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June 21, 2014
By Neil Pierson
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Bill Doerrfeld and Vineet Rastogi are intimately familiar with the typical college-student conundrum: How do you maintain peace with your roommates?
Doerrfeld and Rastogi graduated from Skyline High School a year apart – Doerrfeld in 2009, Rastogi in 2010 – and both earned their undergraduate degrees this month from the University of Washington. They're hunting for jobs, but they're also hoping to turn an ingenious idea into a possible money-maker.
With the help of fellow UW student Andy Fu, Microsoft engineer Karson Miller, and professional financier Charlie Ranahan, they're trying to turn their dreams into reality using Kickstarter, a popular online fundraising platform.
They're trying to raise $20,000 by June 25 – an amount they were well short of last week – but plan to move forward with their mobile phone app, Harmoney, regardless of the results.
The idea for Harmoney was largely melded between app co-founders Doerrfeld and Fu – the former wanted a way to coordinate rent and household expenses with his roommates; the latter was looking to streamline chores with his.
Doerrfeld found the typical bulletin board in a house with five to 10 roommates wasn't getting the job done because no one paid attention to it.
"So we had this idea in the back of our minds: It's like, people are at their phones constantly," he said. "They're being notified for all these different apps or social networks, so that kind of spawned this idea."
Doerrfeld, who earned a degree in English, was enrolled in a software entrepreneurship class last fall when he met Fu. They shared their thoughts, and began looking for ways to grow them into reality.
Rastogi – who majored in business administration and entrepreneurship – joined up during the winter as the group's marketing strategist. That's where Kickstarter came in, since the students couldn't afford many promotional materials on their own.
The Kickstarter campaign began May 16, shortly before the Harmoney group landed Miller as its developer. Miller has worked for multiple Fortune 500 companies, and specializes in security and networking through the Apple iOS system.
When the others met with Miller for the first time, they were caught off guard – in a good way. The software developer already had a working model of the app to show them.
"We were an hour-and-a-half into the discussion," Doerrfeld said, "and we thought we had done everything … And then, out of the blue, he's like, 'You want to see it?'"
Harmoney is designed to deal with several common problems among roommates, namely communication, cleanliness and finances.
The app allows users to assign chores on a calendar. When someone completes a chore, they can share a photo of it, and others can reward them with "hearts."
"A lot of the time when you're in a house and people are actually doing chores, the chores go unnoticed," Fu said, explaining the app can give "a sense of acknowledgement" between roommates.
Harmoney is synchronized with Venmo, a mobile banking service, to provide a central payment system. The app connects to individual debit cards and bank accounts to easily split utility or rent payments.
The calendar function can also alert roommates to a landlord visit, something the Harmoney team believes is useful because property owners commonly communicate with only one person per house.
Before going to Kickstarter, the group had already done several local promotional events, pitching it around the UW campus with an official student organization devoted to technology start-up companies, as well as four "Hell Night" events with one of their professors.
"All these start-ups come together and they have to pitch their idea really quickly to all these investors walking around with fake money," Doerrfeld explained.
Although they may not reach the $20,000 mark by their deadline – meaning they won't get to keep any of the money pledged – the group isn't getting discouraged.
They've found about 100 beta testers who've tried Harmoney and intend to use it. They've garnered 500 "likes" on their Facebook page, and they hope to use that to get the attention of people with deep pockets – venture capitalists, angel investors and business incubators.
"We kind of look at Kickstarter as way to approve a concept with the number of backers and how much support that we get," Fu said.
"But at the same time," Rastogi added, "it would be nice to have some funding to branch out, because there is so much more we could be doing if we had the funding for it."
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|OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to establish a method for measuring the cariogenic potential of foods with high reproducibility in vitro. METHODS: Streptococcus mutans (S. mutans) was incubated in test foods with radioisotope polyacrylamide hydroxyapatite (PAHA) for 150min at 37°C. Then, the amount of radioisotope (32)P released from PAHA was measured using a liquid scintillation counter and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). RESULTS: The radioisotope PAHA discs that were soaked in 10% sucrose solutions had a high cariogenic potential and showed a remarkably demineralized surface (p<0.05). The radioisotope PAHA disc that was incubated with snacks that had a high cariogenic potential showed a remarkably demineralized surface via SEM. Candy had a relatively high cariogenic potential, whereas xylitol gum had a relatively low potential. CONCLUSIONS: The cariogenicity of snacks can easily be evaluated by measuring the amount of (32)P released from radioisotope PAHA discs.
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2010 Horatio Alger Award Winner
"You can't always control your circumstances, but you can control your reaction to your circumstances. In America, we achieve despite our circumstances."
Born in 1954 in Birmingham, Alabama, Condoleezza Rice is the only child of a Presbyterian pastor and a music, science, and oratory teacher. At the time of her birth, the family lived in a collection of five dark rooms at the back of her father's church. There was one bedroom, a living room, an office, one bathroom, and a kitchen. When Condoleezza was three, they moved to a separate parsonage the church had built. This small bungalow had two bedrooms and one bathroom. "Our neighborhood was called Titusville," says Condoleezza Rice. "I think it was mostly populated by teachers. It was a community that, despite segregation, was determined their children would have the best educational opportunities that could possibly be brought to them. I went to segregated schools, but I was fortunate to be in a family and community that valued education."
The segregation that permeated the South during Dr. Rice's childhood did have an effect, even though her parents tried their best to protect her from it. Restaurants, restrooms, water fountains, public transportation, and schools were all segregated. "You couldn't even eat a hamburger at Woolworth's," she says. "If our family was driving to New York, we had to go as far as Washington, D.C., before we could stay in a hotel. But somehow my parents convinced me that if I was twice as good at the things I attempted, then even if I couldn't have a hamburger at Woolworth's, I could be President of the United States. So despite the very negative messages all around me, this was very much the ethos in my little community."
Still, the reality of the situation was grim and often frightening. The Ku Klux Klan was active in Birmingham, and Condoleezza's father joined a neighborhood watch group that patrolled the area at night. In 1963, when Condoleezza was nine, the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church was bombed. Four girls were killed in the explosion, one of whom was a friend and classmate of Dr. Rice. A year later, the Civil Rights Act was passed. Condoleezza's parents decided to go out and see what would happen if they entered a restaurant. She recalls, "When we entered the restaurant people sort of looked up, but then they went back to eating. Birmingham began its journey out of segregation and is today a fairly integrated city. It shows that America is a place that is capable of change."
Before Condoleezza started school, her grandmother took care of her while her parents worked. Her grandmother gave piano lessons and by the age of three, Condoleezza was asking to be taught how to play. She learned to read music before she could read words, but that soon followed as well. In fact, Condoleezza was so bright her mother attempted to have her start the first grade when she was only five. When the school deemed her too young, Condoleezza's mother took a year off from teaching and schooled her daughter at home. Finally, Condoleezza entered school in 1961, shortly before her seventh birthday, as a second grader. At the same time, her piano tutelage was intensifying. By the time she was nine, Condoleezza accompanied her mother, who played the organ at church. She also traveled to other churches to play at recitals.
Another influence on Condoleezza's childhood was the youth group her father directed at his church. Mr. Rice's intent with the group was to expose the children to a wider world-the arts and history, as well as religion. They went on field trips to concerts, museums, and college campuses. In the afternoons, the church was open for chess lessons, ballroom dancing, and other activities. Once a month, Mr. Rice even had a dentist come to check the children's teeth. "My parents were extraordinary people," says Dr. Rice. "I'm writing a book about my family and my parents. They really did believe I could do anything. They gave me every educational opportunity they possibly could."
In 1966, when Condoleezza was 12, her family moved to Tuscaloosa, where her father worked as dean of students at Stillman College. It was 50 miles from their Titusville home, and Condoleezza and her mother continued to return there once a week for her piano lessons at the music conservatory at Birmingham Southern College. Condoleezza was their first black student. Each summer, from the time Condoleezza was six, the Rice's went to Denver, where Mr. Rice was working on his master's in student personnel administration at the University of Denver. When he was offered the job of assistant director of admissions at the University of Denver, the family moved there permanently in 1968.
Condoleezza attended St. Mary's Academy, a private all-girls Catholic high school. As a girl, she had dreams of someday playing the piano at Carnegie Hall, but when she attended the Aspen Music Festival at the age of 15, she decided to change her aspirations. "I realized at the music festival that there were people there who were only 12 and a lot better than I was," she says. "It was a sort of crisis of confidence for me and I suddenly realized I had to find another direction."
But that change in direction took a few years to take shape. One development that caused great concern was her mother's breast cancer diagnosis when Condoleezza was 15. Her mother had surgery and the doctors told the family all would be well. Reassured, Condoleezza continued studying piano and won a young artist's competition, which allowed her to perform with the Denver Symphony Orchestra. Since she had completed all the courses she needed to graduate by the fall of her senior year, she was allowed to begin part time at the University of Denver. Her schedule was challenging. She took three classes in the morning at the university, went to St. Mary's to practice piano for one hour, and then took classes there throughout the afternoon. Due to her father's position at the school, half of her tuition was covered. The other half was paid by a scholarship.
Dr. Rice did not declare a major at the university until her junior year. She took a course in international politics, which was taught by Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright's father, Josef Korbel. Dr. Rice was particularly drawn to the stories her professor told about the Soviet Union. She decided then she would take Russian and study international politics. In 1974, at age 19, she earned her BA cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa. The following year, she earned her master's in political science from the University of Notre Dame.
Dr. Rice interned at the State Department in 1977. In 1981, at age 26, she received her Ph.D. in political science from the Graduate School of International Studies at the University of Denver. She became an assistant professor of political science and a specialist in the Soviet Union at Stanford University in 1987, a post she held until 1993.
After the election of George H.W. Bush to the White House, Dr. Rice was appointed to the National Security Council. She returned to Stanford in 1991, and within two years was appointed Stanford's Provost. She was also granted tenure and made a full professor. During George W. Bush's run for the presidency, she took a year off from Stanford to serve as his foreign policy advisor. After his election in 2000, she was named as National Security Advisor, the first woman to occupy the post.
From 2005 to 2009, she served as the 66th Secretary of State. Currently, she is a professor of political science and the Thomas and Barbara Stephenson Senior Fellow on Public Policy at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University.
Looking back over her impressive career, Dr. Rice says her life is explained in part by the American dream. "It doesn't matter where you come from," she explains, "it matters where you are going. In this country you can come from humble circumstances, and you can do great things. That's why so many people from around the world want to come here. This country is not united by creed or religion or nationality. The United States is a mélange and what unites us is that essential belief that you can come from humble circumstances, and you can do great things."
Dr. Rice does not believe that where she ended up, becoming the first African-American woman to serve as Secretary of State, was at all inevitable. She says, "I believe that my career success came from taking risks at important times combined with faith in myself to do unusual things. I never believed I had to take the safe way out. I never believed there had to be somebody who looked like me in place before I could take the same position. It's important not to limit yourself based on what others think you can or should be, or by the constraints of your own imagination."
In offering advice to young people, Dr. Rice says, "You can't always control your circumstances, but you can control your reaction to them. I think it's important to find a mentor who will take an interest in you and guide you. But it's even more important to believe in yourself. Even though the possibilities are endless in the United States, you have to work hard and seek out opportunities to be educated and mentored."
In accepting her Horatio Alger Award, Dr. Rice says, "I am deeply humbled to become a member of this organization. I think the award stands for what's best in American-that we achieve despite our circumstances."
Condoleezza Rice as Secretary of State
Condoleezza Rice was named as National Security Advisor on December 17, 2000. She was the first woman to occupy the post. She became President George W. Bush's Secretary of State on January 26, 2005. As Secretary of State she championed the expansion of democratic governments. She also reformed and restructured the U.S. Department of State and U.S. diplomacy. Among her accomplishments, Secretary Rice reopened nuclear negotiations with North Korea and authorized bilateral talks. She also crafted the terms of a United Nations resolution to investigate war crimes in Sudan. She traveled widely in her position and initiated many diplomatic efforts on behalf of the Bush administration. Her close bond with the President made her one of the most powerful Secretaries of State in recent history.


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I'm growing weary of hearing about corporations and small businesses calling themselves job creators. The working class are the true job creators. We buy things, build things and hire services.
Businesses try to pretend they employ us as some kind of noble and patriotic thing. Truth is they hire us because they make money off of our labor and skills. If we get hurt on the job and they didn't have to pay us workman's compensation, they wouldn't. If they lay us off and didn't have to pay unemployment, they wouldn't. If we were killed on the job and didn't have to compensate our families, they wouldn't. If they didn't have to offer us healthcare to keep us from going somewhere else, they wouldn't.
No matter what they say about what they need to create jobs they won't hire anyone unless they can sell their product or services.
Businesses want to be protected by the world's greatest army, the best law enforcement, fire protection, use our satellite network, roads, water, school system and much more but don't want to pay taxes.
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A Sky Zone Indoor Trampoline Park location. / Courtesy photo
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Sky Zone Indoor Trampoline Park expects to open a Springfield location in October, the company announced today.
Construction of the 19,000-square-foot facility in the Kansas Plaza, at the northwest corner of Kansas Expressway and Arbor Court, will begin this spring, according to a news release.
Sky Zone Springfield will feature 12,000 square feet of trampolines (even on the walls!), 3-D Dodgeball, Sky Slam basketball, a Foam Zone pit, SkyRobics fitness classes, a Sky Café and party rooms, the company said in the release.
Sky Zone Springfield is owned by Tulsa, Okla.,-based Defy Gravity, LLC, according to the release. The facility will be designed by Marshall-Waters-Woody Associates and built by Rich Kramer Construction. The location will hire about 70 employees, including assistant manager, court monitors, event coordinators and cashiers. A job fair will be announced at a later date.
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My family had such a fun family night this past Friday spending the night with Peter Parker aka The Amazing Spider-Man. I download The Amazing Spider-Man Web Slinger app for free {more info on where you can get it below}. With this great app I could trigger functions to enhance our family night including making a Comic Book featuring my little guy {that silly picture
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The 19th OSCE Ministerial Council in Dublin
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The 19th OSCE Ministerial Council began on 6 December in Dublin. Representatives from the 57 OSCE member states as well as from 11 partner countries are taking part in the two-day meeting. Minister of State Michael Georg Link is representing the German Government.
Ireland holds the Chairmanship of the OSCE for 2012. Ireland's Minister for Foreign Affairs Eamon Gilmore said he welcomed the meeting as a good opportunity to discuss the pressing security challenges of the OSCE area. One of the central issues for the Council in Dublin is the "Helsinki + 40" process. The 40th anniversary of the Helsinki Final Act will be celebrated in 2015. With a view to this anniversary year, the Irish Chairmanship has developed a plan that is to be discussed at the Ministerial Council.
The OSCE was created by the Helsinki Final Act of the Conference on Security and Co operation in Europe (CSCE) in 1975. With its 57 members, it is the only security policy organization in which all European countries, the successor states of the Soviet Union, the United States, Canada and Mongolia, the most recent state to join, are represented. The OSCE sees the concept of comprehensive security as encompassing the following three dimensions: first, the politico-military dimension; second, the economic and environmental dimension; and third, the human dimension.
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Minister of State Link at the OSCE Ministerial Council in Dublin
In his speech, Minister of State Link warned against underestimating the relevance of the OSCE in security policy. On the contrary, he said that its comprehensive security concept was "a model for the world and thus of lasting significance". He recalled the historic importance of the Helsinki Final Act, which had been "the basis for overcoming the division of the world into East and West, something that was nearly unimaginable at the time". He went on to say that with the Helsinki +40 process the OSCE must now turn towards the future.
Continued development, especially in the human dimension
Link added that, as a security community, the OSCE had to continue to develop and adapt to the realities of the 21st century. Germany would continue to work actively in the OSCE and to promote the strengthening and further development of its acquis, that is to say all the responsibilities agreed by participating states since 1975.
Link said that the Ministerial Council in Dublin must above all make progress in the area of the human dimension. The lack of progress in this area since the last Ministerial Council in Vilnius was a particularly serious symptom of the divisions that had once again arisen in the OSCE area, he said.
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I am no longer into Benny & Joon and I got into A League of Their Own. Dottie and Kit took over so it's my favorite movie now and my new obsession. I was in it when I was 14. Man I want one of those skirts.
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Grace Labasky, MS,CCC/SLPAdvent Parish Day School, mission of the Episcopal church of the Advent, is having a grand celebration to mark its 40th school year. The school started with one classroom of 25 students and now has 14 classrooms with 180 students. Advent has touched many lives over the 40 years and is now enjoying the grandchildren of some of the first parents who entrusted us with their children. The celebration will take place on Sunday, April 21 from 5 to 7 p.m. on the church grounds at 815 Piedmont Dr. There will be many activities for all ages, along with the opportunity to see how the school has changed while keeping the same loving, caring philosophy of allowing children to learn through play. We are looking forward to having lots of alumni, former staff and church members attend. If you fit in one of those categories or are interested in information, please call the school at 386-5100 so we can get contact information from you.
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Faith Presbyterian Church has joined St. Paul's United Methodist Church and Holy Comforter Church is offering a monthly Taizé Prayer Service. The service at Faith is on the fourth Friday of each month, 5:30-6:30 p.m., in the Sanctuary. Based on the music from an ecumenical monastic community in Taizé, France, it is a beautiful, candlelit, meditative service including prayers, scripture readings, and a period of silence. Many people, especially young adults, throughout the world find this to be a time of peaceful reflection on the love of God for all people leading them to a kind of "resting" in God. You can find out more about Taizé at www.taizé.fr. or from the website at the church, www.faithpcusa.org.
See two local artists' work at art opening
"In Art and Love" is an open house and opening reception featuring the paintings of local artists Debby and Randy Brienen. The event will be held on Feb. 21 from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Art of the Find, 1323 Thomasville Road. Food and berages offered.


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Intel-GE Care Innovations has developed a four-phase approach to help healthcare organizations prepare for and implement new technology.
In the fight to improve the health of our population, CIOs and other technology executives are being asked to provide solutions. The focus of healthcare technology can be simplified into two mandates: improve quality of care and create efficiencies, especially as it relates to caring for the 20 percent of people that consume 80 percent of the healthcare dollars spent.
Ironically, success will rely upon the combined ability of providers, payers and technology companies to focus less on the technology and what a specific product can do. Instead, the key to achieving measurable results is to integrate technology into process redesign from the ground up in a way that produces new and improved care-delivery models, processes, relationships and interactions.
Assessment and planning phases are critical
Based on years of experience building successful telehealth programs, Intel-GE Care Innovations has developed a four-phase approach to help healthcare organizations prepare for and implement new technology: assessment, planning, implementation and growth. The phases that are most often overlooked are the assessment and planning phases.
During the assessment, there are two questions providers and payers should ask themselves:
- What problem are you trying to solve, and what is the right target population?
- What is your overall, long-term strategy for care delivery?
Oftentimes, providers and payers will make two critical mistakes when implementing technology. The first is using technology to care for a patient population that provides little opportunity for clinical or economic gains because the group is either too sick or not sick enough. The second critical mistake many organizations make is to purchase new technology, turn it on and add it to an existing care process, rather than understanding how and where they can integrate the technology solution into a new care-delivery model to ensure effectiveness and efficiency. Going down either of these paths will usually lead to negligible patient benefits and added expense for the care provider or payer.
Let's consider one organization that avoided these critical mistakes and deployed the right technology with the right population, reengineering the approach to care to improve quality care and reduce costs.
Humana Cares reengineers telehealth program for CHF patients
Humana Cares, a national division of Humana, approached Care Innovations about integrating the Intel-GE Care Innovations Guide into a telehealth program with 2,000 congestive heart failure (CHF) patients in 33 states. The Care Innovations Guide is a comprehensive, next-generation remote health management (RHM) solution that provides an online interface allowing clinicians to monitor patients and remotely manage care.
"CHF is one of the most expensive chronic diseases. We knew that if we could increase patient self-management of CHF, the result would be improved health, reduced hospitalization and ER visits, and lower costs," says Kate Marcus, R.N., process manager at Humana Cares. "We just needed to figure out how to go about doing it and tackle the problem in new ways that maximized the reach of technology."
Considering their overall goals and who the right members were to enroll, Marcus and her team decided to focus on CHF patients who had ER events or hospitalizations within the past year. Some of these members lived in remote areas with limited access to healthcare.
Humana's team, which included Jean Bisio, president; Marge Van Gilder, director of finance; Debra Kleesattel, director of operations; Rick Schoppenhorst, director of information management; Kate Marcus, process manager; and Linda Bierbrier, QA and process improvement manager, worked collaboratively to ensure the organization's readiness to implement a new model of care during the assessment phase.
"After we knew we had dedicated staffing, the technical infrastructure and a group committed to the project, we entered the planning phase," Marcus says. "From there, we had to reengineer our workflow."
Rather than training all Humana Cares nurses to use the Guide with a fraction of their patients, Humana restructured the telehealth program to include "Guide-only" nurses who only managed patients that had the Guide in their home. Workflow, target patient population and technology all came together to produce the desired results.
"The nurses who managed patients that had the Guide in their homes completely changed how they worked. Instead of calling these patients at a pre-determined interval to check in with them as they would in their traditional work process, these nurses were able to prioritize their efforts and deliver personalized care based on the daily needs of their patients," says Marcus.
The Guide can transmit patient biometrics on a daily basis and allows nurses to identify any abnormalities, such as a patient gaining three pounds in a day. At the first sign of trouble, the nurse can intervene in a variety of ways, including videoconferencing with the patient to discuss why the change may have occurred and obtaining visual cues that would indicate the seriousness of the situation. Moments like these encourage what Humana Cares calls "just-in-time" opportunities, which are extremely effective in producing long-term behavior change.
"Achieving our goals will require more informed clinical care and changing patient behavior, and these 'just-in-time' opportunities are instrumental to our success," says Marcus. "We increase our chances of catching a problem before it becomes a true emergency. Our nurses also found these moments are especially powerful in changing behavior because the nurses can talk with the patients at a time when they are motivated and engaged about what exacerbated the CHF symptoms, and then determine solutions that fit their lives, to avoid the problem happening again."
Humana has seen significant results among CHF patients. While it's too early to quantitatively measure these results, Humana Cares is optimistic about the program's effectiveness. Humana has deployed 1,000 Guides, and the nurses report the device is valuable and truly having an impact on patient care. The program has high patient adherence rates – 80 percent by members who opted to have daily biometric measurements taken. Humana also reports high patient-satisfaction rates, including 94 percent of members saying the Guide was easy to use, 90 percent reporting they felt more connected to their nurse and 93 percent saying they would recommend it to their friends.
Shifting the mindset to focus on the people implementing and using the technology, rather than the technology itself, will make all the difference in developing a successful program that incorporates a sustainable, new model of care.
About the author
Julie Cheitlin Cherry, R.N, MSN, is director of clinical development, Intel-GE Care Innovations. For more on Intel-GE Care Innovations solutions, click here.
How does workflow management impact the bottom line and the quality of patient care?
Jean Broberg R.N., M.N., special projects, client operations, CliniComp, Intl.
The need to focus on continuous quality improvement at the bedside while decreasing the cost of care is at the core of many healthcare policy initiatives. This will require more than just transitioning to a digital environment – workflow must also be optimized to fully transform healthcare delivery, which entails determining what data and capabilities are needed to support clinical decision making and seamless communication within a patient-centered model.
For example, streamlined workflow is enhanced when the clinician is able to capture the information easily with accuracy and appropriate alerts supporting best practices. It is essential that the system is available without down time to avoid any interruption to the delivery of care or preventing access to the information to support decision making.
To fully realize the potential productivity and bottom-line gains that the transition from a paper-based environment can generate, individual departments must evaluate and, when appropriate, modify their workflows. EHRs should accommodate unique departmental workflow patterns from areas with the highest acuity, such as critical care and the emergency department, to those with great variability, such as perinatal units. To further maximize efficiencies, clinicians should have immediate enterprise-wide access to longitudinal patient records to facilitate and improve care coordination while eliminating duplicate tests and procedures.
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The Department of Nursing at William Jewell College is among the recipients of $1 million in grants for Missouri colleges and universities to be used for educating nurses.
The grants, which are a part of the state's Caring for Missourians initiative, will be given for the 2012, 2013 and 2014 fiscal years. Grant funding can be used to hire faculty, purchase educational equipment and offer scholarships. Money for the grants came from revenue generated from nursing licensing fees collected by the Missouri State Board of Nursing.
The board selected both public and private colleges as grant recipients, with a maximum award of up to $150,000 per year. William Jewell received $149,750 for the 2012-2013 fiscal year.
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so mp3gain is doing something to the files that makes it so you can't skip back tracks on mine and my wifes mazda cx-5's
you can go past them, then I<< track back to earlier ones while playing mp3s
run mp3gain on them, and it wont do it anymore, just goes back to beginning of track
thought maybe it was teh advanced track data it does that causes id3 problems on some players so had the program remove all those tags, they still wont track back, so must be something else going on that stops the player from going back to previous tracks
any thoughts?
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That is strange. Perhaps it *is* something with tags that makes the stereo act goofy. I would try using something like Foobar2000 to fix the tags. I'd set it to only use the tags you want, whether that's id3v1 or id3v2, I don't know, but those are probably safe bets for compatibility with the stereo. And then have it rebuild the mp3 stream. This will ensure you've stripped any and all tags and then rewrites only the ones you specify to the files. It's possible mp3gain has written APE tags and the stereo isn't aware of them and it makes it do out of the ordinary things. If the files do have APE tags you should see a checkmark for that in Foobar2000 when you right-click a file, Tagging, MP3 Tag Types. Even if you don't, rebuilding the stream might still solve the problem. Right-click a file or group of files, Utilities, rebuild MP3 stream.
yeah it shows ape tags under 'tagging,mp3 tag types'
but when i select all the files and try to utilities-rebuild mp3 stream the only option under utilities is 'save as playlist'
I would think that unchecking APEv2 and updating files would be enough. The other step likely wouldn't be necessary. I've currently got v1.1.6 of Foobar2000 installed, which I believe isn't the latest, and when I select multiple files it still shows me the 'rebuild stream' option. Which version did you try?
found the problem i was having with utilities, i have a few wma's scattered in the files so when one is selected it disables that option for all, so just doing the fix in batches, i'll report back later on if it works
Aha! Yeah, that'll do it. ;) Yeah, lemme know if it worked or not.
well got them all changed (except the wmas obviously) and still wont skip back…
put drive back in, selected all the mp3's and checked the tagging and it still showed ape selected so unselected them and running the utility rebuild stream again
if still doesn't work, suggestions?
Have you updated the tags with the WMA files excluded?
yeah, thats what i'm doing now, i selected all the mp3's rightclick-tagging-mp3 tags and unselected ape, 'ok'
then rightclick-utilities-rebuild mp3 stream
its halfway thru that now, when its done i'll put it back in car and try again
nope no dice, still doesn't skip back after unchecking ape and rebuilding, open to more suggestions
thanks for all your help too btw
Strange. I had an '07 Mazda 6 that also had steering wheel controls. I don't know if your vehicle does or not, but I'm wondering if there wasn't a coincidental button failure. Does the button work when in radio mode? And if it has steering wheel controls, same problem there? The only other thing I could think of would be maybe it doesn't like id3v2 tags. Do you remember if the files had them before? Might not be as common today, but a few years back most car stereos would only like id3v1 tags, so this may not be the issue after all.
it doesn't matter if you use the steering wheel or screen controls, duplicated the results on my wifes cx-5 tracks skipped back fine before, run mp3gain, no more track back
not sure what version of tags i had before
I had a Ford Explorer that when I turned off the car, the CD would go back and start the CD over from the beginning. The Dealer fixed it so it would continue from where it was when I turned off the car and start it back up whether it was MP3's or CD's.
I don't think this is much help to you, but thought I would let people know.
Do you have another drive you can try with a handful of mp3s that you haven't ran through mp3gain? If it still occurs then, maybe pulling the fuse for the radio will reset it.
well this is occurring on two different cx-5's mine and my wifes, she has a different brand/size of thumbdrive and hers would back track on files she downloaded, but not mine, then ran mp3gain on it and none of the track back now on hers either
Clayton Macleod
Then I guess my next question is, do you still have some files where it behaves properly? If so, load them up in Foobar2000 and see what tag types are currently there. Could also try replaygaining the originals with Foobar2000, instead. But I still suspect it might be a tag issue.
i dont think we still have the originals, i'd have to check with her but wont have much time to play around with it for a couple days
Clayton Macleod
Whenever. Throw a reply up when you get around to it. ;)


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Around the world, increasing numbers of people are turning to yoga as a means of keeping fit and reducing stress. In this comprehensive and highly illustrated guide B.K.S. Iyengar, the world's leading teacher of yoga, shares his unique, holistic approach. For Iyengar, yoga is more than just a form of exercise; it is a holistic experience that benefits the body, mind, and spirit. He outlines the philosophy and ideals behind this ancient practice and explains how yoga can help to counter the stresses of modern living. Designed for every level of ability, age, and physical condition, there are detailed instructions for beginner, intermediate, and advanced students. Clearly illustrated, step-by-step instructions explain how to perform each yoga asana, or posture, correctly, while a unique 360-degree view of the final pose shows exactly how to position each part of the body. A special section introduces B.K.S. Iyengar's innovative use of props, enabling beginners or the less flexible to practice the classic yoga asanas more easily and effectively. A further section illustrates sequences of asanas to treat or prevent a wide range of ailments. In addition, there is a 20-week yoga course, personally formulated by B.K.S. Iyengar, which progresses from simple to more challenging postures. Without a doubt, Yoga: The Iyengar Way is the definitive guide to the practice of yoga by the master.
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B.K.S. Iyengar was born in India in 1918; he has been teaching and demonstrating yoga since the age of 17. He has been an innovative and exacting teacher for 60 years, and there are today 180 Iyengar Yoga institutes in 40 countries. Internationally recognized as a leading authority on hatha yoga, B.K.S. Iyengar has established the relevance of yoga to the treatment and cure of many illnesses and stress-related conditions. Iyengar has received many prestigious awards, including Doctor of Science from the United Nations Charter for Universal Peace, and Man of the Year in Yoga Education by the American Biographical Institute, and the Purna Swasthya Award from the World Federation of Societies of Holistic Medicine. His other books include classics such as Tree of Yoga (1993), Light on the Sutras of Patanjali (1993), Light on Yoga (1995), and The Illustrated Light on Yoga (1995).
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'The Office' Actor Rainn Wilson Builds a Site for Life's Biggest Questions
Actor Rainn Wilson, who plays Dwight on popular sitcom The Office, sits down with Behind the Brand host Bryan Elliott to discuss his new role as an entrepreneur. Wilson is the co-founder of SoulPancake.com, a social networking site for people interested in debating life's big questions. Users post their deepest philosophical quandaries -- Is there a God? Do we have souls? -- and then discuss them with others on the site. Creating a platform for interaction rather than a traditional content site allows users to define the content, Wilson says, and enables SoulPancake to be more malleable as a business.
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Writer. Dancer. Agent of Change.
Majors: Media and Society and Public Policy
Minor: Writing Colleague Program
As a Media and Society and Public Policy double major, I'm interested in how policy affects the media. I received the Gilman International Scholarship, which has given me the opportunity to study abroad in South Africa and research how the media in South Africa influenced apartheid versus how the media in the U.S. influences race relations.
As an intern for the William Smith Centennial celebration, I coordinated a banner contest to welcome alums back to campus. I read that William Smith used to have banner contests so I thought bringing back the contest would be a great way to honor the history of the college.
Writing, to me, is way to bring about change. In addition to being a Writing Colleague, I wrote a piece for the HWS Public Affairs Journal about affirmative action. I like to think that it?s my way of helping to educate people about public policy.
During junior high, I attended a school for the performing arts. At HWS, I've been able to maintain my passion for performing as a member of Koshare and The Hip-notiQs, the Colleges' step and dance team. I love dancing- it keeps me sane!
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Buddha Buzz: A Rough Week for MonksIt's been a rough week for Buddhist monks. I'm afraid that, if you're still holding on to any bit of romanticism regarding Buddhist monks, young or old, this week's news will crush it. It's been a devastating week news-wise, and it looks like the Buddhist world is no exception. More »
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Buddha Buzz: The Burmese Holocaust and the Anti-Sexual Abuse Fork TestAwful news continues to pour out of Burma, where Vice is now reporting that Muslim Rohingya women are being kept hostage in military camps as sex slaves. Since the Rohingya are not considered to be citizens of Burma and therefore have no legal rights, it's not likely that there will be government action to free these women (<--the understatement of the century). According to the Vice article, by journalist Assed Baig, local villagers who live around the camps are "aware that women are being kept as prisoners but are too scared to speak out." More »
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Buddha Buzz: The Kindness of Roger Ebert and the Magical Effects of Mindfulness MeditationWe're surrounded, today and yesterday, with the deaths of beloved cultural icons. Today is the sixteenth anniversary of Allen Ginsberg's death. And yesterday, as I'm sure you know already, the prolific film critic Roger Ebert passed away at 70 years old. You can read his obit by the Chicago Sun-Times, his home newspaper for almost 50 years, here. More »
Bhutan seeks to curb sexual diseases among Buddhist monksNEW DELHI (RNS) Health officials in the tiny Buddhist kingdom of Bhutan are making condoms available at all monastic schools in a bid to stem the spread of sexually transmitted diseases and HIV among young monks who are supposed to be celibate."We are making condoms freely available everywhere, even in monastic schools and colleges," Bhutan's minister of health, Zangley Drukpa, said in a phone interview. The ministry, he added, has formed a special action group to deal with STDs in monasteries.Warning signs of risky behavior among monks first appeared in 2009, when a report on risks and vulnerabilities of adolescents revealed that monks were engaging in "thigh sex" (in which a man uses another man's clenched thighs for intercourse), according to the state-owned Kuensel daily. More »
Treasury of Lives: The Controversy of the Golden UrnBiography and autobiography in Tibet are important sources for both education and inspiration. Tibetans have kept such meticulous records of their teachers that thousands of names are known and discussed in a wide range of biographical material. All these names, all these lives—it can be a little overwhelming. The authors involved in the Treasury of Lives are currently mining the primary sources to provide English-language biographies of every known religious teacher from Tibet and the Himalaya, all of which are organized for easy searching and browsing. Every Tuesday on the Tricycle blog, we will highlight and reflect on important, interesting, eccentric, surprising and beautiful stories found within this rich literary tradition. The Controversy of the Golden Urn More »
Buddha Buzz: Mob Wives, Mama Asia, and the Burmese Bin LadenOK, how many Tricycle readers watch Mob Wives? (You can tell me, I won't tell anyone.) For those who don't, it's a VH1 reality TV show that follows seven Staten Island women whose husbands or fathers are doing jail time for crimes connected to the Mob. Basically, it's quality stuff. One of the main characters is Angela "Big Ang" Raiola, who was spotted this week canoodling with the Buddha in Miami: More »


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Awesome Red Velvet Recipe
I made this over the holidays and it was amazing! Thought I would share; Red Velvet Cake
Yummy! I'm making Red Velvet for our anniversary next month.
I made a box red velvet bundt for Christmas....love red velvet...never tried a homemade one though but I have tasted one at a holiday dinner with the cream cheese icing and I think there were walnuts or pecans in the icing...delicious....glad your cake turned out great!
I made one a couple of years ago all homemade. It was 2 layers of red velvet cake with a cheesecake middle...homemade cream cheese frosting and shaved chocolate curls on top.


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The Honolulu Star-Advertiser strives to make its news report fair and accurate. If you have a question or comment about news coverage, call Ed Lynch, managing editor/news, at 529-4758.
>> The Hawaii Judiciary program Project HOPE has been open to felons on probation for a range of convictions, including violent offenses. Tuesday's editorial on Page A8 said the program was for those convicted of nonviolent offenses.


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Sam Donaldson, a veteran ABC News reporter and White House correspondent, was charged with driving while intoxicated earlier this month in Lewes.
Donaldson, 78, was stopped by a Lewes patrol officer on Dec. 1 for a traffic violation on Savannah Road shortly before 8 p.m. When officers suspected Donaldson had been drinking alcohol, he was given standard field sobriety tests, Lewes police Lt. James Azato said in a statement.
Donaldson was arrested at the scene and charged with driving under the influence of alcohol and failure to remain within a single lane. He was later released pending his ...


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Drakes Bay lease
EDITOR: The Drakes Bay Oyster Co.'s owners knew in 2004 when they bought the business that the lease from the National Park Service would expire in 2012. There was no guarantee that the lease would be renewed or extended.
Within Point Reyes National Seashore, Drakes Estero was to be managed as a potential wilderness pending expiration of the lease. Drakes Bay is a federally designated marine wilderness because of the diversity and abundance of wildlife there, including one of the largest breeding colonies of harbor seals in California.
Non-native oysters are grown and harvested by the company. Federal and state agencies have cited the company for dozens of permit violations, including illegally operating in parts of the estero reserved for wildlife and adding facilities without seeking permits. The company is not a good steward of the estero. Of the 52,000 comments on the draft environmental impact statement regarding the oyster operation, 92 percent favored wilderness over oyster production.
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar did a thorough and fair evaluation of the information regarding the lease and made a reasonable determination that it should not be renewed. The Drakes Bay Oyster Co. responded with a lawsuit and seems only interested in its business. Hopefully, the ruling on the lawsuit will uphold the secretary's decision.
A civil council
EDITOR: I agree, let's have civility and cooperation on the Santa Rosa City Council. But I believe that the faction that needs to change the most to achieve this is the one that has been the most vocal in calling for less divisiveness.
Even before his first meeting, Mayor Scott Bartley called a neighborhood activist with whom he disagrees "clueless." I know Jack Swearengen well from working with him at citizen committee meetings over the years. He is well informed and reasons well. Calling him "clueless" is unnecessary, divisive name-calling.


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They're Gone
My parents just left today, and we are sad. It was so great spending time with them, showing them the ministry, and especially watching them bond with Asher. We couldn't be more grateful for the time and money they spent to come see us. It's times like this that we never take for granted, and we truly do treasure.
Time Spent
We were fortunate to be able to show them most of the ministry and what we do. We went to the Feeding Centers, the Maternity Ward, and mom even braved the streets! We also took them to see some of the more beautiful parts of Honduras, including the statue of Jesus (El Picacho), and a little tourist town known as Valley of Angles. But I think what they really enjoyed the most was just spending time with their grandson, and who can blame them!
So saying goodbye was not, and never is, easy. It's a huge sacrifice for all three of us, and it…is…hard. Sometimes I just wish we lived back in Lynden so we could see each other whenever we wanted. And it's difficult to watch Asher bond so much with his grandparents and then have to turn around and say goodbye once again.
Hello's Are Good
But God never said it was going to be easy. We knew there would be many sacrifices that we would have to make along the way. And even though it is very hard to be without your loved ones, we are still confident that this is where God has called us for this season of our life. So while saying goodbye is never any fun, we always look forward to the many sweet hello's.


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Conference Room A (50-010)
Located in the basement, this conference room seats 12 people conference-style. The room also has two whiteboards, a sink with counter space, windows, and a telephone jack.
Pritchett (50-258)
Located on the second floor, Pritchett is a multi-use space for groups from 36 to 100 people, depending on setup style. The space is used for meetings, workshops, receptions, breakfasts, lunches, dinners, and small celebrations. Furniture setups use existing, limited furniture in room. Additional furniture needs will require rentals.


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November 29, 2015
A Lexington man is in jail today, charged with the murder of his two-month-old child.
Police charged 19-year-old Michael Reed Tuesday afternoon after the baby died. The infant was rushed to the hospital Monday afternoon.
Emergency crews were called to Winnie Drive Monday around the noon hour. Police say a 2-month-old child was found unresponsive and taken to UK hospital.
We're told the family abuse section of the Lexington police were called in because there was another child at the home. Police contacted the Cabinet for Health and Family Services has taken that child out of the home for the time being.
Over night, the child's father, 19-year-old Michael Lee Reed, was arrested and charged with criminal abuse 1st degree. The charges were upgraded to murder Tuesday afternoon. Reed is being held in the Fayette County Detention Center.
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- It's been 14 years since Amber Hagerman was abducted and killed in Texas.
Every Jan. 13 since, the Department of Justice remembers her as the inspiration for the nation's Amber Alert system.
Since the system was implemented in Florida in 2000, there have been 149 alerts issued, and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement said 51 children statewide have been found as a direct result of the Amber Alert system.
The state has a website that lets people sign up to receive Amber Alerts via email or text messages, and so far more than 30,000 people have done so.
"Signing up for Amber Alerts is a small act that has tremendous lifesaving potential," FDLE Commissioner Gerald Bailey said. "Time is of the essence in these cases ...Tips from the public often provide the piece of information needed to locate an abducted child."
There is an unsolved Amber Alert in northeast Florida for Haleigh Cummings who disappeared from her Satsuma home in February and has not been found.
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Just Bento: Interesting new bento blog
I came across an interesting new blog that I think Lunch in a Box readers will be interested in. Just Bento is from the creator of Japanese food blog Just Hungry, and focuses on speedy diet bentos for adults, mostly vegetarian, with recipes and tips. I especially like her graphic timelines that illustrate the recipes. I've seen these in Japanese-language bento cookbooks before, and they bring an easy-to-grasp glanceability to the lunch prep and packing process. Although Just Bento is new, it looks promising and I'm all in favor of her premise of speedy, streamlined bento prep of delicious food. Dig in!
Just Hungry also points out that Daiso, the big Japanese dollar store chain, will be opening a new branch in London on November 17th with Japan Centre, at 213 Piccadilly. Full details here at Just Hungry.


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Ex Oriente FilmBulgaria
...and the sound of screaming
Director: Miroslav Nicic, Producer: Borjana Ventzislavova
The life and dreams of emigrants earning a living at the Prater, Vienna's world renowned amusement park.
Industrial Elegy
Director: Daniela Gebova, Producer: Zuzana Drazilova, Sunfilm-spiral Productions s. r. o.
In the grey, industrial landscape of the north-eastern corner of the Czech Republic, one can find many little homes filled with peculiar people. These are former mining settlements, established by private mine owners in the 18th Century, who were inspired by the architecture of miners' houses in England.
Mr. Nobody
Director: Filip Remunda, Producer: Vratislav Slajer, Bionaut Production
In 1997, a man without any documents was detained at the Prague airport. He did not speak and did not communicate with anyone. Journalists named him 'Mr. Nobody'. Half a year later, he was deported to China under mysterious circumstances. Several years later, a film crew returned to the airport to try to discover who Mr. Nobody was and what fate befell him. Mr. Nobody is a film – essay on the borders between nations and on the borders within us.
Nuraful AlbDirector: Andrea Pugnerova, Producer: Jan Hlavsa, Filmdustry Production
A Berlin accordionist, Torsten, marries a Ukrainian girl to help her acquire German citizenship. The wedding is filmed by Torsten's ex-girlfriend, Andrea, who eventually decides to continue filming even after the wedding.
Trafficking - Buy Me or Sell Me!
Director: Ivana Miloseviae, Producer: Karla Stojakova, Axman Production
In the capital city of Montenegro, Podgorice, there is a center for the victims of the human trafficking trade, which is called the House of Refuge for Women. The director of the center, Ijiljana Raicevic, founded it five years ago when she realized how large the people trafficking trade in Montenegro and the surrounding countries really was.
Director and Producer: Radim Prochazka
Why do most slaves dream of becoming slaves? Thirty-year old Ukrainian, Vaska, leaves for the Czech Republic to find work. A considerable part of his salary is taken by the Ukranian Mafia. He dreams of bringing his wife and son to the Czech Republic and of setting up a "decent life" for them. This will happen when he works himself up the ladder to become a member of the mafia, preying on his fellow ex-countrymen.
Room Service
Director: Marko Raat , Producer: Siiri Suur, Sugar Films
There is a very fine line between the cleaning of rooms and the disturbance of privacy...
If you have ever stayed in a hotel, you will surely have noticed the special care given to your toiletries, lying beside your bag; the precision with which the books and magazines that you were reading and left lying around the room were laid on the bedside table.
Childish Business
Director: Anna Wieckowska, Producer: Tomasz Wojtkowski
Twelve year old Tomek, whose parents are unemployed, is on the lookout for work, so that he can by himself sweets. His schoolmate Przemek, a pampered only child, loves Tomek like his own brother and wants to help him escape poverty.
Seven Fridges Full of Meat
Director: Grzegorz Pacek, Producer: Joanna Wendorff, Anima-pol Film Studio
Stach Piorkowski, who is 67 years old, has seven fridges full of meat in his home in South Africa. "My family and I have hungered before. I will not allow anyone around me to go hungry again"
Small-Time Gamblers
Director: Piotr Kielar, Producer: Marta Plucinska, Agata Deka, Federico Film
A gallery of portraits of people from different places and backgrounds, who are all connected by one common passion – minor gambling. Not big-time gambling in casinos, but playing the lottery and sports wagering.
Roma Holocaust
Director: Robert Kirchhoff, Producer: Boris Hochel
Romany history has been tainted with conflict and discrimination as early the 9th Century when, due to famine in India, the Romanies began to leave their homeland and were forced to find themselves a better place to live in. Racism against Roma assumed its most extreme form during the time of the Holocaust.
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