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The University of Washington launched 18 new start-up companies in the past fiscal year based on UW research technologies, surpassing last year's previous record of 17 spin-outs, and making FY14 the UW's single most productive year for start-up formation. In FY13, the UW's launch of 17 start-ups placed it third among top schools in the nation for spinning out companies, along with the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Utah.
This year's spin-outs span a broad range of industry sectors — from medical devices and therapeutics to software and clean technology — all benefitting from UW Center for Commercialization (C4C) support.
"The University of Washington is becoming increasingly known for its culture of innovation and for the world class commercialization resources we provide to our UW entrepreneurs, who take ideas that are barely imaginable today and turn them into tomorrow's inventive solutions," said UW President Michael K. Young. "Their visionary achievements are improving people's daily lives, here and around the globe."
During the past six years, C4C has increasingly funded prototype design, business model development and market validation, in addition to helping UW researchers win federal money for technology commercialization. C4C's mentoring programs give UW researchers access to experienced entrepreneurs from the UW faculty and from the region. Seattle's top venture attorneys assist UW start-ups in constructing an attractive capitalization structure, and venture capitalists and business leaders help these new companies recruit some of the region's top executive talent.
"C4C's integrated programs accelerate the movement of lab discoveries to the marketplace," said UW Vice Provost for Innovation Vikram Jandhyala, who was recently named to this new post to lead UW entrepreneurial efforts and to more fully integrate innovation into the educational mission of the University. "We're not just spinning out more companies, but creating stronger start-ups with growth potential to contribute to our region's economic health."
With access to experienced business and research talent through C4C's many programs, Jandhyala sees an opportunity to engage more UW innovators across campus – especially entrepreneurial students.
"We're poised now to focus on the student entrepreneurial experience at UW — to encourage entrepreneurship in every major field of study — as more and more students embrace their areas of interest while working on innovations with market potential," he said.
University start-ups create high-quality jobs, almost all of them in Washington with an historical average of 60 employees per company. UW start-ups also attract investment from outside the state and increase the state's exports.
"From our record number of start-up companies generated and our No. 1 national ranking in licenses signed, to the doubling of patent applications filed annually, the University of Washington has become one of the top universities in the nation taking ideas to impact," said Linden Rhoads, who has led Commercialization at the UW for the last five years. "I recently announced that I'll be returning to entrepreneurship, so it's gratifying to have stayed long enough to see a second year of record results show that UW's performance is sustainable and more."
The ten year average for start-ups when Rhoads arrived in 2008 was seven. Rhoads will work closely with Jandhyala through the rest of 2014, as he takes on his new role.
FY 2014 UW Start-Up Companies:
AnswerDash – Has developed contextual Q&A technology that provides website and web application users with instant context-sensitive answers right when and where they need them. As users ask new questions over time, an "answer layer" builds up over a site or application, enabling future visitors to find answers easily without having to ask again.
Applied Dexterity – Advancing the field of robotically assisted surgery by creating a research surgical robot that allows researchers in engineering, surgery, and computer science to experiment, innovate and collaborate.
BluHaptics – Creating a control system for underwater remotely operated vehicles that can perform a variety of undersea tasks too dangerous for humans.
Deurion – Developing products for diagnostics and mass spectrometry, an analytical technique that produces spectra of the masses of atoms or molecules constituting a sample of material.
Ennaid Therapeutics – Commercializing cures for mosquito-borne diseases, including Dengue virus and West Nile virus.
Lodespin Labs – Creating the next generation of iron oxide magnetic nanoparticle tracers for medical imaging.
MarqMetrix – Providing real-time product quality improvement through optical, or light-sensing, measurement technology — most notably its use in an optical measurement device known as the Raman BallProbe™.
Medical Models – Using specialized medical imaging software and 3D printing to create custom physical models to assist medical students and patients when confronted with specific injuries and anatomical abnormalities that are typically only visible in scan data.
NaviSonics – Developed a handheld, ultrasound-guided catheter system to assist neurosurgeons with placement of extraventricular drains during surgery to relieve elevated cranial pressure, reducing neurosurgical revision rates and improving patient safety.
Oricula Therapeutics – Developing medications to protect hearing and balance from the effects of aging and ototoxic drugs, or medications that are toxic to the ear.
PET/X LLC – Integrates PET (positron emission tomography) and X-ray mammography to determine which targeted breast cancer therapies will be effective on an individual patient.
Polydrop – Developing robust new technology that improves adhesion and durability in paints and coatings for aerospace and automobile manufacturers. The technology diffuses the electrostatic charge that accumulates from friction, and provides electromagnetic interference shielding for paints and other coatings used in the transportation industries.
Shockmetrics – Creating non-invasive devices that measure the amount of oxygen in a patient's muscles to detect medical shock.
Spark Medical — Developing a novel football helmet that protects against skull fracture and traumatic brain injury, particularly concussion.
Stasys – Commercializing a novel device to assess the state of blood coagulation in trauma patients within minutes, helping emergency physicians save lives.
Taggpic — Developing computer software that automatically recognizes buildings, structures, and landmarks in digital photographs, as well as the precise location where photos were taken.
VerAvanti – Developing medical devices focusing on the Endoluminal Optical Imaging, or Angioscopy, segment of the medical industry. Angioscopy is a medical technique for visualizing the interior of blood vessels.
Universal Cells — Developing methods for accurate and reliable gene editing in stem cells.


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I've never test fired a weapon that I purchased from a business. No business in my area has any way to provide that service.
This is a discussion on Have you ever purchased a gun without shooting it first? within the Defensive Carry Guns forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; It's not something I like, but it's something I have to deal with. I used to be able to test out most S&W models at ...
It's not something I like, but it's something I have to deal with. I used to be able to test out most S&W models at the S&W factory, but some legal issues with felons shooting there got them to shut it down.
Most gun shops I know of have no range, and the closest range to test guns at is 2+ hours away in New Hampshire.
I bought my Model 10 without shooting it first and it worked out fine, I had fired other .38spl revolvers at least. This time though I'm looking at a Ruger SR9 or maybe even a Ruger P95 (it's in the air though, could be any 9mm) but won't be able to shoot it first.
Can you test guns where you are before you buy?
I've never test fired a weapon that I purchased from a business. No business in my area has any way to provide that service.
If you test fire a gun, it is no longer new, so most gun shops will not let you "test fire" a gun before purchasing it. Unless they have a used, or range gun, or you know someone who has that specific model gun, you are pretty much out of luck in being able to test fire a gun before you spend your money.
Just remember that shot placement is much more important with what you carry than how big a bang you get with each trigger pull.
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Never shot any of my guns before purchase. Handled, yes; shot - no.
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I have never test fired a firearm before purchase.
Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around laws. Plato
I've purchased (or traded for) a number of firearms without shooting them first over the years, but I only buy from well known sources. No disappointments yet.
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Count me in with the "never" crowd...
Sometimes in life you have to stand your ground. It's a hard lesson to learn and even most adults don't get it, but in the end only I can be responsible for my life. If faced with any type of adversity, only I can overcome it. Waiting for someone else to take responsibility is a long fruitless wait.
It made me want a S&W 686, but they're so damn expensive.
I didn't try out my gun before I bought it and wish I had. I am now looking for a 22 and have rented a couple at the local range to see what I like. Read the reviews online, they are usually pretty accurate.
Nope, but I've only been burned once.
Nope, I have never fired a gun before I bought it.
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Nope never have done a test fire on a new firearm
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I've shot a model of a gun prior to purchasing, but never the gun I purchased. As farronwolf pointed out, once someone has shot it, it is no longer a new gun, and I don't know of any store that is willing to cut their profits like that.
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I see the Demon, I already knew what to do as my body changed with the powers that had been given to me. Elyse takes notice of my entrance, and sliced the prince across the torso with a look of pure hatred in her eyes. The prince jumps out of reach of the sword.
"That actually kind of stung!" He looks at the blade another loathsome smile crosses his face, " So I still do have enemies, enemies that can't hurt with their own power, so they use pawns. Absolutely laughable that they think that blade will kill me." I rush forwards in his lecture not wanting to hear his words that will strike hopelessness even in the strongest hearts. I hit him hard on his side releasing a sting beam actually breaking the skin. I duck under his arm as he goes to punch me Elyse strikes him from the other side her sword.
"Two on one, hardly fair, luckily for me, Ian is a pitiful excuse for something I created." As I block a punch with my arm as it morphs into a sort of shield look but he ignored Elyse's cutting grabbing me with his arm raising me far off the ground and hit Elyse's sword out of her and which embedded to the ground his wounds healing slowly. he throws me up putting his hands over my throat, and began to crush harder. His smile showing pure joy,and anger.
"Why don't you hurry up and become my dark servant of chaos?" I look at Elyse who was glowing even more now, I wondered if she had another trick in her sleeve, the world blinked out for a moment as I struggled for oxygen. Pain courses through my veins," Too human! A failure! No wonder your so weak!" He throws me and I crash through the wall gasping for breath. I get up despite the pain, I was going to kill him for everything he had done. I enter the room agian Elyse swing the sword down on the demon, who just smiled letting the sword slice across his arm. He disappears, but his voice resonated in my head.
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Got your weekly exercise routine intact? Yeah, we didn't think so, slacker nation. It definitely takes ample discipline to hit the gym on a regular basis, and avoiding junk food isn't exactly on many people's minds nowadays. That's why it is so admirable to meet the beautifully toned and buff ladies behind Team Bombshell Figure Pro. These gals are dedicated athletes following a strict healthy diet and take on an arduous exercise plan to compete in bikini, figure, and fitness championships around the country. See these gals flaunt and flex muscles you didn't know existed when they take the stage Saturday at the War Memorial Auditorium in Fort Lauderdale. The ladies will don bikinis and go head-to-head for big wins. The hard work and confidence these ladies exude might inspire attendees to actually get off the couch and work out. To devoted athletes, the human body is meant to move, not wither away in front of the television set. For those interested, Team Bombshell offers Fit-Pro Academy to teach participants how to become a bombshell with classes in nutrition, hair, makeup, and group fitness training. Get inspired at the competition 7 p.m. Saturday at War Memorial Auditorium, 800 NE Eighth St., Fort Lauderdale. Visit bombshellfitness.com. Tickets cost $35, $45, and $75 for VIP.
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Cue The Sad Faces Of "Twilight" Girls: Edward Cullen to play for the other team?! Robert Pattinson is up to his usual interview shenanigans, again. During a chat with Ellen DeGeneres, the actor joked that in future movies (let's remember there aren't any books beyond "Breaking Dawn" at the moment) that his Edward Cullen character should start dating men. "I was also thinking another way to do it would be to make it look like 'Will and Grace,' where Edward turns gay," the actor joked of his on-screen relationship with Kristen Stewart's Bella. "But they still stay together, and they raise the kid and everything." He also suggested another twist on his huge franchise. "I was talking about this the other day," he said "If they mixed it up with 'The Avengers,' or made it 'Twilight-slash-Avengers.'" For more with Robert and co-star Taylor Lautner, CLICK HERE!
No Boys For Bond: On the flip side of the gay Hollywood coin, despite a scene between Daniel Craig and Javier Bardem, where Javier's character caresses Bond, while the spy is tied up, the British star says there's nothing gay about the famed character. "He's not gay," he said when asked by E! News about the possibility of a gay Bond. "And I don't think Javier's character is either - I think he'd f*** anything."
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Another Jonah Hill Feud?: Remember that faux Jonah Hill and Matt Morrison feud, well now there appears to an actual spat between the actor and CNN's Don Lemon. Find out why Don claims the actor was "rude" and why Jonah referred to the news anchor as "12-year-old girl" Meow!
More Les Mis!: In better news, yet another trailer for "Les Miserables" has dropped, HERE! Can we just give Anne Hathaway the Oscar now?
VIEW THE PHOTOS: See The Men Of 'Twilight' - Shirtless!
Brad Battles Zombies!: Also, check out the new trailer for "World War Z" with Brad Pitt, HERE!
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Junior Common Room
In the book, A Pattern Language, author Christopher Alexander and his colleagues say, "There is a need in people to live with a secret place in their homes: a place that is used in special ways, and revealed only at very special moments." The junior common room is a "members-only" space for students and faculty to be used as a place to converse, play games, watch television or study and of course, enjoy special moments. It's all about family.
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With the exception of Oktoberfest, summer time is our favorite beer season. Our summer ale obsession takes into our neighboring state of Vermont, and Otter Creek.
When you think about a good summer ale, you think of something light and flavorful. That's exactly what you're getting into when it comes to the delicious summer brew from Otter Creek. It's our beer pick for this week, and the perfect addition to your cooler this weekend.
This wheat beer, while light, is full of flavor that beer lovers will enjoy. Just because something is like, doesn't mean it's lacking, and that's the case here. It's limited, and only brewed through July, so drink up. As someone who doesn't like a brew that's too overpowering, I found Otter Creek to be very refreshing. Easily in my top picks of summer ales. Grab this is six packs, or by the case. Cheers!


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Thursday, May 1
Live demos of the latest technology from SAS and our event sponsors will be available throughout the day, including during breakfast, lunch, session breaks and the farewell reception.
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|Registration and continental breakfast
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David Macdonald, Vice President and General Manager, Financial Services Business Division, SAS United States
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Jeremy Gutsche, founder of TrendHunter.com and author of Exploiting Chaos
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Innovations in Insurance
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Simply Complex: Managing Risk and Regulatory Compliance
Confirmed panelists include Lawrence Mielnicki, former Executive Vice President of Analytics and Portfolio Management at PNC Bank; Randy Miller, Senior Vice President of Global Portfolio Strategies at Bank of America; Vic Warnement, Executive Vice President and Chief Compliance and Ethics Officer at American Express; and Donna Howe, Adjunct Professor at Brandeis International Business School and board member, Global Association of Risk Professionals (GARP) (moderator).
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Hadoop and SAS®: Powering In-Memory Analytics
Exploding data volumes. Complex data challenges. Data from myriad sources. How do you extract insight, trends and meaning from all this data in Hadoop? In this session, we'll explore how Hadoop and in-memory analytics can reveal the many possibilities in your big data and redefine how your organization solves complex problems.
Kirk Dunn, Chief Operating Officer of Cloudera; and Scott Chastain, Senior Manager, Data and Decision Science at SAS.
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Man pleads guilty in Watsonville hotel robbery
Man robbed, burglarized Watsonville motel 3 times in 3 hours
SANTA CRUZ, Calif. - A 37-year-old man has pleaded guilty to robbery and burglary charges stemming from incidents that occurred at a Watsonville hotel earlier this year.
Armando Farfan pleaded guilty to one count of first-degree residential burglary and two counts of robbery. He was sentenced to 13 years in state prison.
On Jan. 20, Farfan went to the Watsonville Days Inn at 3 a.m. in search of an individual and instead encountered an open door to an occupied hotel room. He entered the room and tried to steal the occupant's computer and purse, but she woke up and told him to leave. He told her he was with hotel security and left.
Police were called and took a report.
At 4 a.m. that same day, Farfan returned to the hotel and told the front desk attendant that if he called the police again, he would kill him and his family. Farfan then robbed the front desk attendant of his wallet and computer.
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A Palestinian parliamentary committee is investigating whether a cement company owned by the family of the Prime Minister, Ahmed Qurie, has been selling concrete to Jewish settlements in the West Bank.
Israel's Channel 10 TV also reported that the Al-Quds Cement Company - owned by Mr Qurie's family - has been providing materials to help build the contentious West Bank separation barrier, allegations Palestinian officials denied on Tuesday.
The television report said Mr Qurie was providing the cement to build the concrete slabs right outside his house in Abu Dis, a town near Jerusalem divided by an eight-metre wall.
Mr Qurie was in Europe and unavailable for comment.
Television footage showed cement trucks leaving the Al-Quds company and driving to the Jewish settlement of Maale Adumim, a few kilometres away.
A Palestinian MP said there was "evidence" that Mr Qurie was selling cement to Maale Adumim. He said Mr Qurie transferred ownership of the company to another member of his family just a few months ago, which strengthened suspicions he was involved in improper activities.
Mr Qurie is one of the most vocal opponents of Jewish settlements and the separation barrier.
Israel says the barrier is needed to keep out Palestinian suicide bombers, but Palestinians condemn it as a land grab.
Palestinian efforts have led the United Nations General Assembly to ask the International Court of Justice in The Hague to hand down an advisory opinion on the barrier's legality.
Jamal Shati, a member of a Palestinian parliamentary committee that is going to Jordan and Egypt today to investigate whether Palestinian cement companies are providing Israel with material for the barrier, denied Mr Qurie was part of the investigation.
"But when we open the issue of the concrete it will include everything, not only the wall but also the settlements, because building the settlements is the same as building the wall," Mr Shati said.
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BeschreibungThis compelling book is a deeply informed reflection on the nature of historical and scientific knowledge. Renowned historian Juhn Lukacs asserts that now, even at the end of the modern age, our understanding of the universe is based on what we fallible human beings have imagined and defined in a historical continuum; it is religion that is the source of the highest form of knowledge.
PortraitJohn Lukacs is the widely known author of more than twenty books on history, including Five Days in London, A Thread of Years, The Duel, and The Last European War, all published by Yale University Press.
Pressestimmen"The author tackles weighty matters, but he is a consistently engaging writer, and some of his sly asides are among the best parts of the book." Michael Potemra, National Review "Lukacs is very much a voice worth listening to." Jeet Heer, National Post, Canada "Perhaps no historian has a better right to take stock of our times - and of the state of historical thinking - than Lukacs. A beautifully crafted and unforgettable book, one that every serious historian should read." Choice "The book is, at the same time, provocative and inviting, wild and disciplined, adventurous and carefully reasoned. It is hard to imagine a reader coming away from it without thinking differently about things that really matter." First Things
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Nurses make the world go round. Well, not literally but hey
they don't stop! They work crazy hours and spend years with their noses in text
books all so that they can serve you and me. With nurses, we improve, we gain
strength, we gain hope. The 'Ville is all about recognizing heroes and hard
workers and few deserve the recognition more than nurses. So cheers to all you nurses…
As it relates to IDville, the healthcare industry as a whole
should be obsessed with security. And it is, for the most part. Nurses, doctors
and anyone else working or visiting those spaces need to be trusted. Hospital
patients are at a vulnerable state and slipping up on security can literally be
the difference between life and death. Security measures must be in place and
enforced at all times making sure all visitors are accounted for and all
employees have appropriate access. Nurse and doctor Identification also shows
that they are experts in their field. Behind that ID card are years and years of
knowledge and experience.
From the patient's point of view, that card means hope. It
means they are being taken care of by experts and can relax knowing that they
are in good hands.
What's on the ID card is important but it goes so much
deeper than that. We say thank you to the healthcare industry and thank you to
all the nurses and nurses in training. Keep calm and awesome on!
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Access Control | Employee Appreciation | Healthcare | Visitor Identification | Visitor Management | Workplace Safety
Today marks the start of National Nursing Assistants (NA) Week, lasting from June 11-18! Nursing Assistants provide 80 to 90 percent of the direct care received by clients in long-term care facilities. They bring patience, a caring attitude and wisdom to their practices. National Nursing Assistants Week is a great time to recognize the unique contributions of these unsung heroes!
One of our customers, Hannah, chose IDville's custom lanyards to show appreciation to her Certified Nursing Assistants to celebrate NA week! Hannah is a nursing home HR manager at Grandview Manor Care Center, in Franklin, North Carolina. She ordered custom lanyards for each CNA with their name embroidered on one side and "Grandview Manor Care Center" on the other. What a great way to honor each nurse individually and thank them for their work!
Being a CNA is no easy job. One of my good friends Elise is a CNA at Providence Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center in Downers Grove, IL. She has shared some horror stories with me, but has also shared about how her care has impacted her patients. She said, "Being a CNA is a very fulfilling experience. Every single day I get to participate in my patients' journey to heal. I get to establish strong relationships with the residents and it's exciting to see them get back to their normal functioning level through rehab care."
So thank you, Elise. Thank you, Hannah. And thank you to all other Nursing Assistants that care for others every day. We appreciate you!
For information about Secure ID Card Systems for the Healthcare Industry, read our whitepaper An Apple A Day: Everyday Applications for ID Card Systems in Healthcare
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As National Nurse's Week comes to a close, we want to thank nurses for all the work they do! "Bound by paperwork, short on hands, sleep, and energy, nurses are rarely short on caring." We could not have said it better than Sharon Hudacek did. So thank a nurse today!
Along with thanking our nurses, we would also like to highlight the importance of healthcare identification. Healthcare facilities see a lot of people walk in and out of their doors. Doctors, nurses, patients, and visitors. Implementing an ID card program will allow for proper identification of staff and visitors that will enhance security. Not only will safety improve, so will overall efficiency of operations.
Healthcare ID badges can serve a number of functions, including identifying doctors and staff, controlling access to facilities and restricted areas, and managing visitors. They are also commonly used to store patient medical records. This helps speed up the registration process and store accurate records. Say goodbye to mountains of paperwork!
Another idea for healthcare identification is to issue senior ID cards that include a photo of the cardholder, their name, address, blood type, and medical history. The cards should also include the name and phone number of their physician and an emergency contact. In an emergency, responders will be better able to assist the patient, especially in situations where the patient is unable to communicate. Emergency responders will be able to look to the card for details about the cardholder's medical condition, and quickly determine the best course of action.
For more information regarding ID card systems in healthcare, read our complete white paper, "Secure ID Card Systems for the Healthcare Industry."
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Technology is creating more flexibility and new capability
for the secure identity marketplace. Dr.
Selva Sevaratnam, senior vice president and chief technology officer with HID
Global, said, "Whether it's moving campus IDs onto smartphones, or centralizing
all identity management for protecting doors, data and cloud-based
applications, or securing electronic medical prescriptions and ATM
transactions, we will see the transformation of our customers' experience using
secure identities during the coming year, and beyond."
8 Trends that will affect the secure identity market in 2015:
Increased interoperablilty of ID cards- being used for secure print authentication, access to buildings, and more
Adoption of new credential form factors
New ways to open entrance systems and new forms
of building access
Advances in how to manage and protect identities
Using biometrics to help transform security from
a barrier to a guardrail
Transitioning from the magnetic stripe and
proximity cards to contactless smart cards in the Education sector
New building, patient, and medication security
in the healthcare sector
Heightened building and data security and the
move beyond passwords in the business sector
*Source of information was the RFID article "6 Trends Around
Identification Technology in 2015." To
read more visit http://www.rfidworld.ca/6-technology-trends-around-identificantion-technology-in-2015/2224
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Hospitals, doctor offices, and medical facilities are busy places. All day – and sometimes through the night! - people are coming and going. During a regular business day, a location could have patients, vendors, visiting family members, new staff members, and administrators visiting. That's a lot of people to keep track of!
To make staff and visitors feel comfortable and safe in your location, it's critical to clearly identify staff. Staff members should wear Medical Position Identity Cards in addition to their horizontal, slot punched ID card to increase security in your medical facility.
The additional identity card makes it easy to recognize staff members and their roles. Cards are available with Doctor, RN, LPN, and Staff designations, so you can identify every member of your team. The card fits behind an ID card and can be displayed on the ID card attachment of your choice, such as a strap clip, badge reel, or lanyard. The cards have a horizontal orientation, so they would not display properly with a vertical ID card.
The additional ID card will have several benefits. First, patients and their families will feel more comfortable when they know the position and job function of staff members. It also helps improve communication between patients and staff. Since patients will have a better understanding of the roles of each staff member, they can share helpful information with the appropriate staff member. Finally, security in your organization will improve as security guards and staff members alike will be able to identify individuals more quickly.
See more details on Medical Position Identity Cards to determine if they're a good fit for your organization at IDville.com.
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ID cards | Healthcare
Healthcare professionals perform a balancing act everyday. More demands on their time, more hats to wear, and in economically challenging times they are doing it all for less compensation.
Technological advances make their jobs easier, however with that ease comes a new set of challenging circumstances. As facilities move towards electronic file keeping, the possibility of security breaches increase. A recent study indicates 1.5 million Americans have been victims of medical identity theft costing over $28.6 billion in damages.
Motivation may be high to commit medical identity theft, but federal mandates are now more stringent to deter this costly crime. The HITECH Act put in place weightier consequences including steep fines for those that violate privacy protection laws, as well as a wider definition of what information is protected, and who is responsible for protecting it.
What this means to the healthcare industry is convenient data housing but with increased accountability to manage that information, and prevent it from being compromised.
A key component in the prevention of security breaches and overall safety is an ID card system. Medical facilities are not limited to employees. Hundreds, maybe thousands, of patients, visitors and vendors stream through their doors every day posing countless opportunities for sensitive information to fall into the wrong hands. Identifying who is in the building at all times, and for what purpose, reduces the security risk and puts everyone at ease, so the focus becomes exceptional care and service - not hall monitoring. Let an ID card system do that for you.
Ultimately what you're looking for in an ID card system is value - manageable up front cost on a system that delivers on safety. When looking for an ID card system, consider:
Who will be using the system?
What features do you need?
How much can you spend?
What are the latest applications in the industry?
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At IDville, we've worked closely with our customers to understand that different industries have different security needs. Education, healthcare, and manufacturing especially have varying photo ID card requirements to keep their staff, patients, and students safe. We recently launched new healthcare ID card products and education ID card products to help all organizations display their ID cards correctly. Here are some of our new products and old favorites that you should consider using in your organization:
Hospitals, doctor offices, nursing homes, and other healthcare organizations all have a responsibility to protect their staff and patients from both external and internal threats, including germs! ID cards can collect germs and bacteria over time and transport them from room to room. For a healthier alternative, use antimicrobial lanyards that prevent the spread of germs, and request staff display ID cards in sealable badge holders to protect cards from germs
Healthcare ID card accessories:
Antimicrobial lanyards - Avoid the spread of germs
Fun shape badge reel lanyards - Perfect for pediatric specialists!
Medical badge reel with plastic clip - Allows for comfortable wear against skin
Sealable badge holders - Protect cards from germs, keeps card clean
Medical position identity cards - Fit neatly behind ID cards, make positions readily visible to patients, visitors, etc. Cards say Doctor, LPN, RN, and Staff.
Security should always be a top priority at schools, so equipping staff, students, and teachers with the proper identification is important. To ensure your school members are properly displaying their ID cards, give them the right accessories to wear.
Education ID card accessories:
USB lanyard – Teachers can carry important data with them.
Pedia pals badge reels - Children will enjoy this fun alternative to a basic badge reel.
Child size and adjustable lanyards – Keep children safe with the proper sized lanyard.
Breakaway lanyards – Available in several lanyard designs, the breakaway option prevents choking or injury.
Manufacturing facilities need special security to ensure the safety of their people, facility, machinery, and investments. You can identify manufacturing employees safely with the right ID card accessories that won't get caught in machinery or get in the way.
Manufacturing ID card accessories:
Heavy duty badge reel - A durable and long lasting option for the roughest of environments.
Metal belt clip – A functional and sturdy display option.
Arm band badge holder – Displays ID cards and keeps them out of the way.
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my son had a upper lid ptosis surgery a month ago, is it healing normally? (photos)
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Post-op ptosis repair
It looks like your son had a congenital ptosis repair surgery. This involves small incisions above the brow to bury the substance that is elevating the lid. On one picture you can see that he has a small hypertrophic scar. Some silicone cream or steroid cream should help with that. On the other side there is some inflammation at the wounds - with loss of pigment. Pigment loss is not uncommon in darker skinned individuals. There may be some mild infection here too, so see your surgeon.
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Water is important for all living things. All living things contain water. Water is stored in cells.Like the human body, the carrot's cells are filled with water.
Water can be removed from living things through a process called dehydration. In this science fair project, we will be dehydrating carrots to determine how much water they contain.
How much water is in a carrot?
- Kitchen scale
- Carrot
- Knife
- Cutting board
- Wax paper
- Lamp
- Gather the necessary materials.
- Wash the carrot and cut off the stem. Allow the carrot to dry completely.
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Metro is looking for singers, dancers, musicians and poets to entertain at summer performances outside train stations.
Metro's Art in Transit Program is holding auditions for the "MetroPerforms!" program on Thursday at its headquarters in Washington.
The auditions are first-come, first served and will be held from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Performers selected by Metro will get to demonstrate their talents at selected Metrorail station entrances this summer. Artists volunteer their time and may also be selected to perform at the Music on the Mall lunchtime performance series.
The performances will begin on June 9 and end Aug. 29. Performers must pass a background check.
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Prizefighter International Heavyweight king Mike 'The Rebel' Perez has been added to the undercard of Lee Purdy's British Welterweight title defense against Colin Lynes at York Hall, Bethnal Green on Wednesday night. The unbeaten Irish-based Cuban replaces Ashley Sexton as the chief support on the night after the English Flyweight champion withdrew due to weight issues ahead of his defense against Luke Wilton. Perez can underline his credentials as a title challenger when he aims for his 17th pro win and a 13th knockout triumph against an opponent to be named tomorrow.


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Here's a real gem for all you lovers of classic gaming consoles, right now specifically the SNES.
Remember, back in the olden days, when you spent hours with your friends playing your favorite games on the SNES? Good times, good times.
But you all grew up and moved away, spread out over the world. What would you give if you could once again meet up and play those beloved games together?
Fret not, here's just the thing you need. And shackspace resident hacker Michael Fitzmayer is to blame for it!
The SNESoIP ethernet adapter for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (also known as the Super NES, SNES or Super Nintendo) is an open-source, proof-of-concept, network-bridge for sharing local controller-inputs over the Internet.
The project it currently in its early stage, but fully functional and could be used to play multiplayer games over the Internet.
He's also planning on integrating some kind of server-controlled BBS system for which he's already built a PS/2-to-SNES keyboard adapter (photo) and possibly adding support for other consoles like the Sega lineup.
Here's what you need:
- two SNES consoles
- two controllers
- two copies of the same game
- two SNESoIP adapters
- some kind of network inbetween
The SNESoIP will push your controller input to a remote server and receive your playing partner's controller input from the server and forward everything together to your local SNES (same thing for the other player). It works quite well as long as you have low latency and not too many random events which of course cannot be synced.
If you want to get down with the nitty-gritty details, check out the project's readme on GitHub.
Now, without further ado, check out this video of the SNESoIP in action:
SNESoIP gameplay comparison from Michael Fitzmayer on Vimeo.
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KMS Wildcats are state baseball champions
For the first time in 18 years, the Kickemuit Middle School Wildcats are state champions.
Behind a complete game effort by pitcher Ryan Ramos, the Wildcats handed Curtis Corner Middle School its first loss of the season Tuesday afternoon, beating the previously undefeated South Kingston team 6-5 at John E. McCarthy Field in West Warwick. It was the Wildcats' first state championship since 1995 (see video of the last out).
The game came down to the final strike, as Curtis Corner rallied for three runs in the ninth after trailing 6-2 since the third inning. Pitcher Ramos, who struck out 11 in the effort, gave up several hard-hit balls in the final frame before inducing a pop out for the final out. He was mobbed by his teammates after right fielder C.J. Casalino hauled in the final out.
"I was pretty nervous there" in the ninth, Ramos said after the game. "I felt the pressure a little bit."
The Wildcats (13-5 on the season) came in to the game as underdogs to a Curtis Corner team that had dusted its competition the entire season. And for the first few innings, it seemed like Curtis Corner pitcher Brendan Blessing had the Wildcats' number. Apart from a first-inning wild pitch that plated Ramos (leadoff double) for the first run, the South Kingston pitcher pitched three solid frames.
In the fourth inning, though, the Wildcats touched him for five runs. Wildcats third baseman C.J. Casalano drove in Tyler Rupkey, then Ramos scored two more runs with a single up the middle. Then with two outs, Sean Gill drove Blessing from the game by smoking a bases-clearing single. His shot brought the score to 6-2, where it would remain until the bottom of the seventh.
Throughout the game, coach Joe Casalino exhorted his team to keep on their game against the tough Curtis Corner team. He and his coaching staff wore red "Cory's Crew" T-shirts with "Burke 12" on the back, in honor of Kickemuit student Cory Burke, who is battling cancer.
About 60 Kickemuit boosters watched the game from the bleachers, cheering on the home team as storm clouds threatened and lighting crashed in the distance. Though there were a few sprinkles during the game, the skies didn't open until after the Wildcats got their trophy.
"These kids were a gritty group," coach Joe Casalino said as he walked to the dugout after accepting the award with his players.
"Although we may have faced teams with more talent than us, nobody had more heart than us."


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Teen charged with conspiracy in burglaries before fatal shooting
MISSOULA, Mont. - A teen, who reportedly confessed to burglarizing a home in the weeks before a German exchange student was shot to death in the garage, was charged in Missoula County Justice Court.
Thursday bail was set at $10,000 for 18-year-old Tristan Staber. Prosecutors say he drove a car and served as a lookout while his 16-year-old friend "car hopped," checking for unlocked doors.
Last month Staber allegedly drove his friend to Deer Canyon Court, in Missoula's Grant Creek area, where the friend allegedly took wallets, a cell phone and marijuana from 29-year-old Markus Kaarma's vehicle and garage.
Prosecutors say Kaarma was so fed up with being burglarized he told a hairdresser he was sitting up waiting to catch some kids and shoot them.
In the early morning Sunday, April 27, German exchange student Diren Dede went into Kaarma's garage reportedly looking for something to drink. Kaarma claims he was scared for his life so he shot into a dark garage, killing Dede.
Charging documents say a caller turned Staber and his accomplice in to police after hearing Dede had been shot.
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RT.com 28 November, 2012 Twin "terrorist" car bomb blasts have rocked the Jaramana neighborhood in the Syrian capital, killing at least 34 people. Some believe that the bombing is part of the terror tactics exercised on the civilian population by the opposition forces. While the Syrian Interior Ministry said at least 34 people were... »
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Investmentwatchblog.com November 28th, 2012 Eleven Israeli paratroopers crossed the barbed wires in the border village of Wazani on Wednesday and advanced 10 to 15 meters north of the wire, almost approaching the Lebanese army. The Lebanese army and the UNIFIL were in full alert. http://www.lbcgroup.tv/news/62371/israeli-force-crosses-barbed-wires-in-b Gunfire from the Syrian side of the border hit... »
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by Bob Adelmann NewAmerican.com Friday, 23 November 2012 Spokane, Washington, is the target of an invasion of parachute troops from North Korea in this remake of the 1984 John Milius-directed film Red Dawn. A rag-tag team of teenage guerrillas escapes to the woods and trains to become a "tiny flea that can drive a... »


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Official mini-documentary on the making of the new 180 Gram vinyl boxsets for Led Zeppelin: Mothership and The Song Remains the Same.
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By Seth Borenstein, Associated Press
WASHINGTON Researchers secretly tracked the locations of 100,000 people outside the United States through their cellphone use and concluded that most people rarely stray more than a few miles from home.
The first-of-its-kind study by Northeastern University raises privacy and ethical questions for its monitoring methods, which would be illegal in the United States.
It also yielded somewhat surprising results that reveal how little people move around in their daily lives. Nearly three-quarters of those studied mainly stayed within a 20-mile-wide circle for half a year.
The scientists would not disclose where the study was done, only describing the location as an industrialized nation.
Researchers used cellphone towers to track individuals' locations whenever they made or received phone calls and text messages over six months. In a second set of records, researchers took another 206 cellphones that had tracking devices in them and got records for their locations every two hours over a week's time period.
The study was based on cellphone records from a private company, whose name also was not disclosed.
Study co-author Cesar Hidalgo, a physics researcher at Northeastern, said he and his colleagues didn't know the individual phone numbers because they were disguised into "ugly" 26-digit-and-letter codes.
That type of nonconsensual tracking would be illegal in the United States, according to Rob Kenny, a spokesman for the Federal Communications Commission. Consensual tracking, however, is legal and even marketed as a special feature by some U.S. cellphone providers.
The study, published Thursday in the journal Nature, opens up the field of human-tracking for science and calls attention to what experts said is an emerging issue of locational privacy.
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"This is a new step for science," said study co-author Albert-Lazlo Barabasi, director of Northeastern's Center for Complex Network Research. "For the first time we have a chance to really objectively follow certain aspects of human behavior."
Barabasi said he spent nearly half his time on the study worrying about privacy issues. Researchers didn't know which phone numbers were involved. They were not able to say precisely where people were, just which nearby cellphone tower was relaying the calls, which could be a matter of blocks or miles. They started with 6 million phone numbers and chose the 100,000 at random to provide "an extra layer" of anonymity for the research subjects, he said.
Barabasi said he did not check with any ethics panel. Had he done so, he might have gotten an earful, suggested bioethicist Arthur Caplan at the University of Pennsylvania.
"There is plenty going on here that sets off ethical alarm bells about privacy and trustworthiness," Caplan said.
Studies done on normal behavior at public places is "fair game for researchers" as long as no one can figure out identities, Caplan said in an e-mail.
"So if I fight at a soccer match or walk through 30th Street train station in Philly, I can be studied," Caplan wrote. "But my cellphone is not public. My cellphone is personal. Tracking it and thus its owner is an active intrusion into personal privacy."
Paul Stephens, policy director at the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse in San Diego, said the nonconsensual part of the study raises the Big Brother issue.
"It certainly is a major concern for people who basically don't like to be tracked and shouldn't be tracked without their knowledge," Stephens said.
Study co-author Hidalgo said there is a difference between being a statistic — such as how many people buy a certain brand of computer — and a specific example. The people tracked in the study are more statistics than examples.
"In the wrong hands the data could be misused," Hidalgo said. "But in scientists' hands you're trying to look at broad patterns.... We're not trying to do evil things. We're trying to make the world a little better."
Knowing people's travel patterns can help design better transportation systems and give doctors guidance in fighting the spread of contagious diseases, he said.
The results also tell us something new about ourselves, including that we tend to go to the same places repeatedly, he said.
"Despite the fact that we think of ourselves as spontaneous and unpredictable ... we do have our patterns we move along and for the vast majority of people it's a short distance," Barabasi said.
The study found that nearly half of the people in the study pretty much keep to a circle little more than six miles wide and that 83% of the people tracked mostly stay within a 37-mile wide circle.
But then there are the people who are the travel equivalent of the super-rich, said Hidalgo, who travels more than 150 miles every weekend to visit his girlfriend. Nearly 3% of the population regularly go beyond a 200-mile wide circle. Less than 1% of people travel often out of a 621-mile circle.
But most people like to stay much closer to home. Hidalgo said he understands why: "There's a lot of people who don't like hectic lives. Travel is such a hassle."
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The most recent edition featured Beau Christensen, one of our PingConnect Site Reliability Engineers. Beau has been working for the last two years on improving the operation and reliability of PingConnect, our federation service. He used his roundtable time to discuss Splunk and its network log monitoring tool, which has proven to be an invaluable member of Beau's team. Beau took time out to tell round-table attendees about what Splunk is and how PingConnect uses it.
Beau calls Splunk "Google for log files". Besides a lightening-fast query engine for all things text, Splunk includes indexers to support the query engine, and forwarders to collect files from endpoints. Beau uses Splunk to index such operational text items as audit log files, configuration files, and output from script execution.
If you'd like to learn more, we've made the video from the round-table available in our training center: TRT4: Using Splunk to Monitor SSO. It's about 45 minutes long and includes valuable Q&A from attendees.
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EconSouth, (Third Quarter 2008)
Research Notes and News
Research Notes and News highlights recently published research as well as other news from the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta.
Fed chief discusses reducing systemic risk
Although the financial market turmoil that began in 2007 is not over, the nation must explore how to bolster the system to make such bouts of instability rarer and less severe, Bernanke said during an August speech at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City's Annual Economic Symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyo.
The Federal Reserve is collaborating with the private sector and other regulators to strengthen the financial infrastructure, he said. For example, the New York Fed is leading a public-private initiative to improve arrangements for clearing and settling trades in credit default swaps and other over-the-counter derivatives.
Bernanke also discussed the notion of a broader approach to supervising and regulating financial institutions. But he cautioned that such reforms must be carried out carefully. "The adoption of a regulatory and supervisory approach with a heavier macroprudential focus has a strong rationale, but we should be careful about overpromising, as we are still rather far from having the capacity to implement such an approach in a thoroughgoing way," he said.
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David Altig, senior vice president and director of research at the Atlanta Fed, originally launched macroblog in 2004 while he was an adjunct professor of economics in the graduate business school at the University of Chicago. He suspended the blog in August 2007, when he began his responsibilities at the Atlanta Fed.
Altig made the first post to the Atlanta Fed's macroblog on Aug. 12, 2008. New posts appear on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Postings made during the week before and the week of Federal Open Market Committee meetings do not comment on monetary policy.
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