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What is that one thing which kids and adults love to eat alike? Chocolates, of course. No prizes for guessing though. Chocolate is one such thing that attracts everyone. A small bite never does any harm right? But wait, every time you unwrap the delightful sin 100s of thoughts start hovering over. What are these thoughts? And why does it put a full stop to the indulgence.
Top 6 Chocolate Myths Debunked
Let me tell you, it's not at all surprising to know that all your life you grew up hearing the damage that chocolate does to your body and stuffs like that. And I am sure you all believed it religiously. So let's debunk the top 10 chocolate myths you heard about (and believed too).
1. Tooth Decay & Cavity
This is the most common myth. Yes, you heard it right. It is indeed a myth. We all have been hearing it since childhood and continue to pass it on to our own children too. You would be surprised to know that, a study conducted in Japan says that cocoa bean help fighting mouth bacteria.
2. Weight Gain
This one is a common myth too. If you are looking at shedding those few extra pounds then chocolate must be on top of the don'ts column. But the truth is, intake of small amounts of chocolate is linked to lowering BMI, even if you eat more calories and exercise less. (National Institutes of Health). So say hello to a chocolate diet!
3. Increases Stress
Wrong! Wrong! And Wrong! Yes, this statement is absolutely wrong. On the contrary, consuming half an ounce of chocolate reduces the stress hormone and make you feel better. So, next time when you feel stressed, grab a chocolate!
4. No Nutritional Value
A highly believed myth, that chocolate lacks nutritional content. In fact, Cocoa has high levels of antioxidants which make dark chocolate a great food to consume. What's more? Dark chocolate contains minerals, iron, potassium and zinc.
Also, read about: Top Antioxidant Foods.
5. High Caffeine Content
Let's debunk this one too. Chocolate does contain caffeine, but definitely lower than the caffeine content in your cup of favorite coffee! Though dark chocolate has more amount of caffeine, it is still less than coffee. On an average chocolate bar contains somewhere around 9 milligrams caffeine, a dark one may contain 31 milligrams on an average. However, a cup of your favorite coffee store contains around 320 milligrams.
6. Acne
When it comes to taking care of the skin, our diet occupies a major place. The fat content in chocolates may cause acne outbreaks, but not always. It majorly depends on the skin type and other factors too.
So, the next time someone tells you the ill effects of chocolate, you can straight away guide them into reading this article. This will get the facts corrected and you can enjoy your chocolate bar in peace. Also, don't forget to spread the information as it can solve the dilemma of many chocolate lovers.


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Regular price $59.95
With this play kitchen, cooking and baking become a real party. The kitchen consists of a hob with oven, a counter top area with storage space and a microwave / oven with a clock above the work surface against the rear wall. All buttons click when you turn it. The hardwood frame ensures a stable construction, also the weight of the kitchen (20 pounds) indicates that it can take a beating!
- Type:Cabinet
- Style:Minimalist Modern
- Material:Wood
- Pattern:patchwork
- Number of Layers:Two Layers
- Size:23.6''x 13.0'' x 35.4'' ( L x W x H )
- Package Includes:1 x Kitchen Set ,1 x Assembly Instruction
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Kenneth P. Baker / Managing Principal / Gensler
Meg Bartow / Senior Vice President / Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide
Larry Beam, PE, LEED AP / Sr. Vice President/Managing Director / WSP
Celeste Brown / Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer / Fannie Mae
Jon Coleman / General Counsel / CoStar Group, Inc.
Chris Cooper, FAIA, LEED AP / Partner / SOM
George Corey / CGS Law, LLC
James G. Davis / President & Chief Executive Officer / DAVIS Construction
Ken Carlson / Senior Vice President / Clark Construction Group, LLC
Todd C. DeGarmo / Chief Executive Officer / STUDIOS Architecture
Lisa E. Delplace, FASLA / Principal & Chief Executive Officer / OvS
Eric Dinges / Vice President / AECOM
Martin Ditto / President & Chief Executive Officer / Ditto Residential
Michael Feigin / President & Chief Executive Officer / JLA Consulting Group
Randy Fiser, Hon. FASID / Executive Vice President & Chief Executive Officer / American Society of Interior Designers
Camilo Garcia / Mid-Atlantic Business Unit Leader / DPR Construction
Sargent C. Gardiner, AIA / Partner / Robert A.M. Stern Architects
Brent D. Glass / Interim Executive Director / National Building Museum
Anthony Wolf Greenberg / Senior Vice President / JBG SMITH
Caryn Halifax / CEO / International Masonry Institute
David Haresign / Partner / Bonstra | Haresign ARCHITECTS LLP
Hany Hassan, FAIA / Partner / Beyer Blinder Belle
Kevin J. Hilton / Chief Executive Officer / Ironworker Management Progressive Action Cooperative Trust
Sabrina Kanner / Executive Vice President, Design and Construction / Brookfield Properties
Stephen Lovett / Chief Executive Officer / Softwood Lumber Board
Christopher A. McFadden / Vice President, Communications / Turner Construction Company
Chris Morrison, FAIA, NCARB, LEED AP BD+C / Managing Director / Perkins+Will
Sherida E. Paulsen, FAIA / Senior Principal / PKSB Architects, PC
Keith J. Sellars / President & Chief Executive Officer / Washington DC Economic Partnership
Annie Senatore / Chief Executive Officer & Creative Director / Design Foundry
Jose Antonio Tijerino / President & Chief Executive Officer / Hispanic Heritage Foundation
Louis Vega / President / Dow
Douglas S. Wignall, FAIA, RAIC, LEED AP / President / HDR Architecture, Inc.
Tim Williams, AIA / Managing Partner / ZGF
Kevin Donnellan/Executive Vice President and Chief of Staff / AARP
Greg Giammalvo, PE, LEED AP / Principal / Arup
Josep Maset / Director of Growth & Innovations, US / LafargeHolcim
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Ice Soldiers
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A group of Canadian scientists discover 3 frozen Russian bodies buried beneath the Arctic ice. They thaw them without knowing that they are 3 Soviet soldiers with super human abilities who killed most of a Canadian troop before getting freezing. Thanks to that, they are revived and becomes a big threat to Western society. And a battle to prevent the ice soldiers starts.
Actors: Adam Beach,Michael Ironside,Dominic Purcell
Directors: Sturla Gunnarsson
Duration: 95 min
Quality: HD
Release: 2013
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How to plan for real-time marketing execution
Part one of this two-part series examined how organizations plot strategy for real-time marketing (RTM), based on "Real Time Marketing: The Agility to Leverage 'Now,'" research Altimeter Group recently published on the topic.
Once strategy is in place, it's time to turn to RTM execution, in particular enabling it to happen in a seamless, scalable way.
Assemble team and tools
Successful RTM requires that the right constituents be available, informed, educated, and empowered. Assemble the proper teams (i.e., social, creative, copywriting, legal, PR, etc.) and tools (i.e., listening, analytics, design, digital assets, publishing tools, etc.) to ensure streamlined execution. Multiple companies we interviewed underscored the importance of having a "war room," akin to a newsroom, where all team members are literally present and able to collaborate -- in real-time.
For unplanned, reactive RTM execution, the existing content hub or social media team takes the lead. Alternately, a pre-identified and trained virtual team leaps into action.
For anticipated events, a war room is often the hub, driving real-time approvals, design, triage, and publication. Even brands without 24/7 RTM teams can assemble trained and prepared teams for special events, as Oreo did for the Super Bowl.
For anticipated or planned events with content created in advance, assemble teams with regularly scheduled meetings to discuss event strategies and guidelines and identify areas of opportunity.
Establish triage
Scenario-based triage is one of the single most effective ways to streamline RTM execution. Certain cues or events trigger repeatable workflows. Community managers should be able to identify what types of language indicate threats or risks for the brand, and how and when to escalate them to legal, PR, or the appropriate team. When developing RTM content, consider how users may respond, then identify what warrants response and build workflows based on positive and negative interactions or needs. The more detail provided, the more teams accounted for, and the more scenarios planned for, the better.
Train and test all parties
A big part of operating in real-time is enabling key employees to feel trusted and empowered to act. This level of confidence is only achieved via education and training across all stakeholders -- not only those posting and responding but those creating, approving, distributing, and monitoring, both internally and externally (i.e., agencies and vendors). Training should include both strategic and tactical elements.
Training tools and testing will vary by organization based on resources and stakeholders. The goal of training and testing, however, is universal: to establish confidence for those executing and trust in them by all stakeholders, management, and the brand at large.
Identify analytics and KPIs
You don't know where you're going unless you know where you are. RTM measurement instructs the effectiveness of current efforts as well as pinpoints areas to explore more deeply. Listening should inform planning, targeting, and action, as outlined above. Analytics capabilities monitor performance and optimization. Define key performance indicators (KPIs) for RTM by aligning them with overarching content strategy indicators.
Real-time analytics capabilities are also important to RTM to capitalize on every effort -- not just planned initiatives but more reactive ones as well.
Finally, performance measurement of real-time engagement, content, and activities should tie to, support, and help optimize the convergence of paid, owned, and earned media. RTM is an effective test bed for larger content initiatives and a support hub for triaging customers to owned properties or helpful content. RTM even provides clues or fodder for developing catchy ads and promotions. Measuring these efforts instructs where to invest time and resources across all brand assets.
Evaluate scale periodically
"But will it scale?" This is a very important question for RTM, particularly regarding staffing and customer channels. Enterprises must frequently (e.g., monthly or quarterly) assess and evaluate the scale of their RTM initiatives: headcount, talent, tools, roles, etc. Appropriately scaling RTM is complex, difficult, and cost-intensive, necessitating frequent reviews and assessments against business goals.
Rebecca Lieb is an analyst, digital advertising/media, for Altimeter Group.
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Indian Motorcycle Wrecking Crew Living Legends, Bobby Hill and Bill Tuman on-hand in Sturgis to celebrate historic return to professional racing.
MINNEAPOLIS (August 8, 2016) – Indian Motorcycle®, America's first motorcycle company, unleashed its all-new Indian Scout FTR750 flat track race bike in a place synonymous with the brand – the 76th annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally. The event is the latest milestone in the historic return to professional flat track racing for the brand, while the Scout FTR750 represents Indian Motorcycle's bid for a strong return to AMA flat track racing.
The Indian Scout FTR750 was revealed at the "Motorcycles as Art" industry event that took place at the famed Buffalo Chip in Sturgis. Special guests on-hand were the two surviving members of the legendary Indian Wrecking Crew, Bobby Hill and Bill Tuman, both of whom are AMA Hall of Fame members. The third member of the Wrecking Crew, Ernie Beckman, passed away in 1999. The motorcycle featured the #51 of Bill Tuman, as a tribute to the last rider to win a Grand National Championship on an Indian in 1953.
"A heritage of racing and winning is in the lifeblood of this brand, and everyone in attendance was clearly proud to be a part of this important moment in the historic return of Indian Motorcycle to professional flat track racing," said President of Motorcycles Steve Menneto. "We have an incredible team of engineers and designers working on this initiative, and all of us are deeply committed to building a world-class racing program that will live up to our legendary history on the track."
The all-new Indian Scout FTR750 features a high-revving, racing V-Twin engine developed in-house and is wrapped in a unique steel frame that allows for a tight wheelbase, large centrally located airbox and unique lightweight carbon fiber body. The design of the race-only bike reflects the heritage of key Indian racing models from history including the Big Base Scout; a historic bike that won in Daytona, dominated events across the country and is still raced in Vintage competition today.
More information on the race only Indian Scout FTR750 will be made in the future. The motorcycle will be on display in the AMA Paddock at the Black Hills Speedway during the fans walk, and will be shown in the Indian Motorcycle factory display on Lazelle Street through the rally week.


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Chyrsocolla is first and foremost a Stone of Communication. Its very essence is devoted to expression, empowerment and teaching. The serenity of its colours releases negative energies, calms, and allows truth and inner wisdom to surface and be heard. A peaceful stone, it emphasizes the power our words and actions have on those around us, and encourages compassion and strengthening of character
Chrysocolla is a stone of empowerment of the feminine energies, teaching that genuine power is best expressed through gentleness. It is a stone of the Goddess, and those who resonate with it will likely feel her ancient and enduring energies rising within themselves.
On an emotional level, Chrysocolla teaches the value of both expression and the virtue of keeping silent. One can speak and say nothing, or remain silent and speak volumes. It helps to open bottled emotions that block the mind from thinking clearly and stimulates balance and wholeness.
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Listing is for 1 tumbled stone intuitively selected for you. Each piece is unique & holds its own magic. All crystals have been cleansed with sage.


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The art of Ka Huna massage will rock your boat
I AM lying on the table while watching the sea through the window.
My mind is blank, but surprisingly quick.
For the last 90 minutes I have experienced something that goes beyond a massage; just short from a spiritual experience.
I feel like I have been emptied from inside my body and mind. I feel very light.
After the massage I went to a lake near Tyagarah and meditated for almost an hour in the water.
The sensation lasted several days, and being my first Ka Huna massage I am keen to repeat it soon.
So much for the idea of me being a hard-to-impress, cynical, well seasoned reporter.
In 90 minutes this masseur rocked my world.
The masseur was Matt Mostyn, a Ka Huna therapist who moved to the area almost three months ago and is receiving glowing reviews.
Obviously, he's good at rocking people's worlds.
Ka Huna is a type of massage therapy that originates from the Hawaiian Islands.
Mr Mostyn explains that Ka Hunas were the healers within the tribes.
"Hawaiian Royalty had a coming-of-age ceremony where they had a three-day Ka Huna massage," Matt said.
A three-day-massage... now that's royal treatment!
No wonder Ka Huna is considered "the Rolls Royce of massage".
"It's a flowing massage, it is about rhythmic flowing strokes, gentle but firm, using the fingers, hands, forearms and elbows."
Mr Mostyn explained Ka Huna is a form of energy work. "As well as working on the physical body, the idea is to work on the body's energy, to bring it back into balance."
"Too often we are trapped in our heads in the West. This form of massage grounds you back in your body and gets the energy flowing in your head again."
"Emotional pain can sometimes get trapped in out bodies and this massage unblocks it. It is common for our clients to become very emotional during the massage, but they cannot explain why."
Matt Mostyn was living in Sydney in 2005 working in the advertising industry when he had his first Ka Huna massage.
The experience was also so unique for him that he decided to get the skills and dedicate his life to it.
He moved to the North Coast three months ago and started operating from a property with magnificent views of the bay in Coopers Shoot, right between Byron Bay and Bangalow, 10 minutes away from both towns.
Mr Mostyn has completed Level 6 of the seven courses available in Australia to perfect the technique. "I feel I am ready to get the next level soon."
His credentials locally have been so successful that he has been hired as one of the therapists at the luxurious Gaia Retreat and Spa in Brooklet.
Co-Owner Gregg Cave said that "Matt has exceptionally healing hands."
"I have had Ka Huna massages here in Australia and overseas and was very impressed with Matt.
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The Cumberland & Westmorland Herald celebrated its 150th birthday with the publication of an anniversary special looking back over the history of the title.
The anniversary edition detailed events covered by the paper in its lifetime and also outlined the title's role in the community.
The celebration issue featured a wrap-around cover of the first ever edition of the paper from November, 1860, when it was called the Penrith Herald.
The paper also carried a feature outlining to readers how the Herald is run by its 32 staff and also detailing the how the paper has had just seven editor since its launch.
The first was Thomas Hodgson, who as editor proprietor launched the Herald in 1860 and remained at the helm until his death in 1913.
The paper's current editor Colin Maughan took control in 1995 and in the years since has introduced full electronic page-make-up and full colour printing while also guiding the paper through the arrival of the internet.
Maughan said: "We feel immense pride at having been at the heart of the community for 150 years.
'It is also extremely gratifying that readers, contributors and advertisers continue to support us at a time of uncertainty for newspapers in general.
"We focus solely on local news, recognising that readers want to know about the activities and achievements of their relatives, friends, colleagues and neighbours.
'That was the sentiment expressed by the newspaper's founder in the first issue and it holds true today."


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Congratulations to our lovely couple Amal & Rob! They enjoyed perfect weather for their holiday weekend Autumnal wedding at the Mass Audubon Habitat. We had a blast creating the whimsical custom Fall floral arrangements for their special day.
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Take a look at Stefanie & Danario's Spring wedding featured in Grace Ormonde Wedding Style Magazine! We loved creating the romantic and lush custom floral arrangements for this beautiful wedding at the InterContinental Boston. Their story is truly special. Congratulations and best wishes for the future 🙂 Always a pleasure to work along side such great wedding vendors […]


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Irfan Ahmad
Mark R. Anderson, CPHIMS, FHIMSS
Lee Barrett
Tom Brekka
W. Christopher Johnson, FHFMA
Donna Houlne BSN, MHA, MHRM
Jason Kane
Raul Matas
Michael Rawdan, Ph.D., MBA
Samuel E. Rubenstein
Brad Smith, AAP
June St. John
Ralph Tang
Dr. Adele Towers
Patrick Violette
April H. York
Jake Yount
If you are a health plan, hospital/health system or financial institution and would like to speak at this highly acclaimed forum please contact [email protected] For sponsorship opportunities, contact [email protected]
Irfan Ahmad
Irfan Ahmad is Senior Vice President, Product Development and Strategy for The Clearing House. Mr. Ahmad is deeply engaged in the development of several new digital payments initiatives, including real-time payments where he is responsible for the product development work stream. In this role, he works with internal and external technology experts and bank executives to define, develop, and launch the new U.S. payments infrastructure.
Mr. Ahmad brings expertise in payments, product development, strategic planning from his previous work in PriceWaterhouseCoopers consulting practice, where he focused on medical banking and assisting financial service companies define their healthcare strategy and implement payment transaction solutions. He also managed product development and strategic planning for products at Medco Health Solutions.
Mr. Ahmad has a Master's degree in Public Health from Yale University, and a B.A. in Biology from St. Mary's College of Maryland.
Mark R. Anderson, LFHIMSS, CPHIMS
Mr. Anderson is one of the nation's premier IT futurists dedicated to health care. He has 45 years' experience in Healthcare as a CEO, CFO and the corporate CIO at 4 IDNs and has worked with over 250 hospitals and over 26,000 physicians. Additionally, since 2010, Mr. Anderson has worked with 28 ACOs regarding moving from FFS to VBR, has created over 20 Care Coordination and Patient Engagement programs, and has developed the 7-Stages of VBR functionality matrix. Finally, Mr. Anderson has served as an Expert Witness on numerous legal cases dealing with Healthcare Technologies, hospital protocols, and malpractice cases.
Lee Barrett
Lee Barrett is the Executive Director of The Electronic Healthcare Network Accreditation Commission (EHNAC), a federally recognized, standards development organization designed to improve transactional quality, operational efficiency and data security in healthcare, where has served in that capacity since the commission's inception in 1993. He has 10 years of experience leading healthcare professional services organizations including PricewaterhouseCoopers, SAIC, Covansys and Virtusa and 20 years in senior management roles in payer organizations including Travelers and Aetna. He has held senior leadership positions with the American Dental Association Business Enterprises Inc. (ADABEI), the for-profit, wholly owned subsidiary of the ADA, a provider organization and has led several healthcare software/services development companies including: MBEXX, Claredi, HealthEC and others in which for many he facilitated their growth and acquisition. He has served as chairman of WEDI, and ASCX12N Insurance Subcommittee and currently serves on the eHi Leadership Council and DirectTrust Board and has been on many other industry boards.
A member of both the HHS Cybersecurity Task Force (405d) and ONC Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) Tiger Team as well as Chair of the National Trust Network Data Sharing and Cybersecurity Task Group, Barrett works on key HIT industry initiatives that lay the foundation for health information technology – including support and implementation of important healthcare legislative mandates. He speaks nationally regarding security, privacy, ransomware and cybersecurity risk management/assessment and mitigation strategies, tactics and best practices and is a continued go-to resource for industry media.
Tom Brekka
VestaCare helps hospitals and other medical care providers secure the majority of their patient-responsible revenues, while enhancing patient satisfaction by helping them avoid the devastating impact of medical bad debt.
Brekka has nearly three decades of healthcare industry experience as both an entrepreneur and executive manager of high technology companies.
He was the founder and CEO of WiSE Medical Systems, which developed the first mobile point-of-care information system for physicians. Brekka raised over $30 million from business partners Pfizer and AMP in the launch of WiSE. He was also founder and CEO of two semiconductor industry companies Sequoia Semiconductor and Syncerption, which was sold to MCT, Minneapolis, MN. While at MedPlus, now owned by Quest Diagnostics, Brekka assisted in developing early cloud-based solutions for their hospital medical record products.
Brekka has published numerous articles and papers on health related matters, has been a keynote speaker at the Self Insurance Industry Association national conference and the AAPPO American Association of PPOs conference. Also, Mr. Brekka will be a keynote speaker at the upcoming Silicon Valley CFO Hospital Conference in San Jose, CA, as well as panel presenter and workshop leader at Becker's RCM/HIT Healthcare Conference in Chicago, both in September 2017.
He has been married for 32 years, has three children and is a competitive triathlete, runner and ocean swimmer.
Donna Houlne BSN, MHA, MHRM
Donna Houlne, a senior healthcare executive with more than 30 years of hospital operations and consulting experience, has proven ability to create multi-disciplinary alliances and teams in order to meet the demands of the challenging and fluid healthcare environment. Recognized for being a hands-on, pro-active troubleshooter who can rapidly identify business problems, formulate resolution strategies, initiate change and implement new processes in challenging and diverse environments.
Key strengths include: Ability to develop and manage complex and diverse relationships; Strong project management; highly principled and values driven individual; Resourceful and creative problem-solver;
Donna has worked in or served most segments of the healthcare industry including Provider; not-for-profit, for-profit, academic medical centers; physician office practices healthcare payers, and life science industry.
W. Christopher Johnson, FHFMA
Chris Johnson has been employed in the healthcare finance field for more than 30 years. During this time Chris has worked in multiple environments including sole community providers, an academic medical center and in integrated healthcare delivery system. He is current employed by Atrium Health in Charlotte as Vice President Revenue Cycle Management Regional Facilities and Unified Business Office. In his current role, Chris oversees the Unified Business Office which is responsible for "patient facing" billing functions for both hospital and professional billing operations for the Atrium Health Owned facilities. In addition, Chris leads the Regional PFS Team which supports revenue cycle operations for the regional healthcare facilities affiliated with the HealthCare System. Chris is a Fellow in the Healthcare Financial Management Association and an active member of the North Carolina Chapter of HFMA where he has served in numerous leadership positions including Chapter President. Chris has also worked with National HFMA on the Board of Examiners, National Advisory Council, Regional Executive for Region IV, and the Chapter Advancement Team. In 2017 received the Fredrick C. Morgan Award, the highest service award presented by National HFMA. Chris received his bachelor's degree in Business Administration from Montreat College in Black Mountain, North Carolina, and is certified in Epic Resolute Hospital Billing and Single Billing Office Administration.
Raul Matas
Raul is the director of analytics at Kaiser Health Plan Claims AA Optimization. He has also formerly led the operational reporting, project management office, application development, quality assurance and cost containment functions in the claims operation.
Prior to his current role, he was one of the original core leadership team members on the program to replace the claims platform, and led the finance function and business case development for that project approved by KPCAC in 2010.
Raul began his career at KP in 2007 as an internal consultant supporting claims operations first in finance, then in quality. Prior to KP, Raul held roles at Hewlett-Packard HP Services North America where he began as a financial analyst and planning and reporting manager, then led the finance function for HP Global Corporate Account Sales Organization. Raul earned his undergraduate business degree in accounting and information systems and M.B.A. in finance, both from the University of Southern California.
Raul's daughter, Avery, attended both Wheelock College in Boston and Marymount Manhattan in New York City and is on a work study in Paris France. He lives in Pasadena, CA, with wife Nandani and performs regularly as an opera baritone in recitals and full productions with local opera companies.
Michael Rawdan, Ph.D., MBA
Michael is responsible for Account Management & charter for a structure that redefines the Patient Financial Experience for the largest Provider in Idaho. He has over 20 years' experience in customer management and patient experience working for firms such as Capital One and Hewlett-Packard.
Michael has held various roles across diverse organizations including customer management and insights for Capital One. At Hewlett-Packard, Michael was the Executive responsible for a $2B e-Commerce organization. Within HP, Michael managed Data & Analytics to drive user interface changes that drove significant improvements in performance.
These experiences have led Michael to St. Luke's Health System where he has been tasked with identifying and developing solutions that improve Patient Financial Experience from end to end. This is defined as pre-patient experience through each step of the clinical and non-clinical touch points.
Michael holds a BS in Marketing from the University of Tampa, MBA from Northwest Nazarene University and a dual PhD. in International Business & Decision Sciences from NOVA Southeastern University.
Samuel E. Rubenstein
Mr. Rubenstein joined the information technology department of the Montefiore Medical Center in 1999 as
Assistant Director of Revenue & Financial Systems. In that role he has managed key strategic initiatives,
including the design, development and deployment of applications that serve as a delivery hub and intelligent
work flow engine predicated on the use of X12 transaction sets, and the medical centers core revenue cycle
Mr. Rubenstein brings many years of industry experience and regulatory knowledge in a variety of health care venues including Acute Care Hospitals, Long Term Care Facilities, Ambulatory Care Centers, Physician Practices and specialty healthcare organizations.
In 2003 Mr. Rubenstein was promoted to Technical Director, Revenue Cycle, Business & Care Management solutions for MMC and also assumed the additional role of Practice Director / Delivery Executive, Revenue & Financial Solutions at Emerging Health Information Technology (a wholly owned subsidiary of Montefiore Medical Center). In this role Mr. Rubenstein leads Emerging Health's team of revenue & financial solutions consultants and has managed multiple engagements in the areas of Revenue Cycle process optimization, installation and replacement of core revenue cycle, financial and clinical applications. Mr. Rubenstein has successfully assisted MMC and outside clients to achieve increased productivity and improved operational performance, thru the expanded use of electronic transaction exchange and automate the management of the revenue cycle and exchange of required information with external entities and integration of that data into core systems.
Most recently Mr. Rubenstein was promoted to the position of Chief Architect for Revenue Cycle & Business Information solutions in 2013 and is currently leading strategic initiatives for MMC in the revenue cycle areas including preparations for ICD-10, ACO's, and Healthcare Reform and Payer Operations. Mr. Rubenstein is also responsible for architectural solution designs related to the install of EPIC's revenue cycle solutions including Tapestry for the ACO / Payer Operations modules across the health system.
Prior to joining Montefiore Medical Center, Mr. Rubenstein served in the capacity of Chief Information Officer at the Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center for 19 years, where he was responsible for a number of departments including all Information Technology areas, Patient Accounting, Admissions, Health Information Management, Safety & Security and others. Mr. Rubenstein and his team successfully implemented many systems including Revenue Cycle, Clinical, Ancillary, & Administrative solutions including the development of a claims management system to allow for the editing, correction, and transmission of electronic claims to various payers in the mid 1980's. Prior to that, Mr. Rubenstein served as the Patient Accounts Manager at the Hospital for Joint Diseases for 3 years.
Mr. Rubenstein has also served in organizational leadership roles including Secretary / Treasurer, Health Information Systems Users Group (6 years), President, Keane PATCOM National Users Group (4 years), Associate Trustee, Board of Directors - Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center (8 years). Currently Mr. Rubenstein represents MMC as a member of the Board for WEDI and Vice Chair for Education
Brad Smith
Raising awareness of ACH is key to Brad Smith's responsibilities as Nacha's Senior Director, Industry Verticals.
A payments industry veteran of more than 20 years, Brad works to increase the use of ACH in industries including healthcare and dental. An Accredited ACH Professional (AAP), Brad has served on Nacha's Rules and Operations Committee as well as holding a leadership role in the Payments Innovation Alliance.
Before joining Nacha, Brad was part of Capital One's digital strategy team researching and analyzing emerging payment trends and technologies. He was also Chief Technology Officer at EastPay (now ePay Resources).
June St. John, CTP
June has 32 years of Treasury Services product management and customer service experience. Since 2005, she has helped lead Wells Fargo's solutions development for the healthcare industry. Currently she is responsible for Wells Fargo's Revenue Cycle Management - Claims Payment Solution for Commercial/Government Insurance Payments product strategy and Supplier Payment Solution, a healthcare provider supply chain management payables strategy.
June is a frequent presenter and author on the convergence of healthcare and banking.
June holds both graduate and undergraduate degrees from the University of North Florida in Jacksonville, FL.
Jason Kane
Jason is currently the Enterprise Director of The Single Billing Office and Cash Processing/Reconciliation
Department for Jefferson Health. He is responsible for overseeing multiple aspects of Patient Financial
Services including: HB/PB patient billing, HB Cash application and reconciliation, Correspondence
indexing and vendor operations related to customer service/pre-collection call centers and third party
primary and secondary collections.
During Jefferson Health's ongoing expansion in the metro Philadelphia area, Jason serves as one of five team leads overseeing the EPIC transformation initiative from a Revenue Cycle prospective. He has been focused on aligning all locations with best practices for SBO and Cash Processing. Jason began his career in third party collections working on multiple streams of business throughout banking and healthcare. Most recently serving as Satellite Operations Manager for one of the tri state areas largest third party billing and collection agencies. Jason is a graduate of Wilmington University obtaining a BS in Business Management and is currently enrolled in their master's program with a focus on Healthcare Administration. He also holds EPIC certifications in Hospital Billing and SBO operations.
Ralph Tang
Ralph Tang is an experienced Healthcare Executive and Thought Leader with Value-Based Payer and
Provider background. His work is focused on Value-Based Contracting and Delivery to better serve
Medicare, Medicaid and Commercial populations. Ralph focuses on risk-capable Population Health
MSOs, including episodes of care and pharmacy—in partnership with Primary Care-led CINs and
preferred specialists and acute/post-acute/home care providers in order to deliver better health, better
care at lower costs.
Ralph's executive experience includes serving as President, MSO IPA, Universal American, and President, MD/VA IPA with WellCare Health Plans, a $20+ billion Managed Care Plan serving Medicare, Medicaid and Commercial beneficiaries. He was formerly CEO & President of Partners In Care, New Jersey—an 18-year-old multi-entity physician-owned organization—comprising a population health MSO, a 650- provider IPA/CIN, and several ACOs (Medicare and Commercial). Ralph led and restructured the organization for growth in alignment with a transforming industry to better serve beneficiaries of CMS, Health Plans, and Self-Funded Employers. In 2014, he was named "New Jersey Health Care 50."
Ralph's executive experience also includes PCMH eHealth leadership at Patient Centered Primary Care Collaborative (PCPCC), an industry pioneer and promoter of PCMH. Ralph was formerly Senior VP, Solution Marketing (& Strategic Partnerships) for MEDecision, a Digital Health IT care coordination and management company and subsidiary of HCSC Health Plans (2018) serving ~15 million members.
Ralph is a thought leader and passionate about value-based transformation. He speaks frequently at industry forums on reforms challenges and opportunities. These forums include(d) Healthcare Payers Transformation Assembly, ACO and Payer Leadership Summit, Payer/Provider Partnership Summit, Network Contracting Forum, PCMH/Integrated Behavioral Health Summit, Healthcare Payments Innovations Summit and World Health Care Congress.
Ralph holds an MBA from Harvard Business School, complemented with its executive program on "Transforming Health Care Delivery" with focus on value-based strategy and execution.
Dr. Adele Towers
Dr. Towers is the Director of Risk Adjustment for UPMC Enterprises, and is also a geriatrician on the faculty at the University of Pittsburgh. At UPMC Enterprises, she is directly involved in the development of healthcare related technology, with emphasis on use of Natural Language Processing (NLP) for Risk Adjustment coding and use of Clinical Analytics to optimize clinical performance. Prior to this role, she has served as the Medical Director for Health Information Management at UPMC with responsibility for Clinical Documentation Improvement as well as inpatient coding denials and appeals. She has been on the faculty in the Division of Geriatric Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh for over 25 years and continues to see patients at the Benedum Geriatric Center in UPMC. She is the former Medical Staff President at UPMC Presbyterian, and her prior positions have been as Vice Chair for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety for the Department of Medicine, Medical Director of UPMC Home Health, Medical Director of the Benedum Geriatric Center and Medical Director of Primary Care at the Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic. Dr. Towers has presented the experience at UPMC with use of NLP and Clinical Analytics at multiple regional and national conferences.
Patrick Violette
Patrick Violette has served in Revenue Cycle Management at the Cleveland Clinic for the past seven years. As Director of Customer Service, his responsibility includes oversight of the Enterprise Single Statement, Online Payment Portal, Patient Account Receivable Management, Primary/Secondary Collection Agencies, and the Customer Service Inbound/Outbound Call Center. Patrick's primary objective is to ensure patients are engaged in their post clinical financial experience and provide much needed support to understand their healthcare financials. This focus on engagement eliminates patient confusion, drives collections, and reduces bad debt for the organization.
Patrick is a graduate of Manchester College, and obtained Master's Degrees from the University of Oregon and Waynesburg University. In his free time, he enjoys spending time with his family, traveling, and watching college football.
April H. York
April York is the Sr. Director of Acute Revenue Cycle Service for Novant Health, Inc. In this role, she is directly responsible for enhancing the process capability and ensuring the integrity of Novant Health's acute revenue cycle system net revenue of $4 billion annually. This encompasses fifteen acute care facilities located in North Carolina and Virginia, multiple imaging centers, surgical centers, provider based clinics, hospice agencies and joint ventures. She has been with Novant Health since 2000.
She received her Bachelor of Science Degree in Accounting from High Point University and is currently pursuing her MHA at Appalachian State University. She is an active member of the North Carolina Healthcare Financial Management Association. She most recently served on the Board of Directors for the North Carolina Chapter as president and currently serves as past-president. April has spoken at state, regional and national levels regarding healthcare revenue cycle topics of interest and participates in multiple healthcare industry forums.
Jake Yount
Jake Yount is Director, Network Pricing in the Healthcare Division at Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina. He is responsible for system configuration for all commercial reimbursement contracts at the plan. This includes the prospective Episodes of Care Bundled Payment Programs with several provider partners throughout the state. He provides data models and analytic services used for negotiations and is an instrumental partner in the entire end to end process. Jake has been with Blue Cross NC for 14 years in numerous Provider Network, Finance, Project Management, and Business IT roles. Prior to joining the company, he was a Sr. Software Consultant where he operationalized and enhanced ERP systems for healthcare, apparel, and telecommunication clients across the country. Jake holds an undergraduate degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, an MBA from East Carolina University, and is a Certified Project Management Professional.


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Having driven the previous Kia Optima and came away impressed I was very interested to see the details of the all Optima, specially since it includes the introduction of the GT model.
The new Optima comes to the market in two guises the Si and GT models, the Si model features a 2.4L naturally aspirated 4 cylinder with 138kW and 241Nm and a new 2.0L turbocharged engine with 180kW and 350Nm both models come with a 6 speed auto.
As you would expect I am extremely looking forward to driving the new Optima specially the GT model, thanks to Kia for the info and the pics check out the full details below
High-class cabin and cutting-edge technology for new Optima
- Refined new interior with higher quality materials
- More space for every passenger in new cabin
- 50% stronger bodyshell and a range of new active safety technologies
- Smooth ride and more agile handling
- New high-powered GT model with 2.0-litre Turbo-GDI engine
- New technologies include wireless phone charging
Kia's mid-sized Optima, the car that stunned the world with it's million-dollar looks and mainstream pricing in it's third generation five years ago, has taken another giant step forward with the all-new fourth generation..
The new Optima was revealed to the world at the 2015 New York International Auto Show earlier this year and has since been on the wish list of discerning buyers in markets across the globe.
"As good as the third generation Optima is, the new car is going to truly lift the bar on what Kia brings to the table for a family sedan," KMAu Chief Operating Officer, Damien Meredith said. "By any demonstrable measure this is a giant step forward for the Optima."
Mr Meredith pointed to improved safety, convenience, technology, ride and handling and quality as some of the key areas in which the new Optima has been improved.
"As soon as you sit in this car you notice the difference _ the richer feel of the materials, the tighter construction tolerances and the user-friendly environment that is the cabin.
"And then you start the car. For the first time in a Kia sedan, Australian buyers can enjoy the extra performance and enjoyment of a smooth and powerful turbocharged petrol engine.
"We see the new Optima with the full package excitement of performance, styling and luxury _ coupled to an unbeatable 7-Year Warranty, 7-Year Capped Price Servicing and 7-Year Roadside Assist _ as an offering Australian buyers have never previously had access to."
The all-new Optima will launch in Australia with two clearly delineated specifications _ the proven 2.4-litre naturally aspirated 4-cylinder (138kW and 241Nm) in the Si and the new all-aluminium T-GDI 2.0-litre turbocharged GT.
Boasting 180kW and 350Nm, the T-GDI features a high-efficiency twin-scroll turbocharger, high pressure fuel pump, dual continuously variable valve timing technology and laser-drilled injectors for the best possible balance between engine performance and efficiency.
Both engines will drive the front wheels through Kia's bespoke in-house six-speed automatic transmission.
Featuring a modern, new exterior, a bold interior design with more space for all occupants and an array of new technologies while retaining many of the classic styling lines and the sporty image that has helped the Optima become one of Kia's best-selling models worldwide, the latest generation of the car offers greater refinement, improved ride and handling and higher quality over the outgoing model.
The Kia Optima plays an important role in the Kia Motors product line-up, introducing the brand to an increasing number of new customers. Since the third-generation model launched in 2010, with its distinctive look, high quality interior and high-tech image, the Optima has offered buyers something fresh and different in the D-segment.
It acted as the catalyst for the five-year, design-led transformation of Kia's product range, with a combination of technology, design and refinement changing the way people saw the Kia brand.
Improvements to every aspect of the new car will make the all-new Optima an even more compelling proposition to buyers _ both private and fleet _ in a segment that is forecast to expand by 6.4% to 5.76 million globally in 2016.
Evolutionary design keeps all-new Optima at the cutting edge
The exterior styling of the all-new Optima was a question of balance for Kia's global design teams. The all-new Optima maintains the athletic identity that made it so popular, while making a confident leap forward to attract car buyers looking for something different.
Conceived under the watchful eye of Peter Schreyer, President and Chief Design Officer of Kia Motors, the all-new Optima offers more road presence than ever, with its contemporary surface detailing, sharp body lines and creases, and a more elongated sedan silhouette.
The evolutionary new look was designed to be functional and sporty, with exterior dimensions that are marginally longer, taller and wider. The wheelbase has been extended by 10 mm to 2,805 mm, with the full vehicle length growing 10 mm to 4,855 mm. Meanwhile the new model is 25 mm wider, at 1,860 mm, and 10 mm taller (1,465 mm).
These changes enable a roomier and more comfortable cabin, with more head-, shoulder- and rear-seat leg-room and greater cargo capacity. From a styling perspective, the new dimensions afforded Kia's designers the chance to introduce a more swept-back, dynamic shape.
Instantly recognisable as a Kia, the all-new Optima integrates the brand's hallmark 'tiger-nose' grille with the longer, wider, wrap-around headlamps, pulled taut over the blistered wheel arches. The bumper swells into bold right angles around the front fog lamps, adding greater volume to the lower part of the 'face' and giving the car a more stable, wider look.
In profile, the glass area maintains the raked A-pillar and sweeping C-pillar that define the Optima's sports-sedan appearance, with the rear quarter light kicking up smartly as the shoulder line extends towards the raised boot lid. The shoulder line itself is an extension of the parallel followed by the front headlamps, forming a clean, straight light that connects front and rear. The deeply-sculptured body panels of the doors curve fluently into slightly extended side sills, again increasing the visual weight around the skirt of the Optima.
The LED tail lamps on the GT model wrap around the corners of the rear and give the car a fresh and modern light signature. The athletic appearance of the car is boosted by a rising, spoiler-shaped boot lid and an expansive rear bumper which houses a sporty-looking air diffuser (GT) and oval exhaust.
This attractive new design makes the fourth-generation model the most aerodynamic Optima to date, with drag reduced from 0.358 to 0.353 Cd. The all-new Optima will be available in a choice of seven paint colors, and will ride on either 17-inch (Si) or 18-inch (GT) alloy wheels shod with 215/55 R17 Continental ContiPremiumContact5 rubber on the naturally aspirated model or performance-rated 235/45 R18 Michelin Pilot Sport 3 for the GT turbo. Both models have a full-size spare.
The new turbo GT model – boasting higher power and a sportier drive than the standard Optima range – features a more purposeful look, in line with its dynamic intent. Differences include a bolder, more aggressive front bumper design; black high gloss side sills; a subtle rear air diffuser with integrated dual tailpipes and special GT badging.
Refined new interior with more modern design and higher quality
Drawing inspiration from Kia's global range of models, the all-new Optima boasts a more luxurious, driver-focused interior than ever before, with a range of features and technologies available which are typically associated with the class above. The new cabin is crafted with an obsessive attention to detail, and represents the biggest step forward for the new model.
Kia's design team focused on delivering a thoroughly modern interior look and feel, with the cabin offering a cleaner, more unified design than the previous generation. The dashboard is spread along a more horizontal plane and a wider central console, creating a greater sense of spaciousness.
The material quality of the all-new Optima's cabin is significantly improved over the outgoing model, with a far higher proportion of soft-touch materials, as well as cloth and leather appointed in natural tones. Tasteful metallic accents throughout the cabin add a higher quality ambience to the interior, while greater application of soundproofing ensures refinement is better than ever.
The dashboard is divided into an upper 'display' zone and a lower 'control' zone, ensuring drivers need never take their eyes off the road in order to see the key information displayed. The central fascia is angled 8.5 degrees towards the driver, with the upper 'display' zone housing a new 8.0-inch touchscreen infotainment system (7.0-inch for Si) and lower 'control' zone offering fewer buttons than the outgoing Optima to manage the various cabin functions that aren't already built into the touchscreen.
The console is finished in a choice of materials, including metallic paint, gloss black and aluminum, with a dash of chrome running the length of the dashboard, dividing the display and control zones. The Si trim models will feature a single-tone black cloth interior while GT buyers can enjoy a black leather appointed interior with red stitching or specify a red leather appointed interior with grey stitching (available only on Snow White Pearl, Aurora Black and Platinum Graphite exteriors). All turbo GT models will have the GT logo stitched into the back of the seats and a GT badge on the steering wheel.
More space for every passenger in refined new cabin
The larger interior and exterior dimensions of the fourth-generation Optima ensure that the all-new model is the most practical, spacious and comfortable yet.
With the 10 mm growth in the wheelbase of the all-new Optima, and reshaped seats, rear passengers now enjoy 25 mm more legroom. The wider body yields more shoulder room for all passengers (20 mm and 17 mm extra in front and rear), while the longer, higher roof results in greater headroom throughout the cabin (+5 mm and +15 mm front and rear).
In reshaping the front and rear seats, the interior design team also paid particular attention to seat comfort. Stiffer seat frames reduce the level of vibrations through the seats while improving seat durability and reducing the weight of each seat by 2.6 kg, while softer foam in the headrests, upper back and under-thigh supports allows occupants to nestle into the seats more comfortably. In the front, deeper side bolsters are made up of denser, more supportive foam.
Rear passengers in the GT also get pull-up sun shades built into the rear door trim to cut out bright light.
Cargo space in the all-new Optima has grown from 505 to 510 litres VDA (450 litres SAE), with a wider boot opening adding greater practicality.
50% stronger bodyshell and new active safety technologies
The all-new Optima features a uniquely engineered body which combines more high-strength materials than ever before, resulting in even higher standards of crash safety. While passive safety is improved, the new model is also equipped with a series of high-tech active and autonomous safety features, and Kia's engineers have targeted the highest possible global safety ratings throughout the Optima's development programme, including five-star Euro NCAP and US NHTSA safety ratings, as well as Top Safety Pick Plus status from the USA's IIHS.
The bodyshell of the all-new Optima is stronger than ever thanks to the more extensive use of Advanced High Strength Steel (AHSS). More than 50 per cent of the body is now made up of AAHS – representing a 150% increase over that of the previous car (20%) – and boasts a 450% increase in the amount of structural adhesive used. The result is that torsional rigidity has been improved by 50% over the model that it replaces, while the body shell is also 8.6 kg lighter.
The higher-strength steel alloys have been applied to reinforce the A and B-pillars, side sills, roof, floor, front wheel arches and rear bulkhead, boosting the all-round structural integrity of the body.
Passive safety is uncompromised for occupants with six airbags standard _ driver, passenger, two front side and two curtain airbags.
The all-new Optima is designed to be a strong performer in global safety tests thanks to its suite of new technologies designed to avoid or mitigate the effects of a collision.
Kia's Vehicle Stability Management (VSM) is fitted as standard, ensuring stability under braking and cornering by controlling the car's Electronic Stability Control (ESC) and electric motor-driven power steering if it detects a loss of traction.
The all-new Optima is available with a wide range of active hazard-avoidance technologies, including Advanced Smart Cruise Control (ASCC), which automatically adjusts the Optima's speed to maintain a safe distance from vehicles in front; Lane Departure Warning System (LDWS) which employs a forward-facing camera to detect the car's position within a lane, alerting the driver if they stray over the lines without indicating; High Beam Assist (HBA), which automatically adjusts headlamp range according to other vehicles and road conditions; Autonomous Emergency Braking (AEB) which will detect a vehicle in front slowing and automatically apply the brakes to avoid a collision; Blind Spot Detection (BSD), with a visual warning in the door mirror when another car enters the driver's blind spot (GT only); Rear Cross Traffic Alert (RCTA), which warns against other cars driving behind the Optima in car parks while reversing (GT only).
Greater overall refinement as development teams reduce NVH
Reinforcing the need to provide a calm and relaxing driving environment, the all-new Optima boasts greater refinement than ever before, with considerable efforts made by development teams to reduce noise, vibration and harshness (NVH).
Some of the most important innovations to reduce NVH include a larger under-floor cover and more effective windshield seals, each of which help to reduce wind noise by 2% while aiding aerodynamics and, ultimately, fuel efficiency. Increased dashboard insulation helps to reduce the level of engine noise in the cabin by around 4%, aided by general improvements to the acoustic refinement of most engines in the range.
Larger cross-member bushings, front and rear, also isolate road noise, while reducing the level of vibration through the floor and steering wheel.
The new body, with the increased application of high-strength steel alloys, plays a major part in raising refinement levels. With a more rigid frame and stiffer body panels and engine mounts, the Optima successfully reduces the level of vibration through the cabin.
Eighty-three per cent stiffer alloy wheels further cut vibrations resulting from contact with poor road surfaces. In turn, the stiffer body and wheels have enabled Kia engineers to make subtle changes to the car's suspension geometry to further isolate vibrations and road noise without compromising the car's dynamic abilities.
Smoother ride, more agile handling, and optional electronic suspension system
Improving ride and handling was a top priority for Kia's dynamic development teams, with a focus on delivering the ride comfort and stability that customers expect from a medium sedan, while achieving the level of agility promised by the car's sportier appearance.
Kia Motors Australia's ride and handling team was able to utilize the lighter, stiffer chassis, to optimize the suspension's ability to isolate vibrations and bumps from poor road surfaces, while a series of upgrades to the suspension set-up helps to blend agile handling with an improvement in ride comfort.
With fully-independent suspension all-round, Kia's engineers have moved the front and rear subframe mounting points further out towards the edge of the vehicle for a smoother ride over uneven surfaces.
The front suspension has been upgraded from two bushing mounts to four to increase lateral stiffness, with more robust wheel bearings completing the front suspension changes. The result is improved responses to steering inputs and greater traction around corners, while further reducing the time it takes for the suspension to settle after a more significant jolt in the road.
At the rear, the all-new Optima receives larger dual lower arms _ the previous generation Optima's suspension was connected to the chassis with single links on each side _ mounted with thicker, more absorbent bushings.
Further defining the Optima's ride and handling characteristics, these changes have helped engineers achieve greater stability for the all-new model, and improved bump absorption. These upgrades are aided in part by the small increase to the all-new Optima's wheelbase.
The turbo GT models are fitted with high performance dampers to further enhance ride and handling, with more immediate handling responses and a slightly firmer, sportier ride.
Optima is now fitted as standard with a column-mounted electric motor-driven power steering system (C-MDPS), upgraded in the new model to offer greater steering feel and more incisive turn-in.
For the turbo GT the bar is lifted with a new rack-mounted power steering system (R-MDPS). Mounted directly on the steering rack, rather than on the column, the new R-MDPS provides greater steering feel and quicker, more linear responses to driver inputs, particularly around the centre. This upgrade to the steering results in sharper handling characteristics, placing it among the most agile cars in the medium segment.
Touchscreen infotainment and wireless phone charging among new technologies
The all-new Optima boasts a range of innovative on-board technologies to improve usability, comfort and convenience for D-segment customers.
For Australia the all-new Optima will come standard with the latest audio-visual navigation system with a 7-inch (Si) or 8-inch (GT) touchscreen infotainment and satellite navigation system, with rear parking camera and Bluetooth hands-free capability.
The touchscreen infotainment system is paired with a six-speaker audio system as standard for the Si while GT buyers will benefit from a powerful 590 watt Harman Kardon Premium Sound system, featuring 10 speakers, an external amplifier and Clari-Fi MP3 restoration technology. This new Harman Kardon surround sound system, with Quantum Logic technology, will allow music lovers to transform the cabin of their all-new Optima into their own personal concert hall.
In a first for any car in the medium segment, the all-new Optima will be available with a wireless charger for mobile devices, allowing the new model to meet the increasing demand from car buyers for new convenience technologies.
Located at the base of the central console, the wireless charger lets users charge their phone on the move, without a wire connection.
With 'foreign object detection', the 5W charging system activates when a compatible device is placed on the pad, and warns car security-conscious owners when they've left a phone on the charger as they leave the vehicle. The system features a safety system to prevent overheating while in use.
The all-new Optima is available with two USB charging points, one in the front and one in the rear, to allow passengers to charge mobile devices on the move.
The Optima will also gain the hands-free boot opening function debuted on Carnival as well as a rear view camera in addition to front and rear parking sensors. For GT owners there will also be the active headlight system which tracks steering to sweep the road ahead for greater visibility and improved safety at night.
Optima will be offered in six premium paint colours _ Gravity Blue (new), Platinum Graphite, Silky Silver, Aurora Black, Snow White Pearl and Temptation Red _ as well as a non-premium Clear White. Premium paint is an additional $595 over the recommended retail price.
RRP for the Si is $34,490 and for the turbo GT $43,990.


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Mr Taran Tatla received a First Class Honours Intercalated degree in Anatomy (1994) and gained M.B.,B.S. in 1996 whilst studying Medicine at University College London . Following completion of clinical studies he made rapid progress through highly competitive and comprehensive basic and higher surgical training programmes, incorporating posts at many of the renowned London teaching hospitals to be awarded FRCS in ORL-HNS in 2006. He then commenced his substantial NHS consultant post at North West London Hospitals NHS Trust, specializing in ENT disorders with Head & Neck sub-specialty interest.
He manages a wide variety of adult and paediatric patients with general ENT disorders and has a particular interest in snoring disorders and problems related to the nose and sinuses. As one of two Consultant ENT-H&N Surgeons based at North West London Hospitals NHS Trust / Mount Vernon Hospital, he contributes as a core member to the North West London Thyroid and H&N Cancer multi-disciplinary teams, providing secondary and tertiary care specialist services in the full spectrum of ENT-H&N disease.
He receives weekly referrals covering over a million patient population base in North West London and leads multi-disciplinary teams in investigating and treating patients with neck lumps, voice, throat, swallow, thyroid and parathyroid disorders, both benign and malignant. He also leads a multidisciplinary team for comprehensive evidence-based management of tracheostomy-dependent patients.
Mr Tatla demonstrates a fruitful commitment to continuous improvement in service reorganisation and care delivery. He actively pursues a number of managerial, leadership and academic roles (teaching & research) in order to provide high quality and safe, "state of the art" services utilising the latest in technological advances for diagnostics and treatments. He runs a number of innovative and successful national postgraduate training courses for surgeons and multi-disciplinary staff on the back of his extensive clinical efforts.
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Thyroid and Salivary Gland Disorders; Nasal Problems & Snoring; General Adult and Paediatric ENT; Voice & Swallow Disorders; Head and Neck Disorders.
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Awards received
Research: NIHR i4i (Invention for Innovation) Award for the OCTiLarynx Project
Teaching: Efforts acknowledged through award of the prestigious Elisabeth Paice London Deanery post-graduate excellence in teaching prize.
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PUBLICATIONS (Last 5 Years)
1. Garas, G., Choudhury, N., Prasad, N., TATLA,T (2010)
Extramedullary plasmacytoma of the tongue base.
Journal of Royal Society of Medicine (Short Reports); 1 (7):60
2. Walden, A., Parvizi, N., TATLA, T. (2011)
Toothache: an unlikely presentation of secondary breast malignancy.
BMJ Case Report.: May 16th 2011,
3. Ujam A, Awad Z, Wong G, TATLA T, Farrell R.(2012)
Safety trial of Floseal(®) haemostatic agent in head and neck surgery.
Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. 2012 Jul;94(5):336-9.
4. Cernat R, TATLA TS, Pang J, Tadrous PJ, Bradu A, Dobre G, Gelikonov G, Gelikonov V, Podoleanu AG. (2012)
Dual instrument for in vivo and ex vivo OCT imaging in an ENT department.
Biomedical Optics Express. 2012 Dec 1;3(12):3346-56.
5. Mehta N, Boynton C, Boss L, Morris H, TATLA T. (2013)
Multidisciplinary difficult airway simulation training: two year evaluation and validation of a novel training approach at a District General Hospital based in the UK.
European Archives of Otorhinolaryngology. 2013 Jan;270(1):211-7.
6.. Avanaki, M.R.N., Cernat, R., Tadrous, P.J., TATLA, T., Podoleanu, A.Gh.,Hojjatoleslami, S.A. (2013)
Spatial Compounding Algorithm for Speckle Reduction of Dynamic Focus OCT Images
IEEE Photonics Technology Letters 2013 Aug 1: 25 (15) 1439-1442
7.. TATLA, T., East, C., Marrucci, D.D., Al-Reefy, H., Madani, G., Oakley, R., Dunaway, D.J. (2014)
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It looks like Dylan Lee is following in his famous parents footsteps!
YOUNG AMERICANA / DYLAN LEE IS AN 18 YEAR OLD GUITARIST AND SURFER / PHOTOGRAPHED IN MALIBU JANUARY 2016 pic.twitter.com/6ekHHvBJWh— Hedi Slimane (@hedislimanetwit) February 1, 2016
The son of Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee just landed his first modeling gig for Yves Saint Laurent.
The campaign, shot by photographer Hedi Slimane, features the guitarist and surfer on the beach in Malibu… his abs on full display.
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He shared some of the pics on Instagram. In one caption he asked, "first shoot ever. Is it time to do more?"
The 18-year-old also stars in a video for YSL where he shows off his musical talents. Check it out here!
Anderson recently told Parade of her two sons, Dylan and Brandon, "I say, 'You're gorgeous, you're talented, you got that down, [now] let's work on humbleness, let's work on, you know, education...' But they're genetically loaded. They're perfect gentlemen considering the gene pool."


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LONDON - British retail billionaire Philip Green on Thursday sold a 25 per cent stake in Topshop and Topman to US private equity firm Leonard Green and Partners in a deal that values the popular high street chain at 2 billion pounds (S$3.9 billion).
Monaco-based Green said the deal would help the group expand the fashion chain globally and leaves both Topshop and Topman and the rest of his Arcadia Group with no bank debt and cash positive.
The stake would be ringfenced from Green's larger Arcadia Group, which includes high street names such as BHS, Burton and Miss Selfridge.


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Computer experiments using deterministic simulators are often used to supplement physical system experiments. A common problem is that a computer simulator may provide biased output for the physical process due to the simplified physics or biology used in the mathematical model. However, when physical observations are available, it may be possible to use these data to align the simulator output to be close to the true mean response by constructing a bias-corrected predictor (a process called calibration). This talk looks at two aspects of experimental design for prediction of physical system means using a Bayesian calibrated predictor. First, the empirical prediction accuracy over the output space of several different types of combined physical and simulator designs is discussed. In particular, designs constructed using the integrated mean squared prediction error seem to perform well. Secondly, a sequential design methodology for optimizing a physical manufacturing process when there are multiple, competing product objectives is described. The goal is to identify a set of manufacturing conditions each of which leads to outputs on the Pareto Front of the product objectives, i.e. identify manufacturing conditions which cannot be modified to improve all the product objectives simultaneously. A sequential design methodology which maximizes the posterior expected minimax fitness function is used to add data from either the simulator or the manufacturing process. The method is illustrated with an example from an injection molding study. The presentation is based on joint work with Thomas Santner, Erin Leatherman, and Po-Hsu Allen Chen.
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The 1998 Sydney water crisis involved the suspected contamination by the microscopic pathogens cryptosporidium and giardia of the water supply system of Greater Metropolitan Sydney, between July and September 1998.
Following routine water sampling and testing, over a series of weeks low level contaminates were found at Prospect, Potts Hill, Sydney Hospital, the NSW Art Gallery, Macquarie Street, Centennial Park, Surry Hills, Rhodes, Enfield, Palm Beach and water treatment facilities at Warragamba, Nepean, North Richmond, Orchard Hills, Woronora, Macarthur, the Illawarra and Prospect. The reliability of these test results was subsequently called into doubt. Precautionary "boil water" alerts were raised covering several suburban areas for the period of the crisis.
In response to the crisis, the Government of New South Wales established a Commission of Inquiry, chaired by jurist Peter McClellan QC as Commissioner. McClennan handed down his final report to the NSW Premier making ninety–one recommendations that led to the reorganisation of water supply and water management functions and agencies in Greater Metropolitan Sydney via the establishment of the Sydney Catchment Authority with responsibility for catchments, dams, and bulk supply reservoirs; while Sydney Water maintained management of water supply distribution, water treatment and sewerage, and stormwater management. Both the Chairman and Managing Director of Sydney Water stood down during and following the crisis.
As of 1998, Sydney Water supplied approximately 1,500 megalitres (53×10^6 cu ft) of water each day to more than 3.8 million people in the Sydney, Blue Mountains and Illawarra regions. A network of nine major dams plus several minor storage reservoirs was used to collect and store water which, in turn, was delivered to a network of over 20,000 kilometres (12,000 mi) of water mains, 165 pumping stations and 261 service reservoirs. The water supply was drawn from catchments on four main river systems the Upper Nepean, the Warragamba, the Shoalhaven and the Woronora with minor supplies drawn from the Hawkesbury River, and tributaries of the Grose, Fish and Duckmaloi rivers.
Since late 1996 all of Sydney's water supply has been filtered. Eleven water treatment plants are used to filter drinking water supplied to Sydney, Illawarra and the Blue Mountains. Seven of these facilities are owned and operated by Sydney Water. These are located at Orchard Hills, Cascade, North Richmond, Nepean, Warragamba, Linden and Greaves Creek. The remaining four privately owned and operated plants at Prospect, Macarthur, Illawarra and Woronora provide filtered water under contract to Sydney Water. These four plants provide more than 90% of Sydney's drinking water. Up to 80% is supplied through the Prospect plant alone. The water is distributed from Prospect to Pipe Head by tunnels and mains, with some areas supplied directly from these mains. From Pipe Head, water for the inner city, suburbs south of Sydney Harbour and inner western suburbs is carried by tunnel and mains to two large service reservoirs at Potts Hill and then by two tunnels (the Pressure Tunnel and City Tunnel) which terminate at Waterloo and Dowling Street pumping stations. Two pumping stations one at Prospect and one at West Ryde supply water for the northern suburbs and the northern beaches. The water for Ryde is supplied from Pipe Head.
Low levels of cryptosporidium and giardia were first detected in the water supply on 21 July. The levels were within acceptable health limits. In days following, much higher levels were recorded, and on 27 July the first "boil water" alert (in which residents were instructed to boil their tap water before use) was declared for the eastern Sydney central business district. On 29 July a "boil water" alert was issued for the south of Sydney Harbour and on 30 July a Sydney-wide "boil water" alert was issued.
The Sydney Water Corporation announced the water safe to drink again on 4 August.
The contamination was caused by low-quality raw water entering the dam. This was attributed to moderate rainfall in July, followed by heavy rainfall in August and September (after decreasing storage levels since mid-July 1997) which caused pulses of the raw water to enter the dam.
The incident was highly publicised and caused major public alarm. Three successive "boil water" notices in which residents were instructed to boil their tap water before use affected up to three million residents.
The lack of cases of cryptosporidiosis, giardiasis or any other health problem which might be attributed to tainted water led to suggestions the microbes were either not an infectious type, or not as prevalent as measured. An inquiry after the event revealed the publicity as an exaggeration of fact, with Australian Water Technologies, part of Sydney Water, severely overestimating levels of cryptosporidium and giardia present in the water, with the recorded levels exposed as not harmful to human health. The handling of the crisis by Sydney Water, a state-government owned corporation since 1995, was heavily criticised, causing the resignation of both the Chairman and the Managing Director and bringing up issues of private vs. public ownership and scientific uncertainty.
The Premier, Bob Carr, established the Sydney Water Inquiry and appointed Sydney jurist Peter McClellan QC as Commissioner. McClellan delivered a series of interim reports to the Premier, which were tabled in Parliament. The final report was delivered in December 1998 and detailed 91 recommendations for action by Sydney Water, NSW Health and other state and federal government agencies, including the National Health and Medical Research Commission.
The Chairman of Sydney Water, David Hill resigned ten days after the final crisis event, denied any responsibility, and claimed he was leaving only to concentrate on his political career.
The Sydney Catchment Authority was created in 1999 as result of the crisis, assuming control of Sydney's catchments and dams, while Sydney Water maintained responsibility for water treatment and distribution and for sewage collection, treatment and disposal.


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UNFORGETTABLE by Tim Elgood
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"Unforgettable" is the story of a brother and sister, Jed and Rosie, who we meet at the wake of their father's funeral. We learn that their mother suffers from Alzheimers and it's how the pair have grown up and learned to cope with their mother's disease. It's what they've been through by putting their lives almost on hold to care for her and the far reaching results even after their mother dies, which is what closes the first act.In act two we discover that Rosie also has Alzheimers and the caring process continues with Jed looking after Rosie.
Although being a serious subject, there is so much comedy, and natural comedy in this play, wonderfully and lovingly written by Tim Elgood, whose mother in law also died from this disease. There's also some very poignant moments in act two, and especially at the end. There's a running "joke", if you like, from the very start of the play about Jed offering to give Rosie a hug and her rebuffing this show of affection. This carries through the play right up to the end with Rosie suffering from Alzheimers, where she allows him to give her, not so much a hug, but a bit of a cuddle, and this simple moment reveals the fact that Rosie has either forgotten what she normally says to turn down the offer, or she has given in and accepts the affection that her younger brother wants to give. I personally found this moment incredibly sad and touching.
The play is shown from the view point of the elder siblings and from when they were younger, as well as in the latter stages of their lives. The four actors were mesmerising to watch, especially in the late stages of their lives. The younger and latter periods were both played by Adam Donaldson and Hayley Doherty and the middle period by Lennox Greaves and Anna Lindup.
Tim really created a pair of wonderful characters in Jed and Rosie. The decline of Rosie from a fiesty divorcee to a the almost broken woman who seemed to have given up, where as in the past she would've fought for anything, was a beautiful piece of writing. It was almost the opposite with Jed though as he started, and we learned throughout the play, as being a person not at all confident with himself or his lot. Never married and as we learn, never had a relationship right up to his early sixties, and thanks to Rosie, he discovers the joy of sharing his life with someone outside the family. As one thorny rose withers, another flourishes.
A simple but effective set,designed by Gem Greaves, moved into place by the other pair of actors when not playing their parts. Mark Pritchard designed the lighting for this show and created a lovely, subtle highlighting effect to ensure that we were focused on what the writer wanted us to focus on. The soundtrack was of classic songs ranging from Sinatra and The Beatles to Leonard Cohen.
This wasn't like watching a play most of the time, more like eavesdropping on a conversation with two people, and this has to be the naturalistic approach of the director, Theresa Keogh.
It was a shame that more people did not turn out for this wonderful, powerful and sobering play which was the winner of the New Perspectives Long Play competition 2014. The play was on for just the one night but is touring. To find out more about the play and where you can see it, please visit newperspectives.co.uk.


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Disabled-access ticket sales at gigs and festivals have increased by 70% in the last year, according to research from a charity that works to improve access to live music in the UK.
Attitude Is Everything said that across 106 venues and festivals signed up to its charter of best practice, 114,000 disabled-access tickets were sold in 2014, compared with 67,000 in 2013.
The figures cover festivals including Glastonbury, Download and Reading and Leeds plus venues such as the O2 and the Roundhouse in London and Manchester Academy.
Suzanne Bull, the founder and chief executive of Attitude Is Everything, said: "The disabled customer base has increased because venues and ticketing sites are improving. It's like the line in the film Field of Dreams: if you build it, they will come. Word-of-mouth reputation is very important in the disabled community."
Recommendations in the charter include providing clear signage and appropriate lighting so that people can find their way around independently, publishing videos showing how accessible the venue or festival is so that fans can do their research before they arrive, and offering sign-language interpreters for deaf fans.
The charity said analysis of government data showed that of the 10 million disabled adults in the UK, almost four million attended at least one gig in 2013/14 – a figure that had doubled in six years. The numbers of non-disabled gig-goers over the same period remained relatively static.
Daniella Lipscombe, a regular gig-goer from Bristol who has achondroplasia, a form of dwarfism, said: "I definitely see more disabled people in crowds now. Venues are improving, and once you know you can go to gigs and festivals, you want to go to even more.
"The attitude I've experienced in the past – that because I'm not in a wheelchair, I don't count as disabled – is changing. Venues are realising that it's not about being completely physically accessible, it's more about understanding that people have different needs. It's often something as simple as putting better information on their website."
Troi Lee, a dance music fan from London who organises Deaf Rave events, said: "People are still surprised to see deaf fans like me at gigs. But there's much more awareness now. Going to gigs with sign-language interpreters and captioning is wonderful, but there's still more to be done, especially with staff training, and better signage would really help."
Alex Taylor, a wheelchair user with cerebral palsy, said provision of free tickets to carers was another factor in improving access to gigs. "The cost was a real barrier," he said. "Why should I pay double? The concessionary tickets make gig access more possible for me, as it means I don't have to worry about things like going to the toilet unaided."
Taylor works as a music journalist and goes to gigs every week. "Things have gradually been changing for the better in line with a general increase in disability awareness thanks to the Paralympics and people like Walter Jr from Breaking Bad. People are far more supportive and outraged when they hear about access problems now."
In 2013 a report by the disability charity Trailblazers painted a grim picture of the gig experience for disabled people, arguing that poor booking systems and limited seating facilities left fans "isolated and humiliated".
Festivals and venues that have improved access have seen the numbers of deaf and disabled people at their events grow. The Roundhouse doubled its sales of disabled-access tickets this year after making them available online.
Download festival provides terrain maps for wheelchair users with the exact distance between stages, and expanded the capacity of its disabled camping area from 450 to 1,500 this year. Sally Blake, senior disabled access co-ordinator for the music promoter Live Nation, said: "We've seen a dramatic increase in the number of disabled fans at Download festival in particular. And that will only increase as more and more fans realise that they can go to music festivals now."
However, Attitude Is Everything's business and operations manager, Graham Griffiths, said the statistics represented the tip of the iceberg. A recent survey by the Music Venue Trust, which represents small venues around the UK, found that more than a third of the UK's small venues offered no disabled access.
Dominique Czopor, director of the 300-capacity Boiler Room in Guildford, said: "Like most small venues we're a small business, so without any access to government funding we just don't have money to invest in making the venue more user-friendly. However, that doesn't mean we can't help in other ways. It's about the attitude and staff training.
"While we can't afford to put in a lower bar, that doesn't mean our staff can't come round to serve people. All venues need to realise that people with disabilities pay for tickets like any other gig-goer and they deserve to have just as good a time."