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Catherine Hardwicke: The Fairy-Tale Fixer
By Ramin Setoodeh On 2/27/11 at 10:00 AM EST
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On a gloomy and wet California day, director Catherine Hardwicke curls up in her office on the Warner Bros. lot with a book in her hand. This isn't your average bedtime story. It's called Little Red Riding Hood Uncloaked: Sex, Morality, and the Evolution of a Fairy Tale. She only recently discovered it, and she flips through the pages like a schoolgirl hyped on caffeine. "Maybe you like 'Red Riding Hood' when you're 5," Hardwicke says. "When you're 10, you start latching on to it for another reason—why did she get in bed with the wolf?" Hardwicke even compares the beast to a love interest. "It represents a dark animal nature which is close to sexuality. In the traditional story, the wolf cross-dresses and lures her into bed. That's pretty kinky right there! The wolf is the original tranny. What a kinky wolf!" Her entire face lights up. "A granny tranny!"
The kinky wolf is no match for Hardwicke herself, who wears sexy leather boots and once gave a member of her crew a dominatrix costume as a present. Not to worry, Mom and Dad. Hardwicke's kinkiness is decidedly PG-13. "It was a tasteful dominatrix," she says. Hardwicke has a knack for taking the traditional girl-in-peril tale and teasing out sexual tension without crossing the line. She became the most commercially successful female director in Hollywood with Twilight, a film that radiates heat even though Edward and Bella never even get to second base. Now she's heading to Grandmother's house with Red Riding Hood, an adaptation of the fairy tale with a bodiced Amanda Seyfried. Julie Christie plays her bohemian grandmother.
Like the late John Hughes, who discovered the teenage actors who became the Brat Pack, Hardwicke has created many of this generation's tween idols. Evan Rachel Wood (Thirteen), Emile Hirsch (Lords of Dogtown), Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, and Taylor Lautner (Twilight) all got their big breaks in a Hardwicke film. She dishes about them like an older sister; how Hirsch was too lazy to do sit-ups and drew abs on his stomach with mascara or why Pattinson had to pluck his eyebrows. "They were a bit bushy," she says. "We needed to see some eyes!" Seyfried says Hardwicke, 55, is "a child herself. She's so connected to that youthful essence. She still walks around with a backpack and sneakers." But unlike Hughes's films, her movies are very dark.
Hardwicke's childhood sounds like a chapter from Roald Dahl's memoirs. She grew up in McAllen, Texas, on the U.S.-Mexico border, where her family lived on a giant farm off the Rio Grande. She frequently saw illegal immigrants paddling across or drug dealers creeping in the shadows. "It was a wild life," she says. In high school, her principal was stabbed three times. A friend's father was shot in the back, and another friend was murdered. And yet life could be wonderful at the same time. "It was a Huck Finn life, too," she says. "We had rope swings and mud fights and we'd make rafts." She graduated from college with an architecture degree, and after her father bought a 20-acre real-estate complex, she designed the property's 120 townhouses. Above each front door, she molded a mask of each owner's face, a way to make each of her creations stand apart. She still has the pictures.
But the work she was offered began to feel too cookie-cutter, so she fled to Hollywood, where she landed a job as a production designer. She did 20 films with directors such as David O. Russell, Cameron Crowe, Lisa Cholodenko, and Richard Linklater. "Of course, I tried to learn from everybody," she says. "How did he pull that one off? I always knew that I wanted to make my own movies." She stumbled on that chance while trying to help a troubled teen. Nikki Reed, a friend's daughter, had fallen in with a bad crowd at school. "How do I get her to do something creative instead of destructive?" Hardwicke wondered. "She said, 'I want to act.' I thought, that's going to make your life worse. But if you take the model of actors who write their own material, that expands your horizons." They wrote the first draft of a screenplay together in six days, during Christmas break. Hardwicke directed the film herself and cast Reed as the bad-girl costar. "I saw the raw talent, and I helped," she says. Thirteen earned Hardwicke the directing award at Sundance in 2003, establishing her as Hollywood's hot new filmmaker at 47.
Reed says that Hardwicke is "a great teacher," and one of the reasons she draws young actors into her world is her sleepy, cool-chick demeanor. In high school, Hardwicke taught overweight girls how to swim. As an adult, she taught herself how to surf. "When I was 5," Reed says, "Catherine wanted to massage my innate desire to be an actress. She put this dog collar on me. I would crawl on my hands and knees, and she would tell people I was a dog."
For Twilight, Hardwicke had trouble finding an actor otherworldly enough to play vampire Edward Cullen. Then she got a call about a guy in London. "I looked at a couple pictures and was like, 'I'm not sure,'?" Hardwicke says. "He had been fired from his last job, he was unemployed, he was in debt." Pattinson flew to Los Angeles on his own dime to read with Stewart. "I have footage of their first meeting at my dining-room table," Hardwicke says. "Kristen was like, 'It's got to be Rob!' She felt connected to him from the first moment. That electricity, or love at first sight, or whatever it is." Hardwicke gave him the part, but he had to make a promise. "You've got to realize that Kristen is 17 years old," she told him. "She's underage. You've got to focus, dude, or you're going to be arrested. I made him swear on a stack of Bibles."
Despite Twilight's $400 million global success, Hardwicke left the franchise when it came to the sequel. She said it was her decision, despite a blog report that she was fired. "I couldn't even be fired, that's what's so funny," she says. "In my contract, I had the first right of refusal." She turned down the second film, she says, because the studio wanted to rush it out. "I do not regret it at all, thank the Lord," she says. "The truth is I liked the first book the best."
There is something of the vampire in Hardwicke herself. Just as Edward will never grew old, Hardwicke refuses to abandon the mischievous joys of youth. There's nothing formal about the way she does business. She frequently invites her protégés over to audition or rehearse. Her home is "right on the beach," says Shiloh Fernandez, who plays the hunky Peter in Red Riding Hood. "It's like a loft for a young surfer guy." It's not Grandma's house. But there is a bed. And she lures young actors onto it, though not in the traditional casting-couch way. When Hardwicke auditioned Evan Rachel Wood for Thirteen, she had her get into her bed with Nikki Reed. That's also where Pattinson kissed Stewart for the first time in his Twilight screen test. "That bed made Pattinson who he is right now," says Reed. Asked about her lair, Hardwicke laughs. "MTV came and did an episode in my house filming the bed. It's legendary," she says, flashing a wide—dare we say wolfish—grin.


Fazilet Ahu Özmen attained her PhD in Strasbourg University in October 2009. Her doctorate thesis is on Contemporary Alevi Youth and its social and political development of identity, and analyzes the question 'Is Alevi Youth a pluralistic, traditional and postmodernist youth?' She is an assistant professor at the French Political Science and International Relations Department of Yeditepe University in Istanbul and also gives lectures in various universities in Istanbul.
Chapter 7: Islamic Women's Ordeal With The New Face(S) Of Patriarchy In Power: Divergence Or Convergence Over Expanding Women's Citizenship?
It is good news that factors which undermine the status, identity, well-being, personal security, and rights and liberties of women in Turkey are being discussed more and more in terms of competing and multiple realities and repressions. However, Gendered Identities: Criticizing Patriarchy in Turkey is one of the most compelling volumes published in recent years addressing the most prominent factor responsible for this general problematic— patriarchy. The collection's deconstruction and analysis of patriarchy and its potent influence on democratization, civil rights, economics, the justice system, and women's struggles against violence is a must read for all of us working on Turkey in interdisciplinary areas. It is an indispensable work for anyone wanting to understand the depths and nuances of the often-under-analyzed yet powerful force of patriarchy in Turkish studies.
Dedicated to all women in the world who suffer from patriarchy, this book offers a powerful analysis of the role of patriarchal values and practices in shaping women's and also men's lives in Turkey. The book answers to a great need for theoretical analysis of patriarchy in Turkish context by asking questions as well as providing examples of and practical accounts from various groups. Why women, stuck in their home, experience economic violence; how women become poorer because of masculine state discourse on dams; how transsexuals are excluded from citizenship regime; to what extent does sexism work against children; what is the role of sexism in the juvenile penal justice system; through which ways are Islamic women instrumentalized and passified? While doing this, the authors offer ways to deconstruct patriarchal structure and democratize society.
This study is an effort to reveal how patriarchy is embedded in different societal and state structures, including the economy, juvenile penal justice system, popular culture, economic sphere, ethnic minorities, and social movements in Turkey. All the articles share the common ground that the political and economic sphere, societal values, and culture produce conservatism regenerate patriarchy and hegemonic masculinity in both society and the state sphere. This situation imprisons women within their houses and makes non-heterosexuals invisible in the public sphere, thereby preserving the hegemony of men in the public sphere by which this male-dominated mentality or namely hegemonic masculinity excludes all forms of others and tries to preserve hierarchical structures. In this regard, the citizenship and the gender regime bound to each other function as an exclusion mechanism that prevents tolerance and pluralism in society and the political sphere.


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John Chowning (at the 2015 Vox Festival). Photo courtesy Histeria.How many people can claim to have discovered an entirely new form of sound synthesis? John Chowning can. He did so by accident while experimenting with different types of vibrato at Stanford University in the mid-'60s. Chowning found that when the frequency of the modulating signal increased beyond a certain point, the vibrato effect disappeared from the modulated tone, and a complex new tone replaced the original. With hindsight, we can see that he had stumbled upon what is now the most common encoding technique used for public radio transmission (hence 'FM' radio). But what made his discovery so serendipitous was that unlike radio engineers, who work at very high frequencies, way above the limits of human hearing, Chowning was able to listen to the modulated waveform. He quickly discovered that FM is a very powerful method of synthesis and, in 1966, became the first person to compose and record a piece of music using FM as the exclusive means of sound generation.
Chowning and his associates spent the next few years refining FM, and laid down a sound mathematical and practical basis for the results they were achieving. Chowning then had the Stanford University Licensing Office approach a number of American manufacturers to see whether they would be interested in implementing it as a commercial method of synthesis. At a time when the Minimoog and ARP Odyssey ruled, polysynths were but a twinkle in electronic engineers' eyes, and 4-bit microprocessors were state-of-the-art devices, none of the American manufacturers saw the potential of FM. So it was almost in desperation that Stanford turned to Yamaha. An engineer named Mr. Ichimura was duly despatched to see Chowning, and the rest, as they say, is history.
Last month I explained Amplitude Modulation, and described some of the ways in which it allows you to create new sounds. Let's recap a little. Equations 1 and 2 show two instances of the simplest waveform: a sine wave. The instantaneous amplitudes of the waveforms (their levels at any given point in time, called 'A') are related to their gains (the maximum amplitude reached in their cycles, called 'a'), their frequencies ('w') and time ('t'). And, as before, the subscripts '1' and '2' denote waveform 1 and 2 respectively.
Equation 1: A simple 'cosine' wave.
Equation 2: A second 'cosine' wave.
If you refer back, you'll also remember that we defined the maximum amplitude of the first waveform as the gain of a VCA, and we modulated this using the second waveform, as shown in Figure 1, below. Equation 3 shows how I wrote the mathematics that describes this arrangement.
Equation 3: The equation defining the output waveform from the VCA in Figure 1.
But now we're going to mix things up a bit. Instead of modulating the amplitude of the first waveform, we're going to modulate its frequency. The block diagram that describes this is deceptively simple, as I have shown in Figure 2. Similarly, the equation describing Frequency Modulation (Equation 4) looks no more fearsome than that describing Amplitude Modulation. Indeed, if you look closely you can see that exactly the same terms are present in both, it's just that one of them (A2) has changed position.
Equation 4: The equation defining the output waveform from Oscillator 1 in Figure 2.
If we now echo last month's article and substitute the full expression for A2 into Equation 4, we obtain Equation 5.
Equation 5: Another way of writing Equation 4.
Figure 1: [top] Amplitude Modulation. Figure 2: [bottom] Frequency Modulation.At this point, you would be completely justified in running, screaming, for the hills. Unlike last month's equations (which we could interpret using no more than 'O'-level or maybe 'A'-level maths) this one is a monster. Indeed, even with a degree in mathematics, you would be hard pressed to do much with it. You will, therefore, be delighted to know that I'm not even going to try to solve the equation. Unfortunately, that means that you will have to take many of the following facts on trust. But hey... trust me, I once lived with a doctor!
Now let's jump back two months, and return to Part 10 of Synth Secrets and the simple vibrato that I described in that article. Figure 3 shows what happens to a waveform (a 'Carrier') whose frequency is being swept up and down by a source of modulation (a 'Modulator'). In this example, the frequency of that Modulator is significantly lower than that of the Carrier.
Figure 3: [top] The effect of vibrato on a triangle wave. Figure 4: [bottom] A short segment of a Carrier waveform.Now let's ask ourselves what happens as we increase the Modulator's frequency until it approaches, equals, or even exceeds that of the Carrier. At some point, instead of looking like a cyclical 'squeezing' and 'stretching' of the Carrier waveform, the modulation will become a form of distortion within the individual cycles of the Carrier waveform. To demonstrate this I have drawn an example using a very short segment of Carrier waveform — maybe one-eighth of a cycle or thereabouts (Figure 4).
Let's now apply a Modulator to this. In this example it will have a low amplitude, but will be many times the frequency of the Carrier (see Figure 5) — since there are more than seven cycles of modulation in Figure 5, which shows one-eighth of a Carrier cycle, this means that the Modulator frequency is approximately 60 times that of the Carrier. As you will appreciate, this sounds nothing like vibrato. But what does it sound like?
Figure 5: [top] Modulating the Carrier in Figure 4 with a high-frequency, low-amplitude Modulator. Figure 6: [bottom] A Carrier and a Modulator.If you refer back to Equation 5, you'll see that the equation for A1 has two 'alien' terms within it: a2 and w2. These are, of course, the gain (maximum amplitude) and the frequency of the Modulator. So it's fair to assume that each of these will have an affect on the nature of the modulated signal. Let's look first at w2, and see what attribute of the output is influenced by the Modulator's frequency.
John Chowning discovered that FM, like AM, generates side bands — additional components, not necessarily harmonically related to the frequency of the Carrier or Modulator — in the frequency spectrum of the output signal. (For an explanation of what side bands are, please refer back to last month.) To see how frequency modulation produces side bands, let's take an example of a sine wave Carrier with frequency wc and a sine wave Modulator of frequency wm. I have shown these in Figure 6 (right).
Equation 6: The side-band frequencies, where wsb = the series of side-band frequencies, wc = Carrier frequency, wm = Modulator frequency, and n = any integer (0, 1, 2, 3, 4, and so on).
To put this in English: each side band lies at a frequency equal to the Carrier frequency plus or minus an integer multiple of the Modulator frequency. Of course, since 'n' can take any integer value, in theory, applying frequency modulation to a signal produces an infinite series of side bands. In the real world, however, no system has infinite bandwidth, and analogue systems are limited to producing side bands within their finite bandwidth (see later for more on bandwidth). Similarly, manufacturers of digital FM systems constrain the mathematics to those values that they deem significant.
Figure 7: The positions of the side bands.Fortunately, and despite this possible complication, the simple formula in Equation 6 makes it easy to see where the side bands are located. Given the Carrier and the Modulator shown in Figure 6 (above), we can show the side bands as shown in Figure 7.
Now, what about the amplitudes of these side bands? OK, we now know that frequency modulation generates side bands, and that the Modulator's frequency determines where they lie. But what is the 'shape' of the resulting spectrum? To answer this, we must turn to the second attribute of the Modulator — its gain, a2 — and introduce a new concept called the 'Modulation Index', or simply 'ß' ('beta').
Figure 8: [top] A simple analogue FM (vibrato) patch. Figure 9: [bottom] FM side bands with low Modulation Index.To explain ß, I must again direct you to our example of simple vibrato. Imagine a simple synthesizer patch in which the amplitude of a modulation is modified by a VCA that is itself controlled by a Control Voltage source (see Figure 8). Don't forget that in this case, the Modulator frequency wm is very much lower than the Carrier frequency wc.
Consider the case where the gain of the VCA is zero. Clearly, there will be no modulation, and the Carrier will produce a simple, unmodified tone. Now let's increase the gain of the VCA slightly. As you would expect, a gentle vibrato results, much like that of the aforementioned guitarist or violinist. But let's not stop here, and keep increasing the gain until the Modulator is sweeping the Carrier over a wide range of frequencies. At this point, a banshee wail or siren-type sound results. What we learn from this is that the sound we hear is not only determined by the frequency of the Modulator, but also by its gain or maximum amplitude.
Equation 7: The Modulation Index, where ß = the Modulation Index, (pronounced 'delta') means "the change in...", wc = Carrier frequency, and wm = Modulator frequency.
Since the numerator of this expression (the bit 'above the line') is the change in the Carrier frequency, this means that ß is directly related to the amplitude of the Modulator. Now, this is the point at which things get a little weird, because for any given Modulator frequency, it is the Modulation Index (and, therefore, the amplitude of the Modulator) that determines the amplitude of each of the components in the spectrum of the output signal. No, I can't demonstrate why this is so without invoking some of that scary maths I mentioned before, but I can show you a couple of examples.
Let's take that case where the Modulation Index is low — say in the region of 0.1 or less. The only significant side bands will be those closest to the Carrier frequency, and the result will look similar to that we obtained last month using Amplitude Modulation (see Figure 9, above). In contrast, if ß is significantly higher — say, in the region of 5 — we obtain a much broader series of side bands, and a much more complex spectrum results (see Figure 10).
I have shown the first six side bands created by ß=5, but there are far more in the real signal. What's more, you should note an interesting consequence of this value of ß: the amplitude of the original Carrier frequency has diminished significantly. Indeed, there is a value of ß that will cause it to disappear altogether!
Figure 10: [top] FM of the same signals when the Modulation Index is increased. Figure 11: [bottom] Keeping ß constant.Now look at Equation 7 again and you'll see that the denominator (the bit 'below the line') is the frequency of the Modulator. The consequences of this are very far-reaching. Let's say that you have decided that the spectrum in Figure 10 is the tone that you want, and that you want to be able to play the sound up and down the keyboard in conventional manner. This will require both the Carrier and the Modulator to track the keyboard equally so that the harmonic relationship between the spectral components (the side bands) remains constant. But Equation 7 demonstrates that, as the Modulator frequency increases, ß decreases. For example, if you play one octave higher, wm doubles and ß is therefore halved. To avoid this change in the spectrum, the Modulator amplitude must increase proportionally — it must double — to keep ß constant. This is not as much of a problem as it sounds, and Figure 11 shows the simplest way to achieve this.
Mind you, this configuration is almost impossibly difficult to calibrate perfectly, and the vagaries of analogue components ensure that it will, at best, be inconsistent. This is the reason why FM is almost always implemented using digital technology.
To move on, we need to talk about bandwidth for a moment. I first mentioned this concept in regard to Equation 6, when I said that real-world systems could not handle a signal of infinite bandwidth. So let's discuss what the real bandwidth of an FM'd signal might be.
For the purposes of this discussion, you could define the bandwidth as the range of frequencies occupied by any given signal. So, for example, a precise sine wave of, say, 100Hz would have negligible bandwidth (it exists only at a specific frequency) whereas a waveform with the same fundamental frequency plus one harmonic at 200Hz would occupy 100Hz of bandwidth. Likewise, a signal occupying the range between 100Hz and 1500Hz would have a bandwidth of 1400Hz, and so on. Now let's apply this concept to the output from an FM system.
Suppose that the Carrier is a sine wave of frequency 500Hz and the Modulator is a sine wave of frequency 300Hz. Clearly, if you mixed these together using a simple audio mixer, then using the simple definition above, the resulting signal would occupy a bandwidth of 200Hz.
Now let's configure the signals so that Amplitude Modulation occurs. From last month we know that the resulting three components have frequencies of wc, wc+ wm, and wc- wm. These frequencies are 500Hz, 200Hz, and 800Hz respectively, so the bandwidth of the resulting signal — the 'spread' between the lowest and highest side bands — is 600Hz.
Now let's consider the bandwidth of an FM'd signal. Although theoretically infinite (remember, the series of side bands is infinite) the Modulation Index will ensure that side bands of higher 'n' are of negligible amplitude. This means that the bandwidth is, to all intents and purposes, finite. Moreover, there is a 'rule-of-thumb' equation that gives us a rough idea of the meaningful bandwidth of the output signal. I have shown this in Equation 8.
Equation 8: The bandwidth of the modulated signal, where B = bandwidth, wm = modulator frequency, and ß = Modulation Index.
Let's say that ß is very small. Then, in our example of a 500Hz Carrier and a 300Hz Modulator, the bandwidth of the output will be equal to 2 x 300Hz x (1 + 0) = 600Hz. Thus, as I stated earlier, for low values of ß the result is much like that obtained using Amplitude Modulation.
But now let's suppose that ß=5. Then, in our example, the bandwidth of the output will be 2 x 300Hz x (1 + 5) = 3,600Hz. Clearly, high values of ß allow FM to create much more complex signals with a much higher bandwidth than the other methods of making two signals interact (see Figure 12, below). Note that this calculation also tells you that, in this example, there are 24 discrete spectral components in the output. Unfortunately, you'll have to read next month's Synth Secrets to find out why.
Figure 12: [top] The bandwidths of mixed and modulated signals. Figure 13: [bottom] A simple analogue FM synthesizer.Now let's remind ourselves that, in simple subtractive synthesis, changes in the volume of a sound are most often determined by a contour generator acting upon an amplifier. Similarly, any changes in the tone of a sound are usually determined by a contour generator acting upon the cutoff frequency of a filter.
In an FM configuration, the volume of the sound is still determined by the volume envelope of the audio signal (which is, of course, the modulated Carrier), but you no longer need a filter to modify the tone. This is because, for any given Modulator frequency, the Modulator amplitude determines the bandwidth of the output. You can create an interesting demonstration of this using just seven synthesizer modules patched together as shown in Figure 13.
As you can see, the amplitude of the output signal will decrease as EG2 decreases the gain of VCA2 — so over time, the output gets quieter and quieter. At the same time, the maximum amplitude of the Modulator signal derived from VCO1 will increase as EG1 increases the gain of VCA1. This means that, as time passes, the Modulation Index increases, the bandwidth increases, and the output gets brighter and brighter. This is in marked contrast to natural sounds, where increased loudness almost always goes hand-in-hand with increased brightness.
You might think that there's nothing stopping you duplicating this effect using a filter, and it's true that you can use a contour generator and a low-pass VCF to brighten a signal as time passes. But that configuration would be quite incapable of recreating the complex tonal changes that also occur in the FM'd tone — changes that you cannot reproduce using conventional subtractive methods.
For any given Carrier frequency, the position of the spectral components is determined by the Modulator's frequency alone.
Frequency Modulation is a powerful method of synthesis that is as relevant to analogue synthesizers as it is to digital ones, and which is capable of generating sounds unobtainable by any other method.
Next month, we'll take a closer look at some practical aspects of Frequency Modulation, and introduce the idea of 'operators' — a common concept if you own a DX7 synthesizer, but perhaps not one that you have encountered in analogue technology. We'll even take a look at some basic FM programming on a modular analogue synth.


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The Florida Gators are in St. Louis, MO this weekend as they take on the NCAA Championship. The championship will consist of 12 teams in two semifinal sessions starting tonight. The Gators will compete in the NCAA Semifinal II, which is set to begin at 8 p.m. ET in St. Louis' Chaifetz Arena.
It's here! #NCAAGym Championship action is tonight!
Watch #Gators in Semi II starting at 8pmET on @ESPNU. Then coverage flips 9pm to @ESPN pic.twitter.com/vAmiqxBQvl
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In order to move onto the next round for Saturday's Super Six final, the Gators need to rank among the top three teams in their session Friday night. The top three teams for each session will be competing in the Super Six final Saturday night starting at 9 p.m. The winner of the Super Six Final is the NCAA team champion.
How The Gymnasts Are Preparing
Alicia Boren has been looking forward to this day since last year. She is excited to redeem herself after falling on vault at last year's competition. Amelia Hundley believes it's most important to focus on each other and build on each other during the competition. Head coach Jenny Rowland says she wants to team to focus on having fun and doing the best they can. She's happy with everything the team has accomplished this year.
Gators in Previous NCAA Championships
Florida has qualified for the NCAA Championship 35 times. Florida finished fourth in the 2016 NCAA Super Six Final with a score of 197.35. The NCAA individual event champions are determined on Friday's semifinal sessions. The Gators have won 16 NCAA individual titles.
This years 2017 SEC Gymnast of the year is Alex McMurtry. She was the first in Florida history to earn this honor and the 2017 Scholar-Athlete honor in the same season.
Tune into ESPNU for coverage of Friday nights competition. For Saturday night's Super Six Final, the coverage will switch to ESPN.
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Ramenskiy hospital fire kills at least 38 people in Russia
At least 38 people are feared dead after a fire swept through a psychiatric hospital in the Moscow region, Russian officials say.
The blaze started shortly after 02:00 local time at the No 14 hospital in Ramenskiy village.
Most of the victims are believed to be local patients. There are fears that the death toll could rise further.
At least 38 people are feared dead after a fire swept through the No 14 psychiatric hospital in Ramenskiy village
The cause of the blaze is being investigated, with one report saying it was caused by a short circuit.
The fire broke out in part of the building where patients with severe conditions lived, local officials were quoted as saying by Russian news agencies.
"According to preliminary reports, 38 people were killed, including two medical staff," Health Ministry spokesman Oleg Salagai told Russia's Ria Novosti news agency.
Firefighters later extinguished the blaze and have so far found 12 bodies.
A local official was quoted as saying that all the windows had metal bars, and most of the victims were found in their beds.
A nurse managed to lead to safety two patients.
It is believed that 41 people were in the hospital when the fire began.
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Abdul Aziz Al-Fadli is an artist and a calligrapher from the UAE capital, Abu Dhabi. Influenced by great Arab and Turkish calligraphers and world painters, he developed a classical artistic style rich in structure and colour. He then enriched his talent with further studies and analysis of Arabic calligraphy. Al-Fadli shaped his talent and developed an individual style that may sometimes seem unconventional, yet still sticking to common rules. He is a researcher in Islamic social and philosophical heritage, a poet and a writer and he has also studied music and photography and has worked in theatre. His artistic talent thus became an innovative scientific and artistic combination manifested in his unique paintings which seem more like a symphony or a poem honouring the Arabic letter. He has participated in many exhibitions locally and abroad, including at the Salwa Zeidan Gallery, where he has signed a representation agreement.
Fatema Al Mazroui was born in Abu Dhabi, where she currently resides. She has a Bachelor's degree in Visual Arts and Design from Zayed University in the UAE. Her artistic career took off at the Salwa Zeidan Gallery where she participated in most of the gallery group shows. Her first auctioned painting was at Sotheby's in 2010 and she was a featured artist at Abu Dhabi Art in 2013. Her work recently earned her a spot amongst the 50 representative Emirati artists at the Art Foundation in Paris, France. After she joined the Salwa Zeidan Gallery in 2009, major collectors in the UAE acquired her artworks for their private collections, and her work is also currently on display at the Yas Viceroy hotel and the Hilton Rocco Forte in Abu Dhabi. Fatema's artwork focuses on the notion of a woman and the Muslim woman stereotype, in particular.
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Hussain Sharif was born in 1961 in Dubai, UAE. He studied at the High Institute of Kuwait and graduated with a degree in theatre design in 1986. He then worked as Head designer at Sharjah TV and began exhibiting his works in the UAE. His interest in the performing arts led him to explore the art world with the aim of tracing his predilection for the arts; this progression is visible in many of his works. Through his work, Sharif comes in direct contact with his creative instincts to tap into the essence of inspiration. Sharif's creations represent a form of expression where the methodical, forceful and obstinate will to reduce the creative tension is taken to the limit of the physically defined 'object'. The 'conversation', often addressed towards society, is almost evident and reveals itself through dim chromatist shades that suggest an undeclared feeling.
Saoud Saeed Al Dhaheri is an Emirati artist from Al Ain. He was attracted to art early; sketching seemed to flow naturally from him and continued to fascinate him throughout his education. He has since completed voluntary work in the photographic field around the UAE and he has been commissioned by ADACH to digitally paint five walls for Al Qattara Art Centre in Al Ain. He was selected to be one of the 40 designers who got the chance to display and sell their products in the DXB Store, a not-for-profit space designed to showcase limited edition objects, all designed and made in the UAE. The DXB store was based in three venues: Art Dubai in Madinat Jumeirah, Sikka in Bastakiya and Design Days Dubai in Downtown Dubai. He has received many appreciation certificates and has exhibited with inter craft gallery through W.G.S.F London And Christie's auction house.


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>> is actually possible or even desirable.
> Which are the sections of ARIA 1.0 that you have in mind?
> Most or all AT present the above as a link and not as an image.
effective for users. So this is irrelevant.
> No UA/AT support rel=longdesc. Hence: same problems as described above.
access to the linked long description. So this is irrelevant.
this, it's just accessibility theatre.
> other AT as well.
only included it for completeness. So this is irrelevant.
> currently be replicated with your above mentioned techniques.
> None of the above has any thing to do with ARIA.
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North Korea announced the successful test of a ballistic missile
February 13, 2017 RR World
Pyongyang announced that it carried 12 Feb tests of new ballistic missiles were successful. On Monday, February 13, reports "Yonhap", citing the Central Telegraph Agency of Korea (KCNA).
While North Korea claims that it has managed to test the possibility of equipping a projectile with a nuclear warhead and its ability to evade interception.
On 12 February, the joint chiefs of staff of the Armed forces of South Korea reported the DPRK conducted from the ground in the province's Do the start-up of ballistic missiles Pukguksong-2 ("Pukhansan-2", "Severnaya Zvezda-2") medium-range class "Musudan". She flew about 500 kilometers and fell into the sea of Japan. In testing was attended by North Korean leader Kim Jong-UN.
In 2016, North Korea carried out more than 20 launches of ballistic missiles and two nuclear tests, which violate the resolutions of the UN security Council. Subsequently, the security Council imposed on Pyongyang sanctions.
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Washington, DC—Women with a vitamin D deficiency were nearly half as likely to conceive through in vitro fertilization (IVF) as women who had sufficient levels of the vitamin, according to a new study published in the Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM).
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The prospective cross-sectional study analyzed vitamin D levels in women who were referred to the Infertility Unit of the Fondazione Ca' Granda at Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico for IVF during 2012. The researchers examined the success of IVF procedures in 154 women who were vitamin D deficient and 181 women who had sufficient levels of vitamin D in their blood. Women who had vitamin D levels of at least 20 ng/ml in their blood were considered to have sufficient levels of the hormone. Levels of 30 ng/ml are recommended for general health.
Women who had sufficient levels of vitamin D were nearly twice as likely to conceive as their counterparts with vitamin D deficiency. Since women with sufficient levels of the hormone were more likely to produce top-quality embryos, researchers theorized vitamin D was involved in the production of quality eggs in the ovaries as well as the successful implantation of embryos in the uterus.
Other authors of the study include: Stefania Ferrari, Amedea Tirelli, Luigi Fedele and Edgardo Somigliana of Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico; and Paola Vigano, Luca Pagliardini, Enrico Papaleo and Massimo Candiani of the San Raffaele Scientific Institute in Milan.
The study, "Vitamin D Deficiency and Infertility: Insights from In Vitro Fertilization Cycles," was published online, ahead of print.


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Marcie arrived on someone's doorstep and begged them to help get her out of Llanview with Tommy. They agreed, gave her money and arranged for Marcie to meet up with one of their friends in Georgia. Marcie managed to escape Todd and FBI agent Lee Ramsey and made her way out of town under the alias of Penny Shaw.
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« For Future Doctors: Medical Education Bubble ………….?
Today, many of us would have read the 2 depressing news from the mainstream media. The first was brought to the attention of the public via this blog almost 4 years ago. In fact, I started to write about this issue way back in 2006 in MMA magazine. The MMA president then did not quite agree with me and told me that I am exaggerating. The current MMA president seem to be more vocal and has brought up the issue of "oversupply" of doctors in various mainstream media over the last few months. Somehow, the DG and Minister of Health denies that such a thing will happen at least for another 2-3 years. However, they never denied the fact that we will achieve the ratio of 1: 600 by 2016 and 1: 400 by 2020. With close to 36 medical schools and more than 40 medical programs, it will be sooner than later. The quality of products are becoming atrocious at times. Over the last 2 weeks, I have had at least 4 queries by "medical students" on postgraduate education. These are students in their 4th/5th year of medical educations and yet do not know anything about postgraduate education in medicine. All of them felt that doing Master's and PhD is like going for another full-time course in a university. I give up!
Another depressing news was about a 3rd year medical students who committed suicide. Based on the newspaper report, the likely cause could be depression as he did not want to continue with his medical education. However, his parents insisted (even though they claim that they had agreed for him to change course, recently!) I will say this again: parents should never force their children to do medicine! Most of the housemen who end up with the psychiatric department belong to this group.
Finally, I received an interesting email from a Malaysian who is currently in Canada. She is a product of IMU twinning program in early 2000. She has given me permission to publish her email over here, in this blog. It looks like the situation in Canada is not better either. Furthermore, she has also commented on the deteriorating quality of medical students who are undergoing twinning program in Canada which has led to some universities closing their twinning arrangements with IMU.
I met Malaysian graduates of University of Western Ontario who confirmed that UWO was no longer keen on taking Malaysian IMU students.
Memorial, this year, has announced that they are no longer accepting IMU students.
Much of the problems stemmed from the fact that the students from Malaysia arrived ill-equipped to handle the rigors of clerkship. In the Canadian system, the 3rd year of medical school can best be compared to the housemanship year – 100hr work weeks (back then, though this is now capped at 80hrs) combined with having to study and sit exams was not exactly an "ease-into-the-system" welcome. At Dalhousie, the "ease-in" consisted of a 12-week "bridging program" in which a crash course on psychiatry and pediatrics was provided (because, back in those days, IMU taught zip on these two subjects). Following that, you were thrown into 3rd year and left to "sink or swim". Many sank.
I am now on faculty at Memorial University and it has been interesting to note that the failure rate of Malaysian medical students transferring out to Canada – at least at Memorial – has been increasing. I am not sure why, since I do not keep abreast of developments in IMU's curriculum. Suffice to say that, after 7yrs of rumblings in the system, Memorial has now withdrawn from the partnership. Your blog seems to suggest that there is something alarming happening in the system in Malaysia, and I wonder if that has anything to do with it, though I would have imagined that IMU, being older than many of the other private institutions now peppering the landscape of medical education in Malaysia, would be able to retain its faculty quality?
I consider myself extremely fortunate that I navigated the minefield of medical education in Malaysia and landed where I am. Malaysians arriving in Canada for medical school (via IMU or other arrangements) face a rather tricky problem: there are no postgraduate opportunities for non-citizens and non-PRs, which means that you end up with a Canadian degree and have to either go back to Malaysia or compete for a spot in the US. The only other option is to pursue postgraduate training in less-popular sites that are willing to overlook your citizenship status in favour of the Canadian qualification (because the qualification is often preferable to a Canadian citizen with a foreign degree).
The biggest draw for Malaysian medical students to come to Canada is the fact that IMU's program was an incredible backdoor to a Canadian medical degree that bypassed the 3yr undergrad requirement. As such, those that do succeed end up being the youngest grads – when I graduated from Dal, I was younger than the youngest 1st year med student, and as such I got a headstart on my colleagues on the road to becoming an attending (I believe it is termed consultant in Malaysia). It was an incredible opportunity but that door appears to have closed at the majority of the Canadian universities that once partnered with IMU.
None of the Malaysian grads I knew, who went to Canadian universities, ended up returning to Malaysia. Given what I have read, I doubt I will return to Malaysia to practice, either. In any case, there is no opportunity there in the field of emergency medicine. Certainly, financially it would be rather disastrous to return. Average physician income in Canada is well over CAD$250,000 – rheumatologists, for example, had an average gross income of CAD$360,000. (Granted, taxes in Canada are much higher…but not that much higher!) Your blog highlighting the pay issues in Malaysia for young physicians is truly a reality check for those that go into the field expecting riches. Even in Canada, this is true – the average length of training for a physician is 3yrs for an undergraduate degree, 4yrs medical school followed by a minimum of 2yrs (family medicine) to 6yrs (certain surgical specialties e.g. neurosurgery) for the postgrad qualification. Following which one may pursue an additional 1-3yrs of subspecialty qualification (e.g. rheumatology would take 3+4+3+2yrs to finish from the point of entry into university after A Levels). As you have pointed out, during those years, even in Canada the pay is worse than working at McDonald's when calculated out on a per-hour basis.
In any case, thank you for a most interesting read. I feel sad that this is the state of affairs in Malaysia – I had hoped when I left that, with time, the country would achieve progress but alas, it appears that is not so.
parents should change thier mindset and take the hint .
"None of the Malaysian grads I knew, who went to Canadian universities, ended up returning to Malaysia" – Seriously? 😉 There are at least a few of them working with me currently in Bolehland! She needs to check her facts right, before making misleading statement like this!
she clearly said " none that SHE KNEW" came back!
You can't even comprehend what she said. What you know your friends doesn't mean she KNEW them too. Wake up dude!
Being an IMU grad, your response is a bit rude to your 'IMU lecturer'. ( on your phrase "wake up dude!"). There is a Chinese saying goes : " if someone has had been a teacher for you even just for a day, you should regard him as a parent for the rest of your life" (it means you must respect your teacher like the way you respect your father. Or could it be that you never respect your own father too? My apology if I have made a wild assumption.
Though this is a Chinese saying, my personal opinion is regardless of whether you are Chinese or non Chinese, we (all races) must respect our teacher or lecturer.
Product of our current generation… No respect to their lecturers/teachers.
Respect has to be earned and not based on seniority alone.
If a teacher humiliates you and commands you to jump off the building, would you respect her and do as told?
Have your own thoughts, stands and principles. A student should be thought to think critically rather than following instructions blindly out of "respect to hierarchy and seniority".
I think everyone should be respected regardless of his/her position.
If that IMU lecturer doesn't read properly and is in an esteemed profession of teaching, wouldn't you be worried of what nonsensical statement might be uttered out when he/she teaches his/her students? Having all that said, he/she mightn't even be an IMU lecturer!
Lara, if a teacher humiliates one, one must have done something wrong…lolzz..and to make it worse, one might got mad and start disrespecting, being stubborn. Even tho the problem lies within oneself.
Giving respect and following instructions blindly are two different issues. If one jumps from a building as told by a teacher (an example posted by you), then it is following instruction blindly. But if one allows an old "rude' lady (70- 80 years old) jumping queue in a toilet with many queuing behind, it is a respect for seniority (age), If a teacher, a supervisor or a parent is siting there 'doing nothing', yet one who is very busy still has to help running small errands, it is a respect for seniority(position) too. So respect based on seniority (age and position) do count and it should not be construed as following instruction blindly.
If that IMU lecturer did not read the email properly (to err is human), IMU Grad can highlight the mistake but not publicly telling his/her own lecturer to 'wake up'.
Dr Paga, congratulation, being a medical lecturer in Monash before, you have a lot of 'children' . Haha!
Auntie, stop talking like an old lady and lecturing people like your own kids. There're other better places for you to do your "public talk".
Don't mind to be an IMU lecturer or any medical lecturer if I can be one. Kind of funny you keep saying I am an IMU lecturer. FYI, auntie indeed is an old lady (older than Dr Paga). So how can I stop talking like an old lady when I happen to be one? And is there anything wrong with talking like an old lady? Hi, any old ladies here?
Wake up, old grumbler. This earth is not suitable for you. Go back to your Mars! You don't need the crowd here.
Please take this somewhere else. If IMU was considered a 8/10 IPTS, reading the comments by you two, would have downgraded it to a 5/10.
Your years of education have failed you miserably, if you truly are a grad. You are a disgrace of your institution using words and phrase such as "wake up", "old grumbler", "This earth is not suitable for you", "Go back to your Mars!" when someone does not agree with you. This earth does not belong to you, who are you to ask me to go to the Mars? Childish! You are just like some of our BN politicians telling some raykat to migrate or go back to China or India when they do not agree with their views.
Jaz and others, especially Dr Paga, my apology for causing some unpleasant 'ripple" in this blog. Anyway, I shall write IMU Grad off and will not respond to him any more so as not to 'upset' other readers in this blog.
The morale of the story – You can never earn your RESPECT from your children by grumbling on them.
No i think the moral is just because you went to med school and graduate as a doctor, doesnt mean you wont behave like a silly child online.
I almost choked when I read about IMU Grad's moral of story on RESPECT. Behaving silly and childish online, he wont earn any respect at all. He studied medicine in IMU? An abusive dr too?
You'd better take care of your self and not choked off for your life, Drlim/Non IMU Grad. Don't hide under the skirt of another smelly a** and start grumbling again. The IFU university in Mars is urgently looking for a full-time lecturer for "Wake Up & Respect" course and you're definitely qualify!
Those who are rude and childish are usually those underperformed, stressed,depressed and need help to be a better person.
He could be a victim of humiliation (due to poor academic performance or disciplinary problems) so now he chooses every opportunity to yell back at lecturer letting off his steam.
Stop being an old fart and keep on grumbling nonstop. Life's so miserable for you!
IMU grad, you are an embarrassment to your alumni. Try to engage in civil discourse.
IMU grad will accuse you as Nav aka Non IMU Grade aka IMU Lecturer aka drlim based on his mentality. Haha!
not hard to trace who she is im sure. but dont vilify her. if there are inaccuracies, correct them instead.
How do pay respect to some dudes who made false accusation. The writer merely stated her fact from the people she knew. Furthermore, are you naïve enough to think that "IMU Lecturer" is indeed a lecturer in IMU. He/she could be you, dude!
Hi, be cool. So you may not be an IMU Grad, right? So you imposter ? I am not that "IMU lecturer" but a housewife who betul-betul a non IMU Grad. Whether that "IMU lecturer" is an IMU lecturer or not, you being an 'IMU Grad", you must give him/her the benefit of doubt, that is to accord him with basic respect. If you cannot even do that, then your years of education has failed you miserably.
I don't think IMU will be liable for anything… Is there anything wrong in her email?
There's nothing wrong here but out of nowhere this Non IMU Grad auntie suddenly jumped out or even became IMU Lecturer and started giving everybody her "public lecture".
I did not comment on her email (to Dr Paga) at all, whether there is something wrong or right. I just said your response was a bit rude telling your "lecturer' to WAKE UP. If you could 'publicly' telling your 'lecturer' to wake up, what wrong with auntie giving you my 'personal' opinion 'publicly' ? It Is not a 'public lecture' but just a mere personal opinion that you being rude telling your 'lecturer' to wake up. It is fine to highlight your 'lecturer's' mistake, but not in such a rude manner.
Is that anything wrong with the poster on her facts? Why can't you just stop your hot pursuit on her?
my father told me that 10-20 years back, when the goverment wanted to produce large amount of " insan yang celik teknologi maklumat" the goverment control the race of student entering public uni for computer science course… Now with tons of computer science graduates in the market,(many are of single race) n they fail to find a job, goverment start to allow other races to enter the courses much more freely… is that true? I'm not trying to be racist here..
If the above statement is true, will this happen to medical course?
Of course, there is always a quota for races in the public universities.With private universities mushrooming since mid1990s, many non-Malays started to send their children to these private colleges.
It is not per month, it's peryear!
sorry, i thought you said C 300k permonth!
BTW, you can't covert to Malaysian ringgit as cost of living and taxes are much higher in Canada.
Jaz, do does she imply that most medical specialists in Canada are among the wealthiest being at the top 1% ?
Dr Paga, I think those who earn C360k per year in Canada is equivalent to those who earn RM360k here in term of spending power. There are many Malaysian earning more than RM360k per year, in different professions, a few of my close relatives are some of them, but they are not the wealthiest at the top 1% of Malaysia. And most senior specialists in private sector earn more than that too, especially those in klang valley. I know some consultants are earning RM50k to 60k per month.
Yes, of course. Some successful consultants can earn about 50-60K per month but to earn that amount of money, you will be practically staying in the hospital. And this happens when you are about to reach 40 years old!
I don't think she's implying anything, just stating facts that she knows.
I don't think earning 360k per year in Canada/UK is equivalent to 360k in Malaysia. try to compare anything (house/car/education) in Canada and in Malaysia.
poor doctor – 360k in canada is DEFINITELY NOT THE SAME as 360k in malaysia. maybe not equivalent to 3x as the exchange rate would suggest – but perhaps its like 700k malaysia (Estimate, i have no science to prove it).
Pagalavan, in canada you are allowed to incorporate as doctors (90% of them do), dropping your effective tax rate to about 25%, sometimes even much lower.
the point of that is to suggest the purchasing power and value of 360k a year in canada is definitely no where close to 360k ringgit/yr.
In Malaysia, private doctors are allowed to form corporate companies to reduce tax as you are not employed by the hospital.
For those who just consider money as their incentive to practice, they will often be disappointed in their life as greed can never be satisfied. You need to have passion in medicine in order to excel. It is not necessary to practice in a developed country in order to excel or considered to be successful judged by the amount you earn. You can be equally successful and be a great doctor in developing country. One such doctor is Dr Sanduk Ruit, a nepali who certainly don't earn 360k per year, not even in ringgit. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanduk_Ruit . He is the Reader Digest Asian of the Year 2007 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:GravityFong/Reader's_Digest/Jan_2007/Miracles_by_the_Thousands. He is my inspiration.
That's right. Doctor can set up a sdn Bhd company and if the income is less than 500k per a mum, the tax is 20% max after expenses deduction.
I think the estimate of over 200k/year is a little high. Nonetheless, most students in Canada end up doing Family Medicine. 2 years of postgraduate training and you are done, with a controllable lifestyle and a nice cabin out in the country. Although specialists make more, the difference in compensation is not huge in Canada, unlike the US. In fact, in the UK, I believe GPs make more than specialists now.
I think you may have more purchasing power in canada with this salary. Despite taxes, I think you will live a much more comfortable life in Canada with a 60,000/year salary than in Malaysia. Cars are dirt cheap compared to Malaysia, and you have world class education for very little money. What about clean air, clean water, etc, and other things that you can't put a price tag on?
I'm not sure I believe the average income of 360,000 for rheumatologists in Canada. Orthopedic surgeons, usually the highest earning specialty, earn about $200,000 in Canada on average.
I think many people here have a skewed perception on how much money doctors should make, and may be in for a shock when they eventually come out to practice. Anyways, to put things in perspective, the median household income in Canada is 48,000/year. If you make more than 100,000, you are already much better off than 90% of the population in one of the richest countries in the world.
Canadian grad, I agree with everything youve said, with the humble exceptionthat canadian specialist salaries rarely top 200k.
that example is the standard rate for an academic job – which is much lower than community private practice (fee for service).
Looks like you may be right, dharma.
Here is a posting for a different academic job along the same lines (int medicine subspecialty, med oncology).
Dr , in your opinion when do you think both the newly graduated pharmacists and dentists will be affected as how the medical graduates will be affected next year ( no job for them ) ? I'm pretty sure both the no. of pharmacists and dentists are drastically increasing no ?
I personally know of two amazing MO / specialist (twinned from IMU) who returned to serve our country after their training in Dalhousie/US. They are very very very good, and I have a lot of respect for them.
Indeed, the education system in Dalhousie is superior to all of the medical education in our country, and they function more like a houseman compared to most other 3rd year medical students. I admit that I am worse than my peers who were in Dalhousie when I was in third year. After knowing what my friends had to go through, I feel more motivated to learn, because when I am still reading what class of medication to give to my patients, they are already prescribing with dosage, they are the first line, and nurses page them in case of emergency.
In my humble opinion, the situation in which most students are not doing too well in some of the partner medical schools / Canadian university could probably because that, apart from being exceptionally demanding, Canadian University isn't really most students' top choices. Hence, in terms of matching, some students who weren't mentally prepared for the challenge were matched, and crashed under pressure. Let's not forget about my other friends who twinned to UK universities, and who are doing very well there. Most top choices for PMS were Australian / UK top schools. From what I understand, if your result is better, the university of your choice will rank you higher.
After all that being said, I still feel that because everyone is different. Wherever you are from, It's up to the student's attitude to learn as well. Learning curve is still steepest after we practice. If you have the passion to learn, passion to make patients feel better (it's not all about medication!! but communication too!!), you will improve with slowly but surely time even though your university might not have equipped you as well as the others universities. Let's stop labelling graduates, and focus more on personal growth, shall we? Such as: how can medical graduates improve and be better doctors ? How can we learn better and stand out?
i echo the original poster's comment: the american medical education system is very different from the commenwealth education system. their clinical years are very clinical heavy. I spent some time in penang and ireland during medical school, but practice in the US now: even though the north american medical schools are only 4 years long, their 3rd and 4th year students really are put very close to the front lines. as result, their students are more used to managing more. they carry pages, take call, admit patients and function essentially as housemen.
in fact, just to put it in context: my housemanship in ireland was spent looking for xrays and drawing blood 60 -80hrs/week, while medical students in the US were admitting patients and responding to emergencies in the ICU 80hrs/week.
this is why they are comfortable with people practicing as consultants 3-4 years after finishing medical school (internal medicine, pathology, dermatology, opthalmology etc). their training is a lot more streamlined and immersive.
That's one of the advantage of graduate school entry. The students are more matured and know what they getting themselves into.
Allan Heng – american visa situation is very complex, expensive and painful – but worth it if you want to achieve your goals.
As a malaysian, your option to do training/work as a consultant in the US is a J1 or H1b visa. A H1b visa allows you to convert into a greencard directly at the end of training via employment sponsorship, or self sponsor anytime via the extraordinary ability pathway (EB1 or 2, if you qualify). If you win a greencard lottery or get married to a citizen, you can also convert over.
For J1 visa holders its abit more tricky, you have to either return to your home country for 2 years at the end of training (home residency requirement) or apply for a waiver job for 3 years in the US if you would like to stay. After the home residency requirement or waiver, you can then apply for a job who is willing to sponsor a greencard. Another way is to apply for a hardship waiver – if you qualify, you get a greencard directly.
hope this helps – this is an extremely simplified version. if u need more details there are plenty of other more specific forums that discuss this.
Are u on shcolarship? If yes, then those Khazanah owned IPTS will take u in without question. But if you are not… then u r free to choose any IPTS.
I don't prefer any of the two. I would suggest you complete your 2 years there.
Who is this Dr Jeyaindran? He said there was enough capacity.
"We have 9,500 medical postings and 10,000 available medical posts, so there is capacity.
Interesting, that they are talking about revising the minimum qualification guidelines. With the current standards in SPM and pre-Us, 5B and 3B/3.0 respectively is actually very very low. 5A and 3A/4.0 would be more in tune with 1st world standards.
Is Malaysia the only country in the world, where the Ministry of Health has to set minimum standards for the Ministry of Education?
In all other civilised countries I know, the educators (ie Med Schools) set the standards, and usually at a very high level.
If MMC is really keen on 'improving the standard of healthcare in the country and the competency of doctors', they should also de-recognise many doubtful Russian, Middle Eastern and Indonesian medical colleges. Also, monitor the local private medical colleges closely especially the new ones. Easiest is to adopt a list similar to our neighbouring country. That would be a start to bring back the glory of the Malaysian medical profession.
He is the deputy DG and also the head do Department of medicine of HKL.
Even if the figure is true, it will be fully occupied in just 2 years. Furthermore, if you read in between the lines, he did say that jobs are not guaranteed for all graduates.
my suggestion to future doctor is… set a goal.. which is, not to rely on your payslip as a doctor… the 1st 5 years, save enough money & invest it, be it property, gold/silver, business or stocks market… gain passive income from your investment, once you achieve financial independent (or financial freedom), then practicing as a doctor, is NOT "work" anymore, it'll become "hobby" !! Remember, with your basic income of 4k, save 2k per month, you'll accumulate 24k in 12 months… or 48k at the end of your housemanship !!
Assuming you do not have a RM 300K debt when you graduate!
Apart from debt, unless your parents pay for your rent, car instalment, etc,etc.otherwise it is not so easy to save 2k.
if talking bout debt, there are good debt and bad debt.. its u who decide ur study debt becomes a good or a bad one.. don't u have 300k house loan? is it good or bad debt ??
its hard saving 2k per month during HO time? i've done that, its do-able and its easy for those who dont have "internal" problem.. i rent a room (not a house), drive usual car (not fancy brand new), dont have tv/astro (only laptop & rm68 internet plan), dont go for movies/hangout w collegue every sat nite, eat nutritious food (not maggi) 3x/day… i can easily save 2k per month during HO time, and use that money to pay downpayment for a condo which give me nett 1k per month extra income (all during pity HO life)..
Main prob is : most doctor know SUPER little about money, trapped in the usual society mindset (doc must drive civic/bmw), stupid (sry to use this word) spending habit… you begin with failure, you'll end up to be the biggest loser… like i said, its you who decide ur 300k study loan a good or bad one, i've made my study loan a good one, becoz it gave me a job as houseman with 4k salary, and i'm able to generate wealth using that salary, my 1st condo market value is double of my study loan in the 1st year of HO itself.
Come on guys, which profession (apart from business) gives u 4k as a fresh graduate?
Sound like ure too money minded.
what? being in debts is never good. I believe most doctors know WAY more about money than you do!! lmao…. . Don't judge others before yourself.
While I admire your stringent spending habits to save money( I was like that when I was a houseman,trying to save money to buy a Proton car!) debts are debts. Your condo still does not belong to you as you have a loan there as well. It does not entire settle your education debt as it itself is a debt.
The starting salary for housemen can be Rm 4k but remember that for all other professions, they start their working life 2-3 years earlier. I know many from other profession who are already earning RM 4K by the time their friend start their horsemanship. If you are in JB, many engineers graduating from UTM go to Singapore to work. Their starting salary is SGD 3-4K which is almost RM 7-10K/month. Of course, this does not include a car !
An engineer, a local graduate who got a job at shell as an engineer at a younger age than when u started HO earns rm9k starting salary lolzz..true story.
have friends working in Shell, as far as I know from them , their starting salary for fresh graduate (engineer) is around 3k, never heard that they get as high as 9k.
Poor mo. It is true a shell engineer(not sure what kind of engineer, mechanical?chemical?etc?) earns rm8-10k. I also know one who got to go to texas and finland for job-related works. Sponsored of course, on his first or second year of work(i can't remember). Rm9000 starting salary is normal for Shell engineer. Maybe your friend is a different type of engineer.
Mr.Poor MO, what Mr.lotz and Mr.yes meant was a case of one in a million. The fresh graduate engineer probably who earn 9K could be one of Shell's croony's son. Similarly, I heard a fresh graduate engineer do got higher salary than 9K in Petronas, through connection from a minister. It depends on what kind of cable you use, normal telephone cable or 'fibre optic' cable.
There are 15,200 engineering graduates and 23,600 accounting & finance graduates last year from loacal IPTS & IPTA and foreign universities who came back to work in Malaysia. Just use your commonsense how many percent of them got 9K for their starting pay without cable connection? I think Mr. ahmad aidil opinion and planning is more practical in life.
Lwjuan, you cant refer to 15 200 grads. Obviously most of these people cant get into shell or petronas. To get to shell, u have to get through lots of tapisan and interview. In the end, they bring in only like 5? Even mat salleh came for the job. Also, refering to thousands of engineering grads, not all are good grads. Same situation as doc. Pretty sure alot study engineering and got degree easily. Probably in private uni. No wonder engineers cant even work nowadays and even have to resort to work as cikgu ganti in school.
too money minded? i'll take it as money conscious. like it or not, medicine has evolve into money making business, healing people is not a main concern anymore, because doctor need to earn from the profession to make a living. (how many of u would like to serve the society without being paid?). can the poor afford private healthcare services then?
i'm not a qualified financial advisor, but as expected (as we all dont learn about money in school), our statement reflect the level of our financial education. if you take a portion of your time to learn about money, then you'll see things (money, debt) differently. if practicing as a doctor is not our main source of income, healthcare will be much better. i'm malaysian & a doctor, never crossed in my mind to serve other people than malaysian yet (not saying working in SG is wrong, its just me). I've set a goal from the start which is not to make my profession (as a doctor) as my main source of income, so that one day i can serve malaysia with or without being paid. So investing wisely as early as i can i vital to achieve my goal (i've done it since HO time). its a mindset thing, theres not right or wrong in this, its up to you. since we' all have medical degree & the situation in Malaysia is like this, i chose to live my early working life like this, for a better future of mine (delayed gratification).
Btw, if i choose to sell my 1st condo after completing HO, it can settle the condo loan itself (including lawyers & all fees related to it) AND my study loan, ENTIRELY, yes entirely (keep in mind, u dont know my condo market value & total amount of my study loan)… i'll end up having NO debt at all… but since i think i can still maximize the profit, i decided not to sell it yet & to cont receive passive income from it while waiting for the right time to sell..
On top of medical school being graduate entry, admission into any Canadian medical school is fiercely competitive. Many Canadian students had applied multiple times before gaining entry, some with other graduate degrees. Those who fail to gain entry apply to and end up in medical schools elsewhere (Ireland, the UK, or the Carribean). As a result of this, the medical students there are mature, focused, and professional. Many of them are older, have children, and funded their education through loans, or worked prior jobs. Contrast this to the average IMU student, where (lets be honest here) entry is non competitive, whom their school fees are paid for by their parents, and having been through an education system where everything is spoonfed to them. We practically went through the 'back door' to gain entry into a Canadian medical school. It is no wonder that many did not do well. I don't blame the Canadians having some resentment towards us.
It is indeed very sad to read the above negative comments concerning IMU students at Canadian universities, as a product from one of the pioneer batches of IMU-Dalhousie program, it came as a shame to me that the standard of current IMU students have deteriorated to an alarming level. I am pretty sure Dr Margaret Casey, Dr John Ruedy, and the late Dr Leo Peddle who put in so much effort to materialise the program would be deeply disappointed! The north american medical education system is very different from the UK commonwealth system in that they are looking for a mature self reliance and independent person to enter medicine regardless of whether you are from science or art background. Apart from basic requirement of a bachelor degree from whatever field and passing the MCAT exam, potential candidate need to attend an intensive interview and convince the interviewers that they are really enthusiastic in becoming a doctor, and hence most of them did some volunteer work at the local hospitals to get acquainted with their future job. It is too easy for IMU students to get in without going through what the locals did, and directly into their clinical years where they really function like a houseman in Malaysia. I still remembered the first day I started my 3rd year and I was put on call the same night, didn't get any sleep at all after admitting a few patients throughout the night. However, with enough preparation and passion, there is nothing so tough that one couldn't get through. I have lost count of the number of distinction s that I achieved during various rotations, not to mention the highest award in ENT during graduation ceremony. I still believe Canada produces very high quality medical graduates until today, thanks to their strictly regulated and limited number of medical schools. I did come back to Malaysia after I completed my studies because of lack of post graduate training opportunity for non Canadian, and able to pass the british MRCP(UK) even though trained the north american way!
That's how a REAL medical school should be! Not shop lot medical schools like ours!
What is clearly annoying is that although MMA has recently stated publicly a number of times that there may not any more vacancies left in the public sector in the near future, MOH and MMC are clearly beating around the bush regarding this issue. MOH and MMC should take a firm stand with MMA too.
No point just 'raising minimum qualifications' as the damage HAS already BEEN done. Their current minimum qualifications of 5 B's in SPM is a total joke especially with SPM getting much easier with time. All other countries in the world takes the best into their medical schools except MALAYSIA!
How much is the on-call fee/ on-call allowance per night for HO / MO in district hospital ?
Is this allowance the same no matter where you do on-call ?
How much is the on-call allowance at private hospital ?
The rate for on-call allowance for public hospital is the same through out Malaysia depend on the type of the on-call. The on-call allowance at private hospital (specialist) is RM ZERO / hour.
You say "….depend on the type of the on-call".
What are they ? / How many kind/ type of on-call ?
ps: my brother in law now works with Shell Miri with RM11k basic and he just reach 29yo…but its true that most of engineer being paid much less than that..
You are talking about consultant visit. It is not MO. Private hospitals do not have MOs seeing patients in the ward. Even for consultants, it is NOT on-call allowance. It is the fee we charge for seeing the patient, similar to what we charge during daytime.
The rates are controlled by the government and we can charge about 50% higher than the daytime rate.
However, NO extra charges can be made for surgeries/procedures.
I think some shell engineers, as well as others who working in oil and gas companies are earning much higher because they are paid allowances for their off-shore work. It is actually not really their basic pay. That mean they have to go and stay off-shore in the middle of the sea where life is tough and boring but are paid handsomely for allowances. My nephew once worked for Shell now with Haliburton. This is what I understand from him the last time I spoke to him. Correct me if I am wrong.
There is NO more on call allowance for HO as they are doing shift system now.
The on call allowance for all MOs are the same no matter where you are.
There is NO such thing as on-call allowance in private hospital as they do not employ HO or MO. They only employ MO to cover their emergency department.
Dear Doctors….do u guys know that yr medical degrees are just like any of the other degrees. It is ONLY a first degree. With yr first degree you havebthe option to move on to do MBAs …..or Marketing…or any courses.
It is not carved on stone that you can only do specialisations in medical areas.
So it is not the end…..if u dont like to be s doctor….by all means branch off….its never too late.
Yes, of course but the "problem" is , they had spent RM 300-500K and 5 years to get that degree! That's the reason why they should make an informed decision before doing medicine.
Would you be able to advise me anything on MRCPsych. I believe it is not recognised in Malaysia? Do u know of anyone iin Malaysia doing MRCPsych?
As i understand there is the Masters in Psychiatry offered by UKM.
My daughter, currently MO with government hospital is wondering if she could pursue MRCPsych alongside Masters in Psychiatry offered by UKM.
There is "sponsorship" issue..as MRCPsych requires overseas students to have sponsors (Training Lead & Head of Dept of Psychiatry of the training hospital) to sign sponsorship forms and evidence of practical trainings. Am i right to assume that this will be a problem as local Head of Dept cannot sign MRCPsych sponsorship forms. !
MRCPsych is recognised by Malaysia but the exams are only conducted in UK. The college of Psychiatry of Academy of Medicine of Malsysia has started the program. Pls contact the college for further info.
Master's in Psychiatry is conducted by UM, UKM, USM and if I am not mistaken by UPM and UiTM.
The Academy of Medicine does not seem to have a College of Psychiatry. I checked their website..and then called them…they said they dont have.
The NSR does state that MRCPsych is a recognised. My question is..if a MO in government service wants to do MRCPsych…will the Head of Departments be willing to sign the supervision and progress forms …a requirement by the Royal College of Psychiatrists, UK.
You need to contact the Royal College for further info. If not pls contact Dr Kadir, the Pengarah of Hospital Permai in JB.


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