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Patent US20090171488 - Extending digital rights management and authentication to audio speakers - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Sign inAdvanced Patent SearchPatentsA system and method for playing audio material is described. The audio material is illustratively downloaded from a network, or from a storage media, each coupled to a loudspeaker through a speaker drive unit. A speaker authorization signal is provided to the speaker drive unit from the network or storage...http://www.google.com/patents/US20090171488?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US20090171488 - Extending digital rights management and authentication to audio speakersAdvanced Patent SearchPublication numberUS20090171488 A1Publication typeApplicationApplication numberUS 12/397,175Publication dateJul 2, 2009Filing dateMar 3, 2009Priority dateMay 23, 2003Also published asUS7509180, US7702408, US20040236444Publication number12397175, 397175, US 2009/0171488 A1, US 2009/171488 A1, US 20090171488 A1, US 20090171488A1, US 2009171488 A1, US 2009171488A1, US-A1-20090171488, US-A1-2009171488, US2009/0171488A1, US2009/171488A1, US20090171488 A1, US20090171488A1, US2009171488 A1, US2009171488A1InventorsThomas Algie Abrams, Jr.Original AssigneeMicrosoft CorporationExport CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefManClassifications (18), Legal Events (1) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, EspacenetExtending digital rights management and authentication to audio speakersUS 20090171488 A1Abstract A system and method for playing audio material is described. The audio material is illustratively downloaded from a network, or from a storage media, each coupled to a loudspeaker through a speaker drive unit. A speaker authorization signal is provided to the speaker drive unit from the network or storage media. The speaker drive unit provides an audio signal to the loudspeaker if the authorization signal indicates that the loudspeaker is authorized to play the audio material. The speaker drive unit does not provide an audio signal to the loudspeaker if the authorization signal indicates that the loudspeaker is not authorized to play the audio material. The system and method includes a monitoring unit to furnish a signal indicating the sound generated by the loudspeaker, to be stored, and to determine whether the loudspeaker has played the audio material.
RELATED APPLICATION This is a continuation application which claims priority to commonly assigned co-pending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/444,173 (Applicant Docket No. MS1-1353US), entitled �Extending Digital Rights Management and Authentication to Audio Speakers� to Abrams et al., filed on May 23, 2003, which is incorporated by reference herein for all that it teaches and discloses.
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06-Sep-2017 by Graeme Rutherford, Hotel Management
28-Aug-2017 by Graeme Rutherford, Hotel Management
Faultless. Great room. Great breakfast. Good pool and gym. Good kitchen facilities in room.
19-Aug-2017 by Graeme Rutherford, Hotel Management
Thank you so much for your positive comments. I do hope we can cater to your needs again one day. Regards Graeme.
We had a 2 night stay in Perth and then had a late flight on the day we checked out. The hotel is fabulous, extremely clean and luxurious. We were able to wash and dry our clothes before going home and once they kept our cases, we were able to use their facilities to shower before going to the airport. We took the bus to the airport with the bus stop within 100 m of the entrance, though there were taxis waiting at the door. Would recommend this hotel to anyone.
Hi Karen, thank you so much for the positive feedback and for choosing to stay with us in Perth. Hope we see you back with us one day. Regards, Graeme
Hot and location it's good I'll recommend it to a
Everything was good while we stay there just for the weekend get away with my partner.
09-Aug-2017 by Alexis H, Hotel Management
Thank you for your review of Fraser Suites Perth. We are so pleased that you enjoyed your stay and hope to welcome you back in the near future.
Outstanding Service, Stunning Apartment and Views
Pros: Everything ... my review says it all
Location: Pete Evans' Heirloom Restaurant on the ground flor is well worth the dining experience ... I'd recommend for dinner as the ambience is more intimate.
Well this review is one I write with absolute pleasure and still with a smile on my face ... so here goes. Fi & I have travelled relatively extensively globally over many years but we must say that the service we received at Fraser Suites East Perth was as good as we've experienced anywhere in the world. Right from the very first moment I spoke by phone with Robyn prior to check-in, everything was seamlessly smooth & effortless. On arrival Robyn greeted us at reception and was so very professional and pleasant it was refreshing to come across a very personable and legitimately caring person that wanted to ensure our stay was as enjoyable as possible ... Robyn personally assisting Fi with luggage to our room whilst I parked the car was simple but very thoughtful and greatly appreciated. My request for a room to maximise the view of Perth was certainly granted, but I somehow think Robyn already knew we were to be seriously impressed by the view ... so thanks again Robyn (and also for the complimentary bottle of wine & delicious chocolates). Our one bedroom apartment had stunning 180 degree full length window views of both Perth's river and across to the darling escarpment hills region from both the bedroom and the living room. Dinner that night downstairs at Pete Evans' Heirloom Restaurant was magical with great service again and metre de Stefan is to be commended for his professionalism and also for his discrete last quarter football updates during an exciting AFL Melbourne d
10-Jul-2017 by Graeme Rutherford, Hotel Management
Hi Paul, Thank you so much for your positive comments. As I mentioned previously it was such a thrill to read your glowing praise and I hope we can look after you again next time. Regards Graeme
Cons: Overall service. There were blackouts for half an hour each day for 2 days for some upgrades and it was inconvenient.
Location: Location was OK with some good restaurants nearby.
I stayed with here with my Daughter on a short 5 day holiday while visiting relatives living in Perth. Space was good. The hotel is slightly outside the city centre but with easy access. Good breakfasts. Overall OK.
08-Jul-2017 by Graeme Rutherford, Hotel Management
Thank you for providing your comments and for staying with us recently. Glad you enjoyed your stay overall. I do indeed apologise about the major electrical works that were done during your time with us. These were unavoidable maintenance check to the large transformers that service our building. Again thank you for taking the time to provide your feedback. Regards, Graeme.

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Public Outrage Over AIG
Professor of Corporate Law, Corporate Finance and Securities Law, Yale Law School
Jonathan Macey, professor of Corporate Law, Finance and Securities Law at Yale Law School, was online Tuesday, March 17, at 1 p.m. ET to discuss the dilemma of the government caught between public outrage and the need to keep insurance giant AIG going so the company can restructure and the government can recoup some of its money.
Jonathan Macey: Hi, this is Jonathan Macey. I'm looking forward to discussing the AIG situation with you and to seeing your questions.
Rockville, Md.: Dear Mr. Macey, I may well be a minority of one, but I feel strongly that outrage and venomous pronouncements issuing from the mouths and keyboards of our media and political leadership may not be healthy and may have unforeseeable negative consequences. Yes, I am against the bonus/retention payments to AIG executives and managers. Alas, I am also against a laser-like focus on one rather small aspect of a tenuous and fragile economic situation that requires logic rather than emotion. No less importantly, the incivility of the discourse is discouraging and saddening: yesterday a United States SENATOR suggested that the executives of AIG might do well to resign or commit suicide. Perhaps he was being facetious, but suggesting that violent death -- whether inflicted by self or another -- is an appropriate end for these people suggests that something is deeply amiss here -- and not ONLY with the economic system. Thank you for your thoughts.
washingtonpost.com: Senator suggests AIG execs should kill themselves (AP, March 17)
Jonathan Macey: You are absolutely right that it is important to remain civil. Of course this is not easy to do, particularly for people who have lost their jobs and who know that, if they are able to find another job, 1/2 of their income will be paid in taxes to be used for the bailout/bonus program. This is pretty annoying, in my view. I have noticed a certain U.S.Senator (Dodd) from Connecticut trying to deflect attention from his own Countrywide-subsidized mortgage problem by excoriating the folks at AIG. This is even more annoying to me!!!
Haymarket, Va.: Jon: There has been a lot of discussion about the sacredness of contracts and that's why the bonus had to be paid to AIG people. At the time AIG took $70 billion of taxpayer money they were in effect bankrupt. If they had gone to bankruptcy court those contracts would have been made null and void. Would judges and/or courts agree with that logic?
Jonathan Macey: Probably... depending on the timing of the payments they might well have been void in bankruptcy. I do believe that the government should have forced AIG into bankruptcy and made the contract payments contingent on all of the bonuses being voided by the bankruptcy judge. I don't understand why the government didn't pursue this option. The government could have protected AIG's counterparties as well or better than they are doing now by offering so-called "debtor-in-possession" financing.
Detroit/D.C.: As Visteon and every other auto supplier circles the drain, autoworkers are throwing themselves under the bus for the sake of the country, AIG gets bonuses because W and Paulson wanted TARP to have no-strings, and now half our money went to European banks.
My real criticism is that Obama is simply following the outrage, not leading (17 Treasury positions unfilled)...this federal employee (and Obama supporter) and former congressional staffer has plenty of ideas, hire me over to Treasury...I'd be glad to help.
Jonathan Macey: You have a point. Strangely, this is the one and only policy area (unlike stem cell research, Guantanamo, taxes, Iraq, etc. etc) in which President Obama expresses the view that we need continuity. I frankly don't understand this. Treasury Secretary Geithner is pursuing the same failed policies as his Bush administration predecessors, and with the same degree of success (approximately zero).
Raleigh, N.C.: Thanks for being here.
Well, when faced with the dilemma of what to do with a company that is too big to fail, we know what we, as a nation, will do. We'll bail it out. Going forward, what form might laws take that would shrink the dinosaurs? I'd rather the response to the concept of "too big to fail" be that if it's too big to fail, it's too big to exist.
Jonathan Macey: Wow, I'm impressed. I completely agree with your point and I think you put it very well. The problem we have at the moment is that none of our regulators noticed (or cared) that these institutions had become too big to fail. As a consequence many large financial institutions played "heads we win big, tails the American public loses big" without anybody in authority noticing. Your point is that we should not permit this to happen again. You are absolutely right in my view. This would be a very sensible and effective use of the antitrust laws.
Bitburg, Germany: I've seen an article that said that Senate Democrats would seek to craft a narrowly focused tax to recoup 98 percent of these bonuses. Is that really possible?
Jonathan Macey: Probably not, but the U.S. Senator proposing this (Chris Dodd of Connecticut) wants to deflect attention from his own corruption issues, which involved getting subsidized home loans from Countrywide.
Washington, D.C.: There are so many ways to compensate employees. I understand that to attract and retain talented employees a firm needs an attractive compensation package. Currently, society is questioning the wisdom of bonuses in their current form. Why is AIG insisting on bonuses when there are so many other options? It makes them seem like pretty untalented thinkers to me. How else could AIG structure employee compensation?
Jonathan Macey: You're right: there are a lot of ways to compensate employees. AIG's claim is that these are "retention bonuses" which means that they are bonuses being paid to these people for having agreed to stick around and not go to work for any other financial institution. It is interesting to ponder why so many institutions want to hire these folks!
New York: What I don't understand is why would AIG rather outrage the president and the entire country instead of upsetting a handful of overpaid underachievers?
So they'll sue AIG to reclaim their bonuses? OK, let them sue. I have a feeling public shame might prevent them from suing (everything becomes public in a law suit)
But even so, let them start ball rolling and we'll see how long a lawsuit takes. We'll see if a jury feels sorry for these ruiners of the economy.
Jonathan Macey: This would work for the bonuses that have yet to be paid; it wouldn't work for the money that is already out the door.
Washington, D.C. -- Work for a living: Publish their names. If these irreplaceable geniuses want to proudly defend bonuses that surpass many years' income by the average American family, they will not be afraid of the public's knowing their names and faces. There's a lot of hoopla about many other lottery winners; why not these?
Jonathan Macey: The problem is that lottery winners agree when they buy their lottery tickets that if they win their names will be published. I don't think that AIG has even disclosed the bonus recipients' names to the government. NY Attorney General Andrew Cuomo is trying to get the names of the people at Bank of America/Merrill who were paid big bonuses prior to the firms' merger and is being stone-walled.
Chicago, Ill.: I will admit to not knowing much about AIG's contracts or their obligations. I am trying to learn more. But what I'd like to see is one (or more!) of these individuals who are supposed to receive these bonuses come out publicly and say, "Given the state of our economy and our company, taking this bonus is morally wrong. I am giving it back to AIG and ask my fellow bonus-receivers to do the same." That, in my opinion, would go a long way in tempering some of the public outrage.
Jonathan Macey: You're right; the fact that not one of the thousands of bonus recipients has even agreed to give back a little shows the big gap between the way they view the world and the way most of the rest of us see it!
Annandale, Va.: I think AIG is in big trouble. It should be broken up into smaller companies so that none are ever too big to fail.
We don't need any MaBells in the finance and insurance industries.
Jonathan Macey: I think that any institution that is "too big to fail" is too big to exist: that's what the antitrust laws are for.. to break up companies that pose a danger to the overall economy. So I agree with you about AIG.. I just wouldn't stop there!
Too big to fail?: It should be noted that under Greenspan, the Fed was encouraging bank holding companies to become as large as legally possible under the Bank Holding Company Act and to acquire new financial services arms. The idea was that any economies of scale (which in my opinion, vanish well before you are as large as BoA) would accrue to depositors in the from of better interest rates and services.
I know, restrain your laughter. Even after it became apparent in the mid 1990s that this was a ridiculous joke, the Fed still plunged ahead. As we entered the new millennium, many should have been horrified to learn about how many banks and other financial institutions were in effect bigger than the Fed itself. Yikes!
And that leads me to my common sense definition -- if you are bigger than the supposed lender of last resort (on a good day, not now), then by definition you are too big. Period.
Jonathan Macey: Very good point. The reason that Alan Greenspan and others wanted U.S. financial institutions like B of A and Citigroup to grow through merger is because they wanted U.S. companies in finance to be big enough to compete with their non-U.S. rivals, especially in Germany and Japan. Nobody thought that maybe being huge was not the only way -- or even a good way -- to be competitive
New Haven, Conn.: Do we have any idea how much of that bonus $ went towards contractual agreements vs. those for lower paid employees who receive discretionary bonuses? It would be a shame to take away $ from the lower ladder while those at the top strutted away with the big $$$.
Jonathan Macey: Hi to my home town of New Haven! Of course we have no idea, but I think it is clear that the people at the top got very big money and the people at the bottom got little.
Vermont: I am missing the logic here... isn't the purpose of retention bonuses to retain workers in a competitive marketplace? Haven't thousands of financial workers been laid off recently? Working at AIG is better than competing with thousands of others for a diminishing supply of jobs. If AIG did not pay the bonuses, workers would likely stay anyway since they don't have other options.
Jonathan Macey: You raise a very important point.... think of it this way: AIG, like dozens of other financial institutions around the globe has billions in toxic assets. AIG is paying bonuses to people who are talented at selling these assets, that is at moving them off of AIG's balance sheet and onto somebody else's. The problem is that once AIG is off the hook (and has paid employees huge bonuses to get them off the hook), then the U.S. government will have to bail out the poor suckers who took the assets from AIG. Oddly nobody at Treasury seems to fathom this.
Arlington, Va.: Has there been any psychological research done on the people who are accepting these bonuses? I don't mean to insinuate that they are mentally unstable, but I'm curious as to their thought process as to why it's okay to accept this money, given the public outrage.
Separate question, could they simply give the money back? If legally AIG is required to pay them, wouldn't returning the bonus be a solution?
Jonathan Macey: Of course these people could give the money back. They don't want to because they think they deserve it. They live in a world very different than that of most folks and they tend to be surrounded by people with very similar compensation arrangements and very similar values.
Reston, Va.: I understand the need for bailouts to prevent otherwise healthy companies from being severely damaged. However why is there such hesitation with wiping out the stockholders in these situations? Many of these companies are not likely to recover to positive value in the near future.
Jonathan Macey: The failure to wipe-out shareholders is completely inexplicable... and inexcusable.
Maryland: These folks didn't ruin the economy! They are asking for bonuses related to prior work performed for which the terms outlined related to the bonus payment appear to have been met.
Jonathan Macey: your point assumes, erroneously in my view, that the underlying work for which these people were paid bonuses was beneficial. It may have been beneficial to AIG (in some, but not all or even most cases), but it definitely wasn't beneficial from a broader social perspective! Of course if AIG weren't getting taxpayer money the broader social perspective wouldn't matter, at least not so much!
Washington, D.C.: Why is it OK to demand contract concessions from auto workers unions as a condition of federal money, but it's not OK to demand the same of these guys?
Jonathan Macey: GREAT POINT!
Washington, D.C.: It seems that AIG could have let go all those employee, avoiding the bonuses and then offered the new contracts, perhaps higher base pay without the mega bonuses. You have to wonder how deep the market is for folks who wouldn't help their companies out in a time of crises? You'd be surprised how many companies let go hourly workers just before benefits vest, restructuring, and then when business picks up has a "new hiring round.
Jonathan Macey: The problem is that these debts, unlike wages to hourly workers for work not performed, had already accrued, so AIG would still owe these executives the money even if it fired them.
Bitburg, Germany: It seems to me that the biggest problem with these bonuses is that they're not tied to corporate performance, and they're made possible only because of bailout funds.
It seems like a big part of the problem is that financial sector salaries, like those of CEOs, have become disconnected from the rest of the economy. Is AIG really so out of touch that they don't understand how this appears from the outside?
Jonathan Macey: Yes, they do appear that out of touch. These problem is that much financial performance is compensated on the basis of profits that are booked today but not realized for years.. by the time it turns out that the profits will never be realized (and are actually losses) the bonuses have been paid and spent by the executives.
Washington, D.C.: What do you think of the coverage of this story by the media? And are there obvious questions journalists are missing?
Jonathan Macey: To me the most obvious question that the media is missing is this: "what services precisely were these executives performing that made AIG want to pay them so much to retain them?" Everybody assumes that the payments reflect some sort of cronyism.. this is not true. The payments are made to people who are talented at doing certain very sophisticated, complicated tasks that are highly undesirable from a societal point of view.
Glenmont, Md.:: In your opinion, how much did the repeal of Glass Steagall have to do with this crisis?
Jonathan Macey: Glass-Steagall was repealed only partially; and plenty of companies, like AIG, that were not covered by Glass-Steagall, failed big.. so I don't think that Glass Steagall repeal really is to blame.
Washington, D.C.: With the way the government is verbally attacking the banks and the general public outcry, it makes me wonder about the general mindset of the individuals who are collecting their bonuses; particularly, are they cognizant as to why people are so infuriated about these payouts? Do AIG employees (and others collecting bonuses) feel that they are simply entitled to the money that was promised to them before the whole bailout occurred, hence they plan on keeping it?
Jonathan Macey: In a word, "yes." these folks do believe that they are entitled to the money. Apparently they seem to be intent on keeping it. I haven't heard of one individual interested in "sharing" with taxpayers!
Madison, Wis.: Mr. Macey, What is the reason that Obama should be the target of everyone's ire? A story in the Post claims that his stock is falling rapidly because he wasn't able to stop the bonuses from going out. Do you think many people out there are putting Obama and the AIG execs in the same bin? Thanks.
Jonathan Macey: I think that people may be miffed at President Obama because he is following the same strategies towards the economy and Wall Street as did President Bush. This is odd because the contrast is so stark with respect to President Obama's policies in other areas. In other areas he is steering a completely different course from President Bush. In this area, he is in lockstep with Pres. Bush. I think that this is a mistake on Pres. Obama's part, a big mistake
Seattle, Zero Newspaper Town: Why can't they just imprison the AIG CEO and CFO who approved the bonus payments in GITMO until they agree to return the money they stole from the taxpayers?
Jonathan Macey: I think we're trying to reduce occupancy levels at GITMO!
New York, N.Y.: Haven't TARP funds been used by large financial institutions to acquire smaller failing financial institutions? As we complain about AIG being "too big to fail" hasn't the government/treasury encouraged others to do likewise?
Jonathan Macey: Yes, we seem to be creating new institutions that are too big to fail as fast as the older ones are failing! I think that this is a very flawed, short-term policy that President Obama should reconsider (hopefully with a new Treasury Secretary!!).
Princeton, N.J.: On Credit Default Swaps, I thought that most of these were "insurance" on instruments that the policy holder did not have a strong material interest in. The Insurance Commissioner of New York says 80 percent were of this type. It's like me taking a fire insurance policy out on your house. If this is the case, if AIG defaulted on the policy, it would not strongly affect me. It is hard to see why taxpayers dollars should be used to indemnify me. I took two gambles. Your house would burn down, and AIG would pay. If your house did burn down, you should get paid, but as for me, I just lost one of my gamble (on AIG), and I deserve nothing. Furthermore, since I am not really suffering any loss, I do not see why this would be so bad for the economy.
Jonathan Macey: Very interesting point.. I don't think that insurance contracts for what are known as uninsurable interests (such as the ones you identify) should be considered valid contracts. The government obviously has a different view. Both the Bush and the Obama administrations are of the view that all of these dreadful agreements must be honored in order to maintain "confidence in the financial system." There are many reasons why I disagree with this view, not the least of which is that there is no confidence in the financial system left now anyway!
Someplace, : Why doesn't the president simply announce that the IRS will audit the last three years and the next four years of tax returns of any AIG employee who accepts a bonus? I'll bet there is a stampede to return the bonuses.
Jonathan Macey: I think that Richard Nixon tried something along these lines without great success.
Alexandria, Va.: If I had a contract to get a bonus, I certainly wouldn't give a dime back. That is part of their salary. Why don't you ask employees at all the companies who accepted government money to give back their paychecks? That is the nature of the financial jobs in this country. I think it's getting dangerous to start a lynch mob after one group of employees.
Jonathan Macey: I agree that lynch mobs are bad. There is a difference, though between reasonable, incentive based compensation on the one hand and outrageous bonus payments on the other. Of course it is hard to draw the line between these two things, but at the extremes I think that it is possible to draw a distinction.
Detroit, Mich.: What about outrage over the Detroit school system? After dumping hundreds of millions dollars it is still a failure, why not ask the money back from them?
Jonathan Macey: Some though not all failed school systems in the U.S. do share something in common with AIG... At AIG U.S. taxpayers are paying executives who are not performing, and, in many public schools, taxpayers similarly are paying teachers who are not performing
St. Louis, Mo.: I'm a big Obama supporter, but I can't understand why we have to look to the Atty Gen of New York, rather than the Justice Department or Treasury Department to do something about the AIG atrocities. Obama and Treasury are being made to look like fools. Have the bright lawyers there never heard of TROs based on alleged fraud, or corporate malpractice actions. Also, how about a Special Prosecutor to really investigate the mess.
Jonathan Macey: I too am a big supporter of President Obama. Unfortunately his advisers on this particular issues are Wall Streeters who don't see things the way that you or I or the NY AG does. He's so right on so many issues, I hope he sees the light on this one before too long! I'm still hoping. The problem, in my view, is that he has only Wall Street insiders advising him on this. He needs somebody who thinks outside the box.
Jonathan Macey: Thank you all for your questions. I had fun and hope to do this again. Best, Jon Macey, Yale Law School, New Haven, Connecticut.

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All Souls Day: Daisies and ginko leaves no longer adorn cemeteries | Greenpeace Southeast Asia
by Jenny Tuazon	November 2, 2009, 8:47 am Filed under: Life at work, Philippines, Project Clean Water, Stop climate change | Tags: All Souls Day, Floods, garbage, November 2, Pollution
The Church observes All Souls Day today as the living remembers their dearly departed. Filipinos commemorate this day and make it a point to visit the tombs of their departed loved ones and offer prayers. I remember when I was younger I used to go with my parents to the cemetery. I was always in awe of the place. The appalling tranquility and solemnity of the cemetery used to have a grip on my being. The surroundings take my breath away (figuratively) because lovely flowers, thick bushes and shady trees adorn the place. I always bring a good book to read as I wait for my parents finish cleaning my grandfather’s tomb. The cemetery’s serenity gives me not a creepy feeling but a cool, peaceful one.
But just this Saturday I received a word from my friend that she took photos from a cemetery in Angono, Rizal as part of her hobby being a novice photographer. I saw the photos from her blog and was greatly distressed to see that this cemetery looks so different from the memory I have as a child.
The cemetery is still submerged in floods since typhoon Ondoy hit the country followed by 4 more typhoons. Plus, it is polluted with so much garbage because it’s located near a dumpsite. I could no longer think of any reason why this happened.
Flooding will only get worse with the increasing incidence of severe weather events brought on by climate change. Unless we clean up our act and cease from using bodies of water as waste dumps, the risk from toxic pollution worsened by extreme weather events will only get higher.
It is time that we as individuals count ourselves as among the people who are expecting world leaders to commit to a legally binding, timely and deep emissions reductions that are equitable, ambitious and fair at the Copenhagen Summit this December backing it up with necessary funds for natural forests protection and going for a smart grid that utilizes wind and sun power, while meeting the needs of the poor.

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Art by : Gil Kane , John Romita and Tony Dezuniga
It's no secret I have always loved comic books. From the time I was 4 years old to now...40 years of comic book collecting and love of the hobby. But superheroes are not my only love...there was also westerns and then there was HORROR comics. ( or is that were the HORROR comics? ) Who cares!!!
The thing about Marvel's horror titles is that they all had the same element to them. The misunderstood monster and his companions or the people who exploited the monster for their own selfish gain and then ..it never ends well for them.
There was always something about each and every monster that made him unique. Probably thre most clever monster was SIMON GARTH...the ZOMBIE!!! He sort of kind of had fleeting recollections about who he was and what it was like to have been alive. The stories were always entertaining and like I said...the bad guy always got it in the end...Horribly!
The Mummy was another one of my favorites...he could think and pretty much communicate with his companions. These covers stand out in my mind because I actually remember purchasing them from off the rack.
If it were not for comic books...my childhood would not have been as fun as it was. I would have made do....but comics made it better.
THESE are my favorite MONSTER comic book covers! Coming soon....GOOM and FIN FANG FOOM!
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Overview of NNPRFTC accreditation process
Hello – I am so pleased to join you today. I want to thank CHC, the Weitzman Institute, and the NCA project team for inviting me here to discuss accreditation and its relevance for postgraduate training programs. I am Candice Rettie, the Executive Director of the National Nurse Residency and Training Consortium, called the Consortium or NNPRFTC, for short.
A quick aside, the picture at the bottom of the slide is a recent graduating class from the NNPRFTC’s NP residency program.
So what is accreditation? I want to quickly differentiate between certification and accreditation. Certification refers to an individual’s qualifications or credentials. Accreditation refers to the determination of quality of a program or an institution. So, certification is individual and accreditation is institutional or programmatic. The Consortium offers programmatic accreditation – we focus on postgraduate NP training programs.
Definitions of Accreditation:
AAAHC: Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care: “Accreditation is an external, independent review of a health care delivery organization against nationally-accepted standards and its own policies, procedures, processes and outcomes.”
The US Secretary of Education determines that recognized accrediting organizations are reliable authorities as to the quality of … training provided by the institutions or programs they accredit. USDE recognition is important for training programs that require federally recognized accreditation, such as the US Dept of Veterans Affairs. The Consortium has set up its policies and procedures so that we can pursue USDoE recognition as soon as possible. First we have to have completed several accreditation reviews over the course of at least 18 months- 2 yr. Quickly, let’s run through what some of the USDoE requirements are , since they provided the basis for the development of our Standards.
We need to focus on trainee achievement and success – USDoE wants to see job placement rates of graduates
Fiscal and administrative capability
Trainees support services
Recruitment and admissions practices; curriculum calendar; catalogs, publications, marketing
USDoE requires an on-site review
Consistency n decision-making
Interim review of the program, at a minimum an annual headcount of trainees.
Through accreditation, organizations are able to further develop their programs by systematic self evaluation; identification of strengths and weaknesses; on-going critical development and refinement of the curriculum; and program enhancements that reflect the realities of challenging and changing practice environments.
Eligibility: in existence for 2y so July 15, 2017; 2 yr experience as accrediting organization? Jan 2018
Meeting eligibility requirements: all policies and procedures designed to be in compliance; working with USDE as we finalize some governance structures
(CHEA not an option– accredits academic programs and programs requiring academic affiliation; Consortium made academic affiliation recommended, but optional to accommodate FQHCs)
ANCC does not require on-site visit – one of the USDE requirements
Now it is time to focus on the Consortium Standards:
The NNPRFTC has developed 8 standards, with 68 elements. We use these standards to determine a program’s initial and continued accreditation status. They define the responsibilities of a program with regard to maintaining its adherence to the standards. The NNPRFTC standards were developed and are maintained through a formal review process and recognize the evolution of NP practice and training. The standards are applicable to all postgraduate NP training programs unless specifically noted as an exception.
In addition to being the foundation for accreditation, the standards provide programs with guidance on the requirements, structure, and content of the program, simultaneously allowing for programs to use innovation and creativity in their design to meet the goals and defined competencies.
Think of accreditation as part of the DNA of your program. In a very concrete way, accreditation can drive program development – Programs are always works in progress. The accreditation standards are unchanging, and the standards define the components of every program. However, while every program has the same core components of mission, curriculum, evaluation, etc, each one is unique.
There is a saying in instructional design: Design backwards, Implement forwards. So design ‘backwards’ from your mission – the mission is your starting and ending point. Use the standards to structure the components.
Then think about what your ‘final product’ – your trainee ‘’ will look like. How will they function – what will they do . How will they represent your field?
Then design evaluation measures that address the endpoint. Then create curriculum that address the endpoint. Make sure that the curriculum and evaluations are integrated and create feedback loops. Use that information in communicating with your audiences.
Now. I’d like to take you through the accreditation process.
The Consortium’s initial accreditation lasts for 3 years. We are considering extending continued accreditation for 5 years. It costs $10,000 and includes the costs of an on-site survey by NP experts and annual data management fees. The process generally takes about 10 months. Details about how to apply and informational documents can be found on our website: wwwnppostgradtraining.com.
We do have a required on-site peer review visit that occurs 7.5 months following submission of the Self Study.
You can download our Consortium FAQs, the Accreditation Fact Sheet, the Accreditation Standards, and our Self Study Guide. Technical assistance is available throughout the process for programs undergoing accreditation review. Accredited programs will be listed on our website.
Let’s run through this flow diagram of the accreditation process: (read slide).
Study looking at the impact of accreditation on the quality of healthcare. Published in 2011 by Alkhenizen and Shaw conducted a “systematic review of the literature to evaluate the impact of accreditation programs on the quality of healthcare services.” Conclusion: “There is consistent evidence that shows that accreditation programs improve the process of care provided by healthcare services.
CEPH (Council on Education for Public Health) points out that “accreditation serves multiple purposes for different constituents. In general, specialized accreditation attests to the quality of a training program that” provides intensive clinical training for a newly minted NP professional.
There are many stakeholders in this process – to list a few:
“For the public, accreditation promotes the health, safety and welfare of society by assuring competent public health professionals.
For prospective [trainees], accreditation serves a consumer protection purpose. It provides assurance that the program has been evaluated and has met accepted standards established by and with the profession.
For[ NPs], it involves practitioners in the establishment of standards and assures that educational requirements reflect the current training needs of the profession.
Finally, organizations that provide and support education, training, and professional advancement at every level benefit. Recruiting the best and the brightest becomes easier. Doors to funding open -- attracting and retaining competitive and noncompetitive awards becomes easier when there is a body of peer-reviewed, reliable and meaningful information supporting the wisdom of awarding monies to implement the mission, vision and objectives of the training organization.
For the governing organizations such as [ universities and hospitals, ] it provides a reliable basis for inter- and intra-institutional cooperative practices, including admissions and transfer of credit.
For the school or program, accreditation enhances its national reputation and represents peer recognition.”
Accreditation fosters a community of like-minded professionals and interested parties who are dedicated to excellence in NP practice and training.
Community creates a forum for sharing best practices, for working together to identify and address challenges. Life long learning and professional growth become implicit and explicit. In a supportive peer environment, innovation and creativity flourish.
Read through slide. Next slide please.
Duration: Takes about 10 months from application to decision
Cost: $9,500 includes site visit
Receive: certificate and seal
18 month update– report, data (demographics)
Changes in cohort or track require notification and /or new app
Ques: How do you document? What is the evidence? What are the protocols? How do they crosswalk between curriculum and eval?? What is the feedback loop? How is the data used – what is the impact of the data?
1. National Nurse Practitioner Residency and Fellowship Training Consortium’s Accreditation Program
2.  2010: Convened as informal consortium in 2010 by 4 FQHC-based postgraduate NP residency training programs  2013: Identified accreditation as a goal early on; no interest and no available existing sources of accreditation at the time; committed to developing program that is eligible for USDE recognition  2013–2015: Accreditation Standards: authored by 10 NP nationally recognized expert authors—written by NP program directors for NP program directors; Self Study Guide  2015: CHCI formally incorporated a new 501c3, the NNPRFTC, to advance the postgrad NP residency and fellowship movement, including developing of accreditation program  December 2015: Website launched  January 2017: Accreditation action for first 2 programs; 2 more in pipeline; more committed to apply in 2017 History of NNPRFTC
3. Accreditation Defined External, independent review of a health care training program against nationally- accepted standards and its own policies, procedures, processes and outcomes (AAAHC)  Peer-reviewed, voluntary program evaluation  Practice-based determination of adherence to National Standards  Public recognition of excellence  National acknowledgement of quality
4. USDE Accreditation Process 6 Major Steps
5. Standard 1: Mission, Goals and Objectives Standard 2: Curriculum Standard 3: Evaluation Standard 4: Program Eligibility Standard 5: Administration Standard 6: Operations Standard 7: Staff Standard 8: Postgraduate Trainee Services NNPRFTC’s Standards Driving Excellence in Program Design
7. General Public: Promotes the health, safety and welfare of society by assuring competent public health professionals. Funding Agencies:  Federal—basis for determining eligibility for federally funded programs;  Private funding sources—represents a highly desirable indicator of a program’s quality and viability. Prospective Employers: Workforce development—provides assurance that curriculum covers essential skills and knowledge needed for today’s jobs. Prospective Trainees: Serves a consumer protection purpose—provides assurance that the program has been evaluated and met accepted standards established by and with the profession. Benefits of Accreditation—Public
8. Profession: Advances the field by promoting standards of practice, advocating rigorous preparation, and current content. NPs: Involves practitioners in the establishment of standards and assures that educational requirements reflect the current training needs of the profession. Graduates: Promotes professional mobility and enhances employment opportunities in positions that base eligibility upon graduation from an accredited school or program. Benefits of Accreditation—Professional
9. Faculty and Administrators: Promotes ongoing self-evaluation and continuous improvement; provides an effective system for accountability. School or Program: Accreditation enhances national reputation and represents peer recognition. (CEPH) Benefits of Accreditation— Training Organizations
10. NNPRFTC Accreditation: Awarded for 3 years • Current cohort of trainees considered graduate of accredited program • Eligible for continuing accreditation if continue to meet standards • Receive NNPRFTC seal which can be displayed on all communications, in accordance with our policies and procedures Awarded programs become members – “accredited program” • Eligible to be elected to future accreditation decision-making group
11. Curriculum – What are we looking for? Goal: • What is the evidence/documentation? • Anchored in mission, vision, objectives • Written overview: goals, objectives, schedules, activities • Anchored in adult learning principles (eg: Malcom Knowles) • Preceptor training in facilitating adult learning and assessment • Crosswalk with evaluation • Impact? How do you know? Evidence?
12. Standard 2 Curriculum 5 Required Elements and 8 Competencies Elements 1. clinical-based care and patient care experiences; 2. regularly scheduled didactic sessions; 3. systems based learning and quality improvement; 4. population-based health focus; 5. leadership and professional development, especially in inter- professional practice. Competencies 1. patient care; 2. knowledge for practice; 3. practice-based learning and improvement; 4. interpersonal and communication skills; 5. professionalism; 6. systems-based practice; 7. inter-professional collaboration; 8. personal and professional development.
13. Evaluation – What are we looking for? Goal: • What is the evidence/documentation? • Systematic formative (on-going) and summative (final) data collection • Reliable and valid • Used to conduct quality assurance, assess training effectiveness, communicate, and build capacity. • Feedback loop • Crosswalk with curriculum • Impact? How do you know? Evidence?
14. Standard 3 Evaluation/Assessment 11 Required Elements and 5 Components 11 Evaluation Elements Institutional performance Programmatic performance Trainee performance Instructor and staff performance 5 Components Program curriculum; Trainee performance, feedback, and remediation as necessary; Clinical faculty/instructor and support staff performance, feedback, and remediation as necessary; Adequacy of organizational support including operations and finances; Overall programmatic self-evaluation including outcome measures and corresponding action plans.
15. Accreditation Anchors Excellence
16. Contact info: Candice S. Rettie, PhD – Executive Director Candice.rettie@nppostgradtraining.com Office: 202-780-9651 Twitter: @nppostgrad www.nppostgradtraining.com
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High Marks for Strayer Education - Bloomberg
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Investors bid the shares higher on Feb. 14 after the for-profit education provider's upbeat earnings report
February 14, 2008, 10:06 PM EST
While tightness in the private lending market caused by the credit crisis has investors worried about students' ability to afford college courses, Strayer Education (STRA) continues to report a rise in enrollment and sees its profits growing by up to 22% in the first quarter of 2008.
Cheered by a 17% pop in enrollment in the current semester and anticipating higher profits from new campuses, the owner of Strayer University said Feb. 14 it expects to earn $1.57 to $1.59 per share in the first three months of 2008, vs. the $1.30 in profit it posted a year ago. That's higher than the average forecast of $1.55 among Wall Street analysts, who also expect the company to earn $5.25 per share for all of 2008.
That forecast encouraged investors, who pushed the shares as much as 12% higher on Feb. 14 before they slid back to trade with a 6% gain at $167.50. Strayer Education's gain contrasts the declines in its competitors' stock prices. Shares of ITT Education Services (ESI) fell 8.2%, Career Education (CECO) shed 7.7%, and Corinthian Colleges (COCO) dropped 12%.
The troubles in the private lending market are trumping any positive effects a severe economic slowdown might have on education companies, which typically see enrollment climb during bad economic spells, says Brandon Dobell, an equity analyst at William Blair & Co. in Chicago.
"People are looking for a little bit of safety in the education [sector], and this is one of three or four names you really want to own here," he says.
While it's not clear what kind of exposure investors who own shares of any of Strayer's competitors have to the lending crunch, they know "there are no out-of-the-closet risks to come out of Strayer," Dobell says. (William Blair has received compensation for investment banking services from Strayer within the past 12 months, or expects to receive or intends to seek compensation in the next three months. It also makes a market in Strayer's securities.)
Unlike its peers, Strayer's customers are older, more credit-worthy, and have the advantage of getting a lot of tuition reimbursement from their employers, says Trace Urdan, an equity analyst at Signal Hill Capital Group in San Francisco.
"Effectively, [Strayer] is skimming the cream in terms of students," he says.
The Arlington (Va.) company's simple business model, strong management, and rarely disappointing earnings are a big draw in the current environment, where so many companies are struggling to show growth, says Urdan, who has a buy rating on the stock.
Strayer's shares are fairly expensive, even relative to the growth in profitability, concedes Urdan, who believes the stock is worth owning only over the longer term to reap the returns investors are seeking.
But Strayer's gross margins are poised to widen now that it has begun to achieve some critical mass in terms of brand recognition in the new markets where it has opened campuses in recent years, he says.
"In some of the markets they have moved into in the last five years, the brand is becoming known and accepted [so] they don't have to spend as much to acquire students," says Urdan. "That's a really terrific trend for them and will help supply the margin they need in order to grow into new markets."
The company is still concentrated in the eastern part of the U.S. but has said it's aiming for a nationwide presence.
On Feb. 14, Strayer reported a fourth-quarter profit of $1.34 per share, up 21% from $1.11 per share a year earlier. Higher enrollment and a 5% hike in tuition that took effect in January, 2007, drove revenue up 20%, to $89.1 million from $74.3 million in the fourth quarter of 2006.
For the full year, earnings rose 24%, to $4.47 per share from $3.61 per share in 2006 on revenue of $318 million, 21% higher than its $263.6 million the previous year.
At the start of the 2008 academic year, Strayer opened new campuses in Raleigh and Charlotte, N.C., and said in its fourth-quarter earnings release that in the 2008 spring term it will expand to new locations in Atlanta and Orlando, two markets in which it's already established.
With its programs narrowly focused on business and information technology, the costs of opening a new campus are limited to renting the buildings to house classrooms and hiring new instructors, says Urdan: "So the return on invested capital in the Strayer story is just phenomenal."
The economic slowdown hasn't caused any of the companies with which Strayer has alliances to pull back in reimbursing their employees' education expenses, Robert Silberman, Strayer's chairman and chief executive, said on a conference call to discuss the latest results.
"Most of the corporations we have alliances with tend to be heavily invested in human capital," he told analysts and shareholders. "I do not believe we will see much of an impact with regard to our business should the economy enter a recession."
In the last recession of 2001-02, corporate funding held steady at 20%, with the remaining 80% coming from students' and their families' pockets, Silberman said.
If companies decide to reduce the levels at which they're willing to reimburse employees for education costs, Strayer still has plenty of room under the requirements of the Title IV federal education loan program to expand students' financial-aid packages, he said.
Last year, Strayer repurchased roughly 260,800 shares of common stock at an average price of $146.05 per share, including 102,900 shares purchased at an average price of $175.86 in the fourth quarter. The company said it has remaining authorization to buy back up to $81.9 million worth of additional shares.
In February, Strayer's board approved grants of 42,536 shares of restricted stock to certain employees as part of the company's existing equity compensation plan, which replaced the stock options three years ago. These shares vest over three to five years and represent about 0.3% of total common shares outstanding, according to the earnings release. The stock price closed at $162.10 on the date of the restricted stock grant.
Any appreciation in the stock price will be driven by earnings rather than the multiples, Signal Hill's Urdan said, and he expects annual returns to be around 18%. "It's the kind of name to buy on weakness in order to maximize returns," he said.
In contrast, most of Strayer's rivals are not going to enjoy the high valuations they used to—at least not for a while—says Dobell at William Blair.


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