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Last week, People For the American Way Foundation launched a new report, "12 Rules for Mixing Religion and Politics," which offers guidelines for policymakers and advocates seeking to bring faith into political debates.
Joining us at a launch party for the report and a discussion of the issues it raises were Minnesota Rep. Keith Ellison, the first Muslim in Congress; Sister Simone Campbell, director of the Catholic social justice group NETWORK; and Rabbi David Saperstein, director of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism.
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It has been known for years that Chick-fil-A supports right-wing groups. The company has given out gift cards at the Family Research Council's Values Voter Summit. At a recent Religious Right gathering, a speaker talked about how wonderful it was to live and work in Atlanta, where, he said, there's a Baptist church on every corner and the streets are paved with Chick-fil-A.
So I am no fan of Chick-fil-A, but I'm a big fan of freedom, and that includes Chick-fil-A's freedom to open its restaurants, even in cities where progressive political leaders don't like the reactionary politics promoted by the company and its owners.
There's been a robust campaign by advocates for LGBT equality to call more attention to Chick-fil-A's contributions to "traditional family" groups, which total in the millions of dollars. But the feathers really flew when company president Dan Cathy made comments in an interview with Baptist Press bragging about his company's position on marriage – "guilty as charged" -- and his comments to an Atlanta radio station.
I think we are inviting God's judgment on our nation when we shake our fist at him and say, 'We know better than you as to what constitutes a marriage,'" said Cathy.
I pray God's mercy on our generation that has such a prideful, arrogant attitude to think that we would have the audacity to try to redefine what marriage is all about," he added.
It's no surprise that Cathy's comments have stirred supporters of LGBT equality to respond. Much of that response has been in the best traditions of free speech and protest. In Washington, D.C., this week, the Human Rights Campaign organized a protest in front of a Chick-Fil-A food truck. Other activists have rallied outside Chick-Fil-A stores and some students have protested the company's presence on their campuses.
In addition, a number of political leaders have spoken out in defense of marriage equality and in opposition to the company's support for discrimination. Twenty years ago, I would never have imagined elected officials taking the time to publicly criticize a business on behalf of the ability of same-sex couples to get married. It's a good thing – a sign of amazing progress.
But a couple of politicians have gone too far – suggesting that the power of government should be used to prevent the company from opening restaurants based on its political donations and the positions of its owners. That's not a good thing. As a matter of principle, the government shouldn't treat individuals differently based on their political or religious beliefs, or companies based on the political activities and contributions of their owners. As others have noted, we wouldn't want cities or states to have the power to prevent the opening of stores whose owners support LGBT equality or other progressive causes.
People For the American Way's headquarters is located in the District of Columbia, where elected officials have recognized that LGBT people should be treated equally under the law. DC's progressive public policies stand in stark contrast to the anti-equality work of groups like the Family Research Council, but we would never suggest that the DC government could or should have prevented FRC from planting its headquarters in the center of downtown DC. Our commitment to freedom and equality should extend to those who don't share it.
USA Today editorialized this week against the rank McCarthyism of Rep. Michele Bachmann and several of her colleagues. PFAW's Right Wing Watch has covered the representatives' letter, which cited professional Islamophobe Frank Gaffney as it sounded the alarm about Muslim Brotherhood penetration of the US government and urged an investigation of Huma Abedin, a top aide to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Says USA Today:
Their letter is a masterpiece of innuendo. Abedin, a U.S.-born Muslim married to a Jewish ex-congressman, is suspect because she "has three family members … connected to Muslim Brotherhood operatives and/or organizations."
Even the innuendo is thin: Pressed for proof, Bachmann wrote that a law review article said Abedin's father, who died when his daughter was a teenager, founded an institute that had the "support" of a man who headed another group that was "aligned" with the Brotherhood. This is two decades and several degrees of separation from Abedin in 2012, but that's how a guilt-by-association smear works. Like all cheap magic, it loses its power once you know the trick.
Well put, but one small quibble: the editorial was headlined "Bachmann's Islamist scare relaunches McCarthyism." In fact, right-wing McCarthyism has been thriving since President Obama's election, as documented in PFAW reports here and here.

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on 3/5/2009 7:05:00 PM
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This is high on my list of favorite things right now. I have it in Fresh, Bloom, Dream, and Sexy (and I want Summer badly)... all of which are awesome. I'm a total lipgloss-aholic and this is currently my fav by far.
The colors are quite sheer but still add a lovely tint and shine that won't be missed. They're very wearable.
They do plump a little... I don't have thin lips so I can't really say how much, but there is definitely plumping action. Much more so than any other plumping product I've come across. Actually, I've never found another one that worked without setting your mouth on fire.
There is no burning or tingling. Maybe a slight numbness at first if you put a lot on (seriously not as bad as it sounds... it's actually pretty pleasant).
Imparts moisture like nobody's business. My lips feel more hydrated and smooth even when it wears off.
The only downside is the price. Otherwise it'd be 5 lippies all the way. But this stuff is $$$$! The only reason I'm able to have it is because I found a good deal on eBay and got them from a reputable dealer for about half price. Otherwise, WAY out of my price range. Even at half price they were a total splurge that I won't be able to soon repeat.
Then I'll just hafta hock something I guess because I love this stuff. Lol. j/k... kinda... ;)
on 3/2/2009 6:41:00 PM
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This is one of my favorite lip glosses! The colors are great, nice smell/taste, they have a good consistency and moisturize really well... The downsides are the price of course, and the fact that it works like super glue when it comes to long hair and windy days. It does plump my lips a bit, although not as much as I would have liked! I think my expectations might have been too thigh tho, but there really is no permanent plumping to the lips as the manufacturer claims. My favorite use for this is to put on a thick layer before bed - my lips look amazing the next morning.
on 2/26/2009 4:03:00 PM
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best lipplumper ever...HG...i really like the nude glosses like bare, it works so well i am amazed everytime i use it...but it is really expensive...
on 2/22/2009 5:24:00 PM
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Pretty cool lip plumper. I didn't get a color, just the clear gloss. You get used to the tingling after a few uses, and it smells good.
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I got this in Sweet, which is described on FusionBeauty's website as a sheer natural light pink. This lip plump is supposed to make your lips fuller by its collagen technology according to its product description. As a lip plumper, I do see that it reduces the fine lines on my lips, which gives it that illusion that it's plumper. However, the effect isn't dramatic. Sometimes during the first 15 minutes or so, I will feel a slight tingly feeling, but it is not an uncomfortable feeling at all. The plump effect probably lasts for an hour or so. As a lipgloss, this color gives me a barely there pink sheen and it's a bit shiny. It's definitely not super duper shiny compare to other glosses due to the texture not being sticky and thick at all, so you'll feel comfortable wearing it. It moisturizes well. It has a fresh citrus smell to it, but it fades off eventually. It is a very expensive, but it's 8.22g/0.29oz. Even though the effect is not outrageous, I personally would still repurchase it if I ran out. I might try out a different color like Flirt, but overall, these glosses are very sheer. If you want a lip plumper that reduces fine lines and does give an illusion of fuller lips but don't mind the price tag, then I would recommend this product to you.
Here is a picture of me wearing Sweet for your reference (with flash):
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on 2/15/2009 9:32:00 AM
Age: 19-24
Skin: Combination, Fair, Not Sure
Hair: Brunette, Other, Other
Eyes: Green
So after reading so many great reviews on this product, I was really excited to try it. I had tried BE's Buxom lips in the past and had gotten great results. I bought the gloss in berry as I read that some of the other colors were very sheer. After giving it about 3 changes, I returned it. Not even the most minimal plumping occurred. The color was pretty, but I felt like it just sat on top of my lips. After about 15 minutes, the gloss felt a lot thicker than when first applied, however there was still no plumping going on. If the gloss wasn't almost $40 I probably wouldn't have returned it, however it doesn't do what it says it does and I can get a similar color gloss for a lot less.
on 1/26/2009 2:33:00 PM
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Hair: Blond, Other, Other
Eyes: Blue
This is a pretty hydrating gloss. Whether or not it plumps my lips is still out and I've been using this for a few months now. Maybe just accentuates, not so much plumping. I prefer H2O Plus' plumper as it gives a prettier sheen and is super moisturizing.
on 1/20/2009 7:17:00 PM
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Hair: Brunette, Other, Other
Eyes: Hazel
I do like this product- i don't think it works to well to "plump" but the colour is nice ( I use the colour "sweet") it suttle but not to out there!
on 1/12/2009 12:59:00 PM
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Hair: Brown, Other, Other
Eyes: Brown
usually this lip plumper would cost around $30-40 and the XL is about 50 bucks. but i got mine on ebay for $16.99 with free shipping! i got in the "blush" color which is a sheer baby pink. =] it does what it says. i already have semi "full" lips but i needed some OMPH! so i decided to try this out. and i am a HUGE fan of lip plumpers. i lovee the tingly sensation. o.O" hehe. out of all the lip plumpers that i have tried the top two would be Lip Fusion and Lip Pulse (or also known as Stung!) this product gave me great results. i even did a test on half of my lips to see if it would work .. and it did. half of my lips were nicely plumped! =] it didnt sting or burn .. which is GREAT because lip plumpers are known to sting lol =P it just gives your lips a slight tingle and numbness. it worked instantly for me. i would def. buy this product again .. if it were on sale. >.<" =]
on 1/8/2009 3:59:00 PM
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Hair: Blond, Other, Other
Eyes: Green
I love this gloss. I get the regular clear one. I've used the XL (went through 3 tubes of it) and honestly the only difference is that it's more expensive. the regular one gives me exact results. it's very moisturizing and definately plumps my lips. i've noticed the huge difference when i ran out of lip fusion and used various other glosses, nothing quenched and plumed like lip fusion. I also apply it at night sometimes for better results or when my lips feel very dry. i've noticed that drinking more water helps the results.
furthermore the staying power is pretty awesome without being sticky.
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we were staying in the hotel and ate here on a few occasions, the kids were made to feel welcome and the setting was relaxing in a somewhat busy street. food was served quickly and was tasty.
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Last night my partner, family and I ate here. We found it overpriced for what looked like pub food...the cheese on the nachos and pizza had no flavour, the chicken ceaser salad was poor and the chicken burger wasnt much bigger than a cheese burger at McDonalds. Wait staff were friendly enough but wouldn't eat here again.
Staying at the hotel and I get 50% discount on dinners and I am tired at the end of my working days so I don't like venturing far. The breakfasts were great. The dinners were okay. Salads need some freshening up. Meals a re cooked reasonably well but there is something missing. It may be the orange and green plates...
Nothing amazing here - pretty much a pub style meal (Pizzas, wedges etc). The place was very busy when we arrived and we were told there was a 35-40 min wait for our meals straight up. We had to eat - so were happy to wait. Atmosphere is nothing amazing - just a long noisy room with a bar one...
Last night's visit to CBD will be my last due to a combination of nonexistent service and very ordinary food. I was pretty uninspired by the menu so I chose the lamb shoulder accompanied by a Greek salad. My sister-in-law would also have chosen this dish but we were informed that there was only one left despite it being only...
We ordered from the room service menu and a delicious pizza was delivered quickly and easily to our room.
We had a pre-show dinner here as part of our "showstopper" accommodation package staying at Rydges. As our show started at 7.30pm we reserved a table for 5.30. It was not too crowded when we arrived and service was very good. My husband had Chicken tikka masala and I had Tempura flathead with chips. The servings were a good size...
This is at the front of Rydges. Great spot, great atmosphere here for eating or just a drink. Morning coffee is worth it.
We had drinks and snacks here before the concert at the Convention Centre next door. Pizzawas excellent. Salt and pepper squid was hot and tender but I think 'bought in' it had a very salty 'processed' coating. The portions were huge and the food was hot. Service was okay.
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The 13 spokespersons include some new names like Union Ministers Shashi Tharoor and Jyotiraditya Scindia, Mahila Congress president Shobha Oza, advocate and former spokesperson Abhishek Manu Singhvi, Haryana Minister Randeep Singh Surjewala, president of Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee Rita Bahuguna Joshi, party's former media panelist Sanjay Jha, Rajya Sabha MP Satyavrat Chaturvedi and former Leader of Opposition in Gujarat Assembly Shakti Sinh Gohil.
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Asset management is a key feature of data center capacity planning, however for many organizations the activity translates to basic record keeping and outdated collection methods.
Recording the name and location of every piece of IT equipment in the data center into a spreadsheet, by hand, is a labor-intensive, expensive and error-prone way to track valuable assets, especially as the data center is a dynamic environment.
Equipment is moved every day; devices are taken offline for maintenance, and new equipment is deployed. Many data centers that choose to track assets manually are attempting to solve a modern problem using a methodology that dates back to ancient Mesopotamia.
A data center that employs a static, manually maintained system like this requires staff to physically walk around the facility when conducting inventory audits. If a device is missing from its last recorded location or if information about the device conflicts with existing records, staff must investigate, but without any assistance into where to start.
This lack of visibility compromises productivity, lowers morale and increases costs, and makes capacity decisions the equivalent of working in the dark.
Now consider a data center with a real-time, wire-free asset management system. In this data center, the user knows the exact location of every piece of equipment in the facility. They can drill down to specifications, maintenance and warranty histories for every device. Assets can be visible on a floor plan and in context, with power paths, network connections and dependencies clearly mapped.
This business fully understands the current position and status of every piece of equipment in the data center whether it is connected to a rack, or not.
Real-time monitoring data can be correlated with asset information to detect stranded capacity (for example, power is available in a given area but cooling is at its limit). "What if?" scenarios for new configurations can be modelled and predictions into what would occur if an asset were to fail can take place. This is a data center that is consistently available to perform today and is ready to meet the demands of tomorrow.
On a tactical level, real-time asset management
means less time wasted in inventory reconciliation, fewer penalties from late lease returns, and smaller equipment replacement budgets. Warranty and depreciation information is readily available, audits
are streamlined and change management is simplified.
On a more strategic level, asset management systems facilitate more effective capacity planning, prevent over-provisioning and allow the redeployment of assets that could otherwise be sitting in storage areas unused, depreciating in value.
Those that question whether capacity planning is an important concern should consider the data. A recent study found that 63% of those interviewed indicated that they would run out in the next 2-5 years. Building new capacity is expensive – a data center can cost $5-10 million per MW – and co-location prices do not include electricity, bandwidth, staff or migration costs.
A company that buys new compute capacity simply because it is unable to identify whether sufficient capacity already exists is making two expensive mistakes: it is wasting money on something it does not need, and it is taking funds from other initiatives that could drive business growth.
There is an answer to this challenge, and as we explore in the final part of the series, it resides in the predictive analysis of data center monitoring data.
Downtime avoidance and disaster prevention are critical aspects of data center efficiency. Most operators use a multi-pronged approach to address these issues, incorporating redundant systems in their design, applying best practices for operational and maintenance procedures, and using innovative and integrative technologies such as data center infrastructure management (DCIM) systems to improve reliability.
Our recent white paper focuses on these concepts and explains how real-time monitoring, capacity planning and predictive analysis technologies help businesses improve data center agility and efficiency to ensure higher performance at a lower cost. In this first of a multi-part blog series, we take a look at the position real-time monitoring has in the data center management chain.
Data centers are the engines of commerce. They enable every aspect of modern civilization, from social connections to global markets, yet for something so ubiquitous, data centers are strangely invisible and poorly understood.
Most enterprise data centers spend millions of dollars on electricity each year. That's real money in any economy, much less in today's highly competitive global landscape. Add in rising energy costs throughout much of the industrialized world and the increased potential for climate change-related regulation, and one would think most companies would consider improved energy efficiency their highest priority.
A recent survey by the Data Center Users' Group found differently. Respondents ranked energy efficiency fourth in priority. The top concerns? Adequate monitoring and data center management capabilities, availability, and change management.
The common denominator of the above is ensuring availability. A seemingly minor change or miscalculation can have massive implications and the prospect of equipment failure is the type of concern that keeps executives up at night.
The data center cannot go offline, not least because of the expense. A 2013 Ponemon Institute survey reported an average cost of $690,204 per incident and that only includes readily quantifiable impacts – business disruption, lost revenue, decreased productivity, equipment repair and the like. The cost to a business's reputation is harder to measure, but it lasts longer and affects the bottom line far more than the expense of the actual event.
There are many techniques and technologies data center operators can employ to save energy in their facilities. Recent guidance from ASHRAE shows that today, data centers, which used to operate at 55-65 ̊F, can run at 80 or even 90 ̊F, and with less stringent humidity limits. The impact of these changes can be significant: for every 1 ̊F increase in server inlet air temperature, 2-5% in energy costs can be saved.
Given the substantial savings on offer, one might expect every business to make these seemingly straightforward adjustments. Yet many do not; over three-quarters of the respondents to the 2013 Uptime Institute survey reported that their average server supply air temperature was 65-75 ̊F – far cooler than ASHRAE recommends.
Power distribution and backup equipment also contributes to energy waste in the data center, due to conversion losses, poorly designed power chains and inefficient power supplies and cables. However as with cooling, there are many strategies that can help improve power efficiency, the most obvious of which is from a compute perspective.
Because most data centers provision for peak load – loads that may occur only a few days per year – low server utilization is the status quo in the industry. Experts estimate that server utilization in most data centers is only 12-18%. These "comatose" servers still draw almost the same amount of power when idle as they do when processing at full capacity. Additionally, every watt of electricity wasted at the device level has a cascade effect, as still more energy is needed to power the physical infrastructure that supports the device.
Increasing the density of the IT load per rack through consolidation and virtualization can offer substantial savings, not only in equipment but also electricity and space. So why are data center operators leaving these potentially game-changing savings on the table?
Risk. Without real-time monitoring and management, raising inlet air temperature increases the risk of equipment failure. Without a detailed understanding of the relationship between compute demand and power dynamics in the data center, power capping increases the risk that the processing capacity won't be available when required.
In an intelligent data center thousands of sensors throughout the facility collect information on temperature, humidity, air pressure, power use, fan speeds, CPU utilization, and much more – all in real time. This information is aggregated, normalized and reported in ways that allow the operator to understand and adjust controls in response to current conditions.
Monitoring also offers benefits beyond disaster avoidance. Cloud, co-location and hosting providers can use the data collected to document their compliance with service level agreements (SLAs). Monitoring data can be integrated into the facility's building management system (BMS), allowing operators to further automate and optimize control of the physical environment.
Visibility at a macro and micro level improves client confidence, streamlines decision making and increases data center availability, productivity and energy efficiency.
These are all powerful outcomes, however they are only achievable when monitoring data is united with other aspects of data center management. In our next blog we look at one specific application - capacity planning - and the role predictive analysis plays in correlating capacity-related data.
Want to learn more? Read our new whitepaper "IT Starts with Information" for an in-depth look at how real-time monitoring, capacity planning and predictive analysis technologies drive data center agility and efficiency while dramatically improving TCO through the continuous visibility, management and accurate provisioning of IT assets.
Many data centers rely on manual processes like bar code scanning and passive RFID solutions to gather and record information about the location, life cycle, and security of their valuable data center assets. These methods are costly, time consuming and error prone. Worse, because it takes so much time to collect the data audits are typically performed only once or twice a year. The result? Strategic, business-critical decisions are often made based on inaccurate, out of date information.
Want to learn more about how automated asset management drives business value and rapid ROI? Download our white paper "Asset Vulnerability: The Six Greatest Risks Facing IT Asset Inventory and Management — and the Single Automated Solution" today.
RF Code's executive team continued its long-standing legacy for industry leadership with packed conferences in North America, EMEA and Asia.
The highlight was a panel discussion I was invited to at HCTS North America. Titled The Data Center of 2020 and chaired by 451 Research Vice President of Research for Datacenter Technologies and Eco-Efficient IT, Andy Lawrence, I introduced our vision of a data center that is the driver of corporate strategy and success.
It was clear from audience feedback that many of the world's largest enterprises are still struggling to meet the operational challenges facing their bottom lines. Enterprises need strategic insight that delivers real outcomes, not just the inflated marketing materials that some providers in the industry churn out.
This is why we run regular executive briefings with the world's most influential companies to discuss their data-led strategies.
The most recent sessions took place in Hong Kong, Shanghai and Taiwan with a clear objective - through informed discussions, enterprises can visualize a clear strategy to improve their own facilities' sustainability and efficiency. Current enterprise success stories include:
Our next executive breakfast will be held in London on November 18 2014 ahead of our attendance of DCD London. Please let us know if you would like to attend the exclusive C-Level event.
There are still opportunities to hear us speak in 2014 as we will be at:
CA World: November 9-12 - Las Vegas
DCD Converged London: November 19-20 - Booth 329 - ExCel London
Gartner Data Center, Infrastructure & Operations Management: December 2-5 - Las Vegas
DCD Converged Dallas: December 9 - Dallas
Want to see how CenturyLink's RF Code deployment has resulted in millions of dollars in ongoing savings, and improved service offerings for customers? Cleick below to watch their presentation from earlier this year.
Energy use in data centers throughout APAC is rising to match skyrocketing demand. Take a look at some of the ways energy efficiency -- or the lack of it -- is affecting data centers and managed service providers in the region. Click on the infographic to view it full-size in another window.
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Want to learn more? Download this case study and see how RF Code partner QDS was engaged by one of Hong Kong's largest power companies to improve the energy efficiency of its data centers.
The infamous New York Times periodical The Cloud Factories was a tirade against the (supposed) modern equivalent of the coal power plant, the data center. The residing image was a hot, energy-waster, a vision that still remains today.
This is a misplaced example of misrepresentation and inaccurate press sensationalism. It demonstrates that the public, press included, understand little about how data centers function, are regulated and the drivers behind improvement. In the past facilities were wasteful and some still consume significant amounts of energy, but inefficiency is becoming a thing of the past.
The data center sector is striving to improve its long-term impact through globally coordinated regulation, efficiency strategies and operational transparency. Change is occurring at all levels. Facebook has made its data center design and operational systems open to public scrutiny, renewable energy is now a real fuel alternative in certain regions, and compliance is keeping the heat on businesses rather than their IT equipment.
The sheer level of change occurring highlights the united front against environmental damage and financial waste.
Regulation is the first step behind any shift in operational process, which is why the U.S. Department of Energy has committed to educate federal data center operators around environmental best practice. This centralized governance intends to reduce energy usage 20% by 2020. If the initiative is effectively adopted, energy savings could reach 12 billion KWh/year, 2% of the entire country's annual lighting volume ($2 billion potential savings).
Data centers have a social responsibility to slash their power intake, as current usage levels are unsustainable. Global energy consumption is expected to reach 41.86 quadrillion BTU in 2014 (U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)), a 1% increase over 2013; the equivalent of 8 trillion gallons of gasoline or 36 million tonnes of coal.
That is why other regions focus on hard compliance. The EU Commission's 2012 Energy Efficiency Directive came into force in June, leaving facilities little choice but to invest in technology-led strategies to drive efficiencies across the IT environment. The aim mirrors the DoE; a 20% reduction by 2020 across all sections of the energy distribution chain.
For the UK it is money driving action. The Climate Change Agreement of December 2013 has pushed co-location companies to improve their environmental footprints through financial incentives, a feat made possible by sensor networks that generate real-time visibility. As the report states, "If data centers do not meet targets, they pay the government £12 per tonne of CO2 by which the target has been missed. The financials are quite obvious."
Organizations have the opportunity to lead by example. Boardrooms do not want to be labeled inefficient and increased competition is leading many businesses to think strategically. They are driving IT to undertake a programme of data center optimization, especially as the positive business outcomes stretch further than green credentials and PR exposure.
ASHRAE guidelines state that a single degree Fahrenheit increase in the data center can yield yearly savings of 2% and when you spend $80 million a year on power like CenturyLink does, that 2% offers vast commercial and reinvestment potential. The average data center could increase temperatures by 10 degrees. That is millions waiting to be put back on the bottom line.
Other examples include Digital Fortress, whose co-location operations are now environmentally stable. With real-time RF Code data, customers have insurmountable proof it is meeting SLA requirements and of its own facility's sustainability. Elsewhere a leading Hong Kong power company is passing on its savings directly to customers now it has greater operational control.
This should be the image of data centers: serving mankind, not harming it. They do more for our every day existence than nearly any other sector and deserve celebration. Throughout their lifespan, facilities generate thousands of jobs, help local economies and improve our lives. That is a story worth writing about.
Note: An edited version of this piece was published in IQ by Intel on October 1, 2014 as "Are You Data Center Dependant?"
Last month a 6.1 magnitude earthquake rocked Napa reminding California, home to the world's leading data-reliant organizations, of Mother Nature's destructive potential.
It was a stark warning of the damage that can be caused by forces outside our control, especially to the data centers we rely on. Currently there are over 500,000 critical facilities supporting our lives. The strain on them will only increase as the Internet of Things (IoT) drives the rapid proliferation of personal, community and corporate digital technology.
Something has to change. We must become more informed about the importance of data centers in our lives. The press has no trouble writing about them, but for all the wrong reasons. The majority of column inches focus on how dirty and polluting they are, when, in reality, no other industry is doing more to clean up its act through regulation and energy efficiency.
Today, every part of our lives is dependent on data centers. Our daily social media interactions, the transport infrastructure we depend on, the accessibility and management of personal and corporate finance, and the provision of our power and utilities. Everyone should understand how critical these facilities are to our daily activities.
The financial sector is all too familiar with this challenge. IT issues and data center outages cost banks billions of dollars in lost revenue and fines every year. This impacts investor confidence and results in short-term sector instability but it is the public that has to live with the overall fallout.
Those on vacation are stranded without money, salaries cannot be paid and mortgage approvals falter, preventing thousands from moving home. Our world grinds to a halt, as explored in Intel's own Food. Water. Datacenter. spoof video.
The truth is less amusing for those bearing the brunt of outages. HSBC, Bank of America, RBS and Natwest have all experienced recent IT failures at the expense of their customers and bottom lines.
Disruption like theirs highlights just how fragile the global economy is and how the most mundane activities are completely driven by data.
The water and power distributed to your home is routed by data centers. Traffic lights, train signals, bus routes, even the live traffic information delivered to your car, are reliant on data center facilities.
Even Google with its ambitious automated car vision should be concerned. Its new driverless cars generate over 1GB a second through advanced image collection and processing technologies. Multiply this by how many cars Google expects to manufacture and the mountain of data becomes unfathomable. If the data center does go down, your car is nothing more than somewhere to stay dry while you wait for a bus!
The same pressures apply to airlines. Planes only earn money when in the air and if a carrier is already posting massive annual losses of $2.8 billion, mass delays only add to the financial strain. Qantas experienced this when it grounded 400 flights due to check-in failure. It ruined thousands of vacations because its data center did not have a contingency plan for the leap-second bug.
Closer to home is your daily shopping routine. If Amazon has issues during the festive period it isn't just your family's Christmas that is ruined, but the company's bottom line as well. Last year it took the company just 49 minutes of downtime to lose $4 million in sales, while a similar half-hour data center incident saw $65,000 hemorrhaged every minute. This is not a financially sustainable business strategy, nor does it win customer loyalty.
Emerging technologies highlight how exposed the modern world is. In the age of terror, data centers have replaced power stations and airports as strategic targets. Deliberate outages already happen regularly. The whole of Syria was taken offline in 2013 when the government blocked external communications services. Iraq, North Korea and Sudan saw the same treatment at the hands of insurgents and their oppressive regimes.
Data is no longer a commodity but a priceless asset upholding national security. Even when intentions are not sinister, events out of our control are unavoidable. Level 3 Communications famously cursed squirrels in 2011 for chewing cables, a pest that was responsible for almost 20% of outages. The undersea cables that carry data traffic between continents are even more susceptible; a regular target for hungry sharks and clumsy ships.
Most major governments and businesses are waking up to data security. The most famous example is Visa's Operations Center East with an address 'somewhere on the Eastern seaboard'. A genuine fortress with 130 former military personnel guarding its grounds, it has a moat and hydraulic bollards that can be raised to stop a car traveling at 50MPH.
The data center is now omnipresent and its significance in our personal and professional lives cannot be overstated. From a misplaced server holding financial data to the loss of Netflix on a Sunday afternoon, data centers are now symbiotic entities we cannot separate ourselves from.
They will only increase in importance as the last non-digital services are disrupted by technology. Gartner predicts more than $143 billion will be spent on data centers globally this year. Given their monumental importance, this seems like money well spent.
This week RF Code is pleased to feature a guest blog by Dr. Magnus Herrlin, President of ANCIS Inc. Prior to establishing ANCIS, Dr. Herrlin was a Principal Scientist at Telcordia Technologies (Bellcore) where he optimized the network environment to minimize service downtime and operating costs. His expertise has generated numerous papers, reports, and standards, including thermal management, energy management, mechanical system design and operation, and network reliability.
You might ask yourself what data, metrics, and training may have in common in the data center domain. Data is everywhere and increasingly so. The goal of collecting data is to do something intelligent with them, at least eventually. Metrics are fantastic tools to compress a large amount of "raw" data into understandable, actionable numbers. However, data and metrics alone will not necessarily make us design and operate data centers in a more energy efficient way. The missing link is training of those involved in the design and day-to-day operation of the data center.
We have the capabilities to collect a nearly endless amount of operational infrastructure data. Specifically, many Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) offerings have that capability when linked to a sensor network. Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) modeling has a similar data-handling challenge. On the infrastructure side of the business, the data we are talking about are those related to energy and those related to environmental conditions in the equipment space. The data can be collected with wired or wireless technologies and linked to a DCIM software. Of utmost importance is that the collection and software technologies are flexible. Data centers are dynamic environments, which require frequent reconfigurations of the data collection system. Many of the commercial data collection systems are phenomenal data-generating machines.
But data alone is not sufficient for allowing operational efficiency. The growth of the DCIM market have not met the industry projections a few years back. One reason may be that the DCIM vendors have been less than successful in communicating the benefits of their systems. Another may be that the industry is young and poorly organized/standardized. But the lack of tools to convert raw data into actionable information, which the user actually can use to improve the operation of the data center, may also be a major contributor to this slow growth.
Metrics are fantastic tools for compressing a large amount of data into useful numbers. A metric is typically calculated with a formula, generating an output that is simple to understand. Raw data often requires analysis and interpretation to make it useful. "Rich" data on the other hand can be used for predicting, planning, and decision making. And well selected metrics help produce rich data.
Since a metric generally is a single number, it can also easily be tracked over time. After all, how do you effectively track 200 or 2000 raw data points over time? Tracking performance is imperative because it shows progress (or lack thereof). And don't underestimate the business value of this data: the guy in the corner office simply loves this type of information.
Maybe the most well-known metric in data centers is the Power Utilization Effectiveness (PUE). It is a measure of the energy (not power) premium to condition the equipment space. A PUE well above 1 means a large infrastructure overhead, whereas 1 would mean no overhead whatsoever. Clearly, to be able to calculate this single-number metric requires raw data as well as some data analysis (using a formula).
Energy efficiency needs to be balanced with equipment reliability, which generally has higher priority for data center owners and operators than energy efficiency. It's a balancing act. An important part of equipment reliability is the air intake temperatures. The trick is to increase intake temperatures and thereby decrease energy costs without risking equipment reliability. In other words, energy and thermal management. Several organizations have developed guidelines for intake temperatures, for example, ASHRAE and NEBS.
Leading network services provider CenturyLink set out to find a way to cut the spending on energy and cooling. But, without appropriate monitoring and analysis, increased temperatures could lead to costly equipment failures. Based on a pilot project with the environmental monitoring and asset management company RF Code, CenturyLink is projected to save nearly three million annually at full implementation by balancing the temperature increase with equipment reliability.
There are plenty of intake temperatures in a data center. To be exact, everywhere there is a cooling fan on a piece of equipment. Even a fairly small data center has the capacity to produce data that becomes next to worthless without data management. One metric that was specifically designed to help with such data overload is the Rack Cooling Index (RCI). It is a metric for showing compliance with the ASHRAE and NEBS temperature guidelines. An RCI of 100% means perfect compliance. RF Code's software used by CenturyLink automatically calculates this metric to help ensure thermal compliance.
There are a number of training opportunities for the data center industry. I will limit myself to a training program called the Data Center Energy Practitioner (DCEP) program. It was developed by the Department of Energy's (DOE) Advanced Manufacturing Office in partnership with industry stakeholders. This certificate training program for data center energy experts has now been re-initiated with help from the Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP), Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), and three professional training organizations. A number of training dates are upcoming across the country, beginning on October 27, 2014 in New York.
The main objective for the DCEP Program is to raise the standards of those involved in energy assessments of data centers. Training events, lasting one, two, or three days, prepare attendees with the significant knowledge and skills required to perform accurate energy assessments of HVAC, electrical, and IT systems in data centers, including the use of the DOE DcPro suite of energy-assessment software tools. The energy efficiency at day 1 will unquestionably decline over time if the staff does not understand how the energy and environmental systems are supposed to work. The more sophisticated systems, the more need for trained staff.
For more information about the DCEP training, please visit DOE's Center of Expertise for Data Center Energy Efficiency in Data Centers. This website also maintains a list of over 300 recognized DCEPs, who are available to perform standardized energy assessments.
With flexible data collection, efficient data management, powerful metrics, and trained staff, we can actually do something useful with the data. Nice!
Get a closer look at how CenturyLink used intelligent sensor networks to drive data center efficiency and savings: Watch this presentation by CenturyLink's Joel Stone and John Alaimo today!
This was a lesson Digital Fortress quickly learned when a $60,000 air conditioning unit was leaking silently, spilling over 25 pounds of refrigerant across the data center. Its own systems showed 100% efficiency, the reality was the opposite. Failure was imminent.
It is an all too common story for co-location companies. They default to 'hope' as a strategy, believing a facility will continue operating stably, rather than investing in solutions that prove it is to customers with cold-hard data.
As a co-location provider, your business is built on your reputation. Facility efficiency, thermal governance and ensuring availability keep your bottom line healthy. If a server fails, your business can fail. As Scott Gamble, Digital Fortress' IT Manager says, "ten minutes can be the difference between things being OK and a serious problem."
Digital Fortress depends on this sensitive balance. Its customers expect it to provide adequate power and cooling as well as 100% visibility about co-located assets.
Digital Fortress adapted its management model to ensure disaster situations like the above would never happen again. Customers had already begun requesting real-time data about facility conditions. They wanted to know that Digital Fortress' environment could cope with current and future capacity.
With RF Code sensors, Digital Fortress was able to provide clear intelligence about current conditions. But the benefits go much further than just meeting customer requests. Digital Fortress can:
Outcomes like these are only possible with a solution like ours, where advanced software capabilities combine with sensor instrumentation to provide a complete and live overview of the full environment.
Integration with other systems is critical for guaranteeing complete operational control - facilities management; traditional DCIM; power, water and cooling distribution - something Digital Fortress has already implemented – BMS; enterprise resource planning platforms -- all are necessary.
It took just 6 days for Digital Fortress to realize the benefits of RF Code. Gamble was able to single-handedly deploy the solution, creating positive results like:
According to Gamble, most beneficial was C-level buy-in and financial sustainability: "[Senior management] didn't want a giant bill all at once. They wanted to know that they could invest a little at a time over the course of the year. It helps with spending. It helps with the budget."
This financial clarity has resulted in Digital Fortress choosing to invest in our personnel tracking solutions in the near-future, which will give it both operational and physical security. "Security is a big concern for us and while all our vendors have been vetted, it is always good to have that kind of visibility into where people are at any given time," concluded Gamble.
To learn more about Digital Fortress' success with RF Code, read our case study. Its story was recently covered in the RFID Journal.
Enterprises are suffering from an intelligence crisis. They have been blinded by the mythical promises of Big Data. Regularly heralded by advocates as instrumental to corporate success, the relentless pursuit of new data sources and huge data pools have led many organizations to lose focus of more achievable strategic objectives.
Businesses already possess a massive amount of untapped wealth but it is sitting dormant in the data center, its opportunities unrecognized. Real business value can be generated from these resources, not by thinking as largely as possible.
Invest in your data collection methods, implement effective governance and management processes and focus of advanced, automated analytical capabilities. That is thinking 'big' in the smart way.
451 Research highlights this in its latest report addressing RF Code's future. It echoes our CEO that the data center has the potential to become the hub of all strategic decision making, but only if you bring your software and hardware capabilities together.
Analyst Rhonda Ascierto cites RF Code as an example, "RF Code's data management and analytics layer acts like an enterprise service bus (ESB) for the data center, enabling bi-directional communications with other software, including DCIM, business process management and IT service and systems management."
Integration is critical. Isolated systems cannot provide value unless they have other sources to correlate their intelligence with. Enterprises are waking up to this concept, as is the DCIM industry.
Change begins with the data created by the facilities themselves. The DCIM market – which according to Gartner will reach $1billion this year - is ripe for major innovation and RF Code is leading the industry.
We are already responsible for helping the largest companies in the world manage the data produced by their facilities. We are now building on that legacy to leapfrog traditional DCIM.
Our unique instrumentation layer combined with our new software capabilities provides enterprises a complete platform to create the agile facilities they want and need. This is an advantage RF Code customer CenturyLink has already discovered.
CenturyLink is already helping its customers execute their own data-driven business strategies, but managing a 55-strong-facility footprint comes at a heavy price: an annual energy bill of $80 million.
The company's IT team knew its internal data held the answer. It recognized that a controlled raising of server intake temperatures could produce multi-million dollar savings but the team lacked the necessary instrumentation and software capabilities to achieve its objectives.
RF Code's environmental sensors were the answer. They allowed CenturyLink to carefully monitor its temperature adjustments in real-time. Once the management team had proof its adjustments were sustainable, it integrated RF Code's data with its own building management system (BMS) and automated the new airflow processes to continue slashing its expenditure.
This methodology is now being rolled out across CenturyLink's entire data center footprint. Savings are projected to reach over $15million by 2017, $2.9million of which are from the first year with RF Code.
Those are big savings from small data. To learn more about RF Code's software-driven future, read the latest 451 Research report.
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Was watching TheOddOne and he is getting friend request bombed by some one. This was making it nearly impossible for him to play because the request covers the queue buttons.
edit: I should also add that he was not the only pro getting bombed, multiple streamers are getting friend/game request bombed. It makes you unable to queue when you do press the button. even a re-log doesnt work the client just says "Failed to join queue".
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I know us normal players don't have this problem, but thousands upon thousands of people watch pro streamers.
If some of these friend requests were just wanting to spectate, my post could fix this http://na.leagueoflegends.com/board/....php?t=2386884
no this was a hacker that is using some kind of glitch/bot/script to send so many requests that it make them unable to queue. even after a re-log the client fails to join queue.
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Your Friday superintelligent robot fix: the disturbing consequences of ultimate AI
Google granted patent for sensor contact lens
Pondering the squandering redux: $28 billion gone out the HITECH window
In 2009, the US Congress enacted the HITECH Act, as part of a much broader recovery measure (ARRA or 'the stimulus'), authorizing the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to spend up to $35 billion to expand health IT and create a network of interoperable EHRs. Key to this goal of interoperability and seamless sharing of patient information among healthcare providers was achieving stages of 'meaningful use' (MU) with these EHRs in practice, to achieve the oft-cited 'Triple Aim' of improved population health, better individual care, delivered at lower per capita cost. Financial incentives through Medicaid and Medicare EHR programs were delivered through multiple stages of MU benchmarks for hospitals and practices in implementing EHRs, information exchange, e-prescribing, converting patient records, security, patient communication and access (PHRs).
Five years on, $28 billion of that $35 billion has been spent–and real progress towards interoperability remains off in the distance. This Editor has previously noted the boomlet in workarounds for patient records like Syapse and OpenNotes. Yet even the progress made with state data exchanges (e.g. New York's SHIN-NY) has come at a high cost–an estimated $500 million, yet only 25 percent are financially stable, according to a RAND December 2014 study. (more…)
Chronic care management with telehealth (US)
Our readers, especially those in the US engaged with medical practices, might be interested in reading a two-part interview with Editor Donna by occasional TTA contributor Sarianne Gruber. We discuss the new model for Chronic Care Management (CCM) now included in what the Federal Government (CMS-Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services) pays physicians for Medicare patient visits and services. Telehealth, or in CMS terms remote monitoring, can play a vital role in the provision of care coordination, assessment, documentation, patient access and facilitation of self-management as part of the care plan, culminating in better outcomes at lower cost. Published in the new RCM (Revenue Cycle Management) Answers, a spinoff of HITECH Answers. Part 1. Part 2
National telehealth plan to improve rural health called for in Australia
Ahead of the forthcoming Australian Telehealth Conference 2015, one of the speakers has spoken to the media partner of the conference, Australian Aging Agenda Technology Review. In an article published on the Aging Agenda website, the speaker, Dr Shannon Nott, is quoted as saying "There needs to be a telehealth plan put in place in Australia. We need to start looking at telehealth and say this is something we should seriously invest in. We need to look at it and get it right from the start; that includes getting it right for indigenous communities [and] getting it right for rural and remote communities".
Nott is said to have spent four months last year researching telehealth in rural and remote Alaska, Canada and Brazil including indigenous communities. The article quotes him as saying "In Alaska for every dollar that they spend on telehealth software and programs they save $10.50 in travel alone in terms of healthcare costs. Not to mention the hospital admissions avoided, the GP admissions avoided."The Australian Telehealth Conference 2015 takes place on the 23rd and 24th of April in Sydney.
NHS Apps Library embraces mental health…and Mole Detective vanishes
Thanks to Mike Clark for pointing this editor to the breaking news that the NHS Mental Health Apps Library has now gone live. It features online tools, resources and apps that they claim have a proven track record of effectiveness in improving mental health outcomes.
It is accessible through the NHS Choices platform, a website that gathers over 40 million visits per month, 9.7 million of which are to pages on depression; 6 million per month to stress and 9.4 million to anxiety.
This is likely to be a major benefit to those who have difficulty obtaining access to face:face mental health services, especially as a number of presentations in the Royal Society of Medicine have suggested that online mental health services can often be more effective (more…)
Data breaches top 120 million since 2009 (US)
We admire the Washington Post for arriving at the conclusion we did in 2010–that healthcare organizations are uniquely vulnerable to cyberattack because of the high value of patient data, and an often lighter level of HIT security. But now we get the finger wag that 'it's only going to get worse.' (Beyond 120 million breached records?) Data security, of which HIPAA patient information protection is a part, wasn't primary for years, especially in organizations overwhelmed with transitioning EHRs, getting EMRs to speak with EHRs, Meaningful Use, new care and payment models, 30-day readmissions and 'oh, by the way, how will we get paid?' The Premera Blue Cross (Washington state) breach of 11 million records was the second largest in healthcare history (after Anthem Health's February bunker buster of a breach). Most breaches are from stolen laptops or shared/easy to guess passwords (or none at all)–but these have not been in the millions. Premera's theft took place on 5 May 2014 and was only discovered in January; it included SSIs, bank information, claims data, patient name/address and date of birth. Those affected were in California and Alaska primarily, but also included Federal employees.
But Premera can't say they were not warned. The US Office of Personnel Management's Office of the Inspector General (OPM OIG) independently audited Premera in April 2014 detailing several vulnerabilities, including a lack of timely patch implementations, a lack of methodology to "ensure that unsupported or out-of-date software is not utilized" and insecure server configurations, and the need to upgrade physical access controls in their data center. FierceHealthIT
Premera's medical files data may expose other payers, which in turn may legally come after Premera, according to FierceHealthIT.
Only now are health systems and practices focusing on securing all information (more…)
Assistive tech for older adults gets fresh developer interest, funding
Companies and investors are waking up to the potential of technology to assist both older people, wherever they live, and families to keep in touch, live more safely and to compensate for impediments created by physical or cognitive conditions. Ozy, an online news aggregator new to this Editor, notes the $5 trillion annually that boomers and older adults spend in what's termed the 'new old-age economy' (AARP has previously termed it the 'longevity economy') and that there's money in tech solutions to their problems. Examples: the Lift Labs [TTA 1 Oct 13] stabilizing food utensil that cancels out most active tremors (as in Parkinson's) while eating; Caremerge which has EHR, care coordination and secure messaging features for the care team in long-term and transitional care, but also connects families with a smartphone app and residents with reminders; GeriJoy [TTA 3 July 14], a tablet that combines an interactive pet avatar/companion with engagement, reminder and education tools for older and cognitively impaired adults.
While we've noted many developments along similar lines over the past ten years, interest and financial backing is aligning. (more…)
W Australia telehealth scheduling contract awarded to Telstra
Telstra Health has won a contract to provide its iScheduler product to the Western Australia Country Health Service's Statewide Telehealth Service, worth $3.2m over five years, according to an article in Pulse+IT. iScheduler will be used to support the scheduling and management of emergency telehealth services, patient telehealth consultations and education and training for doctors, specialists, nurses and other staff according to the article.
The Western Australia Country Health Service is the largest country health service in Australia and one of the biggest in the world, providing health services to approximately half a million people, over a vast 2.5 million square kilometres area. The range of health services provided cover primary health care, emergency and hospital services, population health, mental health, Indigenous health and aged care.
The Rural Doctors Association of Australia has, in October last year, previously criticised a new telehealth service launched by Telstra that was to connect patients to random GPs via phone and video, saying it could undermine the viability of rural general practice (see Australian Rural Doctor).
Telstra launched its ReadyCare service in October, announcing it would offer patients around the clock advice, diagnosis, referrals and prescriptions from doctors either over the phone or through video link.
The communications giant had claimed the service will deliver better healthcare to rural and remote Australians who live a long way from their doctor.
But the RDAA and the AMA disagreed.
Next DHACA Members' Day 27th April – come for free!
The next DHACA members' Day will take place on April 27th at the Norcroft Conference Centre at Bradford University (Tumbling Hill St, BD7 1DB) starting at 9.30 am – all members are invited, free, and membership currently remains free, too.
The principal focus of the day will be five projects that members of DHACA special interest groups ("SIGs") are beginning work on – the intention is to engage all DHACA members in at least one. The five projects are:
- Testbeds for digital health
- Developing mHealth Apps
- Wearables for Self-Care
- Defining the digital platform for citizen engagement with the NHS
- A Programme of Education to promote apps and other digital technology in self care
To start the day, we have invited Beverley Bryant, Director of Strategic Systems and Technology at NHS England, and Bill McCarthy, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Operations), and Honorary Professor of Health Policy at the University of Bradford, to speak.
Radiation from smartwatches, wearables: real, alarmist, or the NY Times?
After an unfortunate baiting for attention at the start, making an analogy of cellphone/wearable radiation to 1930s adverts with doctors 'endorsing' cigarettes, he for the most part tries to take a balanced approach. By the end, he lines it up like this. Bluetooth LE and Wi-Fi–no evidence of harm in adults. 3G/4G cellphone radiation–you may want to be careful. He points out that studies aren't definitive. Older studies, such as the WHO's, a Swedish and some European studies point to harmful (carcinogenic) effects from phones held extensively too close to the head, but nothing is definitive in causality as the CDC pointed out and additional studies have proven no conclusive evidence of harm. Conclusion–use anything 3G/4G with caution, away from the head, limit exposure by children or pregnant women. Cautious enough?
Oddly, he advocates Bluetooth headsets but doesn't mention using speakerphone settings–and then, for the smashing windup, won't put the Bluetoothed Apple Watch near his head. It's a weirdly sourced (an alternative doctor the only one cited? Old studies?) and half-baked, partially tossed salad article. Consider: most wearables are–surprise, Bluetooth or Wi-Fi connected. But it does bring up the inconvenient question, only partially answered, of All Those Rads and What (If Anything) Are They Doing To Us.
What's really interesting? The immediate, twitchy and prolonged press response. As they say in New Jersey, they are 'jumping ugly'. (more…)
Scotland invests £30M over 3 years on telehealth (UK)
In a news release this morning (19 March 2015) the Scottish Government said it is to allocate £200m over two years to support the implementation of health and social care integration.
According to the release the investment will extend the current Integrated Care Fund into 2016/17 and 2017/18, and comes on top of £100 million of funding already allocated for 2015/16. The money will be distributed among the 32 local NHS and social care partnerships that have been set up as part of the move towards integrated services.
The Integrated Care Fund forms part of over half a billion pounds of Government investment over the next three years that will be used to support integration, including £100 million over three years for delayed discharge, and £30 million over three years for Telehealth.
The Integrated Care Fund supports the implementation of plans to bring together health and local authority care services by 1 April 2016. This will give the partnerships the resources to focus on preventative care and early intervention as well as support for people with multiple and long-term conditions. (more…)
Recent developments in digital health – RSM event report
The third successive year's sellout "Recent developments in digital health" event, hosted by the Royal Society of Medicine (RSM) in London, UK, attracted prestigious speakers from across the NHS, industry and academia and provided delegates with a comprehensive overview of digital healthcare advancements in 2015.
Organised by Dr Andrew Harper, from the Telemedicine & eHealth Section at the RSM, the meeting provided insight into how the NHS is lining up to integrate and deploy digital health technologies to advance patient care.
Attracting senior NHS England members including: Paul Rice, Head of Technology Strategy; Dr Mahiben Marruthappu and Dr Harpreet Sood, Senior Fellows to the Chief Executive, the vision for digital health integration and deployment throughout the NHS was finely characterised and explained to delegates.
These sessions were supplemented by real-world experiences from Dr Dominic (more…)


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3rd April 2007
Seeking a salesman who can deliver
12:35 PM — PinkNews.co.uk, the award-winning gay news website, is looking for a sales manager to join our team.Managing sales and marketing on the website and our associated publications, the successful applicant will forge new relationships with both SME and blue chip advertisers.We will only consider applications from candidates with a background in B2B sales.
Internet abuse by child triggers police investigation 2
11:21 AM — An 11-year-old boy has been the subject of a homophobic hate crime investigation after he labelled a classmate a "gay boy" in an e-mail.The parents of the 10-year-old victim complained to police after seeing the e-mail, which they viewed as homophobic bullying.Two policemen from Widnes in Cheshire then visited the boys' primary school to speak to the head teacher.
2nd April 2007
Tribunal set for landmark ruling 11
2:37 PM — This week's employment tribunal involving the Bishop of Hereford could set an important precedent for gay people.A gay man, John Reaney, is claiming that he was discriminated against on the grounds of his sexuality.The case will be a test of the 2003 law that protects gay, bisexual and lesbian people in employment.
Comment: Why I am keeping faith with Labour 1
10:37 AM — I joined the Labour party in 1999 at the age of 16 with the desire to make my own small contribution to building a better Britain.I've always felt that having strong beliefs and values and being courageous in expressing them is a crucial part of playing a role in society.Some people choose religion and God, but for me, an atheist, the choice was politics and the Labour party.
Comment: Why I left the Lib Dems for the Tories 16
10:20 AM — They say a leopard never changes it's spots, but it's clear over the last twelve months that David Cameron and the Conservative party have set about changing the way they think, act and formulate policy to respond to the needs of a modern Britain.For years, I was a member of the Liberal Democrats, and represented them both locally as a councillor, and nationally when I stood as a candidate in the general election.
1st April 2007
Stonewall backs gay youth worker in case against bishop 11
10:38 AM — The Rt Rev Anthony Priddis, the Bishop of Hereford is accused of blocking the application of a gay man to work within his diocese.John Reaney, 42, was previously employed as a youth officer for the Norwich and Chester Church of England diocese.Within the application form for a similar job in Hereford, Mr Reaney admitted that he was gay. Following a successful interview, he was told that subject the consent of the Bishop, he would be appointed.
30th March 2007
Oxford to hold 5th Pride event in July
11:57 AM — Following last year's successful day, Saturday 14th July 2007 will see Oxford's LGBT community celebrate Pride.This years event also coincides with the Oxfordshire Milliennium, so Pride will be fitted neatly into a summer of spectacular celebrations.Lord Waheed Alli and Peter Tatchell remain patrons of Oxford Pride.
Charging for HIV treatment is danger to public health say MPs
11:57 AM — A committee of MPs and peers has called on the government to stop the NHS charging migrants for HIV and maternity treatment.The report from the Joint Committee on Human Rights has been welcomed by HIV charities.In a wide-ranging examination into the treatment of asylum seekers, the committee examined the decision in 2004 to introduce charges for NHS care for failed asylum seekers.
Weekend conference to tackle homophobic crime
11:41 AM — Stonewall Cymru will be calling for greater partnership work between the policeand the lesbian, gay and bisexual community at their annual conference on tomorrow.The gay equality organisation will be highlighting the need to reassure the LGB community that homophobic hate crime is being tackled as a priority.
Church must be safe haven for gays says Williams 3
11:13 AM — The Archbishop of Canterbury has said that the Anglican church must listen to gay and lesbian people and provide a safe place for them.He was responding to an internal church report into the progress of dialogue within the Anglican communion.At a conference in Lambeth in 1998 the church promised to listen to the experience of gay and lesbian people.
Save NHS money through legal prostitution says BMA 1
10:35 AM — Legalising prostitution would save the NHS £330 million every year, and halve the spread of sexual diseases according to one medical expert.The chair of the BMA public health committee, told the BMA's annual conference on public health and medicine that around 70% of all STIs occurred among prostitutes and their clients.
29th March 2007
Guernsey's second shot at an equal age of consent 2
3:07 PM — The Channel Island of Guernsey plans to follow Jersey later in the year by reducing their gay age of consent from 18 to 16.In 1999, the island lowered the age from 21 to 18.Politicians in Guernsey approved an equalisation amendment as part of a "requete," the equivalent of a Private Member's Bill, from Conseiller Carol Steere, which would have seen an equal age of consent of 16.
Married woman in court over civil partnership
2:01 PM — A married woman has appeared in court on charges of making a false statement to a registrar, after she allegedly illegally entered into a civil partnership.Suzanne Mitchell appeared before Shrewsbury magistrates today and was bailed to appear before the crown court at a later date.The 29-year-old lives in Wingfield Gardens in the town.
Homophobia allegations at employment tribunal
11:22 AM — An employment tribunal heard allegations yesterday that the brother of former MP Edwina Currie used anti-gay language in the workplace.Former policeman Mike Jackson is taking the Police Information Technology Organisation (PITO) to the tribunal.Giving evidence, Mr Jackson, 57, said that while working as a manager at PITO in London he was exposed to sexist, racist and homophobic behaviour on a regular basis.
18-year-old revealed trans experience in TV documentary 9
11:01 AM — One of the UK's youngest transsexuals has appeared in a documentary to explain to a wider audience the reality of her experiences.Lucy Parker featured in the BBC3 programme Lucy: Britain's Youngest Teen Transsexual last Sunday. The documentary was part of the channel's Body Image series.Lucy spoke frankly about her unhappiness and depression as Richard Parker, her birth identity.
Cardinal questions loyalty of Catholic church to Britain 8
10:30 AM — The head of the Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales has claimed that religion is under attack in this country.In his strongest condemnation yet of legislation designed to protect gay, lesbian and bisexual people from discrimination, Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor last night became the first Catholic leader in nearly 200 years to question whether the policy of the government is at odds with practising the Roman faith.
28th March 2007
Scottish Christian Party face fines for illegal posters 10
5:54 PM — A minority party standing in the Scottish elections could face huge fines for illegally displaying election posters.On Friday areas of Glasgow were festooned with the distinctive purple notices of the Scottish Christian Party.The party - slogan Proclaiming Christ's Lordship - is funded by born-again Christian Rev George Hargreaves.
Shirley Bassey dresses to be auctioned for gay kids 1
4:30 PM — The flamboyant wardrobe of Dame Shirley Bassey will be auctioned off this Friday by Barnados to raise money for young LGBT people.From rare Chanel and Christian LaCroix dresses to a signed jewellery case, the 70-year-old singer has more than enough to give away.The event, called "Hey Big Spender," will be hosted at Café de Paris in London's Leicester Square
Anglican university backs down on gay weddings
3:41 PM — Canterbury Christ Church University has decided not to ban gay weddings on its grounds.The university is a teacher training college for the Church of England, and its Chancellor is the Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams.It has a licence for marriages and civil partnerships to take place at its Tunbridge Wells and Canterbury premises.
Day against homophobia gets support up North
12:03 PM — The north of England will be the most active part of the country during the International Day Against Homophobia (IDAHO), event organisers say.A Manchester initiative to end homophobia through education is coinciding the launch of its third newsletter with IDAHO.The three-year programme, "Exceeding Expectations," aims to reach 12,000 adults working in secondary schools.


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The Disney Kids' Princess Time Teacher Pink Strap Watch helps learning to tell time fun and easy. The dial features full-colored versions of three Disney Princesses -- one of them is sure to be her favorite character! She'll gain confidence quickly telling time with the large, one-inch face featuring easy-to-read Arabic numerals. Plus, as a gentle reminder for young wearers, the words "hour" and "minute" are written on the hands. The pink watchband is made from a fun, jelly material with a pretty scroll design while the sturdy, plastic case is the same appealing color. The buckle clasp is easy to take on and off, even for little hands, and the mineral dial window help prevent scratches from everyday wear. The Disney Kids' Princess Time Teacher Pink Strap Watch is powered by high-quality Japanese quartz movement and comes with a keepsake Disney container.
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This product is described as a "time teacher" watch, however the face and particularly the hour and minute hands are too small for teaching a beginner to tell time.
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