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Going Global is Back with New Episodes
The world-renowned television travel series Going Global, which originally launched on CNBC World is back with a vibrant host and a captivating new season on Amazon Prime Video Direct. Going Global which sports a worldwide following online, on social media and on television is moving to Amazon Prime Video with a new season of luxury more »
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TV is Not Always Glamorous
Our TV Series Going Global celebrates the art of international travel. As TV Producers our teams spend a lot of their lives flying across the globe. This can be a dream job but as Columnist and seasoned TV veteran Steph Ridalgh explains it can also be exhausting. Flying around the world can from the outside more »
Queen of the Road – The Essential Guide for Women Travelers
Our CNBC World business travel series Going Global has some great advice for women who want to travel like a pro. Traveling as a woman, especially solo, can be an intimidating undertaking. But it's an oh-so-rewarding experience if done correctly. Sure, it can be dangerous, it can be scary, it can be dirty, sticky and more »
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Miami 2.0 – Art is Business and Business is a Unique Art
From our business travel TV series Going Global, here's a great overview on the revitalizing of Miami and how this tropical but cosmopolitan city has learned to blend commerce and culture to create an economic renaissance. Business is booming in South Florida and specifically Miami Dade County. With two of the busiest ports in the more »
The Lion Never Sleeps
Here is a special sneak preview of our new episode of Going Global, Singapore: The Lion Never Sleeps. We explore the SE Asian miracle that is Singapore and the unique role that the flag carrier Singapore Airlines has played in shaping the city. We get behind the scenes and up close and personal with one more »
Everybody's Talking | Social Media & Mobile Access Defines Travel Experiences
Our TV series Going Global has updated another infographic. This time it shows the tremendous importance of social media and mobile access to the global travel industry. The elite travelers who support the Going Global community get this. A recent informal survey of our audience showed that 80{5ca2eb384d09d98d15e1efd1e27b66aae779e3e721a4a8d35c0ac7b222cb3660} of our Twitter followers checked an airline more »
The Numbers Behind Global Travel
Here is a fascinating infographic of everyone's second favorite pursuit (the first is happiness, get your heads out of the gutter). Our business travel series Going Global has been informally polling our worldwide audience of elite travelers and the results are fascinating for airlines and hotels. Our viewers are smart, loyal and definitely love to more »
The Changing Face of Elite Travelers
Asia is the new frontier for Elite Travelers according to a recent study from the Global Business Travel Association. The GBTA is an industry group of 5,000-plus members who manage over $340 billion of global business travel and meetings expenditures annually, so they know what they're talking about when it comes to elite travel. According more »
In this second article on cross-cultural learning and China, Michael Keller takes us through some important considerations when working with Chinese partners, suppliers or customers. No single article could offer the information needed to prepare the intrepid business traveler for his or her first interactions with Chinese counterparts. But there are at least three major more »


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This 14K gold pendant features the iconic Guam seal. This wonderful piece features the coconut tree and the flying proa or galaide that comprises the Guam seal design. It can be easily attached to any chain. This pendant makes a wonderful gift for family and friends. Or just get it for yourself and show off your Chamorro pride. It is also an extremely popular birthday gift and graduation gift. Bring back those wonderful memories of Guam, strolling on the beach, enjoying a great barbecue.
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HomeSportsSoccerOwls drop A-10 home opener
Owls drop A-10 home opener
The women's soccer team lost, 2-1, to Rhode Island on Sunday. The Owls have now lost four straight.
29 September 2009 Kyle Gauss Soccer, Sports
JOHN BIRK TTN Junior forward/midfielder Stephanie Ferretti fights for a loose ball against Albany Great Dane defenders on Sept. 13.
After starting the season 4-1-1, the women's soccer team has dropped four in a row and all of a sudden finds itself in last place in the Atlantic Ten Conference.
Entering the conference home opener against the Rhode Island Rams, Temple was hoping to regain some of the defensive prowess that led to a successful start to the season. After winning their first three games at home, the Owls went on the road, only to be outscored 9-2 in three losses. The last loss in the road trip came at the hands of A-10 rival Dayton. The Owls lost 4-0 to the Flyers on Friday, putting their A-10 record at 0-1.
When the Rams (3-5-1) visited the Ambler Sports Complex on Sunday, Sept. 27, the Owls were presented with an opportunity to bounce back from the opening loss against the Flyers. Unfortunately, it was not to be, as the Rams came out firing, ultimately winning 2-1.
Sophomore forward Stephanie Santos scored the first Rhode Island goal. She took a pass from senior Ina Bjorklid and sped downfield. Temple junior goalkeeper Kara Williams moved out of the net to challenge Santos but slipped due to the wet field conditions. Santos took advantage of a lucky bounce and beat two Temple defenders to put the Rams up 1-0.
"I just wanted to be aggressive and come out," Williams said. "That's an awkward ball. What are the odds it's going to bounce off [Santos] and bounce forward? It's a tough break, but I've got to get the next one."
"That was the first time [Santos] used her speed, so you don't know how quick she is," coach David Jones added. "Maybe nine out of 10 times, Kara makes that save, or the ball bounces somewhere else. Unfortunately, that one went right to [Santos'] foot."
Following a goal from Rhode Island sophomore midfielder Alexis Veith, the Owls entered the break down 2-0.
In the second half, the Owls displayed a more aggressive style of play, and they managed to draw 12 penalties in their favor. The Cherry and White made a game of it at the 61:21 mark, when junior forward Stephanie Ferretti headed in her third goal of the year off a corner kick.
The second-half surge was not enough, though, as the Owls would fail to tie it up. In the end, it was too little, too late, Jones said.
"We knew we were down 2-0, and we knew we had to step up our pace and tempo," Jones said. "We did that, and we got that first goal, but we couldn't get that second one. It's tough. You can't put yourself in a 2-0 hole and expect to keep coming back."
Sophomore forward Niki Conn was held goalless for the fourth straight game after starting the season with six goals in her first six games. Despite Conn's cold streak, the Owls need to find a way to score the ball, Jones said.
"We're getting chances. We're just not converting them," Jones said. "Today's a great example. We had a bunch of people that had a lot of chances. The chances we had, we just didn't make good decisions on what to do with the ball."
Even though the Owls have lost four games in a row, Jones remains confident his team can turn it around.
"We're two games [into conference play]," Jones said. "We played two quality teams, and we showed we could play today. Most teams are going to be very similar to Rhode Island. We're going to have to fight harder earlier in the game. I think we'll be fine."
The team will attempt to right the ship when it travels to Richmond on Friday, Oct. 2 to play the Spiders.
Kyle Gauss can be reached at kyle.gauss@temple.edu.
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When customers walk into Bangkok's "Corgi in the Garden" cafe, they're greeted by a dozen corgis rushing out to greet them, jump in laps and shake hands for treats.
The cafe houses 12 corgis, whose popularity has been soaring among Thai dog lovers for their roly-poly build and an almost infallible ability to make people smile.
"They're funny dogs, like their appearances, short and stubby. These are their unique appearances which I like," said cafe owner Tanchanok Kanawaong, the cafe owner. "And I also like their laughable characteristics as well, they're so funny."
In Tokyo, Bangkok and other cities, "cat cafes" have been popular for years. The corgi cafe is roughly the same model - just for aficionados of the specific breed of dog most famously beloved by Britain's Queen Elizabeth II.
In Bangkok, Tanchanok's commoner corgis are being put to work six days a week - but with plenty of nap breaks and run time in the garden, she says.
Customers pay about $11 for one-hour sessions with the dozen corgis with names like Porkchop, Pumpkin, Salmon, Bean, and Babycorn.
One customer, 36-year-old Chutima Jaroonjintayanon, said she's here to "learn more about their characteristics" as she was considering getting a corgi of her own.
Tanchanok said she hadn't planned on running a corgi cafe, but a surprise litter of pups gave her the idea.
"I just wanted to share the love and happiness," she says. "Two of my dogs had seven puppies ... and the number grew, so we wanted to spread the joy with others."


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Australian Hospital Rescuing Koalas From Historic Bushfires
Terace Garnier spoke to two workers who are helping care for koalas injured in Australia's bushfires.
Article by Terace Garnier
Thousands travel each year to Port Macquarie, a city known for its beautiful beaches. But in the midst of Australia's worst-ever fire crisis, people are seeing something very different.
"It's just devastating — what they have done to the whole population in Australia," said Barbara Barrett, a relief supervisor at the Port Macquarie Koala Hospital. "It's wiped out so many."
Barrett and Anne Walsh have worked with the Port Macquarie Koala Hospital for more than 35 years combined, caring for injured or sick koalas brought to the facility. They say nearly 500 koalas lived in the area — 400 of them were killed by recent bushfires.
"I have become so passionate about them that I think the day we have no koalas in Port Macquarie, I would pack my bags and leave," said Walsh.
Police Arrest Dozens In Australia For Deliberately Setting Fires
Police in the Australian state of New South Wales say they've arrested more than 180 people since early November for fire-related offenses.
They have saved 31 badly injured koalas since October. They work in the first facility in the country dedicated to treating the mammal. It has eight intensive care units and a 24-hour rescue operation. One koala, named Zenani, was injured during a bushfire seven years ago. Barrett spent months raising the koala, known as a young joey, in her home. Now she is the only one Zenani trusts.
"She still thinks I'm her mom," Barrett said. "Usually I come in every Friday – that's cuddle day."
Once a healthy baby koala is old enough, it will be released back into the wild. But some are too badly injured, like Zenani, and will spend the rest of their lives in captivity. "We could breed with her," Barrett said. "But because she came from a different area, three hours south of here, to breed with her we would have to have a male from that area. We don't cross the gene pools. We try to keep them pure."
The hospital plans on using donations they have received from around the world to start a breeding program. "It's going to take years and years to repopulate," Barrett said.
Latest in Australia / Oceania
Hipkins sworn in as New Zealand PM, pledges focus on economy
Chris Hipkins, 44, has promised a back-to-basics approach focusing on the economy and what he described as the "pandemic of inflation."
By Mark Mitchell / New Zealand Herald / AP
Jacinda Ardern makes final appearance as New Zealand leader
Ardern's final act was to join lawmakers attending celebrations at the Rātana meeting grounds, the home of an Indigenous Māori religious movement.
New Zealand's Jacinda Ardern to leave office, sets October election
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's last day in office will be Feb. 7.
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King of Fighters XII
The King of Fighters XII
Feels more like the Duke.
Review by Matt Edwards Contributor
The current decade has been an interesting time for SNK and The King of Fighters series. After the lacklustre Capcom Fighting Jam in 2004, it seemed Capcom had bowed out of the 2D fighter race, and from then on the only serious competition SNK faced was from Guilty Gear - although both Melty Blood and Arcana Heart get props for spicing things up. But now in 2009 everything has changed. Capcom has exploded back onto the scene with Street Fighter IV, and Arc System has answered with the seminal BlazBlue. From SNK Playmore's own mouth "the fight has evolved", but despite all the hype, The King of Fighters XII doesn't feel like much of an evolution.
The King of Fighters main arcade series - spanning 10 games on the ancient Neo Geo and one on the Atomiswave - has traditionally focused on gradual progression. Each new instalment would jostle the roster and trial a new mechanic or two, but crucially retain the series' inherent style and feel. But with the 12th instalment SNK has finally decided to rework the stagnating series from the ground up. All the characters in XII have had their sprites redrawn by hand and are now larger and vastly more detailed.
SNK has opted to keep each pixel visible as opposed to hidden behind filters. So although some diehard fans will lament the loss of the older sprites, XII nonetheless retains the classic SNK style - albeit in high-definition. Character animation is also more convincing than in previous iterations and although not the best out there, certainly does a good job of bringing the fighters to life. Plus, rather than being static the camera adapts to the state of play. If you're pummelling your opponent in the corner, it zooms in on the action, but if you're trading different-coloured projectiles at a distance, it pans out.
Suffice to say that XII's AI is terrible. It seems to alternate between all-out offensive and mid-screen spasm.
Whilst other developers have relented, SNK - at least in the main series - still refuses to give an inch, because once the fists start flying in XII there isn't a polygon in sight. All the arenas are high-resolution and contain some impressive pixelation effects - including a 3D-looking blimp which circles the Dome stage. But such devotion to 2D seems to have come at the cost of variety. The King of Fighters XII has only six stages to its name, and one of these is just a night variation of the Dome stage with added fireworks.
Further reductions are found on the character-select screen as XII only has 22 to choose from - that's less than the original King of Fighters game from 1994. Most of the A-list cast are present including Kyo Kusanagi, Ryo Sakazaki, Athena and the "legendary hungry wolf" himself, Terry Bogard. But although we get Leona and console exclusives Elisabeth and Mature duking it out for the girls, where the hell is Mai Shiranui? Why SNK chose to leave out the leading lady in favour of Shen Woo and Raiden remains a mystery. However, it appears much of XII's cast is taken from the original Orochi saga ('95, '96 and '97), so fan favourites like K' are glaringly absent.
Unlike Street Fighter IV, XII gives you more aerial options. Tap up to hop, hold up to jump and tap down and then up to super jump.
The King of Fighters XII retains the series signature four-button setup of light and heavy punches and kicks, and although no substitute for a good arcade stick, the PS3 pad proves more than adequate. The basic combo system is quite flexible with many options to chain basic and specials attacks together. XII also places a strong focus on command moves - i.e. standard attacks which can be performed by pressing an attack button and direction together. As an example, Terry can combo his jumping heavy kick into his standing heavy punch, which hits twice, followed by his Rising Upper command punch and finished with a light Burning Knuckle. Doing slightly over a quarter of full damage, this is a good example of a bread-and-butter King of Fighters combo.
Although XII feels slower than the recent King of Fighters games, and certainly slower than BlazBlue, it's still faster and more combo-heavy than the likes of Street Fighter IV. Further tech is added with the Emergency Evasion, Guard Attack, Blow Back Attack and Critical Counter systems. Emergency Evasion allows you to forward or back roll by pressing both lights. This can be used to avoid an attack but is easy to counter with a well-timed throw. The Guard Attack works like a parry, and if you time it perfectly, will knock back an attacking opponent. But it does minor damage and doesn't seem to be combo-able, so its use beyond escaping the corner is limited.
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Motor vehicle accidents involving trucks kill or injure thousands of people every single year across the country. Although personal injury protection (PIP) benefits provide some financial relief regardless of fault in no-fault states like Massachusetts, recovering any damages (financial compensation) beyond that might require proof of negligence.
In many cases, the cause of such accidents might seem obvious. Even so, many accident victims often have a hard time getting the money they deserve for their crash. That's why it's critical that you have an experienced truck accident attorney working for you, someone who knows how to prove negligence in truck accidents.
At the Law Offices of Mark E. Salomone in Massachusetts and the Law Offices of Mark E. Salomone & Morelli in Connecticut, our truck accident attorneys know how to gather the evidence you (as the plaintiff in the case) need to prove that someone else (the defendant) caused your accident. As your attorney, we can gather the facts that prove:
Defendant owed a duty to plaintiff;
Defendant breached that duty by failing to conform to a certain standard of conduct;
Defendant's negligence was the cause of harm to plaintiff;
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What this means is no matter how serious your injuries, the only way to collect damages is to prove that the defendant was negligent. Only then is the trucker or trucking company responsible for compensating you for expenses associated with your accident, including medical bills, lost income and more.
Example of Complications Involving Truck Accident Negligence
A recent truck accident lawsuit (Moreno v. TLSL, Inc.) before the Mississippi Supreme Court illustrates just how complicated establishing negligence can be in such cases. Specifically, the court was asked to consider whether the trial judge erred in granting a directed verdict in favor of defendant on the grounds plaintiff had not made a prima facie showing (based on the first impression) the defendant was negligent.
Plaintiff argued the case should have been allowed to go to a jury, as there were central questions of fact in dispute between the two sides. Ultimately, the state high court affirmed.
Here's what happened: In November 2011, early in the morning, four men were on their way to work in a pickup truck. They were on a highway, when a 75-foot tractor trailer merged from a county road.
It was still dark when the crash occurred. The truck driver testified that earlier on his shift, he checked to verify all the lights on his truck were working. As he approached the intersection to merge onto the highway, he slowed, allowing two cars to pass before proceeding at about 35 mph. He said it was only at that point that he saw the headlights of a vehicle approaching over the hill. The two vehicles collided, and three of the four occupants inside the car were killed.
A motorist behind the pickup truck testified she witnessed the accident, and did not see the headlights of the truck. She also indicated it was a side-impact collision. The truck driver, however, would later say it was a rear-end collision, with the pickup truck striking him from behind.
The plaintiff filed a wrongful death lawsuit on behalf of her husband, who had been driving. She asserted the truck company was vicariously liable for the driver's failure to properly inspect his vehicle and for failure to yield. She sought damages for medical expenses, pain and suffering, funeral and burial expenses, lost wages and punitive damages.
At trial, the other motorist testified and evidence from the highway patrol was presented. The only surviving occupant of the pickup truck said that while he was asleep until seconds before the crash, he did not see the truck's lights.
After testimony concluded, the defendant filed a motion for directed verdict on the issue of negligence. The plaintiff objected, arguing there was sufficient evidence to support a verdict in her favor. The judge granted directed verdict.
On appeal, the plaintiff argued this was an error. She argued the question of negligence was one for the jury, and there was enough evidence in her favor from which the jury could have concluded the tractor-trailer truck driver failed to yield and that his tail lights were not working. These were the two elements on which the issue of negligence rested.
As to the issue of the tail lights, the state high court concluded there was no evidence to establish or contradict whether the lights were working, and neither of plaintiff's witnesses were actually in a position to see the lights. Thus, plaintiff had not met her burden of proof in that regard.
Similarly, on the issue of failure to yield, the court noted that while the other motorist's testimony conflicted with the truck driver's, her account also conflicted with the conclusions of the state highway patrol. It was further determined her drawings didn't accurately depict the accident. The statute doesn't require drivers who have already entered an intersection through a highway to yield the right-of-way to an approaching vehicle that hasn't entered or approached the intersection closely enough to constitute a hazard.
Many car accidents involving commercial vehicles turn out to be far more complex than they may seem on the surface. Your case may require an extensive amount of investigation, accident reconstruction and expert witness testimony in order to be successful - which is why you should only trust a legal team with proven results. Contact our law firm to find out how we can help you. Call 1-800-WIN-WIN-1 right now.
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Four Winds Nature Institute community-based natural science curriculum
Ecosystems Table of Contents
Ecosystems – Resources
Signs of Leaf Eaters
Life in the Dirt
Leaf Litter
Snags and Rotting Logs
Squirrel Tales
Stream Life
Forest Birds
Pond Life
Patterns in Nature Table of Contents
Patterns in Nature – Resources
All Sorts of Insects
Conifer Clues
Track Detectives
Feathering the Nest
Animal Disguise and Surprise
Ferns and Fiddleheads
Earth Table of Contents
Earth – Resources
Sunlight and Shadow
Blanket of Air
Nature of Sound
Wind and Clouds Aloft
Structure and Function
Structure and Function – Table of Contents
Structure and Function – Resources
Spiders: Web-builders and Wanderers
Tremendous Trees
Predators and Prey
Skull Sleuthing
Calling All Owls
Daunting Defenses
Beavers and Muskrats
The Buzz on Bees
Cycles in Nature
Cycles in Nature Table of Contents
Cycles in Nature – Resources
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Traveling Seeds
Birds on the Wing
Winter Ways
Trees in Winter
Galls Galore
Songbird Songs
Flowers to Fruit
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The hum of honeybees as they flit from flower to flower from spring through fall carries the promise of summer fruits and autumn harvest.  Many flowers depend on bees and other insects to transport their pollen, and that pollen is needed to fertilize the flower's eggs so they can mature into seeds. The relationship also benefits the bees because they depend on nectar from flowers to make honey and to mix with pollen to feed to their young. When we look at the amazing adaptations of honeybees, both physical and behavioral, we learn much about the life and work of these busy, buzzy insects.
Honeybees are social insects, living in colonies of many thousands of bees. Each colony is a single family comprised of the queen and her offspring. Working together in a highly organized way, honeybees accomplish remarkable feats of construction, navigation, decision making, defense, and honey making – far beyond what an individual insect could do on its own.
There are three types of bees within a hive: the queen, the male drones, and the female workers. Each has a special role in the colony. The single queen bee, recognized by her long, slender abdomen, is responsible for laying all the eggs the colony requires in order to survive. A new queen ventures outside the hive only a few times in her life. During these flights she mates with a number of drones before returning to the hive. There she proceeds to lay eggs, up to 2,000 a day during the spring and summer months. She is able to determine the sex of each egg by whether or not she fertilizes it. Fertilized eggs develop into female workers, while unfertilized eggs become drones.
A drone's body is plumper than that of a worker or queen bee, and its large eyes meet or nearly meet at the top of its head. Drones depend on their sisters in the hive, the worker bees, to feed and groom them, for they are not equipped to feed from flowers themselves. Drones have a single function – to mate in flight with a young queen bee. They fly from the hive and congregate high in the air with drones from other colonies, lured together by pheromones emitted by young queens. If successful, the drones die after mating. The others return to the hive to fly another day. In the fall the workers refuse to feed the remaining drones, and they are forced out of the hive to die. Every spring new drones are produced in the hive.
The female worker bees are the laborers of the hive, proceeding through a series of jobs as they mature. Like the queen and drone, the worker bee begins her life as a tiny egg laid in a cell of the wax comb inside the hive. A small larva hatches out of the egg. For the first three days of her life, the worker bee larva is fed a substance called "royal jelly" by adult worker bees in the hive. Later she is fed a mixture of pollen and honey, called "bee bread." The larva eats and grows, and after five days she turns into a pupa, a resting stage during which she undergoes metamorphosis, changing her form completely. After nearly two weeks, she emerges from the cell as a mature bee, with eyes and wings and antennae, six bristly legs, and a furry body.
Newly emerged adult worker bees begin their adult lives as housekeepers, cleaning out the cells. Next, they become nursemaids, feeding and grooming the queen and larvae. From their hypopharyngeal glands, they produce "royal jelly," a mixture of honey and their own saliva, which they feed to the queen and to the youngest larvae. Soon, the worker bee begins to produce little wafers of wax by means of glands on her abdomen. Now she is ready to be a construction worker, using the wax to construct new comb and to fashion caps for the honey-filled cells and the brood cells. Next she'll become kitchen staff, preparing the honey and packing pollen and honey in the cells for storage. If needed, the worker bee may stand guard at the hive entrance and protect it from intruders such as robber bees or hungry bears. By now the worker bee's flight muscles are sufficiently developed to take on her last and most demanding job, that of field bee. She forages for nectar and pollen from flowers to bring back to the hive. There are variations, certainly, to this timeframe, as the specific activities of a certain bee at any time are governed by the needs of the colony. Most worker bees live for about six weeks. The bees that spend the winter inside the hive live longer, until the following spring.
Honeybee bodies have many special features. On their heads they have two large compound eyes with thousands of tiny lenses that help them see the world around them, detect motion, and sense color and polarized light. They also have three simple eyes that are sensitive to light and may help the bee orient to the sun. Their antennae allow them to sense vibrations and odors. The honeybee worker has a long straw-like tongue (proboscis) for reaching nectar inside flower blossoms and a special "honey stomach" for storing the nectar and carrying it back to the hive. Their legs, attached to the thorax, have special hairs and claws for feet. The front legs have a special groove and thumb-like spine that is used as an antenna-cleaner. The middle legs have a spur for handling the wax wafers the worker bee produces from wax glands on her abdomen. Bees use their legs to comb pollen off their body hairs and pack it onto the "pollen basket," an expanded section of their hind legs with long bristles that hold the pollen while the bee flies back to the hive. Bees have four wings; the hindwing and forewing on each side hook together to assist in flight. Finally, at the tip of the abdomen, worker bees have a barbed stinger and poison gland, a formidable defense.
The anatomy and life cycle of queen bees and of drones is different from that of worker bees in a variety of ways, reflecting the different responsibilities of each caste within the hive. Queen bees take sixteen days to develop from egg to adult and may live three to five years. Queen bees have longer abdomens than workers to accommodate their active reproductive system, and her stinger is unbarbed and used to fend off rival queens. The queen bee's chemical pheromones are essential in maintaining the social order of the hive. Drone bees take twenty-four days to mature from egg to adult. They possess no food-gathering equipment and no stinger.
Bees depend on flowers for pollen and nectar, which they use for food. Honeybee foragers have a remarkable way of communicating with other bees in their colony about the distance and the direction to a good patch of flowers. They do so by means of a dance, performed by returning foragers. A "Round Dance," in which the bee runs in a circle first clockwise, then counter clockwise, indicates that the source of nectar is within about a hundred yards of the hive. When the flowers are farther away, a "Waggle Dance" is performed. It resembles a figure-eight with two circles joined by a straight run. The bee waggles her abdomen from side to side during the straight part of the figure. If the bee is dancing outside the hive, the straight part of the dance points in the direction of the flowers. However, most returning field bees will go inside the hive to recruit other foragers. Here they must dance in the dark, on combs that hang vertically from the hive ceiling. In this case, the waggle part of the dance is done at an angle from the vertical that is equal to the angle between the sun and the flowers. Other bees gather around the dancing bee, and, with their antennae, sense the movements of the dancer. The scent of the flowers, carried on the returning bee's body, gives another clue about the kind of flower to hunt for. Sharing information in this way saves a lot of energy for the other foragers, and the whole colony benefits.
Each bee colony constructs the elaborate wax honeycomb in which young are raised and honey is stored. The nursery area of the hive is called the brood comb. These hexagonal cells vary slightly in size for worker and drone bees, and the queen can measure the cell size with her front feet and detect that difference. The six-sided construction is a very efficient design. Because they share walls with adjacent cells, less wax is needed and there is no wasted space between cells. Queen cells, constructed by the workers when they feel their queen needs to be replaced, are different. They are larger, rather peanut-shaped, and sit vertically on the frame.
In addition to honey, bees give us a variety of other products. Beeswax is used for many things, from candles to waterproofing. Propolis, a hard, reddish brown material often found on the frames in a hive, is the bees' glue. It is collected from the sticky leaf buds of some plants (like balsam poplar and cottonwood) and used to hold the honeycomb together. Health food stores sell propolis as a traditional medicine. They also sell royal jelly and bee pollen as food supplements.
Honeybees are important as pollinators of agricultural crops and wildflowers, remarkable for their highly organized behavior and unique dance communication, and well loved for the sweet-flavored honey they produce. It's fun to observe honeybees going about their daily lives, and there's much to be learned by studying these hardworking insects and their complex social structure.
Dadant, C.P., First Lessons in Beekeeping. Dadant Publication, 1997.
Frisch, Karl von. The Dancing Bees. New York: Harcourt Brace & World, 1953.
Winston, Mark L. The Biology of the Honeybee. Harvard University Press, 1991.
Avitabile, Alphonse and Diana Sammataro. The Beekeeper's Handbook, 3rd ed. Cornell University Press. 2006.
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Q: Selenium, webdriver - after can't find xpath Should the browser close. python Hello iam new and i have a one question.it's about an account creator for my website. ..
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Cite this article as: Velasquez MV, Schilling K. Clinical Benefit of High Resolution Breast PET. Clin Oncol. 2017; 2: 1207.
Anatomic breast imaging techniques are very useful in the detection of breast cancer, but can have limited sensitivity and positive predictive value . These limitations have provided the incentive for adjunctive metabolic technologies such as high-resolution breast PET. Metabolic or functional imaging focuses on activity at the cellular level and can provide more precise information and often better differentiation between benign vs. malignant findings.
Since its inception little more than a decade ago high-resolution, breast specific, PET imaging has proven to be an invaluable clinical asset, particularly in complex case problem solving. The instrumentation design of the Naviscan Solo-II™ high resolution PET scanner consists of a pair of linear detector arrays with LYSO crystal scintillators coupled with position sensitive photomultipliers. High-resolution breast PET utilizes tomographic reconstruction and uniform high spatial resolution with increasing tumor depth. Multiple reiterative reconstruction and postreconstruction filtering contribute to lesion conspicuity.
In addition to the high intrinsic spatial resolution (1.6 mm), sensitivity (92.5%), and specificity (91.2%) , the ability to conduct real-time, guaranteed sampling of suspicious lesions through core imaging verification provides an unprecedented advantage for breast biopsy [3,4].
As experienced dedicated breast imagers, we are always looking for advancements that can help promote a more personalized approach to breast cancer diagnosis and treatment versus a one-sizefits- all strategy. We have employed high-resolution breast PET for over 7 years, convinced of its efficacy we use it as an ancillary option for many problematic cases. One such case is discussed here.
At just 35 years of age, this patient was initially diagnosed with poorly differentiated invasive ductal carcinoma of the right breast. After treatment with lumpectomy, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy the patient was returned to routine surveillance screening. Nine years later, she suffered a recurrence in the right breast. Another lumpectomy and re-excision for positive margins were performed. Once again, post-surgery the patient resumed routine imaging surveillance. Fast forward another seven years. The patient presented with clinically enlarged lymph nodes on the contralateral (left) side. Diagnostic imaging work up to include mammography, ultrasound, PET/ CT, and MRI were all performed. All modalities revealed abnormal lymph nodes, only MRI showed enhancement at the previous right breast site. The patient underwent left node biopsy and ultimately ALND on the left which proved she had recurrent, locally metastatic adenocarcinoma, Estrogen, Progesterone and HER 2 negative. MR-guided biopsy of the prior right lumpectomy site was done and the results were negative yielding only fat necrosis and fibrosis. The primary lesion associated with the left lymphadenopathy could not be found. After consultation with oncology, we decided to try high-resolution breast PET. Finally, the answer was revealed. Active tumor in the right breast, with a PUV max of 3.25 and a lesion to background ratio (LTB) of 6.2 and metastasis to contralateral axillary lymph nodes. The imaging diagnosis was confirmed through PEM-guided biopsy of the right breast with the ability to confirm location accuracy through imaging the activity in core samples. The post- biopsy mammogram showed the biopsy marker for the PEM guided biopsy in the expected location but the clip from the MR- guided biopsy was distant from the lesion site.
Same-day PEM-guided biopsy is feasible for most patients. It results in decreased radiation dose to both the patient and medical staff and expedites the patient's preoperative staging workup for breast cancer. The feasibility and advantages of performing high-resolution PET imaging and PEMguided biopsy on the same day are well documented . The ability to perform real-time image guided biopsy with the ability to confirm specimen sample activity is an unprecedented clinical benefit. This case demonstrates correct sampling proven by activity in specimen imaging. The post PET biopsy mammogram image also shows that the clip placed on the MR guided biopsy was far distant from the actual cancer site.
The radiology community at large has expressed confidence in the value of using high-resolution PET imaging of the breast to improve detection and diagnosis . At our center we have seen first-hand the accuracy of this modality and the benefit it provides to patients. Patient care is improved by accurately identifying the extent of disease so appropriate management can be assessed. Breast surgeons can appreciate the precise information provided for presurgical planning.
Interest in nuclear breast imaging has increased significantly with the advancement of dedicated devices with improved technological capabilities that allow extremely high sensitivity and specificity at very low dose. Breast density notification laws have also contributed to the debate and highlighted the need for functional vs. anatomic breast imaging methods.
Encouraging work is underway with many radiotracers not currently approved for use in the United States. 18F-fluoroestradiol may have a role in predicting early response to treatment in the breast . With initial flare in responders, 3'-deoxy-3'-18F-fluorothymidine (18F-FLT) is also being assessed in treatment response . New pathways in radiotracer development only broaden the horizon for high-resolution breast PET.
Individualized assessment is a key component of our practice.
By having multiple modalities at our disposal we can maximize early detection which decreases interval cancer rate. Patients need a more tailored approach to diagnosis and treatment. We feel that functional imaging with high-resolution breast PET can play a major role in that paradigm.
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William Hopkins Woolsey, son of George Woolsey and Mary Hopkins, was born at Washington Co., Virginia, 16 June 1784.1 He died at Edmonson Co., Kentucky, 25 October 1844.1
William married Celia Houchin, daughter of John Houchin and Patty (…), at Barren Co., Kentucky, 30 October 1807.2,3,1
In 1921, one of William Woolsey's grandsons wrote that his grandfather had attended either Bardstown college or Georgetown College. That college was not established until 1829, but was given the assets of Rittenhouse Academy, established in 1798, but which had recently failed.4,5
William Hopkins Woolsey first appears in the records in several early tax lists:
1802 Montgomery Co., Kentucky with 1 male over 21 and one horse (no acreage).6
1804 Montgomery Co., Kentucky with 1 male over 21 and two horses (no acreage).8
1805 Montgomery Co., Kentucky with 1 male over 21 and three horses (no acreage).9
4 Aug 1807 in Barren Co., he was surety for the marriage bond for Jesse Rountree and his 2nd wife, Sarah C. Brown,10 but was on the tax list for Warren Co., Kentucky (not near a waterway). He had not appeared on Warren Co. tax lists before this date.11
On 27 Mar 1810 in Barren Co., he gave consent for Nancy McCoy to marry John Hopkins, "as she lives with me and has no father."12
A William Woolsey, private, is shown having served in Capt. William Grigg's company of the 1st Regiment, Virginia Militia from 29 August to 4 December 1814 (3 months, 6 days) during the War of 1812 and eligible for Bounty Land. However our Thomas was in Kentucky by 1802, so is probably not the man with Virginia service.13
He was active in the early years of the Beaver Dam Baptist church at Rhoda, Edmonson Co.:
24 Jun 1815. "Subscription for purpose of getting door and window shuters for this meting house...." Wm Woolsley paid $.50 for the shutters and $.12 1/2 for the minutes. At the same meeting was recorded, "Query by brother William H. Woolsey is it right for members of a church to remove their membership to any other church for any cause only that of convenience, Argued and agreed to refer to the next Green River Association."14
Sometime later in 1815 [dates not specified], he was twice appointed to notify members to appear before the church to answer reports of their misconduct, and to request assistance and witnesses from neighboring churches.15
Later, some controversy arose:
2 Jul 1816. Ordered that . . . John Rowntree and Jesse Jones do see brother William Woolsey and invite him to attend at our next meeting and talk with us on the subject of his letter of this day addressed to the church.16
17 Aug 1816. The church conclude to weight (wait) with Brother William H. Woolsey and brother Levi Moore until our next meeting.16
21 Sep 1816 . . . by request of Levi Moore and William H. Woolsey as per letter filed, they are both excluded from the care and membership of this church, . . . "17
He was witness to his father's will in 1817.
22 Jul 1820, William Bridges sold to William Woolsey two parcels in Warren Co. The first, 100 acres bounded by Robert Moore's 100 acre survey, and the second, 87 acres on the Green River, bounded by Robert Moore's 87 acre survey, McFadin's grove, and Robert Moor's 60 acre survey, for $500, "100 acres, and another 87 acres ditto."18
He witnessed a deed of 100 acres from Samuel & Mary Short to Levi P. Conlee of Warren Co. The date of the deed is blank, but was recorded 21 Aug 1824.19
In 1825 he had patented to him 295 acres on the Green River in Edmonson Co., Kentucky.20 Also Benjamin Houchin, had 170 acres, "for whom entered: W H Woolsey."21
3 Jan 1825, William H Woolsey is shown with an account in David Maxwell's estate. Maxwell had been in partnership with Charles Berry in the tanning business, and it appears all of the accounts of the firm were listed in the administration records. Because of disputes between the administrator and Berry, arbitrators had to be called in to divide up the remaining assets.22
From 1828 through at least 1831 he is shown as a Justice of the Peace performing several marriages in Edmonson Co.23
He is in the Federal Census for 1810-1840 (all in Kentucky):
1810: Warren Co., 1-0-0-1-0=1-0-1-0-0
1820: Warren Co., 2-1-0-0-1-3=1-0-1-0-0
1830: Edmonson Co., 0-2-0-2-1-0-0-0-1=0-0-4-0-0-0-1
1840: Edmonson Co., 0-0-2-2-0-0-0-1=0-0-0-1-1-0-0-1.24,25,26,27
He is thought to be buried in Houchin's cemetery in Mammoth Cave National Park, "1.2 miles SW of Sloans Crossing on KY Hwy 70 and 1.75 miles SE of Joppa Church." A survey was made by Ranger Parker Ritter in 1966, but although 45 graves were located, only one stone was readable.
William Hopkins Woolsey left a will dated at Edmonson Co., 22 August 1844, and proved 7 October 1844:
I William H. Woolsey of the county of Edmonson and State of Kentucky do hereby make my last will and testament, in manner and form following, that is to say:
1st - I give to my wife Selia Woolsey the tract of land I now live on it being in 3 several surveys. towit: one of 100, one of Eighty seven, and one of Eight, the three composing the upper farm
2ndly - I give to my wife Celia my Negro man Billy and my negro woman Amy, also, all of my household furniture. Also all of my kitchen furniture, also the one half of all of my stock of Horses Cattle hogs and sheep. - Also all of my cash and cash notes and accounts.- Also the one half of my present crop - also all of my farming tools.
3rdly - I give to my son Sanford C. Woolsey my lower tract of land containing eighty seven & a half acres. Also sixteen acres lying on the ridge or South side of sd 87 1/2 acres. Also the one half of my present crop -
4thly - My will and desire is that my daughter Zerilda Boucher Shall have the first child of negro Woman Amy should there be any during my wife's life time, as an extra gift over the balance of my children -
5thly - My will and desire is that all of my property that I have not before devised, be sold on a credit of twelve months, and the money equally divided between all my children (to wit) Eldridge H. Woolsey, Temple Woolsey, William P. Woolsey, Zerilda Boucher, and Sanford C. Woolsey & to my daughter Levisa Farmer, the one third part of the one Seventh part, of the money arising from the sale thereof and the remaining two thirds to her five first children (towit) Cornelius J. E., Bonilla E., Ambrose C., Parthena T., and William M. Clifford, and to my grandchildren John William, Mariah J., Augustus L., Silvester P., Sanford H., Bonapart T Wilhelms the one seven part of the above named money as may severally become of age.
6thly And I hereby appoint my son Eldridge H. Woolsey the guardian of my several grandchildren named above (to wit) Cornelius J. E., Barilla E., Ambrose C., Parthena T, & William M. Clifford, John William, Mariah J., Augustus L., Silvester P., Sandford H, Bonapart T Wilhelm to Receive the money that will be coming to them and pay the same over as they may become of age.
7thly my will and desire is that at the death of my wife that all of the property both real and personal that I have given to her be sold and a credit of Twelve months and the money arising from the sale thereof be equally divided among all of my legatees as provided above, except so much thereof as may be necessary for her support.
8thly I do hereby constitute and appoint my friends Ambrose Kirtly and my son Eldridge H. Woolsey Executors of this my last will and Testament hereby revoking all other wills and or Testaments by me heretofore made. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this 22 nd day of August 1844.
W. A. Woolsey
A. Kirtly, Richd Heather (Seal)
At a County Court held for Edmonson County at the courthouse in Brownville on the 7th day of October Inst - the last will and testament of William H. Woolsey dec'd was presented in open court & proven to be his hand writing by the oaths of J. C. Rowntree, L. Mitchell & J. Vertnees. Whereupon the same was orded to be recorded Which said will together with this certificate are truly recorded in my office Given under my hand this 16 day of October 1844. A. M. Barret, C.E.C.C.28
Celia Houchin b. 4 Feb 1784, d. 10 Dec 1847
Louvicy Woolsey28 b. 9 Aug 1808, d. 16 Jun 1879
Eldridge H. Woolsey28 b. 14 Feb 1810
Temple Woolsey28 b. 15 Nov 1811, d. 31 Oct 1898
(…) Woolsey29 b. 25 Nov 1813
William Price "William Porterfield" Woolsey+28 b. 26 Nov 1813, d. 23 Nov 1892
Loumira Woolsey28 b. 10 Aug 1815, d. 26 Dec 1843
Zerilda Woolsey28 b. 9 Jan 1818, d. 28 Jun 1901
Emily Woolsey1 b. 11 Feb 1820, d. 20 Sep 1841
Sanford C. Woolsey28 b. 26 May 1823, d. 28 Jun 1889
(…) Woolsey1 b. say 1826
This person was last edited on 8 Jan 2020
[S811] James W. Woolsey, The Wolsey-Woolsey Family of America, two parts, (Kansas City, Missouri: Heart of America Genealogical Society, 1981), microform copy: FHL Film/Fiche #1276468, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, 185, further cited as Woolsey, Wolsey-Woolsey Family.
[S835] Martha Powell Reneau, Marriage Records of Barren County, Kentucky, 1799-1849: "The First Fifty Years" (Glasgow, Kentucky: p.p., 1984), 290. Surety was James Houchens, with consent of father, John Houchin, further cited as Reneau, Barren Co., Kentucky Marriage Licenses.
[S834] Sandra K. Gorin, Barren County, Kentucky Original Marriage Licenses, 1806 through 1808 (Glasgow, Kentucky: Gorin Genealogical Publishing, 1993), 64-65. Bond does not name the father. [Brother?] James Houchens was surety for the Bride, further cited as Gorin, Barren Co., Marriage Licenses.
[S1879] Ephrates Boucher and Wilford W. Whitaker, transcriber, "Record of the Woolsey Family", Mount Vernon, Missouri: 1921, 2, further cited as Boucher and Whitaker, "Woolsey Family."
[S1323] Wikipedia Contributors, ""Georgetown College (Kentucky), http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Georgetown_College_(Kentucky), accessed 11 May 2012," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia.
[S1720] Thelma M. Willoughby Dunn, transcriber, Montgomery County Kentucky: County Clerk Tax Assessment Records: 1801-1802-1803-1804-1805 (Atoka, Tennessee: p.p., 1996), 37, further cited as Dunn, Montgomery Co. Tax Assessments.
[S1720] Dunn, Montgomery Co. Tax Assessments, 71.
[S1720] Dunn, Montgomery Co. Tax Assessments, 111.
[S835] Reneau, Barren Co., Kentucky Marriage Licenses, 227.
[S1726] Barbara O. Ford and Patricia E. Reid, Early Tax Lists of Warren County, Kentucky: 1797-1807 (Bowling Green, Kentucky: s.p., 1986), 178, 240, further cited as Ford and Reid, Early Tax Lists of Warren Co.
[S1733] Virginia State Auditor, Virginia Militia in the War of 1812 (1851; reprint, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing, 2001), 145-6, further cited as Auditor's Office, Virginia Militia in the War of 1812.
[S1722] Sandra K. Gorin, transcriber, Beaver Dam Baptist Church of Edmonson County, Kentucky: Church Minutes, 1817-1847 (Glasgow, Kentucky: Gorin Genealogical Publishing, 1994), 2, further cited as Gorin, Beaver Dam Church Minutes.
[S1722] Gorin, Beaver Dam Church Minutes, 4.
[S1728] Warren County, Kentucky, Deeds Books, 1821-1825 (Miami Beach, Florida: T.L.C. Genealogy, 1997), 33, further cited as Warren Co. Deeds.
[S1728] Warren Co. Deeds, 154.
[S1723] Edmonson County, Kentucky, 1825 Tax List (Miami Beach, Florida: T.L.C. Genealogy, 1997), 14, further cited as Edmonson Co. Tax List.
[S1723] Edmonson Co. Tax List, 18.
[S1767] Sandra K. Gorin, Warren County, Kentucky Wills & Inventories Book C: July Term 1823 through January Term 1827 (Glasgow, Kentucky: Gorin Genealogical Publishing, 1993), 40-41, further cited as Gorin, Warren Co., Wills & Inventories Book C.
[S1725] Annie W. (Bell) Burns, Edmonson County, Kentucky: Marriages (Seat Pleasant, Maryland: p.p., 1933), 1, further cited as Burns, Edmonson Co. Marriages.
[S1143] United States Census for 1810, Third Census of the United States, Warren Co., Kentucky, 249, Wm H. Woolsey Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com), digital images by subscription (Provo, Utah: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005); original data: National Archives and Records Administration micropublication 71, roll 8.
[S1144] United States Census for 1820, Fourth Census of the United States, Warren Co., Kentucky, 51, William Woolsey Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com), digital images by subscription (Provo, Utah: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005); original data: National Archives and Records Administration micropublication 142, roll 28.
[S1145] United States Census for 1830, Fifth Census of the United States, Edmonson Co., Kentucky, sheet 216, William H. Woolsey Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com), digital images by subscription (Provo, Utah: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005); original data: National Archives and Records Administration micropublication 201, roll 35.
[S1146] United States Census for 1840, Sixth Census of the United States, Edmonson Co., Kentucky, Brownsville, sheet 90, William H. Woolsey Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com), digital images by subscription (Provo, Utah: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005); original data: National Archives and Records Administration micropublication 580, roll 109.
[S1734] Edmonson County Courthouse, Brownsville, Kentucky, Will Books, 1831-1979, 1:34-35, FHL microfilm 367202, further cited as Edmonson Co., Will Books.
[S1879] Boucher and Whitaker, "Woolsey Family", 3.


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Stairbuilders and Manufacturers Association (SMA) – This organization was formed in 1988 to represent the stair and millwork industry. Members include stair parts manufacturers, stair builders, installers, millwork distributors, dealers, and other related businesses. Unfortunately, most of their Web site appears to be restricted to SMA members.
Arcways – Founded in 1966, this Neenah, Wisconsin, stair company manufactures curved, spiral, and straight custom stairways, railings and stair parts. Arcways staircases have been featured on "The New Home Show" and "This Old House" television programs.
Arke – a subsidiary of Italian stair company Albini & Fontanot, which offers spiral stair kits, modular stair kits, and space saving, alternating staircase kits designed for limited access areas such as lofts or attics.
Coffman – has been making hardwood stair parts since 1874. Their Web site is a little dated, but you will find catalogs for each of their product lines.
Crown Heritage – produces stair components in cherry, oak, maple, poplar, beech, and hemlock in their Lenoir, North Carolina factory. They also feature a large collection of wrought iron balusters. If you are looking for information about building stairs, check under the "Resource Library" section of their Web site for their "Step-By-Step Stairway Construction Guide" and estimating guides for calculating post-to-post and over-the-post rail systems.
Historical Arts & Casting – designers and builders of traditional architectural cast ornamental metal products of all types. Their Web site includes many examples of their work, including a railing gallery with pictures of some incredibly detailed aluminum, bronze, and iron railings and rail parts.
Lapeyre Stair – a unique stair with alternating treads that uses minimal floor space. While their current products are used mostly in industrial applications, the original stair introduced years ago was made of wood and advertised as a loft ladder. With changes in building codes over the years, alternating tread stairs are generally only allowed as secondary, non emergency stairs. So, be sure to check with your local building officials for specific requirements.
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Collecting 'Meaningful Use' dollars
By Cristen Bolan
February was a lucrative month for health care providers and physicians who attested to their compliance with federal "meaningful use" regulations. Many cashed in on their reimbursement for meeting the objectives set by the Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs, commonly known as "meaningful use."
According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), 27,500 Medicare physicians received $425 million in reimbursements, 5,500 Medicaid clinicians and eligible professionals (EP) received $100 million, and 90 hospitals in either program deposited $200 million, for a grand total of $725 million in reimbursements to 33,090 providers in one month.1
What is the cut for radiologists? For the 90% of radiologists who qualify as EPs, a total of nearly $1.5 billion in incentive payments is available—if they take action now.
"This is an important year for radiology and meaningful use. By complying with the program this year, radiology can receive the maximum available incentive and avoid future costly penalties," said Bob Cooke, co-founder and CEO of ImagingElements. "Radiologists qualify for incentives of up to $39,000 over the next 3 years, but as the total incentive cap drops annually through 2016, this incentive is only available if you start this year."
Setting up a meaningful use strategy requires some advance work, and the clock is ticking. Radiologists must first meet the Stage 1 requirements of the EHR Incentive Programs for a 90-day period in their first year of participation and a full year in their second year of participation before they need to attest to Stage 2 requirements.2
The program employs a carrot-and-stick approach to drive compliance, with the maximum $39,000 incentive representing the carrot. The stick: Beginning in 2015, EPs who fail to attest to meaningful use will be subject to payment reductions. The reduction starts at 1% and increases each year that a Medicare EP does not demonstrate meaningful use, up to a maximum of 5%.
However, according to data recently published by CMS and the ONC, only about 4,000 of the approximately 30,000 eligible radiologists attested in 2012.2
Can you afford to wait?
A small percentage of radiologists see the program as an opportunity to advance their practice and use it as an early competitive advantage; they want to take advantage of the incentives to upgrade their technology.
"The financial incentive encouraged us to get in, and we wanted to be the first ones in our area to attest to meaningful use. We are looking at promoting to referring physicians and patients the fact that we attested to meaningful use," said Jennifer Staley, RT, Technical Director, Tri-City Radiology in Kenneweck, WA, where they attested using an EHR module provided by RamSoft.
Nonetheless, most radiology practices have yet to embrace meaningful use, begging the question: Why not?
In part, it may be that the program takes a "one-size-fits-all" approach; many of the requirements are more geared toward primary care physicians and don't apply directly to radiology. However, in September 2012, CMS released the final rule for meaningful use Stage 2, which integrates imaging into the process in ways that Stage 1 did not. Imaging will be one of 6 menu objectives for EPs in the Stage 2 final rule, of which 3 must be met. Stage 2 also contains 17 core objectives for a total of 23; 20 must be met for Stage 2 compliance.4
With these new updates to Stage 2, many experts say it's unwise to procrastinate, and that radiologists must take the time now to see how the changes affect their practices.
According to Cooke, "Radiologists can use the language in the measures related to a radiologist 'seeing the patient' to dramatically reduce the number of patient encounters in scope for meaningful use attestation. It's an opportunity to be compliant with the program, without having to do things that have little clinical benefit—this can really ease the entry into the program."
Another cause for delay is the program gives radiologists who can show hardship a 5-year exemption from using EHRs to collect and communicate patient data. Yet there are no guarantees that the exemption will stay in effect.
"Some radiologists close to retirement may take a hardship exemption (if eligible) to avoid Medicare penalties starting in 2015, and as Stage 3 comes along, some of the criteria may change, such as exemptions that may be even more favorable to specialty practitioners, such as radiologists," noted Douglas Rufer, Director, Technical Marketing and Sales Engineering at Carestream Health.
The consequences of not complying with the meaningful use requirements will still impact those radiology practices that deliberately choose not to participate.
"They will still be affected," said Keith Dreyer, DO, PhD, Vice Chair of Computing and Information Sciences in the Department of Radiology at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, in an interview with the Daily Bulletin.5 "[Referring physicians] will use their certified EHR to order from us, and we will need to be able to serve them," said Dr. Dreyer, noting that in Stage 2, referring physicians will have to fulfill requirements for ordering images and receiving results electronically.
"It also takes radiologists off the road that the rest of health care is quickly moving down, so I would only consider this exemption if complying with the program is not an option," he added.
Implementing meaningful use and understanding how to use the EHR and the specific modules may take additional time, reported Ajay Bhatnagar, MD, MBA, a radiation oncologist practicing at Cancer Treatment Services Arizona Adjunct, and an Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. "You have to create patient-care visits, end-of-care summaries after they leave, and quality indicators. All of these requirements are typically outside of the doctors' workflow," said Dr. Bhatnagar.
Ultimately, what has motivated early adopters is the belief that it's better to reap the rewards today for what is inevitable tomorrow. "We thought we should do it while it is a bonus and might as well start participating now," said Dr. Bhatnagar.
Where are the gaps?
With Stage 1, the gaps in existing radiology platforms relate mainly to data capture, including specific demographic information, medications, and vital signs. Some vendors have already extended their systems to support this workflow.
With recent changes to CMS' final rule for Stage 2 objectives, radiologists should look for gaps in their current system, as things get more complicated.
One change to the Stage 2 rule reduces the percentage of radiology procedures that must be ordered using a computerized provider order entry (CPOE) to 30% of the ordered radiology exams. In particular, the measures related to CPOE and the ability to view images in certified EHR technology will be critical factors to achieving compliance, and will be critical in maintaining the relationship between the hospital and imaging provider.
"Stage 2 ups the ante for radiology specific applications in terms of meaningful use compliance, and having a solution designed with radiologists needs in mind will be critical," noted Cooke.
Radiologists will still have to address the issue of employing clinical decision support (CDS) when using CPOE. Although the Stage 2 rules do not include CDS in the definition of CPOE, radiology groups should still consider adopting CDS, since the American College of Radiology (ACR) continues to push for inclusion of CDS in Stage 3 requirements.
At a higher level, radiologists need to maintain visibility through educating clinicians on appropriateness and quality. "Implementing CDS will add value to the care delivery process by reducing unnecessary costs and radiation exposure. Radiologists now have an opportunity to lead and shape policy through aggressively promoting the adoption of CDS as part of any shared-savings arrangement," said Michael Mardini, founder and CEO, the National Decision Support Company (NDSC), the exclusive distributor of ACR Select.
ACR Select represents an evidence-based national standards set of criteria developed by expert panels at the ACR and collaboration with over 20 medical specialty organizations. NDSC has integrated ACR Select with major EHR and CPOE vendors to make using CDS a seamless part of ordering workflow.
The threshold for the imaging results accessibility objective was also lowered to requiring that just 10% of imaging tests be accessible through a certified EHR via an active link to the images. Yet radiology practices will still need to implement technology, such as XDS-I and XDR-I, or an image sharing platform to securely exchange the images.
Another change to Stage 2 rules involves inputting vital signs into the EHR. If, for example, an EP determines blood pressure is not relevant, but height and weight are, common in CT, MR imaging or PET examinations, the EP may opt out of recording blood pressure.
In general, Rufer says other gaps a radiology practice should look for are the following:
Multiple systems that don't comply with meaningful use;
Aggregating data across multiple certified modular solutions for attestation;
Real-time dashboards (or reports) to monitor compliance;
Workflow analysis and design to determine how/where in the workflow the data will be captured;
Education and training to address patient complaints about providing additional medical data.
Radiology groups have a number of options to achieve meaningful use, and the number of options is growing. It does take some planning, but the incentives are worth it, and with the right help, achieving it can be a manageable task," said Mardini.
What technology do you need?
An EP must use an EHR or module that is certified specifically for the EHR Incentive Programs to make sure it offers the necessary technological capability, functionality, and security to help them meet the meaningful use criteria. In the past couple of years, the market has been inundated with certified image-enabled EHRs designed to support radiologists in achieving meaningful use standards, complete and modular certified RIS solutions, and other meaningful use modules, but there is no silver bullet.
What EPs want to know is: What is the most efficient path to meeting meaningful use criteria? The first thing to know is every case is different.
Radiologists need to consider their service model and referring relationships in relation to the available IT infrastructure in order to make the right decision about the best path to getting on the road to meaningful use. Radiologists who are part of an integrated delivery network can often utilize the hospital's deployment of Ambulatory EHR to attest.
It gets more complicated when you consider a large radiology practice that provides service to multiple locations. "Often, in the case of radiologists serving multiple hospitals, leveraging the hospital's technology can be unwieldy," said Cooke.
Complete certified solutions
A complete certified solution contains all the functions in a single place and automatically tracks, records, and reports on the achievement of the meaningful use objectives.
"Most hospitals are concentrating on meeting the eligible hospital requirements for their overall organization, not specifically the ambulatory requirements that most radiologists fall under," said Rufer. "Therefore, most hospitals will have a full EHR that will drive their priority for meaningful use compliance." Moreover, the reimbursement for maintaining hospital compliance is higher than that for maintaining radiology compliance, noted Rufer.
Radiologists can use a radiology information system (RIS) certified as an Ambulatory EHR, or a system that contains a certified EHR to comply with meaningful use. In radiology, these systems collect data and provide reporting specific to an EP, the department or practice (Figure 1). They can be used to augment the existing systems, or completely replace legacy, noncertified technology.
One cloud-based meaningful use service that integrates with existing imaging IT solutions is ElementMU by ImagingElements. Based on a fully certified ambulatory EHR, the service is specific to the needs of radiology, and is designed to augment existing IT platforms. Using this solution, radiologists can participate in the meaningful use program without replacing technology or burdening the ordering health care system with extra work. The service is designed for radiologists who would not otherwise have access to certified technology, or for those that want to exploit denominator reduction opportunities by minimizing the set of exams in scope for meaningful use.
"Using the 'as seen by EP' workflow reduction opportunities, we were able to use only 3% of our overall patient volume and still comply with the program," said Frannie Joseph, Practice Administrator at Raleigh Radiology, a practice with several locations in North Carolina.
Ramsoft offers a complete ambulatory EHR add on to its RIS solution. PowerServer 5.1 is 2011/2012 compliant, which means the software is capable of supporting providers with Stage 1 meaningful use measures.
"Once we added the meaningful use module, all we had to do was adjust our paperwork. We needed to add the demographic information to meet the meaningful use criteria. It was seamless for us, and it wasn't hard to attest," said Staley. "We like that we can electronically send patients their information. As soon as a report is signed by the radiologist, it goes to the referring physician, and then it's automatically sent to the patient."
In fact, Tri-City Radiology is taking its reimbursement dollars from attesting to meaningful use to upgrade other electronic portals it shares with its clients. "We have had a lot of requests from clinics to create an HL7 interface with them, and with the reimbursement from meaningful use, we are putting that money toward implementing the HL7 interfaces with other clinics," Staley added.
"Now that meaningful use Stage 2 rules include image-enabling EHRs as a menu set measure, organizations like Huntington Hospital are looking to quickly and easily image-enable their enterprises for compliance," said Jeff Surges, CEO, Merge Healthcare. Merge's iConnect Enterprise Clinical Platform solution enables health care organizations to collect, archive, view, share, and exchange any type of image anywhere, any time. It includes iConnect Access, a zero-download DICOM image and XDS server, iConnect Share, a gateway for image sharing across the enterprise and iConnect Enterprise Archive, a vendor-neutral archive to create an enterprise imaging strategy. It works with existing applications, leveraging widely-used web and health care technology standards, to provide a vendor neutral interoperable environment.
An example of a complete certified RIS system, Fujifilm's Synapse RIS Version 6.1 is a fully certified EHR for radiologists to meet multiple criteria. Version 6.1 includes an enhanced dashboard that aids the user in managing performance in real time (Figure 3). Version 6.1 also includes Synapse Financials for RIS, which provides an option for incorporating the billing process into the system and a feature that alerts the user to dose management concerns for the patient. As with Fujifilm's complete medical informatics product portfolio, version 6.1 for Synapse Information Systems is designed to run in a virtual environment.
Carestream's Vue RIS is a dual-certified EHR. It provides a complete EHR for radiology groups and a modular certification for hospitals to connect with their EHR.
The complete EHR certification means that imaging centers, radiologists, orthopedists, and other EPs with Vue RIS do not need to purchase an EHR to capture and report data required to satisfy Stage 1 rules, such as an active patient medication list and ambulatory clinical quality measures. "Our RIS tracks and displays dose history by capturing exposure information from the modality. In the future, we will be able to allow physicists at user sites to enter formulas that can be used to calculate dose and ultimately track cumulative dose for each patient," said Cristine Kao, Carestream's Global Marketing Manager for Healthcare Information Solutions. Vue RIS provides embedded voice recognition, critical results reporting, centralized patient scheduling, and management reports that track patient referrals by physician and modality reading by each radiologist.
With a dual-certified EHR, one product could drive both hospital and ambulatory requirements, depending on the scenario. "Hospitals that own an outpatient-imaging center could capture and send the eligible hospital data directly into their certified hospital EHR or submit the data directly to the CMS from Vue RIS to comply with the hospital eligibility requirements, while also using the same RIS solution. This would drive their ambulatory radiology practice and collect the incentive money available for the radiologists as EPs in the outpatient setting," said Rufer.
Other available modules include the Intelerad Meaningful Use Module 2012 by the Intelerad Medical Systems, which is also capable of supporting providers in meeting Stage 1 meaningful use measures.
Modular certified solutions and others
A modular certified product is designed to work in concert with other certified technologies to meet all the required measures for meaningful use.
"A modular certified RIS cannot be used to achieve meaningful use on its own, although some of the functions can contribute to the achievement of the objectives," Cooke indicated. "Typically, several modular certified products would be combined together to achieve the required meaningful use functionality, or a modular product would augment a complete certified product. One or more modular certified products, or complete certified products, can be combined to achieve 100% certification. In the case of modular certified RIS, it's generally designed to be used in conjunction with a certified EHR for radiologists who are part of the health system; it won't get you there on its own."
RIS can enable certain radiologists to meet meaningful use requirements by operating as a modular EHR.
"Many of the ambulatory sites already have a practice management system that is certified as a complete EHR. However, the system may not offer the complete functionality a traditional RIS offers. Therefore, some sites may choose to add a RIS and only use the billing functionality of the practice management system," said Rufer. "Other sites may still be looking for a RIS to meet certification criteria or solve workflow issues not currently being addressed by their existing solutions."
Agfa HealthCare's IMPAX RIS/PACS, offering extensive integration with EHRs and other medical record solutions, can aid providers in meeting meaningful use requirements. Part of Agfa HealthCare's RIS/PACS product is Impax Business Intelligence, which monitors clinical data against thresholds outlined in Stage 1 and reporting them through the IMPAX RIS solution. Facilities can select to monitor demographic data on patients with individual monitoring on patient-preferred language, gender, race, ethnicity, and date of birth; record vital signs on patients with individual monitoring on patients between the ages of 2 to 20 for height, weight, blood pressure, and body mass index (BMI); plot growth charts for patients between the ages of 2 to 20 for both height and weight against national statistics; and lastly, record smoking status on patients age 13 and older. This can be used as a reporting dashboard in conjunction with certified technology.
Siemens Healthcare recently introduced a new cloud-based option for its RIS, which is called syngoWorkflow (Figure 2). syngoWorkflow can be configured to directly capture meaningful use data (via data entry screen), receive (via interface), store, and transmit text-based patient information related to the procedure including, but not limited to, demographics, medications, allergies, and diagnostic reports. This solution can aid in attesting when used in conjunction with certified technology.
GE Healthcare also released its Modular Certified meaningful use-ready software, Centricity Enterprise 6.9, a 2011/2012 compliant solution.
Wave of the future: Radiology compliance
When can radiology expect the next big wave of meaningful use compliance? Some say it will land when Stage 3 is implemented.
"It is going to be based on the final outcome for Stage 3, specialty exclusions, overall adoption and continued funding for the program, plus whether there will be further stages to the program beyond Stage 3," Rufer said.
In the overall scheme of things, meaningful use is one more step toward a larger goal—health care reform—another reason why radiologists should consider today how to prepare for what's coming tomorrow.
More information on "meaningful use" core and menu measures and on the changes to the Stage 2 rule is available in the online edition of Technology Trends at appliedradiology.com.
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Ex-Detroit Lions TEs coach: Eric Ebron 'did everything I asked him'
The Detroit Lions released tight end Eric Ebron, their 2014 first-round pick, in a cost-cutting move earlier this spring.Al Golden now coaches LBs.
Ex-Detroit Lions TEs coach: Eric Ebron 'did everything I asked him' The Detroit Lions released tight end Eric Ebron, their 2014 first-round pick, in a cost-cutting move earlier this spring.Al Golden now coaches LBs. Check out this story on Freep.com: https://on.freep.com/2LLPEkv
Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press Published 10:45 a.m. ET May 31, 2018
Tight end Eric Ebron speaks with a coach during practice Friday, July 29, 2016, in Allen Park.(Photo: Carlos Osorio, Associated Press)
Eric Ebron's former position coach with the Detroit Lions said he wishes the enigmatic tight end "nothing but the best" with his new team, the Indianapolis Colts.
"I don't know what transpired from the business side of it," said Lions linebackers coach Al Golden, who coached tight ends in 2016-17. "Here's what I do know, is the last two years were his most productive years and obviously he eclipsed 50 receptions in both years, and I think 60 two years ago. I think everybody knows that he's a talented young man, and he gave us four years. It wasn't like he was here six months. Great young man and wish him nothing but the best."
The Lions released Ebron before the start of free agency in March in a move that saved them $8.25 million.
General manager Bob Quinn said the move was made primarily for financial reasons, and that no team was willing to take on Ebron's contract via trade.
Just 25 years old, Ebron signed a two-year, $13 million deal with the Colts five days after he was cut by the Lions.
Had he remained on the roster for the start of the league year, Ebron's 2018 contract with the Lions would have become fully guaranteed.
Asked if he was surprised by the Lions' decision to cut Ebron, the team's third-leading receiver last year, Golden said, "My job is not to be surprised, my job is to coach him."
"And from that standpoint he did everything I asked him to do, everything Jim Bob (Cooter) asked him to do, and Coach (Jim) Caldwell," Golden said. "Again, sometimes it just shakes out. Every year is different, every team is different, so from that standpoint, that part of it's the business side and from the coaching side I loved working with him."
Lions tight end Eric Ebron celebrates a two-point conversion reception by quarterback Matthew Stafford in the fourth quarter against the Packers at Ford Field on Dec. 31, 2017 in Detroit. (Photo: Leon Halip, Getty Images)
The Lions signed Luke Willson for about a third of what it would have cost them to keep Ebron – Willson can earn up to $2.5 million on a one-year contract this fall – added blocking tight end Levine Toilolo in free agency and return last year's fourth-round pick, Michael Roberts, at the tight end position.
"I think we've got a lot of talented guys in that room, honestly," quarterback Matthew Stafford said. "I think it's going to be a fun spring and into summer to see kind of how that shakes out. They're all working extremely hard. Really all of them learning a system that's still somewhat new to them. Mike obviously has a year under his belt, but a couple of those guys are brand new into it as well. So just trying to nail down the fundamentals, the basics and go from there and kind of just let those guys play and see what happens."
Willson, Toilolo and Roberts combined for 31 catches last season, and none has ever had more than 31 receptions in a season.
Ebron, whose made a favorable first impression in Indianapolis this spring, set career-highs with 61 catches for 711 yards in 2016, and had 53 catches for 574 yards and four touchdowns last season.
"I'm here to coach the linebackers. I've got to focus on those guys," Golden said. "But again, I wish E nothing but the best. I loved working with him."
Lions coach Matt Patricia walks off the field after OTAs on Thursday, May 24, 2018, at the Allen Park practice facility. (Photo: Kirthmon F. Dozier, Detroit Free Press)
'Thinking man's defense'
Though Golden played tight end in college, coaching linebackers is nothing new.
Golden cut his teeth as a linebackers coach at Boston College and Penn State, and served as defensive coordinator at Virginia in 2001-05. At Virginia, Golden ran the same defense under then coach Al Groh as the Lions are running now under Matt Patricia.
Both Groh and Patricia hail from the Bill Parcells/Bill Belichick coaching tree.
"To be able to basically be in this defense from 2000-2005 and then go away, and then see where Matt has taken it in that timeframe is fascinating to me personally," Golden said. "So to kind of see the bridge from what it was to what it is now, and how the game has changed in the NFL over that decade and what were the adaptations. So that part of it's been unique for me."
While the Lions defense has been described as "multiple" and compared to an amoeba for its ever-changing shape, Golden called it "a thinking man's defense."
"I think what they're embracing right now is not the rote memorization but the conceptual approach. And I think if you don't do that or you fail to do that, I think you'll struggle in this system," Golden said. "I guess what I'm saying is if you're just rigid and it's just tell me where to go and what to do, I think that's a little bit inconsistent or incongruent with this system. This system is about problem solving and being able to think on your feet or being able to react to certain things."
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