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MIAMI, Nov. 14 -- Heat rookie Michael Beasley entered Friday's game averaging 16.4 points on 44.6 percent shooting and 5.9 rebounds, solid numbers for a young player who spent only one season at Kansas State.
Beasley grew up in Prince George's County and honed his game as a teenager playing AAU basketball.
Wizards Coach Eddie Jordan credited the experience Beasley picked up as a youngster with his rapid development.
"My son's 10 years old and he just played one of the same AAU teams [Beasley] played on and I'll tell you what, that's another level," Jordan said. "So, he started young, learned how to play and that's a heck of a system they have out there. He learned from some good people."Paying Dues
One problem the Wizards may experience playing talented young center JaVale McGee is that officials are often stingy with calls when dealing with rookies.
McGee discovered that Wednesday night when he was assessed his fifth foul event though it appeared that he did not make any contact with Jazz forward Paul Millsap.
Such is life in the NBA until a player earns the respect of opponents and officials. For McGee, learning how to play aggressively without fouling must be learned throughout the season. Entering Friday night's game, McGee had been whistled for 10 fouls in 96 minutes of action.
"Yeah, I might have to get a tech or two sticking up for him," joked Caron Butler. "Those rookies don't get too many calls."
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Click here for the entire story in the Boston Globe. That right 10 Billion, not million. Do you think any of these 31 stalled projects in Massachusetts are in his neighborhood? Great comments in the Boston Globe story.
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It's about 3 things that he passed in his life. The video itself made a long time ago when Steve Jobs is on his best health. The message for me was simply interpreted to live the life the way i like it to, the way i wan't it to be. Don't ever let people say what i did was wrong and always have a faith to what I'm doing. Believe that it will be useful someday even things that i usually ignore.
The problem is I always afraid of doing things wrongly just because when i did, I'm afraid people would think that i am not as brainy as they do. Which i believe caused a slowly decreasing self development.
I bought a comic somewhere that stated a genius wouldn't stop after a little struck of lightning. Like when someone push a button and got struct by electricity and they would avoid the button since it hurts. Genius think otherwise when they pressed the button they are eager what caused the electricity struct.
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I feared that I'm not being the person that people wants me to be but I feared more that I'm not being someone that i should become.
I started to do things wrongly, not really care about people opinion about myself as long i think I'm doing the right thing for myself. Keep doing things like i want to without avoiding the consequences. Doing things out of my comfort zone where the things are out of my control like i always did. Controlling every aspect of my life, i wanted it perfect i want all the things i have was maintained steady. But i found void when i was at that state, it felt the city were too small for me. No more new places to go, and nothing more i could do to simply pleased myself.
I am pretty pleased for these past weeks that i've been passed for doing the wrong things. I didn't do my homework according to my friends works. I did it according to me and if i did messed up, i could learn gradually from that. I keep reminding myself at anytime any places any thing i should decide. Always follow my heart to whatever i think i should do, or chose.
Doing things wrongly but doing it the right way doesn't count as doing it. Giving you the best thing at the current time for you is the sign of insecurities.
This morning i did something wrong. I was at the gym and there's a cute yoga teacher was teaching her class. I really want to open the door and shout "I love you!" but no! I didn't wish i was. I did it! She came to the door and did the 'zip it' gesture. I know in some people's opinion, i shouldn't do that but hey a little lightning struct wouldn't hurt you! ;)
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LILALI: Chap 13.9 - Gift of a Cape Buffalo
Friday, November 30, 2012
Living in love and loving it - got a walk with the puppy dog.
This last year so many people have helped me. I want to thank people and I would love to give Christmas gifts. Yet, my budget is not one that has room for gifts...not even baking cookies which has gotten so much more expensive and most of my friends are healthy eaters.
I have some lovely things from my world travels and I have decided to share some of these with special people in my life. An example: I have a family friend that when my dad needed oxygen and I didn't have my credit card on me, volunteered to put her credit card down. She has arranged flowers for my father in laws funeral several years back, run food across the street for my mom, helped call the plumber while I was mucking out the basement and on and on and on...... Well, I saw that she collects African things. So I decided to give her something I got there and I wrote this to go along with it. I'm going to have to do some thinking about what to do for the rest of the people on my list.
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The reservations had been lost at the Seronera Wildlife Lodge at the edge of Ngorongoro Crater. After a long, dusty drive over bumpy dirt paths to see the Tanzanian lions, zebras, elephants and baboons; the whole group was ready for a shower and soft bed. Instead, all the woman of our 2007 mission group packed into a small housekeeping room – on a hard, termite crawling floor.
I tried to sleep, but the wall to wall snoozing bodies blocked that concept, so I decided to get some fresh air. However, as I gently attempted to prop open the door, it locked behind me.
The open air reception area was closed for the night. I laid down on a bench, but the spider monkeys harassed me. I walked over to the rock grotto outdoor bar and in signing hand gestures I tried to explain what had happened to me to the bartender closing for the night. A few men were called and two bamboo sofas were pushed together, a kerosene lamp placed on a table and I was given a smelly old wool blanket which I was thankful for on the cooling night. Then everyone left for the night.
At first I thought, "This is not so bad, I'm going to get a better sleep than the rest of the gang". Africa is alive at night and had a different plan for me. First, overhead bats flew in catching the many mosquitoes. It was frightening and a blessing at the same time. Just before a biting nat could land on my face a little sonar flyer would swish past my face saving me from the critter. As the night grew cooler bats and bait vanished. Finally some much needed rest.
Then a horrible smell hit my nose. It was the rotten mixture of a dozen cow barns. Then just outside the range of my eyeglass free vision appeared a massive blob. It grew larger and clearer the closer it came. Then I saw a nose as large as my face lean down to smell me. At this range I knew it was a Mbogo, one of the "big five" that kill people. Cape buffalo, along with the lion, leopard, elephant and rhino, as explained earlier in the day by our guide, Simba, were the most dangerous animals on the acacia tree savannahs. The one that claims the more lives each year, was inches from my face. I did the logic thing and played dead and prayed. The buffalo grew bored, instead of gored, moved on. I was also visited by baboons and saw a pack of African wild dogs hunt rabbits along the path, but nothing as terrifying as a huge cape buffalo.
A day before we were to leave our Sakila Village mission trek, we visited the town of Moshi for some last minute take home items. At a leather shop (Tanzanian Craftsmen of Shah Industries Ltd. P.O. Box 86 Moshi Tanzania), I saw albino workmen impressing images of the big five on chairs, purses, and wall hanging. One craftsman was cutting the leather and filling it with sawdust and glue to allow ears to come to life. I purchased the leather image of the cape buffalo in memory that I had left Africa literally meeting the top of the big five face-to-to face.
When I saw your wall of African object I knew my guy had found a new home. So, I hand off this image to you to share with you the knowledge that if anything ugly gets in your face….you can survive it. Amani! (peace)
Side note: Tanzania has the highest albino population in the world. Albino's in Africa are treated very cruely (they are thought to bring bad luck and that their body parts have magic, so they are often killed). The company that made this, employees disabled people and albino's thus saving their lives.
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Gideon Sunday, an ex-semi-professional American Football player, goes to his pantry to retrieve an awful bottle of his (dead) sister's fruit preserves. When he gets there, he discovers a meadow in his pantry. He closes the door, takes a few breaths, and begins to investigate with as much sanity and candor as Sherlock Holmes. Upon discovering that A) no one is playing a trick on him, B) there really IS a meadow in his cupboard, and C) there is something three-quarters of ugly coming out of it, he decides to beat a monster to death with a baseball bat.
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Along with a bellicose young man, a retired weapons trader and master, a dashing and dangerous young lady, and a large, peaceful goat (and a band of singing thieves, like Robin Hood, except with song), Gideon has to break in to the most heavily guarded fortress in the world to rescue Glorian, steal a duck, and save the world.
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text: Jil Sander, The Comeback Kid Three years after a messy split from Prada Group, Jil Sander is returning to design for the label that bears her name. WWD Staff MILAN — Lightening does strike twice.In a stunning move many dreamed could happen but never believed would materialize, Jil Sander is returning to the label she founded 30 years ago and she's doing so with her former nemesis: Prada chief Patrizio Bertelli.While details were sparse, Prada and Hamburg-based Jil Sander released statements late Tuesday announcing that the designer is returning to take over the creative direction at the Prada-controlled company immediately. Prada did not say when her first collection would bow, but some in the market expect her to be back on the runways here during the women's collections in October. Sander will also take on a new position as a member of Prada Holding NV's strategic committee, which advises the Prada board of directors on the strategic direction of the group and its labels which, in addition to Prada and Miu Miu include Helmut Lang, Church's, Genny and Azzedine Alaïa.As for Sander's current creative director, Milan Vukmirovic, Prada officials were mum on his future. Vukmirovic was traveling in New York and did not return telephone calls, but it appears he is on his way out given Sander's return.Some observers also speculated that the return of Sander to the house might make it easier for Prada to sell the company as it moves to further pay down its debt. A Prada spokesman on Tuesday reiterated its longstanding denial that the business was for sale."I deeply welcome this development, which is positive for both sides," said Sander in a statement. "I'm looking forward to carrying on with my work to perfect the creative Jil Sander concept, which will guarantee the future success of Jil Sander AG, the company I founded."The announcement confirms a WWD report on April 18 that Sander was in talks with Prada about returning to the house that bears her name.In what was fashion's most acrimonious breakup in recent memory, Sander stepped down in 2000 as chairwoman and chief designer of the house she built just months after selling it to Prada. She and Bertelli, both known for their headstrong personalities, continually clashed over the creative direction and management of the brand until only Bertelli was left standing.But the Prada chief appears to have left the past behind."I'm delighted that Jil has made this important decision," Bertelli said in the statement. "I am sure that she will find in the company the motivation and the resources necessary to enable her to express her ideas and creativity."Neither Bertelli nor Sander was available for further comment Tuesday.Since Sander's lack of artistic autonomy was one of the driving factors fueling her departure, it's only logical that Bertelli would have to compromise and demonstrate a willingness to relinquish power in order to lure her back. Above all, industry watchers say Bertelli has to be more flexible and loosen his tight grip on the label."If she's come back, she has received some assurance that she is going to be left alone," said one analyst.Andrea Paladini, an analyst with Centrosim here, agreed. "She really would have had to reach a special agreement that gives her carte blanche freedom."For three years, speculation has swirled that Sander was mounting a comeback. Although Bertelli often downplayed the need of its namesake designer, lukewarm reviews and lackluster sales under creative director Milan Vukmirovic proved otherwise. "Bertelli has wanted to get her back for years," said one source close to the situation.Bertelli tapped Vukmirovic in late 2000 after his stints at Paris' Colette and Gucci Group. Although Vukmirovic saw some limited success with his men's collections at Jil Sander, his aesthetic never gelled with Sander's precise yet subtle vision. While Bertelli put on a brave face, Jil Sander's balance sheets revealed a different reality. Sales didn't plummet but widening losses put pressure on Bertelli's investment. One analyst said Bertelli must have realized "that this business is not as mechanic as he thought…you do need the designer."Jil Sander's consolidated net loss for the year ended Dec. 31, 2002, stretched to $30.6 million from $12.5 million in 2001, as the company noted higher fixed costs related to the opening of flagships in London and New York.(Dollar figures have been converted from the euro at current exchange.)Sales in 2002 fell to $161.7 million from $169.9 million the year before. But the company said they would have risen by 2.1 percent had exchange rates between the euro and other currencies been stable.Back in April, Prada had to inject an unspecified amount of fresh cash into the money-losing label, marking the second capital increase Prada has funded since it bought the brand in 1999. Prada gave Jil Sander a $23.3 million shot in the arm back in 2001.Bertelli said Sander's return will help the company improve its performance. "I am sure that the company's results will benefit from [her] decision," he said.Vukmirovic never gained Sander's steadfast following among retailers and consumers. Jil Sander's strength was not only crafting modern clothes but building one of the strongest, most loyal followings of any fashion label."I've always called Jil Sander consumers Jil Junkies," said Janet Brown, owner of the eponymous boutique in Port Washington, N.Y. "It's a most extraordinary return to the throne. It's really the second coming…in fashion terms this is messianic.""Jil Sander consumers are smart and intelligent and they never lost confidence," said Jeffrey Kalinsky of the Jeffrey boutiques in Atlanta and New York. "They kept buying because they really had no alternative, although much more reluctantly. This is the moment I've been praying for since the day she left."Jaqui Lividini, senior vice president of fashion merchandising and communication at Saks Fifth Avenue, thought the collection could only benefit from the brand and its creator being reunited. "The collection of Jil Sander was such the essence of the woman Jil Sander," said Lividini. "When you have the designer who created it and designing it, you can't have a better synergistic blend."Currently Saks still travels to Hamburg to buy the collection for its five Jil Sander shop-in-shops in the Beverly Hills, Bala Cynwyd, Dallas, Houston and Palm Beach stores. Citing company policy, a Saks spokesman would not specify if the amount of Jil Sander merchandise it bought each season had decreased or increased since the designer's departure from her eponymous brand three years ago.However, Lividini said the solid customer base that made the brand such an important vendor for department stores continues to be highly relevant, despite Sander's success during the height of Nineties minimalism. "The essence of Jil Sander is that it's a luxury collection, that's truly a feminine version of utilitarian [clothing]," said Lividini. "Jil always seemed to be investigating form and function with a softness to it."Robert Burke, vice president and fashion director at Bergdorf Goodman, said, "There is a customer who has longed for Jil Sander since she left. That customer felt that she had a personal relationship with Jil, whether she really knew her or not." Burke noted that although Bergdorf's current Sander business is strong and "fills a need for well-cut, beautiful suits," its customer base is different from the collection's original audience. "There was a Jil Sander mafia that has disbanded since she left the house," he said. "They will be happy to come back to her."But now that Jil has returned, industry watchers are pondering just what she and Bertelli will do to make it work this time."Jil and Mr. Bertelli had three years of learning and have figured out their mistakes," Brown said. "They are two of the most brilliant design merchandising minds with two of the greatest brands — they're going to make it work."There are few clues as to just how much management at the house will change. In fact, one insider said she was puzzled on how management will shape up at the house with the designer back on board. She noted that one of the designer's demands in the past was for Bertelli to fire Roberto Massardi. The longtime Prada executive has been active in the Jil Sander business for years and Prada doesn't appear to be getting rid of him, as the company just recently appointed him general manager.Carlo Pambianco, a Milan-based consultant, said he thought Jil Sander would need an ally — who either took on a top management position or owned a stake in the company — for her successful return."It would be incredibly difficult for her to return with the same limitations as before," he said.Now that Sander has returned, the next question is how much longer Prada will hold on to the business. Faced with mounting debts from its acquisition binge and stalled attempts at an initial public offering, some in the market speculate that Bertelli has come under pressure to sell off some labels. Some in the market say a Sander sale could now be easier.At the end of 2002, Prada's debt pile stood at $897.2 million. Last month, Prada sold 45 percent of English shoemaker Church's to Equinox Management Co. SA for an undisclosed sum and the group is planning a real estate spin-off to generate more cash."They are stretched financially…he's [Bertelli] taken on too many acquisitions," said one analyst.Pambianco also said a sale would make sense now. "When Prada bought Jil Sander it was the right moment. It was a brilliant market and Prada sought to increase its presence in ready-to-wear. Now it seems the right moment for Bertelli to refocus on Prada," he said. "In this difficult moment everyone is faced with limited resources and it would be right for him to bring her back and eventually sell the brand."One name that keeps popping up in speculation as a possible buyer is fellow German company Hugo Boss, which has struggled to launch a women's business of its own. But the men's wear giant has said it's not interested."We are not willing to buy Jil Sander and we have no plan to do so," the company's spokesman reiterated Tuesday evening. The other lingering question is whether Sander still has the touch that made so many fashionistas swoon. Although she's been gone for three years — a virtual eternity in fashion time — most agree not only will she bounce back, but she'll be better than before. "For her, it will be a snap," said Kal Ruttenstein, senior vice president and fashion director at Bloomingdale's. "She's a very determined woman with a single vision." Brown, like others, took an almost religious tone: "I feel born again. I am so happy not only for myself but for every Jil fan and there are thousands of them…It's like when the Rolling Stones come back or Barbra [Streisand] played at Madison Square Garden."Linda Dresner, who operates eponymous boutiques in New York and Birmingham, Mich., was also optimistic. "It will be like she never left. I expect a swift return," she said. "Designing is her forte — for her it's like breathing — it's that natural." 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Questions about whether the FDA has been doing its job as watchdog started to surface in the wake of the mass recall announced last year by DePuy Orthopaedics, a J & J subsidiary, of its defective hip implant devices. Medtronic's recall of its Sprint Fidelis defibrillators following over allegedly more than a 100 deaths didn't help either.
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According to National Women's Health Network police director Amy Allina, as reported in Bloomberg.com, the FDA's 510(k) process for approval lets manufacturers obtain product clearance if it cites similarity to a device that had been previously approved. The next device can then be cited to cleared the next one, and so one. Allina says that if the first approved medical device was recalled, the FDA won't then link it back to devices that were approved after even if they were based on the recalled product. The FDA uses the 510(k) process to approve 90% of device applications annually. The vaginal mesh products, artificial hip implants, and the Medtronic defibrillators all made it through the (510)k process.
Just recently, Boston Scientific put out a class 2 recall of its Pinnacle Pelvic Floor Repair Kits over concerns that the mesh product might detach during surgery. The transvaginal mesh product is supposed to help strengthen and stabilize the pelvic floor to treat pelvic organ proplapse.
More than 600 products liability lawsuits have been filed against vaginal mesh makers, including the one filed a couple of weeks ago by one woman against Boston Scientific. She says that because the Pinnacle pelvic mesh that was implanted in her was defective and that she sustained permanent physical injury as a result. She is seeking $1.5 million in compensatory damages for emotional trauma, medical bills, pharmaceutical costs, disability, loss of enjoyment of life, and pain and suffering.
The FDA recently warned that serious complications related to transvaginal mesh used in treating POP rare are not uncommon. Complications may include organ perforation, infection, or bleeding. Removing this medical device once implanted can be a painful and complicated process that may require numerous surgeries while placing the patient at risk of even more health complications.
Johnson & Johnson vaginal mesh lawsuits another blow to the FDA's device review process, Massdevice.com, October 20, 2011
J&J Vaginal Mesh Approved by FDA Based on Similar Device Recalled in 1999, Bloomberg, October 19, 2011
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Public Citizen Wants Transvaginal Mesh Recalled by Food and Drug Administration, California Injury Lawyers, August 25, 2011
California Defective Medical Device Cases: Lawsuits Filed by Patients Injured by Recalled DePuy ASR Hip Replacement Systems, California Injury Lawyers, August 22, 2011
Woman Files California Vaginal Mesh Lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court, California Injury Lawyers, July 5, 2011
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Good Advice, New Mexico, is a sunny town with a gloomy bookshop. The store's eerie corridors are the province of Avery Sharecross, an ex-cop who has made the transition from chasing killers to tracking rare books. One afternoon, the local sheriff interrupts his book club meeting, and Sharecross's old career collides with his new one.
The area's premier book collector has been found bludgeoned to death on the floor of his family library. A fifth-generation resident of Good Advice, Lloyd Fister devoted his life to books, accumulating a collection of local history that date backs to the 16th century. In his library, a single volume is missing: a Spanish book with a sinister past. Is the missing volume a clue, a motive, or a murder weapon? It will take a collector's eye to decide.
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Over the past year, iPads have become standard equipment for care providers in hospitals and medical offices, making these devices nearly as ubiquitous as the stethoscopes draped around their necks. The use of mobile devices by patients for their own care has also grown just as quickly, with patient portals allowing them to schedule appointments, view lab results, ask follow-up questions they forgot to ask during appointments and more – all from their tablet or even their phone (if they squint hard enough to read it on such a small screen).
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The challenge lies in creating an encryption strategy that won't add to your IT team's already heavy workload. And that's possible. No need to add a half-dozen or more action items to your IT department's to-do list, which no doubt is already a mile long. It's not magic. There's no fairy dust involved.
While proving their value, mHealth devices and applications cause stress for health IT teams because of these security issues and the HIPAA non-compliance threat they pose. This was a major topic for discussion at the recent mHealth Summit, where the dialogue centered on the attention that this security issue is now getting from government agencies and industry associations. The healthcare industry is currently working on HIPAA compliance recommendations for mobile devices, which would be enforced by the Office for Civil Rights. And the FCC has created an mHealth Task Force, composed of mobile healthcare IT industry executives, federal and academic experts.
Preliminary recommendations are not technical in nature but instead focused on collaboration and outreach. The FDA is also entering the mHealth space as an enforcing authority. As mobile devices become tools to monitor, report or suggest actions based on a patient's health, they become subject to FDA regulation like other medical devices. That's a lot of brainpower devoted to the issue of mobile device security, and it's a clear sign of how urgent this issue is.
For a scenario like this, encryption is the natural answer because it ensures the security of the data regardless of whether the device is lost or whether the app lives in the cloud. Encryption not only prevents security breaches, but also mitigates risk in the event of a security breach by reducing or eliminating fines, loss of credibility and a whirlwind of other negatives. As an example, if lost/breached healthcare data has been encrypted and the keys remain safe, the responsible organization is not required to report the incident publicly. Think of it as an inoculation against the common data breach.
Encryption is not easy, though. An effective encryption strategy requires a defense-in-depth approach, which may include:
- Encryption in transit via Mobile VPN (Virtual Private Network) and/or Secure Socket Layer (SSL) certificates to create a private, secured tunnel for internet traffic to flow through;
- Encryption at rest in the primary data storage environment;
- Encryption in backup in disaster recovery environments;
- Encryption within the applications themselves;
- Encryption within the database.
Achieving each of these is costly, technically challenging and prone to human error. And that's just talking about doing it in a traditional corporate data center. The difficulty is a magnitude bigger in a cloud environment with the addition of virtual management layers. Nonetheless, many mHealth applications are built to leverage the cloud, not only for technology reasons but also simply for controlling costs. That is a double whammy for mHealth security, since the cloud has never been synonymous with security and mobile devices are so prone to growing legs, wandering off and getting lost.
Why is encryption even harder to do in the cloud? To answer that, let's talk about how it's done in a traditional corporate data center. It's an approach I refer to as "bolting it on." Bolted-on encryption involves buying and installing third-party encryption solutions in the data center as a layer that resided between confidential data and unauthorized users. Those devices and the implementations can literally cost hundreds of thousands of dollars, depending on the scope of the project. So the hard costs are really high, and that's not counting the soft costs involved in ongoing maintenance and time-consuming, error-prone manual management of encryption keys. Encryption is great protection, but many don't realize that if the keys are lost or corrupted, all data is lost. If the keys are compromised, all data is accessible by the wrong hands. Those are considerable downsides for encryption in a corporate datacenter environment, but they get magnified in a cloud environment — which is where so many mHealth apps live.
Encryption in the cloud is harder because it's tricky to bolt an encryption solution onto the amorphous server structure of a cloud environment. The "bolted on" model simply isn't practical in the cloud, so most organizations haven't done it. Research by firms like the Ponemon Institute has shown that few healthcare companies have adequately deployed encryption in their cloud environments. That's a whole lot of non-compliance, and pressure will no doubt build to correct that, especially if OCR keeps the promise that director Leon Rodriguez made to look "behind the patient counter" into the IT infrastructure that supports patient record systems.
It doesn't need to be a painful process for healthcare companies, though. For too long, data center services providers have not shared the burden of their healthcare clients' regulatory requirements. They have tried to do the bare minimum and sell healthcare companies the same basic service they provide to unregulated companies that sell widgets. But it's time for healthcare companies to stop taking no for an answer.
An upcoming change in regulations will certainly help. The final Omnibus rules have clearly stated that cloud providers are considered business associates, and business associates will be held accountable for protecting ePHI. That shared responsibility will not only be a major motivator for healthcare companies to schedule serious chats with their cloud providers; it will also be a major motivator for cloud companies to solve this encryption challenge for their clients. If they don't, they will share liability for non-compliance or lose a lucrative client, or both. Cloud providers need to have skin in the game, and these regulatory changes along with more forceful requests from healthcare companies will do exactly that.
So how does a cloud provider address the encryption requirements of HIPAA?
To support the security needs of mHealth applications that leverage the cloud, providers need to create "built-in encryption" that better supports the needs of healthcare clients. This approach needs to build encryption into the fundamental architecture of the cloud, such as within the SAN itself, to enable encryption at rest while also eliminating performance bottlenecks. This automatically ensures that data is encrypted when written to drives and decrypted when read from drives. This type of back-end encryption ensures there is no risk of stored data exposure when drives are removed or arrays are replaced. This model also eliminates the time-consuming and human error-prone process of manual key management. Done correctly, this can also effectively accomplish appropriate separation of responsibilities to eliminate the risk of a rogue employee accessing the encryption keys or patient information. The bottom line is that this type of approach provides the encryption necessary to make mHealth more secure and achieve compliance with HIPAA's encryption-related mandates.
Encryption should be built in, not bolted on, and it should be cloud providers who are taking the lead. It should be the responsibility of every cloud provider to address this issue, and they can with technology that exists today. It simply requires a commitment to do so and a willingness to create cloud services that are truly designed to meet the needs of healthcare companies.
April Sage is the Director of the Healthcare IT at Online Tech, which provides compliant data center services to companies in the healthcare industry and other regulated industries. She has been involved in the IT industry for more than two decades.


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Steve Aoki is no stranger to the spotlight of EDM, and his knack for sharing this attention with other talented individuals is exemplified by his renowned brainchild label Dim Mak. Having worked with hundreds of artists on releases for Dim Mak, Aoki knows talent when he sees it, and Florian Picasso is one artist that he sees a bright future in.
Florian Picasso, great-grandson of iconic artist Pablo Picasso, first entered the EDM scene in 2012, and today he is recognized as a force to be reckoned with in the electro house/progressive house movements. With numerous releases on labels such as Protocol Recordings, Cr2 Records, Toolroom, and now Dim Mak, Florian is on a roll with no end in sight.
Florian's latest release, "The Shape", has received a special edit from Steve Aoki, and it showcases the pair's unique ability to combine melodic breakdowns and infectious bass tones into a festival anthem. In addition to working with Florian Picasso on his new single, Aoki also sat down with the up-and-coming artist and spoke with him about the production process, his great-grandfather's work, and what else to expect from them in the year ahead.
Stream and purchase "The Shape (Steve Aoki Edit)" by Florian Picasso below and check out their exclusive interview after the jump:
Steve Aoki: How long have you been producing?
Florian Picasso: I have been making music for 7 years now.
SA: Where did the idea come from for "The Shape"?
FP: I started working on it about 4 years ago! It all started with these very trippy melodies. I was watching Inception and I got inspired by the contrast between what is real and what's not. In "The Shape," the melody takes you somewhere unexpected, and the melody arrangement is very unique as it starts small and grows into a monster - exactly like Leonardo's fear in the movie.
SA: Is this record a good indication to fans of what kind of music you want to be known for?
FP: Well, Picasso never had only one specific style, he would just start working on his art without boundaries and limitation. When I start an idea it's not like I tell myself today let's do this or that, you should do what moves your feelings right?
SA: What made you feel that I could help you with an edit?
FP: The track was dying because of the drop that was outdated and I was not a specialist of drops that would make you want to rage, so thumbs up to you for directing most of the drop and making sure it ended up a banger.
SA: Your studio is sick! What are some of your favorite pieces of hardware in there?
FP: My favorite pieces of hardware are the Korg MS20 from 1978! Such a classic, and the Moog Voyager, you can get the sickest bass from it.
SA: What were your early influences in music?
FP: My first vinyl was Warren G "This DJ." I was more into hip-hop back then, but it's just the whole movement and the way electronic music exploded that has inspired me the most.
SA: How has growing up in an artistic household given you inspiration to become the artist you are today?
FP: It has developed a sense of appreciation of art in me. Being surrounded by all these breathtaking paintings doesn't make you want to be like Picasso, but it gives you the need to create.
SA: Your studio is surrounded by so many amazing pieces of art in the Picasso Manor, what are some of your favorite pieces that speak to you?
FP: I can't name them since it's a private collection but I love the portraits of Olga my Great Grandmother. She reminds me of my mother and the love I have for her. Without her I wouldn't be here talking to you - I'd probably still be in Vietnam fishing for a living. I also love the pieces from the période bleue, when you look at them closely, you find yourself trapped in that deep sadness like if the whole world stopped.
SA: You & I have a forthcoming collaboration for 2016 called "Beat Bomb." What is it about it that excites you?
FP: The whole process excites me! I showed it to you in Cannes this summer and you loved the groove in it. It's very bouncy and groovy at the same time, not particularly a "let's rage and get reckless" feeling, but more a "groove and rage." You started messing around with it in Ibiza, adding elements that were missing and we went back and forth all summer. "Beat Bomb" is a special track to me. It will be my first collab with you and I can tell it's a huge record!
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Does the market economy exacerbate inequality across households? In a capitalistick society, does the rich maintain a high level of wealth at the expense of the poor? Or would an accumulation of the wealth by the rich eventually trickle down to the poor and pull the latter out of poverty? This paper presents a theoretical framework, in which one can address these questions in a systematic way. The model focuses on the role of credit market, which determines the joint evolution of the distribution of wealth and the interest rate. A complete characterization of the steady states is provided. Under some configurations of the parameter values, the model predicts an endogenous and permanent separation of the population into the rich and the poor, where the rich maintains a high level of wealth partially due to the presence of the poor. Under others, the model predicts the Kuznets curve, i.e., the wealth eventually trickles down from the rich to the poor, eliminating inequality in the long run.
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I'm keen to improve my overall health and wellbeing this year, but without the luxury of gym membership or expensive gadgets. How can I make a difference without spending lots of money? I want to set a good example to my family, too.
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Running costs nothing and is a very attainable goal for most people if they give it a proper chance.
If you don't fancy running on your own, fear not. Official "Run England" groups, led by licensed running/fitness coaches, are ideal for beginners as well as experienced runners. To find out about groups near you, look at runengland.org/groups. Or if you're looking for a sociable, weekly session, visit parkrun.com. These 5km "parkruns" embrace all abilities, and there are now over 90 parkrun locations in Britain.
If you are already a runner but wish to shake things up a bit, perhaps consider using a different technique? The Alexander technique is a method for improving postural awareness and avoiding unnecessary muscle tension, and its principles can be applied to anything you do. It can help runners by enabling them to make better choices about how they run (see alexandertechnique.com/articles2/running).
Your one expense should be a decent pair of trainers (try to invest soon, to minimise the risk of injury). Initial eagerness can also lead to injuries, so make sure not to push too hard at the onset.
Focus harder on "informal exercise" – the everyday activities that burn off calories by just getting you around. With just a small shift in mindset you can improve your health by simply doing as you usually do, but working "smarter". A study, in 2005, comparing the amount of informal exercise performed by obese and non-obese individuals, found that if obese individuals had "non-formal exercise activity" levels similar to the lean non-obese subjects, they would have burned an additional 350 calories a day, equivalent to roughly 1lb of fat every 10 days. Even postural changes and fidgeting made a difference.
Most people are aware of using stairs instead of escalators or getting off the bus a stop early and walking, but try being creative. Anything that expends more energy – even not using buttons to open automatic doors, but pushing or pulling them instead – is effective over time. In the office, write fewer emails: get up and talk to people instead. Fit as many of these "activities" as possible into your normal living pattern so that you are exercising without upsetting your day.
Cease procrastinating. We all know that putting things off until the last minute is not good for stress levels and ensures we do not do as good a job as we would like. It is satisfying to have a sense of being organised. I recommend downloading a free app called "Healthy Habits" (2morrowmobile.com/HealthyHabits.php): it helps you put good intentions into action. It will nudge you about what's important, record your progress and send you reminders if you get off track.
Always sit down to eat. Sitting down relaxes the digestive tract and increases awareness of what you are eating. So you are less likely to suffer from indigestion and more likely to enjoy your food if you sit down to meals rather than eat on the run.
Share meals with your family. Not only does it provide opportunities for bonding, this provides an opportunity to try new foods. It's a good habit to instil in your children. Research shows that young adults who regularly eat family meals have higher intakes of key nutrients and perform better academically than those who eat with their families two or fewer times per week.
Eat slowly. People who eat their food quickly have a higher risk of becoming overweight. Researchers have offered several explanations for this, one possibility being that eating slowly allows the body to signal that it is full up before consuming too many calories. It has been suggested that these signals don't occur until at least 20 minutes after ingesting food. A study of 30 women, offered lunch and water and asked to eat until they were full, showed that when women ate slowly they consumed less food (both in terms of the calorie content and the weight) than when they ate quickly.
Cut back your food intake by 100 calories a day. Just reducing your calorie count by this much would prevent, and reverse, the 2lbs annual weight gain of the average person in this country.
It takes an excess of 3,500 calories to gain a pound or 35,000 calories to put on 10 pounds in a year. Reducing your energy intake by 100 kcals a day (this is only equivalent to a couple of crackers with cheese, a tablespoon of oil or glass of wine) should make you 10 pounds lighter at the end of the year!
Keep a food diary. Whether you are wanting to eat more healthily or struggling to lose weight, keeping a food diary will help you to target areas for improvement. Make sure you include all snacks and drinks: you will be shocked at how these can add up.
Get the tape measure out. When the last of the leftovers have been guzzled, measure your waist circumference. I mean the letting-it-all-hang-out circumference around the belly button and not the suck-it-in one you use to do your belt up. If you are a woman and it's over 32 inches (80cm) or a man and over 37 inches (94cm) then your risk of heart disease and diabetes is significantly increased. It's up to you to make your life choices, but getting rid of your spare tyre will make life more enjoyable.
Watch your booze intake. It's fine to have a few glasses of festive cheer, but one of the several public-health time bombs we're sitting on is the rising toll of alcohol-induced liver disease. Official alcohol limits (21 units per week for men; 14 for women) are too high for many people. Ten units a week is safer for both sexes. If you have trouble keeping to that level, then you might just have a problem, so seek advice.
Don't smoke. I make no apologies for trotting this one out again. Smokers live shorter, less healthy lives. No action improves health more than stopping smoking, and you save money too.
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Months after she was caught cheating with on-off boyfriend Robert Pattinson, Kirsten Stewart made revelations her fans were perhaps not expecting.
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If you walk down Lincoln Road this week and notice a plenitude of sporty gay men with perky, um, assets bouncing down the street, fret not. The world is not turning gay before your eyes. The North American Gay Volleyball Champions (NAGVA) have taken over the Miami Beach Convention Center, with teams from all over the nation converging to bump, set, and spike their way through a game or two. Gay volleyball is a wildly competitive sport, with players taking the matches very seriously; the level of play can be a lot more intense than your everyday intramurals match.
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A voluntary accreditation scheme for reprocessors of waste electronic and electrical equipment (WEEE) is to be launched soon by the Industry Council for Electronic Equipment Recycling (ICER). The scheme will require companies to submit data to ICER on how much equipment they reprocess, and may offer a means for the UK to demonstrate that it is meeting the recycling targets to be set in the forthcoming EC Directive on WEEE.
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Sandstorms, Segregation, And Other Challenges Of Running A Women's Video Game Convention In Saudi Arabia
When people talk bustling gaming scenes, Saudi Arabia is not the first place that comes to mind. It does, however, have one, and it's growing slowly but surely, despite geographical hurdles and cultural stigma. GCON is the first ever women's video game convention in the country. Running it has been... difficult.


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When warm weather arrives, does your family head outdoors to enjoy your patio or deck? Do they then turn around and head right back into the air-conditioned comfort when summer sun and temperatures make outdoor living spaces too hot to handle?
WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. mortgage rates fell for the first time in seven week, keeping the average on the 30-year fixed loan just under 4 percent. But rates are expected to surge next week, as markets respond to Chairman Ben Bernanke's comments that the Federal Reserve will likely reduce its bond purchases later this year.
WASHINGTON (AP) - Homeowners trying to avoid foreclosure must wait too long for their loan modification applications to be reviewed by some of the nation's top mortgage servicers, according to a report released Wednesday. Such delays can plunge borrowers deeper in debt.
WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. sales of previously occupied homes surpassed the 5 million mark in May, the first time that's happened in 3 ½ years. The gain shows the housing recovery is strengthening.
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Whether you own a cozy cottage or mega mansion, as a homeowner, you likely embrace the outdoor living trend. But when you look at your deck or patio, does it leave something to be desired? By taking a do-it-yourself (DIY) approach, you can affordably create outdoor spaces that enhance the style and functionality of your home, plus add to the overall value of the property.
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SAN DIEGO (AP) - California home prices surged to their highest level in more than five years last month as demand outpaced a thin supply of properties, a research firm reported Thursday.
WASHINGTON (AP) - Fixed U.S. mortgage rates rose for the sixth straight week, putting the average rate on the 30-year loan just shy of 4 percent.
The residential housing market is heating up, but before you post that for-sale sign, consider making upgrades that add style and value to your home. With many buyers seeking wood floors, kitchen upgrades and other add-ons, it's important for homeowners to highlight these features so their property stands out from the competition in today's market.
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