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Title I Parents Right to Know & Family Engagement Policy/
Rockdale County Public Schools » Parents » Title I Parents Right to Know & Family Engagement Policy
& RCPS Family Engagement Policy
Published here are documents regarding teacher qualifications and testing.
Training Procedures (PDF) (Accessible RTF)
Test Security Policy (PDF) (Accessible RTF)
Test Distribution and Storage (PDF) (Accessible RTF)
Code of Ethics - Testing (PDF) (Accessible RTF)
Parents' Right to Know Professional Qualifications of Teachers and Paraprofessionals
Click here for PDF of RCPS Parents' Right to Know Letter
Click here for Word Document of RCPS Parents' Right to Know Letter
In compliance with the requirements of the Every Students Succeeds Act, Rockdale County Public Schools would like to inform you that you may request information about the professional qualifications of your student's teacher(s) and/ or paraprofessional(s). The following information may be requested:
Whether the student's teacher—
> has met State qualification and licensing criteria for the grade levels and subject areas in which the teacher provides instruction;
> is teaching under emergency or other provisional status through which State qualification or licensing criteria have been waived; and
> is teaching in the field of discipline of the certification of the teacher.
Whether the child is provided services by paraprofessionals and, if so, their qualifications.
If you wish to request information concerning your child's teacher's qualification, please contact your principal at the schools listed below.
Alpha Academy, Fred Middleton, 770-388-5727, [email protected]
Barksdale Elementary, Dr. Jill Murphy, 770-483-9514, [email protected]
C.J. Hicks Elementary, Dr. Erica Wakefall, 770-483-4410, [email protected]
Conyers Middle, Dr. De'Borah Reese, 770-483-4410, [email protected]
Davis Middle, Scott Stanton, 770-388-5675, [email protected]
Edwards Middle, Dr. Tosha Williams, 770-483-3255, [email protected]
Flat Shoals Elementary, Maggie Degenhardt,770-483-5136, [email protected]
Heritage High School, LaTonya Richards, 770-483-5428, [email protected]
Hightower Trail Elementary, Toi Sampson, 770-388-0751, [email protected]
Honey Creek Elementary, Adriene Lanier, 770-483-5706, [email protected]
J.H. House Elementary, Dr.Kenneth Vaughn, 770-483-9504, [email protected]
Lorraine Elementary, Susan Norton, 770-483-0657, [email protected]
Memorial Middle, Charles Chavous, 770-922-0139, [email protected]
Peek's Chapel Elementary, Sabrina Grant, 770-761-1842, [email protected]
Pine Street Elementary, Kim Vier, 770-483-8713, [email protected]
Rockdale Career Academy, Dr. Corey Williams, 770-388-5677, [email protected]
Rockdale County High School, Dr. Eldridge Powell, 770-483-8754, [email protected]2.ga.us
Rockdale Magnet School, Amanda Basket, 770-483-8737, [email protected]
Rockdale Open Campus, Fred Middleton, 770-388-5727, [email protected]
Rockdale Virtual Campus, Dr. Doug Arnold, 770-388-5677, [email protected],k12.ga.us
Salem High School, Jarvis Price, 770-922-0176, [email protected]
Shoal Creek Elementary, Patrice Graham, 770-929-1430, [email protected]
Sims Elementary, Shavon Beckett, 770-922-0666, [email protected]
RCPS Family Engagement Policy
Click here for PDF of RCPS Parent and Family Engagement Policy
Click here for Word Document of RCPS Parent and Family Engagement Policy
Click here for Research, Assessment and Accountability Office page and contact information.
Revised June 23, 2022
960 Pine Street NE
Conyers, Ga. 30012
www.rockdaleschools.org
What is Family Engagement?
Family Engagement is the participation of parents and family members in regular, two-way, and meaningful communication involving student academic learning and other school activities, including ensuring:
(A) That parents play an integral role in assisting their child's learning.
(B) That parents are encouraged to be actively involved in their child's education.
(C) That parents are full partners in their child's education and are included, as appropriate, in decision-making and on advisory committees to assist in the education of their child.
(D) The carrying out of other activities, such as those described in Section 1116 of the ESSA.
About the Parent and Family Engagement Policy
In support of strengthening student academic achievement, the Rockdale County School District has developed this Parent and Family Engagement Policy that establishes the district's expectations and objectives for meaningful family engagement and guides the strategies and resources that strengthen school and parent partnerships in the district's Title I schools. This Policy will describe RCPS's commitment to engage families in the education of their children and to build the capacity in its Title I schools to implement family engagement strategies and activities designed to achieve the district and student academic achievement goals.
When schools, families, and communities work together to support learning, children tend to do better in school, stay in school longer and enjoy school more. Title I, Part A provides for substantive family engagement at every level of the program, such as in the development and implementation of the district and school plans, and in carrying out the district and school improvement provisions. Section 1116 of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) contains the primary Title I, Part A requirements for schools and school systems to involve parents and family members in their children's education. Consistent with Section 1116, the RCPS district will work with its Title I schools to ensure that the required school-level Parent and Family Engagement Plans meet the requirements of Section 1116(b) and each include, as a component, a School-Parent Compact consistent with Section 1116(d) of the ESSA.
Jointly Developed
The RCPS Parent and Family Engagement Policy, Comprehensive LEA Plan (CLIP) and school Parent and Family Engagement Plans are updated annually. Parents are given several opportunities to provide input and feedback. A district Parent Advisory Council is established each year with parents from each school who are able to provide feedback at quarterly meetings. In the spring of each year, parents are invited via flyers, newsletters, school and district websites, and Remind 101 to attend Annual Title I Revision Meetings at their child's school. Input and feedback is collected for the revision of the School-Parent Compact, Parent and Family Engagement Policies/Plans and CLIP.
Parents are also given opportunities for input through the annual Title I Parent and Family Engagement survey as well as additional surveys provided at all Title I parent meetings and workshops. School websites encourage parents to contact the school's parent liaison with suggestions at any time during the school year. All parental feedback is collected, documented and used in the annual updates of policies and plans. The District Parent and Family Engagement Policy is posted on the RCPS district website, and each school's website. Each Title I school will post their Parent and Family Engagement Plan on their individual school website and will have hard copies available in the front office and parent resource centers.
Strengthening Our School
The RCPS Director of Community, Family and Student Engagement and Title I Coordinator provide assistance and support all Title I schools to help build effective partnerships between the school and parents. School parent liaisons meet monthly with the Director of Community, Family and Student Engagement and the Title I Coordinator to ensure Title I requirements are being satisfied, and that parent and family engagement strategies and activities are being implemented. Meetings are conducted with parent liaisons to provide guidance on ways to strengthen and improve family engagement. The Title I Coordinator will communicate with parent liaisons on a monthly basis to ensure compliance with the Title I Parent and Family Engagement Program is being met. Parent liaisons are encouraged to attend family engagement conferences, workshops and any other learning opportunities that would enable them to enhance their strategies for stronger parental involvement.
Reservation of Funds
The RCPS district will reserve 1% from the total amount of Title I funds it receives in FY23 to carry out the parent and family engagement requirements listed in this Policy and as described in Section 1116 of the ESSA. Furthermore, the RCPS district will distribute at least 90% of the amount reserved to Title I schools to support their local-level family engagement programs and activities. The district will provide clear guidance and communication to assist each Title I school in developing an adequate family engagement budget that addresses their needs assessment and parent recommendations. Each Title I school will give parents several opportunities to provide suggestions and input on how these funds are used. The district and school websites encourage parents to submit suggestions online to the school's parent liaison. Surveys are conducted at Title I workshops and meetings, giving parents opportunities for input on the use of parent engagement funds. All suggestions and comments are reviewed by school principals and district leaders to determine areas of need for the parent and family engagement budget.
Opportunities for Meaningful Parent Consultation
Input and suggestions from parents and family members are an essential component of the district and school improvement plans that are developed each year. All parents of students eligible to receive Title I services are included in the opportunities described in this section to share their ideas and suggestions to help the district, schools, and students to reach our student academic achievement goals.
Title I Plan Revision Meetings - Spring
Each spring, parents and family members of Title I students are invited to revision and planning meetings for all Title I plans, including the District Parent Engagement Policy and the LEA Comprehensive Needs Assessment. These meetings are held at each Title I school and give parents an opportunity to offer input and revise and update current plans for the following school year. Notices regarding these meetings are sent to all parents and communicated on school websites.
Annual Parent Academy - Fall
RCPS district supports the annual Parent Academy, a free event for parents and the community, which is held in the fall of each school year. The Parent Academy is a virtual event, providing an expansive learning opportunity for parents. Workshops offered include college and career readiness, computer skills, parenting skills, preparing for the Georgia Milestones, resources for parents, and how to help your child academically. Parents are also given the opportunity to participate in discussion sessions to provide suggestions, input and feedback on various school and district policies and plans.
Of Parents – The RCPS district and each Title I school support obligations that will build both school and parent capacity for parental involvement. RCPS will work with all Title I schools to assist parents in understanding the State's academic standards and student academic achievement standards. Title I schools offer various workshops which provide information about the Georgia Standards of Excellence and the Georgia Milestones Assessment System. Dates and times are determined and announced by each individual school and are posted on school websites and marquees. Flyers and notices are sent home to parents.
The RCPS district supports all Title I schools with materials and training to help parents work with their children to improve their academic achievement. "Parents Make a Difference" is a monthly parent newsletter that the district provides to Title I schools. This newsletter is available to each parent in English or Spanish online. Parent resource centers located in Title I schools offer a variety of resources and information for parents. Parent guides, study guides, and grade-level math and literacy skills kits are all available for parents to use at home with their children to reinforce skills and improve academic achievement.
RCPS parent and family engagement activities include coordination with state-funded pre-school programs. All eleven of our school-wide Title I elementary schools provide Pre-Kindergarten classes for the district. Pre-K services and activities are coordinated within the buildings, integrating Title I and locally funded supplies, equipment and personnel services with the Pre-K program.
RCPS has established the Superintendent's Parent Advisory Council, where parents from each of the district's schools are represented. The Council meets quarterly to provide advice to the district on school matters and parent and family engagement. Parents interested in serving on this council should contact their child's principal. In addition, Title I schools form a school advisory council in which all parents are encouraged to participate. The council is comprised of teachers, administrators, support staff, and parents, who work together to build effective partnerships between the school and parents.
Of School Staff – Teachers, pupil services personnel, principals, and other staff are trained on the value and utility of the contributions of parents and how to work with, reach out to, and communicate with parents as equal partners. Parent liaisons will provide training four (4) times a year to staff, covering topics such as creating a welcoming school climate, establishing effective school-to-home and home-to-school communication, and creating more opportunities for parents and families to engage in school planning, leadership, and volunteering opportunities.
The RCPS district will ensure that all information relating to district, school, and parent programs, meetings and activities are available to all parents in an understandable and uniform format. All parent notifications and resources are sent home in the parent's native language, where applicable. Information posted on district and school websites will be translated to the extent practical. Interpreters will be available at parent events and meetings when needed.
Parent and Family Engagement Evaluation
Each year, RCPS will conduct an evaluation of the content and effectiveness of parent and family engagement plans and family engagement activities to improve the academic quality of Title I schools.
Beginning in January, each school will post the Annual Title I Parent and Family Engagement survey on their website to gather input on the content and effectiveness of their parent and family engagement program. Parents and family members are encouraged to complete surveys when entering their child's school or parent resource center. The surveys contain questions concerning the parent and family engagement program, the parent and family engagement budget, and also includes a section for parents to provide comments.
The district and schools will utilize feedback and comments from the surveys to improve the effectiveness of their parent and family engagement programs.
In carrying out the parent and family engagement requirements established by Section 1116 of the ESSA, school parent liaisons will communicate and collaborate with the Office for Student Support Services to ensure full opportunities for participation of parents with limited English proficiency, parents with disabilities, and parents of migratory children, including providing information and school reports in a language parents can understand.
This districtwide Parent and Family Engagement Policy has been developed jointly and agreed upon with parents and family members of children participating in Title I, Part A programs as evidenced by the collaboration of parents, school, and district personnel at parent revision meetings and parental input opportunities provided by each Title I school.
This Policy was adopted by the Rockdale County School District on June 23, 2022 and will be in effect for the 2022-2023 academic year. The school district will distribute this policy in multiple ways to all parents of participating Title I Part A schools on or before November 1, 2022.


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A great deal of research involving members of the university community is conducted at the University of Toronto. Most of this research is governed by regulations within individual faculties and departments, and by regulations and procedures set forth in the Tri-Council Policy Statement on Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans (1998). The Office of the Vice-President, Research has a Research Ethics Board (REB) that must approve most research.
Researchers wishing to access data held by the University or its units on its faculty, staff, or students, and those wishing to conduct surveys with all faculty, staff, or students at the University of Toronto, need to obtain prior approval from the Office of the Vice-President and Provost. Examples of research covered by this provision would include requests for data held on the Repository of Student Information (ROSI), the Human Resources Information System, or collected through surveys such as the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE). In addition, surveys of all faculty, staff, or students which ask them about their responses to or experiences with the University require prior approval from the Office of the Vice-President and Provost. The reason for this prior approval is that the university conducts surveys of its members and it is important to avoid conflict among the surveys, repetition, and the possibility of "survey fatigue" which would reduce the percentage of people responding. This would not include surveys for internal administrative purposes such as registrarial surveys nor would it include a survey by a student of their classmates or by a faculty member of their students.
Any research proposals from people or organizations that are not members of the University of Toronto community must also be submitted to the Office of the Vice-President and Provost.
Details of sampling methodology for research involving institutional data.
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Historic Announcement Set for National Ranching Heritage Center
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The event is open to the public and media.
WHAT: Texas Tech University and the Cash Family Foundation will announce a gift to the National Ranching Heritage Center.
WHEN: 10 a.m. Thursday (June 30)
WHERE: Red McCombs Main Gallery, National Ranching Heritage Center, 3121 Fourth St.
EVENT: This event will announce the largest single gift in the history of the National Ranching Heritage Center and publicly share the naming of a new indoor/outdoor permanent exhibit in recognition of this gift. It will be the first time the proposed exhibit and its envisioned future impact will be shared with the community and media.
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The School of Medicine's successful 2019 Athena SWAN Gold submission can be found here.
The School of Medicine's successful 2016 Athena SWAN Silver submission can be found here.
Details of the School of Medicine's 2013 Athena SWAN Bronze submission can be found here.
School of Medicine action plan
Our successful Athena SWAN Gold application includes a strategic, pragmatic and evidence-based action plan, which is focused on areas identified by staff as being of overall highest priority in achieving gender balance and equality in our School. The priority areas identified are as follows:
Identifying a senior academic to champion each key priority area to accelerate impact
Increasing the number and proportion of female academics in senior roles, especially Clinical Academics
Improving career development and progression for professional, managerial, technical and support staff
Create parity of career development for staff on fixed term contracts and a move towards a more sustainable career for research staff. Greater use of permanent contracts where appropriate.
Tackling student experiences of sexual harassment on campus and on placement.
Understand and act on intersectionality issues around career development and progression.
The action plan can be downloaded here.
Policies and Initiatives
A number of Faculty of Medicine and Health Initiatives have been created including:
an Academic Development Fund to support the maintenance of academic trajectory following a period of leave
flexible working arrangements with a guaranteed return to original hours
opportunity to purchase additional leave
Details of the faculty initiatives can be found here.
The University of Leeds is committed to providing equal opportunities for all and offers a range of family friendly policies. For further guidance and for information about the policies and values that underpin the initiatives within the Faculty of Medicine and Health please visit the main University Human Resources website for all our policies.
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When you try the same with Javascript the HTML is already delivered and must be manipulated at run-time.
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One of nine "hallowed spaces" on the NC State campus, venerable "old" Reynolds Coliseum is now a place where the Wolfpack's legendary past meets its promising future. On Nov. 14, 2018, a naming gift helped to rename the facility the James T. Valvano Arena at William Neal Reynolds Coliseum in honor of the legendary former men's basketball coach.
The largest basketball arena in the southeast when it opened its doors in 1949, Reynolds reopened in the fall of 2016 after underoing a $35 million renovation. The basketball court, where Hall of Famers Norm Sloan, Jim Valvano and Kay Yow once coached, has been shifted to the south end, seats have been arranged closer to the playing surface and air conditioning was added for the first time in the building's 67-year history.
The building serves as the permanent home for NC State's ROTC programs and women's basketball, gymnastics, wrestling and rifle, while also providing an on-campus gathering place for large-scale campus and student events, such as convocation, graduation, keynote addresses, concerts and shows, befitting one of the nation's leading public research universities.
Seating capacity has been reduced from 8,300 to 5,500 (can accommodate 6,000 depending on configuration) to provide an intimate home court environment for the Wolfpack. The building boasts new hospitality areas, restrooms, concessions, merchandise stands and other amenities. All building systems have been overhauled, including the addition of new LED sport lighting and a new, center-hung video board and secondary LED displays, which enhance the in-game experience for fans.
Adjacent to the iconic north lobby, the first third of the arena has been transformed into the BB&T Grand Hall and serves as the heart of the new NC State Athletics Walk of Fame & History. Members of the NC State Athletics Hall of Fame (est. 2012) are permanently enshrined, while all current and heritage varsity sports are also recognized. The area also features a row of stainless steel wolf sculptures and multimedia displays that highlight university and athletic legacies.
Exhibits celebrating the rich history and tradition of Wolfpack athletics flow throughout the concourses of the arena. All windows were also replaced and the exterior of the building has undergone a thorough facelift, giving it a newer feel to go along with the adjacent Talley Student Union, which reopened in 2014, while still keeping the original look from 1949.
The East and West event level concourses have been expanded from just four-feet to more than 35-feet for circulation and amenities.
Reynolds also houses new offices for Wolfpack Women's Basketball and Volleyball on the second floor, overlooking the BB&T Grand Hall and Walk of Fame & History.
A new video control room serves as the hub for television, video board and online production needs across all 23 varsity sports.
Reynolds is now set up to last for many more generations of NC State students, staff, alumni and the Raleigh community to enjoy, with a tip of the hat to its past and a wide open canvas for the future.


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Fevers Relapsing
Relapsing fever is a condition characterized by episodes of fever, headache, myalgias, arthralgias, and nausea followed by a few days of improvement after which there is a recurrence of symptoms. It is caused by some species of Borrelia spirochetes and can be of two types: the tick-borne relapsing fever and the louse-borne relapsing fever. Diagnosis depends on clinical features and identification of the causative organism.
Relapsing fever (RF) is a condition caused by a spirochete and is characterized by typical features of episodic and recurrent high fever, headache, myalgias, and arthralgias. The symptoms last for approximately 3 days, then abate for a week but then recur for another 3 days. This process could continue unless treated. There are two types of RF: tick-borne RF (TBRF) and louse-borne RF (LBRF). TBRF occurs after individuals have lived or slept in rodent-infested mountain cabins while LBRF is transmitted by the body louse and happens in refugee camps or developing regions of the world.
Clinical presentation of TBRF is sudden onset of high fever lasting up to a week and ending with rigors, hypertension, and tachycardia [1]. The first episode is often accompanied by headaches, myalgias, arthralgias, neck stiffness, and nausea. Neurologic symptoms are more common in TBRF after the second episode of fever and include facial palsy, meningismus, myelitis, and radiculopathy followed in certain cases by deficits like hemiplegia and aphasia [1] [2]. Ophthalmic involvement is associated with a possibility of permanent visual impairment secondary to unilateral or bilateral iridocyclitis or panophthalmitis. Hepatosplenomegaly and myocarditis may be present in fatal cases. Infection of pregnant women has a higher incidence of miscarriages and stillbirths. Gravid women and children have a more serious form of the disease [3] [4]. During TBRF crises, adult respiratory distress syndrome is also known to develop [5].
The incidence of jaundice, petechiae, hemoptysis, epistaxis and CNS involvement is higher in LBRF [6]. Patients of LBRF have been reported to have mainly one relapse while those with TBRF have averagely 3 relapses [7]. Delirium and coma can arise in both TBRF and LBRF.
Entire Body System
Tick-borne relapsing fever; Louse-borne relapsing fever Horton JM. Relapsing fever caused by borrelia species. In: Bennett JE, Dolin R, Blaser MJ, eds. [nlm.nih.gov]
External links [ edit ] CDC: Relapsing Fever Scientist and astronomer Larry Webster infected with relapsing fever [en.wikipedia.org]
The diagnosis of tick-borne relapsing fever requires an accurate characterization of the fever and a thorough medical, social, and travel history of the patient. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
Relapsing fever is a condition characterized by episodes of fever, headache, myalgias, arthralgias, and nausea followed by a few days of improvement after which there is a recurrence of symptoms. [symptoma.com]
Differential diagnosis: malaria, typhoid fever, viral haemorrhagic fever, leptospirosis, typhus, tick-borne relapsing fever, non-typhoidal salmonellosis, meningococcal septicaemia and meningitis. [ecdc.europa.eu]
This consists of shaking chills, followed by intense sweating, falling body temperature, and low blood pressure. This stage may result in death. [nlm.nih.gov]
We discuss the case of a 44-year-old male residing in the San Juan Mountains of Western Colorado who presented with fever, myalgia, vomiting, and "violent chills" to an emergency department. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
Recurring high fever episodes may be accompanied by symptoms of: rash chills dysuria myalgia diarrhea bleeding arthralgia dizziness headache dry cough weakness photophobia unsteady gait abdominal pain nausea & vomiting neck pain, stiffness mental status [healthblurbs.com]
The high fevers of presenting patients spontaneously abate and then recur. Here we report a 50-year-old woman having relapsing fever associated with thrombocytopenia. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
Relapsing fever (RF) is a condition caused by a spirochete and is characterized by typical features of episodic and recurrent high fever, headache, myalgias, and arthralgias. [symptoma.com]
Definition of relapsing fever : a variable acute epidemic disease that is marked by recurring high fever usually lasting three to seven days and is caused by a spirochete (genus Borrelia ) transmitted by the bites of lice and ticks First Known Use of [merriam-webster.com]
Before the camp, a professional pest control company had rodent proofed the cabin, but no acaricides had been applied. Cabin inspection after the camp found rodents and Ornithodoros ticks, the vector of TBRF. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
She presented with a 2 day history of fever, headache, general body malaise and vomiting. She was misdiagnosed as having severe malaria and was treated with quinine. The blood slide showed Borrelia duttoni. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
A 13-year-old girl presented with recurrent fevers, with temperatures up to 104 F (40 C), over a 3-week period, with associated headache, chills, and malaise. [nejm.org]
Splenomegaly was the second most common finding reported. Diagnosis of relapsing fever was made in 20 cases by identifying spirochetes on peripheral blood smears. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
Malaria and babesiosis cause hemolytic anemia and may be associated with hepatomegaly and splenomegaly. Recurring fever is typical of malaria and Borrelia infection. [mdedge.com]
Later in the several weeks' course of the disease, jaundice, hepatomegaly, splenomegaly, myocarditis, and heart failure may occur, especially in louse-borne disease. [merckmanuals.com]
Patients may present with hepatomegaly and splenomegaly, with risk of splenic rupture. [ecdc.europa.eu]
Other manifestations include splenomegaly, hepatomegaly, jaundice, rash, respiratory symptoms, and central nervous system involvement. A primary febrile episode ends within 3 to 6 days and can culminate in fatal shock. [atsu.edu]
The fever attacks last from several hours to 4 days, and are accompanied by chills, headache, nausea and vomiting, sweating, abdominal pain, arthralgia, and cough; complications are rare. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
Fever, dizziness, head and muscle ache, coughing, and vomiting. Episodes (a total of 2-5) of fever lasting several days followed by several days without fever. Severe disease includes liver and spleen enlargement and breathing difficulties. [extension.entm.purdue.edu]
Systemic complications can include nausea, vomiting, upper abdominal pain due to liver and spleen involvement, and a dry cough. [atsu.edu]
The first episode is often accompanied by headaches, myalgias, arthralgias, neck stiffness, and nausea. [symptoma.com]
Tickborne relapsing fever (TBRF) is a bacterial infection characterized by recurring episodes of fever, headache, muscle and joint aches, and nausea. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
Relapsing Fever is a tick spread illness that is characterized by relapsing or recurring episodes of fever, accompanied by headache, muscle and joint aches, and nausea. [health.utah.gov]
Symptoms of relapsing fever include: Bleeding Coma Headache Joint aches, muscle aches Nausea and vomiting Sagging on one side of the face (facial droop) Stiff neck Sudden high fever, shaking chills, seizure Vomiting Weakness, unsteady while walking Relapsing [nlm.nih.gov]
Findings on physical examination are variable; abdominal pain, vomiting, and altered sensorium are the most common symptoms. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
Abdominal pain. General feeling of illness (malaise). Rash (up to 50% of cases). Prescription medicine is used to treat relapsing fever. Current as of: July 30, 2018 Author: Healthwise Staff Medical Review: William H. [myhealth.alberta.ca]
Nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, and rash may also occur. TBRF is characterized by recurring ("relapsing") episodes of symptoms that usually last about three days, disappear for seven days, then return. [nps.gov]
Clinical presentation of TBRF is sudden onset of high fever lasting up to a week and ending with rigors, hypertension, and tachycardia. The first episode is often accompanied by headaches, myalgias, arthralgias, neck stiffness, and nausea. [symptoma.com]
Cardio-respiratory symptoms such as tachycardia, mild tachypnea and non-productive cough can occur. Patients may present with hepatomegaly and splenomegaly, with risk of splenic rupture. [ecdc.europa.eu]
These can, however, induce a Jarisch–Herxheimer reaction in over half those treated, producing anxiety, diaphoresis, fever, tachycardia and tachypnea with an initial pressor response followed rapidly by hypotension. [en.wikipedia.org]
This reaction produces apprehension, diaphoresis, fever, tachycardia, and tachypnea, with an initial pressor response followed rapidly by hypotension. Erythromycin or chloramphenicol can be used in the treatment of pregnant women and children. [atsu.edu]
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Jaundice was seen in four of the five cases, three of them died. Only twenty cases of neonatal relapsing fever were previously reported. Findings are discussed in comparison with those of former reports on relapsing fever in the literature. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
Her condition deteriorated a few hours after admission when jaundice, hepatosplenomegaly, and hemorrhage appeared. Borrelia organisms were found on peripheral blood smear. The patient died 16 hours after admission. [jamanetwork.com]
The incidence of jaundice, petechiae, hemoptysis, epistaxis and CNS involvement is higher in LBRF. Patients of LBRF have been reported to have mainly one relapse while those with TBRF have averagely 3 relapses. [symptoma.com]
About one-fourth of patients with babesiosis are coinfected with the Lyme disease bacterium ( Borrelia burgdorferi ) and often have more severe illness. 3 Hepatomegaly, splenomegaly, jaundice, and dark urine are common findings in patients with symptoms [mdedge.com]
Hepatosplenomegaly and myocarditis may be present in fatal cases. Infection of pregnant women has a higher incidence of miscarriages and stillbirths. Gravid women and children have a more serious form of the disease. [symptoma.com]
It should be performed in patients with persistent or recurring fever or in those who have traveled to the developing world or who have a history of tick exposure, especially if accompanied by hemolytic anemia, thrombocytopenia, or hepatosplenomegaly. [mdedge.com]
Less frequently, patients may have jaundice, hepatosplenomegaly, stiff neck, and photophobia. [coloradoticks.org]
There was no hepatosplenomegaly and lympadenopathy. The patient had petechial rash and hematuria. Clinical diagnosis was recurrent fever of unknown cause. She had history of fever few weeks back, for which she took symptomatic treatment. [ijpmonline.org]
Ophthalmic involvement is associated with a possibility of permanent visual impairment secondary to unilateral or bilateral iridocyclitis or panophthalmitis. Hepatosplenomegaly and myocarditis may be present in fatal cases. [symptoma.com]
Petechiae
Papules (small lumps), petechiae (small red or purple spots due to bleeding into the skin), purpura (bleeding into the skin, includes petechiae and bruises), and facial flushing have been described. Petechiae may also occur on mucous membranes. [dermnetnz.org]
Clinical manifestations are severe for most tick-borne relapsing fever; headache, neck stiffness, arthralgia, myalgia, ecchymosis, epistaxis, and petechiae. [igenex.com]
Mycocutaneous symptoms include conjunctival injection, scattered petechiae and erythematous rash. Cardio-respiratory symptoms such as tachycardia, mild tachypnea and non-productive cough can occur. [ecdc.europa.eu]
He complained of myalgia and secondarily presented fever. Blood smears revealed spirochetes later identified as Borrelia recurrentis. LBRF should be considered in countries hosting refugees, particularly those who transit through endemic regions. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
LBRF by Borrelia recurrentis should be considered among the clinical hypotheses in migrants presenting with fever, headache, chills, sweating, arthralgia, myalgia, dizziness, nausea and vomiting. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
Definitions for relapsing fever Medical Definition of relapsing fever : a variable acute infectious disease that is marked by sudden recurring episodes of high fever which usually last from three to seven days, are typically accompanied by myalgia, arthralgia [merriam-webster.com]
A previously healthy 20-year-old woman presented to our hospital on October 8, 2010, because of recurrent fever and lower leg pain. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
Common Conditions: Headache Fever Fatigue Headache Pain Short-term memory problems Joint or muscle aches Dizziness [nutripath.com.au]
Given the high incidence of malaria in Mali, and the potential to confuse the clinical diagnosis of these two diseases, we initiated studies to determine if there were endemic foci of relapsing fever spirochetes that could pose a risk for human infection [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
To minimize confusion among scientists and other health care professionals, we proposed that the species that are part of the Lyme disease Borrelia should be transferred to a new genus, Borreliella. [atlasofscience.org]
This reaction is often observed a few hours after the first antibiotic treatment and follows two successive phases: the chill phase (rigours, high fever, anxiety or confusion, increasing metabolic rate) and the flush phase (decrease in temperature, drenching [ecdc.europa.eu]
The patient may become dizzy and confused. The eyes may be bloodshot and very sensitive to light. A cough may develop. The heart rate is greatly increased, and the liver and spleen may be swollen. [medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com]
The diagnosis of RF depends on identifying the typical characteristics of the fever along with a thorough medical, social, and travel history as findings of physical examination are not predictable. Spirochetes can be detected on thin and thick peripheral blood smears using Wright's or Giemsa stain or by isolating them in Kelly culture medium in the period between onset of fever and its peak [8] [9] [10]. Peripheral blood smears have a sensitivity of 70% and are more sensitive in detecting TBRF than LBRF [11].
Direct and indirect immunofluorescence can be used to visualize spirochetes with a fluorescence microscope while polymerase chain reaction testing can identify most Borrelia species [12] [13]. Other laboratory findings include elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate, anemia, proteinuria,leukocytosis, thrombocytopenia, increased serum unconjugated bilirubin levels, elevated hepatic transaminase levels, prolonged partial thromboplastin and prothrombin times and microhematuria. In TBRF myocarditis, an electrocardiogram may show a prolonged corrected Q-T interval [14] [15] [16]. Analysis of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in patients with neurological symptoms is likely to reveal mononuclear pleocytosis, an elevated protein level, and normal glucose levels [3] [7].
Features of pulmonary edema can be noticed on a plain chest X-ray when present. Other imaging studies are indicated only in cases where intracranial or other complications are suspected.
Histological studies help to detect spirochetes using silver stains like Warthin-Starry or modified Dieterle.
The patient continued treatment with procaine penicillin fortified for relapsing fever. Several hours later the woman died, probably due to JHR. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
A potential severe or fatal Jarisch–Herxheimer reaction can be induced by antibiotic treatment of louse-borne relapsing fever, requiring the close monitoring of patients under antibiotic treatment. [ecdc.europa.eu]
Prognosis In epidemics of LBRF, death rates among untreated victims have run as high as 30%. With treatment, and careful monitoring for the development of the Jarish-Herxheimer reaction, prognosis is good for both LBRF and TBRF. [medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com]
Outlook (Prognosis) People with this condition who have developed a coma, heart inflammation, liver problems, or pneumonia are more likely to die. With early treatment, the death rate is reduced. [leehealth.org]
Prognosis The mortality rates of untreated louse-borne relapsing fever and tick-borne relapsing fever are range from 10%-70% and 4%-10%, respectively. [emedicine.com]
For tick-borne relapsing fever, the prognosis is better. The mortality rate is 10% for untreated patients and is 2% for treated patients. [merckmanuals.com]
[…] disease is remarkable because the human host is unaware of the tick bite, usually becomes very ill, may experience an exacerbation of symptoms rather than improvement shortly after beginning appropriate treatment, and, despite often high numbers of the etiologic [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
Etiology The disease may be epidemic and transmitted by lice or endemic and transmitted by soft-bodied ticks (Ornithodoros and Argas). [orpha.net]
The first case linked with spirochetal etiology and body louse transmission occurred in late 19th –early 20th century. Soft tick-borne relapsing fever was first discovered to cause disease in humans in the early 20th century. [igenex.com]
History [ edit ] Relapsing fever has been described since the days of the ancient Greeks. [8] After an outbreak in Edinburgh in the 1840s, relapsing fever was given its name, but it would not be another decade until the etiology of the disease would be [en.wikipedia.org]
This report summarizes the epidemiology of 504 TBRF cases reported from 12 western states during 1990-2011. Cases occurred most commonly among males and among persons aged 10‒14 and 40‒44 years. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
Pathophysiology After exposure to an infected louse or tick, spirochetes enter the dermis and gain access to the bloodstream where they infect the endothelium. [patient.info]
Pathophysiology Relapsing fever is transmitted to humans by 2 vectors, ticks and lice. The human body louse, Pediculus humanus, is the specific vector ( Pediculus pubis is not a vector). [emedicine.com]
Tick-bite screening and prophylactic treatment with doxycycline in endemic areas is a practical, safe, and highly effective policy for preventing TBRF. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
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Home HEADLINE STORY Ivanka Trump draws derision in India for praising migrant's hard journey home
Ivanka Trump draws derision in India for praising migrant's hard journey home
Ivanka Trump, first daughter and adviser to President Donald Trump, tours the distribution center of Coastal Sunbelt Produce May 15, 2020 in Laurel, Maryland. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
THE US presidential adviser Ivanka Trump's praise of an Indian teenager's bicycle ride home hundreds of kilometres away is drawing criticism in India for being insensitive to the plight of impoverished migrant workers struggling in a lockdown.
The girl carried her father on the back of her bicycle for about a week for 1,200 km (750 miles), the two said on Saturday (23), one of the many out-of-work migrant families leaving the big cities for their homes in other parts of India because the shutdown has sapped their savings.
"15 yr old Jyoti Kumari, carried her wounded father to their home village on the back of her bicycle covering +1,200 km over 7 days. This beautiful feat of endurance & love has captured the imagination of the Indian people and the cycling federation!" Ivanka, daughter of U.S. President Donald Trump, tweeted on Friday(22) night.
India's cycling federation, impressed with her endurance, has invited her for trials and said it could groom her into a cyclist, local media reported.
But opposition political figures, as well as some commentators, in the country of 1.3 billion said Jyoti's desperate journey home because of a crippling transport shutdown was hardly something to celebrate.
"Her poverty & desperation are being glorified as if Jyoti cycled 1,200 KM for the thrill of it. Government failed her, that's hardly something to trumpet as an achievement," Omar Abdullah, a former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir, tweeted on Saturday in response to Ivanka's message.
Health experts say India's vast lockdown has helped limit the spread of COVID-19, but it has pushed millions who live on daily wages to the brink of poverty. After weeks of mounting criticism and tales of hardship, the government is now running trains and buses to help the migrants get home.
"This is not a feat of excellence. It's a feat fuelled by desperation caused due to the callous attitude of the government," said Karti Chidambaram, an opposition member of parliament, about the teenager's hard journey home.
Jyoti's father, a rickshaw driver in north India, said he could not cycle because of an accident he had suffered months ago. With food and cash running out, his daughter decided she would ride him to their village in the eastern state of Bihar.
"Initially I had doubts because she is just 15, but I was wrong," Mohan Paswan said. "She asked me to sit on the bicycle and not pay heed to what people would say."
They survived on biscuits and food that people gave them during the stops in the blistering Indian summer. Jyoti said she was happy she had brought her father home safely.
She declined to be drawn into controversy about Ivanka's post, saying, "I am very happy with the appreciation I am getting from all the corners."
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Ex police Chief Superintendent charged with multiple sex assaults
Gary Davies, who took a role at Bristol City Council after leaving the police, denies sexually assaulting three women on trains
Former Chief Superintendent Gary Davies
Two women have told a jury a former police Chief Superintendent touched them on a train.
Gary Davies, aged 54, says allegations of improper touching were down to overcrowded carriages and not intentional.
Davies, of Shoreditch Road in Taunton, became a senior official at Bristol City Council after a career in the police, which the jury at Bristol Crown Court was told on Tuesday.
He is charged with five counts of sexual assault on three women spanning December 2015 to May last year and denies all charges.
Gary Davies, 53, arrives at Bristol Crown Court. He is accused of sexually assaulting women on trains between Bristol and Taunton. (Image: SWNS)
He was arrested after a 30-year-old woman reported being touched on three occasions on a train between Taunton and Bristol.
He was also questioned in connection with assaults on two other women, aged 31 and 46, which are reported to have happened on the same day.
Live: Man faces trial for multiple sexual assaults on trains between Bristol and Taunton
On day two of the trial a second complainant described her train journey.
She told the jury: "It started normally, I was looking at my phone. I was aware someone was next to me, pushing into me with their crotch.
"It was a very noticeable impact.
A Cross Country train sits at a platform in Temple Meads station.
"I was surprised, the train was busy but not so busy people needed to be crammed up against one another."
The woman said she expected the person to immediately move, but he didn't and there were some two or three further impacts, which she thought was really strange.
When she slightly turned her head she could see a man's crotch area.
Commuter says allegations of groping women on trains were down to 'overcrowded carriages'
"I felt quite helpless. I didn't know how to deal with what was happening. I was very uncomfortable but I didn't want to cause a scene by accusing the person of doing this.
"I moved myself further and further to the left. I was continuing to feel impact on my shoulder as before. It had to be deliberate. It was not in line with the motion of the train. I felt quite stressed. I was very unhappy about it."
Gary Davies
The woman said the touching took place over 15 to 20 minutes.
A third complainant told the court on May 10 last year she was sitting in a priority aisle seat on the Taunton to Bristol train and became aware of a passenger very close to her.
"I could feel a body," she said. "I was on my work phone. After a period of time I became aware that a person was leaning into me. His groin area and penis area was leaning into my shoulder."
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The woman said the train was not over-crowded and she became anxious the man was leaning into her.
She said: "I was aware it felt continuous. I was aware it lasted ten to 15 minutes. I became more and more irritated feeling him on my arm and shoulder.
"I deliberately turned round to give him eye contact to make him aware I was aware of him leaning against me. He did step back. He looked at his mobile phone and from that point I wasn't particularly aware of him."
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Dakota Frost may be the best magical tattooist in the Southeast (and she is - just ask her), but turns out that doesn't amount to much when you're struggling to get your kid into school. Sure, parents do that sort of thing all the time, but not many of their children have the same sort of special needs. Special needs befitting a weretiger with a full body tattoo, tail, and ears...and a mouth on her that would make a sailor on leave blush. And Dakota may be far left of center herself, but she's determined to get Cinnamon - the young street girl formerly called Stray who Frost is in the process of adopting - the schooling she needs. In some ways, at least according to Cinnamon, Dakota is positively square.
Dakota just considers it good parenting skills.
Before their appointment at the next school on the list, though, a chilling call comes in from a close family friend and pseudo uncle, also known as Atlanta PD's Detective Andre Rand. Normally all kinds of smooth, Rand sounds out of sorts and freaked out, and he urges Dakota to hurry across town and meet him at Oakland Cemetery. Even though both his tone and the request concern Dakota as she and Cinnamon hurry over there, nothing could have possibly prepared her for what she would see once she arrives: a friend, the vampire Revenance, slowly being crucified by the magical graffiti that is bursting from a wall in the cemetery, writhing and curling around him, pulling him apart with tendrils of malignant, magically-infused, spray painted topiary.
If being utterly helpless against a source of magic she's never seen before and watching a friend die ugly because of that helplessness wasn't enough, Dakota learns Rev's death isn't the only trouble. Vampires and weres have disappeared and the writhing, deadly graffiti is popping up all over Atlanta's Edgeworlder areas, those areas frequented by the magic practitioners or magical creatures of the city. After Revenance, it would seem rather incontrovertible that those things are connected.
Denizens of Atlanta's magical community are under siege and Dakota may be the only one able to stop it, for while she hasn't the first clue about graffiti art, her tattoos are her power, and that combination of art and magic may be similar enough to help her stop whomever is responsible for the growing genocide before the city runs red - not from the graffiti art on the walls and buildings...but from the rivers of blood pouring through the streets.
It's been well over a year since I read the first book in the Skindancer series, Frost Moon. I normally try to reread early books in a series before reading newer releases, but time is tight right now so I decided to rely on the exposition in the narrative of Blood Rock to refresh my memory. That can often be hit-or-miss in books, but it worked out fine in this case. Francis reminds readers of important things from the previous book as it relates to the plot or characters in this one, and he does so in a natural, organic-to-the-story manner that would be enough to inform even new readers without overwhelming or bogging down the pace of the story. I appreciated that.
The first book made me a big fan of the world that Francis created for the series and characters who populate that world. I enjoyed revisiting them in this one. I like Dakota Frost quite a lot, she's smart but fallible and for all that she's great at what she does, she's not some all-powerful megawitch. There are consequences to her actions, limits to her power, and both the consequences and the limits can and often do exact a high price from her and her friends and loved ones. It's one of the most appealing aspects of the series for me...even if it doesn't always make for fun times around Little Five Points.
I'm loathe to seem gender-biased here, but there's a different feel - a slightly different tone - to urban fantasy featuring a female protagonist as written by a male author. I enjoy those nuanced differences on occasion. Of course, as there's only one other ongoing urban fantasy series I read that has the same male author/female protag situation, 'on occasion' is the most I could get anyway. Still, the differences are even more delineated with a female protagonist, and it seems to add more weight to the inherent differences in style across authors' gender lines. I enjoy it.
I can't say, though, that I enjoyed the whole of this book as much as its predecessor. I struggled with the story on a few different levels. The threat of the killer graffiti didn't really work for me for some reason. I couldn't relate to it and it seemed a less tangible threat than the one we see in the first book. And there were points in Dakota's investigation into the source of the graffiti and the core of its magic that I felt my mind wandering. Graffiti - however magically devilish - just seemed like a bunch of urban scrawl to me. The big reveal at the end about the perpetrator/s came out of nowhere and the conflict resolution that engendered seemed a little anti-climactic.
Oddly enough, one of my other issues is that nothing at all went right for Dakota in this book. That certainly can make for a rich and complex multi-layered plot, but in this book I actually got to a point where it felt like I couldn't turn a page without some other, possibly unrelated badness going splat all over her life. I found myself feeling a little depressed by it all on her behalf.
From what I've seen so far between the two books, Francis tends to pack his plots with a lot of action. That's not necessarily a bad thing, but in this case there's never really much room for a reader to catch a breath and very rarely any time to fully develop a scene's intended emotional impact before the narrative races along to the next calamity. That cheated the story out of the sort of expression of emotional response and consequence that would have served a couple of very significant plot points very well.. A tighter grip on the plot and a few less plot threads may have allowed for the remaining points to reach a more satisfying stage of development and resolution that was lacking.
I do truly enjoy the world and characters that Francis has created in this series, and there just can't be enough emphasis placed on how nice it is to get that slightly different flavor of writing from a male author. For me though, this book wasn't as entertaining as the first. Still action-packed, though, still conflict-laden, and it still...always...has Dakota Frost, the best magical tattooist in the Southeast. That's definitely enough to keep me looking out for the next book.


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'The First Bad Man' by Miranda July
Review by Courtney Gillette
Meet Cheryl Glickman. In Miranda July's debut novel The First Bad Man, Cheryl Glickman is the dowdy, middle aged protagonist of a strange but moving story, and one half of a relationship well beyond traditional examples of love. A single woman in Los Angeles, she works from home for a self defense aerobics course, the owners of which she has labored for for twenty years. The novel propels on a series of desires: first, it's the possible romantic interest of Philip, a prominent donor to the self defense organization. There's comedy in how earnestly Cheryl tries to be wanted: when Philip invites her over for dinner (the sixty year old man has a confession he's been wanting to make to Cheryl), she puts on "the pin striped dress shirt again and a very small amount of taupe eye shadow." Inside Philip's home, he touches Cheryl's arm:
"Want to know something crazy?"
"Our shirts."
I made a shocked face that was too extreme and quickly ratcheted it down to baffled surprise.
The language and details July chooses to illustrate Cheryl and her desires are the witty, absurd kind that make July's perspective so unique. Cheryl's inner world is often pushed to the very edges of weirdness. She imagines herself as an old dog that will be abandoned once she and Philip become lovers, then mixes her own bowel movement into the metaphor: "I flushed and washed my hands and only by luck did I happen to glance back at the toilet. It was still there. One had to suppose it was the dog, shot, but refusing to die."
Of course, Philip's confession is one of love, but love for a sixteen year old girl. They want Cheryl's blessing before they consummate their love. Amping up the drama is Clee, the twenty year old daughter of Cheryl's bosses who comes to live with Cheryl, creating an offensive presence in velour sweatpants and constant television viewing in Cheryl's living room. It seems that Cheryl just wants her globus sensation to relax (an ailment that takes her to a color specialist, then a therapist), for Philip to love her in her own weird way, and for Clee to move out. In an interview with the New York Times, July said she was influenced by "violent page turners," forcing her to recognize that she wanted The First Bad Man to be a thriller. The bizarre ensemble certainly compels readers to turn the page as each of Cheryl's problems combust into stranger and stranger demands. Philip harasses Cheryl to sign off on his Lolita complex (he texts her in all caps: "KIRSTEN WANTS YOUR PERMISSION TO DO ORAL. ???! NO PRESSURE. STANDING BY UNTIL YOUR GO-AHEAD."). Clee's rudeness becomes aggression, as she berates Cheryl with sneers and then punches. Cheryl brings it up to her new therapist, who advises her to fight back. It's startling, but also refreshing, to make physical violence between women such a focal point of their relationship. This morphs into a new intimacy of role playing scenarios from the self defense videos. There's a strangely tender moment where the two women are mid-role play, and both realize that they've chosen a scenario with two villains.
"What are you doing?" she hissed. "I'm over here."
She hesitated. Until now there had been no overt acknowledgement of the video or that we were anyone but our own angry selves.
"I'm the first man," she said.
"The one in denim?"
"The first bad man."
July's talent exists in her ability to create such complex, bizarre relationships while always raising the stakes, but her carefully erected world does require a willful suspension of disbelief. For all the time we spend with Cheryl, she is a character that never feels close to us. The world around her is almost superficial, the other characters appearing and disappearing, without back story, and sometimes without depth. There's an emotional incline to the story when Clee becomes pregnant, and Cheryl takes care of her up through the dramatic delivery. The tone of the novel shifts in an impressive way, as Cheryl goes from a woman obsessed to a woman with purpose. Predictably, the two women become lovers, leading to some comical (if not also reductive) scenes in the hospital: Clee puts her arm around Cheryl as they walk down the hall, and Cheryl thinks to herself that the people seeing them are the first people she's come out to. But a happy ending with their new found affections is far too simple a conclusion for this novel. Clee will disappoint, as will Phillip, and the therapist, and Clee's self-absorbed parents (perhaps the most comically self-absorbed of all the assorted characters). What readers may have adored about July's award winning short story collection, No One Belongs Here More Than You, was how each story was an original gem of loneliness, of characters wanting to participate in the world in their own weird ways. It's harder to sustain that kind of relatable humanity across an entire novel. While some may have clutched the short story "Something Out of Nothing" to their chest, an achingly heartbreaking portrait of two young women bumping up against the other in love, that particular brand of emotion never comes to term here. It may be underwhelming to wish for a novel of those two young women in love, especially when it is a truer expectation of July's talent to recognize the ambition and risks her bold debut novel achieves.
The First Bad Man
By Miranda July
Hardcover, 9781439172568, 288 pp.
About : Courtney Gillette
Courtney Gillette's essays and book reviews have appeared in The Huffington Post, AfterEllen.com, Kirkus Reviews, and Tom Tom Magazine, as well as the Lambda Award winning anthology The Full Spectrum (Knopf 2006) and Truth And Dare (Running Press Kids 2011). Most recently she was chosen by A.M. Homes to appear in the The Masters Review, and was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. She lives in Brooklyn, holds an MFA from Lesley University, and bakes a mean apple pie.http://www.courtneygillette.com
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New man on campus
New director has an 'open door policy'
By Kari Plog '11
Campus Safety has a new front man.
Pacific Lutheran University welcomes Sgt. Greg Premo as the new director and he plans to continue with the success former director Tony Berger left behind.
"I got the impression that Campus Safety has grown a lot in the past few years," Premo said.
Sgt. Greg Premo has 16 years of law enforcement experience and comes to PLU from the University Place Police Department.
"My initial thought is to maintain that progress and reputation gained over the past few years. I would love to see (Campus Safety) expand and have even more student involvement."
Premo comes to PLU after a long-withstanding career with local law enforcement. He has worked full time for the Pierce County Sheriff's Department for 16 years.
Tom Huelsbeck, Assistant Dean of Campus Life who played a primary role in hiring the new director, said Premo comes in with extensive experience as an administrator.
"He is incredibly outgoing and friendly," Huelsbeck said. "He will fit in really well at PLU."
PLU is contracting with the Pierce County Sheriff's Department, and Huelsbeck said the hiring process is regimented within the department's employee regulations.
"This model of contracting with the Sheriff's Department for our director provides so many benefits to the university," Huelsbeck said. "It is a unique model. No other school has that."
Premo comes from University Place law enforcement, which is also contracted with the Pierce County Sheriff's Department. A high school graduate of Franklin Pierce and husband to a PLU graduate, Premo said he is very familiar with the university's history and was drawn to the position as a result.
"The history and culture of PLU is part of what attracted me here," Premo said. "Dealing with a college atmosphere seemed exciting to me."
Premo said his career has been strictly law enforcement, so he is excited to face new challenges that come with the territory of serving as director.
"Five to ten percent of the job is law enforcement," he said. "Ninety percent is a new realm for me."
Premo said he hopes students will utilize his law enforcement knowledge as a resource whenever they need guidance. He said even if he isn't able to help a student, he has the knowledge to refer them to someone who can help.
"I want to truly have an open door policy," he said. "Don't hesitate to come see me about something if you have an issue."
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Portable media devices pose a growing threat to technology and media companies reliant on digital information, with more than half falling victim to data theft over the past year.
Research by business advisors Deloitte argues that the reliance of the technology, media and telecoms (TMT) industry on digital information and technology has made it increasingly vulnerable to attack.
More than half the companies surveyed reported security breaches in the last 12 months, with a third of those breaches resulting in significant financial losses.
Moreover, firms' own employees were the culprits for half of these attacks, with easy access to portable media devices such as iPods and large-capacity memory cards making it a simple task for individuals to spirit confidential data off-site.
This might explain why many TMT companies are not very confident in the security of their internal IT infrastructure. A mere four per cent believe they are doing enough to address security issues and more than eight out of 10 are concerned about employee misconduct involving information systems.
More concerning still, half of the firms surveyed citied budget constraints and lack of management support as the main challenges to achieving security goals.
"TMT companies are becoming more aware of the impact of technical security attacks because their businesses revolve increasingly around digital information and technology," said Mike Maddison, leader of Deloitte's Security & Privacy Services.
"Everything from voice telephony to prime time television is now created and transmitted as a series of zeros and ones – making it vulnerable to infection, attack and theft.
"Protecting the confidentiality and integrity of data, as well as ensuring its available when required is now an important aspect of effective operational management."
The report, based on an in-depth survey of security practices at TMT organisations around the world, also reveals that many companies are underestimating the need for security.
Most are not investing enough time, money and resources to protect themselves adequately, it claims.
And it stresses that while external security threats such as hackers, viruses and worms get most of the attention - as well as the lion's share of resources when it comes to digital security - the risks from internal threats such as fraud, employee misconduct and human error are just as great.
This failure to acknowledge 'the enemy within' means that Most TMT companies limit their security policy to the basics, such as firewalls, anti-virus applications, spam-filtering and virtual private networks.
Yet more advanced threats are not being adequately addressed, Deloitte argues. For example, phishing (identity theft carried out through the creation of a website that seems to represent a legitimate company) is considered to be a major threat to TMT companies, yet fewer than one in five have currently implemented anti-phishing technologies.
"TMT companies must recognise that they represent an increasingly attractive target.," said James Alexander, technology director at Deloitte.
"Media companies' content represents the basis of a global market in illegal downloads and counterfeit goods; telecommunications operators increasingly represent the gateway into the digital home and office."
"The increasing vulnerability of the TMT sector to attack means that security is no longer a minor operating detail best left to the IT department," he added.
"The industry needs to address security as a fundamental business requirement – and a strategic imperative."