text: Latest News IDOC's 2014 Optometric Business Conference Topics to Include AMD, ACA and the Economy By Staff Wednesday, January 15, 2014 12:18 AM ATLANTA—Eyecare professional alliance, Independent Doctors of Optometric Care (IDOC) will present an international Fulbright scholar and expert on age-related macular degeneration, a chief economist with Morgan Stanley and an authority on the Affordable Care Act at the 2014 Optometric Business Conference to be held at The Loews Hotel here, April 3 to 6, 2014. All independent optometrists and their staffs are welcome to attend. Professor John M. Nolan, PhD, from Waterford, Ireland, will provide the latest information on age-related macular degeneration, including his research on the nutritional and preventative approach that optometrists can adopt in their practices to provide better patient care. This session will also include how the latest technology in protecting patients against the harmful effects of blue light can be integrated into the practice, significantly impacting patient outcomes and practice revenue. Also speaking on the blue light topic will be IDOC CEO, Mark S. Feder, OD; Alan Berger, MD; and Gary Morgan, OD. In addition, a leading Morgan Stanley economist will discuss key financial issues facing every business owner. Feder explained why this information is crucial for ODs: "It is critical that independent optometrists are informed about the forecasted economic changes for 2014 and beyond, if their businesses are to survive. There is so much uncertainty today as a business owner—from tax changes and a sluggish economy to the implications of the health care law, every business owner risks being negatively impacted if he or she isn't prepared. We feel obligated to deliver this information to the independent optometrist as part of IDOC's ongoing efforts to protect the industry." Another session will feature a thorough update of the Affordable Care Act, including the final enrollment statistics, initial successes and setbacks in the rollout, as well as a projection forward as to how 2014 and beyond will play out for vision care providers. Other speakers during the conference will include Mark Wright, OD, FCOVD; Craig Steinberg, OD, JD; Carole Burns, OD, FCOVD; and communication strategist, Mark Hinton; on topics including "A Cross-Examination of Legal Topics Every OD Should Know," "Creating a Digital Marketing Strategy for Your Practice," "Evaluating Recall Systems," and "Key Points for a Robust Sunglass Strategy." Exhibits, networking opportunities and new study group sessions will round out the event. Online registration is currently open.


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Just recently I took Jack to our local Toddler group where we have been a few times before. For the second hour of the session Libby from Smart Talkers came and did some singing and signing with the little ones. I joined in enthusiastically, singing and attempting to remember the signs whilst Jack played in the ball pool and fought for his turn on the ride on train! I thought he wasn't taking much notice of the singing & signing but hoped he would in the weeks to come.
On the car journey home, still with the tune of 'Twinkle Twinkle' and 'Baa Baa Black Sheep' in my head I absent-mindedly began to sing, and Jack joined in! So for the week since then I have been singing to Jack, not to get him to sleep, more of a distraction - he looks at me like I am some kind of freak, but it works - he sits on the potty for more than 2 seconds whilst we reel off 'Twinkle Twinkle', 'Baa Baa Black Sheep' and 'Wind the bobbin up' and when he starts shouting & screaming in the car I just start singing, and Jack joins in.
It's only been a week, but our almost daily singing has paid off, at the weekend he highly amused Grandma with his rendition of 'inkle inkle, ittle dar', and his speech has come on in leaps and bounds, so however bad you may think your singing voice is, don't worry, it really can't be as bad as mine.......and my little one loves it!


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Happy St. Patrick's Day! Are you feeling LUCKY? Good, because I'm sending some luck your way today! A bunch of bloggers and I have gotten together to give away a Nikon D3100 AND a 35mm lens to go with it!
I have this camera, and that lens. They are both amazing! I got my Nikon back in October and have not looked back at all. I got the 35mm lens for Christmas and, well. I am LOVING it and I know you will too!
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We have bought a house which needs building and electrical work.
While it is being gutted , plastered and decorated, now is the time to upgrade your sockets and cables etc.,
The problem is I don't know where to start.
1. As many double sockets as you can in each wall of the rooms
2. Cat6 cables in each room( absolutely no idea how this will be used) but have read about them in various forums.
3. TV on the fireplace with sky connection in future with blu ray player, home entertainment system in the lounge. But I would like music /programme to be listened in the kitchen and snug room. How can this be achieved? Would like to invest in good home entertainment system.
What are your views about ceiling speakers or are there any alternative to this. I know that you can have various control switch when you flick you can change the room you listen.
We are not rewiring as the wires are in good condition but doing everything else.
It has a large lounge, conservatory, dining, snug, study and kitchen downstairs.
I would whole-heartedly recommend Sonos www.sonos.com for distributed audio. It's wireless audio streaming round your house. You can have each room playing different music, or create any combination of groups which will play in perfect sync so you can walk from room to room without any audio discrepancy. We investigated hard-wired audio distribution systems and wireless ones but nothing offered the capability and flexibility of Sonos. There are various speaker options available, from the Sonos-1 up. You can buy a Connect Amp that could power your own ceiling speakers if you like.
One of the major considerations that we had when we were choosing the system was the way that we listen to music. We want to listen to radio, any music we want on demand (e.g. from Napster, Spotify), etc. in any room we want. We don't want to listen to the archive of CDs that we have bought over the years - we can get all that from the online streaming if we want to listen to 80s hits anyway.
You may see posts about the cost - £259 for a Play:3. But think about how much it would be if you bought the components to replicate that - reliable, streaming, synchronised audio, built in Amp, good speakers, wireless and can play pretty much anything you want. If you were to go an Apple route, you wouldn't get the sync, you'd have to buy an AirPlay device, speakers, etc. and have a server serving up the music. You very quickly exceed the £259.
With Sonos, you plug the Bridge (£39 - quite often you can get this thrown in) into your broadband router, and plug your Play:X into a power socket for power. A little configuration and you're off. iPhone, Android, PC, IOS devices can control the music.
Thanks, are the speakers good
My friend has Bose and raves about it but it is not throughout the house.
Also, can you link the smart tv if you are I the lounge.
Sorry I really don't have a clue, my current tv is nearly 18 years old and don't have a proper music system.
I have been putting buying anything off as wanted to go for the best when we buy our next house.
Also, do you need speakers in the ceiling, what does the sound bar do
Oh, I am really excited, don't mind the cost.
As long as the infrastructure is there we can add whenever we can afford it.
Speakers in the ceiling are an option - I don't have any so can't speak for any drawbacks, e.g. sound through to the floor above, etc. You would wire those through to a Connect Amp. They tend to be streamline and there are quite a few on the market - even wall ones that don't even look like speakers. One place where they would be ideal would be the bathroom/en-suite/etc. If you get ones that are suitable for those rooms, you will be able to play whatever you want through them. You could group it with the bedroom one, or have it on its own, etc.
Regarding the smart tv: the Bar will accept the TV's audio as an input so you can push the TV/blu-ray/dvd/sky/etc. audio out through that speaker, plus the Bar will play the stuff that you can play through any other Sonos speaker. So you get high quality sound from the Bar rather than through the TV's speakers. I don't think that it will push the TV audio out to other rooms though - I could be wrong, though.
Bose are good - probably around the same price, but you get so much more with Sonos.
I think there is a limit of 32 sonos devices that you can have on the network. They create their own WiFi mesh network which is separate from the house's main WiFi network, so your music playing won't affect your computer's download speeds and vice-versa.
You can stream music content from servers on your network, online music services such as Napster, Spotify, Deezer, etc., from your iPod/Phone directly (though you probably want to give your iXXX power as it's streaming from the device and will eat your phone's battery). We use Napster as the music service. It's £9.99 per month for unlimited music with no ads - we got 6 months free + free bridge when we bought the first sonos play:3 at the start of the year.
The controllers for sonos (e.g. on Android, iPhone, iPad, PC, Mac, etc) just issue commands to the sonos devices on your network. They don't stream music to the speaker via the phone. That means that you can tell a lounge speaker to play radio 1, the kitchen to play radio 4 and the bedroom to play some 80's hits, then turn your phone off and they would all continue playing. It also means that your phone's battery isn't being drained.
Have a look at the sonos website and read the reviews. Have a look on YouTube - search for "sonos", then you will see some good reviews. Watch Tom Strong's unboxing video - it's really informative. I would recommend watching at least the first 8 results from that search.
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Bernell M. "Bernie" Calderwood, 79, perhaps best-known as "Admiral Bernie" on KSL-TV from 1963-66, died Nov. 2, 2003.
A pioneer in Utah radio and television, he made his first debut in broadcasting at age 4 in 1928 when he played the harmonica on KDYL radio. At age 15 in 1939, he played the xylophone and marimba on the first experimental television telecast in Utah.
His professional premiere was on KMUR radio in 1948 when he started as an announcer. It was there he was first known as "Your Buddy Bernie."
Mr. Calderwood became production director and announcer at KDYL in 1952 and then moved to Salt Lake's Channel 4 TV, where he was a moderator for the Junior Council, a Cowboy Ranger, a Junior Auctioneer and "Captain K.C." for six years and then, on KSL Channel 5, "Admiral Bernie" for many years. He later hosted "The Big Money Movie" on KSL.
"Bernie" wrote other programs and handled public relations at KSL.
"He was just a class guy," KSL-TV anchor Dick Nourse said. "He always had something nice to say. . . . He was the same old Bernie on and off the air."
Nourse also said Mr. Calderwood was the kind of person who left a tender spot in people and that he interacted well with children. "He loved what he did."
Former Deseret News television editor the late Howard Pearson wrote in 1978 that on television Mr. Calderwood was always articulate, fast-talking, enthusiastic and almost glib. Mr. Calderwood told Pearson that his TV hosting roles were fulfilling "because I have the opportunity to bring some friendship, some feeling of community, some feeling of fun without being corny or childish."
"Bernie" attended East High and the University of Colorado. He graduated from the University of Utah with a bachelor's in speech and radio. He served as a Marine in World War II in the South Pacific and worked briefly in advertising. He loved music and played the marimba at many weddings over the years.
Later in life, after several heart surgeries, he became the oldest person to receive a particular experimental device the L-VAD that kept him going for three years.
Funeral services will be Saturday, Nov. 8, 10 a.m., at the Heritage LDS 5th Ward Chapel, 6780 S. 3420 West. Friends may call on Friday, Nov. 7, 6-8 p.m., also at the Heritage Chapel. Burial will be in Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park.


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Washington Hospital welcome Dr. A. Reza Abrishamchian to the cardiac and thoracic specialty team of surgeons at the hospital.
Abrishamchian, a cardiovascular and thoracic surgeon, joined the Cardiothoracic Surgical Department last spring. He is board certified by the American Board of Surgery and the American Board of Thoracic Surgery.
While Abrishamchian offers surgical procedures such as traditional open-heart surgery and valve replacements, he has a special interest in performing minimally invasive cardiothoracic surgical procedures on qualifying patients.
"The minimally invasive approach provides the patient with the opportunity to experience a shorter stay in the hospital, quicker recovery time and will enable them to return to his or her place of employment in half the time of traditional surgery," Abrishamchian said. "Minimally invasive procedures are discussed and offered to my patients who medically qualify. During our consultation, we will determine if my patient is a candidate for this type of procedure."
Recently, Abrishamchian conducted a minimally invasive procedure on a marathon runner. The runner's passion became complicated when he started experiencing symptoms such as severe shortness of breath. After the consultation, it was determined that the patient suffered from severe blockage of the aortic valve, which regulates the flow from one of the four chambers of the heart into the aorta, which is the body's largest artery.
"He was in need of an aortic valve replacement, requiring open heart surgery, and typically this would call for separating the entire breast bone," said Abrishamchian. However, it was determined that the patient was a candidate for a minimally invasive aortic valve replacement. This method intends to keep the incision size limited to a half, or even a third of the traditional open-heart incision size required, as well as keeping the breast bone intact without separation. The patient did very well during the postoperative period and was discharged home four days after the operation. He had started his return to running before he left the hospital, having already walked one mile in the ICU before discharge. He returned to limited activities within days of the surgical procedure.
To help assist with the recovery of cardiothoracic surgeries, On-Q PainBuster with On-Q® SliverSoaker™ is available.
"I discuss use of this system with my patients. It automatically and continuously delivers a local anesthetic to relieve post-operative pain through an antimicrobial SilvaGard® catheter. This system provides better pain relief than with narcotics alone. Similar to minimally invasive procedures, my patient can experience a more comfortable recovery, faster return to normal activity, and may reduce the stay in the hospital," Abrishamchian said.
"As I meet with many of my patients, they will ask why they are experiencing cardiovascular or thoracic symptoms. There are many factors, ranging from family genetics, lifestyle, weight and active use of tobacco products. I am quick to remind my patients that everything you do to your body matters. We are each responsible for our own health," Abrishamchian noted. He recommends practicing proper eating habits and diet, including the all-important portion control and active lifestyle.
According to Abrishamchian, "There is still a lot that can be done to provide improvements to patient cardiovascular and thoracic care. Since the 1980s we have been donating information to the National Data Bank. This information is then shared with patients as a way to provide the latest information and advancements in patient care. Our goal is to get our patients back up and running."
To set up an appointment with Abrishamchian, contact Three Rivers Cardiac Institute at 724-228-8585 or visit washingtonhealthsystem.org.
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The University of New Brunswick and academic staff say they have reached a tentative agreement in the strike that has kept 10,000 students out of class for more than two weeks.
A joint news release from the university and the union says they are recommending suspension of the walkout after reaching the deal.
The strike began on Jan. 13 with picket lines at campuses in Fredericton, Saint John, Bathurst and Moncton.
The Association of University of New Brunswick Teachers had asked for a 20 per cent wage increase over four years and the university was originally offering 9 per cent.
The union said their requested increase was needed in order for the faculty to catch up with their counterparts elsewhere in Canada.
The joint news release says the two sides have reached a deal on the key issues related to wages and further details will be released by the end of Friday.
The two sides were ordered back to the bargaining table earlier this week by the provincial government and a mediator was brought in.


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SEATTLE — Factories at Boeing Co. were due to start humming again Sunday after Machinists union members voted to end a costly eight-week strike that clipped profits and stalled deliveries by the world's No. 2 commercial airplane maker.
Workers were expected to return Sunday night to Boeing's commercial airplane factories, which have been closed since the Sept. 6 walkout. The strike cost an estimated $100-million a day in deferred revenue and production delays on the company's highly anticipated next-generation passenger jet.
Machinists union members ended their walkout on Saturday by ratifying a new contract. Members of the union, which represents about 27,000 workers at plants in Washington state, Oregon and Kansas, voted about 74 percent in favor of the proposal.
"This contract gives the workers at Boeing an opportunity to share in the extraordinary success this company has achieved over the past several years," Mark Blondin, the union's aerospace coordinator and chief negotiator, said in a union statement.
"It also recognizes the need to act with foresight to protect the next generation of aerospace jobs. These members helped make Boeing the company it is today, and they have every right to be a part of its future," he said.
The union has said the contract protects more than 5,000 factory jobs, prevents the outsourcing of certain positions and preserves health care benefits. It also promises pay increases over four years rather than three, as outlined in earlier offers.
The union members, including electricians, painters, mechanics and other production workers, lost an average of about $7,000 in base due to the strike.
It was the union's fourth strike against Boeing in two decades and its longest since 1995. The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers staged strikes against Boeing for 24 days in 2005, 69 days in 1995 and 48 days in 1989.
"We're looking forward to having our team back together to resume the work of building airplanes for our customers," Scott Carson, Boeing Commercial Airplanes president and chief executive, said in a statement. "This new contract addresses the union's job security issues while enabling Boeing to retain the flexibility needed to run the business … and allows us to remain competitive."
The walkout came amid surging demand for Boeing's commercial jetliners. Chicago-based Boeing, which ranks as the world's second-largest commercial airplane maker after Europe's Airbus, has said its order backlog has swollen to a record $349-billion in value.


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Can't you just feel the sarcasm dripping off that title? Yeah, the less said about this, the better, I think.
Funny thing about drawing comics about my experiences last summer is that it solidifies them in my mind much more than they would have if I'd just let them go by. Which only makes sense. But it means that the bad stuff is just as vivid in my mind as the good stuff. Still, what kind of boring-ass journal comic would this be if everything were sunshine, rainbows, and kitten farts all the time?


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Put Your Company on the Diet
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New York City mayoral candidate and former congressman Anthony Weiner and former is at it again.
Now that he's out of a job, Anthony Weiner has reportedly been approached by various people for work, including 'Entourage' creator Doug Ellin.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, Ellin reached out to Weiner about playing himself on an upcoming episode of the show's eighth and final season.
Rep. Anthony Weiner has reportedly told friends that he will resign from office, a source close to the situation revealed to the NY Times.
The decision was reportedly made after "long discussions" with his wife, Huma Abedin, who returned to the States Tuesday after a trip to Africa with her boss, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
Just when you thought the Anthony Weiner story couldn't get any better, it just did! An online action figure company has jumped on the scandal bandwagon with a doll of the New York congressman in two versions: censored and uncensored.


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Police association backs Rubio
The Seaside Police Officers Association is proud to endorse mayoral candidate Ralph Rubio and Councilman Steve Bloomer. During his previous tenure as mayor, Rubio was a staunch supporter of police programs that directly impact the quality of life for the residents. He is committed to strengthening the Seaside Police Department and has a desire to bring new business to Seaside to help the city regain its footing from the economic downturn.
The association feels Mayor Felix Bachofner has misled the community about police staffing levels. Over the past few years, the department has lost 10 officers, two reserves, two evidence technicians, two record technicians and three jailers. To compensate, specialty positions such as motorcycle patrol, community liaison officer, school resource officer and detective positions have been reassigned to basic patrol duties to maintain minimum public safety services. None of the lost positions has been filled. In the last two months, Seaside has lost two officers who have taken positions with a neighboring city. One reason was the severely damaged relationship between the council and the association.
Through his numerous years on the council, Steve Bloomer has always kept the community interest as his first
priority. He has been a steady influence on the council and understands the community's need for public safety.
Frank Martin
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Opposed to Measure A
Officials of the Pacific Grove Unified School District have published accusations that David Henderson and I, in our commentary of Oct. 30, intentionally misled voters when we claimed that the two "Elementary Library Manager" positions funded by Measures A and X are administrative salaries in violation of those measures.
This accusation is false.
As shown in PGUSD's own records, between 2004-2008 PGUSD spent $31,648 of Measure A revenues and, between 2009-2012, $34,327 of Measure X revenues, for salaries for "2 Elementary Library Manager Positions." (www.pgusd.org/measurea/Parcel_Tax_Expenditures090408.pd and www.pgusd.org/business/business_pdfs/1112_budget/Measure_X_Expenditures_1112.pdf).
According to Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary "administrative" means "of or relating to administration ... EXECUTIVE." "Administration" is defined as "performance of executive duties: MANAGEMENT."
Therefore, the salaries paid to these "Library Managers" was paid for "administrative salaries" in direct violation of Measures A and X. Under these facts, no other conclusion is reasonable.
Instead PGUSD now contradicts its own documents by claiming that their "Library Managers" are really "library support positions" or "library media technicians." This is a transparent artifice designed to sanitize their violations of Measures A and X.
Don't let PGUSD nearly double your Measure X taxes to perpetuate this fiscal abuse. Vote No on Measure A.
Carl Mounteer
Pacific Grove


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From New York City to Chicago to San Francisco, opportunities for accelerated tech training – such as coding bootcamps, massively-open online courses (MOOCs), and more – are introducing real-world software programming skills to students from diverse backgrounds and age groups. These programs enable participants to learn key aspects of computer science, specifically those skills that are in high demand from employers. In coding bootcamps, would-be-coders study throughout the day and often well into the night, with many bootcamps providing after-hours tutoring and support. The value proposition that bootcamps offer is a focus on precisely the skills that are in demand from employers and the ability to deliver those skills in a dramatically shorter time period – typically just nine to twelve weeks – compared to traditional multi-year college education options.
New York Tech Meetup recently convened the first Tech Talent Summit to bring civic leaders from across the New York community into the same room to discuss the goals, barriers, and paths forward in our shared quest to create economic opportunity for the broadest possible array of people. It's an issue that Mayor Bill de Blasio cares deeply about, not to mention the countless non-profits which contribute to workforce development every day. Even the White House had a representative in attendance. Coding bootcamps, in particular, played a key role in the discussion.
Despite investments from the tech industry in efforts to teach children how to code, the present-day "pipeline problem" remains. Bootcamps offer an innovative approach to growing the supply of coders while opening opportunity to groups historically underrepresented in software development jobs. Hackbright, for instance, specifically focuses on teaching women to code, and many bootcamps offer scholarships on the basis of diversity. A promotional video from the Flatiron School captures its approach: "There [are] thousands of ways to write a program and in each of those little differences [is] our individuality. Employers ask: 'Where did you find such great developers?' to which the answer is, 'We didn't find great developers. We found really great people and we just told them how to code.'"
Still, bootcamps are somewhat unknown and face real challenges. With many bootcamps founded just in the past few years, they are still proving their effectiveness and finding their place among an array of educational options – such as community colleges and universities. Human resources departments at potential employers might be unaccustomed to assessing skills in less-traditional ways, meaning that skilled graduates of coding bootcamps might not have access to all of the jobs they could successfully do. To gain broader acceptance, documenting short-term and long-term outcomes will be an important step in proving the effectiveness of bootcamps. Ultimately, best practices are likely to arise that will make the nascent industry stronger and more trustworthy than it is today.
Even now, bootcamps offer many the path to a better life. Some startups are actually more amenable to hiring from bootcamps than from traditional college-based computer science degree programs. However, the tuition price — an average of $9,900, according to Course Report — can be difficult to deliver for many students and sometimes impossible to make upfront, especially because the returns are unclear. And since bootcamps are not accredited educational institutions, it isn't currently possible for participants to access low-interest-rate student loan programs to make the cost more affordable. Anecdotal evidence suggests that graduation rates and post-graduation job placement for well-run bootcamps can be quite high and a number of bootcamps boast average starting salaries well over $70,000 for alumni. But for prospective students, the high cost for an uncertain gain remains a challenge, and in many cases a roadblock. These are the very real challenges that require collaborative efforts from key stakeholders ranging from education systems to governments to non-profits to the tech industry itself.
Here at Microsoft, we recognize the importance of computational thinking, coding skills, and STEM education. That's why we contribute through programs like TEALS and through our support of Code.org. And it is why we're excited to partner with civic leaders here in New York and around the country to spread 21st century skills and opportunity. Because by spreading tech skills we can empower people to make an impact and to lead rewarding lives. Benjamin Franklin is often quoted as saying, "An investment in knowledge pays the best interest." With all due respect to Ben, an investment in skills might pay even better.
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Pending sales of previously owned US homes hit a 2 1/2 year high in November, the National Assn. of Realtors said today, according to Reuters.
More from GlobalPost: New US home sales hit 2-year high
The group found that the number of purchase contracts signed increased 1.7 percent over October, the third month in a row pending sales have increased, the Los Angeles Times reported.
Pending sales were 9.8 percent higher than a year earlier and the highest they've been since the home-buyer tax credit expired in April 2010, Reuters reported.
"Home sales are recovering now based solely on fundamental demand and favorable affordability conditions," NAR chief economist Lawrence Yun said, according to Reuters.
Stable prices, low borrowing costs and fewer foreclosures coming onto the market are pulling consumers back into the real estate market, according to Bloomberg News.
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Pending sales are considered a leading indicator because they track purchase contracts in advance of actual transactions, which are tabulated a month or two later.
The National Assn. of Realtors' data indicates that the housing recovery is continuing to pick up steam even in the face of fiscal uncertainty in the United States, Bloomberg News reported.
"Housing is building some momentum," Ryan Sweet, a senior economist at Moody's Analytics Inc. in West Chester, Pa., told Bloomberg News before the report was released. "There is a growing perception that now is a good time to buy. Prices are starting to tick up, mortgage rates are still rock-bottom and the job market has shown some signs of improvement."


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NASHVILLE, Tenn., Feb. 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Emdeon Inc., a leading provider of revenue and payment cycle management and clinical information exchange solutions, today announced Emdeon ePayment™, its interoperable standards-based technology solution, will be demonstrated during the HIMSS12 Interoperability Showcase at booth 11000 Hall G of the Venetian-Sands Expo Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. Held in collaboration with Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE), the Interoperability Showcase is part of the 2012 HIMSS Conference & Exhibition from February 21-23.
Emdeon will demonstrate the capabilities of Emdeon ePayment, which replaces paper-based claims payments with electronic (EFT) payments that are directly deposited into the provider's bank account, at the Connected Demonstration area. The HIMSS Interoperability Showcase Connected Demonstration area will feature Emdeon ePayment as well as clinical information systems that function in Ambulatory, In-patient, Emergency Care, Chronic Care, Public Health, Clinical Research and other settings. Participants will interconnect their systems and demonstrate how standards-based solutions can process and transmit healthcare information from one entity to another.
Healthcare providers challenged by barriers to health information exchange will be able to connect with healthcare IT companies that are part of the Interoperability Showcase to view their solutions and discuss interoperability issues. In addition, the Interoperability Showcase offers a series of events and activities focused on healthcare IT solutions, including the following:
- Community of Care tours allow Interoperability Showcase attendees to view care settings from the perspective of a patient as they visit multiple health service providers. Each use case will walk the attendee through the patient experience and display an electronic exchange of patient information.
- The Showcase Theater will provide educational presentations from more than 30 industry leaders covering a range of topics including interoperability, IHE, lessons learned and real-world success stories. Tom Turi, vice president of the Emdeon Payment Network, will be presenting information about the use of EFT for healthcare claims payments.
- The HIMSS Live Exchange Theater will feature clinical information systems demonstrations by healthcare providers who use systems grounded in IHE and other standards recognized by the Office of the National Coordinator Office of Standards and Interoperability.
"Emdeon will be part of the interactive exhibit during the HIMSS12 Interoperability Showcase where we can reach out to the healthcare community and connect with key audiences, including current and potential new customers," says Tom Turi. "This is a great way for Emdeon to help healthcare providers and others identify the right solution for their healthcare setting."
- To learn more about Emdeon ePayment, visit www.emdeon.com/epayment.
- For more information, visit the HIMSS12 Interoperability Showcase.
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Right's New Apocalypse
Declining birth rates and aging populations are a concern to countries around the globe. Conservatives have taken to using "demographic winter" as a catch phrase for turning the discussion into another battle in the culture war. For many conservatives, demographic winter—or "birth dearth" as it is sometimes called—is rooted in the rise of feminism, legalized abortion, the acceptance of homosexuality, illegal immigration, the growth of minority populations, and the result of a multi-decade campaign by liberals to undermine "natural law" and the "natural family."
According to Devin Burghart, vice president of the Institute for Research & Education on Human Rights, an organization that tracks and exposes right-wing movements, "'Demographic winter' is a relatively new phrase that describes the old alarmist 'birth dearth' concept—the idea that we're facing declining birth rates which is supposed to portend all sorts of cataclysmic events.
"One particular strand of dearthers," Burghart reports, "led by folks like Pat Buchanan, focuses particularly on the supposed danger of declining birthrates among white people in the United States and Europe, which they argue is leading us towards the impending demise of 'Western Civilization.' Buchanan details the argument in his 2002 book, Death of the West: How Dying Populations and Immigrant Invasions Imperil our Country and Civilization. The concept melds nativism and Islamophobia together with the Christian Right's infatuation with procreation and heterosexuality."
Rachel Tabachnick, an independent researcher who specializes in "end times" narratives, says that in the context of her work, she has found that the term "demographic winter" refers to "the belief that western civilization is in decline and at risk because of lowered birth rates." Often, Tabachnick points out, "This belief is sometimes used to attack gays, feminists, birth control, etc., because of the perceived role they play in reducing birth rates. Some use it in arguments claiming that Islam will take over Europe and other parts of the globe because Muslims are reproducing faster than Christians."
Another strand in the "demographic winter" debate was outlined by Stephen Baskerville, a political science teacher at the conservative evangelical Patrick Henry College and the author of Taken Into Custody: The War Against Fathers, Marriage, and the Family. In a February 2009 article titled "The Dangerous Rise of Sexual Politics" published in the journal The Family in America, Baskerville maintained that "women's liberation, the boldest social experiment ever undertaken in the Western democracies," is responsible for "a massive restructuring of the social order [and] demographic trends that threaten the very survival of Western civilization…"
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In June 2010, the Family Research Council, a Washington, DC-based Christian conservative lobbying group—as part of its Family Policy Lecture series—sponsored a presentation titled "The Roots of Demographic Winter and the Global Economic Crisis." The promotional materials for the event claimed that, "Demographic Winter didn't happen in a vacuum. Bad ideas and misguided policies have led to rapidly declining birthrates worldwide."
The featured speaker was former syndicated columnist and Boston Herald editorial writer Don Feder, who is president of Jews Against Anti-Christian Defamation as well as the Communications Director for the World Congress of Families (WCF), a group that is made up of a collection of religious right organizations (local and international) brought together to celebrate and fight for the "natural" family, which, according to the WCF website, is the "union of a man and a woman in the lifelong covenant of marriage."
In January 2009, Feder spoke about demographic winter while addressing the 36th annual March for Life Rose Dinner in Washington, DC: "In the Western world, birth rates are falling and populations are aging. The consequences for your children and grandchildren could well be catastrophic." He also claimed, "In 30 years, worldwide, birth rates have fallen by more than 50 percent. In 1979, the average woman on this planet had 6 children. Today, the average is 2.9 children, and falling.
"Demographic Winter is the terminal stage in the suicide of the West—the culmination of a century of evil ideas and poisonous policies," which includes abortion, contraception, delayed marriage, and a culture that devalues children. The Ruth Institute, for instance, a San Marcos, California-based organization, according to its website, is dedicated to "promot[ing] lifelong married love to college students by creating an intellectual and social climate favorable to marriage."It's a project of Maggie Gallagher's highly controversial group, National Organization for Marriage, one of the organizations leading the charge against same-sex marriage.
Near the end of Section II of a document titled "Ruth Institute—Strategic Plan 2010-2013" was a statement affirming that the Institute "aims to work hand-in-hand with other organizations in the marriage movement to:
- Decrease the divorce rate
- Increase the marriage rate
- Decrease the cohabitation rate
- Increase the number of children who grow up with both married parents
- Reduce the lag time between the age of sexual initiation and the age of first marriage
- Maintain at least a replacement-level birth rate, so that the devastation of a European-style "demographic winter" is avoided
Rob Boston, a senior policy analyst with Americans for Separation of Church and State, remembered seeing Don Feder "giving a short talk on the subject" at the 2008 Values Voter Summit. Boston recalled that Feder, "did not explicitly espouse racism directly. He tended to portray falling birthrates as a worldwide problem, but anyone who follows population trends knows that third-world birthrates remain high, and obviously the world's population is far from being in decline. [Feder's] implication seemed clear to me: birth rates are up in the 'wrong' places (poor, mostly minority countries) and down in the 'right' ones (affluent, mostly white countries). I found his talk to be distasteful and xenophobic."


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In my opinion, voice translation rules are one of the most powerful tools available with the H.323 feature set on IOS. This also includes CME since it is basically an H.323 gateway with some additional functionality. With the voice translation rules, you can do away with the need for num-expansion and also with CME you don't need to use the potentially problematic dialplan-pattern. What I will do for the purposes of this document is to present some of the most common scenarios for translation rule usage and how they apply.
Translating 10-Digit DID to 4-Digit Extension
Probably one of the most common uses of translation-rules is taking a 10-digit DID number coming from the PSTN and breaking it down into a 4-digit extension. For our purposes, the DID coming into the system is 214-555-3XXX and the extension is 3XXX. Here's what you will need to do for this task:
voice translation-rule 1 rule 1 /^214555\(3...\)$/ /\1/
Ok, let's stop there for a second and cover what we have just entered. The first line just states that you are starting a translation-rule and the tag for that rule is 1. That 1 has no relation to the 1 in the second line of "rule 1". All of the rules inside a voice translation rule are processed sequentially and once a match is made the rule processing stops.
The first / simply signifies that you are starting the section where you will try and match a portion of the dial-string.
The ^ tells the system that the number that comes after it that it is matching MUST be at the start of the string. If you don't have that in there, then it will match wherever it sees it (for instance, if you have a number of 01134521455530011 it would start matching at the 214).
The 214555 is simply the first digits that it will match. Take note, that anything matched by the system will automatically be discarded unless otherwise specified.
The \( is sort of like an escape sequence. If you see a ( or a ) then you will need to have a \ before it. What the \( and \) do together in this case is to split out a group of numbers that will be referenced later. In this case the numbers are 3 followed by any four digits.
The $ tells the system that the last number matched is the end of the dial-string to match. By using the ^ and the $ together you can ensure that you are matching exactly what you want to.
Next up is another / and this one tells the system that we're done with the matching expression. It is then followed by another / and this time it means that we are starting with the replace string. In other words, everything between the first set of // will be replaced by everything in the second set of //.
The last thing that we need to cover on this one is the \1. The \ again is like an escape character and it says that what follows is not actually a number that we are putting in there but a group. In this case group 1. The easiest way to understand how it references a group is that in the match string, anything between a \( and a \) is a group. If you have more than one, then it just increments the number for each group. Since we only have one group in our match string \(3…\), the \1 puts 3… as the translated number.
We're not done yet, let's continue with configuration:
voice translation-profile DID translate called 1
Now we can talk about these next two lines. The first line just sets up a new profile called DID. You can call it whatever you want, just remember it is case sensitive. As I recommend with all variables, you should probably consider doing them all in caps or at least use a consistent naming convention across all variables.
The line translate called 1 tells the system to translate the called number with voice translation-rule 1 (referring to the unique translation rule tag that we discussed earlier).
The next step is to apply this translation-profile somewhere, and to do that you can do one of the following:
voice-port 0/0/0:23 translation-profile incoming DID
dial-peer voice 4444 pots incoming called-number . direct-inward-dial translation-profile incoming DID
I find that the first method is the easier of the two because if you, for some reason, have more than one inbound dial-peer then you need to remember to apply the translation-profile to each of the dial-peers you will use. With that in mind, the only line that needs to be addressed here is translation-profile incoming DID. The one thing about this command that has been known to trip people up is when to use incoming and when to use outgoing. The easiest way that I can think of to describe this is to look at it as the relationship of the call to the router. For instance, in out case the call is coming from the PSTN INTO the router, therefore it is incoming. If the call was going from the router OUT to the PSTN then it would be outgoing. With this command in place, you have officially completed translating the inbound 10-digit DID to a 4-digit extension.
Translating 4-Digit Extension to 10-Digit Caller ID
Ok, so this is kind of reverse of what we did before. Instead of making a large number into a smaller one, we need to make a small number into a larger one. For this section, I'll put out all of the configuration at once and then cover the couple of lines that may need explanation.
voice translation-rule 2 rule 1 /^\(3...\)$/ /214555\1/
voice translation-profile CALLID translate calling 2 voice-port 0/0/0:23 translation-profile outgoing CALLID
You will notice that the second line of this configuration looks different than the previous example but that there aren't really any different symbols than before. We still have a / signifying the beginning of a match string and a ^ saying that the string has to start with the next digit and then we have \( and \) specifying that there is a group that we will want to reference later, followed by a $ that says the string must end with the last character specified and a / ending the match string.
On the replace side of it, there is a / starting the replace string and then 214555, literally just digits that are put in place. Then a \1 to insert the first group from the match string (3…) and that's it. So this should take 3001 and translate it to 2145553001.
Next is the line 'translate calling 2'. Pretty much the same here, except that we are translating the calling number instead of the called. Since this is to be used for caller ID, it needs to be calling because the phone on the phone system is the one that needs it's caller id modified. The 2, just references the translation-rule 2 since we used 1 in the previous example (I'm assuming that all of these are on the same router).
Lastly, translation-profile outgoing CALLID is outgoing because the call is going from the router OUT to the PSTN. Remember, if we put this on a dial-peer instead of the voice-port then we need to add it to every outbound dial-peer that will send a call out that port.
Using Translations to Transfer a Call Directly to a CUE Mailbox
The next thing that we want to do is enable translations so that if a user can transfer a call directly to a user's mailbox by dialing 5+Extension. In order to do this, we need a couple of different pieces than we have seen in the examples above. Here's the configuration:
ephone-dn 40 number 53... name Transfer to VM call-forward all 3600
voice translation-rule 3 rule 1 /^5\(3...\)/ /\1/
voice translation-profile XTOVM translate redirect-called 3
dial-peer voice 3600 voip destination-pattern 3600 session protocol sipv2 session target ipv4:10.1.202.1 codec g711ulaw no vad translation-profile outgoing XTOVM
We need to do the ephone-dn configuration so that when someone dials 53001, for instance, it will always be forwarded to the voicemail number and hit the voicemail dial-peer which, as you will see later, will call the translation-profile.
The voice translation-rule looks pretty much like the first example. There is a 5 before the extension and we are discarding it. The translation-profile looks a little different. When someone calls an extension and goes to Unity Express, it knows what mailbox to send it to by looking at the redirect number. Without the translation in place, the redirect number in this case would be 53001. That is the reason that we need to translate the redirect-called number.
Lastly, on the dial-peer that points to CUE (which we would need to access voicemail even if we weren't doing the translation) we are calling the profile as an outgoing profile, again because the call is going OUT of the router and to the CUE.
Using Translations for Calls Coming from Gatekeepers
We've pretty much covered most of what I had planned on doing, but I wanted to do this one more section so that we could demonstrate a voice translation-rule with more than one rule. For our example, we will have a call coming from a gatekeeper. That call with have a tech-prefix as well as an international country code. For out example, three types of calls will need to be handled:
1. Calls to an internal number that are sent to the system as 2#5266123001 where 52 is the country code and 3001 is the extension.
2. Calls to an external local number that are sent to the system as 2#5266124923 where 52 is the country code and everything after the country code is what needs to be dialed for a local call (except the 9 for an outside line).
3. Calls to another country that are sent to the system as 2#38 and a variable string of digits. And we will assume that our outbound string to dial another country will be 900+country code+number.
In order to handle these three calls, your translations will look something like this:
voice translation-rule 4 rule 1 /^2#526612\(3...\)$/ /\1/ rule 2 /^2#52\(6612....\)$/ /9\1/ rule 3 /^2#/ /900/
voice translation-profile FROMGK translate called 4 dial-peer voice 4445 voip incoming called-number 2#T translation-profile incoming FROMGK
The actual rules are pretty similar to what we have seen before, we take a number and strip some digits off and in a couple cases add a couple back on. The most specific rule will always be on top because once it matches a rule, it stops searching. So you can see that the least specific (which just matches a string starting with 2#) is the lowest on the rule scale and will only be hit if the other two rules don't match. One different thing about that last rule is that we aren't matching the whole string. All that it looks for is 2#. We know that the calls from the gatekeeper all have an international code so if it doesn't match our first rule (for internal calls) and our second rule (for local calls) that it has to be an international call, so we just replace the 2# with a 900 and leave the rest of the dial string alone.
Once you have your voice translation-rules built, you will want to make sure that you test them to ensure that they will work correctly. To do this, you will use the command: test voice translation-rule . Here's an example of the command and the output that it creates:
test voice translation-rule 4 2#5266123001 Matched with rule 1 Original number: 2#5266123001 Translated number: 3001 Original number type: none Translated number type: none Original number plan: none Translated number plan: none
You can see that our rule stripped off the 2#526612 and turned it into a station number of 3001.
There are several other things that you can use translation rules for, but for most of what you will need the above can easily be adapted to fit the situation. By using the principles covered in this document, you should be able to easily make them work where needed.


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Sorry Drama Queens, Andrew Garfield Didn't Skip The Oscars Because He's A Diva
People have been buzzing for a few days now about what could have caused Andrew Garfield to skip Sunday's Oscars ceremony, where he was scheduled to present. He was replaced last-minute by Chris Evans, and if you believe a new report from Page Six, it was because Andrew was being a diva about his segment with San Francisco's now-famous Batkid. But before you throw your Amazing Spider-Man DVD in the trash, let's talk about why that rumor's a bunch of baloney.
In keeping with the "heroes" theme of the night, Andrew was supposed to appear on stage with Miles Scott, AKA Batkid, the 5-year-old boy with cancer who got to play superhero in San Francisco last year as part of the Make-a-Wish program. According to Page Six's "well-placed source," the segment got cut because "in the middle of the dress rehearsal, Garfield decided he didn't like his lines." The source added that he had a "tantrum" and "stormed off," leaving Miles and his family "devastated."
That's an incredibly over-the-top account of the supposed events that I was already taking with approximately two million grains of salt. But now there's an actual statement to E! News from an Academy spokesperson explaining why the segment was cut.
"Due to the nature of a live show, hard decisions sometimes must be made which require the Academy to cut segments due to the logistics of production," the spokesperson tells E! News in a statement. "Andrew Garfield understood that his segment had to be omitted, and he drove to Disneyland on Monday to spend time with 5-year-old Miles Scott (Batkid) and his family."
Natalie Scott, Miles' mother, also spoke to the International Business Times about the last-minute change, saying she didn't totally understand the reasoning. She says, "It is kind of a disappointment, but things happen. I know that's how TV goes and how Hollywood is. We're just not used to that." So no Andrew Garfield tantrum?
It's not clear why Andrew had to be replaced by Chris Evans and didn't present the changed heroes segment himself. According to a Radar Online report from earlier this week, a source said his girlfriend Emma Stone had "a long standing family commitment in Arizona" and Andrew might have chosen to accompany her. Whether that ended up happening in addition to the production problem is up in the air, but I still don't buy that Andrew was the root of the problem.
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Avoid a Brunch Crunch
You don't have to crack under the pressure when hosting a breakfast or brunch. The key is selecting a good assortment of foods and getting a lot done the night before.
When selecting recipes to serve, look for some make-ahead choices as well as some last-minute dishes. If children are part of the guest list, you may want to offer them the old standby of cereal and milk. They'll likely prefer it to some of your more "fancy" foods.
The day before, iron tablecloths and napkins and set the table. Put out the serving dishes and utensils.
Put condiments that are stored in the fridge (such as butter, jam, cream cheese, etc.) on the same shelf so you can quickly reach for them the next morning. Condiments stored at room temperature (like syrup and honey) can be poured into their serving pitchers and covered with plastic wrap.
Get a head start on as many dishes as possible by chopping, slicing and dicing the night before.
Measure the coffee the night before. Then make it in the morning and transfer it to a thermal carafe for serving. Make and refrigerate the juice. In the morning, transfer it to a pretty pitcher.
Review your menu and make a list of what needs to be done in the morning before your guests arrive.


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In a bloodless coup, Tom Nolan stepped down as President of Bethlehem Township's Board of Commissioners at their April 21 meeting. Almost immediately following that announcement, Martin Zawarski was elected to replace him as President in a 4-0 vote with no discussion. Michael Hudak retained his position as Vice President. Pat Bresslin was absent.
"My time is really being spread thin," Nolan complained in a brief statement before his resignation. "Sorry to hear that, Tom", responded Hudak, who praised Nolan's years of service. But the writing was on the wall. Resign or be voted out. Nolan admitted as much after the meeting. "I chose to take the high road," he explained. "I'll do the same thing regardless whether I'm President."
The decision to replace Nolan may have come after his recently appearance before the Parks and Recreation Board to pitch a garden project at Housenick Park. Commissioner Phil Barnard had just said, days before, that the Board has yet to decide how that park should be used. Nolan's plan, which appears to have been an end run around Commissioners, was rejected. It involved seven different organizations and included cutting down a 40' high oak tree. The project was also located in an area that the Township insurer wants roped off for now.
Hudak had scheduled an appointment an hour before the April 21 meeting to discuss things with Nolan. After that, Nolan could be seen in the lobby, speaking individually to Commissioners Zawarski and Barnard.
After those individual discussions, Nolan announced his resignation.
Nolan has served the Township for 35 years as Commissioner, Planning Commissioner and most recently, as its representative on the Gaming Authority.
The garden project at Housenick came up again during the meeting. "We cannot have all these people in our park doing what they want," noted Hudak. "We're just not there yet" Hudak added. "I would prefer they are Township residents" pointing out that the Township's Autumn Club is waiting to start these kinds of projects. "It's just not safe," he reasoned.
President Zawarski agreed, claiming this garden project was "too soon, too fast."
Nolan noted that one of these seven groups was a boy scout troop, and that most involved are Township residents.
"It is up to this Board to send a message, positive or negative. They sent a very negative message. {The Scouts] will not be back."
In other Housenick Park news. Hudak announced he received two estimates for replacing the slate roof and associated items at the Archibald Johnston mansion. A new slate roof will cost $335,800, while a substitute will be only $209,000. But Hudak added that no rood replacement is necessary, and the Township's bi-annual maintenance is adequate to keep the building watertight.


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FancyBox, PDF, and Google Chrome
There seems to be an incompatibility between either Easy FancyBox OR Adobbe Acrobat and Google Chrome, or perhaps the combination of the three.
9 times out of 10, whenever I try to open a PDF file posted to my site, the Adobe Acrobat plugin crashes. Occasionally, it will load, and once it does, it seems to work for a while.
This only happens with Google Chrome. Firefox, Safari, Opera, and even IE 9 all work just fine.
Here are two screenshots: http://ericthegrey.shutterfly.com/pictures/8
So, is this an issue with Chrome and Adobe, Chrome and FancyBox or a combination of all three, and is there a fix for it that I haven't found yet?
No link, since the site is currently only on a local host and will remain until we get the site up and running live.
Any help is much appreciated because this is the best overall plugin I've found for this purpose.
Eric the Grey
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The growth of the elderly population is associated with the autonomy failure and the increase of dependence problems. Fall incidents are the third cause of chronic disablement in older persons and are one of the major risk factors for entering in dependence.
The recent progress in home technologies and medical care are opportunities to search how to apply these tools to reduce and prevent falling at home.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the cost effectiveness of simple home automation pack coupled to teleassistance service for preventing home falls in frail elderly population.
1200 patients will be enrolled and randmosied within two arms:
- home with automation pack coupled to teleassistance service
- home without this technology
|Disablement in the Elderly
|Other: home automation pack coupled to teleassistance service Other: Home without automation pack coupled to teleassistance service
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
|Official Title:
|Home-Based Technologies Coupled to Teleassistance Service: Efficacy for Preventing Falls at Home in Frail Elderly Population Losing Autonomy
- incidence of home falls requiring emergency admission [ Time Frame: at 12 months ]The cumulated incidence of home falls requiring emergency admission.
- Changes score ISO profile resource according to SMAF scale [ Time Frame: at 12 months ]
- Proportion of participants with regular physical activity [ Time Frame: at 12 months ]
- Effect on admissions in institutions (nursing homes or senior residential care) [ Time Frame: at 12 months ]
- Time before management of stroke and the length of stay in rehabilitation unit [ Time Frame: at 12 months ]
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|October 2012
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|June 2016
|Estimated Primary Completion Date:
|October 2015 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
|Experimental: Home automation pack coupled to teleassistance service
|Other: home automation pack coupled to teleassistance service
|Active Comparator: Home without automation pack coupled to teleassistance service
|Other: Home without automation pack coupled to teleassistance service
Detailed Description:
This study is one of the first European randomized studies using the criteria MAST (Model for Assessment of Telemedicine) for medico-economic evaluation of technology solutions for the prevention and care in the elderly. The medico-economic evaluation of the overall contribution of home automation kit associated with telecare will be conducted in accordance with the recommendations of the research program Renewing Health FP7 the European Union. This program has developed an analytical model common to all evaluations of telemedicine applications that have an impact on health.
. The home-based technology in this study will be a simple home automation pack coupled to teleassistance service. The automation pack will include: a remote intercom, an electronic bracelet or pendentive, a pull shower in the bathroom, a light path, a smoke detector and a gas detector in the kitchen. The central hotline will provide telephone support at all times.
Intercom is a remote transmitter which enables the platform to provide remote assistance with the elderly at home.
Each person will have electronic bracelet or pendentive with a medallion which will be provided with the dialer. It is a system that allows remote assistance to the elderly by pressing the central medallion of the device to request assistance or report a dangerous situation (risk of falling, or fall) to the platform of teleassistance.
The bathroom alarm zipper is a device installed in the shower that allows subjects to use it when at risk of falling or fall detection. The shower is a high risk of fall for the elderly due to movements very often results in an imbalance of seniors already weakened by aging.
The light path is a 1.5 m device installed near the bed and turns automatically on when the person sets foot on the ground. It can provide adapted visibility by showing the right path and improving consciousness.
The smoke and gas detector are devices installed on the ceiling of the kitchen. They allow respectively detecting abnormally high rates of smoke or a gas leak in the house or apartment.
The teleassistance platform is a central technical hotline located in Creuse area. It is functional at any time. All electronic devices are connected to the plant. An alert is signaled by an alarm, involving an immediate phone call to the resident of the house to assess the situation. The resulting actions taken are either reassuring the person, giving directions to the person or sending a message to aid in the event ascertained or suspected.
A monthly questionnary should be filled by patients.
Primary outcome:
The main judgment criterion will be the cumulated incidence of home falls requiring emergency admission.
Secondary outcomes:
- Changes score ISO profile resource according to SMAF scale,
- Proportion of participants with regular physical activity
- Effect on admissions in institutions (nursing homes or senior residential care)
- Time before management of stroke and the length of stay in rehabilitation unit.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|65 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patient aged 65 or over
- Living at least for 1 year in the department of Creuse
- Frail elderly or pre-frail according to the criteria of Fried
- Patient with autonomy enough to get out of bed
- Having a cognitive level acceptable (MMS ≥ 10)
- Place of life arranged and adapted to the installation of the DSTA
- Consentbsigned by the patient and / or its trusted person or his legal representative
- Affiliation or beneficiary of a social security system
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patient under guardianship or protection of justice
- patient home already equiped with automation pack different from theone of the experiment
- People who can not read or write
- Diseases involving life-threatening in the short term (<1 year)
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01697553
|Contact: Thierry DANTOINE, MD
|Contact: Achille TCHALLA, MD
|CH Aubusson
|Not yet recruiting
|Aubusson, France
|CH Bourganeuf
|Not yet recruiting
|Bourganeuf, France
|CH de Gueret
|Not yet recruiting
|Gueret, France
|CHU Limoges
|Limoges, France
|Contact: Thierry DANTOINE, MD
|Sub-Investigator: COLLINS, MD
|Study Chair:
|Thierry DANTOINE, MD
|CHU Limoges
|Responsible Party:
|University Hospital, Limoges
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01697553 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|September 28, 2012
|Last Updated:
|April 1, 2015
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 19, 2017


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American Eagle Flies High on Barron's Mention
Once again, a stock has rallied on a mention in Barron's. American Eagle Outfitters (NYSE: AEO) is flying high after a feature article speculated that shares could be undervalued.
A focal point of the Barron's article is the performance of CEO Robert Hanson. According to Barron's, the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania company has averaged a 75 percent increase in earnings per quarter since Hanson took the helm in January of 2012. Barron's notes that the company is expected to report a 63 percent gain in profit for the fiscal year ended on January 31.
Of particular emphasis is Hanson's inventory management skills. Barron's notes, "In the October quarter, sales rose 9.4%, year-over-year, to a record $910 million, while inventory fell 13%, a result that David Berman, head of Durban Capital, calls 'remarkable'."
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Barron's ultimately suggests the stock could soar if recent corporate initiatives improve operating margins, noting "Dana Telsey, of the Telsey Advisory Group, argues that a three-percentage-point increase in margins, to 16%, would result in annual earnings power of more than $2 a share, which could propel American Eagle's shares to $32, up 60%. Add a 2.2% dividend yield, plus the likelihood of more special dividends -- like the $1.50 a share the company paid last September -- and investors could enjoy returns exceeding 60%."
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Israel must make a choice between integrating into the region or remaining isolated, Jordan's King Abdullah II said Friday as he called on the US to fully back Palestinian statehood. "Israel now has to make its choice," the king said in a speech in Washington.
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Referring to the 2002 Arab Peace Initiative, which defined Arab conditions for the creation of a Palestinian state, the monarch said Israel has been presented with a plan that offers it "a place in its neighborhood." Washington's commitment to Palestinian statehood must be "unambiguous in deeds as well as words," the king added,according to AFP.
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text: UC looking to continue momentum By Tommy R. Atkinson July 28, 2013 Story Share CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- University of Charleston coach Pat Kirkland has to be breathing a sigh of relief these days.After all, an offense that only returned four starters and is filled with uncertainty hung a 45-14 victory over the defense, which has eight starters back from a squad that was ranked second in the nation last year, during April's spring game."I'm encouraged,'' said Kirkland, who has posted a 14-8 mark in two seasons at UC. "Our goal is to continue to move the program forward and be competitive. Our expectations have gotten a little bit higher."And rightfully so as the Golden Eagles moved the bar a little higher last season, posting a 9-2 record and just missing out on an undefeated season by a combined 10 points.Kirkland begins putting the pieces back together Aug. 13 when fall camp opens.There is still some trepidation on offense after losing four All-West Virginia Conference performers, including three offensive linemen. It will be tough to replace All-American running back Jordan Roberts, a former Scott High School standout who is in the Chiefs training camp.In addition, starting senior quarterback Maurice Leak is still recovering from knee surgery. He got hurt in the second game last year and tried to fight through the injury, throwing for 638 yards in seven games in which he was in and out of the lineup. Kirkland said Leak began running only a few weeks ago, but is hopeful the signal-caller can return sometime this fall.The offense, though, finished tops in the league in total yards under the direction of freshman backup quarterback John Knox, who started nine of 11 games and rolled up 932 yards passing with five touchdowns and was the second-leading rusher with 427 yards."Going into spring I was a little concerned about the offense, then at the spring game the offense runs all over the defense,'' said Kirkland. "I was very excited with the way the offense stepped up. The seniors we've got on offense are great leaders." Kirkland knows that to take the next step into the NCAA Division II playoffs the Golden Eagles must develop depth, and that starts next month.Even though UC ripped off nine wins last year, it failed to qualify for the postseason. The Golden Eagles finished seventh in the regional rankings and the top six advance. UC was as high as fourth last year."We've got to play with more depth on our roster,'' Kirkland said. "We had a number of injuries and it hurt us."We've got a lot of questions we need to answer. We've got to have some guys that have some limited playing experience step up early and contribute. The pieces of the puzzle are there. We've just got to get it worked out.''Kirkland said on offense, he expects big contributions from senior fullback-tight end Taylor Franz, who will get some of the work left by the absence of Roberts.On defense, junior safety Isaiah Gibson and linebackers Matt Duncan (senior), Justin Avery (junior) and Matt Kelly (senior) will carry the group. Gibson and Kelly were All-WVC first-team picks last season. "The biggest thing is we have a competitive camp,'' Kirkland said. "If we do that, we'll put ourselves in position to win football games.''UC will also be entering the new and challenging Mountain East Conference, which replaces the now-defunct West Virginia Conference, this fall."Now when you're talking about teams [capable of] winning the conference, you're talking about seven or eight,'' Kirkland said. "Each week it's going to be tough to pick'em. It's anybody's game. I think it's going to be extremely competitive.''Reach Tommy R. Atkinson at firstname.lastname@example.com or 304-348-4811. Story Share Story Share Trending Now 1 Facebook founder visits Cabin Creek Health Systems 2 Teen pleads guilty to voluntary manslaughter in Oakes Field shooting 3 Safety shutoff disabled prior to June coal-mining death, report says 4 Congressional opioid investigation targets drug wholesaler Miami-Luken 5 Innerviews: Dual-identity surgeon riding high in horse racing world Indiana native Newman wins Brickyard 400 Previous Story Marshall opponent preview: Florida Atlantic Next Story


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Patrice Bergeron scored twice and assisted three other goals as the Bruins defeated the Liberec White Tigers 7-1 in an exhibition game in Liberec, Czech Republic.
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Nathan Horton opened the scoring for the Bruins.
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Greg Campbell with some clever touch in front for 6-1 lead at 7:32. Grief stricken locals remain in seats to bear witness.
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Second period, 8:11: Tigers cut lead to 2-1 at 8:11 when Andrej Podkonicky pots cross-slot pass from ex-NHLer Petr Nedved. B's caught flatfooted in 2-on-0 break. Sloppy.
Stats report: Thomas made 14 saves in first period. Pinc stopped 10 of 11 shots.
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First period, 18:37: Nathan Horton snaps in 15-footer off rush with help from Zdeno Chara and David Krecji. Matching helpers for homeboys–despite their different flags.
B's carry 1-0 lead into first break.
First period: SRO here in intimate building. College atmosphere.. White Tiger fans waving white towels frantically. Inspiration or surrender??
First period: Tigers buzzing Thomas. With Paille, Seguin, Ryder on ice.
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5:05, first period: Jordan Caron gets shift at LW with Seguin and Ryder. Nice wrister for Caron, pass from Ryder. Caron shows some needed zip.
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Pregame: Like many Euro rinks, game clock begins at 00:00 each period and runs up to 20:00. Makes too much sense for No. America. Does anyone really know what time it is?
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Larson, Obama Announce $102.85 Million in Weatherization Funding for Connecticut
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"Investing in Weatherization Assistance and the State Energy Program is one of the best ways to get money to the families that need it most. This money will help families lower their energy bills, it will put hardworking Americans back to work, help the environment, and it will put us on a path towards greater energy independence. As part of our American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, this money will offer short term help to Americans who have lost their job or are having trouble making ends meet, and long term solutions to end our dependence on foreign oil.
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Washington, D.C. – August 4-6, 2014 – Media Advisory // Accreditation
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