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Dye sublimation involves the use of a heat press to transfer custom graphics into the table cover fabric. The fabric becomes infused with dye, creating a high-quality, durable table cover. Recommended for logos with complex designs, especially designs featuring drop shadows or gradients. Color matching is limited, but we will attempt to match your desired colors as closely as possible. Production time is 3 business days.
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Using customer service to position a business in full in PDF format taken from edition 14 of Business Case Studies.
This case study shows how the online bank first direct positions itself in the retail banking sector.
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As one of the nation's leading pediatric health care systems, Nemours is committed to providing all children with their best chance to grow up healthy. We offer integrated, family-centered care to more than 300,000 children each year in our pediatric hospitals, specialty clinics and primary care practices in Delaware, Florida, Maryland, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Nemours strives to ensure a healthier tomorrow for all children – even those who may never enter our doors – through our world-changing research, education and advocacy efforts. At Nemours, our Associates help us deliver on the promise we make to every family we have the privilege of serving: to treat their child as if they were our own.
This position is primarily responsible providing comprehensive Social Work services to Nemours Center for Cancer and Blood Disorder (NCCBD) patients and their families in accordance with the job responsibilities described in this document. Coordinate the discharge planning needs of 3East patients and their families interfacing with insurance providers, community agencies and the multidisciplinary health care team. Provide such services in accordance to the policies, procedures and guidelines established within the Department and organization. This position is also responsible for disease specific patients needing coverage in both in and outpatient units, mentorship of psychosocial SW team, facilitate Psychosocial Rounds, program development, Cancer Committee, NCCBD Family Advisory Committee, and other projects to further the mission of NCCBD.
Work Hours: This is a full time position. Primary hours will be M-F daytime. May require some evening work. On call is required for this position.
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Attend patient care unit and/or Medical division rounds in accordance to team expectations and provide
inpatient admission screening on assigned patient care unit.
Manage complex assessments of the pt/family's biopsychosocial situation establishes goals and periodically re-assesses the pt/family situation. Provide crisis intervention services were indicated for the management of domestic violence, psychiatric emergency cases, child abuse and family disputes. Provide therapeutic, goal directed counseling. Exhibit necessary clinical skills to provide problem focused goal directed intervention. Interface with insurance providers, case managers and others involved in the authorization of needed patient services. Identifies and negotiates differing needs within the family system. Coordinate discharge planning needs of patients and their families in an efficient, effective and timely manner while including the family in the process.
Our dedication to professionals who are dedicated to children frequently earns Nemours a spot on the list of top workplaces in the communities we serve. Our Associates enjoy comprehensive benefits, including our unique "Bridge to a Healthy Future" pediatric health plan, an integrated wellness program, opportunities for professional growth, and much more. As an equal opportunity employer, Nemours focuses on the best-qualified applicants for our openings.


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Decision-makers within the foodservice industry fear low worker morale due to growing pressures, working conditions and lack of investment in new equipment.
40% of senior employees within the sector believe morale is low due to a lack of investment and working conditions according to new research from Dustcontrol UK.
The study, which questioned 100 UK-based food industry professionals, found that 20% of respondents attribute flagging worker morale to lack of investment in tools and equipment, while a further 17% blamed working conditions.
While investment and working environment accounted for 37% an additional 54% said staff are under more pressure to achieve more in a working day. The remaining 16% didn't believe any of these were an issue.
The study then looked at how connected a clean working environment was to business performance, revealing 58% considered them to be every closely connected, while 36% said it was quite connected.
The study, which also probed respondents about the use of dust extraction in the food industry, found that 36% said the systems have an adverse impact on workers' health. A further 18% said a messy working environment was the biggest side effect.
James Miller, Dustcontrol UK's general manager, said: "Dust is a pervasive problem that negatively impacts businesses that experience it as an issue in a variety of ways. It's no surprise that it damages morale. The majority of us can appreciate that working in a dust-filled environment isn't going to be enjoyable.
"Considering investment is another detrimental factor on morale, it would certainly be worth considering investing in sufficient dust extraction measures to consider killing two birds with one stone. With 54% seeing people having too much to do in one day as a contributor to poor morale, there's another boost as dust extraction removes the need for worker resource to be used on cleaning, thus saving time that can be used elsewhere."


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Sheriff's homicide detectives were investigating the shooting death of a 19-year old laborer Saturday night in the 2500 block of East Vista Way.
The victim, Sergio Puentes Lopez of Tijuana, was crossing a field with friends at about 7 p.m. when he was shot, according to Sgt. Manny Castillo.
There were no known suspects and no known motive, Castillo said.


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KNACK (Buy CDs by this artist)
Get the Knack (Capitol) 1979 + 2002
...but the little girls understand (Capitol) 1980 (Razor & Tie) 1993
Round Trip (Capitol) 1981 + 2002
Live at Carnegie Hall (Pioneer) 1982
Serious Fun (Charisma) 1991 (Virgin) 2002
The Retrospective: The Best of the Knack (Alliance) 1992
Retrospective (Capitol) 1996
Proof: The Very Best of the Knack (Rhino) 1998
Zoom (Rhino) 1998
Normal as the Next Guy (Image) 2001
Live From the Rock n Roll Funhouse (Image) 2002
Re-Zoom (Image) 2003
First Things First (Zen) 2000
One of the new wave's confounding commercial footnotes, the Knack overtook the American music mart in the late-'70s by putting sleazy lyrics to simple power pop (breaking one of that genre's traditions by co-opting cock-rock's macho leer), fooling people into believing the California quartet was either the new Beatles or the acceptable end of punk.
From being a popular LA club act (an outgrowth of the Sunset Bombers, who released one single), the Knack got to the big time with the help of proven producer Mike Chapman, relying on the arguable strengths of Michigan-born singer/guitarist Doug Fieger's lascivious songs to carry the band. And carry them they did: "My Sharona" and "Good Girls Don't" both became monster hits. Fieger was no timeless tunesmith, but he had plenty of drive and confidence, and all it took was incredible, perfect timing and savvy marketing to lead listeners to overrate what were, essentially, routine skills. Most of the quartet (guitarist Berton Averre, drummer Bruce Gary and bassist Prescott Niles) had toiled as session musicians for years (Fieger, who died in 2010, was secretive about his age he later acknowledged being born in 1953, which made him all of 26 at the time), and they knew their way around studios. Get the Knack was recorded live, fast and cheaply with minimal overdubs.
Following Cheap Trick, Blondie and the Cars into the disco-dominated Top 40, the Knack cut a swath through the incumbent chaff of 1979 (Barbra Streisand, Donna Summer, etc.); both "My Sharona" and the album went platinum in a matter of weeks. Get the Knack runs the gamut in quality, from tight guitar pop ("My Sharona," "Let Me Out," "Frustrated") to bottom-of-the-barrel sap ("Maybe Tonight"). In the Knack's superannuated teen-fantasy microcosm, women are either rich bitches ("She's So Selfish"), prick-teases ("Frustrated") or virgin queen as emasculating femme fatale ("That's What the Little Girls Do"). More to Fieger's liking, there's the loyal do-it- anywhere groupie ("My Sharona") and the eager high-school slut ("Good Girls Don't"). In retrospect, Fieger's songs about adolescent lust were a little too salacious and believable for the Beatles comparisons his band was attracting. The album's second single, "Good Girls Don't," didn't do as well as "My Sharona"; still, getting the phrase "until she's sitting on your face" onto mainstream radio was an achievement of some sort.
Wildly successful, endlessly arrogant, press-shy and an easy target for hipster belittlement, the Knack immediately attracted a backlash that lasted well beyond its disintegration two years later. Beatles purists objected to the Knack tarnishing the Liverpool lads sacred image (the front and back cover of Get the Knack echoes the look of Meet the Beatles). Women's rights activists objected to the group for its neanderthal views of romance. An entrepreneurial hippie from San Francisco began a grass- roots campaign against the band, selling T-shirts, bumper stickers and buttons featuring the slogan "Knuke the Knack."
The Knack attempted to replicate the success of their debut by copying its sound on the follow-up. ...but the little girls understand was again recorded and mixed in less than two weeks (as if that were the secret of the band's success as opposed to a hook for Capitol's marketing department), but thrifty studio virtuosity couldn't overcome second-rate material. Most of these songs sound like half-baked discards from the debut. The anemic "Baby Talks Dirty," which reached the Top 40, was widely derided as an inferior replicant of "My Sharona" (minus the thunderous hook). The band's bad taste raged unabated, though: "Mr. Handleman" is about a guy who pimps his wife. The album managed to sell two-million copies, yet even Chapman knew gold-plated crud when he had produced it, as evidenced by his preemptively ironic liner notes: "The songs are an assortment of feelings expressed redundantly as only the Knack can. This record is very dear to me and my bank manager."
The Knack's moment ended as quickly as it had begun. They parted company with Chapman (who once described the group as "a way of life to me") and hired Jack Douglas to produce Round Trip, a pretentious mess that richly deserved its lack of public response. Tempos lumber; lyrics drip with syrupy platitudes. Abandoning the stripped-down approach, they employed all the trappings of early-'80s overkill: wah-wah pedals, drum phasing, bad plate reverb, etc. to superficially hint at the pomp-pop of Queen, ELO and late Beatles. The single "Pay the Devil" is mushy, pandering lounge-rock. Fieger's lyrics are almost penitent. The Knack had become too nice to survive and called it quits.
A decade later, amid reunion tours and the like, the Knack released a fourth studio album, Serious Fun. In 1994, "My Sharona" was used in the movie Reality Bites and became a small hit again. The subsequent Zoom (with ex-Missing Persons drummer Terry Bozzio taking over for Gary) returns the band to the fray with a good, solid effort. It isn't at all bad as slick, commercial Beatlesque power pop goes, but the Knack is firmly caught in a dead zone between nostalgia, irrelevance and scorn, none of which encourages enthusiasm for new creative effort.[Ira Robbins / Michael Sandlin]
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Computational sociology leverages new tools and data sources to expand the scope and scale of sociological inquiry. It's opening up an exciting frontier for sociologists of every stripe—from theorists and ethnographers to experimentalists and survey researchers. It expands the sociological imagination.
Are "hook up" apps leading to a new kind of dating culture on college campuses? Dating apps like Tinder and Bumble are have a different impact on the lives of college students versus older daters. Many students are using these apps to circumvent the romantic gatekeeping that campus party culture has long dominated.
Some have questioned the financial wisdom of homeownership and, especially, Black homeownership. This is understandable because the mortgage crisis dealt heavy blows to Black homeowners. One concern is that home values may not appreciate as much where Blacks purchase homes. We examine how Black homebuyers fared compared to White and Latino buyers in terms of home appreciation during the 2012 to 2017 recovery. We examine appreciation rates by race and ethnicity across 15 metros.
Urban sociologists and gentrification scholars have long been interested in examining the combination of structural and micro‐level forces that result in the displacement and exclusion of low‐income residents from changing neighborhoods. However, the types of everyday activities and the social and spatial practices that exclude residents who remain in these neighborhoods are an understudied part of the gentrification story. How are exclusive spaces created? What are the specific social processes that lead to exclusive space?
The rise of global environmental governance regimes allegedly contradicts the process of an environmental "race to the bottom" (RTB) that results from capitalist globalization. We examine new developments in this area through a qualitative case study of the Basel Convention. Here, we find that new regulations in toxic wastes governance are in fact being co-created with industry actors and aim to accelerate the flow of toxic "resources" to less-developed countries.


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This is a sponsored post in collaboration with JCPenney.
In a couple weeks, my daughter will be starting her very last year of elementary school. Summer went so quick, but her heading to 5th grade is kinda crazy to me! I still see her as the tiny girl being dropped off for her first day at kinder. Back then, back to school shopping was easy! I just grabbed what I thought was cute and she would wear it with no questions asked. Now? My tween loves dressing in the latest trends, and only wears what she has picked out. For most parents, this can mean trouble for their wallet. Luckily for me, we #HazValerTusPenneys and she loves shopping at JCPenney.
JCPenney is a one-stop shopping destination offering a variety of stylish and affordable fashion and home decor merchandise. A broad assortment of products from leading private, exclusive and national brands are available. Which means, I save my pennies and she can have the stylish, on-trend outfits she loves.
This year, she had a few particular looks she was loving and they are #SoWorthIt
90s Retro
I have to admit, this one is my favorite because I used to dress just like this! Plaid, a bold pop culture themed tee, paired with denim…who am I kidding?
I would wear this now too! And the look is under $30! Shop here.
Victorian Romance
This one was Sofia's first pick- she loves rompers and she love the sheer fabric with a touch of lace.
I loved that this look was under $25! Shop here.
Sporty and Active
We both fell in love with this trend because it's stylish and let's her be feminine and sporty.
So she can run, jump, and play all day but still look lovely even out of the P.E. field. My wallet was happy too, because this one was under $22! Shop here.
White sneakers
Dress up a pair of jeans or dress down a knit dress, white shoes are a classic that will never go out of style. We're kinda in love with these white high tops. Shop here.
Sofia is in love with booties, and it's easy to see why. You can stay comfortable and chic with a perfect pair of booties. Dress them up, dress them down, they look good in a variety of outfits. The more ways to pair them, the more fun they are! Shop here.
From the picky tween to the professional adult, shopping at JCPenney is always worth your time, money and effort with styles that are priced to buy and guaranteed to love.
How are you and your kids #HazValerTusPenneys with #SoWorthIt styles?


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Well if you have been following my blog for a bit you will know I have started to do a bit of running and last weekend (09/06/13) I did my first 10km road run. I have been working up to this race for a few months now and training was going really will up until a week or so before the race………
I suffered a little setback……
I slipped getting out of the shower and just about did the splits and injured my groin quite badly. So a week of limping and no training for me in the hope that I would be back to running form by the 9th. So I was feeling really good at the start of the race. Injury was feeling 99% better. Just a small minor niggle but I thought na if it stays like this all will be fine and this should be a great run. The weather was nice and cool on after a real scorcher of a day before. Gun (horn I think it was) went off at 9am and off went the 4000 odd runners for the Two Castle Run from Warwick Castle to Kenilworth Castle. As we all came out of the starting tunnel out onto the main road to start the 10km run to the finish we were all greeted by amazing sight of well wishers lining the streets of Warwick.
Just seeing all the people there was enough to drive me forward despite this little niggle in my leg . I felt I could do it! So onwards I pushed at a really great pace that I felt comfortable with and the first 2 or so kilometres were going really well. The support from the people around both running and spectating were pushing me along and I was happy with that until the 3rd kilometer. Then the pain set in. Sharp pain in my groin. So I stopped and walked for a bit. I had no choice in the matter! I was running for my chosen charity, the Terrance Higgins Trust ( please click the link to view more info on this great charity thats very close to my heart ) I had already surpassed my goal of razing £150 for them with an great total of £165! So the support of family, friends and even the Terrance Higgins Trust, who sent me a fab little card wishing me all the best and thanks, I had to push on.
So I took it as easy as I good so as to complete the course and not pull out. After all the support and motivation of others had got me this far! I was not about to give up now!
So often in life we try and do things on our own. Yes we can achieve great things in life on our own but man its hard work doing so. There is that age old saying " Many hands make light work" and it is very true. With out the motivation from the support of others, even complete strangers like the good people from THT who sent a lovely card wishing me well, made all the hard work and pain worth it!
So I slogged along the 10km route knowing I had all this support behind me and people willing me along I pushed on to the end of the Two Castle Run and completed it! What shocked me more than just finishing it in the amount of pain I was in was the time I did it in! In all my training runs I was doing around a 10km/hr average pace but I had yet to even run the race distance. I had done between 7km and 8km but never the full 10km. It was a bit of an unknown to me but I had been aiming for around a 1hr 10min / 1hr 15min type of time for this race. Well I am please to say despite the pain and injury I did it in 01:09:00 ! So was quite pleased with that !
So the morral is let people help and support you along your life race. Even if its just encouragement from the side lines , draw on this and use is as both motivation and energy to drive you forward to achieve your end goal. It might even surprise you and how easy and how well you can do things with a little bit of support.
Again thanks to everyone who donated to the Terrance Higgins Trust via my Just Giving page and also to my family and friends who have been a massive support to me over the years and helped motivate me to achieve my goals in life. Without you guys I have no idea where I would be today.
I thank you all !


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Press Line Equipment
Air Caster Solutions That Keep Press-Feeding and Other Workstations Supplied with Parts.
Airfloat press line solutions are integrated system and product solutions designed and built for material handling needs involving the delivery of materials to production areas. These systems take on many custom forms, including air bearing turntables and/or shuttles, depending on application requirements.
Linefeed Shuttles
The air caster-equipped moving platforms are designed to keep a workstation, such as press-feeding in a metal stamping plant, supplied with parts. The operator can continue producing parts without dependence on lift truck or crane service.
- Capacities from 10,000 to 70,000 lbs.
- Air caster-equipped for virtually friction-free movement
- Adjustable-height base frame
- Internally mounted, dual-direction drive, complete with air motor and friction drive wheel
- Operates on plant air supply
- Completely pneumatic for low-cost installation
Industrial Turntables
Utilizing either air bearing technology or more conventional mechanical bearings and wheels, Airfloat industrial turntables can be customized to any size and load capacity, even off-center loads.
While line workers are unloading parts, a fork truck can reload the empty station at the aisle. When the operator has unloaded a station, they can easily rotate a new container into position.
- Quick cycle time allows more parts to be supplied in a shorter time
- Offer friction-free rotation without any moving parts such as gears, chains or cables
- Easy to operate, with available hand or foot controls
- Enclosed design provides large operating surface and full protection for air bearings
From design and fabrication to assembly and maintenance, Airfloat delivers flexible press feed equipment that is easy and safe to implement. When you want the safest, most ergonomically correct way to boost press line production, you want Airfloat's air caster technology.


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On the market for an iPhone? Here's a breakdown of all the currently shipping iPhones from Apple.
New Claim of iOS 4.2 Launch on November 24th as Revised iPad Build Surfaces
The iOS 4.2 software update had been expected today, but Apple has delayed it release until Nov 24, a reliable source has told the Telegraph.
Apple has refused to comment on the speculation, stating only that it had said the software update would be released in November.
But a source that works closely with Apple said that the company had shelved its original plan to release the software update today, and had instead pushed back the launch until later this month.
Apple had been rumored to be releasing iOS 4.2 today, but a pair of reports published late yesterday indicated that a public launch would not occur until at least next Tuesday. Rumors had pointed to issues with Wi-Fi connectivity on the iPad as reasons for pushing the public release back from Apple's initial internal plans, and the appearance of a new iPad build today could lend some credence to that claim.


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I'm heading to Seattle tomorrow on the train from Portland and in preparing am reminded of this piece of mine published by The Boiler journal. I'm looking forward to the weekend — spending time in a great city with my sons, visiting grandma, walking the streets with my camera, and learning something new about the world, which is always the case and always gratifying if one is open to it.
In downtown Seattle, I pass through the Chinatown Gate. It's drizzling, and the sky is the color of cast iron. Across the street, two Buddhist monks are walking slowly in lock-step, wearing identical robes and matching red raincoats. On the other side of the gate, a tiny Chinese grandmother, gripping the hand of a squirming toddler, smiles at me as I start to cross the street to the train station. "God bless you, lady!" she shouts.
"Thank you, bless you," I tell her, waving at her grandson, passing her wish of good grace silently along in my mind to my grandmother and Lafiti."
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The main objective of this article is to walk you through injecting Ant scripts during project build.
By default we have a 'Java Builder' which runs the internal Eclipse Java compiler. This process ensures that your source code is properly indexed and hence searchable. This makes features like refactoring easy and fast.
Now here are the steps to add your own builders (we'll add an Ant builder here):
First step is to select your project and go to project properties (Refer screenshot).
Once the project properties dialog appears select builders from the left hand side. On the right hand side you will see Java Builder.
By default it is selected. Click on New and select "Ant Builder" as shown in the screenshot below:
Another dialog to edit configurations will appear on the screen. Enter the builder name as per your choice. Select the appropriate build file and enter arguments if any (Refer screenshot).
By default resource files are not refreshed when a project builder finishes running. To enable it you need to select "Refresh resources upon completion" in the "Refresh" tab (Refer screenshot).
Now its time to select the appropriate target from the build file which needs to run during the build.
Once you are done with the changes hit OK and the new Ant builder will appear along with the default Java Builder under Builders section.


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MOSCOW/ABU DHABI (Reuters) - Russia's Agriculture ministry offered to hold discussions on possible humanitarian deliveries of wheat to Egypt, a reversal of policy that Egyptian officials and traders interpreted as a sign of political support.
Egypt, the world's biggest wheat importer, has less than two months' supply of imported wheat left in its stocks, ousted President Mohamed Mursi's minister of supplies said last week.
"We need to discuss questions related to humanitarian aid deliveries to Egypt with the world community ... There have been no requests (from Egypt) yet," Russia's Deputy Agriculture Minister Ilya Shestakov told a news briefing in Moscow on Monday.
Shestakov's remark appeared to be a reversal of policy since Russia rejected a request from former president Mursi in April when he visited Moscow for help securing supplies of vital commodities on concessionary terms.
Officials and traders in Egypt saw the proposal as a political statement to help support Egypt at a time that a military-backed interim government is taking over.
"Politics has entered into economics here," a source in Egyptian government said.
"The previous government, before the mass protests of June 30 and the events that followed, had tried to get some kind of wheat aid from Russia but was refused, and now that the situation has changed, this is a political statement more than anything," he added.
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the Egyptian government source said Egypt, meanwhile, was not in urgent need of wheat aid after receiving financial help from Gulf countries.
Since the army ousted Mursi last week, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait have promised $12 billion in cash, loans and fuel, which economists say buys Cairo several months to fix its finances.
Abdolreza Abbassian, a senior FAO economist said, "We do not see any urgent disruption in the food chain as a result of the domestic political problem for the time being."
Even so, a Cairo-based trader said that from the market point of view, if Russia supplies wheat aid for free or as a long-term financing, Egypt will definitely accept it.
"Right now economically, with the money from the Gulf, Egypt is in a better position compared with two weeks ago," the trader added.
The idea that Russia could send wheat as humanitarian aid came as a surprise also because of Russia's status as a big commercial supplier to Egypt and the fact that its own wheat stocks are low after last year's drought.
"It wouldn't make much sense really, because the wheat trade is in the hands of the private sector rather than the government, unless they have some old crop wheat that they would like to give as aid when they are cleaning up their silos," a second Cairo-based trader said.
As of last week, Egypt, which usually imports about 10 million tons a year, with Russia as a major supplier, had just 500,000 tons of imported wheat left. [ID:nL6N0FH3YJ] The government's total stocks including wheat from the domestic crop amounted to about 3.5 million tons.
Earlier this month, Egypt bought 180,000 tons from Romania and Ukraine on the international market on commercial terms for delivery in early August.
Grain traders expect Egypt's state grain buyer, the General Authority for Supply Commodities (GASC) to issue a new tender to purchase wheat soon, although GASC's vice chairman said last week that high prices and availability of stocks made that unlikely.
The Russian government, meanwhile, plans to start buying grain on the domestic market to replenish state stocks after the end of harvesting campaign in late September or October, Shestakov said. Officials said previously that Russia might buy 6 million tons of grain for its stocks this year.
Taking into account state restocking campaign and low carryover stocks, Russia's supply and demand balance of grain will be tight this 2013/14 marketing year, which started on July 1, Shestakov said.
He kept the ministry's 2013 grain crop forecast unchanged at 95 million tons and said that from this amount 71 million tons would be used to cover domestic demand. He pegged the 2013/14 exportable grain surplus at 20 million tons.
Additional reporting by Sarah McFarlane in Cairo and Agnieszka Flak in Milan; Writing by Polina Devitt and Lidia Kelly; Editing by Douglas Busvine and Jane Baird


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Founded in 2013, the On Deck Conference is an annual event series designed to shine a spotlight on new and emerging technology that is transforming the ways that we follow, enjoy, analyze and understand sports. A full-day of programming at the 2015 On Deck Conference will seek to identify the key trends and technologies -- emerging from both industry incumbents as well as emerging startup companies – that will reshape the sports industry in the years ahead.
The 2015 On Deck Conference will provide a forum for an expected audience of over 400 sports industry executives, sports tech startups and fans alike to discuss the key ideas and innovations in technology that will fundamentally improve the sports fan experience moving forward. It will also provide a platform to surface promising new technologies and startups that will transform the sports industry in the years to come.
These innovators are actively working at the bleeding edge of innovation in the sports industry -- either as partners of
teams, leagues and properties, or as competitors going head-to-head with industry stalwarts.
On Deck will provide a platform for these innovators to socialize their products and ideas amongst counterparts in the sports industry, as well as to glean new insights that will help spur improvement in their own products and services.
From all backgrounds -- including those from teams, leagues, agencies, venues, media companies, and brands. Technology has rapidly and massively altered sports business in myriad ways, and it will continue to do so in the future.
On Deck will offer a fascinating sneak peek into the latest trends in sports technology innovation. It will also serve as a forum for industry members to interface with sports tech entrepreneurs seeking to bring new products to market.


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United Technologies (UTC) is a diversified industrial conglomerate. The company's brands and products include Carrier heating and air conditioning systems, Otis elevators and escalators, Kidde/Chubb fire and security systems, Pratt & Whitney aircraft engines, and Goodrich aerospace systems and components. The company's various businesses are leading players in their respective categories. UTC conducts its business through about 4,000 locations in 71 countries and generates over 60% of its revenue from outside the U.S., including U.S. exports.
UTC's business is essentially aligned with the global aerospace sector and global building markets. The company's products are sold to both retail and commercial customers.
UTC invests large amounts in research and development, spending over of $2.5 billion each year on R&D. The company also conducts customer-funded research of around equal value.
Constant innovation in aircraft engines is demanded by both airplane makers and airlines, as fuel costs constitute the largest expense head for airlines. Consequently, airplane engine makers such as Pratt & Whitney have to constantly improve the fuel efficiency of their engines. Over the last few years, Pratt & Whitney has been able to develop the Geared Turbofan Engine (GTF), which has been promised to be 10-15% more fuel efficient than existing engines on regional and single-aisle aircraft.
This engine gas been selected as the exclusive engine for Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ), Bombardier CSeries and Embraer's second generation of E-jets, and as an engine option on the Airbus A320neo and the Russian Irkut MC-21.
We figure this GTF engine will be a major growth driver for Pratt & Whitney in coming years. And now with rollouts and problems solved, we can already see a positive impact on revenues.
Otis is the world's largest elevator and escalator manufacturer with a very strong brand. The company is also the market leader in China, which is the world's largest as well as the fastest growing elevator market. As the demand for elevators and escalators rises, especially from the emerging countries, Otis should manage to capture a significant portion of this demand. However, in the recent past, Otis has seen business in China decline on the back of adverse pricing pressures and decreasing urbanization projects - a problem, which could hurt revenues in the region for the foreseeable future.
Global airline passenger traffic is rising driven by a steadily growing global economy, rising trade and globalization. Forecasts from Boeing anticipate the global airline passenger traffic to grow by around 5% per year through the next two decades.
The rising passenger traffic has also lifted airline profits, enabling them to place orders for new airplanes. According to figures cited by UTC, driven by this rising global air passenger traffic, approximately 37,500 new commercial airplanes will be delivered to airlines over the next 20 years, up from around 19,000 commercial airplanes that were delivered to airlines over the past 20 years. This tremendous growth in commercial airplane deliveries will benefit both Pratt & Whitney and UTC's Aerospace Systems' segment.
In October, United Technologies managed to close the much awaited acquisition deal with aircraft parts manufacturer Rockwell Collins for nearly $30 billion, which includes $7 billion in net debt. The deal enables UTC to benefit from several operating synergies through lower costs, with more opportunities to cross-sell each company's products. Such benefits are expected to make the company a significantly more important supplier of components to mammoth aircraft manufacturers like Boeing and Airbus, thereby increasing its bargaining power in the aerospace supplier market.
As large number of people migrate from rural areas to cities in the less developed regions of the world, demand for residential and commercial buildings along side other physical infrastructure will rise. As UTC's building products enable construction of new buildings we figure the company has a tremendous growth opportunity on its hands. The key building products of UTC include Otis elevators and escalators, Carrier heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) systems and Kidde/Chubb fire prevention and security systems. Additionally, as these products are leading players in their respective segments, we figure the company will bag a large share of the growth that is anticipated in the global building market.
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A desktop-size supercomputer, new types of computer memory systems, and easier-to-build microprocessors will someday be reality if research being conducted by Sun Microsystems Sun Labs pans out, according to the head of the company's applied research division.
Though a desktop-size supercomputer may be little more than a dream at this point, Sun is working on some new technologies that could help bring that project to fruition, thanks in part to a US$50 million grant from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) that the Santa Clara, California, company was awarded last month, said Sun Labs director Jim Mitchell.
Sun was one of three companies given three-year contracts to build a prototype high-end computer system for a variety of DARPA-specified areas of use, including weather prediction, biotechnology and cryptanalysis.
IBM Corp. and Cray Inc. were also selected to build prototypes. In three years, DARPA will select one of the three companies to actually build the computer system now in the prototype stage. But whether or not Sun receives the next contract, the research being done by its lab teams will have an impact on Sun's product lines, particularly in the areas of system packaging, heat management, power management, and asynchronous design, Mitchell said.
Of the three, heat management is by far the toughest problem, Mitchell said. "The big surprise to me about the high-performance stuff is you spend all your time worrying about heat."
Some of the DARPA work on software development is making its way into Sun's compilers, run-time libraries and development tools, Mitchell said, and at next month's IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference in San Jose, California, Sun will unveil new research into how asynchronous design principles can be applied to a computer's memory system to improve performance and reduce the cost of computing.
Mitchell declined to comment on specifics of the announcement, but Sun Lab engineer Ivan Sutherland, who leads Sun's asynchronous design project, is scheduled as one of the presenters of a talk on "Proximity Design" at the conference.
Asynchronous design is an approach to building computer processors that allows them to be built and run in a more modular way. In microprocessor designs, for example, it allows engineers to build different components of the microprocessor -- the floating point unit or an arithmetic logic unit, for example -- in modular fashion.
This kind of design lets processors perform more efficiently than traditional, clock-based, microprocessors and also allows Sun engineers to reuse processor components in future designs, something that is rarely done in today's microprocessors, Mitchell said. "When you do asynchronous logic, it tends to use half to a third as much power as a clock system," he said.
Some of Sun Lab's work on asynchronous design has been implemented in the UltraSparc IIIi processors that power the Sun Fire V210 and V240 servers. The technique will be used to build at least one of the upcoming Ultrasparc IV chips, Mitchell said, but he estimated that it will be "two or three generations" before the technology becomes common in all of Sun's microprocessors. "There's still a lot more research to do."
A working computer based on the work being done under the DARPA contract would still be at least six years out, and would depend on Sun being selected over Cray and IBM to proceed to the next phase of the contract, Mitchell said.


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In Odessa, the Naval Forces of Ukraine in the period from 26 to 29 April will hold a series of anti-terrorism exercises. It is reported by the press service of the Naval Forces of Ukraine on Facebook.
Earlier Ukrainian, Turkish Navy completed joint drills in Black Sea
Also, the military equipment and special purpose units of the Ukrainian Navy will be involved in these trainings.
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Genuine user experience (UX) design is much more than just cosmetic. It's not about attaching a pretty interface onto a clunky software application—or, to use an old expression, "putting lipstick on a pig." UX design is a way of doing business, not just choosing the right colors and fonts.
To realize the full strategic value of UX within your IT organization, you need to do more than hire a few UX designers and encourage them to consult with IT developers on occasion. (For more on the benefits of incorporating UX design across your organization, read the article "Design thinking: User experience takes center stage.") You need fully integrated and committed multidisciplinary teams that incorporate seven different categories of skills.
The Foundation: the 7 key IT Talents
- UX designers: UX designers are primarily focused on how an application behaves and how well it enables users to accomplish a task or achieve a particular goal. Because any given problem—say, a new workflow application to speed invoice processing—may not have a single right answer, UX designers collaborate with other disciplines, such as product management and development, to explore many different approaches to solving it. The overall responsibility of a UX designer is to ensure the logical flow of user actions within an application.
- UX researchers: Skills in UX research are key to helping the application team validate the solution your organization is building. Your team must answer the question, "Are we building the right features?" Everyone on your team must champion users' needs. However, some members must also develop the skills to interview, observe, and interact directly with your target audience. Your team needs to answer two important questions for any given development effort: Who are our users? and What problem does our application solve for them? Research should be a continuous, iterative effort throughout the course of a project.
- Information architects: The information architect takes the work of the UX researcher and UX designer to build site architectures, wireframes, and functional specification documentation for applications, providing a framework for the tactical execution of UX design.
- Visual designers: A visual designer focuses on crafting the visual language for your applications. Visual language is a key element of your organization's brand and reflects the elements that make your application appealing to end users.
- Front-end development engineers: Regardless of whether your UX team is responsible for delivering production-ready code, it needs to have the technical skills to build interactive prototypes and proofs of concept, and to understand different technologies to deliver the best user experience. Partnering with your development counterparts will increase the collaboration process and your ability to iterate and validate the application with your end users.
- Accessibility designers: It's essential that accessibility requirements are not an afterthought, but instead are built into the design and development framework from day one. Delivering accessible applications is not only a sign of good corporate responsibility—it's also a way to protect your organization against legal action. Accessibility specialists should have domain knowledge about regulations such as Section 508 standards, web accessibility standards, and assistive technology tools.
- UX strategists: The UX strategy role is comparable to that of the enterprise architect. UX strategists facilitate the conversation between different areas of the organization, working at the enterprise level to tackle problems that impact multiple applications and/or business units, often without the constraint of being tied to a particular feature or application release date. There is an incredible business value and organizational impact of having people in your UX team that can concentrate on enterprise level problems and have some flexibility that is not necessarily time boxed with a particular feature or product release.
The Evolution of UX in the Organization
Many organizations are evolving and realizing the need to expand the UX skills and talent. Companies like UBER include Content Strategy, Data Science and Copy Writing in their design team. Others like Hook & Loop, the Design studio at INFOR, go beyond the norm and include animators and filmmakers. The message is clear:
"Embracing diversity of thinking and cross functional perspectives, poises your team to create disruptive solutions."
The Revolution: UX earns a sit at the leadership table
UX leaders must continuously highlight the business impact, value creation and strategic contribution of the work their teams are doing. The leadership conversation should clearly articulate how design grows and drives business strategy and plays a critical in the overall Customer Experience, Some examples include:
- IBM – design is a leadership function both in the software area as well as global business consulting with IBMiX. They just published the IBM Design Thinking process
- GE – has a strong design team and the role of Chief Experience Officer and has a multi-billion dollar bet on GE Digital.
- Honeywell has a 5 year plan (video) where the CEO has placed design as a top strategic initiative.
- John Maeda from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers publishes the annual #DesignInTech report where he highlights some of the most important trends in the industry including the raise of design leaders at the table.
Generalists vs. Specialists
Depending on the size of your team and the scope of your budget, you will derive the most benefit by including people with a broad set of skills and strengths in a few particular areas. You don't have to hire specialists to fill each of these roles—you can meet the cross-disciplinary needs of your team with generalists: designers who can do research, developers who understand design, and visual designers who can define the detailed interactions of the application experience.
As long as your team incorporates the appropriate skills and works effectively in collaboration with product managers, business units, and developers, you'll be on the path to deliver a solid user experience.
What other roles would you include? What works in your organization? I invite you to join the conversation, share your perspective, add a comment, participate in the discussion.
This article has been expanded and updated from the original version first published in the HPE Business Insights Blog, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise publication.
For more on the benefits of incorporating User Experience across your organization, read the article "The C-Suite Embraces Design Leadership."


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Governor Cuomo announced on December 1st a series of new initiatives in the fight against AIDS – building on the state's blueprint to end the epidemic by 2020. Earlier in the week, the Governor signed comprehensive legislation to eliminate barriers to HIV testing and other sexually transmitted infections, increase access to prevention and treatment, and expand research capabilities. Governor Cuomo also called on the federal government to authorize $45 million in Medicaid matching funds for critical programs supporting the battle against AIDS.
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1.17.19: Governor Cuomo Announces 2019-2020 Budget, $74B Allocated for Healthcare Spending
On January 16th 2019, Governor Andrew Cuomo unveiled his 2019-2020 executive budget of $175 billion. $74 billion for healthcare spending is proposed, with another $5.36 billion for mental hygiene.
The proposed budget will now be reviewed, debated and negotiated by the two houses of the State Legislature (the Senate and the Assembly). The final budget must be passed by March 31, 2019. Below are most notable elements of the proposed budget relating to healthcare:
Other Excerpts from the Governors Budget:
11.9.18: 2018 New York State Elections: How the Results May Impact Your Practice
For the first time in a decade and just the second time in more than 50 years, Democrats will control the New York State Senate as of January 1 with 40 of the 63 seats and a clear majority. While the Republicans have led the New York State Senate for decades, with a brief two year stint by Democrats in 2009-10, the balance of power will now shift to interesting and challenging times as the Governor, the Senate and the Assembly each offer their plans, priorities, and issues.
Important issues for physicians likely to be discussed during the upcoming legislative session include a single payer system, recreational use of marijuana, medical liability, physician assisted suicide, healthcare workforce and scope of practice issues, among many other public health related subjects. We will see a brand new, first-time Chair in the Senate Health Committee, Gustavo Rivera from the Bronx, and Assemblyman Gottfried of Manhattan will return as the Assembly Health Committee Chair.
Your Chapter, as always, will remain diligently involved in monitoring all of these proposals, and we ask you to continue to read our enews as it comes out bi-weekly in YCIA (Your Chapter in Action).
11.9.18: New White Papers from NYACP Committees Examine Geriatric Shortage, 2010 FHCDA
Two new white papers have been released by New York Chapter American College of Physicians (NYACP) Committees, one from the Geriatrics Task Force and one from the Ethics and Professionalism Committee. Details on the white papers can be read below.
The Geriatrics Task Force - "A Better Understanding of Geriatric Medicine"
The Chapter would like to thank members of both committees for their tireless work over the past two years in completing these white papers:
10.19.18: NYACP Council/Board Meeting Convenes to Discuss Priorities, Committee Work, and Other Issues
On October 19, the NYACP Council/Board met in Queens to discuss and vote on resolutions and priorities for the upcoming year. The Council/Board discussed and approved several important topics. The 2019 Legislative Priorities which includes championing Access to Care, advocating for Quality of Care and Patient Safety, and a focus on Public Health were approved. Eight committees, including Education, Geriatrics, Early Career Physicians, and others, reported on their activities since the last meeting.
Resolutions were approved, calling for revisions to EMTALA ( Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act ), expansion of Telehealth, and expanding access to HIT, including protecting physicians from the cost of Electronic Health Record (EHR) enhancements and improving interoperability. The C/B also agreed on formal policies defining existing communications and membership plans, strategic plans and leadership development as required for the Chapter Excellence Award.
Each year a full independent financial audit is conducted by the firm of Marvin & Company. The Council/Board reviewed the independent audit, as well as the current financial reports, and reviewed the 990 tax filings. Members should know the Chapter maintains an active Budget and Finance Committee that oversees the budget and financial report and meets three times during the year. The Executive Committee reviews all financial summaries every other month. If you would like a copy of the Chapter's independent audit, or a copy of the 990 forms filed by NYACP, Inc and NYACP Services Inc, please contact Linda Lambert at email@example.com.
7.19.18: New York State Workers' Compensation Board to Reduce Paperwork and Lower Administrative Burdens for Physicians
The New York Chapter has been diligently advocating to reduce worker's compensation board administrative burdens for over a decade, and as announced on April 17, 2018, the New York State Workers' Compensation Board (Board) will replace the current Board treatment forms: Doctor's Initial Report (Form C-4), Doctor's Progress Report (Form C-4.2), Occupational/Physical Therapist's Report (Form OT/PT-4), Psychologist's Report (Form PS-4), and Ancillary Medical Report (Form C-AMR) with a singular form, the CMS-1500. This initiative will help reduce paperwork, lower provider administrative burdens, and will leverage physicians' current medical billing software and medical records while promoting a more efficient workers' compensation system.
It is expected that the initiative will roll out in three phases, see details here.
Visit the CMS-1500 Initiative section of the CMS website to access technical specifications for the CMS-1500 medical billing and associated acknowledgement data and to find periodic updates.
3.23.18: NYACP Holds Quarterly Council/Board and Health and Public Policy Committee Meetings
On March 1st, the Chapter convened for two meetings: the Council/Board Meeting and the Health and Public Policy (HPP) Committee meeting. These meetings were conducted via video conference across five sites including Long Island, Manhattan, Albany, Syracuse, and Rochester.
At the Council/Board meeting, current legislative activities and NYS budget items were discussed with significant detail following at the HPP meeting. Upcoming educational meetings were reported, and are posted in the Education section of the website
A large focus of discussion was a recent study from the New York Center for Health Workforce Studies showing that the gender pay gap in medicine is increasing in New York State. The full report can be read here. The Council/Board took a strong position opposing gender bias in the healthcare workplace and will advocate for equal pay and more awareness among members, leaders, academia, administration and teaching faculty.
A paper created through the Chapter's Ethics Committee covering Life-Sustaining Therapies for patients who lack capacity was approved. The paper highlights components of the Family Healthcare Decisions Act and how it impacts providers.
During the Health and Public Policy meeting, current New York State budget issues were discussed in detail including the Comprehensive Medication Management (CMM) proposal, Community Para-medicine proposal (CPP) and authorization for corporate owned Retail Clinics, all of which are opposed by the Chapter in their current form.
CMM aims to build upon the success of the existing Collaborative Drug Therapy Management demonstrations by giving pharmacists the ability to manage patients' medications after establishing a collaborative agreement with a physician or nurse practitioner. This proposal does not define the specific disease limitations, what this collaborative plan would look like, or mandatory requirements such as connected EMRS and adequate timelines for communication.
The CPP proposal would expand the scope of practice of EMTs and paramedics to allow them to provide primary care services in residential settings. The proposal is extremely broad in scope and not well defined, and although the intent to improve access to care is worthwhile, the potential of increased access will not result in improved quality without stricter definitions and/or limitations in the bill.
The creation of Retail Clinics owned and operated within corporate owned retail centers such as pharmacies, shopping centers, malls, etc. violates the current corporate practice of medicine restrictions in New York. These restrictions exist for a reason, prohibiting conflict of interest by corporate decisions makers based on profit versus clinical decision-making.
Legislation aimed at reducing paperwork for physicians would prohibit insurance companies from making mid-year formulary changes in a patient's medications and is strongly supported by the Chapter.
More than 600 bills are monitored as priority for our Chapter within the current Legislative session. Chapter leaders and committee members set the policy for the Chapter, and the strong input of our members is clearly demonstrated at these meetings.
Advocacy in Action: What NYACP
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To read more of NYACP's advocacy achievements in 2017, please view this infographic.
1.26.18: New York Chapter Advocacy in Action
Since the first of the year, the Chapter has handled a number of regulatory, legislative and administrative matters important to our members and their practices. Following is a bulleted list, in future issues we will go into more detail on some of the legislative and regulatory proposals.
Any member who would like additional information on any of the above proposals should contact email@example.com.
11.22.17: CMS Joins ACP in Efforts to Put Patients Before Paperwork
Two newly announced programs from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services aim to reduce the administrative burdens that government programs place on doctors, lining up with the American College of Physician's advocacy goals.
For one of the programs, CMS has indicated it would evaluate, and then amend, existing regulations so that doctors can spend more of their time treating patients. CMS officials are slated to travel the country to gather the information needed to do this. The program's name -- "Patients Over Paperwork" -- echoes ACP's existing initiative, called "Patients Before Paperwork." This initiative has been in place since 2015, and in May, its position paper on the topic, "Putting Patients First by Reducing Administrative Tasks in Health Care," was published in Annals of Internal Medicine. You can read more about ACP's initiative here.
The second CMS program, called "Meaningful Measures," aims to streamline various regulatory issues by eliminating those that are deemed overly burdensome or do not advance patient care.
To help make sure that internists are heard as CMS fleshes out the new initiatives, Shari Erickson, ACP's Vice President for Governmental Affairs and Medical Practice suggested that members "share with us what are they seeing and what are they doing, along with their practice characteristics, and we will use this information as feedback to the agencies."
Members can provide that information through a data collection tool on the College's website. ACP's data collection tool, "Administrative Tasks and Best Practices Survey", can be completed on the ACP website.
11.10.17: The Chapter's Fall Meeting with Legislative Leaders on Health Issues and Priorities for 2018
On October 31st, meetings were held in Albany with Assemblyman Richard Gottfried, Chair of the Assembly Health Committee, and Senator Hannon's staff (Senator Hannon is Chair of the Senate Health Committee). These meetings were part of NYACP's annual legislative planning process which allows for the Chapter to share healthcare priorities as well as determine the focus of the legislative health leaders for the 2018 session.
Linda Efferen, MD, FACP, Chair of NYACP's Health and Public Policy Committee, Linda Lambert, NYACP Executive Director and Loretta Ponesse, NYACP Assistant Executive Director attended for the Chapter.
Existing legislation and areas for potential legislation development were discussed in detail. Copies of NYACP's 2018 Legislative Priorities and draft Educational Paper on Geriatric Medicine (both approved on 10/27/17 and viewable here), were discussed. Serious concerns about the medical liability statute of limitations bill (S.6800/A.8516) which passed in June and will soon be sent to Governor Cuomo for his signature were reviewed, and its significant impact on internists and other primary care providers was outlined. Delays and challenges associated with the DANY application process, proposed changes to the NYS physician profile, and feedback pertaining to Alternative Payment Models (APMs) and Regulatory Modernization Initiative (RMI) workgroup meetings were other important topics covered. The Chapter will continue to provide legislative updates to members as we approach the end of the year and as the next session is convened in early January 2018.
The 2017 State Legislative session ended with some wins and a loss. Final actions included expanding medical marijuana use for PTSD, curbing electronic cigarettes, and extending time limits for filing medical malpractice lawsuits.
There were also several noteworthy "victories"—bills that we opposed and were not passed. Our credible relationships with legislators and our office's close proximity to the Capitol, as well as our strong coalition with other medical specialty societies and patient groups helped to stop these bills. We blocked several medical liability bills simultaneously introduced at the very end of the session, all of which threatened to increase attorney contingency fees beyond their current limit. Any increase in contingency fees would of course further increase premiums, which is why opposing such changes remains a top legislative priority for us. Other bills that we opposed and that were not passed related to opioids, including mandated provider counseling prior to prescription of a schedule II opioid and limitation of an initial opioid prescription to 3 days (reduced from the current 7-day limitation).
We also had some victories regarding bills that we supported. E-cigarettes are now regulated under the Clean Indoor Air Act, possession of e-cigarettes is now prohibited on school grounds, and e-cigarette retailers are now required to register with the department of taxation and finance.
Of most significance to our members was the change to medical malpractice cases that expands the statute of limitations for plaintiffs (injured patients) to bring lawsuits against a physician. Whereas previously patients had 2.5 years from the date of the alleged malpractice to file a lawsuit, now patients have 2.5 years from the date of discovery with a maximum time limit of 7 years from the date of the alleged malpractice for failure to diagnose cancer or malignant tumor. Since this bill's passing, malpractice insurance premiums are expected to increase by a minimum of 15%.
Overall, this was a very busy legislative year and a particularly eventful end of session. We thank all of our members who responded to our calls for legislative action—your state representatives heard your voices, loud and clear! As always, we take our duty to advocate for our members' interests very seriously, so we are already reflecting on this year's outcomes to begin preparing for the legislative session in 2018!
5.1.17: 2017 ACP Leadership Day in Washington DC
1.18.17: What Advocacy Did for You in 2016
NYACP advocacy activity consists of monitoring legislative sessions and working with the legislators, the Administration, the State's regulatory agencies, and industry stakeholders (such as other medical and specialty societies, insurers, hospitals, patients and other allied health professionals) to assure physician representation and input on all discussions related to patient care. Always putting patients first, by our actions we advance Internal Medicine and improve patient care.
Here are just a few of the results of NYACP advocacy in 2016: Read the full report here.
Changes to E-Prescribing Laws
The Chapter worked directly with sponsors on a bill that directs the Commissioner of Financial Services to develop a standard prescription drug approval form in an electronic version for all payers in the healthcare system. This will reduce burden on our members by requiring greater standardization among insurers for making prior authorization requests.
Passage of Step Therapy (Fail First) Drug Protocols for All Insurers
This bill was recently signed by the Governor to address Step Therapy protocols used in Utilization Reviews (UR) of prescriptions drugs. Insurers and UR agents must use evidence-based and peer reviewed clinical criteria appropriate for the patient's clinical condition.
Adequate Workforce Capacity Advocacy
12.8.16: Governor Cuomo Signs the Pharmacy to Pharmacy Transfer Bill
On November 28th, Governor Cuomo signed S7537/A1044 which amends the Public Health Law to allow a pharmacy, upon the patient's request, to transfer an e-prescription to another pharmacy effective March 1, 2017. This was a legislative priority for NYACP having heard from many members of the challenges faced as e-prescribing has been implemented – and this bill resolves many of those concerns. Support from other professional medical societies helped to emphasize the concerns across all medical specialties.
This new law eliminates much waste on both patients and our members' time when they had to re-issue scripts for reasons such as lack of supply in stock at time of fill, the patient for convenience stops at a different pharmacy or the patient has found another pharmacy to issue the drug at a cheaper price.
12.8.16: Chapter Approves 2017 Legislative Priorities
At the Board Meeting on December 7 in Queens, New York, the Chapter approved its 2017 State Legislative Priorities. These priorities are revised each year by the Health and Public Policy Committee and reflect the Chapter's strong advocacy focus on Access to Care, Quality of Care and Patient Safety, and Public Health and Health Care Delivery.
To see the NYACP 2017 Legislative Priorities, please click here.
12.8.16: Governor Announces New Initiatives Regarding HIV, Eliminating Barriers and Increasing Access to Service
12.8.16: NY Chapter Resolution Addressing "Cold Calling" Acted on by National ACP
At its recent Board of Regents meeting, the American College of Physicians (ACP) adopted the following statement on Unsolicited Communications (also known as "cold calling"):
ACP opposes unsolicited communications ("cold calling") of pharmaceuticals, durable medical equipment, supplies, and healthcare services that target patients and/or physicians and/or other prescribing clinicians including via direct mail, telecommunications, or facsimile. ACP believes this practice can lead to inappropriate treatment, interferes with the patient-clinician relationship, adds unnecessary costs to the health care system, and raises legal issues.
This statement began as a resolution from the NY Chapter and has been adoped by ACP as a formal policy stance, demonstrating that a member's idea for action can be turned into formal ACP policy.
11.17.16 : Govenor Cuomo Signs Prior Authorization Bill
This was a legislative priority for NYACP. The Chapter, working with the Medical Society of the State of New York (MSSNY), drafted this legislation with the Senate and Assembly Legislative sponsors, and continued advocacy until it was signed into law.
10.20.16: Activities Within This Past Week: Your Chapter Acting on Your Behalf
10.6.16: NYACP Members Act and Governor Signs E-Prescribing Amendment
On Friday, September 30, Governor Cuomo signed as Chapter 350 of the Laws of 2016 legislation (A.9335/S.6778) changing e-prescribing exception regulations. Instead of sending an e-mail to the Department of Health containing an onerous amount of information about the issuance of the paper prescription every time an exception is invoked, as the regulations originally required, a prescriber can now make a notation in the patient's medical record indicating that they have issued a paper prescription and noting one of the three statutory exceptions as the reason why an e-prescription was not possible. This bill reduces an unnecessary administrative burden that was placed on physicians while preserving those measures within I-STOP that have been successful in reducing diversion and misuse of controlled substances.
Following a significant amount of effort by leaders and staff on this legislative priority, the bill was signed in part because of the large number of Chapter members that sent letters to Governor Cuomo through NYACP's Legislative Action Center, urging him to sign the bill.


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Oak Ridge National Laboratory's new Stinger Energizer provides voltages exceeding 100 kilovolts in a compact highly efficient, portable package, making it ideal for laser systems, X-ray units, particle accelerators, electrostatic purifiers, copy machines, bug zappers and many other products. Conventional high-voltage power supplies consume significantly more power, are heavier and at least 10 times larger. The Stinger, developed by a team led by Bruce Warmack, operates by transforming a low direct current voltage of 3.3 volts to 24 volts to a high-frequency alternating current voltage up to 12 kilovolts. A series of high-voltage diodes and capacitors are specially arranged in a stack that is just two inches in length to provide 120 kilovolts. [Contact: Ron Walli, (865) 576-0226; email@example.com]
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By mixing graphitic particles with ductile metal powders, Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers have produced an entirely new family of matrix composites that broaden the use of graphite foam. These novel metals, collectively called Vari-k-Graphmet, possess the qualities of each individual component, and help to create a highly customizable product that can tailor graphite foam to a wide variety of applications, including automobile exhaust systems, brakes, LED lighting, refrigeration, power converters, heat sinks and heat exchangers. This is because the combination of highly conductive graphite foam and titanium produces a high-strength, lightweight, titanium alloy that has high thermal conductivity. [Written by Jennifer Brouner, (865) 241-9515; firstname.lastname@example.com] [Contact: Ron Walli, 865-576-0226; firstname.lastname@example.com]
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Energy consumers intent on seeing lower bills could see that happen with Citizen Engagement for Energy Efficient Communities, a software developed at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. CoNNECT, a community-based computational framework, enables consumers to benchmark their consumption against that of their peers. "CoNNECT builds on the premise that energy consumers need to go beyond one-time improvements that are often not monitored to increase the likelihood of achieving energy savings," said Budhu Bhaduri, who led the development team. By tracking energy usage data, CoNNECT provides an improved energy feedback mechanism that informs households in more detail about their consumption pattern so homeowners can achieve better awareness and control. CoNNECT is available for licensing with a deadline of Aug. 16. [Contact: Ron Walli, (865) 576-0226; firstname.lastname@example.com]
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Lithium batteries could become less expensive and safer using materials developed by Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers and Porous Power Technologies LLC. The replacement of polymer separators with lower-cost ceramics and mineral fillers can also improve a battery's thermomechanical properties, making it less likely to overheat or ignite because of shorting. The technology provides enhanced durability, increased reliability and a 7 to 8 percent increase in the battery's long-term cycling performance, according to David Wood III. This breakthrough membrane technology, called SYMMETRIX HPX-F separator, could affect electric vehicles, grid storage applications, portable electronic applications, filters, barrier fabrics, transdermal drug delivery and toxic chemical absorption. [Written by Jennifer Brouner, (865) 241-9515; firstname.lastname@example.com] [Contact: Ron Walli, 865-576-0226; firstname.lastname@example.com]
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More Young Kids Can Use Technology Than Tie Shoes
A new survey of young mothers reveals small children are more likely to play a computer game or operate a smartphone than ride a bike or go swimming.
The 'Digital Diaries' study from Internet Security Company AVG polled 2,200 mothers with Internet access and with children aged 2-5 in the U.S., Canada, the EU5 (U.K., France, Italy, Germany, Spain), Japan, Australia and New Zealand. It asked the mothers which tech skills have their kids mastered and what life skills.
The answer was what could be considered a generational shift. More kids can play a computer game than ride a bike. Even at the tender ages of two and three, 44 percent know how to play a computer game vs. 43 percent that know how to ride a bike. All told, 58 percent of children ages 2-5 know how to play a computer game.
While 19 percent of kids aged 2-5 know how play with a smartphone application, only nine percent of kids those age know how to tie their shoelaces. Furthermore, more children can open a web browser (25 percent) than swim unaided (20 percent).
Technology has changed what it means to be a parent raising children today - these children are growing up in an environment that would be unrecognizable to their parents. The smart-phone and the computer are increasingly taking the place of the TV as an education and entertainment tool for children, J.R. Smith, AVG chief executive, said in a statement. As our research shows, parents need to start educating kids about navigating the online world safely at an earlier age than they might otherwise have thought.
The disparity was even greater in Europe where more kids there know how to make a mobile phone call (44 percent in Italy vs. 25 percent for the U.S.), play a computer game (70 percent U.K. vs. 61 percent U.S.) and operate a computer mouse (78 percent France vs. 67 percent U.S.). There was no disparity between boys and girls.


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text: Congratulations to Margaret Lawson '18, who was named as a Finalist for the Computing Research Association Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher Award. This award program recognizes undergraduate students in North American universities who show outstanding research potential in an area of computing research. Margaret was first author on the paper "EMPRESS—Extensible Metadata PRovider for Extreme-scale Scientific Simulation," and she delivered the talk at the 2017 Parallel Data Storage Workshop-Data Intensive Scalable Computing Workshop at the Supercomputing Conference SC'17. EMPRESS is a novel metadata service to support scientific discovery from extreme-scale scientific simulations.


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Portrait of a Cat
I got a new camera – I really loved the way these photos of Tom our ginger tom cat
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I got a new camera – I really loved the way these photos of Tom our ginger tom cat
The only issue with having re-homed bunny hops outside is that he and the black and white cats Hydrogen and Helium can no longer sniff and snuggle each other – they have come to some sort of compromise though
Fluffy Obsidion, the rescue baby bunny we took on has been living in our kitchen but with weather improving and him not being so small anymore it was time he was moved out into the garden – into the run.
He loves it He sits in his hutch like he owns the place. He doesn't do happy jumps like Blacky did but he does race around and look interested in things.


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Teacher resources and professional development across the curriculum
Teacher professional development and classroom resources across the curriculum
The period known as Reconstruction was shaped by rapid economic, social, and demographic changes.
Republican opposition to slavery was part of a broader commitment to free labor and active federal intervention to expand the nation's industrial capacity. The Civil War and Reconstruction were, therefore, accompanied by an ambitious program of economic growth and liberal government grants to railroad companies. Indeed, the Republican Party soon turned its attention from the South and the problems of former slaves to the promise of western development.
This program of development was a boon to some people and a disaster for others. Growing numbers of immigrants from Europe and China came to the United States. Here they labored in its factories, worked on its railroads, or tilled its soils. But the indigenous peoples of the Great Plains soon lost their land and their freedom.
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Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Summer's Almost Here~Tee Hee
We can now see the deer moving around in the back yard.
Yep, won't be long now.
Hope you're warm where you are.
Thanks for stopping by,
8 comments:
- Pammy Sue said...
Oh my gosh! That's incredible! That is something you just don't see in Texas...EVER.
- March 1, 2011 at 2:15 PM
- gracie said...
What a picture!
- March 1, 2011 at 6:08 PM
- Astri said...
What a great photo. The snow even sparkles.
- March 1, 2011 at 8:08 PM
- Vinniey said...
What a cute picture! :)
- March 2, 2011 at 3:29 AM
- Kate said...
I feel a bit guilty complaining about how hot our summer has been now... I am mad on your cross-stitch, it is just wonderful.
Love Kate (from greedy for colour).
- March 2, 2011 at 11:15 PM
- Stephanie (Joie deBayou) said...
That is seriously too much snow!
We had temps in the 80s last week, so I am thinking Spring may be early (and not a moment too soon for you).
- March 3, 2011 at 8:51 AM
- Jane said...
Hi Hillery
Just found your blog and throughly enjoyed seeing all your crafty bits and bobs - your Sampler Life stitch is just gorgeous, the colours show up lovely on the fabric choice.
Love your photo of the 2 deer, I've just shown my children it and we're all grinning like cheshire cats ~ soooooo cute.
(Buttons & Stitches x x x)
- March 3, 2011 at 10:00 AM
- Casey said...
I love that picture!!
- March 8, 2011 at 7:04 AM


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Fortunato's "video rodeo" brings Evel Knievel,
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processed video images of clouds. Both Mr. Bahn
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texture thickened as extended, active sections
of the piece used the electronics to accentuate
the wild exertions of the performers, juxtaposed
with ominous, processed video imagery. Ultimately,
the pent-up energy generated by the instrumentalists'
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The National Weather Service has a coastal flood and high surf advisory in place through Tuesday evening with heightened concerns around today's high tides.
High tides in Palm Beach County this morning are from about 10:20 through 11 a.m. with evening high tides beginning at about 11 p.m. to midnight.
The Lake Worth Pier and Juno Pier remain closed this morning with waves in the Gulfstream peaking to at least 14 feet today.
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Winds at Palm Beach International Airport were northwest at 5 this morning, but are expected to be slightly higher at the beaches.
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