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Many people associate ultrasound technology solely with pre-natal examinations of pregnant women. As you will see however, ultrasound techs use special equipment to produce images that help doctors assess and diagnose various medical conditions. Ultrasound techs typically need some formal training and professional certification.
Essential Information
Ultrasound technicians use specialized equipment to create, analyze and evaluate sound wave images. Techs work mostly in hospitals, clinics and private practices. While some ultrasound techs receive on-the-job training, it's more common for them to hold associate's or bachelor's degrees in a related field. Professional credentials, such as certification, state registration or licensure, may be necessary or preferred.
|Required Education
|On-the-job training or associate's or bachelor's degree
|Other Requirements
|Certification may be preferred; licensing required in some states
|Median Annual Salary (May 2018)*
|$72,510 (for all Diagnostic Medical Sonographers)
|Job Growth (2018-2028)*
|19% (for all Diagnostic Medical Sonographers)
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Ultrasound Tech Career Description
An ultrasound tech career involves working with sonography equipment to generate sound wave images used in the assessment and diagnosis of various medical conditions. Ultrasound technicians (also called sonographers) take measurements, calculate values, analyze images and decide which ones need to be examined by the physician.
Ultrasound tech careers include obstetric and gynecologic, abdominal, nervous system, breast, vascular or cardiac sonography. Technicians usually work directly with patients in hospitals, private doctors' offices, medical clinics or similar healthcare facilities. Some of their other duties can include keeping records and maintaining ultrasound equipment.
Salary and Employment Info
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the median salary for diagnostic medical sonographers was $72,510 in 2018. Also, the job growth in this field is anticipated to increase by approximately 19% from 2016 to 2026, which is significantly faster than the average for all occupations over that time frame.
Education Requirements
An associate's or bachelor's degree program in diagnostic medical sonography or a related field is the most common route to an ultrasound tech career. However, the occupation can also be entered through hands-on training at a hospital, technical college or in the military.
Students preparing for an ultrasound tech career study anatomy, physiology, pathology, sonographic physics, patient care and medical ethics. Anatomy courses devote special attention to recognizing abnormalities in organs and body systems through sonographic identification. Students may review case studies and journal articles on ultrasound imaging.
Licensure and Certification
Licensing is not typically required for diagnostic medical sonographers, but many employers prefer candidates who have attained professional credentials. The American Registry for Diagnostic Medical Sonography registers ultrasound technicians who pass the required exams. To keep pace with changes in ultrasound tech careers, most registered technicians take continuing education courses. Professional certifications are also available, depending on area of specialty.
The most common way to enter the field of ultrasound technology is by way of an associate's or bachelor's degree program. On-the-job training at a hospital or in the military is also acceptable. While not automatically required, you might stand a better chance of employment if you become licensed or secure professional certification.


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Take your sweetie on a date night to the Zoo. On Friday, February 10, Oakland Zoo invites the public to attend an evening event featuring a Hands on Fire Percussion Experience. Guests will walk into a room filled with soulful and dynamic rhythms of Africa, delectable foods, delightful desserts, and dreamy drinks to celebrate the season of love. The evening will feature interactive drumming, a wild array of silent auction items, and powerful information about primates. Percussionist James Henry will lead participants into a musical encounter they are sure to never forget: Attend the Oakland Zoos For the Love of Primates evening event.
All proceeds from the night will support the Budongo Snare Removal Project in Uganda. This Oakland Zoo supported conservation program protects wild chimpanzees, assists in snare removal, and strives to turn poachers into chimp supporters. Admission price for this event is $ 20 per person. Tickets can be purchased at the door. RSVP is appreciated. Please email: amy(at)oaklandzoo(dot)org for more details.
The Bay Areas award-winning Oakland Zoo is home to more than 660 native and exotic animals. The Zoo offers many educational programs and kids activities perfect for science field trips, family day trips and exciting birthday parties. Nestled in the Oakland Hills, in 500-acre Knowland Park, the Zoo is located at 9777 Golf Links Road, off Highway 580. The East Bay Zoological Society (Oakland Zoo) is a nonprofit 501(c)3 organization supported in part by members, contributions, the City of Oakland and the East Bay Regional Parks. For more information please visit our website at http://www.oaklandzoo.org.
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Beginner Guide: Web Design vs. Web Development
It is hard to keep track the way technology is evolving, and it is even harder to keep up with all the terms popping up in relation to technology. One such case is that of Web Design and Web Development. With the substantial rise of the Internet, we find companies using the terms 'web design' and 'web development' extensively while even sometimes substituting one for the other. However, no matter how fine, but there is a line that exists and separates these two fields which themselves have a significant presence of their own, i.e. clouded by the alternating use in the context of the Internet.
So, how does web design differs from web development?
Well, to simply state, web design is the design, or say, the visual aspect of the web. It focuses on how a particular web element looks or is represented to the users. A user only cares about content or information that is in an acknowledgeable form. There is a specific way to present content on the Internet so that it gets understood by the users. And this is the forte of web design. Web design is the thing that stands between a well-defined content and content that misses the point. Alternatively, Web Development is about the functioning aspect of the web. It is the work that goes behind the scene to liven up the visual elements of the Internet (specifically, websites and web pages) to make the domain of World Wide Web appealing to people. You can say, web development is the thing that makes the Internet work. Without web development, everything on the Internet would be static and worthless.
Now enough with the introduction. Let's get a magnifying glass and look closer at both ends of the comparison.
Web Design
Upon breaking the term Web Design, we get two terms – Web and Design. Web refers to the Internet (i.e. network within a network) or World Wide Web. Design implies outline, shape or visual aspect of any element. So, web design infers the way any web element appears on the web. There is no coding wizardry involved.
Web Design is also known as front-end or client-side design. Front-end in the sense that it is the face. The part of the website or webpage that the user directly sees and interacts with at any point in time. It does the job of engaging the user to the content. Web design is a vast discipline and further branches to specializations like web graphic design, interface design, UX design, and SEO. Logos, icons and illustrations are things that come under graphic design. Interface and UX design deal with some visual element; however, it is more about the presentation. UX/UI design controls how an end-user perceives and interacts with the content. The total concentration of the web design is upon the end-experience of a user with the content. So, there are some pointers to take into consideration associated with the design of web elements.
For the sake of simplicity, there are two aspects of web design – Appearance and Layout.
Let's start with appearance.
So, what about appearance? Appearance suggests how an element feels in a visual sense. It is about the identity of the entity itself. In the real world, appearance is the first thing anyone notices about an object. So is the case in the virtual world, in fact, the degree of reliance based on the appearance of objects is even higher. Hence, web designers have to take a lot of care while designing web elements. The appearance of an element is one thing and how it visualizes concerning its surroundings is other. What design aspect I'm talking about is the layout. A layout tells about information structure and categorization. It talks about the relation between placements of various elements within a particular space. Even good content will struggle to make an impact if it is a part of a bad layout. A good layout is key having harmony between elements in a space.
Critical aspects of good design:
In addition to being eye-pleasing, good web design needs to keep check of some other points. The following are some of the critical aspects of good web design:
Focus on objective
Web designs are purely based on achieving an intended target. Be it in the form of capturing leads, engagement of users to content, web designs should let users understand the intent of the web content and on top of that be able to help achieve that content target. A good design is visually pleasing and content-centric. Hence, there should be any extra information or feature that cause a distraction and make the user go astray. Design should be such that the user's focus is only directed towards the content.
Awareness of usability
As discussed earlier, a good design should project focus on content other than anything else. However, in pursuit of this goal, there is a risk of compromising usability. Imagine going through a company's website where you unable to find their contact or services page. That would not exactly be appealing, would it? Presenting content on the web is one end of the design balance. Along with the presentation, there is the weight of content navigation on the other end of the balance. A good design should make accessing information and resources easy for the user.
There are numerous ways in which a good design takes care of these two aspects. Responsive and Adaptive design. As of June 2018, more than 50% of the world population has access to the Internet. This percentage is ever growing with the internet being increasingly accessed from various devices ranging from mobiles phones, tablets to laptops and desktops. Hence, any web design created in this day must be able to conform to the different screen sizes of devices. There are two types of design which help web contents in this – responsive design and adaptive design. Responsive design allows for dynamic movement of content while the adaptive design has web content fixed in the layout corresponding to some common screen sizes.
Marketing and communication design. This design aspect helps in the aesthetics of overall design of a site so that there is no contradiction to clarity and accuracy of content i.e., it helps keep the focus on the objective. A marketing and communication design might be about promoting a product or service that new to the market.
UX design and interactive design. UX/UI design looks after the usability aspect of the web design. This design aspect aims for the design of content structure based on how a user thinks a website should work. Based on user perception of how a site works, UX/UI design process aims to create a user interactive web design.
All web designs go around elements like layouts, instructions, and labeling on website, typography, motion graphics and generated content (static and dynamic websites). The list of factors could be endless. But one thing is for sure; web designs are what make the world of the Internet exciting for the users.
Web Development
Let's simplify web development. Web and development. Web, as you know, is the Internet or network with a network. Development is the progression. Together, web development means the progress of the Internet. Progress in this context indicates to web function; how a web element works. Be it you clicking on the news feed to get updates on Facebook, or selecting the 'Upload' button on Instagram to share your latest birthday pictures, every web function is a result of web development. Without web development, web design is obsolete. Web development is what enables you to get likes on Facebook and Instagram.
Web development deals with all the functionality aspect of the web (or say web design). While web design interacts with the user, thousands of codes and scripts contribute to put life into web design and make them interactive. Web development is underrated in the sense that a lot of work that goes into web development stays behind the curtains. It hides behind the visual aspect of the web.
Upon classifying, there are three types of web development – front-end, back-end, and full-stack development.
In developer terms, a front-end developer works on the code that is responsible for enabling functionality to web content that the user/clients view on their browsers. He/she takes assurance of the hands-on experience of the website. A back-end developer, however, looks after the inner workings, the behind-the-scenes mechanics of the site. Unlike a front-end developer who works on features like button functions, a back-end developer writes codes for things like collecting data. A full-stack developer has their work cut out in the sense that they have to design a whole self-sustaining web platform based on smaller software subsystems.
Let's go a bit in-depth.
Client-side scripting or front-end development. This aspect of web development directly handles the visual aspects of web contents, i.e., it helps build the look and feel of a website. This scripting puts functionalities into the button, menus, and other browsing and navigating aspects of a site, which directly interact with the client/user. It is more straightforward from the two development types as it only involves enabling functions to the design elements of a webpage or website. Program languages like HTML, CSS, Javascript help in front-end development.
Server-side scripting or back-end development. Back-end in the sense that anything that happens stays in the background, hidden from the user. Back-end codes are the elements that help a website run properly on limited storage of the web browser. When someone accesses a website, he/she does not receive the whole site as a package on to their computer. Instead, the website resides in a server, and a part of it is sent to the user's computer to access. Server-side scripting helps create a framework that allows for hosting of files and images of a website to work on a server which is accessible on user request. Programming languages like C, Java, PHP aid in back-end development.
Database technology is the system that lets a website run smoothly over a web server. A site needs a database to store codes, images, files, and other data. In short, a database contains all the components for full-functioning of a website. Databases are content banks that store content and information and allow access to these resources when there is a data request. One can create databases of sites with the help of programming languages likes Oracle, Apache, Microsoft SQL server and MongoDB.
The advantage of ground up web design and development is that one can build their web content based on their custom requirements and features. For a unique and interactive user-experience, the Internet needs the help of both web design and web development, as both of these aspects of web engineering are different. So remember, web design and web development are two ends of a discussion and play a significant part in how we perceive and utilize the Internet.
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In 2011, the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) and the BMW Group forged a partnership to create a new model for collaboration between the private sector and the UN.
Founded in 2005 under the leadership of the Governments of Turkey and Spain with former Secretary-General Kofi Annan as the head of a group of experts, the UNAOC looks into social and cultural polarization among different societies. A report published by the expert group put forward practical recommendations that later formed the basis for an implementation plan by the UNAOC.
Marking the second year of their partnership, the UNAOC and the BMW Group announced the 2013 finalists for the Intercultural Innovation Award with a mandate to choose highly innovative grassroots projects that promote dialogue and intercultural understanding and make vital contributions to prosperity and peace in global societies. The most outstanding projects receive award money as well as consulting services from the BMW Group and the UNAOC.
Ten finalists will present their projects at the Viennese Volkstheatre on Tuesday, February 26th, 2013. President Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser, Incoming United Nations High Representative for the Alliance of Civilizations, and Mr. Bill McAndrews, Vice President Communications Strategy, Corporate and Market Communications, BMW Group, will chair the ceremony, in the presence of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. High-level representatives of the UNAOC and the BMW Group will give the award to the five top organizations.
In addition to offering a monetary prize, the UNAOC and the BMW Group are committed to helping these projects expand and replicate in other settings where they may be useful. Winners will become members of the World Intercultural Facility for Innovation (WIFI).
The following are this year's finalists:
Chintan Environmental Research and Action Group – Recycling as Bridge and Binder (India): It promotes understanding between poor migrants and the middle class and wealthy residents of New Delhi.
Cultural Infusion – Sound Infusion (Australia): It's an innovative digital learning platform which utilizes music from all over the world to build intercultural understanding.
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City College chancellor says plan has integrity
City College of San Francisco Chancellor Don Griffin offered new details Thursday night about his now-famous idea to offer naming rights to anyone who spends $6,000 to save a canceled course at his cash-strapped community college.
Facing a $20 million budget gap, the college is canceling 800 of its 9,800 courses to save $5 million. The idea to name rescued courses after sponsors captured broad attention last month after The Chronicle wrote about Griffin's idea. Time Magazine, NBC-TV and National Public Radio were just a few of the outlets that focused a rare spotlight on the college.
But the skeptical Board of Trustees had worried that companies would use the naming rights to advertise unsavory products like cigarettes or whiskey. Think "Marlboro Human Biology" or "Seagram's Women's Fitness."
And they feared sponsors could dictate a class' content.
Griffin assured them Thursday night that all would be under college control.
"The Chancellor will judge the propriety of the sponsor," with help from employees and even students if he chooses, according to Griffin's new, written explanation of his plan.
No one would be guaranteed the right to add their name to a class.
"This is a very dire situation," Griffin told the seven trustees, urging them to act quickly. "Private funding is needed to get us through this crisis situation."
English teacher Roger Scott asked the board also to consider additional fundraising ideas - including the citywide garage sale proposed by board President Milton Marks in the creative wake of Griffin's proposal.
"We could also have art auctions," he said. "And Sean Penn and Danny Glover could support a celebrity dinner."
This time, instead of skepticism, the board seemed ready to expand on those ideas.
"I think it should be part of a major marketing strategy for this college," Trustee Natalie Berg suggested.
The board agreed to form a committee to bring a resolution forward in the near future.
"I want to save classes," Trustee Steve Ngo said. "I really want to save classes."


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The dismal performance of the Indian National Congress in the recently held elections in Maharashtra and Haryana had left everyone eager as to know what Rahul Gandhi would have to say about it. But, much to everyone's surprise he did not arrive in front of the media for a long time after the poling results.
Rahul Gandhi has always been viewed as a figure that indulges in see-saw battles with the public. He is more like a step brother that tries shy away from his "new" family gatherings.
So, this comes as no surprise when Twitter took the matters in their own hand to try finding the prince of Congress after the election result.
Here are some hilarious tweets with regard to "Where is Rahul Gandhi" trend.
Everyone seems to ask Where is Rahul Gandhi except the millions of voters. #TrueStory
— IndiaSpeaks (@IndiaSpeaksPR) October 19, 2014
Enough with trending 'Where is Rahul Gandhi' now please start trending 'Why is Rahul Gandhi' — Gautam Trivedi (@Gotham3) October 19, 2014
Where is Rahul Gandhi? Someone took Inspiration from #SwachhBharat abhiyan & sent him out of India 😛
— Happy Bday Viru Pa (@crazykudi_) October 20, 2014
What type of question is this–' Where is Rahul Gandhi ?' we all know he is watching Pokemon or Motu-patlu now. — PK Fan Club Kolkata (@PK_Kolkata) October 20, 2014
Where is Rahul Gandhi? – Reading Champak. 🙂 pic.twitter.com/TMoYCD6mPY
— Rahul Chauhan (@_NeverOnside) October 19, 2014
Needing vaccination more dan a vacation. MT"@MANJULtoons: Where is Rahul Gandhi? Where is Raj Thackeray? My #cartoon pic.twitter.com/TKT68KMfHo" — Romesh Nadir (@RomeshNadir) October 20, 2014
Where is Rahul Gandhi – Ask Chota Bhem . 😛 pic.twitter.com/NK2Kv86jRr
— Piyush (@Bulls_95) October 19, 2014
Where is Rahul Gandhi ? He's probably watching #ThorOnStarMovies! Join him & invite your friends this exciting Sunday! — STAR Movies India (@StarMoviesIndia) October 19, 2014
In case you find out where Rahul Gandhi is, do let us know in comments 😀


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text: The Village Green is positioned directly outside The Crow Bar. In 2018 it played host to Circus Cabaret performances providing an added spectacle to the Lunar Arena. There was also dance performances and classes from our "Move Element" that spill out from the Crow Bar onto the Village Green, such as Northern Soul, Swing and Bhangra. It was also home to our Fine Wine & Fizz caravan, offering a selection of quality red, white and rose wines as well as some Sparkly for those feeling a little more celebratory!


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Shaving off extra pounds might help asthmatic kids prevent flare-ups of the disease, according to a study that found obese children have a harder time controlling their symptoms.
The work is the first to show that even after taking race and social factors into account, heavier kids use more drugs to control their asthma and curb flare-ups than their slimmer peers.
"Improving nutritional status, preventing obesity, and stressing the importance of weight loss might improve asthma control and exacerbation risk in children and decrease the incidence of asthma in adults," researchers write in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.
Both asthma and obesity rates have soared among kids in recent decades, reaching nearly 10 percent and 17 percent today, respectively.
While some studies have hinted at a link between the two conditions, conclusions on whether heavier kids also have more severe asthma than others have been mixed.
Dr. Kenneth B. Quinto from the University of California, San Diego, and colleagues looked back at more than 32,000 kids who'd been diagnosed with asthma and were enrolled in a Kaiser Permanente health plan. Nearly half of the children were overweight or obese.
The researchers found that the heavier kids were more likely to have more than a handful of yearly prescriptions for rescue inhalers, which contain short-acting drugs such as albuterol that open up the airways when an asthma attack is coming on.
On average, normal-weight children used 2.8 rescue inhalers a year, whereas obese kids used 3.1.
The heavy youngsters also used more inhaled steroids, such as Pulmicort or Flovent, which are a mainstay treatment to keep airway inflammation under control on a daily basis in asthmatics.
And the results held up after Quinto and his colleagues accounted for alternative explanations of the differences, such as sex, race, diabetes and parents' education levels.
The team speculates that the extra pounds might be weighing on the lungs, making obese kids feel like they need more medication. Scientists have also found that overweight people don't respond as well as others to steroids, which might help explain the new findings.
Still, in an observational study like theirs, the researchers warn it's never possible to be certain what causes what. So whether bigger waistlines should be blamed for the extra flare-ups remains an open question.
Meanwhile, the team writes, "The best time for prevention of obesity and nonsurgical weight reduction likely occurs in childhood."
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Sunday, May 10, 2009
Ena and I went to Karatsu today with some friends. We had a great time. I went there with my parents in March but the place looks different now that its May and all the leaves are out.
First we went to the castle:
There are some great views of the ocean, city and islands from the top:
There is a big wysteria vine that we just missed seeing in full bloom:
After leaving the castle, our friend Judit's car (she gave us a ride) suffered a dead battery. Fortunately we were able to get a boost:
After that we went to a park to have lunch and cake. It was Judit's birthday:
The park was on top of Kagami Mountain, which offered some spectacular views of the sea around Karatsu:
There was an interesting souvenir shop near the park with a bunch of dolls in it:
After that we went to a small town called Keya for dinner at a restaurant:
And we could see the sunset on the coast:
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Approval of the Keystone XL pipeline (KXL) would likely increase oil sands extraction, according to 26 oil sands professionals and researchers surveyed by the non-profit organization Near Zero. The results are detailed in the report, "Keystone XL: The Climate Impact," and includes both supporters and opponents of the pipeline.
This additional extraction of oil sands could lead to significantly higher greenhouse gas emissions, with the exact amount depending largely on how markets respond.
"This report examines three main scenarios discussed by participants in our survey: one in which oil sands from Keystone XL adds to total world oil supply, one in which it replaces heavy crudes, and one in which oil sands are transported by rail instead," said report co-author Christine Shearer, a researcher at the University of California Irvine who is affiliated with Near Zero. "In all of these scenarios, Keystone XL would likely raise greenhouse gas emissions."
KXL has attracted national attention over its climate effects, with President Barack Obama stating in 2013 that he will approve the pipeline "only if this project doesn't significantly exacerbate the problem of carbon pollution." A decision by the State Department is expected after the November 2014 election.
To help assess the effect of KXL on the climate, Near Zero surveyed a variety of oil sands experts about the impact of KXL on future oil sands production. The survey was completed by 26 people: 13 supported KXL and 13 did not.
Most participants (nearly 70%) said approval of KXL would increase oil sands production over the next 10 to 20 years. Many KXL supporters thought the difference would be small, while most KXL opponents said approval would represent a favorable market signal for oil sands, increasing overall global production. The average annual increase was 220,000 barrels per day by 2015, and over 900,000 barrels per day by 2035--the latter a 40% increase above current oil sands production.
Near Zero calculated the greenhouse gas emissions that could result from this additional oil sands production, depending on how oil markets respond. The increase in annual emissions by 2035 would be anywhere from 1 to 40 million metric tons carbon dioxide (CO2), if the oil sands replaced heavy crudes. If the oil sands added to net world oil supply, they would increase emissions 183 million metric tons of CO2 per year--about 3% of the United States' current greenhouse gas emissions.
The only scenario in which KXL would not lead to an increase in CO2 emissions is if the same amount of oil sands were produced regardless and transported by rail, raising emissions by less than 1.2 million metric tons of CO2 per year for 830,000 barrels per day of oil, the full capacity of the pipeline. Yet most survey participants thought less oil sands would be produced in the absence of KXL, particularly over the next 10 to 20 years.
"The goal of this survey was to represent the view of the experts and provide the public and policymakers with reliable information," said report co-author Steve Davis, an assistant professor at the University of California Irvine. "Although we avoid saying what specific policies should be adopted, it is important to recognize that even half the surveyed supporters of Keystone XL think building the pipeline would increase extraction of oil sands."
Download the full report, with list of participants, from Near Zero: http://www.


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By Esther Daimari
The alarm resonates deeply
And I listen to its echoes dignifying,
The sunlight shimmers here and there…
Yet I make my bed nest for dreaming,
a shelter for imagining!
I cling to my fluorescent quilt and my pillow fluffy,
To waste another day is not anymore
I am all filled in electric blue suddenly,
Flared up in thinking,
Would I want to be human any longer?
Shower is difficult, impossible is cooking…
The new cool is procrastinating!
Working on time is a monotonous ideology,
Knowledge by vision rather
is what I would consider.
About the author: Esther Daimari, Assistant Professor, Department of English & Foreign Languages, Tezpur University, Assam, India.


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The Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand today welcomed the Government and the ARC's decision to remove the journal rankings (A*, A, B, C) in the ERA assessment exercise.
AIRAANZ President Dr Rae Cooper said this morning.
'Research in industrial relations is vital to productivity, innovation and employee voice at work.'
Dr Cooper said
'We hope that these changes will be associated with the development of broader indicators of research quality and impact'
'It is vital that the important contribution made by scholars working in applied research, on issues of significant national importance, is recognised in research assessments'
Dr Cooper said:
'After having surveyed the membership of AIRAANZ, the professional association of scholars in industrial relations, we were troubled by the evidence of misuse of journal rankings across most campuses'.
Dr Cooper said:
'Our survey of members indicated that practices in universities were being driven by ARC ERA journal rankings. Our members reported significant negative effects on industrial relations researchers' career development, promotion prospects and internal funding'.
Dr Cooper said:
'Our members reported that this would be detrimental to both scholarship and practice in the field.'
Dr Cooper said
We welcome Minister Carr's recognition that the ERA rankings have been 'deployed inappropriately' and were promoting 'undesirable behaviour in the management of research.'
Based on the results of the AIRAANZ survey, the organisation made submissions to the ARC ERA review process. As well as the narrow framework for judging 'quality', the submissions highlighted the relatively poor status of IR journals in the ERA 2010 rankings.
AIRAANZ President Dr Rae Cooper is available for comment email@example.com
To access a copy of the survey go to www.airaanz.org


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Primary contact
Dr Bill Noble
Contact details
Macmillan Senior Lecturer in Palliative Medicine
Sykes House
Little Common Lane
United Kingdom
+44 (0)114 262 0174 (ext 28)
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EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
Study information
Scientific title
A feasibility study of an holistic needs assessment questionnaire in a supportive and palliative care service using the Sheffield Profile for Assessment and Referral for Care (SPARC)
Study hypothesis
The Academic Unit of Supportive Care is undertaking a research study about holistic needs assessment. We are carrying out a study with patients referred for supportive or palliative care, to learn if using the SPARC questionnaire improves their care.
The study aims are:
1. To determine the effect of holistic needs assessment on health related quality of life and self identified concerns in patients referred for supportive and palliative care
2. To determine the effect of holistic needs assessment on interventions, consultations and referrals within supportive and palliative care
3. To measure the difference at baseline assessment between patients identified as cancer survivors, those living with a long term condition and those receiving end of life care, in terms of their concerns, quality of life and need for supportive or palliative care
4. We hope to learn if using SPARC makes a difference in quality of life, and in referrals for help; whether it makes a difference how early on it is used, and whether the experience is different for different groups of patients
Ethics approval
Bradford Research Ethics Committee, REC ref: 10/H1302/88 - approval pending as of 05/05/2011
Study design
Randomised waiting list controlled trial
Primary study design
Secondary study design
Randomised controlled trial
Trial setting
Trial type
Quality of life
Patient information sheet
Not available in web format, please use the contact details below to request a patient information sheet.
All patients (cancer and non cancer) referred to the service
1. The study will be carried out with in-patients, out-patients and in community settings, to assess whether using the SPARC tool makes a difference to symptoms and concerns, quality of life, needs identified, and being referred for help.
2. SPARC is a multidimensional screening tool which gives a profile of needs to identify patients who may benefit from additional supportive or palliative care, regardless of diagnosis or stage of disease
3. SPARC is intended for use by primary care, hospital teams or other services to improve patient management, either by current professional carers or by referral to a specialist team
4. It covers:
4.1. Physical and psychological symptoms
4.2. Spiritual issues
4.3. Activities/independence
4.4. Family, social and treatment issues
5. Its aim is to identify patients who could benefit from additional supportive or palliative care
6. We will use SPARC in addition to the usual care that people receive
7. Some patients will complete the questionnaire straightaway, others will receive it after a period of two weeks
8. For everyone, care will continue as normal
9. The responses given on the SPARC questionnaire will be followed up by one of the usual care team to ensure that needs identified are addressed
10. Participants will fill in three short research questionnaires as part of the study, repeated after two weeks, four weeks and six weeks
11. Once people have opted to participate in the study, they will be allocated either to the group receiving SPARC straight away, or to the group which receives it after two weeks (randomly decided)
12. A small group of participants will be invited to take part in interviews
Intervention type
Not Applicable
Drug names
Primary outcome measure
1. The difference in score between the patient Measure Yourself Concerns and Wellbeing (MYCAW) on the patient self-scoring visual analogue scale at baseline and the two-week follow up
2. Assuming the changes in the score (baseline to week 2) are normally distributed, a t-test will be carried out to test the null hypothesis that the difference between the intervention and control groups in the mean score on the first symptom nominated on the scale at baseline and two weeks is zero
3. To detect a medium difference between two independent sample means requires a minimum of 64 individuals in each group with scores at baseline and two weeks (Cohen, 1992). Therefore, a total of 128 patients will have to be recruited.
4. In order collect both baseline and follow-up data from 128 patients, 500 patients will be recruited to the study, assuming that approximately one quarter will be able to participate at the two-week follow-up.
5. The calculation for the sample size has taken account of the attrition to be expected in this population overall, although with varied survival rates, we can also expect to recruit sufficient numbers of patients able to give useable follow-up data. The statistical analysis will therefore be predominantly descriptive, with correlations drawn between specific demographic and medical variables with SPARC scores.
Secondary outcome measures
1. The change in scores in the EQ-5D at the two time points
2. Changes in the enablement scores (PEI) at the two time points
3. Comparisons will be made between the intervention group and the waiting list control
4. Outcomes in patients entering the service in different ways, as inpatients where input is requested, as inpatients on the Palliative Care Unit, and as outpatients, will be explored
5. The pattern of actions taken and referrals made as a result of the SPARC screening tool will be examined, by analysis of the clinical record
6. Comparisons will be made regarding MYCAW patient nominated concerns, EQ-5D, and the PEI at baseline between patient groups (long term conditions, cancer survivors, and people needing end of life care)
Overall trial start date
Overall trial end date
Reason abandoned (if study stopped)
Participant inclusion criteria
1. Any diagnosis (cancer and non-cancer)
2. Any referral to the service
3. Patients 18 years old or above
4. Patients able to give informed consent
Participant type
Age group
Target number of participants
Follow up data from n=128 patients (n=500 patients required taking account of attrition)
Participant exclusion criteria
1. Incapable of giving informed consent
2. Incapable of completing SPARC even with the help of a relative or informal carer
3. Under 18 years old
Recruitment start date
Recruitment end date
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Trial participating centre
University of Sheffield
United Kingdom
Funder type
Funder name
Macmillan Cancer Support (UK)
Alternative name(s)
Funding Body Type
Funding Body Subtype
Funder name
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UK)
Alternative name(s)
Funding Body Type
Funding Body Subtype
Results and Publications
Publication and dissemination plan
Not provided at time of registration
Intention to publish date
Participant level data
Not provided at time of registration
Basic results (scientific)
Publication list
2015 results in: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26087472


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Netscape Communications has released a new version of its Internet software suite, Netscape Communicator.
Communicator 4.51 further integrates with Netscape's Netcenter Internet portal. Other improvements include enhanced instant messaging with group chat capabilities and quick access to stock quotes using Netscape's Smart Browsing technology. Netscape also says it has tweaked its browser to crash less and run more securely.
The Windows upgrade from Communicator 4.5 is a 9MB download that can be accessed using the Communicator's SmartUpdate feature. The Mac update is only 1.9MB. The full suite is a 14.7MB download.
AOL's Instant Messenger has been upgraded to 2.0 for this release. The Communicator add-on allows for real-time person-to-person and group conversations of up to 25 people.
Instant Messenger 2.0 will get prominent play in the newest version of the browser, becoming a toolbar option.
A new feature called Quotes Anywhere allows users to access stock quotes from anywhere on the Net via the Netcenter Finance Channel. All you have to do is type Quote and then enter a stock ticker symbol in the Location field. If you have a MyNetscape stock portfolio you can also to type my stocks in the Location field to quickly display an entire portfolio of stocks.
Netscape has also improved Communicator's quality and stability, making more than 100 changes to boost reliability, it says. It has also improved security by correcting potential browser vulnerabilities reported in recent months by independent programmers, it says.
Netscape Communicator 4.5 was released in October 1998. Netscape says it will release a beta 5.0 of the Communicator browser sometime within the first half of 1999, with a final release by the end of the year.
Microsoft is set to release its final 5.0 release of its Internet Explorer browser next week.
Communicator 4.51 is available for download at the PC World site, http://pcworld.idg.com.au/main/shareware_netscape.html


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The Shocking Statistic About Psychopaths On Wall Street
Sam Ro
The March/April issue of the CFA Magazine has a fascinating article titled "The Financial Psychopath Next Door."
A shocking statistic jumped out at us. From the article:
Studies conducted by Canadian forensic psychologist Robert Hare indicate that about 1 percent of the general population can be categorized as psychopathic, but the prevalence rate in the financial services industry is 10 percent. And Christopher Bayer believes, based on his experience, that the rate is higher.
Bayer is a well-known psychologist who provides therapy to Wall Street traders.
The type of psychopath the author is writing about is characterized by compulsive gambling. And the Wall Street psychopath doesn't necessarily show up to his or her first day of work in this condition. From the article:
Taken to the extreme, some traders become compulsive gamblers. The behavior is often latent–neither they nor anyone else knows they have this propensity. They hide small losses and keep doubling their position to try to eliminate them. When those trades turn sour, they dig themselves into a deeper hole and deny ay wrongdoing or failure. They rationalize by telling themselves that poor investment decisions are an occupational hazard. They lie to family members or others to conceal the extent of their involvement with gambling and commit forgery, fraud, theft, and embezzlement to support their habit.
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Chiropractic care in pets is very similar to what's practiced on human patients. A chiropractic adjustment can be used to help correct the musculoskeletal system when it has become misaligned. It is most commonly applied to the spine. Chiropractic care is important because when even one vertebra is out of place, it can cause problems in the surrounding muscles and ligaments. Veterinary chiropractic care can relieve pain, improve movement and enhance overall well-being.


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MosesProposes: Standardizing Animation and Motion Kits for Flash, Flex, After Effects, Javascript and I add Director and haXe
The Proposal
Moses, the maker of FuseKit, is hoping to influence Adobe product lines to include a common base for animation and motion going forward. Currently the AS3 world is very alive and is inspiring developers like myself to build lots of toolkits and really creating reusable code and kits that can make things very easy from going to Flash to Flex. But wouldn't it be nice if a part of these kits that have to be downloaded every time you have an application use them be part of the native Adobe applications, or a core animation kit that partially standardizes animation basics to build upon further?
Are we just asking for trouble or is this a good idea? I don't' think it can hurt to bring this to the surface. I know that common syntax and familiar kits can really help the developers and designers move from Flash to Flex to After Effects to Javascript, it could also help Adobe with usage and usefulness of their entire suite of products. Or further this could be a standard that allows Silverlight to also build upon (open standard) and may the best platform win.
I think it would be very wise for Adobe to:
- Standardize animation toolkits across their products and
- Start standardizing some of the basic tools of building motion and filter kits to native but still allowing a flourishing open source and community research and development aspect.
What MosesProposes:
- Blog entry by Moses on this topic
- Diagram: Current Situation
- Diagram: Proposed Core Library
Moses did speak with someone at Adobe about this and it is generally in the plans:
"It was also a pleasure to see Richard Galvan present the upcoming crop of Flash features: the sleek update to the animation timeline (better late than never?), support for columnated flowing text (double finally!) and the big one, native 3D player support for Display Objects as rotatable 2D planes. He ran out of time and didn't get to a few others shown at Adobe MAX, such as built-in IK (inverse kinematics) and faster pixel-level drawing for texture-mapping and photoshop-like filter effects.
Talking to him after the presentation I learned that Richard has a keen awareness of exactly where each feature is at currently. We chatted about low-level animation mechanics of the Flash Player, and I found out that the holy grail of a time-based player is indeed on the distant horizon, but that each rev will need to be a small step toward this goal. The new Flash timeline features meld After Effects, Premiere and Live Motion, and from what I've seen I have to say that they are nailing this long-overdue upgrade with great design decisions and a level of usability we've never seen in Flash. Kudos, team!"
The Current Situation
Right now Tweener and TweenLite (and animation package and a few others) have a unique position in that they work the same almost for AS2 and AS3 (Flex or Flash – with minor property changes such as _x to x as that has changed in AS3). But it would be nice if these kits also had a version for After Effects (really bringing that tool into Flash/flex developer worlds) and Javascript and it would be great if Silverlight also were supported (AgTweener anyone?).
Tweener is leading the pack in this aspect of creating a similar experience from AS2 to AS3 in Flash and AS3 in Flex and even JSTweener for Javascript, and a kit for haXe which is becoming my favorite toy and the dark horse with the most upside potential, with haXe on the loose these points may all be moot as haXe can target any platform (except After Effects easily, correct me if I am wrong and Silverlight but it could easily be done so to do it for Silverlight 1.0 which is ES3 based).
I don't use After Effects as much right now but if I could easily incorporate this into Flash/Flex and script and animate in a similar syntax and way I know After Effects would definitely have a boost in interest.
The Reality
The reality is right now the only problem with kits like Tweener, TweenLite, Tween, mx.transitions, mx.motion, etc is that the source has to be embedded in movieclips multiple times. Sometimes there are multiple animation kits per compiled SWF that have to be used for more advanced features. This adds bulk that if common might not need to be there (this comes into play still on mobile and large games/apps).
Let's say you have an application that pulls in many disconnected SWFs and they all have animation in them, well if you have 20 of these let's say, and you embedded a very small Tweener at 9k per SWF. That is about 200k of duplication of AS code. Due to the kits small sizes this is not a problem really but when animation kits like Animation Package come into play, you are talking 40k per SWF which would leave you with almost a meg of just duplicated animation code. I don't think this is that major of a problem for kits like Tweener (9k compiled) and Tweenlite (3k compiled) but as projects get bigger and more depth of animation platforms needed this can be a problem. This can also be solved in architecture with a controller and dummy SWFs to animate but there are times when you need animation in the compiled SWFs and then also need it in many others and the controller.
The other reality is the animation kits (mx.transitions.easing, mx.transitions.tween) for Flex and Tween for fl are a little bloated, more difficult than needed to use and as has been seen, much slower than kits currently available in the community. My one fear about this is that if Adobe makes this, possibly like Microsoft's toolkits and libraries they put out, they are always bloated and slower, then because they are embedded they are untouchable. If it was standard enough as building blocks that are faster because they are native, then this is the best option as embedded script would be hard pressed to beat native code in the players/applications.
The Future Plans
Some of this is underway….
Animation kits for future, Adobe is releasing Flash 10 called 'Astro' that has many new improvements in tweening with xml closer to flex or even Silverlight like transitions and storyboards. Aral Balkan, a sponsor of OSFlash, posted on this and even that Diesel Flash CS4 will include more Tween tools for IK/bones. Tweener , TweenLite, Animation Package, Animation System etc these are all helping to define the best way to do animation kits.
Physics toolkits have their own animation kits currently usually to handle the movement according to algorithms. FOAM, APE , Box2DFlashAS3 (just released very recently will be posting more on this after I check it) and Motor Physics (unreleased but heavily demoed at polygonal labs) are great physics toolkits and I like this being part of the community to get refined, maybe one of them or the best performing ones becomes part of the proposed Adobe Animation bundle. These will define the best way to do physics kits.
3d in flash toolkits have also been emerging rapidly in 2007 with Papervision3D, Away3d based on pv3d, Sandy, and even engines starting to get built on top of these platforms.
The general direction is moving towards another platform in there somewhere but I think much work is left to be done to standardized physics systems, 3d and advanced motion filter tweens and bezier, splines (Catmull-Rom), editors, etc. I think it is getting time for basic animation kits to become more standard though and in latest versions of flash this is included in the flex and flash scripts but not the native code.
Right now the standard in syntax and the broadest reach is Tweener and due to the bigger fish syndrome, haXe that can target any platform, it also has a Tweener and can create code for as2, as3 and any target written in if After Effects, Premiere or other apps get more robust and standard animation and motion kits. Tweener has kits made and contributed for AS2, AS3, haXe, Javascript and others.
There is also Hydra and the AIF Toolkit that are standardizing After Effects and Flash shaders and filters into a new shader language like Cg and reminiscent of processing.org.
As humans we trial and error and build new platforms in the market to step on to create better platforms to build cool stuff, it is evolving right now. AS3 is inspiring platforms within platforms of Flash and Adobe kits as well as on Silverlight and in the Javascript world with JSTweener, jquery etc. As these things are refined we build a level standard platform to build more stuff on. Eventually this will be there and whoever does the standard platform for animation will probably reap in users and abilitty to easily add new products and solutions where people already have training. Silverlight is an example with .NET developers. .NET was also an example with C# so similar to Java. ES4 based AS3 has proven it is inspiring all types of new platforms and kits and will continue to do so and it is an interesting time in this industry whichever direction it goes.


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Saturday, 8th of December from 10am-1pm
Salt Spring Centre for Yoga in the yurt
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Marcia Burton will introduce you to the practice of Mindful Self-Compassion, as developed by Chris Germer and Kristin Neff. The workshop will include some brief theory, followed by several experiential practices to introduce MSC. We will make time to share our experiences of the practices together.
In this workshop, you can expect to enjoy a slow paced morning to relax and gently reconnect with yourself. Together, we will use guided meditations and experiential exercises that encourage us to be more self-compassionate, and more compassionate with others. We will also briefly explore some of the barriers to being kinder to ourselves. You will learn simple yet powerful techniques that you can take away to practice on your own, and to support friends, family, and clients.
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