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Rod Stewart and Santana collaborate for "The Voice, The Guitar, The Songs"
Rod Stewart and Santana will join forces for a powerful co-headlining tour of North America that's spread throughout the spring and summer.
The British singer/songwriter will spend time alongside the Mexican guitar virtuoso for the 18-city "The Voice, The Guitar, The Songs" tour that gets underway May 23 in Albany, NY. Several Canadian shows are also on the books before the Aug. 20 conclusion in Wantagh, NY.
General on-sales begin March 7, though American Express cardholders can take advantage of a pre-sale beginning March 3.
Both musicians, who are Rock and Roll Hall of Famers, are supporting new albums. Stewart's most recent effort, "Time," surfaced in May 2013 and marks his first rock album in a dozen years. The collection peaked at No. 7 on The Billboard 200 and at the top of the U.K. Albums chart.
Santana, who received the 2013 Kennedy Center Honors Award in December, is preparing for the May 6 drop of "Corazon," a collaborative effort with some of the biggest names in Latin music.
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25 - Uncasville, CT - Mohegan Sun Arena
27 - Pittsburgh, PA - Consol Energy Center
31 - Buffalo, NY - First Niagara Center
June 2014
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6 - St. Louis, MO - Scottrade Center
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10 - St. Paul, MN - Xcel Energy Center
12 - Denver, CO - Pepsi Center
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19 - Washington, D.C. - Verizon Center
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FlamesNation 2009-10 Western Conference Predictions
October 02 2009 12:00PM
Oh sure, we're only one game in... But we're undefeated. And based on this information and this information only, we think it's fair to make some predictions about how things are going to shape up in the West this season.
Jean Lefebvre's Predictions
On the theory that it's too boring, one should never go to the default easy selections when drawing up something as preposterous as projected conference standings in early October. If it's obvious to one and all that Detroit is the best team in the West, as has been the case for a good many winters, then by all means pick someone else. But the funny thing is, the Red Wings' supremacy is not at all a given this coming season and the Blackhawks, armed with arguably the best goalie from France they've ever had in their history, could well be the smart pick to pass the Motowners by.
We could instead play the I-don't-think-these-guys-are-actually-the-best-team-in-the-division-but-I-just-can't-pick-the-obvious-favourite game in the Pacific but promoting anyone but the Sharks, playoff warts and all, seems totally dumb with that grouping in its current crippled state. So San Jose it is, but let it be said that the Los Angeles Kings could be tomorrow's Chicago Blackhawks (as opposed to their usual act of being yesterday's Kansas City Scouts).
Vancouver's status as the Northwest Division frontrunner was cemented this week when Mats Sundin announced he wasn't going to come out of semi-retirement/suspended animation to "help" the Canucks again this year.
- Chicago
- Vancouver
- San Jose
- Detroit
- St. Louis
- Calgary
- Columbus
- Anaheim
- Minnesota
- Dallas
- Los Angeles
- Edmonton
- Nashville
- Phoenix
- Colorado
Kent Wilson's Predictions
- CHI - Good depth bolstered by the addition of Hossa and Madden. Huet had a down year last season and his SV% was still better than Kipper or Nabokov. Defense is solid through and through. No weaknesses and a lot of strengths
- SJS - Best first line in the conference, some other notable pieces in Blake, Vlasic, Clowe and Pavelski. Depth falls off a cliff after the front liners though and may become an issue if injuries hit.
- VCR - see previous post
- DET - Still quality, but lost a lot of talent this summer and only brought in dubious replacements. In addition, Nik Lidstrom can't be immortal forever and Osgood might be the worst staring goalie in the conference.
- CGY - see previous
- ANA - Top notch first line but dubious depth. The loss of Pronger will hurt, although the duo of Hiller and Giguere is formidable.
- CBJ - Nash is one of the best players in the league and Hitchcock is one of the best coaches. If Steve Mason can repeat or at least be a reasonable facsimile of the goalie he was last year, the Blue Jackets are in.
- STL - Skilled youngsters improving plus healthy Kariya, McDonald and Johnson means the Blues are on track and looking to move up.
- MIN - A question mark given the new coach and GM, the Wild have lackluster forward depth and it remains to be scene if Backstrom is the real thing without Lemaire.
- LAK - A team that could make the leap, the Kings have lots of skilled youngsters that they reinforced with vets like Ryan Smyth and Rob Scuderi this summer. Goaltending and depth beyond the top 6 remain issues, however.
- EDM - Not a single superstar on the roster and an aging, injury-prone goalie spells trouble for the Oil.
- Dallas - While the return of Morrow and Richards should help, Marty Turco is in fell-on decline mode and the blueline isn't impressive.
- NSH - Great young blueline, but little else for the cash-strapped Predators.
- COL - When Stastny inevitably goes down in the middle of the season, the Avs first line will be Wolksi - Hejduk - Svatos. And things get a lot worse after that.
- PHX - Forsaken club has some nice pieces and Tippett was a good addition, but it'll be tough for anyone to care about winning in the desert this year.
TLP's Predictions
Top teams in the West
- Chicago
- San Jose
- Calgary
- Detroit
- Vancouver
- St. Louis
- Minnesota
- Phoenix
Look how far down Detroit is! Kinda funny, isn't it? They'll lose the division by a fairly slim margin, mainly because I have a bit of faith in Cristobal Huet for some hideous reason and all three of Jonathan Toews, Patty Kane and Duncan Keith are in contract years. San Jose is, I think, the clear choice in the Pacific. Calgary wins the Northwest (obviously), but by a very narrow margin over Vancouver. St. Louis will be very good if everyone can stay healthy and might nudge ahead of the Northwest runner up, and both Minny and Phoenix will get a huge pick-me-up from their coaching changes.
Of course, I've been wrong before.
The competition...
Read what the enemy has to say about the Western Conference:
October 02 2009, 12:02PM
[...] FlamesNation.ca's Western Conference Standings Predictions [...]
RossCreek's Predictions 1-San Jose 2-Detroit 3-Calgary 4-Chicago 5-Vancouver 6-St. Louis 7-Anaheim 8-Columbus 9-LA *darkhorse-sleeper-pick for most-improved* 10-Edmonton 11-Minnesota 12-Dallas 13-Nashville 14-Colorado 15-Phoenix
October 02 2009, 12:28PM
Phoenix in 8th? Seriously? Come on really?
Are you being funny? You know it's not nice to make fun of the less fortunate.
October 02 2009, 12:29PM
@ RossCreek: ~RC you better change that tenth place prediction if you want to be parading around the ON any time soon~
October 02 2009, 12:30PM
RossCreek wrote:
RossCreek's Predictions 1-Edmonton 2-Detroit 3-San Jose 4-Chicago 5-Vancouver 6-St. Louis 7-Anaheim 8-Columbus 9-LA *darkhorse-sleeper-pick for most-improved* 10-Phoenix 11-Minnesota 12-Dallas 13-Nashville 14-Colorado 15-Calgary
HA Edmonton, nice team you have up there.
Go Flames!
@ Fiveandagame: LOL. Like I just said @ ON, the Oil are 7-11 team.
October 02 2009, 12:34PM
@ b1ackhat: Well at least we're better than....
Cause we're totally going to beat the pants off of....
We're not Phoenix! So there!
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MISSION MATTERS: Something More Than a Traveler
By Fr. Paul Stark, S.J.
Vice President for Mission and Ministry
Two years ago, Fr. Adolfo Nicolás, S.J., Superior General of the Society of Jesus, warned against what he called the "globalization of superficiality." He told representatives assembled from Jesuit institutions around the world that globalization offers us more possibilities to be connected, to be informed, to have choices. It also brings, though, the temptation to remain on the perimeter of life and to be superficial in our "thought, vision, dreams, relationships, convictions."
During Lent and this Atlas Week, we pray we can be challenged and that we can accept the challenge, to go well beyond the superficial that we might become something more than merely a traveler or sightseer in life. Lent and Atlas Week invite us to become involved in the messiness and the real issues of life in ways that change and challenge us to engage with each other with real meaning.
Lent always asks us to examine the way we live so we might determine if we are reuniting with God and others. Atlas Week offers us numerous opportunities to experience and to discover how others experience globalization and how this has changed their perspective of education, generally and life, purposefully and meaningfully.
Being part of a Jesuit educational endeavor calls and challenges us all to go well beyond the surface of issues, thoughts, concepts and people, and invites us to wrestle with the complexities of life that lie just beneath the easy crust, the superficial. This means we must be involved to a point far beyond just "passing through" life and lives; this means we are, part and parcel, a real and substantial part of that which we experience and examine. This substantial involvement is, of course, full of risks of self-change and being wrong, at times. So is Lent, full of risks.
This substantial involvement is also, of course, and risks notwithstanding, filled to overflowing with rich opportunities for growth and change and seeing and experiencing ourselves differently. So are Lent and Atlas Week, filled with these opportunities.
As we approach the end of Lent, and, in particular, Palm Sunday, let's grab the opportunity this week offers to become something more than just surface-skimming travelers in life. Let's take this time not just to participate in the rituals of this week and this Sunday superficially, but to enter this week of Lent, this Atlas Week with substance beyond and deeper than the surface of ourselves and others. Let's allow these rituals and educational opportunities to lead us to a clearer understanding of ourselves, of God and of others.
St. Ignatius called himself a pilgrim, but his travels took him into the depths of souls…his and others'. With just a small measure of his intensity and interest, we can travel with him.
God bless you. Continue to be blessed in Lent.


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Measuring Systemic Risk
Viral V. Acharya
New York University - Leonard N. Stern School of Business; Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR); National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER); New York University (NYU) - Department of Finance
Lasse Heje Pedersen
AQR Capital Management, LLC; Copenhagen Business School - Department of Finance; New York University (NYU); Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)
Thomas Philippon
New York University (NYU) - Department of Finance; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
Matthew P. Richardson
New York University (NYU) - Department of Finance; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
May 2010
AFA 2011 Denver Meetings Paper
We present an economic model of systemic risk and show that each financial institution's contribution to systemic risk can be measured as its systemic expected shortfall (SES), i.e., its propensity to be undercapitalized when the system as a whole is undercapitalized. SES increases in the institution's leverage and its marginal expected shortfall (MES), i.e., its losses in the tail of the system's loss distribution. Institutions internalize their externality if they are "taxed" based on their SES. We demonstrate empirically the ability of components of SES to predict emerging systemic risk during the financial crisis of 2007-2009, in particular, (i) the outcome of stress tests performed by regulators; (ii) the decline in equity valuations of large financial firms in the crisis; and, (iii) the widening of their credit default swap spreads.
Number of Pages in PDF File: 46
Keywords: systemic risk, bailout, financial regulation, value at risk
Date posted: March 22, 2010 ; Last revised: August 9, 2010
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American Idol heads to the land of Carrie Underwood. Will they find a new winner there? Share your opinions on the show in the Idol Chatter live blog. -- Brian Mansfield
A surprise ending: Kayden Stephenson was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis at 18 months. He's now 16 years old, and he's probably lived half his life: His life expectancy, he says, is 35 years.
"Knowing that my illness is terminal is definitely scary, but, also, it gives me an opportunity to do everything now, while I'm young."
He needs a few bars to get fully into Stevie Wonder's I Wish, but he does OK, once he locked in. And between his charming personality, his baby face, and his inspiring back story, he's a Hollywood shoo-in.
"I feel like I'm the luckiest person in the world," Stephenson tells Ryan Seacrest as he leaves the audition room.
But wait, there's more: Steven Tyler makes a surprise appearance -- in full drag.
Getting in the Zoanette: Zoanette Johnson's golden ticket must have given some of the other singers hope. Which the judges promptly dash. Tears flow freely. Even for one that goes to Hollywood. Even for one that hasn't auditioned yet.
Anastacia Freeman needs a deep breath to center herself. And then she promptly trips and falls as she goes before the judges. The judges suggest she might take off her shoes, and she does.
Nicki Minaj is heartened by her song choice -- Toni Braxton's Unbreak My Heart -- until she actually starts to sing. Then the judges start looking like they wish they had their cellphones so they could start checking their messages.
The judges start laughing at her. And Freeman notices.
"Are you laughing at me?" she asks.
Oh, no, they reply.
So Freeman finishes.
And now nobody's laughing.
Randy Jackson wonders who told Freeman to audition for Idol.
God, she says. A few weeks after Phillip Phillips won Idol won last seasons, Freeman was writing in her journal when she started hearing a voice that told her to audition. But the judges heard a different voice -- Freeman's -- and sent her home.
Freeman will never listen to Mariah Carey again, she says, and she didn't listen to Nicki Minaj anyway, "so that's no big loss."
Guess Keith Urban gets off the hook.
What just happened here?: So Oklahoma's wholesome and sweet and pretty. Except for Zoanette Johnson, who's wearing a pink dress and a yellow top and a hairy black vest.
But Zoanette has a patriotic side: She told her family if Obama won the election, she'd audition with the national anthem.
Beyonce, she's not. Black Roseanne Barr, she might be.
And she forgets the words. Oh, the notes, too.
She does have some serious range, though. I'll give her that. And, after she sings, she goes into a nonsensical, vaguely patriotic rant that ends with her staring the judges down, saying, "Come on, I've got a lunch date."
Best bad audition of the season. Good enough to get a golden ticket, believe it or not. Don't know how long she'll last, but you can bet she'll be back for the finale.
The puppet master: Halie Hilburn has been a ventriloquist since she was 9 years old. Oscar, her dog puppet, thinks she's a great singer.
"It's about time for someone crazy!" she says to the judges as she walks into the audition room. She's got a pleasantly old-fashioned voice, and she even yodels a bit as she sings Patsy Montana's (I Want to Be A) Cowboy's Sweetheart. The judges aren't quite sure what to make of her, so they ask for 15 seconds of her singing without the puppet.
Tip for Halie: Ditch the puppet.
"Baby, you can sing!" Keith Urban tells her. So Hilburn gets to go to Hollywood, but Oscar could have cost her the spot: Randy was ready to turn her down.
"Oscar will not be going to Hollywood, as upset as he may be," Hilburn says afterward.
And, of course, Oscar the puppet winds up in the trash can. You knew it had to happen.
The Tao of Idol: From the looks of things, Karl Skinner may be the one of the best things Oklahoma City has to offer. The next run of contestants has the judges hiding their expressions behind their hands. When they're not busting out laughing.
"What is happening in Oklahoma, man?" wonders Randy Jackson.
Maybe Nate Tao will do better. He's a sign-language instructor whose parents are both deaf. (Which, among other things, meant they couldn't tell him whether or not he sang well -- considering how many tone-deaf parents we've seen on the show over the years, that may not be a bad thing.)
It's a shame they can't hear him. As he sings Stevie Wonder's For Once in My Life, he reveals a lovely tone, and one that just gets better the higher he goes. Jackson finds him unassuming and appealing; Keith Urban thinks Tao makes singing look easy.
"They all said yes, which is a huge compliment from some really amazing people," Tao says afterward.
Sooner or later: It took 12 seasons to get American Idol to Oklahoma City. Have they saved the best for last? The state certainly has produced some great talent over the years, as Keith Urban points out: Vince Gill, Ronnie Dunn ... Carrie Underwood.
Karl Skinner's the first guy up tonight, and he's someone who initially auditioned in Joplin, Mo., as part of the show's small-town bus tour.
Skinner brings his guitar to the audition, and he's full of nervous energy: "Can I move around?" he asks the judges. But he's not a country singer: Skinner fancies himself a red-headed James Brown. And he's got a few moves. But when he picks up the guitar, he sounds more like the country type the judges probably expected. It's not bad, but Urban wonders what he wants to be as an artist. "I want to be uncomparable," Skinner says. Randy thinks he could be an Idol mascot, 'cause Skinner seems like he's up for anything. Honestly, the talent's in question, but the personality gets him through to Hollywood -- unanimously.


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A fun flashback for your morning! If you're pushing 30, you probably remember the embroidered "designer jeans" that the '80s PYT's used to clamor for—the token colorful stitching on the back pocket, celebrating extremely type fit in conjunction with pop culture icons of the time. They are, with explicit enthusiasm, remembered here. Did you ever squeeze into a pair of these?
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They aren't kidding about the low kickpoint, there is a big improvement in my slapshot now, I never really take big slappers from
the point or anything, more like a quick shot with only half a backswing, but the thing just launches the puck to the top crossbar
twice in a row the first time I used it, it took all my willpower not to go straight home and order a second one as a spare.
It does have the raised up little dimples on the head...but to be honest..when you put stick tape over it I don't think it does that
Got the Hedman curve and very happy with it, nice closed face so your shots and passes stay low, but ultimately this is a matter of
preference of course.
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The theme for the SUMA Spring Art Hike is Micro-Movies in Nature: Techniques and Composition for Mobile-Device Filmmaking. Using Smart Phones, Dr. Smith will demonstrate simple point and shoot camera techniques, basic DSLR usage and editing applications on location. Hikers will learn how to create quick and inexpensive videos of southern Utah's natural beauty. Participants will have the opportunity to put together their own micro-movie in the field. Additional cameras and techniques will also be discussed. For this hike, Dr. Smith requests that participants bring along a fully charged Smart Phone with the iMovie application uploaded to it (not a requirement for the hike).
Jon M. Smith, Ph.D., is a professor in the Communication Department at Southern Utah University in Cedar City, Utah. He teaches advanced television news production, photography, journalism and other mass media courses. He is also a documentary producer, writer and photographer. He was born in Arizona but grew up in Hawaii. He holds B.A. and M.A. degrees from Brigham Young University and a Ph.D. in mass communication from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. He began full-time teaching at SUU in 1989 after working as a television news photographer and editor for KSL Television in Salt Lake City and Bonneville International Corporation in Washington D.C. He has produced multiple video projects relating to public lands in the southwestern United States. Smith produces award-winning documentaries as part of his scholarly and creative activities at SUU. At SUU is the advisor for SUTV Cable 9, the SUU cable station where his students have earned regional and national broadcasting awards. In 2009 he produced an hour-long feature on world champion saddle bronc rider Cody Wright that won the "Cowboy Oscar" from the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum. He lives with his wife, Anne, in New Harmony, Utah.
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SUMA Art Hikes have been created to provide an opportunity for the southern Utah community to discover the special places where local artists gain inspiration for their art. Participants will get to hike to these inspiring locations with the artist as well as a representative from the Public Lands such as the National Park Service, the Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management or Utah Division of Natural Resources who will educate and enlighten the hikers to learn more about these unique locales. In addition, all participants are encouraged to bring their own art supplies (sketch books, pencils, pastels, watercolors or whatever a hiker's media) and cameras to capture the natural beauty of the region for themselves. Additional hikes will be scheduled for the summer and fall.
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The Gateways television crew visits the Garfield campus to celebrate the largest group of graduates to date. Tune in and learn some history about the program, and see graduates and others share heart-felt and inspiring stories.
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Phenomenal 3D Imax visuals more than compensate for prosaic storytelling in "Flight of the Butterflies," an unabashedly old-fashioned nature docu best suited to museums and similar non-theatrical venues.
Phenomenal 3D Imax visuals more than compensate for prosaic storytelling in "Flight of the Butterflies," an unabashedly old-fashioned nature docu best suited to museums and similar non-theatrical venues. Borrowing a page from the "March of the Penguins" playbook, helmer Mike Slee neatly balances entertainment and education in a 44-minute pic bound to fascinate schoolchildren on field trips and please family auds during weekend outings.Slee and co-scripter Wendy MacKeigan follow the life cycle of a monarch butterfly — from caterpillar to chrysalis to adult insect — and its long-distance migration from Canada to Central Mexico. Intertwined with this narrative is a borderline-reverential account of Canadian scientist Fred Urquhart (Gordon Pinsent), who devoted nearly 40 years to tracing the monarch migration route. Despite Pinsent's affecting earnestness, however, highlights from Urquhart's life and research come off like stately, self-conscious dramatic re-enactments in a lesser cable-TV nonfiction series. "Flight of the Butterflies" is much more effective when it dazzles with literally larger-than-life spectacle, unleashing hundreds of 3D butterflies that appear to hover just inches away from viewers, or focusing on a single monarch that, in giant-screen closeup, resembles Mothra bearing down on Tokyo.
Flight of the Butterflies
An SK Films release and production in association with Sin Sentido Films and Picture Projects. Produced by Jonathan Barker, Mike Slee, Rafael Cuervo. Executive producer, Jonathan Barker. Co-executive producers, Wendy MacKeigan, Maria Elena Gutierrez. Directed by Mike Slee. Written by Slee, Wendy MacKeigan.
Camera (Deluxe color, Imax 3D), Paul Williams, Simon De Glanville; editor, Susan Shipton; production designer, Sandra Kybartas; sound, Peter Thillaye; macro photography systems designer, Peter Parks; visual effects supervisor, Chris Panton. Reviewed at Houston Museum of Natural Science, Oct. 6, 2012. Running time: 44 MIN.
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This issue of Perspectives has a theme of new developments in swallowing rehabilitation. Gary McCullough reviews the use of the Mendelsohn maneuver for improving upper esophageal function. John Rosenbek describes the conceptualization of tactile-thermal stimulation and its evolution in clinical practice. Sebastian Doeltgen explores the topic of noninvasive brain stimulation in swallowing rehabilitation. Chantal Lau presents modalities to facilitate oral feeding in healthy preterm infants. And Maggie-Lee Huckabee and Phoebe Macrae encourage clinicians to consider the rehabilitation of neurogenic dysphagia from differing treatment viewpoints.
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AUA Advocates Against Narrowing of Medicare Advantage Networks
The AUA continues to monitor the narrowing of the Medicare Advantage (MA) Networks. This issue surfaced last month when members of the AUA Practice Managers' Network (PMN) reported that United Healthcare (UHC) was terminating MA contracts in the northeast. These terminations were "without cause" and included both primary care and specialists.
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The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) convened on November 7-8, 2013 and covered a variety of issues dealing with everything from synchronizing Medicare policy and quality measures across delivery systems, repealing the sustainable growth rate (SGR), and policy reforms for the second phase of accountable care organizations (ACOs).
Synchronizing Medicare Policy Across Delivery Systems
Within the Medicare program, there are different delivery systems with different payment policies. Among the options are traditional fee-for-service (FFS), which pays a set rate per service with no risk; accountable care organizations (ACO), which pay a set rate for services with bonuses and penalties; and Medicare Advantage (MA), which uses a risk-adjusted capitation payment model. MedPAC staff presented data on the characteristics of the different delivery systems. The Commissioners were asked to think about how these options relate to one another and to consider approaches to synchronize spending variations within the same area and whether benchmarks should be set at the area or group level. The Commissioners discussed a number of incentives to neutralize payment and level the playing field.. While changing incentives and new payment models are important, MedPAC Chairman Glenn Hackbarth stressed the need for mechanisms to shift resource use from high volume to low volume.
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Urology Meaningful Users of Electronic Health Records (EHR) and the Systems They Use
Recently published data from two surveys of users of EHR systems reveal important facts about eligible providers who are involved in the Medicare/Medicaid Meaningful Use incentive and penalty programs. On September 30, 2013, HealthIT.gov published a comprehensive dataset of certified EHR products used to attest to Meaningful Use along with the types of eligible providers (EPs) who use them. The AUA Data Department analyzed this dataset and identified the systems most frequently used by urology EPs to qualify for Meaningful Use in 2011-12.
AUA Optimistic that 2013 Could Mark Major Progress to Advance Treatment, Awareness of Devastating War Injuries
On November 18, Senators Ben Cardin (D-MD) and Roy Blunt (R-MO) introduced an amendment to the Senate version of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA, S. 1197) that would require a comprehensive policy on improvements to care and transition of members of the armed forces with urotrauma. Earlier this year, the same amendment was introduced to the House version of the NDAA (H.R. 1960) by Rep. Brett Guthrie (R-KY). Rep. Guthrie has been a long-standing champion for the issue of urotrauma.
The Senate will be voting on the NDAA in the coming weeks, and then both chambers will move to conference on the bill, a major piece of annual legislation that specifies the expenditures and budget of the U.S. Department of Defense. Barring any major issues, it is indeed possible that we will be victorious in our long-standing mission to raise awareness of and improve care for our nation's veterans with urotraumatic injury, which accounts for up to 10 percent of all war-related injuries.


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Head Rush DVD
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- Run Time: 300 Minutes
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The DVD set features standalone episodes of Head Rush and 4 "episodes" of MythBusters, which are actually re-cut edits of older myths interleaved with Head Rush segments--think "Head Rush commercials". The Head Rush segments themselves are fun, entertaining, and even informative for all ages despite being aimed mainly at a younger audience. THe MythBusters episodes might contain previously unseen footage depending on what cut was aired in your region. The DVD production is OK--the menus seems little wonky and relative speaking it looks quite low-res, albeit some of the footage is actually quite old now and it shows.
Overall, this Head Rush set is entertaining, and as one promo I saw said, "More Kari!"
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Brits ditch detoxing and favour fun to beat the January blues.
New study reveals Plymouth as UK's most determined town to beat the blues
- Brits are determined not to be beaten this New Year with over two thirds (68%) admitting they are actively fighting the dreaded January blues
- Residents of Plymouth are the most determined with over three quarters (77%) saying they'll be doing something this January to keep their spirits up
- Those in Bristol are the least likely to cheer themselves up with just over half the respondents (52%) in that region admitting to doing something to beat their winter woes
- Detoxing is dead with only 1 in ten people (10%) planning to use January to detox
- Socialising is considered the best cure as nearly half (43%) of people admit to going out 'more than' or' the same' as they would usually this January
- Money worries are not hindering the fun as almost one third (30%) of people will be making the most of January offers when they go out
A new survey commissioned by Badoo, the world's largest social network for meeting new people, today reveals that, contrary to what people might think, Brits aren't staying in and detoxing this January. Over two thirds (68%) of respondents admit to doing something to combat the January blues and it seems socialising is the preferred tonic with almost half of Brits (43%) admitting to going out 'more' or 'the same as usual'.
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Sunny South Coast
People on the south coast seem to have the sunniest disposition and are most determined to stay positive and beat the blues this January. Plymouth has emerged as the most determined, with over three quarters (77%) admitting to focusing on getting through January with a smile, closely followed by south coast neighbours in Southampton (76%). Those in Bristol are least determined to fight the blues with only 52% of people committing to actively wanting to keep the winter blues away.
Towns set on fighting the January Blues
- Plymouth – 77%
- Southampton – 76%
- Manchester – 74%
- Oxford & Hull (joint) – 72%
- Brighton – 71%
- London, Leeds & Liverpool (joint) – 70%
- Cardiff – 68%
New Year, new hobby
Unsurprisingly, Brits are also seizing the New Year as an opportunity to broaden their horizons with half (49%) taking up a new hobby or interest. A quarter (25%) of people are beating blues by applying themselves to learning a new skill and just under a quarter (22%) taking up a new hobby.
The more traditional of New Year activities such as more exercise and detoxing are lower down people's priority lists, with just one in ten people (10%) starting a detox diet and just over one third (35%) are or will be starting a new exercise class or sport.
Amy Mills, a spokesperson for Badoo.com which carried out the study, commented: "This survey shows that Britons have resolved to make this January a good one - and our user data shows that this is one resolution they're sticking to. We've noticed a 34% increase in UK registrations since the new year - in the UK alone, there are now more than one million people actively looking to meet new people on Badoo. It takes a little extra effort to beat winter woes and maintain a good social life but this survey proves that people are willing to get out there and give it a go! Badoo is a great way to find like-minded people who are also set on beating the blues this winter. If you're determined enjoy yourself in January, then Badoo is the place for you!"


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Father's Day Activities near Seattle
Spend quality time with dad this Father's Day at the Woodmark Hotel on Lake Washington. Since fathers tend to be hard to shop for, we suggest giving the precious gift of time! The Woodmark Hotel delivers lakeside experiences that will create lasting memories for you and the special man in your life. Check out our list of father's day ideas to show how much you really appreciate him.
- Boat Rentals on Lake Washington
Ride the waves with Woodmark Waterfront Adventures! Featuring boat rentals on Lake Washington, this is an activity that dad will surely enjoy. With availability throughout the day, rent a boat in Kirkland and spend the day out on the lake!
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- Jet Ski Rentals in Kirkland, Washington
Jet Ski's are a great way to navigate the shores of Lake Washington. Woodmark Waterfront Adventures provides waverunner rentals for the community.
- Waterfront dining at the Beach Café or bin on the lake
Impress dad by dining right on the water! With stunning lake views, the patios of both Beach Café and bin on the lake have the ideal combination of great food and excellent location to enjoy a sunny day in Kirkland.
- Lake Washington Stand up Paddleboards
Not only is this a great workout, dad will love exploring the shoreline as a family! Woodmark Waterfront Adventures provides excellent rates on SUP rentals near Seattle.
- Scooter Adventure through downtown Kirkland
Zip through Kirkland on your own motorized scooter! As a great way to discover the exciting city of Kirkland, Carillon Point scooter rentals are provided by Woodmark Waterfront Adventures.
- Kayak near Bellevue
Rent a kayak for you and dad and explore Lake Washington!
- Spa Packages for Dad at Northwest Face Spa
For a stressed dad, we recommend relaxing spa treatments at our medi spa in Kirkland. Unwind and release tension through massage, pedicures, and more!
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- Weekend Getaway for Father's Day with hotel packages near Seattle
Take a break for the weekend and enjoy an overnight stay at the Woodmark Hotel. With luxury accommodations and amenities, dad will love to spend some extra time relaxing on the lake.
With several ways to celebrate dad, give the gift of a great experience and a memorable weekend.
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Skip to comments.Navy Yard shootings expose a flawed security clearance system
Posted on 09/18/2013 5:22:58 AM PDT by COBOL2Java
The government system that provided Washington Navy Yard gunman Aaron Alexis a secret security clearance has been beset by problems.
A secret clearance requires a far less intrusive investigation into a persons background than that for a top secret or higher security designation. The Government Accountability Office notes that it costs the government $4,000 to conduct a background check for a top-secret clearance, but only $260 for a secret clearance.
In 2012, the GAO reported that the Defense Department and other agencies will continue to risk making security clearance determinations that are inconsistent or at improper levels because of there is no single set of guidelines to determine who gets or doesnt get a clearance.
The office of the director of national intelligence (DNI) was supposed to set up unified standards, but had not when the GAO report was issued.
The process has not been completed yet, DNI spokesman Gene Barlow said Tuesday, adding that the agency is working on one guideline.
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> Navy Yard shootings expose a flawed security clearance system
No they don't.
The Navy Yard and Fort Hood massacres reveal the utter treachery and treason of Billy Jeff Clinton in disarming military personnel on their own bases.
if you only charge $260 for a secret clearance, and give it to EVEYONE you have all the data you would ever want to oppress the masses
what a country.
Skin color, religious and sexual orientation trump a sketchy mental health background.
All they really do for a secret clearance is check your credit and criminal background.
The arrest should have resulted in him losing his clearance. Would be interesting to know if his employer sponsoring the clearance knew of the arrests.
Not only that, but the immediate security - i.e. how he got his weapons on base? Could it be that rent a cops are not really a very good idea?
A NICS check, a credit check and verification of citizenship....that's about it.
When I got my Top Secret Clearance for the USAF SAC in 72 the FBI interview my 1st grade teacher and the mothers of every girl I dated. As a teen. Now the give out social clearances.
I saw his car being towed OFF the base. I assume that he drove onto the base like everybody else.
IOW, he could have had an RPG in the trunk, if he had an RPG.
We are actively engaged in a War on Terror, despite what the muzzie brotherhood usurper 0bama says, and within a week of 9/11, yet they didn't search his car?
Could it be that since he was in "a protected class" that it would've been racist to enforce security? After all, if 0bama had an older nutjob son, he would look just like Alexis! I'm sure that is solace to the dozen families now missing loved ones. /sarc
It doesn't cost the government a damn dime to do this. They are already paid salaries and sit at desks all day doing god knows what. What we are witnessing is total incompetence and disregard for the law.
The wussification of America has many parents.
One such parent is Impeached Bill "Zipper-Boy" Clinton who signed, in 1993, the Exec. Order to ban guns inside buildings on US Military posts.
To put all this in perspective, just ask this question: "What would General George Patton do?"
The surviving families from the massacres at Ft. Hood and The Navy Yard would like to know - - - - .
Has anyone been able to discern how he was able to get on base? It is my understanding that without a CAC isssued by DoD, he would not be able to waltz on base. Both his reservist and contractor CACs would have been expired.
On an average day on any US military base, 99.9% of cars are waved on through if the driver has the correct windshield sticker and ID card. The "random" searches are so rare as to be meaningless, unless some uber-terror-alert is going on. Ordinarily, you are waved right in.
I want to know how his move from Texas to that exact job on a base full of the Navy's top brass was arranged.
Paging Professor Raoul X.
I found my answer, he was still employed as a contractor, so he would have been granted access to the base, either by CAC or visitor pass. However, I do agree that some people with mental health issues need to have their secret clearances removed.
Had to laugh at all the Libs out there yesterday demanding background checks for long guns.
This guy got a secret clearance to enter a secure military facility. What on earth makes them think anything would have turned-up in a background check to stop his buying a shotgun?
not to mention flawed military full of wusses who just want to have a cushy office job
Cars are rarely searched. And bags are searched in cars exactly zero times, from my experience.
And I've been to that building, guard post inside the entrance, and that's it. No magnetometer. No x-ray belt. Just a rentacop or two.
When my schoolmate was getting TSC the FBI tracked me down 20 miles into the woods, no roads, on a mountain to ask me everything about him. When I got mine, the govt gave me a free pass coz they evidently checked me out too same time...
There is also the DBIDs card and long and short term visitor passes.
There is a misconception that a contractor needs a security clearance to enter a military installation. The possession of a Common Access Card (CAC) has nothing has nothing to do with whether a person has a security clearance or not.
My point is that even without a clearance he might have been able to perpetrate this act, depending on what the access requirements were for building 197. My guess is that a whole bunch of folks without security clearance work in that building.
Seperately though, it is eye-popping that this dude could receive a security clearance.
I don't think they are that thorough anymore. They just check your Facebook posts now days. Maybe check with the NSA.
If we can't (WON'T) properly vet a Presidential candidate, what difference do other security protocols make?
Yeah, there's that, which does appear to be explained by his trail of employment but then there's the shotgun.
I've seen pics of the shop he bought the shotgun from but it wasn't clear what state it was in. I'm guessing the shop is in big trouble. The buyer must be a permanent resident in the state of the purchase, or in the case of a long gun , in a contiguous state. AA was living in a motel so he could not have had proof of residency. His base pass would not have had his home address and having been there only three weeks probably didn't have a drivers license. In my state you can't get a drivers license without showing evidence of residency-—power bill phone bill, water, etc.
When the dealer called in for the NIX check he had to give a permanent address which had to match the local data base.
Smells a little like a strawman purchase to me but we haven't heard from BATF. I didn't hear the FBI chick say that the purchase was all cool. I expect that dealer will be lawyering up because this sale is probably going to break him unless he's got some helluva insurance.
He was driving a rental car, which the guards know are insured, so he would have been waved thru the outer gate or he could have gotten a temporary pass for the car easily. It is quick and easy to break the barrel off of a Remington 870 so the shotgun could have been in a package no longer than a foot and a half and that, in turn, could have fit in a brief case, etc. It was mentioned that he came out of a wash room firing so he could have been in a stall getting his gear working. Remember that this is partially an industrial area so people carry all sorts of stuff pretty much un-noticed or un-cared about.
See my post #26——The NIX check to buy the shotgun should have revealed he wasn't a resident yet-—living in a motel-— same data base. The base pass seems to have been a carryover from previous job(s) but he wasn't a resident so he shouldn't have been able to buy the shotgun.
This policy (Department of Defense directive 5210.56) was enacted on 2/25/1992, before the election. Say what you like about Clinton, but this wasn't his doing.
I stand corrected, thanks!
And he drove a rented Prius, which has a "tonneau" cover in the hatchback. They should have made him unroll it to get on base. But I thought the gates were handled by Marines?
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Type: Bug
Status: Closed
Priority: Major
Resolution: Fixed
Affects Version/s: 2.0.1, 2.0.7, 2.1.4, 2.2.1, 2.3
Component/s: Quiz
Testing Instructions:
1. Create a quiz with Browser security set to "... popup ..."
2. Attempt the quiz as a student. Try to defeat the security by clicking the the few pixels around the edge of the screen. In particular try to
- get the context menu to appear
- start to drag to select some text
3. Ignore the fact that in Moodle 2.0, you get multiple alerts for each click. That seems to be a YUI bug. If it is causing you problems, you need to upgrade to Moodle 2.1 or later.1. Create a quiz with Browser security set to "... popup ..." 2. Attempt the quiz as a student. Try to defeat the security by clicking the the few pixels around the edge of the screen. In particular try to get the context menu to appear start to drag to select some text 3. Ignore the fact that in Moodle 2.0, you get multiple alerts for each click. That seems to be a YUI bug. If it is causing you problems, you need to upgrade to Moodle 2.1 or later.
Affected Branches:MOODLE_20_STABLE, MOODLE_21_STABLE, MOODLE_22_STABLE, MOODLE_23_STABLE
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Whilst testing this, another loophole was detected where you could right click on the boundary of the page and the right click context menu would appear just fine. This was because it was only triggering the event on 'document.body'. Changing this to 'document' seems to have patched this.
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My fix is available on GitHub: https://github.com/jasonilicic/moodle/commit/353f56bdfea40fb8aa1ffcb28d1a86842ff8df7b
This was reported and fixed a few weeks ago. Please search for existing bug reports before creating a new one.
Oh, I see, the change from document to document.body, probably is still needed. Have you checked that still works in all browsers? (Perhaps a better way to phrase that is, which browsers have you tested so far?)
The browser I was testing with was IE8, but I'm not sure if this exists in FireFox or Chrome as I only found this as I was testing for compatibility.
I just found time to look at your patch, and I don't really like it.
To start with, including mod/quiz/module.js.orig in the commit is unhelpful.
And I really don't like the handle.detatch(); lines. There is no handle variable in scope anywhere. This may work on IE, but is it really a defined, reliable API?
I have worked out what is really going on. It is not an infinite loop. The problem is the Y.delegate calls. That effectively adds an event handler to all the elements in the document. Since any place you click is probably inside numerous nested divs, a single click seems to trigger numerous event handlers, and so you get numerous alerts (but not an infinite loop), and the e.halt() thing does not stop it.
I tried changing those lines to Y.on('contextmenu', M.mod_quiz.secure_window.prevent, document); That worked in Safari, but did not work at all in Firefox.
I am also not at all sure about changing document.body to document in the before/after print bit.
So, I think we need a bit more thought, and a lot more testing in all browsers, before we can add this to Moodle. Sorry about that, and thanks for trying to help.
Tim, I've made a few changes since I posted this, obviously because we originally ran into problems with different browsers. However, our client ended up requesting for us to disable the alert box all together as they saw it as being unnecessary - it's probably a better idea that nothing happens rather than getting an alert message every time a user even accidentally clicks anywhere other than a field element.
Yes, I was wondering about removing that alert completely.
Actually, I don't think that just disabling all functionality with no explanation is a good idea. I think that the best solution is to have a message, but don't use an alert. Instead just some sort of non-modal notification, like a div that appears across the bottom or top of the browser window for a few seconds, and then fades out. Of course, that is more work to implement, and I can't be bothered, but it is a better solution.
This issue is causing problems for a MP client. Please give it priority.
This fix seems to work, however I have only tested this on IE9.
Mike, since this has a partner label, can I assume that someone will peer-review and test it soon?
Hi Tim,
Looks good to me testing in Firefox and Chrome as well both fixed.
Thanks Sam.
So, what remains to be done is for someone who cares to test this in IE9, IE8, ...
Hi Tim,
I'm working from HQ presently and don't have access to IE, I've removed myself from the peer-review position so that someone else at HQ spots it.
If it's not gone in the next couple of days I'll force someone towards it.
I can't officially review this, but here's what I encountered. The behavior in IE9 is still inconsistent in 2.0. If I right-click in page-footer, I get the box five times. In page-content, seven times. In region-main-box, eleven times. In region-post-box, just the one time. Page-header, four times etc. The right boundary issue was fine though.
On upgrading the site to 2.1 I did not experience this behavior: everything worked as expected. Ditto 2.2 and 2.3. I'm going to do a fresh checkout of 2.0 to see if I missed something.
EDIT: Still the same in 2.0 on a fresh checkout.
The problem with the alert appearing several times in IE is a separate bug, that I guess only got fixed in 2.1 and later.
So, I think that is an OK result for IE9, I think we still need to test IE8, and probably IE7.
Code looks good Tim,
Although, the issue seems to persist. With or without the patch, recursive pop-up is only visible in 2.0 branch and not in 2.1+
Tested on IE7, 8 and 9.
Rajesh, I am confused. You say both:
"Code looks good"
"the issue seems to persist"
So, is this fix good or not? Also, When you say 'the issue', which issue is that you are referring to?
Hello Tim,
Changing document.body to document make sense. But recursive pop-up issue (original issue, described in description) still persist and can be reproducible on ie 7, 8 and 9, for Moodle 2.0
Sorry for not being so clear earlier.
Thank for the clarification Rajesh.
The weird thing is, if you diff mod/quiz/module.js between 2.0.x and 2.1.x, there are no differences that could explain the recursive pop-up issues. At least none that I can see.
How confusing.
So, presumably the difference is between YUI 3.2 in Moodle 2.0 and YUI 3.4.1 in Moodle 2.1
Sorry, I cannot fix that. And 2.0 is now in 'security fix only mode'.
Therefore, I am going to submit the changes here, which are a good improvement, for integration.
If anyone else wants to work on the 2.0 issue, please be my guest. Create a new MDL, submit a patch, and I will review it and submit it for integration.
Thanks everyone who tested this.
The main moodle.git repository has just been updated with latest weekly modifications. You may wish to rebase your PULL branches to simplify history and avoid any possible merge conflicts. This would also make integrator's life easier next week.
TIA and ciao
Hi all,
Thanks for all work here, the patch has been integrated now into 20, 21, 22 and master.
ps: about the other 2.0 issue (yui issue), perhaps a separate issue for 2.0 could be created (or linked if existing) for others to work on.
anyway up for testing, (even though it seems pretty well tested).
I've come across some issues that may or may not be related to this bug. I'm not even sure they're things we can do anything about.
I did not come across any problems like an alert being generated in a loop like is described in the original issue description.
The issue title mentions a theme but I cant see any other mention of a particular theme. Im using "Standard".
The issues I noticed:
1) On the full screen popup in both FF 9.0.1 and Chrome 16.0.912.77 it was possible for the student to grab the edge of the popup window and drag the window smaller to get to the window behind. The window appears to be set to the height and width of the screen but not actually maximised.
2) If you right click the secure window both browsers display a popup that says "This functionality is currently disabled". After 3 or 4 right clicks both browsers give the user a check box labelled "Prevent this page from creating additional dialogs".
If you tick it in Chrome subsequent right clicks do nothing.
If you tick it in Firefox subsequent right clicks show the browsers default right click menu.
I'm logging off for a while so Im putting this back in the waiting for testing pool so someone can pick this up if there is any change of circumstance while Im away.
I couldn't get the popup working on my installs for some reason, assuming browser issues, but tested it on Aparup's machine and it worked fine
Speaking as someone who uses the web, I applaud what browser makers have done.
I only try to maintain 'secure' mode because a lot of quiz user think it is necessary. The OU does not use it at all.
Many thanks for your collaboration, this code has been integrated upstream and it's available in all the repositories.
Closing, ciao


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