AMI Foundation Offers Worker Safety, Human Resources and the ...

The AMI Foundation is offering an educational conference this March that will address critical worker safety, human resources and environmental issues. The Conference on Worker Safety, Human Resources and the Environment will be held March 20-21, 2013, at the Westin Crown Center, Kansas City, Missouri.

With nearly half a million people working in the meat and poultry industry, worker safety, health and human resource issues are vitally important. The industry faces an aging workforce and climbing healthcare costs, while government initiatives related to worker safety and personnel management require companies to stay abreast of complex, technical, regulatory and legal issues.

Worker safety sessions will focus on plant security and food defense, industrial hygiene for meat plant operators, safe work permit programs, an update on OSHA and regulations, fire safety, contractor safety and limiting liability and a review of worker safety case studies.

Human resources sessions will include topics such as employee retention trends, media training for professionals, health clinic programs, succession planning and an Affordable Healthcare Act update.

Environmental issues continue to garner increased attention, with government and consumer focus on sustainability and environmental impact. Workshop sessions will focus on how the industry is dealing with key environmental issues, including resource conservation, greenhouse gas emissions and waste management.

Furthermore, a preconference workshop entitled Fall Protection Training will take place on Tuesday, March 19, 2013 from 1-5 p.m. Taught by Ellis?Fall Safety, this fall safety protection training is an interactive session with hands on application and equipment demonstrations.? The course will cover fall protection regulations, controls, anchorage points and specialized equipment.

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Using real-world evidence to support medical communications ...

Posted 21st January 2013 in Articles | Register to comment

Sally Bull and Andy Turner

Complete True Life

When planning a medical communications strategy, Sally Bull and Andy Turner discuss the importance of including real-world evidence-based research in order to support value demonstration in the development of pharmaceutical products.

Real-world observational patient studies are becoming a necessity to support value demonstration in the development of pharmaceutical products, both to validate early marketing insights and to support evidence-based health economic arguments as part of the reimbursement process.

We believe that real-world observational patient studies need to be embraced within medical communications planning to provide clear and relevant messages to all key stakeholders ? health-care professionals, patients, payers and governments.

The role of medical communications

A medical communications agency will work closely with a pharmaceutical brand team to ensure all the relevant data that supports the product reaches the target audiences in a clear and consistent way, using a wide range of media. This includes, but is not exclusive to, journal articles, congress posters, learning resources, scientific slide kits, animations, materials for sales representatives, and media materials to support PR. Digital communication tools, such as social media initiatives, are also employed in communicating the brand story, and are becoming an increasingly important resource in the brand teams? communication tool kit.

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?There is now, however, an increasing requirement from stakeholders to evaluate the effectiveness of medicines when used in routine clinical practice??

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The core principle of medical communications is to use these different channels to educate and inform a wide variety of stakeholders about the risks and benefits of new therapies. This has historically been supported by the use of clinical data from Randomised Controlled Trials (RCTs) which provides evidence on efficacy and safety for healthcare interventions.

The rise of real-world studies

There is now, however, an increasing requirement from stakeholders to evaluate the effectiveness of medicines when used in routine clinical practice by conducting real-world observational patient studies.

By conducting a real-world study, additional information is made available to understand patient populations, patient sub-groups, health resource use, cost effectiveness / utility arguments and patient reported outcomes. This all needs to be clearly packaged and communicated in alignment with the clinical data to support the best chances for successful reimbursement.

The patient as a key stakeholder

An increasingly important element of this communication is now centring on the patient as a key stakeholder.

Understanding the patient journey in relation to the management of a condition over time is a central requirement. Key questions that can be asked in a real-world observational study to help support this are:

? What type of treatment does the patient receive?

? What influence does the patient have over treatment decisions?

? Which health care professionals has the patient seen on the journey and at which stage?

? How long has a diagnosis taken?

? How long after the diagnosis was a medication prescribed?

? What switching patterns occur and at what decision points are these switches taking place?

Real-world studies provide an opportunity to hear the patient voice by recording information from the physician on presenting patients and then matching it with data collected directly from the patient.

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?Real-world studies provide an opportunity to hear the patient voice??

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Data collected directly from the patient can incorporate validated Patient Reported Outcomes (PRO) measures to gain a robust understanding of specific areas relating to their condition, including Health Related Quality of Life (HRQoL), severity, symptoms, and functionality.

Understanding routine clinical practice for insights and evidence

Real-world studies open a ?true-to-life? window on what is happening in routine clinical practice and can add to the weight of evidence already provided by the clinical trial programme. This evidence can be gathered either to validate early insights work in the development of establishing brand value or to provide evidence based health outcomes / economic arguments to support the reimbursement process.

Real-world insights

Data from real-world studies can assist in validating hypothesis that have been developed from early insights work to demonstrate what value a new product will need to exhibit in order to maximise the opportunity for market access.

Medical communications companies that can offer a deeper understanding of how to incorporate real-world insights to identify the most appropriate channels for targeting value demonstration, which will ultimately provide enhanced communications for their target audience.

The communication of messages associated with a specific sub- group of the patient population, where the unmet need matches the value proposition for the brand, will have greater success than generating generic messages to the total population.

Real-world evidence

Identification of evidence gaps via real-studies rather than the clinical trial programme can provide additional opportunities for medical communications.

There is an increasing need, particularly from payers, to provide additional publishable real-world evidence which can be included as part of the reimbursement submission.

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?There is an increasing need, particularly from payers, to provide additional publishable real-world evidence??

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Evidence that demonstrates the burden of illness within a defined real-world patient population can then be associated with the value of reducing the burden with the selected intervention. By showing this in real clinical practice, the drug is more likely to gain a favourable reimbursement decision.

An understanding of how to utilise real-world studies to support these evidence gaps again provides additional opportunities for enhanced medical communications.

The message is clear; real-world studies are a vital tool in medical communications, and will become increasingly important in the near future as the information they provide is sought by physicians, patients, and payers within the healthcare system.

As part of the medical communications planning process, serious consideration should be made to understand the relevance and need for real-world insights and evidence based research to add value and validity to your recommendations.

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About the authors:

Sally Bull is Research and Operations Manager at Complete True Life.

You can contact her at: sally.bull@completetruelife.com

Andy Turner is Head of Complete True Life.

You can contact him at: andy.turner@completetruelife.com

How can payers provide pharma with publishable real-world evidence?

Source: http://www.pharmaphorum.com/2013/01/21/using-real-world-evidence-support-medical-communication-strategy-implementation/

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Apple pulls 500px photo app over nudity concerns

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Devin Coldewey , NBC News

Apple has pulled two popular photography apps from the iOS app store, reportedly because the company found it too easy to find nude images ? though, notably, not pornographic ones. 500px, whose apps were removed, is resubmitting them with adjustments, but Apple is already being criticized for this seemingly arbitrary policy.

The apps were taken down Tuesday morning, following discussions between 500px and Apple relating to a new version of the app. With nearly a million downloads at the time of the takedown, 500px's main app was a popular way to share photos online ? and not not a new one, either. The version Apple removed was functionally much the same as the one approved back?in October of 2011.

500px cofounder Evgeny Tchebotarev told TechCrunch that an Apple reviewer rejected their proposed update on the grounds that it let users search for nude photos. In fact, the app defaults to a safe search mode that can only be disabled via the main website.

Furthermore, the nude photos that one might search for are of the art variety, not porn. "We don?t allow pornographic images. If something is purely pornographic, it?s against our terms and it?s deleted," Tchebotarev?said.

On Twitter and at various blogs and news websites, Apple came under fire almost immediately. Among others, the company's?own Safari Web browser app can be used to find explicit images extremely easily.

It's not the first time Apple has been attacked for what people view as its Puritanical restrictions on apps. Web browsers in the app store are age-restricted because they could be used to find adult material, and the company has also removed what it feels are adult titles from its bookstore, prompting widespread criticism.

Tchebotarev took to Twitter to say that his company is hoping to get its?iOS app back online soon, presumably after some Apple-suggested adjustments have been made.

UPDATE 5:21PM: An Apple representative tells GigaOM that there were complaints of child pornography, although the CEO denies this was mentioned to them:

"The app was removed from the App Store for featuring pornographic images and material, a clear violation of our guidelines. We also received customer complaints about possible child pornography."

Devin Coldewey is a contributing writer for NBCNews Digital. His personal website is?coldewey.cc.

Source: http://www.nbcnews.com/technology/technolog/apple-pulls-500px-photo-app-over-nudity-concerns-1B8068231

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Knowing a Little of Everything Is Often Better Than Having One Expert Skill

Creativity and innovation seems to flow from dedication to a particular type of work, but productivity and ideas blog the 99u noticed a trend: the best stuff seems to come from generalists, or people who know about a wide variety of topics.

You can't know about just one thing. Not only does that make you an often boring conversationalist, but it prevents you from connecting with others through your work as well. Thinking of things without any connection, without multiple perspectives, leads to work that's often un-relatable. Being more of a generalist makes it possible to take something personal and share it with others in a way they not only understand but can appreciate:

At the same time, creativity often requires drawing analogies between one body of knowledge and another. Pablo Picasso merged Western art techniques with elements of African art. He was struck by the way African artists combined multiple perspectives into a single work, and that helped lead to the development of cubism. Similarly, great scientists often draw parallels between different areas to create new ideas. In the history of science, Johannes Kepler struggled to understand how the planets could move around the sun, and drew on his knowledge of light and magnetism to try to understand the force that moved the planets.

So don't feel you have to be incredible at one single thing. Often the best work comes from those who attempt to understand everything they can.

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Tipu Sultan University caught in Congress-BJP tangle

Posted on January 18, 2013 by Editor in Education

BANGALORE: Its a name which has lifted a hackles of some, yet they have been not antithetic to an additional university being set up in Karnataka.

The Union method of minority affairs preference to set up a university upon public-private partnership indication in Srirangapatna, fifteen km from Mysore as well as name it after Tipu Sultan, has turn a bone of row between domestic parties. BJP MLC as well as orator G Madhusudan has against observant no land will be since for environment up a university, whilst a Congress has taken a mount which a BJP government?s acceptance or rejecting frequency counts for a university?s environment up.

Ignoring a protests, a Union apportion of minority affairs is starting brazen with it along with 4 alternative varsities opposite a where minority students will get 50 per cent reservation. The alternative 4 universities have been programmed in West Bengal, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Jammu as well as Kashmir all to be set up in organisation with a Maulana Azad Education Foundation functioning underneath a ministry.

It does not make a difference to us either Karnataka supervision gives us land or not since being a public-private partnership, you can find land from in isolation parties. There have been most who have offering to present land or a wafks house can give us,? Union apportion for minority affairs K Rahman Khan told TOI upon Thursday.
Apart from not being underneath a state supervision ?s requisite for land, Khan pronounced a 5 varsities have been being proposed underneath Constitution?s Article 31 (rights to minorities to begin tutorial institutions). His method has already constituted a row headed by late UGC authority Sukhadeo Thorat to hope for a feasibility inform for a 5 varsities, pull up a synopsis as well as contention a same by February.

However, Madhusudan feels a varsity , which will have 50 per cent of students from a minorities will disquiet a community harmony. We will put vigour upon a state supervision not to await a Centre in substantiating a university during Srirangapatna,? he said.

Slamming Madhusudhan, pposition personality in a public Siddaramaiah said: Show me a single aristocrat in India who kept his sons as hostages with a British. He was a single between a initial to take upon a British. If someone opposes Tipu Sultan university being set up, it smacks of casteist feelings.?

On reports which 2,000 acres of land will be required, Khan said:Its a fetish of aptitude which a Tipu Sultan university will need 2,000 acres of land. We need usually 50-100 acres as well as most have come brazen to give. We have not done any ask to a Karnataka government.?

Source: http://www.fillbag.com/2013/tipu-sultan-university-caught-in-congress-bjp-tangle/

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SF International Badminton Team Thrives Under Volunteer Coach ...

Coach Hoa Tran of San Francisco International High School loves the sport of badminton so much that he volunteers his time to work in a school with no gym.

?One thing about this school is we have lots of heart,? says Tran. ?Kids are really enthusiastic about doing stuff.?

San Francisco International was home to an elementary school but now is a high school for new immigrant students. Now in its fourth year, it has an enrollment of 350 students who come from different countries including Latin America, China, the Middle East and Russia.

With a diverse student body comes a diverse athletics program. Last year, the school?s badminton team of seven boys and seven girls competed for the first time in badminton with other high schools in the league.

The team achieved third place in boys? singles and doubles in the 2012 California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) tournament. This year, Coach Tran plans to add more players to the roster to allow students the opportunity to practice.

Now employed at Apple Inc., Tran started his journey with SF International by volunteering first as a computer technician.?Then, last year, when students requested a badminton team, SF International Athletics Director Jose Urista asked Tran if he was interested in coaching. Tran, who plays badminton recreationally in South Francisco and in Millbrae, gladly accepted the position.

?The response has been great,? Urista says, ?The badminton team is having fun, but it?s a growing experience.?

Tran coaches Mondays and Tuesdays on his days off from Apple, and he changes his work schedule to accommodate on game days.

Badminton is officially is played indoors, but the school team has no gym. Without an official court, students often practice outside and they sometimes resort to hitting the birdie back and forth in the halls. A few days a week they practice a the Boys and Girls club but they are limited to one hour sessions. The team plays outside and sometimes practices in the second floor with low ceiling. Coach Tran says he?s searching for an additional borrowed gym for his team. He?s even willing to give badminton workshops to the community in exchange for practice space.

In a small school without a gymnasium, students sometimes resort to hitting the birdie back and forth in the halls. Coach Tran says he?s searching for a borrowed gym for his team. His creative approach is trading badminton workshops to the community in to in exchange for practice space.

?We do what we can. The whole idea is kids can participate in some kind of sport and, in a team environment, get used to team work,? says Tran.

Since the team is limited to practice on an official badminton court, Tran takes them early to match locations to practice before and after games. ?Other schools have a bit of an advantage because they have a gym,? he says.

Urista said in an email that he may contact the SF Parks and Recreation regarding the possibility of accessing more practice space in for the badminton team.

Although similar to tennis, badminton, is its own game. It is played at a much faster speed, and players hit a shuttlecock or birdie, a cone-shaped feathered ball, with their racquets. With a history that dates back to the 18th century in British-ruled India, badminton became an Olympic sport in 1992. The sport is wildly popular in Asia.

?It is much faster than a tennis ball, so a lot of times, it?s the memory muscle that comes into play,? says Tran. ?If you play every day, the reflex becomes automatic. But if you don?t play enough, that is when you play slow and miss a hit.?

Qiwen Huang, a junior from China, who played last season, says she learned how to play badminton from her parents back home. ?Badminton is a good exercise. It can help you be cooperative with other people and get know each other,? says Huang.

Two new incoming players, Sai Bathal from India and Anas Belloozi from Morocco, have high spirits about playing in their first season with SF International.

?I will bring a lot of medals.? says?Bathal, a sophomore who has been playing for eight years.

Belloozi a junior has only been playing for two months but already is developing the talent and the confidence of his more seasoned teammate. ?This year, we are going to be champions,? he says.

Along with muscle memory, Tran says, badminton is a game that requires focus and intensity. He says he tries to teach his players ?to hit (the birdie) back with a purpose, to put in a place, and not just hit back.?

Source: http://missionlocal.org/2013/01/sf-international-badminton-team-thrives-under-volunteer-coach/

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Chicago Top City for Bed Bugs

Jan 18, 2013 11:16am

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Chicago tops Orkin's list of cities for bed bugs. (Image credit: Getty Images)

Bed bugs are on the rise again in the U.S., which means business is booming for pest control companies like Orkin.

With increased travel, both internationally and domestically, and higher bed bug resistance to existing pesticides, Orkin has seen an almost 33 percent boost in bed bug business compared to 2011.

The company has just released its rankings of U.S. cities in order of the number of bed bug treatments from January to December 2012. The ?Windy City? of Chicago tops the list, followed by Detroit, Los Angeles, Denver and Cincinnati.

?This list shows that bed bugs continue to be a problem throughout the U.S.,? Ron Harrison, Ph.D., Orkin entomologist and Technical Services Director said in a statement. ?Based on the diversity of cities on the list, we all need to be very cautious when we travel ? whether it is business or pleasure, or to visit family, friends or vacation.?

Bed bugs are about the size and color of a flat apple seed, and are found not only on mattresses and upholstery, but in suitcases, boxes, shoes, wallpaper and headboards.

Harrison stresses that it?s important to be vigilant and take proper precautions wherever you are. It?s a common misconception that sanitation is a factor in developing the tiny pests, Orkin says.

Here are the top 50 U.S. cities, ranked in order of the number of bed bug treatments.? The number in parenthesis is the shift in ranking compared to January to December 2011:

1. ??? Chicago (+1)
2. ??? Detroit (+1)
3. ??? Los Angeles (+2)
4. ??? Denver
5. ??? Cincinnati (-4)
6. ??? Columbus, Ohio
7. ??? Washington, D.C. (+1)
8. ??? Cleveland/Akron/Canton (+5)
9. ??? Dallas/Ft. Worth (-2)
10. ??? New York (-1)
11. ??? Dayton, Ohio (+4)
12. ??? Richmond/Petersburg, Va. (-2)
13. ??? Seattle/Tacoma (+14)
14. ??? San Francisco/Oakland/San Jose (-2)
15. ??? Raleigh/Durham/Fayetteville, N.C. (+4)
16. ??? Indianapolis (+15)
17. ??? Omaha, Neb. (+11)
18. ??? Houston (-7)
19. ??? Milwaukee (+13)
20. ??? Baltimore (-2)
21. ??? Syracuse, N.Y. (+2)
22. ??? Boston (-8)
23. ??? Colorado Springs/Pueblo, Colo. (+2)
24. ??? Lexington, Ky. (-2)
25. ??? Miami/Ft. Lauderdale (-1)
26. ??? Hartford/New Haven, Conn. (+10)
27. ??? Knoxville, Tenn. (+11)
28. ??? Buffalo, N.Y. (+1)
29. ??? Atlanta (-8)
30. ??? Louisville, Ky. (+5)
31. ??? Charleston/Huntington, W. Va. (+18)
32. ??? San Diego, Calif. (-6)
33. ??? Cedar Rapids/Waterloo, Iowa (+12)
34. ??? Minneapolis/St. Paul (+12)
35. ??? Phoenix (-1)
36. ??? Pittsburgh (-6)
37. ??? Honolulu (-19)
38. ??? Grand Rapids/Kalamazoo, Mich. (+1)
39. ??? Grand Junction/Montrose, Colo. (-1)
40. ??? Nashville, Tenn.
41. ??? Lincoln/Hastings/Kearney, Neb. (+7)
42. ??? Albany/Schenectady/Troy, N.Y. (+2)
43. ??? Charlotte (-10)
44. ??? Tampa/St. Petersburg, Fla.
45. ??? Sacramento/Stockton/Modesto, Calif. (-4)
46. ??? Las Vegas (-30)
47. ??? Greenville/Spartanburg/Asheville, S.C.
48. ??? Champaign/Springfield, Ill.
49. ??? Portland, Or.
50. ??? Sioux City, Iowa

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Source: http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/health/2013/01/18/chicago-top-city-for-bed-bugs/

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NBA: Sacramento 95, Washington 94

Published: Jan. 17, 2013 at 12:29 AM

SACRAMENTO, Jan. 17 (UPI) -- A free throw by Tyreke Evans with 11 seconds to go Wednesday and a series of missed shots by John Wall brought Sacramento a 95-84 victory over Washington.

The Wizards were deprived of what would have been their fourth straight win. They had defeated Oklahoma City, Atlanta and Orlando after having managed just four victories in their first 32 games.

Washington's loss came in the opener of a five-game road trip after the Wizards had led for most of the second half.

Martell Webster gave Washington a three-point lead by hitting a long-range shot with 1:27 remaining, but Sacramento tied it on an attempt from beyond the arc by John Salmons with 1:13 to play.

The only point scored after that came from Evans when he made 1-of-2 free throws. That followed two missed shots from the line by Wall, who also failed to connect on a field goal at the buzzer after grabbing an offensive rebound.

Salmons, Evans and DeMarcus Cousins all scored 21 points in bringing the Kings a second consecutive win. Cousins added 16 rebounds.

Bradley Beal hit 9-of-14 shots from the field, six of them 3-pointers, and scored 26 points for the Wizards.

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?Common Sense? Media for Kids and Video Games ? Time Warner ...

If you have children that love playing video games, chances are they might have recently received a new gaming system or new video games for holiday gifts.?As a parent, you probably want to know everything you can about the games your kids are playing, including their ratings, any objectionable content, and if they have any educational value. Aside from playing the games yourself, which could take hours, where do you turn to learn about today?s video games??

Never fear, there are trustworthy, informative resources available to you. Time Warner Cable has partnered with Common Sense Media, a not-for-profit group dedicated to improving the lives of kids and educating families through information on media and technology. Time Warner Cable?s digital television customers can watch an educational video of ?Video Game Tips? on TWC?s Entertainment On Demand channel (under the ?411 for Parents? tab) to better instruct them on appropriate games for their kids. In addition, Common Sense Media has an online guide to popular video games, with ratings and recommendations for families and kids based on their age.

That?s not all though. They have also made other educational videos for parents and kids available on TWC?s Entertainment On Demand on important topics, such as apps, celebrity role models, cyberbullying, online gaming, sexting, texting, YouTube and more. There?s also a ?411 on Movies? category on the channel with movie reviews of popular films currently in the theater and on DVD.

To find out where Entertainment On Demand is located on in your area, look up your channel lineup.

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North Dakota State University senior Hannah Linz will miss the rest of the women?s basketball season to receive treatment for Hodgkin?s lymphoma.

Posted: Thursday, January 10, 2013 6:30 am | Updated: 11:18 am, Wed Jan 9, 2013.

Cancer ends Linz' college career By Lyle Diekmann SPORTS EDITOR Litchfield Independent Review |

Treatment for Hodgkin?s lymphoma did not force Hannah Linz to miss any games with the North Dakota State University women?s basketball team in 2010.

The 2009 Eden Valley-Watkins High School graduate will not be so lucky the second time around.

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More Options to Dock Your iPhone 5 From Philips - NYTimes.com

Hoping to satisfy iPhone 5 users, the Dutch electronics maker Philips has introduced an array of docking speakers with Apple Lightning connectors.

Two of the more basic units are simply revamped models from the company?s existing lineup. If you already have either of these products with the older 30-pin connector, you won?t see anything new here.

The smaller of the two, the $90 Bedroom Docking Speaker, has a digital clock that automatically synchronizes the time with your iPhone and an adjustable nightlight underneath that emits a soft glow. It does not have an alarm mode, but that would be redundant because I have all of my alarms set in my iPhone anyway.

The sleek, round design of the docking speaker offers 360 degrees of sound, which was enough to fill my tiny bedroom. A protruding Lightning connector at the top of the device is intended to allow docking even when the iPhone is in its case, as I was able to do with mine.

The second model, the $129 Room to Room Docking Speaker, does not have a clock, but offers better sound from its front-facing speakers, with a bass that is noticeably deeper and richer. It also allows for docking without removing the iPhone?s case.

Which one you pick depends on your needs. Philips has two other docking speakers that offer more features, like portability and an FM radio. Personally, I liked the bedroom dock because of its size and practicality; it fits perfectly on a bedside table.

I have yet to find one on store shelves, but the new models are expected to show up at Best Buy first, then Target and Amazon.com, offering consumers a few more options for cradling their iPhones.

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Biden to meet with gun-safety groups

WASHINGTON (AP) ? Seeking to spur fresh action on gun legislation, Vice President Joe Biden is meeting at the White House with victims groups and gun-safety organizations.

Wednesday's meeting is to be part of a series of gatherings Biden is conducting this week at the White House, aimed at building consensus around proposals to curb gun violence following the horrific elementary school shooting in Newtown, Conn. The vice president will meet Thursday with the National Rifle Association and other gun-owner groups. Meetings with representatives from the video-game and entertainment industries are also planned.

President Barack Obama wants Biden to report back to him with policy proposals by the end of the month. Obama has vowed to move swiftly on the recommendations, a package expected to include both legislative proposals and executive action.

"He is mindful of the need to act," White House spokesman Jay Carney said Tuesday.

But as the shock and sorrow over the Newtown, Conn., shooting fade, the tough fight facing the White House and gun-control backers is growing clearer. Gun-rights advocates, including the powerful NRA, are digging in against tighter gun restrictions, conservative groups are launching pro-gun initiatives, and the Senate's top Republican has warned it could be spring before Congress begins considering any gun legislation.

"The biggest problem we have at the moment is spending and debt," Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, said Sunday. "That's going to dominate the Congress between now and the end of March. None of these issues will have the kind of priority as spending and debt over the next two or three months."

The killing of 6- and 7-year-olds at Newtown's Sandy Hook Elementary School on Dec. 14 appeared to stir a deep reaction from the White House and Capitol Hill. Obama pushed gun control to the top of his domestic agenda for the first time and pledged to put the full weight of his presidency behind the issue. And some Republican and conservative lawmakers with strong gun-rights records also took the extraordinary step of calling for a discussion on new measures.

But other gun-rights advocates have shown less flexibility. The NRA has rejected stricter gun legislation and suggested instead that the government put armed guards in every school in America as a way to curb violence. A coalition of conservative groups is also organizing a "Gun Appreciation Day" later this month, to coincide with Obama's inauguration.

The president hopes to announce his administration's next steps to tackle gun violence shortly after he is sworn in for a second term on Jan. 21.

Obama wants Congress to reinstate a ban on military-style assault weapons, close loopholes that allow gun buyers to skirt background checks and restrict high-capacity magazines. Other recommendations to the Biden group include making gun-trafficking a felony, getting the Justice Department to prosecute people caught lying on gun background-check forms and ordering federal agencies to send data to the National Gun Background Check Database.

Some of those steps could be taken through executive action, without the approval of Congress. White House officials say Obama will not finalize any actions until receiving Biden's recommendations.

Gun-rights lawmakers and outside groups have insisted that any policy response to the Newtown shooting also include an examination of mental health policies and the impact of violent movies and video games. To those people, the White House has pledged a comprehensive response.

"It is not a problem that can be solved by any specific action or single action that the government might take," Carney said. "It's a problem that encompasses issues of mental health, of education, as well as access to guns."

In addition to Biden's meetings this week, Education Secretary Arne Duncan will meet with parent and teacher groups, while Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius will meet with mental health and disability advocates.

The White House said other meetings are also scheduled with community organizations, business owners and religious leaders.

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Under the Shining Moon (closed)

Rohaan Ja'aisen thrived in the dark just as much as he did in the light of day. Sometimes even more so, as summer often brought with it late nights and festivals in the city or even surrounding villages, where there would be abundant company, food, and enough drink to make people rarely ask questions. Summer nights reminded the wanderer of the home he hadn't seen since his boyhood, of evenings when there was no bedtime, when adults would allow him the tiniest sips of sweet alcohols, when he and the other children would build ci'deia'jun--guardians of sand--at the oceanside. What he wouldn't give to go back to those times...

It was winter now, and its chill brought utter silence, empty streets, and yet a sense of serenity the other seasons couldn't offer. His favorite thing was when he awoke to new snow, untouched and unmarred by people or woodland animals. It was pure. Perfect. Smooth. This particular morning was one of those, but as the day marched on the sun rose higher and melted [i]some[/ i] of the snow. What was left was a sploshy, ugly mess of mud and slush that soaked through Rohaan's boots, through the skin of his toes right down to the bones. It made walking miserable and the thought of sleeping outdoors unbearable, so, deciding to splurge, Rohaan headed for a very small city called Brunia. It was a change of plans, but he'd manage. Originally, Rohaan was going to skirt around the settlement, wait for a few days, and when the timing was right he would seek out his quarry. But this, this would do.

The city was small enough that its sad excuse for a wall was merely a glorified fence; its keeper, bored and tired, only gave Rohaan a passing glance before letting him through. Besides, who would deny a cold, wet traveler sanctuary in the dead of winter? Inside the walls was a quiet part of town; most of the residents were either sleeping or tucked quietly by a fireplace inside their homes. As he moved further in, he began to see more life. Minimal at best, but it was a good sign to see people closing up their shops, dashing between buildings to escape the cold, or walking their horses to a well that had miraculously not frozen over.

A medium sized inn presented itself to Rohaan as an option, and he found it viable enough.?All he needed was a fire to hang his boots by for the night and somewhere to stay for the next couple of days. Before he opened the door Rohaan donned his horn-framed eye shades and adopted his blind persona. Convincingly the traveler stumbled hard over a small step and swung awkwardly in with the heavy wooden door. Rohaan took a moment to 'feel for his surroundings' and made his way to the counter, which doubled as a bar.
"Hello?" He called.
A stern looking woman scrubbing away something stubborn on the inside of a bowl looked up at him, answering unceremoniously with, "what do you want?"
Rohaan turned his head, careful to never look directly at her. "A room please. I can pay, uh...how much for tonight?" He dropped a little pouch of money on the bar that he pulled from one of the pockets on his bandolier that he then began to awkwardly sort through.
"A piece of silver gets you a room and a hot bath."
"Silver, silver. Okay. Uh.." Rohaan hefted a few different coins in his hand; He'd practiced the?art of determining which coin was which based solely on its weight for occasions just like this one. "Here," he said, deciding finally on one and handing it to her.
The woman took it, then came out with a large wooden token that she pushed into his
hands. "I'll put you on the second floor, very end of the hall to your left. Can...can you manage the stairs?"
"I'll be fine, miss."
"That token there will get you a hot bath. Just show it to one of the attendants in the bath house and she'll get one started for you."
"Many thanks, miss." Moving uncertainly to the stairs, Rohaan eased his way up, down the hall, and into the designated room, where he was finally able to drop his facade. The boots were the first things to go, next came his soaked outerwear and gear. Rohaan wasted no time getting into the bath house and cashing in on his luxury promised, the. He changed into fresh clothes, put his boots by the fireplace in his room and went downstairs, 'blind', to get himself a drink. Keeping up his rues for multiple days would be tedious, but his prize was well worth the wait.

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iBattz beats Mophie to iPhone 5 charging case, ups the ante using interchangable i9300 batteries

It's usually a no-brainer -- Mophie exits quickly out of the gate with a battery-equipped case soon after a new iDevice gets announced. This year, however, it appears iBattz is poised to hit it out of the park faster with two of its own iPhone 5 cases. Notably, each case comes packed with two swappable i9300 Li-ion battery packs (the same kind for Samsung's rival Galaxy S III, seriously). The cells are rated at 2,200mAh each, which is notably larger in capacity than the iPhone's roughly 1,400mAh batts. The streamlined Mojo Fuel (pictured) will set you back $90 come February, while argonauts can sang the ruggedized Mojo Armor for $100 in March. The cases charge via microUSB, and an external battery charger will also be included with each. The company has also detailed its waterproof AquaSeal Hi5, featuring a detachable 2,500mAh aluminium battery back -- no further details just yet. We'll be sure to report back if catch 'em on the show floor here at CES. Find the full press release after the break.

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Yale Study: Costlier Breast Cancer Screenings May Not Help Older ...

A new Yale study finds that newer and costlier screening methods for breast cancer in women age 65 and older don't necessarily bring better results, and suggests that the health care industry rethink screening procedures for women in that age group.

The study, published Monday in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine, finds that Medicare spends more than $1 billion on screening for breast cancer. Of that, $400 million is spent on screening for women age 75 and older, even though the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force says there isn't enough evidence that breast cancer screening provides much benefit for those women.

Dr. Cary Gross, who led the study, said the findings don't suggest that there is no benefit to screening these women but said that $400 million is a lot of money to spend on a procedure "given that we don't really know that it works or not."

Doctors shouldn't stop screening these women, he said, but they should think more about how they do it. For instance, women in the Medicare age group? 65 and older ? can vary greatly in their risk for breast cancer. The benefits of early detection also vary.

"The benefits of screening are directly related to your risks of developing breast cancer and your overall health," he said. "Women who have few other health problems and have a long expectancy would have far more to gain from screening."

Gross is director of the Cancer Outcomes, Public Policy, and Effectiveness Research Center at Yale.

The study also finds significant differences in screening costs, depending on the technology used. Screenings for Medicare patients ranged from $40 to $110 per patient. In areas that adopted more sophisticated ? and more expensive ? technology, such as digital mammography and computer-aided detection, women had higher screening costs but not necessarily a lower rate of cancer that has spread.

"As the field of radiology moves toward digital technology, it is important to note that digital mammography will frequently be the only option available," the researchers write in the study. "Higher costs associated with adoption of newer modalities may not necessarily yield superior outcomes."

For the study, the researchers looked at Medicare money spent on breast cancer screening and treatment of 137,274 female Medicare beneficiaries who had not had breast cancer before 2006. The researchers followed those patients for two years, noting the number of times they were screened, how many developed breast cancer and the costs of their screenings and treatment.

"My hope is that these findings will push the field not only to consider whether [screening is] effective, but also to consider some of the costs of it," he said.

Gross said he thinks the study's findings go along with a general trend of recent years in considering the importance of breast cancer screenings.

"We're just starting to have a tipping point," he said. "There are more skeptics about the benefits of screening and fewer zealots promoting more screening for all patients at all times."

Dr. Colin Begg, biostatistician at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City, said it's a "useful study, with useful data." But Begg, who was not involved in the study, said he is wary that it downplays the importance of mammography.

"They've kind of overreached in implying that we're wasting our money in screening for this age group," he said. "I don't buy it."

But Dr. Otis Brawley, chief medical officer of the American Cancer Society, said the study correlates with "all my prejudices about American medicine." Medicare is too quick to adopt the latest technologies without enough study on how to use them. Digital mammography is good technology, he said ? so good that it often results in detecting tumors so small that they pose little risk. Once detected, however, they often get treated.

"Our wisdom on how to use these new technologies has not kept up with our abilities to develop these technologies," Brawley said.

Dr. Laura Esserman, director of the breast care center at the University of California in San Francisco, said the study's findings are consistent with her own research. Screenings are important, she said, but the health care industry has put too much faith in them.

"They make it something that it's not," she said. "You can't expect something from it that it can't deliver."

The more doctors learn about breast cancer, she said, the more it's apparent that the benefits of early detection vary significantly.

"Breast cancer's not one disease ? it's several diseases," she said. "And our understanding of screening has not kept up with our changing notions of what breast cancer is."

Source: http://www.courant.com/health/connecticut/hc-cancer-screen-study-0108-20130107,0,3599731.story

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Galaxy's gamma-ray flares erupted far from its black hole

Jan. 7, 2013 ? In 2011, a months-long blast of energy launched by an enormous black hole almost 11 billion years ago swept past Earth. Using a combination of data from NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope and the National Science Foundation's Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA), the world's largest radio telescope, astronomers have zeroed in on the source of this ancient outburst.

Theorists expect gamma-ray outbursts occur only in close proximity to a galaxy's central black hole, the powerhouse ultimately responsible for the activity. A few rare observations suggested this is not the case.

The 2011 flares from a galaxy known as 4C +71.07 now give astronomers the clearest and most distant evidence that the theory still needs some work. The gamma-ray emission originated about 70 light-years away from the galaxy's central black hole.

The 4C +71.07 galaxy was discovered as a source of strong radio emission in the 1960s. NASA's Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory, which operated in the 1990s, detected high-energy flares, but the galaxy was quiet during Fermi's first two and a half years in orbit.

In early November 2011, at the height of the outburst, the galaxy was more than 10,000 times brighter than the combined luminosity of all of the stars in our Milky Way galaxy.

"This renewed activity came after a long slumber, and that's important because it allows us to explicitly link the gamma-ray flares to the rising emission observed by radio telescopes," said David Thompson, a Fermi deputy project scientist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md.

Located in the constellation Ursa Major, 4C +71.07 is so far away that its light takes 10.6 billion years to reach Earth. Astronomers are seeing this galaxy as it existed when the universe was less than one-fourth of its present age.

At the galaxy's core lies a supersized black hole weighing 2.6 billion times the sun's mass. Some of the matter falling toward the black hole becomes accelerated outward at almost the speed of light, creating dual particle jets blasting in opposite directions. One jet happens to point almost directly toward Earth. This characteristic makes 4C +71.07 a blazar, a classification that includes some of the brightest gamma-ray sources in the sky.

Boston University astronomers Alan Marscher and Svetlana Jorstad routinely monitor 4C +71.07 along with dozens of other blazars using several facilities, including the VLBA.

The instrument's 10 radio telescopes span North America, from Hawaii to St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands, and possess the resolving power of a single radio dish more than 5,300 miles across when their signals are combined. As a result, The VLBA resolves detail about a million times smaller than Fermi's Large Area Telescope (LAT) and 1,000 times smaller than NASA's Hubble Space Telescope.

In autumn 2011, the VLBA images revealed a bright knot that appeared to move outward at a speed 20 times faster than light.

"Although this apparent speed was an illusion caused by actual motion almost directly toward us at 99.87 percent the speed of light, this knot was the key to determining the location where the gamma-rays were produced in the black hole's jet," said Marscher, who presented the findings Monday at the American Astronomical Society meeting in Long Beach, Calif.

The knot passed through a bright stationary feature of the jet, which the astronomers refer to as its radio "core," on April 9, 2011. This occurred within days of Fermi's detection of renewed gamma-ray flaring in the blazar. Marscher and Jorstad noted that the blazar brightened at visible wavelengths in step with the higher-energy emission.

During the most intense period of flaring, from October 2011 to January 2012, the scientists found the polarization direction of the blazar's visible light rotated in the same manner as radio emissions from the knot. They concluded the knot was responsible for the visible and the gamma-ray light, which varied in sync.

This association allowed the researchers to pinpoint the location of the gamma-ray outburst to about 70 light-years from the black hole.

The astronomers think that the gamma rays were produced when electrons moving near the speed of light within the jet collided with visible and infrared light originating outside of the jet. Such a collision can kick the light up to much higher energies, a process known as inverse-Compton scattering.

The source of the lower-energy light is unclear at the moment. The researchers speculate the source may be an outer, slow-moving sheath that surrounds the jet. Nicholas MacDonald, a graduate student at Boston University, is investigating how the gamma-ray brightness should change in this scenario to compare with observations.

"The VLBA is the only instrument that can bring us images from so near the edge of a young supermassive black hole, and Fermi's LAT is the only instrument that can see the highest-energy light from the galaxy's jet," said Jorstad.

NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope is an astrophysics and particle physics partnership. Fermi is managed by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. It was developed in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Energy, with contributions from academic institutions and partners in France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Sweden and the United States.

The VLBA is operated by the National Radio Astronomy Observatory, a facility of the National Science Foundation operated under cooperative agreement by Associated Universities, Inc.

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