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The Long, Hot Summer of 1967
Date published:March 2014
It seemed at times during the 1960s that America was caught in an unending cycle of violence and disorder. Successive summers from 1964-1968 brought waves of urban unrest, street fighting, looting, and arson to black communities in cities from Florida to Wisconsin, Maryland to California. This book takes the pivotal year of 1967 as its focus and sets it in the context of the long, hot summers to provide new insights into the meaning of the riots and their legacy.


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The Treason of The Elites
Dr. Michael Hill - LS President
Dr. Michael Hill - LS President Because the enemies of the South have employed the term "racist" so frequently that is has all but lost its sting among our people, the South-haters have changed their tactics in hope of finding a new chink in our armor. Instead of yelling "racist" at every turn, they now charge that our ancestors were "traitors," and so are we if we celebrate and defend the cause for which they fought. Frequently over the last decade numerous articles and editorials contend that anyone who waves the Southern flags and speaks well of our Southern heroes is paying homage to a failed rebellion and are probably "domestic terrorists" to boot.
My response in defense of the old Southern cause will be brief. Southerners had every right to secede and form their own nation in 1860-61. There was no "rebellion." It was thus impossible for Confederates to commit treason against a country to which they no longer belonged. The same fundamental right of self-determination still exists today. Rather than the South having to justify its clearly moral and legal position over the last 150 years, the burden of defense should properly fall on those who seek to destroy our Southern inheritance, and by implication, all things Western and Christian.
Why do the neo-con and leftist elites rage against the "traitorous" South and its traditional culture and symbols? The stock answer has been because all that the South stands for—orthodox Christianity, honor, hierarchy, loyalty to place and kin, patriarchy, respect for the rule of law (just law—not what passes for "law" in 2012 America)—represents an obstacle to the elite's lust for absolute power and its trappings. This is a correct assessment, but only one side of the coin. The other side reveals that the elites (including many false "conservatives") have for long attempted to cover up the fact that their ideology, regnant since the War To Prevent Southern Independence and the subsequent Reconstruction, has been a rebellion against the fundamental law in America (including the Bill of Rights). This rebellion against the rule of just law has not only wrecked the South but the rest of America as well. Thus the conclusion: It is the elites who are the real traitors and domestic terrorists.
The treason of the elites involves such enormities as globalism—the selling out of American sovereignty (which really means the sovereignty of the States) to international agencies and interests; the destruction of middle class jobs by exporting them to the low-wage Third World; floodtide immigration that is intended to replace the founding stock with a more pliable Third World population who are already used to living under tyrants; the destruction of the right of habeas corpus by the National Defense Authorization Act which allows the President to declare any American citizen an Enemy of the State, followed by arrest and permanent detention without trial; no Fourth Amendment and no privacy (only a criminal would want privacy, right?); draconian gun control measures that are meant to disarm the populace and make them unable to defend their rights and property; the deliberate destruction of the dollar; anti-White, anti-Western, and anti-Christian laws and policies; confiscatory taxation; and that devilish trinity of tolerance, diversity, and multiculturalism that is crammed down the throats of our children in public indoctrination centers. There are more, but you get the idea. These are the hallmarks of a totalitarian police/surveillance state in the making.
How do these criminal elites and their regime mask this unlawful and immoral agenda? By shifting the focus away from their own actions and onto the actions of those who oppose them. It is fashionable and expedient in elite circles today to demonize the traditional South as evil incarnate. In doing so, they turn attention away from the purposeful mess they have made of America. Were it not for the dark anachronism of the South, so they say, America could take its place among the modern, progressive nations of the world. She would be finally done with many of her "bitter clingers" in the Southern sector of flyover country.
The prime symbol of this "Southerners as racists, traitors, and domestic terrorists" theme is, of course, the Confederate battle flag. This particular banner, one of only two in the entire Western hemisphere bearing a Christian symbol—the cross of St. Andrew—has become in many places outside the U.S an emblem against tyranny of all stripes. The starry St. Andrews cross, and not the Stars and Stripes, has been used by freedom-loving people from East Germany, to the Baltic States, to the states of the former Yugoslavia, to the Sudan. Criticism of the Confederate battle flag by the elites draws attention away from the symbolism of the U.S. flag—a much hated and maligned symbol across the world--in these latter days of empire and constant war. It goes without saying that if the Stars and Stripes represented a light yoke, few people would be taking it down and flying its antithesis, the Confederate battle flag.
The battle flag and all Confederate banners wave defiantly because the elites have renewed their attack on the South with a vengeance. The rising political and economic power of Southerners who are fed up with an intrusive, exploitative, and increasingly despotic central government makes them a high-priority target for the unholy alliance that is partisan politics in DC these days. Southerners are concerned about the abrogation of the Bill of Rights, and the lawless nature of the regime in power has them on edge. The proliferation of our flags is but the outward manifestation of resistance; some things remain hidden.
The traditional South has rejected the elite's culture, if it can be called such. That culture is the culture of death: abortion, AIDS, euthanasia, drugs, crime, sodomy, etc. Those who have embraced this culture of death have destroyed their own house, as it were. Now they are intent on destroying everyone else's. The elites desire to make everything public and thus falling within their grasp. Every human institution must be made subject to control by the central state, and human autonomy (e.g. the Universal Rights of Man) must trump all inherited cultural traditions. Such is the elites' particular brand of treason.
Since the end of the War To Prevent Southern Independence, the U.S. flag has gradually come to stand for a corrupt imperial regime that visits upon its citizens-cum-subjects expropriations that would have driven our ancestors to open and active resistance. The U.S. government is indeed an organized criminal enterprise that defines the limits of its own power. Conversely, our noble Confederate banners and the various State flags in the South have come to represent States Rights, Nullification, Interposition, and Secession. In other words, Southern independence and liberty. Why should Southerners continue to feel patriotic toward a regime—and the flag and pledge that represent it—that is openly dispossessing them and their children and grandchildren?
For a start, let us take down that "pretender" flag from atop our State and local government buildings and replace it with the flags of our various sovereign States. Why should the elites' federal banner wave above the State capitols of Alabama and Georgia? None of the States are rightfully the preserves of imperial Washington, and they should stop behaving as if they were. Only if and when the citizens of the sovereign States restrict this Leviathan and contain it within it proper legal and moral bounds will it cease to prey upon us and assume its rightful position as servant--and not master--in our historic political arrangement.
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Being lean and light is an advantage in the sport of triathlon. If proof of this obvious fact was ever needed, it came in 2011, when Swiss researchers measured the body weight and body fat percentage of 184 age-group triathletes right before they participated in an Ironman event. After the race, the researchers compared the athletes' body measurements against their Ironman swim, bike and run times, as well as their overall finish times. Body weight was found to have a statistically moderate effect on total race time, with lighter athletes tending to reach the finish line quicker. Body fat percentage had a large effect on total race time and a moderate effect (bordering on large) on swim, bike and run splits.
Not surprisingly, extra body weight and body fat impacted running performance more negatively than swimming or cycling performance because gravity affects running more than it affects swimming and cycling. This is why elite runners are typically smaller than elite swimmers and cyclists.
In a nutshell, this study confirmed what we already knew: It pays to be lean and light in triathlon. While some athletes are naturally skinnier than others, each athlete has an ideal racing weight that is attained when he or she has gotten rid of as much excess body fat as possible through healthy nutrition and proper training.
How much should you weigh?
Your ideal racing weight is determined primarily by your body fat level. There's not much you can do about the other sources of mass in your body: bone, muscle, water, etc. No matter how well you train or how carefully you eat, most of that weight will stay put. It's excess body fat that accounts for the difference between a triathlete's current weight and his or her ideal racing weight in most instances, and thus it's fat mass that must be lost to attain the ideal racing weight.
So, what is your ideal racing weight? The only way to definitively determine it is functionally—in other words, by actually attaining it. By definition, your optimal racing weight and optimal body fat percentage are the numbers that are associated with your highest level of fitness. Therefore you'll know your ideal racing weight with certainty only when you get in the best shape of your life and then weigh yourself and measure your body composition on the day of a breakthrough race.
In the meantime, however, you can create a reasonably accurate estimate of your optimal racing weight to use as a target for your weight-management efforts. Given the fact that body fat is the primary determinant of ideal racing weight, the best way to estimate it is to calculate how much you will weigh after you've reduced your body fat percentage to the optimal level for you. Optimal body fat percentage is not the same for everyone. There are many factors that affect how lean each individual triathlete can become. These factors include gender, age, genetics and history of being overweight. However, even triathletes who have all of these factors working against them can get fairly lean.
The following table presents optimal body fat percentage ranges for triathlete of different genders and age groups. Most can expect to get their body fat percentage down within the optimal range associated with their gender and age group through proper training and diet.
Optimal Body Fat Ranges, By Age
20-29 3-10%
30-39 5-12%
40-49 6-15%
50+ 8-17%
20-29 10-16%
30-39 11-17%
40-49 13-20%
50+ 14-22%
It is likely that you will be able to reach the lower limit of your ideal range only if you typically lose weight fairly easily, you have never been seriously overweight and you are willing and able to maintain a high training volume. If your current body fat percentage is well above your optimal range, you should aim only to reach the upper limit of that range initially through increased training and improvements in diet.
Estimating the body fat percentage you can realistically expect to attain at your peak fitness level is not an exact science. Just use common sense and the considerations above to make an educated guess for yourself.
The next step in determining your racing weight is to calculate how much fat weight you will lose in the process of getting down to your goal body fat percentage. Let's look at how to do this with an example.
Imagine you are a 38-year-old female who currently weighs 140 pounds and has 22 percent body fat. Your diet is already very clean, but you have always had great difficulty shedding excess body fat. Therefore you decide to make a conservative racing weight estimate, at least to start with. Your initial goal is to get down to 17 percent body fat (the upper limit of your ideal range) through improved training and diet. Here's how to calculate how much you will weigh when you get your body fat percentage down to that level:
Step 1: Calculate your body fat mass. Body fat mass = current weight x current body fat percentage. In this example: 140 lbs x 0.22 = 30.8 lbs.
Step 2: Calculate your lean body mass. Lean body mass = current weight – fat mass. In this example: 140 lbs – 30.8 lbs = 109.2 lbs.
Step 3: Calculate your goal weight. Goal weight = current lean body mass ÷ goal lean body mass percentage. (Note: Your goal lean body mass percentage is 1.0 – your goal body fat percentage expressed in decimal form.) In this example: 109.2 lbs ÷ 0.83 = 131.5 lbs.
Now you try!
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According to a scientific survey conducted by researchers at Montana State University, more than half of endurance athletes believe they are above their optimal racing weight at any given time. This means that, if you're like most triathletes, you are looking to shed some excess body fat before your next race. There are right and wrong ways to pursue this objective. Here are the key do's and don'ts of performance weight management:


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New neuroscience program established at IUPUI
July 19, 2012
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The School of Science at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis has established a new neuroscience program, offering students an opportunity to earn an undergraduate degree in a rapidly advancing field on a campus with a climate of strong interdisciplinary collaboration.
The undergraduate baccalaureate program in neuroscience at IUPUI will provide a foundation for the pursuit of graduate and professional degrees that culminate in careers in science and medicine.
Additionally, undergraduate neuroscience majors will be well prepared to fill the high demand -- in Indiana and across the country -- for trained neuroscience professionals in medical, academic or government-supported research, health-related sciences and biotechnology.
"The School of Science continues to innovate in the classroom and in the laboratory," said Simon Rhodes, dean of the School of Science. "Neuroscience is an integral part of the future of the life and health sciences industries in Indiana, and this program is a strong example of the school's commitment to collaboration across campus and with the community."
Neuroscience majors at IUPUI will have opportunities for research and internship experiences in the School of Science and the Indiana University School of Medicine as well as through companies in central Indiana that are aligned with the life science, pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries. In addition, the new IU Health Neuroscience Campus will offer many benefits for students and provide future job opportunities.
"We are training a new generation of neuroscientists," said Stephen Boehm, associate professor and founding director of the program. "No other campus provides the cross-disciplinary research and learning environment that IUPUI offers our students. Neuroscience students will get a unique experience because of our strong partnerships and the strong research interests on campus."
Neuroscience addresses the structure and function of the nervous system, with particular focus on intersection between the brain and behavior. Neuroscientists routinely draw on the fields of psychology, biology, chemistry, mathematics, physics and computer science.
Neuroscience is not a new topic at the School of Science; students have been able to pursue a psychology degree with a concentration in behavioral neuroscience since 2002, and interest has grown in recent years. However, the field now demands highly trained professionals. Students in the new program can pursue training in cellular/molecular, computational, or behavioral neuroscience. Faculty across the School of Science will play important roles in the curriculum.
Only 27 universities across the country offer a bachelor's degree in neuroscience, and IU Bloomington offers the only other one in Indiana.
"The interdisciplinary nature of our program, long history of collaboration and research at IUPUI, and the growing neuroscience-related interests in Indianapolis make the School of Science a desirable and unique destination for prospective students," Boehm said. He estimates 30 students will enroll in the first year.
The Indiana University Life Sciences Initiative has identified neuroscience as one of its strategic priorities for the future, recognizing the importance of the field to the regional life sciences business environment. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that in the next six years, the number of employed life scientists will increase by 40 percent for medical scientists and 21 percent for biological scientists.
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Bengals roll to 34-10 win over Raiders
CINCINNATI -- Carson Palmer had a horrid homecoming.
Andy Dalton threw three touchdown passes, taking advantage of Oakland's dreadful defense, and the Cincinnati Bengals showed their former franchise quarterback that they've moved on without him, beating the Raiders 34-10 on Sunday.
BenJarvus Green-Ellis ran for 129 yards and a touchdown against the NFL's most generous defense. He had runs of 48 and 39 yards -- the longest of his career -- to set up scores.
With their third straight win, the Bengals (6-5) moved back into the playoff chase.
A brawl broke out after a play was whistled dead because of a penalty, and Oakland's Tommy Kelly and Lamarr Houston ended up on top of Cincinnati's Andrew Whitworth in the middle of a big scrum of players. All three were ejected.
Oakland (3-8) has lost a season-high four straight games, giving up 169 points in the process.
Palmer had a rough day all-around in his former town, going 19 of 34 for 146 yards with four sacks and an interception. The Raiders got Palmer in a midseason trade last season after he decided to hold out rather than play for the Bengals again.
He was booed by the 56,503 fans -- the smallest crowd of the season at Paul Brown Stadium -- when he went out for the coin toss. He got a hug from former teammate Rey Maualuga and finally met Dalton, who was drafted in the second round last year to replace him.
A sign in the upper deck read: "Winners Never Quit," a reference to Palmer's insistence he would never play for the Bengals again.
Dalton was 16 of 30 for 210 yards with two touchdown passes to Mohamed Sanu and one to Jermaine Gresham.
The first time he tried to pass, Palmer got a hint it would be a long day. Tackle Geno Atkins shot through the line virtually untouched and sacked Palmer as he faked a handoff. Palmer was sacked twice on Oakland's first possession.
It never got a whole lot better. With running back Darren McFadden sidelined again by an ankle injury, the Raiders were missing one of their best options.
The NFL's most generous defense allowed the Bengals to take control 24-0 in a dominant first half. Green-Ellis found a big hole on Cincinnati's third play of the game and ran a career-best 48 yards before getting shoved out at the 1. Green-Ellis then carried the final yard.
On Cincinnati's next series, the Raiders gave up a 44-yard reception by A.J. Green and a 27-yard reception by Gresham. Sanu made a one-hand touchdown catch for a 14-0 lead. The Bengals had 156 yards after only two series.
Dalton's 5-yard touchdown pass to Sanu made it 21-0 midway through the second quarter. At that point, the Raiders' offense hadn't yet crossed midfield.
The half ended with one more Raiders mistake. Marcel Reece had Palmer's pass go off his hands, and Chris Crocker intercepted with 8 seconds left. Mike Nugent's 55-yard field goal tied the club record and put the Bengals up 24-0.
Oakland allowed 289 yards in the half -- the most this season -- and had only 83 yards, its fewest on offense since it managed 52 yards in the first half at Pittsburgh on Nov. 21, 2010.
Sebastian Janikowski's 55-yard field goal ended the shutout in the third quarter, and Palmer beat a blitz by lofting a 20-yard touchdown pass to Denarius Moore.
The Bengals got a break in the fourth quarter when an inadvertent whistle wiped out Sanu's fumble deep in Cincinnati territory with 7:22 to go. On the next play, the brawl broke out that resulted in the player ejections.


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Reason left the gun debate long ago
By Steve Boggs, publisher of The Saline Courier
There is much more we can do as a society to keep guns out of the hands of unstable people, if only those bent on outlawing gun ownership didn't control the agenda.
Right now they do, and these are scary times for the Second Amendment.
I'm not much of a hunter, but I do own guns. I have a .357 revolver, given to me by father-in-law. I also own a .12-guage shotgun. Aside from target shooting, killing the occasional critter, and accompanying me when I travel, the guns don't move much. I'm not exactly a gun enthusiast, and once upon a time I was a proponent of stricter gun control measures in this country. I'm not anymore, and here's why.
Like with all issues, the Body Politic rests somewhere in the middle when it comes to gun control. We understand how dangerous guns can be, even in the hands of normal people. We have no problem telling the law enforcement folks what we own, the serial numbers, or anything else they need for their database. Heck, we don't even mind waiting five days to get one. They are expensive, big ticket items and most gun owners I know do not buy them without due diligence.
Most Americans, I believe, want reasonable gun control measures. While they may not keep guns out of the hands of lunatics, these measures would certainly make guns harder to come by for those seeking to do harm. If you think that way, welcome to the Body Politic.
The issue of gun control is emotional and increasingly regional. In our part of the world, people think much differently about guns than they do in New York, Chicago or Los Angeles. We use them for different reasons and we buy different types of guns. When a tragedy like Sandy Hook happens, it's natural to want more gun control. Nobody wants that type of tragedy to ever happen again. But when gun control bubbles to the top of the news cycle like it has, the anti-gun lobby makes another run toward its objective.
There are a growing number of ardent gun control advocates, whose dedication I once underestimated, who will stop at nothing short of outlawing private gun ownership in this country. They believe in their cause and are dedicated to achieving their goals. They will never stop, either.
It took me a long time to realize that. I was once convinced that measures such as the Brady Bill were reasonable and prudent. I still believe that. However, there is no compromise when it comes to the lunatic fringe of gun control. The elimination of private gun ownership is their goal, and every inch they gain brings them closer to it
I admire their determination, mind you. They are dedicated, relentless and truly believe an unarmed America is a safer America. I disagree. There was a time when compromise was possible, but I'm afraid America is too divided for that now.
I'd often wondered why gun advocacy groups were so unyielding when it came to even the most reasonable gun control measures. They saw, much earlier than I did, how dedicated and dangerous most anti-gun advocates are, and had a clear vision of their end game.
When this realization hit me, I drew my own private line in the sand and said, no more. Today it's assault rifles and 30-round clips. What will it be tomorrow? When does it stop? It doesn't, and because of that, there are many reasonable and prudent gun control measures that will be opposed by very reasonable and prudent people.
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Civil War went completely against Iron Man's personality during the Armor Wars where he went off on a crusade of his own (which would be seen as vigilantism). Cap eventually tried to stop him and that's where they first came into conflict on a bigger scale. Iron Man was even kicked out of the Avengers.
Armor Wars was all about Tony protecting his secrets (his technology) and having complete control over it. It was about not wanting the government to have a hand in anything either.
Which is why it's hard to believe that, having established this side of Tony's personality (which is in line with how he had been before, but just a more extreme version, and also more in line with the MCU Stark) that he'd do a complete 180 in Civil War. Civil War was really totally out of character for him.
You have to remember though Armor Wars was written in the 80s a good 15 years before they started changing Starks personality. No comic stays the same throughout the years they wanted to do a different take on Stark and they did and you forget they had been building Stark 's new personality for a while before Civil War so to mention a story from years before as a basis on why Stark shouldn't have acted the way he did in Civil War is mute. Just look at how many times they've changed his origin story
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A SUMMARY of trading in key commodities markets overseas:
Crude oil prices retreated after a US oil inventory report pointed to large increases in refined petroleum products.
Oil prices for US benchmark West Texas Intermediate settled five cents lower at $US93.10 a barrel.
In London, the Brent contract for February finished at $US111.76 a barrel, losing 18 cents from Tuesday.
The decline came after a weekly report by the US Energy Information Administration reported a surprisingly large increases in stocks of gasoline and distillate fuel, a category that includes home heating oil.
Crude futures also fell on lingering concerns over the US economy despite solid earnings from aluminum giant Alcoa, analysts said.
Global markets have shifted their attention from the US fiscal debate to corporate earnings to gauge the health of the world's biggest economy and largest oil consuming nation going into 2013.
Base metals on the London Metal Exchange closed mostly higher after bargain hunting and some positive earnings results lifted the complex from recent lows.
At the close of open-outcry trading, the flagship of the complex, LME three-month copper, was up 0.1 per cent on the day at $US8,080 a metric ton.
Better-than-expected results from the world's largest aluminum producer Alcoa, which swung to a profit in the fourth quarter, boosted European stocks and base metals early in the session.
Gold futures have eased as a closely watched indicator of market momentum suggested the metal's rebound from two-week lows would be brief.
Gold had climbed on Tuesday, snapping a four session losing streak on hopes that Chinese demand was picking up ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday.
Gold's upward momentum continued in overnight trade on Wednesday, but prices failed to break decisively above the most actively traded contract's 200-day moving average near $US1,666 a troy ounce.
The average is a major marker monitored by traders who place bets based on market momentum, and gold's inability to rise above sparked selling head of the opening of New York floor trading, traders said.
Gold for February delivery, the most actively traded contract, fell $US6.70, or 0.4 per cent, to settle at $US1,655.50 a troy ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange.
Platinum and palladium both climbed on the view that rising global automotive demand, and the potential for further mine production cutbacks, would keep the markets in a supply deficit in 2013.
Palladium for March delivery, the most actively traded contract, rose 3.1 per cent to settle at $US688.20 a troy ounce on the Nymex.
Platinum for April delivery climbed 1.1 per cent to settle at $US1,600 an ounce.
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In the penguin world, this isn't a problem, but for the Sydney, Australia-based animation and visual effects studio Animal Logic, making digital penguins dance became a four-year obsession. And dancing was but one tangle the studio had to rumble through to create Warner Bros.' musical-adventure-comedy Happy Feet.
The CG feature is the first animation directed by Australian filmmaker George Miller, who directed The Witches of Eastwick and wrote and directed three Mad Max films and Babe: Pig in the City. Happy Feet blends a song-and-dance coming-of-age story with an epic adventure. The star of the film, a fuzzy young penguin named Mumble (Elijah Wood), can't sing, which is a problem because penguins choose their soul mates with a "heart song." What Mumble can do, though, is dance, and that he does, to hip-hop, salsa, jazz, pop, rock—to any music he hears.
Mumble's mother (Nicole Kidman) is sympathetic, but not his father (Hugh Jackman) or the village elders, who blame poor little Mumble for disturbing the natural order of Emperor Penguin land and causing fish to disappear. When they banish Mumble, he waddles away and begins an epic journey through Antarctica to prove them wrong.
Animal Logic's epic journey began four and a half years ago. At that time, around 60 employees crafted commercials and visual effects for such features as The Matrix, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, Moulin Rouge!, and the two Babe films. At peak, the studio expanded to approximately 500 people for Happy Feet and its ongoing digital effects work.
Digital supervisor Brett Feeney led the Animal Logic teams that designed the pipeline, the processes, and the tools for Happy Feet. "Obviously, the dancing crowds of penguins were a challenge we had to meet," he says. "And the surfacing of the penguins, wow. We never had to do that many hairy, feathered creatures before. But of all the challenges, being able to get the environments looking real took the longest time."
Penguin Anatomy 101
Because Miller wanted Happy Feet to be photoreal even though the penguins would burst into dance, Animal Logic had to tiptoe around penguin anatomy. "The director wanted to portray the characters in a natural state," says Damien Gray, supervising character technical director. "We huddled them together like you'd see in any documentary. We had to include a high level of realism and still cater to their dance behavior as well."
Although audiences seeing Happy Feet might think it reminds them of the 2005 documentary March of the Penguins, the character team began its work years earlier. For inspiration, they referenced the BBC television series Life in the Freezer. They also looked at various types of penguins to find those most amenable to dancing. "Penguins aren't built in nature to dance at all," says Gray. "Their skeleton is quite squatted. They have a small thigh-to-shinbone ratio. They have a massive sternum plate. They're designed to form a torpedo shape underwater. On land, they walk on their toes and have no real shoulders."
All that had to change, but without losing the birds' "penguin-ness." Mumble and his friends tap their heels on the ice and have fake shoulders but no sternum plate. As for their legs, even though the film features Emperor, Adélie, and other penguin varieties, all are based on the anatomy of a King penguin. "The King penguin is more athletic," says Gray. "It gave us more freedom in terms of the leg length and shinbone and thighbone ratios. We wanted to avoid having the penguins look like people with their pants around their ankles."
For creating the dancing penguins and their environment, Animal Logic used Autodesk's Maya and Softimage's XSI for modeling, XSI for rigging and animation, Maya for effects and lighting, Pixar's PR RenderMan for rendering, and the studio's own MayaMan to move RIB files from Maya into the RenderMan pipeline. In addition, the motion-capture crew used software and a system from Giant Studios.
Penguin Moves
The studio also captured dancers for the dramatic scenes and some action shots. To learn basic penguin behavior and postures, the dancers attended ornithologist Dr. Gary Miller's "penguin school." Once onstage, however, Miller directed the action. "The beauty of the Giant system was that George [Miller] could see what the penguins looked like while the humans were performing," says Feeney. "The system was ahead of everything else at the time." Thus, when a dancer bent forward, for example, the director could determine whether the movement matched the penguin's natural behavior closely enough.
It took 12 months to motion-capture all the designated scenes in the film. During that time, Animal Logic used Softimage XSI to edit the data, the bits and pieces that Miller selected. "We'd take a bit out of this take and that take, and blend them together in the same way you would if you were editing sound or video on an Avid [system]," says Feeney. The edited takes traveled to the layout department for camera moves, then to editorial and on to motion edit for cleanup, before being handed to the animators. "Even though we captured an astounding amount of data, the motion-edit group only cleaned up the bits that were necessary," he says.
Jazzy Rigs
Animators keyframed all the facial animation and some of the performances, and enhanced 85 percent of the motion-captured data. In addition, they animated props, vehicles, and icebergs. "We rigged 425 individual assets," says Gray. "Some characters had 10 versions of their rig; Mumble easily had 50 different versions. We also rigged anything the characters interacted with or touched."
Each character started with a lightweight motion-capture rig driven by the mocap performance. A second rig for animation included controls for facial animation and for adjusting the motion-captured performance. In addition, many of the characters had swimming and other action rigs. A deformation rig, which included a muscle system that preserved the penguin's round shape, created the final mesh. Other rigs helped speed the animation process.
"We cobbled together components of various rigs into 'Frankenrigs,' " says character supervisor, Aidan Sarsfield. "For facial animation, we used a high-resolution face and low-res body. For crowd animation, we had the opposite, a Frankenfaceless, which was a body rig without any face." In addition, three variations of the motion-capture rig accommodated various file formats. Even so, Sarsfield claims that motion transferred through all the various rigs ended up aligned, within pixels, in the final render.
To give the penguins facial expressions, the riggers had to dance a special jig. Penguin beaks don't lend themselves to lip sync, and their eyes are on the sides of their heads. Thus, rather than flapping the beaks like clamshells, the animators tuned the corners of the birds' mouths using rotations and translations. "To make an 'oooo' sound, the corners come forward in a circular formation on the beak," says Sarsfield. "For an 'eeee,' the corners travel back."
For the eyes, the riggers worked with eye and brow shapes to overcome the perception that the eyes were looking in different directions. "Mumble probably has the most forward-facing eyes because it was important for the audience to engage with him," says Gray. "We did a lot of work sculpting the brows to achieve the classic Elijah Wood empathetic look. But the biggest things were eye darts. We labored to create the high-frequency flicker that eyes tend to do."
One of the trickiest parts of the rig, though, was the knee. "We had pivots for the knees, shins, ankles, and hips," says Gray. "But when it came to deformation, we often cheated the bulge of the knee. We dropped it a bit lower than where the pivot point was." The rig catered to both the motion derived from the joint and the offset for the bulge. Because the skin wasn't bound to the knee, the knee could move further than the surface, and because the renderer didn't render the bones, the result was a subtle skin deformation. That meant a penguin could do a high kick without distorting the mesh so much it wasn't believable, or an extreme knee crunch that caused the bones to poke out of the surface.
Feathers and Fuzz
Although Mumble hadn't yet molted into adulthood for most of the film, and the crew could fluff his surface with RenderMan RiCurves, a majority of the penguins are feathered birds. "We used the same system to do feathers and fluff, although the feathers had geometry," explains Feeney.
That proprietary, rule-based system worked within Maya. "It was quicker to have 10 or 12 artists set up the feathers so they couldn't collide with each other than to write a dynamics system and run simulations," Feeney adds. "With the penguins, if the feathers intersected a bit, it didn't matter."
Basically, the feathers followed this rule: The tip of a feather that was anchored to the body had to be a particular distance off the body. So, when all the feathers followed the rule, none interpenetrated. For the angry, seagull-like skua birds, however, the team added collision avoidance. "They had bigger, more visible feathers," Feeney says.
In addition, for the "Amigos," a group of the Adélie penguins that Mumble meets on his journey, animators keyframed the head feathers. Additional controls allowed the animators to flare chest and tail feathers on all the birds.
Baked Birds
To make life easier for the animators, the surfacing crew, and the lighters, Animal Logic created a special file format, a shape animation cache file format they named "bobject."
"Chris Bone [head of R&D] and I came up with the idea because he had done a project where he had baked out OBJ files per frame," says Feeney. "It was a good way to go from one package to another, but it was unwieldy with many files. So, we made smaller, binary object [bobject] files. We'd select mesh parts and bake them out as bobjects." Both Maya and XSI could read and write the shape per frame format. So, for example, when animators finished a performance, it was loaded onto the muscle rig and translated into a bobject. The surfacing and lighting crew accessed only the frames they needed from the bobject cache.
With scenes packed with hundreds of feathered CG creatures, such streamlined processes became critical. "At the end of the day, we had characters with three million individual feathers," says Sarsfield. "So, for any given character, we'd get the performance and then bake out the 'hair' for that performance. We'd also strip out the animation controls, fur animation controls, and guide hairs, anything that would weigh it down." Lighting TDs could work with as many as 40 of these stripped-down, render-only characters.
Ice Pack
The feathers presented a prickly problem, but surfacing the world was a much larger challenge than surfacing the penguins. "Once we established the look of the penguins, we dedicated ourselves to the environments," says Feeney.
At first, they thought they might scan glaciers to create landscapes. "We took a Lidar scanner to the South Island of New Zealand," he says. "It worked in some cases but was useless in others. Photogrammetry was also useless because there's not much contrast range in ice. We even thought of dying bits of ice with food coloring." They ended up relying on the power of modelers who could shape the world as directed and on matte painters who could extend it.
"When we started, we had the idea that we'd make nine or 10 environments and we'd have the movie done," says Feeney. "Instead, we had 12 different locations, and each could have up to 30 different stages." Matte paintings projected onto 3D geometry with Maya camera projection surrounded the modeled and surfaced areas.
To make the ice translucent, the technical team began looking for subsurface scattering cheats. They ended up biting the bullet, as Feeney describes it, and working through the techniques in Henrik Jensen's technical papers. "We did come up with a reasonably unique system to do subsurface scattering with high detail on vast environments," says Feeney. Once again, it was back to the oven for a solution: They ran subsurface scattering on a few kilometers of terrain and baked it out. "If we had 100 machines, we'd divide the landscape by the number of machines and give each a piece," Feeney says. When finished, a custom stitching program put it all back together as a giant texture map.
"We also baked in some ambient occlusion," Feeney says. "It made it a bit easier, although we couldn't do that when something moved—when there was a landslide, for example." The lighting department then added key lights and so forth to the baked surface with the subsurface scattering and ambient occlusion.
Lighting supervisor Ben Gunsberger estimates that the lighters used between 20 and 30 base lighting setups. Every scene and shot was lit individually and often included a story arc. For example, a scene in which Mumble comes back to the community starts off upbeat and sunny. But when the situation turns sour, clouds move in and the sky darkens. Clouds, it turns out, were useful in many ways.
"We had a small team that prepared the sky elements using a method similar to that used by matte painters, except they were working with moving elements," says Gunsberger. When Gunsberger began working on the film in 2003, he had a core team of five artists and TDs. By the end of the film, his crew topped 70. Lighters at Animal Logic composited the shots they lit; the studio output each light and every component separately.
"The penguins' faces and heads are small in proportion to their bodies," says Gunsberger. "We worked hard to get expressions, particularly in some of the black-faced characters. If we had too much diffuse light, the black faces looked dull and gray. By controlling each part of the character with separate mattes—the faces, eyes, mouths, beaks, tongues, and so forth—the lighters could preserve and enhance the animators' performances.
Back in the Huddle
Toward the end of production, the studio decided to outsource four action sequences to Giant Killer Robots and Rhythm & Hues. "George [Miller] picked the scenes with lots of motion blur and particles spraying ice and water so that if they weren't reproduced exactly, it wouldn't show," says Feeney. "But the scenes look great." Rhythm & Hues handled a scene in which Orca whales chase penguins, and another in which Mumble chases a boat. Giant Killer Robots handled a bobsled run and a scene in which Mumble sees signs of "aliens."
The film was a huge undertaking for what had been a small digital effects studio, but like the penguins, Animal Logic steadfastly handled the journey, step by step. "We just took it day by day," says Gray. "Toward the end, we could turn things around in a couple hours that would have taken days at the beginning; we could make large changes and propagate them through the entire pipeline efficiently."
Feeney is especially proud of the work the team did on the pipeline. "This was a new toy for George [Miller]," he says. "And many people had never worked on a CG feature before. We knew there would be changes. Yoga classes couldn't make you as flexible as our pipe at the moment."
Barbara Robertson is an award-winning writer and a contributing editor for Computer Graphics World. She can be reached at email@example.com.


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Lionel Messi has been voted the best footballer in the world and Barcelona the best team in the world – for a week at least.
The Associated Press released the inaugural AP Global Soccer 10 football rankings yesterday, with a panel of 18 football writers from around the world picking their top ten players and top ten teams.
AP then combines the results, with the first choice of each journalist receiving ten points, and the last choice receiving one point.
That means any one individual or team could score a maximum of 180 points, and Messi wasn't a million miles away with his score of 140 points for the week ending October 29th.
His total was helped by a brace in the 5-0 win over Rayo Vallecano on Saturday night, with the second strike his 300th career goal for the Blaugrana.
Cristiano Ronaldo came second on the list with 111 points, whilst Atletico Madrid star Radamel Falcao completed a La Liga sweep of the top three places on 79.
Robin Van Persie, who scored in Manchester United's 3-2 win over Chelsea, came fourth, with Juan Mata and Javier Hernandez (7th and 8th) the other Premier League representatives.
Barcelona got the nod in the team rankings after the aforementioned thrashing of Vallecano, and even at this early stage of the season, Tito Villanova's side are clearly the team to beat in La Liga.
Atletico Madrid are the team pushing Barca to the limit in Spain though, with Falcao firing his side to joint-top of the Spanish table. They have 109 points in the rankings, 21 less than Barca.
Manchester United are rewarded for their win at Stamford Bridge with third-place in the table, although Sir Alex Ferguson's side remain one-point behind the Blues at the top of the table.
Schalke (6th), Shaktar Donetsk (9th) and Ajax (10th) all reap the benefits from their impressive wins over Premier League opposition in the Champions League, whilst Borussia Dortmund sit above Real Madrid in fourth and fifth respectively after their midweek European battle.
Everything can change in seven days, of course, but it doesn't take a genius to work out the Messi, Ronaldo and Falcao won't be far away from top spot throughout the 2012/13 season.
Whether a player like Neymar - who plies his trade in Brazil - can break into the top ten remains to be seen, as the initial positions were all taken by European teams and European-based players.
If anyone can do it, then surely it's the Santos superstar. The panel will decide.
AP Global Soccer 10 (for week ending Oct. 29.)
1. Lionel Messi, 140 points.
2. Cristiano Ronaldo, 111.
3. Radamel Falcao, 79.
4. Robin van Persie, 73.
5. Zlatan Ibrahimovic, 61.
6. Gonzalo Higuain, 50.
7. Juan Mata, 41.
8. Javi Hernandez, 28.
9. Cesc Fabregas, 27.
10. Mario Gotze, 26.
1. Barcelona, 130 points.
2. Atletico Madrid, 109.
3. Manchester United, 105.
4. Borussia Dortmund, 81.
5. Real Madrid, 64.
6. Schalke, 59.
7. Juventus, 53.
8. Bayer Leverkusen, 49.
9. Shakhtar Donetsk, 37.
10. Ajax, 35.
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HELSINKI (Reuters) - Mobile phone maker Samsung Electronics is set to open a new research and development center in Nokia's home town on Thursday, highlighting the Korean company's ascendancy over its once dominant Finnish rival.
Samsung's newest R&D facility, its first in the Nordic region, is located in Espoo, Finland, where Nokia has its headquarters. Details on staffing and investment plans are due to be unveiled later in the day.
The move follows the opening of R&D facilities in Finland by other technology firms including Huawei and Intel, which have sought to take advantage of the country's high concentration of engineers and software developers - many of whom previously worked at Nokia or its related businesses.
Nokia has had to cut back on its own resources in recent years, laying off thousands of employees and selling its glass and steel waterfront office building in Espoo and leasing it back to conserve cash.
Market data shows Samsung is now the leader in the global mobile phone market, a position previously held by Nokia. It has been particularly dominant in highly-profitable smartphones, shipping more units in the first quarter than the next four vendors combined.
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WEST DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - March 11, 2013 --A school bus carrying 11 children has crashed into a house in central Iowa, though no injuries are being reported.
The crash happened Monday while the bus was on its way to Crestview Elementary school in West Des Moines.
Police say the bus veered off the road, went through several yards and hit a truck parked in a driveway before stopping when it crashed into the side of a home.
The Des Moines Register reports the home's garage door was torn off and a front wall had extensive damage. Police say the crash caused about $95,000 in property damage.
Lt. Jim Barrett says the investigation is ongoing but that charges are possible.
Police say slick roads, the result of about 2 inches of new snow, caused several accidents Monday.


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Even in the cities and towns, visitors to Alberta can be sure that nature is never far away. Albertans love the outdoors and urban environments are interspersed with plenty of lush river parks and greenbelts. In fact the capital, Edmonton, has more parkland per capita than any other North American city. An important aspect of Alberta's heritage is its aboriginal culture. Home to 43 First Nations, this heritage has been preserved in 14 reserves and educational attractions ranging from the world's largest teepee to native interpretive trails and exquisite handmade crafts.
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The long-rumoured iPad 2 is now a reality, but how does it stack up against its competitors? We're already engaged the new iPad in a tense spec-off with Apple's original version as well as the Motorola Xoom so this time, it's the turn of the HP TouchPad. Read on to find out what happened when two tablets went to war...
- 1st: iPad 2
- 241.2 x 185.7 x 8.8mm; 601g
- 2nd: HP TouchPad
- 240 x 190 x 13.7mm, 740g
Portability is inevitably going to be an important issue when you're shopping for tablet. Apple has upped its game with its second-generation iPad offering a tablet that's 33% slimmer than its predecessor at just 8.8mm, compared to the HP TouchPad's relatively chunky profile of 13.7mm. The iPad is a tiny bit longer than the TouchPad, although it's a fair bit smaller in terms of width and at just 601g it's considerably lighter then the 740g bulk of the HP. On balance, Apple easily takes the first round.
- Tie: iPad 2
- 9.7-inch, 1024x768, LCD with IPS
- Tie: HP TouchPad
- 9.7-inch, 1024x768, LCD with IPS
The HP TouchPad has clearly taken a few cues from the iPad when it comes to the display, sporting an identically sized 9.7-inch screen. Both devices use LCD technology with along with IPS for a decent viewing angle. The two screens also sport the same slightly unusual 1024x768-pixel resolution, resulting in a slightly square screen shape, unlike most other tablets which have 16:9 widescreen ratios. We have no choice but to call this round a tie.
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- 1st: HP TouchPad
- Qualcomm APQ8660, 512MB RAM
- 2nd: iPad 2
- A5 dual-core CPU, 512MB RAM
Several of the new mobile devices announced in 2011 are powered by dual-core processors and the same applies here. The TouchPad's dual-core Scorpion CPU from Qualcomm is reportedly capable of offering 1.2GHz of processing power which puts it slightly ahead of the Apple's 1GHz A5 CPU. However, when it comes to performance, the A5 certainly sounds impressive, with Apple claiming it to be twice as fast as its predecessor (the A4) with a GPU that's nine times as fast. When it comes to RAM count, the iPad 2 reportedly has 512MB putting it neck and neck with the TouchPad. We're giving HP the benefit of the doubt in this case thanks to the slightly higher processing speed clocked by its CPU.
- Tie: iPad 2
- 16, 32 or 64GB
- Tie: HP TouchPad
- 32 or 64GB
One of the many things that HP's TouchPad has in common with the iPad is its lack of expandable storage. It will be offered as 32 or 64GB versions, while the iPad 2 will be available as 16, 32 or 64GB models. The second-gen iPad was widely rumoured to be getting an SD card slot in order to expand its storage capabilities, however, these plans were crushed at the last minute due to reported "engineering issues". Maybe this is something that we can expect to see on the third generation iPad, but for now, these two devices are identical in terms of storage (depending which memory configuration you choose, of course).
- 1st: iPad 2
- 10 hours
- 2nd: HP TouchPad
- 8 hours
The TouchPad claims to offer equal to or more than 8 hours of video, while the iPad 2 offers 10 hours. When it comes down to it, there probably won't actually be that much difference between the two, or at least not enough for you to buy one device over the other. Having said that, if the estimates are accurate then the iPad may well have the advantage. We're reliant on the manufacturers to tell us the battery life at this stage, but as soon as we get the devices in for a closer look we can let you know more.
- 1st: HP Touchpad
- webOS 3.0
- 2nd: iPad 2
- iOS 4.3
Software is a very difficult area to compare as there are so many elements involved, and opinions tend to be subjective. From what we've seen from the TouchPad so far, webOS 3.0 looks impressive and offers a range of handy features like wireless printing, good app integration, the Synergy syncing system and the all-important flash-supporting browser. Apple's new iOS 4.3 offers a few nice add-ons including improved Safari performance along with Home Sharing so that you can get all your content over Wi-Fi, aling with AirPlay improvements. It's a tricky one to call, but we think that the lack of flash support on iOS gives the advantage to HP's webOS.
- 1st: iPad 2
- Lots and lots
- 2nd: HP TouchPad
- Not that many
At the risk of sounding like Apple fanboys, it's hard to deny that Apple still rules the app-based roost with its market-leading app store and gargantuan selection of apps. Some rivals, such as Android, as slowly but steadily catching up but HP still drags a fair way behind. The iPad 2 also includes FaceTime and Photo Booth built-in, along with iPad versions of GarageBand and iMovie for $4.99 each. Although the TouchPad will have apps available, HP has struggled to garner developer support in the past so it will be a while before it can compete with the likes of Apple.
- 1st: iPad 2
- Wi-Fi/3G/BT/HDMI support
- 2nd: HP TouchPad
- Wi-Fi/3G/BT/mUSB/NFC
When it comes to tablets, all most of us are really looking for is Wi-Fi and 3G support. Naturally, both of these device offer both although, like its predecessor, the iPad will be available as a Wi-Fi-only model. Similarly, the first version of the TouchPad will only offer Wi-Fi, so you'll have to wait until later in the year for mobile broadband. the TouchPad also features a micro USB port as well as NFC technology. This nifty addition allows you to pass information between your tablet and a Palm/Pre phone. Both devices offer Bluetooth 2.1, while the iPad also has the added advantage of HDMI support so that you'll be able to link it up to your HDTV using an optional connector ($39).
- 1st: iPad 2
- Front-facing cam, rear cam, 720p video
- 2nd: HP TouchPad
- 1.3MP front-facing webcam
Imaging has never really been the iPad's strong point on account of the fact that the original models haven't got any cameras. Everyone has been banging on about this from the day it launched, so Apple really had no choice but to include a front-facing cam at the very least. The iPad 2 not only has a VGA front-facing cam for use with FaceTime, it's also equipped with a rear-facing cam that's capable of capturing 720p video. HP's TouchPad only manages to muster a front-facing 1.3-megapixel webcam for voice calling, making this another clear win for Apple's tablet.
- 1st: HP TouchPad
- Unknown
- 2nd: iPad 2
- Wi-Fi: £439/£510/£612, 3G: £541/£612/£714
Apple will be offering its new iPad lineup for a the same prices as it's first-generation range. Although no price has yet been set for the TouchPad, we'd be very surprised if it didn't cost less than Apple's tablet as if it were priced any higher, it simply wouldn't sell. We're tentatively awarding this round to HP for now based on our educated guess, but of course this could change when HP makes its prices official. We doubt it though...
If you can hold off from buying a tablet until the summer then the TouchPad is by no means a bad choice, although you'll have to wait even longer if you want 3G capability. In the meantime, it's entirely possible that a similar tablet could come along and steal the TouchPad's thunder before it's even available. Having said that, it certainly looks like a good choice if you're got a Palm/Pre phone, thanks to the integration that it offers.
On balance, we have to admit that the iPad 2 looks like a better all-rounder thanks to its slimline design and the amount of useful apps on offer, as well as it's HDMI support. If you're after a cheaper tablet with the same screen dimensions as the iPad 2 then the TouchPad might be worth considering, but don't expect the array of functions to measure up in the same way.
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At its core, health IT focuses on the management of patient care and access to patient data through the secure sharing of health information. "We're making these changes in how we work and implementing technology so that clinicians, doctors and nurses can face patients more and work with systems less," asserts Dr. Steven Davidson, Chief Medical Informatics Officer.
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Physicians that adopt health IT will not only spend less time with computer systems, but they will also reduce the tedious steps required to schedule a follow-up appointment, get a consultation, prescribe medicine and access lab results, as well as many other administrative tasks.
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The Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) promises that eligible physicians can receive incentive payments. By 2015, if physicians choose not to adopt EHRs, they will be penalized with a 1% reduction of their reimbursements. This penalty will move to a 3% reduction over the next three years.
In order for physicians to receive CMS stimulus money, ARRA requires clinicians to show "Meaningful Use" of their EHR. Meaningful Use requirements are put in place to ensure that providers are using EHR technology in ways that can be quantitatively and qualitatively measured.
Over the next five years, Meaningful Use requirements will roll out in three stages:
One of the first capabilities of EHRs that Maimonides implemented is Computerized Provider Order Entry (CPOE). Maimonides had full CPOE for all inpatients by the end of 1996, and by 2002 it was fully implemented for Emergency Medicine. This system is valuable to healthcare providers because CPOE offers clinical decision support, which helps the prescriber understand the unintended consequences of his or her order. "To a degree it's been a tool that has appropriately helped us reduce patient length of stay," states Dr. Davidson.
For example, if a patient takes an aggressive long-term medication for a chronic condition, it may be necessary for physicians to routinely check the function of certain vital organs. Through a notification system CPOE reminds physicians to follow-up with their patients. CPOE helps with ePrescribing as well. A physician's first impulse for an antibiotic prescription may conflict with a current drug taken by his or her patient – or the dosage may need to be adjusted because this patient is a smoker. CPOE will notify the physician of these changes. "That being said, CPOE does not lead to cookbook medicine," asserts Dr. Davidson. "It's not that a doctor can't remember these things, but clinical decision support can offer choices and opportunities to move the patient along the process of care."
"Maimonides has committed to fund 85% of a private practice physician's purchase of an integrated Allscripts Enterprise EHR and practice management system, which is the maximum subsidy permitted under federal regulations," asserts Peterson. In addition, Maimonides will fund 85% of the first year of the ongoing service costs related to software hosting and maintenance. The software and services in the Maimonides program for private practices includes:
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With this subsidy program, Maimonides has committed to support 25 physicians in 2011 and an additional 25 in 2012. The primary focus of this program will be on physicians who practice general internal medicine and pediatrics. Certain clinicians who have medical and surgical sub-specialties may also be eligible, if they serve as a primary care provider for more than 50% of their patients and are critical to the care of populations on which Maimonides' HEAL grants focus (patients who are frail and elderly, HIV+, or have metabolic disorders frequently associated with severe mental illness).
Maimonides offers to enroll all patients in BHIX, a non-profit organization that connects healthcare providers throughout Brooklyn. In this program patients give medial providers the permission to access and share their health information. This exchange of information results in improved quality, efficiency and safety of treatment for the patient across multiple care settings.
Maimonides is investing in the build-out of the BHIX provider portal and messaging system. This program allows e-Referrals across EHR applications and alerts participating physicians to critical events such as admissions or discharges from Maimonides and other BHIX member hospitals.
For more information please visit http://www.bhix.org/
Barriers to quality care, such as location of the hospital, time of patient admission, and availability of an expert physician, become increasingly apparent when dealing with time-sensitive interventions such as a stroke. Fortunately, health IT and the emergence of telestroke medicine have created viable options to quickly and effectively diagnose and treat patients.
"Stroke therapy is highly time-dependent and needs to be delivered rapidly," explains Dr. Steven Rudolph, Director of the Jaffe Stroke Center at Maimonides. "Even in a city, patients can have limited access to neurological care when physicians are not on the premises at night."
For more on our telestroke program, watch as Dr. Rudolph explains the development of this technology and the importance we at Maimonides place on this live-saving advancement. To watch this video, click here.


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Fire up some blues tunes because this wedding by We Heart Photography is sure to tug on your heart strings. Designed for musicians by musicians, this couple stayed true to their roots and chose the House of Blues as their wedding venue. Events by Elisa and Penny Blooms Floral Designs carried the tune out from the pops of color in the florals to the sweet stationary, all of which had a classic music feel. Put the continued play on in the full gallery here.
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We Should Have Danced: A Poem
In light of Krista's conversation on how to hold civil conversations when it comes to the discussion of equal marriage, here's a short poem written in Newark airport a few weeks ago following a brief encounter with a former colleague:
r e t u r n i n g s
I see her, former colleague
in the baggage area of a
foreign airport.
Oh hi, she says,
looking awkwardly towards the
empty carousel.
Then she decides.
I hear you're gay now, she says.
are you still a Christian?
Oh how will we tell this story?
She, to her friends, with
sadness, curiosity and prayers
for reorientation and returning.
Me, to mine, with sadness,
anger and prayers for
refocusing the lenses and returning.
And the anger was all mine.
And that question
was all about her.
Should we not just dance instead,
I should have said,
together turn a little waltz in
the chorus of our own bodies
while we wait and wait and wait for something better
than the empty carousel of this question.
How will we tell this story?
How will I tell this story?
With sadness.
With practicings of little ballroom dances
while we wait, confidently,
for what is most important to be returned.


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Poet and translator Michael Hulse discusses the inventive prose of W.G. Sebald (1945-2001), who has been described as "Memory's Einstein" [New York Times Book Review]. Sebald's novels include The Rings of Saturn, The Emigrants, Austerlitz and Vertigo.
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Can You Guess the President?
Date:Monday, February 12, 2018, 10:00 AM—8:00 PM
Location:Scott Candler Library
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Age Group:School Age (5 years to and over )
How well do you know our presidents? During the month of February, presidential portraits will be posted around the Children's Area at Scott Candler. See if you can guess the president based on the clues provided.