:Libraries slow to change? BULL
Hey, I'm fully behind laying out libraries like a bookstore if it helps patrons make better use of it but throwing out standard tools that help librarians be librarians *for no apparent reason* is dumb. This is not an either/or situation.
Re:Libraries slow to change? BULL
It is not easier to find something in a bookstore. Online or in a physical store. If you believe that then you spend your life only finding items on display tables. The only argument you have made is better signage and marketing. The age of Dewey is irrelevant. The comment about the public doesn't know MARC is also irrelevant. Are you saying they can't search a catalog because they don't know how to format a search request in MARC? That's ignorant deadend reasoning which you know is false. By all means label in common terms and use signage to aid people. I will never see the logic of abandoning a system of organization for chaos?
"Living Room" organisation in Libraries
Hi, one of the public libraries I worked at in 1999 brought in the "Living Room" system which organised section of the libraries in related areas (in little alcoves, therefore "living rooms") such as "Countries," "Art" "Music" "People" etc, but within these broad sections the books were still shelved by Dewey - the idea being that people can locate an area of interest and possibly find good resources simply by browsing but anyone using the catalogue will still have a useful finding aid eg:
Counties: 993.01 NEW
It was slightly disconbobulating for patrons at the time but is still going strong 8 years later so draw your own conclusions - there are plenty of other fore-runners too. I can't imagine going without classification altogether until every book has been chipped and every patron giving an RFID scanner but we'll see...
Regards, Glen ([email protected])
Re:"Living Room" organisation in Libraries
Working in nonprofits is great isn't it?!
Tomorrow we could throw away all the books and people would still come in and as long as we spend all our money at the end of the year while presenting a friendly face to the few people who use us, we will be a successful nonprofit!
I don't really care. I'm glad Harry didn't try this out on my branch when I was there, the first few weeks must be a mess to get used to.
Glad it's working; May you never get truly busy
I think the big thing that needs to be considered here is not only what the patrons are comfortable with, but also the size and space considerations of the library involved. It's nice that you were building from scratch (it sounds like?) and could afford the layout you wanted with all low shelves and big, clear signage. That's not really realistic for a good number of libraries.
The number of items involved should also be considered. Do you realize how long it sometimes takes staff in bookstores to help me find books I'm looking for? There's a reason my library uses Dewey for most items--so we can find them in a reasonable amount of time when we walk to the shelves. We're a large library. I don't think the patron really wants to look through the 222 different book titles we have on small businesses to find the one they had in mind. I know I don't want to.
There's nothing wrong with using Dewey and combining it with good signage and marketing I'm a little dismayed to see it pooh poohed simply because it's 100 years old. There's a reason it's survived 100 years-it's useful, and most members of the public can understand where a basic number comes, even if they don't know what the numbers mean.
Certainly, it's not the answer for all collections, and I wouldn't want people to refrain from trying new things. (We shelve our children's picture books in colored tape clumps and then by the first three letters of the author's last name. That's the closest to "order" they will ever get, and it generally works out pretty well.) I'm glad you like your new system, and I hope you find it keeps working as well as it has at first for you. All the same, with the number of times people are in a hurry when trying to find books and the size and layout restrictions of my library, I think we'll stick with Dewey for a bit.
LOC system
Our library uses the Library of Congress system for most of our holdings and the older books do still go by the Dewey system. We also have a government document classification system for the government documents. I am wondering what the ratio is for libraries who use multiple systems, dewey only, LOC, etc. We are a university library so I do not believe we will ever switch to the Barnes and Noble way off arrangement. But truly, the B and N system cannot be a truly 'revolutionary' way of arrangement. It's just another system to learn.
I agree - let the county try whatever *new* technology they want it is still an awful place to work. If they want to get accolades and or respect from the library communtiy they ought to consider treating their employees a little better.
Wondering how it's going, a month out
Just a library patron here, not a library professional of any kind. Our family does homeschool, though, (NOT religion-based) and in addition to having a card for our 5 county regional library system we pay $50 yearly for a card to a local municipal library that isn't a participant. This "kickin' it book store style" sounds awful and I'd drive to a different town to avoid it.
I also find it pretty grim that the rationale seems to be that people are too stupid to use libraries as they currently function.