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Edward W. Brooke & The Importance of Moderate Republicans in American Politics
January 15, 2015 Drew Gibson General, January 2015, Page 2, slideshow 0
"Brooke and Johnson - Oval Office" by U.S. Congress - Black Americans in Congress. Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives. Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons
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Given the frenetic and bloody start this new year has taken with the Charlie Hebdo killings, the Boko Haram massacre of thousands of innocent civilians in northeastern Nigeria and the row over the murders of two NYPD officers, even the most well-informed among us would be forgiven if they hadn't kept an eagle's eye on the obits to look for national figures who died of more or less natural causes. After all, during a time when new, unspeakable acts of wanton violence seem to crop up on a daily basis, the last thing many of us want to do is spend our free time scanning the headlines for more death. Unavoidably, and perhaps appropriately, the bulk of the eulogizing in the media this year has been devoted to former New York governor Mario Cuomo, who passed away on New Years Day and whose death has engendered enough public reverence and remembrance to make it onto the radars of a large cross-section of Americans. However, just 2 days after Cuomo's death, another American politician of arguably equal importance passed away to a much more muted public reaction.
Unless you're a political junkie or an AARP-eligible New Englander, the name Edward W. Brooke likely doesn't mean anything to you. Unfortunately, time has not been kind to Mr. Brooke's legacy and his utility to the lives of most Americans these days has been reduced to that of being the answer to the trivia question, who was the first African-American elected to the US Senate after Reconstruction? In point of fact Brooke, who died earlier this month at the age of 95, was a trailblazer in the truest sense of the word and without his contributions to American politics the careers of men like Barack Obama and Cory Booker may have looked considerably different. Brooke, who was educated at Howard University and Boston University Law School, became the first black Attorney General of a state in American history in 1962 and would go on to serve 3 terms in the Senate between 1967 and 1979—accomplishments which are impressive in and of themselves, but are doubly so when you consider the fact that when he was first elected Attorney General only 2 percent of Massachusetts voters were black. Oh yeah, and it also bears mention that Edward W. Brooke was a card-carrying member of the Republican Party.
Senator Edward W. Brooke receiving the Congressional Gold Medal from President Obama
Brooke may have been the first black man to serve in the Senate since Reconstruction, but of almost equal importance is the fact that, with his death, he may have proved to be the last vestige of the Republican moderation that had been the party's calling card for far longer than the uber-conservative claptrap they peddle today. Abraham Lincoln…Teddy Roosevelt…Robert LaFollete…Dwight Eisenhower…all of these giants of history were Republicans at one point or another. It is only in the last 35 years (and particularly the last 15) that the GOP has become a bloated parody of a political party that values blind loyalty to the rich and negative governance above all else. As hard as it may be to fathom in 2015, there was a time not all too long ago in this country when political parties where not ideology-driven vehicles and the fact that a black man like Edward Brooke could be elected on a Republican ticket in an overwhelming white, Catholic, Democratic state like Massachusetts is proof positive of this.
This is not to say that I'm a huge fan of all of Brooke's policy positions or that I would vote for him in a contemporary election. Most notably, Brooke was not very strong on civil rights issues, ruling as illegal the NAACP-sponsored boycott of segregated Boston schools while he was Attorney General and generally distancing himself from and disapproving of the tactics of the Civil Rights Movement itself. However, Brooke was instrumental in the passage of The Fair Housing Act of 1968, which he co-sponsored with Senator Walter Mondale (D-MN) and which barred housing discrimination based on race, religion, color or ethnicity. Brooke may have believed in small government and the superiority of private enterprise to federal programs, but he also realized—as many of his moderate Republican colleagues did—that a good number of New Deal and Great Society programs were unequivocally beneficial to society and that it was his job to reform them, not remove them.
I bring up Senator Brooke because of his recent passing, but also because we have just embarked on what will certainly be the most conservative Congress in modern American history and probably its least productive. In the more than half century since Brooke was first elected to public office, the Democratic Party has, paradoxically, cemented its reputation as the "liberal" party in American politics, while simultaneously moving further and further to the center, embracing "third way" policies which have begun to divide the party into conservative and progressive wings. Meanwhile, the GOP has taken the Goldwater Revolution to its absolute extreme, eschewing pretty much everything their party once stood for in an attempt to placate Big Business and the Christian Right. For all of its faults and for all of the disappointment it has brought me as a progressive voter in my lifetime, I can at the very least say that the modern Democratic Party is somewhat rational and open to debate and discussion. On the other hand, the modern Republican Party has abandoned anything approaching reason or good governance in their never-ending quest to declare themselves the true believers of a conservative movement that has become so predatory and ideologically rigid that it would make Joe McCarthy blush.
I absolutely love this photo of Brooke during his first Senate campaign in 1966. Photo courtesy of Stanley Forman Photos
Over the coming weeks, I will be writing a series of articles about the history of moderate Republicanism and about its import in 21st Century American politics. Barring the creation of a viable third party—be it conservative or liberal—I truly believe that our nation will self-destruct. I don't know what that self-destruction would look like, but I'm fairly confident it would happen because a bipartisan government cannot survive if the only demonstrable political strategy of one half of it is to sabotage the other half. And, as you look the articles that I'll be posting in the coming weeks, I would implore all my diehard Democrat readers to consider how the rebirth of moderate Republicanism would benefit the Democratic Party as much as it would the GOP. It may feel cathartic for progressives to root for the explosive demise of the Republican Party, but if the far right has taught us anything these past few years, it is that they are totally comfortable with bringing the whole ship with them if they know they're going to go down. Republicans like Edward W. Brooke made their livings by working across the aisle and promoting compromise. The Republicans we have now make their living by lighting the aisle on fire and trying to push their less conservative peers into the flames.
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Singapore Airlines - B (2001)
Authors: Dattatreya G Allampalli; Toh Thian Ser
Published by: Asian Business Case Centre
Topics: Organisational culture; International operations; International management; Core values
This is the second of a two-case series (301-165-1 and 301-166-1). The case describes how Singapore Airlines (SIA) achieved excellence in its service orientation, won dozens of industrial awards and accolades, and beat industry downturns thrice in the last three decades. As international expansion and operations grew, it became necessary for SIA to put in place a set of core values that would apply across cultures and geographical boundaries. Six core values: pursuit of excellence, safety, customer-first, concern for staff, integrity and teamwork, were identified by SIA management. These core values were to see SIA through two crises: the SilkAir (a subsidiary of SIA) crash in Palembang, Indonesia in December 1997 and the SIA crash in Taipei, Taiwan in October 2000.
Singapore Airlines - a (2001)
Originally published in: 2001
Version: 15 Apr 2004
Topics: Corporate strategies; Business strategies; Diversification; Acquisition; Strategic alliance
Industry note

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Mildura Rural City Council is committed to child safety. We want children to be safe, happy and empowered. We support and respect all children, as well as our employees and volunteers.
Mildura Rural City Council is committed to preventing child abuse and identifying risks early, and removing and reducing these risks.
Mildura Rural City Council has robust human resources and recruitment practices for all employees and volunteers.
We are committed to the cultural safety of Aboriginal children, the cultural safety of children from culturally and/or linguistically diverse backgrounds, and in providing a safe environment for children with disability.
We have specific policies, procedures and training in place that support our leadership team, employees and volunteers to achieve these commitments.
If you suspect a child has been abused, is at risk of being abused or that a person is engaging in inappropriate behaviours with a child, you have a responsibility to make a report. If this behaviour relates directly to a Council staff member please contact Council's Early Years Coordinator who acts as our Child Safety Officer on 5018 8100.


In 2005, Lydiard Park received funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund to restore significant 18th century landscape features, including the Walled Garden. At this time, the garden was in a neglected state and contained only a rough grass lawn. Aerial photography and archaeological surveys, conducted by Wessex Archaeology determined the route of the original paths and rediscovered the deep well and stone trough.
Letters in the Lydiard House Collection from Lady Johanna St John to her gardener written in the 17th century gave clues to the types of flowers and herbs planted in the Lydiard Park gardens and wall panels, painted by Diana, 2nd Viscountess Bolingbroke in the 18th century now on display in the Dressing Room of Lydiard House, showed jasmine, narcissi and roses. These helped the Lydiard Park gardening team source historically accurate plants for this Georgian Walled Garden.
Work began in 2006 to replant the Walled Garden perennials, annuals, trimmed shrubs and fruit trees. The gardeners were supported by a huge team of volunteers working to restore this historic garden to its former glory. It opened to the public in May 2007 and, as the planting has become more established, is a fascinating garden to visit in all seasons.


The small city of Murom located on the steep bank of the Oka in Vladimir Region doesn't belong to the cities of the Golden Ring, but is rightly worth visiting. Murom was founded in 862, so it can be referred to the most ancient cities of Russia.
There are three ancient monasteries in the center of the city: Trinity Convent, the Monastery of the Transfiguration of the Savior and Annunciation Monastery. The Monastery of the Transfiguration of the Savior is considered to be one of the most ancient ones in Russia, as it was mentioned in the chronicles of the 11th century.
However, most Russian people go to Murom in order to visit Trinity Convent and give a bow to the relics of the saints Peter and Fevronya. In Russia they became the patrons of family and marriage, and the day of July, 8th is the official Day of the Beloved. Unfortunately, so far this holiday isn't as popular as St. Valentine's Day, but maybe everything is ahead.
Oka Park is near the river, where one can see a big statue of Ilya Muromets. As is known, the Russian bogatyr (hero) was born in the village Karacharovo, which is on the outskirts of Murom. Although the bogatyr is generally referred to Russian epos, historians believe it was quite a real personality. At the end of his life Ilya became a monk of Kiev-Pechersk Lavra and died in 1198, and was sanctified as the venerable Ilya Muromets by Russian Orthodox Church in 1643. Today one can see his relics in the near caves of the monastery.
According to modern investigations of orthopedists, the lower extremities of Ilya Muromets of Kiev-Pechersk Lavra have been inactive because of some birth injury for a long period of time. Then the injury was healed, and Ilya could move. This confirms the story of Russian epos.


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Lisa Hamilton, a jeweler and doula in Brooklyn, NY, knows about the side effects. She recently tried CBD for the shoulder pain that plagued her five years after an accident. Her doctor certified that she was in chronic pain, which under New York State law allowed her to buy from a state dispensary. One Friday, she swallowed two 10-mg capsules, the amount recommended at the dispensary, then took another two on Saturday. "By Sunday, it felt like I'd gotten hit by a truck. Every muscle and joint ached," Hamilton says. She cut back to one pill a day the following week, but still felt hungover. She stopped after that.
Although CBD oils aren't regulated by the FDA, purchasing products stateside from one of the nine states where recreational and medical cannabis use is legal will likely result in a higher-quality product than buying one made with hemp-derived CBD oil imported from abroad, says Martin Lee, director of Project CBD, a nonprofit that promotes medical research into CBD.
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Research on CBD and anxiety has generally looked at cannabis as a whole product, not as CBD as a standalone compound. Some studies suggest that it can help with anxiety: like this 2011 study that suggests CBDcan reduce social anxiety or this 2015 review that says CBD could be promising for many forms of anxiety. It's also important to consider whether the CBD comes from the cannabis plant and therefore may include THC, a cannabinoid that for some, induces anxiety. Read our comprehensive article on CBD and anxiety, here.
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Macquarie Mexican Infrastructure Fund acquires interest in late-stage wind energy project in Oaxaca, Mexico
Mexico City, 17 March 2011
Largest single-stage wind energy project in Latin America
Total transaction enterprise value of MXN$1.06 billion (approximately US$89.0 million)
Macquarie Mexican Infrastructure Fund ("MMIF") today announced its participation in an equity consortium (the "Consortium") that has acquired Energía Alterna Istmeña, S. de R.L. de C.V. and Energía Eólica Mareña, S.A. de C.V. (the "Project Companies") from subsidiaries of Preneal, S.A. ("Preneal") for a transaction enterprise value of MXN$1.06 billion (approximately US$89.0 million).
The Project Companies are the owners of a 396 MW late-stage wind energy project in the south-eastern region of the State of Oaxaca (the "Project"). The Project is located along the Isthmus of Tehuantepec where average regional wind speeds exceed 8.5 meters per second. The area is regarded as the best wind resource in Mexico and one of the windiest regions in the world.
The Consortium comprises MMIF with a 32.5% interest, Fomento Económico Mexicano, S.A.B. de C.V. ("FEMSA") with a 45.0% interest and Macquarie Capital with the remaining 22.5% interest.
Having commenced development in 2003, Preneal has brought the Project to an advanced stage. With the support of the Project's local team, the Consortium will finalize the development of the Project and secure long term financing in the lead-up to construction.
Subsidiaries of FEMSA and Cervecería Cuauhtémoc Moctezuma, an operating company of Heineken N.V., will purchase the output of the Project under 20-year power purchase agreements.
The Consortium has contracted Vestas WTG Mexico, S.A. de C.V., a subsidiary of Vestas Wind Systems A/S ("Vestas"), to complete the engineering, procurement and construction of the Project, including the supply of 132 Vestas V90-3.0 MW wind turbines. Vestas will also assume ongoing service and maintenance obligations. Having installed more than 43,000 turbines in more than 65 countries, Vestas is the world's largest wind turbine manufacturer and has considerable experience in IEC class I sites similar to the Project site.
The Consortium has notified the transaction to Mexico's Federal Competition Commission and is in the process of obtaining the Commission's final approval for the transaction.
"We are excited to have this project serve as the first renewable energy investment in MMIF's portfolio," said Jonathan Davis Arzac, Executive Chairman of MMIF.
"We are pleased that key members of the existing project development team will continue to work with us on the Project. This continuity of management will ensure that it is business as usual for the Project so local communities can expect to see little change under the new ownership," added Mr. Davis Arzac.
Mr. Davis Arzac continued, "This is an exciting acquisition for us to undertake given its scale, advanced stage of development, strategic location and backing from strong long-term partners like FEMSA and Cervecería Cuauhtémoc Moctezuma."


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Bewitched Cover Reveal
Author: Mark Harris
Publisher: Inkspell Publshing
Expected Publication: March 1, 2013
Is it love or is it witchcraft? He'll never find out if he kills her first.
The first time Darren saw Samantha, she was floating above his high school gymnasium during a basketball game, invisible to everyone but him. Next time he sees her, she's sitting in front of him in class, wowing his friends and causing unexplainable things to happen that only he seems to notice. But things really get strange (and complicated) when his dying grandfather tells him that he is part of an ancient order, the "Pessum Ire," whose duty is to destroy witches. What does he do now, since he's almost positive Samantha is a witch…and he's crushing on her pretty hard?
"Bewitched is spell-binding! A highly-unique page-turner that hooks you from the first paragraph. With complex characters and unexpected twists and turns, Harris delivers and leaves you hoping for more!" - Stephanie Keyes, author, The Star Child series
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Mark Harris lives in Smithfield Utah, a small town located in a beautiful valley in Northern Utah. His wife, Shaundale, and he have four terrific children, two girls and two boys and a fifth one due to arrive in November of 2012. Mark has taught English and Special Education and currently works from home teaching English to people from all over the world. Writing has always been his true passion since he was a grade schooler writing about mushrooms. "Bewitched" will be his debut novel. He has two others underway and will soon start on the sequel to "Bewitched," called "The Return of the Familiar." He hopes you enjoy his work because he is working on several series geared toward younger audiences.
ptc January 15, 2013 at 1:36 PM
This is amazing !
Mark Jay Harris January 17, 2013 at 1:30 AM
Thanks so much for hosting my cover reveal yesterday for "Bewitched." Sorry to be late coming by to say thanks. I really do appreciate what you've done for me! By the way, you have a great looking site! Thanks again!


In thoroughly modern Singapore, a slew of books, food carnivals and events are focused on preserving the country's food culture.
Our recent trend report on food spotlighted a "roots revival": a growing appreciation for regional dishes and cooking techniques as a countertrend to international foods infiltrating markets worldwide. In thoroughly modern Singapore, a slew of books, food carnivals and events are focused on preserving the country's rich, varied and multiethnic food culture. The country's famous hawker centers (semi-open-air complexes filled with street food vendors) still see diners standing in long lines for their favorite cheap plate of char kway teow noodles or Hainanese chicken rice. But there's a growing concern about who will follow today's great hawkers, many of whom have manned their stalls for decades. Younger Singaporean cooks, brought up in an era of Michelin-starred restaurants and celebrity chefs, seem more inclined to launch Western-style restaurants.
"Stories of craftsmanship being passed down from generation to generation are becoming scarce in this increasingly mall and condo dominated city," writes blogger Mr Miyagi. He was one of three popular bloggers who led the Singapore Memory Project's recent Food Trail, which had foodies competing to eat from 8 a.m. to midnight at food haunts island-wide. The bloggers also collected oral histories from hawkers and food vendors.
Meanwhile, the Singapore government is looking for potential partners with which to set up hawker training centers. And Marshall Cavendish, with Singapore's National Heritage Board, has published a series of Singapore Heritage Cookbooks, showcasing Peranakan, Indian, Eurasian and Malay recipes. In July, a group of Hakka (a Chinese dialect group) clan associations will host a food carnival showcasing hard-to-find, handmade Hakka cuisine. "We want the young generation to have a chance to try the dishes," one of the organizers told The Straits Times. A previous event, in 2008, drew a crowd of 3,000.


The Spinneret is working fine as a server. On my local home network, the Spinneret can request pages from any web application (.NET).
I'm having a problem requesting pages from the internet. The Spinneret uses IP and port to connect to a server. Once a socket is opened, an HTTP header sent and the response is read. I can't seem to get the socket to open. For example, I'm trying to hit this page, http://www.mikegebhard.com/datetime.php. The IP is 69.163.168.171. When I try to open a socket using port 80 the Spinneret just waits and waits. If I do the same thing on my home network, hitting an internal IP like, 192.168.1.100:80 it works fine.
How can I go about troubleshooting? Any suggested reading?
Have you tried connecting to other systems on the Internet besides a DreamHost machine?
I was able to figure out the issue. Turned out to be router settings.


AI applications are poised to elevate CT workflow.
Most radiologists agree that artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning will change their jobs significantly in the coming years. Few, if any, believe it will replace their expertise or diminish their value. Rather, most believe it will enable them to do their part in reading scans more expertly and efficiently, which ultimately will lead to better patient care. They are already seeing that scenario play out with AI applications for CT.
"Fundamentally, what artificial intelligence is doing for imaging, including CT, is taking some of these algorithms we have today for computer-aided detection and computer-aided diagnosis and making them better, smarter, and, potentially, continuously learning," says Lawrence Tanenbaum, MD, FACR, vice president, medical director, and national director of CT, MR, and advanced imaging for RadNet, Inc, the largest provider of outpatient imaging in the United States.
When it comes to CT, experts see a number of potential benefits to applying AI. One is using AI to triage CT scans with urgent findings for immediate attention. A number of such products are at or close to market. Other possible roles for AI in CT include helping with accurate and timely diagnoses, mining imaging reports using natural language processing, and reducing radiation dose—a holy grail of ionizing imaging studies.
vRad, a MEDNAX, Inc, company and a teleradiology services and telemedicine practice, manages the distribution of 16,000 patient imaging studies every 24 hours, 95% of which are emergent. As part of ongoing testing, vRad has run an AI program in the background that designated studies as having life-threatening emerging abnormalities. The data were then used to expedite the distribution and reading of those studies to its radiologists. Benjamin W. Strong, MD, CMO of vRad, says being able to run AI in the background on its CT scans has been "an absolute boon for us." The early algorithms that "we have tested have been good enough to use in that way," he says. "We find they have fair sensitivity and good specificity."
Strong says variability in sensitivity and specificity depends on the entity the algorithm is looking at, "but that's generally how they perform. From a study triage standpoint, algorithms can catch most of a given abnormality and, when they do, they are usually right." That makes AI "very useful and patient friendly," he says.
Tanenbaum agrees; in busy inpatient practices, radiologists can fall behind reading studies or even finish interpreting outpatients for the day, leaving exams with unexpected urgent findings unread. If AI elevates CT studies with possible urgent findings to the front of the queue, "That will have a big impact," he says.
While Strong is a fan of AI programs for CT triage, he's not ready to concede that the early algorithms are much help with actual diagnoses. What he's seen in the last year or so, "is not yet enough for diagnostic accuracy," he says. Strong has found AI to be better at identifying findings on CT scans that identify extremes in density, such as an intracranial hemorrhage or pneumothorax.
"Abnormalities that are more complex, such as vessel narrowing and occlusions, seem to be a bit trickier," Strong says.
The AI triage was tested, and vRad found that it did not unnecessarily expedite too many head CTs "and clog our system," Strong says. AI has been able to reduce a CT's time to reading to about 17 minutes, which could make a significant difference in administering life-saving treatment to patients with stroke or other head traumas, Strong says. Also, he notes, should the AI solution unnecessarily expedite a patient's scan, it really isn't harmful.
vRad's radiologists aren't aware that an AI algorithm flagged the scan that's next up on their worklist. "Because our worklist is so dynamic, they really don't see that it was expedited," Strong says. "They just see it as the study on their worklist that the vRad platform determined algorithmically is the best for them to read next." The system is designed that way on purpose; the AI score could prejudice the readers, and vRad doesn't want that to happen, Strong says.
Radiology is a very "perceptive profession," Strong explains. "Radiologists need to use their expertise and conclude for themselves what they are or are not seeing on the images," he says. As far as he's concerned, at this point, AI is "just another layer of decision making in our algorithm tree."
Tanenbaum, too, has no doubt that if an algorithm recognizes something and the radiologists know it, it could influence their interpretation—in negative as well as positive ways. At present, AI algorithms may be better accepted as a double-check on the radiologists' read, he says.
Strong remains optimistic that, as it gets better and smarter, AI software will play a bigger role in diagnostics with CT, but he doesn't believe the state of the technology is there yet. "There's a lot of talk of computers taking over and going off on their own, but I can tell you from my experience in imaging, that's a long way off," Strong says. Currently, AI is very good at answering binary questions. "Ultimately, the accumulation of enough of those binary questions will amount to a pretty comprehensive diagnostic process, but it has to be built with those small building blocks," he adds.
Tanenbaum, who serves as an advisor to Enlitic, a San Francisco-based AI software company, also sees a role for AI in CT scan acquisition. "Whenever you scan a patient, you want to make sure the area you're interested in is on the first and last slice and that you don't over- or undercover," he says. AI will be able to adjust coverage so that the scans show just the parts of the body that are necessary, and no more. Even if the concern over the dose associated with extra slices is miniscule, extra slices "offer zero value," he says. "An AI-driven scanner can improve quality and consistency."
At the very least, Tanenbaum sees machine learning algorithms eventually eliminating the need for scout scans—preliminary images obtained prior to performing the major portion of a particular study to be sure the coverage is appropriate. Tanenbaum is also optimistic that machine learning products working their way to market will bring greater dose reduction than what is provided by today's iterative reconstruction techniques.
Strong sees yet another role for AI, and that's in natural language processing. Imagine how valuable it would be, he says, if a radiologist wanted to look for cases of pulmonary embolisms. If the radiologist were to ask the computer to look for just the words "pulmonary embolism," he or she would come up with them but also with those that say, "no evidence of pulmonary embolism" or "checked for pulmonary embolism." It wouldn't narrow down the cases to only those in which the patient did have a pulmonary embolism. AI can be used to "pull specific image sets" that can be used in radiologists' reporting, Strong says.
The FDA has recently designated AI tools as Class 2 medical devices, which have a lower barrier to approval. "I expect that in the near term we will see a lot more tools and algorithms available," Tanenbaum says. "We're already starting to see a trickle, but I won't be surprised by a flood in the near term."
Here's a look at some of the AI solutions for CT that are being tested or have recently come to market.
An Israeli startup, Aidoc unveiled its full-body AI solution at the European Congress of Radiology in Vienna at the end of February. Aidoc's AI-powered solution is integrated into radiologists' daily workflow to support their reading scans of areas such as the head, cervical spine, chest, and abdomen.
The focus of its early products is detection, especially acute findings, says Tom Valent, vice president of business development for Aidoc. "We train our algorithms to detect abnormalities that are typically acute and, in 95% of the cases, that's a strong sign that the case should be looked at fairly soon." Radiologists can use the results to prioritize their worklists and read those cases with possible acute findings sooner than they might otherwise, Valent says.
Valent says feedback from radiologists at about 15 different clinical sites who have tested the solution has been positive. "What we're seeing and hearing is that radiologists like that the algorithms point them to key slices and to which ones they should look at early." One of the value propositions of AI is speed, "And by running the AI automatically, right after the scan was performed, we begin adding value right after the worklist, which is generally the first intersection of the radiologist and the case," he says.
The AI solutions are also relevant for the read itself, Valent says. "With the extended preview and key slices we provide, we facilitate the interpretation of the scan." Aidoc's solution works with all the major PACS vendors so it can be added to radiologists' existing software and workflow without needing to change anything, Valent says. "There are no redundant clicks [and] no real estate required."
Matrix Analytics, of Denver, has a software suite that uses AI and CT to identify whether pulmonary nodules are more likely to be benign or malignant. "Without deep learning and AI, radiologists do a pretty good job of identifying patients with pulmonary nodules," says Christine Spraker, Matrix's president. However, she adds, care breaks down once nodules are identified. "Seventy percent of the time, those patients are not managed according to what the clinical guidelines say."
Matrix's AI tool uses machine automation to determine which patients are likely to have lung cancer and need treatment and which have benign or harmless nodules that can be watched carefully rather than treated. "We've combined the modalities of deep learning and machine automation in order to accomplish this task," says Akrum Al-Zubaidi, DO, FCCP, interventional pulmonologist and Matrix's founder and CMO. He says the software is most useful for nodules that are indeterminate, to help avoid PET scans, biopsies, and possibly surgeries that may not be necessary.
"Our deep learning tool is really focused on getting patients in the right bucket of risk stratification and saving unnecessary procedures," Al-Zubaidi says. "We also make sure that patients who have a high likelihood of cancer actually get the necessary procedures done."
The tool is based on the scans of more than 50,000 patients and has been externally validated at the Cleveland Clinic with more than 400 patients. The software will be continually updated and trained as more data are added, Spraker says, and the company will pursue FDA approval for additional product features.
The tool also is designed to help with patient management. "Ninety percent of patients who have a lung cancer CT scan only require a 12-month follow-up," Al-Zubaidi says. However, hospital staff are spending one to three hours manually inputting data and navigating that patient's care. "With our system, we can take it down to five to 10 minutes per year on those patients with minimal risk," he says. "That means staff has much more time to focus on the 10% of patients who are at risk and need more complex care."
In February, the FDA cleared a software application from San Franciso-based Viz.ai that uses AI to analyze CT angiography images for indicators associated with a stroke, such as a large vessel occlusion. It sits in the background, says Chris Mansi, MD, CEO and cofounder of Viz.ai. If it recognizes signs of a stroke, the application sends a text notification to a neurovascular specialist so that the patient can be treated as quickly as possible. When it comes to stroke, time is of the essence, as faster treatment may lessen the extent or progression of the stroke, Mansi says. He explains that the specialist can receive the notification on his or her smartphone or tablet and can see the images there but still must review the images on a clinical workstation. The software is meant to help triage stroke patients and has not been approved for diagnosis. Viz.ai is researching and developing AI software for detecting other conditions as well, including brain hemorrhages and cardiovascular issues.
"We're focused on AI, and our job is to make our doctors who treat and diagnose patients more efficient, thus allowing them to help their patients the best they can," Mansi says.
Enlitic is developing a deep learning tool for thoracic CT. It is suitable for the detection and characterization of lung nodules and for longitudinal monitoring of findings, among other uses. "The early lung cancer detection model should be ready by the fall," according to Sally Daub, Enlitic's CEO. "We're currently testing the model with some of our US health care partners and research institutions." Enlitic is also developing an algorithm for helping to detect brain hemorrhages on CT. The goal with these AI tools, as with others, Daub says, is to add value to the radiologist's workflow, making follow-up faster and drawing attention to findings that need more urgent attention.


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Q: Sending Latest http Request when previous call finishes in Angular I am trying to accomplish the following:
I have a request form with say 4 fields (A, B, C, D) for updating a ticket. Whenever a user exits a field (after typing something) a request should be sent to the server to update that ticket. However, imagine the following scenario:

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*The user updates field A

*A request is sent to the server to update the ticket.

*User updates B and then C before the update call for A finishes

In this case I only want the latest call (update for field C) sent to the server and not before reply from A has finished. I have tried to illustrate this below.

I have read several places about debouncing and throttling, but I cannot seem to wrap my head around the perfect solution as this is firstly not based on time and secondly it should not ignore events while the current one is in progress which seems to exclude both of them.
I thought about implementing sort of a buffer with room for one item only, but I figured there had to be a better solution.
Any input is much appreciated, thanks!

A: Looks like you need the rxjs switchmap operator. Switchmap will replace the current request observable with a new one every time your input observable emits new data. While this happens the first request will be cancelled.
const requestObservable$ = inputObservable$.pipe(
  switchmap(yourInputData => this.http.post("...url",yourInputData))
);
requestObservable$.subscribe(response => console.log(response));

The requestObservable$ will respond with the latest data.

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Shogun Rua to undergo surgery for broken nose Wednesday
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Frank Mir taking time off, but spared from UFC cut
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He's no 'FBI agent,' but Michael Bisping curious about Vitor Belfort's drug test
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It has to be agreed that the Independent has had outstanding success in going tabloid. Its sales have jumped by 11 percent over the last year. Simon Kelner, one of its editors, certainly deserves the praise he draws from analysts. But of late, the newspaper's circulation numbers have come down. In the near future the burden of producing two editions is going to strain the financial resources of the paper, which is already showing negative balances. This may force the Independent to keep the tabloid edition and let go of the broadsheet form. Nevertheless, there are other factors as well that determine its ultimate success. The tabloid version of the Independent is an unsatisfactory newspaper in some regards. For example, it looks a little cramped and is typographically unremarkable. Some of its shorter stories and other important pieces make it appear less sophisticated that a traditional newspaper format.
The stories that get selected for publication in these newspapers are quite different too. Let us take the Guardian's case first. A recent poll taken among Guardian subscribers found that two out of every five of them do not regard that private lives of celebrities is of importance. That means, there are nearly 44 million adults in Britain would prefer a media that is devoid of sensationalism and celebrity watching. Yet, the coverage Beckham gets on a regular basis equals that of Gordon Brown, the British Prime Minister. Surely the proportions are wrong here. In this aspect the Independent is not much better either.
The Independent adopted the tabloid format out of desperation. It was a last ditch effort which has turned out better than almost anyone could have guessed. The position of the Guardian was different though. It was not in a tight corner as the Independent was. In addition to that, "bulging as it does with classified advertising dropped into its lap by HMG, it could not have adopted the tabloid form without being disagreeably chunky" (Glover, 2003).
There is yet another factor in this equation. The content of Guardian is as much driven by its readers as it is by its owners.
At this juncture a comparison of the Independent with other tabloids is warranted. The Independent and the Times are similar in size to that of Sun. Certain pages do seem a little cramped. All the popular tabloids are of the exact same width though. The Le Monde or Berliner size which is both lengthier and wider cannot be produced by any newspaper press in Britain "without adaptation that would render it unfit for producing any other shape". Of all the forms in vogue, the Berliner is the most versatile in that it offers plenty of scope for striking design. In this sense The Independent is a compressed broadsheet.
Glover, S. (April 24, 2004). Don't worry: the 'tabloid revolution' is not going to carry everything before it. Spectator, 294, 9168. p.10(1).
Glover, S. (July 3, 2004). It is time to praise Mr Rusbridger–for not turning the Guardian into a tabloid. Spectator, 295, 9178. p.30(1).
Glover, S. (Jan 22, 2005). Can the Guardian be a newspaper both of the Left and of the establishment?. Spectator, 297, 9207. p.28(1).
Glover, S. (Nov 29, 2003). The Times has gone tabloid: where will the broadsheet revolution end?. Spectator, 293, 9147. p.30(1).


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Serzh Sargsyan in Stepanakert participated at the festive events dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the Republic of Nagorno Karabakh Today, President Serzh Sargsyan, who has arrived at Stepanakert to participate at the festive events dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the Republic of Nagorno Karabakh, took part in the official award ceremony held at the NKR Presidential Palace. Serzh Sargsyan congratulated the recipients of high state awards, wished them and all those present good health, success and peace on our borders and in the Armenian families. On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of...
President Serzh Sargsyan participated at the celebrations dedicated to the Victory Day and Liberation of Sushi In the Republic of Nagorno Karabakh President Serzh Sargsyan participated at the celebrations dedicated to the Victory Day, Artsakhi Defense Army Day and Liberation of Sushi.
President Serzh Sargsyan makes a working visit to the Nagorno Karabakh Republic President Serzh Sargsyan has left on a working visit to the defense lines of our country and the Nagorno Karabakh Republic. President Sargsyan and the President of NKR Bako Sahakian, accompanied by the RA Minister of Defense Seyran Ohanian and other high ranking officials, visited defense lines and observed first-hand combat readiness of the troops, and the ongoing works of army-building. The leaders of Armenia and Karabakh were present at the military exercises, conducted observation...
President Serzh Sargsyan arrived to the Republic of Nagorno Karabakh Today, President Serzh Sargsyan arrived to the Republic of Nagorno Karabakh. President Sargsyan visited the military hospital, where troops, wounded in the June 18 fight with a group of Azeri raiders, are recuperating. Serzh Sargsyan met with the leadership of the NKR and participated at the inauguration of a new garrison.
President Serzh Sargsyan conducted a regular two-day visit to the Republic of Nagorno Karabakh On October 21, President Serzh Sargsyan conducted a regular two-day visit to the defense line of our country and the Republic of Nagorno Karabakh. Accompanied by the President of NKR Bako Sahakian, RA Minister of Defense Seyran Ohanian and representatives of the highest military ranks, President Serzh Sargsyan visited the defense positions, observed first hand the combat readiness of the troops and army building activities. President Sargsyan also participated at the inaugural ceremony...
President Serzh Sargsyan's visit to the Nagorno Karabakh Republic President Serzh Sargsyan participated at the events dedicated to the NK Defense Army, 17th Anniversary of Liberation of Shushi and Victory Day. On May 9, President Sargsyan visited the Stepanakert Memorial and laid a wreath at the tomb of freedom fighters, who fell during the Artsakh's liberation war. Later, the delegation headed by Serzh Sargsyan arrived at Shushi. President Sargsyan laid a wreath at the memorial of Vazgen Sarkissian. He also attended the mass held at the...
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Tyndale Kids to Release Debut Children's Title from John Ortberg
Christian ad agency christian childrens book christian childrens gifts ECPA news John Ortberg author john ortberg your magnificent chooser rush to press
Tyndale Kids to Release Debut Children's Title
from John Ortberg
Beloved pastor and bestselling author helps instruct children
on the importance of making good choices in
Your Magnificent Chooser, releasing March 2017
Contact: Katie Dodillet
katiedodillet@tyndale.com | 630.784.5275
Carol Stream, Ill. (November 15, 2016)—We all have choices to make every day, even very young children. The choices kids make play a large part in forming who they grow to be as adults—will they choose to be obedient or disobedient, unselfish or selfish, positive or negative? In his whimsical debut children's book, Ortberg encourages kids to use their God-given "magnificent Chooser" to help them to make the right choices daily.
Your Magnificent Chooser teaches children that God has given us all the ability to make choices and guides kids in cultivating a sense of responsibility for their actions. The ultimate goal is to help children develop the capacity to make good choices at a young age, growing them into strong followers of Christ. This meaningful content is paired with engaging rhyme and beautiful illustrations, making it a book that both parents and kids will want to read over and over again.
The impetus for this book was born out of Ortberg's 2015 adult release, All the Places to Go . . . How Will You Know?, about making choices that lead to discerning God's will for our lives. Linda Howard, Associate Publisher for Tyndale Kids, shared, "We felt that the subject matter would translate well into a children's book, and when we presented the idea to John, he agreed and was genuinely excited to work on the book with us." Howard's team is "thrilled to partner with Ortberg on his first children's book," adding that "his engaging humor and Seuss-like rhyming made this book a true joy to work on."
This release is one of the key acquisitions that demonstrates the new commitment Tyndale is making to build its children and youth division and will be at the center of a brand campaign for Tyndale Kids. The book releases on March 1, 2017.
John Ortberg is the senior pastor at Menlo Park Presbyterian Church (MPPC), an author, and a speaker. John's teaching centers around our everyday life with God and how God cares more about who we are becoming than what we do. He has written books on spiritual formation including, The Life You've Always Wanted, Faith and Doubt, Who is This Man?, Soul Keeping, and All the Places to Go . . . How Will You Know?.
Born and raised in Rockford, Illinois, John graduated from Wheaton College with a degree in psychology. He holds a master of divinity and doctorate degree in clinical psychology from Fuller Seminary. Prior to joining MPPC, John served as teaching pastor at Chicago's Willow Creek Community Church. John is a member of the board of trustees at Fuller Seminary and the board for the Dallas Willard Center for Spiritual Formation, and he has served on the board of Christianity Today International. Follow John on Twitter @johnortberg and on Facebook.
Your Magnificent Chooser by John Ortberg
Tyndale.com/Kids
Tyndale House Publishers, founded in 1962, is the world's largest privately held Christian publisher of books, Bibles, and digital media. Tyndale has published many New York Times bestsellers. The largest portion of its profit goes to the nonprofit Tyndale House Foundation, which makes grants to help meet the physical and spiritual needs of people around the world. Tyndale was founded to publish Living Letters, which later comprised part of The Living Bible, a contemporary paraphrase of the Bible that became a global publishing phenomenon. Tyndale now publishes the Holy Bible, New Living Translation (NLT), the translation of choice for millions of people.


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Patient engagement tools can speed, streamline COVID-19 vaccine rollout
Healthcare has a customer service problem – and that "could be the difference between achieving herd immunity in 2021, or not."
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As the slower-than-expected COVID-19 vaccine rollout continues around the United States, experts have noted the importance of the "last mile" – getting dosages into the arms of patients.
Some industry leaders say that although the logistics are certainly important, using existing patient engagement technology to complement vaccination outreach could be key to ensuring that every American who needs protection from COVID-19 can get it.
Guillaume de Zwirek, CEO of Well Health, told Healthcare IT News that he believes the best strategy is to "meet patients where they are."
"I don't think healthcare really understands what true patient engagement is," said de Zwirek, whose company offers patient communication tools. "There is no single common standard. They're all communicating with patients in different ways."
"Healthcare is the third-worst industry when it comes to customer service," de Zwirek continued. "It should be number one."
De Zwirek noted that labyrinthine messaging systems and unclear pipelines can contribute to patient frustration and health risks.
For instance, at the time of his interview with Healthcare IT News, de Zwirek noted that it had taken him a full hour to book an appointment to get himself and his family tested for COVID-19 after an exposure, "with 12 different phone calls."
When the pandemic first began to sweep across the United States this spring, "the first thing our company did is, we thought about our platform and how we could help our customers handle the influx of patients," de Zwirek said. "We built out a bunch of workflows."
Now that the vaccine is becoming more widely available, Well plans to scale up in a similar fashion, he said, noting that 13 integrated delivery networks are using the platform to deliver vaccine-related communications via text message.
Since the beginning of December, the company says it has helped providers schedule more than 8,000 "dose 1" vaccine appointments.
"We took a customer live in four days last week specifically because of the COVID vaccine," de Zwirek said.
Many electronic health records have been preparing their systems to record COVID-19 vaccinations and report back to health departments, with some using patient portals for vaccine-related communications.
"I'm not here to compete with or replace the patient portal," said de Zwirek. But he said bundling workflows into the portal inevitably creates friction.
"I got my COVID results yesterday. I got an email with the link to my MyChart and couldn't remember my password," he said.
By contrast, there are HIPAA-compliant ways to use texting to convey information to patients.
"If there is an opportunity to eliminate friction, take it," he said. "There are many use cases that don't include [protected health information] that will get way higher compliance."
Greg Johnsen, CEO of LifeLink, points to chatbots as a way to address patient demand and confusion around the vaccine.
"Additional complexities around new documentation, specific follow-up vaccination windows, and an influx of people that are new patients could overwhelm current intake and scheduling processes," said Johnsen.
"Building a handful of digital assistants versus training thousands of individuals is also a key consideration when it comes to efficiency and cost," he added.
Johnsen pointed out that conversational AI can engage people on their phones or other devices to help with scheduling, form completion, reminders, directions, screening and follow-up.
He noted that EHR integration is "critical," saying that EHRs can trigger bots to reach out to patients and help to make the process more personal.
"It makes a difference if the bot knows your name, or knows your doctor, or knows the date you are due to get your second dose of the vaccination," said Johnsen.
"Conversely, when a digital assistant collects information from patients, that data must be written back to the patient record in the EHR. Conversational AI is at its best when deployed as an engagement layer that 'wraps' and extends the big systems of record," he added.
Like de Zwirek, Johnsen emphasized the importance of smoothing friction wherever possible. He says browser-based programs with a wide range of supported languages can boost access, enabling patient trust and ease of use.
"The human dimension to healthcare is vital and should not be diminished in any way. But the administrative overhead is ripe for automation," he said.
LifeLink, which enables providers to deliver patient workflows as chatbot conversations, measures engagement as a key performance indicator.
"In light of the expected COVID-19 vaccination volume projections, saving just a few minutes on each case adds up to massive time and efficiency savings," Johnsen said.
"It could be the difference between achieving herd immunity in 2021, or not," he predicted.
Pouria Sanae, founder and CEO of ixLayer, said another way to smooth out friction could be streamlining as much pre-vaccination communication as possible.
ixLayer, which offers tools for health testing technology, can be integrated with EHRs to offer physician-ordered, patient-ordered or direct-to-consumer testing.
"When COVID happened, we had everything in place to start COVID testing," said Sanae, who says ixLayer "sits in the background" for hundreds of COVID testing programs, including the U.S. Coast Guard's.
Now, with individuals beginning to clamor for access to the COVID-19 vaccine, Sanae says ixLayer can be used for patients' electronic consent forms and health history in order to make the process smoother.
One advantage, he says, is the platform's ability to offer solutions "in as many languages as [the providers] want" – which will be increasingly important as the vaccine becomes available to the wider population.
"Once you've done the vaccine, there are patient CRMs in place so you can keep a closed loop," Sanae continues, which will allow providers to more easily track any severe symptoms or adverse reactions.
As far as accessibility goes, Sanae says the company went through an audit to try and ensure the platform does not present hurdles for users with disabilities.
"But this is something the entire industry needs to improve," Sanae said.
Artificial Intelligence, Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR), Patient Engagement, Population Health, Telehealth