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By Istvan Hargittai
The Los Alamos National Laboratory came to life in 1943 as the concluding segment of the Manhattan Project to produce the atomic bombs for the US Army. In August 1945, these bombs were dropped over Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
On the other side of the world to Los Alamos, Soviet scientists started researching nuclear fission right after they heard of its discovery in 1939. But when Germany attacked the Soviet Union in 1941, they had to suspend this work and concentrate on traditional weapons. They resumed their nuclear research in 1943. Eventually the secret installation called Arzamas-16 was established some 230 miles east of Moscow. The scientists of Arzamas-16 nicknamed their laboratory "Los Arzamas" and often referred to their scientific director, Yulii Khariton, as the Soviet Oppenheimer.
The two laboratories had a one-way direct connection through espionage — the first Soviet atomic bomb was a copy of the American plutonium bomb. Only the leadership of the Soviet project was aware of the source of information, the scientists were merely given the tasks of what solutions to work out. It was a frustrating experience since they could not bring in their own ideas. For the hydrogen bomb, with less intelligence, the Soviet physicists could utilize their innovative talents.
At Los Alamos, there was a conspicuous concentration of Jewish refugee scientists from Europe. By the time the laboratory came to life, most other scientists had already been engaged in war-related projects. The refugees were latecomers as was the atomic bomb project among war-related research projects. The physics of nuclear weapons was challenging, and the refugee scientists were dedicated to the fight against Germany.
At Arzamas-16, a number of the prominent Soviet physicists happened to be Jewish. The nuclear weapons project protected the physicists during the difficult period of 1948-1953 when Stalin's paranoia developed into active anti-science as well as anti-Semitic persecution. When the pioneer nuclear physicist Yakov Zeldovich got into trouble in Moscow, he found refuge at Arzamas.
Khariton's year of birth and his first name were not the only similarities with Oppenheimer (Yulii being the Russian equivalent of Julius). They both spent years in Western Europe for postgraduate studies. For both, this included Ernest Rutherford's Cavendish Laboratory in Cambridge, England. Like Oppenheimer, Khariton was Jewish, a life-threatening condition under Stalin and a definite disadvantage under the subsequent Soviet leaders. Khariton's mother lived in Palestine and his father had been kicked out of the Soviet Union and lived in a Baltic state. When in 1940, the Soviet Union annexed the Baltics, he was arrested and directed to the Gulag.
It was for Khariton's exceptional talent and abilities that in spite of his circumstances he stayed for forty-six years the scientific leader of the nuclear weapons installation. It was forty-six years of luxurious isolation, a "golden cage," with his private railway car for travel, other benefits, and the highest decorations.
With few exceptions, the Soviet scientists were dedicated to their nuclear weapons program, at least initially. They were past a bloody war called with good reason the Great Patriotic War, in which their nation literally fought for survival. In the early 1950s, they were taught that a yet more dangerous foreign enemy might attempt their annihilation. This is why even the future human rights fighter Andrei Sakharov could propose murderous schemes to destroy densely populated foreign ports with Soviet thermonuclear devices.
The Soviet scientists worked under the threat of severe punishment in case of failure, but performed impeccably. After the first successful test of nuclear explosion, the regime lavishly rewarded their accomplishments. According to some sources, a simple scheme determined the order of awardees. Those who would have been shot had the test failed, became Heroes of Socialist Labor; those who would have been sentenced to the longest prison terms received the Order of Lenin, and so on.
Gradually, the Soviet scientists realized that placing nuclear weapons into the hands of a dictator could have led to unforeseeable tragedies. Clashes between Sakharov and Nikita Khrushchev demonstrated the blatant recklessness of the Soviet leadership in connection with the nuclear arms race. When during the 1967 war between Israel and its neighbors, Zeldovich heard about the consideration of dropping a nuclear bomb over Israel, he deposited a suicide note in secure hands (he knew the authorities would destroy such a note if they found it) and decided to kill himself if the bombing happened. Fortunately, it did not.
Khariton, on his part, never expressed dissidence. However, when in 1990, amid the great political changes in the Soviet Union, the octogenarian Khariton greeted the first US visitors at Arzamas-16, he told them: "I was waiting for this day for forty years."
Istvan Hargittai is Professor Emeritus (active) of the Budapest University of Technology and Economics. He is a member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and the Academia Europaea (London) and foreign member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. He has honorary doctorates from Moscow State University, the University of North Carolina, and the Russian Academy of Sciences. His latest book is Buried Glory: Portraits of Soviet Scientists (OUP 2013). One of his previous books is The Martians of Science: Five Physicists Who Changed the Twentieth Century (OUP 2006, 2008).
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South Carolina defensive end Jadeveon Clowney will likely know by this time tomorrow night which team has selected him the first round of the NFL Draft. However, he already believes he has a pretty good idea of where he'll be selected Thursday night.
According to Brian T. Smith of the Houston Chronicle, Clowney thinks he'll be a member of the Houston Texans.
"I don't think they're going to pass (on me)," Clowney said of the Texans.
Clowney has long been projected as a potential No. 1 overall selection in the 2014 draft. However, concerns about his work ethic and motor have overshadowed his supreme talent at times during the lengthy lead up to the draft.
Much like Peyton Manning telling the Indianapolis Colts they would regret passing on him with the first pick in the 1998 NFL Draft, Clowney also said he'd be motivated to prove the Texans wrong should they elect to go elsewhere with the top pick.
"If I have to (go) No. 2, I'm going to be upset. I'm going to have to do something about it," Clowney said.
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Did you watch the Emmys last night? I ignored the cheesefest parts (and caught up on my blog reading) and just paid attention to the awards.
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Kris Humphries Wants To Take Kim Kardashian To Court & Prove They Never Had Sex
Kris is doing his best to take Kim to court and prove their marriage was fake and Kim is reportedly 'freaking out' that Kris will reveal her secrets!
Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries' divorce battle is getting nasty. Not only does Kris want Kim to admit that she knew she would divorce him after just 72 days, but he also wants to reveal intimate details about their non-existent sex life!
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Wonderful! When mine were small my husband and I would often hear comments like yours. Over the years, I began to wonder what was different, because like your home rules, our children were normal. The difference, I believe, is that we established the correct behavior in the beginning. If we fell short, we did not bemoan, but worked to get back on path.ReplyDelete
We also required respect from each person and gave it. Now our children are adults and I can say with absolute certainty that my husbands and my efforts to train up a child have stood firm.
Thanks for sharing as it takes me back, and makes me thankful that others do the same.
Beautifully Stated!! Simply a treasure trove of wholesome wisdom and guidance -ReplyDelete
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GRAHAM � After a search of a Graham home, a family was charged Thursday with growing and manufacturing marijuana.
Sheriff�s department spokesman Randy Jones said information in a drug investigation led members of the Alamance County Sheriff�s Office Vice/Narcotics Unit to execute a search warrant at 4831 Snow Camp Road in Graham. Deputies allegedly discovered an indoor marijuana growing operation.
During the search, deputies seized more than 1,231 grams of marijuana were seized along with �various drug paraphernalia,� according to a release from the sheriff�s department.
Three members of the Todd family were charged � Christian Brice Todd, 39; Lori Stewart Todd, 42; and Cody Allen Todd, 16 � with felony possession of marijuana, possession with intent to sell/deliver marijuana, manufacturing marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia.
Cody Todd is the son of Christian and Lori Todd, Jones confirmed. Jones said he wasn�t familiar with the details of the investigation but that information led detectives to believe all three were involved with the drugs and that Cody Todd was �cognizant� of illegal activity at the home. Jones added that �when you�re 16, you�re an adult.�
North Carolina law allows teenagers to be charged and tried as adults beginning at 16.
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While VCU's more youthful fans may be unaware, the Rams share a bond with Charlotte that few other rivals can match. When the Rams and 49ers meet on Saturday, Feb. 9 in Charlotte, it will be the first game between the two since Dec. 7, 1995, back when the schools were more recognizable as UNC Charlotte and Virginia Commonwealth (or the dreaded Va. Commonwealth). Rebrandings aside, that's plenty of time for people to forget the battles these two schools waged in both the Sun Belt and Metro Conferences. In fact, Charlotte is the only school VCU has shared three conferences with.
From 1977-1995, VCU and Charlotte met 41 times, with the Rams earning a 26-15 edge in the series. Between 1980-1988, one of these schools ended the other's Sun Belt Championship hopes in the league tournament five times. The most famous of those meetings was a March 7, 1988 clash in the Sun Belt Championship Game (the only time these two met for a title), won 81-79 by Charlotte at the Richmond Coliseum.


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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency amended the Code of Federal Regulations (40 CFR Part 136) on March 12 to provide full approval for a new method: "Digestion and Distillation of Total Cyanide in Drinking and Wastewaters using MICRODIST and Determination of Cyanide by Flow Injection Analysis," also referred to as QuikChem Method number 10-204-00-1-X by Lachat Instruments.
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From its founding through the end of the 1960s, Birmingham was a primary industrial center of the southern United States. Its growth from 1881 through 1920 earned it nicknames such as "The Magic City" and "The Pittsburgh of the South". Its major industries were iron and steel production. Major components of the railroad industry, rails and railroad cars, were manufactured in Birmingham. Since the 1860s, the two primary hubs of railroading in the "Deep South" have been Birmingham and Atlanta. The economy diversified in the latter half of the 20th century. Banking, telecommunications, transportation, electrical power transmission, medical care, college education, and insurance have become major economic activities. Birmingham ranks as one of the largest banking centers in the U.S. Also, it is among the most important business centers in the Southeast.
Take a look, who purchases our vector maps of Birmingham city in "Our Clients and Friends" page – these are large and small companies, from super-brands like Volvo and Starbucks, to small design studios and printing houses.
It's very easy to work with vector maps of Birmingham city, even for a not very experienced designer who can turn on and off the map layers, add new objects, change the colors of fill and lines according to customer requirements.
The undoubted advantage of Birmingham city vector maps in printing is an excellent and detailed visualization, when customer can expand a large paper map and instantly define his location, find a landmark, an object or address on map, unlike using the popular electronic formats of Google and Yandex maps for example.
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Printable vector maps of Birmingham city is much more convenient and efficient than any electronic maps on your smartphone, because ALL DETAILS are displayed in the entire space of Birmingham city map.
In higher education, Birmingham has been the location of the University of Alabama School of Medicine (formerly the Medical College of Alabama) and the University of Alabama School of Dentistry since 1947. In 1969 it gained the University of Alabama at Birmingham, one of three main campuses of the University of Alabama System. It is home to three private institutions: Samford University, Birmingham-Southern College, and Miles College. The Birmingham area has major colleges of medicine, dentistry, optometry, physical therapy, pharmacy, law, engineering, and nursing. The city has three of the state's five law schools: Cumberland School of Law, Birmingham School of Law, and Miles Law School. Birmingham is also the headquarters of the Southwestern Athletic Conference and the Southeastern Conference, one of the major U.S. collegiate athletic conferences.
Useful tips on working with vector maps of cities and countries in Adobe Illustrator.
«V» – launches the Selection tool (cursor, black arrow), which makes active any vector line.
«А» – launches the Direct Selection tool (white cursor), allows you to select curve elements and drag them to the desired place.
«R» – activates the Rotate tool, which helps you rotating selected objects around the center point by 360 degrees.
«E» – gives you the opportunity to use the Eraser tool and erase unnecessary parts.
«X» – switches between Fill and Stroke in the Tools section. Try to get used to this hot key and
you will quickly understand that you can't live and work without it.
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• City 148.56 sq mi (384.78 km2)
• Land 146.02 sq mi (378.19 km2)
• Water 2.55 sq mi (6.59 km2)
Elevation 644 ft (196 m)
• City 212,237
• Estimate (2017) 210,710
• Rank US: 107th
• Density 1,443.04/sq mi (557.16/km2)
• Urban 749,495 (US: 55th)
• Metro 1,149,807 (US: 49th)
ZIP Codes
Area code 205
Interstates I-20, I-22, I-59, I-65, and I-459
Airports Birmingham–Shuttlesworth International Airport
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Guides are not limited to vertical and horizontal in Adobe Illustrator. You can also create a diagonal guide for example. Moreover, you can turn any contours into guides. Select the outline and go to View > Guides > Make Guides (Create Guides), or simply press Cmd/Ctrl + 5. You can also turn the guides back into an editable object. Go to menu, View > Guides > Unlock Guides (Release Guides), select the guide you want to edit and select View > Guides > Release Guides (Reset Guides), or just press Cmd/Ctrl + Option / Alt + 5).
You will probably want to change the color scheme used on our Birmingham vector city map.
To quickly and effectively play with colors.
Of course, you can do it manually, all objects in our Birmingham city vector map are divided according to types and layers, and you can easily change the color gamma of vector objects in groups and layers.
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But there is more effective way of working with the whole VECTOR MAP of Birmingham city and all layers:
The overview dialog «Edit colors»/«Repaint Graphic Object» (this dialog box name can change depending on the context):
If you have selected a part or a layer of Birmingham city vector map and open the dialog box by clicking the icon in the Control panel, on the Samples palette or the Color Catalog, or if you choose Edit > Edit Colors> Repaint Graphic Object, then the «Repaint Graphic Object» dialog box appears, and you get access to «Assign» and «Edit» tabs.
If a picture or a map fragment is not selected, and you open the dialog box by clicking the icon in the Control panel, on the Samples palette or in the Color Catalog, the «Edit Colors» dialog box appears and you can only access the «Edit» tab.
Regardless of the name at the top of the dialog box, the right-hand side always displays the color group of the current document, as well as two default color groups: Print Color and Grayscale. These color groups can be selected and used any time.
Create and edit color groups of BirminghamX city vector map, and also assign colors using the «Edit Colors»/ а «Repaint Graphic Object» dialog box.
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A. Creating and editing of a color group on the «Edit» tab
B. Assigning colors on the «Assign» tab
C. Select a group of colors from the «Color groups» list
The option «Repaint a graphic object» in the lower part of the dialog box allows you to preview the colors on a selected layer of Vector map, or a group of elements, and specify whether its colors will be redefined when the dialog box is closed.
The main areas of the dialog box are:
The «Edit» tab is designed to create a new or edit the existing color groups.
The harmony rules Menu and the Color Wheel are used to conduct experiments with color harmonies. The color wheel shows how colors are related in color harmony, and the color bars allow you to view and manipulate an individual color values. In addition, you can adjust the brightness, add and remove colors, save color groups and view colors on the selected Vector Map of Birmingham city or a separated layers.
The «Assign» tab is used to view and control on how the original colors are replaced with colors from the color group like your corporate colors in the Vector Map of Birmingham city.
The assign color ability is provided only if the entire map, layer or fragment is selected in the document. You can specify which of new colors replace the current colors, whether the spot colors should be preserved and how colors are replaced (for example, you can replace colors completely or changing the color tone while maintaining the brightness). The «Assign» tab allows you to redefine colors in the Vector Map of Birmingham city, or in separate layers and fragments using the current color group or reducing the number of colors in the current Vector Map.
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Color groups
Is a list of all saved color groups for current document (the same groups appear in the «Samples» palette). You can edit and delete the existing color groups, as well as creating a new ones using the list of "Color Groups" in the dialog box. All changes appear in the «Samples» palette.
The highlighted color group shows, which color group is currently edited. Any color group can be selected and edited, or used to redefine the colors in the selected vector map of Birmingham city, its fragments or elements.
Saving a color group adds this group to the specified list.
Opening the «Edit Colors»/«Repaint Graphic Object» dialog box.
Open the «Edit Colors»/«Repaint Graphic Object» dialog box using one of the following methods:
«Edit»> «Edit Colors»> «Repaint Graphic object» or «Repaint With Style».
Use these commands if you need to edit the colors in the selected vector map of Birmingham city.
«Repaint Graphic object» button on the «Control» panel.
Use this button if you need to adjust colors of Birmingham city vector map using the а «Repaint graphic object» dialog box.
The specified button is available if the selected vector map or its fragment contains two or more colors.
Note. This color editing method is convenient for global color adjustment in a vector map, if global colors were not used when creating a City Map of Birmingham.
The «Edit colors» button or «Edit or apply colors» on the «Color Catalog» palette
Click this button if you need to edit colors on the «Color Catalog» palette or edit and then apply them to the selected Vector Map of Birmingham city or its fragment.
The «Edit color group» button or «Edit or apply color group» on the «Samples» palette.
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Click this button if you need to edit the colors in the specific color group or edit and apply them to the selected Vector Map of Birmingham city or a group of its elements, for example, the whole layer "Streets and lines". You can also double-click the color group in the Samples panel to open the dialog box.
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If the map file is too large and your computer freezes or even can't open it quickly:
1. Try to reduce the color resolution of the video card (display) to 256 colors while working with a large map.
2. Using Windows Task Manager, select all the application you don't need, while working with map, just turn them off.
3. Launch Adobe Illustrator. (DO NOT OPEN the vector map file)
4. Start the Windows Task Manager using administrator rights > Find the "Illustrator" process > set the «real time» priority,
5. Open the file. When you see the LEGACY FONT popup window – click "OK" (do not update). You can restore the TEXT later.
6. ???? Can also be useful: ???? When the file is opened – Edit > Settings > Basic Settings > disable smoothing. /// It looks scary, but works quickly)))
We recommend saving the file in Adobe Illustrator 10 version. It's much more stable when working with VERY BIG size files.
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A St. Louis man who was convicted of running a drug operation made millions and lived like a "rock star," according to prosecutors.
"This is a case of weed and greed," said John T. Davis, Assistant United States Attorney, who prosecuted the case.
Thomas Anderson, 31, was convicted by a federal jury Wednesday.
Prosecutors say he started selling marijuana to students at Mizzou several years ago.
"It got bigger and bigger and bigger, and he realized there was a profit margin in this thing that was astronomical," Davis said.
Prosecutors said Anderson would buy marijuana in California and Colorado, where it is legal. He would then sell it in the St. Louis area for almost double. Anderson also ran an operation in Boston.
"The legalization of marijuana in California and Colorado and the other states that have followed suit now have created an enormous black market in states like Missouri, where it's not legal," Davis said.
In the beginning, Anderson would drive the pot across state lines. Soon, he and his associates got more creative. Prosecutors said they would purchase water heaters, hollow them out, stuff them with pounds of marijuana and ship them to St. Louis. In other instances, Anderson used a race car, motorcycles and dune buggies to conceal marijuana.
Eventually, Anderson purchased a small plane and used it to transport drugs and money. When authorities searched it, they found almost $1 million in cash. Over the years, authorities estimate Anderson made $10 million in profits.
"His entertainment was lavish, Las Vegas. His girlfriend testified that one time they went six times in one month because they had nothing better to do," Davis said. Anderson's credit card records show he spent $12,000 a month at Nordstrom.
The DEA began investigation Anderson and his associates in 2011. In 2014, Anderson was arrested. Authorities raided his parent's home in South St. Louis County.
Anderson's mother Laurie maintained her son is innocent, and that it his case will be "thrown out 100 percent" when they appeal.
Justin Gelfand, Anderson's attorney, issued the following statement:
"While we are disappointed by the verdict, we are looking forward to raising a number of important and novel legal issues on appeal. This case is far from over."
Anderson is currently in the St. Louis County Jail, awaiting sentencing. He faces a minimum of 10 years in prison.


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Lost Weekend
Their hottest hitter now goes to the bench. That's the story of the Phillies as a nine-game interleague trip ended with a Blue Jays sweep in Toronto yesterday afternoon.
Thome had 12 hits in the nine games, including four homers, and 14 RBI. He was the DH but now becomes a pinch hitter as interleague play on the road is history in 2012.
Thome entered the record book with yesterday's homer. As has been well documented, he joins A-Rod, Reggie Jackson and Darrell Evans as the only players in baseball history to hit 100 home runs for three different teams.
Phillies scored 46 runs on the trip, while batting .268. The enemy batted .276 and scored 52 runs, seven unearned as the Phillies committed 10 errors.
It seemed like an awful trip but if you want awful, go back to the 1928 Phillies. Visiting each of the seven other cities, they went 2-17.
The last three Saturdays and Sundays, the Phillies are now 0-6. The Phillies return to the NL Tuesday night hosting the struggling Rockies and then end interleague play with the Rays at Citizens Bank Park this weekend. Tampa leads the Phillies, 12-6. Ugh.
Lost weekend was a lost opportunity to gain some ground in the standings. Check the standings today, all teams in the NL East lost yesterday. In the AL East, all won.
Down On The Farm
**Lehigh Valley took two of three from Durham over the weekend. OF Domonic Brown aggravated his left knee Thursday and didn't play.
**Reading won three of four from Akron. RHS Trevor May (6-4) ended a personal four-game losing streak on Friday night. RHS Julio Rodriguez (4-1) won Sunday's 4-2 decision, 2 hits, 2 runs, 10 strikeouts, 7 innings
**Clearwater was off for the Florida State League All-Star Game, won by the South on Saturday night. Clearwater's RHR Tyler Knigge took the loss.
**Lakewood swept three from Hickory. LHS Ethan Stewart (3-6) won on Sunday, his third straight win.
**Williamsport Crosscutters open the New York-Penn League season tonight hosting State College.
**Gulf Coast League Phillies play their first game at 12 noon today, hosting the Tigers.
June 18, 1948: After a 9-1 record with the Wilmington Blue Rocks, RHP Robin Roberts makes his major league debut, a 2-0 loss to Pittsburgh at Shibe Park.
June 18, 1989: Following the Phillies' 6-5 win over New York, GM Lee Thomas pulls off two major trades, sending 2B Juan Samuel to the Mets for CF Lenny Dykstra, RHP Roger McDowell and a minor leaguer and sending RHP Steve Bedrosian to San Francisco for LHP Terry Mulholland, LHP Dennis Cook and 3B Charlie Hayes.
Visit www.phillies.com/alumni for more great moments in Phillies history.


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HItachi's latest screen—something that may pop up in future phones and other portable devices—combines everything you'd ever want (and didn't want) in one display. Meaning glasses-less 3D, 4.5 inch IPS-based LCD and a stunning 1280x720 resolution.
The glasses-less 3D effect is achieved using a new lenticular lens approach as opposed to the traditional parallax barrier. The new method allows for the 3D screen to be much brighter than before. Don't get me wrong, 3D still sucks but it sounds like HItachi's 3D won't suck as bad. [Hitachi via CrunchGear]


text: Fyi, the files are 300 dpi @ 4"x4", so plenty of resolution! (since I assume no one will actually have it on the cover that large! If you are using it that big or larger, dude, get some cover art ) I had to shrink down the images so they would be viewable on this forum, that's why they look a bit blurry here. If you'd like the files, pm me your email address and I'll send it to you.


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It was a busy summer, and now with fall here, I'm once again about to go back for another work stint, which for me will involve working about 18 days in a row, depending on a few unknowns. Last month, for various reasons, I wasn't looking forward to going back to work after my days off; this month I'm merely a bit tired.
In the middle of my typically long work stints, if I feel I've gotten into a bit of a rut, I will often have to renew myself, usually by refocusing my mind, sometimes by something as simple as a hot bath (no hot springs are currently handy). A little burnout or rut development here and there is normal. What has been somewhat atypical this summer is the intensity of our days off, my 10 or so, MOH's 7. I usually spend about one day (sometimes two if I'm lucky) getting ready for days off by catching up on home paperwork and chores, by getting laundry done, and by running a few errands. Then, off we go. The where is usually a great place, and although the where sometimes involves chores of other kinds, the where always involves some needed relaxation. This summer has included two major trips, Alaska and a camping expedition to Wheeler Peak; these trips have been rewarding, enjoyable, relaxing, and offtimes intense. The comings and goings related to these trips — and to smaller trips like one earlier this summer and one earlier this month — always involve getting ready, and the return always involves unwinding from the trip and getting ready to go back to work, often with more paperwork and chores, more laundry, and more errands, giving the whole several days a symmetry of sorts.
These last four months have felt time or event crowded to me, with every day off for both of us seemingly scheduled in advance. Oh yes, we have had time to stop in Middlegate, time to ride our mountain bikes, time to hike to the Pony Express Station (maybe twice!), time to stand in the river and fish, and time to stare deeply into several campfires. We've been fortunate in these things, and in having opportunities for travel, even when some of our travel has been done to accomplish chores and repairs of various kinds. We have also been fortunate in having two jobs, and two cars in which to get to those jobs. Our jobs start at different times of the day; we sometimes pass each other on the road, one coming home from work while the other is going. We wave at each other or flash our lights.
The other week, my truck broke down in front of our little house, fully blocking one of the roads. After trying a few things and getting out the shop manual — hurriedly, because we didn't know what we were going to do if we couldn't get the thing started and dusk was threatening — we determined that the fuel pump, located inside the gas tank, was kaput. I called the emergency number of the place that usually works on my truck; the owner recommended a towing service. I called them, they recommended another outfit. That guy came over immediately, pulled my truck onto his tow truck while neighbors watched, and hauled my malfunctioning truck off to the auto shop. He dropped the truck and keys there (after hours), and delivered the towing bill to my insurance agent the next day. Two days later (a colleague drove me to work and back while I was sans truck) I had my truck back. Yes, it was the fuel pump.
A few days or a couple weeks later, while out camping miles from anywhere but Baker, a town of minimal services — card-reader gas station, a couple motels, a place to get showers, a place that sells firewood for camping, and an operating cafe-bar with small general store of the mini-mart variety — the other car, our Prius, broke down in a way that left it somewhat driveable, driveable only because of its strange hybrid system. We finally determined, after replacing most of the coolant, that the "fan" belt to the water pump had broken or come off. The Prius is not an easy car to work on without a full lift, and it has very tight spaces around most of the parts that one might want to work on, including the belt. We were able to coast it down to Baker without it overheating, and with me driving another vehicle loaned to us by our campmate-SIL. We pulled the Prius into the card-reader gas station, drove the other vehicle over to the cafe-bar. Baker has no cell service. No place near Baker has any usable cell service whatsoever, although I got sniffs on the mountain above 8500 feet. We were able to use the landline at the bar to call the number of my auto shop (which I had on my not completely useless cell phone), and were able to find that they were probably the only place for hours that could work on a Prius. So we called the same towing company, met the tow truck by the Prius a couple hours later, and had the car dropped at the auto shop. We drove SIL's vehicle back to camp.
Now we have a whole campfull of gear, ours and SIL's, and one vehicle, when it took two fully loaded vehicles to get the gear and the three of us to camp. We left with SIL the next day, the day she was planning on leaving anyway, picked up my truck at our little house, drove back to camp, and stayed an extra day! The luxury of having an extra day! And the luxury and good fortune of having the vehicles to pull this thing off! (We weren't as overscheduled as I thought, it turned out.)
We stayed overnight, packed up camp the next morning, drove in and unpacked, then picked the Prius up at the shop. Yes, it was only the one belt, the one running the water pump.
It has seemed like a bit of a marathon summer, perhaps fall will be more steady-as-she-goes.
Monday, September 26, 2011
Marathon Summer Summary
Posted by Silver Fox at 6:00 AM
4 comments:
- Gaelyn said...
Bummer about the breakdowns yet sounds like it all worked out. I know what you mean about a busy summer. I'm really looking forward to not working for several months to slow down a bit.
- Monday, September 26, 2011 at 7:04:00 AM PDT
- Silver Fox said...
I may end up with a bit of a slowdown in the next coming months. Kinda hoping!
- Friday, September 30, 2011 at 4:30:00 AM PDT
Hey Silver Fox,
I can often get Verizon cell phone service on a road North of Baker, NV, called the "Cut Off Rd." It runs SW/NE between Hwy. 487 and Hwy. 50.
The good spot is at approximately
- Thursday, March 8, 2012 at 6:18:00 PM PST
- Silver Fox said...
Thanks for the info - I can see that road on Google Maps.
- Friday, March 9, 2012 at 8:30:00 AM PST
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WALTHAM, Mass. — Junior Sapir Edalati (Great Neck, N.Y./Great Neck South) scored two second-half goals in a ten-minute span tonight and classmate Michelle Savuto (Ridgewood, N.J./Ridgewood) had a career-high nine saves to lead the Brandeis University women's soccer team to a 3-0 victory over Bridgewater State University. Brandeis, which cracked the top 10 in the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) for the first time in the regular season at No. 10, improves to 4-0 on the season. BSU falls to 0-2 on the campaign.
Although Brandeis outshot the Bears in the first half, 8-6, the visitors had the better of their chances, putting all six attempts on net. Savuto stopped all six efforts, however, including a pair on Bridgewater State sophomore Mackenzie Hatfield (Whitman, Mass./Whitman-Hanson Regional). In the 10th minute, Savuto made a diving save on a free kick from about 20 yards. In the 29th, she came off her line to edge of the 18-yard box. An initial deflection fell to Hatfield's foot, but Savuto leapt to block the ball wide once again, allowing the Brandeis defense to clean up behind her.
Hatfield had the first scoring chance of the second half, but Savuto denied her again in the 47th minute. This time the Judge junior dove to her left to deflect the ball wide past the far post.
Brandeis finally connected less than 90 seconds later at the 47:53 mark. On a free kick taken by senior midfielder Mary Shimko (Bay Village, Ohio/Lake Ridge Acad.), Edalati found herself free at the top of the box. Edalati laced a kick past BSU sophomore Marissa Yowell (Ashland, Mass./Ashland) for her fourth goal of the season. The score proved to be her second-straight game-winner and the fourth of her career.
Each team had two more shots on net over the next ten minutes before Edalati scored an insurance goal in the 58th minute. After a nice service from junior forward Dara Spital (Miami, Fla./Gulliver Prep), Edalati lofted a high shot that Yowell leapt to get a hand on but proved to be just out of her reach. It marked Edalati's second-straight multi-goal game and the third of her career.
The Judges added an insurance goal in the 67th minute when sophomore Melissa Darling (Weymouth, Mass./Weymouth) sent a ball from the right sideline that bent into the left netting.
Savuto made three more saves in the second half to finish with a career-high nine stops. The shutout was her third of the season and of her career. Yowell finished with three stops in the losing effort for the Bears.
Brandeis returns to action on Sunday, Sept. 15, at home against Bates College at 1 p.m. Bridgewater State plays their first home game on Sept. 14 at 1 p.m. against Plymouth State.


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1890 Williams House Inn
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"The events surrounding the Medtronic recall expose a hole in the U.S.'s medical safety system: Medical devices are regulated under different standards from those applied to prescription drugs. The Food and Drug Administration requires that almost all new medications be tested in human trials before they go on the market. But some devices, like the Sprint Fidelis leads, are subject to lighter guidelines because they are considered modifications of earlier products. The FDA, in most cases, also doesn't mandate major studies of medical devices after they've hit the market.The broad market penetration of a these life-saving devices and the minimal safety data required for their approval, the FDA's entire 510(k) device exemption and GMP (Good Manufacturing Practices) product development processes are now being reviewed. Even the smallest widget being developed that might be implanted in a patient and is sterilized (so-called Class II devices), be it cardiovascular, orthopedic, or otherwise, will be coming under ever-increasing scrutiny. This, in turn, will inevitably slow development and raise costs. What is clear now is that efforts to improve patient safety, already underway, will not be allowed to maintain the status quo.
As a result, both the federal agency and the company were handicapped in evaluating whether a widespread public health threat was emerging."
But for those of us in this field, the defibrillator lead recall has even more far-reaching implications clinically. The recommendation of defibrillators for "primary prevention" of sudden arrhythmic death in those felt to be at high risk and whom have not yet had such an arrhythmia needs to be reviewed in light of these recent developments. (ed. comment: For lay readers, "Primary prevention" refers to patients who have not yet had an incidence or episode of a particular medical condition – in this case an abnormally rapid heart rhythm known as ventricular tachycardia (VT) or ventricular fibrillation (VF), often leading to sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) or sudden cardiac death (SCD). "Secondary prevention" refers to patients who have survived these conditions, and receive a particular therapy in response to the episode. Secondary prevention trials, such as AVID, CASH and CIDS, have shown a significant mortality benefit for patients who receive ICDs over those who receive just drug therapy.)
While there are excellent prospective, randomized data extolling the virtues of implanting implantable cardiac defibrillators (ICDs) in patients with markedly reduced ejection fractions (see the MADIT-II and SCD-HeFT data), these data were obtained with older device systems. (ed comment: Again, for the lay reader, the "ejection fraction" is the percentage of blood ejected from the heart with each beat - normal is over 50%) We are now left to wonder: should we be using older technology for our patients when recommending defibrillator implantation? After all, this is where we have the clinical data. Or do the newer advances of the more sophisticated devices (that might still be subject to later recalls but contain newer advanced features that we assume will provide better device oversight) warrant abandoning more conservative, evidenced-based medicine in the presumed interest of patient safety? Should new, expensive clinical trials be developed for these newer devices as well?
It is helpful to remember the raw data from the SCD-HeFT trial: there were 829 patients implanted with ICDs. Of those patients, 259 (31%) were shocked for ANY cause, and 177 (68% of those shocked) were shock appropriately for ventricular tachycardia or ventricular fibrillation. Therefore, the annual rate of shocks was 7.5% and the annual rate of appropriate shocks in these patients was 5.1%. Further, the number of deaths in the three arms studied were as follows: placebo (no therapy) 244 deaths, Amiodarone (medical therapy only) 240 deaths, ICD therapy 182 deaths. Would a faulty lead have changed the frequency of shock data? Certainly. Would it have changed the mortality data? Even if we added 5 deaths (as was potentially seen with the Sprint Fidelis lead) to the ICD arm of SCD-HeFT, it seems unlikely.
Nonetheless, given the recent recall, I suspect that we will see increased resistance by referring physicians to recommend these devices for primary prevention of arrhythmias. This is an inevitable outcome of such a massive recall, much like the later revelation of the propensity of stent thrombosis in drug-eluting stents. But like that scenario, there will still be appropriate patients in whom devices are warranted for primary prevention like those with markedly reduced left ventricular ejection fractions less than 25%. It's just that the benefit for patients with higher ejection fractions in the 30-35% range may now be viewed more skeptically.


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Current Exhibitions
Sites of Memory: Legacies of the Japanese Canadian Internment
The histories, impacts and legacies of the Canadian government's internment of Japanese Canadians during World War II are powerfully considered in video, installation and works on paper by three contemporary artists of Japanese-Canadian ancestry.
Inheriting Redress: The Ottawa Japanese Community Association Archive
In spring 1988, Japanese Canadians marched on Parliament Hill to pressure the government to acknowledge and offer compensation for their internment during World War II. This exhibition surveys the redress campaign's visual culture, telling stories through objects loaned by the Ottawa Japanese Community Association and activists involved in the landmark effort.
Rah: SuperNova
SuperNova is a video installation that presents a futuristic talent show set in an intergalactic realm. Rah appears in the guise of seven different characters, including Oreo, Fatimeh and Coco, whose talent show entries playfully explore questions of race and ethnic performance.
Olivia Johnston: Saints and Madonnas
The Ottawa-based artist investigates Christianity's influence on art and society with a new series of photographic portraits of her contemporaries portraying saintly figures.
CUAG Connects
Holding Memories: In Conversation with Norman Takeuchi and Emma Nishimura
Thursday, 26 September 2019, 7:00 p.m.
Disruptions 04: Shannon Finnegan (at Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre, 355 Cooper St.)
Tuesday, 29 October 2019, 7:00 p.m.
Eternal Representations: In Conversation with Olivia Johnston and Janet Tulloch
Wednesday, 6 November 2019, 7:00 p.m.
On Stage: In Conversation with Rah and Andrea Fitzpatrick
Wednesday, 27 November 2019, 7:00 p.m.


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Starting at: Sudbury Town
Arrive at: Mudchute DLR
Journey time between Sudbury Town and Mudchute DLR averages at 67 minutes
Stations passed through from Sudbury Town
- Alperton
- Park Royal
- North Ealing
- Ealing Common
- Acton Town
- Hammersmith (Dist&Picc Line)
- Barons Court
- Earl's Court
- Gloucester Road
- South Kensington
- Knightsbridge
- Hyde Park Corner
- Green Park
Ticket price information
Fares between two stations may vary depending on the direction of travel, time of day and day of the week.
We charge higher fares at the busiest times of the day (usually between 06:30 and 09:30, and between 16:00 and 19:00, Monday to Friday).
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More than 250 underserved teens have secured green jobs through a grant from the Exelon Foundation to the Student Conservation Association
CHICAGO - More than 250 underserved teens in Chicago and Philadelphia have secured green jobs and leadership opportunities - providing conservation skills, environmental education and career training - through a grant from the Exelon Foundation to the Student Conservation Association (SCA).
The $150,000 grant builds on a partnership launched last year in support of SCA's innovative urban conservation programs. Participating teens are recruited from local schools, youth-serving organizations and religious institutions to build hiking trails and conduct ecological restoration projects in local parks. In addition to earning a regular paycheck, the teens gain the environmental knowledge, skills and training required to pursue conservation careers.
"With youth unemployment hovering near record levels, SCA is delighted to continue our partnership with the Exelon Foundation, protect our urban environment, and provide our young people with valuable on-the-job experience," said SCA Youth Programs Director Mim Easton.
The Exelon Foundation's support has enabled nearly 100 Chicago teens and more than 60 Philadelphia youth from underrepresented or low-income backgrounds to work in outdoor conservation jobs. More than 100 additional teens from the two cities are participating in year-round, service-learning outdoor programs.
"These young people are talented and engaged, and exemplify the Exelon Foundation's commitment to environmental stewardship," said Exelon Foundation President Steve Solomon. "The Foundation is pleased to continue its work with SCA to encourage and build the next generation of conservation leaders."Students in the jobs program have worked at Chicago's Dan Ryan Woods, the Forest Preserve of Cook County, Little Village Area, and River Trail Nature Center, among other local sites, and Philadelphia's Fairmount Park, John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge and Wissahickon Valley Green Park.


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The Privacy Amendment (Enhancing Privacy Protection) Bill 2012 was passed in Parliament today, giving privacy commissioner Timothy Pilgrim more powers, including the right to seek civil penalties in the case of serious breaches of privacy.
The legislation also permits the commissioner to conduct assessments of privacy performance for both Australian government agencies and private companies.
The Bill which is due to come into effect in March 2014, updates the lt;igt;Privacy Act 1988lt;/igt; and is designed to enhance Australian's personal information.
The reforms introduce a single set of privacy principles called the Australian Privacy Principles (APPs) and a number of changes to how personal information is handled, including when it can be used for direct marketing and sent overseas.
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"From the commencement of the new laws, I will be able to accept enforceable undertakings and seek civil penalties," Pilgrim said in a statement.
"While I will continue to work with agencies and businesses to help them comply with privacy laws, I will not shy away from using these powers in appropriate cases."
Pilgrim said the new APPs should mean that it will be easier for organisations to comply with privacy laws and for individuals to know what laws protect the privacy of their personal information.
While the changes to the Privacy Act will not commence for 15 months, he said that government agencies and businesses should start preparing now by examining current privacy policies, business processes and practices.
"During 2013 the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner [OAIC] will be releasing guidelines on the application of the new APPs and how they will apply to everyday situations," Pilgrim said.
However, he warned that consumers need to start preparing for changes to credit reporting laws which mean that some organisations will be able to collect more information about people's credit worthiness.
This information includes whether a person has made or missed a payment on a credit card or loan.
"If a consumer misses making a payment from as early as December 2012, it will be able to be recorded on their credit record and may affect their ability to access credit in the future," Pilgrim said.
"People will not only need to be vigilant about paying their bills on time, they should also make sure that the information held by these organisations is correct."
He added that people should take steps to protect their personal information such as reading privacy policies of the organisations they deal with.
Coalition response
Speaking at a second reading of the Privacy Bill amendments recently, ACT Liberal senator Gary Humphries said the Coalition would be supporting the legislation but added that Parliament was passing amendments which are "far from satisfactory" at this point in time.
"This legislation does not represent a carefully worked through piece of law making which addresses the needs of stakeholders and addresses concerns made by critics in the course of the consultation process which went on over four years following the report of the Australian Law Reform Commission," he said.
According to Humphries, many of the privacy stakeholders were dismissive to the "point of contempt" of what the government was attempting to do with this legislation.
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At adults-only Caribbean all-inclusives, butlers, booze await
MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica -- After a chilled-towel-and-mimosa welcome in the pillared, marble-floored lobby of the IBEROSTAR Grand Hotel Rose Hall, I scope out the pool area, where couples sprawl in chaises arranged two by two or sip cocktails at a swim-up bar.
Something's missing at this beachfront resort: the patter of little feet and chatter of splashing kids.
It's a 295-suite, adults-only all-inclusive, where those under 18 can't check in. All-inclusives — offering unlimited meals, activities and booze — are increasingly popular in these uncertain financial times, because you know the bottom line before you leave home. You can pay as little as $75 a person daily, or more than $500. Tipping is optional, but staffers at Sandals Resorts other than butlers may even be fired for accepting tips.
Adults-only all-inclusives, favored by the childless or parents who want time together, are on the rise. At the high end, they're ever more sumptuous, with butlers, swim-up suites and fancy spas (treatments usually cost extra). Even traditional resorts may now offer an all-inclusive option.
All-inclusives "appeal to luxury clients who don't want to bring out their wallets" on vacation, says Becky Veith of Becky Veith Travel in Erie, Pa., an expert in everything-included vacations.
The USA typically is the biggest feeder market for Caribbean all-inclusives, concentrated where labor costs are inexpensive, such as the Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Mexico and St. Lucia. Sandals and Secrets are popular. Veith's clients also like the Jamaica IBEROSTAR Grand property, now ranked No. 1 in Montego Bay by TripAdvisor users.
Pampering is covered
I get an idea what the raves are about shortly after check-in there, when the phone in my suite rings.
"Hello, madame. This is your butler, Denston."
"There must be some mistake," I say, since I have booked the least-expensive accommodation. Only there isn't: Every guest here gets butlers.
Within five minutes, Denston Hudson, resplendent in bow tie, white shirt and gold- and black-striped vest, arrives to ask if he can unpack (no thanks, too personal), bring a special pillow (a down one, please) make a reservation at one of the resort's four specialty restaurants (the French one, 7 p.m.), uncork a bottle of wine (maybe later). All that is covered in the resort's daily rate (starting at about $300 a person, double, this January day), as is 24-hour room service and a stocked minibar, from chips to Absolut vodka, that can be replenished at no charge.
Down the road is another popular adult all-inclusive: Sandals Royal Caribbean, which Prince Harry visited last year. It's an older, more traditional Jamaican resort with a small private island where you can sunbathe in the buff. Rates at the 14 Sandals properties — in Jamaica, the Bahamas, St. Lucia and Antigua — start at about $265-a-person daily in winter high season. (Air/lodging packages from a travel agent or tour operator such as Apple Vacations or Funjet Vacations can be good deals.)
Demand is up for Sandals' butler service (it's only in select room categories) and for accommodations such as "Millionaire Suites," says Sandals CEO Adam Stewart, 31. They usually cost $700 and up per person a day and include amenities such as private plunge pools.
Sitting in Sandals cottage-style corporate headquarters in Montego Bay, with the smell of night jasmine wafting in, Stewart — casual in jeans and yellow Oxford shirt and flashing a Tom Cruise smile — explains that today's guests expect more. "No one ever comes into a car dealership and says, 'I need less luxury,' " he says by way of illustration. "The world has evolved."
Resorts join the luxe crowd
And so has the world of all-inclusives.
In the Caribbean, chains from Spain including IBEROSTAR and Paradisus have helped ramp up the opulence of adult all-inclusives — and give brands such as Sandals, SuperClubs (known for Negril's racy Hedonism II) and Couples a run for the money. Royal Hideaway Playacar in Playa del Carmen, Mexico, from Spanish Occidental Hotels& Resorts, was the first adult all-inclusive to win a five-diamond rating from AAA.
Bernard Wyss, general manager of Paradisus' two Playa del Carmen resorts on Mexico's Riviera Maya and Paradisus' Area VP, says all-inclusives are casting off an image as solely for budgeters. Paradisus has butlers in its Royal Service adult sections and launched an initiative to make its restaurants competitive with those of traditional luxury resorts.
Its first all-adult property, year-old Paradisus Playa del Carmen La Perla, has opened Passion, a collaboration with Michelin-starred chef Martín Berasategui. Kitchen staff trained with the chef in Spain.
Stewart calls what's happening on Jamaica "the Spanish invasion," which has kept rates lower than he'd like. Still, Sandals takes pride in its "Luxury Included" slogan, the fact that it doesn't require guests to wear hospital-like wristbands to identify them and that it logs more than 40% return guests. Stewart, son of hard-charging Sandals founder Gordon "Butch" Stewart, monitors guest comments daily and shows off a TripAdvisor "Certificate of Excellence" that Sandals Royal Plantation in Ocho Rios just received.
Sandals, like competitors, does a booming business in customized weddings. A simple ceremony/reception is free with a six-night stay. Kids can attend, but must stay elsewhere.
A 75-minute drive from Montego Bay at popular Sandals Negril on a recent Wednesday, staffers set up tables under passion-pink bougainvillea for a garden reception after a beach wedding.
Back at the IBEROSTAR Grand, a planner is helping a bride who is having difficulty detaching the train of her gown before the reception. And Grand general manager Daniel Llinás is explaining that guests appreciate "kids not running all over the place" — though families are welcome at the two adjoining IBEROSTAR resorts.
Meanwhile, a dinner of Lobster Thermidor at the Grand's Es Palau gourmet restaurant is fine, not divine. Better to be at the beach barbecue buffet, where a steel band plays and engaging servers dish up Jamaican specialties, urging, "Try this, mon."
With Bob Marley easy on the ears and jerk chicken tangy on the tongue at a table on the sand, pleasure is pervasive — and already paid for.


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Want a Stress-Free Career?
According to CNBC your job as a librarian is one of the least stressful professions.
It's number "9" in the top ten.
"You're working in a comfortable environment. Your job is to help people use services as best as possible. Given that environment, stress levels are low. What's the most stressful thing a librarian faces? Teenagers with a paper due and you don't have the books. It's not really your stress," says Tony Lee, publisher of CareerCast.com.
Plus, there are mandatory "quiet" rules in libraries and you're surrounded by books. Books don't talk back or criticize the job you're doing!
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Oh. My. Gosh. Is Tony Lee stuck in the 60's? Exactly what library is he working at that has no patron complaints and complete silence? He must be in an upper management position and not have to deal with the Circulation Desk where we handle fines, overdue and lost books, and other "weird situations". Libraries attract a wide variety of patrons, some who do not take the best care of their personal hygiene. Some can be mentally unstable. Don't get me wrong. I love my job, don't get me wrong. I wouldn't trade it for anything. But stress free-it is not. At a time when libraries are readjusting their collections to the "eBook world" and prove they are still relevant to society-most on a very tight budget-do not say librarians have no stress.
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So far, CareerCast has not published my comment, but this is what I wrote in response to the original article:
Public and academic librarians constantly deal with drunk, high, abusive, and even mentally ill patrons. And then there are the patrons who defecate, urinate, masturbate, and even fornicate in the rows of books. Does that sound like a "peaceful atmosphere" to you? Do you think the police officers and security guards patrolling libraries are there to check out books?
Quit whining and get real
I worked in a downtown library for 19 years and had all of the above experiences. My 20 year old daughter working as a dialysis tech had a patient have a stroke as she was caring for him. No, my library career is not stressful.
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This shatters my belief that we are not so different from our British cousins. In recent years there have been actual studies, involving actual British working people, finding librarianship to be the most stressful occupation in the UK. And yet, in the US it is listed as one of the LEAST stressful. Thank you CareerCast for your infallible conclusion. Also, I feel so much better about CNBC, knowing that they have a blog called "There Must Be a Pony In Here Somewhere." How could one doubt the truthiness of the copy/paste journalism found therein?
Well really...
Problem is really that there is no simple definition of 'librarian'.
I'm sure their description is accurate for some people but the majority would indeed think back to the 60's for that to have been the case and their real jobs are nothing like that.
OF COURSE! Whenever you make an institution the catchall of information and resources, primarily accessed by those with neither the money nor knowledge to access them for themselves (you know, books, internet, general help with forms like uneployment applications, taxes, legal documents, etc) you have the recipe a stress-free occupation!
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Curt Jones and Larry Short represented the Fulton Soil and Water Conservation District this month at the 70th annual meeting of the Ohio Federation meeting.
More than 400 conservation leaders representing the state's 88 district offices met in Columbus for a program titled "70 Years of Conservation: Events that Shaped Our Lives." In addition to a variety of educational briefings, participants met with lawmakers during a legislative reception to share local conservation successes and challenges, as well as to discuss the state budget.
Conference speakers included Purdue University Department of History's Dr. R. Douglas Hurt who spoke about the history of the Dust Bowl; Author Trudy E. Bell, who discussed the history of the 1913 flood and the potential for flooding issues in the future; USDA Natural Resources Conservation Services' Regional Conservationist Richard Sims, who discussed federal issues including the Farm Bill and sequestration issues; and a panel discussion on state issues and challenges highlighted by state agency directors.
"Our time in Columbus was well-spent," Jones said. "This is an event to further prepare and equip Ohio's 88 county soil and water conservation districts to deliver effective and efficient conservation programs and practices to Ohio's citizens."
The winter meeting helps train conservation leaders to deliver programs that promote healthy soils, water quality, food development, energy production and more.
To learn more about the work Ohio's SWCDs are doing, contact Kim Bowles at Fulton SWCD or visit the OFSWCD at www.ofswcd.org.