Dhoni blames rain for spinners' poor performance ? Cricket News ...

Dhoni blames rain for spinners? poor performance ? Cricket News Update

Following the dismal performance of the Indian spinners against Australia, which culminated in a humiliating 9-wicket defeat for the Men in Blue in their first ICC World Twenty20 Super Eights match, skipper MS Dhoni defended his decision to play three specialist spinners, claiming the rain had severely hampered the effectiveness of his spin bowlers against the Aussie batsmen.

Despite initially having been hesitant to use five specialist bowlers which would lead to a depleted batting line-up, Dhoni opted for the risky combination in the team?s final group stage match against England ? a dead rubber, with both teams already having qualified for the Super Eights.

The combination of three specialist bowlers did wonders against the Poms, who were forced to concede a massive 90-run defeat, with the spin duo of Harbhajan Singh and Piyush Chawla proving particularly deadly.

The Men in Blue opted for a similar line-up in their first Super Eights match, played against Australia at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on September 28 ? however, in the damp slippery conditions, the combination backfired, earning the skipper a fair amount of flak.

?We played with five bowlers in the last match,? Dhoni said, pointing out that the combination had won the team the match against England. ?To say that the bowlers didn't bowl well based on this one match would be wrong because we need to take into consideration the conditions ... It rained towards the end of our innings.

?When the ball gets wet there is not much there for the spinners ... there was no real grip for them and that was the main reason we were not able to put pressure on the Australians.?

Dhoni rested veteran batsman Virender Sehwag in order to play Harbhajan Singh, Ravichandran Ashwin and Piyush Chawla, but the decision proved costly. Not only did the batting order fail to rack up a substantial total, the specialist spinners were unable to claim any wickets, and the trio gave away a collective 66 runs in just 6.5 overs.

Commenting on the batting performance which had preceded the bowling, Dhoni revealed that owing to the early wickets which had put pressure on the team, they had decided a score close to 145 would be sufficient ? however, the team had obviously not banked on the rain, which would later render their bowling attack impotent.

?We had a score of 145-150 in mind but we hadn't thought ... that it would rain like this,? he said.

Source: http://blogs.bettor.com/Dhoni-blames-rain-for-spinners-poor-performance-Cricket-News-Update-a191186

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China to set up table tennis training centre in Europe

Liverpool (Britain), Sep 29

China, who swept clean all four table tennis gold medals at the London Olympic Games, is to set up a table tennis training centre in Europe, most likely England, to help the development of the sport.

"We have talked about this idea early this year with the Chinese Table Tennis Association (CTTA). Hopefully they will make it in England," Liu Jiayi, England's national coach was quoted as saying by Xinhua.

Liu said he and Richard Yule, the chief executive of English Table Tennis Association, went to China for the talks.

"The idea was raised by both CTTA and the Table Tennis College of Shanghai Sports University. They will provide financial and coaching aid for the training centre and help improve the level of this sport," said Liu, who has been coaching the English national team for some 20 years.

Yule was excited with the idea and said he hopes the centre should be in England and the best place is Sheffield, where the training centre of English national team is located.

"We had discussions with China not only about the training centre, but also the idea of bringing over more Chinese players to England and sending English players to China," Yu said.

Source: http://www.prokerala.com/news/articles/a330966.html

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Algeria at UN: Limit free speech, protect Islam

UNITED NATIONS (AP) ? Algeria demanded new efforts Saturday to limit freedom of expression to prevent denigrating attacks on Islam, appealing to the United Nations to take a lead as nations engaged in new debate on the tensions between free speech and religious tolerance.

In an address to the General Assembly, Algeria's foreign minister Mourad Medelci called for global action under the auspices of the United Nations to respond to violent demonstrations provoked by a U.S.-produced video that mocks Muslims and the Prophet Muhammad.

While Medelci didn't offer precise details of how he believed the U.N. could intervene, his call follows similar demands at the General Assembly from scores of leaders in the Muslim world who want new laws to ban insults against Islam.

On the sidelines of the annual forum, Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, secretary general of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, told The Associated Press Saturday in an interview that the deaths of two dozen people in violent protests against the anti-Islam film underscored the need for new legislation.

Malaysia's foreign minister Anifah Aman told the General Assembly that the creators of the anti-Islam film ? an amateurish, privately produced U.S. video that mocked Muhammad's image ? and those behind the publication of lewd caricatures of the prophet by French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo had shown "blatant malicious intent" toward Muslims.

"When we discriminate against gender, it is called sexism. When African Americans are criticized and vilified, it is called racism. When the same is done to the Jews, people call it Anti-Semitism. But why is it when Muslims are stigmatized and defamed, it is defended as 'freedom of expression'?" Aman told the General Assembly.

Aman he believed it was "time to dwell deeper into the heart of the problem and the real debate ? the relationship between freedom of expression and social responsibilities, duties and obligations."

Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari had called in his speech Tuesday to the General Assembly for action led by the U.N. to address a "widening rift" between the Muslim world and the West.

Italy and Jordan said Thursday at a meeting on the sidelines of the forum that they were already working on an initiative to promote religious tolerance, which had begun before the anti-Islam video went public. The drive to push better understanding will involve a conference of experts and academics in the coming months.

Egypt's President Mohammed Morsi also called for limits on free speech, to help protect "the world from instability and hatred."

Morsi said Wednesday his country would respect freedom of expression, but only when it "is not used to incite hatred against anyone, one that is not directed towards one specific religion or culture."

Yemen's President Abd Rabbo Mansour Hadi told the General Assembly on Wednesday "there should be limits for the freedom of expression, especially if such freedom blasphemes the beliefs of nations and defames their figures."

Zardari warned that the "international community must not become silent observers." In a speech Tuesday he called for the criminalization of "acts that destroy the peace of the world and endanger world security by misusing freedom of expression."

Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudnoyne ? head of the world's most populous Muslim-majority nation ? told the General Assembly on Tuesday that previous initiatives at the U.N. had failed to halt intolerance. The "defamation of religion persists, we have seen yet another one of its ugly faces in the film 'Innocence of Muslims'," he said.

In his speech Tuesday to the General Assembly, President Barack Obama described the anti-Islam film as "crude and disgusting," but mounted a defense of freedom of expression.

He warned that "in a diverse society, efforts to restrict speech can become a tool to silence critics, or oppress minorities."

"The strongest weapon against hateful speech is not repression, it is more speech ? the voices of tolerance that rally against bigotry and blasphemy, and lift up the values of understanding and mutual respect," Obama said.

Speaking Saturday, Liechtenstein's Foreign Minister Aurelia Frick said that the "hateful slander of people on the basis of their culture or religion is unacceptable," but did not join calls for new laws. She urged nations instead to promote values of "tolerance, understanding and mutual respect."

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Associated Press writers Edith M. Lederer and Diaa Hadid contributed to this report

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/algeria-un-limit-free-speech-protect-islam-163151440.html

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2 arrested in art heist at Calif. financier's home

SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) ? Two suspects were arrested and found with about $10 million worth of art stolen from the home of a Southern California financier, Santa Monica police said Thursday.

The theft of the paintings made waves in both the art world and on Wall Street, where the victim, star bond trader Jeffrey Gundlach, does business. They were the priciest part of the major burglary where the thieves also took expensive watches, wine and a Porsche Carrera 4S, which were not recovered.

"The focus was on recovering the artwork, and it was all recovered," Gundlach told the Los Angeles Times. "The thieves had worked on moving the property, but we were able to get a good lead and apprehend them. It's a great day for the art world."

Most of the paintings were found when authorities, working on a tip from local police, served a search warrant on a car stereo store in Pasadena, Sgt. Richard Lewis said in a statement.

The store's manager, Jay Jeffrey Nieto, 45, was arrested Wednesday.

The investigation then led to a home in nearby San Gabriel, where police arrested Wilmer Cadiz, 40, and found him in possession of four more paintings.

One final painting was found at a home in Glendale, and police said the person found with it is cooperating in their investigation.

There is no known connection at this time between the victim and the suspected thieves, Lewis said. It was unknown whether the men had lawyers, he said.

Of the still-missing Porsche, Gundlach told the Times, "Maybe whoever has it will drive to a Ralphs Parking Lot and just drop it off and end this."

Gundlach returned home from a business trip Sept. 14 to find that more than a dozen paintings by the likes of Piet Mondrian and Jasper Johns, worth some $10 million, were missing.

He had offered a $1.7 million reward for the art's return, and $1 million for just the return of the collection's biggest prize, Mondrian's "Composition (A) En Rouge Et Blanc." It was not clear if anyone would be eligible to claim the reward.

Both suspects are due in court Friday.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/2-arrested-art-heist-calif-financiers-home-015621388.html

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From Razorback To Aggie Family, McDonalds Are Home - TAMUtimes

September 28, 2012

From The Razorback Family To The Aggie Family, The McDonalds Are At Home

Scott and Diane McDonald

It?s called ?Senior Walk,? and it?s one of the most well-known and unique traditions in the world of higher education. Since 1876, the names of every graduate of the University of Arkansas have been etched into stone, with nearly 150,000 names creating a walkway that spans the campus.? Walk far enough down the nearly five-mile sidewalk, and you?ll come across the names of two members of the Aggie family: Scott and Diane McDonald.

The names of Scott, who is Texas A&M?s assistant vice president for academic services and director of admissions, and Diane, the university?s executive director of marketing & social media, appear four times on the walkway. The couple holds bachelor?s degrees in public administration, as well as a master?s of higher education administration for Scott and an MBA for Diane, all from Arkansas.

Scott and Diane?s shared passion for higher education brought their family to Texas A&M, but their story begins in Fayetteville, Ark.

Diane, a native of Hot Springs, Ark., visited the University of Arkansas as a high school student and knew immediately that she wanted to attend there. Scott was similarly drawn to the university, and coupled with the appeal of participating in the university?s marching band?s percussion section and the much cooler Arkansas weather, he too enrolled.

And it is there that the couple met: both were student ambassadors who regularly gave campus tours, and both were also members of the Razorback Marching Band. They married in 1996, after each of them had graduated, and have since had two children: a 13-year-old daughter and a 2-year-old son.

The couple was living in Clarksville, Tenn., in 2006, both working at Austin Peay State University, when Scott was offered a position at Texas A&M. In addition to the move putting them closer to their families, the McDonalds were looking forward to learning about Texas A&M, a culture that was slightly familiar to them.

As members of the Razorback Marching Band, Scott and Diane traveled twice during their undergraduate careers to College Station, including the 1991 contest, which marked Arkansas? last visit to Kyle Field before they departed for the Southeastern Conference.

?I was in awe of the 12^th Man standing the entire game ? and the band, the caliber of the Fightin? Texas Aggie Band was just incredible,? Diane says. ?And I remember how loud the stadium was. The unison of 12^th Man doing the yells was amazing.?

Texas A&M was even more familiar to Scott, a native Texan who was raised in Arlington and Houston.

?Growing up in Texas, you knew that if someone had a degree from Texas A&M, they were using their degree to do great things,? he says.

Upon arriving in Aggieland six years ago, the couple was immediately welcomed into the Aggie family. They also have become avid fans of nearly every sport at Texas A&M, especially women?s basketball. The McDonalds have followed Coach Gary Blair?s successes over the years ? he was the women?s basketball coach at Arkansas when they both were in school ? and Diane even made a special trip to take the couple?s daughter to Indianapolis to see the Aggies win the national championship in 2011.

Scott and Diane?s positions at Texas A&M put each of them at the forefront of some of the university?s most critical areas.

In his role, Scott oversees recruitment, admissions and International Student Services with an amazing staff to assist him, he proudly says. And admissions is an area that continues to experience incredible growth at the university ? for example, Scott says, when he arrived on campus in 2006, Texas A&M received nearly 20,000 applications for freshman admission. For fall 2012, that number was just over 30,000.

?Texas A&M is getting more and more competitive, and probably the hardest part of my job is that we have so many academically prepared students who want to attend Texas A&M,? he explains. ?We have just so many more applicants than have seats in the freshman class.?

The admissions office is seeing increased numbers in applications, as well as an increase in students from the Southeast sending their SAT and ACT scores, adds Scott, and given the visibility that Texas A&M has experienced with its move to the SEC, it?s easy to see a correlation between the two.

Extending that visibility and continuing to grow the Texas A&M brand is Diane?s main objective. Diane manages the university?s academic marketing, including web, creative, traditional media and social media.

As a marketer and Arkansas alum, Diane has watched closely how the University of Arkansas? visibility has steadily increased since they joined the SEC 20 years ago. And now that Texas A&M is in the same position, she?s looking forward to continuing to see Texas A&M?s national visibility rise as well.

?Texas A&M has already received a significant amount of PR from our move to the SEC, but we have many more stories to tell,? Diane says. ?Texas A&M is having a tremendous impact on issues facing our community, state and nation.?

After a joint presentation the couple delivered at a national higher education conference a few years ago, the McDonalds discovered that the admissions offices and marketing teams at many of the nation?s universities often don?t work together.

?This was surprising to learn,? says Diane. ?We believe that both of these groups should work together ? and we do work together to tell the story of Texas A&M through joint projects.?

Though they admit to sometimes bouncing different ideas off one another, work doesn?t follow the couple home ? in fact,?much of the campus community doesn?t even realize that they are married, as the McDonalds treat one another as professionals while on the job.

The McDonalds? earlier impressions of the Texas A&M have only strengthened further since their family has called Aggieland home.

?There is a true sense of family on this campus,? Diane says. ?Now that we understand the traditions, we love them. And we?re so proud to be part of the future of this great university.

It?s a sentiment that Scott shares ? and one that has his family cheering for both sides on during Saturday?s football game.

?We?re proud of both institutions, and not just by what they do on the playing field, but the reputation they have for educating students. I love my alma mater, but I?m also very proud to be an Aggie,? he says. ?Whoever wins, the McDonalds win.?

Tags: admissions, Aggie family, marketing, rivalry, SEC, University of Arkansas

Source: http://tamutimes.tamu.edu/2012/09/28/from-the-razorback-family-to-the-aggie-family-the-mcdonalds-are-at-home/

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FEMA flood mapping back in the news

By Jeri Packer, Staff Writer

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Hurricane Isaac hit Louisiana at the end of August at almost 80 miles per hour, spread out over an area 200 miles wide, the National Hurricane Center reported. It reached shore the evening before the seventh anniversary of Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

The hurricane center said a storm surge, which is a wall made up of accumulated water that a storm pushes ahead of itself, was almost nine feet in Louisiana. Not Katrina?s 15 to 20 feet, but a very real threat to the region.

How those numbers translate to the communities on the Great Lakes would be the same as comparing apples to oranges.

Chuck Miller, president of the Harsens Island St. Clair Flats Association, has been active in opposing FEMAs skewed numbers for years.

?Their prior models relied on a hurricane-driven storm surge and wave conditions in salt water along the Gulf coast, not Great Lakes fresh water environments,? said Miller.

Community leader Artie Bryson, and possibly the next Clay Township supervisor come November, said the only similarity between flood insurance premiums paid out in St. Clair County and those in Louisiana is they both are being used in the southern region of the country.

?It?s a money grab to help fund the cleanup down south,? he said. ?That?s a lot of money going out of the county.?

Bryson said FEMA pulled over $32 million out of St. Clair County in premiums and only brought in about $1.5 million in FEMA relief.

?And that was for tornadoes, not flooding,? he added.

When FEMA began re-defining the flood zones for Lake St. Clair and the St. Clair River, it put hundreds of homes in the flood zone that earlier were not. This made homeowners responsible for purchasing flood insurance required by mortgage companies and mandated by federal law.

If a resident?s elevation certificate showed they were out of the flood elevation zone, they were then required to send a letter of map amendment, called a LOMA, to formally ask to have their home removed from the flood plain. To add insult to injury, homeowners were not reimbursed for the surveyor to document that they were not in the flood plain or for the unneeded insurance premiums they had been paying.

A big campaign was launched, headed up by leaders, including U.S. Congresswoman Candice Miller, then-State Rep. Phil Pavlov, then-Clay Township Supervisor Jay DeBoyer and Chuck Miller.

After all that, FEMA announced it was going to remap the region using more sophisticated, hence more accurate, instruments.

?I am in favor of authorizing FEMA to use the new method of digitizing the old, outdated maps with state of the art satellite technology,? said Congresswoman Miller in an earlier interview. ?The real issue is the federal government needs to get out of the insurance business.?

Chuck Miller said he?s concerned that no new monitoring stations have been installed by FEMA in the Lake St. Clair region and believes some of the data from other existing stations remains ?questionable.?

?I am not optimistic that the ?outcome? will be any different in 2014 than it was in 2010,? he said. ?FEMA has the technical fire power of the entire Corps of Engineers at their disposal on the taxpayers? dime. To effectively argue their conclusions, we the people must marshal a cadre of quality scientific experts of our own? The cost will probably be significant and require real incisive leadership from our elected officials. The deck is stacked against us.?

Bryson said, from what he has heard, the state of Michigan is not required to be part of the National Flood Insurance Program. But, if it does pull out, the flood insurance rates are doubled.

?It looks like the mortgage companies are in bed with FEMA,? he said.

A few years back, a local surveying company, Project Control Engineering, found that 80 percent of the homes they surveyed in the Clay Township and Algonac area were out of the flood zone. President John R. Monte said it cost these homeowners more than $200 to document their home?s location outside the flood plain so they could avoid unnecessary flood insurance premiums.

St. Clair County Commissioner Bill Gratopp agrees that Michigan premiums are being spent outside the state. He said he and other officials are ?keeping an eye on? what the federal agency is doing at every level, he said. He and Commissioner Geof Donaldson attend the regular FEMA Discovery Meetings to keep informed, he said.

FEMA officials put together an extensive form for community leaders to fill out to help contribute the data they need for the flood zone mapping. Called the ?Community discovery coastal data request form,? participants were asked to fill them out to help FEMA in obtaining coastal-specific data for their communities for the Great Lakes Coastal Flood Study.

The introduction on the form read: ?It will provide important information to help FEMA understand coastal flood risk issues in your community and to work with you in increasing your community?s resilience to coastal flooding through implementation of the Risk MAP program.?

FEMA requested detailed information, like base map data that included topography, building footprints, parcel data and tax assessor?s data. The discovery form also requested information on coastal data, historical flood data and risk assessment, flood mitigation information and community plans and projects.

The form was also used to prepare participants for the Discovery Meetings scheduled for St. Clair County.

?This discussion will allow us to better identify local coastal flood hazard needs and subsequent Risk MAP regulatory and non-regulatory products and datasets that can be delivered during the Risk MAP project,? the data request form stated.

Contact Jeri Packer at (586) 716-8100, ext 302; jeri.packer@voicenews.com or on Twitter @JeriPacker.

Source: http://candice-miller.com/2012/09/28/fema-flood-mapping-back-in-the-news/

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Researchers investigate aggression among kindergartners

ScienceDaily (Sep. 27, 2012) ? Not all aggressive children are aggressive for the same reasons, according to Penn State researchers, who found that some kindergartners who are aggressive show low verbal abilities while others are more easily physiologically aroused. The findings suggest that different types of treatments may be needed to help kids with different underlying causes for problem behavior.

"Aggressive responses to being frustrated are a normal part of early childhood, but children are increasingly expected to manage their emotions and control their behavior when they enter school," said Lisa Gatzke-Kopp, assistant professor of human development and family studies. "Kids who don't do this well, who hit their classmates when they are frustrated or cause other types of disturbances in the classroom, are at especially high risk for long-term consequences including delinquency, violence, dropping out of school, abusing substances and even suicide. Research tells us that the earlier we can intervene, the better the chances of getting these children back on track."

Gatzke-Kopp and her colleagues, who include Mark Greenberg, professor of human development and family studies and of psychology, asked each of the kindergarten teachers in all 10 of the elementary schools in Pennsylvania's Harrisburg School District to rate the aggressive behaviors of their students on a six-point scale with items such as "gets in many fights" and "cruelty, bullying or meanness to others." Using these data, the team recruited a group of high-risk children (207 children) and a group of low-risk children (132 children) to undergo a range of neurobiological measures aimed at understanding how aggressive children experience and manage emotions differently than their non-aggressive classmates.

The team assessed all of the children's cognitive and academic skills using standardized tests that identified the children's developmental level of vocabulary, spatial reasoning and memory. In addition, the team asked teachers to provide ratings of each child's behaviors, including their levels of aggression, disobedience and sadness, as well as their social skills and level of self-control in the classroom.

The researchers also assessed the children's brain functioning using a mobile research laboratory they brought to the schools. Within the mobile lab, the team measured the children's heart rate and skin conductance activity during tasks designed to elicit emotional responses, including showing the children short video clips of a cartoon character in a variety of situations depicting fear, sadness, happiness and anger. The researchers wanted to understand how emotional and physical arousal to different types of emotions differed between children who engage in aggressive behavior and children who don't engage in aggressive behavior, as well as how different children who engage in aggressive behavior react.

According to Gatzke-Kopp, the assessments enabled the researchers to understand how cognitive and emotional processing may contribute to the development of aggressive tendencies. Specifically, the team found that 90 percent of the aggressive kids in the study could be characterized as either low in verbal ability or more easily physiologically aroused. The results will appear in the August 2012 issue of Development and Psychopathology.

"What we may be seeing is that there are at least two different routes through which a child may act aggressively," Gatzke-Kopp said. "Because these are very different processes, these children may need different approaches to changing their behavior."

The first group of kids was characterized by lower verbal ability, lower levels of cognitive functioning and fewer executive function skills.

According to Gatzke-Kopp, children need verbal skills to understand the feelings of others and guidance from adults, and to express feelings without hitting. They also need adequate cognitive and executive-function abilities to manipulate information and to think of alternatives to hitting and fighting.

"This group of kids may be functioning at a cognitive level that is more akin to a preschooler than a kindergartner," Gatzke-Kopp said. "They have a harder time extracting what other people are feeling. They don't have a nuanced sense of emotions; everything is either happy or sad to them. So they might not be as good at recognizing how their behavior is making another child feel. They may literally have a hard time 'using their words,' so hitting becomes an easier solution when they are frustrated."

The second group of kids had good verbal and cognitive functioning, but they were more physiologically aroused. They were more emotionally reactive, and tended to have more stressors in their lives.

"These children may be able to tell you that if somebody pushed them on the playground they would go get a teacher, but the push happens and they kind of lose it and it doesn't matter what they should do, they just act on impulse," Greenberg said. "One possibility is that the threshold for managing frustration is quite low for these kids. So what we might consider a minor annoyance to them is a major threat. When they are calm they function very well, but when they lose control of their emotions, they can't control their behavior."

In the future, the team plans to examine how these different types of children respond to an intervention delivered over the second half of kindergarten and the first half of first grade.

The Pennsylvania Department of Health funded this research. Other authors of the paper include Christine Fortunato, postdoctoral fellow, and Michael Coccia, statistical consultant, both in the Penn State Prevention Research Center for the Promotion of Human Development.

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Stanford Medicine X conference opens today | Scope Blog

Events, Medicine X, Stanford News Lia Steakley on September 28th, 2012

The first-ever Medicine X conference kicks off at Stanford this morning with a keynote address from Susannah Fox,?associate director of digital strategy at the Pew Internet & American Life Project.

The conference, which is taking place at the School of Medicine?s?Li Ka Shing Center for Learning and Knowledge?today through Sunday, focuses on?how emerging technologies will advance the practice of medicine, improve health and empower patients.?Here?s a look at the?schedule?for the event.

Those unable to attend the conference in person can?participate virtually through a high-quality streaming webcast. Registration for the webcast is free.

Throughout the weekend, we?ll be live tweeting the keynote talks by Fox, renowned architect and designer?Michael Graves, and?Esther Dyson, CEO of EDVentures Holdings, as well as proceedings from the conference.?You can follow the tweets on the @SUMedicine?feed or follow the hashtag?#med2.

Photo by Stanford EdTech

More news about Stanford Medicine X is available in the?Medicine X category.

Source: http://scopeblog.stanford.edu/2012/09/28/stanford-medicine-x-conference-opens-today/

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Republican study warns against bailout of state pensions

(Reuters) - State and local governments facing pension liabilities that already total in the trillions of dollar will be forced to seek bailouts from the government, Republican Party Congressional staffers said in a study released on Wednesday, as they warned that such bailouts could have dire consequences.

Republican staff of the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee said with state debt topping $4 trillion, including $2.8 trillion in unfunded pension benefits and at least $627 billion for retiree health care, states may buckle under the pressure to raise taxes, cut spending and take other measures to pay off their debt.

"Despite the massive federal debt and fiscal imbalances, it will be hard for Washington policy makers to deny sympathetic retired teachers, police and firefighters after a previous Congress bailed out Wall Street and U.S. automakers," the Republican staff commentary said.

But it warned that any federal bailout would test the political fabric of the nation, citing the tensions in the European Union over the Greek bailout as a similar situation.

In a federal bailout, taxpayers in U.S. states now keeping up with their pension liabilities would be paying for states with the worst-funded public retirement systems, the study said.

Because of the difficulties faced in reforming public pension systems -- including union opposition to any reduction in pension and other benefits and the protections provided by law and even by state constitutions -- the study said that a different approach should be taken.

It recommended that the U.S. government reduce its potential aid to states in proportion to their unfunded liabilities until their pension funds become solvent over a specific time frame.

It also suggested that the ability of states to issue tax-free bonds could be revoked if their pension funds are expected to go broke within 10 years.

"As undesirable as a federal bailout of state pensions is, setting forth the terms and conditions of a potential bailout may be exactly what is needed to prevent one from happening," the study said. "If the states understand how severe the terms of a federal bailout would be, they are more likely to take action now to fix their unsustainable pensions."

(Editing by Peter Bohan)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/republican-study-warns-against-bailout-state-pensions-223332962--sector.html

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CEO: Facebook Advertising Hasn't Worked For Us - Business Insider

At our Social Media ROI conference this morning, Facebook has been a big topic of conversation.

And the comments from marketers have not been encouraging for Facebook's bottom (or top) line.

All the brands have tried Facebook, of course. But they've had mixed success.

And, importantly, a lot of the success stories have come through companies using Facebook as a platform to interact directly with customers, rather than as a paid advertising medium.

Gilt Groupe, for example, was one of the first companies to set up a store on Facebook.

It flopped.

Why?

Because people don't go to Facebook to shop, said Gilt Chairman Susan Lyne. They go to hang out and chat with their friends.

Selling things on Facebook, Lyne said, is like selling things in a bar.

Lyne said Gilt has had exceptional success on Pinterest, Instagram, and Twitter, albeit for different brands. Pinterest has been huge for JetSetter, because of all the beautiful travel pictures that JetSetter has pinned and encouraged followers to re-pin. Gilt City, meanwhile, has given Twitter followers freebies for tweeting about the latest deals they've gotten and invited Instagram followers to take and share pictures of their cities.

(Facebook owns Instagram, so the news isn't all bad.)

Gilt does spend some money advertising on Facebook, but most of its social-media budget is devoted to its own promotions and people.

Dave Gilboa, the co-CEO of Warby Parker, a new online eyewear retailer, said "Facebook advertising hasn't worked."

Warby has benefited heavily from Facebook word-of-mouth, but that's because Facebook users have used Facebook to spread the word about Warby. And they've done this in part because of articles that have been written about Warby that have been shared by Facebook users--not because Warby has spent money advertising on Facebook.

Gilboa added that "90%" of the interactions Warby Parker has with people on Facebook are customer-service interactions.

Meanwhile, Adam Kmiec, the Global Director of Digital Marketing and Social Media at the Campbell Soup Company, said Facebook "is the most A.D.D. company I've ever seen."

Kmiec says Facebook has changed its ad products every few months, creating tremendous confusion among its clients. Kmiec suggested, for example, that Facebook may be about to kill "Reach Generator," a huge product it announced a huge launch conference earlier this year in New York. Until recently, Kmiec said, Facebook has also refused to share much data with its clients, making it "really tough for marketers and partners" to judge how their campaigns and content are doing.

Twitter, on the other hand, Kmiec says, has created spectacular tools for marketers. And this has helped Twitter gain strong early traction.

The message we've heard over and over again this morning is that the social platforms are excellent (critical) tools with which advertisers can interact with customers and potential customers, but that this is not the result of the advertisers spending money advertising on the platforms. Pinterest, for example, doesn't even accept advertising yet. And much of the value that advertisers can get out of Facebook comes from the advertisers' own efforts and investments and people, not Facebook advertising.

Kmiec of Campbell Soup put it this way: "The answer isn't Facebook. The answer is your social strategy."

"The mad rush to Facebook [is over]," he said.

Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-advertising-2012-9

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Beloved pet Toby is killed by a dog while sleeping in the home ...

A PENSIONER has been left devastated after a dog savaged the cat she called her "loving companion".

Beryl Huk, 83, was sitting quietly at home when her neighbour called round to tell her Toby had been attacked by a dog on the driveway.

1. Beryl Huk from Derby was devastated after her 16-year-old cat, Toby, was savaged by a dog on her drive.

The neighbour had been talking with a friend on her drive when she witnessed what she described as a "mastiff cross" dog pounce on the sleeping cat, before "giving it a good shake".

She added that the animal was with a woman but was not on a lead.

Toby was so seriously injured he had to be put down, leaving Mrs Huk with a ?400 veterinary bill.

She said: "Unfortunately Toby was too badly injured to be saved. I would have given my last penny to save him, as he was a much-loved pet."

Mrs Huk bought Toby as a kitten and he had been a firm fixture in the family for 16 years.

Her daughter, Julie Glover, said: "Mum has been torn apart by this.

"She is having to receive treatment from the doctor as she is very depressed about the loss of Toby.

"She is not eating or sleeping and I'm very worried about her.

"My dad, Philip, suffers from dementia and Mum has to care for him around the clock. She rarely gets to go out because he can't go with her and, for her, Toby was a real companion because Dad's condition is so bad.

"So when she found out about Toby it broke her heart. She took him to the vet and pleaded with him to do what they could but it was too late.

"Mum has been to the doctor's over and over again since this happened because she is so upset. She has so many other stresses as well."

Mrs Glover is concerned that something should be done about the situation.

She said: "This could have been a child or a toddler on the driveway. A decent-sized cat is the same size as a baby.

"When the owners of animals are so irresponsible anything can happen."

Mrs Glover reported the incident to the police but she said she was told nothing could be done as the dog had attacked another animal.

Mrs Huk said: "This is really disgusting. It means that Toby lost his life and nothing can be done."

The police were unable to comment on the incident.

But a spokesman said that anyone with information should call them on 0345 123 3333 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.

Source: http://www.thisisderbyshire.co.uk/Beloved-pet-Toby-killed-dog-sleeping-home-garden/story-16988511-detail/story.html

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The 233-Foot Tall, 4600-Ton Crane That Builds Aircraft Carriers [Video]

Aircraft carriers are, how to say, big. Building them is a lot easier if you have a really, really big crane. Meet Big Blue. She's the largest crane in the western hemisphere, and she's hard at work piecing together the new Ford-class aircraft carriers in Newport News, Virginia. More »

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Trend Micro Titanium Maximum Security 2013

By Neil J. Rubenking

Trend Micro stuffs most of the security suite suite components into their entry-level antivirus product, and adds all the rest in their full-scale security suite. So what's left to distinguish Trend Micro Titanium Maximum Security 2013 ? Quite a lot, as it turns out. This mega-suite incorporates Trend Micro's separately-available password protection and backup/sync products, as well as an additional parental control system that focuses on social networking.

The only visible difference between the main window of Maximum Security and Trend Micro Titanium Internet Security 2013 is the program name in the title bar. Virtually everything else is the same, as most of the added features get installed separately. I'll summarize shared features here. For full details you'll want to read the reviews of Internet Security and of Trend Micro Titanium Antivirus+ 2013 .

Antivirus Protection
Installing Trend Micro on my dozen malware-infested test systems required a lot of help and ancillary cleanup programs from tech support. Trend Micro flagged all of my analysis tools as Trojans simply based on their super-low prevalence; I had to rescue them all from quarantine.

Trend Micro detected 76 percent of the threats, the same as Kaspersky PURE 2.0 Total Security . Norton 360 (2013) and Kaspersky Internet Security (2013) detected 89 percent. Norton scored highest of recent products, with 6.6 points while Trend Micro got 6.1 points. The article How We Test Malware Removal explains how I come up with these scores.

Trend Micro detected 97 percent of threats in my malware blocking test and scored 9.3 points. The top scorer in this test was SecureIT Plus with 9.7 points. Tested against my previous malware collection, Webroot SecureAnywhere Complete managed a perfect 10 of 10 possible points. For an explanation of my malware blocking test and its scoring, see How We Test Malware Blocking.

Trend Micro doesn't participate in testing with all of the independent labs. Those that do test Trend Micro technology rate it good, not great. The chart below summarizes recent independent lab tests. To learn more about the labs and their tests, see How We Interpret Antivirus Lab Tests.

Good Protection Against Frauds and Spammers
The entry-level antivirus includes effective protection against fraudulent websites that try to steal your login credentials. In testing, its detection rate lagged 16 percentage points behind antiphishing champ Norton, but it beat Internet Explorer alone by 28 points. That's impressive given that the majority of antiphishing solutions I've tested score worse than IE alone. For details on how I find very new phishing sites and calculate these scores, see How We Test Antiphishing.

I had to let the Trend Micro antispam test run overnight, as downloading and categorizing email took four times as long as with no spam filter installed. It misfiled just 0.2 percent of valid mail as spam and let less than 11 percent of undeniable spam into the Inbox. That's better than most, though a few suites have proven still more accurate. For a full run-down of my antispam testing technique, see How We Test Antispam.

The entry-level antivirus and Internet Security both mark up dangerous links in search results and on social networking pages. They also include a tool to tune your Facebook privacy settings. Trend Micro relies on the built-in Windows Firewall to block incoming threats, simply adding a Firewall Booster for additional firewall protection.

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Athletic director Tom Osborne retiring at Nebraska

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) ? Tom Osborne, who put together one of the most successful coaching runs in college football history before serving in Congress and taking the reins as Nebraska's athletic director five years ago, is retiring.

The 75-year-old Osborne announced at a news conference Wednesday that he would step down Jan. 1, though he will stay for an additional six months to assist in the transition to a new athletic director.

"At some point, whether you're able to function or not, just the perception that you're getting old can get in the way," Osborne said. "I don't want to be one of those guys everybody is walking around wringing their hands trying to figure out what are we going to do with him? That happens sometimes."

Osborne, who had double-bypass heart surgery in 1985, said he has no health issues that led to his decision.

"I'm probably healthier today than when I was a member of Congress. That takes a big toll on you," he said.

Basketball coach Tim Miles tweeted news of Osborne's retirement announcement shortly before Osborne spoke to reporters. Miles said Osborne leaves "an unreal legacy" at Nebraska.

Associate athletic director Jamie Williams, who played tight end for Osborne in the early 1980s, said, "They don't make a lot of Tom Osbornes. There aren't a lot of living legends left that you can rub elbows with every day. For him to say he's going off to pasture, I told him we have more dragons to slay. Sometimes fishing becomes more important."

Osborne said he told chancellor Harvey Perlman in August that he planned to retire after the football season. Perlman said a search firm had been hired to identify candidates to succeed Osborne, and that he has already interviewed some of them.

"The decision will be his," Osborne said, referring to Perlman. "I'll support him any way I can."

Besides the success his Cornhuskers teams enjoyed from 1973-1997, Osborne served in Congress and lost a gubernatorial bid before returning to the university in 2007 to take over the athletic department. He oversaw the rebuilding of the football program he loves and shepherded the school's move from the Big 12 to the Big Ten.

Under Osborne's watch, the athletic department has built a new basketball practice facility and entered into a public-private partnership to build a 16,000-seat basketball arena in downtown Lincoln that will open for the 2013-14 season. He also oversaw an expansion project that will increase Memorial Stadium's capacity to more than 90,000 next year.

Perlman had asked Osborne to take over the athletic department at a time of turmoil. The football program was struggling under Bill Callahan, and staff morale was low under athletic director Steve Pederson.

Osborne recalled Wednesday that when he first met with athletic department executives, a few of them told him they were receiving counseling because of stress. Several staff members either had quit or were considering quitting.

"I wouldn't say things were awful," Osborne said, "but things were a little fragmented. Some people had quit and some people were thinking about quitting. People pulled together very quickly. Hopefully, it has worked out well."

Osborne fired Callahan after the 2007 season and hired Bo Pelini, who made the Huskers competitive again and led them to the Big 12 championship game in 2009 and 2010. Among Osborne's other key personnel moves: hiring Miles from Colorado State last March to coach the men's basketball program and hiring former major-leaguer Darin Erstad in 2010 to coach baseball at his alma mater.

Osborne is most widely known for his coaching. Every one of his 25 teams won at least nine games, and three of his last four teams won national championships. He retired with a career record of 255-49-3, an .836 winning percentage that ranked fifth all-time among Division I coaches, and 13 conference titles. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1998, the year after he retired.

Osborne turned to politics after his coaching days. By overwhelming margins, voters in the western Nebraska district elected him to the House of Representatives in 2000, 2002 and 2004. In perhaps the greatest upset in Nebraska political history, Osborne lost to incumbent Dave Heineman in the 2006 Republican gubernatorial primary.

Osborne finished his third term after the crushing defeat, then returned to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, where he taught classes in leadership and business ethics before taking the reins of the athletic department.

"I feel we're well positioned," Osborne said. "We worked hard on the culture and part of that has not just been internal. We've tried to link this place with the former players. ... Whatever we've accomplished couldn't happen if we didn't have a united fan base. It would be hard to find one equal to our fans around the country. It allows a program in a state of 1.8 million to be competitive with programs in densely populated areas."

Perlman praised Osborne for stabilizing the athletic department.

"There are people you can admire from a distance and then when you get up close you see all the warts," he said. "That's not been my experience with Tom. It's been fun to interview head coaches with him and to see the national respect and awe they have of his reputation."

Williams said he hoped Osborne would stay involved in Nebraska athletics long after the new athletic director is hired.

"But at some point," Williams said, "he has to do more fishing."

Osborne joked that his wife approved of his decision.

"It leaves me with a great deal of fear and trepidation," he said with a smile, "because she keeps reminding me the garage hasn't been cleaned in three years and I can see a whole list of things popping up."

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/athletic-director-tom-osborne-retiring-nebraska-160940740--spt.html

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John Vespasian: How to be rational and find peace of mind. Build ...

How to be rational and find peace of mind. Build self-confidence and self-esteem. Overcoming obstacles to personal growth

• How to be rational
• Stop worrying
• Build self-confidence and self-esteem
• Overcoming obstacles to personal growth
• How to deal with difficult people
• Stress management
• Overcoming anxiety
• Self-development in difficult circumstances
• How to find peace of mind

?A presentation of The 10 Principles of Rational Living: Free e-book about how to be rational

Source: http://johnvespasian.blogspot.com/2012/09/how-to-be-rational-and-find-peace-of.html

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golden shore ? Orange County photographer | Tara Whitney ...

Laura H. - That tugs at the heart strings. Beautiful. Thank you for sharing, Tara!

Deb - sigh, so beautiful, I can't wait to do this with our family. :)

Ali - irreplaceable, every day beauty. Priceless.

Shawna - That one with the boy with the freckles!! Ahhh...so perfect! And he totally reminds me of my son. Lovely shoot as usual!

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Hope Solo on Dancing With the Stars: Totally RIGGED!

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40 Days of Meditation #Zensperiment: Bring Friends | Greatist

This is Week 3 of 5 in Shana Lebowitz?s #zensperiment series. Catch up on?Week 0?(why she?s learning to meditate),?Week 1?(meditating in real life), and Week 2 (challenges of meditation).

Last weekend the Greatist Team headed to Garrison, NY, for our very first company retreat. Over the weekend I was scheduled to lead the group in a short meditation session. Finally my #zensperiment would go from a solitary activity to an interactive experience with people I really care about. I share pretty much everything with the Greatist Team ? headphones, mixed nuts, toilet paper ? and sharing these few minutes of soul-searching would really put our bonds to the test.

Illustration by Bob Al-Greene

For four days we took over a gorgeous colonial house ? the wood-floored, checkered-tablecloth, tire-swing kind that everyone secretly dreams of living in when they grow up. Friday morning we sat on the floor of the porch, squinting in the mid-morning sunshine. There were silky cushions about a foot apart and I positioned myself to face the group.

Since beginning this meditation project, I?d gone to lessons in Zen and shamatha meditation, both of which involved a single instructor leading a group of relative newbies in the art of mindfulness. Now, sitting cross-legged on the porch floor, still in leggings and a tank top from our morning run, my hair a knotted mess around my head, I thought about those instructors. I knew I wouldn?t be poised like Rachel, at ease like Terrence, and felt more than a little like a Zen fraud.

Quickly, I glanced down at the page in my spiral notebook where I?d jotted down a series of now-illegible instructions about posture and breathing. Start sitting with your legs crossed, I told the team, vertebrae like gold coins stacked on top of one another.

After about 30 seconds, I looked slowly around the room, nodding to myself when I saw everyone looking still and sort of contemplative. I?d meditated in groups before, but I?d always stared at a wall, and seeing what everyone looked like while they practiced felt strange and a little exciting.

We had a brief discussion, meditated again, and I noticed the group was slightly fidgety. Were they getting sick of sitting there, wishing we were doing High-Intensity Interval Training or cooking lunch instead? This time there were complaints: back pain, pins and needles, difficulty sitting up straight for so long.

Photo by Jordan Shakeshaft

The truth was, I didn?t know what to tell them. My back also hurt when I sat meditating for a while, and the pain didn?t go away the more I practiced, despite what meditation instructors had told me. Someone raised his hand and said he was getting frustrated trying not to think. I wanted to tell him meditation isn?t about ?not thinking,? it?s about letting thoughts pass without judgment, but the words sounded fake and more than a little vague in my mouth. Sunlight was streaming through the glass windows and suddenly the room felt hot and suffocating.

I took a breath in, closed my eyes for half a second, and remembered what one seasoned meditator had told me about observing the sensations in the body as though from a third-person perspective. See if that helps some of the discomfort, I told them. One staffer sitting quietly in the corner said she?d learned to say ?thank you? every time a thought pops up while she?s trying to meditate. There were giggles.

I asked if everyone would like to close the session with another minute-long meditation, and they nodded their heads eagerly, yes.

Saturday morning we hiked the South Redoubt Revolutionary War Heritage Trail. It was a gorgeous day and the view was literally breathtaking: From the top of the trail you could see West Point military academy, all stone walls and huge grassy fields. After a few minutes I noticed everyone pointing at the picnic table over in an enclosed spot to our right. There they were, Derek, Kelli, and Laura, sitting like triplet prairie dogs, eyes closed, faces turned to the wind, meditating silently.

?They look like they?re waiting for a bus,? someone said, and I laughed, but not really at anything funny. For the first time since starting this meditation project, I felt perfectly at peace.

Come back Tuesday for another update and follow my journey at?@ShanaDLebowitz?in the meantime!

Namaste,
Shana

Source: http://greatist.com/happiness/zensperiment-meditating-in-groups/

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Facebook Search Could Become a Social, Local Affair

Facebook is making changes to its search function by adding a user's search history within the social network to the Activity Log, the company said. The tweaks, while still relatively minor at this point, could be part of more large-scale efforts to strengthen Facebook's search presence and compete with Internet rival Google.

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Edward Hospital ? Replacement Projector Bulb Manufacturer ? Rear ...

Article by hi joiney

Current Edward Hospital and Health Services (EHSC) commonly referred to as ?Edward? is a major healthcare provider located in southwest suburban Naperville, Illinois. The current Chief Executive Officer is Pamela Meyer Davis, who began her position in 1988. Edward serves the residents of Chicago west and southwest suburbs, including Naperville, Aurora, Bolingbrook, Downers Grove, Homer Glen, Joliet, Lisle, Lockport, Minooka, Oswego, Plainfield, Romeoville, Warrenville, Wheaton, Woodridge and Yorkville. Locations Bolingbrook Edward Healthcare Center (130 N. Weber Road Bolingbrook, IL 60440) Edward Medical Group (130 N. Weber Road, Suite 100 & 112 Bolingbrook, IL 60440) Lisle Edward Medical Group (1025 Ogden Avenue Lisle, IL 60532) Naperville Naperville Campus (801 S. Washington Street Naperville, IL 60540) Edward Hospital Heart Hospital Edward Health & Fitness Center Cancer Center Diabetes Center Edward Medical Group Linden Oaks Hospital at Edward Naperville Off-Campus Linden Oaks (1250 Mill Street Naperville, IL 60563) Edward Healthcare Center (2007 95th St. Naperville, IL 60565) Edward Medical Group (95th St. Naperville, IL) Edward Medical Group (1220 Hobson Road, Suite 104 Naperville, IL 60540) Woman?s Imaging Center (1220 Hobson Road, Suite 124 Naperville, IL 60540) The Center for Surgery (475 E. Diehl Road Naperville, IL 60540) Oswego Edward Healthcare Center (Orchard Rd. & Rt. 34 (US Highway 34)Oswego, IL 60543) Edward Medical Group (Orchard Rd. & Rt. 34 (US Highway 34)Oswego, IL 60543) Plainfield Plainfield Campus (24600 W. 127th Street Plainfield, IL 60585) Plainfield Outpatient Center Plainfield Surgery Center Edward Medical Group Plainfield Off-Campus (Renwick east of Rt. 59) Edward Healthcare Center (15905 Frederick Street Plainfield, IL 60544) Edward Medical Group (15905 Frederick Street, Suite 105 Plainfield, IL 60586) Sandwich Edward Medical Group (1 E. County Line Road Sandwich, IL 60548) Warrenville Edward Sleep Center (27555 Diehl Road Warrenville, IL 60555) Woodridge Edward Health & Fitness Center (Seven Bridges) (6600 S. Route 53 Woodridge, IL 60517) Yorkville Edward Healthcare Center (76 West Countryside Parkway, Suite 1 Yorkville, IL 60560) Edward Medical Group (76 West Countryside Parkway Yorkville, IL 60560) History Edward Sanitorium Founded by Eudora Hull Gaylord Spalding in 1907 as a memorial to her husband Edward Gaylord, the Edward Sanitarium was one of the first treatment centers for tuberculosis in the Great Lakes region and became a model for other such centers in the nation. In 1920, a fire destroyed the Sanitarium?s main building. A new, fireproof structure was built at the cost of $ 150,000. The Sanitarium flourished in the 1930s, thanks in part to the support of Joy Morton, the owner of the Morton Salt Company and the founder of The Morton Arboretum in Lisle, Illinois. As the tuberculosis epidemic subsided, Edward turned its attention to other more urgent community health needs. Edward Hospital, 1955-1987 On October 1, 1955, Edward Sanitarium officially reopened its doors as Edward Hospital, an acute care facility with 45 beds. The hospital?s first patient was 23-month old Frederich Maurer, Jr., who was brought in after he was kicked by a horse. Edward became a public, tax-supported entity in 1959. As the Naperville, Illinois community grew, Edward expanded, adding patient care units and providing patients with more advanced technology. In 1962, the hospital expanded to 110 beds with state-of-the-art all-electric beds, a nurse call communication system and piped-in oxygen. Just five years later, in 1967, Edward grew to 133 beds with a $ 620,000 addition to the main building. By 1981, Edward had 162 patient beds and 125 physicians. Eugene Morris, president of the hospital since 1959, retired. In the following years, Edward turned down merger, acquisition and management offers from competing Chicago area hospitals and remained independent. In 1984, Edward became a private, non-profit organization. Edward Hospital, 1988-today In 1988, the arrival of Pamela Meyer (now Pam Davis) as president and chief executive officer marked the beginning of an era of dramatic and continuous growth and innovation at Edward Hospital. Since then, Edward Hospital evolved into Edward Health Services Corporation in the 1990s and, now, Edward Hospital & Health Services. The first major move under Davis was the opening of Edward Health & Fitness Center on the Naperville campus, the first medically-based fitness center in DuPage County, Illinois. (A second Edward Health & Fitness Center, in Woodridge, opened in 1997.) In 1990, Edward introduced a comprehensive cardiac medicine program, offering open heart surgery, diagnostic services and cardiac rehabilitation. The state?s first freestanding outpatient heart center, the Edward Cardiovascular Institute, opened in 1993 and in 1998, Edward became the first healthcare facility in DuPage County to screen people for heart disease using Electron Beam CT calcium scoring (Ultra Fast Heart Scan). The 1990s also saw the opening of the Edward Cancer Center, expansion of the emergency department, opening of Edward Healthcare Centers in Bolingbrook, Illinois and Naperville, the acquisition of Linden Oaks Hospital (a full-service behavioral health facility) and the opening of the Center for Surgery in Naperville. In addition, in 1992, Edward became the first hospital in Illinois to offer all private patient rooms, one of many innovations in patient care and customer service for which Edward has become known. Others include animal assisted therapy, healing arts, concierge service and valet parking. Modern Healthcare magazine recognized the spectacular growth in 1998 by naming Edward as the 34th fastest growing hospital in the U.S. and fastest growing in Illinois. In 1999, Edward reaffirmed those rankings with a ?Growth Zone? announcement for its 50-acre Naperville campus-a $ 90 million renovation and expansion project to ensure high quality healthcare for a fast growing community. Over the next couple of years, the project resulted in expanded outpatient services, expanded women?s imaging services, new operating rooms for minimally invasive procedures, new mother/baby suites, and a four-floor Education Center and a 900-space parking garage. Since 2000, the pace and scope of expansion has increased. Edward opened the first pediatric emergency department in DuPage County (2000), achieved a Level III designation for its neonatal intensive care unit, the highest level of care in Illinois (2000) and expanded its emergency department by another 56,000 square feet (2004) to allow for annual growth in the number of emergency visits and more private and efficient triage and treatment areas for patients. In 2002, the 71-bed Edward Heart Hospital opened (the first of its kind in Illinois) and reinforced Edward as a national leader in complex cardiac care. That reputation was further enhanced in 2005 when HealthGrades ranked Edward #1 for cardiac surgery in the Chicago area and again in 2006 when Edward was named a Solucient Top 100 Hospital for cardiovascular care. Edward?s commitment to world class cancer care was evident in 2005 when the Edward Cancer Center opened. The 40,000 square foot facility doubled the previous space available for medical oncology and radiation therapy and provided a warm, comfortable environment with more amenities for patients and their families during long treatment days. Also in 2005, Edward became the only hospital serving DuPage and Will Counties to achieve the prestigious Magnet designation for nursing excellence. At the time, only two percent of the nation?s 6,000 hospitals had been recognized with the honor by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (now four percent). Edward Sleep Center in Warrenville 2006 saw Edward expand access to convenient, high quality healthcare in Plainfield with the opening of the Edward Plainfield Outpatient Center, a 100,000 square foot facility that provides Immediate Care, imaging services and community Wellness classes and events to the residents of one of the fastest growing areas in Illinois. Edward Sleep Center and Edward administrative offices opened on Diehl Road in Warrenville as well. The Edward Plainfield Outpatient Center is located on the 60-acre Edward Plainfield campus, which is also the site of a Medical Office Building (opened in 2006) and the future home to Edward Plainfield Hospital (seeking approval to build), Plainfield Surgery Center (2008) and Edward Plainfield Cancer Center (2009). In 2007, a National Research Corporation (NRC) consumer study recognized Edward as the best non-teaching hospital for overall quality in the entire Chicago region and the most preferred hospital overall in the west and southwest suburbs. The NRC study also ranked Edward as the best hospital in those suburbs for key service lines, including heart care, cancer care and orthopedics. Linden Oaks at Edward began 2007 with the opening of Arabella House, an eight-bed residential care home for women with eating disorders. The home helps patients ease back into the ?real world,? from care in a hospital setting back to family, home, work, school. Edward closed 2007 by completing a $ 49.7 million, three-floor, 76,000 square foot, 42-bed addition to the Edward Heart Hospital building. The expansion includes 28 beds for medical/surgical patients and 14 beds for intensive care unit patients. And in 2007, Edward announced plans for a nearly $ 200 million ?makeover? on its Naperville campus that will result in upgraded OB services, renovated and expanded surgical services, new cardiac cath capacity and a build out of the three-floor addition to Edward Heart Hospital. Edward was ranked as the 10th largest hospital in the Chicago area by Crain?s Chicago Business in 2007, is the largest employer in Naperville and is

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British pension lifeboat freezes levy, warns hikes to follow

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