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Survey confidentiality vs. anonymity: young men's self-reported substance use.
A key concern in the literature on survey validity is how the absence of anonymity affects responses to questions regarding sensitive personal issues. This paper reports on an experiment conducted to see if respondents who provided their identification to researchers would be as forthcoming regarding substance use as anonymous respondents from the same population. A sample of 1811 male entrants into a U.S. military branch (mean age= 18.9 years), using self-administered questionnaires, provided self-reports of alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use. Confidential identification codes were visible on 1507 instruments, and absent of 304 instruments. No statistically significant differences were found between the 2 groups' self-reported substance use over the previous 12 months. The findings suggest that the lack of total anonymity in the confidential mode of survey administration does not necessarily impede the same kind of self-reports of alcohol, tobacco and other drug consumption given anonymously.
[Keywords: Survey Methods, Data Collection, Alcohol Consumption, Tobacco, Illicit Drugs]
How does the absence of anonymity affect the quality of responses to survey questions regarding sensitive personal issues, or issues that if exposed, could put an individual respondent at risk? This paper seeks to answer that question by reporting on the outcome of an experiment conducted in a population of young adult males entering a military workforce to assess whether the presence or absence of anonymity within a confidential survey would influence disclosure of rates of alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use.
Survey expert Don Dillman has described confidentiality as "an ethical commitment not to release results in a way that any individual's responses can be identified as their own." Dillman adds that "Only when the sponsor cannot identify each person's response, even momentarily, is it appropriate to promise that a response is anonymous" (Dillman, 2000, p. 163). In other words, confidential respondents are known only to the researchers, and anonymous respondents are not identifiable even by the researchers.
A review of the literature comparing modes of survey administration indicated that self-reported alcohol or drug use varies in accuracy, depending upon how questions are administered (Harrison & Hughes, 1997; Gmel, 2000; Kraus & Augustin, 2001). For example, Hamid, Deren, Beardsley, & Tortu, 1999) found that respondents were much more likely to report drug use after rather than before undergoing a urine test.
It is beyond the scope of this article to review the inconsistencies of estimating substance use including methods other than self-reports (such as collateral accounts, sales records, etc.), but such studies are plentiful (Longford, Ely, Hardy, & Wadsworth, 2000). A classic review article on the validity of alcohol consumption self-reports (Midanik, 1982) suggests that under-reporting may result from denial or failure to recall (especially in response to questions on longer timeframes). However, Midanik (1982) also mentions youthful bragging as the source of over-reporting of some drug use. Other data sources for establishing validity of self-reported substance use, such as collateral reports, official or archival records, or alcohol sales data, are not necessarily more accurate than self-reports to establish consumption rates or the number of substance-related problems (Midanik, 1982).
Even in anonymous surveys, social acceptability can influence responses (Embree and Whitehead, 1993; Kraus and Augustin, 2001). In sensitive domains, including self-reported substance use and sexual behavior, comparisons of anonymous and confidential survey administration have indicated some differences in response rates, even if the responses themselves did not differ significantly by mode (Seigal et al., 1988).
Leonhard and colleagues (1997) found that anonymity accounted for less that 1% of the variance in an experimental comparison of anonymous and confidential self-reports among respondents undergoing treatment for substance abuse. Similarly, a survey of self-reported drug consumption and attitudes found few significant differences between a confidential group and an anonymous group of adolescent respondents (Malvin ,& Moskowitz, 1983; O'Malley, Johnston, Bachman, & Schulenberg, 2000).
Total anonymity is impossible in panel, studies, in which it is necessary to track respondents and match their data between successive waves of surveys. The experiment reported in this paper was designed to compare differences in responses between a confidential group in the first wave of a panel study with young military recruits and an anonymous group drawn from the same population. All of the respondents in the confidential group were asked to provide their identification numbers with the understanding that these numbers would be matched with addresses for the follow up second and third wave of surveys.
The methodological significance of this experiment to alcohol, tobacco, and other drug research is fundamental: As self-reports are the primary form of gaining information about substance use, reviewing evidence for the accuracy of responses is essential. Although a military population may not be representative of the general population in the United States, clearly the military workforce is a substantial and important population in the U.S. comprising nearly 1.4 million personnel on active duty (United States Department of Defense, 2002).
In this experiment, responses to questions about alcohol, tobacco and other drug use were compared between a larger group taking part in the first wave of a 3-wave panel study and a subset of respondents from the same population who were asked to answer the same survey questions anonymously using instruments with no identifiers. In 1998, data were obtained from a sample of 1,811 male entrants into a branch of the United States military (mean age =18.9 years), using self-administered questionnaires presided over by trained non-military researchers in randomly selected regular classroom sessions at a basic training camp.
Identifier codes were visible on the covers of 1,507 of the instruments (the confidential group), and absent on 304 instruments (the anonymous group). For the confidential group, a tear-off section of the survey instrument requested names and social security numbers. This tear-off form bore the same code as the one on the cover. These forms were collected and sealed in an envelope in view of the respondents. Respondents were informed that the sealed envelopes would remain with the researcher until he or she placed them in a locked cabinet at the research center.
To the confidential group, the presiding researchers explained how confidentiality would be protected. Specifically, the respondents were told about the purpose of the study, the use of the survey data, the procedures for connecting codes on the questionnaires to the respondents' names and addresses for follow-up surveys, separation of identifying information from survey responses, and that the researchers' professional ethics (backed by a National Institutes of Health-issued Certificate of Confidentiality) obliged the researchers to maintain the privacy and confidentiality of individual survey responses.
The respondents were given the opportunity to ask questions about the confidentiality of their answers. Questions to which the survey team responded included how the survey data would be used and requests for further assurances that military superiors would not have access to individual responses.
The anonymous group received similar instructions but were told to leave the tear-off form blank and to refrain from writing their names or other uniquely identifying information on the surveys.
Response rates were calculated by dividing the number of usable surveys by the total number of people who were registered in each class, including those who were absent because of illness or guard duty. Response rates were 93% for the confidential group and 94% for the anonymous group.
Outcome measures included a variety of self-reports on alcohol and other drug use in the year preceding entry to basic training. After being told what constituted a standard drink of four different kinds of alcohol (beer, wine, liquor , and other alcoholic beverages), respondents were asked separate questions on the usual quantity of those beverages consumed per day, and on how many days they drank in the preceding year (everyday--none on a 9-point scale). They were asked the maximum number of drinks they had consumed in one day, the number of days they had consumed that maximum number of drinks. They were also asked on how many days they drank five or more drinks. A series of questions asked the frequency with which 12 drugs (illicit, or licit drugs without a doctor's prescription) were consumed (again, using a 9-point scale from everyday--none). Cigarette consumption was also measured with questions regarding the frequency and quantity of cigarettes smoked in the 30 days prior to entering basic training.
Frequency measures were converted from scaled responses to the numbers of days they represented. For example, the response "once or twice a week during the past 12 months" was converted to 78 days (1.5 x 52). To normalize the distribution of the responses, (in order to more closely conform to the assumptions of the comparative parametric tests used), the self-reported alcohol, tobacco and other drug quantity and frequency measures were log transformed. Simple bivariate analyses (t-tests for equality of means) were used to compare use among the two groups. Levene's test was used to determine if the t-tests should be calculated with or without equal variances assumed. Although the statistical tests were performed on long-transformed values, mean values for all analysis are presented in their untransformed state to allow for easier assessment.
Tables 1-4 show comparisons between the confidential group (N=1507) and the anonymous group (N=304) on various alcohol, tobacco and other drug consumption measures.
Alcohol Consumption
In all of the measures of quantity and frequency of alcohol consumption (Table 1 and Table 2), the logged means of the responses from the anonymous and confidential groups did not differ significantly.
Tobacco Consumption
In both quantity and frequency measures of cigarette use, the differences were non-significant between the two groups (Table 3).
Other Drug Consumption
None of the logged self-reported drug consumption means differed significantly between the groups (Table 4). Relatively few self-reports of high frequency of use in the anonymous group raised the means in some of the drug categories. However, log-transforming the data normalized their distribution for comparison.
Findings from this experiment indicate that the lack of total anonymity (i.e., names and social security numbers are given) in the panel study sample does not appear to impede the same kind of self-reports of alcohol and drug consumption as those given by an entirely anonymous subset of the same population. No statistically significant difference was found between the means of the groups' self-reports on a variety of measures concerning alcohol and drug consumption over the previous 12 months. This finding echoes the conclusions of Bjamason and Adalbjarnardottir (2000), who found that identifier numbers necessary for longitudinal research do not unduly bias self-reported substance use by adolescents.
It could be argued that log-transforming the measures had a flattening effect, increasing the likelihood that the two groups would not differ significantly. As a check, the means of the anonymous and confidential group responses were also compared in their unlogged form. With one exception (the confidential group reported a mean 7.25 days drinking the maximum self-reported drinks per day, vs. 14.12 days by the anonymous group, p<.013), the anonymous and confidential groups did not differ significantly on any of the measures.
This experiment's sample consisted of men who had just entered the military. It is difficult to use any particular population sample to generalize to a larger group. The findings may not necessarily be generalizable to other populations, such as college, or treatment samples, or the U.S. population in general. Given the size of the military workforce, these results can be used to generalize to an important sub-population in this country.
At the time of the survey, the United Sstates military policy on drug use was one of zero tolerance. This is, if drug use is detected, the enlisted individual must undergo treatment and rehabilitation, after which the individual is discharged from the military. Although the respondents were asked about their substance use prior to entering basic training in the military rather than current use, the military's strong anti-drug climate did not appear to affect the validity of responses in the confidential group. It is worth underscoring that the recruits were being asked about their substance use in the year prior to entering the military and when they were still classified as civilians. Thus, they were not necessarily jeopardizing their new jobs in the Navy by disclosing use of drugs prior to their entering the service.
As Hamid et al. (1999) note in their review of the literature on self-reported drug use, the circumstances in which interview and drug tests are conducted strongly affect the reliability and validity of such self-reports. The confidential survey administration in this experiment benefited from experienced researchers answering questions, separating identifiers from questionnaires in the presence of respondents, and giving assurance that only data analysts would ever connect the data across the three surveys, and that they would report the results in aggregate rather than individual form.
The lack of significant differences in the present study's responses support the conventional wisdom that the presence or absence of identifiers do not make much of a difference if respondents are convinced that the data will be kept confidential. On the other hand, if respondents do not trust the logistics of the survey, they will hesitate to give entirely truthful responses to sensitive questions even if the identifier is left off.
Table 1. Usual and Maximum Quantity of Alcohol Use in Past 12 Months (in standard drinks per drinking day) Confidential Anonymous mean logged mean logged t-test of Significance values values means * (2-tailed) Usual 3.64 3.58 .143 .886 quantity beer Usual .75 .70 .049 .961 quantity wine Usual 2.93 2.68 .828 .408 quantity liquor Usual 1.62 1.85 -1.030 .303 quantity other alcohol Maximum # of 8.80 8.40 .340 .734 drinks in 1 day * For purposes of parametric assumptions of normality, logged means were used for the t-test. Table 2. Frequency of Alcohol Use in Past 12 months (number of days per week) CONFIDENTIAL ANONYMOUS mean logged mean logged t-test of Significance values values means * (2-tailed) Days 64.51 62.00 -.006 .995 drinking beer Days 8.25 7.81 -.324 .746 drinking wine Days 35.80 37.57 -.445 .657 drinking liquor Days 25.25 29.19 -1.084 .279 drinking other alcohol Days 7.25 14.12 -1.810 .071 drinking max. # of drinks Days 16.09 13.53 1.055 .291 drinking 5+ drinks * For purposes of parametric assumptions of normality, logged means were used for the t-tests. Table 3. Quantity and Frequency of Cigarette Use in Past 30 Days (number of cigarettes per day and number of smoking days per month) Confidential Anonymous mean logged mean logged t-test of Significance values values means * (2-tailed) 30-day 8.61 8.81 .033 .974 frequency of cigarette use 30-day 7.76 7.81 -.349 .727 quantity of cigarette use * For purposes of parametric assumptions of normality, logged means were used for the t-tests. Table 4. Frequency of Illicit Drug Use: Days in Past 12 Months CONFIDENTIAL ANONYMOUS mean logged mean logged values values Marijuana 25.07 31.16 Amphetamines 3.29 4.24 Cocaine .95 2.98 Heroin, .40 1.44 narcotics PCP .15 1.88 Other 1.57 4.21 hallucinogens Sedatives 2.21 2.05 GHB, Rohypnol .35 1.41 Other .90 1.86 tranquillizers Inhalants .63 1.25 Ecstasy .56 1.47 Steroids .61 1.26 t-test of Significance means * (2-tailed) Marijuana -1.110 .267 Amphetamines .233 .816 Cocaine -.394 .693 Heroin, -.609 .543 narcotics PCP -1.570 .117 Other -1.523 .129 hallucinogens Sedatives 0.55 .956 GHB, Rohypnol -1.421 .156 Other .107 .915 tranquillizers Inhalants 1.151 .250 Ecstasy -.890 .374 Steroids -.366 .715 * For purpose of parametric assumptions of normality, logged means were used for the t-tests.
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Author Note
This research was funded by National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Grant #AA06282-17. The authors appreciate the assistance of Barry Hoag in arranging the surveys and the valuable methodological suggestions offered by Joel Grube, Robert Lipton, Andrew Ho, Patricia Madden and William Ponicki.
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Query about "where have all the good men gone?"
When I heard that question in the past, I thought that "good men" was supposed to mean decent human beings. So that's how I interpreted the question: where have all the honest, decent men gone.
But recently something clicked, and I realised that perhaps "good men" has a covert meaning for women, which is something along the lines of "guys with a good education and a high-paying job, a house, and the means to support me so I can stop working". Or in other words, it may just be a cleverly disguised way of asking "where are all the high-status, wealthy men" without making her look like a gold digger.
So when a woman asks this question, other women interpret the question using the female definition of "good men", and know exactly what the woman REALLY means. When men hear the question, they interpret it differently and see it as a lot more innocent.
And one more question. How often do you actually hear women ask this question in real life? I don't think I've ever heard it in real life, but that may be because they only ask the question in the presence of other women, as they're too "proud" to concede to men that they need a man in their life and can't find one.
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Good Men = MUST be tall, MUST be extremely good looking and fit (10), MUST be wealthy to support her gold digging needs, MUST be a man of high status, MUST do everything she asks him to. This is a short simplified list.
For FW
Good Men = Must be a good potential caring and loving partner. Must be family oriented. Must have a job decent enough to support the family but does not have to be rich. The man does not have to be extremely good looking (10) like a model but should be well groomed and take care of himself.
Western women in general have unrealistic expectations of a man that they will most likely never meet in their lifetime. Even if they did, she would find something about him that he still lacks (in her view). Generally speaking, you can never satisfy a western woman. Foreign women are much more lenient in terms of finding a long term partner. The problem with most guys is that they think that just because a woman is foreign, that she'll settle for any man.
Foreign women also have their expectations of a man. The list is realistic however and not ridiculous like the ones of the WW. A foreign woman may not be as picky about a man having to be a perfect 10 as a supermodel, but then again, she does not want a man to be too old, a fat slob, dirty, jobless, etc. No woman wants that. In general, all women want the same thing but FW are more lenient about the list than WW. They are more realistic. They won't settle for garbage, but they're also not looking for something unrealistic.
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Re: Query about "where have all the good men gone?"
Well, of course. Beef cows are not invited into the steak & burgers discussion.
"Good man" means one thing to a pre-wall woman and a totally different thing to a nearing/post-the-wall (or baby-rabies) woman.
Pre-wall women RARELY complain about a lack of good men. They complain about too many "creepy" guys. http://dalrock.wordpress.com/2012/11/18 ... -more-men/
Pre-wall, childless women want fun, exciting, bad boys. Good == fun.
Problem is bad boys usually aren't reliable or they know better than to marry.
Older women who have/want kids need a reliable provider (the type and sometimes the SAME guy they called "creepy" five years earlier).
Good == cash & prizes. And, she still might find a bad boy to cheat with.
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Wake up, boys. "Good men" to a female only means one thing... A simp who gives most or all of his money to her.
"Where have all the good men gone?" is an expression by past-her-prime, single whores who, in the past, got so accustomed to getting free shit all through life in their prime, but now they can't find any more males willing to take them out in public and waste money on them. And like Teal mentioned, this is the stage in a female's life where she literally hunts down the "creepy" men or men she deemed to be "beta". Those of you who claim "women never approach or ask out men" have never seen a broke, STD-infested, post-menopausal whore on the prowl for her next mealticket --err "gooood maaan".
Some simps still take the bait, and put a ring on her, and foot the entire bill, while others have learned to be successful and avoid the treacherous disease that is modern-day females altogether.
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Women are better than men at... getting fat." - me (02/24/2013)
Black women suck at life.
We should have a glossary of all the terms used by the Feminazis.
Like in Orwell's 1984, Feminazis have developed their own "newspeak", using words that mean completely the opposite
of what you think they mean.
Another tactic they like to use is to call those men who don't abide by their rules, "child men" or "immature men". This is
nothing but a shaming tactic intended to manipulate those men who have figured out that it's worthless to marry
a Feminazi.
So "good men" are those who succumb to their BS and become the permanent slaves of the Feminazis, giving up their
wallets and their balls in exchange for a nagging bitch, and the "child men" are those who choose to go their own way,
refusing to settle down with one of these toxic women while enjoying life as much as possible.
I would rather be a "child man" than be a "good man", thank you very much.
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A good summary of the differences between western and foreign women.
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That sums things up perfectly! Western women should be avoided like the plague that they are!
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Marker series. This marker is included in the Beaver County (PA) Historical Research and Landmarks Foundation marker series.
Location. 40° 48.6′ N, 80° 25.398′ W. Marker is in Darlington, Pennsylvania, in Beaver County. Marker is on Market Street (Pennsylvania Route 551) 0 miles north of Old Darlington Road. Touch for map. This marker is on a post in front of the academy, the other marker is attached to the front of the academy. Marker is in this post office area: Darlington PA 16115, United States of America.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Darlington Borough (a few steps from this marker); a different marker also named Greersburg Academy (a few steps from this marker); Daniel Leasure (within shouting distance of this marker); Free Presbyterian Church (about 700 feet away, measured in a direct line); Thomas Sprott House Caughey's Mill (approx. half a mile away); First Permanent Structure of Mount Pleasant Presbyterian Church (approx. half a mile away); Chartered In 1798 (approx. 0.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Darlington.
Also see . . . Beaver County Historical and Landmarks Foundation. Marker Program (Submitted on October 10, 2011, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.)
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Ice cream – as everyone knows – is one of the most awesome things in the known universe. However let's be honest: "Normal" ice cream is not the healthiest thing in the universe. In fact, health-wise, it's a big fail. In addition to outrageous amounts of sugar (one of the worst things you can eat) and cow's milk (not even digestible by humans, according to some), you might find all manner of other colorings, flavoring additives and other weird stuff that is neither ice nor cream. So, ice cream is both good and evil simultaneously and obviously, this is a conundrum that really needs to be solved. Urgently. 😉
Fortunately, some clever folks have figured it out! You can make your own super-delicious AND healthy ice cream using only frozen bananas and almonds! And we've found a great recipe for you, with the link at the end of this page. This recipe is sugar free, dairy free, gluten free and is also paleo.
"Paleo" is an intriguing type of diet that has come to prominence in the last few years. Short for paleolithic, the paleo diet is based on the (presumed) diet of Paleolithic humans (i.e. from the era before the agricultural period began.) The general concept is that humans evolved for hundreds of thousands of years as hunter-gatherers and that our systems are not ideally suited to an agricultural diet consisting largely of grains and processed foodstuffs. So the paleo diet consists mainly of fish, grass-fed pasture raised meats, eggs, vegetables, fruit, fungi, roots, and nuts, and excludes grains, legumes, dairy products, potatoes, refined salt, refined sugar, and processed oils. [1]
The paleo diet is also known as the "caveman diet", "Stone Age diet", or "hunter-gatherer diet".
I think it's important to jazz up your healthy paleo ice cream and make some alternative flavors. No problem – because you can see the almond / frozen banana ice cream recipe as a "base" and also add in all manner of other ingredients in order to make your own flavors. I'm thinking I would go for peppermint oil and raw cacao chunks for a perfect healthy mint choc chip…. but there are several other options listed at the original article (link below) and I'm sure that you could come up with your own. I'm guessing that you could easily swap out the almonds for either some other type of nuts or even something else. Let's get creative! What would you add? Coconut flakes? Maca? Dates? Lavender flowers? Let everyone know in the comments!
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By Peter, April 14, 2014 @ 4:09 am
Hi just wanted to comment if the bases to this icecream is bananna doesn't that have a big indulgence on the taste for eg wouldn't mint choc chip still have a banannary taste to it
By Peter, April 14, 2014 @ 4:10 am
Sorry was ment to say influence
By richard d, January 11, 2015 @ 6:14 pm
i enjoy all the articles,some very informative. but, why in the world when giving such info,why o why is there not also a print or print friendly button for recipes etc for benefit of your readers?!
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President Obama called for $570.5 million in fiscal 2014 funding for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration in his April 10 budget request, an amount that is essentially the same as the agency's current $569 million funding level.
The budget request includes a $5.9 million increase for OSHA's whistleblower enforcement program, raising that program's budget to $21.8 million. The agency would also hire 47 new staff members for the whistleblower program, OSHA chief David Michaels said in an April 10 web conference.
OSHA is responsible for enforcing the whistleblower protection programs under 21 different statutes.
Obama's budget also subtracts $2.8 million from the agency's compliance assistance program, bringing that amount to $75 million.
Michaels said the budget request would result in 33 fewer full-time employees, due to "reduced federal compliance activity from the consolidation of compliance assistance personnel in geographically dense regions and a decreased need for the development of outreach and training materials due to [the] completion of several recent initiatives."
Michaels did not specify how the cut would affect OSHA's Voluntary Protection Program, but he acknowledged that the program "is included in this budget activity."
"To focus on the integrity and modernization of OSHA's cooperative programs and reduce the backlog of VPP recertifications, the agency will slow the growth in the number of new cooperative program participants," Michaels said.
He also said OSHA has no plans to turn VPP into a fee-based program. OSHA explored that idea in 2010 at the behest of the House Education and Labor Committee, but ultimately rejected it (40 OSHR 287, 4/8/10).
"OSHA will continue to recognize worksites that demonstrate safety and health excellence through its VPP and will continue to implement initiatives targeting federal agencies, Fortune 500 companies, and the construction industry for VPP participation," Michaels said.
The Obama budget also calls for a $2.1 million increase for safety and health standards, bringing the total for that program to $22 million, and a $1.1 million cut to the agency's technical support program, reducing that total to $25 million.
All the other line items within OSHA's budget are unchanged from the current budget, pre-sequestration. The agency has not publicly detailed how the $28 million in sequestration cuts have fallen across its various programs.
The biggest program allocation within OSHA remains federal enforcement, at $208 million, followed by state programs, at $104 million. The president's budget request also includes $58 million for state consultation grants, $34 million for safety and health statistics, $12 million for executive direction and administration, and $11 million for training grants.
OSHA's pre-sequestration $569 million budget for fiscal 2013 does not include $28 million in sequestration cuts that took effect March 1. The fiscal 2013 funding was extended from fiscal 2012 on a continuing resolution (H.R. 933), which was signed into law March 26 (43 OSHR 213, 3/7/13; 43 OSHR 293, 3/28/13).
Seth Harris, the Labor Department's acting secretary, said that Obama's budget, if adopted, would not continue the sequestration cuts.
The White House also said it plans to reorganize OSHA's regional offices, collapsing its 10 offices into seven. Under the plan, Regions 1 (Boston) and 2 (New York) would be consolidated into one region, as would Regions 7 (Kansas City) and 8 (Denver) and Regions 9 (San Francisco) and 10 (Seattle).
Michaels said the consolidations are expected to save $1.3 million and result in three fewer full-time staffers.
The same plan was laid out in Obama's fiscal 2013 budget request. Congress did not act on the consolidation plan (42 OSHR 151, 2/16/12).
The new budget request puts worker protection agencies "on sound footing to meet their responsibilities to protect the health, safety, wages, working conditions, and retirement security of American workers," the White House said.
Separately, Obama said his budget seeks to make America a "magnet for new jobs and manufacturing," in part by creating a network of 15 manufacturing innovation institutes across the country.
The budget further calls for $50 billion in infrastructure investments. Obama said nearly 70,000 bridges throughout the country are structurally deficient.
Peg Seminario, safety and health director at AFL-CIO, called the budget a positive step for workers, saying the agency needs more money for whistleblower enforcement because it has not received more resources over the years for that activity, even as the list of statutes under which it enforces whistleblower protections has grown to 21.
Michaels said OSHA allocates its whistleblower resources as needed, rather than committing them to particular statutes.
Moreover, Seminario said, Obama's $2 million cut to OSHA's compliance assistance programs reflects a realistic balancing of the agency's priorities.
"We have to remember that OSHA's core statutory responsibilities are setting standards, enforcing those standards, and protecting worker rights," she said. "In those areas, they are the only game in town. And in other areas, [such as] compliance assistance, there are others that provide some of those services. That's not to say it's not an appropriate service for OSHA to provide, but given the other core activities and responsibilities for the agency, and in a time of tight budgets, some programs are going to take cuts."
Baruch Fellner, an industry-side lawyer with Gibson, Dunn, and Crutcher LLP, said the compliance assistance cuts are likely to mean more employers will have to spend money on hiring safety consultants, rather than on taking on more workers or investing in their businesses.
"These kinds of budgetary priorities demonstrate how askew the president's priorities really are," Fellner said. "It should be on jobs. To say, 'You can get [compliance assistance] elsewhere'--wonderful. With which dollars?"
Fellner further said the budget reflects an overall philosophy that OSHA, under the Obama administration, "would rather lead by enforcement and, as Michaels put it when he first became assistant secretary, by shaming, as opposed to assisting employers in abating workplace hazards. It's almost as if the budget process provides OSHA with the excuse to do what it always intended to do. It never was committed to VPP or consultation."
Dave Heidorn, manager of government affairs and policy at the American Society of Safety Engineers, said the budget "finally shows this administration's long-assumed priorities. Encouraging employers to buy into safety is fading as a value, relative to giving workers a voice."
Similarly, Aaron Trippler, director of government affairs at the American Industrial Hygiene Association, called the budget request "as good as could be expected, maybe even a little better than expected."
Trippler said he was "pleased the president did not choose to cut annual spending, recognizing that the cut in funding from the sequester went way too far if OSHA is to protect workers. I am hopeful OSHA will now go back to funding totals where they were prior to the sequester."
But Trippler expressed some concern about the cut in compliance assistance. "That might be the one downside to the proposal," he said, particularly if the cuts affect VPP too heavily.
Overall, however, Seminario said OSHA would remain severely underfunded even if Obama's budget request was approved.
"We have to step back and remember that this agency has a huge responsibility, and a mission that covers hundreds of millions of workers," she said. "And as the workforce has grown, as problems have become more complex, the agency's resources have not kept up. Its ability to provide workplace inspections, to conduct outreach--all of that has been significantly reduced."
Although neither the House nor Senate budget resolutions (H. Con. Res. 25 and S. Con. Res. 8) include specific amounts for individual agencies, the competing budget blueprints chart very different paths for agency spending, with the House Republican plan calling for deep cuts to domestic programs and no new revenues, and the Senate Democratic budget prescribing milder domestic cuts coupled with tax increases (43 OSHR 294, 3/28/13).
The House and Senate budget resolutions were approved March 21 and 23, respectively.
Typically the president's budget precedes the House and Senate budgets, but this year Obama's budget was delayed some two months.
The House and Senate must now negotiate differences in their budgets and arrive at a reconciled plan before the fiscal year runs out on Sept. 30.
"To be clear, the package I am offering includes some difficult cuts that I do not particularly like," Obama said. "But these measures will only become law if congressional Republicans agree to meet me in the middle by eliminating special tax breaks and loopholes so millionaires and billionaires do their fair share to cut the deficit. I will not agree to any deal that seeks to cut the deficit on the backs of middle class families."
Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), chair of the House Budget Committee, said he was "disappointed by the president's proposal because it merely ratifies the status quo. It doesn't break new ground; it goes over old ground."
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The Labor Department budget is available at http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/omb/budget/fy2014/assets/labor.pdf.
The White House report, "Cuts, Consolidations, and Savings," is available at http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/omb/budget/fy2013/assets/ccs.pdf.
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Some people are moody. You never know what you're going to get with them. Will they be in an angry or a happy mood today? It can be a bit like Esther approaching the king, will I get my head cut off or will he be pleased to see me?
Outward things, such as décor and music, may help to set our various moods. From dark and dingy to bright and bubbly, colours and wall-designs may affect our mood. Glenn Miller had a big hit in 1940 with the tune 'In the Mood.' Hearing it may put you in the mood for dancing! They had a young David play his harp for King Saul to try to change his mood (1 Samuel 16:23). It has been said that music soothes the soul.
We talk of 'being under the weather.' I can relate to this! I lived on the west coast of Scotland for some nineteen years, but have now lived in Queensland, Australia for twenty-odd years. Let me open the curtains in the morning to bright and sunny weather any day, over looking out at cold, wet and windy Scottish weather! Even fickle weather can set your mood for the rest of the day.
We tend to hum, whistle or sing when we're happy. 'Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing psalms.' James 4:13b. In the Bible, it's obvious that words, tunes and instruments help set the mood. Some Psalms have musical directions in their headings, e.g., 'To the Chief Musician. With stringed instruments.' Psalm 4. 'To the Chief Musician. With flutes.' Psalm 5. 'To the tune of "Death of the Son."' Psalm 9. 'Set to "The Deer of the Dawn."' Psalm 22. 'Set to "The Lilies."' Psalm 45.
Then there are the reactions of others to our actions that can have us either singing praises or singing the blues, such as, receiving applause or receiving boos for something we have done, (e.g., performing, baking a cake, winning or losing at sports). We can be thankful that those two men that Jesus had called Boanerges, i.e., Sons of Thunder, are not God. They wanted to send thunderbolts to consume a village full of Samaritans because they would not listen to what had they had to say about Jesus. Jesus 'turned and rebuked them, and said, "You do not know what manner of spirit you are of. For the Son of Man did not come to destroy men's lives but to save them' Luke 9:55-56.
God is not moody. To be sure, in places the Bible speaks of God as being angry or grieved or pleased or displeased etc., in apparent reaction to certain human activities. And yes, God blesses obedience and curses disobedience. However, since He knows the end from the beginning, there is nothing that can sneak up and surprise Him. He is the Alpha and the Omega. Therefore, He is the mood-setter. 'Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning.' James 1:17. We can be thankful that God never wakes up in a grumpy mood! For God does not sleep (Psalm 121:4).
God is the Creator, Ruler and Sustainer of all creation. He puts the décor in place (Genesis 1; Psalm 104). He controls the weather (Jonah 1:4; Mark 4:39). And it was He who gave us music. It once said on a wall of an old German opera house: 'Bach gave us God's Word. Mozart gave us God's laughter. Beethoven gave us God's fire. God gave us Music that we might pray without words.'
May your mood be good.


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There was such a slow transition from winter to spring, that I feel we missed most of spring and will soon be in summer. Oh well. At least it isn't cold anymore.
It's been a long time since we've updated, so here's the short version of what has happened:
--Week long trip to Jeju Island that was great but also cold, windy, and raining the entire time.
--Several more death threats from students; they seem to find it funny, but I'm not amused by 15 year olds holding exacto knives telling me that I will die. Also, I have not been given a suitable explanation as to why all Korean kids carry exacto knives (I've heard something about pencil sharpeners, but that's what real pencil sharpeners are for).
--Three-day weekend for the Buddha's birthday and a trip to Busan, where our hotel (the Elysee Motel, which I highly recommend) was awesome, and of course the weather turned foul: cold, windy, rainy.
--An international report determined North Korea was responsible for the sinking of the Cheonan, which led to:
--North Korea said they didn't do it, and would respond to any aggression from the South with "all-out war" which led to:
--The value of the won dropped dramatically, and we lost about $2000 in our savings in a matter of 2 weeks. The won has been very slowly rising again, since China has called for peace between the Koreas, and Clinton--along several dozen other U.S. diplomats--arrived in China for economic talks that inevitably turned towards the North-Korea-Problem. We've recovered about $500 in value from that huge hit, and hoping for the strenghtening of the won to continue before wiring money home.
--I threw three girls out of my class after being tired of putting up with their rudeness and hostility for 3 months. They stayed outside, but made faces in the door of all the other classrooms for the next 45 minutes, which was unfortunate because our manager was in one of those classes observing Nathan teach. We had a talk, and so far it worked out well for me, because the girls were given a talk to, their parents were informed, and if they keep up the bad behavior they will be expelled from the school. I don't want to cause the school to lose money, but these were the kind of girls that if I heard they were run over by the school's bus, I would have to try hard to feel anything other than relief.
--We got a new foreign teacher. After 9 months of teaching more classes than any other English teachers at the other campuses, we finally got a fifth English teacher to (hopefully) help balance out the load. So far, Nora and Jasper have their schedules, and they will be teaching 18, which is less than 19, but still not a very appreciable change.
--Our friend Jasper, aka the DJ of the one-man act Flirtphonic, put on his first public show this weekend at a small bar called Vent. It was great fun.
And now it's Monday again. The above mentioned horrible trio of girls are today, and our manager, Julihee, will be observing the class. I hope they act their normal selves just one more time, and then hope that Julihee kicks them out of the school as promised. Of course, that's the best possible scenario, and I never expect that to come about. Somehow, I'm sure I'll be told I'm not disciplining them enough, to which I will ask how we may discipline them since we can only give detention (we assign no grades, we cannot strike them, we obviously can't speak to their parents), to which I will be replied with a reiteration that I need to discipline them better. It's all very circular and completely irrational, but that's how Korean management seems to be most of the time.
Anyway, it's a bright, (kind of) sunny day (thanks to the smog, it's never actually very sunny) and, all things considered, life is pretty good.


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"There are over 400,000 NCAA student-athletes, and just about all of us will be going pro in something other than sports."
I used to scoff at that commercial.
My dad played in the NBA. He did it.
I was recruited by almost every school in the nation. I did it.
I'm going pro.
I'm one of a kind.
I'm the best there ever was.
I'm going pro.
I'm one of a kind.
I'm the best there ever was.
I'm currently working at the JW Marriott.
As a cocktail waitress.
My get-up
I know what you're thinking.
She's hit rock bottom.
Not so fast! I now know the difference between Kettle One and Tito's.
Swimming knee deep in chardonnays and pinos? Let me enlighten you on the difference between which have been locally fermented in the vineyards of Napa, and which have been imported from the sprawling countrysides of Italy.
And don't get me started on our seasonal raspberry mules and summer shandys!
After graduation my aunt, uncle, and 3 precious little cousins took me out to dinner. They flew all the way out to California from Florida to support me on my big day. They were staying at an airbnb in Venice Beach. One of their buddies owned it.
My Florida fam is super outdoorsy. They're the version of myself I still hope to become. They surf. They sail. They're musically inclined.
With that being said, I was hoping to wow them with my surfing prowess that afternoon. I strapped my board to the top of my car and met them in Venice.
The airbnb was beautiful. A two-story beach house a block from the water. The owner and his wife, Imen, were amazing. Imen is now my manager. At the JW Marriott.
Long story long, she convinced me to give the hotel business a shot. I could tell how much she loved her job the way she lit up when she talked about it.
Was I missing something here?
Is the food and beverage department in the hospitality industry the secret to happiness???
7 days and a 70-hour work week later I can tell you that it's...
Not exactly what I thought it was going to be.
But it has taught me so much so quickly.
I really do take pleasure in a 4-star beachfront resort overlooking the water. It's quite lovely serving guests in the beautiful California sunshine.
And the people! I've made a myriad of friends from all walks of life. Some of the most humble, hardworking, nose-to-the-grindstone co-workers I think I'll ever have.
Plus, I'm making some cash monnnaayyy if youknowwhaimsayyyin.
My lease ends in a month.
College is over.
For those of you who know me, you know I can't sit still. I have to be doing something. If I'm not, I drive myself crazy. And yes, sometimes sitting on my butt not doing anything is something and I'm okay with that. But I have a limit. If the limit is exceeded, I lose my cool.
So, why not take up bartending?
Why not dive into an area totally untapped by my cerebral cortex and give it a shot?
I mean I did graduate from UCLA. How hard could it be?
It's been the hardest 7 days of my life. Just ask my roommates. They've seen me at my worst. That's if they see me.
I leave at 9am and get home at 9pm, battling traffic to & fro.
Then I eat dinner.
Then I shower.
Then I go to bed.
Then I wake up and do it all over again.
My head coach at UCLA offered me a part-time job working for UCLA athletics.
This was before my newfound gig as "diner girl."
My role would be to emcee basketball games, create behind-the-scenes videos with athletes, and--within the confines of women's basketball--dabble in broadcast television.
After basketball season ended I got an internship at Wasserman. It's a world-renowned sports agency, one that represents some of the best clientele in the world.
Russell Westbrook was a frequent visitor.
One evening at the office I took the elevator down with him and took him to get his car washed. That internship was cool.
Two weeks ago, I was camp director for the UCLA basketball camps and had to consistently kick off the Los Angeles Sparks, Kanye West, Real Madrid, and Kyrie Irving from the practice courts.
Only at UCLA.
Two days ago, I had an interview at CBS in Los Angeles. I met with the GM. The same GM who was my mom's GM when she worked for CBS in Dallas.
This morning I found out I got the part and will be cast in an Under Armour commercial.
Sounds a little more "Nicole", am I right?
These are the kinds of opportunities I regurgitate to people when they ask me what I want to do for the rest of my life.
But what people don't know is that I haven't said yes to any of them.
(Except for the Under Armour commercial because that's just flat-out sick).
It's been two months since Coach Cori offered me the job and I haven't said yes.
Coach, I know you're reading this and I know you're wondering what I'm about to say next.
I don't know if I want to do it.
I don't know if I want to stay in California.
One day I do. And the next day I don't.
I love this city with all of my heart. We all know this. We're all annoyed by this.
But facts are facts-- my rent is $1200 for a single bedroom and I live with 4 other girls.
No AC, no dishwasher, a broken microwave, squeaky floors, zero closet space, and the funniest lookin' half bath that you ever did see.
All 1 sq. ft. of it
But boy let me tell you.
10985 Roebling Ave. will live on forever.
I had the best year of my life in that apartment.
From L to R, back to front:
Sangria, Dom, The Protestant, Mom, Graham, and me
But everything boils down to one question:
What next?
After my fourth day in a row at the Marriott, I was reaching a breaking point.
I'm not supposed to be a part of that 400,000 who goes pro in something other than sports. And last time I checked, bartending doesn't even qualify me under the 400,000 who do. I'm in a category all by myself.
Day 4 of work:
Wake up, roll over, hit stop, lazily get out of bed.
"Here we go again."
The glamorous real world. Hitting me square in the face.
An hour later, I clock in.
Time to fill up ice buckets, wipe down sticky countertops, and fold napkins.
Time to roll up my sleeves and serve the good-good.
After finding a spare minute to continue my newfound talent in the art of origami, commonly referred to as napkin folding, crease by crease and linen by linen my hope for a better future felt unattainable. That was until a sudden cloud of darkness enveloped me. It was a figure. Part man. Part beast.
"Will you put this on the rocks for me, my love?"
Many of you know Allen Iverson is my go-to guy. The wind beneath my wings. The bread to my butter. The fairy to my tale.
After yesterday, Steven Adams became one gangly mustache hair away from taking the crown.
The Oklahoma City Thunder were checking into the JW Marriott on Ocean Ave.
My JW Marriott on Ocean Ave.
As my Oklahoma born and bred counterparts know, Billy Donovan is head coach.
Billy left Florida Luke's sophomore year. So he was very familiar with the Gator-killer himself, Luke Francis Kornet.
Billy & his wife sat down for lunch.
Steven Adams and his darling New Zealand lad did too.
Kyle Singler, Enes Kanter, and Andre Roberson went off to explore the pier.
The Thunder stayed for 3 days and 2 nights.
Never have I been more excited to wake up for my 10-hour work days.
I became really close with Steven, Coach Donovan, and fellow Sooner, Chris Condit, after their short stay.
The guys would roll in after their morning workouts and Steven would shout out in the middle of the lobby, "NICOOOOLLLLEEEE, I'M BAAAAAAAAAACK."
How fast I fell for that Grizzly Adams-looking man.
Coach Donovan was the last one to check out on Thursday.
Before leaving, he made eye contact with me and motioned me over to him.
"Now don't forget to tell your family I said hi, okay? Promise me you'll tell them."
15 minutes later he offered me a front office job for the Thunder.
20 minutes later he gave me the contact information of Matt Bonner's sister, Becky.
Becky works for "Basketball Without Borders."
She travels around the world with NBA athletes and teams and helps organize camps, fundraisers, and global networking events. She's currently with KD in India. Next is Russ in China. Imagine that.
So there I was in my little black dress and vans, laughing to myself at the fact that this crazy cocktail gig of mine landed me to this notion:
I might move back to Oklahoma.
I don't know what I'll do next, but I do know that my lease is up in one month, I have a couple of job offers up my sleeve, and I will blog allllllll about it.
P.s. I hope I didn't lure you into thinking this article was going to be about Luke. So glad you read, though!


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This office is also known as the office of Adjudication and review. This is where federal administrative law Judges hear cases in hearing rooms located in downtown Cincinnati.
The recipe for winning an injured back case is broadly divided into two categories. Those claimants 50 years and over and those claimants under 50 years of age.
SSDI and SSI Claimants Over 50
Claimant 50 years and over are considered disabled if in the past 15 years they did jobs described as light or above. Plus it is important that the work they have done was generally unskilled and at the light exertional level or above. (1)
This is where the grid rules promulgated by social security come into play. If you are 50 and over and can only do unskilled work the social security judge will find you disabled. That's why it is critical to accurately describe your job duties and their exertional requirements.
For example you must have at least lifted over 10 pounds on a regular basis to be above the sedentary exertional level. If you mistakenly put down you only lifted up to ten pounds then your job classification may put you in the sedentary category. Then you must prove you can not do a sit down job.
Overlooking the Downtown Cincinnati and Where the Local office of Adjudication Sits
Social Security Claimant Below 50 Years Old
People that are below 50 years old must prove that they can not do any job that exists in the national economy in significant numbers. This is a more difficult task. But if you can prove that fact you still can win.
What Evidence is Critical To Winning Your Disability Claim
The evidence you bring as to your physical restrictions is of paramount importance. You must have a doctor support your restrictions in terms of sitting, standing, walking, lifting, pushing and pulling, stooping and bending.
This has a technical name known as residual funtional capacity. I build a form with these strength requirements so your doctor can quickly answer specific question related to that.
Also you must have evidence of continuous and regular treatment by a doctor. His description of your pain and activity levels is important.
Have you had surgery for your conndition? Most judges want to see at least one failed surgery attempt.
Are you taking significant pain medication? This is another area the Judges want to see. The more and heavier pain medication the better off for your claim.
Are you activities consistent with the level of restriction you are claiming. You can be sure that if you are very active then your claim may not succeed. The Judges see this as inconsistent with a person that is disabled.
Do You Meet a Back Listing
If you meet a listed condition for your back you will be found disabled. You can find the back listings here. These detail many conditions and their requirements that must be met for you to be found disabled. Although if you do not meet a listing you can still be found disabled as I have described above.
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Dilemma of Existance
Dante's Inferno
Dante's Inferno is a very insightful and thought provoking book. The journey of Dante through hell makes you ponder your own hell and the punishments you would enact on people that do bad things. The following is my reaction to Dante's Inferno and how it affected me personally.
This book held people that betrayed others in the lowest levels of hell. I agree fully with this. My reasoning behind this is that if someone trusts you, then betrays you, they should receive the worst punishment possible for breaking your trust and screwing you over. When Dante is in the 9th circle of hell he was questioning a sinner. The sinner said, "But Minos, the infallible, had me hurled here to the final bolgia of the ten for the alchemy I practiced in the world" (246). This made me think because the people that affect more people were punished the worst.
An instance that mad me think was the various punishments that people had to endure. I found the tree punishment to be very interesting. The book says, "The Harpies, feeding on it's leaves then, give it pain and pain's outlet simultaneously" (122). This just seems like a punishment that's not a punishment especially for people that are in hell for violence. This kind of sheds some light into the authors intents on depicting hell as a place where people that screw multiple people over in a "wave effect", are punished more severely. Another punishment that I found ingenious was that of the gluttons. The conditions were described as, "Here to all time with neither pause nor change the frozen rain of Hell descends in torrents" (66). The gluttons were forced to crawl around in the cold rain and mud...


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According to a new industry information published by Credence Research "Mobile Augmented Reality (Consumer (Gaming, Live and Video Entertainment) and Enterprise & Public Sector (Retail, E-commerce, Advertising, Retail, Education, Healthcare, Military, and Architectural and Building Design)) industry – Growth, Share, Opportunities, Competitive Analysis, and Forecast 2015 – 2022" the mobile augmented reality industry was valued at US$ 295.4 in 2013 Mn and is poised to witness a double digit compound annual growth rate during the forecast period.
Industry Insights
The Mobile Augmented Reality (MAR) technology has been around since the latter half of the previous decade. Today, the technology is the base for some of the most innovative mobile apps in the industry. After all years of hype surrounding the technology, it is finally on the verge of becoming mainstream. The proliferation of smartphones and tablets and advancements in their computational capabilities has provided an ideal medium for consumers to experience augmented reality. Additionally the proliferation of mobile app stores and growing demand for MAR gaming apps and Medical MAR apps are expected to drive industry growth in the coming years.
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The global mobile augmented reality industry is highly fragmented across verticals, requiring technology providers to understand distinct differences and requirements of different industry verticals. The leading top 4 players in the global mobile augmented reality industry account for less than 45 percent of the global industry revenue. Some of the leading players identified in the global mobile augmented reality industry include Google, Inc. (the U.S.), Qualcomm, Inc. (the U.S.), Apple, Inc. (the U.S.), Blippar (the U.K.), Wikitude GmbH (Austria), Daqri LLC (the U.S.), Augmensys GmbH (Austria), and Augmented Pixels (the U.S.) among others. The global mobile augmented reality industry also includes large number of niche players, accounting for trivial industry share individually. The global mobile augmented reality industry is driven by new technology development and technology innovation. Thus the competitive rivalry among current industry players is comparatively high.
Key Trends:
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