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Room to spare means moving or benefit cut (From Witney Gazette)
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Room to spare means moving or benefit cut
7:00pm Monday 30th September 2013 in News By Mark Taylor, Reporter. Please call me on (01865) 425411
RESIDENTS took to the streets, politicians protested in Whitehall – but nothing could stop the welfare reform which came to be labelled the bedroom tax.
In April, the Government cut the amount of benefit people could get if they were deemed to have a spare bedroom in their council or housing association home.
The policy meant council tenants lost between 14 and 25 per cent of their housing benefit if were seen to have spare rooms in their homes.
Now Oxford City Council is expected to ratify plans to bring its housing allocations policy in line with the Government's social sector size criteria.
It means children of different sexes could have to share a room until they are 10, and children of the same sex could have to share up to the age of 16.
The Government has argued that the policy will make better use of unused space in homes, but opponents have argued it will hit large families. As a result, people on benefits have had to budget, and some, such as Banbury single sum Tamsyn Moth, have been forced to move to a smaller home.
Miss Moth said she and her children Madison, six, and Harper, three, moved in April just before the changes came in. The 40-year-old downsized from her three-bedroom home in Bretch Hill to a two-bedroom home in Thornbury Place.
She said: "We took part in an exchange, but really were forced to move, and you feel really up in the air about it.
"Labour have said if they are the new Government they will scrap it, does that mean we all get to move back?
"That is why I won't vote to be honest — they are all full of hot air, making promises that they won't be able to keep.
"There are definitely people worse off than us though, we are further away from school but it has been easier to get around."
Miss Moth said the demands of childcare prevented her working full-time, but by working part-time she would suffer, and applied for housing benefit to cover her £105-a-week rent.
For Darren Belcher and his family, the bedroom tax became a harsh reality when his benefits were cut because he refused to move to a smaller home. Mr Belcher lives in Blackbird Leys with his wife Rachael and four children Kaya, 12, Charlotte, 11, Misty-Lee, nine and Darren, seven.
Under the bedroom tax legislation, Kaya and Charlotte should be sharing a room, as should Misty-Lee and Darren. But they refused to move to a smaller home, and had their housing benefit cut by 25 per cent because the Government considers that two of their bedrooms are spare.
Mr Belcher, 46, said: "I don't believe girls and boys should have to share when they get to that age.
"Two of them are coming up to teenagers, they shouldn't have to share a room.
"The council can't do anything about it; it's the Government's fault, but I've had it with the lot of them anyway."
Oxford's housing boss admitted facing a "moral dilemma" in forcing children of new council tenants to share rooms until they're well into their teens.
City executive member for housing Scott Seamons, has admitted the Government's removal of its spare room subsidy has forced the council's hand. The council's current policy says only children of mixed gender under the age of seven have to share a room.
Labour city councillor Mr Seamons said: "The moral dilemma for us is that we would be unwilling to place people in properties they would be unable to afford as a result of the bedroom tax.
"But at the same time, we don't agree with the position the Government is taking.
"When they get to nine or 10 years old, kids can be going through puberty, and we don't think it's acceptable that children of different sexes should have to share a room at that age."
Rose Hill and Donnington Advice Centre boss Carole Roberts said she was worried about the impact the policy would have.
She said: "If you've got children under the age of 10 you will usually only be allocated a two-bedroom house, but what happens when those children get over the age of 10, when they deserve their own rooms, but there aren't any available?
"I understand the council has to go along with the Government, but I think the whole thing is stupid.
"It's just going to lead to families being more cramped."
The council will also close its housing waiting list to people without a local link to Oxford, but Mr Seamons said this was just an extension of existing policies.
He said: "In the past we have always prioritised those with a local connection anyway. All we are doing is restricting the register.
"By allowing people who didn't live in Oxford onto the list originally didn't mean they had much of a chance of getting housed here anyway because the list is so long."
Concerns about the overall impact of the bedroom tax have been raised by academics and people affected by the change.
Fran Bennett, a senior research fellow with Oxford Institute of Social Policy in the university's Department of Social Policy and Intervention, said: "The council is in a really difficult position because of the policy itself, and it's quite difficult to see what they can do about it.
"I think the way in which the Government is tackling the deficit is particularly affecting low-income families and those with children, and this is partly to do with welfare reform."
She also raised concerns that benefits claimants would increasingly rely on "discretionary housing payments" to fill the gap between their benefits and high rents in the private sector.
Matthew Barber, Conservative leader of the Vale of White Horse District Council, said: "Yes, I do think it (the bedroom tax) is fair.
"In a lot of places like the Vale there is a huge pressure on the amount of housing stock available and the simple fact is there are people who can move to more appropriate properties which will in turn benefit everyone.
"We have found in the Vale that a number of people have downsized to somewhere more appropriate and it has worked for them.
"I don't think it will lose us votes; polling has showed that the majority of people are in favour of what the Government is doing with welfare reform."
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Wed, May 08, 2013 | 15:32 BST
UK children's unauthorized in-app purchases could total over £30m monthly
Unauthorized in-app purchases by British children charged to parents' accounts without their knowledge could total a whopping £30.9 million monthly according to a new study.
Tue, Apr 03, 2012 | 12:14 BST
Survey: 8-18 year-olds spend about an hour per day on games
The Kaiser Family Foundation has reported that an average 8-18 year-old American kid will spend 1 hour and 13 minutes a day playing video games compared to 4 hours and 29 minutes watching TV. The results are based on a sample of 2,000 families. The full thing's on Business Insider.
Wed, Mar 28, 2012 | 06:39 BST
Parents: everything you know about video games is wrong
We know gaming can be a healthy pastime for children, but many parents see it as an unnecessary evil. Scott Steinberg, author of The Modern Parent's Guide book series, hopes to redress the balance.
Mon, Jun 20, 2011 | 03:02 BST
Monday Shorts, overnight edition – Mario regrets, anniversaries, more
Over the weekend the news dries up and we are left with this kind of stuff. It's like popcorn – nutritionally empty and served in numerous tiny parcels – except you don't want any more.
Tue, Apr 05, 2011 | 01:16 BST
Study: Inappropriate games may give children the wrong message
Children who lack positive parenting and good relationships with peers may take anti-social messages away from age-inappropriate games, according to a recent study.
Thu, Mar 10, 2011 | 00:02 GMT
UK teacher dobs school kids in for illicit late night gaming
A concerned teacher has found extended late night gaming sessions are having a detrimental effect on his student's health and education, and contacted over 600 parents to alert them to the problem.
Tue, Dec 08, 2009 | 18:45 GMT
Common Sense Media lists games to avoid buying for your kids
Common Sense Media has released its annual list of 10 games parents should avoid purchasing, wrapping, and setting under the tree this year.
Titled "10 Cool Games That Are Uncool for Kids", the list offers "safe alternatives" for each title that is currently popular and not safe for children.
Here it is:
- Assassin's Creed (Mirror's Edge)
- Borderlands (Infamous)
- Brutal Legend (Ghostbusters)
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Battlefield: Bad Company)
- Dead Space: Extraction (Deadly Creatures)
- Dragon Age: Origins (Braid)
- Grand Theft Auto IV: The Ballad of Gay Tony (Batman: Arkham Asylum)
- Demon's Souls (Uncharted 2: Among Thieves)
- Left 4 Dead 2 (Overlord II)
- Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars (C.O.P.: The Recruit)
We wonder at the compilers' choice of Overlord II with all the baby seal bashing that goes on, but opinions are opinions, we reckon.
Via GamePolitics.

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i supose this is art related. this is a thread for readers that are interested in a story im writing. you can post comments, just make sure not to be insultive. and dont add to the story.
I never knew how big the world realy was. I had always stayed in the small town of lewiston. never realy planing on leaving. Im a sophomore at the local high school, Lewiston High. I was a orphan. My parent died when i was young so i was taken to a orphanage. I started living by myself once i turned 14. I never cared for anything, clubs and freinds were always something that were more of a bother then anything in my mind. Espetialy since no one wanted me to be there freind since i kept my hair so long, i hardly ever cut it since i never had enogh money to get it cut. lots of guys would mistake me for a girl, so ocasionaly i was asked out. yet once they found out i was a guy they would beet me up. every day i waited till i would finaly die from the daily beatings. Of course that was until i met him. The only person i ever liked or cared about...well not a person i should say...hes actualy a humanoid crocodile. i know it sounds off but he realy is. i didnt believe it at first eather. well i guess i should explain a little more in detail.
Chapter 1: The Fear of a Heart Beat
I never realy planed on doing anything after school. Once school was out i went straight to work. I had a job as a florist. i wasnt very good but then again i was making money so i must have been doing something right. After work i would go back to my apartment. i had no furniture, no t.v, nothing that you would see in a normal apartment. All i had was a minifridge, a blanket and pellow, and a small table lamp...ironic since i have no tables...that and a few cloths for school. on weekends i would go for jogs so i could keep up my appearance. My life wasnt all that simple. I was still at the bottom of the food chain when it comes to school. My life was nothing but a constant cycle of pain and sweat, not to mention i had a habit of not showing any emotions. The only emotions i knew where pain, sarrow, and little if any joy. Of course i only showed joy when i got a bonus at work. Yet i learned a new emotion at school one day, fear. There was a new student that transfered from another school a few weeks back. He was a towering jiant, he was also well built. I only saw him a few times, but it seems he had his eye on me. I had finished eating lunch, but as i turned he stood there with a rose. he handed to me and said "I know it must be hard for you hear this, but want to know if you'll be my girl?" i knew this type. the type of guy that thought he was all that. i told him "go away. im not a girl so no. now goodbye" i stood up and walked away, but he didnt. Once school ended i started my usual shortcut threw the woods, but i was followed. The exchange student and a couple others had followed me. i start to run as fast as i could. It was the first time i had ever be chased outside of school. I tryed to out run them, but my luck was cut short. once the got a hold of me they started beating me to a pulp. The exchange student saying"how dare you make a fool out of me you peice of crap!" He then started stomping on me only avoiding my face as not to show proof. Sudenly a noise came from a distance. i was so badly beaton that i couldnt move. They left me there once the noise came closer. I saw a blurd green object step in my sight. I then herd a warm and calming voice say "Its alright. Im here now." i sudenly felt my body being carried. My heart raced with this warm feeling. I first thought "whats going on? i...i dont understand this feeling...what is it?" I was scared of my own heart beat...how many can say they have. I never knew what that feeling was. All i knew at the time was that i enjoyed that feeling.
Chapter 2: Fateful Encounter
I awoke in a small brick room on a qween sized mattress. It seems that i was so badly beaten that i must have passed out. I sat up in the bed , seeing my sides and arms had been bandaged. Of course i first thought of my job and my homework. I suddenly heard foot steps from the door. The door slowly opened. Out came a large creature, at hirst glance it looked like a crocodile monster, all it wore was a pair of cargo shorts. I froze in my spot, my expression was still plain thoe. It suddenly walked over to me and put its clar like hand on my head and said "you shouldnt let others do that to you. you need to stand up to them, or at least avoid them." It then started to dandage my fore head. I think that was the first time someone had ever worried about me. My heart started racing again. Why was this...Creature...making me feel this way? I thought that it was trying to do something to me. But what i couldnt figure out was why it was keeping me alive. This thing must have been planing something wiith me. It then placed a plate of breed and water on the bed. it looked at me and said "you need to eat. If you want to get better yo have to eat." I was hesitant at first, but i relized i had not eatten dinner. The bread was satale and crumbly. the water seemed to be from bottled. it wasent the best meal...but it was probibly better for me then what they put in thoes T.V dinners. Once i finished he moved the plate off me. From the way it acted i asumed it wa a male. The creature looked at me and held his claw out and said "Nice to meet you, im Croc...well its what people yell at me anyways." I trimbled a little but i shoke his hand and said "I'm Al. Thank you for helping me." "no its nothing, i just did what anyone would do." "ya seems like im helped alot..." "I can relate. Many shoot first and ask questions never when they see me. I glade your not like one of thoes people." "heh heh ya i guess." suddenly i thought,
"shouldnt i be runing? not laughing at this thing attepts at freindship?" measly to say is was working. i sune found my self in a long conversation with Croc. It was the first time i had ever laughed since i was little. It was like a family moment you see in a christmas spetial. After we finished talking he stood me up and carried me to a manhole. we had aparently been in a unused underground bunker. he opened the hatch and said "You should probibly get back to your family." "...im actualy on my own..." "I-im sorry. i didnt mean to bring up bad memories." actualy...i was glade to have someone worry about me. Croc lifted me out of the hole and back onto the forest floor. He waved goodbye saying "Come and visit again ok!" I waved back at him and walked of with my bags. as i walked home my eyes teired up, i touched my face and looked at the tear with a blank expression. i said "I guess its going to rain. i better hurry home." Surprisingly...it was sunny for the rest of the day.
Chapter 3: Fever Freek
About 3 weeks had gone by since i first met Croc. I would usualy vist him on mondays and fridays. Over time i became great freinds with him. I was even starting to show more and more emotions. Of course when i was around Croc all i did was smile. Croc told me the many stories of his travels. Like how when he was younger he would sneak out at night and eat the sheep from farmers in Mexico. Or how he once had to hide in the nose of George Washington at Mt. Rushmore. I never asked about his early childhood thoe. I felt it would bring up bad memories. Everythings was going fine until one cold October day. I climbed down the latter to see Croc as i usualy did, but i found him on the floor of the kitchen next to a broken glass of water. I ran to his side and tried to get him up. I yelled "Croc! Croc! what happened!" as i turned him on his side he said "I-i dont know...i think i may have a cold is all..." I then remembered that Croc was a crocodile, and that since he was cold blooded that it may have been dangerous for him to live in shuch cold enviorments. I dragged him to his bed and put him under the covers. He looked up at me and said "im sorry i wasnt able to make you your tea." I looked at him and said "Just get better ok. im going to stay here and help you get you back to your old self. ok" I went to the kitchen and started making soup. i had never realy been good at cooking but if it was for Croc i would have done anything to help. I had tried to cook a best as i could but i was still causeing a hill of problems. I had taken the soup into his room after i asumed i made a good batch. Croc leaned up as i walked into the room. I layed the trey on his bedside. He lifted the bowel and siped. saying "...is this warm water?" I had one of thoes "im terible at everything i do" moments. he just smiled and contiued to eat his soup. I said "if theres anything you need ill be right here." he glanced over and looked at me. his scales slightly darker. he put the soup and trey on the table, then he wavered me over to him. As i got close to him he grabed my rm and threw me onto his bed. He then stood over me saying "you know...youre cute when your guards down." My heart raced. I didnt know what was happening. I thought that he was going to eat me or kill me, but then i remembered that it was Croc...and some how...i was fine if it was him who did it, but he didn't. Insted he moved closer to me. i yelled "g-get off of me!" I swung my hand with out relizing it. But he grabed my wrist before i hit him. he put his other hand bellow my right hand. He looked at me and said "You know you cant hurt me. now hold still." he then leaned in closer
to me. I tryed to look away but coudnt help but look at him. He leaned in closer and kissed me. I layed there motionless as he kissed me. his warm wet tounge pressing the inside of my mouth. i didnt know wether to enjoy it or push him away. Once he stoped he said "blushing quite alot for someone who doesnt want this." his smirk was different from his usual smirk. It seemed more devilish and evil. i said "a-are you even the real Croc!?" he smiled and moved up on me. he said "your just so....cute..." he seemed to have passed out on top of me. He was to heereavy for me to shove off, But all i could do was hold him. He shifted to his side and held me close. all i wanted to do was stay there in his arms, but i had to come back to reality. I finaly managed to slip out of his grip. Once i did i tried to run, but once i did, i finally relized what kind of trap i was in.
Chapter 4: Define Love
A week had passed after the inciident with Croc. I didn't know whaat to do. almost every day i worried that his cold got worse. That he had gone and died. I also couldn't stop thinking about the kiss. it plaged my mind each moment i thought of Croc. It was my first kiss, and he stole it from me. Yet i didnt know how to feel about that. Should i have been upset or happy? I was still trying to understand emotions. They were irritating, they kept causing me pain and plesure. I decided to go to the school library. I asked for a book on emotions. The only thing i got was a series of definitions which wern't very clear. I then chose to go to the public library to see if they had anything. I asked the librarian if there were any books on emotioms. Unfortunately i somehow ended up in the romance novel section, but since i was there a got a book called "New Love". The book was a story about two people who felt like they could never be together. I only managed to read the first chapter. Since i didn't finish reading it i checked it out. Thoe while i was at the counter the librarian gave me a odd look. She said "Young lady i dont know if this is you kind of book." I gave my usualsigh and said "I'm not a woman. I'm a guy." She blushed and said "oh...Now i see." Before i left i thought she had gone senile. I started my walk home home, but since it was faster to go threw the woods i decided it would be best to visit Croc. I walked over to the manhole sized door and opeaned it. Each step down the latter felt heveier ,and heveier. Once i hit the floor i slowly walked into the living room. I saw Croc on the couch pssed out and smelling of liquor, and with a glass of whisky on the table. It looked to me as thoe he had been drinking nighty since i left. I walked over to the sleeping gator and rubbed his head. The side of his face was warm and wet with tears. I hadn't seen him in almost three weeks. All i could do was look at him in his sleep. My eyes moved across his body, looking at the detail of each scale. i also remembered how warm he actualy felt. I always found it odd that he was so warm even for a reptile, but i also thought of it as cute in a way. My eyes started the droop agenst my will. Before i knew it i had fallen asleep on top of him. That night i felt my body heat up even im my sleep. This was also the first time i had drempt, and all i remember was that it was a good dream.
Chapter 5: Welcome Home
The morning came without notice. The sound of birds chirping and the trees swaying in the wind. I opened my eyes to the sight of Croc's wicked grin. I sprung up at the sight of it. He stayed down and said "good morning to you too. I Didn't expect to see you again after last time..." His eyes turned to the side as he said it thoe.I felt compeled to tell him how i felt about what had happened. but i decided to get off of him first. As i moved off him he leaned up put his hand on my sholder. I turned and looked at him. He said "Al...i know its a bit hard for you to see me. I take up alot of your working and study time." "No!...I mean no. Im fine. I-I can work my hours and study." "Well... I... I want you to live here with me. You know. So its easyer for you to see me and you can even get to work and school faster." I stood there thinking of all the thing that could happen if i said yes, even the sound of yes to his question would have felt like a christmas holiday to me. Instead, i ended up saying "I...I'll think about it." It may not have been what he wanted to hear, But the look of hope in his eyes was enough for the both of us. I picked up my bags and walked over to the hatch. Before i left he said "Have a good day at school." i looked back and said "I'll try." I climbed the latter and closed the hatch on my way out. The rest of the day i delt with more comments on my features and looks. Afterwords i went to work. My manager walked over and said "Al...are you in love?" i droped a plastic vase at the question. I said "What?" "Well your designs with the flowers are alot more...emotional, then usual." "There the same way i've made them." "No no no. You can't pull wool over my eyes Al." I sighed and looked away. the manager just kept bothering me about it all day by asking questions like "So whos the lucky guy or gal? Whats there name? Are they cute?" By the end of the day i went back to my appartment and layed in my so called bed. I thought about the managers words and questions. I thought about Croc and compared him to all the things that the manager asked men. Sure he was cute, handsome, nice, and very smart. But could i really be in love with him? In love with Croc? No i couldn't be, but if i wanted to be sure then i would have to be with him more. I decided to pack my bags and things to go live with Croc. I made my way to the shelter and opened he hatch. As i caried my bags down i heard Croc say "Im glade you decided to stay with me." I turned to see his smiling face. He carried my bags and put them next to a shelf of rations. I layed on the couch and coved myself with my blanket. Before i could even close my eyes Croc lifted me up and carried me to his bed room. "Oh no. Your sleeping with me." "wh-what!?" "It's to cold for me to sleep alone. So your gonna sleep with me ok." I didn't really see a reason not to. It was winter so he realy did need me i supose. He laid me in the bed, it felt nice to lay on something that wasnt just a carpet on a hard floor. Then he got in the bed with me. At first i was focused on the soft bed, But then i relized he had taken his shorts off. He had fallen to sleep the second he got in the bed. As for me i had troble coping with the feeling of Croc's body agenst mine, But then i felt him pull me closer and his arms close around me. The feeling in chest from before returned. This feeling was what closed my eyes and sung me to sleep. This feeling...Could it have been love?


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Goal Accomplished!!!! - Stacia Naquin
Updated: 2:48 PM - I finally did my pull up!!! It was a New Year's Resolution that took me ALL YEAR! But I did it.
Nearly one year after the deadly Listeria outbreak, a new crop of Rocky Ford cantaloupes are back on the shelves of Colorado grocery stores. King Soopers received their first shipment of cantaloupes Friday morning.
The outbreak sickened hundreds and killed at least thirty people. The outbreak was traced to Jensen Farms and it is still fresh on a lot of peoples mind.
"I was shocked at first I couldn't believe it after all these years of buying it," Jeanie Holzwarth said.
It even has some people skipping past that section of the produce aisle all together.
"Well I used to eat them a lot until last year. Now I stopped eating it," Richard Blummer explained.
While others plan to pick up this years cantaloupe but say they'll take extra precautions.
"I'm just going to make sure I wash them very well and scrub them down," Rosalyn Mitchell said.
11 News talked with Michael Hirakata, co-owner of Hirakata farms in Rocky Ford about the steps they take with their cantaloupe to ensure safety from the field to the packing plant.
"We're doing and taking every major precaution possible to ensure the safest product."
Hirakata says the cantaloupe first go through a shower rinse.
"We test our water and make sure the water is bacteria free," Hirakata explained.
The melons then go through soap antimicrobial, which kills bacteria, a final rinse and then they're placed in coolers. Hirakata says they also have two USDA audit inspections.
Although it's only their second day of harvest, Hirakata is hoping last years bacteria outbreak on the Jensen farm will not affect this years sales.
"Is it in the back of my mind, yes but it's hard to say because we just started, we have a very light volume right now so time will tell."
Although Jensen Farms used the Rocky Ford name in its brand, it was never part of the Rocky Ford Growers Association. The RFGA wants to remind customers to always rinse your cantaloupe under running water just before cutting it and to scrub the rind and cut it with a clean knife.
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Abstract: This paper is located in the field of actuarial professional education. It draws on current literature and empirical evidence to argue the need for developing generic 'normative' capabilities and values in the actuarial profession. The paper examines three themes of normative education for actuaries—the intended purpose of an education programme, the range of capabilities and values to be developed and educational 'best practice'. A literature review of normative education in various professions provided a theoretical framework for data analysis, and for making recommendations. Data were collected from three sources: interviews with stakeholders; documentary evidence regarding current education of actuaries and accountants; and advertisements for employment of nearly or newly qualified actuaries. The paper draws on the literature and the empirical evidence to argue that the purpose of an actuarial education programme is to ensure the delivery of a service of quality. For this delivery to be achieved, attention must be given to technical, normative and organisational learning. The paper then reviews normative capabilities and values for actuaries. Thereafter, educational considerations for the development of normative capabilities and values are discussed. The paper concludes by drawing on the study to outline principles to guide curriculum planning for the normative component of the new South African actuarial qualification. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10566/91 Files in this item: 1
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Abstract: This paper presents a model for what is termed Lifelong Professionalisation Learning for actuaries. The model is grounded on the proposition that professions are dynamic, offering the public varying quantities and qualities of professional aspects over time. The overall curriculum for the model is derived by ordering these aspects into cognitive, normative and organisational strands. Different aspects of the curriculum need to be addressed at the different stages of an actuary's career. Delivery of the curriculum may take many forms, and should be planned by national actuarial associations under the guidance of an education expert. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10566/58 Files in this item: 1
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Suspect in Colorado shooting identified
Chief: Massacre trap targeted officers
AURORA, Colo. (AP) — The Aurora police chief says the suspect in the movie theater shooting set up booby traps in his apartment specifically to kill a police officer who might have opened the door.
Photos: Mass shooting at Colo. movie theater
Chief Dan Oates says "we sure as hell are angry" at that.
At a Saturday news conference, he also tried to head off a mental incompetence defense by saying suspect James Holmes was deliberate and calculating in receiving numerous commercial deliveries to his home and workplace over the past four months. He says that explains all the ammunition Holmes had.
Oates says the major threat has been removed from the apartment, but an FBI agent says some dangers still remains, though families should be allowed back into their apartments by Sunday.
Bomb techs disarm traps in Holmes' home
AURORA, Colo. (AP) — Authorities on Saturday began disarming trip wires and explosive devices "set up to kill" inside the apartment of the suspect in the deadly Colorado movie theater shooting, hoping to find clues to his motive without destroying key evidence in a blast.
Federal authorities detonated one small explosive and disarmed another inside James Holmes' suburban Denver apartment, including one that emits a shock wave and water, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press.
The official spoke on condition of anonymity, citing the ongoing investigation into the shooting rampage that killed 12 people and wounded 58.
Holmes' apartment appears to have three types of explosives — jars filled with accelerants, chemicals that would explode when mixed together and more than 30 "improvised grenades," the official said.
Makeshift memorials sprang up for the victims, including a 6-year-old girl, an aspiring sportscaster and a man celebrating his 27th birthday, after police grimly went door to door with a list of those killed in the worst mass shooting in recent U.S. history.
Holmes, 24, was arrested early Friday outside the Aurora theater after witnesses say he unleashed gunfire and gas canisters on a crowd of moviegoers watching the midnight showing of the new Batman film, "The Dark Knight Rises."
The devices in Holmes' booby-trapped apartment were "set up to kill that person and that could have been a police officer executing a search warrant," Aurora police Sgt. Cassidee Carlson said.
Police planned an intricate procedure to disarm the possible weapons without destroying evidence that could be in the apartment.
"We don't want to lose evidential value," Carlson said.
Federal officials said in a bulletin obtained by The Associated Press that they still hadn't determined a motive for the suspect as families grieved and others waited at hospitals, where seven of the wounded remained in critical condition on Saturday.
Massacre motive, explosives occupy cops
AURORA, Colo. (AP) — Investigators looking for clues to the motive behind a deadly shooting rampage inside a movie theater sought once again Saturday to enter the suspect's elaborately booby trapped apartment, warning it may mean removing trip wires that could detonate the explosives, as the Denver suburb grieved for the dozens of victims.
The FBI and Homeland Security Department said there was no information indicating more shooting sprees were planned at movie theaters around the country, according to an intelligence bulletin obtained by The Associated Press.
(Update 10:45 a.m. MDT: Bomb technicians have successfully disarmed the first trip wire in the suspect's apartment and said it was rigged to explosives intended to kill whoever opened the door. Additional trip wires remain, and authorities are assessing their next move.)
Twelve people were killed and 58 were injured in the attack early Friday at the packed Aurora theater outside Denver. A few of those suffered injuries not by gunfire but in the chaos that ensued as the audience tried to flee the smoke-filled theater in a panicked dash for the doors, authorities said. Among the wounded, 11 were listed in critical condition.
After the shooting, police arrested James Holmes, 24, and determined his nearby apartment had been booby trapped, then ordered residents in the building and surrounding homes to evacuate.
Scores of law enforcement officials, including local bomb squad technicians and dozens of federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives agents gathered again at the apartment Saturday and planned to enter.
"It's safe right now with the evacuations so we don't want to rush anything," said Aurora police Sgt. Cassidee Carlson.
The apartment contains trip wires and jars that may contain accelerants, she said, noting authorities may be forced to detonate the explosives, which could cause a loud boom and a fire.
It remained unclear Saturday what drove the suspect to fire round after round at the unsuspecting audience watching "The Dark Knight Rises." Aurora Police Chief Dan Oates said Holmes used a military-style semi-automatic rifle, a shotgun and a pistol that he had bought at local gun stores within the last two months. He also recently purchased 6,000 rounds of ammunition over the Internet, the chief said.
The suspect's stellar academic record, apparent shy demeanor and lack of a criminal background made the attack even more difficult to fathom.
It also wasn't known why the suspect chose a movie theater to stage the assault, or whether he intended some twisted, symbolic link to the film's violent scenes.
A federal law enforcement official said Holmes bought a ticket to "The Dark Knight Rises," went into the theater as part of the crowd and propped open an exit door as the movie was playing. The suspect then donned protective ballistic gear and opened fire, the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the investigation.
Authorities said Holmes shot scores of people, picking off victims who tried to flee. At least one person was struck in an adjacent theater by gunfire that went through the wall. Adding to the terror and chaos were two gas canisters thrown by the suspect that filled the theater with smoke.
Techno music blared as massacre began
AURORA, Colo. (AP) — Colorado firefighters are monitoring an apartment building for gases in an effort to determine what chemicals one of its residents might have used to booby trap the place — in case the materials go off, authorities said Friday.
The resident, James Holmes, 24, is the suspect in a mass shooting early Friday at a movie theater about four miles away.
"It's a pretty extensive booby trap. We're not sure what it's attached to. There are trip wires. There are three containers and we don't know what's inside," said Chris Henderson, deputy Aurora fire chief.
If there is a detonation that causes a fire, firefighters will fight it from the outside of the building, he said.
The building and several around it have been evacuated.
Kaitlyn Fonzi, 20, a graduate student at University Hospital, said she lives in the apartment below that of the suspect.
About midnight, Fonzi said she heard techno-like, deep-based reverberating music coming from that unit apartment. She went upstairs to the suspect's place and put her hand on the door handle. She felt it was unlocked, but she didn't know if he was there and decided not to confront him.
"I yelled out and told him I was going to call the cops and went back to my apartment," she said.
Fonzi called police, who told her they were busy with a shooting and did not have time to respond to a noise disturbance. She said she was surprised to learn later that the apartment was booby trapped and was shaken by the news.
"I'm concerned if I had opened the door, I would have set it off," she said.
Fonzi said she had seen the man one or two times before but never talked with him.
She said she believes the music was on a timer because it started about the time of the shootings.
Police have searched apartments and broken out windows at the building, but Fonzi said she doesn't know the condition of her apartment or car.
When asked about plans to possibly try to detonate the device with a robot, she said, "It's not ideal situation, but if that has to be done to keep safe, then it has to be done."
University of Colorado pharmacy student Ben Lung, 27, who lives two floors down from the suspect, said he and other residents were evacuated around 2 a.m. by armed SWAT officers armed with rifles.
"I heard a loud crash. It sounded like an air conditioner falling to the ground. About 10 minutes later, I heard police knock on my door. Police were armed with assault rifles and they brought us outside the apartment building and started questioning us," Lung said.
Lung said a few residents upstairs had called police around midnight and complained about loud music coming from the suspect's apartment.
Michelle Thuis, 26, who lives in an apartment near the entrance to the building, said police woke her up when they stormed in around 2:30 a.m.
"I heard them breaking down the front door. I called the police on them, then I looked out and saw it was the police," she said.
Thuis described the building as quiet and populated largely by students and doctors affiliated with a nearby University of Colorado Denver medical campus.
The American Red Cross set up a shelter at Aurora Central High School for people evacuated from their residences because of the police search and monitoring.
Source: Movie shooter got guns locally
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal law enforcement official says the four weapons recovered in the deadly movie shootings were all purchased by the suspect from retail gun stores in Colorado in the last two months.
James Holmes bought one of the four guns -- the first of two Glock pistols -- on May 22 at Gander Mountain in Aurora, according to the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the probe into the shootings is ongoing.
The official also said that on May 28, Holmes purchased the shotgun used in the shootings from Bass Pro Shops in Denver, and that on June 7, Holmes bought the AR-15 assault rifle used in the attacks at a Gander Mountain store in Thornton, Colo.
On July 6, according to the official, Holmes returned to the Bass Pro Shops store in Denver and bought the other Glock pistol.
A second federal law enforcement official says Holmes had a high capacity ammunition clip in the assault rifle.
AP: Gunman's apartment booby-trapped
Police say the apartment of the suspect in a mass shooting at a Denver-area movie theater is booby trapped, so they've evacuated five surrounding buildings.
Aurora Police Chief Dan Oates says bomb technicians are determining how to disarm flammable or explosive material in the third-floor apartment. He says police could be there some time.
Oates says pictures from inside the apartment are fairly disturbing and the devices look to be sophisticated.
FBI agents and police used a hook and ladder fire truck and put a camera at the end of 12-foot pole inside the apartment where 24-year-old James Holmes lives.
The apartment is about four miles from the theater where at least 12 people were killed and 50 were wounded.
Aurora police: Officers on scene in 60-90 seconds
The police chief in the Denver suburb where a gunman shot 71 people says the suspect was arrested soon after officers arrived.
Aurora Police Chief Dan Oates says hundreds of calls came in starting at 12:39 a.m. MDT Friday and officers were on the scene within 60 to 90 seconds.
He says 24-year-old James Holmes was taken into custody at his white Hyundai parked in back of the theater.
Oates says eventually, 200 officers responded.
The chief says officers found an AR-15 assault rifle — the civilian form of the M-16 — a Remington 12-guage shotgun and a .40-caliber Glock handgun in the theater and another identical handgun in the car. Oates says the gunman set off two devices to distract the crowd that released a smoke or an irritant.
AP Source: Suspect bought ticket to movie
A U.S. official says the suspect in Friday's shootings inside a Colorado movie theater bought a ticket to the midnight showing of the latest Batman movie and went into the theater as part of the crowd.
A federal law enforcement official said suspect James Holmes is believed to have propped open an exit door in the theater as the movie was playing, donned protective ballistic gear and opened fire. The official spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the ongoing investigation.
Police in Aurora, Colo., said Holmes fired at least 71 shots and killed at least 12 people. Police said he had an AR-15 assault rifle, a shotgun, and two .40-caliber Glock handguns. Holmes is also believed to have hurled a gas canister into the theater before opening fire.
AP Source: Suspect in Colo. shootings had 4 guns
The suspect in the deadly shootings in Colorado had an AR-15 assault rifle, a shotgun and two Glock pistols.
A federal law enforcement official says the suspect, identified by other federal law enforcement officials as James Holmes, also hurled a gas canister in the attack in a movie theater in the Denver suburb of Aurora, Colo. The official spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the ongoing investigation.
Officials believe Holmes killed a dozen people when he open fired in the crowded theater. He was wearing a gas mask during the attack.
Investigators from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, along with other local, state and federal law enforcement officials, are investigating the overnight attack.
Colo. suspect in doctoral program, not med school
The suspect in a mass shooting at a Colorado movie theater was in a doctoral program but was not in medical school.
Spokeswoman Jacque Montgomery says 24-year-old James Holmes was studying neuroscience in a Ph.D. program at the University of Colorado-Denver graduate school. University officials earlier said he was a student at the university's medical school.
Montgomery says Holmes enrolled in the program in June 2011 and was in the process of withdrawing.
Authorities say Holmes fired into a crowded movie theater in the Denver suburb of Aurora while wearing a gas mask.
Holmes graduated from high school in the San Diego area. He's in police custody, and the FBI says there is no indication the attack is tied to any terrorist groups.
Calif. neighbor of Colo. suspect says he was shy
A man who lives next door to the California family of a man suspected of shooting dozens of people at a Colorado movie theater says he was a loner.
Tom Mai is a retired electrical engineer who is neighbors with the family of 24-year-old James Holmes on a quiet, well-to-do San Diego street of two story homes with red tile roofs.
Mai says he said hello to Holmes once in a while but seemed to be shy.
Mai says the family lived there about 10 years. The mother is a nurse and the father is a manager at a software company. The suspect has a younger sister.
Mai says the mother told him Holmes couldn't find a job after earning a master's degree from a public university in California.
Witness tried to keep door closed on Colo. gunman
One of the people fleeing a mass shooting at a midnight screening of "The Dark Knight Rises" at a Denver-area movie theater says he tried to shut the door on the suspected gunman.
Twenty-three-year-old Eric Hunter says he and his friends made their way to an exit door after seeing smoke and hearing shots during the movie.
When they opened the door, Hunter says they saw two teenage girls — one of whom had been shot in the mouth.
Hunter says he was about to close the door when he saw the shooter, dressed in a bullet-proof vest and a gas mask, approaching.
Hunter says he held the door closed and the gunman banged on it for about 10 seconds
Afraid that the shooter would start firing through the door, Hunter says he let it go and managed to get out of the theater.
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Posts tagged I kid you not
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"All the Universe is full of the life of perfect creatures. "
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Konstantin_Eduardovich_TsiolkovskyThe day war broke out, my Missus said to me – she looked at me and she said, "What good are you?"
i bet i hαve αn αmαzing beαrd in this movie
"Our speech has ceased to speak, it shouts; it says cute, not beautiful, colossal, not great; it cannot find the right word any more, because the word is no longer the designation of an object, but the echo of some kind of gossip about the object."
That movie would be a navel-gazing, postmodernist piece of shit.
"It's a thing. It does stuff."
oh my god
The deva asked,
What causes ruin in the world?
What breaks off friendships?
What is the most violent fever?
Who is the best physician?"
The Blessed One replied,
Ruin in the world is caused by ignorance;
friendships are broken off by envy and selfishness;
the most violent fever is hatred;
the best physician is the Buddha.well i'd watch that
"Si quelqu'un veut un mouton, c'est la preuve qu'il en existe un. (If somebody wants a sheep, that is a proof that one exists.)"
My life, in French? YES. YES YES YES YES YES.
"But the homosexual and abortion lobbies are evil twins with the same agenda. Both want the freedom to commit illicit sex without physical or moral consequences."
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You never know what you're going to find, Jeff Hartman says, when you start mucking around in a building that was erected in 1922.
In the case of the Atlas Life Building -- which Hartman's company, Broken Arrow-based SJS Hospitality, has been remodeling into the new Courtyard by Marriott-Tulsa Downtown -- there weren't too many surprises, other than its remarkable sturdiness, he said.
"It was built like a mountain," Hartman said of the historic structure at 415 S. Boston Ave. "So solid. Some of the walls in the basement and first floor are three feet thick. It's not going anywhere."
When SJS broke ground on the $15.2 million project in March 2009, Hartman had no way of knowing how challenging the renovation would be. He had opened three hotels previously, but all those were new, free-standing buildings. This was to be his first remodel -- a historic one, at that. So when he set an anticipated opening date of late May 2010, Hartman wasn't entirely confident things would come together that quickly.
He needn't have worried. The Courtyard by Marriott-Tulsa Downtown will open as planned on June 1.
"We set that target date over a year ago, and we're coming in under budget," Hartman said proudly after providing a tour of the new hotel last week.
As construction crews put the finishing touches on the project, moving contemporary furniture into the guest rooms and installing new, state-of-the-art appliances, Hartman talked about what his hotel's 119 new rooms will mean to downtown.
"We feel the market is there for the kind of hotel we've built," he said. "Is there all of the sudden going to be a 10 percent higher demand (for rooms) downtown? No, but we're going to get there.
"We need more high-quality, branded hotels; although we do have a number of boutique hotels," he said. "To be a boutique hotel and carry a name means a lot. There was no Marriott brand in downtown Tulsa."
The new Courtyard by Marriott will serve as the flagship hotel for SJS, which also operates a Candlewood Suites, a Holiday Inn Express & Suites and a Marriott TownPlace Suites. Hartman hopes the new hotel will be particularly attractive to touring entertainment companies that book extended runs at the nearby Performing Arts Center, and he's already had conversations with PAC officials toward that end.
One feature of the new hotel that is likely to make it attractive to those groups, Hartman believes, is its historic seventh floor, which has been restored, leaving its gray marble floors and walls, hard plaster ceilings and wooden baseboards intact. Elevator passengers would need a special key to access the floor when all its rooms are rented to one group, he said, contributing to a greater sense of security.
The floor features nine guest rooms, a boardroom and the Atlas Suite, a two-bedroom suite with a living room and dining room that overlooks Boston Avenue and the iconic Atlas Life neon sign. The building's recently earned listing on the National Register of Historic Places dictated that the floor's original frosted glass doors be retained -- a major challenge from guest security and key card entry perspectives.
The hotel lobby is located on the second floor, with the reception desk featuring a modern, open design. The entire west end of the floor is intended to serve as a gathering spot for hotel guests, with the Bistro Bar, open for breakfast and dinner with a full bar; a library that features an inventory of 25 percent local subject matter; three "media pods," which are private booths, each with a 20-inch television; a home theater center; an eight-chair, marble-top communal table; a business center; complimentary wireless Internet service; and a "Go Board," a large, LED touch-screen operated computer with a data base of local attractions that also permits guests the opportunity to print airline boarding passes. Outlets can be found throughout the space for guests who need to recharge their laptop computers or cellular phones.
All those features are designed to promote social interaction, which Marriott's marketing studies have revealed is something that appeals to guests from generations X and Y, Hartman said.
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Guest rooms throughout the hotel received new interior storm windows, while the original outer windows were retained -- another requirement that went along with the building's historic status.
The first floor of the building -- home to the Atlas Grill, the Courtyard Deli and the Tulsa Press Club -- has remained largely intact, though it has been spruced up. A new addition will be a downtown office for the Tulsa Historical Society, which will showcase the history of the building and offer Tulsa memorabilia for sale.
Hartman said three other spaces on the first floor will be available for lease soon. One is 1,000 square feet, while the other two are 450-square-foot spaces. He said he intends to begin actively seeking tenants for those spaces within 30 days of the hotel's opening, and he hopes to land such businesses as a travel agency or day spa -- "Services that match up with the hospitality industry," he said.
The building does not have its own parking garage, but valet parking will be available, Hartman said. Guests who wish to park their own cars will be directed to nearby lots or garages.
A 1920s-themed grand opening celebration is planned for Aug. 19. Hartman hopes the smooth ride the property experienced through its renovation continues through its new life as a hotel.
"I think it really worked out the way we intended it to two years ago," he said. "Would I do it again? Yes."
All he'll have to do is find another historic building. But with all the space available downtown these days, that should be something an entrepreneur like Hartman should welcome.
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The theme of the 83rd Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of theRadiological Society of North America (RSNA), held at McCormick Place inDecember 1997, was "critical pathways." The Eugene P. Pendergrass NewHorizons Lecture gave an idea of where some of those critical pathways may leadas radiology enters the next century. ln "Medical lmaging in the NewMillennium," Bruce J. Hillman, MD, of the University of Virginia HealthSciences Center (Charlottesville, VA) predicted dramatic changes in the scopeof medical imaging.
Advances in genetics, cellular engineering, and pharmacogenetics will opennew worlds to radiology. "Very soon, radiologists must find ways to useinformation technology to integrate imaging data with new information in theseareas and place the results in a functional context," said Dr. Hillman."This will allow us to participate in the new style of interdisciplinarymolecular medicine. Our residents are ill-prepared to work in this environment,so we must train them and retrain ourselves. We must be more collaborative andfocus in on the biological and physical foundations underlying the radiologicimages," he explained.
Just as biomedical advances are changing the practice of radiology,electronic advances are moving ahead with lightning speed. Computers aregetting smaller and more powerful, leading to numerous innovations in medicalimaging. PC power.
The personal computer (PC) is becoming a more and more useful tool forvarious radiology applications. The small upstart companies at the RSNA canoffer more powerful radiology products every time Microsoft, Intel, or Netscapeupgrade the "off-the-shelf" technologies used in today's medicalimaging devices.
There's a new type of e-mail that enables the recipient to download,display, manipulate, and transmit annotated radiology studies-essentiallyturning any PC into a medical imaging workstation. According to Medweb (SanFrancisco), the Medweb E-Mail Plug-in is free to facilities that buy the Medwebserver. "Because our plug-in is very small and costs nothing, physicianscan include a copy of the software in their e-mail," said Berta Hyken ofMedweb. They can send that e-mail to any consultant worldwide who has aninternet browser (specifically Netscape Navigator, Microsoft Explorer, or LotusNotes). The consultant can then annotate selected studies, includevoice-dictated and/or written comments, and e-mail the study back to thesender.
The E-Mail Plug-in (an investigational device pending FDA clearance)includes more than 40 image viewing and manipulation tools, such as pan, zoom,digital edge enhancement, window/level, interactive window/level, magnify,flip, rotate, measure, arrow annotation, and a freehand annotation pencil. TheMedweb server with wavelet compression, "typically saves users $50,000 perworkstation," said Ms. Hyken.
Perception Ultrasound (Issaquah, WA) offers the 5000, a PC-based ultrasoundscanner, recently cleared by the FDA for marketing.
It's the first general-use ultrasound system using the Windows® NToperating system, explained Martin E. Doyle, chairman and CEO of Perception, acompany established in 1993 by several ultrasound engineers. The system usesIntel hardware and Microsoft software that generates "'virtual knobs' thatcontrol the ultrasound image, unlike traditional scanners that arehardware-based and sometimes use dozens of knobs, levers, and switches,"explained Mr. Doyle.
Applications for the ultrasound system include obstetrics/gynecology,vascular imaging, urology studies, and family practice and emergency-roomimaging. According to Perception, the average system cost is approximately$40,000. Combined with the PC, the Perception ultrasound scanner becomes a"virtual console" that can store up to 5,000 patient files. With astandard modem, ultrasound images can be sent from the scanner via internet,e-mail, or local area networks.
"We told one radiologist that, with our system, he could networkultrasound scanners in various hospital departments for about $72,000. Theclosest quote he got from other ultrasound manufacturers for the same setup was$350,000," said Mr. Doyle.
At RSNA 1994, DICOM (Digital Imaging and COmmunications in Medicine), thestandard for electronic image data transfer, made a big splash; 39 exhibitorssaid they were linked on RSNAnet, a network located at McCormick Place, with anarchive of 128 sets of images that could be retrieved from a server. At RSNA1997, however, some attendees were disillusioned with how DICOM has evolved.There is too much room left for individual interpretation, and today two"DICOM-conformant" devices may still need a little extra help tocommunicate.
"We've actually built DICOM-to-DICOM gateways betweendevices," said Wayne DeJarnette, PhD, president of DeJarnette ResearchSystems (Towson, MD). "When investing in PACS, it's 'buyer beware' whenyou hear that components are DICOM-conformant," he added. The electronicgateways and interfaces are the key components that determine the success of aPACS, noted Dr. DeJarnette. His company is now providing PACS components toPicker.
DeJarnette Research Systems also is expanding its role in PACS with a newline of imaging display stations, now in joint development with ColumbiaScientific, Inc., a company known for reconstructive and dental implantsimulation and surgery-planning software.
"While other manufacturers are struggling to convert their existingimaging systems over to DICOM, Hitachi chose to start with a totally compliantplatform," said Gary Enos, general manager for Hitachi's nuclear medicinedivision. The SPECTRADigital 300SS, a nuclear data and image processing system,is configured with Hewlett Packard's open-architecture UNIX RISC workstation.Hitachi is a member of the Andover Working Group, a consortium of medicalmanufacturers that reviews HL7-DICOM communication protocols for radiologyinformation systems (RIS), hospital information systems (HIS), and centralinformation systems (CIS).
The Eastman Kodak Company (Rochester, NY) introduced the Kodak DigitalScienceTM medical image manager 100, a hardware/software package that enablesmedical images from non-DICOM-compliant equipment to be routed toDICOM-compliant workstations and archives. The package also provides aninterface to RIS and HIS, allowing patient demographic data to be linked withradiology images before those images are sent to archives and workstations.This package provides a convenient, low-cost means of linking any medicalimaging device to a DICOM-compliant network. It's ideal for devices that cannotbe upgraded to DICOM compliancy, or for devices where such upgrades arecost-prohibitive," said Mike Cullinan of Kodak.
Fuji Medical Systems (Stamford, CT) is developing an"enterprise-wide" image management and information system, theSynapseTM, designed to "expand the definition and functionality ofPACS," announced the company. "Enterprise-wide" is the term usedtoday to describe a system that encompasses the whole hospital or institution,beyond the radiology department. The first components of the system will becomputed radiography (CR) workstations, based on a Windows NT platform and openarchitecture that uses "cost-effective, off-the-shelf" hardware. Theworkstations will feature "native DICOM output," and some will bedesigned for upgrades to "full multimodality functionality,"according to Fuji.
Per-Sé Technologies (Atlanta) introduced a new radiology informationsystem (RIS) that includes a "web-enabled report browser that givesreferring physicians access to reports from anywhere, any time, withoutinstalling or maintaining software," according to the company. ProgRIS 98also allows for simultaneous viewing of images and report text, as well astwo-way communication with PACS (picture archiving and communication systems)to support tracking of complete film histories, both digital and on hard copy.Other features of ProgRIS 98 include electronic signature, automatic reportrouting, and voice recognition integration.
NEC Technologies, Inc. (Itasca, IL) introduced its 14.1" MultiSync®LCD400VTM, an active-matrix, thin-film transistor (AM-TFT) flat-panel monitor,with an estimated street price of $1998. The total depth of the monitor is6.6", making the monitor well suited for radiology environments with spaceand weight limitations. Access patient records with fingerprint scan. Inaddition, NEC demonstrated Positive IDentification, a technology that usesfingerprints to speed patient registration. When a patient places a thumb onthe fingerprint scanner, any file from a previous visit is brought up on thescreen. The system is being used at La Porte Hospital (Indiana).
Nycomed Amersham (Princeton, NJ) introduced a new contrast agent,mangafodipir (Teslascan®), for liver imaging with magnetic resonance (MR).Mangafodipir is a complex formed between a chelating agent (fodipir) and aparamagnetic metal ion, manganese. It shortens the spin lattice (longitudinal)relaxation time (T1) of targeted tissues during MR, leading to an increase inthe signal intensity (brightness) of the tissues. Mangafodipir is indicated fordetection, localization, characterization, and evaluation of liver lesions.
In clinical trials involving 105 histopathologically confirmed liverlesions, paired comparisons of unenhanced MR and Teslascan-enhanced MRcorrectly characterized 49% of the lesions, compared with 30% by unenhanced MRalone, and 21% by contrast-enhanced x-ray computed tomography (CT). Accordingto Nycomed, Teslascan is the first hepatocyte-specific contrast medium.
Bracco Diagnostics Inc. (Princeton, NJ) announced an exclusive agreementwith ACIST Medical Systems (Eden Prairie, MN) to distribute the ACISTTMInjection System, a contrast-delivery system. The system gives physiciansconstant interactive control of contrast administration through the use of aremote handpiece and a touch-screen monitor. In comparison, current injectiondevices can be used only at predetermined injection rates, explained Bracco.The agreement also includes the ACIST line of proprietary disposableangiography kits.
After the RSNA, Bracco announced a sole-source agreement with AmericanPhysician Partners, Inc. (APPM) to provide radiographic contrast media. APPM, amerger of seven radiology groups in New York, Maryland, Kansas, Texas, andCalifornia, was formed in 1996. The group operates 65 diagnostic imagingcenters and maintains 45 hospital relationships.
Cook Imaging (Bloomington, IN), a manufacturer of interventional radiologydevices, recently introduced a new nonionic contrast medium, ioxilan(Oxilan®), indicated for cerebral arteriography, coronary arteriography,left ventriculography, visceral angiography, aortography, peripheralarteriography, excretory urography, and CT imaging of the head and body.Ioxilan is a low-osmolality, low-viscosity agent. Clinical trials showed nosignificant clinical difference between ioxilan and iohexol (Omnipaque®,Nycomed), the comparator agent.
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