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DALLAS -- The City of North Richland Hills will pay $75,000 to a former worker and take remedial action to settle a lawsuit by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), the federal agency announced today. The EEOC charged that the city subjected Robert Coffman, a former HVAC technician, to age-based harassment which resulted in his forced termination (constructive discharge).
According to the EEOC suit (Civil Action No. 4:08-cv-558-Y in the Northern District of Texas), Coffman was ridiculed with age-based taunts that he was too old to keep up, made too much money and was too old to do his job. The EEOC also alleged that after suffering the abusive behavior for several months, Coffman reported the harassment to his supervisor and to the city's human resources department. However, the EEOC found that not only did the city fail to take any corrective action, but the harassment increased to the point that Coffman was forced to resign.
"The EEOC is pleased that this veteran worker is being compensated for the humiliating and embarrassing comments he was forced to endure day after day," said Trial Attorney Joel Clark of the agency's Dallas District Office. "Age-based harassment, just like other forms of discriminatory workplace harassment, is against the law and should not be tolerated by employers."
The five-year consent decree resolving the suit was signed today by U.S. District Court Judge Terry Means. In addition to the monetary settlement, the decree provides that the city will train all employees on equal employment opportunity policies and procedures, including age-based discrimination, and post an anti-discrimination notice.
"At times when our economy presents challenges to employment stability, employers should recognize the value of retaining experienced workers," said EEOC Regional Attorney Robert A. Canino. "In addition to the legal ramifications for employers, allowing mistreatment of older workers can lead to the loss of productivity and hinder employee morale."
In July, the Commission held a public hearing on age discrimination and barriers to the employment of older workers. Additional information about the hearing can be found on the EEOC's web site at http://www.eeoc.gov/abouteeoc/meetings/7-15-09/index.html.
The ADEA prohibits employment discrimination based on age against employees and applicants 40 years of age and older. The EEOC filed the suit after first attempting to reach a voluntary settlement out of court.
The EEOC enforces federal laws prohibiting employment discrimination. Further information about the EEOC is available on the agency's web site at www.eeoc.gov.


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Robert Frost may (or may not) have said, "I am never so serious as when I am joking." But whoever rightfully deserves credit for the quote knew what he was talking about. People use humor to make points.
Such was the approach of a speaker at the Oct. 7 initial session of "A Common Word Between Us and You: A Global Agenda for Change," a Christian-Muslim dialogue forum held at Georgetown University. Riz Khan, a program host on Al-Jazeera English, said those not in the know fear any Arabic word preceded by "al" in part because of their familiarity with the terrorist group al-Qaida and Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir, who has been charged with war crimes.
Not to worry, Khan said; "al" is merely the Arabic equivalent of "the." To laughter from the crowd, he noted a couple of significant "al" occurrences in English, "Al Gore and Al Capone."
He also told the tale of three children at a nursery school who were instructed by the teacher to play in the sandbox. Afterward, the teacher summoned them one by one.
"Michael, did you play in the sandbox?" "Yes, ma'am." "Good, Michael. If you can spell 'sand,' I'll give you a cookie." Michael thought. "S-A-N-D, ma'am," he answered. "Very good, Michael, here's your cookie."
Next came little Catherine's turn. "Catherine, did you play in the sandbox?" "Yes, ma'am." "Good, Catherine. If you an spell 'box,' I'll give you a cookie. It's a little tricky, but I think you can do it." Catherine gave it her best try. "B-O…," she said, pausing to think of what letter could come next before triumphantly saying, "X, ma'am!" "Very good Catherine. Here's your cookie."
Now came young Mohammed's turn. "Mohammed," asked the teacher, "Did you play in the sandbox?" "No, ma'am," he replied. "Michael and Catherine called me names and pushed me away." "How terrible," said the teacher. "That sounds like blatant racial discrimination. Now, if you can spell 'blatant racial discrimination'…."


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Fruits can be tasty as well as expressive. In China, it's not uncommon, especially around New Year, to find these fruits with natural writing on them.
The only name I know of is "fat choy guo" is Cantonese, meaning lucky or fortune fruits. Growers simply tape a stenciled sticker over the fruit before they're matured to block out light and thus create a natural design. Creative, no?
These fruits are usually displayed at botantical gardens and parks, or sold in produce markets as gifts. This year my parents bought apples to display next to their requisite plate of (design-less) clementines. Last year I blogged about and posted photos of these nectarines I bought in Beijing:
Speaking of clementines, in addition to all the little ones that spring up everywhere in winter, I found this enormous "prosperity clementine" at a supermarket today. As big as a pomelo, it towers over the normal-sized clementines. Since I bought it mainly for display, I haven't tasted to see if it's just as sweet.


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Student hit by SUV near north Harris County school
A high school student was rushed to the hospital Monday morning after a sports utility vehicle hit her as she crossed the street near her campus in north Harris County.
The incident happened about 6:30 a.m. on Spears near Gears not far from Davis Senior High School, said Mike Keeney, spokesman for the Aldine Independent School District.
Keeney said the teen, whose name and age were not released, was flown by LifeFlight medical helicopter to Memorial Hermann-The Texas Medical Center. Details of the student's injuries and condition were not released.
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Combative Christie tries to turn page
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has a 300-page report clearing his name. He has recorded two national television interviews to share with America his feelings of frustration and remorse. At an hour-long press conference Friday, the onetime GOP presidential favorite did everything but unfurl a "Case Closed" banner behind him.
Ahead of a trip out West laced with 2016 implications, Christie made a great, heave-ho attempt this week to push past the political nightmare known as "Bridgegate." He is due to speak at a Republican Jewish Coalition event this weekend in Las Vegas, followed by Republican Governors Association fundraising retreat in Park City, Utah.
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Republicans close to Christie and his team say the past week represented their most concerted effort so far to get clear of the Fort Lee traffic scandal. With an internal review prepared by the Christie-hired law firm Gibson Dunn, the governor faced the press to declare he's ready to move on.
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Christie announced that his longtime political ally, David Samson, had voluntarily resigned as chairman of the Port Authority, the agency most directly implicated in the Bergen County hijinks. He said he is prepared to follow the Gibson Dunn report's advice when it comes to the management of his administration, and perhaps a suggestion to break up the Port Authority into separate New York and New Jersey entities.
If the page-turning process is far from complete, the immediate goal of Christie's multi-day media tour was more realistic: to get out of a defensive posture and give the governor something more concrete to say when people ask him about the mess unfolding in his home state.
The move from playing defense to leaning forward was on vivid display in the contrast between a soft-focus Thursday interview with ABC's Diane Sawyer and his combative Friday press conference. In the space of a day, Christie went from sighing about "Bridgegate" as the "toughest time in my professional life" – an episode in which he "fell short" as a leader – to chastising reporter after reporter for, he said, getting their facts wrong.
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The abrupt shift startled even some Christie allies, who expected him to extend his hair-shirt approach into another public appearance.
"Why don't you just get to the question, cut the commentary a little," he urged one reporter Friday, only shortly after the start of his press conference. "You have to get the facts right if you're going to ask me a question," Christie told another. He described two different questions as "beneath" the reporters who asked them.
The former federal prosecutor even reiterated, at some length, that he will decide whether or not to run for president independently of this whole unpleasant saga. Christie said he didn't think the George Washington Bridge fiasco would weigh heavily on how voters consider "my candidacy, if there even is one."
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"The way I'll make a decision about whether to seek any future office will be: do I think it's best for me and my family, and I do I have something unique and particular to offer?" he said. "Anybody who tries to game out the politics of this stuff years in advance, the last several weeks have probably shown them that that's a fool's errand."
Christie acknowledged up front that the Fort Lee story is not over. "I think the report will stand the test of time, but it will be tested," he said.
The idea is not to close the book on "Bridgegate" forever. Christie's team is well aware that months of legislative and prosecutorial inquiries lie ahead. To the reporters, investigators and 2016 competitors closely tracking the ongoing George Washington Bridge story, the Gibson Dunn report left countless questions unanswered.


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BOSTON, Mass. – Led by Tyler Fresen's five-point performance the Warriors of Eastern Connecticut State University defeated men's lacrosse by the final of 13-6 Saturday afternoon at Boston College High School in a Little East Conference match-up.
Fresen paced the Warriors attack with three goals, and had two assists, while Mike Devine finished second on the team with three goals and one assist. Saturday's victory improved Eastern's overall record to 6-4 and 2-0 in the Little East Conference. UMass Boston saw their three-game win streak come to an end on Saturday, with their record falling to 6-5, 1-1 in conference play.
The Warriors scored at-least two goals in every quarter to remain atop the conference standings. The first quarter proved to be the deciding one for the Warriors as they jumped out to a 5-1 lead. They would then tack on three more goals in the second and third quarters, before closing out the contest with a pair in the fourth.
For UMass Boston Nick Tangherlini (Cohasset, Mass.) had his best game to-date in a Beacons uniform scoring a pair of goals, to earn his first multi-goal game of his college career. John Powers (Marshfield, Mass.) matched his teammate with two scores and also finished with one assist as well.
Craig Frehill (Norwell, Mass.) produced another career-best performance in goal for the Beacons stopping 15 shots for the second straight Saturday. The sophomore also came-up with three groundballs as he fell to 6-5 on the year.
Eastern Connecticut got on the scoreboard early in the first quarter scoring a pair of markers in the first three minutes of play to take an early 2-0 lead. The Beacons would then make it a one-goal game on Tangherlini's first career tally at 9:15. Eastern would respond with four unanswered goals to make it 6-1, with two of the scores coming from Devine.
Powers then made it a four-goal game at the 9:18 mark of the second quarter off of a great pass from Donny Delpha (Walpole, Mass.). After five scoreless minutes, Fresen would score the final two goals of the half to push the Warriors lead back to six.
After the break, the Beacons got on the board first with Michael Durocher (Marion, Mass.) tallying his first career goal six minutes into the third. Unfortunately, the Warriors would once again respond with a run of their own scoring three straight, two from Nick Cariso to stay in total control of the contest.
In the fourth the Beacons would outscore the Warriors three goals to two, but their late push proved too little too late. Tangherlini started off the final 15 minutes of play with his second career goal. After an Eastern score, Powers and Nick Weiss (Westfield, Mass.) closed out the afternoon for the Beacons with their 25th and 10th goals respectively. Mike Gillotti secured the victory in the closing minute of play on a man-up tally.
Blake Smaldone earned the win after totaling five saves in the first two quarters of play. Eastern Connecticut held a 43-27 advantage in shots and a 35-27 advantage in groundballs. They were also 13-for-22 on the face-off "X" with Phil Truong (Quincy, Mass.) earning the nine wins on the "X" for the Beacons.
Lacrosse returns to action next Saturday when they host Western Connecticut State University at 1 p.m. Eastern Connecticut will host Keene State College at 3 p.m. in Mansfield.


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Early College High School HOSA team wins awards!
In January, a handful of students joined the brand-new Health Occupation Student Association at Early College High School.
Not two months later, five of those founding members brought home a number of top-three finishes at a state competition, qualifying them to compete at the international competition in Orlando, Florida, in June.
Seven ECHS students participated in the state Health Occupation Student Association competition on Feb. 23-26 in Albuquerque, competing against students from throughout the state. They competed in events that demonstrated their medical skills, tested their knowledge in different areas of medicine and required them to write essays, create public service announcements, and speak on medical issues.
Elizabeth Maguire placed first in in extemporaneous writing and second in veterinarian science; Nayeli Sanchez placed second in the healthy lifestyles competition and third in dental science; and Yareli Reyes placed second in the biomedical laboratory science competition. A team composed of Vrinda Bhakta, Evelyn A. Gonzalez, Maguire and Sanchez took second place in the creative problem-solving competition.
The students returned home excited not only about their wins but also their future careers.
"Competition motivates us because we see how our field is," Sanchez said. "I was questioning whether or not I should be an orthodontist before doing the dental science competition, but after the competition, I was sure that was the field I wanted to go into."
"HOSA was an amazing experience," Gonzalez added. "I learned so many new things and I will definitely do it next year."
HOSA sponsors Lucie Hall and Nancy Toth said they enjoyed working with the students to help them become more knowledgeable in their chosen career paths and to become leaders in their careers and communities. The competition provided these students opportunities to showcase their skills and knowledge and reinforced the values of their rigorous study and hard work, Toth said.
HOSA is an international organization that promotes career opportunities in the health care industry and is dedicated to enhancing health care for all. It provides middle school, high school and postsecondary students opportunities to gain experience in the medical field, mentor with medical professionals, develop leadership skills and provide community service.
Eastern New Mexico University-Roswell's Emergency Medical Services program partnered with the ECHS chapter to provide support, mentoring and training to the ECHS students. Although the ECHS chapter was only organized in January, many members are already certified in CPR after training with ENMU-R's Justin Powell and Stacie Nason. In March the members will work with Powell and Nason to gain their first aid certification. With the help of these partners, HOSA students will be even better prepared for future competitions, Hall said.
The ECHS HOSA chapter is looking for additional partners among other health organizations in the community. Partner organizations help HOSA members gain medical experience, provide mentors for the students and may donate medical supplies that students need for training and competition.
Early College High School Principal Porter Cutrell said HOSA contributes to the school's mission of preparing its students to be contributing members of society when they graduate.
"It is our goal to provide students with meaningful learning opportunities, and Health Occupations Student Association participation is part of our comprehensive college and career readiness program," he said. "I look forward to watching our HOSA organization grow, represent Roswell in positive ways and watch our students transition into the workforce."


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a discontinuous sound heard on auscultation, primarily during inhalation; called also crackle.
crackling rale subcrepitant rale.
crepitant rale a fine sound like that of rubbing a hair between the fingers or by particles of salt thrown on fire; heard at the end of inhalation. Called also crepitus.
dry rale a fine sound associated with any of various interstitial lung diseases, such as idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
moist rale one heard over fluid in the bronchial tubes.
subcrepitant rale a fine moist rale heard over liquid in the smaller tubes; called also crackling rale.
sub·crep·i·tant rale
a fine crepitant rale.
subcrepitant rale
a fine moist rale heard over liquid in the smaller tubes. Also called crackling rale.
sub·crep·i·tant rale(sŭb-krepi-tănt rahl)
Fine crepitant rale.
an abnormal respiratory sound heard in auscultation and indicating some pathological condition. Rales are distinguished as dry or moist, according to the absence or presence of fluid in the air passages, and are classified according to their site of origin as bronchial, cavernous, laryngeal, pleural, tracheal and vesicular (crepitant).
amphoric rale
a coarse, musical and tinkling rale due to the splashing of fluid in a cavity connected with a bronchus.
atelectatic rale
a nonpathological rale which is dissipated by deep breathing or coughing. Such rales are frequently heard in those who breathe feebly and superficially, when on deep inspiration the moist walls of the unexpanded alveoli are suddenly forced apart by the entering air; after a few deep inspirations such rales become lost.
bubbling rale
a moist rale, finer than a subcrepitant rale, heard in bronchitis, in the resolving stage of pneumonia, and over small cavities.
cavernous rale
a hollow and metallic rale caused by the alternate expansion and contraction of a pulmonary cavity during respiration.
cellophane rale
a dry, crackling chest sound, as heard in interstitial pulmonary emphysema.
clicking rale
a small sticky sound heard on inspiration, due to the passage of air through secretions in the smaller bronchi.
consonating rale
a clear, ringing sound produced in bronchial tubes that are surrounded by consolidation tissue.
crepitant rale
a very fine crackling rale.
dry rale
a rale produced by the presence of viscid secretion in the bronchial tubes, or by spastic contraction of the walls of the tubes; it has a whistling, musical or squeaking quality.
gurgling rale
a very coarse rale resembling the bursting of large bubbles; in pulmonary edema, heard over large cavities that contain fluid, and in the trachea in the 'death rattle'.
sibilant rale
a hissing sound resembling that produced by suddenly separating two oiled surfaces. It is produced by the presence of a viscid secretion in the bronchial tubes or by thickening of the walls of the tubes; heard in asthma and bronchitis.
subcrepitant rale
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At Crestwood Vineyard, we have a variety of on ramps into investing in kingdom community. Traditionally, one vehicle available on Sunday mornings has been called Sunday School. Through a dedicated weekly time of discussion and community building, we have utilized this vehicle to gather weekly for what we call "Old School Sunday School!" We meet for varying topics in classrooms at Crestwood Vineyard (2515 NW 16th) over the course of six weeks from 9:00 – 9:45 AM weekly. Come early for coffee (available at 8:30 AM).
Each class will focus on one of the three emphases that make up a holistic spiritual life that is reaching up toward God, reaching in to the lives of those around us, and reaching out to those in the World around us. All are welcome!
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As our recent feature article shows, the properties and structure of water is an area of active, though misused, research. Nevertheless, the research is important because water is such an important chemical, and its properties at both a bulk and an atomic scale are critical to giving known life the appearance it has today.
One interesting facet to this is the way water behaves in and around cell membranes. Cell membranes are made from a double layer of lipids, which are generally hydrophobic, but at one end they have elements like oxygen and phosphorous, arranged such that there is a net charge. This end of the lipid molecule is hydrophilic, making the whole molecule both hydrophilic and hydrophobic, which is called amphipathic. In water, these lipid molecules will arrange themselves into double layers, with all the hydrophobic ends pointing into the layer and the hydrophilic layer pointing outwards. It is an equivalent structure that gives cells a robust membrane, while still being happy to sit in water.
A team of chemists and physicists from the University of Florence have used some novel spectroscopic techniques to analyze the dynamic behavior of water at and within the lipid bilayer. To do this, the researchers illuminate the sample with a laser that has a fairly narrow spectral bandwidth. A short time later, a second laser illuminates the sample, but this laser has a very broad spectral bandwidth. This is called a pump-probe geometry, where the first laser changes the sample in some way and the second laser measures that change. By varying the time delay between the pump and the probe, we can learn about how long various processes last. In this case, the first laser picks out a few (or preferably one) vibrational mode of the water and excites it—a vibrational mode is the frequency and geometry of the way the oxygen and hydrogen atom bonds stretch. The second laser can only excite that particular mode if enough time has passed for the vibration to have relaxed. Therefore if we look at what frequencies are missing from the probe light, we can see what effect the pump laser had on the water.
What makes this technique effective is that the environment—in this case, a lipid bilayer—changes the frequencies of the vibrational modes of the water individually. This process, called inhomogeneous broadening, means that by analyzing how strong the relative absorption frequencies are and at what delays, we can see what proportion of the water is sitting where on the lipid molecule and how long it stays there (the delay between the pump and probe are on the order of femtoseconds.
The results, published in Physical Review Letters, show that the water molecules within the bilayer are rarely free. Mainly they are bound to the phosphate group (a phosphorous atom with surrounding oxygen atoms) with either one or two hydrogen bonds.
This is already known, but what is interesting, is that this technique is very fast and flexible, which may make it possible to observe how the water rearranges itself as molecules pass through the membrane.
Physical Review Letters, 2007, DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.078302


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In There Goes the Gayborhood?, sociologist Amin Ghaziani shows why the rumors of the demise of gay neighborhoods like Boystown, Chelsea, the Castro District, and Dupont Circle are premature. Publishers Weekly says his "findings are not to be missed," while Library Journal says the book represents, "a fascinating, rich view that is supported by up-to-date statistics." This video gives a quick overview of what the book covers.
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ATTAS (Advanced Technologies Testing Aircraft System) is regarded as one of DLR's most important flying test beds. ATTAS has been in service as a flying simulator since 1986.
The application portfolio of ATTAS is very wide-ranging. With its measurement and test equipment, ATTAS is used for numerous test duties, such as testing future air traffic control procedures and low-noise approaches, for example. Research into wake vortices is also carried out with ATTAS; these are air turbulences that occur as a result of the lift produced on the wings.
The 'chameleon aircraft' ATTAS celebrated its 25th birthday in October 2010.
Schematic representation of the ATTAS test bed. The graphic shows the test equipment and fly-by-wire control surfaces. Electrohydraulic, digital fly-by-wire flight control system. This intervenes in the standard mechanical-hydraulic controls via electrohydraulically-operated clutches, which are connected to the control devices of the safety pilot sitting on the right. The safety pilot can disconnect the fly-by-wire linkages at any time and take over control with the mechanical system.
Cockpit of the ATTAS (Advanced Technologies Testing Aircraft System) research platform. The photograph shows the mechanical control column and instruments (right) and the side stick and the freely programmable displays (left).
Visualisation of a wake vortex generated by ATTAS at the research airfield. Wake vortices are air turbulences produced by the wings, particularly during low-speed flying during take-off and landing.The aim of the experiments is to reduce the possible separation distance between aircraft coming in to land or taking off behind one other, by means of a more accurate computation of the evolution and decay of wake vortices.
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For more than twenty years, ATTAS (Advanced Technologies Testing Aircraft System) has been the large flying test bed of the German Aerospace Center (DLR). ATTAS was primarily designed as a 'flying simulator', to simulate the flying behaviour of other - real (existing) or virtual - aircraft.
The application portfolio of ATTAS was very wide-ranging. With its measurement and test equipment, ATTAS was used for numerous test duties, such as testing future air traffic control procedures and low-noise approaches, for example. Research into wake vortices was also carried out with ATTAS; these are air turbulences that occur as a result of the lift produced on the wings.
ATTAS is based on the 44-seater, twin-engine VFW 614 short-haul jet developed in the 1970s by Bremen-based VFW Fokker (now Airbus).
One of the core modifications was the integration of an electrohydraulic fly-by-wire flight control system (FBW), in addition to the usual mechanical controls. The changeover from mechanical to electronic control could be made as required during the test flight. This enabled scientists and engineers to investigate anything and everything that is possible with a computer in terms of flight control.
ATTAS was converted to a research aircraft at the end of the 1980s and since then has been used for aviation research for an average of 130 flying hours per year.
The following modifications differentiate ATTAS from the standard VFW 614:
Missions - research focus
Research into the life and decay of wake vortices
The aim of the experiments was to reduce the possible separation distance between aircraft coming in to land or taking off behind one another, by means of a more accurate computation of the evolution and decay of wake vortices. For this, the wake vortex produced by ATTAS was measured by LIDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) systems either stationed on the ground or installed in an aircraft. At the same time, there was also the attempt to accelerate the breakdown of the wake vortex by periodic aileron movements.
Simulation of flying through wake vortices
Using a simulation programme, and with the help of the fly-by-wire flight control system, flying into wake vortices was simulated without risk; and then, based on the pilot's subsequent assessment, criteria were developed for possible, acceptable vorticities. Strategies for automatic countersteering were tested too.
Testing future air traffic control procedures
Thanks to satellite navigation, aircraft today are able to navigate very precisely, independently of ground-based support systems. Over and above this, to enable optimal planning and control of air traffic, individual airspace users need to be managed with the timings as accurate as possible in that airspace. The solution lies in trajectories - so-called 4D trajectories - which describe the route of an aircraft precisely in both the time and space domains, and enable each individual leg of the flight to be strategically planned. This way, conflicts in the airspace can be detected and avoided more effectively. Finally, this capability will lead to higher airspace and airport capacities.
The DLR Institute of Flight Guidance (DLR-Institut für Flugführung) has already developed and tested an Advanced Flight Management System (AFMS) back in the 1990s, a system that makes precisely this 4D planning and management possible. Since then the system has been continuously improved. Additions include communication elements that link the traffic planning modules on the ground to the flight route planning modules in the aircraft by data link.
The AFMS has demonstrated its highly promising capabilities in numerous test flights with ATTAS, the DLR research aircraft.
Testing new low-noise approach procedures
With the Experimental Flight Management System, the approach profile is worked out accurately - depending on the wind and other factors - whilst the aircraft is still at cruising altitude, and then flown along fully automatically and with accurate timing. This enables, for example, low-noise steep approaches with the engines idling, and approaches to the ILS glide path from above that would not be possible with a conventional flight management system.
Technical data
For DLR research: three seats for crew members and up to seven seats for scientists. The basic model VFW 614 had up to 44 seats.
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POMPANO BEACH, Fla. -- Box by box they arrived, the once glittering costumes of Broadway legends and theatre memorabilia, now dirty, tattered and forgotten. There were painstakingly hand-beaded bodices and garments worn by Julie Andrews, Carol Burnett and Vanessa Williams, each more unkempt than the next, stored on rusty hangars and covered in black soot.
It was to be one of the largest collections of Broadway costumes in the country. There were more than 500 boxes in all, newly purchased by Marilynn Wick to add to her multimillion dollar collection of costumes at Costume World which she rents to professional theatres and high school productions.
Wick and her daughter Kimberly surveyed the treasures they had just purchased at a 2005 auction: a Judy Garland hat, probably from her TV show; Ginger Roger's red sequin dress from "Hello Dolly;" Lou Diamond Phillip's exquisite jewel encrusted jacket costume from his Tony-winning role in the "The King and I;" and Nathan Lane's gangster suit from "Guys and Dolls."
They knew they had to share it. "We were going through boxes and I said, `Kim, are we really going to rent Judy Garland's hat?" said 69-year-old Marilynn Wick.
The mother-daughter duo opened a museum in 2011, showcasing more than one million costumes from nearly 50 shows, guiding daily tours through a non-descript South Florida warehouse against a backdrop of hand painted sets and a marquee replica from storied Broadway theatres like the Winter Garden.
It took seamstresses months to restore the garments. One spent six months on Julie Andrew's ivory and gold beaded dress from "My Fair Lady."
Kimberly Wick, a seamstress with a flair for the dramatics, narrates the tour, wearing a flowing, peach gown from the musical "Titanic," charming the crowd with behind the scenes tidbits along the way.
There's the time Pearl Bailey was too tired for her multiple costume changes (several are on display) in "Hello Dolly" and asked the audience if she could perform in the same dress throughout the show. Eighteen thousand trim balls were hand sewn onto the silk costumes from the cast of "Once Upon a Mattress," including Sarah Jessica Parker's dress. (The Wicks no longer rent out costumes from that show because the delicate silk is now threadbare.) They even have the dress Parker wore in her role opposite husband Matthew Broderick in "How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying."
The Wicks' own Julie Andrew's dress from the Broadway show of "My Fair Lady." They tried to buy the iconic black-and-white striped dress Audrey Hepburn wore in the film at an auction several years ago, estimating it would cost about $100,000. But it sold for more than $3 million, Kimberly Wick says. "My Fair Lady" is their most valuable collection: they even own the dress patterns.
All the costumes are displayed under the gleaming light from of the original chandelier from Tavern on the Green restaurant, of course.
"We were bidding against Donald Trump. He got six. We got one," Kimberly Wick said.
After the tour, the audience dons white gloves and paws through racks of costumes from "Pippin" to "The Producers."
The Wicks stumbled into the costume business accidentally. Kimberly Wick, then 12, and her sister were bored one muggy South Florida summer day in the 1980s so their housekeeper helped them sew a Santa costume. They stitched a few more, put an ad in the paper and were met with a steady stream of customers wanting to rent a suit for $25 a pop.
Their mother saw a business opportunity and opened up a storefront in South Florida where she made $250,000 the first Halloween. In 1990, she made a deal to provide all the clown costumes to the legendary Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus.
The single mother said she fell in love with the theater decades ago when she saw her first Broadway play at age 7. Little by little, she purchased costumes and Broadway trinkets from auctions. She now runs four costume stores around the country, a division that rents costumes to theaters and the museum.
"I figured out a way to make Broadway part of my everyday life," she said.
Once the Wicks obtain a show's wardrobe, they look at the historic value of the show and decide whether to restore it to display or whether it's more valuable to rent.
It costs up to $145 to rent a Broadway costume, but nearly half their business comes from much cheaper high school rentals _ they handle about 50 productions a year. "The Producers", "Guys and Dolls", "The King and I" and "42nd Street" are currently in heavy rotation.
They also receive frequent phone calls from the White House press secretary and handle costumes for shows at army bases around the world, as well as national historic libraries.
For many of the shows, the Wicks own multiple sets: the original Broadway costumes, the Broadway revivals and two or three that their own wardrobe company has recreated to rent out for school productions.
The Wicks possess nearly 25 of Harold Hill's reversible band jacket from "The Music Man."
And yes, all 76 jackets, hats and trombones are in storage above the museum.
If you go: Tours range from $38-$58. http://www.costumeworld.com/museum.php


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I have configured fail2ban for z-push to identify user authentification failure.
It's works well but I have a issue.
Every night, I stop the backend for backup purpose. (30min)
Then every device trying to sync during this time is banned because the authentification to the backend is unavailable.
Is there a way to distinguish wrong credentials and backend timeout to ban only for wrong credentials ?


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Here's a really simple dessert that is suitable for any occasion and makes use of less than five ingredients. It can be put together very quickly when you are craving something sweet. However, consider yourself warned - it IS loaded with calories.
I immediately knew what I had to make.
¾ can (14 fl oz) of sweetened condensed milk
1 can (15 oz) crushed pineapple, drained
1 envelope gelatin (You could use whatever substitute you have available.)
A big handful of dried cranberries
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*Do not use fresh/frozen pineapple if you are using gelatin as the gelling agent. The fresh fruit contains an enzyme that breaks down the protein in the gelatin, it will fail to firm up and the end- product will be watery. Canning/heating pineapple breaks down the enzyme and it can be used without a problem.
Strict vegetarians/vegans are better off using agar-agar or other similar substitutes. Though we are Kerala brahmins and most of our clan practices strict vegetarianism, we only do what we find practical and convenient.
But I digress… before you lose interest competely, let me continue with the recipe!
Dissolve an envelope of gelatin in a cup of hot water. Stir to mix everything well.
Add the drained and crushed pineapple to the condensed milk along with the cranberries and mix well. Add the dissolved gelatin & mix again.
Pour into molds (I used my muffin pan) and refrigerate for an hour or so till the pudding sets.
Sprinkle a few cranberries on the top and serve cold.
Verdict: It was a little too sweet even for me, considering the fact that I am the one with the sweet tooth in the family, but my husband loved it.
I would cut down on the amount of condensed milk used the next time I make this.


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Student Esther Rojas Leads Berklee Rhythm Collective on Colombian Trip
Berklee College of Music student bassist Esther Rojas, a native of Barranquilla, Colombia, leads the Berklee Rhythm Collective on a two-week trip to her home country to teach and perform. The program, sponsored by the Colombo-Americano Bi-National Center (BNC) of the U.S. Embassy's Cultural Affairs Office, is part of an initiative to promote Colombian and U.S. relations and understanding through music education. Berklee Rhythm Collective will be in Colombia through June 24.
The trip originated with the BNC contacting Berklee's International Programs Department about sending a group to Colombia. "We identified Esther as an ideal candidate to put together a group to fulfill both the teaching and performing components, while also serving as cultural ambassadors of the college," said Amanda Gouldthorpe, assistant director of international programs at Berklee. "This is a strong student opportunity directly in line with our work in Colombia, which includes holding audition and interview events there annually for admission to the college."
The Berklee group will teach a wide variety of musicians in Medellín and Pereira. In Medellín, the program is an open jazz camp for students 16 and up who have two years of musical training. In Pereira, they will be working with three different groups: underserved youth ages 13 to 17 currently enrolled in a community music program; university students who play in a jazz band but are not formally studying music; and professional musicians who play in a local municipal band.
Berklee Rhythm Collective—including student Magnus Bakken (saxophone), and alumni Caili O'Doherty (piano) and Patrick Simard (drums)—will give several concerts during the trip, performing at the University Jazz Festival in Medellín (June 14), Teatro Lucy Tejada in Pereira (June 20), Auditorio University Nacional Sede Palogrande in Manizales (June 22), and Parque Olaya Herrera in Pereira (June 23).
Rojas, a contemporary writing and production major, performed with Luis Enrique, Maria Mulata, Amaxona, and Cesar Lopez Group, and taught at Escuela de Formacion Musical before coming to Berklee. This trip holds particular significance for her. "I'm very excited about going back to my country to play and teach some of the new things I'm learning at Berklee," said Rojas. "I also have great expectations about sharing the process I went through when I decided to come to another country with a very different culture and language, and how this positively impacted my life."
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MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. – The Georgia College women's basketball team and head coach Maurice Smith announced the signing of Terryuana Godwin Friday.
"Terryuana is an exceptional athlete," said Smith. "Not only will she will bring tons of energy and excitement to our program, but she is also a great person on and off the court. She will bring those intangibles that we value such as a good work ethic, great attitude and willingness to become better player."
A native of LaGrange, Ga., Godwin played under head coach Jan Jones for the Grangers. Godwin earned Region Player of the Year honors and was also a WRBL Student-Athlete of the Week as LaGrange High recorded a 21-3 record in her senior season.
She plans to major in biology.
The Bobcats finished 22-7 with an 11-6 PBC mark. GC won the Peach Belt Conference (PBC) Tournament Championship and advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2007. The Bobcats had two All-PBC selections, including Daktronics Third Team All-American Chimere Jordan (2009-11).
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - For women who struggle to conceive, there is little evidence that antioxidant supplements increase their chances, according to a new review.
Some women take the products, which include vitamins like C and E, minerals and polyunsaturated fatty acids in the hope they will help counteract disorders hampering fertility.
"I wouldn't say that women should not take antioxidants," only that there is no good evidence that antioxidants will help, said lead author Marian Showell of the department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Auckland in New Zealand.
Her team also found no evidence of harm from the antioxidants, Showell told Reuters Health by email.
From all of the literature on antioxidants and fertility, Showell and her coauthors reviewed the 28 best randomized controlled trials, involving a total of 3,500 women who were subfertile, meaning they were less fertile than average but still able to conceive.
Subfertility may result from ovulation problems, poor egg quality, fallopian tube damage and endometriosis, according to the report. Antioxidants are thought to reduce the oxidative stress, which damages cells and tissues, brought on by these conditions.
The trials assessed many types of oral antioxidants and anti-inflammatory supplements and drugs, alone and in combination. They included vitamins C, E and D plus calcium, as well as omega 3 fatty acids, melatonin, L-arginine, myo-inositol and pentoxifylline - a prescription drug sometimes used to treat endometriosis.
All the trials compared women taking the products to women given a placebo or no fertility treatment at all.
Women who took antioxidants were not more likely to become pregnant or to give birth to live babies according to the results published in The Cochrane Library.
"There are two main reasons why women have difficulty conceiving," said Cindy Farquhar, the coordinating editor for the Cochrane Menstrual Disorders and Subfertility Group but not an author of the new review.
"For ovulation problems, antioxidants could help, I guess, but there are no studies suggesting benefit," Farquhar told Reuters Health. "For blocked fallopian tubes, antioxidants would not help."
For unexplained infertility, without knowing the reason for the infertility there's no reason to believe antioxidants would help, she said.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 6.7 million U.S. women ages 15 to 44 have impaired fertility.
About 20 to 30 percent of women take supplements while trying to conceive, Farquhar said.
Showell published a Cochrane review in 2011 that did find evidence antioxidants may help improve male fertility.
She wasn't surprised to find a different result for women, though, since male fertility is mostly affected by oxidative stress, whereas female fertility is more complex and has more factors to consider, she said.
Oxidative stress is thought to damage sperm, so antioxidants may improve sperm quality, she said. Semen itself naturally includes antioxidants, Farquhar noted.
For women struggling to conceive, doctors might recommend eating a balanced diet, sleeping well, maintaining a healthy weight and not smoking, Showell said.
Antioxidants in food might have more of an effect than those in supplement form, she added, but there is a similar lack of evidence in that area.
Women who eat foods high in antioxidants are likely healthier in other ways too, like not smoking and maintaining a healthy weight, so it may be difficult to determine the specific role of vitamins and minerals, she said.
SOURCE: bit.ly/15F5G7u The Cochrane Library, online August 5, 2013.


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Calls provide new details about 'zombie' attack
In the minutes before his bizarre face-eating attack on a homeless man, Rudy Eugene was seen swinging naked on a light pole along the MacArthur Causeway "acting like Tarzan," according to a motorist who called police.
The call, made 20 minutes before Eugene was shot and killed by a Miami police officer who found him chewing the face off 65-year-old Ronald Poppo, was one of two new emergency calls released by police on Tuesday.
The new information provides a fuller account of the sequence of events leading to the lengthy May 26 attack, which was captured in part by security cameras on The Miami Herald building.
Eugene beat Poppo and stripped off his pants before gnawing on the homeless man's face in an attack that lasted about 18 minutes, the Herald security video shows.
Eugene was shot by Miami police officer Jose Ramirez about seven minutes after the officer was dispatched to the scene.
But the initial calls to police about Eugene gave no hint of the grotesque tableau the officer finally discovered.
Police got the first call at 1:53 p.m. EDT Saturday from a motorist who reported a "completely naked" man swinging from a light pole along the causeway "acting like Tarzan," according to a recording released Tuesday.
About a minute later, a second caller reported a man "naked as a jaybird" alongside the road.
The Herald's security cameras captured Eugene walking naked east on the sidewalk along the causeway before stopping beneath the Metromover train tracks — a shady spot where Poppo was known to doze. The time on the Herald's security tape is 1:55 p.m., but this time might not be synchronized with the times recorded by police dispatchers on the 911 calls.
Eugene appeared to beat Poppo for several minutes before he rolled the homeless man along the sidewalk, tore off his pants and hunched over Poppo's torso, the tape shows.
The most alarming call to police came at 2:04 p.m. from a passing bus driver who saw Eugene beating up Poppo.
"It's a naked man beating another man, beating him, on the MacArthur Causeway, like toward the Miami Herald. ... He's gonna kill that man, I promise you, OK?" the bus driver told dispatchers.
Miami police would not say precisely when they first dispatched an officer to the scene, or how long it took for the first officer to arrive. But Detective William Moreno, spokesman for the Miami police, said the response time was "not out of the norm. Very average."
Joe Sanchez, a spokesman for the Florida Highway Patrol, said the first Miami police officer was dispatched at 2:06 p.m. — as a state trooper also headed toward the scene.
The first motorist call about the naked man on the light pole had been transferred to FHP, not Miami police, Sanchez said. At the time, the troopers were going through a shift change; by the time a trooper went to the scene, Miami police were already on the way, he said.
According to the Herald security video, Officer Ramirez approached the scene at 2:11 p.m., driving his patrol car the wrong way up the causeway off-ramp, but turned around before reaching the scene, which was obscured by a security wall. About two minutes later, the officer turned back up the off-ramp again and drove up to Eugene and Poppo, who were on the sidewalk.
The officer quickly drew his weapon after walking up on the pair, and shot Eugene. A witness said Eugene still would not stop chewing on Poppo. The officer fired again, killing the 31-year-old attacker.
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CAPE CORAL, Fla. (AP) — Florida Republican Rep. Henry "Trey" Radel, who pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of cocaine possession and received a year's probation, is taking a leave of absence from Congress and donating his salary to charity.
Radel made the announcement Wednesday at a crowded news conference in Florida.
"I'm not going to sit here and make any excuses for what I've done," he said. "I have let down our country. I've let down our constituents. I've let down my family, including my wife. And even though he doesn't know it, I've let down my 2-year-old son."
He said he takes responsibility for what he did, adding, "I want to be a better man."
At a court hearing earlier Wednesday in Washington, Radel told a judge, "I've hit a bottom where I realize I need help" in acknowledging that he purchased 3.5 grams of cocaine from an undercover police officer.
As part of a plea agreement Radel admitted he agreed to buy the cocaine for $250 in a Washington neighborhood on Oct. 29. After the undercover officer gave Radel the drugs federal agents confronted him, court documents show. Radel agreed to talk with the agents and invited them to his apartment, where he also retrieved a vial of cocaine he had in the home, the documents said.
At his news conference in Florida, Radel said he has been struggling with alcoholism and substance abuse "off and on for years." He said he will enter an in-patient treatment program and said he was confident he could overcome his disease.
His office said the leave of absence takes effect immediately and said the congressman had filed the necessary papers with the House clerk. He gave no indication he was going to resign.
Radel had said in court earlier that he wants to "continue serving this country."
Radel's lawyer, David Schertler, said in court that his client had already entered outpatient treatment in Washington and would also seek treatment in Florida. If Radel successfully completes his year of probation the charge against him will be dismissed and he can apply to have his record expunged.
A DEA official who spoke on the condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to release details of the case in his own name said Radel was identified to authorities as a cocaine buyer by his suspected dealer. The dealer had been arrested previously as part of a separate drug investigation led by a federal task force.
Court documents show that when Radel bought the cocaine on Oct. 29 he met with the undercover officer and an acquaintance with whom he had previously used cocaine. The documents said Radel purchased cocaine on several previous occasions.
Karl Colder, special agent in charge of the DEA's Washington field office, said Radel was given no special treatment in avoiding arrest at the scene. He said authorities do not automatically arrest drug buyers in undercover operations, especially if they are part of a larger investigation, agree to cooperate and don't pose a threat to the public. Radel provided information to investigators at the time of the bust and has continued meeting with them since, Colder said in an interview with The Associated Press.
"Collectively there's always a decision that's made in terms of time of arrest, when we plan to arrest," he said, later adding, "It's not uncommon for us not to make immediate arrests on situations like that."
Radel appears to be the first sitting member of Congress charged with a drug offense since former Rep. Frederick Richmond, D-N.Y., was convicted in 1982 on charges of tax evasion and drug possession.
A spokesman for House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, said the allegations are a matter for the courts.
"Beyond that, this is between Rep. Radel, his family and his constituents," Boehner spokesman Michael Steel said.
The Florida Democratic Party released a statement Wednesday calling Radel's conduct "an embarrassment to his district and to the state of Florida" and saying he "should resign immediately."
Radel was elected in 2012 to represent Florida's 19th Congressional District, which includes the Gulf Coast communities of Fort Myers and Naples. He was a radio host before becoming a congressman. He identifies himself on his Twitter profile as a "Hip Hop conservative" and "lover of #liberty," and his Twitter account has remained active in the past few weeks, including on the day of the bust.
Among the bills he co-sponsored during his freshman term is legislation that would allow a judge to impose a sentence below a mandatory minimum, including for drug offenses.
If Radel had been arrested in Florida with the same amount of cocaine it would be a third-degree felony punishable by five years in prison under state law.


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Social Media Madness: HR Can Be an Effective Referee
We first wrote about employers needing a social media policy back in 2010 (read the post here) and it's a topic that our customers often ask for advice on. This is one of the reasons we decided it was very important to offer a "for credit" webinar on the topic of social media in the workplace.
Our webinar on 3/13/12 titled "Social Media Madness: HR Can Be an Effective Referee" covered quite a range of information. From the history of social media as it has changed our everyday workplace culture, to employment related legalities, all the way through policy recommendations, this 60 minute for-credit webinar offered a breadth of information.
As promised during the webinar Q&A this is a follow up blog post with additional information on sample social media policies.
It can difficult at best for employers to develop, from scratch, a social media policy that protects the employer, empowers the employee, doesn't get in the way of building an employer/employee relationship, and still helps to engage a company's community and keep a brand strong.
Let's start with an infographic on social media in the workplace.
(Infographic is from Mindflash.com. See the original here.)
According to Social Media Today, there are a few standard components one should consider when writing a social media policy. The information below can be found in the original article on their site.
Here are the things to consider when developing a social media policy:
1. Why do you have a social media policy?
2. What is social media?
3. Which social media and networks are we talking about?
4. To whom does the policy apply?
5. How can an employee access to social media?
6. Definition of Terms (strict policy vs. guideline)
We also recommend you read this article in the National Law Review which covers "Social Media in the Workplace: NLRB Offers Guidance for ALL Employers on Offensive Posts and Social Media Policies". Click hereto read SHRM's sample social media policies.
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STG's Little Big Show Series Welcomes The Walkmen and Father John Misty to Benefit Youth in Focus Today
Starbucks, KEXP and Seattle Theatre Group (STG) are welcoming the Little Big Show series back in 2013. This will mark the fifth concert in the series and will feature The Walkmen and Father John Misty with 100% of the proceeds benefitting Seattle's YOUTH IN FOCUS organization. The afterschool program uses intensive photography training as a tool to help disadvantaged teens develop personal voice, positive identity, social skills and artistic skills, offering free, multi-level classes for teens ages 13-19 in both film and digital photography.
For an overview of the Little Big Show series watch The Making of Little Big Show, a mini-documentary video produced by NFFTY, our beneficiary from the third concert in the series. Previous beneficiaries include Arts Corps, Coyote Central, and 826 Seattle.
Tickets can be purchased for $15 each (not including fees) at the following locations: The Paramount Theatre Box Office (M-F, 10-6), 24-hour kiosks at The Paramount and Moore Theatres, online at www.Tickets.com, or at Sonic Boom Records, located in Ballard, and by phone at 877-784-4849. All Ages, Bar/ w Valid I.D.
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Cisco at ATA 2012: Telemedicine at the Center of Healthcare Transformation
Galloping technological change, encouraging economics, new partnerships, and rising consumer acceptance together poise telemedicine for widespread global adoption, according to Cisco and other experts at the 17th American Telemedicine Association meeting this week in San Jose.
"These next couple of years, I think, are critical," said Dr. Danny Sands, Cisco Director of Medical Informatics. "I think this is the time. This is our time."
Experts in panel discussions estimated the worldwide telemedicine market at a "conservative" $10 billion, and said up to 40 percent of today's health consultations could be conducted with telemedicine technology.
At ATA, Cisco unveiled the latest version of the Cisco HealthPresence telemedicine solution. The new release, Cisco® HealthPresence Version 2.1 brings greater flexibility in video endpoints, the ability to scale the number of endpoints, enhanced security and integration with Emerge.MD OnePlace adding additional clinical workflow.
Other Cisco solutions attracting interest at ATA included:
• Cisco TelePresence VX Clinical Assistant, a compact mobile telemedicine cart designed expressly for hospital facilities with more onboard processing power and HDMI and DVI inputs that accept numerous hand-held medical devices.
• Cisco Jabber for Apple iPad, a unified communications application that provides instant messaging, presence, voice, voice messaging, and video calling on the Apple iPad.
• Cisco WebEx for Healthcare and Cisco Quad, collaboration platforms for social, mobile, visual and virtual collaboration.
• Cisco Cius and VXI, a remote collaboration tablet with hospital applications over an end-to-end architecture for virtualization.
• Cisco TelePresence EX-90 and EX-60, video end-points which enable physicians to conduct remote consultations from their desks.
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The power of telemedicine innovation through integrating video, collaboration and cloud was emphasized. "This is going to unleash a whole new wave of innovation. We haven't even dreamed of the new opportunities this will allow us. And really what's exciting is that it's being driven by our customers, it's not about the inventors coming out with new ideas but it's about the market driving new innovation," said Ash Shehata, Cisco Senior Executive Director of Healthcare.
In a Tuesday plenary session, incoming ATA president Stewart Ferguson predicted fundamental changes in health care delivery worldwide.
"Health systems cannot continue to do what they're doing and make it," said Ferguson. "Telemedicine is perfectly positioned to be part of a more efficient healthcare system."
Two Cisco executives participated in ATA panels during the three-day meeting.
Linda Boles, Cisco Chief Strategist, US Public Sector Healthcare Innovation, moderated a discussion of the telemedicine market. She elicited the observations that the telemedicine transformation will be led by consumer demand rather than availability of new technology –and that it is a global phenomenon, with innovations to be expected from smaller "laboratory countries" as well as the United States .
At a panel on retail and employee-based healthcare incorporating telemedicine, Sharon Gibson, Cisco director of business transformation and healthcare, related the genesis story of LifeConnections, the Cisco employee health program – telling her audience "adoption by younger employees depends on screening, events and provider enthusiasm".
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak applauded telemedicine at a Tuesday keynote session, telling attendees: "I love the fact that telemedicine fits into this category of people trying to do good things for those that don't have access." He urged the innovators in the audience to persevere: "Salaries and titles and yachts and money—I don't think those are the biggest driving forces. Very personal things are what drive you hard."
ATA CEO Jon Linkous told Cisco that 2012 was a record year for the annual meeting, with more than 5,000 attendees converging on San Jose. With the level of attendance and depth of discussions generated at ATA 2012, clearly telemedicine is a driving force in healthcare transformation.
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Indeed Telemedicine will be adopted slowly, but it will significantly innovate healthcare delivery. It is time for virtual care to a certain extent.