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This CRISPR Bioethicist Says We Worry Too Much About A Dystopian Future
Date: 03, November 2017 | Author: Rina Raphael | Publication: Fast Company
CRISPR, the gene-editing technique revolutionizing biological research, has been welcomed as much as it has been feared by the scientific community…
The Difference Between a Bully and a True Alpha Male
Date: 13, November 2017 | Author: Lesley McClurg | Publication: NPR – KQED Science
Why has the human race been unable to prevent wars over long periods of time? It's a complicated question. But one part of the answer may be rooted in our genetic lineage…
Drones Deliver Blood Quickly to Remote Global Hospitals
Date: 09, November 2017 | Author: Marcia Frellick | Publication: Medscape
Keenan Wyrobek and Zipline International, the San Francisco–based drone-delivery company he cofounded, are helping to solve a problem that has long plagued doctors…
Nurturing a Future Where Good Health Has No Limits
Date: 03, November 2017 | Author: Dell Medical School | Publication: Dell Medical School Blog
A librarian doing her part to fight the opioid crisis. A Brazil-based retina specialist caring for babies with Zika as part of a multidisciplinary team. A clinical psychologist bringing people.…
TEDMED17: Chimpanzee Politics, Ebola, Music after Heartbreak
Date: 04, November 2017 | Author: Patricia Salber | Publication: The Doctor Weighs In
Presenting at TedMed is a BIG deal. You don't just stand up and blab. The talks are carefully planned out and practiced, often with speech coaches, so the delivery will be dynamic and captivating…
Meet the 19 Fabulous Innovators in the TEDMED Hive
Date: 06, November 2017 | Author: Patricia Salber | Publication: The Doctor Weighs In
TedMed's Hive shines a bright light on nineteen innovators working to improve health and well-being in a wide variety of ways. Eighteen of the innovators…
Librarians See New Patron Need: Naloxone
Date: 09, November 2017 | Author: Marcia Frellick | Publication: Medscape
When Chera Kowalski saw more and more people with opioid addictions overdosing in the bathroom and on the benches by the front door of the library where she works…
Think Limitless—Next generation physicians reflect on TEDMED experience
Date: 03, November 2017 | Author: Lindee David | Publication: Joule Inc
Joule CEO Lindee David sits down with medical student Christina Schweitzer, also VP Communications for the Canadian Federation of Medical Students and with medical resident Dr. Franco Rizutti...
Battling the Opiate Crisis on the Front Lines
Date: 16, November 2017 | Author: Tom Fowler | Publication: KevinMD.com
Jim Johnson is the director of the West Virginia Office of Drug Control Policy, and an advocate on the front lines of the opioid epidemic. During his previous job as the police chief from Huntington, WV…
TEDMED—the art of possibilities and thinking big
Date: 31, October 2017 | Author: Lindee David | Publication: JouleBlog
For those who don't know, the Canadian Medical Assocation (CMA)—and by association, Joule—is the first Canadian global partner of TEDMED. The first. That's amazing…
TEDMED Part II—from "what if" to moving beyond our limits
Date: 03, November 2017 | Author: Lindee David | Publication: JouleBlog
Over the course of my career I have attended countless conferences and events. When I consider the best ones, I can say that I often felt inspired and excited by what I learned and who I met…
When Scientists Failed Them, Parents Unlocked Genetics of Kids' Disease
Date: 24, December 2016 | Author: Lesley McClurg | Publication: KQED-NPR
On April 20, 1999, 17 days before his graduation, Dylan Klebold and his friend Eric Harris, killed 13 people, wounded 24 more before shooting themselves to death at Columbine High School. It was one of the worst school shootings American history.
How Could You Not Know? The Sue Klebold Story
Date: 14, December 2016 | Author: Patricia Salber MD | Publication: The Doctor Weighs In
On April 20, 1999, 17 days before his graduation, Dylan Klebold and his friend Eric Harris, killed 13 people, wounded 24 more before shooting themselves to death at Columbine High School. It was one of the worst school shootings American history.
Flint's Water Crisis and Its Fight for the American Dream
Date: 11, December 2016 | Author: Patricia Salber MD | Publication: The Doctor Weighs In
When Mona Hanna-Attisha took the stage at TedMed 2016, I assumed she would start out by telling the story of how she discovered that children in Flint, Michigan were being poisoned by lead after cost-cutting measures led the city to use the filthy Flint River as the primary water source for its citizens.
How racism, segregation drive health disparities
Date: 15, December 2016 | Author: Troy Parks | Publication: AMA News
When David R. Williams, PhD, MPH, started his career, most researchers focused only on racial differences in education and income. But while economic status matters for health, there is more to the story of racial differences in health care. That's why Dr. Williams developed a scale to measure the impact of discrimination.
How TEDMED 2016 and a "Metaphoric Murmuration" Helped Reset My Vision of the Future of Healthcare
Date: 19, December 2016 | Author: Lisa Sundahl Platt | Publication: UMN Systems
Last Wednesday, in a large conference room aptly named "The Hive," healthcare entrepreneurs from around the country rubbed elbows with venture capitalists, pharma representatives, and strategy consultants attending the TEDMED conference in sunny Palm Springs, California...
4 Biomed Tech Game Changers From TEDMED
Date: 06, December 2016 | Author: Megan Scudellari | Publication: IEEE Spectrum
Last Wednesday, in a large conference room aptly named "The Hive," healthcare entrepreneurs from around the country rubbed elbows with venture capitalists, pharma representatives, and strategy consultants attending the TEDMED conference in sunny Palm Springs, California...
At TEDMED, Human Drama Comes First. And That's a Good Thing
Date: 15, December 2016 | Author: Lesley McClurg | Publication: KQED Science
Is it any surprise that Oxford Dictionaries has named post-truth the 2016 word of the year Oxford says the word gained momentum after the Brexit vote and the American presidential election...
Jeremy Farrar - Welcome Trust
Date: 14, December 2016 | Author: Peter Bowes | Publication: BBC Radio 5
What if the world was ready for the next deadly pandemic? I spoke to tropical medicine expert, Jeremy Farrar, Director of the Wellcome Trust, at TEDMED 2016...
Millennium Women in Medicine & Media at #TEDMED
Date: 08, December 2016 | Author: Barbara Glickman | Publication: Health Policy Institute
Being at this year's TEDMED fired up neurons in my brain that haven't been turned on ever or for quite awhile. Innovative ideas in science, medicine, music, art and techno-fashion will do that to you...
10 Take-Aways From this Year's TEDMED Conference
Date: 06, December 2016 | Publication: Georgia World
TEDMED - the health and medicine arm of TED - was held November 30th to December 2nd this year. This year's theme was "What If?" As always, the speakers aimed to inspire and engage, while urging the rest of us to innovate...
"It will be okay": Lucy Kalanithi speaks at TEDMED 2016
Date: 05, December 2016 | Author: Becky Bach | Publication: SCOPE: Stanford University Medical School
Much of the story of Paul Kalanithi's death is known, chronicled beautifully in the memoir When Breath Becomes Air and in this Emmy-nominated Stanford Medicine video. But each time I watch his wife, Lucy, speak, I'm reminded how much we can all learn from this young couple's approach to Paul's jarring diagnosis...
The Elitist Sheen at TEDMED Makes Some Scientists Uneasy. Still, They Flock to it.
Date: 08, December 2016 | Author: Megan Scudellari | Publication: Stat News
PALM SPRINGS, Calif. — You can't beat the glitz at TEDMED. Hoisting purple cocktails at a private resort here in Palm Springs, 750 elite guests hobnobbed last week at the annual extravaganza — two and a half days of slickly produced talks about medicine and science, punctuated by parties and concerts...
Morning Break: 'ACA Repeal and Delay'; Husband Allergy; Atheist Doctors Health news and commentary from around the Web, gathered by the MedPage Today staff
Date: 05, December 2016 | Author: MedPage Today Staff | Publication: MedPage Today
Repeal and delay:" Congressional Republicans will move to repeal the Affordable Care Act immediately, but will delay unwinding it for a few years -- after the 2018 midterm elections. (New York Times) Meanwhile, many in House majority leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy's home district rely on the bill that he wants to repeal. (Kaiser Health News, via NPR)
Physicians Missing Clues that Patients are Being Trafficked
Date: 05, December 2016 | Author: Marcia Frellick | Publication: Medscap
"The US State Department estimates that, in this country, we've only managed to identify 1% of the people trafficked here. Human trafficking is a hidden crime and we are not the best detectives," said Susie Baldwin, MD, MPH, from the Department of Public Health in Los Angeles County, who is president of the board of directors of HEAL Trafficking, an organization dedicated to ending human trafficking...
Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Offer Insight in Patient Care
Date: 05, December 2016 | Author: Marcia Frellick | Publication: Medscape
Many patients seek treatment at medical marijuana dispensaries because of the superb customer service and sense of control over illness they offer, not because they consider marijuana a wonder drug, said David Casarett, MD, chief of palliative care at the Duke University School of Medicine in Durham, North Carolina…
Bringing Memories Back From the Dead: Science, Not Fiction
Date: 05, December 2016 | Author: Troy Parks | Publication: AMA Wire
"Memory, the biologically encoded information, is the long-lasting and stable change that is caused by learning," said Tomás J. Ryan, PhD, a neuroscientist who spoke last week at TEDMED in Palm Springs, Calif. Through a series of experiments on targeted memory recall, Dr. Ryan and his colleagues have discovered that memories thought to disappear in those suffering from amnesia—or Alzheimer's disease—may be retrievable...
How Epidemics Take Lives and Bring Global Health Focus
Date: 05, December 2016 | Author: Troy Parks | Publication: AMA Wire
The world has seen a number of epidemics during the last 20 years, and due to globalization the threat of rapid spread has increased. Last week at TEDMED, a physician expert who was practicing in Vietnam during the outbreak of SARS explained the fear that comes with an epidemic and what the world has learned from working together and sharing information...
Columbine Mother Sue Klebold Among Health Conference Speakers
Date: 28, November 2016 | Author: Barrett Newkirk | Publication: The Desert Sun
TEDMED, an annual conference built around solo presentations by innovators in health and medicine, is set to return to the Coachella Valley for three days starting Nov. 30...
State Cuts Medical, Public Costs by Helping Homeless
Date: 02, December 2016 | Author: Marcia Freillick | Publication: Medscape Medical News
"There were 650 chronically homeless individuals identified in January 2015 and, as of now, it's less than 400," she said...
Three Bizarre (and Potentially Brilliant) Ideas About Music and Health from TEDMED
Date: 03, December 2016 | Author: Ariana Eunjung Cha | Publication: The Washington Post
PALM SPRINGS, Calif. — Walking around TEDMED 2016, I couldn't help but think of The Lonely Island song "Incredible Thoughts."...
The Man Who Reduced Homelessness in Utah By 91%
Date: 05, December 2016 | Author: Christina Farr | Publication: Fast Company
Lloyd Pendleton grew up on a ranch in rural Utah, an upbringing that taught him values like rugged individualism and self-reliance. When Pendleton saw a homeless person on the street during visits to Salt Lake City, he recalled wondering why they didn't just get a job...
This Scientist is Studying Mental Illness as an Electrical Issue
Date: 02, December 2016 | Author: Christina Farr | Publication: Fast Company
Why is electric shock therapy, originally invented in the late 1930s, still considered an effective treatment for alleviating the symptoms of mental illness? Why do some of us deal with stress better than others…
Life Lessons After Death: A Doctor Explains Her Own Healing at TED
Date: 02, December 2016 | Author: Christina Farr | Publication: Fast Company
Lucy and Paul Kalanithi fell in love in medical school. Lucy's name was picked at a raffle during a charity benefit…
Conversation with MakerNurse Co-Founder Anna Young at TEDMED 2015
Date: 20, November 2015 | Author: Tom Fowler | Publication: Medgadget
Anna Young, co-founder of MakerNurse, is bringing rapid prototyping tools into hospital units to enable nurses, other providers, and even patients to problem-solve with innovative do-it-yourself labs within hospitals, with the end goal of ultimately improving patient care.
What patients really want--and why it's important for their health
Date: 03, December 2015 | Author: Lyndra Vassar | Publication: AMA Newswire
Getting patients to make healthy lifestyle choices ranks high on every physician's professional wish list. But realistically accomplishing this goal, especially in a fast-paced health care setting, requires care teams to zero in on what really matters to patients.
TEDMED 2015: A brief history of CRISPR and what's next
Date: 19, November 2015 | Author: Stacy Lawrence | Publication: Fiece BioTech
Only a scant few years old, CRISPR gene editing technology already is heavily weighted with potential implications for human disease and health. It's already being used to more easily and precisely create genetically modified plants and animals. And for the first time last year, CRISPR was used to genetically modify a human embryo.
Five Big Trends From This Week's TEDMED Gathering
Date: 18, November 2015 | Author: Andrea Kissack | Publication: NPR - KQED San Francisco
I am addicted to TED talks. They breath new life into what was once the boring lecture. Some of the smartest people have now become some of the most inspirational, thanks to the TED format and delivery. TED is now its own global industry which includes smaller, more affordable, TED X talks, a TED video channel and NPR's TED Radio Hour.
TEDMED 2015 bringing innovators to La Quinta
Date: 17, November 2015 | Author: Barrett Newkirk | Publication: The Desert Sun
Dozens of people touted as innovators in health and medicine will be in the Coachella Valley for TEDMED, the health-conscious offshoot of the TED Talks speaker series. As many as 800 people are expected to fill the La Quinta Resort & Club for the annual conference, which will be held Nov 18 to 20.
Bending the Rules of Science Can Save Lives, Says Fauci
Date: 21, November 2015 | Author: Marcia Frellick | Publication: Medscape
The Causes and Consequences of Early Puberty
Date: 20, November 2015 | Author: Brenda Goodman | Publication: WebMD Health News
The age when girls start puberty is shifting. In girls, puberty is a sequence of three events, breast development, the growth of pubic hair, and finally, a first period. Recent large studies show that, on average, many girls' breasts are budding about a year earlier than they used to.
These Nanoparticles Could Detect Cancer Long Before Doctors Are Able To Today
Date: 12, December 2015 | Author: ADELE PETERS | Publication: Fast Company
Even when certain types of cancer are fairly easy to treat, doctors often don't detect them until it's too late. But a new type of ultra-sensitive test might change that. A shot of nanoparticles would be designed to travel through your body looking for tumors that other tests might miss. An hour later, you could pee on a simple paper test and get the results.
How Long Will You Live? That Depends on Your Zip Code
Date: 14, December 2016 | Author: Celine Gouder | Publication: The Guardian
How long will you live? That depends on your zip code. America is increasingly divided, and that is reflected in health. The disparities between life expectancy reveal harsh truths...
TED talks are a good prescription for making a point
Date: 10, September 2014 | Author: Shirley Leung | Publication: Boston Globe
We've all been there, stuck like sitting ducks. The CEO that drones on. The politician who meanders. The colleague with the pointless PowerPoint.
TEDMED: 50 ideas that might just change the face of health around the world
Date: 22, September 2014 | Author: Ken Banks | Publication: National Geographic
Hundreds of people surged up the steps of the Kennedy Center in Washington DC this month sporting the iconic oversized badges that only meant one thing – time for TEDMED. This famous – and exclusive – conference from the people behind TED Talks is attended by health innovators from all over the world. The aim is to share diverse, exciting ideas that may change the face of health and medicine across the globe. In this installment of Digital Diversity, Layla McCay – a member of our Media and Research Team – shares her thoughts on some of the most exciting health innovations featured at the event.
Why Breast-feeding is Important for Mom's Heart Health
Date: 12, September 2014 | Author: Megan Johnson and Steve Sternberg | Publication: US News
Eleanor Bimla Schwarz believes doctors – and mothers-to-be – are making a big mistake if they think pregnancy and childbirth is a nine-month journey that ends in the delivery room. The next months are critical too, she says, because that's when both mother and baby build a foundation for long-term health through breast-feeding. The window of opportunity is small, she says. Once you've missed it, there's nothing you can do.
TEDMED: Will NextGenU End Physician Supply Woes?
Date: 11, September 2014 | Author: Sarah Wickline Wallan | Publication: Medpage Today
Erica Frank, MD, wants to solve the global physician shortage with free medical education and subsidized residency training, a vision she shared with the TEDMED audience Wednesday.
Prototype complete for device that can detect Ebola, HIV within minutes
Date: 11, September 2014 | Author: Meghana Keshavan | Publication: Medcity News
"Handheld laboratory" QuantuMDx has unveiled a working prototype of its DNA analysis device that can diagnose disease in under 15 minutes. It's got promising implications in developing nations in particular, helping health workers quickly diagnose and help control disease like malaria, HIV, gonorrhea and Ebola.
TEDMED DC Day 2 Stage: Unexpected Inspiration, Provocative Proposals, and Having Fun
Date: 12, September 2014 | Author: Batista | Publication: MedGadget
A recap of Day 2 of TEDMED 2014
Face to Face with SHE – Insights from WPP Stream Health and TEDMED 2014
Date: 12, September 2014 | Author: Carolyn Buck Luce | Publication: Huffington Post
Two weeks ago I attended WPP Stream Health in Orlando, the "unconference" hosted by Grey Healthcare and ended in San Francisco at TEDMED 2014. The theme of both gatherings was unleashing imagination and collaboration to redesign our approach to building a healthier world.
At TEDMED, the Best and Worst of Times for American Medicine
Date: 12, September 2014 | Author: James Temple | Publication: Recode
In an onstage interview in Washington, D.C., this week, National Institutes of Health Director Francis Collins painted contrasting pictures of the state of medicine in America.
TEDMED 2014: The Mysteries of Medicine
Date: 12, September 2014 | Author: Rita Rubin | Publication: WebMD
TEDMED 2014's theme was "unlocking imagination," but it might as well have been "unlocking the mysteries of medicine." Speakers at the 3-day event, many among the top in their fields, talked as much about what medicine can't do as they did about what it can. They fessed up about their ignorance and admitted their mistakes.
Do We Overeat Because We're Addicted?
Date: 12, September 2014 | Author: Brenda Goodman | Publication: WebMD
Nora Volkow, MD, is director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse. She was a featured speaker at the 2014 TEDMED Conference, where she talked about the role of addiction in obesity. She answered some questions for WebMD after her talk.
This Could Be the Most Secure Password Ever
Date: 17, September 2014 | Author: Alexandra Sifferlin | Publication: Time
Scientists are using your heart as a security authenticator.
Your Doctor Should Reveal Biases and Pharma Ties, Says Group
Date: 18, September 2014 | Author: Alexandra Sifferlin | Publication: Time
Should your doctor reveal their positions on contraception and whether they accept money from drug companies?
Paralysis Isn't Inevitable
Date: 26, September 2014 | Author: Joe Nocera | Publication: The New York Times
Income Inequality and N.R.A. Dominance May Not Last Forever
When Yogurt Affects the Brain
Date: 23, September 2014 | Author: Olga Khazan | Publication: The Atlantic
Gut bacteria play a role in mood and emotion. Are probiotics the key to a better antidepressant?
TEDMED 2014 Kicks Off With Unprecedented Roster of Leaders and Innovators in Health and Medicine
Date: 08, September 2014 | Author: TEDMED
Sold-out events in Washington DC and San Francisco will shine international spotlight on innovation and imagination in service of health and medicine. Program will be broadcast globally with distribution in more than 130 countries.
America's Youngest Female Billionaire Explains How She's Transforming Medicine
Date: 12, November 2014 | Author: Kevin Loria | Publication: Business Insider
Between 40% and 60% of people don't even end up getting the lab tests their doctors ask them to because of the cost, time involved, and perhaps a fear of needles, according to Elizabeth Holmes, who spoke at TEDMED in September.
TEDMED 2014 will be Unlocking Imagination in Service of Health and Medicine
Date: 14, August 2014 | Author: TEDMED | Publication: AP Presswire
For the first time, TEDMED will take place simultaneously on two iconic stages in Washington, DC and San Francisco with international distribution to more than 100 countries.
Stanford joins TEDMED as medical research institution partner; TEDMED names Palace of Fine Arts as San Francisco venue
| Author: TEDMED | Publication: PR Newswire
TEDMED and Stanford Medicine forge important partnership as TEDMED prepares for first-ever convening at iconic San Francisco landmark as part of unified two-city event this September 10-12
TEDMED and Top Medical Research Institutions to Create One Simultaneous, Annual "Live Event" On 7 Stages Around the World
Date: 20, April 2015 | Author: TEDMED | Publication: PR Newswire
UC San Francisco Becomes TEDMED's First Medical Research Institution Partner San Francisco Selected as the First Live Multi-City Host Location To Team With Current Washington, DC Site, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts TEDMED to Convene First Live Multi-City Event September 10–12, 2014
The Experience of TEDMED 2013
Date: 06, May 2013 | Author: Dr. Cindy Haines | Publication: Huffington Post
It began for me with a crouton. Not just any crouton, mind you, but perhaps the best crouton I've ever had. I don't know how it came to be so good, but I do know that this crouton was selected with care, diligently adhering to a food strategy that would help a sea of health care devotees view the "health tool" of food selection through a different lens. And that's what TEDMED does best: help us see things through a different lens.
TEDMED 2013 Moments
| Author: Pioneer Blog Team | Publication: RWJF Blog
"TEDMED is the Burning Man for health aficionados," said Robin Hogen, RWJF's vice president for communications, one of several RWJF team members who attended the event in Washington, D.C., last week. The event brings together "public health advocates, clinicians, biomedical researchers, break-the-mold thinkers, prodigies, grateful patients and artists," Hogen said.
TEDMED Day 4 – Harnessing Our Data, and Motorcycles, to Work for Us
Date: 25, April 2013 | Author: Medgadget Editors | Publication: Medgadget
The final day of last week's TEDMED 2013 consisted of two sessions, tastefully interspersed with self-reflection and humor by the curators. The first session, "Hiding in Plain Sight," looked forward to new developments in technology, and data analysis in particular, that can give us new capabilities in healthcare.
The Biggest "Big Ideas" At TEDMED 2013
Date: 24, April 2013 | Author: Ken Congdon | Publication: Healthcare Technology Online
I had the pleasure of attending the TEDMED conference last week in Washington DC. I never experienced the event before, but I heard a lot about it. Everyone told me that TEDMED would be unlike any other conference I've ever attended. And it was.
TEDMED 2013 Day 3: From Scuba Diving Wheelchair to Death Over Dinner
Date: 22, April 2013 | Author: Medgadget Editors | Publication: Medgadget
Day three of TEDMED 2013 kicked off with "Session X," which was a special session focusing on innovation and entrepreneurship, and consisted of a spirited panel discussion of two hot topics.
Tips from the trenches: 5 lessons for health tech entrepreneurs
Date: 18, April 2013 | Author: Ki Mae Heussner | Publication: Gigaom
Seasoned entrepreneurs and investors in health technology give emerging startups a dose of advice.
Mobile health startups talk innovation, acquisition
Date: 18, April 2013 | Author: Jonah Comstock | Publication: MobiHealthNews
The TEDMED organizers tried something new this year: they dedicated Thursday morning to some unscripted meetings of the minds about innovation in healthcare.
Day 2 @ TEDMED 2013, Washington D.C. #LiveUpdate
Date: 18, April 2013 | Author: Alessandro Demaio, MD MPH | Publication: PLOS
There is a lot of discussion about data here at TEDMED 2013, and this is no great surprise. Big data, small data, open data, crowdsourced data – this is the information backbone of science and the key to breakthroughs and innovation.
TEDMED 2013 Day 1 – The Paradox of Design in Medicine and Inspiration from Seventy-Two Thousand Nadis
Date: 17, April 2013 | Author: Medgadget Editors | Publication: Medgadget
We're here at TEDMED 2013, excited to be part of a unique group of people passionate about the future of medicine and curious to walk the path that will take us there. We'll be reporting through the rest of the week on the talks, demos, and people that make TEDMED the world's premier medical conference.
The road to #TEDMED 2013 via Twitter
Date: 15, April 2013 | Author: KATHLEEN POULOS | Publication: In Crowd Know How
During the run up to TEDMED we've been following the chatter on Twitter and thought a few highlights from the last couple of weeks would be a good way to set the stage for TEDMED 2013.
A Glimpse into The Smartphone Physical
Date: 15, April 2013 | Author: Shiv Gaglani | Publication: Medgadget
This week at TEDMED 2013, Medgadget is excited to partner with Nurture, TEDMED, and a team of clinician-students to debut the "Smartphone Physical," a collection of smartphone-based devices that can gather clinically-relevant information, ranging from blood pressure to pulmonary function. We're excited because we've been covering many of these devices from their birth to their adoption, and are now reporting on their integration into a whole that is larger than the sum of its individual parts.
TEDMED 2012 Highlights and some Ideas for Community Building
Date: 23, April 2012 | Author: Stephen Johnston | Publication: Aging 2.0
I was lucky enough to go to my third TEDMED event recently. Following the previous two at the delightful Hotel Del Coronado in San Diego, this was the first that Jay Walker had created in keeping with his vision to make it the Davos of healthcare, and I have to say, it's on its way
How I Fell In Love at TEDMED
Date: 16, April 2012 | Author: Marya Zilberberg, MD | Publication: The Health Care Blog
Over the exhilarating four days this past week, we all fell in love a little bit — with the city, the Center, the meeting, the ideas, and one another. The city was Washington, DC, a touch past its cherry-blossom blush; the meeting was, of course, TEDMED
The 4 I's of TEDMED 2012: Innovation, Imagination, Inspiration, and Icons
Date: 13, April 2012 | Author: Patricia Salber | Publication: TDWI
TEDMED: How to Succeed in Healthcare
Date: 13, April 2012 | Author: Adam P. Silverstein | Publication: WCG
Here's the secret to succeeding in business. Ready? First, make a good product that works well and is delivered efficiently. Second, never forget how important your customers are, or you'll lose them. Repeat
TEDMED and Innovation in Healthcare
Date: 12, April 2012 | Author: Jason Brandt | Publication: Pixels & Pills
How important is innovation in healthcare? If you listent to the attendees of this year's TEDMED conference it's one of the top priorities for our industry
Medicine Needs a Dose of Creative Thinking
Date: 11, April 2012 | Author: Susan Young | Publication: Technology Review
Oncologist and theoretician Jacob Scott argues that creative minds are weeded out by medical school admissions panels
TEDMED 2012 Recap
Date: 15, April 2012 | Author: Alejandro Marcano | Publication: MedCrunch
Like children who were suddenly forced to go home after spending three and a half days in Disney World, the delegates slowly made their ways towards the exit of the J.F. Kennedy Center of the Performing Arts as one of the greatest conferences for healthcare innovation concluded
TEDMED 2012 Day 1 – Acrobats, Identity, and Einstein's Ritalin
Date: 11, April 2012 | Author: Shiv Gaglani | Publication: MedGadget
Medgadget is at TEDMED 2012 in Washington D.C. and we're excited that we did not have to wait a full year to experience the magic again. Though it's only been six months since TEDMED 2011 in San Diego, much more has changed than the venue and season
Can the Innovator Class Save Healthcare?
Date: 16, April 2012 | Author: David Ewing Duncan | Publication: The Atlantic
TEDMED brought a relentless optimism about healthcare reform to a city of tired ideas. More is needed, however, to make a difference in Washington, DC
Scientists become superstars as TEDMED moves to Washington
Date: 14, April 2012 | Author: Brian Vastag | Publication: The Washington Post
Somewhere it is written that the nerds shall inherit the Earth. They got off to a good start last week by taking over the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts for three days of provocation and performance art aimed at spreading new ideas among the well-connected and influential in the worlds of health and medicine
First Impressions of Our Future Health: Thoughts From TEDMED 2012
Date: 13, April 2012 | Author: Dr. Cindy Haines | Publication: Huffington Post
This week, I have seen a potential future of the nation's health -- and heard from and interacted with some of the players that are trying to impact and improve it
TEDMED 2012 Liveblog
Date: 11, April 2012 | Author: Sarah Klein | Publication: Huffington Post
From April 10 to 13, Healthy Living editors join some of the most creative and innovative minds in the health and medical field for TEDMED 2012 at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C
TEDMED Thursday: Sex, 'Poo Tea' and ALS
Date: 11, April 2012 | Author: Scott Hensley | Publication: NPR
It takes more than a convoy of fire engines and an evacuation of the Kennedy Center first thing to stop TEDMED
Medical Tattoo Looks to Replace Bulky Devices
Date: 12, April 2012 | Author: Lara Salahi | Publication: ABC News
Gone may be the days of substantial and at times clunky medical objects like a hard metal pacemaker placed next to the heart or electrodes implanted within the brain
A Taste of #TEDMED 2012: Appetizers
Date: 17, April 2012 | Author: Judy Stone | Publication: Scientific American
TEDMED 2012 had it all. What seemed initially like disparate sessions later proved to be a carefully planned series that wove together important themes for making a healthier future
TEDMED 2011 is Over — What Now?
Date: 04, November 2011 | Author: Kate Petty | Publication: Ashoka Changemakers
Exoskeletons, prosthetic eyes, and an open-heart surgery tool controlled by an iPhone: Last week's TEDMED 2011 conference delivered its trademark glimpse into the future of technology, medicine, and ideas.
TEDMED speakers say it's time to start harnessing power of new technologies
Date: 26, October 2011 | Author: Elizabeth Malloy | Publication: The Daily Transcript
If the last 30 years have been a whirlwind of medical and technological advancements, a theme at this year's TEDMED conference has been harnessing that innovation and putting it to use.
TEDMED 2011 A Neurosurgeon's Take
Date: 02, November 2011 | Author: Dr. Allen Sills | Publication: Vanderbilt Health
Dr. Allen Sills, a Vanderbilt University Medical Center neurosurgeon, offers his take on TEDMed 2011. Sills was among a team of Vanderbilt surgeons and engineers attending the gathering of thought leaders in technology, medicine and health.
TEDMED Day 4 – Nano Shapes and Confronting Death
Date: 31, October 2011 | Author: Sean Duffy | Publication: medGadget
TEDMED 2011 finished up with a short morning session for attendees to learn just a little bit more before they checked out of the Del and headed out of San Diego. On the whole, the TEDMED crew once again pulled off a spectacular conference.
TEDMED Day 3 – Mushroom Loving Insects and FDA Blues
Date: 28, October 2011 | Author: Sean Duffy | Publication: medGadget
We're here at TEDMED 2011 and have just finished up day three of the conference. It was a spectacular. Yesterday (day 2) was solid and today (day 3) was stellar.
TEDMED Day 2 – Glow in the Dark Tumors that Blind Rats Can Now See
Date: 27, October 2011 | Author: Sean Duffy | Publication: medGadget
We've just wrapped up day two at TEDMED, retiring to our rooms after a beach clambake at the beautiful Hotel Del Coronado.
TEDMED Day 1 – Pop it, Lock it, and Take a Statin
Date: 26, October 2011 | Author: Sean Duffy | Publication: medGadget
Medgadget's coverage of TEDMED has one simple goal: to give you a synopsis of each day so that you can get the TEDMED highlights from afar.
Health is a system. To solve for health, we must address food, cities, government, work, life, medicine, devices, pathogens, etc. Systems thinking is a shift for many scientists and doctors trained to operate by process of elimination, honing in on a single thing.
Date: 28, October 2011 | Author: Margaret Coughlin | Publication: Vector – Children's Hospital Boston's Blog
A core ideal of the TEDMED conference. I'm in a senior strategic marketing position at Children's Hospital Boston, in a healthcare world in dire need of solutions. What can I do as an individual to spark disruption, change the course?
TEDMED 2011: 10 Takeaways
Date: 01, November 2011 | Author: Sara Holaubek | Publication: Luminary Labs
Health is a system. To solve for health, we must address food, cities, government, work, life, medicine, devices, pathogens, etc. Systems thinking is a shift for many scientists and doctors trained to operate by process of elimination, honing in on a single thing.
Open Heart Surgery of the Future
Date: 28, October 2011 | Author: Gitika Ahuja | Publication: ABC News
More than half a million people in the U.S. undergo heart surgery every year. It has become a common and mostly successful surgery, but whenever I hear how it's actually done, it shocks me.
How to innovate? Be fearless
Date: 26, October 2011 | Author: Elizabeth Landau | Publication: CNN Health
Peter Diamandis, founder of the X PRIZE, believes there is about to be a revolution in how we innovate.
Coming to a Computer Near You… Your Body in 3-D
Date: 28, October 2011 | Author: Gitika Ahuja | Publication: ABC News
Think of it as Pixar meets the National Institutes of Health: A new health initiative designed by internationally renowned art director and technologist Alexander Tsiaras and wellness Guru Dr. Deepak Chopra that aims to visually decipher through images and storytelling all the things going on inside the human body, or as Tsiaras puts it, the marvel of how we are made.
Mushrooms Help the Immune System Fight Cancer? Interview with Paul Stamets, Mycologist
Date: 02, November 2011 | Author: Dr. Patricia Fitzgerald | Publication: The Huffington Post
When many of us think of mushrooms, we may think of culinary delights such as Portobello and Shiitake, or we may think of those "magic mushrooms." But the implication of mushrooms is absolutely profound.
Top 3 Good-for-Your-Health Gadgets
Date: 27, October 2011 | Author: Gitika Ahuja | Publication: ABC News
Here in the Social Lounge at TedMed 2011 are booths everywhere highlighting new, emerging technologies all geared to help us all live better lives. Here is a sneak peak at a few health lifestyle apps that will soon hit the market.
TEDMED: A whole bunch of genius
Date: 25, October 2011 | Author: Elizabeth Landau | Publication: CNN Health
Where can you learn about the latest innovations in technology, science, health and medical research from the people behind the discoveries – some of the most influential thought leaders in their fields? At TEDMED, the annual meeting of minds...
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Gas plants, corruption, energy prices top issues in Ontario leaders' debate
TORONTO — Liberal corruption and the Conservatives' plan to cut public sector jobs dominated the Ontario leader's election debate Tuesday, with the $1.1 billion gas plants scandal landing as the very first question for Premier Kathleen Wynne.
The Liberal leader was on the defensive from the very start of the 90-minute debate, forced to apologize repeatedly for the decision to cancel two gas plants prior to the last election and defend soaring electricity rates.
"The decisions around the relocation of the gas plants were wrong," Wynne admitted. "There was public money that was wasted, and in the process the public good was sacrificed to partisan interests."
Wynne said she's taken action to ensure that "the breach of trust between the government and the people" does not happen again.
Progressive Conservative Leader Tim Hudak defended his plan to cut 100,000 public sector jobs while promising to create one million new jobs over eight years, with both Wynne and NDP Leader Andrea Horwath saying he made a basic math mistake.
"I'm so confident in my plan that if I don't carry through and keep my promises in the Million Jobs Plan, I'll resign, I'll step down from office," said Hudak.
"If I don't balance the budget in two years, I'll step aside," the Tory leader told reporters after the debate. "I hope the other two leaders will make the same commitment."
Hudak insisted he would eliminate the $12.5-billion deficit in two years even if Ontario falls into another recession.
Horwath went on the attack early in the debate, lashing out at Wynne for the gas plants cancellations and scandals at eHealth Ontario and the Ornge air ambulance service, while also warning that Hudak's plan to cut existing jobs to create new jobs doesn't make sense.
"You don't have to choose between bad ethics and bad math," said Horwath.
The NDP leader scored her best shot when she asked Wynne point blank why she didn't refuse to sign a document cancelling one of the two gas plants.
"You had a choice when you were going to sign off on those gas plant documents," said Horwath. "Why did you not choose to stand up for the people of Ontario and ensure that those documents weren't signed? Why did you make the wrong choice?"
Wynne responded by saying she's apologized for the gas plants.
"I have taken responsibility for being part of a government that made decisions that were wrong," she said.
The three leaders answered six questions posed by voters on topics including government ethics, job creation, education, transit and the deficit.
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September 11, 2011
Robert H. Wolfe
[Note: This is the syndicated L.A. Times puzzle. It does not appear in the actual newspaper, but is available for free at cruciverb.com.]
Theme: "Let Me Interject" — Interjections replace soundalike words in familiar phrases. Wow!
- 24A: Frat for complainers? ("FIE!" BETA KAPPA).
- 26A: "Look! Ghosts!"? ("LO!" SPIRITS).
- 112A: Complaint about a weak morning cup? (COFFEE "BAH!").
- 119A: Unfriendly store owner? ("SHOO!" MERCHANT).
- 13D: At exhilarating times? (IN THE "WHEE!" HOURS).
- 36D: "Pauses are normal" adage? (TO "ER!" IS HUMAN).
- 42D: Like kittens and puppies? ("AW!" INSPIRING).
- 52D: One skilled at expressing relief? (MAN OF "PHEW!" WORDS).
OK, now you know that interjections are generally set apart from a sentence by an exclamation point. That's a catchy lyric.
Four across theme entries and four down theme entries made for an unusual, disjointed grid. Did any of you have trouble breaking into the corners? Probably not. You're all awesome.
- 45A: Islands to which canaries are native (AZORES). The Azores and the Canary Islands are in the same general area of the Atlantic Ocean. But the Canary Islands are actually named after dogs (canines), not canaries. It's a little confusing, and I can't get the "Interjections" song out of my head, so I'm moving on.
- 49A: 17-Down's org. (NHL) / 17D: Old Bruin nickname (ESPO). "Espo" is Phil Esposito, a famous hockey player. Wikipedia tells me that Espo is an "Honoured Member of the Hockey Hall of Fame." You know he's a legend because he gets the special Canadian spelling. Regular players are just "Honored Members."
- 37D: 49-Across's Bobby et al.(ORRS). Yikes, another cross-referenced hockey clue. If I see one more mention of hockey, I'm going to have to use a naughty interjection.
- 58A: Like most mules (STERILE). I psyched myself out on this one. When I see "mule" or "pump" in a clue, I assume the constructor is being tricky by referring to shoes. So I was trying to squeeze BACKLESS or STRAPLESS or something shoe-related into this spot.
- 79A: Creator of Auric and Julius (IAN). Auric Goldfinger and Dr. Julius No, both created by Fleming, Ian Fleming.
- 97A: One with net gains? (SEINER). A seiner is a fisherman who catches fish with a net (seine). SEINER isn't a good entry, and the cute clue only draws attention to it. You're better off to use something obvious like "Fisherman with a net" so the solver won't spend much time pondering the entry.
- 35D: Worshiper of the rain god Tlaloc (AZTEC). Hey, you don't have to be an Aztec to make a sacrifice to Tlaloc every now and then. Am I right?
- 42D: Like kittens and puppies? ("AW!" INSPIRING). Kittens! Inspired by kittens! (I showed this video to PuzzleGirl last night, and she loved it. Seriously. Watch it.)
- 86D: FRONTLINE target (FLEA). A product for killing fleas on your kitten or puppy. I'm not sure what's up with the name being in capital letters. I went to their website, and they do use all-caps FRONTLINE exclusively. Maybe it scares the fleas more than lowercase letters would.
- 108D: Shoulder troublemaker? (CHIP). A chip on your shoulder. Cute clue.


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I apologize for being out of touch, but I have a good excuse. P, the kids, and I have been on remote Ono Island in Fiji for the past two weeks. Quiet, ocean, rain, cards, and books have defined our lazy days.
Travel is funny. You go somewhere with preconceived notions of what a place will be like and the time you plan to have. We went to Fiji sure that we would have endless sunny days of beach combing and snorkeling. Nature had other plans - rain and plenty of it.
We imagined our big adventure to be a year of summer. So confident in our tropical destinations, we didn't even pack a pair of jeans. In the end, we may not be able to claim our family's trip to be the year of sunshine, though I do think we could deem it the year of the coconut.
I am all about eating whatever is fresh and locally grown, and coconut is the bumper crop in these tropical locales. Man oh man, we have eaten coconut every which way and I have written about coconut sugar, coconut milk, shredded coconut, coconut oil... Thank goodness I LOVE coconut. Now in Fiji, a new yummy dish has been added to my repertoire - roasted coconut.
At Mai Dive, our comfortable home for these three Fijian weeks, every evening as the sun goes down, we sit around with the other guests, having a drink before dinner. When the bowl of freshly roasted, and still warm, coconut is put on the table, it is devoured as everyone seems to like this simple snack as much as I do.
Joe, the charming patriarch of our peaceful Fijian spot, is a wealth of information. P and I soak up his stories like thirsty children. No surprise, I am especially enthralled when the subject of food comes up - Joe tells tales of mud crabs freshly caught and simply steamed, seaweed harvested straight off the beach and simmered in coconut cream, and his huge beloved veggie garden leaves me awed.
I told Joe just how much I like the smoked coconut and he took the time to teach me the old-school Fijian approach to this simple treat. He told me that he and his buddies sit around the evening fire, drinking beer and eating coconut right off the grill. Hmmmm..... tropical bar snack? Yes, please.
Coconut can easily be roasted in the oven or on the stove-top. Prepared this way, it has delicious flavor that is reminiscent of popcorn. But when the coconut is grilled over an open fire, the deep smokey flavor is irresistible. Our new friend Magda astutely noted that the wood roasted coconut has hints of bacon - in my book a mark of culinary greatness.
- fresh coconut (s) in the shell
For ideal smokey flavor, get your fire started.
In the meantime hack open your coconut (s) - Joe used an axe.
Then with a knife, slice the coconut flesh into strips about 3-5 inches long by 3/4 inch wide and pry coconut from the shell. If slices are too small, they will be hard to handle on the fire.
When you are done removing and slicing the coconut meat, set it aside and check on the fire. Let the flames settle down until you have good hot coals but no big flames.
Place a grate over the top of your fire, scatter some sliced coconut over the grill. Use tongs to flip slices and cook each side until golden brown. Let cool slightly and coconut is ready to eat.
I can see why the Fijians like sitting around the fire snacking of freshly smoked coconut- not only is it seductively delicious, but the smell is one I wish I could bottle and share with you all.


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The Ninja Turtles, it would seem, have some hardcore staying power. Sure, they were huge in the late '80s and early '90s, but even after they went out of vogue, they were able to make a big comeback a couple of years ago. Far from a passing fancy, the heroes in a half shell have seen their new cartoon grow in popularity, and now Konami is unveiling the third game based on the Turtles most recent exploits.
Mutant Nightmare continues the beat-'em-up action that the series has become known for. Like the previous game, up to four people can play at once, each controlling one of the color-coded heroes (well, they're all green, but their masks are different colors). Besides the fun of playing multiplayer, there are also extra benefits. By fighting alongside your buddies, you can pull off cooperative attacks and the extra powerful "Hyper Combos."
The biggest new addition to this sequel's gameplay is the Ultimate Turtle Form. As you progress through the game, you earn ninja scrolls, which eventually grant you new powers. With these new skills comes a new appearance. The turtles gain new outfits and their trademark weapons before bigger and more powerful-looking. The ability to evolve the characters this time around could add some depth to the gameplay that was missing in the previous entries in the series.
Old school Turtles fans will appreciate Mutant Nightmare's unlockable bonus, the 1991 arcade hit, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time. This was the sequel to the original TMNT arcade game, which was featured as a hidden extra in this game's predecessor. Like the main game, this brawler supports up to four players at once, but it stars all the character from the original cartoon series. Unfortunately, like the previous port of the first arcade game, Konami was unable to get the rights to use all of the original music and sound effects (due to mildly complicated licensing reasons), so many sounds have been replaced or eliminated. It's a shame, but some Turtles in Time is better than none at all.
If you've played any of the other two recent Turtles adventures, you know exactly what to expect from Mutant Nightmare. Hopefully the upgrade system will add an extra level to the overall package, since the simplicity of the previous games were one of their main drawbacks.


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The mission of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is working with others to conserve, protect, and enhance fish, wildlife, plants, and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American people.
Fact Sheet: Natural History, Ecology, and History of Recovery
A North American species with a historic range from Alaska and Canada to northern Mexico, the bald eagle is an Endangered Species Act success story.
Forty years ago, our national symbol was in danger of extinction throughout most of its range. Habitat destruction and degradation, illegal shooting, and the contamination of its food source, largely as a consequence of DDT, decimated the eagle population. Habitat protection afforded by the Endangered Species Act, the federal government's banning of DDT, and conservation actions taken by the American public have helped bald eagles make a remarkable recovery.
Bald Eagle Biology
Distinguished by a white head and white tail feathers, bald eagles are powerful, brown birds that may weigh 14 pounds and have a wingspan of 8 feet. Male eagles are smaller, weighing as much as 10 pounds and have a wingspan of 6 feet. Sometimes confused with golden eagles, bald eagles are mostly dark brown until they are four to five years old and acquire their characteristic coloring. There is a distinction between the two species, though, even during the early years. Only the tops of the bald eagle's legs have feathers. The legs of golden eagles are feathered all the way down.
Bald eagles live near rivers, lakes, and marshes where they can find fish, their staple food. Bald eagles will also feed on waterfowl, turtles, rabbits, snakes, and other small animals and carrion.
Bald eagles require a good food base, perching areas, and nesting sites. Their habitat includes estuaries, large lakes, reservoirs, rivers, and some seacoasts. In winter, the birds congregate near open water in tall trees for spotting prey and night roosts for sheltering.
Eagles mate for life, choosing the tops of large trees to build nests, which they typically use and enlarge each year. Nests may reach 10 feet across and weigh a half ton. They may also have one or more alternate nests within their breeding territory. In treeless regions, they may also nest in cliffs or on the ground. The birds travel great distances but usually return to breeding grounds within 100 miles of the place where they were raised. Bald eagles may live 15 to 25 years in the wild, longer in captivity.
Breeding bald eagles typically lay one to three eggs once a year, and they hatch after about 35 days. The young eagles are flying within three months and are on their own about a month later. However, disease, lack of food, bad weather, or human interference can kill many eaglets. Recent studies show that approximately 70 percent survive their first year of life.
The Plight of the Bald Eagle
When America adopted the bald eagle as the national symbol in 1782, the country may have had as many as 100,000 nesting eagles. The first major decline of the species probably began in the mid to late 1800's, coinciding with the decline of waterfowl, shorebirds, and other prey.
Although they primarily eat fish and carrion, bald eagles used to be considered marauders that preyed on chickens, lambs, and domestic livestock. Consequently, the large raptors were shot in an effort to eliminate a perceived threat. Coupled with the loss of nesting habitat, bald eagle populations declined.
In 1940, noting that the species was "threatened with extinction," Congress passed the Bald Eagle Protection Act, which prohibited killing, selling, or possessing the species. A 1962 amendment added the golden eagle, and the law became the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act.
Shortly after World War II, DDT was hailed as a new pesticide to control mosquitoes and other insects. However, DDT and its residues washed into nearby waterways, where aquatic plants and fish absorbed it. Bald eagles, in turn, were poisoned with DDT when they ate the contaminated fish. The chemical interfered with the ability of the birds to produce strong eggshells. As a result, their eggs had shells so thin that they often broke during incubation or otherwise failed to hatch. DDT also affected other species such as peregrine falcons and brown pelicans.
In addition to the adverse effects of DDT, some bald eagles have died from lead poisoning after feeding on waterfowl containing lead shot, either as a result of hunting or from inadvertent ingestion.
By 1963, with only 487 nesting pairs of bald eagles remaining, the species was in danger of extinction. Loss of habitat, shooting, and DDT poisoning contributed to the near demise of our national symbol.
The Road Back
As the dangers of DDT became known, in large part due to the 1962 publication of Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring, the Environmental Protection Agency took the historic and, at the time, controversial step of banning the use of DDT in the United States. That was in 1972, and it was the first step on the road to recovery for the bald eagle.
In 1967, the Secretary of Interior listed bald eagles south of the 40th parallel under the Endangered Species Preservation Act of 1966. Following enactment of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, the Service listed the species in 1978 as endangered throughout the lower 48 states, except in Michigan, Minnesota, Oregon, Washington, and Wisconsin where it was designated as threatened.
"Endangered" means a species is considered in danger of extinction throughout all or a significant portion of its range. "Threatened" means a species is considered likely to become endangered within the foreseeable future, but is not currently in danger of extinction.
The species was not listed as threatened or endangered in Hawaii because it does not occur there, or in Alaska because populations there have remained robust.
Listing the species as endangered provided the springboard for the Service and its partners to accelerate the pace of recovery through captive breeding programs, reintroduction efforts, law enforcement, and nest site protection during the breeding season.
In July 1995, the Service announced that bald eagles in the lower 48 states had recovered to the point where those populations previously considered endangered were now considered threatened.
In July 1999, the Service proposed to remove the bald eagle from the list of threatened and endangered species. Since then, the Service has reviewed comments received on that proposal along with new data and information to determine the best ways to manage the species once it is removed from the protections of the Endangered Species Act. In 2006, the Service re-opened the public comment period due to new information on the proposal to delist. Data gathered during this comment period was factored into a final decision on the status of the species.
Based on the most recent population figures, the Service estimates that there are at least 9,789 nesting pairs of bald eagles in the contiguous United States. Bald eagles have staged a remarkable population rebound and have recovered to the point that they no longer need the protection of the Endangered Species Act.
Thus, on June 28, 2007, the Service announced the recovery of our nation's symbol and removal from the list of threatened and endangered species.
What Lies Ahead
Although the Service removed the bald eagle from the list of threatened and endangered species under the Endangered Species Act, the bird will still be protected by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act and the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act. Both laws prohibit killing, selling or otherwise harming eagles, their nests, or eggs.
The Service will continue to work with state wildlife agencies to monitor the status of bald eagles for a minimum of five years, as required by the Endangered Species Act. If the species should need the protection of the Act, the Service can relist it as endangered or threatened. In the meantime, individual states may also pass or implement laws to protect bald eagles.
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Moneyball 2002 Oakland A's now included in DYNASTY League Baseball Online Greatest Team bracket tournaments
Billy Beane championed under valued players using some of the metrics Bill James popularized back in the early 80's with his Baseball Abstracts. Now you can manage the Moneyball 2002 Oakland A's in daily live DYNASTY League Baseball Online Greatest Team bracket tournaments or leagues. The 2002 Oakland A's were just recenty made available along with the 1997 Baltimore Orioles in the Greatest Team bracket tournamets to bring the number of Greatest Teams to select from to 78.
How good were the 2002 Oakland A's? Their 103-59 regular season record is considerably better than any of the A's Dynasty teams from 1972-1974 and you even could include the 1971 (101-60) and 1975 (98-64) A's in their Dynasty as well. In the end, clutch performers from the 1972-1974 A's Reggie Jackson, Joe Rudi, Sal Bando and Gene Tenace are remembered for their three consecutive World Championships and the 2002 A's are forgotten for their failure in their first round exit even though they took the ALDS vs. the 2002 Twins to a deciding Game 5. Ironically in Game 5 of the 2002 ALDS vs. Minnesota, the A's did not draw a single walk after expousing the value of OBP during the season.
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Meet your instructor, Rick Allred, as he guides you through the features, settings and menus of digital SLRs. Learn when and how to adjust settings such as white balance, metering modes, exposure compensation and focus modes. Start taking control of the many options available on your DSLR.
Rick demystifies the exposure triangle by detailing the relationships among shutter speed, aperture and ISO and demonstrating how to adjust your camera settings accordingly. Discover the impact you can make with soft lighting, shadows and directional light from the front, side and back. Rick also will show you a handy tip for avoiding lens flare in this lighting primer.
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Sorry for my precedent tentative, I was a little hasty:
Ok, I think I'd better put the original problem:
I have an action of three fields: $A$ which is the spin-connection, $B$ an skew-symmetric 2-form and $\Phi$ which is traceless
and skew-symmetric scalar field. These fields take their values on some algebra, index their components in this algebra by $i,j,k,... = 1,2,3$
I want to implement a certain condition on B by using equations of motion of $\Phi$, the action is:
$S=\int (B_i \wedge F^i + \Lambda B_i \wedge B^i + \Phi_{ij} B^i \wedge B^j) $
Now for me equations of motions are simply:
$B^i \wedge B^j=0$
perhaps with the condition that all diagonal elements are equal (as jc showed)
but this is automatically satisfied for a skew-symmetric matrix (here $B^i \wedge B^j$).
But in all papers I find:
$B^i \wedge B^j - \frac{1}{3}\delta^{ij}B_k\wedge B^k = 0$
So I see that they all took the traceless part of the matrix representing equations of motion, necessarily it has a relation with the traceless character of $\Phi$ but I do not see which one.
In addition, this expression is not antisymmetric in $i,j$.
Would anyone have an idea?


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Dubs4life wrote:The hype is enormous -right now he is averaging 14 points and 8 boards per game...sorry, not enough info to make even an informed guess...
But your right the hype is huge and his performance against the gators was far from stellar. I would have to take Oden over the playoffs though, we have waited 12 years 1 more wouldnt be that bad seeing as we would contend for it all with Oden.
So he is doing this with his non preffered hand? Impressive to say the least.
My point is that we have alot of young guys and they might not even be resigned but if they are, there would be no room to sign Oden when it is his turn to resign so it stuffs things up with contract extensions. We could be looking at a situation where guys like Monta, Diogu and even more guys leave because the team is setting up to resign Oden. Not a sort after situation for good reason!
I always look at teams that drafted a player that become a superstar and yet never managed to be that great. The TWolves with KG come to mind, as do the Raps with Carter, Celts with Pierce, 76ers with Iverson (a few playoffs and one finals appearance but a few years straight of no playoffs) and to a lesser extent (superstar status that is), The Grizz with Gasol, the Rockets with Yao (looking better but still disappointing up until now) and the Bucks when they had Allen.
There is always the risk of not being able to keep the good players around the star or, as usually happens, obtain good players to put around the star. The star can always leave for another team as has happened all to often


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New Chairpersons Named for Select Sires Inc. Board of Directors at Annual Meeting
PLAIN CITY, Ohio, March 28, 2013 - The Select Sires Inc. board of directors has selected Myron Czech of Little Falls, Minn., to the position of board chairman, succeeding Johnny Daniel, Charlotte, Tenn. The board also elected first vice chairman, Dan Andreas, of Sugarcreek, Ohio and second vice chairwoman, Dorothy Harms, of Reedsburg, Wis. Select Sires' board of directors met on March 20 and 21, 2013, in Columbus, Ohio, in conjunction with Select Sires' Annual Meeting.
New Chairman Myron Czech, had previously served as first and second vice chairman on the Select Sires board. He has served on the board of directors for Select Sires since 1998 and has served on the Minnesota/Select Sires Cooperative board of directors for 22 years. Additionally, he served as president for the cooperative's board from 1998 to 2001. Following his college graduation from the University of Minnesota, Czech returned to his home dairy where they milked approximately 90 cows in 1980. Since that time Czech, his wife, Deb, and their children have built their herd to milk over 1,900 Holsteins in central Minnesota. In 2009, Czech was recognized as the first recipient of the Gopher Dairy Club's Golden Graduate Award, an award that recognizes University of Minnesota alumni.
First Vice Chairman Dan Andreas was appointed to Select Sires' board in 2007. He has served on the COBA/Select Sires board of directors since 2002. Andreas and his son, Matthew, operate Andreas Farms in Sugarcreek, Ohio. The herd has grown from 180 dairy cows in 1978 to nearly 1,500 Holsteins today. Andreas is a graduate of The Ohio State University where he earned three degrees within the education and animal science departments.
The new second vice chairwoman is Dorothy Harms. She has served on the Select Sires' board since 2010 and the East Central/Select Sires board since 2002, where she served as secretary for nine years. Following graduation from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with an agribusiness management degree in 1981, Harms and her husband, Don, have been operating Valley Springs Farm in Reedsburg, Wis., which has been in the Harms family for 135 years. Currently, they milk 60 Holstein cows and raise replacement heifers. The Harms' main focus is production and type, and they have incorporated Red and White genetics into half of their herd.
The complete slate of board members includes: Pete DeGroot, Fresno, Calif.; Randy Kortus, Lynden, Wash.; Walt Stornetta, Manchester, Calif.; Dan Andreas, Sugar Creek, Ohio; Tom Fleming, Harrod, Ohio; Chad Steinberger, Windthorst, Texas; Dorothy Harms, Reedsburg, Wis.; Myron Czech, Little Falls, Minn.; Dick Piechowski, Waupaca, Wis.; Mike Heckaman, Argos, Ind.; Bruce Epley, Waverly, Iowa; Johnny Daniel, Charlotte, Tenn.; Wynn Gibbons, Lewiston, Utah; Duane Koester, Wadesville, Ind.; Dr. Mark Tatarka, Bozeman, Mont.; Steve Craun, Bridgewater, Va.; Dr. Robert Cruikshank, Ogdensburg, N.Y. and Leigh Lane, Blanch, N.C.
Committees meet and employees honored
At the Select Sires Annual Meeting, the Holstein and Jersey sire committees met to discuss the direction of future sire acquisitions. Customer-owners and employees from each of the nine member cooperatives also participated in the Annual Meeting and a number of other committees. At the employee awards program 30 employees were honored for nearly 500 years total service to Select Sires Inc.
Based in Plain City, Ohio, Select Sires Inc. is North America's largest A.I. organization and is comprised of nine farmer-owned and -controlled cooperatives. As the industry leader, it provides highly fertile semen as well as excellence in service and programs to achieve its basic objective of supplying dairy and beef producers with North America's best genetics at a reasonable price.


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FAYETTEVILLE, NC - The York College softball team went 1-2 at the second day of the Methodist University Early Bird Tournament on Saturday afternoon in Fayetteville, NC. The Spartans finished off Friday's suspended game against Methodist, downing the Monarchs 4-3. The Green and White then fell to Roanoke 7-2 and 7-4 to North Carolina Wesleyan in the nightcap.
The Spartans are 1-3 after finishing their stay in North Carolina.
In the win over the Monarchs, the Spartans got on the board first courtesy of junior Hannah Hugel as she walked, stole second, stole third and then scored on a throwing error, giving the Spartans a 1-0 lead.
The Monarchs struck for a pair of runs in the bottom of the second as they strung together three hits and two wild pitches to take the 2-1 lead after one inning of play.
The Spartans tied the game in the top of the third as Hugel singled and moved to second courtesy of Vanessa Mendez sacrifice bunt. Hugel came around to score when senior Brittany Schlorff singled to left, knotting the game at two.
The Green and White jumped on top in the fifth and Hugel was in the middle of the rally again. She opened the inning with a single to left. Mendez then laid down a beautiful bunt single to put runners at first and second. Schlorff then loaded the bases with an infield hit. Starting pitcher Brittany Therres then stroked a two-run double to center, scoring Hugel and Mendez. Schlorff was cut down at the plate but Therres alertly took third on the throw. Cara Rubinaccio put down a bunt single but Therres couldn't score, leaving Spartans at the corners. Rubinaccio stole second but York wouldn't be able to plate either runner as the lead stood at 4-2.
The Monarchs got a run in the sixth inning before the rains came and ended play on Friday. When the teams picked up in the middle of the sixth on Saturday, Therres got an out on a fielder's choice and a strike out to end the inning. After the Spartans went quietly in the seventh, Therres allowed a one out hit followed by an error to put the tying and winning runs in scoring position but the senior got a ground out and a strikeout to end the threat.
Therres earned the win as she tossed all seven innings, allowing three runs on eight hits with six strikeouts and two walks. Kayla Malone took the loss as she allowed four runs, three earned, on 12 hits with five strikeouts and a walk in her six innings of work.
Hugel led the Spartans as she was 2-for-3 with three runs and two stolen bases. Therres was 3-for-4 with two RBI while Schlorff also had two hits and a run scored. Rubinaccio and Carly Farr each contributed two hits to the Spartan offense.
Sarah Stapleton led the Monarchs with two hits and a run scored.
In the game against Roanoke, the contest was scoreless through the first two and a half innings. The Maroons got on the board in the third with an unearned run, taking the 1-0 lead.
Roanoke added to the lead in the fifth with another unearned run as the Maroons led 2-0. That lead grew to 7-0 in the sixth as Roanoke tallied five runs on just two hits with one error and two walks. The Maroons hit two home runs in the inning as the game quickly got out of reach for York.
The Spartans did score a pair of runs in the top of the seventh to avoid the shutout. Farr had a two-run single to provide for the Spartan scoring.
Therres took the loss as she allowed six runs on eight hits with three walks and two strikeouts in 5.1 innings of work. Kelly Higbie earned the win as she tossed a complete game, allowing two unearned runs on three hits with five strikeouts and two walks. She improves to 3-1 with the win.
Rubianccio had two hits for the Spartans while Farr was 1-for-3 with two RBI in the loss.
Leona Rainey went 2-for-4 with three RBI and two runs scored the pace the Maroons. Caitlin Manuel and Hollee Warlitner each added two hits while Stephanie Clark added a hit, two RBI and a run scored.
York closed out their stay in Fayetteville with the contest against NC Wesleyan. The Bishops opened the scoring in the fourth with three runs off freshman starter Sara Thacker. The Green and White answered with one run in the bottom of the fourth, fifth, and sixth innings, tying the game at three.
In the fourth, Hugel doubled with two outs and came around to score on an Erin O'Leary RBI single. In the fifth, York scored on a Mendez RBI single with two outs while their run in the sixth came from a Jena Ruby RBI single.
The teams went to the eighth inning tied but it wouldn't stay that way long as the Bishops tallied four runs in the top of the eighth to take a 7-3 lead. All four runs came on a Logan Tollison grand slam. York would get a run in the bottom of the frame but it wouldn't be enough as the Spartans dropped their second game of the day.
Junior Cory Urkuski took the loss as she allowed three runs, two earned, on two hits with four strikeouts and three walks in her 4.1 innings of work. Thacker made her first collegiate start and allowed three runs on two hits with four strikeouts and three walks in her three innings of action.
Leanna Fann earned the win for the Bishops as she allowed four runs on 15 hits with one strikeout and one walk in her eight innings of work. She improves to 3-1 with the win.
The Spartans had three players record three hits as Ruby, Hugel and O'Leary each had three knocs. O'Leary had two RBI while Ruby and Hugel each scored a run. Mendez added two hits and an RBI for York.
Tollison led the Bishops with her grand slam. Sarah Roberts added a hit and an RBI for NC Wesleyan.
The Spartans travel to the Virginia Wesleyan Beach Blast for a four-game stay on Friday and Saturday. York faces Lynchburg on Friday at noon followed by a contest against Meredith at 2:00 pm.


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Hispanic Outlook Magazine Lists NM Tech as a Publisher's Pick, Dec. 1, 2005
by George Zamora
SOCORRO, N.M., Dec. 1, 2005 – The latest edition of Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education magazine has listed New Mexico Tech among its 2005 "Publisher's Picks List," the national magazine's annual listing of colleges and universities in the U.S.A. and Puerto Rico that "are doing a commendable job of recruiting, retaining, educating, and graduating Hispanics."
Hispanic Outlook's publisher, José López-Isa, congratulated all his magazine's "Publisher's Picks," and cited several factors that make an institution a good choice for Hispanic students, including academics, programs for minorities, institutional partnerships, faculty, and the students themselves.
"We tip our hats to all the hardworking and talented administrators, faculty, counselors, mentors, grant writers, fund-raisers, and active alumni at these Publisher's Picks," López-Isa wrote.
New Mexico Tech President Daniel H. López said he and other Tech administrators were pleased to learn that the state-supported research university in Socorro had been included among yet another list of top universities.
"As we continue to build up our efforts to recruit, retain, and graduate Hispanics and other under-represented minority students at New Mexico Tech, it is gratifying that a national magazine like Hispanic Outlook should choose to acknowledge our hard work in this area," López said.


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Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Koivu captures Minnesalsa title
Wild Captain Mikko Koivu was deemed the Minnesalsa Player of the Week after making three points over the three games last week, including two against the Dallas Stars on Sunday. Over this past Wild season, Koivu had 22 goals and 49 assists. This was Mikko Koivu's first win of the Minnesalsa title this season, while Guillaume Latendresse has captured four and Andrew Brunette has three.
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Darius Henderson swaps Millwall for Nottingham Forest
Nottingham Forest have completed the signing of Millwall striker Darius Henderson for an undisclosed fee.
Last Updated: 24/01/13 8:01pm
The 31-year-old has signed a deal to the end of the season and is set to make his debut against another one of his former clubs, Watford, on Saturday.
Henderson is Forest's third signing of the January transfer window, following the loan arrivals of defenders Elliott Ward and Gonzalo Jara Reyes.
He started his career with Reading and has also played for Brighton (loan), Gillingham, Swindon (loan) and Sheffield United.
Forest chairman Fawaz Al Hasawi said: "We are delighted to have brought a player of Darius' experience to the Club.
"He knows all about the Championship and has also played at the highest level in England as well and I've no doubts he will be a great addition to Alex McLeish's squad."


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Physician Assistant Graduate Program Ranked 12th in the Nation
The Rangos School of Health Science's graduate physician assistant studies program at Duquesne University has garnered the No. 12 spot in the nation, according to The Journal of Physician Assistant Education, which ranked the top 50 programs as part of a study to develop a more thorough methodology for evaluating physician assistant programs.
"The ranking is a testament to the good work of Dr. Bridget Calhoun and the physician assistant faculty and staff," said Dr. Gregory Frazer, dean of the Rangos School. "The national standing of our program is a direct result of the successful partnership among our faculty, students, clinicians and clinical sites."
Programs were evaluated based on:
- How long each school has been accredited by the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- Percentage of faculty with doctoral degrees
- The most recent five-year average Physician Assistant National Certifying Examination pass rates.
"The program is continually evolving, striving to maintain its contemporary relevance and evidence-based foundation. This ranking is one more indicator of the quality of our physician assistant studies program, which has consistently been identified as one of the premier programs in the country," added Frazer.
Other programs ranked with Duquesne include Emory, Yale and Northwestern Universities. Prior to The Journal of Physician Assistant Education, a peer-refereed academic journal, the only list comparing physician assistant programs was issued by US News & World Report, which has been publishing their findings since 1998.
In the most recent US News ranking, the physician assistant program was rated in the top 25, another indicator of the high quality of this Duquesne program.
Duquesne University
Founded in 1878, Duquesne is consistently ranked among the nation's top Catholic universities for its award-winning faculty and tradition of academic excellence. Duquesne, a campus of nearly 9,500 graduate and undergraduate students, has been nationally recognized for its academic programs, community service and commitment to sustainability. Follow Duquesne University on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.


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Improved Balance Through Core Stability
Each year, one in three adults over the age of 65, and 50 percent of seniors over the age of 80, experiences a fall. These falls often result from the inevitable musculoskeletal system changes that result from age. Changes in posture, a decrease in walking stride and loss of balance control and stability are some of the well-documented consequences of aging.
Fortunately, age-related changes to the body can be slowed through postural and core stability exercises. Core stability is the strengthening of the abdominal muscles and other muscles that help with posture. In essence, balance is your ability to maintain your center of gravity (usually around your belly button) within your base of support (over your feet). If you have a strong core, or base, then your extremities will have a strong base to move on.
Tests have shown that core stability training is beneficial in improving balance because it strengthens the abdominal and postural muscles.
Here are some good exercises for strengthening your core muscles:
- Curl ups or crunches – While lying on your back with your arms at your sides, tilt your pelvis to flatten your back. Raise your head and shoulders from the floor. Use your arms to support your buttock if necessary.
- Pelvic tilts – Lie on the floor and flatten your back by tightening the stomach muscles and buttock.
- Lower Trunk Rotation – Lie on the floor and bring both your knees into your chest. Rotate from side to side, keeping your knees together and your feet off the floor.
- Heel Walk (Hook Lying) – While lying on the floor, tighten your stomach and slowly walk your feet forward in short steps until your legs are nearly straight, or until your back begins to arch.
Remember, an active lifestyle and a strong core can keep you on your feet and free from falls!
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Well, this will go over well back in Boston.
During his introductory press conference in Denver, former Patriots wide receiver Wes Welker said his desire to win drove him to pitch the idea of his signing to Broncos executive John Elway.
Asked what Elway said to sway him, and Welker turned the tables.
"I was the one pitching to him," Welker said, via the Denver Post.
Asked what that that pitch entailed, he replied: "That I want to win, that above everything."
Welker did his best to avoid any controversy, saying all the right things about Tom Brady and Bill Belichick.
But he kept coming back to all the winning he was going to do with the Broncos.
"Denver, I felt, would be a great fit for me," Welker said. "They're a great team and I want to win."
Yeah, that's probably being chiseled into a stone, rather than written on a bulletin board in New England.


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Coming Home to Windows Home Server, Part 4
Feb 20, 2008 12:00 PM,
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When Microsoft devised a server for the home, the company hit a two-run homer: It created a robust server full of useful features, but it also made the server easy enough for non-technical users to use. One aspect of server functionality that can quickly become unruly is user accounts. In creating Windows Home Server (WHS), Microsoft had to find a way to drastically simplify user account management on each PC of the home network.
In the corporate world, we use a Windows domain to manage our user accounts. Special servers called domain controllers (DCs) keep all of a user's logon information (e.g., username, password) centrally located. Each user has to remember only one username and one password when he or she wants to access a computer. It's an extremely efficient methodology.
Setting up and using a DC in a home network requires a lot of work and is probably overkill for most people. According to the rumor mill, Microsoft toyed around with the notion of using a domain for WHS in the early days of its inception. I don't know how much truth is in that rumor, but I know that the solution that Microsoft came up with is simply brilliant. Microsoft took a simple workgroup and brought it to the next level.
As I wrote in a newsletter tip a few months ago, "Workgroups have been around for a long time. They work well and are simple to set up. The problem occurs when usernames or passwords are different on multiple machines. If your username or password is different, you'll be prompted for a password when you connect to the server (or any other computer share). This can be extremely frustrating if you're used to working with a domain."
To avoid this system prompt every time you try to connect to WHS, you need to ensure that your username and password are the same on both the WHS system and every PC that you use. This concept isn't new to WHS, but WHS does have some built-in tools to make the process easier.
This first screen is a basic warning that WHS doesn't know who you are. If you want to be able to access network shares, you need to create an account on the WHS system. Don't worry, it's easy: Simply log on to the WHS console by right-clicking the WHS icon in the system tray and choosing Windows Home Server Console.
After you log on to the console, you'll see the User Accounts icon and the button to add a new user. When you create the user, be sure to use a consistent naming convention. This step is very important. For example, let's say your wife, Paula McGee, uses a laptop. If her username on the laptop is PMcGee, you'll want to create an account for her on the WHS system called PMcGee. The next time Paula logs on to the laptop, her WHS client should prompt her to sync her passwords.
Paula can now use the same password for both the laptop and the WHS system, and she won't have to type in a password every time she needs to access something on the server.
WHS hasn't changed the way classic Microsoft workgroups work, but these additional features make it easier to keep your workgroup running smoothly. No V1 product is perfect, but Microsoft has definitely hit a home run with its handy workgroup user account tools.
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text: My computer fashion design class at FIT just came to an end, and I am excited to see my first full 'collection' even if it only exists digitally. The course was mainly focused on learning to create a moodboard, colorstory, and technical flats in Photoshop and Illustrator. Our semester was focused on designing a 10 piece sportswear collection. I was inspired by art deco architecture and wanted to translate the sharp angles and lines into this collection. It was important to me that the woman who owns these pieces be able to throw any of them on together and look ready to take on her day. She can walk into work wearing grey plaid trousers with a striped blouse and gold blazer. Go to brunch with her girls comfortably in a zippered pencil skirt and printed silk screen sweatshirt. Or take on the night in a sporty graphic print dress topped off with a dramatic long coat. I'd like to imagine that this would be what Michelle Smith would design for a corporate retailer such as Ann Taylor. It was fun to take the sleek, youthful, sex appeal of Milly and apply it to a more conservative professional mass market.