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This monument commemorates Luther's appearance at the Diet of Worms. He ended his speech with the words: "Here I stand. I have no choice. God help me. Amen." The 19th-century monument includes a large statue of Luther ringed by other figures from the Reformation. It's set in a small park on the street named Lutherring.
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For families dealing with serious illnesses and medical treatments hundreds of miles away, one non-profit agency can make an enormous difference.
The organization, Pilots for Patients, consists of volunteer pilots who regularly perform these medical mercy missions. Pilots for Patients recently made its 1,500th journey - this latest one to M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston.
That trip - Monroe to Houston - has become routine for Pilots for Patients, as area residents undergoing chemotherapy making monthly visits avail themselves of this service.
For someone whose immune system is weakened by the treatments, the blessing of a short flight versus a half-day vehicle ride is one these patients and their families won't forget.
The Louisiana-based, nonprofit organization provides free air transportation for qualified patients and requesting agencies. The 87 volunteer pilots and volunteer staff coordinate the travel arrangements for patients to and from their medical facilities.
Pilots for Patients President Phillip Thomas said the nonprofit group flies ambulatory, medically stable patients.
"It's a great ministry that we think is helping a lot of people in northeastern Louisiana and all over the state," Thomas said.
A volunteer staff and pilots coordinate travel for patients to and from their medical facilities.
As the organization nears its fifth birthday, the volunteer pilots know the need has done nothing but grow.
"It just seems like yesterday"».," Thomas said. "I'm very excited to know we've accomplished so much in such a short period of time, but we've got a long way to go. It's all about helping our friends and neighbors."
We thank the pilots whose specialized training and skills have made so many medical missions possible.
And we look forward to the continued growth of the organization so that more families may experience this comfort and convenience during a time of intense need.
The editorials in this column represent the opinions of The News-Star's editorial board, composed of President and Publisher David B. Petty, Executive Editor Kathy Spurlock and community representatives Lyle Miller, Tom Nicholson and Kelly Shambro.


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Hoping to strike a deal before free agency begins on July 1, the Philadelphia Flyers acquired the rights to impending free agent goaltender Ilya Bryzgalov from the Phoenix Coyotes on Tuesday night in exchange for minor-league left wing Matt Clackson, a 2012 third-round draft pick and a conditional pick.
Bryzgalov, who turns 31 on June 22, will become an unrestricted free agent if he does not reach an agreement with Philadelphia. He went 36-20-10 with a 2.48 goals-against average and a .921 save percentage this season and won 130 games over the last four seasons with Phoenix, which claimed him off waivers from the Anaheim Ducks in 2007.
The deal is similar to a move made by the Flyers four years ago, when they acquired the negotiating rights to pending free agents Kimmo Timonen and Scott Hartnell from Nashville before the July 1 deadline, then signed both players to long-term contracts.
Evgeni Nabokov from the San Jose Sharks but failed to sign him, as he opted for a more lucrative deal in the KHL.
Flyers GM Paul Holmgren is hopeful he'll be able to strike a deal with Bryzgalov.
"We're going to give it our best shot," Holmgren said during a conference call when asked if he's confident the two sides can reach an agreement. "You give up an asset to get a chance to get in early, so we have every intention of trying our best to get a deal done. We'll see what we can do. I feel like he's still got a good years left in him. We'll see how it goes."
Bryzgalov was a member of Anaheim's 2007 Stanley Cup championship squad along with current Flyers defensemen Chris Pronger and Sean O'Donnell. He appeared in 27 games that season, posting a 10-8-6-1 record with a 2.47 GAA and .907 save percentage, and was 3-1 with a 2.24 GAA and .922 save percentage in five Stanley Cup Playoff appearances en route to the championship.
Bryzgalov was selected by Anaheim in the second round (No. 44) in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft. Over parts of nine NHL seasons with Anaheim (2001-07) and Phoenix (2007-10), Bryzgalov has a career record of 156-116-35 in 326 appearances along with a 2.53 goals-against average and a .916 save percentage. He has appeared in 27 career playoff games, posting a 12-13 record with a 2.55 goals-against average and a .917 save percentage.
A native of Togliatti, Russia, Bryzgalov has represented his country in three Olympic Games (2002, 2006 and 2010), winning a bronze medal at Turin in 2006. He also won a gold medal with Russia at the 2009 World Championships and a silver medal at the 2000 World Junior Championships.
But Tuesday's deal marks the end of his tremendous run with the Coyotes, who will now begin to search for his replacement.
"After several discussions with Ilya and his agent, it became very clear to us that we were not in a position to sign Ilya to a long-term contract," Coyotes GM Don Maloney said. "We will now focus our efforts on adding another goaltender to our roster for the upcoming season."
Clackson, 26, was selected by the Flyers in the seventh round (No. 215) of the 2005 NHL Entry Draft and joined the club's American Hockey League affiliate at the end of the 2007-08 season. Over that time and the next three full seasons with the Phantoms, Clackson -- the son of former NHL forward Kim Clackson -- had 6 goals, 13 assists and 574 penalty minutes in 204 games.
The Flyers would likely have to move one of their key pieces before the start of the season in order to make a long-term commitment to Bryzgalov. According to capgeek.com, Philadelphia has $58.9 million committed to 18 players for 2011-12.
"Once we know what the salary cap is going to be next year, we'll have a better idea of what we need to do down the road," said Holmgren, who added that the conditional pick -- which he said will not be in the first or second round -- is contingent on the Flyers reaching a deal with Bryzgalov. "We have options. I don't know. We'll just see how it goes."
Should an agreement be reached, Philadelphia would boast one of the top goaltending tandems in the League in Bryzgalov and Sergei Bobrovsky, who went 28-13-8 with a 2.59 GAA and .915 save percentage in 54 appearances as a rookie in 2010-11.
"I still think the world of Sergei," Holmgren said. "I think he's one of the top young goalies in our game. Having that said, we continue to try to make our team better. I think if we can get (Bryzgalov) signed, we can make our team better.
"We'll see if we can get a deal done. We've got our foot in the door now. We have some time to look at certain things and try to work through the issues and get a deal. We didn't make this trade to acquire his rights to just kind of hang around. We're going to try our best to get him signed."
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Compared with the margins of other large health systems, Montefiore Medical Center's 1 to 2 percent operating margins are "very modest," acknowledges Joel Perlman, executive vice president, finance and CFO, Montefiore Medical Center.
Yet few healthcare organizations serve communities like the Bronx, New York, the poorest urban county in the United States. A major not-for-profit academic medical center, Montefiore has an 80 percent government payer mix (40 percent Medicare and 40 percent Medicaid). It also operates the second largest residency training program in the country.
"We're practical about our margin potential," says Perlman.
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When asked how Montefiore has generated even a modest profit given its challenging market, Perlman points to a number of daring strategies-strategically-driven, community-oriented investments that have made Montefiore a contender in the race toward accountable care organizations (ACOs).
"It would have been easy for us to avoid or defer capital investments when our liquidity was very limited," says Perlman. "Instead we borrowed and leveraged our balance sheet. We concluded 20 years ago that to successfully execute our long-term strategy we had to invest, take the risks, borrow the money, and build-but all the while being highly focused on choosing the right priorities to invest in." Fortunately, we have a sophisticated and knowledgeable Board, which has supported management initiatives every step of the way."
Thanks to Montefiore's balanced portfolio of investments, the health system's market share has doubled in the last 20 years. Just as important: overall mortality rates at Montefiore fell to 1.76 in 2008, from 3.5 percent in 1997-while inpatient length of stay also fell. In addition, Montefiore scores higher than average for New York State on most HCAHPS measures of patients' experiences with care.
Montefiore has spent the past two decades developing an integrated delivery system capability with significant investments in primary care and community-based services, as well traditional academic medical center investments. Today it is well positioned as an ACO. "Twenty years ago, it was all about growing admissions and hospital market share," says Perlman. "Today it's about managing and delivering more effective care and offering an improved patient experience across the continuum of care."
Care management and capitated contracting. In 1996, Montefiore established CMO, The Care Management Company to manage risk for the medical center and the IPA. "Our CMO is very involved in medical management, utilization review, coordinating care, and case management for all the patients in our full-risk arrangements," says Perlman.
"About 30 percent of our customer base come to us through full-risk capitation arrangements with Medicare Advantage, Medicaid Manage Care, and through contracts with commercial plans like United and Emblem," says Perlman. The medical center also has a number of partial risk arrangements with insurers.
Perlman believes capitated contracts are helping improve care for all Montefiore patients. "Once you're managing care for 150,000 people on a capitated basis, it causes you to learn, with trial and error, what interventions and what processes of care work most effectively. As physicians and the caregiving teams learn more effective ways to deliver care to our capitated population, they extend these same improvements to all of our patients."
It hasn't been a straight line up, admits Perlman. "There were years where we lost money in our managed care businesses. In the past several years, as we've learned to manage care more effectively, our capitated business performance has improved, allowing it to contribute more value to the Montefiore health system."
A clinically integrated medical staff. "The majority of the physicians that practice at Montefiore today are employed by the medical center," says Perlman. That's by necessity, he says, given the Bronx's demographics and payer mix."
"We've had to employ physicians and align the incentives of our physician community with our hospitals in a way that ensures that physicians aren't financially punished for seeing patients whose payment rates are low," he says, adding that every employed physician in the Montefiore system (over 1,500 strong) is obligated to see Medicaid patients.
An EHR and HIE. Since 1995, Montefiore has invested over $200 million in IT advances, including a fully operational inpatient EHR, and a nearly completed ambulatory EHR. Montefiore also spearheaded efforts to create the Bronx Regional Health Information Exchange (RHIE), which launched last July.
"We made these IT investments to automate our businesses and achieve efficiencies, as well as improve overall quality," says Perlman. "However, our investments have also helped us collaborate with other providers. Through the RHIE, which we developed with our provider partners, we can now share medical information at the point of service throughout the Bronx. It puts information into the hands of caregivers in the emergency departments where so many people are seen and helps to inform medical decisions and treatments."
Montefiore has also invested heavily in vital specialty programs-including transplant and a children's hospital.
"We rebuilt a children's hospital when a lot of parties thought it would be impossible to develop a successful children's hospital in such a poor borough. But children's health status in the Bronx is among the poorest in the region and in the country with disproportionately high levels of asthma, obesity, and other health problems. So we felt an obligation to make that investment, and it's really been a tremendous success story. It has been a catalyst for fundraising, bringing in tens of millions of dollars in philanthropy. And, in the last couple of years, our children's hospital has gotten into the U.S. News and World Report's Best Hospitals rankings. The children's hospital has also served as catalyst for attracting and retaining some of nation's best pediatric doctors."
Recruiting specialists and primary care physicians -and keeping them very productive-helped Montefiore achieve an annual compounded 4 percent increase in total hospital admissions between 1999 and 2009-in a region where the population is static or growing by less than 1 percent a year. "So it has helped us to utilize our capacity, improve productivity, and generate more top-line revenue, some of which stuck to our bottom line," says Perlman.
However, physician recruitment has required enormous support from the hospital, says Perlman, noting that top physicians tend to choose more socio-economically advantaged communities to practice in than the Bronx.
"We have had to make extraordinary investments in recruiting and supporting the practices of employed primary care and specialty physicians and compensating them in a market-based manner. But the investments in employed physicians has not only benefitted Montefiore but has greatly improved access to care for many thousands of people living in vulnerable communities throughout the Bronx."
Perlman points to a number of other strategies that Montefiore has used:
Bed management and turnover. "We've made very effective use of our physical assets," says Perlman. "Our occupancy levels have hovered over 90 percent for many years now. And it's difficult because there's an efficiency tipping point when you're operating at that level of capacity. But our bed turnover has been very high (over 60 per bed), and that comes from managing throughput and length of stay using care plans and effective discharge planning."
"We also have made very efficient use of our critical care beds and extended these services throughout the hospital through a model 'ICUs without walls,'" says Perlman. "This has allowed us to spread fixed costs and overhead and make effective use of our capital assets and facilities. Furthermore our bed management initiatives have allowed us to handle an enormous patient flow from the second busiest emergency department in the United States."
Supply chain. "We invested very heavily in automating our supply chain 15 years ago," he says. "And that's produced, we think, very significant benefits to our organization in terms of controlling our unit costs and managing our resources more effectively."
Revenue cycle. "There's always an opportunity to do better in the revenue cycle-to automate, to establish more effective business rules and workflows, and make the transactions more efficient and cost effective for the health plans as well for the providers," says Perlman. "However, we have always benchmarked very well on receivable management and cost to collect performance measures. Recently working with a commercial technology company, we have designed and implemented exciting new automation and workflow changes improving our O/P collections and reducing operating costs."
Montefiore, through a joint venture company Linxus, is partnering with other hospitals and health plans in the New York region to automate and simplify business transactions -and improving the workflow for both providers and health plans. "We're excited about where this work is taking us," says Perlman. "Collaboration of providers and health plans is essential to automate and standardize eligibility, claims, remittance, and other HIPAA transactions in ways that will reduce everyone's cost of doing business."
Perlman advises finance leaders: "Embrace change, including a willingness to take risks and pursue innovative payment arrangements and partnering, which serve to better align payer and provider incentives. Some mistakes will occur along the way; however, it is essential that finance executives champion initiatives within their organizations aimed at improving care, achieving cost efficiency, and accepting responsibility for our role as accountable care organizations. The provider industry has to do its part to ensure that the quality and affordability of U.S. health care supports a strong economy and enhances our global competitiveness."
Joel Perlman is executive vice president, finance and CFO, Montefiore Medical Center, New York City, and a new member of HFMA's New York chapter (firstname.lastname@example.com).
Before joining Montefiore in 1988, Joel was CFO at New Jersey's St Francis Medical Center in Trenton. Before that, he was involved in performing numerous audits and consulting engagements with Ernst & Young. When asked what he likes most about healthcare finance, Joel says he enjoys the fact that he can meld his business and finance interests with the social and healing mission of health care, and also that he has been able to spend over 20 years in his career working at an organization where five generations of his family have received their care. Joel finds the biggest challenge in his position the obligation to try to fulfill both the mission and margin objectives of Montefiore given the extraordinary challenging characteristics in the Bronx market environment.
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There's some bad news: apparently the entire universe will cease to exist far sooner than previously thought, ending in a horrible state known as "heat death." Science News writes:
For all its tumult — erupting stars, colliding galaxies, collapsing black holes — the cosmos is a surprisingly orderly place. Theoretical calculations have long shown that the entropy of the universe — a measure of its disorder — is but a tiny fraction of the maximum allowable amount.
A new calculation of entropy…suggests that the universe is messier than scientists had thought — and slightly further along on its gradual journey to death….The collective entropy of all the supermassive black holes at the centers of galaxies is about 100 times higher than previously calculated.
In the case of the universe, Egan says, "we'd like to know [when and] if the entropy will eventually reach a maximum value, marking the end of all dissipative processes, including life." Physicists have dubbed that maximum entropy "heat death."


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Washington • The Obama administration, undertaking a major review of U.S. relations with Egypt, edged closer to a decision Tuesday about curtailing some of America's $1.5 billion in annual aid after the Egyptian military's crackdown on supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi.
Top administration officials met at the White House to review the possibility of cutting military or economic aid to Egypt, a longtime U.S. ally and the most populous nation in the Arab world. Some cuts are forthcoming, according to U.S. officials, speaking on condition of anonymity.
Tensions in Egypt have soared since the army ousted Morsi, who was the nation's first freely elected president. The July 3 coup followed days of protests by millions of Egyptians demanding that Morsi, who hails from the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood, step down.
The U.S. is in a bind. While it wants to continue aiding Egypt to maintain ties with the military-run government and assert its influence in the region, the Obama administration and lawmakers do not want to appear to be condoning the bloody crackdown.
The administration now is deciding what it wants U.S. engagement in Egypt to look like and what, if any, aid, should be cut. Congress, meanwhile, appears split on whether to suspend the aid, with some saying that would deprive Washington of leverage over those in power in Cairo.
So far, Obama has opted against any swift reaction, insisting it would not serve U.S. national interests to suddenly eliminate funding for operations that cover everything from fighting al-Qaida in the heart of the Middle East and safeguarding the stability of the Suez Canal to halting weapons flow to the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip and ensuring Israel's security.
The bulk of the U.S. aid money $1.23 billion is in the form of military aid.
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UC Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center is hosting the institute. This 16-week program is for high school students in grades 9 through 11. Students will conduct different science experiments and activities, including stream monitoring, fish dissection, earth science geology hikes, astrobiology, biochemistry, green building demonstrations, lake science on the UC Davis Research Vessel John Le Conte and more. The students will receive opportunities for paid internships, fulfill community service hours and receive letters of recommendation.
Eligible students must complete an application, have a minimum GPA of 3.0 and have a commitment to the program. Tuition is $250. Full and partial scholarships are available for applicants who demonstrate need.
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The more than 20 styrobots that invaded the Discovery Museum in Reno will be available for viewing through Sunday.
These styrobots, some more than 15 feet tall, are the result of a design challenge issued to the museum's visitors. The challenge was to build a robot out of nothing more than Styrofoam packing material.
Visitors are invited to vote for their favorite 'bot to win a People's Choice award through 5 p.m. Styrobot awards will be presented at an awards ceremony on Saturday at 11 a.m.
The Discovery is located at 490 S. Center Street. For more info, visit the museum's website at www.nvdm.org or call 775-786-1000.
School facilities panelists sought
The Washoe County School District is creating an oversight panel for school facilities. The panel will submit recommendations for financing the costs of new construction, design, maintenance and repair of school facilities to the director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau.
As of Tuesday, the district accepted applications for the following positions: a representative with experience in the financing or estimation of the cost of construction projects, a representative of the gaming industry and a representative of the general public who has an interest in education.
The term is two years. Members are eligible for reappointment.


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The Mayor replaced the previous Council Leader and leads the city council and its full range of services – from social care to waste collections – with a turnover of around £1billion a year. The Mayor will also perform a broader role representing the interests of Bristol's citizens.
Read Bristol City Council and an elected Mayor for more information.
Frequently asked questions
How often will elections take place for an elected Mayor?
Every four years. The next election will be in May 2016. This will mean that the first term of office will only be three and a half years.
How much will the elected Mayor be paid?
£51,000 although this will be reviewed by full council on 15 January 2013.
Will there still be a Lord Mayor when the elected Mayor is in place?
Yes. The Chair of the Council, who cannot be the elected Mayor, will continue to be known as the Lord Mayor.
The Lord Mayor is one of the 70 elected councillors chosen annually by full council and dates back to 1899 and before that as "Mayor" to the year 1216. The Lord Mayor is usually someone who has been a councillor for a number of years, and is a new appointment every year. The office of Lord Mayor is a (largely) ceremonial post, and by tradition, the councillor who holds that office takes no part in the political life of the council for their year of office.
The roles of directly elected Mayor and Lord Mayor are very different – although the similarity of the titles might prove a little confusing sometimes.
Will there still be local councillors?
Each ward will continue to have two councillors representing them. Local elections for councillors will continue to take place as before, and this is independent of the mayoral election process.
Can the elected Mayor be removed by the council during their term of office?
No, the elected Mayor holds office for four years and cannot be voted out of office by councillors.
Now that we have chosen an elected Mayor system, will we have this system indefinitely?
Yes, unless a new law is passed by Parliament to allow Bristol voters to swap back to the previous system, if they don't want to carry on having a directly elected mayoral system.
Decision making
The elected Mayor will decide on which kind of decisions are taken by either:
themselves individually
or delegated to the Cabinet (known as the Executive)
or delegated to individual Cabinet members
or delegated to officers.
All key decisions must be made in public unless the matter is confidential.
Most decision making of the council is delegated down to officers because of the volume of decisions that must be made.
Cabinet and deputies
The elected Mayor has appointed a Cabinet of three councillors.
Councillor Simon Cook – Cabinet Member for Culture, Sport and Capital Programmes
Councillor Geoff Gollop – Cabinet Member for Finance and Corporate Services
Councillor Gus Hoyt – Cabinet Member for Environment, Communities and Equalities
The Mayor is retaining direct responsibility for all other policy areas within his own portfolio including the statutorily-required children's services executive responsibilities (for the purposes of Children Act 2004).
The council will still appoint and maintain a range of committees including committees for:
Overview and Scrutiny
The law requires that some important decisions will continue to be taken independently of an elected Mayor.
Will the elected Mayor have extra legal powers that the council doesn't currently have to help them make Bristol a better city?
No. The elected Mayor doesn't have any formal legal powers compared to the previous Council Leader, but they may seek to negotiate some with central government after they have taken office.
How many directly elected Mayors are there in the United Kingdom?
There are 15, as follows:
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This 45-minute program uses a combination of high intensity interval training (HIIT), upper and lower body strength training, core conditioning, plyometrics and athletic conditioning drills to push you to your limits. If you're looking to increase your calorie burn or push yourself to the next level then this program is for you! This package is only available for 2 or 4 people, and includes ten, 45-minute sessions.
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On the 5th of July I found out my horse was missing a tooth, he colicked on the 4th of July, so the barn people were watching him closely for me... he wasn't suppose to be eating grain yet but they had fed him anyways disregarding my instructions not to, and while he was eating his grain they noticed that his mouth started bleeding.
They told me this when I came out to the barn, the barn lady was convinced it was an abscess in his mouth. So I brought him outside to see if he would graze, and noticed as he was grazing he was only chewing with the left side of his mouth and grass was just slipping out the other. So I pulled his head up to have a look in his mouth and we saw right away that he is missing his far right tooth.
So when I'm finally able to take him to a vet they tell me that the bone the top incisors connect to has been forced up by something and broken. So the other two teeth on the right are also in danger of falling out. I had to bring him to an equine hospital right away with the possibility of surgery.
At the equine hospital the vet told me if he would be able to do the procedure with Kip standing sedated and his mouth numbed it would all be a lot less expensive.
So they were able to do it all with him standing sedated and mouth numbed thankfully for me.
Now I'm giving him SMZ's and washing the spot were the tooth is missing with salt water twice a day.
As I've been looking at his mouth though, and checking on the wires to make sure they aren't going any where. I've noticed that his teeth still are not lined up quite right to his bottom... But A LOT better than they had been, where as before they were sticking out probably an inch to 3/4 of an inch over his bottom teeth they're now just a little over...
Still is very concerning to me since Kip is only 5 years old, and I know this is going to effect how he grazes for the rest of his life.
Has anybody else had experience with something like this? And what was the horses mouth like afterwards?
I was told by the vet it is more common than people think, and he had recently saw a mare in who broke her jaw in 6 different places. But I haven't seen a lot of after information...
I'm worried that a bit in his mouth with be uncomfortable and I'm going to have to train him to ride in a hackamore or something.
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Facebook Could Be Planning a Visual Dashboard of Your Life
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This page from Felton's 2009 annual report shows every notable social encounter he had.
At Facebook, users already engage in countless acts of data entry, so it's possible that the data Felton will be visualizing will already be available. Automated data gathering through smart phones—especially location data—provides even more data to mine.
Eventually—with users' permission—this kind of personal information could be mined by marketers and advertisers. Ted Morgan, CEO of the geolocation software company Skyhook, compares the trend to the way advertisers currently track some TV viewers' watching habits. In the future, he says, tracking data will be "like a Nielsen rating box for your life. It will track where you go and what you do. [Advertisers are] going to pay people to do this."
One company is already exploring this possibility. Locately offers users promotions and discounts if they agree to opt in to its mobile data-gathering network. This lets the company gather data on where people go, what they do, and what they buy; the company sells that data to businesses who want to use it for market research and advertising.
Gathering detailed personal data can produce surprising insights, says Felton. "The way people describe themselves is not really in line with their true behavior," he notes. For example, users who track what TV shows they actually watch may find that they spend more time on shows they don't identify as their favorites.
Perhaps this could lead to a whole new kind of friend discovery, one based not on our expressed interests, but on our actual interests. Picture a beefed-up version of Facebook's "people you might also know" feature informed not just by who you're connected to, but what behavior you have in common.
"It could be shared affinities that are not recognized by either [party]," says Felton. The downside, of course, is that people who are a lot like us often drive us crazy. "You might hate them," says Felton. "Isn't that part of what annoys us about our families?"


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The Mavericks have several options at the big positions.
Since they have Tyson Chandler, Dirk Nowitzki, Brandan Wright and Greg Smith, they are believed to be leaning toward re-signing Bernard James, if they can get him for the veterans minimum, which is all they have to offer.
Another possibility is Ivan Johnson, who like James is on the Mavericks' summer-league team. Jackie Carmichael is another player on the summer team who has an outside chance of getting invited to training camp.


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|Extended vs standard lymph node dissection in robot-assisted radical prostatectomy for intermediate- or high-risk prostate cancer: a propensity-score-matching analysis.
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|WHAT'S KNOWN ON THE SUBJECT? AND WHAT DOES THE STUDY ADD?: Although lymph node dissection (LND) is known as the most accurate method of nodal staging, the therapeutic role of LND remains undetermined. This is mainly because of the lack of randomized prospective studies and the fact that retrospective analyses often result in bias and misinterpretation. To overcome the limitation of retrospective analysis, we matched preoperative variables using propensity scores and compared the outcomes between patients treated with robot-assisted eLND and sLND. In the matched cohort, robot-asssited eLND achieved an increased detection rate of lymph node metastases; however, the therapeutic benefit was not statistically significant between the two groups on short-term follow-up. OBJECTIVE: To compare the pathological and biochemical outcomes between extended lymph node dissection (eLND) and standard lymph node dissection (sLND) in patients undergoing robot-assisted radical prostatectomy for intermediate- or high-risk prostate cancer. PATIENTS AND METHODS: A total of 905 patients underwent robot-assisted radical prostatectomy and lymph node dissection (LND) by a single surgeon between June 2006 and January 2011. Of these, 170 patients who underwent robot-assisted eLND and 294 patients who underwent robot-assisted sLND for intermediate- or high-risk prostate cancer were included in the study. Propensity-score matching was performed using the preoperative variables which included age, body mass index, prostate-specific antigen, clinical stage, biopsy Gleason score 1 and 2, total number of biopsied cores, number of positive cores and prostate volumes. Pathological and biochemical outcomes were assessed according to the extent of LND. RESULTS: The median (range) follow-up period was 36 (12-77) months and the median number of lymph nodes removed was 21 and 12 in the eLND and sLND groups, respectively. Propensity-score matching resulted in 141 patients in each group. Although patients who underwent eLND had a higher clinical stage, biopsy Gleason score and number of positive cores than those treated with sLND in the entire cohort, there were no preoperative between-group differences in the matched cohort. In the matched cohort, lymph node metastases were detected at a significantly higher rate in the eLND than in the sLND group (12.1 vs. 5.0%, P = 0.033). In the matched cohort, the 3-year biochemical recurrence-free survival rates were 77.8 and 73.5% in the eLND and sLND groups, respectively, which was not significant (hazard ratio 0.85, P = 0.497). CONCLUSION: Robot-assisted eLND achieved an increased lymph node yield and higher detection rate of lymph node metastases; however, robotic eLND did not alter biochemical outcomes in a short-term follow-up.
|Kwang Hyun Kim; Sey Kiat Lim; Ha Yan Kim; Tae-Young Shin; Joo Yong Lee; Young Deuk Choi; Byung Ha Chung; Sung Joon Hong; Koon Ho Rha
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Jeff Bridges Didn't Like R.I.P.D. Either
The past several years, Hollywood has given us a few films that have been complete stinkers, a few big ones come to mind: Battleship and John Carter in 2012 and this year we've had The Lone Ranger and R.I.P.D. Now, not all of these were terrible movies (depending on who you are), but none of them did really well at the box office. Today, we're going to focus on the Ryan Reynolds and Jeff Bridges starred R.I.P.D. A lot of folks found the film, which is based on the Dark Horse comic written by Peter M. Lenkov, to be a knock off of the wildly popular Men In Black series. Admittedly, it's hard not to see the similarities. Regardless, you'd think the premise would be the perfect launching point for a decent film, but apparently that isn't the case and one of the stars of the film, Jeff Bridges, was too thrilled with the final product either.
The laid-back actor recently took some time to speak with GQ, where he spoke with them about the film. Initially, "The Dude" was quite enthusiastic about the project, but once he saw the film, he was rather underwhelmed. He's not to shy about placing the blame of the films failure either.
"I had such a great time working on that movie," Bridges said. "I remember what we were doing. I thought, 'This could be fun to see.' And when I saw it, I was a little underwhelmed. For my mind, the studio made some, uh, choices that I wouldn't have made."
R.I.P.D. had a pretty sizable budget, which is fairly evident, but the movie failed to earn back its hefty $130 million price tag. It opened to a dismal $12.7 million weekend at the domestic box office. As it stands now, the film had brought in around the $68 million worldwide. I think it's safe to say that we won't be seeing a sequel any time soon. At least he has a good sense of humor about it, comparing it' failure to a horse race in which you have no jockey.
"It's kind of fun when the movie's coming out. It's like having a horse in the race. And they're lining up, and they're off! And you're rooting for your horse," Bridges said. "And in this case, the jockey fell off the horse and you came in last. Ha ha ha. You know. That happens sometimes."
I think we've all been there at one time or another. Bridges can next be seen in the fantasy actioner The Seventh Son, which comes out early next year. He's also voicing a character in the upcoming animated feature The Little Prince, along with Jeff Franco, Marion Cotillard, Rachel McAdams and Paul Giamatti. R.I.P.D. will be arriving on DVD and Blu-ray on October 29th.
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Two articles in the 02-17-12 issue of The Franklin Press caught my eye. One was titled, "Legal or Ethical: The twain don't meet" the other was "Board axes reference to slope maps". I am in favor of some sort of disclosure if there is any element that could cause me and my family our lives or life savings although I know this would/could cause a drop in sales a loss of the almighty dollar as it did to Toyota when they had the problem with thier runaway cars.
I worked with a survey crew that ran topo on a homesite where a lady was killed in a landslide in Maggie Valley several years ago. The homesite had been cut out of a hillside so steep you almost had to crawl to go up. The homesite had a sheer cut about 15' high only a few feet from the foundation. Looking at the soil you did not need someone coming up from Raleigh to tell you it was very unstable.
Several years ago I asked a former Chairman of the County Commisioners when Macon County would have any planning regulations passed and he told me "When the last dollar is made."
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I know one of the keys to a good blog is to post entries frequently. I also know that I have failed at that too often. Despite my best intentions, I sometimes don't post every day or even every other day.
Now, for the excuse. I have to miss work at least one day a month for my daughter, Ellen's, chemo treatments and sometimes more than that if she gets sick in in the interim. While the chemo is killing her leukemia, it also lowers her resistance which makes her vulnerable to infections.
Yesterday, for example, my husband, Brian, and I took her to her treatment in Fargo in the early morning and she received a blood draw, chemo and spinal tap. We got home about 3 p.m. and Ellen went to lay down on the couch. Brian noticed she was warm when he sat own beside her and took her temperature. It was 102 so we called MeritCare (where we had just been) and the doctor said to take her to Altru for antibiotics and a blood culture. We gathered up Ellen and her blankie and headed to Grand Forks at 4 p.m. She had her blood draw and antibiotic drip and we got home about 6 p.m.
Today I stayed home with her and will take her in to Altru for another antibiotic drip and to, hopefully, find out the results of her blood draw yesterday.
The upshot of this is that I ended up not working two days, instead of one this week. I'm writing this quick update from my home computer while Ellen is resting. When I get back to work, I'll be trying to catch up with my stories and editing duties I missed when I was gone.
I'm not looking for sympathy, but for patience from anyone checking in on my blog. I'll try to update as often as possible, but if I haven't please don't give up. I'll do my best to make it worth waiting for.


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As coaches and players try to figure out a way to get around the "no contact whatsoever" rules they'll live under once the CBA expires, the NFL is cracking down on what they can and cannot do before the lockout occurs.
As reported by Sports Illustrated's Peter King, there were at least two instances when the league stepped in and foiled coaches trying to cram in last-minute instructions to players before the CBA is finished.
1) Rams offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels wanted to meet with players in February so he could talk about some of the changes he's going to make to St. Louis's offense, but, according to King, "the league told the Rams they couldn't do anything they wouldn't do under normal circumstances, and ruled that normal circumstances would have coaches and players not meeting 'til at least March."
2) Another team wanted to mail DVDs to players with reminders about how to work out in the offseason. Apparently, it would have been nothing more than technique reminders, but the NFL said no, because, as King writes, there is "too much of a chance for something like that to end up in a court case, if one ever were filed by the union, with the NFLPA saying players were being pressured by the team to work out during the lockout."
Basically, NFL players will have to be self-disciplined to work out during what could be a long holdout. Because the NFL won't allow them any help from their teams.
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Bring it on.
Have been watching the NFL since 1960 and have received my fair share of good football.
Don't really care about a stoppage at this point - bring it on! College football, reading, hiking, musical instrument, touch football, frisbee, plenty of good alternatives for the time spent.
Looking forward to the entertainment of the killing of the golden goose!
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NFL isn't taking any chances at last minute
Check your facts, this world is run by lawyers and a handfull of super rich AND greedy white men. Less than 10% of the worlds population is union how can they be running anything?
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Posted on: February 28, 2011 12:56 pm
NFL isn't taking any chances at last minute
Coaches and players trying to improve themselves is now a crime. The NFL is shooting itself in the foot. CRAZY! If there is a lockout, can't wait to see the crap product worth billions.
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NFL isn't taking any chances at last minute
No wonder this nation is going down the pipes...its covered in tons and tons and tons of red tape...and this is for a sports league. We need to get rid of the BAR. This nation has been pinned down by English law for too long.


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Jay Carney gaggled on the very brief flight to New Jersey. Quick highlights:
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On Gov. Christie, Carney said potus thinks he has done an excellent job on the efforts he has undertaken to rebuild ... The best way for recovery to happen is by cooperation among levels of govt ... Potus is going on this trip to highlight his ongoing commitment to recovery
On the personal relationship between the two: president has respect for Gov Christie and his efforts ...
JC responded to question about whether FEMA has been slow to build flood plain maps -- referred to FEMA but said overall it has been efficient
... More work needs to be done
On Chinese hacking: cybersecurity is a key concern, says it will be a topic of discussions when Obama meets with Xi in June
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With about three in five of Design Managers in the United States reporting more than 10 years of experience, the field is heavily weighted toward experienced professionals. Average pay for Design Managers is $76K per year and can range from $47K on the lower end to $129K per year near the higher end. Cash earnings for Design Managers — including $16K in bonuses and $12K in profit sharing proceeds near the top of the pay scale — generally stretch from $47K to $129K depending on individual performance. Geographic location and tenure each impact pay for this group, with the former having the largest influence. Work is enjoyable for Design Managers, who typically claim high levels of job satisfaction. Women are just slightly outnumbered, with male Design Managers making up 56 percent of survey respondents. Medical benefits are awarded to a large number, and a fair number earn dental coverage. This report is based on responses to the PayScale salary survey.
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Design managers can work in a variety of fields. They could, for example, work for a web design company or an interior decorator. They could also work directly with real estate developers, builders and sales teams to design and implement packages for new business developments as well as older business renovations. Regardless of the industry, design managers generally work with buyers during the selection process. They organize, maintain and make changes to designs as needed. They also meet with vendors to maximize revenue opportunities and often lead teams of other designers to ensure that a given project runs smoothly. Because of the interpersonal nature of their job position, design managers must have great written and verbal communication skills. In overseeing design teams, they are often responsible for the hiring (and firing) process, training and any performance evaluations that need to be handled.Read More...
Design managers also often need to create reports and presentations. They must have a solid knowledge of designs programs and standards within their industries. For example, design managers within the architecture industry usually must possess some knowledge of electrical and mechanical engineering, and usually must have a working knowledge and proficiency in such software as AutoCAD. Design managers are usually required to possess at least a bachelor's degree (if not a master's degree) in a related field. Some companies will accept substantial work experience in place of a specialized degree. Design managers will normally work usual weekday business hours, but if a project is behind, they may be required to work nights, weekends and/or holidays.
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Abstract: A probability measure on is called weakly unimodal if there exists a constant such that for all ,
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