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Steve Jobs was resistant to entering ebook market until the iPad came around
Steve Jobs was not looking to enter the ebook market before the creation of the iPad. This is according to Apple's SVP of Internet Software and Services Eddy Cue, testifying in the Justice Department's ebook price-fixing case. According to Cue's testimony, it was the iPad that caused Jobs finally come around to the idea of an ebook service from Apple.
When I got my first chance to touch the iPad, I became completely convinced that this was a huge opportunity for us to build the best e-reader that the market had ever seen,? Cue said. ?And so I went to Steve and told him why I thought [the iPad] was going to be a great device for ebooks. ? and after some discussions he came back and said, you know, I think you?re right. I think this is great, and then he started coming up with ideas himself about what he wanted to do with it and how it would be even better as a reader and store.
Cue was put in charge of securing deals with publishers, much as he did with music labels in past years. The particular challenge for Cue here was that he was given this assignment in November 2009, with Apple planning to unveil the iPad the following January. Cue said that getting the deals was of special significance to him personally, as Jobs' health was visibly deteriorating at the time. The iBookstore launched in March 2010 with over 60,000 titles, which has expanded to 1.5 million in the last three years. Apple has an application for iBooks on both the iPad and the iPhone, and starting this fall, they'll have one on the Mac as well.
Source: All Things D
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Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Low radiation scans help identify cancer in earliest stages
May 21, 2013 ? A study of veterans at high risk for developing lung cancer shows that low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) can be highly effective in helping clinicians spot tiny lung nodules which, in a small number of patients, may indicate the earliest stages of the disease. LDCT uses less than a quarter of the radiation of a conventional CT scan.
Results of the study will be presented at the ATS 2013 International Conference.
"Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related death and has a poor survival rate," said Sue Yoon, nurse practitioner at VA Boston HealthCare West Roxbury Division. "Most of our veterans in these ages have a heavy smoking history and early screening is desirable to improve outcomes. Our study was undertaken to learn how often we would discover significant abnormalities and how to adapt our existing processes and interdisciplinary approaches to accommodate additional patients."
Conducted according to guidelines set forth by the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN), the study was based in part on the results of the National Lung Cancer Screening Trial (NLST) which found that LDCT resulted in a 20 percent reduction of lung cancer mortality compared to chest x-ray among heavy smokers aged 55 to 74 years.
The study enrolled 56 patients with a median age of 61 to 65 years and who had a smoking history of more than 30 pack years or 20 pack years and one additional cancer risk factor, such as occupational exposure to carcinogens or personal or family history of cancer or COPD.
After reviewing LDCT scans of each patient, the researchers found that 31 patients had a nodule of 4mm or larger or another abnormal opacity, six of which were deemed suspicious for malignancy. The study also found that 34 patients had more than one nodule. Four patients were diagnosed with biopsy-proven lung cancer.
"Our preliminary rate of lung cancer diagnosis after the first round of screening was 7 percent, which was significantly higher than NLST group, which had a preliminary rate of 3.8 percent at its first round," Ms. Yoon said." In addition, detection of nodules larger than 4mm was 55 percent in our group compared to 27 percent in the NLST group."
The difference in nodule prevalence rates between the current study and the NLST are likely due to three primary factors, she noted: First, the current study hadmuch smaller numbers than the multicenter NLST; second, the scanning technology used during the current trial had advanced since the earlier NLST trial was conducted; and finally, the populations studied in the NLST and the current study had significant differences -- for instance, the VA population was predominantly male and most patients had COPD.
While the results of both this study and the NLST suggest regular screening with LDCT technology can help identify patients in the early stages of cancer, establishing and supporting a regular screening program requires significant resources and may not be feasible in all locations or for all populations, Ms. Yoon added. In addition, because the LDCT is highly sensitive, most of the nodules it spots are benign, and are often due to inflammation or scarring.
"Our previous experience with diagnosing and managing a high volume of incidentally discovered pulmonary nodules suggested that a low dose CT scan screening program, in which patients are screened annually, could be a substantial undertaking," Ms. Yoon said. "Considerable effort goes into each step of the process: selecting patients, tracking abnormalities, further selecting patients with suspicious abnormalities for additional diagnostic and therapeutic interventions.
"Although we plan to continue and expand the LDCT screening program, this will require additional planning and, potentially, resources," she added. "Currently we are using a gatekeeper approach, to ensure tracking of nodules and other abnormalities that are discovered during screening LDCT."
Source: http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/most_popular/~3/pMfimurAfsI/130521152418.htm
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Unearthed Reviews: Renegade Peacock. Two stars | The RiotACT
Life is like an Unearthed Review.
Someone who really isn?t qualified to make judgments on you ends up being a jerk to you.
That unqualified jerk is me, and the poor undeserving punter whom I will be mean to is Renegade Peacock.
Here?s what they have to say about themselves:
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They didn?t fill their BIO in, but seeing as the user reviews appear to be written by the band?s girlfriends (or possibly the band while wearing wigs) let?s just use some of the quotes from there as a bio.
raddest song ever
Awesome. AIC if they were a new band now
Awesome driving song! Harmonies in the chorus take this track to a whole other level. Looking forward to seeing you guys live again soon!
This song blows my mind. Amazing!
Best!! BEST!! Love this song, love this band, LOOOOVE The Peacock!
So good!
Really love the chorus and the explosive ending
These guys are fantastic! Every song makes me move!
Here?s what I have to say about Renegade Peacock:
Yawn.
This is grungy rock created out of a manual and it is exactly as raw and edgy as that sentence makes it sound. There is nothing wrong with it, but there is nothing right either. The singer can sing, the instrumentalists can play, and the music is fine. The songs make sense, the lyrics do their job, and the world keeps turning. They?ve ticked all the boxes. They are a band, they are playing rock, the mic is plugged in. If that?s all you need, congratulations! You can stop reading this review here, I?ve found you another band to listen to.
But it sounds like a million bands that can come before.
It sounds like something very safe pretending it?s dangerous.
They?ve put three tracks up and each sounds more generic than the one that comes after it, and the one that comes before it. I know that doesn?t make sense but somehow it?s still true.
It?s amazing. It doesn?t matter what order you actually play the songs in either. No matter how you listen to it, you?ll swear that the song you?re currently listening to is the safest most generic rock song you?ve ever heard, only to swear that again when the next track plays.
?This can?t be right!? You?ll say, ?One of these songs must be the most generic!? and you?ll dive back into your research.
Eventually you?ll realise the trick. All three of the available songs are in fact the single same song and you?ve wasted far too much of your afternoon listening to it.
Two stars.
Source: http://the-riotact.com/unearthed-reviews-renegade-peacock-two-stars/104656
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Monday, May 20, 2013
YouTube Turns Eight Today
The youtube.com domain name was activated on February 14, 2005, and the first public preview of the site went live eight years ago today. So...birthday!
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Tea party hero Cuccinelli is Va. GOP gov nominee
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) ? Virginia's activist conservative attorney general has won the Republican Party's gubernatorial nomination by acclamation.
At the GOP's statewide convention, thousands of conservatives and tea party followers who dominated the Richmond Coliseum on Saturday roared their unanimous support for Ken Cuccinelli. He was unopposed for the nomination and is generally beloved by the tea party for his aggressive challenges to federal mandates
Cuccinelli is an abortion foe who was the first state attorney general to challenge President Barack Obama's health care reforms in 2010.
He faces former Democratic National Committee chairman and Clinton family protege Terry McAuliffe in the Nov. 5 election to become Virginia's 72nd governor.
At age 44, the father of seven becomes the youngest Republican nominee for Virginia governor since former Gov. George Allen 20 years ago.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/tea-party-hero-cuccinelli-va-gop-gov-nominee-145738353.html
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