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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- The 2012 Democratic National Convention had the highest economic impact of any event in Charlotte history.
City leaders hired a company last year to study the convention's economic impact. That study was released on Monday afternooon.
The study says the Democratic National Convention generated $163 million in econmic development across the six counties taken into account: Anson, Cabarrus, Gaston, Mecklenburg, Union and York.
"The results of this report reaffirm what we as Charlotteans already know—that the 2012 Democratic National Convention had a tremendously positive impact on our city and our region," Mayor Foxx said. "Not only did it inject millions of dollars into our local economy, it exposed our community to millions of people around the world and put Charlotte on an international stage. Thanks to the work of thousands of people and many partner organizations, the convention continues to be hailed as one of the best ever and a major turning point that will continue to pay dividends for our city for years to come."
The city says 35,000 people attended the three-day event in early September, including delegates and journalists. Those 35,000 attendees spent $91 million directly, and another $72 million indirectly, the report states.
According to the report, lodging, security, food and beverage, media production, space rentals and construction led the way in sources of direct expenditures.
Occupancy rates were at their highest ever at 92-percent with average daily room rates reaching $220. A total of 61,246 hotel rooms were booked during the event. The study also estimates the delegates and non-delegates alike spent an average of $235 a day.
Transportation records were set during the DNC, too; 32,708 passengers rode the light rail every day-- a record, and Charlotte-Douglas International Airport set a one-day departure record of 26,000.
Adam Sacks, president of Tourism Economics, the consulting firm who published the Democratic National Convention economics study says, "The DNC was a huge economic success."
Before the convention, city leaders estimated that the event would generate some $200 million in revenue, from the security expenses to delegate spending to the host committee contracts with local caterers and other businesses.
The convention was held at the Time Warner Cable Arena, and city leaders say restaurants were filled at night.
After the convention, city leaders said they were thrilled with the national exposure and hope it pays dividends in the future.
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the purchase back of something that had been lost, by the payment of a ransom. The Greek word so rendered is _apolutrosis_, a word occurring nine times in Scripture, and always with the idea of a ransom or price paid, i.e., redemption by a lutron (see Matt. 20:28; Mark 10:45). There are instances in the LXX. Version of the Old Testament of the use of _lutron_ in man's relation to man (Lev. 19:20; 25:51; Ex. 21:30; Num. 35:31, 32; Isa. 45:13; Prov. 6:35), and in the same sense of man's relation to God (Num. 3:49; 18:15). There are many passages in the New Testament which represent Christ's sufferings under the idea of a ransom or price, and the result thereby secured is a purchase or redemption (comp. Acts 20:28; 1 Cor. 6:19, 20; Gal. 3:13; 4:4, 5; Eph. 1:7; Col. 1:14; 1 Tim. 2:5, 6; Titus 2:14; Heb. 9:12; 1 Pet. 1:18, 19; Rev. 5:9). The idea running through all these texts, however various their reference, is that of payment made for our redemption. The debt against us is not viewed as simply cancelled, but is fully paid. Christ's blood or life, which he surrendered for them, is the "ransom" by which the deliverance of his people from the servitude of sin and from its penal consequences is secured. It is the plain doctrine of Scripture that "Christ saves us neither by the mere exercise of power, nor by his doctrine, nor by his example, nor by the moral influence which he exerted, nor by any subjective influence on his people, whether natural or mystical, but as a satisfaction to divine justice, as an expiation for sin, and as a ransom from the curse and authority of the law, thus reconciling us to God by making it consistent with his perfection to exercise mercy toward sinners" (Hodge's Systematic Theology).

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The FMP-X10 is Sony's second-generation 4K media player, equipped with a 1TB hard drive, access to hundreds of 4K movies, and Netflix's 4K streaming service. It will debut in July for $699, although customers who pre-order can save $200.
Although the Sony Xperia M2 looks pretty slick, it's let down by its low resolution display and its old version of Android, which makes even its affordable price way too high. For much less money, you could snap up the Moto G or spend a little more and pick up the older Xperia Z with its full HD display and waterproof design.
If you can stand its speakers, Sony's XBR-X900B will reward you with the best combination of audio and video quality you've ever seen (or heard).
The Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 is a smooth-performing midrange slate, but it's overpriced compared to similar tablets.
Oculus Rift, you've got competition: Sony has entered the VR game at GDC.
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Leave flat-screen TVs in the dust with the Sony 4K Ultra Short Throw Projector, which delivers a 147-inch 4K image on your wall. Just be prepared to pay upward of $40,000 when it hits stores later in 2014.
The company's Quad HD resolution camcorder comes with a a pro body and price, but Sony wants to sell it to consumers.
Sales of the PlayStation 4 doubled in the Japanese giant's latest financial results, but it's still on course for an overall loss.
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The HOMEdotOLD project aims to provide a TV-based platform with cost-effective services that will be delivered in a personalised and intuitive way and will advance the social interaction of elderly people, aiming at improving the quality and joy of their home life, bridging distances and reinforcing social voluntariness and activation, thus preventing isolation and loneliness.
HOMEdotOLD is an ICT-based project that uses the TV medium in order to deliver a number of cost-effective services to elderly people. The targeted services are expected to advance the social interaction of elderly people by bridging distances and reinforcing social voluntariness and activation, thus preventing isolation and loneliness.
The project main objectives are to provide a technological platform to provide services allowing the elderly to stay socially active and to bridging distances and supporting elderly people's existing roles.
HOMEdotOLD is primarily based on the Philips NetTV platform and secondarily on the A1TA AonTV platform. More specifically, the whole bouquet of services is being implemented and provided to the users of the Greek, Austrian and Dutch pilot sites.
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The 2013 Taipei International Beef Noodle Festival will launch on Sept. 1, Taipei City Government Office of Commerce (TCOOC) said yesterday.
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le the term "gluten-free" is still relatively new to the Korean food industry, this year might witness the gluten-free movement as well as the related wheat-free trend take hold here.
Tuesday, August 13, 2013
With its masters required to hone their skills over decades, sushi in Japan is steeped in tradition. But it is also often a high-tech operation where robotic precision steals the limelight from the chef's knife.
Sunday, August 11, 2013
When the world's first test-tube beef burger was cooked and eaten this week, food critics all asked about its taste. For many Jews, Muslims and Hindus, the first question was whether their faith allowed them to try it.
Tuesday, August 6, 2013
Alberto Pellegrini doesn't speak or read Japanese, a deficit that threatened to leave the Italian tourist starving in a nation famous for its gastronomic delights.
Monday, August 5, 2013
Coffee in Germany used to be just differentiated by brands, but Europe's biggest nation is now discovering the subtle differences in taste between the world's growing regions. From Ethiopia to Colombia, from Kenya to Vietnam; there's a coffee type to suit everyone's taste. After all, there are up to 1,000 different aromas locked inside every coffee bean. The trick is to get them out and onto your palate.
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A corner of west London will see culinary and scientific history made on Monday when scientists cook and serve up the world's first lab-grown beef burger.
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The rich are different than you and me, and here's one more bit of evidence that Adam Davidson recently dug up in the New York Times Magazine: the 1% is shelling out hundreds of thousands of dollars for childcare. He spoke with an elite nanny agency, plus some of these high-end nannies themselves, and discovered at least one making $180,000 a year plus an apartment and bonuses. Yet nannies making six figures are quite an exception to the low pay that is the norm for childcare workers.
Some memes have to be popped after they've already taken on steam, but sometimes we can get out in front of them. For one might be led to think that New Yorkers are paying top dollar to compensate their live-in childcare workers lavishly. It made Derek Thompson wonder, "How in the world can Manhattan nannies be worth $200,000 a year?" His answer is that there is a "Nanny Effect" to locally delivered services such as childcare. Because "most of the jobs in a service economy have a local clientele," he says, "in cities where incomes are high, average price levels for these services are typically high." Anyone who's walked into a hair salon on the Upper West Side for a cheap cut will understand this phenomenon.
But the tale of the $200,000 nanny is an incredibly niche story. For the 99% of nannies, pay is actually quite low given the important work they do. In a 2011 survey of 528 nannies across the country, the most common answer to an inquiry about how much they bring in pre-tax per week was $600. The second most common? A mere $300 or less per week. And things don't get much better even in high-priced New York City. Live-in nannies, like the aforementioned $200,000 one, make an average of $713 a week, which comes to $37,076 a year. Even in posh Park Slope, home of high-priced strollers and children's clothes that cost more than my nicest suit, on the books nannies earn $16.41 an hour. For those working 50 hours a week, that comes to just $42,666 a year.
That's not much money, and it looks like even less when compared what it takes to live in New York City. Wider Opportunities for Women has calculated how much it takes a family to meet its basic needs without relying on government subsidies, finding that it takes a single parent of a preschooler $41,872 a year to just hit the low mark. Add in another adult and another child and the number jumps up to $59,027. That's a far cry from the average nanny's pay.
What is it exactly that the 1% is paying for when the salary is six figures? Davidson's report lists among the extra accomplishments that some families seek fluency in French, cooking a four-course meal, grooming a horse, and even driving a Zamboni across a private ice rink. But it's not just the add-ons: it's also the fact that a nanny, as he writes, "signs her… life over the family she works for." "Many clients are paying for the privilege of not having the worry about their child's care, which means never worrying if their nanny has plans," he says.
Yet that's not just a phenomenon at the tippy top. Even for those nannies barely making enough to scrape by, over half of Park Slope nannies work over 50 hours a week. That's in part because domestic workers have usually been excluded from – or ignored by – labor laws that regulate work hours and mandate overtime pay, let alone other benefits. The nation-wide survey showed that less than a third of respondents were offered health insurance, less than half got two weeks paid vacation, and less than three percent received retirement plan contributions.
Yet the other side of this equation is equally ugly: while we can marvel at those who are able to provide their live-in help with apartments on Central Park West, the reality is that many middle class and lower income families struggle to pay for childcare. Nearly 80 percent of parents say that childcare is among the most important factors in helping working families, yet families across all income levels report that childcare expenses rank in the middle of their monthly budgets. In fact, nearly 40 percent of parents worry that their income won't cover these costs.
And the government does little to support these families. The United States ranks at number 27 among developed countries when it comes to spending on childcare and early education – just behind Slovakia. And we're pulling back on that support after the recession: the National Women's Law Center reports that 37 states cut back on support for childcare last year, putting parents in a worse situation than a decade ago.
It's fascinating to peek into the lives of the rich and famous, but as in so many other aspects of how they live, they way they compensate their childcare workers has little to do with the way the rest of us get by. While they can afford to pay nannies top dollar and provide them with solid benefits, most parents are struggling to cover the costs – so it's little wonder that most childcare workers are overworked and underpaid. That's the real story of childcare in this country, but it's one we're doing little to change.
Terrific piece! Childcare is such a problem for most families, but the NYT would rather treat the subject as occasion for another installment of Lives of the Rich and Famous.
Such an important topic not just for women but for men too. Thanks for the excellent data.
As the owner of a New York nanny and domestic staffing agency, I could not have said this better myself. I have only once seen a salary over 100K and the requirements were very specific. The position required the nanny to give up all weekends, all major holidays and she had to have a college degree and 10+ years of experience. Most of the families I work with pay their nannies between $600 and $1,500 per week in New York City for full-time. The figure is the same for Greenwich, CT, certain areas in California and a handful of other wealthy areas on the east coast. On the flip side of these platinum nanny stories are the sad and very common stories of families looking to keep a slave. I have to turn down dozens of families each month who infuriate me. I only provide placement services for families paying a fair and competitive wage. Families who are not familiar with the way that the agency works see an ad for nannies and write to my agency asking to pay a full time nanny $300 dollars per week for 50 – 80 hours. It is much more common for a family to think it is o.k. for them to pay below the minimum wage if they give her room and board than it is for a family to pay over $700 per week to a qualified nanny to take excellent care of their children. I believe that some people justified slavery this way, too.
"If I give you meals you must work your hands to the bone for me" is a common mentality in both New York City and the surrounding suburbs. We all know someone who has a nanny / housekeeper making less than $5 per hour. Sadly, I have never once heard of a family getting in trouble for paying a nanny below the minimum wage. The sensationalized stories of nannies who make more than doctors shine a light on the 1 in 100 million and no light on the every day working woman who is being exploited while caring for our most precious assets: our children!
A common misconception is that hiring a nanny is an expensive proposition and only "the rich" can afford this option. And recent news reports are contributing to this myth, as they spotlight "six-figure" nannies who are earning more than $100,000 per year.
The truth is that most nannies don't receive such high salaries and are actually an affordable, convenient option for many families. In fact, hiring a nanny is often more affordable than other childcare options, including daycare.
Nannies' salaries depend on a variety of factors, including:
Their experience
Your geographic location (nannies in big cities often earn more than nannies in smaller towns)
The number of children they're watching
The ages of the children
Their duties and responsibilities
The number of hours they're working
Some families pay their nannies benefits, including health care and paid holidays, which add value to their base salaries. Live-in nannies also receive free room and board. But many families do not… http://blog.nannies4hire.com/six-figure-nannies/90
I have been head hunting Nannies for nearly five years in the US, and I agree 100% with the data of this article. Families in the US are facing the worst recession since the 1930s Depression and more and more parents are staying at home to raise their children 'thinking' they cannot afford a Nanny based on 'hearsay'. Naturally, since most parents are not earning more money, while the cost of living keep going up in Manhattan, naturally Nanny rates have never been lower. As was mentioned, it is supply and demand and there are more applicants to Nanny positions than ever before. There has never been a better time to hire a Nanny:)
Nannies really should make more money. They are raising children and taking care of houses. That is not easy work! I'm sure there are plenty of nanny agencies that take care of their employees as best they can, but I wish people would offer more money to the person who is taking care of their most precious asset, their children. Great article, it really was an eye opener for me when I am hiring a babysitter for the weekend.
My sister is looking for a nanny for hire. Does anyone have any good suggestions of someone who treats children right, but still has fun and is responsible? I would like to help her find someone.
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I know a nanny who leaves Queens at 6am and returns from the upper west side at 8pm Monday through Friday. 12 hour days the norm sometimes longer. No sick or vacation days The kids adore her. She cooks, shops, cleans. etc for the family as well. I know she doesn't make much working for billionaires but is a devout and loyal soul. I found out today she's been paying $700 a month for health insurance.
I'm hoping they read Forbes or someone with more empathy will steal her away.


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Members of the Downtown Joplin Alliance thought they had an original idea when they took a trip to Lee's Summit. What they discovered as a Piccadilly auction is known around Joplin as a paddle party.
"Instead of a bidding war, this is a live raffle," said Trisha Patton, director of the alliance. "It's something we thought was completely unique to Joplin. But what we found out is that Joplin has several of these."
This auction promises to be bigger than other similar events, however -- this one includes a casino night and a silent auction. Set for Thursday at JB's Piano Bar, the event is a fundraiser for the alliance.
Some serious prizes are up for grabs, including Missouri Tigers football tickets, dinner packages at Twin Hills Golf and Country Club, a diamond cluster ring set in 14-karat gold, hotel accommodations and tickets to the Kentucky Headhunters concert at Downstream Casino and more.
Participants armed with quarters throw them into buckets for certain items. After everyone has put in their quarters, a winner is drawn. The auction format is more exciting, Patton said, because chances to win are more equal.
"Everyone has a bingo-style chance of winning," Patton said. "Everyone has the same bid-in price, anywhere from a quarter to three dollars."
The event also includes a silent auction featuring a variety of items and casino games such as poker, blackjack, craps and roulette. Red Onion will cater the event, which is sponsored by Downstream Casino, Commerce Bank and Missouri Eagle.
Funds raised will benefit the alliance's promotional programs, which include several efforts geared at helping downtown Joplin thrive, Patton said.
"The majority of the organization has been volunteer based," Patton said. "As we continue to move forward, we want to help with programming, events and infrastructure downtown."
Future events would include the continuation of Third Thursdays, and may include new events such as yoga or music programs at Spiva Park.
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Piccadilly Casino Night and Quarter Auction will be held from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Thursday at JB's Piano Bar, located at 112 S. Main. Admission: $30, $50 per couple, $210 for a table of eight. Tickets include $50 in chips for casino games. Details: 417-310-3472.


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In this episode of the Edge show I'm joined by Martin Booth from the Server and Tools Marketing group to take a look at the new features that just shipped to Windows Intune stand alone and unified management experience with Config Manager. We look at iOS management and take a quick look at the road map.
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What are the best gadgets to get for Christmas? An Xbox One, a Dell Venue 8 Pro, a Spider II, Lotus F1 Team USB Charger and a something to keep the coffee warm. Of course the real test is, are they any good for the IT Guy?
Over the Christmas period it's hard to get the right gifts for people that they love and that they actually want. I decided to help out my loved ones this year by bypassing their need to buy me gifts and to just buy them myself so that I could write about them in this blog post, as a result I'll be happy with socks!
First up is the Xbox One because the holidays are a time for fun not just working. The Xbox One comes in at around £520 with a game and is obviously one of the two next gen consoles on the market, there are reviews of it all over the web from core gamers, journos and the like so I thought I'd give you some observations about the console itself that they might have missed.
The Kinect sensor is built in and voice commands are really handy as is having the sensor automatically sign you in when you're in the room. What I've noticed though is that the sensor doesn't have to be front on, under the TV or over the TV to work. I have it off angle to the left of my TV since the Kinect's two meter cable doesn't quite reach from our media unit to our TV. The Kinect doesn't always "see" me in the room for a start but starting a game by saying "Xbox go to Forza Motor Sport 5" it seems to be enough to recognise who I am and sign me in.
The games themselves look stunning, Forza Motor Sport 5 has an amazing level of detail in every single frame you see on screen. The bonnet of my shiny Shelby reflects all detail of the oncoming horizon and i get to see little helicopters hovering around the race track as I drive.
The controller is excellent, as you'd expect, but the best thing about it is absolutely the rumble buttons which give great feedback while breaking, accelerating and hitting rumble strips in Forza.
Is it any good in the Datacentre? Well that depends…In the past I've been known to move a sofa into the DC over holidays for the operators, combine that with an Xbox One and you'll probably receive less support calls…
I can't talk highly enough of this device, actually few can and indeed it's been so popular that when the Microsoft Store in the US recently offered a holiday discount taking the device down to $199 it sold out in minutes. The device is now available in the UK and it's *possibly* the best Windows 8.1 device I've ever used. You can find my full review here on my Infrastructuralist blog.
Windows 8.1 is great on this device, really snappy thanks to a quad core Intel Atom, which also supports any desktop app you want. I find it works really well as a Sonos controller in my house as a result. It obviously also means you can use apps like iTunes that aren't available on Android tablets for example. I don't and I use Xbox music but some people are hooked on other music platforms (sidebar: devices are important, apps are important but it's the music infrastrucutre and data that people want access too).
The Venue 8 Pro ticks all the boxes for me because:
IS it any good for the IT Pro? Yes, it runs Windows 8.1 which means I can carry the RSAT around with me and remotely manage anything I want. It's the best tablet in the world for this, right now in my opinion.
What the heck is it? Well I am a man of many gadgets and it's good for many of my gadgets, it's a USB cable to connect device. One of the things I always have to have in my kit bag is a micro-USB cable to charge my Nokia 925 phone and my Dell Venue 8 Pro before this bit of kit though one thing has always troubled me. Cable length!
I don't need a 2m cable or even a 1m cable to charge my phone. Very often I only need a tiny, weeny 1 inch cable to do the job and that's what the Spider II provides but for lots of devices. It comes with Apple Lighting, iPhone and Micro-USB so it can connect anything that most people have in their pockets. It also comes with a tactility pleasing rubber case emblazoned with a Windows logo.
I've also started packing one of these into my every day kit and it's something I'll be packing into Christmas stockings a plenty. Just like the Spider II it has an iPhone and Micro0USB charging adapter but that's not this things strength. One of the big problems with tablets and ultrabooks for me is a lack of USB ports and this device helps out there.
This device has a pass through USB port for power and it has a Micro-SD slot built in. As a result I can always connect some storage and be able to power my devices.
It's getting cold out there folks, it's time to take some coffee with you but it's going to get cold … enter the flask.
So you've probably guessed by now that I'm not going to review the flask and that the last three items in this article aren't the usual types of gadgets I look at…but it's Christmas (other holidays are available) and so I'm going to give away a Spider II, a Lotus F1 Team USB charger and a Microsoft Branded Heat Retaining Aluminium Flask to three randomly selected folks who retweet this article with the following tweet and also follow me on twitter - @simonster* competition closes on the 10th of January, three lucky winners will be notified after, please refer to the T&C's below.
Just two small steps needed to win:
Step 1 - Follow myself on twitter - @simonster
Step 2 - Tweet: "I'm asking Santa for some gadgets, having read @Simonster's 'Five Gadgets to ask Santa for' on the @TechNetUK blog: http://aka.ms/gadgetsanta"
*you need to follow me so I can get your mailing address and contact the winners!
**Just to be really clear I'm not giving you my Xbox One or Dell Venue 8 Pro!!
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Active Directory is the source of identity in the enterprise and iOS devices should be identified in and by AD in order to provide access to resources, in this article published on WServer News I explain the process of supporting iOS devices in your AD DS with Windows Server 2012 R2 and the Device Registration Service.
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It's that time of year again. Tech gifts are set to be the most popular this year again (after socks) and tablets are top of that tech gifts list. When you get back to work lots of your users will have shiny new Android, iOS and Windows devices that they'll probably bring to the office. Some will use them as a distraction from work but many will want to use them to enable working in new ways. Not only that but this year it's not just the tech trendsetters that will be getting tablets, it's everyone at all levels in your organisation. Some people will just leave those devices at home for a start but some won't and that will encourage more and more people to start bringing them into the office. It's probably not tenable to just ban them outright any more – this season will put pay to that ability for most I think. So what can you do? We have two months and a few small upgrades might get you right to where you need to be.
1. Email
There can be no doubt that for almost every organisation on the planet email is the number one productivity, communications, CRM, sales, marketing and lol cat tool in our arsenal. If you're going to spot a crunch point this will be it. If you're running your email on-premises still it might be time to start considering a move to the cloud and my personal, favourite approach here is to go hybrid.
Enabling a BYOD solution for your business at enterprise scale is going to mean you'll have more and more people wanting to connect more and more devices to your email servers. Within Microsoft we have a limit of 10 which I recently found myself exceeding. Following this year's holiday buying fest it's quite likely that any individual might have: a mobile phone, a small tablet (7-8 inch, a present this year from the other half), a larger tablet (10 inch, bought last year as a present to themselves), a company provided laptop, a hot desk computer (only for when the user forgets their laptop). All those devices are going to "require" email access to make them useful. Of course this is also the tip of the iceberg, next year it'll be wearables.
Moving the email boxes of users who are entering a BYOD program over to Office 365 and leaving those with more traditional requirements on-premises could be a really smart move. Office 365 gives you this option like no other cloud email service can, integrating into your existing Exchange infrastructure providing that seamless familiar experience that users are used to. It's too much to go into deep detail in this article about next steps but there are plenty of guides around the web.
2. Work Place Join, Enterprise Registration
The chances are that you know who everyone in your company is, what they do and what they should have access to do. The same is probably also true of your company owned laptops and desktops. The reason is of course that these people and devices have accounts within Active Directory (AD) and those accounts then let you specify what those users and computers are allowed to do and what resources they are allowed to access.
Of course not all devices are created equal, they don't all run Windows today and even if they do with BYOD they might not be members of your domain, known to AD. Essentially they are ghosts, visible but at the same time hidden. Within the Windows Server 2012 R2 wave we have a feature that helps us manage those ghosts and pull away their white sheet of invisibility, making them known to AD. The feature is the Device Registration Service otherwise commonly known as Workplace Join. This feature is complemented in Windows 8.1 with the ability to workplace join the device and iOS also has a similar ability, although the UI isn't as slick. When a device is registered by the Device Registration service a few things happen, first an identity is created for the device within AD with a unique GUID (device names Aren't-used per-se, although it is an attribute of the record) because a device can be enrolled multiple times, potentially by different people. Second a certificate is issued to the device to identify it. Now that our device is known to AD there is all sorts we can do to given the device.
To deploy Device Registration you'll need to deploy Windows Server 2012 R2, deploy the Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) role, update the schema, issue some certificates and make some DNS changes. There's a good guide to building this out in a lab here.
3. Publish your internal sites, externally, safely
Not all your internal websites are the most secret things your company has to offer. The intranet might have some proprietary information on it but you could still publish it securely and safely to people. Especially since we now know not only who they are but from what device they're connecting. Going hand in hand with deploying AD FS in Windows Server 2012 R2 is going the new Web Application Proxy role which takes internal resources and publishes them externally safely using either claims based auth (AD FS) or pass through auth.
Using rules for those published services, called relying parties in AD FS parlance, it's possible to restrict the level of access over those published services using authorization rules that take a look at the claims an incoming request is making. Those claims can include device claims, so we can easily publish our intranet and create a rule that says if this device isn't registered with AD don't let the connection through, if the device is registered with AD and the user is allowed access to the intranet then allow the request.
It's actually the Web Application Proxy that publishes the enterprise registration service mentioned previously out to the internet. The Web Application Proxy also acts as an AD FS proxy allowing you to keep your AD FS server inside your network and taking these two services and linking them with Office 365 we can easily develop a single sign on environment.
4. Device Governance
It's tough to require the ability to control all aspects of an individual's personal device, in fact in some places it may soon contravene the law to remote wipe someone's device without their permission, something you may want to do for example when they level the company. The idea of "governance" however is to allow access to specific resources – such as applications or remote help, once the individual has allowed you specific access to their devices.
With this power comes the responsibility to not do such things as wholesale wipe their device. Once a device has been workplace joined we have the ability to start to selectively wipe the corporate aspects of their device. For example we could revoke the certificate that we placed on their device when they workplace joined. If they pulled any data down to their device and we've encrypted it with EFS, we would then be able to break the chain of trust that allows the device to access said data. Likewise we can do the same for sideloaded corporate apps.
5. Data Governance
It would be nice if we all knew all of the data inside our organisations. Sadly we don't, especially when we consider the data explosion and how much data we will be storing in the future (I think storage space is like your salary: the more you earn the more you spend; the more storage you have the more you use!) Our users aren't much good at managing their data either – they generally don't understand ACLs and how to correctly permission their data. It would be far better if there were a better, more automatic way. Thankfully there is…
Windows Server 2012 introduced Dynamic Access Control (DAC) and dynamic file classification through File Server Resource Manager (FSRM). Essentially this means that, given some rules, we can have our file servers look at the data they are hosting and apply access controls based upon the content of that data. For example we could look at all the Word documents on our file share and if they contain something that looks like a credit card number (using RegEx) we can classify the files as only for the eyes of people in our customer finance department (this is just file classification not DAC). The DAC part of the equation comes into play when we start to use those applied classifications in addition to the claims being made by the party accessing the files.
The party accessing the files is going to be a user, but the device that the user is using to access the files could vary. In Windows Server 2012 we could take a devices identity in AD (the computer account) and decide that only users with a specific OS can access the files. Now that we have device registration in play too we can not only do this for Windows devices that are domain joined but also for Windows devices and iOS devices that are workplace joined. The upshot being that we could allow Jane from Finance access to a file with a credit card number in only from her Windows 8.1 domain joined device but not from her iOS device unless she registers the device and we therefore have the ability to track the data. All of this has been done without IT needing to understand the specific document or the specific device she used.
Hopefully this article has been a little thought provoking. It's probably a very big ask for you to get this stuff into production in time for the holidays but at least you can start to think about building a lab to try this out with those devices that Santa leaves for you. You'll need some lab guides, and the Windows Server 2012 R2 and Windows 8.1 Enterprise Evals to be able to do just that – luckily it's all free to try, our present to you.
The iconic kickstand a better, full HD screen, lighter form factor and superior sound make Simon May, Microsoft Evangelist, rather obviously fall in love with the new Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2 devices. But are they good for the IT guy.
Last week I was lucky enough to be one of the first people to go "hands on" with the new Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2 devices from Microsoft. As always this series is about writing about what they're like for IT Pros which I'll get onto in a few lines but before I do let me tell you how I use my current Surface devices. Currently I only own a Surface RT, actually I own three of them and two are for demo purposes. My main Surface device spends most of its time sat by the sofa and it's used for casual non-work stuff but it's also used heavily for commuting. For the times I go into London to for work I only take my surface, I don't need anything else for emails, for meetings, for blogging or my general day to day non-technical work. Surface RT is the perfect device for this because it's light and I don't need to charge it. I also have an Android tab sat there, invariably I prefer Surface RT.
Surface 2
Let's start off looking at the new Surface 2 then which runs Windows RT. The very first thing I noticed when I grabbed the device was how much lighter it feels than the Surface RT, I am sure there's not much of a weight difference but it's enough to be noticeable. The very next thing I did was to try the iconic kick stand, it feels as solid as the Surface RT with that pleasing spring when it gets to the end of its movement but the kickstand can be pulled to make it move a smidge further and provide a flatter working angle. I moved the kickstand to the second position and I was quite surprised about how that affected by ability to type. With the first position and on the Surface RT it's pretty cumbersome to type on screen, with Surface 2 the kick stand position makes it easy to type with both hands –almost touch type.
My very next move was to power the device up and log in to set it up. Immediately I noticed how sharp the 1080p screen is compared with the 720p screen is on the Surface RT which just made the Surface logo that little bit smoother. It's also noticeable on the labels on live tiles which are just that little bit more readable. Personally I prefer to have more tiles so I quickly set my Surface 2 to display 4 and the 1080p screen handles that really nicely too. Within about 10 minutes my apps had started to sync down too so I jumped onto twitter which did exactly what you'd expect on a 1080p screen. Wanting to test the screen more I popped into the Windows Store and installed the 500px app to view some beautiful photography. I have to say the clarity of the screen, the contrast of the colours everything about the screen makes it wonderful to look at.
Office Work
Taking a look at the desktop to use the Microsoft Office apps also didn't disappoint me. The higher resolution makes office just that little bit nicer to work with which I think is possibly because it's slightly more congruous with the display on my Asus Zenbook Prime, things just seem to be the right dimensions.
Everything starts to feel snappier around the interface than my Surface RT with apps loading just that little bit more quickly. Overall I found the Surface 2 to be a pretty great improvement over the Surface RT for me, I'll probably be buying my own. Sometimes people say to me that it's not a great device for IT Pros because it doesn't run desktop apps, I however find that it does almost everything I need for short periods and does much better than anything else I've ever used for such. I have easy access to PowerShell and to Remote Desktop and in fact though remote desktop I deliver a couple of apps I need occasionally (like the RSAT) using Remote App and they basically feel like native tools.
Another thing I like, which is actually a Windows 8 feature is the ability to wipe my device. The device I used for this review wasn't mine, was not going to be mine and other people needed to use it, so I used the reset ability of Windows 8 to just reset the device and take away all my customizations before I handed it off. Very handy for recycling your old Surface RT device I thought.
Surface Pro 2 for the Professional
Next I was onto taking a look at the Sur face Pro 2, a colleague had signed into this device first and it was setup with their Microsoft Account. The very first thing I did was play a movie trailer from Xbox video, not so that I could see the screen – it's 1080p just like the Surface Pro, but so I could the sound. The Surface Pro 2 and actually the Surface 2 have Dolby audio built in and wow do they sound good! The sound is excellent and probably the best of any tablet device since they have two speakers (lots of tablets only have one – aka Mono) but Surface has multiple drivers and sounds superb. I could happily use the Surface Pro 2 as music device or to watch whole movies on.
I wanted to give the USB 3 on the device a try so I moved a huge amount of data over from a USB3 memory stick and transfer speeds averaged about 34mbs. Copying from the Surface 2 to the stick managed a similar average transfer speed, so we can tick the "it just works" box. I also ran some benchmarks on the device and it out performed by new laptop (Asus Zenbook Prime) in almost every way from drive speed, 3D graphics performance and various CPU tests. I have to say it was impressive in every respect and obviously a total laptop replacement for an IT Pro – with this you'd only need one device for everything in your life – even a little bit of virtualisation!


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Cessna Aircraft celebrated the roll-out of its first production Citation Sovereign – with upgrades to technologies, range and performance – on Monday.
About 200 employees gathered to recognize the milestone.
It's a significant achievement, said Kelly Reich, Cessna business leader for the Citation Sovereign and the Citation X.
"It shows we're ready to start delivering airplanes as soon as we receive the TC (type certificate)," Reich said.
Cessna announced the upgrades to the $18.1 million midsize jet in October at the National Business Aviation Association's annual meeting in Orlando.
The upgraded 8- to 12-passenger jet Sovereign received a good reception at the show, Reich said.
"People recognized that we've taken a great airplane and made it better," he said. "That's gone very well with the customer base."
The project is important to Cessna given the competitive environment for business jets, Ron Draper, Cessna senior vice president for the integrated supply chain, told employees at the celebration.
They overcame challenges on the program, including some supplier delays, which ultimately could have delayed the project, Draper said.
But "we didn't want to do that," Draper told employees. "I appreciate your hard work and your flexibility."
The Sovereign is expected to receive certification and begin deliveries in the third quarter of this year.
The Sovereign is Cessna's second-largest business jet, in cabin size, behind the Citation X.
The plane will come down the production line with Cessna's Citation Latitude, which shares a wing, tail, avionics and engine.
The line will be flexible to meet the mix of orders between the two models, Reich said.
The upgraded Sovereign will have a range of 3,000 nautical miles, an increase of 150 nautical miles over the previous Sovereign.
It features a new cockpit with Garmin G5000 avionics and a new Pratt & Whitney PW306D engine.
It also will have improved short runway performance, automatic throttles, winglets and improved ground cooling performance, Cessna said.
Since the Sovereign was introduced in 2004, Cessna has delivered 345 Sovereigns to customers.


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- A step-by-step guide that goes beyond theory and into practice
- Learn how to overcome hurdles that might pop up along the way when using RestKit
- Learn how to integrate new frameworks into an existing app
Book DetailsLanguage : English
Paperback : 118 pages [ 235mm x 191mm ]
Release Date : September 2013
Author(s) : Taras Kalapun
Topics and Technologies : All Books, Application Development, Open Source
Table of ContentsPreface
Chapter 1: Getting Started
Chapter 2: Modeling and Loading Remote Objects
Chapter 3: Persistence with Core Data
Chapter 4: Advanced Stuff
Appendix A
Appendix B
- Chapter 1: Getting Started
- Simple usage example
- So what is RestKit?
- Why RestKit?
- RestKit components
- How it works?
- Adding RestKit and libraries
- MongoHQ – a MongoDB in clouds
- Trying basic stuff
- Object mapping fundamentals
- Data modeling
- Summary
- Chapter 2: Modeling and Loading Remote Objects
- Object Manager
- Sending requests with object manager
- Integrating with UI and DRYing the table view
- Requesting related objects
- RESTful object manipulation
- Routing inside out
- Entering data in forms
- Summary
- Chapter 3: Persistence with Core Data
- Setting up a database
- Database
- Collection
- Configuring
- Magical Record
- Mogenerator
- Mapping
- Integrating with UI
- Database seeding
- Indexing and searching
- Summary
- Chapter 4: Advanced Stuff
- Reachability
- Logging
- Error mapping
- Metadata mapping
- Advanced object mapping techniques
- Batching operations
- Paginating results
- Authorization
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- OAuth 2.0
- SSL and certificates
- HTTP caching
- Background processing
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- Learn how REST web services work
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RestKit is an iOS framework for streamlining communication with web services, and it relies on the AFNetworking library that is used by thousands of app developers. It has an interface that is elegant and well designed, and it provides a powerful object-mapping engine that integrates well with the CoreData database. RestKit for iOS will teach you everything from loading a simple list of objects to creating a fully-featured app.
RestKit for iOS delivers constructive tools and insights into app development that will benefit any app developer. The book starts with a simple example and then moves on to more complex ones as your knowledge increases. By the end of the guide, you will be able to build a fully-featured app that uses RESTful web services and performs CRUD object manipulation.
RestKit for iOS will provide you with all the information you need to boost the development process of both simple and complex apps. Once you have executed a simple example and reviewed the basic theory, you will move on to more advanced concepts with descriptions of real-life scenarios and how to overcome bottlenecks. RestKit for iOS is full of real-life examples that show you how to simplify data loading, basic and advanced object mapping, metadata mapping, and routing. This book also teaches you about routing, RESTful object manipulation and synchronization, integration with the user interface, and caching
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Mac Miller says that he and Pharrell will resume working on their "Pink Slime" projest soon.
"We actually just talked a couple days ago," Mac Miller says during an interview with Rolling Stone. "I'm going to go see him [in Miami] and we're going to finish it and put it out. Because the shit's ill and people want it. We both had pretty wild years. We gotta do it." The duo released the song "Onaroll" the next day.
In April, Miller said he needed to work on his own material before he resumed working with Pharrell.
"The Pink Slime with Pharrell was the next move for awhile,"Miller said at the time." "So I was going down there [to Miami, Florida]. We were working. I just realized it wasn't time to do that yet, the Pharrell project. Before I take my brand and mix it with Pharrell's, I want to solidify what my brand is first. So I want to do my album first."
Now that Miller released his Watching Movies With he Sound Off" album in June, he says it won't take long for the two to complete Pink Slime.
"All we gotta do it sit down for a few days and knock out songs," Miller said to Rolling Stone, adding that he enjoys recording in Miami. "It's refreshing. [In L.A.] I'm in this dungeon, my little cave that's this weird-ass looking place that I just live in. And then to go to Miami, it's just so nice to see natural light and a pool and happy things. It's good."
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The conservative mind hates revision because it often exposes previously held beliefs to the bright light of truth where myth and story wither. In the case of our nation's early history, an unbiased look tells of genocide and exploitation masked as manifest destiny.
Who founded this great country?
I would propose the vast majority were the ne'er-do-wells who could not make a run of it in Europe. They offered their services to the merchant and aristocracy classes in the purely commercial venture of indenture. For who would brave disease and discomfort of a monthlong sea voyage in a rickety worm-eaten hulk, with the high probability of death by drowning in a sinking?
It is he who has nothing, no land, no property to hold on to, no established wealth ... the ne'er-do-well. The church and the brothel arrived hand in hand to service those vagabonds.
Our first exports were demon rum, white sugar and the habituating vice, tobacco. All of these trades required vast quantities of human slaves, and we had destroyed the native populations with our diseases, several Caribbean races already extinct. We imported slaves, human property, actually something much less than human. Soon, there were many times more African slaves than white Christians in the population.
When the Mayflower finally put in to shore, earlier than anticipated and at an undesirable location, it was because they had run out of beer. The good Pilgrims and, later, the Puritans in Massachusetts, pillorying their daughters and wives at the stake as witches, established a state religion and drove out anyone with opposing beliefs.
William Roberts did not think the Puritan State should dictate a man's beliefs and was forced out. That is how we got Rhode Island. Anne Hutchison and Thomas Hooker were similarly driven out, and they, too, formed new colonies — again ne'r do wells and outcasts, heretics outside the sheltering arms of Christianity.
The Catholics, hated by the Protestants and forbidden to enter any of the colonies, petitioned the King of England to create the colony Maryland to avoid the other Christians' prosecutions.
In conclusion, the vast majorities of people in the colonies were mostly slaves, indentured servants, adventure seekers, expatriated British and French paupers, most here to make some money and exploit the riches of the wilderness. A few were heretics not considered Christian and were really just trying to avoid the Christians.
As for our Founding Fathers, they went out of their way to make this a secular, not Christian, nation. A simple read of the Constitution shows this truth. Everyone should be open to revision as facts reveal themselves. Science is that way. Conservatives, by definition, are not. "Liberal" derives from liberty, freedom from old thinking and worn-out ways and freedom to accept a new reality.
I got most of this information from an old fifth-grade U.S. history book. It is common knowledge and should come as no surprise.
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A good rant is cathartic. Ranting is what keeps me sane. They always come from a different place. Take the prime minister, for example. Sometimes when I rant about him, I am angry; other times, I am just severely annoyed - it's an important distinction. - Rick Mercer
"I think I saw what happens next It was just a glimpse of you Like looking through a window Or a shallow sea Could you see me? And after all this time It's like nothing else we used to know After all the hangers-on are done Hanging on to the dead lights Of the afterglow" Afterlife - Arcade Fire


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Get ready: neighborhood restaurant Persimmon could reopen as soon as February, according to a DC Eater report.
The restaurant closed in July for renovations and had planned to reopen in October. Delays have pushed the opening, but a restaurant spokesperson told DC Eater that Persimmon should reopen its doors soon.
"Persimmon hopes to re-open by the end of January but it could be February, unexpected set backs always happen with renovations," Megan Darnall told DC Eater. "It is looking good so far and we are anxious to get back up and running as soon as possible."
When the decade old restaurant reopens, customers should see changes including a brighter interior and a more relaxed atmosphere. Specifically, there should be no tablecloths, foods will be served in smaller portions and dishes will be less extravagant.
"We're trying to take some of the stuffiness out of the place," Damian Salvatore, who runs Persimmon with his wife, Stephanie, told Bethesda Magazine this summer.


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The Purpose of God's Grace
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John Murray, a great Reformed ethicist and theologian (d. 1975), said that the difference between right and wrong can sometimes be a razor's edge. Since this distinction can be so fine, it is very important that we study Scripture ...Read More
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Dr. John MacArthur comments on today's passage that in Gethesemane, Jesus "was consciously, deliberately, and voluntarily subjugating all His human desires to the Father's perfect will" (The MacArthur Bible Commentary, p. 1327). This is one of the things ...Read More
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Kentucky Basketball Recruiting: Early Signing Period Last Minute News on Alex Poythress, Amile Jefferson, Gary Harris & Jarnell Stokes
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Per multiple sources [ESPN and Cats Pause ($)], 5* big man Robert Carter from Thomasville, GA now has an offer from Kentucky. Carter will debut on the next 2012 Big Board and joins a logjam of big men that could potentially don a Wildcats uniform in 2012. Here's a short YouTube clip of Carter (#24) and AAU teammate Chris Walker (#23), also a Kentucky target for the class of 2013.
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In most Estonian cities including the capital, Tallinn, interesting sites, restaurants and hotels are often so close to each other that it's only a short walk between them. However some journeys need taxis and as they are usually cheap, why not indulge in one from time to time? In January 2009 Tallinn taxis reduced their prices by 10% to try to encourage more use of them.
For many years Tallinn taxis had a deservedly poor reputation. Too many foreigners were cheated and even Estonians sometimes had to argue to pay the correct fare. The situation is now much better: local journalists pose as gullible foreigners to catch out drivers who still try to cheat.
In Tallinn, all taxis for hire on the street now have their prices marked clearly displayed on the rear passenger-side window in English and will provide, if asked, a receipt for any journey taken, based on the meter reading.
Typical Taxis Fares (Approximate and vary from company to company)
|Tallinn Centre to Port
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|Tallinn Centre to Airport
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|Tallinn Centre to Open Air Museum
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|Tallinn Centre to Paldiski
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In other towns, taxis are always available at the bus or railway stations and often at another obviously central point, such as beside the Town Hall. The starting fare is usually under 2 EUR. Longer city trips are unlikely to amount to more than 5-7 EUR.
The rates charged will, to some extent, depend on the size and age of the car. In Tallinn, as in London, quite a lot of money can be also saved by phoning a taxi company in advance. Most operators speak basic English, but you may find it easier to ask a local person to phone in Estonian or Russian.


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Ospreys Rugby offers the opportunity to associate your brand or company with some if the most recognisable players in Europe...
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Rabat: immersion in the city's historic medina
Each student lives for six weeks with a Moroccan family in Rabat. The family is the center of life in Morocco, and most activities take place in the private sphere. As mealtimes are very important in Morocco, the program's schedule allows students to share most lunches and dinners with their host families.
All host families live in Rabat's centuries-old medina where most homes are in the Andalusian style, incorporating a courtyard and shared bathroom. Host families live as part of a larger community; most residents know everyone within that shared community, and students quickly become a part of the neighborhood's communal life and are greeted by neighbors and shopkeepers.
Through interactions and shared experiences with members of their host family, students become better accustomed to the sounds, tones, and gestures of Arabic. They also experience Moroccan multilingualism, as many Moroccans commonly speak two or more languages.
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Students experience a short homestay with a traditional Moroccan family in a village in the area of Ouezzane. During their stay, students complete a community service project with a local NGO; go shopping in the local souk accompanied by their Arabic instructors; and learn about weaving, Moroccan costumes, and Sufism. These activities give students the opportunity to practice their Arabic in new contexts.
The program usually concludes with a festive farewell dinner featuring a live musical performance to thank the host families.
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A friend recently asked if I thought his parents should see a geriatrician. Both in their 90s, they have multiple medical ailments and have had difficulty managing these conditions, as treatment for one affects another. They are treated by a number of medical specialists but no one physician is "captaining the ship," and as a result, there have been numerous visits to the emergency department due to symptoms that could have been prevented.
Most primary care practices are seeing an increase in the number of older persons that they treat. The main problem internists see in caring for older patients include the time that it takes to address multiple medical and social problems with both the patient and their family member or caregiver. There is a lot to talk about and these visits can take twice as long as a visit with a younger patient. And, as much as we are loathe to admit it, there can be ageism in medicine – which can result in some complaints being dismissed and potentially avoidable issues become major problems.
Hospitals are recognizing that the care of older individuals requires special expertise. Many have developed distinct emergency departments for the care of the elderly and have designed inpatient units (often called ACE or Acute Care for the Elderly) specifically geared to the needs of an older population.
There are many reasons that an older person might seek the care of a geriatrician. Here are a few:
Geriatricians recognize that many diseases that come with aging may not be amenable to cures. So, many geriatricians focus on preventing issues from becoming more complex and on how older people can function better (have a good quality of life) notwithstanding their medical situation. This may eliminate putting an older person through expensive and potentially dangerous tests that may not change any care regimen.
The physical exam given by a geriatrician may also include tests for mental status, balance issues and others not usually included in a visit to the internist. Geriatricians can pick up on "cues" given by older patients that may be indicative of a larger problem – and they are more sensitized to these cues than general physicians. Often geriatricians will be involved in getting a patient meals at home to assure proper nutrition, treat loneliness issues and mitigate complex family dynamics since medical and social problems often become interrelated as we age.
Geriatricians have specific knowledge about which medications might be fine in a younger person but could cause a problem in the elderly. For example, some antihistamines like Benadryl can make an older person so drowsy and dizzy that they may fall and possibly break a hip. Medications can also interact differently in older people and the dosage might be different than those for a younger person.
Often, I receive calls from children of clients whose parent was brought to the emergency department after a fall and is confused and delirious. While they are undergoing an extensive workup, I ask if anyone checked for symptoms of a urinary track infection and/or dehydration as these can often present as confusion in the elderly and it is the confusion that leads to the fall....and so on. (I know I am not a physician but I have seen this happen far too often.)
Choosing a physician is a personal decision. Regardless of whether you seek the care of an internist or geriatrician, make sure that you see someone who takes the time to really listen to what you are telling them, understands how our bodies and the world we live in can work and should work together as we age and who is able to communicate with you, your family and other members in the system.


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4:14pm Wednesday 15th August 2012 in Business By Morwenna Blake
A NEW non-executive director has joined the board of Wessex Water Services Limited.
Dame Fiona Reynolds, who has been director general at the National Trust for 12 years, was appointed by the firm's board earlier this month. She will take over as chairman of the company's sustainability panel and stakeholder forum from environmental freelance writer and broadcaster Jonathon Porritt, who was on the board for seven years.
She said: "I am delighted to be joining Wessex Water, which I have long admired as at the forefront of sustainable water management. Water is our most precious resource and our water resources are under threat from climate change. "
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OKTAHA — The Canadian Lady Cougars started Tuesday's game against the Oktaha Lady Tigers flat. Canadian looked sluggish, awkward and at times even disinterested.
Against team that's lost just once this season, playing that way usually leads to disaster.
The Lady Tigers scored 22 points in the first quarter, dominating the Lady Cougars in essentially every element of the game before finally beating the Lady Cougars, 69-41, in Tuesday's season finale in Oktaha.
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Channel Islands Chamber Orchestra to perform Saturday and Sunday
The Channel Islands Chamber Orchestra will have concerts Saturday and Sunday.
Saturday's concert will be at 3 p.m. at Camarillo United Methodist Church, 291 Anacapa Drive.
Sunday's concert will be at 3 p.m. at First United Methodist Church of Ventura, 1338 E. Santa Clara Ave.
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If you are looking for a unique way to get in shape, try a "Boot Camp" workout.
It started around 2000 in California, with celebrities taking "Boot Camp" fitness classes to get in shape for movie roles.
The trend moved east, and now you can find these courses in the Madison area.
It is not like the military boot camp that may come to mind, and personal trainer Dustin Maher is not your average Drill Sargeant.
"I'm a pretty laid back guy, in your face screaming."
His boot camp is a combination of cardiovascular training, strength training, flexibility and team dynamics. He uses the environment from playground equipment - to rocks and hills.
Boot camps appeal to people either burned out by the gym or who might be intimidated by working out in the gym alone. He says the team energy makes these participants work harder than they would on their own.