Welcome to the Project Children Summer Work & Travel Program.
The Project Children Summer Work & Travel Program provides a once in a lifetime opportunity for students from Northern Ireland and Ireland. Our seven week 'cultural exchange' program runs each summer, and gives students the chance to immerse themselves in US culture by living, working and volunteering in the US.
Explore our site to find out more information and to apply.
Project Children will be attending the QUB Work Experience and Placement Fair on Wednesday 23rd January. It will take place in Whilta and South Dining Halls between 10.30am and 3pm. Come along if you want to find out more about the program or ask any questions.
Project Children will be attending the QUB Go Global event on Wednesday 24th October. It will take place in Whilta Hall between 12pm and 3pm. Come along if you want to find out more about the program or ask any questions.
Applications for the 2018 program have now closed. We will be reviewing and shortlisting applications over the coming week. Keep an eye on your inbox to see if you have made it to the next stage. All applicants will be notified either way.
We have extended the deadline for applications. Please get your application in by Sunday 25th March. The application form will be removed from the site at 23.59.
13/02/2018: University of Ulster - Go Global.
We will be attending the university of Ulster's Jordanstown campus on Thursday 22nd February. We will have a stand on the mall for students to approach us and find out more about the program, and we will be holding a number of class talks with students.
We have now published a list of PROVISIONAL internships that we have available this year. If applying, you can use these as your 'preferred internships' when completing the form.
24/01/2018: QUB Work Experience and Placement Fair - Wednesday 24th January.
The Project Children Summer Work & Travel program will be at the QUB Work Experience and Placement Fair at Whilta Hall. Representatives will be available to answer any questions.
We have updated our website for the 2018 program, and applications are now open. Click here to apply.


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Ian Paisley keeps parliamentary seat after recall petition fails – UK
Ian Paisley has held onto his North Antrim seat after a petition to recall the MP failed to reach the necessary threshold.
It was the first time the recall legislation had been enacted since it was introduced in the wake of the expenses scandal.
The petition, which had been open for six weeks, followed Mr Paisley's suspension from the Commons for an unprecedented 30 days.
Under the legislation, the recall of an MP requires the signature of at least 10 percent of the eligible electorate in their constituency.
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Northern Ireland's Chief Electoral Officer, Virginia McVea, confirmed that 9.4 percent had signed, 444 short of the 7,543 required to trigger a by-election.
She said: "The petition has not been successful. The number of electorate eligible to sign the petition, 75,428. The number of electors who validly signed the petition, 7,099."
Mr Paisley was suspended for having breached parliamentary standards by failing to declare two 2013 holidays paid for by the Sri Lankan government.
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He had later lobbied the then Prime Minister David Cameron to vote against a UN resolution on human rights abuses in Sri Lanka.
The Parliamentary Standards Committee found that the cost of the holidays was "much higher" than the £50,000 he had estimated.
By failing to declare the trips, he had "breached the rule against paid advocacy," the Committee ruled.
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Mr Paisley, who has been suspended from his party, was one of 10 DUP MPs propping up Theresa May's minority Tory government.
He had already indicated his intention to defend his North Antrim seat, which his father, the late Rev Ian Paisley, held for 40 years.
In last year's General Election, Ian Paisley won nearly 59 percent of the vote, with a majority of 20,643.
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Two months of staring through a porthole at Antarctic ice floes hardly seems a useful preparation for a story on tropical atolls. Yet it was his exploration of this great white wilderness while on assignment for New Zealand Geographic at the beginning of the year (see Issue 9) that gave Mark Scott a vital clue to a nagging question.
Written by Kennedy Warne
Why is it, queried Scott, that New Zealand still imagines itself to be a suburb of Europe, when we are so very far away?
"So many of us act like misplaced Angolophiles, thinking only within a European tradition, when our logical context is the Pacific," he says. "Antarctica made me realise how isolated New Zealand really is. You ask yourself: who's closest to this place—this desert of ice at the end of the world? And you realise that, apart from Tierra del Fuego, it's us. So, going north to the Cooks was, in a strange way, a journey towards our centre, not away from it."
That seemingly gravitational pull towards the Pacific has been with Scott for more than a decade. In that time he has reported on topics ranging from the independence struggle in New Caledonia to emerging democracy in the feudal kingdom of Tonga; from medical care in the Fijian highlands to the banking system in the Cooks.
He has also written about the impact of Polynesian cultures in New Zealand, and believes that if this country is to find its post-colonial identity, then it will be by learning from and about our Pacific neighbours.
For Scott, part of the attraction of the Cook Islands assignment was being able to travel to the remote northern atolls by ship. "It was like stepping back in time, to the days of the old tramp steamers, of skippers like the legendary Andy Thompson who sailed these waters 50 years ago. By the same twist of fate that brought me face to face with Tom Neale's son on Suwarrow, the captain of the Pacific Ruby turned out to be Andy Thompson's son. There was a sense of history being remade."
At the Geographic office, it certainly felt as if history was being made with this issue. The Cook Islands report is our first feature on the Pacific, and reflects a growing awareness of the opportunity and obligation we have to bring this region to the attention of the New Zealand public. We had not anticipated extending the report into two parts, but it seems that there is so much to tell, and so much to learn about the lives of these people. We're glad to be making a start . .
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WA's clean transition picks up the pace with 80% by 2030 emissions reduction target for state utilities
The McGowan Government setting a strong emissions reduction target of 80% by 2030 for state government agencies is a welcome step in the state's renewable energy transition, says Greenpeace Australia Pacific.
McGowan's power move, which covers state owned utilities such as railways, vehicle fleets, hospitals and schools, follows Western Australia's announcement last week that its last coal-burning power station would close by 2030.
Jess Panegyres, Head of Clean Transitions at Greenpeace Australia Pacific, said stronger near-term climate targets put Western Australia out in front of the country's energy transition, but that more work needs to be done on the transition away from gas.
"Western Australia has powered ahead with its clean energy transition plans over the past week, with strong emissions reduction and coal-closure announcements that will make a big dent in the state's emissions and create good clean energy jobs along the way," she said.
"Western Australia is particularly vulnerable to worsening climate change, as we saw from this summer's extreme heat and bushfires. It's heartening to see the state government step up to protect West Australians from dangerous climate impacts by committing to strongly reduce emissions across state owned-utilities over the next few years."
"As part of this ambitious climate agenda, we also need the McGowan Government to get serious about reducing the role of gas, a dangerous fossil fuel that's driving climate change. With projects like Woodside's proposed Scarborough and Browse gas fields set to release billions of tonnes of greenhouse gas pollution over the course of their operation, Western Australia's gas industry undermines the state's climate targets and impedes the clean energy transition."
"It's time for Western Australia to fully embrace the renewable energy transition, and leave polluting fossil fuels in the past. As the windiest, sunniest state in Australia, we're poised to become a renewable superpower."
Western Australia has become the focus for ambitious clean energy investment in Australia, with a number of large-scale renewable energy projects, including the vast Asian Renewable Energy Hub in the Pilbara attracting major international investor interest.
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BackgroundPain and discomfort are common during radiofrequency ablation (RFA) for atrial fibrillation.AimsTo compare and evaluate the effect of premedication, standardised preoperative information and preoperative anxiety on pain intensity, drug consumption and patients' satisfaction.MethodsPreoperative anxiety at baseline, pain intensity during RFA, and patient satisfaction after the procedure were measured in 3 random groups. Group A (n = 20) received standard pain management, group B (n = 20) received premedication and group C (n = 20) received premedication and standardised preoperative information.ResultsPatients in groups B and C experienced less pain intensity (p < 0.001) and needed fewer anxiolytics (p = 0.023) and analgesics (p = 0.031) compared to group A. Patient satisfaction was higher in group C (p = 0.005) compared to group A. Increased preoperative anxiety is related to elevated drug demand (p < 0.05).ConclusionPremedication alone or combined with preoperative information reduces and higher preoperative anxiety increases pain intensity and drug consumption during RFA. Preoperative information improves patient satisfaction.


I trust you have enjoyed looking around my web pages and found them easy to use and informative, if you found any problems then please let me know and I will consider making corrections. All the web pages and software are produced by myself. I do have a technical background in computing and radio as well as being a keen sailor.
The passion for sailing goes back to when I was a teenager.
I have sailed thousands of miles around the Eastern Mediterranean, Caribbean, round the British and French shoreline and several RORC races including the Fastnet 1997 & 2001 race.
I spend around 100 days a year sailing my own yacht called 'Sea Dream' logging around 900 miles per year.
I have held an RYA yachtmaster certificate since 1997 and an RYA qualified instructor since 1998.
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Life has been rotating crazily fassssstttt (as many many many times I've said it in this blog). People say that adulthood is when dreams are killed. I don't think dreams are killed at this adulthood stage. I think it's the phase where I DO achieve the dreams I've been dreaming of for decades. On a side note, adults are super busy - and this is why we tend to forget our dreams. We simply are too busy to develop new dreams. I feel like talking about this adulthood and dreams in a different series of posts. Because I'm actually melancholy like that.
Now let me tell you a short story about my life in the past 3 months.
Jan 28 - Back to Jakarta, I stayed at my house, he stayed at his house. LOL. We needed to tidy up our rooms and stuffs.
Jan 29 to Feb 8th - Stayed at an airbnb apartment near to my house.
Feb 8th to Feb 16th - Stayed at my house because my mom is away for umrah. This is the phase where I learned how to be a good wife. Woke up earlier than my hubby, cooked meals for his lunch (this includes cooking the rice, 1 veggie dish, and 1 protein dish), then I proceeded to work on my deadlines. But if I have the laundry, I did it before I started working. Apparently I enjoyed this kind of new daily life a lot. Some of you might know that I love cooking, and to cook for my hubby was making me so happy!
Feb 16th to Mar 16th - Moved to a private room in Akanaka residence in Kemang. It was niiiiiicceeeeeeeee. First, the property is top notch. I think the owner is an art enthusiast because not only that it has a really nice architecture design, but also is decorated with fine art home deco. And as it is located in Kemang, so I had a really nice daily routines while staying there. Walked to the gym and joined the morning class (my gym is also in Kemang, in a walking distance from Akanaka). Had nice breakfast or coffee by walking just a few hundred metres to Goni Coffee or Nalu Bowls. I would love to stay there again. And within this period, on March 9th 2017, Diana and I launched our very own #88LOVELIFE Vol. 03 - Priorities! We never thought that we would ever be launching a third book. But we did! Everything was too crazy on my side, when designing the book. The whole design finished just three days before my wedding. How crazy is that? More stories on this soon.
March 16th to 21st - Arrived in the chilly Tokyo and stayed in an airbnb near to Asakusa. The airbnb was really nice, the owner is very kind. They have this apartment in a resident area, which was quite easy to be found. The bed was really comfortable and I really like the way they decorate their space. I also did my first laundry using Japanese washing machine. I must say that Japanese made their life much easier. Even doing a laundry is automatically (from washing to drying), all you need to do is pressing a few buttons (not more than 3!). ALSO, it was the very first time I witnessed cherry blossoms in Japan!
March 21st to 22nd - We stayed in a bus, LOL. We traveled from Tokyo to Kyoto by Willer Bus. This is the second time I took Willer Bus to travel within Japan. It is slightly cheaper than taking Shinkansen, but we can save more money from staying for one night in hotel or hostels or airbnb (you name it!). We always pick the over night trip, so we arrive at the destination early in the morning and ready to go sight seeing. I had a nice sleep in the bus because the seats are very comfortable, even more comfy than airplane seats!
March 22nd to 24th - Stayed at Jiyu Jin guest house in Kyoto. It was a nice and homey guest house with the nicest staff - typical Japanese hospitality.
March 24th to 27th - Osaka bound, stayed in another airbnb. This one is pretty luxury I must say, because the building has an elevator! Hahahaha. The room is very spacey, not as decorative as the Tokyo one, but just as comfy. The owner is really kind!
March 27th to 30th - Back in Jakarta late at night and went straight to Kemang, another airbnb (yes, another one) in Kemang. THIS IS THE BEST AIRBNB I'VE EVER STAYED Y'ALL. We booked for four days but stayed only three days unfortunately due to (sadly) high traffic jam and the fact that we needed to catch a morning flight to Singapore on the 31st.
March 30th to 31st - Stayed at my Mom's for one night because the location is much closer to the high way, so we can easily catch the Uber to the airport. Our flight is very early, 6.10 AM in the morning. Flew to KL for a transit and landed in Singapore in the noon time.
April 2nd until now - We are currently preparing to move to our own place, finally we are settling down. We rented a house near to my mom's and mom in law's. It's an old house so there are a lot to be fixed and cleaning up takes a lot of time. But everything is 90% ready. We are planning to move in a week. Fingers crossing!
As you can see, there are a lot of movements (14!!) in the past three months. This is probably why I feel that January to March were just a few blinks. Too fast to catch up, we were living out of our suitcases. Originally this was my hubby's idea to try staying in different places in the first few months after our wedding. I thought it was a cool idea so I said yes. My best friend already reminded me that I would find lots of drama along the way due to the non stop moving in and moving out. It's so much fun to try different place to stay but it was really hard for me to draw, to paint, to do stuff with my art supplies. This non stop movement has left me with feelings of not creative enough to do creative things. I know this feeling is temporary, but I really need to brush these off my mind in order to be back on track and being productive. I must also finish moving to the new house soon, so I can work effectively and not having my mind being divided to lots of things (bzzzzzttttt).
Ok ok let's do this!


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It is very hard to slow down when you're a "do-er" (as many of us are!) even after we've had a baby. We live in a society where it is often difficult to accept offers of help, and where 'doing' and being busy are prized traits. We are exposed to a lot of media that normalizes the abnormal: babies that sleep through the night right away, bodies that are photoshopped to appear unchanged after pregnancy and birth, and expectations of bouncing right back to the life that existed prior to birthing your baby. It can be easy to wonder if you're doing something wrong when that's not your (or most people's) experience.
Focus on feeding your baby, feeding you, and getting sleep. The rest will begin to fall into place, and the challenges of these moments will not last forever, although it can certainly feel like they will. Parenting is not easy, so be kind to and gentle with yourself. If you wouldn't say it to your best friend, don't say it to yourself!
Many families apologize for the state of their homes when we come for home visits in the postpartum. I am always reassured when I see dishes in the sink and a family curled up together in bed. We see you at home during the first week to ensure that you are able to focus on resting, healing, and feeding your baby.
Rest is what your body needs to heal. Folks often notice that their bleeding picks up if they've been busy. This is your body's way of telling you to slow down. Take this time to catch up on your favourite TV series while you're nursing and snuggling. Eat nutritious meals snuggled up in bed and drink a lot of water. The first week postpartum is not the time to go for brisk walks, go on grocery shopping expeditions, or march up and down the stairs with laundry…let it lie (or better yet, let somebody else do those things for you!).
Learn to nurse side-lying, so that you can rest while you're feeding. It's a skill that will serve you long-term, and one that will make the early postpartum days easier. Ask your midwife for help getting baby latched this way if you are struggling.
We do not recommend bathing babies within the first 24 hours for a few reasons, but when you do decide to bathe your baby, a great way to do that is to take a bath together. Some babies love the water, but others find baths quite jarring (and boy, will they ever let you know that!). Bathing together can be a relaxing experience for everyone. Run warm water and keep the bathroom door closed while the tub fills so that the room stays warm.
Even if you don't have a tub or don't like baths, sitz baths with warm water and epsom salts are soothing for healing perineums. Sitz baths are basins that fit in your toilet seat, and can usually be found for $10-$15 at your local pharmacy. While you're there, consider picking up a bottle of witch hazel as it's also soothing for a sore bottom.
Babywearing is another skill that will serve you long-term, and it's worth exploring after you've spent that time snuggled up in bed. Babies are accustomed to a regular source of food, touch, and movement in the womb. Being born and suddenly needing to ask for food and comfort must be a bit of a rude awakening. These intense needs can be a rude awakening for parents, too, especially if yours is a baby of the 99% who does not like to be put down. Babywearing is a great way to keep baby close (easier access to food) and comforted, and simultaneously allows you to regain access to your hands for things like eating warm food (novelty!).
At Generations, we will happily help you figure out a carrier that will work for you and your baby. Ask your midwife at one of your appointments if you'd like more information.
Identify someone that you trust who you can tell if you're not feeling like yourself. Check in frequently with yourself and that person about how you're doing physically, mentally, and emotionally. And by that I mean check in on how you're really doing. Having a baby can take as big a toll on your mental health as it can on your physical health with the great hormonal and situational shifts. Postpartum anxiety or depression can occur any time in the first year of your baby's life, and at least 1 in every 5 of us is affected.
Help is available, but accessing help is incredibly challenging in the throes of postpartum depression or anxiety, which is why having a trusted person who will help you access care is so important.


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Models: Bringing Real-World Phenomena to School
Whether learning in a physical or virtual classroom, using models helps students understand real-world phenomena— like COVID-19—and solve problems related to phenomena.
"Thanks in large part to the power of model-based science, we are in a far better place than any generation before us to deal successfully and efficiently with a pandemic of this scale." That statement about the COVID-19 pandemic is from Rachael L. Brown, director of the Centre for Philosophy of the Sciences, Australian National University (Brown 2020). It highlights the value of scientific modeling in making complex issues that impact the world easier to understand— to define, quantify, and visualize.
Modeling is a key process for both scientists and engineers. Models represent a system (or parts of a system) and its interactions—such as inputs, processes, and outputs—and can be modified or refined with new evidence or new test results.
Scientists use models to help develop questions and explanations, generate data that can be used to make predictions, and communicate ideas to others (NSTA 2014).
Engineers use models to help analyze a system to see where or under what conditions flaws might develop or to test possible solutions to a program (NSTA 2014).
For example, an epidemiology-driven machinelearning model is just one of the models developed to predict the spread of COVID-19 (UCLA Samueli Newsroom 2020). In atmospheric science, forecast models use equations and weather data to guide meteorologists in predicting the weather (NOAA 2017). In earth science, soil scientists use stream tables (or river models) to study erosion. In mechanical engineering, engineers use computational models of wind turbines to visualize and refine a design and communicate the design to others.
In science education, in which both science and engineering practices are taught, models are powerful tools that engage students by combining physical, tactile learning reinforced with digital content to construct knowledge. Science standards based in phenomena (including problems that arise from phenomena) and three dimensional learning, such as the Next Generation Science Standards* (NGSS), incorporate modeling, encouraging students to learn by following the same science and engineering practices that scientists and engineers do.
"One of the best ways to become comfortable with the changing state of the world is by arming yourself with knowledge and then using that knowledge to make a difference in the world. This is true for young people as well," Smithsonian Science Education Center Director Dr. Carol O'Donnell writes (Smithsonian Institution 2020). She explains that as students engage in activities—including creating models—they are better equipped to share their knowledge, engineer solutions to problems that arise from phenomena, and take action.
The Progression of Modeling
"Models make it possible to go beyond observables and imagine a world not yet seen." So says the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine [formerly the National Research Council (NRC)], noting that modeling in science education should begin in the earliest grades and progress to more abstract representations for students as their learning evolves (NRC 2012, 50, 58). However, with newer standards, there has been a shift in when models are introduced in the lessons.
"Historically, we would start with a model and have students 'do' an experiment that we predetermined, and then we would ask students to apply their findings to something real," O'Donnell explains. "Today, it's the reverse. You start with the real-world scientific phenomenon or problem, you engage students in sensemaking—the idea of what you notice about the phenomenon or problem and what you wonder—and that drives the need to engage with a model to explain the questions that may have arisen from the students' observation of the phenomenon or problem."
By beginning with asking questions and wondering about phenomena or problems that arise from phenomena, science and engineering are put into a broader context, which cognitive psychologists say helps enhance students' memory of the experience (Godden and Baddeley 1975). "In particular, experiences which involve engaging our perceptions of sight, sound, touch, smell, or taste, coupled with strong and realistic context, stimulate a pattern of neural activity in our brains that help us remember the experiences with greater detail," O'Donnell says (O'Donnell 2019). In other words, the hands-on, multisensory nature of phenomenon-driven learning and use of modeling can be considered an essential ingredient of the glue that helps learning stick.
In A Framework for K–12 Science Education, the focus is on conceptual models—explicit representations that "allow scientists and engineers to better visualize and understand a phenomenon under investigation or develop a possible solution to a design problem" (NRC 2012, 56). These include diagrams, physical replicas, mathematical representations, analogies, and computer simulations. Developing conceptual models engages students as they're motivated to figure out why something happens.
Through observations, testing, and refining, they use scientific models to explain phenomena and predict what may happen.
To incorporate engineering practices, they create and use models to test solutions.
Throughout the process, students continue to deepen understanding as they mimic how scientists and engineers develop explanations, make predictions, and solve problems.
Model Growth by Grade Level
The NGSS outlines a logical progression of developing and using models in education (NGSS Lead States 2013, 6).
Grades K–2: Builds on prior experiences and progresses to include using and developing models—such as diagrams, drawings, physical replicas, dioramas, dramatizations, and storyboards—that represent concrete events or design solutions.
Grades 3–5: Builds on K–2 experiences and progresses to build and revise simple models and using models to represent events and design solutions.
Grades 6–8: Builds on K–5 experiences and progresses to developing, using, and revising models to describe, test, and predict more abstract phenomena and design systems.
Grades 9–12: Builds on K–8 experiences and progresses to using, synthesizing, and developing models to predict and show relationships among variables between systems and their components in the natural and designed worlds.
What Makes a Good Model?
No matter what type of model students use to explain a phenomenon, solve a problem, or make a prediction, the models should incorporate prior experiences to build toward answering a question or solving a problem about a phenomenon. Ideally, the question or problem should promote a transdisciplinary approach, integrating science content across a variety of subjects—such as literacy, history, art, and culture—giving the phenomena being investigated a real-world perspective. This can help students understand which features are important and how they interact, enabling them to not only develop explanations but also to use what they observe to make predictions.
As part of the process, students should acknowledge that their models are limited by the data known and be prepared to refine as new data becomes available. For example, in discussing pandemic models, scientists for the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases look at the data as it's evolving and do everything they can to ignore extremes of the model. Atmospheric scientists who use computer models to forecast the path of a hurricane may have 20–30 different models that all differ slightly, so they need to examine trends. Soil scientists may need to simulate river flows in a variety of conditions to model real-world processes. Mechanical engineers may need to refine their models to better harness wind energy
O'Donnell says one example of a K–5 activity at ssec.si.edu/distancelearning that optimizes student learning by effectively incorporating modeling looks at shadows to examine the scientific phenomenon of the Sun's apparent daily motion across the sky. Designed for grades K–3 students, the lesson builds toward answering an essential question: "Why is my shadow shorter sometimes and longer other times?"
Learning remotely with video support or in a classroom, students draw on prior experiences and share their ideas about the question, make and record observations, develop a model that will help them figure out the answer to the question, check the accuracy of their model through further observation, and make predictions.
What makes the activity an effective learning experience? O'Donnell summarizes: "It's phenomenon driven, it creates a model to explain that phenomenon, and students engage in sensemaking and questioning, then revisit to understand that model."
To assess students' models, consider these points:
Is the model based on reliable observations?
Does it aid in sensemaking?
Does it explain the characteristics of the observations used to formulate it?
Is it predictive?
Does it answer an essential question about a phenomenon or help students solve a problem?
Can it be refined when new data is determined?
Modeling for the Real World
From the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic, phrases such as "flatten the curve" became a routine part of even casual conversations as the world population became invested in the science, evaluating epidemiology-driven models to make predictions and decisions that affected every aspect of society.
To prepare students for understanding phenomena they encounter, look for real-world current events that are examples of scientific modeling (e.g., predicting the spread of a pandemic, studying the path of a hurricane, reducing soil erosion on a hillside, or designing a wind turbine to harness wind energy). Create transdisciplinary science lessons that embed a universal perspective by incorporating a cultural view and ample opportunity to converge the history, art, and science of phenomena together. Lessons should engage even the youngest students in thinking critically as they seek to answer essential questions, creating a bank of prior knowledge that can be refined and applied to new and evolving situations.
An understanding of modeling not only provides a basis for students interested in future science technology, engineering, and math (STEM) careers but empowers all learners to be global citizens who are critical thinkers as they navigate phenomena in the world around them.
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Alonso-Zaldivar, R., L. Neergaard, and The Associated Press. 2020. Fortune. "White House turns to statistical model of coronavirus forecast." Accessed May 2020: https://fortune. com/2020/03/31/coronavirus-predictions-white-house-covid19-forecast/
Brown, R. April 8, 2020. The Conversation. "Scientific modelling is steering our response to coronavirus. But what is scientific modelling?" Accessed May 2020: https:// theconversation.com/scientific-modelling-is-steeringour-response-to-coronavirus-but-what-is-scientificmodelling-135938
Godden, D. R., and A. D. Baddeley. 1975. "Contextdependent memory in two natural environments: On land and underwater." British Journal of Psychology, 66(3), 325–331. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.2044-8295.1975.tb01468
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, US Department of Commerce. 2017. "6 Tools Our Meteorologists Use to Forecast the Weather." Accessed May 2020: https:// www.noaa.gov/stories/6-tools-our-meteorologists-use-toforecast-weather
National Research Council. 2007. Taking Science to School: Learning and Teaching Science in Grades K–8. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi. org/10.17226/11625
National Research Council. 2012. A Framework for K–12 Science Education: Practices, Crosscutting Concepts, and Core Ideas. Committee on Conceptual Framework for New K–12 Science Education Standards. Board on Science Education. Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education. Washington DC: The National Academies Press.
National Science Teaching Association. 2014. Matrix of Science and Engineering Practices. Accessed May 2020: https://ngss.nsta.org/Practices.aspx?id=2
NGSS Lead States. 2013. Next Generation Science Standards: For States, By States. "Appendix F—Scientific and Engineering Practices in NGSS." Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
O'Donnell, C. 2019. Parents League of New York. "STEM, STEAM: What Does It All Mean?" Accessed May 2020: https://www.parentsleague.org/blog/stem-steam-what-doesit-all-mean
Smithsonian Institution. 2020. Covid-19! How Can I Protect Myself and Others? Accessed May 2020: https://ssec.si.edu/covid-19
UCLA Samueli Newsroom. 2020. "UCLA Machine-Learning Model Is Helping CDC Predict Spread of COVID-19." Accessed May 2020: https://samueli.ucla.edu/ucla-machinelearning-model-is-helping-cdc-predict-spread-of-covid-19/
How the Smithsonian Science Education Center Supports Using Models in Three-Dimensional Learning
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Q: How to map values to a colorbar to customize bar chart colors I would like to customize the bar colors of a bar chart depending on some criteria. The color value should be taken from a built-in python colormap "seismic" red -> white -> blue. I cannot do it (the values I set do not map correctly to the colormap colors)
example :
- if I set 0 I would like the darkest blue => I do not have it
- if I set 1 I would like the darkest red => I do not have it
- if I set a value between 0 and 1, I would like the color in this range from the colormap 'seismic' => but if I set 0.34, the color picked up is 0.39...
I have tried different pieces of codes found here and there but none has helped so far
# bar color list
bar_color = []

for x in y_val:
    # I would like to assign the most red color of my color bar so "1"!
    if y_line_val > y_val[count] + yerr[count]:
        bar_color.append(1)
    # I would like to assign the most blue color of my color bar so "0"!
    elif y_line_val < y_val[count] - yerr[count]:
         bar_color.append(0)
    # I pick up a color between [0,1] => 0.34 in this example
    else:
        bar_color.append(yerr[count]/yerr_max)
    count += 1

my_cmap = cm.get_cmap('seismic')
print(my_cmap)
#<matplotlib.colors.LinearSegmentedColormap object at 0x7efea9b3b748>
colors = my_cmap(bar_color)
print(colors)
#[[ 0.5         0.          0.          1.        ] => why not 1
# [ 0.5         0.          0.          1.        ] => why not 1
# [ 0.5         0.          0.          1.        ] => why not 1
# [ 0.39607843  0.39607843  1.          1.        ]] => why not 0.34
norm = mpl.colors.Normalize(vmin=0, vmax=1)
m = cm.ScalarMappable(cmap=my_cmap, norm=norm)

m.set_array([])

cbar = plt.colorbar(m)
cbar.set_label('Chance of being lower than the line', rotation=270, labelpad=25)

#creation color bar
bar = ax.bar(ind, y_val, yerr=yerr, align='center', alpha=0.5, edgecolor='black', linewidth=2, ecolor='black', capsize=10, color=colors)

plt.show()

See in the code the values for the colors I get against what I expected.
I am sure I am missing something in between for the mapping...
I do not want to use a solution looping on the bars and setting a facecolor depending on some criteria... instead, I would like to use a solution with a colormap.
Thanks for your help

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All the later versions have auto-notification of updates.
Version 1.4.16 or earlier. Google changes the version number in the translation.
Sebastian - Thank you for the correction.
it, send me a PM.
Made this a sticky so we can keep up on software updates,and discussion.
can you type a few words mentioning what changes if any with the version release.
Thanks. Martin has been great aiding with sns questions as well as yourself.
Hi, as it states Discussion at the top I guess this is the correct place to ask the question.
I no there is an instruction side on the web site and also there is a video on this site but when someone new comes along and says "I wish I could do that" there does not seem any up to date answers, the software has I assume come on a lot over the last few months as updates seem to come every couple weeks or so. Some of you are very very good at PP with SNS-HDR and your technique/s would make for me and new kids on the block interesting reading.
Russ, In my experience, very little PP is required for output from SNS-Pro/Home.
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Chart: What Killed Us, Then and Now
The New England Journal of Medicine combed through 100 years of history to produce a single, awesome graph.
By Brian Fung
Via The Washington Post's Sarah Kliff comes this incredible chart from the New England Journal of Medicine comparing the reasons we die now to the way Americans went to their graves a century ago:
The chart ranks the top ten causes of death for each year. In addition to the remarkable decline in mortality overall, it's also noticeable how heart disease and cancer have surged to become two of America's top killers. In 1900, cancer and heart disease accounted for 18 percent of all deaths. Today, that figure's jumped to 63 percent. In addition to being responsible for a greater share of deaths overall, the absolute number of people being killed by these chronic conditions has also grown, from 201 people out of every 100,000 in 1900 to nearly 380 per 100,000 today.
Part of the increase can be traced to our increasingly sedentary lifestyles. But we shouldn't forget that vaccines, regular screenings, and other advances in medicine have drastically reduced the incidence of other ailments that once sealed many an American's fate. The way we've chopped up and redefined some conditions has also changed the country's death profile. There's the seemingly endless "discovery" of new diseases. And it's worth pointing out that the rise of cancer and heart disease, as illnesses that generally affect people late in life, are themselves an indicator of improvements in a society's overall health. The fact that more people are living long enough to be diagnosed with cancer says something about how far we've come.
What we get from each cross-section of death isn't just a snapshot of what's objectively happening to people; it's also a reflection of our attitudes toward specific illnesses. The authors explain:
Changing environmental and social conditions can increase the prevalence of once-obscure ailments (myocardial infarction, lung cancer, kuru, and "mad cow" disease). New diagnostic technologies and therapeutic capacity can unmask previously unrecognized conditions (hypertension). New diagnostic criteria can expand a disease's boundaries (hypercholesterolemia, depression). Changing social mores can redefine what is or is not a disease (homosexuality, alcoholism, masturbation). New diseases can emerge as the result of conscious advocacy by interested parties (chronic fatigue syndrome, sick building syndrome). HIV-AIDS alone demonstrates many of these modes of emergence.


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New 'The Last of Us' Trailer Shows Joel and Ellie's Father-Daughter Relationship
Brazil is kicking off the holiday season with the biggest fan convention of the year. As CCXP 2022 returns to in-person celebrations, cast and creatives from major studios have arrived in the Southern Hemisphere to reveal new trailers, posters, and behind-the-scenes teases for all of your favorite shows, movies, and more. One of 2023's most anticipated series is HBO's adaptation of the beloved Sony PlayStation game The Last of Us. The series stars Pedro Pascal in the lead role as Joel Miller, a smuggler tasked with bringing a girl thought to hold the cure for a world-ending virus, Ellie (Bella Ramsey), to the quarantine zone.
Today Pascal is in São Paulo to give fans a small taste of what we can expect from the upcoming series which premieres in January. During the panel, HBO released a full-length trailer for the series building off of the teaser we got earlier this year. The new trailer highlights the father-daughter-style relationship between Joel and Ellie. Set to a haunting version of A-ha's "Take On Me," the new footage also shows another terrifying look at the Clickers and the post-apocalyptic world.
The Last of Us game series follows Joel and Ellie as they fight to survive in a post-apocalyptic version of the US. Ellie becomes a target when it's discovered that she is seemingly immune to the Cordyceps infection that has turned the majority of the population into zombie-like creatures called Clickers. In a recent interview with Collider's own Christina Radish, Murray Bartlett who is set to play Frank — a man who helped fortify a local town that Joel and Ellie pass through on their journey — has called the script for one of the upcoming episodes "one of the best hours of television" he's ever read, saying that the series is "beautifully written." Despite its horrifying monsters and dystopian setting, The Last of Us is expected to tell a very tender, human story, according to Bartlett.
RELATED: 'The Last of Us': Murray Bartlett Says One of the Scripts Is "One of the Best Hours of Television I've Ever Read"
In addition to Pascal, Ramsey, and Bartlett, the series is set to feature performances from Anna Torv who plays Tess, Joel's partner in more ways than one, Nick Offerman is Bill, the former partner to Murray's Frank, Gabriel Luna will appear as Tommy Miller, and a previous trailer revealed Yellowjackets star Melanie Lynskey is also set to appear. Merle Dandridge will be reprising the role she voiced in the video game series as Marlene, and the original Joel and Ellie, Troy Baker and Ashley Johnson, are also set to appear in undisclosed roles. Rounding out the cast are Euphoria's Storm Reid as Ellie's friend Riley, Nico Parker (Dumbo), as Sarah Miller, and Jeffrey Pierce (Bosch), who voiced Tommy in The Last of Us Part II will be playing Perry.
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In rape culture, there's no such thing as a safe word
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Once upon a time in Los Angeles, California, hipster pornographer Eon McKai was shopping for male talent for his first film, "Art School Sluts." He found a well-endowed baby face with a sharp jaw line: 18-year-old Bryan Sevilla, or James Deen.
After his debut in "Art School Sluts," Deen went on to become one of the most-booked male porn performers to date, doing multiple jobs per day and even crossing over into mainstream consciousness—complete with a regular sex advice column on feminist website The Frisky, profiles in GQ and Good, and a leading role in the noir Hollywood film The Canyons. But his reputation as the golden boy of porn has collapsed since his ex, Stoya, accused him of rape on Twitter.
At least eight other women in the porn industry have since come forward with similar stories, accusing Deen of assault. Deen has denied the charges.
For my part, I believe women. The question we should be asking is how a man accused of so much violence and misogyny could have been allowed to rise so high.
The problems in the porn industry mirror issues of sexual violence that affect women everywhere.
The answer is complex. It has everything to do with the insular, clan loyalty culture of the porn industry. It also has to do with how the industry eroticizes boundary pushing, and how that contributes to the erosion of consent and a culture of silence and shame surrounding sex work. And the problems in the porn industry mirror issues of sexual violence that affect women everywhere—and reflect a broader popular culture in which violence against women is on wild display, normalized and glittering on every television network.
Let's start with McKai's description of what makes a male porn performer popular in the first place. The pornographer spoke about an actor's ability to build rapport with his female co-stars.
"A male performer must be able to push her to do things she doesn't know she can do yet—on cue," McKai said. "He has to build trust while pushing her, and it has to look natural."
Being pushy is very different from raping someone. But in the adult industry, actors participate in sexual fantasies in which boundaries are often warped and eroded. That erosion is in turn applauded and rewarded professionally. Wouldn't that make the adult industry an ideal place where a rapist can thrive?
In the adult industry, actors participate in sexual fantasies in which boundaries are often warped and eroded.
I'm not suggesting that the sex industry is inherently nocuous or that it invites rape. There are hundreds of male porn stars who have not been accused of assault on Twitter or elsewhere. Some are respectful. Some truly love women and care about their safety. And with a respecting, trustworthy partner, edge play, rape play, blood play and lots of other boundary-pushing sex can be extremely pleasurable, healthy and fun both on- and off-camera.
But as someone who has spent her entire adult life working in the sex industry, I can attest to the fact that women in this business face inherent, unique physical risks. I've been bitten, drugged, smacked and ripped off. Years ago, a large man tried to block me from leaving a private room in a nude strip club in San Francisco. When I yelled for help, the person who came running was a stripper named Cinnamon. She yanked him by his shirt from behind. I ran.
In sex work, issues of consent and articulating boundaries are a constant negotiation. Fighting off unwanted hands is an art form. Incorporating the word "no" into our vocabulary requires finesse when good-natured compliance is in our job description. People often don't believe us when we say that lines have been crossed. The stage is set for abuse.
Young, curious, kinky people enter the adult industry to pay their bills, seeking like-minded people with which to safely, professionally explore socially unacceptable fantasies in a healthy, lucrative way. They may be attracted to the porn industry because they are genuinely into pushing sexual boundaries in their personal lives in a way they can't freely explore on Tinder.
Fighting off unwanted hands is an art form.
These are all understandable reasons to enter the industry. Yet in the same way that a sexual predator might choose to become a schoolteacher, coach or priest in order to gain access to a pool of possible victims, so he might be drawn to porn. There he could have his pick of vulnerable, young women who, if they accused him of rape, would be met with skepticism or chuckles.
Our culture remains all too receptive to the idea that it's not possible for women in the adult industry to be raped, by virtue of their chosen career. This mirrors a broader cultural tendency to dismiss women's accusations of rape because they were drunk, or because of the way they dress.
Even people who pride themselves on feminist, pro-sex worker views may not be immune to such assumptions.
While I was deeply saddened by Stoya's statement that James Deen had raped her when they were a couple, I had a horrible thought that sickened me immediately.
We live in an era in which personal conflicts are blasted live for all to see and judge.
I wondered about the "safe word" that Stoya had mentioned in her tweet. It hinted at a BDSM relationship. I wondered if somewhere along the way, he (or they) could have become confused where to draw the line. I wondered if Stoya could be embellishing the facts because she felt angry and resentful toward Deen in the aftermath of their relationship. Perhaps now, as a feminist, she wanted to stir up controversy in order to gain momentum for her career. After all, we live in an era in which personal conflicts are blasted live for all to see and judge—when reputations are churned and burned as quickly as fingers can tweet.
And then it dawned on me.
If I were a rapist, wouldn't this mindset make Stoya the perfect victim?
And if I could be so quick to entertain doubts about Stoya's accusations—despite my pro-sex worker, feminist training and education, despite my investment in discussions about consent—then other people might too.
As uncomfortable as it was for me to acknowledge, I went there. By doing so, I was contributing to a culture that discourages us from believing women's boundaries when they assert them.
For a rapist, there is no such thing as a safe word.
We may never know the full details of Stoya's experience, since sex workers who are victims of sexual assault often find little reprieve (or justice) in the courtroom. But here is what we know:
Stoya says she said "no." She says she said "stop." She says she used her safe word. She says the person whom she had trusted and cared about kept raping her anyway.
I believe Stoya. For a rapist, there is no such thing as a safe word.
Safe words cannot be heard in a culture that does not accept sex workers and diminishes the value of our humanity. They cannot be heard while the sex industry provides a good hunting ground for sexual predators and systematically fails to protect workers. They cannot be heard as long as the sex industry and our culture at large foster environments where rapists can find women to victimize without fear of prosecution.
Safe words cannot be heard as long we fail to believe women when they say, "stop."
As a diehard optimist who is committed to hope, I believe Stoya is changing the culture now by making her voice heard.
Here is the evidence: Soon after Stoya's tweet went live, companies previously associated with Deen cut ties with him. Articles are circulating in massive support of Stoya, and other women are coming forward to say that they too have been assaulted by Deen.
It is as if legions of sex workers have sprinted to her aid in seven-inch stilettos, pulled Deen by his shirt, and kicked him out of the club where he was once a VIP. We will remain by her side, until all of us are safe.


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Chapter 5 Tectonic evolution of the Oman Mountains
Andreas Scharf
Department of Earth Sciences, College of Science, Sultan Qaboos University
PO Box 36, PC 123, Al-Khod, Muscat
Correspondence: scharfa@squ.edu.om
Frank Mattern
Mohammed Al-Wardi
Gianluca Frijia
Department of Physics and Earth Sciences, University of Ferrara
Via Saragat 1, 44122, Ferrara
Daniel Moraetis
Department of Applied Physics and Astronomy, College of Sciences, University of Sharjah
PO Box 27272, Sharjah
Bernhard Pracejus
Wilfried Bauer
Department of Applied Geosciences, German University of Technology GUtech
PO Box 1816, PC 130, Halban
Ivan Callegari
https://doi.org/10.1144/M54.5
Andreas Scharf, Frank Mattern, Mohammed Al-Wardi, Gianluca Frijia, Daniel Moraetis, Bernhard Pracejus, Wilfried Bauer, Ivan Callegari, 2021. "Chapter 5 Tectonic evolution of the Oman Mountains", The Geology and Tectonics of the Jabal Akhdar and Saih Hatat Domes, Oman Mountains, A. Scharf, F. Mattern, M. Al-Wardi, G. Frijia, D. Moraetis, B. Pracejus, W. Bauer, I. Callegari
The tectonic evolution of the Oman Mountains as of the Neoproterozoic begins with a major extensional event, the Neoproterozoic Abu Mahara rifting. It was followed by the compressional Nabitah event, still during the Neoproterozoic, in Oman but possibly not in the study area. During the earliest Cambrian, the Jabal Akhdar area was affected by the Cadomian Orogeny, marked by NE--SW shortening. It is unclear, whether the Saih Hatat area was exposed to the Cadomian deformation, too. Still during the lower Cambrian, the Angudan Orogeny followed, characterized by NW--SE shortening. An episode of rifting affected the Saih Hatat area during...
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The geology of the Oman Mountains, including the Jabal Akhdar and Saih Hatat domes, is extraordinarily well-exposed and diverse, spanning a geological record of more than 800 Ma. The area is blessed with first-class outcrops and is well known in the geological community for its ophiolite. The Oman Mountains have much more to offer; including, Neoproterozoic diamictites ("Snowball Earth"), fossil-rich Permo-Mesozoic carbonates and metamorphic rocks. The arid climate and deep incision of wadis allow for nearly complete rock exposure which can be investigated in all three dimensions. The diverse geology is also responsible for the breathtaking landscape. New roads and the nature of the friendly Omani people make fieldwork unforgettable.
This Memoir provides a thorough state-of-the-art overview of the geology and tectonics of the Southeastern Oman Mountains, and is accompanied by an over-sized geological map and a correlation chart.


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Basseterre, St. Kitts, December 13, 2016 (SKNIS): Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris, updated the general public on the status of the Sugar Industry Diversification Foundation (SIDF) during the Sitting of Parliament on Tuesday, December 13.
– any of which would reveal on what basis certain decisions were taken with respect to these vast levels of expenditure," said Dr. Harris. "A relevant minute with respect to a decision to spend millions of dollars, if it existed at all, would take up only a few lines, and there would be no detailed reason given as to why the particular decision was made.


February has been such a hot month in Australia – in fact I think it's the hottest on record since the 1800s.. OR simply the hottest on record.
This morning though, was gorgeous! A touch of cool in the air.. So pleasant and a good time to be out, before the heat of the day.
An overview of the beautiful cool, early morning..
Sunrise on a country driveway..
Hope you're having a great year so far!
Today I'm sharing my 11th image of the seeing differently challenge.
Morning sunrise… after the frost..
Last week we had a white frost.
I always enjoy looking at the white covering and how it changes everything. This image was taken as the frost was disappearing in the sunlight and still holding on in some of the shadows.
When I was capturing this image, I envisioned it as B&W (I shot in colour), but surprisingly, I liked it better in it's morning monochrome, with hints of gold and green.
I'm amazed that October is flying by.. and I have yet to find 4 more images. I hope you've been enjoying exploring seeing differently.
Today I'm sharing my 9th image of the seeing differently challenge.
I ummed and ahhed as to whether this image was 'seeing differentlly'. I felt that it was.
I realised, that when we are 'looking through – to beyond' – our eyes compensate and we probably don't even know we are looking through. The lens sees differently! In a way, I think we become the spectator and the photographer all at once.


In just 18 weeks, Davis Medical Center transformed its outpatient processes for measurable improvements in efficiency, satisfaction and quality of care.
Tucked in the mountains of Elkins, West Virginia, the 90-bed Davis Medical Center (DMC) was facing some serious uphill battles in outpatient registration.
Clinic staff spent so much time doing non-patient-facing work, they didn't have the capacity to deeply focus on all of their patients. Patient phone calls went unanswered and messages unreturned, causing patients to look elsewhere for help. Nurses were frustrated, having to take time away from patients to answer calls, and orders moved slowly through a cumbersome paper trail. The central scheduling process was inconsistent. Registration forms were different in each outpatient clinic, leading to errors, missing information, denied insurance claims, unnecessary follow-up with patients to correct errors, and lost revenue.
On top of that, orders in Electronic Medical Records (EMR) were still being hard-copied, faxed and filed, wasting valuable time and resources. And although a patient portal called Access My Chart existed, few patients or staff were using it, adding to the communication logjam.
Not surprisingly, staff morale was low and so was patient confidence.
Fresh thinking came with the arrival of new CEO Vance Jackson. Jackson had experienced the positive outcomes of Lean methods in a previous position. Although some of the Davis staff was skeptical because past change efforts had failed to stick, the new CEO was convinced that Davis Medical Center could change dramatically, in a way that would positively impact patients and staff for years to come.
Jackson created the Patient Flow Initiative to focus on registration and workflow in three outpatient clinics: Outpatient Services, Pediatrics, and Family Practice and Women's Health. He chose a dedicated Improvement Team of eight staff members (six of whom worked on the Initiative full time, and two who worked on the Initiative part time) to lead the charge. He also tapped Value Capture to guide them through the planning and implementation of the Initiative.
The goal of the Initiative was to focus on patient access to outpatient and physician services from the point of need, to registration, until entry into the service area. In other words, the Improvement Team would work with Value Capture to make it easy for patients to connect with the clinics, and would make patient visits more efficient and meaningful.
In just one month, 37% of patient calls made to the Family Practice went unanswered and without a message being left, 73% of messages left by patients could have been resolved using the patient portal, 276 insurance claims were denied, and more than $320,000 in insurance claims were denied.
Using Value Capture's guidance and framework, the Improvement Team performed Operator Analysis in two patient access areas. By videoing people doing their jobs, measuring the time it took to perform tasks, counting the times paper was touched and moved, measuring patient wait times, and more, they carefully studied each process step by step. They collected and analyzed data on phone calls, Access My Chart usage, patient complaints, and processes like scheduling, registering, referrals, test authorizations, medication renewals, order management and more.
What they learned was eye-opening.
There were inconsistent protocols for registration, which led to costly mistakes in coding, as well as insurance denials and lost revenue. Different doctors had their own scheduling preferences, which led to confusion, re-scheduling, double-bookings, and scheduling invalid procedures. And because there weren't employees focused solely on non-patient-facing work, patients both at the clinics and on the phone weren't getting the information they needed.
Create the Patient Access Center to segregate non-patient-facing work, establish consistent registration protocols, create a unified scheduling system, and help patients utilize Access My Chart.
Now that the team understood what was really happening in their clinics, they were in the right position to create an effective approach.
With Value Capture's coaching, the Improvement Team devised a transformative solution. They created the Patient Access Center (PAC), a behind-the-scenes communication hub comprised of 50 staff members combined from the various areas related to patient access, dedicated to helping patients over the phone.
Displaying confidence in and commitment to his team, Jackson offered an unused area for the new PAC. He made sure the team was highly engaged in designing and furnishing the space. New hires, new protocols and staff training were put in place.
Throughout this process, Jackson and other DMC leaders met with the Improvement Team, at least once daily, to provide the help the team needed to keep moving forward.
The team designated three levels of staff within the PAC: Telephone Representatives, Patient Access & Scheduling Specialists, and Clinicians. The Telephone Representatives are welcoming voices who put patients in touch with the right PAC resources. They also take messages within EMR, tasking them to the appropriate PAC resource for a timely response. Patient Access & Scheduling Specialists handle scheduling and registration using newly standardized systems. And Clinicians are nurses who are dedicated to helping patients with questions, test results and prescription renewals over the phone.
Segregating these non-patient-facing responsibilities allowed the patient-facing staff in the clinics to focus wholly on patients coming into the clinics for appointments. This made it much easier for patients to see their providers, and get tests and lab work done more efficiently. Newly standardized registration protocols nearly eliminated coding errors, cutting rework and insurance denials significantly.
Using more out-of-the-box thinking, the team devised incentives for the PAC staff to cross-train. The more skills staff members acquire, the more promotions and salary increases they enjoy. This enables more flexible scheduling of Patient Access and Scheduling personnel throughout Physician Practices, Outpatient Registration, and the PAC itself. It allows for the ability to have team members step in where needed, and also energizes staff and raises morale.
In addition, orders are no longer hard-copied and moved physically, but electronically processed in EMR, reducing wasted paper and time. And with the help of the Davis Marketing Team, the Improvement Team is promoting greater patient use of Access My Chart, ensuring better communication as well as faster scheduling and prescription refills.
What's more, DMC is receiving fewer patient complaints. Questions are answered in real-time. Patients are adopting the portal at a faster rate. Morale has improved. And the workload has leveled.
Team members report that acceptance of the change is rising dramatically. In fact, nurses have embraced the opportunity to work in the PAC. And PAC staff is voluntarily coming in on Saturdays for training to improve their skill sets. In addition, new employees are able to be trained much more easily and consistently than before. Each addition to the team helps to perpetuate the new culture.
Other departments throughout the hospital have also jumped in to help with the initiative, from Support Services and Information Technology to Human Resources and Marketing.
Davis Medical Center now has numerous advocates across clinical and administrative departments to help spread the value and practical applications of Lean process across other areas of the hospital, as members of the Improvement Team have learned to be Lean improvement coaches, with the help of Value Capture.
The positive impact did not stop at the end of the project. Since the Patient Access Initiative, Physician Practices has added four additional providers and are seeing over 300 patients a day on a regular basis. This capacity increase would have been unthinkable before the project.
Emergency Department and Inpatient follow-up appointment slots, as well as same-day acute visits, have been standardized across all providers. This added availability gives established patients much greater access to primary care when they need it most and has eliminated the need for a separate transitional care department.
Ancillary departments, such as outpatient lab, have seen the benefits of partnering with the new system and are piloting taking over responsibility for entering their own orders. This change has resulted in getting patients through the registration process even faster by eliminating rework, which was a major time and quality constraint before.
Jackson is now turning his attention to a $2.5 million re-design of the Emergency Department, building on and applying the lessons learned during the Patient Flow Initiative. Although the E.D. project is in the preliminary blueprint phase, Jackson is already using process improvement methods to inform construction.
Jackson is not only interested in changing the brick-and-mortar, he's also interested in making the emergency room experience better for the people served by Davis Medical Center.
Vance Jackson, the other Davis leaders, the Improvement Team, and everyone at DMC are committed to quality, patient-friendly healthcare, and they are using Lean principles to help deliver.


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Garland Detention is located at 1900 West State Street; near the intersection of Forest Lane and State Street.
The Garland Detention Center is a 24-hour, seven-day-a-week operation for the temporary confinement of pre-trial individuals involved in the judicial process, as well as those individuals serving time assessed on misdemeanor Garland Municipal Court cases. City detention centers house pre-trial prisoners, thereby holding individuals who are presumed innocent, yet require maximum security prior to trial. Pre-trial prisoners, who are unable to secure a release, will be held only a minimal time before being transported to another detention facility.
The mission of the Garland Detention Center is to provide clean and sanitary facilities for prisoners during their time of confinement. Every effort is made to provide humane treatment for each prisoner, and to insure their constitutional rights are protected while still maintaining necessary security.
The Garland Detention Center, in recent years, has consistently been one of the busiest jails in Dallas County, second only to the Dallas County Jail. The detention center has a capacity of 137 adult prisoners, plus a processing area for detained juveniles. Juveniles are normally not held more than six hours without either being released to a parent or guardian, or transferred to a Dallas County Juvenile Department detention facility.
Because of the volume of arrests throughout the year, prisoners charged with Class B misdemeanors or higher are transported to the Dallas County Jail as soon as their case is ready to be filed with the Dallas County District Attorney's office.
Sunday – 8 a.m. to 10 a.m.
Wednesday – 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.