Mexico Central Academy's quarterback Dante Turo ran for an exciting 73-yard touchdown against Vernon-Verona-Sherrill on Oct. 17 in Syracuse, New York, and then he pointed his finger skyward. Moments later, the high school player got flagged with a penalty (video below).
"I was just trying to give glory to God," Turo told Syracuse.com
“I tried to explain to the referee that threw the flag and the head referee, but they just said, it’s taunting,” Mexico head coach Tee Murabito told FoxNews.com. “I told them he was praising God. How is that taunting?”
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Tuesday, October 27, 2015
Digitizing Medical Records for Billions Has Not Helped Patients Nor Saved Money
Many were leery of the campaigns to digitize medical records when the government first proposed the idea. Patient privacy was one of the first things to go, and it looks like the billions we’ve spent to make diagnosing illness in Americans hasn’t paid off. We are not receiving better healthcare, nor is the already-overburdened medical system saving money from the efforts to digitize.
Medical staff already has access to patient records, but once it is digitized it is available for anyone with a little cyber skill. One woman had her private medical records pasted all over the Internetrecently when an employee of a Los Angeles County emergency room snapped a picture of her when she was admitted for severe pain. Though this scenario is extreme, it exemplifies just how easily patient breach of privacy occurs.
And to what end? In Verona, Wisconsin there is a 1000 acre property dedicated to the company Epic Systems, responsible for the medical records of over 179 million Americans; in other words 56% of the country. The company’s annual meeting draws IT managers to an 11,400 ‘deep space auditorium.’
Epic has grown into the country’s leading vendor of software in the $9.3 billion electronic health records (EHR) sector, pulling in $1.8 billion in 2014 and expanding at a rate of about 1,000 new employees a year. Kaiser Permanente, CVS’s Minute Clinics, Johns Hopkins, and Mount Sinai all use Epic.
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Medical staff already has access to patient records, but once it is digitized it is available for anyone with a little cyber skill. One woman had her private medical records pasted all over the Internetrecently when an employee of a Los Angeles County emergency room snapped a picture of her when she was admitted for severe pain. Though this scenario is extreme, it exemplifies just how easily patient breach of privacy occurs.
And to what end? In Verona, Wisconsin there is a 1000 acre property dedicated to the company Epic Systems, responsible for the medical records of over 179 million Americans; in other words 56% of the country. The company’s annual meeting draws IT managers to an 11,400 ‘deep space auditorium.’
Epic has grown into the country’s leading vendor of software in the $9.3 billion electronic health records (EHR) sector, pulling in $1.8 billion in 2014 and expanding at a rate of about 1,000 new employees a year. Kaiser Permanente, CVS’s Minute Clinics, Johns Hopkins, and Mount Sinai all use Epic.
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Pugs N Kisses.
So much cuteness in one video!
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BLM ILLEGALLY SOLD THOUSANDS OF WILD HORSES FOR SLAUGHTER: REPORT
The Bureau of Land Management, the agency tasked with protecting wild horses and cattle and their grazing lands, sold 1,794 federally-protected wild horses to a Colorado rancher who sent them to slaughter, a new report confirmed.
Between 2009 and 2012, rancher Tom Davis purchased the horses through the agency’s Wild Horse and Burro Program (WH&B) and wrongfully sent them to slaughter, according to the report from the Interior Department’s Office of Inspector General. According to the allegations and news reports,Mr. Davis also had farming and trucking connections with former Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar.
“We determined that BLM did not follow current law while managing WH&B. BLM also failed to follow its own policy of limiting horse sales and ensuring that the horses sold went to good homes and were not slaughtered,” investigators wrote in the report.
Mr. Davis admitted that most of the horses that he purchased through the BLM went to slaughter.
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Between 2009 and 2012, rancher Tom Davis purchased the horses through the agency’s Wild Horse and Burro Program (WH&B) and wrongfully sent them to slaughter, according to the report from the Interior Department’s Office of Inspector General. According to the allegations and news reports,Mr. Davis also had farming and trucking connections with former Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar.
“We determined that BLM did not follow current law while managing WH&B. BLM also failed to follow its own policy of limiting horse sales and ensuring that the horses sold went to good homes and were not slaughtered,” investigators wrote in the report.
Mr. Davis admitted that most of the horses that he purchased through the BLM went to slaughter.
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The stats for Adele's comeback single 'Hello' are already pretty nuts
More than three years since Adele’s last single was released, her new track, Hello, looks on course to become a record-breaker.
Hello, produced by Greg Kurstin, was officially released on download and streaming sites on Friday (October 23).
In less than 72 hours since it arrived online, it’s making a huge splash on leading digital services.
MBW rounds up some of the biggest achievements of the track below…
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The official video for Hello surpassed 50m views on Sunday (October 25) at around 11am GMT – 54 hours after it was released on Friday.
Do the maths: 50m views in 54 hours means Hello ran very close to a million views an hour in this time-frame.
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Free Skin Cancer Screening at Peninsula Regional Medical Center on November 19
Free skin cancer screenings will be held at the Richard A. Henson Cancer Institute at Peninsula Regional Medical Center on Thursday, November 19, 2015 from 3:00 to 6:30 p.m. Appointments are required. To schedule an appointment, call 410-543-7006.
“The key to successful treatment of most types of skin cancer is early detection and treatment,” said Thomas M. DeMarco, MD, Medical Director of the Richard A. Henson Cancer Institute. Current estimates are that one in five Americans will develop skin cancer in their lifetime and those rates are higher on Maryland’s Eastern Shore.
Skin self-examinations consist of periodically looking over your body for any changes in color, shape or texture of a mole, the development of a new mole or any other unusual changes in the skin. Any of these signs should be reported to a dermatologist right away. A survey commissioned by the Academy showed that less than one-third of Americans currently examine their skin for signs of melanoma and more than half don’t know the signs of melanoma. Dermatologists want to change this because when treated in its earliest stages, melanoma can be cured. If not treated early, the disease can quickly spread to other parts of the body and be fatal.
“Screening is the first step in the process to stop the skin cancer in its tracks. We want to educate the community that examining your skin on a regular basis can be a life-saving habit,” said dermatologist Luette Semmes, MD with Peninsula Dermatology Associates, PA.
The free screenings will be held on the second floor of the Richard A. Henson Cancer Institute at PRMC. For more information or to schedule an appointment, call 410-543-7006.
“The key to successful treatment of most types of skin cancer is early detection and treatment,” said Thomas M. DeMarco, MD, Medical Director of the Richard A. Henson Cancer Institute. Current estimates are that one in five Americans will develop skin cancer in their lifetime and those rates are higher on Maryland’s Eastern Shore.
Skin self-examinations consist of periodically looking over your body for any changes in color, shape or texture of a mole, the development of a new mole or any other unusual changes in the skin. Any of these signs should be reported to a dermatologist right away. A survey commissioned by the Academy showed that less than one-third of Americans currently examine their skin for signs of melanoma and more than half don’t know the signs of melanoma. Dermatologists want to change this because when treated in its earliest stages, melanoma can be cured. If not treated early, the disease can quickly spread to other parts of the body and be fatal.
“Screening is the first step in the process to stop the skin cancer in its tracks. We want to educate the community that examining your skin on a regular basis can be a life-saving habit,” said dermatologist Luette Semmes, MD with Peninsula Dermatology Associates, PA.
The free screenings will be held on the second floor of the Richard A. Henson Cancer Institute at PRMC. For more information or to schedule an appointment, call 410-543-7006.
Former elementary school principal reveals why she'd never want her daughter to go into teaching
After spending nearly two decades as a teacher and school administrator, you might expect Kristi Rangle to enthusiastically praise the teaching profession.
She did the opposite, however, in a powerful blog post on The Urban Edge, where she largely disparaged the current state of teaching and explained the reason why she advises her daughter, currently pursuing an education degree, not to go through with it.
"I fear she – like many other teachers – will be scapegoated as the reason public education is failing," Rangle wrote.
She laid out the systemic reasons for the failure of public education, asserting that the quality of teachers, while touted as the most important factor of student success, is not the real problem.
"We have created schools that are functioning well below their capacity because of a lack of funds," Rangle explained. She spoke about the need for adequate funding, especially for teachers who work with disadvantaged populations of students.
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She did the opposite, however, in a powerful blog post on The Urban Edge, where she largely disparaged the current state of teaching and explained the reason why she advises her daughter, currently pursuing an education degree, not to go through with it.
"I fear she – like many other teachers – will be scapegoated as the reason public education is failing," Rangle wrote.
She laid out the systemic reasons for the failure of public education, asserting that the quality of teachers, while touted as the most important factor of student success, is not the real problem.
"We have created schools that are functioning well below their capacity because of a lack of funds," Rangle explained. She spoke about the need for adequate funding, especially for teachers who work with disadvantaged populations of students.
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Apple is refusing to unlock an iPhone 5s for US law enforcement
Law enforcement agencies in the US have hit back at Apple for not unlocking an iPhone that could help them solve a criminal investigation they're working on.
The US Justice Department wants Apple to bypass the lock screen on an iPhone in compliance with a search warrant but Apple is refusing to comply.
The case, being held at the District Court’s Eastern District of New York, involves an iPhone 5s, according to the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
Technically, Apple has the ability to access data on the iPhone 5s because it is running the company's iOS 7 operating system, which lacks the encryption features that have been built into subsequent versions of Apple's mobile software.
However, Apple is refusing to unlock the phone for the Justice Department on the grounds that it will "threaten the trust between Apple and its customers and substantially tarnish the brand."
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The US Justice Department wants Apple to bypass the lock screen on an iPhone in compliance with a search warrant but Apple is refusing to comply.
The case, being held at the District Court’s Eastern District of New York, involves an iPhone 5s, according to the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
Technically, Apple has the ability to access data on the iPhone 5s because it is running the company's iOS 7 operating system, which lacks the encryption features that have been built into subsequent versions of Apple's mobile software.
However, Apple is refusing to unlock the phone for the Justice Department on the grounds that it will "threaten the trust between Apple and its customers and substantially tarnish the brand."
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Western Maryland to be Placed on the Auction Block
In a dramatic announcement late on Monday, Maryland State Comptroller, Peter Franchot, revealed that state officials were in high-level talks with representatives of both Pennsylvania and West Virginia to ascertain the possibility of the interest of either states purchasing Garrett , Allegany, and Washington counties, which comprise Maryland’s western panhandle.
Like many other states, Maryland is facing a fiscal crisis that threatens the funding for many critical projects, such as infrastructure and education. During the press conference at the Rocky Gap Casino near Flintstone, Maryland, Franchot admitted that this was a drastic solution, but one that was necessary to maintain the solvency of citizen services.
“There are only two ways to patch a hole in any budget,” said Franchot to the stunned crowd of senior citizens plugging their social security benefits into slot machines. “One is to cut expenses and the second is to increase revenues. The sale of Western Maryland would do both, simultaneously. In fact, the cost savings from not having to snowplow, alone, makes this deal a no-brainer.”
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Editor's Note: Yes this is satire. Hope it made you smile
Like many other states, Maryland is facing a fiscal crisis that threatens the funding for many critical projects, such as infrastructure and education. During the press conference at the Rocky Gap Casino near Flintstone, Maryland, Franchot admitted that this was a drastic solution, but one that was necessary to maintain the solvency of citizen services.
“There are only two ways to patch a hole in any budget,” said Franchot to the stunned crowd of senior citizens plugging their social security benefits into slot machines. “One is to cut expenses and the second is to increase revenues. The sale of Western Maryland would do both, simultaneously. In fact, the cost savings from not having to snowplow, alone, makes this deal a no-brainer.”
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Editor's Note: Yes this is satire. Hope it made you smile
Unidentified Body Found Along I-95 Near White Marsh
(KINGSVILLE, MD) Maryland State Police homicide investigators are conducting a detailed examination of a wooded area along the JFK Memorial Highway where an unidentified body was found earlier today in Baltimore County.
Shortly after 12:00 p.m., troopers from the John F. Kennedy Memorial Highway Barrack received a call from a member of the Maryland Transportation Authority Courtesy Patrol advising a body was lying in a wooded area along the fire service road near the 70.7 mile marker. Troopers immediately responded and found the body of a white male lying on the ground. The area was immediately secured and notification was made to investigators.
Maryland State Police Homicide Unit responded and has assumed the investigation. They are being assisted by members of the Criminal Enforcement Division and troopers from the JFK Highway Barrack. Crime scene technicians have also responded to assist with the collection of evidence. Investigators are unable to identify the remains at this time.
Shortly after 12:00 p.m., troopers from the John F. Kennedy Memorial Highway Barrack received a call from a member of the Maryland Transportation Authority Courtesy Patrol advising a body was lying in a wooded area along the fire service road near the 70.7 mile marker. Troopers immediately responded and found the body of a white male lying on the ground. The area was immediately secured and notification was made to investigators.
Maryland State Police Homicide Unit responded and has assumed the investigation. They are being assisted by members of the Criminal Enforcement Division and troopers from the JFK Highway Barrack. Crime scene technicians have also responded to assist with the collection of evidence. Investigators are unable to identify the remains at this time.
The body will be transported to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Baltimore for an autopsy to determine the manner and cause of death. Investigators are contacting area police departments as well as those in other states in an attempt to identify the victim. Information has been communicated to police departments throughout the region and requests have been made to check missing person files for potential persons matching the currently available information.
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A photographer traveled to every brothel in Nevada — here's what they are really like
Before traveling to Nevada, photographer Marc McAndrews had never been to a strip club, let alone a brothel.
Now he’s been to every single one in the state.
Over the course of five years, McAndrews made regular trips to Nevada’s legal brothels, staying anywhere from a week to a month each time. He stayed in bedrooms in the houses, shared a bathroom with the working girls, and saw the world that no one — except those who work at the brothels — see.
“It’s a different experience when you wake up in the morning and have to pass the cereal and the milk to your subject. It changes the relationship,” explains McAndrews. “People’s guards go down and they become more at ease. They start to let you see their world.”
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Now he’s been to every single one in the state.
Over the course of five years, McAndrews made regular trips to Nevada’s legal brothels, staying anywhere from a week to a month each time. He stayed in bedrooms in the houses, shared a bathroom with the working girls, and saw the world that no one — except those who work at the brothels — see.
“It’s a different experience when you wake up in the morning and have to pass the cereal and the milk to your subject. It changes the relationship,” explains McAndrews. “People’s guards go down and they become more at ease. They start to let you see their world.”
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Uber is vaporizing the taxi industry — so a new startup is raising $250 million to help cabs compete
Uber is crushing the taxi industry that has dominated New York City — and other cities — for so many years.
Data from the Taxi and Limousine Commission analyzed by the New York Daily News shows total trips in the first half of 2015 were down 10 percent to 77 million, compared to same period last year. Revenues from yellow cab fares have declined as well. And in July, there were 100,000 Uber trips in New York City per day, a 4x increase from last summer.
It's hard for taxis to compete with Uber, the ubiquitous car-hailing service said to be raising anadditional $1 billion round of funding at a $60 to $70 billion valuation.
But a new startup called Karhoois hoping to give taxi drivers in several cities a leg up.
Karhoo, a 10-month-old startup that won't launch until January 2015, has raised a $250 million round of funding, with plans to raise more than $1 billion in capital. Karhoo works with licensed taxi companies to let you hitch a ride from any number of taxi services, the FT reports.
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Data from the Taxi and Limousine Commission analyzed by the New York Daily News shows total trips in the first half of 2015 were down 10 percent to 77 million, compared to same period last year. Revenues from yellow cab fares have declined as well. And in July, there were 100,000 Uber trips in New York City per day, a 4x increase from last summer.
It's hard for taxis to compete with Uber, the ubiquitous car-hailing service said to be raising anadditional $1 billion round of funding at a $60 to $70 billion valuation.
But a new startup called Karhoois hoping to give taxi drivers in several cities a leg up.
Karhoo, a 10-month-old startup that won't launch until January 2015, has raised a $250 million round of funding, with plans to raise more than $1 billion in capital. Karhoo works with licensed taxi companies to let you hitch a ride from any number of taxi services, the FT reports.
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What we do to ourselves on our 21st birthdays
As a general statement, 21st birthdays are terrific. Once American adults have waited out the western world’s longest pre-legality period, a 21st is a debaucherous festival for all of us to share with our friends (and even families, if you’re comfortable with it). I’ve done it, and you’ve either done it or already are eagerly awaiting the chance to stride up to the door at R.J. Bentley’s and proudly present your real driver’s license and have an above-board good time.
Odds are that you’ll have a good and (sort of) memorable 21st birthday experience. But a detailed study from 2008 (about which we’ve wanted to write for some time) paints a scary picture of the fine line many of us walk on this special occasion.
Researchers Patricia Rutledge, Aesoon Park and Kenneth J. Sher polled 2,518 college students, and 83 percent of them said they drank to celebrate on their 21st birthday. Factor in that people tend to lie about perceived bad or unhealthy behavior even on anonymous surveys, and it’s reasonable to think even more college students than that might go out for drinks on 21st birthdays in particular.
Not all drinkers are created equal, of course. Students in Greek life were 90 percent likely to drink on their birthdays, while non-Greek students were 80 percent likely. For women, the figure is 85 percent against 80 percent for men. White students celebrate by drinking at an 84 percent clip, while non-whites are at 69 percent. But everybody is likelier to drink than not.
So, you’ve heard it here first: On 21st birthdays, college students drink. Groundbreaking, isn’t it? But the empirical data on how much we drink on these birthdays is sort of stunning. The researchers found that 12 percent of birthday boys and birthday girls reported going “21 for 21” — the completely insane but nominally impressive feat of putting back 21 drinks on that special day. (I don’t know anyone who’s actually done this, but I’ll take the scientists at their word.)
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Odds are that you’ll have a good and (sort of) memorable 21st birthday experience. But a detailed study from 2008 (about which we’ve wanted to write for some time) paints a scary picture of the fine line many of us walk on this special occasion.
Researchers Patricia Rutledge, Aesoon Park and Kenneth J. Sher polled 2,518 college students, and 83 percent of them said they drank to celebrate on their 21st birthday. Factor in that people tend to lie about perceived bad or unhealthy behavior even on anonymous surveys, and it’s reasonable to think even more college students than that might go out for drinks on 21st birthdays in particular.
Not all drinkers are created equal, of course. Students in Greek life were 90 percent likely to drink on their birthdays, while non-Greek students were 80 percent likely. For women, the figure is 85 percent against 80 percent for men. White students celebrate by drinking at an 84 percent clip, while non-whites are at 69 percent. But everybody is likelier to drink than not.
So, you’ve heard it here first: On 21st birthdays, college students drink. Groundbreaking, isn’t it? But the empirical data on how much we drink on these birthdays is sort of stunning. The researchers found that 12 percent of birthday boys and birthday girls reported going “21 for 21” — the completely insane but nominally impressive feat of putting back 21 drinks on that special day. (I don’t know anyone who’s actually done this, but I’ll take the scientists at their word.)
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What Is Up With The Daily Times and the MSM? Gas Station-Police Shooting Story
In today's print edition of the daily times they covered an Associated Press, (copy & paste) story on the shooting yesterday involving a Maryland State Trooper. While I was tipped off by a viewer, their article, (the DT's) was quite disturbing.
The idea that the LIBERAL newspapers and press are making just about everything to do with white on black shootings. There's one original statement out of the entire story that in my opinion is completely out of line.
Jansen, who is white, has been placed on routine administrative leave. The man he shot was black, police said. Race has not been raised as a factor in the shooting, but it comes amid a national debate about the deaths of black men at the hands of police.
Jansen, who is white, has been placed on routine administrative leave. The man he shot was black, police said. Race has not been raised as a factor in the shooting, but it comes amid a national debate about the deaths of black men at the hands of police.
The big question is, take both races out of it and the story in itself would have sold papers or garnished enough attention. My problem is, why make it out to be something it's not. The media are not investigators, they were not on the scene, yet they are playing with words to stir the pot in this case.
In the Daily Times, (I'm told) they only published the cop was white and the victim was black and that's it. Again, WHY? In our day it was GOOD GUY vs. BAD GUY. There wasn't black vs. white. The race baiting needs to stop and I hope the people at the Daily Times come around and stop doing this because this isn't the first time they've done it.
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