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'Obamacare' health reforms come into force in US
Millions of Americans are to receive health insurance cover for the first time as President Obama's flagship healthcare reforms come into effect.
The reforms are part of the president's aim to ensure affordable healthcare is available to everyone.
But the policy is controversial and the roll-out of the new system has been beset with problems.
Some religious-affiliated groups won a last-minute reprieve from being forced to provide birth control cover.
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor temporarily blocked the government from forcing such groups to offer health insurance that would include contraception.
She acted at the request of a group of Catholic nuns in Colorado, the Little Sisters of the Poor, who had earlier lost their request for a preliminary injunction at an appeals court in Denver.
They had argued that the ruling conflicted with the Catholic Church's stance against the use of contraceptives.Glitches
Obamacare setbacks
- Nov 27: Year's delay in online insurance enrolment for small businesses
- Nov 26: Spanish-language sign-up tool is postponed until December
- Nov 22: Enrolment deadline for individuals is pushed back a week in December
- Nov 14: Obama announces insurers can keep customers on existing plans for another year
- Oct 23: Deadline for individuals to avoid penalties is pushed back six weeks to March 2014
- July: Businesses with over 50 workers given until 2015 to provide insurance or pay a penalty
Under the Affordable Care Act, popularly known as Obamacare, it is now compulsory for people to have health cover - either provided for by their employer or by buying one of the private health plans now on offer.
Those who cannot afford it will get help, but those without any insurance will be fined.
As of 1 January 2014, health insurance companies are also no longer able to deny coverage to people with pre-existing conditions.
More than 2.1 million people have enrolled so far for private health plans - short of the government's original target.
But the phased roll-out of the new law has suffered a number of difficulties.
The federal website offering the new health plans was plagued with technical glitches when it was launched in October. There were long sign-in wait times, log-in difficulties, insurance account creation problems, slow page loads and outages.
Insurance companies have also announced the cancellation of millions of policies, saying they did not meet the law's minimum requirements.
This came despite President Obama's promise that people would not be forced to move from plans they were happy with.
Mr Obama's approval ratings fell in the wake of the problems, but the White House says things have been fixed, the BBC's Rajini Vaidyanathan reports from Washington.


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I've written about the role of medical directors on many occasions, particularly related to the ROI that can be realized when medical directors are strategically deployed on high-value projects. Even so, with medical director budgets exceeding $1 million per year in many of the nation's hospitals, the topic seems worth revisiting. Let's review the most important tactics for developing a well-organized, highly productive group of medical directors—directors who help create the value proposition (e.g., top-decile quality and lowest quartile in cost).
Job description. Each medical director should have a job description that clearly articulates the primary roles, responsibilities, and deliverables for the position. A well-written job description focuses the physician on the organization's priorities. For instance, primary responsibilities should include leading department-level quality and safety initiatives; ensuring that evidence-based medicine is practiced by all department members; focusing physicians on complication, mortality, and readmission (outcome) improvement; and leading electronic health record (EHR) design and adoption.
Annual project list and goals. Medical directors should be assigned an annual list of top-priority projects that tie directly to the organization's strategic priorities. Each project on the list should include quarterly milestones and annual deliverables with objective and measurable goals. For an orthopedic medical director, for instance, typical improvement projects include total hip and knee replacement. For each surgical procedure of this type, the medical director could have the following six goals:
Annual performance review. The performance of medical directors should be reviewed annually by an upline supervisor, using the same formal review process that is used throughout the organization. Accountability for results should be enforced, with consequences for below-average performance. I also like to include a 360-degree evaluation as well. Evaluations such as these provide much-needed insight into the more subjective strengths and weaknesses of the directors. To avoid stacking the results, upline supervisors should play an active role in selecting a broad range of reviewers, especially from peers, nursing directors, and nursing managers.
Reporting lines. I like matrix reporting relationships for most medical directors. This approach most commonly entails a reporting line to the CMO and to an operational vice president responsible for the medical director's service line/specialty. The reporting line to the CMO is important both for medical oversight and in teaching the medical director what it takes to be a physician executive. The reporting line to the vice president is important for operational learning and access to coaching from a seasoned hospital administrator.
Monthly status reports. Medical directors should be in the habit of providing monthly status reports to their upline supervisors. They should be directed to use a simple project management form to assess and report on the status of their projects every 30 days. This simple requirement will result in a litany of complaints, but as all good managers know, it is necessary for accountability and getting things done. After several months, the complaints will fade and a newfound appreciation will emerge as projects start to move forward at a reliable pace.
Monthly project review (coaching) sessions. The monthly status reports will provide the basis for monthly project review sessions between the medical director and his or her upline supervisor. These monthly touch-base sessions are a must—a non-negotiable. Not investing this time is one of the primary reasons for medical director failure. These sessions provide a multitude of benefits, including just-in-time training, coaching through barriers, and setting expectations. They give the medical director the opportunity to learn from more experienced and seasoned physician executives and operational leaders and are invaluable for a medical director's continued growth and learning. Such sessions are also invaluable to organizations, as they ensure forward momentum is maintained for organizations' priority projects.
Personal development plans. It is important that personal development plans be developed annually for each medical director. The most common elements of a personal development plan include training in quality and safety science, design and implementation of an EHR, and development of management and leadership skills. It is also critical to ensure that each medical director has access to and regularly reviews appropriate professional literature. Especially for new medical directors, help in establishing a professional network of colleagues and peers will improve their chances of success. I also like to encourage each director to publish one article per year in a peer-reviewed journal and present at least one regional or national conference related to major projects.
Many of you may be thinking that this is all common sense—that these management tactics are already in place at most hospitals. Rest assured, more than likely, they are not—and a discussion with your CMO and service-line vice presidents may be very enlightening. Please consider sharing this article with your CMO or vice president of medical affairs and working with these leaders to ensure that all medical directors are contributing to the value proposition in your organization. If they are not, then they are just one more line item of overhead.
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By Dale Bowman Post-Tribune correspondent May 9, 2013 11:16PM
Updated: June 11, 2013 4:35PM
You know you have a big bag of fish when a guy hides behind to hold up the fifth smallmouth bass.
Mike Myers and David Adams still don't know who was behind Adams in the photograph of Saturday's tournament-record catch for southern Lake Michigan. In the Anglers Dream tournament out of East Chicago Marina, they weighed five smallmouth at 25.72 pounds. All but one smallmouth was 5 pounds or heavier.
"We weren't fishing anything special, but we were catching them,'' said Adams, a bricklayer who also owns Hoodz, a kitchen exhaust cleaning company. "We couldn't do anything wrong. We couldn't lose a fish.''
They fished a community hole — "The Ponds'' at Lake Street — primarily with a well-known smallmouth bait — Poor Boy Erie Darter in Steiger Ice. The color is from Capt. Ralph Steiger, the great young captain on Lake Michigan.
"We were throwing 4-pounders back,'' said Myers, a Local 4 bricklayer. "It was crazy.''
While the basics were common, subtleties mattered.
"Contact with the wall meant everything that day,'' Myers said.
They went lighter on the jighead to 3/16 of an ounce. They cast tight to the wall. If the jig did not fall straight down, they recast. The reason was they were imitating gobies moving up and down tight to the steel walls.
After the 6 a.m. launch, they ran about 20 minutes to Lake Street. By 7 a.m., they were already culling fish.
"We had 21 pounds by 7, 23 pounds by 8 and 25.5 by 11,'' Adams said.
The biggest smallmouth weighed 5.5 pounds.
Weather helped.
"No one has been fishing where we fish for three days because of the north winds,'' Adams said.
They knew they had a freak weight, so, to be sure, they came back two hours early and fun fished near East Chicago Marina.
Myers looked in the live well and saw crayfish and gobies to 7 inches coughed up by the monster fish.
"I kept telling Dave, 'Dude, we are losing weight,' " Myers said. "It was just a perfect storm. That may never happen again.''
Morels: Given the forecast rain overnight, this should be the prime weekend for hunting morel mushrooms. LaSalle Fish and Wildlife Area property manager Ken Bisacchi said, "Saturday I saw a decent bag.'' Staff at Willow Slough reported "a bunch'' being found. Remember to stay out of the woods until afternoon, when turkey hunters are finished.
Turkey hunting: Spring season runs through Sunday. Willow Slough and LaSalle are behind pace. Kingsbury with 24 birds killed on site by Wednesday morning is on target with last year when 28 were bagged.
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Joe DeLamielleure has been a persistent and long-time participant in the discussion about how the NFL treats its retired players.
But since being diagnosed last fall with signs of a degenerative brain disease known as chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, DeLamielleure's voice has taken a different, even more urgent tone.
DeLamielleure, a Charlotte resident who was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2003, faces a future of dealing with the disease with health insurance he receives only through his wife Gerri's work medical plan. The NFL doesn't provide health care to players starting five years after they have retired.
DeLamielleure has never thought that was fair, especially now that he has become one of the first living NFL players to be diagnosed with signs of CTE. DeLamielleure, along with former Dallas Cowboys running back Tony Dorsett, New York Giants linebacker Leonard Marshall and Miami Dolphins receiver Mark Duper were tested and diagnosed at UCLA last September.
"I was injured in the workplace," said DeLamielleure, 62. "My wife doesn't need to be working for my medical (insurance). The NFL can fix that in a minute."
CTE, which is incurable and progressive, has been discovered during autopsies of more than 50 former NFL players, including Junior Seau, Dave Duerson, John Mackey and Mike Webster.
While the test used on DeLamielleure at UCLA – a PET scan to detect abnormal brain buildup of a protein called tau – has shown promise as a method to detect CTE in living ex-players, some experts caution that it is not yet completely proven.
"This is a very complex issue, because, No. 1, we don't truly know what many of the tests might mean," Robert Stern, a scientist with Boston University's Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy, told the Associated Press. "No. 2, this is a very vulnerable group of people who are scared to death about seeing their brothers have such significant cognitive and behavioral mood changes."
That didn't deter DeLamielleure.
"I wanted to be the first where it was discovered in living guys," DeLamielleure said. "I want to know what's going on."
'We didn't know ... about concussions'
DeLamielleure had a 13-year career with the Buffalo Bills and Cleveland Browns and played in 185 consecutive games – on offense and special teams. He was a key member of the Bills' "Electric Company" offensive line that opened holes for O.J. Simpson before retiring in 1985 (he played for one season with the Arena Football League's Charlotte Rage in 1992).
"I never came out (of games)," he said. "People asked why. I told them it was fun. We didn't know anything about concussions."
DeLamielleure said he was never diagnosed with a concussion during his playing days, but figures he endured tens of thousands of blows to the head. He said he has 68 percent hearing loss in his left ear from repeated head slaps from defensive linemen.
DeLamielleure has stayed fit since he retired and said he remains four pounds below his playing weight of 258. He works out in a fully equipped weight room in the backyard of his south Charlotte home and walks regularly with Gerri, a pediatric nurse.
He owns a fitness and exercise business in Charlotte called Joe D Bands, gives motivational speeches and is a consultant for a casino in Buffalo, N.Y.
The father of six – two adopted from Korean parents – and with 10 grandchildren, DeLamielleure helps raise money for an orphanage in Mexico. He walked 213 miles from Buffalo to Canton, Ohio, site of the Pro Football Hall Of Fame, last year to raise money and awareness for children with prosthetics.
"I've taken care of myself and have stayed busy and active since I quit playing," DeLamielleure said. "That may have delayed (the onset of CTE)."
DeLamielleure said he had been having CTE symptoms of depression, insomnia, mood swings and short attention span for years.
He was once a voracious reader, going through one book a week during his playing days.
"Then it got to where I couldn't pick up the sports page in the newspaper, where it said a story was continued on page seven," he said. "If that happened, I was screwed. I couldn't read any more."
DeLamielleure said he was relieved when doctors told him he had CTE.
"I would have been more shocked if I didn't have it," said DeLamielleure. "I knew something was going on there."
Doctors could not give DeLamielleure a prognosis for the disease. DeLamielleure is on a dietary protocol that includes natural ingredients such as green tea extract, grape seeds, flaxseed oil and Vitamin C.
"He's pretty high functioning," Gerri said. "All the doctors were wondering why. But he doesn't drink, he never took steroids."
A constant discussion
DeLamielleure has spoken out against the NFL and its player union for years, criticizing them for what he and others say is an inadequate pension program and failing to provide adequate health care for retired players.
His dialogue with the NFL Players Association has often been acrimonious. Former union president Gene Upshaw, who died in 2008, told the Philadelphia Daily News in 2007: "A guy like DeLamielleure says the things he said about me, you think I'm going to invite him to dinner? No. I'm going to break his ... damn neck."
DeLamielleure said at the time he took Upshaw's threat seriously.
DeLamielleure returns to Canton every August for Hall of Fame activities. Concussions are a topic of constant conversation.
"All the guys from my era are saying, 'Man, I know I've got it,' " DeLamielleure said. "It's almost humorous, how often it comes up. But here's how it is: one year a guy is there screwing around and having fun, the next year his wife is following him around taking care of him, the next year he's dead."
DeLamielleure said it's morally wrong that the league doesn't provide health care for its older players.
"I know some fans think we're all millionaires who should have known about head injuries when we played," said DeLamielleure, who receives a pension of about $2,350 (pre-tax) per month. "That we knew we'd get hurt and now we just want money.
"If that's so, then why does my wife have to work for my health benefits? Nobody is saying we want a $100,000 pension – although that would be nice. We'd just like some health insurance."
A group of more than 4,500 former players recently sued the league for concealing the long-term dangers of concussions. The NFL agreed to pay the players $765 million, although a federal judge who must first approve the settlement has said the amount is probably too small.
"It's not enough money, not even close," DeLamielleure said. "Just like the judge said."
DeLameilleure said he's read two books since Christmas – "E Squared: Nine Do-It-Yourself Energy Experiments" and "Anticancer: A New Way Of Life."
"I'm healthy now, but I think my wife and I have earned the right to have a vacation," DeLameilleure said. "I might be a basket case in a year. But forget about me and the guys: it's the families who suffer.
"I'm not trying to be a jerk about this. I'm not going to beg anybody. But the NFL was built on our backs. They need to help the guys who made the league what it is today."
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Jeff Fletcher | May 9, 2011
Taking a brief timeout from baseball here to talk some Sharks fans off the ledge. Yes, the Sharks really blew a golden opportunity by losing Game 5 at home, but I wouldn't worry too much. They are still in firm control of this series. Although you all may be worried about momentum and history and baggage and all those other ghastly thoughts that plague fans, I can assure you that professional athetes don't think that way.
A few hundred best-of-seven playoff series tell me that.
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State Legislature Leaves a Whole County Out of Voting District Law
A funny thing happened when the General Assembly passed new voting districts for the state last week. Lawmakers lost a whole county.
A funny thing happened when the General Assembly passed new voting districts for the state last week. Lawmakers lost a whole county.
On the same day the 2012 legislative session convened, committees in the General Assembly approved new voter district lines. They now go the full state House and Senate. But some lawmaker want more time to look the plans over.
Nashville Congressman Jim Cooper wants his district to go back to the way it once was and include all of Davidson County.
Tennessee's House of Representatives would have the same number of minority voting districts under a proposal released Wednesday, even if it results in fewer minority lawmakers.
A dozen incumbent members of the state House – mostly Democrats – would have to run against each other in the redistricting plan released by Republicans Wednesday. One contest pits two Representatives in Davidson County.
Tennessee's closed-door redistricting process will become a little more public next week. House Republicans will reveal their maps in an open meeting.
For the first time this year, any Tennessean with a computer can take a crack at redrawing voting lines for seats in Congress and the General Assembly. The once-every-decade redistricting process is underway, led by Republicans in the legislature. Despite the opportunity for input, citizens have remained silent.
African American state lawmakers are preparing a legal challenge to redistricting plans they've yet to see in full. The Tennessee Black Caucus is feeling shut out of the process, which is being led by Republicans.
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For my wanderlust themed fabric design I decided to focus on the farmlands of China. Recently I was lucky enough to see an exhibition of the famous Terracotta Warriors on display at the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco. The life-size, incredibly detailed sculptures were only a few of the thousands of warriors buried around 210-209 BC in the tomb of Qin Shi Huang, the First Emporer of China. The clay army was discovered in 1974 by a group of farmers digging a well. I love the idea that such a precious artifact was found under formerly generic farmland. I started researching what the actual farmlands of China looked like on Google Earth. After hours of research I decided the shapes and patterns of the fields had to be the subject of my fabric and an aerial view would provide the perfect stance from which to admire them.
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Bartolome Esteban Murillo - Ecce Homo; Mater Dolorosa
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Auction: Sotheby's -Dec 4, 2013 - LondonLot number: 9
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In the collection of the Dukes of Frías, Madrid; By family descent until sold in 2000; Acquired by the present owner in around 2003. 9 PROPERTY FROM A SPANISH COLLECTION Bartolomé Esteban Murillo SEVILLE 1618 - 1682 ECCE HOMO; MATER DOLOROSA Quantity: 2 a pair, both oil on canvas, in painted ovals each: 67 by 50.5 cm.; 26 3/8 by 19 7/8 in. Estimate 200,000 - 300,000 GBP Print The following condition report is provided by Sarah Walden who is an external specialist and not an employee of Sotheby's: These two paintings have had quite recent linings and stretchers. The surface is finely preserved with a faint texture from the minute old craquelure. The fairly recent restoration has left a veil of old varnish. Mater Dolorosa. Any retouching is mainly along the edges, particularly along and near the base edge, with some at the lower left edge near the corner. There are only a few small touches in the face and scattered minute touches in the veil, especially lower down. A cluster of little touches can be seen under ultra violet light above the head in the background, where rather more old varnish has been left perhaps over a rather thinner area. Films of fine glazing heighten the poignancy of the shadows in the face and these remain beautifully preserved. Ecce Homo. Here also the main retouching to be found under ultra violet light is along the base edge and nearby where there is one evident accidental damage not far from the lower right corner. There is some other retouching at the top edge and near the top left corner. Within the figure there are minute touches in the open glazing of the face, and three brief retouchings in the body: one on the shoulder, another nearby on the upper arm and one other on the chest. However the surrounding paint is beautifully intact and strong, overlaid by highly diluted veils of glazing, giving a particular vaporous effect. This report was not done under laboratory conditions.
Bartolome Esteban Murillo - Johannes Döparen
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Bartolomé Esteban Murillo Spanien 1618‑1682. Efter, 1600-tal. Johannes döparen. Olja på duk, 109 x 85. Follower of. 17th century. Oil on canvas, 109 x 85 cm. / 15.000 - 20.000:- / / € 1.700 - 2.200 / Dra musen över bilden för att se större, ladda ner eller lägga bud. Klicka på 'Lägg bud' för att spara objektet i 'Mina objekt', där Ni nu eller senare kan lägga bud.
Bartolome Esteban Murillo - Madonna And Child
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P. Fossi (late 19th/early 20th Century Italian) copy after Murillo (1618-1682) - Oil painting - "Madonna and Child", canvas 27.5ins x 20ins, in bold fretted, carved and gilded Florentine frame Note : Inscribed to reverse of canvas "Madonna Murillo, Galleria Pitti, Firenze, copied by P. (?) Fossi". The stretcher is inscribed "
Bartolome Esteban Murillo - The Madonna And Child
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ASCRIBED TO BARTOLOME ESTEBAN MURILLO (1618-1682) The Madonna and Child, oil on canvas, 40.5" x 30.25", in a magnificent baroque giltwood frame carved with rocaille work, acanthus scrolls and flowers, and with a panel inscribed "Murillo". See illustration Provenance: Probably acquired by Richardson Browne Esq in the early 19th century (later the family name changed to Knox-Browne). Acquired at the auction of the contents of Aughentaine Castle, Co. Fermanagh, in 1955 by a member of the vendor's family and thence by descent. Private Collection, West Dorset. Exhibited: "Pictures from Ulster Houses", May 10th, 1961 - July 15th, 1961, no. 154 as "Spanish School, late 17th century" Estimate: 5000-10000
Bartolome Esteban Murillo - The Madonna And Child Signed 'bartolome Murillo
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Auction: Christie's -Jul 5, 2011 - LondonLot number: 34
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Lot Description Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (Seville 1618-1682) The Madonna and Child signed 'Bartolome Murillo f. t .' (in the lowerborder) traces of black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash, pen and brownink border lines, unframed 6 5/8 x 5 5/8 in. (16.8 x 14.2 cm.) Lot Condition Report I confirm that I have read this Important Notice and agree to itsterms. View ConditionReport Provenance Franz Koenigs, Haarlem, and by descent to Mrs C. van der Waals-Koenigs, and thence by descent in the family;Sotheby's, New York, 23 January 2001, lot 1. Literature A. Hyatt Mayor, 'Review: Jonathan Brown, Murillo and HisDrawings', Master Drawings, Summer 1977, p. 185. D.A. Iñiquez, 'Exposición de Dibujos de Murillo en Princeton',Archivo Español de Arte, 1977, p. 338 (as studio of Murillo). P. Cherry, 'Murillo's Drawing Academy', in S.L. Stratton-Pruitt,Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (1617-1682): Paintings from AmericanCollections, exhib. cat., Fort Worth and Los Angeles, 2002, p. 194,note 81. Exhibited Princeton, Art Museum, Murillo and His Drawings, catalogue byJonathan Brown, 1976-7, no. 75. View Lot Notes › Only around a hundred drawings by Murillo are now known,although he certainly executed many more. Most of the survivingsheets are compositional studies in pen, ink and wash. In thepresent drawing, Murillo first drew the figures in pen and thenenlivened them with fluid touches of wash, which gives it the feelof a monochromatic painting. The technique allows the drawing to bedated to the 1670s, yet in its composition Murillo returned to amotif he had previously used in a painting of the Madonna and Childin the 1650s (Pasadena, Norton Simon Museum; Fig. 1), itselfheavily influenced by Raphael's Madonna della Sedia (Florence,Palazzo Pitti).


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I was really looking forward to getting this cover since it looked just like what I was searching for and was deep enough to fit. However, when I put it on the last corner, it ripped wide open at the side seam. I was so disappointed since everything else was right about it. Since it was such a bulky item I decided to sew it up myself rather than go through the hassle of returning it. The last thing I expected to do was repair a brand new item.
This mattress pad is of very good quality. I plan to purchase another one for our guest room as it is very comfortable. As usual it was delivered on time (which was speedy). I could have gotten one at a local department store, but knew that I was getting a much better deal at Overstock.com. I shop at Overstock.com because I trust that I will receive excellent, honest service and save money on high quality products. I love getting the emails and looking at the deals.
I have never been disappointed w/Croscill. This pattress pad is on my bed on top of a 4" thick mattress topper and it still fits the mattress just fine. It held up just fine through the wash and I don't have to worry about pulling it tightly at the corners, no ripping has happened. I would recommend it and it was a good price.
Mattress top is plush with deep pockets, however, when pulling the sides down over the mattress corners your fingers easily go through the material; as well, material pulls away from the top mattress covering. Very poorly crafted. Would not purchase again. Very surprising because this is not the Croscill quality I have been accustomed to in the past.
I wanted a mattress cover for my king bed that would protect the mattress but keep me cool. I was interested in a modest price and easy to clean, and this fit the bill. Good value for the money. It was a bit difficult to put on the bed by myself, but I like the way it fits around the entire sides of the mattress. I am happy with it.
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A Challenge:Working with Non-traditional Male College Students
According to the statistics released by the National Student Clearinghouse http://www.studentclearinghouse.org/about/media_center/press_releases/files/release_2012-04-19.pdf over 38% of college students in the US are over the age of 25. If you looked at the research being published in the student affairs literature, however, you might guess that this number is much lower. In every area that can be studied, nontraditional aged students are being overlooked and ignored. The study of Men and Masculinities on college campuses is no different. In an effort to prepare to lead a conversation on non-traditionally aged male students for the drive-in conference "Today's College Man" at MIT in November of last year, I decided to do a search of the student affairs literature on non traditionally aged or adult college males. I came up empty handed. A plea to my more experienced colleagues within the MMKC for resources also left me with little to nothing. At the conference I asked Dr. Michael Kimmel, a highly regarded expert in the areas of men and masculinities, about working with non- traditionally aged males on our campuses. His advice was to utilize them as mentors.
What if not all of them are ready to be mentors? What are we doing to foster growth and development in our older male students? Are we prepared to engage the life-long learners on our campuses in our programs and services in the same way we do in the classroom? As the demographics of college students continues to change, the student affairs profession needs to change with it. We need to be adjusting to the needs of the students attending our institutions now and preparing for the needs of the students that will be enrolling in the future. I'm putting this challenge out to my colleagues in NASPA and specifically the Men and Masculinities KC to think about what you can do to engage non-traditionally aged men on your campuses, develop programs and opportunities for them to grow and develop, and then to share your challenges and successes with us. I'm also asking you to lobby NASPA and other professional associations to actively promote scholarship and professional development opportunities to help us better understand the needs of these men and what we can do to best serve them. They need us as much as any other student does. Are you up for the challenge?
Written by Shane Long. Shane is the Region 1 MMKC Rep and Director of Student Development at Southern Maine Community College.Shane can be reached at email@example.com


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Here's Apple's alleged 2014 roadmap: 4.7" iPhone first, 5.5" iPhone later and iWatch in two sizes
In a research note to clients, Kuo not just mentions the allegedly upcoming products, but he also maps the launches, revealing that the new 4.7" iPhone, the iWatch and the iPad refresh should happen at the end of the third quarter, while the phablet-sized, 5.5" iPhone is expected to arrive right in the midst of the Holiday shopping season, around the end of Q4. What will those upcoming product look like? In the slideshow below, you'd find a breakdown of what Kuo expects for each new device, down to the specs and prices for some of them - take a look.
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Here's Apple's alleged 2014 roadmap
1. Apple iPhone 6
The 4.7" iPhone 6 will run on an A8 system chip with 1GB of RAM, and it should arrive in a thin, 6.5-7.0mm metal body. Another interesting detail Kuo mentions is that the iPhone 6 would also get NFC connectivity.
2. Apple iPhone 6 in a phablet size with 5.5" display
3. Apple iWatch
4. Apple iPad Air 2
5. Apple iPad mini with Retina Display
6. 12.9-inch Apple iPad Pro
7. 12-inch Apple MacBook Air
8. Apple iMac
9. Apple TV
10. No word about a new iPod touch
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1. UglyFrank (Posts: 581; Member since: 23 Jan 2014)
I wonder what iPhone users will say now that their iPhone will be bigger than my S4
2. Just.Saying (Posts: 132; Member since: 04 Apr 2013)
They will say Apple is the best. They invented the 4.7" & 5.5"display and apple will patent it. Then Apple will take take Samsung to court and say the S4 copied their design. Then the all American All Apple Fan Jury will rule in apples favour.
9. zuckerboy (banned) (Posts: 898; Member since: 22 Dec 2011)
they say 4.7'' is the perfect size for one hand operating :D
20. moskey (Posts: 11; Member since: 31 Jul 2012)
the reason i bought an s4 and not and iphone 5 was because of the screen size , i just cant go back to 4" ,
at the same time i dont like 5+ screens so unless lg g3 has something special iphone 6 is my next phone
33. likemorethan1 (Posts: 48; Member since: 22 Aug 2013)
so freaking true :D
4. HansGoneInsane (Posts: 401; Member since: 09 Aug 2013)
They will say that they own the much more beautiful and premium device while you own a piece of plastic that can blink and make noise.
8. Whopyourass (unregistered)
@ UglyFrank, when that happens I think you'll be pretty much the ODD one out still thinking your S4 is the best, cos everyone else has dumped theirs to get the new iPhone. That's all. LOLLLLLLLLLLL.
14. PAPINYC (banned) (Posts: 2315; Member since: 30 Jul 2011)
Dear UglyFrank,
You needn't "wonder" anything as "iPhone users" will not be saying anything since, Apple will never release a 5.5 iPhablet in your lifetime. The next iPhone, iPhone 6 iThink (or is it 6S, or 6C, or 5S², or ⅛ of Galaxy Note 3), will be 4.3"; a 4.7 iPhone is at least a decade away so, it's really useless to discuss it now.
Focus, instead, on what "iPhone users" are saying now about their miniature "UnSmart" phones, "that's it!!! i Am buying a Galaxy S5, at least it has that new feature iCriBaBy, a Heart Rate monitor and a damn Finger Print Scanner. Not to mention, it makes my iPhone look like the iToy is is!!"
16. bucky (Posts: 1574; Member since: 30 Sep 2009)
I would tell you I don't want a gigantic phone. One of the things keeping me with the iPhone is the size
3. tech2 (Posts: 2450; Member since: 26 Oct 2012)
I wonder how will they justify this adhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?
23. PBXtech (Posts: 983; Member since: 21 Oct 2013)
First image above, "one handed operation is so 2013."
6. Diezparda (Posts: 215; Member since: 23 Oct 2013)
They once said 7-inch tablets are tweeners: too big to compete with a smartphone and too small to compete with the iPad. Aaaaand voila an iPad mini, to big to slip inside your pocket and to small for best multimedia experience.
12. SAO101789 (Posts: 123; Member since: 10 Feb 2014)
I can see what you mean but I honestly think the iPad mini is great. Not to big if you are reading books but not to small so it can't be hard to read. Easy to put in a bag.
18. LiquidGalaxy (Posts: 255; Member since: 03 Jul 2013)
Instead of being so narrow minded why dont you try one for a while...the iPad Mini is an awesome device.
30. Doakie (Posts: 1322; Member since: 06 May 2009)
That's what Steve Jobs said. Remember Jobs was an idealist. Apple isn't special anymore. They're just another electronics manufacturer who will compete with Samsung more in head to head specs because Cook is a been counter not a computer idealist.
7. vincelongman (Posts: 1701; Member since: 10 Feb 2013)
AU Optronics is well known for their AHVA displays (similar to IPS and PLS)
Very good to see them competing with Samsung's AMOLED displays
10. vincelongman (Posts: 1701; Member since: 10 Feb 2013)
Oops sorry, this comment was meant for the article about AU Optronics making a QHD 1440p AMOLED display
11. SAO101789 (Posts: 123; Member since: 10 Feb 2014)
Nice picture layout. I am honestly looking forward for the ipadini and MBPR.
13. AfterShock (Posts: 2970; Member since: 02 Nov 2012)
No home button?
That ought to frack the flock.
I know, poor renders but if they went that far, did they forget or what.
24. PBXtech (Posts: 983; Member since: 21 Oct 2013)
Personally, I think dumping that kindergarten home button would be a good move. It does raise the question about biometric scanners they pushed so hard with though.
15. whburling (Posts: 14; Member since: 08 Apr 2014)
I can't believe that Apple is not aware of the pressures of offering a larger screen.
so....I am beginning to consider that Apple might just be looking further into the future
than the rest of us. Try on this idea.
Maybe, just maybe, Apple is looking at getting rid of the screen. To do that would require
retinal projection or some other interesting technique. output is actually easier than
the issue of how to address input as alternative display technology has been around for a long time
so input technology is the critical piece of the pie for creating a phone that might challenge
our current conception of a cell phone. the obvious first guess is voice, but I don't think
that voice is fast enough nor private enough. gestures might be a possibility but not in the framework that we currently imagine. Perhaps there might be something on the hand that
tracks finger movement. slight finger movement. and that movement corresponds to the projected visual display on your retina.
so......the question is whether Apple is diverting their finite resources into a whole new concept that extends way way way beyond cell phone into truly distributed processing that
includes far more of our life than phoning.
19. Anshulonweb (Posts: 365; Member since: 07 Feb 2014)
1gb ram... seriously.... what year is it??....
22. nctx77 (Posts: 576; Member since: 03 Sep 2013)
My iphone 5 from 2012 runs better than 90% of android devices. Also, none of this is confirmed. This guy is known to get some things right, but also get things wrong. You android fanboys need to not cherry pick what you want to believe when it comes to analyst and rumors.
28. EclipseGSX (Posts: 1653; Member since: 18 Oct 2011)
Really... 90% id like to see your proof. LOL what a joke
26. iampayne (Posts: 255; Member since: 12 Aug 2013)
Apple is not releasing 2 phones, and they are not getting rid of the touch ID.
32. darkkjedii (Posts: 12622; Member since: 05 Feb 2011)
Apple is bringing it this year. Tim Cook is stepping out the shadow. The jedster will look extra massive on the vivid new bigger screen. Selfie time...


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PBS Senior Producer Raney Aronson's FrontlineInterview
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Wow—she is doing great work. It would be so wonderful to have her on PulseWire, discussing the work she is doing and how we can help!
Very Impressive!
Thank you for the link. I'm very impressed by her story and works that she's done in my very early stage of knowing about human trafficking. Would like to watch her film and keep track on her works.


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Read about Qatar's National Dress
However, though it may have changed over the years, Qataris are proud of their clothing. Far from being something brought out for special occasions, traditional clothes are worn with pride on a daily basis.
Qatari Women's Clothing | Qatari Men's Clothing | Links and Resources
Qatar Women's Dress
When women are outside the home, or present with non-male relatives, their hair will normally be covered, obeying Mohammed's command to cover your shameful parts.
The interpretation of what is shameful is very broad. Some of the more liberal Qataris have started to wear hijab far back on their heads, others allow a fringe to peep through; some cover their hair completely. In recent years, it is not unknown for a hijab to 'accidentally' fall off while in a fashionable shopping mall. Meanwhile, when abroad some liberable Qataris do away with the hijab altogether. It is still rare to see this in Qatar.
Other Qataris choose to cover their whole face. Even here there is variation; eyes may be open (and heavily decorated with makeup), or closed with sunglasses, or even with thin, see-through cloth. There is debate in the Muslim world over whether covering your face is allowed under Islam, and certainly when women perform the Haj: a pilgrimage that forms one of the five pillars of Islam it is forbidden to cover the face.
Ultimately, within Qatar there is choice as to what women wear. However, while sometimes it is the women who choose whether to cover their face, at other times the choice will be made by her family or her husband.
Also see: Why do women cover their face in Qatar?
(Slang) The covering worn by women over their head. Also known as hijab or khemaar.
Qatari word for dress.
Originally a word for the long flowing dress that Qatari women wear nowadays normallay used for men's dress.
Abbayah (Abaya)
(Formerly called Aldaffah): a one piece cloak which covers the women from the top of head to their toes.
A dress that was traditionally by girls before marriage. It covered their head and chest and flowed over the back. They used to start wearing this between the age of ten and fourteen, which was when they became eligible for marriage. This is no longer worn.
Qatar Men's Clothing
The Ghutra and Ogaal (see below) can be worn in many different ways. Young men like to tilt their Ogaal rakishly to show off their daredevil character, while more conservative and older men like to wear it straight. It does seem to require constant readjustment - especially in shopping malls in front of young ladies!
Cloth folded and placed on the head. Also refers to the clothes worn in winter, which is warmer and is made of kashmiri wool. This is often white in Qatar, but can also be a checked red and white.
A brown or black rope-like coil placed on top of the ghutra.
A cloak ususally made of wool which is worn outside the house.
Bedouin women would also wear a mask or himaar (also known as nekap or burget), which was made of silver or some other solid material. This now seems to be on its way out - it is rare to see younger women wearing this.
Al thobe or thawb
A long, usually white, dress, with a collar which is like a European shirt but extends down to the feet. In the past men wore a collarless thawb al shadd, made of light wool and a thawb ashalhatt with long sleeves. See Thobe for more information.
A pair of long pants worn under the thobe.
This was a white sarong worn by Qatari men in the past. In Qatar, this has been replaced by the Sirwaal, but it is still widely worn in the UAE and Oman.
Leather sandals.
Thobe shilhat
Popular in the last century, this collarless shirt's sleeves went from narrow at the shoulder to incredibly wide at the wrists, forming a triangular shape.
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Little bit of something for everyone in the movie theaters this Friday.
For the mainstream action lovers: "Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit." Chris Pine is the latest to play Tom Clancy's hero.
(Update: "Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit" has been moved to Friday, Jan. 17.)
For the military-minded: "Lone Survivor." Mark Wahlberg plays a real-life SEAL survivor.
For the family-phobic: "August: Osage County." Julia Roberts and Meryl Streep get in each other's hair.
For the locally minded: "Different Drummers." Don Caron and Lyle Hatcher adapt a real-life tale of inspiration.
For lovers of schlock: "Legend of Hercules." The strongman comes of age, which marks a comeback for director Renny Harlin.
For Coen-philes: "Inside Llewyn Davis." The Coen brothers tell a story about the vagaries of talent and fame.
For Jonze-philes: "Her." Spike Jonze tells a tale of a man who falls in love with his phone.


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This Issue:
Astronaut Alums Take SEAS to New Heights
Biomedical Engineering Meets Art at MoMA
SEAS Establishes New Advisory Board For Entrepreneurship
Philips Electronics Honors Professor Gertrude Neumark
Deodatis Is Named First Calatrava Family Professor
Engineers Without Borders Brings Power to the People
Programs That Create Engineers Who Care
Doing Well by Doing Good
Faculty Notes
Nayar Elected New Member of National Academy of Engineering
Undergrads Contribute to Research
University Announces New Financial Aid Plan
SEAS Parents Program Formed
SEAS Goes West, Brings Columbia to CA
Reunion Program
Alumni Notes
In Memoriam
Dr. Gertrude F. Neumark, the first woman to hold a chaired professorship at Columbia University's Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science, is the reason a new professorship is being established at the School. Philips, the international electronics company headquartered in The Netherlands, established an endowed fund, the newly-created Philips Electronics Professorship Fund, in the School's Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics in honor of Professor Neumark's pioneering role as a woman engineer. Professor Neumark was employed by Philips Laboratories in Briarcliff Manor, NY, between 1960 and 1985.
"Gertrude Neumark's intellectual and academic contributions and her many years of commitment and support of the School enable us to remain prominent in the area of applied physics," said Interim Dean of SEAS Gerald A. Navratil. "She is truly one of the pioneers who has helped build our legacy."
The Philips Electronics Professorship is to be held by a tenured faculty member and consideration will be given to a member who is from a group that is underrepresented on the SEAS faculty with a view toward increasing the diversity of the School, as Professor Neumark did at the time of her appointment as Howe Professor of Materials Science in 1999. Dean Navratil said, "We know the incumbent will be inspired by the example of Gertrude Neumark."
Dr. Neumark said, "I am particularly pleased that the Philips Electronics Professorship will give one member of an underrepresented group an opportunity to receive tenure." Dr. Neumark is one of the world's foremost experts on doping wide band-gap semiconductors. It was during her research work at SEAS that she conceived the doping process that has been the basis for devices improving the quality of consumer products ranging from flat screen TVs to mobile phone screens.
"Columbia revitalized my research and really gave me a second career," says Dr. Neumark, currently a research scientist and Howe Professor emerita. "I find the environment extremely stimulating." She credits Columbia with providing the creative environment that led to her patents in doping wide band-gap semiconductors.
Doping is the process of adding impurities to semiconductors to provide better conductivity. There are two types of dopants, one with one more valence electron than the host (donors), and the other with one less (acceptors). Dr. Neumark realized that better doping could be obtained by "tricking" the semiconductor by incorporating both types of dopants together, but selecting the type that was not desired to be a relatively mobile impurity, and then subsequently removing it.
Moreover, she also realized that this method would be applicable to any wide band-gap material. It was precisely this approach that resulted in the successful development of green and shorter-wavelength lasers and LEDs using gallium nitride and related nitrides. For a number of years, obtaining efficient blue and green light emissions from semiconductor devices was regarded as the "holy grail" in this area.
Commercial uses for blue and shorter-wavelength lasers range from increasing sharpness of a laser printer to increasing the information storage capacity of a DVD. The significant advantage of these diode lasers lies in their wavelength. "The space needed to store information is proportional to the square of the wavelength," said Dr. Neumark, "so the shorter the wavelength, the greater the information that can be stored in the same space."
In addition to these lasers, her patented processes led to blue and ultraviolet LEDs (light-emitting diodes), which are now used for computers, traffic lights, instrument panels, as the background color for mobile-phone screens, in multicolor displays, flat screens and in numerous other lighting applications.
Dr. Neumark graduated summa cum laude from Barnard College in 1948, received an M.S. in chemistry from Radcliffe in 1949, and, in 1951, received a Ph.D. in chemistry from Columbia's Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. Dr. Neumark was recently selected as a recipient of Barnard's Distinguished Alumna Award for 2008 for her outstanding achievements in materials science and engineering. The Barnard Awards Committee noted she was being honored as an alumna who personifies the ideals of a liberal arts education and who has achieved distinction for her role in the development of blue lasers and light-emitting diodes.
She was elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 1982, and has been a panelist for the National Research Council. She is one of 83 women whose work appears on the archival website maintained by UCLA entitled, "Contributions of 20th Century Women to Physics." She is also listed in Who's Who in America, Who's Who in Science and Engineering, and American Men and Women of Science. She is the author of more than 140 publications and a contributor to McGraw-Hill Yearbook of Science and Technology.
Columbia University and Philips are pleased to announce that Philips has established an endowed fund that shall be used to support the newly-created Philips Electronics Professorship in Columbia's Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics in The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science. Philips' contribution is being given in honor of Professor Gertrude Neumark Rothschild's pioneering role as a woman engineer. Dr. Neumark Rothschild is a current member of the Columbia faculty who was employed by Philips Laboratories between 1960 and 1985.
The Professorship will be held by either a newly or recently tenured faculty member, and may either be someone currently on the faculty or someone recruited to the position with consideration given to a candidate's status as a member of a group that is underrepresented on the faculty of the School of Engineering and Applied Science, so long as such consideration is in keeping with Columbia's goal of obtaining the benefits of diversity.


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Two products from Spectrum Brands Holdings' Rayovac battery division were named International CES Innovations 2014 Design and Engineering Award Honorees.
The two honorees are the Rayovac Emergency 2 Hour Power mobile charger and the Rayovac 15-Minute Battery Charger.
Products in the program are judged by a panel of independent industrial designers, independent engineers, and members of the trade media. The awards seek to honor outstanding design and engineering in cutting-edge consumer electronics products across 29 product categories.
The Rayovac Emergency 2 Hour Power comes ready-to-use and provides a mobile phone with two additional hours of talk time for unexpected emergencies. The design eliminated the outlet from the charging equation, creating a portable charging product designed to rescue any mobile device from a dead battery. The charging device has a shelf life of 10 years. It can provide instant power to Apple and Micro USB mobile devices.
Rayovac's goal in developing the Rayovac 15-Minute Battery Charger was to address the inconveniences associated with the use of traditional rechargeable batteries. The IC3 rechargeable system can hold up to four batteries per use and charges AA and AAA batteries. Batteries are fully charged in 15 minutes, which makes it the fastest charger on the market.
The two products will be displayed in The Venetian at the 2014 International CES, which takes place Jan. 7-10, 2014 in Las Vegas.
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Block Parties
What if you are baking a cake and run out of sugar? Would you feel comfortable asking your neighbor for a cup? With our increasingly hectic lifestyles, many of us rush between activities without the time, or the opportunity, to say hello to the people next door. Building relationships with your neighbors is important and a block party is a great way to start!
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I think we ought to attach this thread to the 'IT staff are underpaid one'. :D
These new Geforce cards are sounding really nice. Not tempted yet as the only games I'm playing on PC at the moment (Warcraft and Diablo 3) seem to run OK on my current GTX470 but it's good to see Nvidia making improvements in performance and power consumption.
On a side note what's with the GTX 690 pricing! I mean it's more than TWICE the price of the GTX680 :eek:How does that work when it's basically 2 680's on the same card. Surely it should be more around the £600 figure in line with the old GTX 590?
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I think we ought to attach this thread to the 'IT staff are underpaid one'.
Not sure how much truth there is in this Why can't Nvidia supply Kepler/GK104/GTX680? | SemiAccurate
I'm reading about the 670 now, very interesting and out this thursday too.. Gigabyte GTX 670 OC Version *HANDS ON*
Reviews are up: Nvidia's GeForce GTX 670 graphics card - The Tech Report - Page 1
AnandTech - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 Review Feat. EVGA: Bringing GK104 Down To $400
From what I've briefly gleaned from conclusion pages (so that this post had some meat to it), it's remarkably close to the 680 in performance at about £100 cheaper, and a good competitor for the 7970 let alone the 7950 it's pitched against.
Looking like a Green Generation this time round, isn't it?
670 on the way to me :)
By all accounts i'd bin that order and get a 670, from all the reviews the 670 is just slighty behind and in some cases so similar at about 100 quid less than a 680.
670 in my hands, roll on home time so I can install it!
Just having a look on ebuyer at the 670s, anyone know whats different in each one?
Not worth getting any that are promising to be overclocked either because of the way the GPU Boost works now with nVidia - see the Anandtech review I linked above.
I was a bit jammy with my 670, sad old me was F5ing the site until they went live, cheapest one they had was the EVGA 670 SC at £312 so added it to basket and order went through - 10 mins later the price jumped to 353 :)


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