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Submitted to: Journal of Immunology
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: 11/10/2003
Publication Date: 2/15/2004
Citation: Morimoto, M., Morimoto, M., Whitmire, J., Star, R., Urban Jr, J.F., Gause, W. 2004. Peripheral cd4 cells rapidly accumulate at the host: Parasite interface and express a polarized th2 memory response in situ. Journal of Immunology. 172:2424-2430 (2004).
Interpretive Summary: Techniques to measure gene expression in cells within particular tissues have been limited by the requirement to isolate the cells of interest from mixed populations of irrelevant cells. A novel technique called Laser Capture Micro-dissection (LCM) has become commercially available to microscopically remove cells of interest from a section of tissue using membranes above the area of interest that are gently heated with a laser. The heat from the laser allows the cells to adhere to the membrane that can then be placed in extraction buffers to measure gene products from those particular cells. This technique was used with tissues from mice infected with a common gastrointestinal parasite. It was shown that the host response to infection developed very quickly at the site of infection and that the genes that were activated fit the general pattern that is seen much later in the infection when whole tissues are analysed. This method provides a basis for examining tissues from many different organs in experimental rodents, livestock and humans for detailed study of their response to infection. This model will have an impact on studies in many different laboratories by scientists that are interested in the genes that regulate protection against infectious diseases, and that study the nutrient requirements of these tissues during an infection. The work will benefit scientists in government, industry, and academic laboratories who need to know how to enhance immune responses to control infection.
Technical Abstract: Memory peripheral Th2 immune responses resulting in host protection are not well studied due to the lack of suitable models and the difficulty of assessing Th2 cytokine expression at sites of inflammation. We have examined the localized immune response elicited by parasitic larvae of an intestinal nematode parasite, Heligmosomoides polygyrus, which encysts and develops in the small intestine. Laser capture micro-dissection (LCM) was utilized to examine cytokine gene expression in micro-environments associated with parasitic larvae in situ. Immunohistological staining of the cysts revealed a novel architecture and cellular composition during early stages (day 4) of the memory response with granulocytes infiltrating the cyst, and CD4+, TCR alpha/beta+ T cells surrounding but not entering the cyst. Similar analyses of the primary response showed no localized increase in CD4+, TCR alpha/beta+ T cells, but a similar infiltration of granulocytes into the cyst. LCM analysis of cytokine gene expression revealed marked IL-4 and IL-13 elevations during the memory, but not the primary immune response, at 4 days after inoculation. Anti-CD4 mAb treatment partially inhibited IL-4 and IL-13 elevations inside and surrounding the cyst suggesting that CD4+ T cells were an important source of these cytokines. Taken together, these studies demonstrate that a strong peripheral mucosal memory Th2 response rapidly develops at the host:parasite interface.


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Tony Walton, the Academy and Tony Award winning costume and set designer (A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Chicago, Pippin, Uncle Vanya) has lived with his wife, Gen LeRoy, and their children for 25 years. Before that they had holidayed here with some regularity. He's an Englishman born and raised and, now approaching 80, he continues to do what he loves, designing stage sets and costumes and now directing plays, sometimes at Bay Street, sometimes at Guild Hall and frequently at the Irish Repertory Theatre in Manhattan, a theater company that he is devoted to.
He's a man who, as you will soon see in this interview, was born with this tremendous talent, which, regardless of early efforts to pursue a different career, rose to the surface and chose his career for him, bringing great pleasure to Broadway and Hollywood and the rest of us who have seen his work.
I can't show you some of the blazing stage sets or costume designs he has done over the years in this interview, but I can tell you about something else he enjoys, which is telling great stories about encounters he has had with some of the great directors and actors in the entertainment business. Walton celebrates life. He loves every moment of it. And he relishes sharing his experiences with everyone around him. It all shines through during an interview. It shows when he bundles himself into the passenger seat of a car—which he has not been allowed to drive, at his family's request, for almost 60 years—more about which later.
I sat with him for an hour in a rehearsal room at Guild Hall during a long lunch break. He is preparing Noel Coward's show Tonight at 8:30, which opened on Saturday, July 20 and will run through August 4.
"It says in your biography that you were born in Walton-on-Thames," I said. "Any connection?"
"None. Dad found the perfect house to buy, which he thought was in Shepperton, a town next to Walton-on-Thames. He didn't want to be in Walton-on-Thames because it would be a lifetime of bother explaining there was no connection. But then he went to the closing, and it turned out it really was in Walton-on-Thames. So he thought about it and went through with it anyway."
Tony was born the second child of four children to Lancelot Henry Frederick Walton, a surgeon, and his beautiful wife Dawn. They lived a classical British middle-class life, according to Walton, deeply caring for their children, but, in the upper class British way, neither spending much time with them or making public displays of affection. Walton took to entertaining them.
"For a while, when I was about eight, I would come to dinner being a different person with every course. I would make a quick change between each one. With a five-course dinner, my parents experienced five different eight-year-olds, in different costumes. I'd be a Turk, then an Afghan priest, then a Chinaman, and so on. It would sometimes hold up the meal a bit while I was making costume changes, especially if they involved complicated whiskers, which many of them did."
He was sent to Radley College at about that time, not a college, of course, just a prep school. He was, he had agreed, to become a surgeon like his father.
"But I was more interested in marionettes," he said. "I'd design them, build them, put costumes on them, and perform with them."
He told me he was not much for the sight of blood. If he saw an injury, he was more likely to pass out than to come to the injured one's aid. So although his family was hoping he would grow up to be a physician, he, instead, got involved with theater while at Radley. But it wasn't really enough. He took his courses and he would muddle through Radley until he was 16.
Tony Walton was a boy of 4 when World War II broke out and the Germans assaulted London from the air. He has memories of rushing to get down into a shelter his father had built by a Roman stone wall in the garden during the Blitz. He recalls that five years later, with the Germans in full retreat, they then again attacked London with rockets and buzz-bombs. He shared memories of these experiences with his classmates at Radley.
During school vacations, he tried to see as much professional theater as possible. In one such production he saw "this wonderful girl I fell in love with the moment I saw her on stage," he said. "She was playing Humpty Dumpty. She had the most beautiful legs sticking out of her giant egg shell."
As it happened, after the performance, he and his brother and a third friend were on the train coming back to Walton-on-Thames when they found themselves in the same carriage as this girl, who was Julie Andrews. They proceeded to do stupid little tricks for her, which she of course didn't like.
"Then, it turned out, she got off at the same station as we did. One of us turned to her and said, 'Where do you live?' and she said 'My mum's waiting for me over the bridge,' then she turned and ran toward it. Clearly she hoped never to see any of us again."
The next day, having discovered where she lived, Tony and his brother, Richard, showed up at her house. They spent a pleasant, if awkward, time there, and then were shown to the door.
But Tony Walton couldn't forget Julie Andrews. He wrote her a letter.
"I am one of the boys who came and visited you last Sunday. (The fattest one, who was 13)…It was grand coming to your house and talking to you, and I hope we did not keep you too long…I am trying to write a sort of children's book, it is all about a rabbit called Wiggin. I am doing it because I like drawing and painting."
He accompanied the letter with half-a-dozen pen-and-ink drawings from the book, and, at the end, a caricature of Julie, as Humpty Dumpty. Julie decided not to reply, but her mother insisted that it was all charming and that she should reply. Thus began a correspondence between them, which soon blossomed into a friendship.
"I married my childhood sweetheart," Walton says. But it was a long, long courtship. It went right through Julie Andrew's Broadway debut in The Boy Friend and through her superstardom beginning with My Fair Lady. Their marriage was in 1959; it lasted seven years, and they've remained friends since.
When Walton was 14, he got booted out of Radley, sort of.
"In our Classics course, every week, I'd have to recite a Latin or Greek piece from memory. Ovid. Horace. All the students did. One week I couldn't resist livening things up."
He chose, he said, a poem by Marriott Edgar called "Albert and the Lion," made famous by Stanley Holloway. He began to recite, in a heavy Liverpudlian accent (like the Beatles).
There's a famous seaside place called Blackpool
That's noted for fresh air and fun.
And Mr. and Mrs. Ramsbottom
Went there with young Albert, their son.
They didn't think much of the ocean;
The waves, they was piddlin' and small.
There was no wrecks and nobody drownded.
'fact nothin' to larf at at all.
"The teacher kicked me out of class, and soon thereafter I was sent to the a nearby art school, known as the Oxford School of Technology, Art and Commerce."
At 16, an event occurred at Radley College that set Walton off on his lifelong career. He was the leader of a group of theater students putting on a series of marionette shows, sometimes in the gardens of Oxford's Christ Church College where Lewis Carroll had started his Alice in Wonderland books. Walton had designed and built the hands and heads of the marionettes, and had created the many little stage sets.
"We performed some Vaudeville, Gilbert and Sullivan, then went on to do Mozart's opera The Magic Flute." At the third performance of The Magic Flute, which Walton was now also directing, they learned that the celebrated English painter and stage designer John Piper was coming to see the show.
"I was usually very confident. But that day I was nervous. For one thing, the boy playing the part of Papageno was ill. I would have to sing the part. But I was also doing the lighting and moving the scenery. Somehow we all got through it. And when it was over, Piper came backstage. He was tall, gaunt and silver-haired, a very imposing figure to a bunch of 16-year-olds. 'Which one is Walton?' he inquired softly. I raised a finger. 'You should do this,' he said. And I said 'what's this?' and he said 'stage design.' And that was that."
Piper, a professor emeritus at The Slade School of Fine Art, in London arranged for Walton to attend there, which he did a few months later.
"My dad once asked if I was happy at Radley. 'Barely for a moment,' I replied. He said he couldn't remember why he had sent me there but did recall that it seemed to be the thing to do at the time."
Now Walton could let his creativity bloom. Also, his relationship with Julie Andrews blossomed. After all, she was in the theater too…
At the age of 18, Julie Andrews came to New York City to appear in the Broadway show The Boy Friend. Walton stayed behind to finish up at the Slade. He also began getting work designing costumes and sets on the London stage.
"We missed each other terribly. Overseas phone calls were too expensive. So the Dictaphone company, playing Cupid, lent me a machine, and Julie got one in New York. So we began corresponding by Dictaphone. I'd speak into it and be recorded onto the red band. I'd mail it off and Julie, after listening to it, would respond back."
Two years later, Julie asked Tony to please come to America. She was in rehearsal for My Fair Lady. She suggested he bring his songs, little ditties that Tony had created as a teenager.
"But when I heard Lerner and Lowe's songs for My Fair Lady, I said to myself, 'No sense trying to compete with that!'"
Walton came over on the Queen Mary.
"When I got to America, I found that to do set design, you had to be a member of the 'United Scenic Artists Union of Painters, Decorators and Paperhangers.' They really called it that. And you had to pass an exam, which was given only once a year, and for that year it had been given the week before." He spent the ensuing year doing caricatures, covers and other graphic work for Playbill. He then took the union exam and passed it.
His first New York design job was for a revival of Noël Coward's musical Conversation Piece, which Coward himself would be supervising.
Walton delightedly told me stories about this brilliant and multi-talented theater icon.
"I expected him to be very acerbic and demanding. But he was not that at all. He was so generous and gentle. I recall we had an elderly female actress, quite famous, who had a leading role in the musical. She simply could not remember her lines."
There was a disastrous final dress rehearsal. After which Coward came up to her, and with everyone fearing the worst, said, "My darling, it gives me such great pleasure to see you back on the boards again, that I fear I have nothing further to offer." She collapsed with relief, and thereafter had no trouble with her lines.
During another rehearsal, Coward came in and passed Tony's girlfriend, Julie, on her hands and knees with a needle and thread, hemming a curtain on the set that needed to be shortened. He walked past her. She was now a big star. My Fair Lady was the toast of Broadway. Coward looked down at her sewing and gave encouragement. "Keep up the good work…whoever you are!" he said.
Tony and Julie lived together for a while at the Hotel Park Chambers at 58th Street and Sixth Avenue, which they referred to as "the chamber of horrors." But Julie's agent, concerned with journalists in the city who might photograph them living together unmarried, arranged for them to move to a lovely cottage in Flemington, New Jersey from which they commuted to Manhattan. Eventually, when he was 26 and she 25, they married.
If Julie's career was taking off, so was Tony's, almost as soon as he got off the boat. Julie appeared in Camelot, Mary Poppins, The Americanization of Emily, The Sound of Music and Hawaii. Tony designed the sets for A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, which fully launched his career, then did The Apple Tree, which brought him a Tony nomination, The Love of Three Oranges, The Rehearsal, Caligula, Otello, Mary Poppins and the film Fahrenheit 451. He and Julie flew all over the world for their careers, to England, Italy, Austria, Spain, Denmark and France. But they never worked together, except on her BBC TV show, The Julie Andrews Hour, and when they used their respective skills for the film Mary Poppins.
The result of this was that although Julie had given birth to their daughter Emma in 1962, they reluctantly decided that, on account of their very frequent separations, they had to end their marriage. They were divorced in 1967.
One of the more interesting things that took place when they were together was a 0trip they took to California, where they were the guests of Walt Disney. Walt had invited them because he wanted Julie to take a part in Mary Poppins. And in the end, he hired her, and also employed Tony to do the production design styling and the costumes, for which he earned his first Oscar nomination.
"He took us to his studios, and to Disneyland, which had just opened. He showed us around. At a dinner at his house, I met his wife and children, but also noticed, looking around, that there wasn't a single thing that gave any sign of what he did. No Oscars, Mickey Mice, nothing. I asked him about that. 'No,' he said, 'it's all at the studio.' His wife said that he once saw his daughter, who was about six, reading a Walt Disney Comic. She suddenly looked up, turned to him and said, 'Dad, are you the REAL Walt Disney?'"
Tony Walton's work for stage design was not only sensational, it was also innovative. For the original production of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, he had wanted to project varying sky images onto a curved screen the full width of the stage. With his lighting designer, Richard Pilbrow, he devised a system for radically distorting hand-painted slides and using up-to-the-minute German lenses to achieve this dream.
To their delight, their innovative system worked perfectly and caused a sensation.
In the years that followed, Walton worked with and befriended many of the great actors and directors in show business. His works on Broadway include Uncle Vanya, Shelter, Bette Midler's Clams on the Half Shell Revue, Drinks Before Dinner, Little Me, Grand Hotel, Guys and Dolls (Tony and Drama Desk Awards), Lend Me a Tenor, Six Degrees of Separation, Chicago, The Will Rogers Follies, Seussical: The Musical and Nobody Don't Like Yogi. In all he has received 16 Tony nominations, and received the award three times. His 20 film credits include The Boyfriend, Deathtrap, Heartburn, Murder on the Orient Express, The Wiz and All That Jazz, for which he received the Oscar, after five prior nominations. He also won an Emmy Award for the Dustin Hoffman Death of a Salesman.
Tony Walton's connection with the Hamptons really began when he met the woman who would become his second wife, Gen LeRoy. It was in the 1960s. She was engaged to Warner LeRoy, the restaurant entrepreneur, who also owned the old York Theatre, where Tony was in rehearsal with Sandy Wilson's Valmouth.
When Tony and Gen each became single, and both had daughters who were less than a year apart in age, they got together, and have been together now for 47 years.
In the Hamptons, Gen and Tony and their young daughters Emma and Bridget first lived in a tiny shack on Gerard Drive in Springs, and later bought a home in Sag Harbor in which they lived for 25 years, dividing their time between Sag Harbor and their apartment in New York.
In 1991, Tony's daughter Emma, who was now married to Steven Hamilton, teamed up with her husband and Sybil Christopher, the ex-wife of Richard Burton and good friend of Julie Andrews and Tony, to found Bay Street, the great live performance theater in Sag Harbor. Tony's role was to design stage sets and costumes and direct plays there. He also illustrates books, most notably a children's book series written by Julie and Emma called Dumpy the Dump Truck, and 11 other titles.
I don't quite know how to end this profile of this talented man. Perhaps it's time to tell about why Tony doesn't drive a car.
Just before moving to America, Tony joined the Royal Air Force for his National Service. He was assigned to a pilot training program in Canada, where at one point, during an airborne exam following nearly two years as a pilot, the joystick he was manipulating got caught in his parachute pack. The plane looped up, then spun down in a freak, inverted spin. When he at last relaxed his hold on the stick, his instructor was able to take over and, with great effort, land the plane in a whirlwind of flying earth, in a cow field. In his exam report, he mentioned why he felt Tony should be washed out of the program (he was). "This pilot is not equipped with a proper sense of danger," he wrote, "and will be ill-advised to drive in civilian life." Tony had explained his disturbing calmness to his examiner as they climbed out of the leaning-over two-cabin biplane, by saying, "I relaxed my hold on the joystick when it suddenly occurred to me that everything would be alright by tomorrow."
Later, with Gen, however, driving through Ireland, he told me she became so frightened by his completely oblivious way of driving, she took over the wheel and instructed him never to drive again. And he hasn't. Here in the Hamptons, he hitches rides with friends, or Gen takes him. Gen once, in a recently published biography of her husband, spoke of this lack of driving skills as a by-product of his gifts.
"I do feel very protective on Tony's behalf," she wrote. "He gets so distracted. Sometimes, like a cat, something in his peripheral vision grabs his attention, and he doesn't watch where he's going, nor do I think he really knows where he is exactly. It's only when he's working that he's fanatically focused, and that world envelopes him completely—his world becomes what he is doing, and he loves every minute of it. It's terribly infectious."


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Book review: 'The Lifeboat' isn't just a tale of survival
The most remarkable achievement within Charlotte Rogan's debut novel, "The Lifeboat," is how neatly it exceeds, and defies, expectations.
The plot seems basic: Some people clamber aboard a lifeboat as a ship sinks, and we think we're all set for a tale in which someone inevitably will be eaten for dinner. But Rogan delivers something entirely different (rest easy, no one gets eaten) by using a familiar setting to explore moral ambiguity, human nature and the psychology of manipulation. And there are enough symbolism and metaphor here to keep a literature class busy for half a semester.
The novel begins with, in a sense, the ending. Grace Winter is on trial with two other women after being rescued from a lifeboat. We learn Winter had been recently married, and even more recently widowed, and as she leans her head back and opens her mouth to catch raindrops from a sudden downpour, we realize that she also is a little bit off.
The gist of the book is a narration Grace puts together at the behest of her lawyers as they try to find an argument to save her from the gallows for a crime yet to be revealed. We learn through her narrative that she was returning from London with her wealthy husband when the Empress Alexandra luxury liner suffered an unexplained explosion and sank in the North Atlantic.
How Grace managed to get in the lifeboat is murky. Did her husband bribe the crew member, John Hardie, as he lowered Lifeboat 14 to the water? Speculation becomes fact, on this and other matters, as the 39 people (30 are women and one is a small boy) jammed into the lifeboat become a metaphor for a closed community in which idleness and fear warp minor details into intricate — and speculative — plots.
Rogan uses this setup in crosscutting ways, and at times it reads like an update of William Golding's "Lord of the Flies," the classic tale of British schoolboys' primitive struggle for power and survival after becoming marooned on an uninhabited island.
Yet Rogan also focuses on faith. Early on in "The Lifeboat," Grace — the name is no accident — says she thought of the disappeared ship "as I have often thought of God — responsible for everything, but out of sight and maybe annihilated, splintered on the rocks of his own creation." So it comes as no surprise that the only minister aboard the lifeboat makes an early exit, a loser in a possibly rigged lottery to select those who must heave themselves overboard to lighten the load.
The message is clear: God, if he exists, has forsaken the survivors. Imminent mortality hovers over every act. To jump up is to risk swamping the boat. A squall is an existential threat. And Grace herself is not what we initially think. She is malleable, suggestible, but also shrewdly manipulative — of others as well as herself. She moves from conscious contrivance to self-delusional belief with the speed of a politician. Rogan gives Grace a voice of naiveté, but we quickly learn not to trust it. The more Grace tells the reader, the more she reveals of herself in a delicate balance of writing.
Some of Rogan's passages are clear allegory and intended to make the reader think beyond the scope of the plot itself. The lifeboat is the world: "I spent many hours wondering if there were an optimal size to the world — some equilibrium sets of dimensions where things wouldn't boil over and where I would be safe.... I wondered if all a person could hope for was illusion and luck, for I was forced to conclude that the world was fundamentally and appallingly dangerous."
We're told in several places that survival would come of human effort, not faith. Thomas Hobbes, who observed that without community human "life is nasty, brutish and short," gets a mention for believing "that people are moved primarily by desire for power and fear of others," an observation that plays itself out in Rogan's novel in dramatic and convincing fashion.
The message is clear: Human action is required to survive. To wait is to die. To wait for God is to wait for Godot.
It's worth noting too that "The Lifeboat" came later in life for Rogan, who graduated from Princeton in 1975 after studying architecture, then worked in the field and also as a stay-at-home mother to triplets. She writes with a sense of control that is often missing in the first novels of younger writers.
Sailing relatives were part of the impetus for the novel, and though Rogan writes of the ocean with a poet's eye, she also refuses to romanticize the harsh reality. As a storm approached, the water "was bluish-black and rolled past us like an unending herd of whales. The lifeboat alternately rose high on their broad backs and slid down into the deep depressions between them. Above, clouds hurtled through the sky before the wind.... I shivered, and for the first time since the day of the shipwreck, I felt profoundly afraid. We were doomed."
As it turns out, some were indeed doomed. But the sea was not the culprit. In the end, the mortal threat was mortal itself — yet another metaphor for those of us still here in the metaphorical lifeboat.
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2013 Dodge Dart Ad Uses "Fast & Furious 6" Clips
Hot clips to sell this compact car.
Dodge has been involved with the Fast and Furious franchise since the beginning, and it's no different for the upcoming "Fast & Furious 6" movie. To promote the film along with the Dart, the automaker has released a new ad showing how to put some fast and furious into the 2013 Dart.
In the new television commercial, Dodge breaks down each step by showing quick flashes of some of the most action-packed scenes we'll see in the sixth film, including an intense race between a Challenger and a Nissan GT-R. The second ad, which will air at a later date, focuses on a prospective buyer who places his hands on a 2013 Dodge Challenger and, after being transported into a scene from the movie, decides that's the car for him.
Since Dodge and SRT have once again partnered up with Universal Pictures, we'll once again see lots of American muscle in the new movie, including a 2012 Dodge Challenger SRT8, Charger SRT8, and a vintage 1969 Daytona. If you find yourself getting antsy before the movie's May 24 release, a slew of videos featured on Dodge's YouTube page shows behind-the-scenes footage of the muscle cars for a sneak peek.
Dodge and SRT aren't the only Chrysler brands appearing on the big screen; the Alfa Romeo Giulietta also plays a major role in the movie before the 4C's anticipated U.S. arrival sometime in 2015.
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Research, design, develop, and test operating systems-level software, compilers, and network distribution software for medical, industrial, military, communications, aerospace, business, scientific, and general computing applications. Set operational specifications and formulate and analyze software requirements. May design embedded systems software. Apply principles and techniques of computer science, engineering, and mathematical analysis.
Sample of reported job titles: Developer, Infrastructure Engineer, Network Engineer, Publishing Systems Analyst, Senior Software Engineer, Software Architect, Software Developer, Software Engineer, Systems Coordinator, Systems Engineer
Tasks | Technology Skills | Tools Used | Knowledge | Skills | Abilities | Work Activities | Detailed Work Activities | Work Context | Job Zone | Education | Credentials | Interests | Work Styles | Work Values | Related Occupations | Wages & Employment | Job Openings | Additional Information
- Modify existing software to correct errors, to adapt it to new hardware, or to upgrade interfaces and improve performance.
- Develop or direct software system testing or validation procedures.
- Direct software programming and development of documentation.
- Consult with customers or other departments on project status, proposals, or technical issues, such as software system design or maintenance.
- Analyze information to determine, recommend, and plan installation of a new system or modification of an existing system.
- Consult with engineering staff to evaluate interface between hardware and software, develop specifications and performance requirements, or resolve customer problems.
- Design or develop software systems, using scientific analysis and mathematical models to predict and measure outcome and consequences of design.
- Prepare reports or correspondence concerning project specifications, activities, or status.
- Confer with data processing or project managers to obtain information on limitations or capabilities for data processing projects.
- Store, retrieve, and manipulate data for analysis of system capabilities and requirements.
- Coordinate installation of software system.
- Monitor functioning of equipment to ensure system operates in conformance with specifications.
- Supervise and assign work to programmers, designers, technologists, technicians, or other engineering or scientific personnel.
- Advise customer about or perform maintenance of software system.
- Train users to use new or modified equipment.
- Specify power supply requirements and configuration.
Technology Skills
- Access software — Citrix
- Administration software — Software distribution management software
- Analytical or scientific software — Minitab ; SAS ; Simulation program with integrated circuit emphasis SPICE; The MathWorks MATLAB (see all 7 examples)
- Application server software — GitHub ; Oracle Application Server; Oracle WebLogic Server ; Red Hat WildFly
- Backup or archival software — Backup and archival software; Veritas NetBackup
- Business intelligence and data analysis software — IBM Cognos Impromptu ; Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition
- Communications server software — IBM Domino
- Computer aided design CAD software — Autodesk AutoCAD ; Computer assisted software engineering CASE software; Dassault Systemes CATIA; PTC Creo Parametric
- Configuration management software — Patch management software; Perforce Helix software; Puppet ; Visible Razor (see all 7 examples)
- Content workflow software — Emerald Software Group Emerald Green Office
- Data base management system software — Apache Hadoop ; NoSQL ; Oracle PL/SQL ; Teradata Database (see all 15 examples)
- Data base reporting software — DataVision; Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services ; Oracle Hyperion ; SAP Crystal Reports (see all 8 examples)
- Data base user interface and query software — Amazon Redshift ; Microsoft Access ; Oracle JDBC ; Structured query language SQL (see all 11 examples)
- Development environment software — Eclipse IDE ; Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting Edition VBScript ; National Instruments LabVIEW ; Ruby (see all 51 examples)
- Device drivers or system software — Microsoft DirectX
- Document management software — Document management system software
- Electronic mail software — IBM Notes ; Microsoft Exchange Server
- Enterprise application integration software — Atlassian Bamboo ; Extensible markup language XML ; IBM WebSphere ; Oracle Fusion Middleware (see all 7 examples)
- Enterprise resource planning ERP software — Microsoft Dynamics ; Oracle Fusion Applications; SAP ; SAP Business Objects
- Enterprise system management software — IBM Power Systems software; Splunk Enterprise
- File versioning software — Apache Subversion SVN ; Git ; Version control software
- Filesystem software — File server software
- Financial analysis software — Delphi Technology; Oracle E-Business Suite Financials
- Graphical user interface development software — Graphical user interface GUI design software
- Graphics or photo imaging software — Adobe Systems Adobe Flash; Microsoft Visio ; Open Graphics Library OpenGL
- Human resources software — Human resource management software HRMS
- Industrial control software — Process control system
- Information retrieval or search software — LexisNexis
- Map creation software — ESRI ArcGIS software
- Medical software — Epic Systems
- Metadata management software — CA Erwin Data Modeler
- Network monitoring software — Nagios ; Wireshark
- Network operation system software — IBM z/OS operating systems
- Network security and virtual private network VPN equipment software — Virtual private networking VPN software
- Object or component oriented development software — Apache Groovy ; C++ ; jQuery ; Python (see all 28 examples)
- Object oriented data base management software — Hibernate ORM; PostgreSQL
- Office suite software — Microsoft Office
- Operating system software — Linux ; Oracle Solaris ; Shell script ; UNIX (see all 23 examples)
- Platform interconnectivity software — Migration software
- Portal server software — Apache HTTP Server
- Presentation software — Microsoft PowerPoint
- Program testing software — Defect tracking software; Fault testing software; Hewlett Packard LoadRunner; System testing software (see all 20 examples)
- Project management software — Microsoft Project ; Microsoft SharePoint ; Oracle Primavera Enterprise Project Portfolio Management
- Requirements analysis and system architecture software — IBM Rational Requisite Pro; Requirements management software; Unified modeling language UML
- Spreadsheet software — Microsoft Excel
- Storage networking software — Storage area network SAN software
- Transaction security and virus protection software — Encryption software; McAfee; Symantec
- Transaction server software — Customer information control system CICS; IBM Middleware; Microsoft Internet Information Service IIS; Object Management Group Object Request Broker (see all 5 examples)
- Web platform development software — Apache Tomcat ; JavaScript ; Microsoft ASP.NET ; PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor (see all 23 examples)
- Word processing software — Microsoft Word
Hot Technology — a technology requirement frequently included in employer job postings.
Tools Used
- Central processing unit CPU processors — Graphics processing unit GPU; Multi-core central processing unit CPU
- Computer servers — Application servers
- Desktop computers
- High end computer servers — Directory servers
- Integrated circuit testers — In circuit emulators ICE; Logic analyzers
- Mainframe computers
- Notebook computers
- Computers and Electronics — Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
- Engineering and Technology — Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services.
- Mathematics — Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.
- Telecommunications — Knowledge of transmission, broadcasting, switching, control, and operation of telecommunications systems.
- Design — Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.
- English Language — Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
- Customer and Personal Service — Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
- Reading Comprehension — Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
- Active Listening — Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
- Critical Thinking — Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
- Complex Problem Solving — Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
- Speaking — Talking to others to convey information effectively.
- Judgment and Decision Making — Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
- Mathematics — Using mathematics to solve problems.
- Social Perceptiveness — Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
- Coordination — Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
- Monitoring — Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
- Time Management — Managing one's own time and the time of others.
- Writing — Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
- Oral Comprehension — The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
- Written Comprehension — The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
- Oral Expression — The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
- Deductive Reasoning — The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
- Inductive Reasoning — The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
- Problem Sensitivity — The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.
- Written Expression — The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.
- Information Ordering — The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
- Near Vision — The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
- Speech Recognition — The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
- Speech Clarity — The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
- Mathematical Reasoning — The ability to choose the right mathematical methods or formulas to solve a problem.
- Originality — The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem.
- Selective Attention — The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted.
- Category Flexibility — The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways.
- Fluency of Ideas — The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity).
Work Activities
- Interacting With Computers — Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information.
- Making Decisions and Solving Problems — Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
- Thinking Creatively — Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions.
- Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge — Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.
- Getting Information — Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
- Analyzing Data or Information — Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts.
- Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates — Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
- Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work — Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.
- Processing Information — Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data.
- Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events — Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
- Developing Objectives and Strategies — Establishing long-range objectives and specifying the strategies and actions to achieve them.
- Documenting/Recording Information — Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form.
Detailed Work Activities
- Modify software programs to improve performance.
- Monitor computer system performance to ensure proper operation.
- Manage information technology projects or system activities.
- Develop testing routines or procedures.
- Provide technical support for software maintenance or use.
- Analyze project data to determine specifications or requirements.
- Collaborate with others to resolve information technology issues.
- Apply mathematical principles or statistical approaches to solve problems in scientific or applied fields.
- Collaborate with others to determine design specifications or details.
- Design software applications.
- Assign duties or work schedules to employees.
- Supervise information technology personnel.
- Communicate project information to others.
- Assess database performance.
- Coordinate software or hardware installation.
- Prepare data for analysis.
- Teach others to use computer equipment or hardware.
- Identify information technology project resource requirements.
- Provide recommendations to others about computer hardware.
Find occupations related to multiple detailed work activities
Work Context
- Electronic Mail — 93% responded "Every day."
- Indoors, Environmentally Controlled — 96% responded "Every day."
- Spend Time Sitting — 85% responded "Continually or almost continually."
- Face-to-Face Discussions — 65% responded "Every day."
- Work With Work Group or Team — 62% responded "Extremely important."
- Duration of Typical Work Week — 71% responded "More than 40 hours."
- Telephone — 53% responded "Every day."
- Importance of Being Exact or Accurate — 48% responded "Extremely important."
- Freedom to Make Decisions — 44% responded "A lot of freedom."
- Structured versus Unstructured Work — 49% responded "Some freedom."
- Contact With Others — 45% responded "Constant contact with others."
- Coordinate or Lead Others — 45% responded "Extremely important."
- Level of Competition — 65% responded "Highly competitive."
- Time Pressure — 46% responded "Once a week or more but not every day."
- Importance of Repeating Same Tasks — 42% responded "Very important."
- Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results — 30% responded "Moderate results."
- Responsibility for Outcomes and Results — 35% responded "Moderate responsibility."
- Frequency of Decision Making — 39% responded "Once a month or more but not every week."
Job Zone
|Job Zone Four: Considerable Preparation Needed
|Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.
|Related Experience
|A considerable amount of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, an accountant must complete four years of college and work for several years in accounting to be considered qualified.
|Job Training
|Employees in these occupations usually need several years of work-related experience, on-the-job training, and/or vocational training.
|Job Zone Examples
|Many of these occupations involve coordinating, supervising, managing, or training others. Examples include real estate brokers, sales managers, database administrators, graphic designers, chemists, art directors, and cost estimators.
|SVP Range
|(7.0 to < 8.0)
Percentage of Respondents
|Education Level Required
|Bachelor's degree
|Master's degree
|Associate's degree
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- Investigative — Investigative occupations frequently involve working with ideas, and require an extensive amount of thinking. These occupations can involve searching for facts and figuring out problems mentally.
- Conventional — Conventional occupations frequently involve following set procedures and routines. These occupations can include working with data and details more than with ideas. Usually there is a clear line of authority to follow.
- Realistic — Realistic occupations frequently involve work activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions. They often deal with plants, animals, and real-world materials like wood, tools, and machinery. Many of the occupations require working outside, and do not involve a lot of paperwork or working closely with others.
Work Styles
- Attention to Detail — Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks.
- Analytical Thinking — Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems.
- Dependability — Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations.
- Initiative — Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges.
- Adaptability/Flexibility — Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace.
- Innovation — Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems.
- Independence — Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done.
- Persistence — Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles.
- Integrity — Job requires being honest and ethical.
- Stress Tolerance — Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high stress situations.
- Achievement/Effort — Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks.
- Cooperation — Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude.
- Leadership — Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction.
- Self Control — Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations.
- Concern for Others — Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job.
Work Values
- Achievement — Occupations that satisfy this work value are results oriented and allow employees to use their strongest abilities, giving them a feeling of accomplishment. Corresponding needs are Ability Utilization and Achievement.
- Working Conditions — Occupations that satisfy this work value offer job security and good working conditions. Corresponding needs are Activity, Compensation, Independence, Security, Variety and Working Conditions.
- Recognition — Occupations that satisfy this work value offer advancement, potential for leadership, and are often considered prestigious. Corresponding needs are Advancement, Authority, Recognition and Social Status.
Related Occupations
Wages & Employment Trends
Median wage data for Software Developers and Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers.
|Median wages (2019)
|$51.69 hourly, $107,510 annual
|State wages
|Local wages
|Employment (2018)
|421,300 employees
|Projected growth (2018-2028)
|Faster than average (7% to 10%)
|Projected job openings (2018-2028)
|State trends
|Top industries (2018)
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics 2019 wage data and 2018-2028 employment projections . "Projected growth" represents the estimated change in total employment over the projections period (2018-2028). "Projected job openings" represent openings due to growth and replacement.
Job Openings on the Web
Sources of Additional Information
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How To debug a crash using Visual Studio
The following method is recommended if you are unable to reproduce the bug using the advplus tool. The benefit of this method is that the debugger will only be used once the crash happens and unlike advplus which is active as soon as it is started.
- If you do not have Visual Studio installed:
Download and install Visual Studio Enterprise Trial:
- Go to https://www.visualstudio.com/downloads/
- Download and run the web setup
- Uncheck all optional features
- Click on Install
- Once the installation has finished and after you have rebooted your system, start Visual Studio
- At the first start you are prompted to select the default layout/profile:
Select Visual C++
- Start SmartFTP
- A soon as it crashes you will now see a new Debug button in the post mortem crash handler
- Click Debug
- In the Visual Studio debugger dialogs select Open new instance
- Visual Studio starts and will download the symbol files for the system binaries from the Microsoft Symbol Server
- On the Debug menu, select Save Dump As....
- Choose where to save the dump file. Select with Heap in the type selection box.
- Zip/Rar/7z the .dmp file and upload it to a server of your choice (e.g. zippyshare.com, 1fichier.com)
- Email us the link to file.
Please contact us if you would like these steps to be performed by us. All we require is a remote session to the system (e.g. Windows Remote Desktop, AnyDesk, Chrome Remote Desktop, etc) for a short time.
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What are the major challenges facing European labor markets? How does the current crisis impact these challenges, and what are the consequences for HR leaders? In this webcast, the presenters discuss the relevance of job quality in Europe and examine how the "green" sector could provide a path to creating a large number of high-quality jobs.
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Ukraine signs historic trade pact with EU, irking Russia
BRUSSELS -- Ukraine's new president signed a trade and economic pact with the European Union on Friday, pushing his troubled country closer into a European orbit and angering Russia, which warned of unspecified consequences.
A beaming President Petro Poroshenko called it "maybe the most important day for my country" since its independence from the Soviet Union in 1991.
European Union leaders, meanwhile, decided not to immediately impose new sanctions on Russia for destabilizing eastern Ukraine. In a statement, however, the leaders said new sanctions have been prepared so they could be imposed "without delay" and listed several demands for Vladimir Putin's government and the pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine.
Poroshenko's pro-Moscow predecessor, Viktor Yanukovych, backed out of signing the agreement in November and the bloody protests that followed toppled his government, sparking an insurgency in the east and Russia's annexation of the mainly Russian-speaking Crimean Peninsula.
Agreements signed Friday let businesses in former Soviet republics of Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia trade freely in any of the EU's 28 member nations without tariffs or restrictions, as long as their goods and practices meet EU standards. Likewise, goods and services from the EU will be sold more easily and cheaply in the three countries.
Closer ties between Ukraine and the EU have long been overshadowed by Russian opposition. Moscow is loath to see its historic influence wane in its strategic neighbor, which it considers the birthplace of Russian statehood and of Russian Orthodox Christianity.
"There will undoubtedly be serious consequences for Ukraine and Moldova's signing," Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin said.
Georgia has already lost chunks of its territory and Black Sea coast to rebels backed by Russia after a brief war with Russia in 2008.
Putin did not immediately comment on the trade pact, but in recent days has signaled that he wants to de-escalate the conflict ahead of talks later Friday by the EU's heads of state and government on whether to ramp up sanctions against Russia over its conduct toward Ukraine.
"The most important thing is to guarantee a long-term cease-fire as a precondition for meaningful talks between the Kiev authorities and representatives of the southeast (of Ukraine)," Putin said Friday.
The EU leaders gave the Russian government and the rebels until Monday to take steps to improve the situation in eastern Ukraine, including agreeing on a way to verify the cease-fire, returning three border checkpoints to Ukraine, releasing all captives and launching "substantial negotiations" on Poroshenko's peace plan.
A second round of talks was being held Friday in eastern Ukraine between representatives of the mutinous regions and the Kiev government, also involving envoys from Russia and the EU, Russian news agencies quoted rebel leader Andrei Purgin as saying.
Poroshenko's office confirmed that a weeklong cease-fire, which both sides have accused each other of violating, was set to expire at 10 p.m. local time.
Interior Minister Arsen Avakov told Ukraine's Fifth Channel that at least 20 servicemen had been killed since the rebels agreed to the cease-fire, although he did not elaborate. He said the government would respond "harshly and adequately" to all rebels who did not put down their arms by Friday evening.
An overnight battle for a National Guard base in the eastern city of Donetsk left rebels in control early Friday. All servicemen were set free but the commander was taken captive, according to the National Guard's website.
In Brussels, Poroshenko made no mention of the cease-fire as he triumphantly signed the agreement.
"What a great day!" he said. "Maybe the most important day for my country after independence day."
A rally was scheduled to be held at Kiev's Independence Square, the site of the protests that toppled Yanukovych, but the mood was still subdued Friday after Poroshenko's signing. A trickle of people filed by votive candles and portraits of the so-called "Heavenly Hundred," the protesters killed - many by snipers - near the square in February.
Andrei Berezov, a 30-year-old driver who lives in a Kiev suburb, said he favored Poroshenko's decision to bring Ukraine closer to Europe.
"I have lived and worked in Madrid, there's no comparison, it's black and white," he said. "There's no corruption, paying a policeman 50 hryvnias, it wouldn't happen there."
Svetlana Kosenko, an 18-year-old student from Ukraine's western regions, said she didn't believe the country would change overnight.
"I think it will take a long time," she said. "As they say, hope dies last, and for now we hope things will be good."
The U.N. said Friday that 110,000 Ukrainians had fled to Russia this year and another 54,000 fled their homes but stayed in Ukraine as the government fought with separatists in the mostly Russian-speaking east. Long lines of cars stuffed with belongings backed up at the border heading into Russia this week.
European Commission experts estimate the deal will boost Ukraine's national income by 1.2 billion euros ($1.6 billion) a year. Ukraine won a 15-year transition period during which it can use tariffs to support its domestic auto industry from competition. Moldova will gradually eliminate protections for its dairy, pork, poultry and wine producers over 10 years, while the EU placed limits on imports of chicken from both countries.
Perhaps more important than the trade clauses is an accompanying 10-year plan for Ukraine to adopt EU product regulations. Such rules ease the way for international trade beyond Europe.
The trade deal also demands that Ukraine change the way it does business. Adopting EU rules on government contracts, competition policy and copyright for ideas and inventions should improve Ukraine's economy by reducing widespread corruption and making it more investor-friendly.
Amanda Paul, a policy analyst at the Brussels-based think tank European Policy Center, said Russia has levers to inflict serious economic pain on Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia through trade restrictions, cuts in energy supplies or the deportation of migrant workers from those countries.
In Brussels, Poroshenko reminded EU leaders of the Ukrainians who died opposing Yanukovych's government and in the ongoing battle against the pro-Russian insurgency in the country's east. He said Ukraine "paid the highest possible price to make her European dreams come true."
He asked EU leaders to take a further step and formally pledge that one day Ukraine can join the EU as a full-fledged member.
That "would cost the European Union nothing," he said, "but would mean the world to my country."


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Tablets (iPADs) in the Classroom
From: Perry Bratcher [mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com]
Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2013 9:01 AM
To: 'email@example.com'
Cc: Michael Providenti; Michael Wells; Millie Mclemore; Perry Bratcher; Stephen Moon
Subject: [lita-l] RE: Classroom iPads
All – Thanks to each of you for your responses to my email regarding classroom use of iPads (see email at the bottom). Listed below are is a summary of the comments I received. I cut/pasted and have reconfigured these comments for this email, so some may be taken out of context. NOTE: My systems staff have adamantly opposed using the Microsoft Surface. We have a campus "tech bar" where student/staff can check out new devices for experimentation. My staff said that the Surface doesn't work in our particular situation for a variety of reasons and they prefer the iPad tablet option (if we go the tablet route).
Before deciding on implementation of PCs vs. laptops vs. tablet for use in a classroom setting, one needs to consider the motivation for doing so. Space? Portability? Availability of apps? Is there a demand for using personal devices for research, etc? What type of portable device to use (iPad, Microsoft Surface, etc.)
Pros for using iPad/tablets:
- Keep a few in there to provide examples of how to search on mobile devices.
- The amount of apps and types of apps out there. Great education apps exist that do not exist elsewhere online or on other platforms (Android or Windows).
- The iPad is flexible and allows you to regain that floor space you lose with computers and give the user privacy.
- If setup correctly, the devices can be erased when they are returned so any private data is wiped.
- Users can download additional apps, even purchase apps if you allow them.
- They hold a charge much longer then any laptop or ChromeBook on the market.
- Apple sold 94% of its iPads into education – the reason being that it's a great education and research tool.
- Another advantage that I can see boot up time. The iPad is instantly on and connected to the network. Perhaps this most applicable to last-minute library instruction or ad hoc group research? However, if I had the choice, I would equip a classroom with MacBook Air SSDs
- Understand how they need to be configured and the tools needed to do so. I created a kit for this not long ago for public libraries: http://www.macprofessionals.com/new-library-ipad-checkout-solution/ Thank you Chris Ross, Macprofessionals
- UVA has been using iPads for instruction for about 2 years. They have been very pleased with the results.
- Our electronic classroom is very small, so we purchased 30 iPads over a year ago to allow teaching in our larger meeting room. There are definitely distinct advantages: flexibility, mobility, lack of technical infrastructure needed (wires, ports, etc.), and the myriad possibilities of apps.
Cons for using iPad/tablets:
- Most mobile devices have not become "workhorse" devices as of yet, so much of the students' research will still need to be done on a computer.
- We haven't seen any advantage to having them either – but our librarians use them sporadically for instruction.
- Charging, syncing, configuring, Apple ID's, erasing, cases, restrictions, printing, presenting, etc. For example if you want to present with these, you will need an Apple TV or an adapter. If you want to print you will need AirPrint supported printers or software. If you want to configure and erase you will need a Mac.
- The challenge I have found is trying to use an inherently personal device in the typical one shot classroom environment. There are lots of things you need to consider. How will they access the wireless? What about taking notes? What about apps that require login? And much more.
- Someone on staff is equipped and has the time to manage them.
- We have a pool of 30 loan laptops, recently we have supplemented this with 11 loan iPads. The iPads have generally been very popular but wouldn't work as a substitute for laptops. As many have mentioned when it comes to getting real work done they are inferior to laptops and people have commented as such.
- As a complement to laptops though they are great – they are more portable and our nursing students love being able to carry them around and quickly access medical apps, take notes, check calculations etc. I definitely see them as being a valuable resource but if it's an either/or proposition then I would go on the side of laptops.
- My personal opinion is that it's not a bad idea as a supplement to existing systems, but I'd be wary of replacing more flexible with more limited ones, and am particularly wary of committing to one operating system/vendor (particularly one that tends to charge half-again to twice as much as their competitors with only limited advantages).
- In a classroom setting (e.g. instruction room) I see little advantage of tablets; their sole advantage from I can figure out is their portability. Why force people into a limited device if it is only going to be in one room anyway?


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UTEP kicks 3 off basketball team for betting on games
EL PASO, Texas >> UTEP said Tuesday it has kicked three players off the basketball team after they bet on at least one sporting event.
The university's executive vice president, Richard Adauto, said officials in December received information that players may have been betting on games. The school contacted the FBI, and two players were suspended.
Adauto said the three players were not believed to be betting on games they played in or participating in point-shaving - trying to affect the score of a game to influence the outcome for bettors. He added that university officials did not suspect anyone else on the team of gambling.
"We think we have cleaned up what we found and heard," Adauto said.
The three players are McKenzie Moore, Justin Crosgile and Jalen Ragland.
Adauto says all three will not return to classes or the team.
Moore, a junior college transfer from Pleasant Hill, Calif., was averaging 13.1 points and 4.5 rebounds a game. Crosgile and Ragland had smaller roles, but coach Tim Floyd said he had expected all three players to contribute to this year's team, which is 10-5 with Conference USA play starting Thursday against Charlotte.
"I'm crushed personally that this is happened," Floyd said.
Floyd is in his third year with the Miners, trying to rebuild the program where he was an assistant under Don Haskins from 1978-86. In his first year, UTEP went 25-10 and made the NIT. The Miners slipped to 15-17 in his second season and went 18-14 last year, good enough for third in CUSA.
Floyd arrived in El Paso after serving as an assistant coach with the New Orleans Hornets. Before that, he led USC to three straight 20-win seasons and three consecutive NCAA tournament appearances, but quit in 2009 after he was accused of giving $1,000 in cash to a middleman who helped steer O.J. Mayo to the school.
Floyd has denied the allegations while the school wound up banning itself from postseason play and throwing out the wins from Mayo's lone season with the Trojans in 2007-08.
While USC self-imposed sanctions on its basketball program over Mayo's recruitment, the NCAA did not find any violations committed by Floyd. When he became UTEP's coach in 2010, Floyd said he wanted it to be clear that his resignation from USC was "not an admission of guilt." "


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(SACRAMENTO, Calif.) The UC Davis Health System's Institute for Population Health Improvement (IPHI) today released the first edition of its "HIE Ready Buyers' Guide" to facilitate health information exchange (HIE), especially in California.
Produced by IPHI's California Health eQuality (CHeQ) program in collaboration with California Health Information Partnership and Services Organization (CalHIPSO) and state HIE leaders, the guide identifies the base features and standards that should be in place to facilitate health-care data exchange today.
The first of its kind in California, the guide fills a void by providing users an assessment of a product's readiness to exchange information between and among electronic health record (EHR) systems and Health Information Organizations (HIOs).
The "HIE Ready Buyers' Guide" will help physicians, hospitals and other health-care providers make informed choices when discussing HIE capabilities with EHR system vendors or with HIOs. It allows purchasers to make side-by-side comparisons of important HIE features based on commonly accepted interoperability and interface standards embedded in the EHRs of products included in the guide. It also provides information on how well an HIO supports those same standards.
"Notwithstanding the improved information flow that an electronic health record makes possible within a hospital or medical practice, even certified EHRs often have limited capacity to share important care-related data with other EHRs, in effect creating electronic information silos," said Kenneth W. Kizer, distinguished professor and IPHI director.
"Upgrading EHRs so that information can flow between and among other EHRs and HIOs often requires additional customization to create 'interfaces' that allow the EHRs to communicate with each other," he said. " 'The HIE Ready Buyers' Guide' helps address this problem by creating more transparency in capabilities and compliance with interoperability standards We appreciate those vendors and organizations that have participated in this first edition of the guide and look forward to welcoming additional organizations in the next edition."
To develop the "HIE Ready Buyers' Guide," IPHI's CHeQ program identified a set of commonly accepted standards and features available in many EHR and HIE systems whose deployment now will enable parties to exchange health information needed for care delivery. HIE Ready is consistent with Stage 1 Meaningful Use criteria and the current version of the federal Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology Authorized Testing and Certification Bodies (ONC-ATCB) for EHR technology. It also will be consistent with Stage 2 Meaningful Use and 2014 ONC-ATCB certification criteria.
The Buyer's Guide also reports on relative cost and six capabilities:
CHeQ is funded through a 16-month, $17.5 million Interagency Agreement between the IPHI and the California Health and Human Services Agency to develop and implement HIE programs according to the State's Cooperative Grant Agreement with ONC. CHeQ's full range of programs intends to promote health-care quality and coordination of care by expanding underserved communities' capacity to exchange health information and/or access to Direct, a simple, standards-based way for senders to push secure encrypted health information directly to trusted recipients over the Internet. It also will improve sharing of immunization, laboratory, and care information and provide tools to assist providers in identifying private, secure, standardized, and trusted systems.
Kenneth W. Kizer, IPHI director and distinguished professor at the UC Davis School of Medicine (Department of Emergency Medicine) and Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing, leads CHeQ. Kizer has a long history of public and private sector experience in health information technology, health care quality improvement and population health. Among his previous activities in this regard, he was the founding president and chief executive officer of the National Quality Forum, a Washington, DC-based quality improvement and consensus standards-setting organization, and before that he served as the Under Secretary for Health, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), where he led the VA's transition to electronic health records and health information exchange in the late 1990s. He also was the director of the former California Department of Health Services from 1985 to 1991, where he initiated a number of health information management modernization efforts.
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San Jose sues MLB over stalled Oakland A's move
SAN JOSE -- With no progress after more than four years on the Oakland Athletics' planned San Jose move, the city Tuesday filed a federal antitrust lawsuit against Major League Baseball.
The lawsuit argues MLB's decree that the San Francisco Giants have exclusive territorial rights to San Jose, which the defending World Series champions refuse to relinquish, constitutes unlawful restraint of trade.
"For years, MLB has unlawfully conspired to control the location and relocation of major league men's professional baseball clubs under the guise of an 'antitrust exemption' applied to the business of baseball," said the 44-page complaint, filed in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California in San Jose. The suit, which accuses MLB of a "blatant conspiracy," is being handled at no city cost by the Burlingame law firm of Joseph W. Cotchett, which has handled some of the largest antitrust cases in the nation and represented the NFL in similar litigation.
The suit drew immediate condemnation from MLB.
San Jose officials said that with the A's move to San Jose seemingly stuck in quicksand, and with Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig repeatedly rebuffing Mayor Chuck Reed's efforts to move it along, they had little to lose. They noted other examples in St. Petersburg, Fla., and Seattle where cities eventually got teams after suing baseball.
The suit is a direct challenge to Major League Baseball's unique 91-year-old exemption
to federal antitrust laws. It originated with a 1922 U.S. Supreme Court decision that baseball is not interstate commerce subject to federal antitrust regulation. The court twice upheld the decision in 1953 and 1972. Many legal scholars have argued it is inconsistent with law applied to other sports leagues and vulnerable to challenge.
"Whereas baseball may have started as a local affair," the lawsuit said, "modern baseball is squarely within the realm of interstate commerce. MLB Clubs ply their wares nationwide, games are broadcast throughout the country on satellite TV and radio, as well as cable channels, and MLB Clubs have fan bases that span from coast to coast."
But lower court rulings on the exemption since the early 1970s have gone both ways, leaving it unclear how the Supreme Court might rule if it chose to revisit the issue.
"Since the law is so murky, there's no uncontroversial answer," said Stuart Banner, who teaches law at the University of California, Los Angeles and has just written a book, The Baseball Trust, a History of Baseball's Antitrust Exemption. "It all depends on which group of cases you think is more persuasive."
The Giants' territorial rights to the San Jose area originated in the early 1990s. The Giants were considering Santa Clara County for a new stadium to replace frigid, windy Candlestick Park, where they had played since 1960, two years after moving from New York to San Francisco.
Previous A's owners had allowed the territorial reshuffling to accommodate the Giants' move south, farther away from Oakland. After two failed attempts to secure voter approval for taxes to build a new South Bay ballpark, the Giants privately financed AT&T Park in San Francisco, the team's home since 2000.
But the territorial division remained, giving the counties of Marin, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz and Monterey to the Giants, Alameda and Contra Costa to the A's. The two teams disputed the intent of that split in dueling news releases a year ago. The A's argued it was only "subject to relocating" the Giants to Santa Clara County, which the teams had shared when the A's came from Kansas City in 1968. The Giants countered that MLB owners including the A's repeatedly reaffirmed the territorial split, which the Giants relied upon in financing their ballpark.
University of Virginia law professor Gordon Hylton, who has studied the legal history of American sports, said he "never thought that the division of the Bay Area into two distinct areas made much sense." He added that organized baseball's monopoly is "almost certainly a violation of the federal antitrust laws."
But Hylton was skeptical a San Jose antitrust lawsuit against the baseball monopoly would succeed. He argued the Curt Flood Act, signed by President Bill Clinton and named after the St. Louis Cardinals outfielder who lost a 1972 challenge to baseball's monopoly over player contracts in the U.S. Supreme Court, "validated baseball's antitrust exemption in all matters other than major league labor relations."
"San Jose would probably be better off appealing to Congress than the courts," Hylton said.
Wolff said he turned to San Jose, where he owns hotels, for a new stadium after new ballpark efforts in Oakland and Fremont fell through. Selig, Wolff's college fraternity brother, appointed a committee to study the A's proposed San Jose move in March 2009.
San Jose approved environmental studies on a ballpark to be built near the city's hockey arena and the Diridon train station. City consultants in 2009 estimated a half-billion-dollar, privately built ballpark would pump $130 million in annual spending into the local economy. Councilman Sam Liccardo has called it "the most transformative private economic development project" for San Jose "in anyone's memory."
San Jose's lawsuit follows years of growing impatience among city leaders with MLB. Reed in 2010 tried to spur the project by scheduling a public ballpark vote later that year, only to call it off after the commissioner declared it premature.
Events since have further complicated San Jose's ballpark dreams. A group claiming to represent concerned residents and the Giants' minor-league San Jose affiliate sued over the city's environmental approval and land agreements for the proposed ballpark. Then Gov. Jerry Brown eliminated redevelopment agencies throughout the state in a budget-balancing move, depriving San Jose of a means to provide ballpark land.
And the A's, now defending an American League West title, have dominated the diamond and revived an Oakland fan base whose history of low attendance had been cited among reasons for moving the team to San Jose, twice Oakland's population.
Earlier this year, an exasperated Reed wrote Selig requesting a personal meeting to resolve the ballpark impasse and hinting it could avoid "additional litigation." But Selig just referred the mayor to his committee and said the litigation reference was not "productive."


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Support groups that meet the third week of the month:
Support groups that meet the third week of the month:
Breast cancer support group — 6-7:30 p.m. first and third Mon., Government Center, 100 North St., Monticello. 657-8222.
Diabetes support group — 1 p.m. third Wed., Fallsburg Library, 12 Railroad Plaza, Fallsburg. Call 436-6067.
Hepatitis C support group — 6-7 p.m. first and third Mon., 427 Broadway, Suite 1, Monticello. 794-6813 or e-mail email@example.com.
Sharing and Caring support group — 6:30 p.m. third Tues., 20 Crystal St., Monticello. For family and friends of people recovering from mental illness. Lori, 794-1029.
Stroke support group — 11 a.m. third Sat., third floor, Ambulatory Services Building, Catskill Regional Medical Center, Harris. Family members, friends, and health-care professionals also welcome. Patricia, 794-3300, ext. 2921.
Support groups that meet on a regular basis:
24-hour AA hotlines — Orange County, 534-8525; Sullivan County, 866-490-5686; Ulster County, 331-6360; Pike County, Pa., 570-424-8532; Rockland County, 352-1112.
Al-Anon (Alateens welcome) — 7 p.m. Mon., United Methodist Church, 170 N. Main St., Liberty. Call 434-2560.
Al-Anon — 7 p.m., Wed. beginners meeting, 7:30 p.m. regular meeting. Ellenville United Methodist Church, Ellenville. 626-4828.
Al-Anon (Alateens welcome) — 8 p.m. Sat., United Methodist Church, 170 N. Main St., Liberty. Call 434-2560.
Alcoholics Anonymous, "One day at a time" program — 5-6 p.m. Mon.-Thurs. and noon-1 p.m. Fri., Friends Baptist Church, old 17, Ferndale.
Alcoholics Anonymous — 6:40-9:40 p.m. Fri., Ellenville Regional Hospital, cafeteria, 10 Healthy Way, Ellenville. 647-3259.
Alcoholics Anonymous — 7:30 p.m. Sun., Bethel Presbyterian Church, Route 17B west, Bethel. Big Book study group, closed discussion. Chris, 807-7538.
Alcoholics Anonymous — Recovery Center Clubhouse, 17 Hamilton Ave., Monticello. Meetings held daily. 794-8080.
Alcoholics Anonymous — Eldred-Yulan New Beginnings, 8 p.m. Thurs., St. Anthony's Church, 25 Beaverbrook Road, Yulan. 570-296-6741.
Alcoholics Anonymous — 8:30 p.m. Fri., Methodist Church, 254 Rock Hill Drive, Rock Hill. 796-2826.
Alcoholics Anonymous — 7:30 p.m. Tues., Community Church of Wurtsboro's meeting hall, Sullivan Street, Wurtsboro. 888-5626.
Arthritis Program — 2:30-4:30 p.m. Tues., Mid-Town Center, 467 Broadway, Kingston. 331-1682, ext. 115. Also Thurs., Trudy Farber Building, 50 Center St., Ellenville. 647-1605.
Autism support group for parents/caregivers — 7-8:30 p.m. second Thurs., Action Toward Independence Inc., 309 E. Broadway, Monticello. Joan, 794-4228, ext. 305.
Autism Spectrum Support Group — 7-8 p.m. fourth Wed., Room E9, Sullivan County BOCES Rubin Pollack Education Center, Ferndale-Loomis Road, Liberty. Support and education for parents raising children with autism, Asperger's syndrome and other pervasive developmental delays. Use second driveway, and E-wing entrance. 295-4042.
Cancer support group — For patients and families at Catskill Regional Medical Center, Harris. Meets monthly. 794-3300, ext. 2831.
Citizens Reunited to Overcome Cancer (CROC) — Offers guest speakers, experience sharing and discussion groups on a regular basis. Connect and support facing the miracles of survival. 291-8578.
Domestic violence support groups — Meet weekly for nine weeks. For women affected by domestic violence. 888-503-HOPE.
Double Trouble in Recovery support group — 12-step meeting meets 5:30 p.m. Mon., Recovery Center's Always Action Clubhouse, 17 Hamilton Ave., Monticello. For people with alcohol/substance abuse and mental health problems combined. 434-5444.
EFFORTS — Emphysema Foundation for Our Right to Survive, online support/advocacy group. Linda, 292-3824.
Gamblers Anonymous — Meets regularly in Woodbourne. 434-3798.
Gamblers Anonymous — 6:30-8 p.m. Thurs., Recovery Center's Always Action Clubhouse, 17 Hamilton Ave., Monticello. 794-8080, ext. 205.
Hepatitis C Support Group — Every other Mon., Upper Delaware Valley ID, 427 Broadway, Suite 1, Monticello. email@example.com.
Hospice of Orange and Sullivan Counties Inc. bereavement support groups — 6:30 p.m., first and third Mon., Middletown YMCA, 81 Highland Ave., Middletown. 561-6143, ext. 325.
Liquid Assets breast-feeding support group — For all breast-feeding moms and those about to be meets monthly at the Sullivan County Public Health Services, 50 Community Lane, Liberty. 292-0100, ext. 3, for date and time of next meeting.
Narcotics Anonymous — 7-8:30 p.m. Mon. and Thurs., Ellenville Regional Medical Center, cafeteria, 10 Healthy Way, Ellenville. 647-3259.
Narcotics Anonymous — 7:30 p.m. Thurs., St. Peter's Church, Monticello. 794-5577.
Narcotics Anonymous — 1:30 p.m. Tues. Young adult meeting, 6 p.m. Wed.; meeting, 11 a.m. Thurs.; basic text meeting, 5:30 p.m. Fri.; regular meeting, 7:30 p.m. Fri. and 8 p.m. Sat., Recovery Center Clubhouse, 17 Hamilton Ave., Monticello. 794-8080.
Overeaters Anonymous — A 12-step support group for those with eating disorders, meets at various times and days in the region. 657-6603 or go to midhudsonoa.org.
Overeaters Anonymous — 1 p.m. Fri., First Presbyterian Church, Main Street, Jeffersonville. A 12-step program. 657-6603 or go to midhudsonoa.org.
Overeaters Anonymous — 10:30 a.m. Sun., Harris Hospital, Harris, fourth-floor diabetes conference room. 482-5280.
Overeaters Anonymous — 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Mon., First Presbyterian Church, 308 Broad St., Milford, Pa. 570-857-1641.
Overeaters Anonymous — 7:30-8:30 p.m. Tues., Woodridge Municipal Building, Woodridge. Summer only. Call 434-7330.
Overeaters Anonymous — 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Thurs., St. John Neumann Church, Route 739, Lords Valley, Pa. 570-857-1641.
Parents Anonymous — 7-9 p.m. Tues. for parents of teenagers, 7-9 p.m. Fri. for parents of younger children, CACHE office, 63 S. Main St., Liberty. Children welcome. 292-5821, ext. 633.
Person to Person — Provides cancer patients with one-on-one support from a cancer survivor matched by age, cancer site, etc. 800-ACS-2345.
Sharing and Caring family support meeting — For friends and family members of adults recovering from serious mental illness, from 6:30-8 p.m. third Tues., Stepping Stones, 14 Pelton St., Monticello. Light refreshments served. Group facilitator is M. Lori Schneider-Wendt. 794-1029.
To be included in this listing, mail information to Suehaydee Rivera, Times Herald-Record, P.O. Box 2046, Middletown 10940; or send e-mail to email@example.com; or fax to 343-2170.


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If you have been hanging around these parts for a while, you know that the model for this site is to tell you what the Rays have done, what they are doing and try to project what they will do based on what we have learned. Think of RI as "Tampa Bay Rays 101."
However, for the next 12 days we will step away from the standard, and we present to you 12 "presents" the Tampa Bay Rays should give to their fans. Looking back at last year's 12 Days of Raysmas, we see that many of our wishes came true (including that sweet no-hitter), and the result was another division title.
Without further ado…
On the fifth day of Raysmas, the Tampa Bay Rays gave to us, FIVE position players with 110 games started…
For all of Joe Maddon's tinkering and platooning and shifting and wine drinking madness, the Rays still had six players that made at least 110 starts last season (Carlos Pena, Jason Bartlett, Evan Longoria, Carl Crawford, BJ Upton, Ben Zobrist). So coming up with five players in 2011 should be cake, right?
Not so fast.
Three of those players are gone (Crawford, Pena, Bartlett), and none of them have a clear everyday replacements at this point.
Here is our starting lineup projection from last week…
Assuming they stay healthy, Longoria, Upton and Zobrist should be locks for 110 starts. But where are the Rays going to find any lineup consistency beyond that?
Reid Brignac is in a threesome platoon at shortstop and second base, and could come close. And if the Rays sign a player like Johnny Damon or Jim Thome, that would be another likely candidate, although either one would almost certainly be part of a semi-platoon situation in the field and at DH.
In other words, the Rays are facing a lot of uncertainty in the lineup heading into 2011. And as much as JoeMa's actions seem to suggest otherwise, he has said in the past that he prefers an everyday lineup.
It is hard to imagine the Rays lineup could be more volatile than the 2010 version. But at this point that appears to be where they are headed.


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One of my favorite conference speakers, Lexington, S.C., family physician Allen Wenner, M.D., who created Primetime Software's Instant Medical History software, often jokes that many of his contemporaries "need to die" before we see much change in the way physicians practice medicine. I'm increasingly convinced that he's right.
It's, of course, older doctors, that seem to be the most resistant to change. They also happen to be the ones most likely to hold leadership positions, if for no other reason than their seniority.
That's why I'm so troubled by the attitude of physicians such as Arvind Goyal, M.D., a family physician in Rolling Meadows, Ill., who's on the faculty of Chicago Medical School/Rosalind Franklin University in North Chicago, Ill., and is a past president of the Illinois State Medical Society. Last week, the Chicago Tribune published a lengthy, scathing letter from Goyal, in which he thoroughly trashed electronic medical records based on a negative experience he had with "a popular brand of EMR" at a Federally Qualified Community Health Center.
Goyal brought up some salient points about what can go wrong with a poorly implemented EMR. "The system was slow generally, froze up a few times a day and crashed every few months, requiring us to reschedule patients. Pricey service calls, multiple system updates, periodic shutdowns, user training and hiring of a full-time IT expert at a significant cost helped some, but the dissatisfaction persisted," he wrote.
He ticked off the standard laundry list of why physicians struggle with EMRs, including the argument that "documentation and accessibility of information in EMR is more time-consuming than paper records." Forgive me if I'm wrong, but that sounds like a workflow problem more than a technology problem.
"Federal incentives for adoption of EMRs come with complicated bureaucratic requirements," he added. Perhaps, but will you still be making that argument when Medicare and then private payers start requiring EMR usage as a condition of reimbursement?
"Data backup is a prudent need and often requires an additional investment." Well, duh, but isn't that true of your home computer as well? Your practice management systems?
But Goyal really stepped over the line when he repeated one of the greatest fallacies in medicine, that doctors know all.
"In my successful suburban solo family practice of several years, I did not use electronic medical records. Knowledge of each patient I served was on the tip of my tongue when an emergency-room doctor seeing one of my patients called in the middle of a night. I was available 24/7 with few exceptions. The paper records were organized such that I was able to access clinical details quickly when needed," Goyal wrote.
How can knowledge of each patient be on the tip of his tongue if he's woken up in the middle of the night and his precious paper files aren't right there next to his bed? Is his memory that good that he knows every pertinent detail of every patient, even when still in a haze from an unexpected wake-up call? Yeah, nice try.
Furthermore, it's great that Goyal is available to other doctors around the clock in case of an emergency, but is he available to patients? Medicine is changing. It's supposed to be about patients, not physicians. But some physicians still wrongly believe they know everything and will do just about anything to cling to the status quo.
In case you haven't noticed, the status quo isn't so good.


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The Mapleson Cylinders - Program Notes
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Donizetti: LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR--Act III: Mad Scene excerpt
Nellie Melba (s), Lucia
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra--Luigi Mancinelli
March 18, 1901
Glackens 82; the container now holding Side 3/Band 8 from Le Cid has Mapleson's notation: "Mad. Melba Lucia Mad Scene, March 18, 1901, weak connection." The recording speed matches the cylinder from the later part of the scene found on Side 4/Band 7.]
The beginning of this cylinder is totally obscured by noise; about a minute and twenty seconds in, we are definitely at the line "Ogni piacer piů grato," in the slow part of the "Mad Scene." Since it takes Melba just about as long to reach this point in her 1910 Victor recording of the passage, which begins at "Ardon gl' incensi," we may surmise that Mapleson began his recording at that standard starting-place. The noise gradually mutes, so that the phrases at the top of the staff, at least, can be made out, but the excerpt breaks off just before the interpolated cadenza written for Melba by Mathilde Marchesi (heard in Melba's studio recordings of the passage). This is the performance without chorus.


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As of today, shocking as it may be, we as a species have been desperately clutching cell phones like our lives depended on it for the past 40 years. And it's hard not to get a little nostalgic. Because regardless of whether your first handset was a massive grey brick from the 80s, a black, slightly smaller brick from the 90s, or a sleek, silver flippy thing from the dawn of the new millenium, your phone has undoubtedly seen a few upgrades.
So think back. Remember Zack Morris. And tell us, what was the very first phone that brought you into the exciting new world of mobile calling? And see if you can find a picture to toss in—all the better to reminisce over.


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