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A dog pauses on a lonely path to pose for the camera in Goa, India on January 31, 2013. (katya_alagic/Flickr)
A closer look at how trawlers have led to dramatic declines in local fishing in Goa, India. Local fishermen must now turn to dolphin-watching trips for tourists to make a living.

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Long term care: Early planning pays off
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Long term care: Early planning pays off
It's best to talk about long term care early — before the need for medical or personal care is imminent. Here's help understanding, choosing and financing long term care.
By Mayo Clinic staffLong term care is a general term used to describe various home and community-based services for adults who need help taking care of themselves.
If you're considering long term care options for yourself, a parent or another loved one, start the research and discussions early. If you wait, an injury or illness might force your hand — leading to a hasty decision that might not be best in the long run.
Here's help getting familiar with long term care options.
Understanding types of long term care
Understanding the various levels of long term care can help you choose the type that's most appropriate for you or your loved one. For example:
- Home care. Personal or home health aides can help with bathing, dressing and other personal needs at home, as well as housekeeping, meals and shopping. Home health nurses provide basic medical care at home.
- Day program. Day programs for adults offer social interaction, meals and activities — often including exercise, games, field trips, art and music — for adults who don't need round-the-clock care. Some programs provide transportation to and from the care center as well as certain medical services, such as help taking medications or checking blood pressure.
- Senior housing. Many communities offer rental apartments intended for older adults. Some senior housing facilities offer meals, transportation, housekeeping and activities.
- Assisted living. Assisted living facilities offer staff members to help with activities such as taking medication, bathing and dressing — as well as meals, transportation, housekeeping and social activities. Some assisted living facilities have on-site beauty shops and other amenities.
- Continuing-care retirement community. Continuing-care retirement communities offer several levels of care in one setting — such as senior housing for those who are healthy, assisted living for those who need help with daily activities, and round-the-clock nursing care for those who are no longer independent. Residents can move among the various levels of care depending on their needs.
- Nursing home. Nursing homes offer 24-hour nursing care for those recovering from illness or injury and serve as long-term residences for people who are unable to care for themselves. Nursing homes also offer end-of-life care. Services typically include help eating, dressing, bathing and toileting, as well as wound care and rehabilitative therapy.
Choosing the right long term care facility
Selecting a long term care facility can be overwhelming. Ask yourself these questions to ease the process:
- What level of service do you need? Do you or does your loved one need help with everyday activities, such as getting dressed or walking to the bathroom? Nursing care? What does the doctor say? Determining specific care needs can help you decide which type of facilities to consider.
- What are your personal preferences? Would you or your loved one prefer a smaller facility or certain living arrangements, such as a single room? Would you rather eat your meals in a cafeteria setting or in your own room? What amenities are most important? Also consider the rules. Can residents choose when to get up and go to bed? When are visitors allowed? What social activities are offered? Can residents continue to see their personal doctors?
- What can you afford? Get the details on prices, fees and services. Know what's included in the monthly fee and what costs extra.
- What's available close to home? Being close to friends and family can ease the transition to long term care. If vacancies are an issue, ask about waiting lists.
- What's your first impression? Schedule a tour of the facility. Does the facility seem safe? Does it smell OK? Is the temperature comfortable? Are the residents treated respectfully? Do they seem happy? Are there enough caregivers on staff? What are the rooms like? Later, make unscheduled visits to make sure your first impression was accurate.
- How does the facility compare with others? What have you heard about the facility? Contact the Better Business Bureau to check whether any complaints have been filed against the facility, and use online applications such as the Nursing Home Compare tool on the Medicare website. Ask a long term care ombudsman — on official who investigates complaints against long term care facilities — about the strengths and weaknesses of specific facilities. To find a local ombudsman, use the Eldercare Locator, an online service of the U.S. Administration on Aging.
Paying for long term care
Long term care can be expensive — and, typically, it's an out-of-pocket expense.
Medicare, a federal program for people older than 65 and those who have certain disabilities, doesn't generally pay for long term care. Medicaid, a joint state-federal program designed for people who meet certain income requirements, might be an option for adults who have limited assets or those who've nearly depleted their assets — but who's eligible for Medicaid and which services are covered varies by state.
If you don't expect personal savings to cover the cost of long term care, you might be able to finance long term care through long term care insurance. In exchange for monthly premiums, long term care insurance covers nursing home care or other long term care services. Premiums generally increase with the person's age and coverage benefits vary significantly. If you're considering long term care insurance, make sure the policy covers any pre-existing conditions as well as conditions that could develop later, such as dementia. Also check whether you can reduce coverage if the premiums become too expensive.
Other options might include a reverse mortgage — in which you convert part of the equity in your home into cash — or the sale of a life insurance policy for the present value of the policy (life settlement). Be wary of risks and fees, however. Discuss the options with a lawyer or accountant. You might also contact a social worker or the local agency on aging.
Discussing long term care with a loved one
If you're researching long term care options for a parent or other loved one, include your loved one in the process as much as possible. Consider these tips:
- Plan ahead. Don't wait until a loved one needs a long term care facility. Start planning early so that you have time to evaluate the options together.
- Work long term care into everyday conversation. If your mother mentions a problem turning on the faucet, for example, you might ask whether she could use help bathing or managing other aspects of personal care.
- Listen to your loved one's preferences and concerns. If your loved one is mentally competent, recognize his or her right to make decisions about long term care. Stay positive as you remind your loved one that his or her safety is your primary concern.
- Involve others. If your loved one doesn't respond well to your efforts to talk about long term care, involve trusted contacts — such as other loved ones, clergy, a doctor or an attorney.
The idea of leaving home or receiving in-home help for everyday activities can be distressing. The more you know about the options, however, the better choices you can make.
- Long-term care. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. http://www.medicare.gov/longTermCare/static/home.asp. Accessed Jan. 30, 2012.
- Types of long-term care. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. http://www.medicare.gov/longTermCare/static/TypesOverview.asp. Accessed Jan. 30, 2012.
- Paying for long-term care. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. http://www.medicare.gov/LongTermCare/Static/PayingOverview.asp. Accessed Jan. 30, 2012.
- Steps to choosing long-term care. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. http://www.medicare.gov/LongTermCare/Static/Step4.asp?dest=NAV%7CSteps%7CStepsOverview%7CStep4#TabTop. Accessed Jan. 30, 2012.
- Garavan R, et al. When and how older people discuss preferences for long-term care options. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 2009;57:750.


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Muppet fans, rejoice! Jason Segel, writer/star of Forgetting Sarah Marshall, also star of sitcom How I Met Your Mother and also like the awesome boyfriend ever in Undeclared, is penning a feature script for a new Muppets movie, where our marionette cast reunites for a final variety show.
Yay for Jason Segel! Who can forget that momentous scene in his character's puppet play where Dracula morosely sings "Die! Die! [pause] I can't." Hmmm…I guess you had to be there.
Yay for Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy! Seriously, if there's one thing missing in our superficial, Twitter and iPhone-inundated world where a photograph of Miley Cyrus can cause an uproar….it's PUPPETS.
Rumor has it that if Segel's feature film does well, executives hope to bring the classic Muppet Show back to television screens.
My only question is…What? No love for The Muppet Babies? (I can still sing the theme song by heart. And break glass while doing so.) That cartoon molded my childhood, and to this day, I wonder what Nanny really looked like above her green striped stockings.


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Flight To Hong Kong
Original Release Date: Oct 6, 1956
Rory Calhoun is a crime-syndicate boss who divides his time between two lovely ladies while planning to steal and smuggle $1 million in jewels. Can he two-time the ladies? Maybe. The Mob? Nope...
- Rory Calhoun
- Barbara Rush
- Dolores Donlon
- Werner Kelmperer
- Director: Joseph M. Newman
- Art Director: Serge Krizman
- Cinematographer: Ellis W. Carter
- Composer: Monty Kelly
- Costume Designer: Fay Moore
- Costume Designer: Tommy Thompson
- Editor: Ralph Dawson
- Producer: Joseph M. Newman
- Screenplay: Edward G. O'Callaghan
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Special ReportNo Time to Quit: HIV/AIDS Treatment Gap Widening in AfricaMay 26, 2010At the end of the 90's, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) got involved in HIV/AIDS because we viewed it as an emergency: today, MSF still believes this is a crisis requiring an exceptional response. Since the start of the epidemic, HIV/AIDS has created an acute public health crisis in many countries requiring an emergency response to the resulting high mortality and the spread of the disease. To date, much has been done to tackle HIV, but the urgency of the situation still calls for a sustained and expanded response over a long period of time — the battle is not over yet. Through its medical humanitarian work in the majority of the worst-affected countries in sub-Saharan Africa, MSF has recently started to observe a worrisome turn-around among the donor community. After years of political willingness and financial commitment to combat HIV/AIDS, donors now seem to be disengaging from the fight, leaving behind people who are still in dire need of life-saving treatment. In 2009-2010, MSF carried out in-depth field analyses in eight key countries - Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Lesotho, Kenya, Uganda, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) - where we have been providing HIV/AIDS care and treatment for several years. The findings confirm our concerns in terms of donor backtracking on commitments to scale up the fight against the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Today, this disengagement is starting to become visible in the field and the level of HIV care is beginning to deteriorate. Uncertainty and unreliability of donor funding has stalled the enrollment of new patients in treatment sites and put the supply of anti-retroviral medicines (ARVs) at risk in the medium to long term. Donors have also diluted their initial emergency approach and shifted funding toward other health issues, disregarding the proven cross-benefits of effective HIV/AIDS intervention on healthcare in general. Ironically, at the same time as the level and sources of funding decline, donors expect the money dedicated to combat HIV/AIDS to fund increasingly comprehensive packages, extending to other priorities within the health sector. A possible donor retreat not only hampers HIV treatment scale-up but also threatens to undermine all the positive effects and future perspectives that high coverage of ART brings in terms of community-wide reduction of mortality, morbidity and transmission. Any retreat from the current efforts toward ART scale up will have far-reaching and very real negative consequences for patients and front line workers in HIV care. Combined with the effects of the economic crisis in low income countries and in particular on vulnerable people, donor fatigue on HIV will further widen the HIV treatment gap in sub-Saharan Africa. Concretely, reducing funding for HIV treatment and ARV means:
From the field perspective, a donor retreat will change the character of the epidemic, with increasing numbers of patients seeking care, more ill patients and rising mortality in the community — echoing the early 2000s when ART was rationed to the happy few.
A brief survey of donors' plans for the next years illustrates the challenge. One key donor, PEPFAR, has flatlined its funding for 2009-2014 and as of 2008-9, further decreased its annual budget allocations for the coming years by extending the period to be covered with the same amount of money. The funding for purchase of ARVs will also be reduced in the next few years. All this translates into a reduction in the number of people starting on ART, as we have seen in South Africa and Uganda. The World Bank currently prioritises investment in health system strengthening and capacity building in planning and management over HIV dedicated funding. However, without funding for ARV drugs and related costs, the impact of such capacity to support HIV/AIDS care will remain very limited. UNITAID is phasing out its funding. By 2012, the drug and other medical commodity procurement organised by the Clinton Foundation for HIV/AIDS and funded by UNITAID for second line ARVs and paediatric commodities should end in Zimbabwe, Mozambique, DRC and Malawi. The Global Fund is currently facing a serious funding shortfall. In October 2010, a donor replenishment conference is planned with the aim of mobilizing more resources, but donors have already requested the Global Fund to lower its financial ambitions. All current funding scenarios are inadequately reflecting demand, as none includes the additional resources required to implement the new WHO guidelines on earlier treatment and improved drug regimens. With very few exceptions, other health actors such as the European Commission and European Union Member States do not fund HIV/AIDS treatment directly and hardly ever finance ARV supplies besides through their contribution to the Global Fund. At present, these donors seem unlikely to fill the additional gap created by the current shortfall, yet remain reluctant to increase their support to the Global Fund. While the resource mobilization since 2001 has allowed us to fight effectively against the HIV/AIDS epidemic over the past years, a sense of denial has set in among the donor community about this ongoing crisis. For the past year and a half, donors have increasingly voiced concern regarding the cost, sustainability and relative priority of HIV/AIDS, against the background of an ostensible lack of funds. All this discourse belies numerous studies demonstrating the global long-term gains in engaging decisively in the fight against HIV/AIDS today. This donor turn-around will not make the patients in need of life-saving treatment go away. On the contrary, it is likely to increase the numbers of people in urgent need of care and will negatively impact their family, community and the health care system. In the end, the cost of inaction will be far higher than that of action. Progress and scale-up are still direly needed. Our responsibility toward people living with HIV and AIDS in the hardest-hit countries has been collective in the past decade, and it should remain so for the years to come. This is a historical opportunity for the international community to renew its commitment to fight the HIV epidemic and stand by the people and countries that face the challenge of providing lifesaving treatment to those in need. This depends critically on continued financial support by donor agencies as PEPFAR, UNITAID and the Global Fund. But this cannot be the responsibility of a limited group; it also calls for expansion of commitment of those donor countries that have shown only limited support so far. We should never forget why we started the fight against HIV. We were reacting to needless illness and excessive loss of life among young people, communities losing valuable energy and experience, profound wounds inflicted on the social fabric, and above all, the injustice of unnecessary suffering and death where we have the means to prevent them. This catastrophic situation might be back all too soon if we relent on the fight now. Related:Tags: HIV/AIDS, Access to Medicines |


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Hailed as one of the most talented child actors of the 1990s,
Mischa Barton
had carved out the beginnings of an enviable career on the screen and stage by the time most kids her age were being allowed to see PG-13 movies on their own. Possessing blonde hair, blue eyes the color and approximate size of Wedgewood saucers, and precocious intelligence, Barton first came to the attention of critics and audiences as the ten-year-old heroine of John Duigan's Lawn Dogs (1997).
Born January 24, 1986, in London, England, Barton was raised in the city until the age of four. Following the move, she began working as a child model and taking summer camp acting classes; after being spotted by a talent agent, the aspiring actress got her first professional break on the New York stage in 1994, when she played one of the lead characters in an off-Broadway production of Slavs!. Earning rave reviews for her performance, Barton went on to perform in a number of plays, including the Lincoln Center production of
James Lapine
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Dianne Wiest
. While she was building a career on the stage and as a model for the likes of Calvin Klein, Barton was also beginning to accumulate a number of screen credits. After doing a year-long stint on the popular soap opera All My Children, she had her first publicized screen role in the little-seen New York Crossing (1996). A starring role as a 13-year-old who holds up a bank alongside her boyfriend followed in 1999, in the independent drama Pups. That same year, Barton appeared in supporting roles in both
Notting Hill
and M. Night Shyamalan's The Sixth Sense, the latter of which cast her as the ghost of a sickly girl.
Barton's increasing recognition was subsequently reflected by her involvement in a number of screen projects. Included amongst them was
Skipped Parts
(2000) and the TV series Once and Again (2002). Barton's breakthrough would come in 2003 however, with a starring role in the phenomenally poular night-time soap The O.C. The show's three year run would make Barton a household name, and she would follow it up with appearances in films like Homecoming, Assassination of a High School President, and You and I. A critically lauded appearance in Bhopal: A Prayer for Rain would make waves for the actress in 2012, followed by the horror film Apartment 1303 3D. ~ Rebecca Flint Marx, Rovi
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A high-school psychologist (Mischa Barton) reaches out to a troubled student who believes his late brother will come back from the dead to punish the classmates responsible for his death in this dark psychological horror film from director Matt Orlando. As the grieving sibling of the murdered student offers cryptic clues about the events surrounding his brother's tragic death, the concerned psychologist implores her fiancée, a sheriff's deputy, to probe the case. In the therapist's quest to help the student, however, she unwittingly becomes a key part of his plot to provide his brother, who is currently possessed by a dark entity, with six souls that can restore him to life. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
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A former small-town golden boy returns to his hometown with his new girlfriend, only to find that his onetime high-school sweetheart isn't willing to let go of the past. In the working-class town where Mike (Matt Long) grew up, football is everything. A few months after leaving for Northwestern University on a scholarship, Mike arrives back home for Christmas break with his pretty new girlfriend, Elizabeth (Jessica Stroup), in tow. Seeing Mike with another woman comes a quite a shock to the people around town; back in high school Mike and his girlfriend Shelby (Mischa Barton) were a fairly hot item, but while Mike has moved on, Shelby has not. The former homecoming queen would like nothing more than to remove Elizabeth from the picture -- permanently -- and when a freak car accident leaves Mike's new girlfriend at the mercy of his bitter ex, Shelby prepares to do whatever it takes to win her old boyfriend back once and for all. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
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A teenage take on Roman Polanski's post-noir classic Chinatown, The Sophomore stars Reece Daniel Thompson, Mischa Barton, and Bruce Willis in the tale of a Catholic high-school newspaper reporter who stumbles upon a disturbing conspiracy. Prompted by the most popular girl in school to investigate the theft of the SAT exams, an ambitious young fact-finder discovers that the school's president -- a disillusioned Gulf War veteran -- and the top jock are responsible for the crime. As if this information wasn't unsettling enough, it appears that both have been operation under the direction of an even higher power. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
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Adapted from the novel t.A.T.u. Come Back by Russian authors Aleksey Mitrofanov and Anastasia Moiseeva, director Roland Joffé's You and I (aka Finding t.A.T.u.) follows a lonely American teenager living in Moscow as she bonds with a local girl over their mutual obsession with titular Russian pop duo. Former O.C. actress Mischa Barton co-stars as the Russian girl. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
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An engineering graduate supervising the demolition of a mysterious building unearths some unsettling secrets about the pristine building and its previous inhabitants in this dark psychological thriller starring Mischa Barton. Adapted from Serge Brussolo's graphic novel of the same name, Walled In follows fledgling engineer Sam Walczak (Barton) as she ventures deep into the countryside, where the monolithic Malestrazza Building is being prepared for demolition. Constructed by an obsessed architect, the Malestrazza Building has a chilling history. Many of the previous inhabitants were entombed alive in the massive structure, and the deeper Sam digs into the life details of the eccentric architect who designed it, the more convinced she becomes that she will be the final victim in its malevolent legacy. Perhaps by confronting her own sordid past, Sam can escape the curse and somehow find a way to start life anew. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
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A lovely maiden with three potential suitors finds the competition to take her hand in marriage heating up to a fever pitch in an adventuresome comedy romance starring Hayden Christenson, Mischa Barton, Tim Roth, and Christopher Egan. Based on the novel by author Giovanni Boccaccio, writer/director David Leland's rousing period film offers a unique mix of old world aesthetics and contemporary sensibilities. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
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Sixty-five years after making his screen debut as a young stoker in co-directors Noël Coward and David Lean's World War II drama In Which We Serve, Richard Attenborough perfects the balance between epic story and intimate tale with this drama starring Shirley MacLaine and Neve Campbell as a mother and daughter who find a relic from the past sparking an incendiary series of events. The year is 1991, and as a small American town mourns the passing of beloved World War II veteran Chuck Harris, his wife Ethel (MacLaine) numbs herself with alcohol to the point where she completely neglects her grieving daughter Marie (Campbell). Later, after Marie receives a telephone call from a boy in Northern Ireland who claims to have recently discovered a ring belonging to Ethel, a mystery nearly five decades in the making comes slowly into focus as the story drifts back into Chuck's wartime past and the days when he and Ethel first formed their powerful bond. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
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The uniformed but rebellious students of a distinguished all-girls school get an unexpected chance to raise a little hell as directors Oliver Parker and Barnaby Thompson set out to revive the characters created by comic artist Ronald Searle and made popular in the British film series that began with 1954's The Belles of St. Trinian's. When their beloved school is threatened with closure should the powers that be fail to raise the proper funds, the girls scheme to steal a priceless painting and use the profits to pull St. Trinian's out of the black. Rupert Everett, Colin Firth, and Mischa Barton star in a mischievous comedy penned by Piers Ashworth and Nick Moorcroft. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
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A woman gets a belated introduction to the joy of sex in this comedy. Priscilla (Parker Posey) is a thirtysomething public-relations agent with the unenviable job of trying to lure new businesses to Cleveland, OH. Priscilla is married to Jack (Paul Rudd), a high-school teacher who is reaching the end of his patience with his career. Things aren't going especially well at home for Priscilla and Jack -- she seems unable to have an orgasm, and while Priscilla insists she's perfectly happy with their sex life, Jack is driven to distraction by his inability to arouse his wife. When Kristen (Mischa Barton), one of Jack's students, begins displaying an extra-curricular interest in him, he throws caution to the wind and begins an affair with her, and has soon moved out of the house. Left on her own, Priscilla finally begins feeling sexual frustration, and turns to Alyssa (Liza Minnelli), an outspoken sex therapist who advises her to learn how to pleasure herself. Alyssa's advice proved to be right on the money, and soon Priscilla is a changed women who is looking for a new man in her life. She soon finds one in Wayne (Danny DeVito), a swimming-pool salesman whose sloppy appearance belies his talent in the bedroom. The Oh in Ohio was the first feature film from director Billy Kent, who previously established himself making television commercials. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
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Hook up with what's coming down as the Core Four romances of Ryan-and-Marissa and Seth-and-Summer may (or may not) go from very over to very on, Sandy and Kirsten face choices that could trainwreck their 20-year marriage, felon (and Ryan's brother) Trey gives Newport living a try, Julie's lurid past comes back to haunt her, and other new hunks and hotties become part of the coastal scene. Live. Laugh. Lie. Cheat. Grow. Share. Connive. Love. In California's beach paradise, they do everything under the sun.
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Destined to run an impressive 27 hour-long episodes (as opposed to the usual 22), season one of The O.C. wastes little time in setting up its premise: trouble-prone teenager Ryan Atwood (Ben McKenzie), booted out of his Chino home and apparently foredoomed to a life of crime, is "rescued" by idealistic pro bono defense attorney Sanford "Sandy" Cohen (Peter Gallagher). Over the initial protests of his former beauty-queen wife, Kirsten (Kelly Rowan), Sandy invites Ryan to live in the pool house of the Cohens' lavish Newport Beach home in California's very upscale Orange County. Quickly making friends with the Cohen's intellectual-loner son, Seth (Adam Brody), Ryan also makes a good impression on his attractive next-door neighbor Marissa Cooper (Mischa Barton) -- much to the disgust of Marissa's jock boyfriend, Luke Ward (Chris Carmack). Unfolding in a serial-like fashion, the remainder of the season details the disintegrating marriage of Marissa's parents, Jimmy Cooper (Tate Donovan) and his avaricious wife, Julie (Melinda Clarke) (who later has an affair with the cast-off Luke); Sandy's job switch, which causes friction in his relationship with Kirsten vis-à-vis his sexy new law partner Rachel Hoffman (Bonnie Somerville); the decision by Sandy and Jimmy to jointly purchase Newport Beach's favorite restaurant, the Lighthouse; Marissa's self-destructive behavior during a vacation in Mexico, and her ill-fated association with the duplicitous Oliver Trask (Taylor Handley); Seth's dilemma as he tries to choose between two girlfriends, Summer Roberts (Rachel Bilson) and Anna Stern (Samaire Armstrong); and the disruptive machinations of Kirsten's high-rolling father, Caleb (Alan Dale), and her hedonistic sister, Hailey (Amanda Rhigetti). The cliffhanger climax of The O.C.'s first season is dominated by two major events: the wedding of the series' two most selfish and mercenary characters, and some devastating news delivered by Theresa (Navi Rawat), Ryan's former girlfriend from his Chino days. ~ Rovi
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Television commercial director and music video maker Marcus Adams directs the U.K. thriller Octane, shot entirely in Luxembourg. Madeleine Stowe stars as overprotective mother Senga Wilson, who doesn't want her teenage daughter Nat (Mischa Barton) to get into trouble. While driving down the road with her mother one night, Nat jumps out of the car and escapes with a bunch of backpackers. It turns out the crowd she's running with is really an evil cult that's out for blood, led by a freaky guy they call The Father (Jonathan Rhys Meyers). In order to save her daughter, Senga embarks on a thrilling journey into a rave/dance underworld of violent twentysomethings while she copes with her own past. The techno soundtrack was provided by Orbital. Octane premiered in the U.S. at the 2003 CineVegas International Film Festival and was renamed Pulse for its eventual video release. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, Rovi
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Vacationing on Seven Bay Island in the summer of her 16th year, budding poet Victoria "Vicky" Austin (Mischa Barton) is faced with the approaching death of her beloved grandfather (James Whitmore), who is suffering from leukemia. In hopes of briefly forgetting her troubles, Vicky begins assisting a handsome young researcher named Adam (Ryan Merriman) who is working with sea mammals. In this capacity, Vicky discovers that she possesses the unique gift of being able to communicate with dolphins -- and also finds herself romantically torn between Adam and a wealthy suitor named Zach (Jared Padalecki). Suspense enters the picture when the dolphins "tell" Vicky of an illegal driftnet fishing operation. Based on the 1981 novel by Madeleine L'Engle and location-filmed in Australia, A Ring of Endless Light made its cable-TV premiere over the Disney Channel on August 23, 2002. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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Cat Storm (Dominique Swain) is a bored high school girl in New York City who follows her petulant, rich friends from one coming-of-age adventure to another. They experiment with cruelty, rudeness, brazenness, and idiocy before moving onto sex and drugs. Cat's best friend, Delilah (Bijou Phillips), is kicked out of school for using cocaine (her father's), forcing Cat to become best friends with Grace (Mischa Barton), who guides her into the arms of William (Brad Renfro), the boy Cat's had a crush on for some time. Eventually they all wind up at a luxurious country estate for a weekend of drugs, passion, and, inevitably, gruesome murder. ~ Buzz McClain, Rovi
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One woman's decision to improve her mind has unexpected, life-changing results in this drama. Hoboken-born housewife Julie Johnson (Lili Taylor) left high school at the wishes of Rick (Noah Emmerich), who was then her boyfriend and is now her husband; Julie spends her days cleaning house and looking after her two children, Lisa (Mischa Barton) and Franky (Gideon Jacobs). Julie, who likes to read Scientific American in her spare time, has always dreamed of going back to school, but loutish Rick strictly forbids it. Without Rick's knowledge, Julie and her best friend Claire (Courtney Love) enroll in an "Introduction to Computers" course at a local community college, where instructor Mr. Miranda (Spalding Gray) quickly senses Julie has a tremendous intellectual potential she's never tapped. With Mr. Miranda's coaching, Julie breezes through the computer course and is soon tackling advanced mathematical and scientific theory with other members of the college's faculty. Rick eventually gets wind of Julie's new academic career and isn't the least bit pleased, but Julie, whose accomplishments have done wonders for her self-confidence, responds by kicking him out of the house. Claire, impressed by Julie's stand against Rick, decides it's time to leave her abusive husband Mike (Patrick Fitzgerald), and she moves in with Julie while looking for a new place. As Mr. Miranda urges Julie to obtain a high-school equivalency certificate and move on to a four-year college (where he'll be able to arrange an academic scholarship), Julie and Claire discover their new independence has stirred new feelings within them, and they move from being close friends to tentative lovers. Julie Johnson was based on the play by Wendy Hammond, who co-wrote the screenplay with director Bob Gosse. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
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Three schoolgirls learn about the joys, sorrows, and varieties of love in this drama based on the novel The Wives of Bath by Susan Swan. Mary (Mischa Barton) is a quiet girl who is still recovering from the death of her mother. Mary's father and new stepmother, who are blind to her emotional needs, send her away to an all-girls college, where Mary becomes fast friends with her new roommates, sophisticated Paulie (Piper Perabo) and worldly Tory (Jessica Pare). But Mary soon discovers that Paulie and Tory are more than just friends, and have begun to pursue a passionate physical relationship. While initially puzzled by their lesbian leanings, Mary remains close friends with both of them; Tory's sister is not so open minded, however, and threatens to tell their parents about Tory's affair. Afraid and confused, Tory quickly breaks off her romance with Paulie and takes up with Jake (Luke Kirby), a student at a nearby boys' school. Paulie is heartbroken, and desperately struggles to win Tory back by writing her epic-length poems on the subject of love and loss. Paulie also finds a metaphor for her wounded heart as she finds an injured bird in the woods and struggles to restore it to health; in addition, she discovers an understanding soul in the person of Fay Vaughn (Jackie Burroughs), one of her teachers. Lost and Delirious was the first English-language feature for Québecois filmmaker Lea Pool; the film received its world premiere at the 2001 Sundance Film Festival. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
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Two friends get their first taste of adult responsibilities in this made-for-cable comedy-drama. Francesca (Mischa Barton) and Hazel (Ingrid Uribe) are two 12-year-old girls growing up in Percaucus, an economically depressed community that's seen better days. Hazel, who has an avid interest in politics and history, is upset with the slow decay of her hometown; she thinks new leadership would help, and when she discovers the city charter states no age requirement for the office of mayor, she decides to run against Mayor Harrison (Larry Musser), who has held the office for 28 years and is otherwise running unopposed. Meanwhile, Hazel's best friend Francesca loves the ballet, and has studied for years with the avid encouragement of her grandmother Phoebe (Joan Plowright). Phoebe has managed to get Francesca an audition for a scholarship with a prestigious dance academy; however, "Frankie," as her friends call her, also loves baseball, and has battled a sexist coach and dubious teammates to make it onto the local Little League team. Between her heavy schedule of dance practices and rehearsals, and her time with the team, Francesca's schoolwork is starting to suffer, and she realizes something will have to give. Frankie and Hazel was directed by actress-turned-filmmaker JoBeth Williams; it was produced for the Showtime premium cable network. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
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In this comedy-drama, a teenage boy gets a crash course in the mysteries of love and sex. Lydia Callahan (Jennifer Jason Leigh) had her son Sam when she was only 14 years old. Now 14 himself, Sam (Bug Hall) finds himself in the small community of GroVont, WY, after his mother is run out of town by her own father (R. Lee Ermey). While Lydia is helped through her transition by Hank Elkrunner (Michael Greyeyes), Sam doesn't fit in at school and runs afoul of bully Dothan Talbot (Brad Renfro). But he soon makes friends with classmate Maurey Pierce (Mischa Barton), who makes an unusual proposal: since she doesn't want to seem inexperienced when she loses her virginity, perhaps Sam could help her practice the finer points of sex. While Sam is more than willing to help, this arrangement creates complications that his fantasies about his Dream Girl (Drew Barrymore) have not prepared him for. Skipped Parts is based on the novel of the same name by Tim Sandlin. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
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In this tense tale of psychological terror, Dr. Malcolm Crowe (Bruce Willis) is a child psychologist whose new patient has a problem far outside his usual area of expertise. Cole Sear (Haley Joel Osment) is six-years-old and claims to see the spirits of dead people all around him. It seems that Cole has psychic powers and can channel the ghosts of those who were troubled. Cole doesn't understand his powers, and he has little control over them; he's constantly terrified by what he sees, and Dr. Crowe is the only one with whom he feels he can share this secret. However, as the doctor digs deeper into Cole's strange powers, it leads to strange and unexpected consequences for both of them. M. Night Shyamalan, who wrote and directed the film, has a small role as Dr. Hill. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
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Can a beautiful and internationally famous American actress find happiness with a frumpy British bookstore clerk? She can -- at least for a while, it seems -- in Notting Hill. William Thacker (played by Hugh Grant) is a bookseller at a shop in the Notting Hill district in West London, who shares a house with an eccentric Welsh friend, Spike (Rhys Ifans). One day, William is minding the store when in strolls Anna Scott (Julia Roberts), a lovely and well-known actress from the United States who is in London working on a film. She buys a book from William, and she is polite and charming in the way a famous actress would be with a star-struck sales clerk. Their relationship would logically end there, if William didn't run out a few minutes later to buy some juice. While dashing back to the shop, he bumps into Anna on the street, spilling juice all over her blouse. Since he lives nearby, William politely offers to let her stop by his house to clean up; since William seems harmless enough, Anna agrees. When Anna has to stop back to pick up a bag she left at William's house, they kiss -- just in time for Spike to show up. A romance slowly blooms as his friends and family (not to mention the world at large) wonder out loud what he's doing dating a movie star. Notting Hill reunites Hugh Grant with producer Duncan Kenworthy and screenwriter Richard Curtis, who previously worked together on the international hit Four Weddings And A Funeral. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
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But if he does not listen to you, take one or two more with you, so that by the mouth of two or three witnesses every fact may be confirmed. And if he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church; and if he refuses to listen even to the church, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax-gatherer. (18:16–17)The process of discipline begins with an individual believer going privately to a sinning brother and rebuking him (v. 15). The three subsequent steps are mentioned in verses 16–17.
If the second stage of the discipline process fails to bring repentance, if he does not listen to the two or three, then they are to tell it to the church. The first rebuke is to be completely private and the second semi-private, but the third is to be public, before the church. The brother or sister is to be brought before the whole congregation to be further rebuked and encouraged to repent. The whole church is responsible to call that person back to holiness.
It has been the custom in our church, upon enacting this third step, to clearly indicate to the congregation that they are to pursue the person aggressively and plead with him to repent before the fourth step becomes necessary. That crucial and potent procedure often draws the sinner to repentance and obedience.
This great passage also indicates that the place for discipline is within the church. Ekklēsia (church) is here used in its basic, nontechnical meaning of a congregation or assembly. In secular Greek literature it was used of town meetings, local gatherings of citizens called together by their rulers to hear official announcements or witness government ceremonies. In the context of Jesus' teaching at this point in His ministry, church refers to any group of redeemed people who assemble in His name (v. 20).
Some commentators maintain that Jesus was referring to the Jewish synagogue, which also has the root meaning of assembly or congregation. But Jesus always used another term (sunagōgē) when referring to a synagogue, which, in any case, would never have gathered in His name. And although He frequently taught in synagogues and called the worshipers there to believe in Him, His purpose was not to revise or reform the synagogue but to establish His own ekklēsia, the church.
No organizational structure is mentioned or intimated here. The reference is not to a committee, board, or other group of leaders, but to the entire body. There is no higher court beyond the local congregation in which discipline is to be administered. No bishop, cardinal, synod, conference, or council has the responsibility for discipline. To delegate discipline to an individual or group beyond the local church is to go beyond the Word of God. Whether a local church is composed of a handful of believers or of several thousand members, whether it is a highly organized urban congregation or an informal group of five or six believers on a remote mission field, that is where, and only where, discipline is to be administered.
Even less justified is taking church discipline or grievances to a secular court for resolution. Paul strongly indicted Corinthian Christians who did that. "Does any one of you," he wrote, "when he has a case against his neighbor, dare to go to law before the unrighteous, and not before the saints? Or do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if the world is judged by you, are you not competent to constitute the smallest law courts? Do you not know that we shall judge angels? How much more, matters of this life?" (1 Cor. 6:1–3).
The fourth and final step in church discipline is ostracism. If a sinning believer refuses to listen even to the church, he is to be ostracized from the fellowship. Let him be to you, Jesus said, as a Gentile and a tax-gatherer. Both were seen as despised outcasts.
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-- details now and a cold case that's definitely heating up again.
It involves anthrax according to the FBI someone in Syracuse, New York -- 21 powder filled letters.
And each time feds say the same person claimed the letters contained anthrax the suspects and the letters months and even years apart but officials say it does look in -- Like it was the same person doing it now the feds are asking for your help and acclaim and now here with the news and how is the FBI -- -- -- ratcheting up their investigation.
Right Harrison authorities are doing a lot in what they're doing it's they are now offering a 101000 dollar reward for information leading.
To the call -- who has been sending powder filled threatening letters since 1997.
The FBI has released pictures of the letters believing someone will recognize the handwriting.
The letters generally start with the paper you are now holding has been thoroughly saturated with anthrax spores and you will soon died.
Investigators say the writer is a prankster and seems to have no clear agenda.
This is someone who -- talk about ideas that are kind of off putting or they me.
Even approach someone in the library school and be somewhat off cut off putting and then you show the -- the letter.
And now all of a sudden you're connecting the dots and so that's going to be -- really helpful lead.
Well the letters make reference to aids abortion rights 9/11 conspiracy theories.
In the oppression of Muslims well ahead mentioned.
That the feds feel like this is that a cold case heating up that's because they think they know where this person lives yes they did that FBI's profile is actually point to a Syracuse area man.
It was at least 35 years old some of their logic is that ten of the letters went to a high school -- college.
A business and a congresswoman office all in the Syracuse area.
The other eleven went to military and police associations nonprofit groups and government officials private businesses and TV celebrities around.
-- We don't believe the person.
Only does these on these threatening letters this person probably does this around the house -- at the workplace so someone recognizes those we certainly like to hear from.
Authorities believe the suspect has had significant contact with the mental health system.
And they have that difficulty functioning independently folks -- with -- anything any information call the FBI this summer what 80225.
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For three weeks in Philadelphia last fall, Cory Monteith took a personal battle and spun it into a performance.
The 31-year-old actor, who was found dead on Saturday, had struggled with substance addiction in the past, and he drew upon that experience for an upcoming film called "McCanick."
The crime drama, which also features David Morse, Tracie Thoms and Mike Vogel, sees Monteith portray a drug-addicted hustler named Simon Weeks. It's far grittier than Monteith's best-known role as "Glee's" lovable heartthrob Finn Hudson, and initially "McCanick" director Josh C. Waller wasn't sure Monteith would be a good fit.
"In my mind, I was envisioning a teeny little drug guy
Monteith had been frank about his "out of control" teen years, which ultimately led to a rehab stint at 19. The actor never intimated that it was cathartic to pull from that well for "McCanick," "but you could sense it," Waller said.
Sadly, Monteith won't be able to describe the role himself. "McCanick" was the star's last known film role before his death, the cause of which is currently still unknown.
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With the launch of the 300mm wafer initiative more than a decade ago, DynamYX was designed to provide equipment manufacturers in the semiconductor industry with a tool capable of achieving the highest levels of precision and throughput. DynamYX provides high resolution dynamic positioning of a wafer chuck or other similar substrate in two orthogonal translation axes from a single-plane carriage. A Vertical (Z) axis with Tip Tilt function and a rotary axis for wafer offset correction may be added on the carriage beneath the wafer chuck. Over the years, the form and function of DynamYX has evolved to keep pace with customer requirements. Today The DynamYX family consists of four specific designs each with their own specific features and benefits.
The positioning loop on DynamYX may be closed using a single linear encoder for each axis. As shown in the adjacent illustration, the encoder measuring positions are closely located to the substrates surface reducing the already minimal abbey offset affect. For the X-axis, the linear scale is typically mounted to the underside of the bridge structure with the read-head in-line with the systems optical path and affixed to the moving ceramic guide. System architectures that do not allow this configuration can be accommodated by mounting the X-axis scale to a supplementary SiC spar located at the rear side of the system. The Y-axis has its scale mounted to a small SiC bracket on the moving carriage. The read head is fixed to the arm of the L-shape structure. Read-heads which have fixed positions relative to the tools optical path are beneficial in optimizing precision. With an encoder signal period of 2mm, resolutions down to 0.1nm are possible with Newports XPS or SPS controllers each with internal 20,000 times interpolation.Equipped with linear encoders the DynamYX is an extremely accurate and very repeatable platform allowing for very high accuracy through error mapping. The geometric stability of the ceramic elements of these stages results in systems that can be mapped once at our factory then, upon installation, only require a simple length calibration to compensate for uniform thermal expansion. For applications where the accuracy requirements exceed the capabilities of error compensation, or in certain scanning modes where the absolute position of the stage must be the basis of a very precise trigger or latch, linear encoders must yield to laser interferometers which are also part of our offering.
The standard mounting interface includes three precision-lapped pads for the direct mounting of a wafer chuck. In the DynamYX 300 and GT stages, these three pads are only 66mm above the granite reference plane maintaining the low-profile nature of the stage. Even with the addition of other accessory components such as a 4-axis Z-Tip-Tilt-Theta stage the height of the wafer plane in the DynamYX GT stage is only 115mm above the granite reference surface. The low profile nature of DynamYX contributes to the systems overall dynamic performance and attenuates the already minimal abbe offset effect of pitch and roll. If Newport is to supply the wafer chuck, the chuck (ideally ceramic), including vacuum lines to the chuck, and wafer lift pins may be supplied as an integrated solution.
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Bulgarian photography and Michigan poetry inspire an album
By Michigan Radio Newsroom
"Cry of Freedom" is an album by Ann Arbor musician Laszlo Slomovits, but it's not your ordinary record.
The album is actually a collection of poems by Grand Rapids poet and writer Linda Nemec Foster that has been set to music.
Foster's poetry that is featured on "Cry of Freedom" is from her book Ten Songs from Bulgaria. The poetry is inspired by photographs taken by Jacko Vassilev.
Linda Nemec Foster and Laszlo Slomovitz will perform excerpts from the work at 7 pm tonight at Nicola's Bookstore in Ann Arbor.
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You've probably heard of Danny Seo. He's the man who at 12 founded the organization Earth 2000 and by 18 he had turned the organization into "the country's largest teenage activist charity, spearheading worldwide campaigns on behalf of the environment." Today he works to green all sorts of large organizations including JC Penney with their Simply Green campaign and Method Products and their line of earth-friendly cleaning products. He also has his own line of beauty products and books.
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Summary: The field of digital mammography is advancing rapidly, with new technologies and features being introduced regularly. Many companies with long histories in breast imaging have adapted existing film-based products to digital systems, but Fischer Imaging took an entirely different approach. Rather than adapting an
The field of digital mammography is advancing rapidly, with new technologies and features being introduced regularly. Many companies with long histories in breast imaging have adapted existing film-based products to digital systems, but Fischer Imaging took an entirely different approach. Rather than adapting an existing film-based product, Fischer began with the idea of making the ultimate imaging system, built specifically for digital imaging of breasts. This process has resulted in a system that far surpasses the competition in terms of image quality and patient experience. Fischer Imaging's SenoScan TrueView Digital Mammography System has been designed from its beginnings to meet the unique needs of radiologists, technicians, and women, and the result is a market leader.
Spatial resolution and contrast sensitivity are perhaps the most crucial components of a digital mammography system, since these features are what enable the physician to screen patients and diagnose lesions more accurately. The key attributes of an image are detective quantum efficiency (DQE) and pixel size. A high DQE is the true test of system performance and, in combination with pixel size, it allows for a better visualization of lesions.
Fischer Imaging's SenoScan uses proprietary imaging technology to reduce scatter, improve contrast, and, provide a high signal-to-noise ratio. SenoScan's X-ray beam is generated by a unique, custom-designed tungsten target X-ray tube, with a slot collimator. The collimator produces a fan beam of X-ray that scans the breast in unison with the image receptor, thereby reducing scatter and the effective radiation dose to the patient, and eliminating the need for a grid. In fact, radiation dose to the patient is reduced by as much as 60% due to this revolutionary technology. Because the X-ray is cast in a narrow fan beam swath (approximately 1 * 29 cm), the detector does not record scatter on either side of the beam. Other digital mammography systems, which use a wide beam of X-ray, rely on grids to reduce scatter at the detector, forcing them to give a larger radiation dose to the patient to ensure that sufficient photons pass through the grid.
The SenoScan system also allows physicians to customize image capture parameters to maximize the contrast and clarity of the resulting image.
Dr. Robert McFarland, director of the Breast Center/Imaging for Women in Wichita, KS, cites this ability as one of the key benefits of his SenoScan system. "Digital imaging with SenoScan allows us to improve the contrast of the image so we can detect small or subtle lesions in very dense breast tissue. These would be undetectable in standard mammography systems because the density of the surrounding breast tissue would make it difficult to see minor variations. With SenoScan, we can change the parameters to better allow the eyes to see the subtle changes of gray."
SenoScan's pixel size is also the smallest available in any digital mammography system, providing the highest contrast and sharpest resolution of any system.
Steve Moseley, vice president of marketing for Fischer Imaging, states: "SenoScan's ability to distinguish small objects far surpasses other systems on the market. Other systems employing a 100 µ pixel have a theoretical limiting spatial resolution of just 5 line pairs per millimeter (lp/mm). The SenoScan's standard (50 µ) and high-resolution (25 µ) modes extend to a resolution of 10 lp/mm and beyond 14 lp/mm respectively." As noted earlier, measurable DQE between 5 and 14 lp/mm means that SenoScan is capable of distinguishing (detecting and characterizing) much smaller objects.
SenoScan's screening mode resolution is 50 µ, as compared with the competition's standard of a 100 µ pixel size. This difference means that the SenoScan produces resolution two times higher than the competitor's. In the SenoScan's diagnostic mode of 25 µ, effective resolution is four times higher than the competitor's. Given that microcalcifications can measure less than 100 µ, the advantage of a 25 µ pixel size is clear. (See star patterns, above.)
When Dr. McFarland was looking for a digital mammography system, he chose SenoScan in part because of its higher resolution.
He explains, "We chose Fischer Imaging's SenoScan because we wanted a unit that had very good resolution. The SenoScan provides a higher resolution than what we're seeing with the competitive unit at this time. High resolution is very important because it allows for better visualization and increased conspicuity of calcifications. When we can characterize calcifications, right on the screen, as benign or as needing biopsy, we don't need to call women back for a return visit. Additionally, the higher resolution gives us more confidence in our decision to biopsy a calcification. We have already seen increased patient satisfaction as a result of our greater confidence and reduction in patient callbacks."
As Dr. McFarland's experience and that of many other doctors show, customer satisfaction is key to the success of any imaging center or mammography offering; if customers are unhappy or too anxious, they may not return for regular mammograms and certainly will not refer other customers. The mammography system that doctors choose is a key component of ensuring customer satisfaction and a successful practice.
Fischer Imaging's SenoScan is uniquely designed to maximize patient comfort and satisfaction, thanks to its larger, more comfortable field of view and low radiation dose. SenoScan's gently curved breast support and compression paddle cup the breast in a more natural position.
Fischer's Moseley explains how Fischer addresses the issue of patient comfort: "After image quality, lower dose and a larger field of view to accommodate more women comfortably are our primary concerns. SenoScan uses a unique curved breast support and compression paddle. We have heard from many patients that compression is more comfortable on a SenoScan than with other systems. We believe that comfort is important because not only does it ensure a better experience for the patient, but it also potentially increases patient compliance for regular screening."
SenoScan also has easier patient positioning than competitive systems. This reduces the total amount of time required for the procedurea key element in ensuring patient satisfaction.
Another key component in the patient's satisfaction is peace of mind that the image will be clear, accurate, and reliable, so that her doctor can be confident in his or her reading. In an era of increasing patient education and awareness, many patients are informed about differences between imaging systems and will request the highest resolution system. Physicians can rest assured that patients will be pleased to hear that they have chosen SenoScan, the highest resolution mammography system available today.
Dr. McFarland points out an additional benefit of Fischer's SenoScan; the system's 21 * 29 cm field of view and variable compression plates allow for imaging of any size breast. As he says, "The SenoScan allows for imaging of essentially all women, no matter what their breast size. Some women are big, and some women are very big. Some of the other units on the market cannot accommodate women with large breasts, and we haven't had that problem. If I weren't using SenoScan, I would have to turn away anywhere from 5% to 10% of our total number of patients each year. Since we image 6000 to 7000 patients each year, that's 600 to 700 women who would not be able to be imaged if it weren't for Fischer's SenoScan."
Fischer Imaging's SenoScan leads the digital mammography industry with the best image quality and the most patient satisfaction. The highest resolution and smallest pixel size available today combine to produce clear, high-quality images that physicians can read with accuracy and confidence. Patient-friendly design increases peace of mind and provides access to mammograms for women of all sizes, while reducing the radiation dose to patients and the discomfort of compression. The system's advanced, future-friendly platform will embrace future improvements in imaging technology cost-effectively, making it a wise investment for today and tomorrow. Fischer Imaging and SenoScan are leading the way toward the future of breast care: comprehensive, superior quality screening that is preferred by doctors, technicians, and patients everywhere.


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One way or the other, most of the major work of organisations is done through projects thus making project management a key competence of every effective organisation. Similarly projects get done through project members performing the various tasks that make part of their job (some which may be part of normal operations)
The main model for using IT by most organisations tends to be a host of locally installed applications on the users desktops to do things like word processing, project management, spreadsheets and personal efficiency etc. This model although it seems to be working is fraught with a lot of risk … ask the non-technical employee the pain of having their laptop crash:
- They loose access to their organized mail within the mail clients (especially since the vast majority of users tend to use POP rather than IMAP for mail access.
- All documents they created for the organization get lost especially seeing how 'good' we are at backing up on a regular basis.
- If employees are using Outlook or some variant to manage their addresses, tasks and todos … then a lost.
All of the above typically have the following consequences:
- The organisation either doesn't have an 'organisational memory' (i.e. a way for someone else to make use of a fact known by another person). This is particularly true when internal communication is not effective ( … like the US intelligence community having all information required to have seen the X-mas day attach coming). What results is islands of memory, typically stuck in different employees' heads and typically not available to the rest. The matter gets worse if that information is in an email or document which is typically not available if the person is sick or away or has left the organisation.
- The organisation is exposed high risk in the event that an employee's computer crashes. Without a proper backup solution in place that is rigorously followed (which is rarely the case, even amongst us IT professionals who KNOW better). If the employees have to backup to USB drives or CDs on their own, there is no telling what sensitive information will be conveyed via those media into hands/eyes that have no business seeing it.
My proposed solution? Enterprise software hosted on servers on the organisation's network that users can use through a web browser. Call it private 'Cloud Computing'. And of course you should see this coming … there a really excellent Free and Open Source solutions out there besides other terrific proprietary and commercial alternatives. So what are the advantages of this model?
- Financial Savings: Employees don't need fat applications installed on their computers, just a web browser. The licensing fees associated with those applications become a cost saving. Even if the applications are free, the support costs per user are also eliminated because the applications is hosted on a server. Furthermore, as we eliminate the need for applications installed on the employees' computer and most/all the work gets done in a web browser, organisations can further reduce their IT expenditure by moving to Linux on the desktop.
- Reduced Risk: When work is done inside a browser, on the organisation's servers AND the data is stored on those servers, backup can be automated and be regular. It can also be more appropriately secured.
- Employee and Organisational Effectiveness: Should an employee's computer crash, instead of waiting perhaps a 3 days for it to be repaired and her data restored, she can pick just about any computer with a browser and continue work from where they stopped … no downtime for the organisation, no frustrations to the employee.
- Organisational Memory: Together with established, explicit and well documented processes, I believe "organisational memory" is one of the pillars of operational effectiveness. The specific tool here is the wiki ….a unified place to document processes and projects, collaborate as well as store all 'living' documents about organisational standards and procedures. Putting a wiki in place creates the infrastructure for organisational memory (which is otherwise non-existend), making use of that memory is quite another matter.
So, what are some of the FOSS enterprise applications I think organisations could leverage? eGroupware is like a Swiss Army knife … comprising of a host of different applications from calendering, resource, task, knowledge and project management, as well as pop/imap mail within a browser, a wiki, polls and a website application. As is often the case one size doesn't fit all and some of the applications in eGroupware are great while others are terrible (Site Manager and the Wiki).
If you choose not to go take the one-size fits all approach, here are some great solutions I have come across.
- Collabtive/ProjectPier: For enterprise general (as opposed to specific such as software) project management, there are lots of applications in the FOSS community. ProjectPier is quite mature and simple while Collabtive is new, very innovative and seems to have the spotlight at the moment with a very beautiful AJAX interface.
- Tracks: Without doubt, the acknowledged best methodology for personal productivity management in the world is David Allen's GTD (Getting Things Done as laid out in a book of the same name). While GTD is NOT about technology but about methodolody, it helps a lot to have a great application to help with the methodology … current PIMs like Outlook fall short. How about one that can be put on a server with accounts for each employee? …. Tracks is IT.
- Mediawiki: What can I say that the success of Wikipedia (the fourth largest brand in the world) can't demonstrate better? How about the company's very own implementation of that? … this is the infrastructure for organisational memory.
- Etherpad: While Wiki's are good for asynchronous collaboration, sometimes what we need is really realtime collaboration. As an example, 3 people could sit at their computers and simultaneously write different parts of an article to the same document! (the review and correct it)…complete with version control. That's the brilliance of Etherpad.
Just a word of caution … "If you are going to put all of your eggs in one basket (ie all your apps and data in the server room) … by all means try to get a titanium basket lined with air-cushions". I'd hate to imagine the pain should that basket break or if some vermin gets into it.
Needed to make all this work for good and not just be technological tyranny and confusion is a CIO who actually 'gets it', one who continuously explores ways of integrating these technologies into the work processes of the organisation and provides employee training and on-going support especially to the non-technical employees. And it goes without saying that we also need employees who are willing to continuously explore more effective ways of doing their work. Now, how about that? Please I'll be glad if you share your experiences so we can all learn from them and contribute to making them better.


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> Throw away compatibility. If you keep the legacy API, you have no > incentive for change. I don't want MPI-3, I want MPI-light. We are > against a wall because the MPI spec was too rich and developers took the > lazy path. Inertia is a powerful thing. Billions of dollars have been invested in MPI codes. Changing that will not be easy (or cheap). This is not as simple as moving from vectors to distributed memory - there wasn't nearly as much accumulated code then (and, it hurt back then). > It's used because it's there, there is no other reason. If you don't > know who sends you what in a message passing application, then you > cannot get either performance or robustness. If really you cannot do > otherwise (and I don't believe that), you can always use unexpected > messages (post the receive after Probe()ing), That's ugly, but you get > what you deserved :-) That just isn't true. If I don't know how many messages I will get, or from whom, but I can bound it, then I should prepost those receives. This is particularly true in your standard physics code that runs for days and does thousands of time steps. (i.e. you can maintain a circular queue of these things). > If you don't use user-defined datatypes, then you don't need it and it > should not be there in the first place. It's a temptation, it's too > easy. No, there is no ways to implement them efficiently unless they are > regular, and this is what I am willing to keep: strided types with long > segments. Everything else leads to memory copies. The developer should > wipe his own bottom instead of asking the message passing interface to > work around bad data layout. Sending a column of blocs, yes, that's > regular stride and it makes a lot of sense. Sending non-contiguous > irregular structure ? As we used to say in France, $100 and a chocolate > bar with that ? The user should always expose as much opportunity for optimization as possible to the MPI layer. e.g. a load-store architecture like the X1 (not what I am advocating for MPI performance, mind you) could do excellent datatype processing. You would rather the user do the gather/scatter themselves to prohibit the MPI from being able to do it? Not that anyone uses irregular MPI datatypes because they were so bad for so long... but it would be nice if that were exposed to MPI. Keith
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